Newsom vetoes farmworker heat safety bill as state enforcement has fallen
The bill would have made it easier to file heat-related workers’ compensation. A Capital & Main investigation found field safety inspections fell 30% in seven…
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ENLIGHTENMENT: Ballots, beer and discussing Election 2024 at Ruhstaller’s on Oct. 2
Know how you’re going to vote? If the answer is ‘no,’ bring your ballot and join California Groundbreakers for beers at Ruhstaller’s Downtown Sacramento during…
Lessons for breaking the poverty cycle
A national nonprofit uses financial and life coaching to teach low-income parents how to move up to living wages and beyond. By Mark Kreidler Capital…
Organizations supporting Sacramento’s unhoused weigh in on mayoral expectations
By Jacob Peterson Of the many issues voters are concerned about going into the November runoff election for Sacramento mayor, the topic of how to…
Sacramento booksellers and librarians celebrate the freedom to read during Banned Book Week
By Miranda Culp Late last month, the California Senate passed the Freedom to Read Act, a bill that prohibits public and school libraries from banning…
California Legislature’s unwritten rule: negotiate in secret with lobbyists, not in public
By Ryan Sabalow for CalMatters State Sen. Dave Min admonished a fellow legislator recently for talking about his bill during an open hearing, saying lawmakers…
More secure EBT cards are coming to California. Here’s when they’ll go out
By Jeanne Kuang for CalMatters Californians will get cash and food assistance on more secure cards early next year — about six months later than…
Sacramento’s annual Solidarity Summit on Homelessness highlights needs, resources for the unhoused
By Seth Sandronsky Rev. Mahsea Evans opened Sacramento’s third annual Solidarity Summit on Homelessness with a welcoming speech and a secular prayer on Sept. 7…
Sacramento Female Community Reentry Program provides women with tools for ‘the rest of their lives’
By Kate Gonzales Anyone who’s pursued a path to change knows that at least three things are needed to make it happen: the right environment…
How Yolo County bats help sustainable farming methods
By Lisa Thibodeau On any given summer evening, as construction crews work and traffic hurtles over the Yolo Causeway, which connects West Sacramento and Davis,…
Sacramento’s current affordable housing projects
By Ken Magri As the need for more affordable rental units continues, developers in the Sacramento area work to complete new affordable housing projects across…
New book by Sacramento historian reveals the early years of Lake Tahoe
By Casey Rafter In a rising drone shot, the crystal-clear shimmer of Lake Tahoe expands, revealing stones and silt far below the surface of its…
Still waiting for Kaiser’s plan to fix its mental health care shortfalls
Kaiser and regulators are two months away from their deadline for a required action plan to overhaul mental health treatment at the state’s largest health…
Graffiti Jam transforms state building in Sacramento due for 2025 demolition
By Steve Martarano A state-owned abandoned warehouse in downtown Sacramento is getting one final shot at glory before the site becomes a multi-use affordable housing…
What California lawmakers did to regulate artificial intelligence
By Khari Johnson for CalMatters California legislators just sent Gov. Gavin Newsom more than a dozen bills regulating artificial intelligence, testing for threats to critical…
The Center for Land-Based Learning grows opportunities for beginning farmers with training in the Capital Region
By Joan Cusick “Hands-on” best describes the Beginning Farmer Training Program at the Center for Land-Based Learning in Woodland. And prepare for those hands to…
Will Harris go after Big Oil?
The candidate has kept her climate policy vague so far, but her record as a prosecutor gives climate activists hope. By Marcus Baram, Capital &…