Rancho Cordova opens potentially transformative youth center
By Antonio Harvey, The Sacramento Observer This story is co-published with The Sacramento Observer, a newspaper with more than 58 years of bringing public service…
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As corporations dominate Sacramento’s rental market, opposition by Realtors and landlords caused demise of the ‘Homes for Families’ bill
A postmortem of how one of the most-anticipated housing bills in California was killed in the State Legislature this year By Dan Bacher A drive through…
What’s next for sports betting in California?
By Grace Gedye for CalMatters After stockpiling nearly half a billion dollars in campaign cash and inundating Californians with ads, the pitched — and sometimes…
When is the ‘right time’ for first-time homebuyers in the Sacramento region?
By Dakota Morlan Younger millennials, aged 23 to 31, made up a substantial 18% of homebuyers this year, according to a study by the National…
Digging into a massacre: Indigenous people say a lithium mine project in the West will desecrate a sacred site
By Susana Bledsoe As a mining company waits for an archeological report regarding a site where Native Americans were massacred in 1865, tribal leaders worry…
17 Million California renters have no pull in Sacramento. A new caucus aims to fix that
Inside the latest, smallest group in the California Legislature. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital…
UC’s student workers can’t afford California
48,000 underpaid student workers in the University of California system prepare to go on strike Nov. 14. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story…
Time will tell if Big Oil’s California election investments pay off
Some races with moderate Democrats backed by oil money running against progressives remain too close to call. By Aaron Cantu, Capital & Main This story…
Editorial: When it comes to violent crime, do we even hear victims anymore?
“She was my first-born. He took more than my child – he took the child who made me a mother.” Those are the words of…
Building for 32 months: Exasperated animal advocates hold protest at Sacramento’s Front Street Shelter
On November 6, a group of protestors descended on Sacramento’s Front Street Animal Shelter to condemn what they view as deteriorating animal care and services…
In the Sacramento area, when affordable housing is done well, it changes lives
Story and photographs by Joan Cusick Before securing affordable housing, artist Jose DiGregorio was sleeping in his art studio. Charnelle Burdine and Ashley Clark were…
A journalist’s view: ‘Maybe if we’re quiet, the reporter will go away’
By Frank X. Mullen I tell journalism students going into public relations about best practices for dealing with negative information related to their company or…
Extinction in the wild? Zero Delta smelt found in survey for seventh September in a row
By Dan Bacher For the seventh September in a row, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife has caught zero Delta smelt during its Fall Midwater…
Who are the Californians bankrolling election deniers?
Billionaire Trump backer Peter Thiel leads the pack. By Jeremy Lindenfeld, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital &…
A Workers’ Guide to wage theft: What to do if your boss steals your wages
By Lil Kalish for CalMatters Wage theft is common in low-wage industries in California. Tens of thousands of workers — in restaurants, nail salons, warehouses,…
Sacramentans weigh enshrining abortion into California’s constitution with Prop. 1
By Julie Blunt and Kamelia Varasteh Sacramento voters will soon cast ballots for Proposition 1, which would explicitly secure the right to an abortion in…
‘Young people are fed-up’: Inside the fight to defend young voters
Across the country, activists mobilize to make sure every vote counts. By Frances Madeson, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning journalism…