A small world: How caste discrimination came to California
By Sameea Kamal and Jeanne Kuang for CalMatters Like many recent arrivals to California, Prem Pariyar searched for work and a home within communities of…
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From West to Downtown: Despite city of Sacramento pulling back, other officials keep pushing for RT connection over the river
West Sacramento, SacRT and Matsui move ahead without Sac city government as sponsors By Jacob Peterson Officials are still working to connect Sacramento and West…
Q&A with Rachel Machi Wagoner of CalRecycle on the intricacies of SB 1383
Rachel Machi Wagoner heads the California’s Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, better known as CalRecycle, so of course her focus is the environment. But what you may not expect is how passionate she has long been to this work, which began at the age of 22.
Sacramento prepares to honor Tyre Nichols at a place he loved, which now bears his name
Official naming celebration for Tyre Nichols Skatepark in Natomas is set for June 11 By Samin Vafaee Nestled in North Natomas, the 42-acre Regency Community…
WellSpace’s ‘Crib’ program provides temporary alternative to hospital or jail for Sacramento’s unhoused people in crisis
By Steve Martarano WellSpace Health CEO Jonathan Porteus was walking toward his organization’s 24-hour crisis receiving center at 7th and H streets in Sacramento when…
Guns, heroin and meth trades in front of Dutch Brothers: More alleged smuggling between Sacramento and Tahoe
Suspect parked his SUV right in front of FBI agent while allegedly directing deal for pounds of meth at everyone’s favorite espresso stand By Scott…
Tax on short-term rentals like Airbnb could fund California affordable housing
By Alexei Koseff for CalMatters California lawmakers are considering a measure this session that would tax short-term rentals to fund affordable housing projects, a proposal…
Desegregation starts here: Richard and Leah Rothstein’s new book is an organizer’s guide to integrating communities
By Kelly Candaele, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published here with permission. When Richard…
Just because you think you are tipping a service worker doesn’t mean you are
Two California cases probe who is pocketing those extra fees tacked onto your restaurant tab By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced…
Newsom’s war with California environmental groups keeps Sacramento County in its cross-hairs
‘We have never been more disappointed in a California Governor than we are with Governor Newsom’ By Dan Bacher At the site of a future…
Now into their sixth decade, The Exploited rolls through the Capital Region on May 31
By Eddie Jorgensen Led by the ever-so-nasty vocalist Wattie Buchan, this Scottish punk rock four-piece has been firing on all cylinders while trotting across the…
The climate crisis is a health crisis
How to follow the heat to the next disease; and how following the science got a researcher in trouble. By Mark Schapiro, Capital & Main…
Sacramento outperforms other major cities in affordable housing production but misses state quota
By Ken Magri In the challenge to build more affordable housing, the City of Sacramento may have something to brag about — though it’s of…
A failure to communicate: California government cuts back press access
By Alexei Koseff for CalMatters Like so much else about California, its state government is large: A $300 billion budget. More than 230 departments and…
When California set minimum staffing levels for overworked nurses, better patient outcomes followed
Safe staffing laws have worked in California — and can’t pass anywhere else. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by the…
Homelessness, death and the future: A battle in Sacramento over bill to stop loopholes in eviction law
By Scott Thomas Anderson Tenants from around California converged on the State Office Building in Downtown Sacramento Wednesday to implore lawmakers to pass SB 567,…
New report finds proposed Delta Tunnel could bankrupt Metropolitan Water District
By Dan Bacher In a report sponsored by the California Water Impact Network, policy expert Max Gomberg revealed that the continued funding of the controversial Delta Tunnel…