By Julie Cart for CalMatters The morning sun warms California’s high desert, launching a clear spring day. Behind high walls at The Nurturing Nest, across…
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Nonprofit developer meets with residents to discuss concerns over armory site project By Amy Abt For Del Paso Boulevard Partnership Executive Director Daniel Savala, the…
SN&R: Can you give me an overview of the Sierra Health Foundation? Hewitt: The purpose of the Sierra Health Foundation is to promote health and…
For some of California’s most vulnerable renters, a lack of internet access may lead to eviction. By Jack Ross, Capital & Main This story is…
it is often difficult to make aspirational bills like SB 1383 a reality, especially in cities and counties across the state with varying degrees of resources and populations. Hard numbers give us an idea how the rollout is really going.
The extreme vulnerability people face in an outdoor existence was on grim display last month, after a Sacramento jury convicted 40-year-old Layman McFadden of brutally…
By Steven Gutierrez The Sacramento City Unified School District is seeing a significant fall in their enrollment numbers over the past few years, a trend…
By Nigel Duara for CalMatters The man at the gun show lifted a 2.2 pound rifle and pulled back the stock with an audible “chock,”…
By Scott Thomas Anderson Between a homeless and housing crisis, jarring violence in the streets and the sustained movement for police reform, the last six…
Local haulers will bear the biggest responsibility of SB 1383: namely collecting and disposing of organic waste. What are they already doing? what challenges do they face?
Officials attempt to deal with the uncertainty of Roomkey initiative winding down By Casey Rafter Staybridge Suites in Natomas was once a landing spot for…
Authors craft a chronicle of their 90-mile trek across Sierra Nevada trails By Frank X. Mullen In “The Paradise Notebooks,” authors Richard J. Nevle and…
To unsheltered people caught in the displacement game, promises from city and county workers are plenty – deliveries, they say, are few By Elizabeth Meza…
A patchwork of different rules decide which workers earn time and a half around the country By Marcus Baram, Capital & Main This story is…
Many people work more than full time, but few earn extra money anymore. A labor-friendly president promises to change that. By Marcus Baram, Capital &…
The Yavapai County Sheriff’s cold case unit gathered over a scar chopped into the rocky red earth along a hill. It was January 2017 outside…
By Keyshawn Davis When Amajhalay Williams entered foster care at 5 years old, she left behind what she describes as an abusive mother who struggled…