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…
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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…
For those worried about homelessness and skyrocketing rents in Sacramento County, the stakes for the D5 supervisor race couldn’t be higher
As Moreno, Hume look to replace the board’s famous swing vote, advocates are trying to gauge what they really think about two of the most-pressing…
Know your residents: Why Oakland succeeds in recycling efforts—and how other parts of the state can do the same
The Bay Area has long been on the forefront of recycling—and has served as a state and even national model in terms of starting it early and doing it right. What can other city agencies learn from how the City of Oakland, for example—with one of the most diverse Bay Area populations—created outreach campaigns that work?
For America’s top-ranked CEOs, too much is never enough
A new report has the receipts on our overcompensated corporate titans. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning journalism…
Linda Villarosa lays bare an uncomfortable truth in U.S. Health Care
Racism, not just poverty and access to care, makes Americans sicker. By Peter Hong, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning journalism…
The startling real-life crimes that inspired Sacramento’s ‘haunted river’ lore
There’s a menacing mythos along the edges of Sacramento’s waterfront, an array of spoken stories reaching from the Delta King’s pilot house to those iron…
The Bodysnatchers
A journalist was able to buy a dead man’s spine for $300, so where are your remains really going when you die? By Josie Klakström…
The Sacramento region grapples with the intersection of wildfires and affordable housing
By Ken Magri After a wildfire is extinguished, there is a natural concern for the environment and what kinds of long-term damage it will sustain….