Are police helicopters worth the cost?
As advocates and academics question the impact of flights over neighborhoods, police departments lack persuasive evidence of crime-fighting effectiveness By Angelika Albaladejo, Capital & Main…
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Climate change is driving up food prices
Tip to journalists: COP27 and food price inflation are part of the same story. By Mark Schapiro, Capital & Main This story is produced by…
Wired Sacramento: Broadband access has become better than ever in the Capital City – and more important than ever
The county may be a national leader in connection, but some inequities still persist By Julie Blunt and Kamelia Varasteh Broadband access in the Sacramento…
Cohabitating in the Capital City: percentage of young local couples living together before marriage jumps
By Elizabeth Meza and Angela Rodriguez Maddie Jine and her boyfriend Joel Montano had been in a relationship for about two years, when recently they decided…
After 20-year battle, feds agree to remove dams on Klamath River
Tribes, fishermen and environmental groups get collective win so that fish can swim free again By Dan Bacher The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, has…
Nurse practitioner requirements are changing, allowing them to practice without physician supervision
By Ana B. Ibarra for CalMatters California’s nursing agency this week approved rules that will allow nurse practitioners to treat patients without physician supervision. It’s…
Holiday abandonment: More than 100,000 COVID-impacted renters tell state ‘Thanks for nothing’
Demonstration in Downtown Sacramento centered on California-contracted corporation Horne LLC and its alleged failure to administer ERAP in a timely manner By Scott Thomas Anderson…
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…
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?
By Scott Thomas Anderson “She was my first-born. He took more than my child – he took the child who made me a mother.” Those…
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…