Gas, electricity, food: Cost of living skyrockets in California
By Emily Hoeven for CalMatters Day-to-day life is getting more expensive in California, which already has a higher percentage of residents living in poverty than any…
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Sacramento County’s most-famous Delta town is also its fastest shrinking
Following a long exodus of young people, Walnut Grove faces an uncertain future By Blynn Beltran and Tyler Day A small town in Sacramento’s sliver…
The phantom recall: Who’s behind the push for removing Sacramento Councilmember Katie Valenzuela from office?
By Scott Thomas Anderson It’s been 17 months since Katie Valenzuela shocked Sacramento’s political establishment by ousting an influential, well-financed incumbent on the City Council….
A patchwork in profile: Census shows South Land Park is the Capital City’s most diverse neighborhood
By TJ Martinez and Giana Seltzer A wide array of restaurants, neighborhood events and high-quality schools have helped make a section of South Land Park…
Meet the senator at COP26 who helped tank key California climate bills
Sen. Bob Hertzberg declined to vote on bills that would have enshrined new regulations in the law. By Aaron Cantu, Capital & Main This story…
‘Mercenary’ informant helped bust alleged gun-runners selling automatic weapons from South Sacramento to El Dorado Hills
‘Ghost guns’ have been used in numerous mass-casualty events in California in the last nine years, while altered automatic weapons continue to inflict a tally…
In protecting good oil and gas jobs, some California trade unions clash with climate activists
Climate goals can suffer when job quality is pitted against protecting the planet and vulnerable communities. By Aaron Cantu, Capital & Main This story is…
Rocklin’s population spike was the highest across cities in the Sacramento region
City, county leaders weigh in on 26% growth in residents over a decade By Jenna Cooper and Eric Jaramishian When Samantha Varner was growing…
Sacramento County’s new climate action plan criticized by environmental groups as ‘toothless’
Planning Commission fails to lend support to staff’s current approach Last year, after people in the region spent weeks breathing some of the worst, smoke-choked…
Sacramento-area waterways see legal win over Central California special interests
Judge rejects Westlands Water District’s proposed permanent water contract By Dan Bacher On October 27, Fresno Superior Court Judge D. Tyler Tharpe tossed out the Westlands Water…
What does it mean for Gov. Newsom to skip the climate conference?
By Rachel Becker for CalMatters Gov. Gavin Newsom will no longer be leading California’s delegation to the United Nations Climate Change Conference, “due to family…
‘Golden Rule’ in Sacramento still applies two decades later
HIV/AIDS Crusader Clarmundo Sullivan continues to educate, elevate services to underserved community in the south city and county By Genoa Barrow, the Sacramento Observer While…
California issues rule banning new oil wells within 3,200 feet of homes and schools
By Dan Bacher After years of grassroots organizing, protests and political pressure by environmental justice advocates, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced at a press conference on October…
35 days and counting: Sacramento Kaiser’s essential workers are battling to keep their pensions
By Scott Thomas Anderson In a moment of extreme uncertainty, as panic began gripping the region, the clinical technicians, stationary engineers and bio-medical engineers of…
Why no mandated vaccinations for California prison workers?
Again, Gov. Newsom contradicts past public safety orders and sides with political allies. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by the…
California schools are running out of money
By Emily Hoeven for CalMatters California school districts have two choices: Bite the bullet and make budget cuts now, or delay them and face even…
Sacramento leaders to get more involved in the problem of missing and murdered indigenous women
In mid-September, cable news networks became fixated on the disappearance of Gabby Petito, a 22-year-old YouTuber who’d vanished somewhere in the American high west. A…