Bill would allow lawsuits for marketing guns to kids
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,”…
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Crucibles: Sacramento’s District 1 candidates talk mental toughness, overcoming challenges
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…
Veronica Pardo of the Resource Recovery Coalition of California gives a haulers’ perspective on implementing the organic waste bill
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?
Vista Nueva makes Natomas the next front in keeping people housed as Sacramento’s affordability crisis intensifies
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…
Prose, poetry and the beauty of the Sierra merge in ‘The Paradise Notebooks’
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…
The story of an encampment: What happens to those on Sacramento’s streets after they’re forced to move
To unsheltered people caught in the displacement game, promises from city and county workers are plenty – deliveries, they say, are few By Elizabeth Meza…
Several states are taking the lead on restoring overtime pay
A patchwork of different rules decide which workers earn time and a half around the country By Marcus Baram, Capital & Main This story is…
Overworked and underpaid
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 &…
Vindicating the vanished: Fifteen years after a modern-day gold seeker went missing, detectives across the West close a murder saga
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…
Black foster youth in Sacramento face major housing hurdles once aged-out of the system
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…
The struggle to help LGBTQ foster youth aging-out of the system with housing continues in Sacramento
By Ken Magri LGBTQ foster youth in California have a greater likelihood of being undereducated, unemployed and becoming homeless compared to their heterosexual peers. But…
Can Biden sharply expand overtime pay?
To do so, he will need to learn from the failures of Obama and Carter By Marcus Baram, Capital & Main This story is produced…
In the wake of bill, Sacramento County works to break the link between homelessness and ‘aged-out’ foster youth
Team of social workers uses Transitional Independent Living Plan to steer older teens toward better outcomes, long-term housing By Ken Magri When the California…
UC system takes another step toward keeping students debt-free
By Mikhail Zinshteyn for CalMatters The University of California is vowing to offer its California undergraduates a debt-free college experience by 2030 as part of…
For LGBTQ+ students in Sacramento’s Christian schools, lack of sexual education creates a black hole of identity and health risks
From dearth of support and absence of basic knowledge, to forced feelings of secrecy, students say their experiences have been challenging By Alex Muegge…
Inflation dealing a gut punch to money-strapped Sacramento neighborhood
The view from Lemon Hill, a working-class community where stress and anxiety rule the day. By Sasha Abramsky, Capital & Main This story is produced…
Colleen Foster of Oceanside’s Solid Waste & Recycling department discusses the significant challenges in implementing a law to reduce the state’s landfills
SB 1383 sets aspirational goals for California: to divert 75% of organic waste and reclaim 20% more still-edible food by 2025. But challenges remain in making it work.