Duplex housing law met with fierce resistance by California cities
By Manuela Tobias for CalMatters The state housing department is gearing up to send stern warnings to cities trying to skirt a new housing law…
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Metropolitan Water District votes to fund embattled Sites Reservoir project in Sacramento Valley
Environmental groups continue to slam the project as irresponsible By Dan Bacher The Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Water District, or MWD, the main water…
Revisiting the Watch: In the wake of a numbing, gang-related murder, the Hawk Institute keeps pulling youth triumphs from the shadow of tragedy
Following the horrific mass-causality event in Downtown Sacramento on April 3, community interest in meaningful gang-prevention initiatives is at an all-time high. The following in…
After Sacramento shooting, a state prison release proposal is even more contentious
By Ben Christopher for CalMatters Timing is everything. Since the early months of the pandemic, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has been scrambling to…
Four months after Sacramento redistricting, coverage chaos descends on City Hall
The Mayor: “We have a real problem here.” Who’s the Sacramento City Council member representing your district until November? Ask that one question in City…
Alone on the Atlantic for 70 days, man fought wind and waves for kids with cancer
Owen Gray’s 3,000-mile voyage raised $196K for the Okizu Foundation By Frank X. Mullen As he neared the end of his 10-week solo trip across…
It was Saturday night: The shadow of death
A slow return to the scene that changed everything They just prayed their way through the wind. It was the first Saturday night in Downtown…
‘Antidote to hopelessness’: Emmy-winning investigative journalist from the region pens book on climate change miseducation
By Ashiah Scharaga When Katie Worth began working on her book about climate change education in America, she did not anticipate ending up back in…
Wages rise for many, but not for Californians most hit by inflation
A state secret comes into the open: how inflation targets the poor. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning…
A healthy kind of help: Vegan program brought 70,000 meals to the Sacramento area during COVID
Program found a niche reaching undocumented families in need of food By Tyra Willis When Anthony and his dad Don needed help during the pandemic,…
Editorial: ‘True at first light’
Sunday morning was like a bad dream. But not a person’s rough, restless hours in the dark, rather the horrible hallucination of an entire living city….
Matsui’s next generation of opponents in Sacramento’s District 7
By Jeff Burdick for SactoPolitico This story was produced by the Sacramento-based political publication SactoPolitico.com and co-published here with permission. CA-7 Congressional candidate Jimmy Fremgen Q&A Congressional…
California has a new law on eviction protections. What does it mean for tenants?
By Manuela Tobias for CalMatters When California legislators voted last June to again extend eviction protections, they promised the third time would be the charm. But…
Sacramento’s worst sunrise: Pre-dawn scenes from a nightmare that left 18 people shot
At least six people are dead, 12 hospitalized, as detectives search for answers By Scott Thomas Anderson Fred Harris woke up just after 2…
Essay: A Sacramento survivor reflects on how new Medi-Cal policies could be devastating for breast cancer patients
By Reverend Tammie Denyse Black women are 41% more likely to die of breast cancer than white women. This fact has not changed in more…
Mutual Housing still under fire in South Sac for alleged harassment, retaliation, displacement
Some tenants are moving out of the affordable housing provider’s units and paying double in rent to escape the site’s manager By Scott Thomas Anderson…
The high price of life in the Golden State
Exploring income inequality in the land of milk and money. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit…