With California’s OK, Chevron is selling oil from an illegal spill
Two years after it began, state regulators have yet to issue any penalties for the spill, which ranks among the largest in state history. By…
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Refugee grandmother, whose family faces health emergency, gets evicted on the eve of Thanksgiving
She was granted federal rental assistance, but a judge and her landlord don’t want to hear about that By Scott Thomas Anderson It’s looking to…
City of Sacramento lands new national grant for artists hit hard by the COVID crisis
The rollercoaster nature of the pandemic – its teasing glimmers of a close before flaring up again – have equaled a Sisyphus-like climb out of…
New figures show Sacramento maintains its coveted ‘Most Diverse City’ title
By Jennah Booth and Andrea Molinar In 2002, Sacramento was named “America’s Most Diverse City” in an article by Time Magazine. Now, almost 20 years…
Is the Sacramento mayor’s controversial new proposal distracting from a mass eviction event happening in real time?
Steinberg announces a ‘right-to-housing’ initiative, with mandatory shelter requirements, but advocates fear the city is willfully ignoring an immediate threat of displacement By Scott…
Harvest hurdles: Century-old Noble Orchards faces complications after Camp Fire, COVID
By Ken Smith When the Camp Fire raged through Paradise on Nov. 8, 2018, Jim and Laurie Noble barely escaped with their lives. Almost everything…
Sacramento becomes a major destination for refugees escaping the chaos of Afghanistan
By Nikolas De La Torre and Isaiah Merado Acosta The fall of Afghanistan’s US-backed government has resulted in tens of thousands of refugees looking for…
Will California get its shot at single-payer health care?
Democratic Assemblymember Ash Kalra is proposing a bill to jump-start the process, but Big Medicine will fight to kill it. By Mark Kreidler, Capital &…
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…
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…