Food insecurity in Sacramento continues to stretch food banks and service providers to the limit
By Nikolas De La Torre The pandemic has caused millions of people to lose their jobs, with many forced to make the difficult choice between…
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Report finds Sacramento is one of the ten worst cities nationwide for amount of income spent on housing
Study shows California is dominating the story when it comes to a lack of affordable places to live By Scott Thomas Anderson Evidence is mounting…
McDonald’s stores collect COVID relief funds — and employee safety complaints
California workers say McDonald’s and other fast food chains repeatedly disregarded pandemic safety precautions. By Joe Rihn, Capital & Main This story is produced by…
Galloway’s Way
Proactive Sacramentan among first to receive new cannabis storefront license By Ken Magri In some ways, Mindy Galloway is the perfect person for a new…
Is the Capitol Corridor train on track to meet an increase in riders?
By Odin Rasco Sitting on a time-worn wooden bench in Sacramento Valley Station, Noah Williams, 22, remarks that the train station is the most crowded…
The new Sacramento Arts Czar on rebooting the city’s creative economy post-pandemic
How will Sacramento’s arts community rebound after the pandemic? Among those navigating the comeback is Megan Van Voorhis, the City of Sacramento’s Cultural and Creative…
Plan to downsize beloved U.C. Davis radio station, demolish historic building, was hatched by the administration of Linda Katehi
As generations of alumni try to keep KDVS FM intact, they’re battling a proposal that started with the controversial college leader who many would rather…
California faces Johnson & Johnson vaccine dilemma
It’s been a particularly brutal few days for America’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign, most recently due to the Johnson & Johnson rollout. By Mark Kreidler, Capital…
Fig collectors’ paradise
While driving north toward Oroville for a Feather River salmon fishing trip in August of 2003, a voluminous tree beside Highway 70 caught my eye….
City Hall drops the legislative hammer on Sacramento’s massage parlors over trafficking fears
Council members wrestled with whether their policy might fuel stereotypes during a fraught and dangerous time for Asian-American women Sacramento officials are cracking down on…
Drug dealer from exclusive Granite Bay neighborhood tied to numerous overdoses, disturbing hotel arrest
Steven Robinson was living off an inheritance in a posh part of South Placer, but still helping spread the fentanyl scourge that’s cost thousands of…
Sacramento area’s independent bookstores celebrate coming through the pandemic with a special event
From Davis to El Dorado Hills, the struggle to protect local book culture from a black swan event was waged by workers and customers alike…
A different kind of 4/20 playlist
Songs for stoners that each last four minutes, twenty seconds By Ken Magri I was listening to Kid Cudi’s “Marijuana” the other day, drawn into…
Is there a threat to the future of vaping?
US Postal Service and other carriers to no longer transport vape products By Ken Magri A law passed last December to curb online e-cigarette sales…
Speaking Oak Park’s truth: Upcoming Youtube docuseries tackles gentrification through the voices of residents
By Scott Thomas Anderson What price can a city put on losing one of its most culturally rich and historically important Black neighborhoods? That’s the…
California is greenlighting oil wells linked to groundwater pollution
The impact of underground injection wells on aquifers is not well understood, but the state continues to allow their proliferation. By Aaron Cantu, Capital &…
No evidence Sacramento’s Tenant Protection Act slowed housing production in the city
Developers and real estate lobbyists warned that capping rents would make the housing crisis worse, but early data doesn’t support that By Scott Thomas Anderson…