PFAS water lawsuits expose financial impacts on state’s poor communities
How Sacramento deals with polluted wells is quickly, if quietly, defining how seriously California takes the issue of clean drinking water. By Dan Ross, Capital…
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As vote looms over Rancho Cordova’s last open space, city’s mayor and vice mayor took money from the developer aiming to build over it
Developers, real estate groups and the construction lobby are Garrett Gatewood and Donald Terry’s top political donors For months a coalition of Rancho Cordova…
Baffling illness in children follows in the wake of COVID
MIS-C disproportionately affects children of color. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning nonprofit Capital & Main, and co-published…
Sacramento leaders vote to preserve two homes vital to Black history in the city
Nathaniel Colley and James C. Dodd helped chart a new era in the Capital Region By Scott Thomas Anderson One was a legendary attorney and…
Checking in: SAMMIES 2020 winners and nominees
In any normal year, we at SN&R would be in full-on SAMMIES mode, asking readers to vote for their favorite performers and prepping a big…
When predatory practices catch up: Sacramento’s largest corporate landlord may be forced to pay millions to struggling renters
Blackstone claimed Sacramento’s housing market for Wall Street during the financial crisis, and it’s at it again during the pandemic – though a bill could…
Report to Newsom: support California workers with fair pay and benefits
Shoring up working conditions at the bottom of the economy will be a priority for state political leaders. A new report could shape policy. By…
Shooting ghost guns and singing narco ballads: A Rocklin arrest story
Drug cartel linked to Michoacan, Mexico, smuggled fake oxys loaded with fentanyl into the region More than 2,800 Californians have died of fentanyl overdoses since…
Sacramento Fire grapples with work culture after second Black firefighter resigns
Two department veterans recount startling unprofessionalism, Chief vows to chart a new course When Sacramento city firefighter Waris Gildersleeve heard that his colleague Desmond…
Vaccine distribution key element in Gov. Newsom’s plan to reopen schools
Local rates of infection have driven most school districts’ decisions on whether to reopen, and families’ decisions on whether to attend. By Mark Kreidler, Capital…
In light of recent deaths, Sacramento City Hall faces reckoning on warming centers
City will drop current temperature requirements for emergency shelters By Scott Thomas Anderson On Tuesday afternoon, city councilmembers grappled with the potential consequences of holding…
Not all California schools can reopen with new ventilation upgrades
HVAC standards are the elephant in the living room of debates over reopening classrooms. Many schools can’t afford needed upgrades. By Mark Kreidler, Capital &…
Sacramento State University, UC Davis, begin mobilizing plans for students to return in the fall
The leaders of the UC and CSU systems both have medical backgrounds – and both are detailing why they’re committed to a return to in-person…
Will major scandal at Metropolitan Water District save Delta communities from the tunnel?
Harassment and intimidation probe could stymie state’s largest water contractor where tribes, environmentalists and tax watchdogs have struggled By Scott Thomas Anderson Metropolitan Water District,…
One of Sacramento’s few Black firefighters quits, citing hostile work environment
Past and present city fire department members say that there’s no accountability for bullying, harassment or racist behavior Desmond Lewis wanted to be a firefighter…
Sacramento man repeatedly tried to report wide-scale unemployment fraud, but was ignored by multiple agencies
When Kevin Renfro thinks about $10 billion in unemployment benefits going to devious criminals rather than desperate Californians, his sense of exasperation goes beyond the…
Racial equity in COVID-19 vaccines
Editor’s note: Sacramento County Public Health responds to call to action from Black leaders Racial equity in life-saving COVID-19 vaccinations is a huge issue everywhere,…