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Protests during a pandemic

Officials are concerned that crowded marches will lead to a spike in Sacramento COVID-19 cases The immediate priority for Sacramento officials is to find the…


Blowing the whistle

City auditor makes it easier for public to see complaints The most famous whistleblower lately was the one who started the impeachment of President Trump….


Days of rage

Editor’s note: The cause is righteous. The looting is self-defeating. Anyone with common sense and an ounce of humanity knows what happened to George Floyd—a…


Snapshots from the protests

Demonstrators headed toward the Highway 99 overpass on 12th Avenue in Oak Park. (Photo courtesy of Kevin Gomez Jr.) No justice. No peace. (Photo courtesy…







Spring plantings

Local garden groups nixed fundraisers during the pandemic, but still must tend to plants Nature didn’t take a time out. Plants continue to grow during…





A terrible toll

Editor’s note: 200,000 dead from COVID-19, so why isn’t America a nation in mourning? On May 27, America passed an unimaginable milestone—100,000 dead in the…


The critical hour

How small distilleries solved a big breakdown in rural communities’ supply chain when it mattered most By Scott Thomas Anderson Towns across the Sierra foothills…