By Casey Rafter Peter Petty is a Sacramento-based band leader who celebrates swing music with a repertoire that includes jazz, blues, holiday favorites and uproarious…
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By Katerina Graziosi Faith J. McKinnie and Gerry “GOS” Simpson laugh often and easily throughout a recent Zoom conversation. They have been friends since 2019…
By Chris Nichols, CapRadio Six months after Sacramento’s voter-approved ban on homeless encampments went into effect, supporters and critics of Measure O say the controversial…
By Kristin Lam, CapRadio Sacramento City Council on Tuesday approved a $1.5 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year and rejected a proposal to move…
By Steve Martarano WellSpace Health CEO Jonathan Porteus was walking toward his organization’s 24-hour crisis receiving center at 7th and H streets in Sacramento when…
By Patti Roberts Regina Brink remembers going with her family to her first musical, “Man of La Mancha,” when she was 10 years old. Her…
By Ken Magri In the challenge to build more affordable housing, the City of Sacramento may have something to brag about — though it’s of…
By Jennifer Junghans Timothy Murphy is the CEO of Sacramento Regional Builders Exchange and Construction Industry Education Foundation. SRBX is a construction trade association that’s…
From charred husks to so-called ‘zombie trees,’ northern California’s high elevations need healing now By Ken Magri As sunshine returns to the Sierra Nevada and…
By Jennifer Junghans Hope. That’s what Josh Fryday, California’s chief service officer who oversees the California Volunteers state office, envisions its $6.9 million grant made…
By Dakota Morlan Peter Cohen is policy director of Sacramento Housing Alliance, an organization of around two dozen member organizations that works to increase affordable…
By Jennifer Junghans Lisa Bates has been the CEO of Sacramento Steps Forward since 2019. The nonprofit organization formed in 2011 to act as a…
New nighttime economy manager is the face of a multipronged approach to turn the tide Leia Schenk didn’t show up to K Street on April…
By Seth Sandronsky In Sacramento’s tree-laden Tahoe Park neighborhood, Heather Singleteary is teaching the next generation of dancers. A single mom, lithe and lively, she…
By Ben van der Meer Mike Isom is the development services director for the city of Roseville. He spoke to us about how that city,…
More than 1,000 people in Sacramento County have a housing choice voucher they haven’t been able to use — can a new county program that…
It was the morning after Christmas 2022 when Rachel Holman walked into the Starbucks at 1901 J St. and noticed huge pieces of plywood fixed…