MinervaVerse set to invest in Sacramento’s women and minority-led businesses
By Hannah Ross In Roman lore, Minerva, goddess of wisdom, commerce and arts, was born out of Jupiter’s head, split with a hammer to release…
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Coordinated Access System creates one ‘front door’ for Sacramentans in need of shelter
By Marie-Elena Schembri In 2023, the city of Sacramento ranked in the top three U.S. cities for percentage of unsheltered homeless individuals and families and…
Beauty in the eyes of the community: Nonprofit focuses on making unhoused people ‘feel inherently beautiful’
Beauty 2 The Streetz visits Sacramento to provides local homeless with beauty supplies, essentials By Katerina Graziosi Dusk falls as Shirley Raines sits at the…
Dre Benjamin and the NolaCal Second Liners bring communal passion to Sacramento Mardi Gras
A storm-swept parade dancer will continue sharing his culture at Old Sac’s big celebration on Feb. 24 By Scott Thomas Anderson Festive feathers of a…
Art advocate and curator Barbara Range exits Sacramento’s Brickhouse Gallery
By Keyshawn Davis Those who appreciate The Brickhouse Gallery & Art Complex describe it as a safe haven where artists have an opportunity to share…
‘It’s constant questioning:’ Black families disproportionately represented in Sacramento’s unhoused population
By Sterling Davies Airrea Craven, 24, has just secured a hotel with government funds for her and her two daughters to stay for the week,…
A picture worth a thousand comments: Sacramento’s artists speak out against new Wide Open Walls project
Community members rally against ‘superficial stereotypes’ in mural project By Hannah Ross Wide Open Walls is finally having its day of reckoning, according to many…
Crocker presents how Black artists ‘shaped the future’ of America’s art history
Museum’s new exhibition highlights Black artists from the 1950s through ’70s By Ken Magri The Crocker Art Museum’s new exhibition, “Black Artists in America, from…
Area nonprofit Fitrah teaches youth life skills through bookselling business
By Keyshawn Davis Several years ago, Nadia Niazi met a woman who had been homeless for 19 years. For Niazi, the experience proved life-altering as…
New GSEC initiative seeks to strengthen Sacramento’s entrepreneurial ecosystem
By Hannah Ross The Greater Sacramento Economic Council has launched a new partnership with the Sacramento Entrepreneurship Growth Alliance that will work to enhance the…
Oak Park community members come together for a talk focused on anti-gentrification and displacement efforts around Aggie Square
While promising to boost local health care and tech economies, UC Davis’s Aggie Square project raises concerns for Oak Park community By Keyshawn Davis Discussions…
Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency’s La Shelle Dozier on the role of policy, funding and public perception of affordable housing
By Keyshawn Davis In 1982, Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency was formed by the city and county as a joint powers authority. These local governments…
New cannabis dispensaries bring Sacramento closer to reaching social equity goals
By Ken Magri Maisha Bahati stands proudly inside her new storefront. “We took so many risks,” she says. After four years of hard work and…
How everyday people can invest in the area’s vulnerable children
By Lisa Thibodeau The day before Thanksgiving last year, I went to family court in Placer County for the 6-year-old child to whom I am…
Community organizer Hazel Watson on the power of relationship-building as a pathway to stronger communities
By Hannah Ross Hazel Watson has over seven years of experience networking and advocating on important issues within the Sacramento community from housing and homelessness…
Counting Sacramento’s homeless: Volunteers set out across region for biennial Point-In-Time Count
By Chris Nichols and Keyshawn Davis Heather Coffman says she left her home nearly two decades ago to escape the domestic violence that shattered her…
Stopping displacement in Oak Park takes center stage at Solving Sacramento’s free ‘Suds and Solutions’ event on Jan. 31
Aggie Square, UC Davis’s new innovation center in Sacramento, is scheduled to open its doors a year from now. What impact is it going to…