Letters: Sac education, cold case questions, vacancy taxes and violent escalations
Loose ends and blood Re: “The Cold 52” by Scott Thomas Anderson (Crime beat, Aug. 10) Loose ends in the Bennellack case: Richard John Davis…
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Essay: Education naturally – a variety of organizations offer a plethora of outdoor-learning opportunities
By Maggie Nichols As kids head back to school, it’s natural for our minds to meander toward education. Outdoor education has gradually made its way…
Analysis: An untimely swap – obituary for Sacramento Bee election coverage
By Jeff Burdick, Sacto Politico The Washington Post has the most memorable and consequential motto in journalism: “Democracy dies in darkness.” Adopted in 2017, the…
Bidding farewell to a hometown newspaper editor
Restaurant pathfinder Jerry Budrick realized a later life dream of becoming a one-of-a-kind journalist in the foothills. Now, that community mourns his passing. What is…
Analysis: ‘We Own This City’ is the series that both sides of the police reform debate should be talking about
A real story of deep-rooted corruption, questionable incentives and the work of oversight investigators details how problems grow and are confronted in troubled departments …
A journalist’s view: There is no ‘other side’ to the Big Lie
By Frank X. Mullen Journalists have always been loath to use the words “lie” or “liar” in a news story, and reporters are generally obligated…
Editorial: The Gumbo of a community’s heart – can a dog’s quest for love beat a reminder of hate?
He has a mile-wide dog smile and constant urge to play or cuddle. His name is Gumbo, and he’s a spunky bully breed-mix who is…
Essay: Our meta-gaze and the dawn of ‘Duocracy,’ where Sacramento’s culture, politics and community get ruptured by a digital divide
By Waverly Hampton III Welcome All! Welcome to a world of infinite ones and zeroes! Welcome to a world you have envisioned but never truly…
Letters: Judgy jerks, jarring crime, ‘Ponzi Placer’ and a city of musical, vegan grandeur
‘Deere’ John, you suck Re: “The story of an encampment: What happens to those on Sacramento’s streets after they’re forced to move” by Elizabeth Meza…
Essay: Mr. President, it’s time for executive action on mass shootings
By Jim Gonzalez As Joe and Jill Biden emerged from the memorial church service Sunday in Uvalde for the victims of the nation’s most recent…
Essay: Avoiding the fentanyl-opioid conversation with teens is a recipe for tragedy
By Marcel Gemme, addiction treatment specialist Deadly overdoses have spiked among teens even as overall drug use has seemed to drop with them. Researchers from…
Analysis: Hate triangle – Sheriff Jones, Kevin Kiley & The Sacramento Bee
By Jeff Burdick for SactoPolitico This story was produced by the Sacramento-based political publication SactoPolitico and co-published here with permission. When a top Congressional candidate refuses…
Essay: The city, county, state and federal governments are now working together to increase low-income housing
By Roberto Jimenez Here we go again – another report that puts an exclamation point on Sacramento’s affordable housing crisis. According to the latest National…
Essay: My family left Soviet Union-era Ukraine to find freedom – today, we must welcome those doing the same
By Anya Starovoytov, Woodland resident My father shared a story with me recently about his adolescence in Ukraine, which was then part of the Soviet Union….
Essay: Midterm roundup – why the media apathy?
By Jeff Burdick for SactoPolitico This story was produced by the Sacramento-based political publication SactoPolitico.com and co-published here with permission. Many items in this midterm election roundup…
Letters: Dark plans, tech oligarchs and learning to laugh a little
The government harming habitat, killing culture Re: “All the Governor’s Men: Life and love in the Delta town Newsom’s tunnel would destroy” by Scott…
Editorial: ‘True at first light’
Sunday morning was like a bad dream. But not a person’s rough, restless hours in the dark, rather the horrible hallucination of an entire living city….