California oil industry continues to thwart climate-related bills
Amid drought and wildfire crises, the state’s powerful industries have stymied 12 bills meant to address climate change and industry accountability. By Aaron Cantu, Capital…
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Dueling pens, torch-wielding mobs and a march to Alcatraz: Looking back at the region’s most fiery newspaper war
The waning days of the Gold Rush were overshadowed by tense journalistic standoffs around the Civil War In 1861, California’s Capital region was far from…
Rally at state capitol aimed at stopping deportation of Vietnamese war refugee
Controversial Trump-era strategy carries over to the Biden administration By Scott Thomas Anderson As a small child, Lam Hong Le watched as war engulfed his…
A search for answers after Sacramento electrician is murdered near American River College
T.J. Wellman-Holochwost had a wanderlust that made him want to experience the world. From the lagoons of Venice to the spires of Barcelona, the former…
Faith in lockdown: After navigating community strain and need for mental health support, one Elk Grove church returns to in-person services a year later
By Uchenna Esomonu It was a momentous Sunday for the members of Creekside Christian Church, who started eagerly arriving at 8:50 a.m., ten minutes before…
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…
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…
Nomadland: a road after Empire
Reporters witness events unfolding in snapshots of time, then they pass on those glimpses of people and places to audiences. The chroniclers, recording history in…
After the storm, a week-long public health ordeal awaited PG&E customers in the Delta
Towns along the Sacramento River with SMUD got power back quickly, while Clarksburg’s connection to PG&E left it in COVID-era limbo By Scott Thomas Anderson…
Three years after a sheriff’s vehicle paralyzed her, a 12-year-old girl has died
Sacramento County paid $40.7 million to settle claims against its sheriff’s office in 2018 and 2019 A girl who suffered a traumatic brain injury and…
After nine years, Elk Grove detectives won’t let an infamous case stay cold
In Elk Grove, on an anonymous strip of East Stockton Boulevard, there’s a short-running section of divider that shields the avenue from the gagging exhaust…
More than a year since the Camp Fire, we look forward to 2020
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After the storm
Local scientist recalls harrowing moment in voyage to chart how plastics destroy the oceans By Scott Thomas Anderson Kimberly Wooten was in the hull of…
An unpredictable call. A heavily armed suspect. An ambush that leaves police searching after the death of Officer Tara O’Sullivan.
Issues of domestic violence, access to guns and officer safety collided during rookie officer’s last call in Sacramento By Raheem F. Hosseini and Mozes Zarate…
Aftershock 2019 lineup announced
Slipknot, Tool, blink-182 headline the hard rock and heavy metal festival, expanded to three days For months, rumors swirled on which bands would play Aftershock,…
Worry wart
Anxiety is toxic for relationships, but overcoming it takes self-love.
Risk and reward
Joey advises a reader to stop worrying about his girlfriend’s love.