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Psychologist’s refugee story remains a motivating force behind her trauma work in Sacramento When Dr. Carolee Tran recalls her last glimpse of Vietnam as a child, the most…
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New health care teaching clinic opening in Oak Park
By Keyshawn Davis About six years ago, Dr. William Sands, the director of special projects for University of the Pacific’s Pacific Health Care Collaborative, was…
Critical audit of California’s efforts to reduce homelessness has silver linings
Despite transparency concerns, the state auditor’s report says two programs focusing on housing and preventing homelessness are cost-effective. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This…
A phone call. Then a nightmare. Placer family devastated that daughter will never come home
Detectives investigate the killing of Cheyenne Loomer, celebration of life planned for April 27 in Penryn Cheyenne Loomer’s family wasn’t there to see all the…
Sacramento cannabis dispensaries fight to stay afloat under layered taxation system
By Ken Magri Despite the legal cannabis market initially seen as a golden enterprise for generating local tax revenues, Sacramento dispensary owners say they are…
Cannabis Trivia for 420
Interesting and goofy facts to entertain stoners on their favorite day By Ken Magri This year’s celebration of 4/20 cannabis holiday, we thought it would…
A controversy involving Verge revealed deep cracks in Sacramento’s art scene — and left many wondering why it had to go down like this
By Hannah Ross The Sacramento arts scene may be on the brink of transformation. Since a pandemic that had threatened to gut local arts scenes…
Dispelling the stereotypes about California’s low-wage workers
Contrary to common beliefs, many Californians in low-wage jobs are in the later stages of their work lives. They also play a crucial role in…
Equity in the Capital: Trish Kelly and Sam Greenlee on the gap between ‘agricultural abundance’ and hunger in Sacramento
By Nick Brunner Does it ever cross your mind how the food you eat gets to your plate? Getting produce and more from farms to…
Big Tech cheers as A.I. gets better at gaslighting America
By Scott Thomas Anderson A couple of months ago, newsrooms began discovering that the algorithm for Google News is now boosting articles that are plagiarized…
Equity in the Capital: Kacey Lizon and Kendra Macias Reed on transportation equity and what it takes to get from point A to everywhere else
By Nick Brunner We can see how Sacramento gets to work. We get to school, we get to the grocery store, or conversely, we have…
Adult school leaders rose to save their programs in 2014, will they do it again
By Jeff vonKaenel for N&R Publications When Luma Dadwood left Iraq for safer living in the United States, she said she “left everything behind.” “I…
Growing pains: Folsom’s population has risen at more than triple the rate of Sacramento’s since ‘South of 50’ broke ground
By Jessica Shona-Stewart Since Folsom voted to annex 3,500 acres of land in 2004, the city has grown dramatically – and many long-time residents are…
Advocates assert that sweeps of Sacramento’s homeless camps hinder the ability to provide healthcare
By Alexander Musa At least 227 people died on Sacramento County’s streets in 2023, despite increased spending to address homelessness. Advocates say that limited access to…
Essay: Repealing Prop. 47 is a misguided battle cry. It won’t make California safer
By Lanaisha Edwards for CalMatters Fourteen years ago, my younger brother, Vinnie Edwards, was fatally shot as he left football practice at his college. Six…
California insurance market ‘in chaos,’ says former insurance chief. Can this chief fix it?
By Levi Sumagaysay for CalMatters With more California homeowners just discovering their insurance policies are getting canceled — and hundreds of thousands of others stuck…
Passing the torch: Three Sacramento arts organizations navigate leadership transitions
By Jessica Laskey Change is hard. For arts leaders engaged in the delicate act of passing the torch to the next generation, it can be…