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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
By Levi Sumagaysay for CalMatters With more California homeowners just discovering their insurance policies are getting canceled — and hundreds of thousands of others stuck…
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…
By Evan Malmgren for the Economic Hardship Reporting Project This piece is co-published with permission from the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. It was originally published…
The chance of catastrophic flooding in Yuba County is much lower these days due to efforts by Yuba Water Agency, local levee districts and the state and federal governments to shore up levees at the Yuba, Bear and Feather rivers. But while the county enjoys a 200-year level of protection—in other words, a 1-in-200 chance of catastrophic flooding—floods are still possible.
By Chris Nichols for Capital Public Radio A unique affordable housing community called Cornerstone opened last week in South Sacramento, offering everything from services for…
The first “probation officer” was a bootmaker from Boston. In 1841, John Augustus volunteered to watch over a man in lieu of sending him to…