A dog that lives in Rocklin helped catch alleged killer, hostage-taker who escaped police custody
By Scott Thomas Anderson In the end, as the SWAT members closed in, it was a neighborhood dog in Rocklin that likely made fugitive Eric…
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California bill would make fast food corporations liable for labor violations
Parent companies now shielded from exposure would be held accountable along with individual franchise owners. By Jessica Goodheart, Capital & Main This story is produced…
California’s decoy carbon capture bill shut down following Capital & Main report
State senator cites story, which revealed oil lobbyist’s misleading tactics. By Aaron Cantú, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit…
Creativity in the Capital: Faith J. McKinnie and Gerry “GOS” Simpson discuss Sacramento’s art scene, Black artist visibility and how it can be improved
By Katerina Graziosi Faith J. McKinnie and Gerry “GOS” Simpson laugh often and easily throughout a recent Zoom conversation. They have been friends since 2019…
Indy’s end: Some nice moments aside, ‘Dial of Destiny’ lets down Harrison Ford
By Bob Grimm Indiana Jones goes out on a murky note with Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, which features an 80-year-old Harrison Ford…
An apple a day: Food can be medicine for low-income Californians under health care plans
An innovative program for Medi-Cal patients demonstrates food, when prescribed, can change health outcomes. Why did the state Assembly derail it? By George B. Sánchez-Tello,…
How deeply does our health care system discriminate?
Even the safest hospitals still display wide gaps in health outcomes based on patients’ skin color By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is…
Neon city lights: Reliving and passing down personal cinematic experiences in Sacramento
The Crest and The Tower each bring their own touch to the city’s cultural life, but after the pandemic, one is struggling with its future…
Scarlet shades and sonic connections: Sacramento DJ ‘Patrick Coe’ Johnson is bringing his own pulse to the city
By Chris Woodard A crowd gathers on the dance floor of Midtown’s Flamingo House on a breezy Sunday night. Its floor is missing the usual…
Photo essay: ‘It’s a family thing’ – Sacramento’s Juneteenth celebration brings the energy to Land Park
Photographs and story by Neezy Jeffery For Gary Simon, “Juneteenth is not Black history,” he says. “This is American history.” Simon is the executive director…
California defendants are more likely to go free when they meet lawyers early
By Nigel Nuara for CalMatters In most California courts, morning arraignments are a mess. Lawyers refer to them as “cattle calls.” Defendants troop in, typically…
Sacramento voters approved a ban on homeless encampments last fall. Here’s why the city has been slow to enforce it
By Chris Nichols, CapRadio Six months after Sacramento’s voter-approved ban on homeless encampments went into effect, supporters and critics of Measure O say the controversial…
The deadly allure of Arctic light meets sunshine and California dreams in new book ‘Wanderlust’
Mitenbuler’s third nonfiction outing is stellar, bringing an eccentric personality back from the veil It’s getting hard to predict what path Reid Mitenbuler will take…
As workplaces become more violent, California calls for stricter protections
Industry opposes a legislative bill to enact protections, but could support less stringent proposed Cal/OSHA safety requirements. By Dan Ross, Capital & Main This story…
Letters: A governor against his Capital Region, why CEQA matters, and the Sacramentans we’ll always remember
Re: “Newsom’s war with California environmental groups keeps Sacramento County in its cross-hairs” by Dan Bacher (News, May 26) We are seeing the same assault…
‘The one constant I had was basketball.’ How Sacramento High’s new coach went from foster care, to pro, to inspiration
By Malachi Parker Matt Johnson was labeled “a long shot” while facing hardship after hardship; however, his first year as head coach of the Sacramento…
Doubly disadvantaged: Undocumented women earn less than everyone else
A new study shows how the kinds of jobs held by undocumented women, as well as the states in which they live, drive pay disparities….