Record store solidarity
Kicksville Vinyl & Vintage was open for just a week at its new location before public health regulations forced it to close temporarily during the…
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Adaptation
Sacramento nurseries change during COVID-19 to keep customers safe—and stay in business Imagine having to totally rethink how you do business during your busiest time…
Wear a mask
Editor’s note: With little enforcement, will peer pressure be enough for Californians to do the right thing? Gov. Gavin Newsom hoped that public pressure would…
Under pressure
Editor’s note: Sacramento’s mayor offered police reforms. Many Black leaders are demanding more. With no meeting this week, the City Council won’t debate police reform…
Slow start for ‘slow streets’
Essay: When the protests started in Sacramento, it made sense to take another look at the project. By Debra Banks It was early March when…
Tales of the pandemic
Editor’s note: Have something to say about COVID-19? The State Archives and State Library want you to share. How will history record something so deadly…
Dividing the pie
Editor’s note: How should Sacramento spend $89 million from Uncle Sam? Residents have ideas, but will officials listen? Mayor Darrell Steinberg and City Council members…
Economic justice on hold?
The chairperson of a citizens committee on Measure U will no longer be sidelined A citizens committee created to help follow through on economic justice…
COVID Victory Gardens
There’s surge of interest in growing vegetables during the pandemic. Sacramento’s community gardens are trying to keep up. A garden is like a new puppy….
Early warning
Editor’s note: Will reopening lead to local COVID-19 outbreaks? California public health has a new way to check. The protests demanding justice for George Floyd…
15 Minutes: Jane Ingram Allen, environmental artist
One of Sacramento’s 2020 artists in residence outlines her COVID-19 contingency plans In March, just before the COVID-19 pandemic canceled nearly every large event in…
‘Normal’ is not safe
Essay: There is no justice for black communities, with the pandemic and police violence By Kindra Montgomery-Block As a black woman from South Sacramento, I…
No deal during a pandemic
Essay: Other UC medical residents are winning labor contracts, so why not at UC Davis? By Arunima Kohli More than a year ago, UC Davis…
Stop penalizing the poor
Editor’s note: Local officials will look at reforming fines and fees. It’s about time. Local officials are opening a new front in the fight for…
Waste not, want not
Editor’s note: Sacramento can’t afford to blow the $89.6 million windfall from the feds It’s a godsend that the city of Sacramento received $89.6 million…
Sounding the alarm
Virtual town halls educate and empower the black community during the pandemic By Faye Wilson Kennedy and Kevin Carter In March, we began distributing food,…
Slow streets
Sacramento looked, but decided against closing some residential roads to prioritize pedestrian safety during the COVID-19 pandemic The city of Sacramento has decided to pass…