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…
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Essay: The $1 billion Capitol Annex Project is not a good deal for taxpayers when the state has more pressing needs By W. Bruce Lee…
Editor’s note: The high points of the inaugural address Joe Biden should deliver I tried my hand at writing a suggested version of Joe Biden’s…
Infections are soaring inside Sacramento’s jails—just as advocates predicted A COVID-19 outbreak is sweeping through Sacramento County’s jail system, just as attorneys and advocates for…
A Sacramento photographer’s lifelong project documents her grandmother’s house in Brazil The Warehouse Artist Lofts in Sacramento were still under construction when developer Ali Youssefi…
While it’s true our 2020 losses have been brutal, the “worst year ever” label is drama and distraction Kick split-thinking to the curb: 2020 isn’t…
Essay: After all the travails of 2020, we must keep hope alive for a better 2021 By Reuven H. Taff If ever the saying “Out…
Sixteen years ago, Uncle Bill—which is to say my cousin’s Uncle Bill, an infrequent presence in my life whose reputation as a Southern-bred raconteur cast…
Infections are soaring around the region. We all know what comes next. If the past is any indicator, the Sacramento region will soon experience the…
Despite a devastating pandemic that stalled the nation’s economy and a third wave of infections that could do so again, court-ordered evictions are starting…
Editor’s note: Yolo County narrowly avoided a stricter lockdown. Now, public health officials there and elsewhere are trying to prevent a spike during the holidays….
The damage done to America by Donald Trump will take decades to repair By Sasha Abramsky Four years ago, in those horrific days surrounding Donald…
After months of work, one of the most historic hotels in the West can take visitors back in time By Scott Thomas Anderson For 169…
Editor’s note: The president-elect faces very difficult work to fix the mess Trump is leaving behind Our long national nightmare looks like it’s nearly over….
Already stark conditions have worsened under COVID-19 At least 18 people tried to kill themselves in the downtown Sacramento jail this year—breaking last year’s record…
State agency, water contractors look to issue new tunnel bonds during deepening recession By Scott Thomas Anderson “Defendants are all persons interested in the validity…
Sacramento to levee campers: You have no home, but you can’t stay here. Days after a Sacramento County health order discouraged homeless sweeps to prevent…