Sacramento languishing in COVID limbo
Editor’s note: Sacramento County is backsliding in effort to reopen more businesses Everyone is focused on Election Day, and for good reason. But it shouldn’t…
Read Morepublic health
Closing time?
Editor’s note: California’s struggling restaurants appeal to diners for support, while suing governments over fees California’s struggling restaurants have two major efforts on their menu…
Fright night
Editor’s note: Share the thrills, chills and candy, but Halloween can’t be a super-spreader event for Sacramento County Sacramento County didn’t succeed in turning orange…
Drive stalls in the red zone
Editor’s note: Sacramento County misses the COVID-19 mark, again, so must wait to reopen more businesses Sacramento County wanted to move to orange by Halloween,…
Is honor system enough?
Editor’s note: Sacramento County Public Health is counting on businesses to follow COVID-19 safety rules with little enforcement Sacramento County public health officials are trying…
It takes a village
Essay: A new countywide collaboration will help Black and Brown residents get through the COVID-19 pandemic By Kindra Montgomery-Block I have deep roots in the…
Will California’s overdue equity push stall Sacramento’s reopening?
Editor’s note: Sacramento County wants to reach less restrictive COVID-19 tier by Halloween. A new state equity requirement could make that more difficult. Sacramento Public…
Sacramento’s lockdown eases
Editor’s note: County cuts COVID-19 numbers enough to reopen more businesses, but not yet for all schools Finally, there’s some light at the end of…
In the hot seat
Editor’s note: California public health officers are offered some new protection from threats. Sacramento County’s officer plans to sign up. So it’s come to this…
When will the show go on?
Editor’s note: Science and surveys suggest how tough it will be to get theatergoers to return during COVID-19 pandemic In Sacramento and across the country,…
Decision time for ‘Defund the Police’
Editor’s note: Sacramento City Council and county Board of Supervisors hear proposals to shift funding This is the most important week so far for the…
Exclusive: Death certificates spiked in Sacramento during the pandemic
Is county undercounting its COVID-19 deaths? Sacramento County issued 1,400 more death certificates between March 1 and Aug. 31 this year than it did during…
Letters: Masks, murals, Joe Biden, rent control
Individual choice Re: “What to say to a naked face” by Joey Garcia (Ask Joey, Sept. 3): Why talk to naked faces? My mask is…
What to say to a naked face
What are constructive ways to interact to people refusing to wear masks during the pandemic? Have you been in a public place, dutifully wearing a…
COVID-19 fitness
Urijah Faber keeps his Sacramento gym open despite public health restrictions Since mid-July, gyms in Sacramento County have only been allowed to operate outdoors. But…
Stuck in COVID shutdown
Editor’s note: Hoping to go to the movies or a concert or hang out inside a bar in 2020? Don’t count on it California’s new…
A fair share
Editor’s note: Latino business and community leaders demand more to heal COVID-19 devastation Sacramento’s Latino community, among the most devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic, could…