Budget cuts threaten in-home assistance workers and Medi-Cal recipients
Will California gut a medical aid program created in an age of compassionate care? By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by…
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The Sacramento Library’s state park passes are a hit, but will they survive the budget battle?
By Kai Arellano and Asyah Zamani Several times a day, someone leaves a Sacramento Public Library branch with a pass that grants free admission to…
The Great Food Bank Robbery: Yolo County residents and other hungry Californians face losing their daily bread
A new landscape of scarcity is threatening even the state’s food basket regions. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by the…
Frontline advocates rally in Sacramento for ‘Make Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act’
Lawmakers heard from frontline advocates and climate disaster survivors who are already living with the painful costs and health harms caused by fossil fuel industry…
Deadline looms for state workers in Sacramento to return to their offices
By Jeremy Brown and Isabella Nyiri Thousands of state workers in Sacramento remain angry about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent order that they return to the…
ICE detains people after immigration court hearings in nationwide operation
In California, officers tried to arrest two men who weren’t the people they were looking for. One had a medical emergency. By Kate Morriseey, Capital…
Chaotic Sunday scene of gunfire on Sacramento’s Ethan Way, teen hospitalized
More than nine police and sheriff’s units raced down Arden Way and Howe Avenue Sunday afternoon as residents of an apartment complex took cover and…
Auburn murder trial opens on tale of cocaine, conspiracies, Reality TV and Major League Baseball
“When he turned on the light, I’m not sure what words were used,” Captain Gary Nelson muttered on the witness stand, his brow rising as…
Meet LabRats, the Sacramento jazz quartet behind some of your favorite musicians
How LabRats are redefining jazz and shaping Sacramento’s music scene By Steph Rodriguez Every city has its own music culture and sound. That’s especially true…
California Museum in Sacramento honors Japanese Americans, Nisei veterans with flag ceremony
By Justine Chahal California Superior Court Judge Johnny Gogo stood in the California Museum, looking at the American flag he donated. The flag is remarkably…
Innovative Medi-Cal expansion threatened by budget and Trump pressures
Gov. Newsom walks back signature program that provided medical safety net to 1.6 million undocumented immigrants. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is…
Three Sisters Gardens keeps youth connected through indigenous knowledge in West Sacramento
By Gabriel Solis Alfred Melbourne, founder and director of Three Sisters Gardens, believes that growing food brings life and opportunities to everyone. But it wasn’t…
How one group of immigration attorneys is building community and battling courts as feds focus on increased deportations
By Odin Rasco When Salwa’s husband received an offer for a job in California in the summer of 2024, it was not just an opportunity…
Sacramento State students partake in hunger strike demanding divestment and policy changes
By Nancy Rodriguez Bonilla and Aliza Imran Editor’s note: The last names of certain sources have been kept anonymous for the sake of minimizing harm and…
Sacramento Bonsai Club celebrates 79 years of living history
By Chris Woodard On the showroom floor of the 79th Annual Sacramento Bonsai Show in early May, a stone from the Tule Lake internment camp…
Keep ‘the death knell’ quiet: State promises it won’t drain the Delta’s fresh water, but its engineer’s testimony shows Newsom’s tunnel increases water deliveries by 22%
By Dan Bacher The California Department of Water Resources has claimed for years that the purpose of the embattled Delta Tunnel is to “provide, restore and protect…
Justice2Jobs gathering lays out challenges that criminal reform advocates see for Sacramento from Prop.36
By Casey Rafter When results from local elections came in last November, large retailers like Walmart and Target saw a big win in the passing…