Housing and HomelessnessSacramento’s annual Solidarity Summit on Homelessness highlights needs, resources for the unhousedThe third annual Solidarity Summit on Homelessness highlighted the ties between affordable health care and rental housing, harm reduction versus punishment and the needs of the Black unhoused community.
Sacramento RegionSeptember 18, 2024Kristin LamSacramento OKs policy allowing small apartment buildings in city’s single-family neighborhoods
State GovernmentSeptember 18, 2024Laura FitzgeraldLawmakers embark on second special session aimed at lowering gas pricesAssembly members will evaluate proposals to ease California’s gas prices, which cost an average of $4.70 per gallon, or a dollar and a half above the national average.
State GovernmentSeptember 17, 2024Megan MyscofskiNew report says California’s Prop 47 led to a major decrease in incarceration rate, slight increase in crimeThe Public Policy Institute of California released the report 10 years after the ballot measure went into effect and two months before voters decide whether to repeal aspects of it.
State GovernmentSeptember 17, 2024‘Mess’ and ‘destruction’: Fact-checking Trump’s attacks on California and Kamala HarrisDonald Trump didn’t attack California or Kamala Harris’s home-state record during their presidential debate. He didn’t miss his chance on a fundraising visit, blasting the state on crime, homelessness and more.
JazzSeptember 16, 2024Gary G. VercelliSacramento drummer releases new albumAlex Jenkins explores new sounds. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
EnvironmentSeptember 13, 2024Keyshawn DavisHere’s how to celebrate 916 Day, the holiday celebrating all things SacramentoCity officials are hosting a series of volunteer events at parks across Sacramento to celebrate.
Health CareSeptember 13, 2024Tony RodriguezSacramento students have firsthand experience with growing vaping crisisA quiet crisis is unfolding in the hallways and bathrooms of high schools in Sacramento. Vaping, once thought to be a safer alternative to smoking, has taken a firm hold among teenagers, creating challenges for educators, parents, and the students. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
EnvironmentSeptember 13, 2024Gas stoves may soon come with a tobacco-style health warning label in CaliforniaIn California, gas stoves may come with a health warning label.
EnvironmentSeptember 13, 2024Manola SecairaNew study finds 65% decrease in California’s fine particle pollution over 20 yearsAlthough fine particle pollution has decreased statewide, researchers say historically disadvantaged communities still face disproportionate impacts. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Housing and HomelessnessSeptember 12, 2024No sleeping bags, keep moving: California cities increase crackdown on homeless encampmentsMore than two-dozen California cities passed, strengthened or are considering ordinances that penalize people for sleeping outside, after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed cities to crack down.