EnvironmentWhat are the impacts of California’s unseasonably hot March?March 24, 2026 | Sarit Laschinsky | Laura FitzgeraldWestern states have been feeling the heat for more than a week, which has broken temperature records and raised longer-term concerns as California’s snowpack continues to melt. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Sacramento Region‘Oak Park reads too’: Can the neighborhood bring back a library after decades of not having one?March 24, 2026 | Riley PalmerOak Park has been without a library since the late 1980s, but for the last decade a mother and daughter duo have been leading a grassroots effort to establish some form of one in one of Sacramento’s first neighborhoods. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Sacramento RegionRep. Doris Matsui ‘demanding answers’ after mother arrested by ICE at SFOMarch 24, 2026 | Chris FeltsNorthern California leaders are responding to a viral incident at San Francisco International Airport involving immigration officials. The video shows a Sacramento woman struggling against two ICE agents in front of her daughter.
EducationTwin Rivers teachers return to classrooms after 12-day strikeMarch 23, 2026 | Greg MicekAfter 12 days on the picket line, Twin Rivers teachers secured 7% raises, a $4,000 bonus, and fully paid family healthcare.
EnvironmentSpring wildflowers arrive early across Northern CaliforniaMarch 23, 2026 | Andrew Garcia | Laura FitzgeraldWildflower season is already peaking across Northern California as warmer weather speeds up blooms. A Jepson Prairie docent explains where to go now before they’re gone. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Sacramento RegionShake The Future Up hopes to shake up the polls with increased youth voter registrationsMarch 23, 2026The campaign focuses on peer advocacy to encourage civic participation.
EducationLegislative Analyst sees merit in Gov. Newsom’s plan for realigning California’s school bureaucracyMarch 23, 2026The LAO concludes: Moving the education department to the governor’s control would reduce confusion. The state superintendent should become an independent evaluator of state programs.
State GovernmentCalifornia sheriff running for governor seizes more than a half million ballots from 2025 electionMarch 23, 2026A California sheriff running for governor has seized more than half a million ballots cast in a November special election from county election officials, saying he’s investigating a ballot count discrepancy.
Education11 California county education offices underpaid or overpaid millions due to state clerical errorMarch 20, 2026Nearly a dozen California county education offices were either overpaid or underpaid millions of dollars in school funding due to a state clerical error, according to the State Controller’s Office.
Sacramento RegionAgreement reached: Natomas teachers strike endsMarch 19, 2026 | Keyshawn DavisNatomas teachers strike ends after more than a week and 12 months of bargaining.
