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The Latino Center of Art and Culture is hosting El Panteón de Sacramento, a recreation of a candlelit Mexican cemetery and chapel designed to showcase the cultural importance of this centuries-old tradition in many areas of Mexico and Latin America.

State Government

As immigration advocates demand Newsom cancel contract with border wall company, lawmakers stay silent

October 22, 2021 | Scott Rodd

The state awarded a no-bid contract to SLSCO — the company former president Donald Trump tapped to build his border wall in California — for COVID-19 response and health care staffing. The contract is currently worth up to $350 million.

Race and Equity

An elderly Oak Park woman’s longtime home might be sold due to unfinished construction. She’s fighting to keep it.

October 20, 2021 | Kris Hooks

Wanda Clark says a contractor took off with her money before renovating her home. Years later, the house remains unfinished, city fines have piled up and the courts want to sell it.

Race and Equity

Sacramento has nation's second-highest rent burden for Black renters

October 20, 2021 | Randol White

Renters are struggling to make ends meet with ballooning rental costs. According to a study by Zillow, Sacramento’s Black renters wages aren’t increasing fast enough to match higher rents.

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State Government

Are immigrants getting left out of California’s rent relief?

October 17, 2021

Non-English speaking immigrants face some of the biggest hurdles to receiving California rent relief. Advocates say informal leases, lack of technology access and language barriers are getting in the way.

State Government

California education leaders discuss Black student disparities

October 15, 2021 | A.V. Benford

The state superintendent, other officials look at challenges, solutions to creating equity for all students and families.

Arts and Lifestyle

Video: As the Nisenan language disappears, an artist in Colfax works to preserve it

October 11, 2021 | Andrew Nixon | Emily Zentner | Marissa Espiritu

The Nisenan are a tribe that has lived in Northern California around the Sacramento region for centuries. But the Nisenan language has been disappearing. Alan Wallace is working to preserve the language through art.

State Government

Ethnic studies becomes graduation requirement for California students

October 10, 2021

Experts and educators expect long-term benefits for students, but some groups remain critical of the mandate as they continue to erroneously conflate the curriculum with critical race theory.

Food and Sustainability

Hmong residents connect at Sacramento’s community gardens, but want more city support to grow more food

October 6, 2021 | Sarah Mizes-Tan

A new survey by CapRadio and Valley Vision Sacramentans of color were most likely to want a community garden, but least likely to be able to access one.

Food and Sustainability

Sacramentans of color are most interested in homegrown food but have few resources. These local gardeners want to change things.

October 5, 2021 | Manola Secaira

Groups such as Planting Justice and Three Sisters Gardens are expanding resources and delivering fresh, local food and produce to communities of color.

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