Sacramento RegionSacramento OKs policy allowing small apartment buildings in city’s single-family neighborhoodsSeptember 18, 2024 | Kristin LamThe Sacramento City Council passed the Missing Middle Housing Interim Ordinance allowing small apartment buildings in areas previously limited to single-family houses.
Housing and HomelessnessSacramento’s annual Solidarity Summit on Homelessness highlights needs, resources for the unhousedSeptember 17, 2024The 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.
EnvironmentHere’s how to celebrate 916 Day, the holiday celebrating all things SacramentoSeptember 13, 2024 | Keyshawn DavisCity officials are hosting a series of volunteer events at parks across Sacramento to celebrate.
Sacramento RegionBooks and beats: Beers Books and Kicksville Vinyl preserve Sacramento’s physical media scene amidst digital revolutionSeptember 12, 2024 | Gerardo ZavalaBeers Books is one of Northern California’s oldest bookstores. Its partnership with Kicksville Vinyl & Vintage represents a push to preserve physical media like books, records and CDs in a growingly digitalized world.
Sacramento RegionSacramento County to convert Arden area hotel into workforce and homeless housingSeptember 11, 2024 | Kristin LamThe Sacramento County Board of Supervisors approved spending $19.4 million in state money on projects including converting a former Arden area hotel into housing for people experiencing homelessness.
Sacramento RegionCamp Resolution closure forces dozens back on streets: ‘Where do they want us to go?’September 11, 2024 | Gerardo ZavalaFifty people were forced back on the streets or into temporary housing after the closure of Camp Resolution. CapRadio spoke to several former residents to hear how they’re doing, and what’s next.
Sacramento RegionMurals at Sacramento City College add splash of color to campusSeptember 10, 2024Prof. Gioia Fonda has been teaching the mural class for the last two years. She said that being able to create murals presents potential paid opportunities for local artists in a city where murals have come to dominate our landscape.
EducationSacramento County’s largest districts discuss 2024-25 priorities as students settle in for the yearSeptember 6, 2024 | Srishti PrabhaHere’s what to know about plans for the year at San Juan, Natomas, Sacramento City, Twin Rivers, Elk Grove, and Folsom-Cordova Unified School Districts as school kicks off in the Sacramento region.
Sacramento RegionSacramento mayoral candidates clash on police funding and how to confront city’s homeless crisisSeptember 6, 2024 | Kristin LamAssembly member Kevin McCarty says he won’t cut police funding, but Epidemiologist Dr. Flo Cofer says she wants to shift money to violence prevention programs.
Sacramento RegionWhat’s causing respiratory problems in South Sacramento? Expanded air monitoring program aims to provide answersSeptember 6, 2024 | Kristin LamThe program aims to improve air quality in the South Sacramento and Florin area, which has high rates of asthma and other respiratory problems.
