State GovernmentEx-staffer sues California Assembly speaker, alleging retaliation for reporting briberySeptember 4, 2025A former press secretary for California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas alleges in a lawsuit that she was retaliated against for reporting alleged bribery and other misconduct to the Legislature.
EducationHow a Sacramento charter school misused $180 million and became a poster child for reformSeptember 3, 2025Highlands Community Charter and Technical Schools will now have to repay the state.
EnvironmentCalifornia holds off on penalizing oil companies for price gougingSeptember 2, 2025 | Manola SecairaGovernor Gavin Newsom supported the price gouging penalty when he signed it into law in 2023 as a way to stop unnecessary gas price spikes. Now the governor and the energy commission have decided to put it on hold.
Sacramento RegionThe odd new strategy in Sacramento: fighting mosquitoes with more mosquitoesSeptember 2, 2025 | Tony RodriguezIn Natomas, crews are releasing 400,000 sterile male mosquitoes that don’t bite but mate with invasive Aedes aegypti. The goal is to stop the spread of diseases like Zika and dengue while cutting back on the pesky bites that target ankles and wrists.
Sacramento RegionWWII veteran celebrates his 100th birthday by skydiving with his son and grandsonSeptember 2, 2025 | Chris FeltsA World War II Navy veteran and lifelong Californian celebrated his 100th birthday last week by doing something he's spent years thinking about...jumping out of an airplane at 13,000 feet with his son and grandson. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Sacramento RegionSoil Born Farms urban agriculture and education project to celebrate 25 years of cultivating the communitySeptember 2, 2025 | Keyshawn DavisThe nonprofit runs a 55-acre farm along the American River in Rancho Cordova focused on educating both children and adults on how to grow their own food.
State GovernmentBig money and names power the campaign to influence California voters over a new congressional mapSeptember 2, 2025California voters will decide in November whether to OK a new congressional map that would benefit Democrats. The campaign to influence voters has already begun.
State GovernmentTrump broke the law by sending National Guard to L.A., federal judge rulesSeptember 2, 2025A 19th Century law called the Posse Comitatus Act defines what the military can do on U.S. soil. President Trump broke that law by sending the National Guard to L.A., a federal judge rules.
