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.
Sacramento RegionYolo County supervisors say staff were aware of Esparto fireworks storage years before deadly explosionAugust 29, 2025 | Sarit Laschinsky | Sally LongeneckerNewly-released records show staff from the county’s building division were informed in 2022 that fireworks were being stored at the property in Yolo County, but no enforcement actions or follow-up visits were conducted.
Sacramento RegionUC Davis alum creates underground education pipeline for Afghan girlsAugust 29, 2025 | Vicki Gonzalez | Sarit LaschinskyThe Taliban’s return to power in 2021 brought about the end of many Afghan girls’ dreams of continuing their education. But a Sacramento-area nonprofit, founded by a UC Davis alum, is offering some students the chance to continue learning online.
State GovernmentMeet the Sacramento architect behind California’s new proposed congressional mapsAugust 29, 2025 | Vicki GonzalezCalifornia’s contentious proposal to redraw congressional maps has drawn heated debate. But data consultant Paul Mitchell says his company’s maps still respect good governance principles and criteria laid out by the state’s redistricting commission.
