Passing the torch: Three Sacramento arts organizations navigate leadership transitions
By Jessica Laskey Change is hard. For arts leaders engaged in the delicate act of passing the torch to the next generation, it can be…
Read MoreArts+Culture, Rebooting the Arts, Solving Sacramento, Stage March 28, 2024
By Jessica Laskey Change is hard. For arts leaders engaged in the delicate act of passing the torch to the next generation, it can be…
Read MoreHousing, News, Solving Sacramento March 27, 2024
By Hannah Ross Liz Lorand Williams, policy manager for Downtown Sacramento Partnership, has worked to advocate on behalf of the downtown community for the last…
News March 27, 2024
By Maureen Ojiambo A growing number of international students are arriving in Sacramento to attend college – and many are facing similar struggles. Data from…
News March 27, 2024
By Evan Malmgren for the Economic Hardship Reporting Project This piece is co-published with permission from the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. It was originally published…
Housing, News, Solving Sacramento March 26, 2024
By Chris Nichols for Capital Public Radio A unique affordable housing community called Cornerstone opened last week in South Sacramento, offering everything from services for…
March 26, 2024
Sponsored by: Yuba Water Agency
The chance of catastrophic flooding in Yuba County is much lower these days due to efforts by Yuba Water Agency, local levee districts and the state and federal governments to shore up levees at the Yuba, Bear and Feather rivers. But while the county enjoys a 200-year level of protection—in other words, a 1-in-200 chance of catastrophic flooding—floods are still possible.
Arts+Culture, Music March 26, 2024
By Eddie Jorgensen San Diego’s Glass Spells had been booked as support for Missing Persons at Harlow’s in early February, but the entire show was…
Children and teenagers have been through a lot the past few years, with the disruption and isolation that was COVID, on top of family stress or trauma that can be present any time. Sacramento County Office of Education is focused on this issue for our kids, and Sacramento County Superintendent of Schools David W. Gordon sat down with us to discuss his perspective—and the plans SCOE is putting in place.
Arts+Culture, News March 21, 2024
After speaking at U.C. Davis, Stanford professor and ‘Entitled Opinions’ host discusses being a voice some are turning to as the human experience goes haywire…
Housing, News, Solving Sacramento March 21, 2024
Downtown Sacramento definitely needs a post-pandemic jumpstart, now that fewer government employees work there. What can be done to bring more people back to work,…
March 21, 2024
Sponsored by: Sacramento County Probation Department
The first “probation officer” was a bootmaker from Boston. In 1841, John Augustus volunteered to watch over a man in lieu of sending him to…
News March 21, 2024
Supporters say harvesting trees would thin out the state’s overgrown forests; critics say the wood pellets for heating produce more carbon than coal. By John…
News, Solving Sacramento March 20, 2024
By Hannah Ross Mia Lopez graduates next week. The communications analyst for the Sacramento Area Council of Governments will be graduating with a Bachelor of…
Arts+Culture, Music March 20, 2024
By Eddie Jorgensen For years, Brad Jordan has been widely known as a member of gangster rap group, Geto Boys, who achieved notoriety during…
Arts+Culture, Music, News, Solving Sacramento, Stage March 19, 2024
Findings from the sixth Arts & Economic Prosperity (AEP6) study revealed By Cristian Gonzalez The sixth Arts & Economic Prosperity (AEP6) study revealed that the…
March 18, 2024
Sponsored by: City of Roseville
So far in Northern California, 2024 has been in weather’s Goldilocks Zone—not too wet, not too dry, but just right.
News March 18, 2024
By Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock We’re taught in school about checks and balances between the various branches of government, but those lessons tend to…
Voices March 18, 2024
By Scott Thomas Anderson For people acquainted with the real Gavin Newsom, the start of March felt a bit like the movie “Groundhog Day.”Just weeks before California’s…
Housing, News, Solving Sacramento March 18, 2024
By Nick Brunner The issues of lack of housing affordability and availability are likely to hover around Sacramento for some time, but there’s no shortage…
Arts+Culture, Music March 15, 2024
The strings have settled for One Eyed Reilly performer who now ‘moves into another expression of being’ By Casey Rafter The Irish have a toast…