State GovernmentCalifornia announces plan to convert 3 office buildings in downtown Sacramento into housingJanuary 31, 2023 | Chris Nichols | Claire MorganOrganizations working out of these offices will be relocated by 2025, and the buildings will be turned into “transit-oriented affordable housing,” state officials said.
Health CareCalifornia coronavirus updates: COVID-19 pandemic has shifted people's financesJanuary 31, 2023In the last half of 2022, we heard a lot of talk about the "Great Resignation," aka, the Big Quit.
State GovernmentQ&A: Speaker Anthony Rendon on a budget deficit, gun bills and handing over the gavelJanuary 31, 2023 | Nicole NixonAssembly Speaker Anthony Rendon discusses his tenure as leader of the chamber, his plans for a budget deficit and what’s next. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State GovernmentThieves drain millions off CalFresh and CalWORKs recipients’ cards, families wait and taxpayers payJanuary 31, 2023The EBT cards the state uses to deliver financial assistance to low-income residents lack security features common to credit and debit cards. California officials plan to upgrade.
BusinessNorth Davis store becomes first Peet's Coffee in the country to form a unionJanuary 31, 2023 | Janelle SalangaThe north Davis location is the first of Peet’s 336 nationwide locations to unionize. Other locations in Northern California have approached SEIU 1021 about following suit.
Race and EquityMore than a million undocumented immigrants gained driver’s licenses in CaliforniaJanuary 31, 2023Seven years after the Safe and Responsible Drivers Act gave undocumented residents a license to drive, the state is ready to expand its impact, but the law still has detractors. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Friends, family of Tyre Nichols hold vigil at North Sacramento skate parkJanuary 30, 2023 | Sarah Mizes-TanDozens of friends and family members came to Regency Community Skate Park to remember Tyre Nichols, who loved to skateboard. Nichols, a former Sacramento resident, was killed by Memphis police earlier this month.
State GovernmentCalifornia reparations task force zeroes in on who’d be eligible for compensationJanuary 30, 2023California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations agreed residents should qualify for compensation. But should certain “vulnerable” former residents, such as foster kids or ex-prisoners, be eligible?
Tyre Nichols loved skateboarding. That's how his friends say they'll remember himJanuary 30, 2023Old videos of Nichols on his skateboard have taken on new meaning in recent days — offering friends a way to remember what he loved and how he lived, as opposed to the harrowing way he died.
State water deliveries to surge — highest in 6 yearsJanuary 30, 2023California cities and growers that receive water from the state aqueduct will get 30% of their allocations — the most in January since 2017.
