October 30, 2021 | Paul Conley | Andrew Nixon
The Latino Center of Art and Culture is hosting El Panteón de Sacramento, a recreation of a candlelit Mexican cemetery and chapel designed to showcase the cultural importance of this centuries-old tradition in many areas of Mexico and Latin America.
October 22, 2021 | Scott Rodd
The state awarded a no-bid contract to SLSCO — the company former president Donald Trump tapped to build his border wall in California — for COVID-19 response and health care staffing. The contract is currently worth up to $350 million.
October 20, 2021 | Kris Hooks
Wanda Clark says a contractor took off with her money before renovating her home. Years later, the house remains unfinished, city fines have piled up and the courts want to sell it.
October 20, 2021 | Randol White
Renters are struggling to make ends meet with ballooning rental costs. According to a study by Zillow, Sacramento’s Black renters wages aren’t increasing fast enough to match higher rents.
October 17, 2021
Non-English speaking immigrants face some of the biggest hurdles to receiving California rent relief. Advocates say informal leases, lack of technology access and language barriers are getting in the way.
October 15, 2021 | A.V. Benford
The state superintendent, other officials look at challenges, solutions to creating equity for all students and families.
October 11, 2021 | Andrew Nixon | Emily Zentner | Marissa Espiritu
The Nisenan are a tribe that has lived in Northern California around the Sacramento region for centuries. But the Nisenan language has been disappearing. Alan Wallace is working to preserve the language through art.
October 10, 2021
Experts and educators expect long-term benefits for students, but some groups remain critical of the mandate as they continue to erroneously conflate the curriculum with critical race theory.
October 6, 2021 | Sarah Mizes-Tan
A new survey by CapRadio and Valley Vision Sacramentans of color were most likely to want a community garden, but least likely to be able to access one.
October 5, 2021 | Manola Secaira
Groups such as Planting Justice and Three Sisters Gardens are expanding resources and delivering fresh, local food and produce to communities of color.
