August 12, 2022
Sacramento has agreed to pay $1.7 million to Clark’s parents. In 2019, a city settlement provided $2.4 million to Clark’s two children.
July 9, 2022
Medical journal study says life expectancy for California’s Latinos fell six years, more than other populations during pandemic.
July 6, 2022 | Sarah Mizes-Tan
After the resignation of a vice principal at West Campus High School citing racism and sexual harassment, experts worry this is part of a larger trend.
June 19, 2022
Ten years ago, the Obama administration announced the DACA program to protect certain young immigrants in the U.S. from being deported. Two Dreamers reflect on the years since.
June 17, 2022 | Sarah Mizes-Tan
California State Parks unanimously voted to change the name of Negro Bar, a day-use area at Folsom Lake State Recreation Area, to Black Miner’s Bar. The name change is temporary while the board conducts more research into the history of the area.
June 16, 2022 | Sarah Mizes-Tan
This year’s Juneteenth will be honored throughout the long weekend in many ways across the city.
June 14, 2022
California will offer food assistance to undocumented people over 55. Advocates want more. They say younger people need help, too.
May 16, 2022
California lawmakers and activists are pressing Gov. Gavin Newsom to spend more to help the state’s poorest residents.
April 28, 2022 | Janelle Salanga
Teacher Jordan McGowan says he was put on leave two days after he played a one-on-one game with a Black student who asked to skip detention to attend basketball tryouts.
April 17, 2022
A task force is helping state officials examine how African Americans have been harmed by slavery and systemic racism and, weighing that, how the state should respond. What reparations should there be?
