The (Charleston) Post and Courier. June 28, 2021. Editorial: Summerton water contamination points to widespread SC failures beyond water At first glance, the failures that led to contaminated drinking water in the tiny Clarendon County town of Summerton look like a simple matter of incompetence or dereliction on the part […]
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See the new art sculpture at Sacramento CA convention center
The Sacramento Convention Center is under construction on Monday, March 8, 2021 in Sacramento. Paul Kitagaki Jr. [email protected] The Sacramento airport has its leaping red rabbit. The plaza at Golden One Center has its colorful Piglet. Now, the convention center downtown is about to get its own out-sized public art […]
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Kevin Faulconer slams Gavin Newsom on schools in Sacramento
Good morning and welcome to the A.M. Alert! FAULCONER HEADS TO SACRAMENTO Via Lara Korte… The campaign has 21 days left to turn in recall petition signatures. Former San Diego mayor turned gubernatorial candidate Kevin Faulconer made a campaign stop in Sacramento on Wednesday to once again knock Gavin Newsom […]
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Chinese American butcher speaks out after dead cat intentionally left in her Sacramento parking lot
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KTXL) – The owner of a Sacramento butcher shop is looking for help identifying a man who left a dead cat in their parking lot Monday night. Mad Butcher Meat Company has been in business for more than 30 years in Sacramento, with the last five on Florin […]
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Sacramento, California swears in new City Council members
Katie Valenzuela, Mai Vang and Sean Loloee took themselves off mute, raised their right hands to their computer screens and repeated the oath of office. Like so many other things this year, the traditional swearing-in ceremony for three new Sacramento City Council members was done virtually on Tuesday. Even without […]
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Foster youth in Sacramento need laptops and iPads for distance learning
Caregivers at the Sacramento Children’s Home on Sutterville Road in Sacramento have been scrambling in recent weeks to make sure that 20 foster boys in their residential program have enough time on computers and tablets to participate in online schooling and enjoy leisure time. “Usually the boys would attend local […]
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AAPI CA: Hmong, Indian American women on Sacramento councils
Mai Vang, who is running against Pastor Les Simmons for the District 8 seat on Sacramento City Council, thanks a crowd of family and friends during a watch party Tuesday night, Nov. 3, 2020, in Sacramento’s Meadowview neighborhood. Xavier Mascareñas [email protected] It is Thursday, Nov. 26, and this is The […]
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Sacramento school stops Halloween event due to COVID, religion
California Middle School’s annual Cal-O-Ween event brings families together to celebrate the spooky season. But it was suddenly canceled this year, and then briefly scheduled again, sparking frustration among some parents and students who were preparing for the event. School leaders now say there isn’t enough time to put on […]
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Sacramento County CA voter advice for Nov. 3, 2020 election
Ballots arrive this week in Sacramento County mailboxes for what’s perhaps the most anxiety-producing election in modern times – a month-long process culminating Nov. 3 amid coronavirus worries, post office staffing concerns and presidential allegations, without evidence, of voting fraud. Despite those concerns, a record number of Sacramento voters is […]
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Air quality bad as smoke blows toward Bay Area, Sacramento
Wildfire smoke continues to make air quality poor across wide swaths of Northern California, including the Sacramento region. There’s no relief in sight the next few days, weather officials say. The air is unhealthy and the sun has been slow to peek through Thursday near the capital, but it is […]
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Homeless shelter for women open in Sacramento, California
A long-awaited shelter for homeless women is set to open Thursday in Sacramento’s Meadowview neighborhood. The 24-hour shelter, near the corner of Meadowview Road and 24th Street, will provide 50 women with a place to sleep, eat, use the bathroom and shower, as well as medical, mental health, rehousing and […]
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How COVID-19 is fueling a new wave of Bay Area transplants to the Sacramento region
Jesse and Shanni Burke were working on their laptops a few feet apart in their cramped Silicon Valley apartment this spring, sweltering without air conditioning, when it dawned on them. The coronavirus pandemic that was virtually imprisoning them in their tiny downtown San Jose walk-up also offered an unexpected escape […]