2+ week, 4+ day ago   (789+ words) More than 170 years after Sacramento established its first public school board, questions about who has access to the city’s schools continue to raise concerns about racial equity. In October 1854, the Sacramento City Council created the Sacramento City School Board. At…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (792+ words) Desiree Lynch, who finished second in the June primary for Stockton City Council District 5, was arrested Wednesday on five felony counts alleging she used false addresses to establish residency in the district and qualify as a candidate. According to the…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (366+ words) In “Treating Violence: An Emergency Room Doctor Takes On a Deadly American Epidemic,” Dr. Rob Gore frames violence as a critical public health crisis, sharing powerful, firsthand accounts from the ER that highlight the struggles of victims and survivors. In…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (1596+ words) Three Black Women Among Gov. Newsom’s Recent Judicial Appointments Gov. Gavin Newsom has nominated three Black women — Justice Rashida Adams and Judges Denise Hippach and Juliet Macaulay — to serve on California Courts of Appeal. They are among eight appellate court…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (799+ words) Assembly Bill (AB) 2323, legislation by Assemblymember Tina McKinnor (D-Inglewood) that would modernize how newspapers publish legally mandated public notices is headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom for consideration. AB 2323, co-authored by Assemblymember Diane Dixon (R-Newport Beach), cleared the Legislature after the…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (1310+ words) California Lawmakers Return for Final Month of Legislative Session The California Legislature’s summer recess has officially concluded, with lawmakers returning to Sacramento on Aug. 3 for the final four weeks of the 2025–2026 legislative session. The packed agenda includes hundreds of active…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (493+ words) Questions about election security, voter access and public confidence in elections have become some of the most closely watched issues in American politics. This November, California voters will weigh in on those debates through Proposition 39, a ballot measure that would…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (697+ words) California voters will decide this November whether to make it more difficult to approve local special taxes proposed through the citizen initiative process. Proposition (Prop) 43 would amend the California Constitution to require two-thirds voter approval for all local special taxes,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (849+ words) With less than three months until the general election, Darius Kemp, executive director of California Common Cause, says California must protect both election security and voter access for the state’s approximately 23 million eligible voters. Kemp delivered that message during a…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1118+ words) Sacramento businesses that paid tariffs on imported goods may now be able to recover thousands of dollars. This follows a Supreme Court ruling in February that struck down a major group of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers…...