Interview: The work that still needs to be done for LGBTQ progressJune 12, 2022 | Randol WhiteBrad Sears, the founding executive director of the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, on the future of equal rights. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Sacramento Filipino-American activists breathe new life into half-century struggle after Marcos Jr’s electionJune 12, 2022 | Janelle SalangaIn the 1970s, Filipino Americans made Sacramento a site of transnational organizing, influenced by both the Marcos dictatorship in the Philippines and the Civil Rights movement in the United States. Now it has gained increased immediacy.
Chesa Boudin recall is not a death knell for California criminal justice reformJune 11, 2022While San Francisco voters recalled progressive DA Chesa Boudin, other criminal justice reform proponents did well in the California primary. The message sent by voters was far more nuanced than the national narrative.
Secrecy shrouds pandemic spending at some California schoolsJune 11, 2022California schools received more than $33 billion in COVID stimulus money. Some districts won’t say how they’ve spent it.
Spending spree: Oversight scarce as billions in COVID aid poured into California schoolsJune 11, 2022A CalMatters investigation found that schools had wildly different approaches to stimulus spending — from laptops to shade structures to an ice cream truck. No centralized database exists to show the public exactly where the money went.
Federal firefighters are waiting for pay raises they hope will help fill their ranksJune 11, 2022While they face longer and hotter wildfire seasons, federal firefighters are also battling staffing shortages in six of the nine regions across the country.
Interview: Sacramento Pride Festival returns in-person June 10, 2022 | Megan Manata | Vicki GonzalezAfter two years, the Sacramento LGBT Community Center will again hold the Sacramento Pride festival in person June 11-12. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Inflation soars to an over 40-year high. These are the ways Americans are copingJune 10, 2022Consumers are watching their pennies at the gas station and grocery store as consumer prices surged 8.6% in May, pushing the annual inflation rate to its highest in over 40 years. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Several cooling centers open in Sacramento region amid dangerously hot weatherJune 9, 2022 | Chris NicholsIn addition to designated cooling sites, public libraries and community centers offer people a place to escape the heat.
Jan. 6 hearings live updates: Panel witness remembers 'carnage' and 'chaos' at the CapitolJune 9, 2022Committee members have put former President Donald Trump squarely at the center of a conspiracy over election fraud that led to the deadly riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
