Health CareThe Trouble With Hot Spots: Hard-Hit Counties Send COVID-19 Patients To Other AreasJuly 6, 2020Imperial County on the Mexican border has the state’s highest rate of COVID-19 cases, straining hospitals and forcing the transfer of 500 critically ill patients outside the region.
Ennio Morricone, The Sound Of The American West, Dies At 91July 6, 2020The iconic Italian composer, who scored The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and more than 500 other films, died Monday in Rome.
Inspired By The Movement For Racial Justice, Two Sacramento Artists Paint Their MessageJuly 4, 2020 | Kate GonzalesAs the country grapples with a pandemic and confronting white supremacy, Sacramento artists are responding to the moment.
What California’s Budget Deal Means For K-12 SchoolsJuly 4, 2020California’s new budget provides enough funding for schools to pivot to hybrid learning when they reopen this fall. But school officials fear Sacramento’s decision to delay cuts could throw districts into the fiscal abyss later.
Sacramento Passes Police Reforms, But Activists Say City Officials Must Do MoreJuly 3, 2020 | Sarah Mizes-TanOrganizers want more policy to directly address police brutality.
Will Hundreds Of Thousands Of Vote-By-Mail Ballots Go To Californians Who Have Died Or Moved? Election Experts Are Skeptical.July 3, 2020 | Chris NicholsElection officials say the claim ignores measures used to to update voter rolls and the safeguards in place to prevent fraud.
EnvironmentBlack People Often Aren’t Heard In Environmental Discussions. These Black Sacramentans Formed Their Own Group To Speak Out.July 3, 2020 | Ezra David RomeroSacramento doesn’t have a scarcity of environmental groups. But what is lacking is an advocacy group that adequately listens to Black people when it comes to environmental laws and policies that impact their lives. A new group aims to change that.
Health CareAs Sacramento Recloses Some Businesses, Officials Struggle With Testing Shortage And Outreach To Spanish SpeakersJuly 2, 2020 | Sammy CaiolaSacramento County officials are closing down some indoor businesses for the next three weeks after a state mandate. They’re also grappling with a break in the supply chain for test kits and a lack of multilingual health workers.
Health CareAs An Overhaul Of California’s Mental Health Spending Gets Shelved, One Mother Pushes For ReformJuly 2, 2020 | Sammy Caiola | Emily ZentnerPlans to reform a major California mental health fund were deferred in the newly finalized budget. Advocates have criticized the state for failing to oversee the money. Now some groups want to see it spent on treatment during the COVID-19 crisis.
This Fourth Of July, Here Are Ways You Can Demonstrate For Racial Justice In CaliforniaJuly 2, 2020There are protests and actions scheduled from the Bay Area to Sacramento on Independence Day that will, instead, explore and critique the holiday while celebrating Black lives.
