Therapy llamas bring stress relief to Stockton college studentsNovember 23, 2022 | Rich IbarraStudents took turns petting, hugging and brushing four llamas — with names like Mystical Amigo and Loverboy — on the campus lawn.
Sacramento hopes to pay ‘community ambassadors’ to advise on policy, help with outreachNovember 23, 2022 | Sarah Mizes-TanThe program seeks to gain participation and input from the city’s underserved populations, and residents have until November 30 to apply.
Sacramento LGBTQ community’s annual ‘chosen family’ feast continues this ThanksgivingNovember 22, 2022 | Randol WhiteThe LGBT Center’s traditional event welcomes those who may not feel welcome with their own families, and others who want to celebrate. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Mentally ill prisoners in California are three times likelier to get shuffled aroundNovember 22, 2022Newly acquired state data shows that the Corrections Department transferred patients with serious mental illnesses an average of five times over a six-year period.
Health CareExperts are concerned Thanksgiving gatherings could accelerate a 'tripledemic'November 22, 2022As the holiday approaches, infectious disease specialists are bracing for the possibility that big family get-togethers and travel will propel the spread of RSV, flu and COVID-19.
EnvironmentCultural burning is key to fighting severe wildfires, Indigenous practitioners sayNovember 22, 2022 | Manola SecairaAt the Cache Creek Nature Preserve, Indigenous practitioners have brought back cultural burning. Here’s what it looks like along the fire lines. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Health CareHow monoclonal antibodies lost the fight with new COVID variantsNovember 21, 2022The treatments were highly popular earlier in the pandemic. One by one, they got knocked out by more convenient, less expensive treatment options, and new COVID variants.
State GovernmentAbout-face: Why Newsom relented, released $1 billion despite lackluster local homeless plansNovember 21, 2022The governor threw communities into disarray two weeks ago by withholding $1 billion in homelessness funding for plans he saw as unambitious. But local officials said the assignment itself discouraged ambition. Now Newsom is yielding.
Yolo County considering ban on smoking in apartments and other multiunit housingNovember 21, 2022 | Steve MilneThe county’s board of supervisors directed its staff to get feedback from residents who live in apartment buildings, condos and duplexes about the potential ordinance and the prevalence of indoor smoking earlier this month.
EnvironmentAnother California desalination plant approved — the most contentious one yetNovember 20, 2022The California Coastal Commission voted 8-to-2 despite the ecological risks to the Monterey Bay coast, high costs of the water and a divide between affluent and lower-income communities.
