Sacramento turns to 'micro apartments' to ease affordable housing crunchSeptember 11, 2023 | Chris NicholsSonrisa is the third micro apartment community to open in the Sacramento region in recent years. Housing advocates say more are needed. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State GovernmentCalifornia lawmakers ban most hand-count elections, targeting far-right Shasta CountySeptember 8, 2023Most California elections will be forced to use state-approved machines to count ballots under a bill that follows an attempt by right-wing supervisors in one county to hand-count future elections.
EnvironmentClimate activists protested at Burning Man. Then the climate itself crashed the partySeptember 8, 2023Burners were forced to endure hours of torrential rains before tens of thousands bailed on the festival. Scientists warn that such large bursts of showers are a result of a warming planet.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi is running for reelectionSeptember 8, 2023The former House speaker announced Friday that she will run for reelection in 2024. She revealed her plans at a breakfast with volunteers in San Francisco and then followed up on X.
Arts and LifestyleGet to know Sacramento TikToker @heckinsickSeptember 8, 2023 | Janelle SalangaThirty-year-old Logan Ivey grew up in Colfax before moving to Sacramento and says the city has “a lot to love that might not seem so obvious.”
EnvironmentGovernor Gavin Newsom appoints new ‘oil watchdog’ to investigate potential gas price gougingSeptember 8, 2023 | Manola SecairaNewsom has previously said price gouging by the oil industry could be partially to blame for spiking costs.
State GovernmentTikTok ban on state worker phones won’t happen in California this yearSeptember 7, 2023A bipartisan bill to prohibit TikTok on state phones is shelved until 2024. It had breezed through the state Legislature, but Gov. Newsom asked for the delay. It’s the latest social media regulation to get stalled in California.
State GovernmentA look at the latest 2024 California ballot measure proposalsSeptember 7, 2023 | Nicole NixonIf they qualify for the ballot, the measures would allow voters to weigh in on penalties for fentanyl dealers, cutting red tape to build housing, and personal finance classes for high schoolers.
EducationSacramento State’s new Disability Cultural Center offers students a place to gather, outside the language of pathologySeptember 7, 2023 | Janelle SalangaThe center is the first of its kind in the California State University system, and offers a sensory room, social space and more.
EducationRocklin school board approves controversial gender identity, name notification policySeptember 7, 2023 | Steve MilneMore than 100 people spoke for and against the policy, which would require teachers to tell parents if their child asks to be identified by a gender that’s different from their assigned sex at birth.
