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Cats About Town Society (C.A.T.S.) rescues, protects, and supports companion animals in need in the Sacramento area and helps reduce overpopulation.

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California Wants Better Animal Shelter Conditions, Stray Population Curbed

04/24/2024

Several bills making their way through the California Legislature seek to address overcrowded animal shelters and streamline how animals receive care.

Goats and Sheep Are Roaming Elk Grove Grasslands. Here’s Why and How to Check Them Out

04/20/2024

Each year, a herd of 7,000 sheep graze and goats tend to the grass with their kids, or baby goats, in creeks and channels throughout the city, clear vegetation grow during the wet season to cut down on wildfire dangers.

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Baby Eagle Doing Well After Being Rescued From Fall Near Lake Natoma

A baby eagle is reportedly doing well after falling from its nest near Lake Natoma over the weekend, becoming a priority for several agencies that responded to safely rescue the wayward eaglet.

Image caption: A beaver dam and pond in the eastern Sierra.
Beavers Can Help Stop Wildfires

Beavers create unburned islands where plants and animals can shelter from megafires, research has confirmed. A movement is afoot to reintroduce the rodents to the state's waterways.

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Protecting Pets in Sacramento’s Unhoused Community

By Keyshawn Davis Seven months ago, Joseph Rival drove to California from Oregon with his mother, who’d recently had a stroke, because she wanted to...

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Regional Tribal Environmental Coalition challenges State Water Board on Bay-Delta Plan

By Dan Bacher As the Delta Smelt has become virtually extinct in the wild – and as spring-run, winter-run and fall-run Chinook salmon populations on the...

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Folsom City Zoo offering 2024 docent training classes

Interested in helping at the Folsom City Zoo?  Well now is your chance to do so. Sign ups have opened to register for the 2024 Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary Docent Training class. The class is required for all prospective city zoo …

Image caption: Sparky and Cheri Clarke, formerly based at Cal Expo, lost everything in the barn fire at Tioga Downs, including six horses.
Cal Expo Horsemen Step Up After Devastating Barn Fire

Local harness trainers and owners donate trailer-full of supplies after Tioga Downs tragedy in upstate New York.

Image caption: California is considering an end to a program that gives tax credits for cow poop–based biofuels.
Climate Credits for Cow Manure: Program May End Soon

California grants climate credits for fuel made from cow manure, but there’s a paradox: The state’s program encourages collection of methane yet promotes natural gas.

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Spreading the News on How West Nile Virus Spreads

The Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito & Vector Control District protects residents from the world’s deadliest animal.

Image caption: The snow-lined South Fork of the American River on March 3, 2023.
Too Much, Too Early

When warm storms melt snowpack early, reservoir managers must release water to prevent flooding—which sends this precious resource into the ocean.

Image caption: Explaining California is hard work! But at California Local, we were up for it throughout 2022.
Explaining California in 2022: Our 10 Best Explainers of the Year

2022 was a year that needed a lot of explaining. And California Local was there. Here are our 10 most important explanatory journalism stories from the year gone by, from immigration to cryptocurrency to wealth inequality and more.

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