California Fire Season Grinds On

Sacramento State University released findings from an audit of Capital Public Radio which included misuse of funds and mismanagement of records.

Market rate housing is being proposed for the Marshall School site in midtown Sacramento at 28th and G Streets.

In their August 1 meeting, the City of Elk Grove Planning Commission denied an appeal filed against the Coral Blossom affordable housing development.

A look at the hottest July ever recorded in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys and what's to come.

The homeless suit filed by the City of Sacramento District Attorney against the City of Sacramento has been stayed by the court for 6 months as both parties enter mediation.

A list of National Night Out Events in Citrus Heights.

Sacramento County is seeking public input and feedback on how to improve the North Watt Avenue Corridor through the month of August.

A list of opening days for local schools.

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg claims that the recent US Supreme Court ruling won't affect Sacramento. Recent changes might indicate otherwise.

The City of Elk Grove is launching two programs to encourage electric bike and scooter usage and ownership.

Current information on the Park Fire, including active evacuation zones animal and human evacuation shelters.

The election for seats on the Elk Grove Unified Board of Trustees is heating up as challengers file papers to run against incumbents.

The City of Sacramento is preparing its Streets for People Active Transportation Plan and is seeking public input through online comments and in workshops.

City of Citrus Heights Mayor Bret Daniels shared his thoughts following California Governor Gavin Newsom's executive order on homelessness.

The Rancho Cordova Youth Center is home to children's book vending machine thanks to a gift from the Rancho Cordova Kiwanis Club.

There are a number of bond measures on the November ballot for local school districts. This is a brief explainer about what the bonds are funding, and how bonds work.

So many intense wildfires all at once require an intricate chess game for maneuvering firefighters and equipment around the U.S.

A critical new federal audit calls out California for doing too little to prevent fraudulent spending of homelessness funds. Nearly $320 million was at risk.

The Senate appropriations committee sent dozens upon dozens of bills — that have a price tag of at least $50,000 to $150,000 and that may also be politically dicey — to the dreaded suspense file, where many could die quickly on Aug. 15.

Many landlords in California can only raise the rent a certain amount. On August 1, they — and their tenants — found out how high.

About 80 Californians die every year after contracting Valley fever, a fungal disease that typically affects the lungs. A recent outbreak was traced to a music festival in Kern County.

Legislators and Gov. Newsom are working behind the scenes to draft energy legislation before the end-of-the-month deadline.

A voter at a polling center at Santa Ana College in Santa Ana on March 5, 2024. Photo by Lauren Justice for CalMatters

Although the initiative process — proposing new laws via ballot measures — has been in California’s constitution for more than a century, its use was fairly uncommon until the 1970s.