CALocal Wins Two Big Journo Awards

More than half a million square feet of office space is now listed for sublease at the Centene campus in Natomas. In 2021, the word was Centene employees would return to work in person by the end of 2021. But two years later, the buildings remain mostly vacant.

Sea lions have made their way to Sacramento shores. The mammals typically live in shallow waters in the eastern North Pacific Ocean and hunt for food offshore on the coast. So what are they doing here?

A shuttered drug store is about to become Elk Grove's new library site, thanks in part to a $3 million grant that was recently received. The total estimated cost of the library project is $15 million.

California officials depend largely on residents filing complaints to find out about health and safety problems at mobile home parks. Here’s how to file a complaint.

Sacramento’s homeless crisis has grown rapidly, and in July it hit a grim milestone—more homeless people than San Francisco. A count in February 2022 found that there are an estimated 9,930 homeless people in Sacramento on any given night.

The Carmichael Water District and Sacramento Suburban Water District have completed a study exploring how combining the two districts can lead to positive outcomes. The results of the research will be shared at a June 15 public event.

The Citrus Heights City Council reviewed the budget proposal for the next two years, and also approved the hiring of a consultant to manage grants. The city’s sales tax is no longer going to Sacramento County, which has allowed for a surplus.

In the report sponsored by the California Water Impact Network, policy expert Max Gomberg—the former climate change and water conservation manager for the State Water Resources Control Board—says the tunnel “threatens MWD’s fiscal solvency.”

A new study casts the nation’s racial inequities in stark relief, finding that the higher mortality rate among Black Americans resulted in 1.63 million excess deaths relative to white Americans over more than two decades.

A coalition of California-based organizations converged on the grounds of the State Capitol to send a message: Black Californians need financial resources to overcome setbacks caused by centuries of system and institutional racism.

Transitional kindergarten is an optional program for children between preschool and kindergarten that provides additional preparation for school. This support allows for students to build social and academic skills they will need for future educational success.

The Sacramento Observer has been a pillar in the community for six decades. Publisher Larry Lee joins Studio Sacramento TV host Scott Syphax for a conversation about the periodical’s history in Black journalism and its future.

In their twice-a-year exercise, legislators killed hundreds of California bills in the process known as the suspense file. They included ones on abortion access, climate and homelessness. The state budget deficit also made an impact.