Sacramento County Families & Children Articles

Here's how the iconic Barbie doll and its manufacturer, toy giant Mattel, built an industry in Southern California that pours billions into the state’s economy.

You have to be 18 to get divorced in California, but there’s no minimum age to get married. Child marriage survivors protested at the state Capitol, but the Legislature likely won’t act until next year.

State lawmakers want to loosen CalWORKs job requirements so people keep cash benefits. Congress’ debt limit deal could curb that.

As traffic whizzed by on East Bidwell Street, sisters Kirra and Makayla Putman raced alongside the many vehicles on their quadripede, riding the rails in the 30th annual Folsom Handcar Derby.

The Supreme Court is keeping in place, for now, Title 42 — the pandemic policy that OK’d migrant expulsions. California has yet to figure out how to meet the needs of an influx of migrants when it does go away.

California has some top-notch tourist attractions—with top-shelf prices. Here are some that won’t break the bank.

California’s first-in-the-nation task force to identify reparations said business loans, housing grants, tuition, wage and job protections could provide redress for African Americans.

New Year's celebrations have been around as long as civilization itself. Here's how they started and how California marks the New Year today.

A new bill now in the state Senate would make paid family leave accessible even to workers on the lowest end of the income spectrum.