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Sacramento County Coroner Releases Devastating Listing of Homeless Deaths

December 9, 2024 1:35 pmDecember 10, 2024 4:52 pm

The Sacramento County Coroner announced last week that they are now publishing data on the deaths of the homeless in the county. This should be done in every county in California. In 5 years spanning 1/1/2019 to 12/31/2024, 1,243 homeless...

Sacramento Mayoral Race Remains Too Close To Call Between McCarty, Cofer

November 22, 2024 4:39 pmNovember 22, 2024 4:45 pm

The Sacramento Mayoral election between Assemblyman Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento) and epidemiologist and former chair of Sacramento’s Measure U Community Advisory Committee Flojaune Cofer remained at a virtual deadlock on Friday, with McCarty only ahead in voting by just over 3,000...

Rep. Josh Harder Narrowly Defeats Stockton Mayor Kevin Lincoln In Close House Race

November 14, 2024 1:16 pmNovember 14, 2024 1:18 pm

Congressman Josh Harder (D-CA) declared a narrow victory over Stockton Mayor Kevin Lincoln (R) late on Wednesday, avoiding defeat in a race that had become unexpectedly close. A Harder-Lincoln race this year had been expected for some time, with Lincoln...

When Did Halloween Decorations Go Demonic?

October 15, 2024 11:30 amOctober 15, 2024 11:31 am

Most of us know that Halloween originated in an annual Celtic pagan festival called Samhain, which was then “Christianized” by the early Catholic Church approximately 1,200 years ago, and named “Halloween.” The jack-o-lantern is also from the Celts representing the...

Gov. Tim Walz to Make Unusual October Fundraising Run from San Diego to Sacramento

October 5, 2024 7:17 amOctober 5, 2024 7:17 am

More fundraising stops in California by Minnesota Governor and Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz were announced on Friday, with stops next week including San Diego, Montecito, Los Angeles and Sacramento. Early fall fundraising stops during presidential election years is...

Crazifornia: Amsterdam-Style Cannabis Cafes Coming to a Neighborhood Near You

October 4, 2024 8:34 amOctober 4, 2024 8:39 am

Sacramento is rolling out cannabis consumption lounges and cannabis cafes, under a bill just signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom. There will be permitted smoking lounges as well as edible lounges, similar to pot cafes in Amsterdam. So lighting...

A Sacramento County Welfare Program Available Only for Some Racial Groups

October 3, 2024 11:20 amOctober 3, 2024 11:23 am

In ten days, the Sacramento County Department of Child, Family and Adult Services will close its application window for a welfare program called “Family First Economic Support Pilot (FFESP).” This guaranteed income pilot aims to provide low-income parents or legal...