Inside Jason Ferreira’s honors agriculture science class at Hanford High School, students are dreaming up big goals for the year – showing animals at the county fair, volunteering on FFA judging teams ...

It’s Labor Day and that means barbeques, swimming and—lest we forget—labor. The holiday is rooted in workers’ rights, with the first holiday celebrated in September 1882. The co-founder of the ...

Nearly half of California’s land is owned by the federal government, and for years a federal policy known as the roadless rule has protected millions of acres across the country. But those protections ...

Amid a growing nationwide backlash against license-plate cameras, California this week, for the fifth year running, failed to enact regulations on the technology. A bill in the Legislature would have ...

A fire at the Folsom Boulevard Flea Market on Friday left a collective studio space and a $500,000 retro video game collection destroyed. The source of the fire is unknown, but no one was injured.

If you’re a proud Sacramentan — born and raised, or just someone who’s logged a lot of years in the City of Trees — you’ve probably heard it all before: Sacramento is “boring.” Sacramento is “lame.” ...

Early reception of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 did not bode well. His desired soloist for the premiere told Tchaikovsky to his face that it was unplayable along with a stream of other ...

California state lawmakers announced an agreement Thursday to give public agencies financial relief from the swelling costs of sexual assault lawsuits. School districts and counties have been pushing ...

The USDA says repealing the decades-long policy will help with wildfire mitigation and public safety. But critics say the move could open up millions of acres to development, logging, and increased ...

Whether President Joe Biden bows to the growing chorus of elected Democrats and Democratic voters calling for him to exit the 2024 race, or continues to seek a second term as a visibly frail ...

Forever chemicals” common in the manufacture of firefighting foams used in aviation-related fires for decades leaked into Sacramento’s groundwater, and in 2023, the City of Sacramento received a ...

A funny thing happened on the way to cannabis legalization: illegal pot is still big business. In New York, which legalized marijuana in 2021, retail sales are dominated by ubiquitous illegal "smoke ...