At first glance, the patch of land near the intersection of Acoma Street and El Monte Avenue in North Sacramento seems unremarkable. A dry lot of dirt and scrub grass bakes in the sun, dotted with ...

Since childhood Claude Debussy had a fascination with the sea. For his three symphonic sketches collectively titled “La Mer” (The Sea), he took inspiration from literature and art including the iconic ...

California’s 6th Congressional District stretches from Placer County through North Sacramento communities and over to West Sacramento. Its boundaries changed after the passage of Proposition 50 – a ...

California’s third congressional district stretches from Lake Tahoe to communities east of Sacramento. The district changed drastically under California’s redistricting plan, Proposition 50, which ...

The publishing company McClatchy has made sweeping layoffs at dozens of newspapers across the country. Among them is the Sacramento Bee, which saw cuts to its editorial team and the entire sports ...

UPDATE: This article has been updated to clarify information about how the switch to trustee-area elections shaped this year’s contest in area 2. School boards rarely draw the attention of ...

A new report from the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s inspector general found nearly $600,000 in consultant travel expenses that violated state rules or the agency’s contracts. The expenses ...

Last week, McClatchy made sweeping layoffs at newsrooms across the country, including in its hometown of Sacramento. The publishing company owns 30 newspapers including the Sacramento Bee, Modesto Bee ...

Belgian-born French composer César Franck wrote his most well-known music starting in about his late 50s including his only symphony, in d-minor, at about age 66. Premiered in 1889 the year before he ...

In the mid-1980s through early 2000s, movie night meant driving to Blockbuster or Hollywood Video, wandering the aisles, and heading home with a stack of VHS tapes. That experience lasted into the ...

The Sacramento County Coroner’s Office is asking for the public’s help to identify a man found dead in the American River Sept. 13. He is believed to be between 20 and 40 years old and was wearing ...

The Stockton Symphony is celebrating 100 years of music in the Central Valley, and is kicking off its centennial season with a name synonymous with jazz. The symphony will highlight the world premiere ...