SACRAMENTO, CA – Sacramento may be best known as the midwest of California, the city of trees. But...
Mar 22, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY
ON THE GROUND IN SACRAMENTO, CA
Sacramento’s Asian American community rises to intergenerational challenges
ON THE GROUND IN MODESTO, CA
Beneath the Bridge: Children in California endure daily hardship and homelessness
MODESTO, Calif. – After a dip in the Tuolumne River, a 10-year-old girl who didn’t know how to...
Mar 12, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN SELMA, CA
Bad teeth: The hidden poverty plaguing rural California
SELMA, Calif. — At the crossroads of Highway 99 and 43 is Selma, California, a small town nestled...
Mar 09, 2020
ON THE GROUND AT THE SOBOBA BAND OF LUISEÑO INDIANS RESERVATION
Native American teens report from the Soboba Reservation
SOBOBA BAND OF LUISEÑO INDIANS RESERVATION – Every other week, I have a chance to drop my notebook...
Mar 03, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN SACRAMENTO, CA
‘From darkness to the light:’ How one Bay Area man found freedom from his struggle to survive
SACRAMENTO, CA — In January, I sat among dozens of other reporters in California’s Capitol as we peppered...
Mar 01, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN SAN JOSE, CA
A strained but unbroken Bay Area
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The first thing locals mention are the homeless who line the streets of densely...
Jan 23, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN PARADISE, CA
Rekindling community a year after the devastation of the Camp Fire
PARADISE, Calif. — In October, hundreds more Californians joined the ranks of those who’ve lost homes and businesses...
Nov 08, 2019