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City recruiting community ambassadors to help connect Sacramento’s diverse neighborhoods

The City of Sacramento is recruiting 18 community ambassadors to bridge gaps and promote City services and communications to ...
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Culture, Chaos, And Chords: Aftershock Spotlights The Pulse Of Black Alternative Music

Aftershock 2025 in Sacramento featured major headliners such as Korn and Bring Me The Horizon, as well as Black-fronted alternative bands Sleep Theory, Trash Talk, and Nonpoint, who are reshaping ...
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Congressional Black Caucus Members Left the Annual Conference Prepared for New Battles

At the 54th Annual Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference, speakers and lawmakers encouraged politicians and activists to stay focused on justice, despite the challenging political ...
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Historic $17M Settlement For Mother Beaten By Solano Deputies

Nakia Porter, a former Sacramento County woman beaten by Solano County sheriff’s deputies in 2020, receives a historic $17 million settlement.
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Black Preaching Has Always Been About Survival and Revival

Rev. Dr. Kelly U. Farrow founded the Kelly U. Farrow Institute for Black Preaching and Education in 2019 to provide training and support for Black clergy, seminarians, and lay leaders, and to sustain ...
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Newsom signs first-in-nation law to ban ultraprocessed food in school lunches

California has become the first state to ban ultraprocessed foods from school meals, requiring K-12 schools to phase out ...
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Helping The Homeless In The Face Of Federal Cuts

Rising homelessness in Sacramento disproportionately affects Black residents, who are 3.7 times more likely to experience housing instability. Part 2 of Concrete Roses.
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Cold-water immersion may offer health benefits — and also presents risks

Cold-water immersion has potential mental health benefits, but it is important to be aware of the risks and take precautions before taking the plunge.
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Pew Finds Just 6% of Journalists Are Black as Crisis Grows with Recent Firings

Karen Attiah, the Washington Post's only Black female opinion writer, was fired after writing posts on social media addressing violence and white extremism, raising concerns about the lack of Black ...
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Fishermen in Trinidad and Tobago fear for their lives and jobs after US strikes in the Caribbean

Fishermen in Trinidad and Tobago are living in fear of being killed by U.S. military strikes targeting suspected drug vessels in the Caribbean, as the U.S. and Venezuela continue to escalate tensions ...
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Motorists lift medical helicopter to rescue woman after crash injuring 3 on California highway

Three people, including a pilot, nurse and paramedic, were critically injured in a medical helicopter crash on Highway 50 in ...
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Percival Everett: ‘Reading Is the Most Subversive Thing We Can Do’

Percival Everett, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, believes that book bans and censorship are signs of fascism and encourages citizens to resist by getting library cards and joining book clubs.