Sacramento Observer
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California’s New Landscaping Rules: You May Soon Be Required to Fire-Proof Your Yard
California homeowners are facing uncertainty as the state's Zone 0 law, which requires property owners to create an "ember-resistant zone"…
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Can College Prep Programs Survive Trump’s War on DEI?
By Aaricka Washington | Word In Black Overview: The Education Department has warned colleges that they will lose funding for any…
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Pell Grants Facing $9 Billion Program Cut
By Charlene Crowell | Trice Edney Wire (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Each year approximately 7 million college students benefit from Pell Grants, a…
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Dr. James Fisher, Champion For Justice And Inclusion, Passes
Dr. James Adolphus Fisher, a pioneering historian of Black California and advocate for social justice, passed away at 82, leaving…
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Carrousels National Convention Celebrates Sisterhood, Joy In Sacramento
The Carrousels Inc. held their 59th annual national convention in Sacramento, CA, where they celebrated their legacy, made donations to…
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Sac County Approves $8.9B Budget, Authorizes Sheriff Military Equipment
The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors approved an $8.9 billion budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year, providing funding for the…
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As Millions Protest Donald Trump, ‘Silence of the Lames’ Speaks Volumes
By Aswad Walker | Houston Defender | Word In Black This post was originally published on Defender Network (WIB) – Hey! Did you…
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Sacramento-area food systems weather big cuts in federal funding
By Jennifer Junghans | Solving Sacramento In Yolo County, families and individuals experiencing food insecurity can show up at one…
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Sacramento Schools’ Black Student Suspension Rates Remain High Despite Promises — And A Legal Settlement
By Robert J. Hansen | OBSERVER Staff Writer Despite years of pledges to address systemic racism and discriminatory discipline practices,…
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‘Bama Joins the Juneteenth Party, Thanks to — Republicans???
By Jennifer Porter Gore | Word In Black Overview: Seventy years after the Montgomery Bus Boycott became a flashpoint of the…
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Let’s Talk About Health, Not Just HIV
By Levi Perrin | Word In Black (WIB) – Sex ed never taught us this: that pleasure and protection could coexist. Sexual…
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With ‘F1,’ rising star Damson Idris enters Hollywood’s fast lane
By Lindsey Bahr | The Associated Press (AP) – Damson Idris was trying to tune out the noise, but that’s a little…
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‘The Ancestors Were Speaking’: My Pilgrimage to Ghana
By Denim Fisher | Word In Black Overview: As a point of origin in the transatlantic slave trade, Ghana has preserved…
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Surviving Summer’s First Heat Wave
By Jennifer Porter Gore | Word In Black Overview: The U.S. is experiencing its first blast of summer as a heat…
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Newsom and Legislature tangle with construction unions over minimum wage
California lawmakers are on the cusp of passing a controversial housing bill that would tie minimum wages for construction workers…
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‘We Need To Keep Fighting’: HIV Activists Organize To Save Lives as Trump Guts Funding
By Amy Maxmen | KFF Health News | Special to The OBSERVER GREENVILLE, Miss. (KFF) — Cedric Sturdevant woke up with…
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If you’ve lost your job, here’s how you can take care of yourself and your finances
By Adriana Morga | The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Recent layoffs from technology and media companies and government agencies might have you thinking…
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‘In a Nutshell’ co-creator on going from page to stage and finding community through storytelling
By Chris Woodard | Solving Sacramento Storytellers are cracking open their personal and human tales at “In a Nutshell,” a live…
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Q&A: Pulitzer Prize winner Robin Givhan chronicles Virgil Abloh’s rise to fashion fame
By Beatrice Dupuy | The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — With his calm and cool demeanor, fashion disruptor and multi-hyphenate Virgil…
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Cannon: Pacers Proved Plucky But Unlucky In NBA Finals
By Mardeio Cannon | OBSERVER Columnist Now that the 2024-25 NBA season has finally ended, I have some random thoughts…
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Spreading the Good Word, Through Good Works
By Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware | Word In Black Overview: Based in Takoma, Washington, Street Psalms’ missoin is to develop grassroots…
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Juneteenth California Partners To Amplify ‘Beyond Juneteenth’
Juneteenth California has partnered with the HAWK Institute and author Tommy Ross to distribute the illustrated version of Ross' book…
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Homeless-related arrests, citations soared in these California cities after Supreme Court case
California cities have increased enforcement of homeless encampments since the Supreme Court's Grants Pass v. Johnson decision, with many citing…
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Sacramento Valley Tenants Union’s Daniela Harvey on the power of collective action for tenant rights
By Ruth Finch | Solving Sacramento Daniela Harvey is an organizer with the Sacramento Valley Tenants Union. Through collective action,…
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What California Education Cuts Could Mean for Black Students
By Quintessa Williams | Word In Black (WIB) – Earlier this year, the Black Minds Matter 2025 report projected that California’s Black K-12…
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