"This is a season of hope and a season of joy. And no child should be left behind," said Sacramento City Councilmember Lisa Kaplan.

We sent a reporter to drive the 15-hour and nearly 700-mile journey across the state, traversing mountain ranges and rock slides, dirt roads and agricultural checkpoints, from Marin to Modoc County.

Leading the campaign for and implementation of 1998's Proposition 10, he radically reframed public responsibility for early ...

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Dr. Dawnté Early, president and CEO of United Way California Capitol Region, is The OBSERVER’s 2025 Person of the Year.

Over the past few years, though, I have watched versions of reckoning with China unfold across very different milieus, each shaped by a unique vantage point. For Kaiser’s generation of American ...

Meet Maddison Brodeur, a young Gen Z doula working to change birthing care for Black women in Sacramento, addressing racial disparities in maternal health.

These seemingly harmless expressions reveal a startling disconnect between generations, exposing how dramatically the rules ...

The number of people killed on County streets so far this year is now up to 148 and police say driving under the influence is ...

Multiple counties in Northern California are sharing information about places where people can fill sandbags ahead of several ...