Food Banks Brace for ‘Perfect Storm’ of Food Insecurity Heading Into the Holidays
SNAP food benefits are back, but anxieties linger
The record-breaking government shutdown and suspension of SNAP food benefits led what one food bank director says is the worst food insecurity crisis she has seen.
An Empty Nester’s Melancholy Travels Without His Children
For the Last Word essay column, a writer shares his recent travels through Europe without his children
I could, I felt, either wallow in sadness at this state of affairs or, with my wife, chart our own course and go to places that we had never previously visited, using the strangeness of new locales to ask myself a series of questions on, broadly speaking, what it all meant.
Thousands of Western Monarchs Winter in Santa Cruz — but Their Numbers Are Dwindling
November is the season for butterfly spotting at Natural Bridges State Beach
Through January, the only state-run monarch preserve in California becomes a magical stop for the overwintering western monarch butterflies.
This Little House With Big Heart Is a West Coast Anomaly
Renters are called to the tiny Victorian with a touch of Southern comfort in Sacramento
The “Little House” is the last remaining of four that once stood in a row on 22nd Street. It is a rare West Coast example of a “shotgun house,” reflecting the idea that a bullet could travel through the front and out the back door without hitting anything.
How Sacramento Health Systems Are Reinventing Care
Capital Region hospitals are meeting the needs of a growing, aging population
An influx of new residents has led major providers including Sutter Health, Dignity Health, UC Davis Health, Kaiser Permanente and Marshall Medical in El Dorado County to accelerate expansion plans.