As California tribes sue their gambling rivals, cities could be the losers
The suit would not have been possible if Gov. Gavin Newsom hadn’t signed Senate Bill 549 in September. The bill gave tribes a ...
Yuba County receives largest federal grant ever to extend Highway 70 and alleviate traffic
The biggest federal grant Yuba County has ever received will cover most of a project to extend Highway 70, alleviating heavy neighborhood traffic through Plumas Lake Boulevard.
The Sacramento Observer18h
Too wet and too dry: The crazy north-south gap in California’s rain
Northern California's wet season contrasts with Southern California's dryness, with a record-breaking gap in rainfall. Water ...
Outside money is dominating Folsom politics. But it doesn’t always buy an election | Opinion
Environmental activist Barbara Leary found herself outspent four-to-one by developer and business campaigns. She won with an ...
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Transit Briefs: LACMTA, Met Council, SacRT
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (LACMTA) $1.5 billion Foothill Gold Line light rail project in ...
Los Angeles’ continued mismanagement of homelessness is a lesson for the country
There’s one thing L.A. officials all agree on, and that’s the need for higher taxes to pay for homelessness programs.
Sacramento Snapshot: The legislature is back to work, and we’re tracking these bills from OC legislators
The state budget. Military retirement taxation. Drug treatment facilities. These are among the bills we’re tracking in 2025.
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New Year, New Administration. What Can We Expect?
Smaller counties have seen gains too. An April 2024 release from the state Department of Finance noted that Sutter and Yuba ...
The Modesto Bee on MSN4d
Modesto has just 1 passenger train to Sacramento daily. New grant will help bring it to 11
A $122 million federal grant will help complete a dramatic expansion of passenger rail in the Central Valley. The new money brings the total close to $2 billion for the upgrades to Amtrak and the ...
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Sierra Nevada snowpack above average to start the year, a promising sign for state water supplies
The statewide Sierra Nevada snowpack — which provides nearly one-third of California’s water supply — on Thursday was 108% of ...