Former Sacramento teacher launches platform to combat national literacy crisis
A former Sacramento classroom teacher is tackling the nation’s literacy crisis. In 2020, Chandra Roughton founded Luminous Minds,…
Off-duty officer detains armed man during Catholic school event in Sacramento
A man armed with a gun was detained by an off-duty officer during a Sacramento Catholic school’s event…
California mom whose child died while she was in a spa faces 15 years
A Central California mother whose baby died inside her vehicle amid 100-plus-degree heat while she was having lip…
Teachers see increase in classroom behavior problems
Elementary teachers say they’re seeing worsening and increasingly severe behavior problems in young children and want help —…
Sayre Gomez miniaturizes downtown L.A.’s Graffiti Towers in new exhibit
Oceanwide Plaza was supposed to be a trio of gleaming, high-rise mixed-use towers in the heart of downtown…
Contributor: Gaza remains a crisis of children’s mental health
As a psychologist in the occupied West Bank, I have spent my career sitting across from children carrying…
The two, separate lives of Gavin Newsom detailed in new memoir
SACRAMENTO — Gavin Newsom writes in his upcoming memoir about San Francisco’s highborn Getty family fitting him in Brioni suits…
Dawson’s favorite director gives to James Van Der Beek fund
Support for James Van Der Beek’s family continues to pour in. The GoFundMe created to support them following…
Parents protest Snapchat outside company’s headquarters
Standing in front of Snap’s Santa Monica offices, parents clutched photos of their children who died from taking…
Sacramento coroner identifies 3-year-old who died, mom arrested
The mother of a 3-year-old boy who died after suffering blunt-force trauma injuries at a Sacramento home has…
California coffee growing pioneers die of unknown causes, leaving behind 3 children
Authorities are investigating the sudden deaths of a Central Coast couple who pioneered California’s coffee-growing movement from their…
San Francisco parents scramble as teachers strike leaves 50,000 students out of school
Connor Haught has been juggling virtual work meetings and arts and crafts projects for his two daughters as…