Who is Alex Honnold, the California native climbing Taipei 101?
Alex Honnold, the rock climber who famously scaled Yosemite’s El Capitan without ropes, will try his hand at…
2 heavyweights at the 2026 Oscars have Sacramento ties
Nominations for the 2026 Oscars were released on Thursday morning, and two films with ties to the Sacramento…
DEI wins in court, but loses at universities
When does a win not feel like a win? When one team gives up, before the game is…
Phil Collins has health woes. Could his 24/7 nurse come on tour?
There may still be life in the old dog. So says Phil Collins, after discussing some of the…
A tenacious journalist tells the story of Central Valley water
The story of California begins with water. Without the mass import of the wet stuff from parts north…
Meet Maddox Batson, a country Justin Bieber in the making
Maddox Batson sits in a swivel chair in a West Hollywood recording studio on a recent evening, spinning…
‘Disneyland Handcrafted’ on Disney+ reveals unbelievable early park footage
Today Disneyland is so fully formed that it‘s taken for granted. We debate ticket prices and crowd calendars,…
Sundance 2026: ‘American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez’ Q&A
A “brujo,” a “magician,” “a social arsonist” and the “father of Chicano Theater” — these are just a…
Sacramento’s Red Rover marks 300 deployments aiding animals
Red Rover, a national animal welfare organization based in Sacramento, celebrated its 300th responder deployment on Wednesday. The…
Plastic recycling in California has failed. You don’t have to
Last week’s report on California’s abysmal plastics recycling rates made it clear that the state, and individual citizens,…
Antarctic penguin breeding is happening sooner, and that’s a problem
Warming temperatures are forcing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier and that’s a big problem for two of the…
Don’t let nature’s splendid rebirth fool you. L.A.’s fire zone is hurting, not healing
My friend and I (but mostly me) were polishing off a piece of Basque cheesecake, scanning the view…