Category: SACRAMENTO

Aging Master Plan Efforts Advance Through Legislature

SACRAMENTO—More funding for both nursing homes and long-term health insurance passed in an Assembly committee last week, just two prongs in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s so-called Master Plan for Aging, which seeks to provide additional assistance for California seniors and caretakers. If passed, one bill would protect some long-term care insurance from inflation. The other would…


California’s Aging Master Plan Efforts Advance Through Legislature

SACRAMENTO—More funding for both nursing homes and long-term health insurance passed in an Assembly committee last week, just two prongs in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s so-called Master Plan for Aging, which seeks to provide additional assistance for California seniors and caretakers. If passed, one bill would protect some long-term care insurance from inflation. The other would…


Police Make Third Arrest After Sacramento Shooting

Police investigating a mass shooting in Sacramento, California, over the weekend took a third man into custody on Tuesday a but said he was not accused of taking part in the shooting. “In the course of investigating the multiple homicides of April 3, 2022, detectives identified a man who was seen carrying a gun in…


Second Suspect Arrested in Connection to Sacramento Mass Shooting

A second suspect was arrested in connection to the Sacramento shooting that left six dead and more injured over the past weekend, officials announced Tuesday. Smiley Martin, 27, the brother of Dandrae Martin, 26, was arrested by police, according to the Sacramento Police Department in a Tuesday update. Smiley faces possession of a firearm by a…


Coroner IDs 6 People Killed in Sacramento Mass Shooting

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Authorities in California’s capital city on Monday identified the six people killed in Sacramento’s mass shooting as police searched for at least two shooters who opened fire in a crowd as bar patrons filled the streets at closing time on the outskirts of the city’s entertainment district. Police say more than 100 shots were…


Biden Responds to Sacramento Mass Shooting by Pushing More Gun Laws

President Joe Biden said that more gun laws should be passed in Congress after a shooting in Sacramento left at least six people dead and more injured over the weekend. In response to the shooting, Biden said that Congress needs to “ban ghost guns,” although there is no evidence that a “ghost gun”—an unserialized and…


California Extends Eviction Moratorium to June 30

SACRAMENTO—California’s eviction moratorium was extended until June 30 to allow eligible tenants who have applied for rental assistance to receive their payments as the state runs behind on distributing funds. Assembly Bill (AB) 2179 introduced by Assemblymembers Tim Grayson (D-Concord) and Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) was passed in the state Senate on March 31 before being…


New California Bill Will Allow Workers to Not Show up Under a State of Emergency

SACRAMENTO—A new bill allowing employees to skip work if they cite the State of Emergency as a reason for their absence has received backlash from more than 30 business advocacy groups across the state—including the California Chamber of Commerce, the California Hospital Association, and the California Restaurant Association—who say the bill will harm business owners….


California Republicans Push Back Against Progressive Homeless Policies

SACRAMENTO— A group of Republican lawmakers introduced more than a dozen bills to combat California’s worsening homeless crisis March 16, a problem they say the state’s Democrats have inadequately addressed as billions of taxpayer dollars have been spent and the homeless population continues to grow. Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher (R-Yuba City), Assemblywoman Suzette Martinez…


Shen Yun Presents Beautiful Chinese Culture to Sacramento

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Sometimes we forget that although there are nearly 200 countries in the world, we have more in common than we have differences. Shen Yun Performing Arts is reviving 5000 years of Chinese civilization and those 5000 years contain things that everyone can relate to. “I am a firm believer [in] any kind of cultural…