Dec 28, 2025
Drive around Sacramento and history disappears before your eyes. We’ve lost the Alhambra Theatre, Tower Records and countless landmarks that gave neighborhoods their character.
Now, another piece of history is in danger, the beautiful Mediterranean-style A. Warren McClaskey Adult Education Center, formerly El Dorado Elementary, at 5241 J St.
For more than a century, the campus has been an anchor of East Sacramento life. Now we stand to lose it.
Built in 1921, the school bustled with students until state earthquake regulations required major upgrades. Rather than abandon it, the city school district transformed the site into an adult education hub, home to folk dance classes, computer literacy, English language instruction and community activities.
Dec 28, 2025
Five decades ago, Joseph DeAngelo brought terror, rape, torture and murder to Sacramento and California neighborhoods from San Ramon to Irvine. His arrest in 2018 was national news and an emotional reckoning with shadows from our past.
In his new book, “The People vs. the Golden State Killer,” Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho offers a vivid and humane account of a predator who hid in plain sight.
The book isn’t a sensational true-crime chronicle. Ho delivers a thoughtful narrative about justice and the process of restoring dignity to survivors.
Nov 28, 2025
Potholes and trash piles might seem trivial, but these quality-of-life problems impact a city’s livability and image. For solutions, residents turn to their City Council representative.
Councilmember Phil Pluckebaum has represented East Sacramento and Downtown for one year. It’s time to question his commitment to his constituents and his job.
During last year’s campaign, I was in Pluckebaum’s corner. I attended debates, canvassed voters and invited Phil into my home to meet neighbors and hear the issues they faced. I was glad when he won.
Sep 28, 2025
North American river otters forage, hunt and play along the lower American River. Coyotes trot along the biking and hiking paths. Western pond turtles sunbathe on logs.
Mule deer seek camouflage in meadows of sedge grass and willow trees. Wood ducks nest and hide in wooden groves.
Fox, jackrabbits, muskrats, opossums, raccoons, beavers and skunks find refuge. Hawks, eagles, egrets, herons, owls and cormorants are among the more than 200 bird species.
The parkway’s “river-rich basin, coupled with marshes teeming with life, provides vital habitat for hundreds of birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and fish,” reports the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Aug 28, 2025
Destruction of miles of riparian habitat, including hundreds of trees, along the lower American River is scheduled to begin this fall.
The Central Valley Flood Protection Board approved the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ latest erosion-control project, despite pleas by engineers, biologists, scientists, geologists, professors, environmentalists and community activists to rethink the devastation.
Contract 3B stretches from the Howe Avenue bridge to east of Watt Avenue. The erosion-control work is part of the Corps’ plan to protect the city from floods.
Bulldozers will demolish as many as 700 trees, including 300-year-old oaks, and established vegetation. Trucks will deposit tons of jagged rock and rubble along the banks and into the water. The river’s south and north sides will be fenced for equipment staging.
Aug 28, 2025
Bad Fit City must reject Alhambra self-storage proposal By Cecily Hastings September 2025 A controversial development proposal that threatens the landscape and quality of life in East Sacramento is inching forward at 1125 Alhambra Blvd. The project would replace the... 
