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“I need a ride!”

April 9, 2021 Sacramento Regional Transit District

by Thea Marie Rood With many schools open or reopening, and summer just around the corner, Sacramento kids need some safe, reliable transportation. Sacramento Regional Transit District is providing plenty of buses, light rail trains […]

Local Issues

916 Ink Perseveres

February 11, 2021 California Endowment

BY EDGAR SANCHEZ The joyful parties at The Imaginarium are over for now—and Ian Hadley, the gracious host, misses them. The Imaginarium is not a dance hall but a young people’s writing center in South […]

Local Issues

Taking Root

November 24, 2020 California Endowment

BY EDGAR SANCHEZ In March 2016, Alfred Melbourne walked out of Wasco State Prison in Kern County—free at last. He had served 18 years for assault with a firearm and assault with a deadly weapon. […]

Youth

Calling All Kids!

October 29, 2020 Sacramento Regional Transit District

by Thea Marie Rood Especially with the weather turning cooler—and the rainy season on the horizon—Sacramento kids need some safe, reliable transportation. Not only is the Sacramento Regional Transit District providing plenty of buses, light […]

Local Issues

Kids Ride Free on SacRT

October 22, 2020 Sacramento Regional Transit District

by Thea Marie Rood The Sacramento Regional Transit District’s fare-free transit program, which waives fares for students and youth in transitional kindergarten through 12th grade across SacRT’s service area, has been extended for another year, […]

Youth

RydeFreeRT: A Proven Success

October 15, 2020 Sacramento Regional Transit District

by Thea Marie Rood The Sacramento Regional Transit District’s fare-free program, which waives fares for students and youth in transitional kindergarten through 12th grade across SacRT’s service area, has been extended for another year, through […]

Child Support

Dismantling Stereotypes

July 30, 2020 Sacramento County Department of Child Support Services

by Raul Clement We’re here for the kids,” says Roy Casillas, a child support supervisor for Sacramento County Department of Child Support Services. “We’re not here for one side or the other, as far as […]

Child Support

Employers Help the Process

July 23, 2020 Sacramento County Department of Child Support Services

by Corey Rodda Child support payments ensure that children have access to health insurance, shelter, food and clothing. And businesses large and small play a role in delivering these vital payments through wage attachment. Danielle […]

Child Support

Stepping Up

July 16, 2020 Sacramento County Department of Child Support Services

by Corey Rodda David Svanda never anticipated that at 48 years old he would be caring for a 4-year-old. But a child was something he’d never had and always wanted. “It was one of those […]

Local Issues

Defunding School Resource Officers

July 15, 2020 California Endowment

BY EDGAR SANCHEZ For 20 years, some members of the Sacramento Police Department had one mission: to help provide security for the Sacramento City Unified School District in their role as school resource officers, or […]

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