It’s Labor Day and that means barbeques, swimming and—lest we forget—labor. The holiday is rooted in workers’ rights, with the first holiday celebrated in September 1882. The co-founder of the ...

Nearly half of California’s land is owned by the federal government, and for years a federal policy known as the roadless rule has protected millions of acres across the country. But those protections ...

Amid a growing nationwide backlash against license-plate cameras, California this week, for the fifth year running, failed to enact regulations on the technology. A bill in the Legislature would have ...

A fire at the Folsom Boulevard Flea Market on Friday left a collective studio space and a $500,000 retro video game collection destroyed. The source of the fire is unknown, but no one was injured.

Early reception of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 did not bode well. His desired soloist for the premiere told Tchaikovsky to his face that it was unplayable along with a stream of other ...

Correction: A previous version of this story said Congresswoman Doris Matsui lost the primary election in June. She in fact finished second and advanced to the general election runoff in November. The ...

Five years ago, the Caldor Fire consumed more than 200,000 acres across the Sierra foothills and Echo Summit, largely destroying the town of Grizzly Flats in El Dorado County. It was the second ...

Franz Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 92 picked up the nickname the “Oxford” Symphony when he conducted it at a ceremony at which an honorary Doctor of Music degree was conferred on him by Oxford ...

If you’re a proud Sacramentan — born and raised, or just someone who’s logged a lot of years in the City of Trees — you’ve probably heard it all before: Sacramento is “boring.” Sacramento is “lame.” ...

Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959) lived in Paris from 1923. With the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1938, Martinů was named a cultural attaché for the government-in-exile. Days prior ...

California state lawmakers announced an agreement Thursday to give public agencies financial relief from the swelling costs of sexual assault lawsuits. School districts and counties have been pushing ...

The race for the Sacramento area’s 7th Congressional District has narrowed down to two Democrats. Thursday night, Congresswoman Doris Matsui and Sacramento City Councilmember Mai Vang met face-to-face ...