New Podcast to Hold Release Party
On April 25th, a release party for the new podcast called The Brave will be held at Beatnik Studios, 723 S Street, from 6:00-8:30 pm. There will be music, food, and a live podcast recording of The Brave. The event is free to go to, and youth are encouraged to attend. “These are the young […]
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Morrison Creek planned to be revitalized
On April 14th, 2018, a creek clean-up event will be held at George Sim Community Center where volunteers will gather before cleaning parts of Morrison Creek between 65th Street and Power Inn Road from 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM. On that same day, the Morrison Creek Revitalization Project will host a community vision meeting at […]
The Human Side of Stephon Clark
The death of Stephon Clark has been a national hot-button issue for the past month. On March 18th 2018, two Sacramento police officers shot at Clark 20 times and killed him in his grandmother’s backyard. Since then, protests have flooded Sacramento’s streets–stopping highway traffic and blocking access to the Golden One Center, home […]
How “LA 92” Matters in Sacramento in 2018
The verdicts of Rodney King’s trial and the Latasha Harlins murder trial turned Los Angeles on its head in the Spring of 1992. Five days of rioting that blocked streets, looted stores, and set fires to buildings killed 63 people, injured 2,383 and led to the arrest of 12,11. This is the subject matter of […]
Voices From Our Streets
“They Call Us Monsters” Film Screening at Sol Collective
On Wednesday, July 12th, Sol Collective hosted a film screening of the Netflix documentary “They Call Us Monsters” The film features three boys, Jarad Nava, Juan Gamez, and Antonio Hernandez, who are all facing life sentences for murder or attempted murder and work together to write a screenplay about their lives before they were incarcerated. […]
Doctors Killing Teens? The Dangers of Prescription Opioid Drugs
According to a recent article by LiveScience, most cases of opioid abuse in teenagers began with prescription opioids from a doctor. The study cites that 85 percent of the surveyed group of teenagers that had abused both prescription and injection drugs said they abused prescription opioids, such as OxyContin and Vicodin, before moving to heroin […]
VIDEO: Local artists flourish at Art Street
The “Art Street” exhibition is bringing crowds of people to an old warehouse at 300 1st Ave in Sacramento, where local artists have set up installations and interactive galleries for a nearly month-long presentation in continuation of the “Art Hotel” event of last year. The exhibition opened on February 3rd and will continue through February […]