News across Greater Sacramento

UMass to open conference play with cross-country trip to Sacramento State
The Massachusetts football team’s first Mid-American Conference game of the year will take the Minutemen (3-0) roughly 3,000 miles from home, marking the program’s longest trip since visiting Hawaii in 2016. Amidst the team’s first 3-0 start to a season since 2007, UMass will…

Insurers say they’re starting to write new California homeowner policies, but how many?
By Levi Sumagaysay , CalMatters Houses sit within the forest in South Lake Tahoe near Pioneer Trail and Jicarilla Drive on Sept. 26, 2024. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters . Sign up for their newsletters. Insurance…

Guest Commentary: Out-of-State Mailers Amplify Mai Vang’s Misrepresentations
Guest contribution by Mr. Bill Wong

Marist Poll on New Ideas Adds Context to Matsui–Vang Race
Reliable polling in the Matsui-Vang contest is scant

Letter: Bear League takes issue with recent Letter to the Editor
In response to Toogee Sielsch’s Sept. 20 letter, “Black bear research within the Lake Tahoe Basin is important,” BEAR League would like to answer directly because the accusation of hypocrisy […]

A review of EGN's Kirk Thomson videos
Will Thomson continue campaigning or fade away?

Sacramento Bee endorses Mai Vang over Doris Matsui again in CA-07 race
Its diminished reach may still matter in an expected close race

Vang Mailer - Matsui is 'The Face of DC Corruption'
UPDATED Sept. 23, 8 a.m. Vang's mailer appears to target Democratic and no-party-preference voters

American Century Championship at Lake Tahoe extended another four years through 2030
LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. – The American Century Championship’s major partners: NBC Sports, American Century Investments, Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority, Caesars Republic and Harrah’s Lake Tahoe, and Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course […]

Week of mid-70s and mostly sunny skies in South Lake Tahoe
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The first day of fall is on Tuesday, and South Lake Tahoe should be in the mid-70s, sunny and calm, according to the National Weather […]

Letter: Black bear research within the Lake Tahoe Basin is important
Wildlife research is essential because it protects biodiversity, guides conservation policies, and helps humans understand complex ecosystems. Without that research, wildlife conservation/management and human/wildlife conflict mitigation would be equal to swinging […]

CalPERS CEO Gets a $1.15 Million Bonus — Maybe Someone Should Have Just Bought the S&P 500
investing in an S&P 500 index fund requires so little intellectual exertion that even the dumbest elected official could probably manage it