Apr 04 'Revenge porn' site operator sentenced to 18 years for identity theft, extortion By Elisabeth Ponsot A San Diego judge has sentenced 28-year-old Kevin Bollaert to 18 years in prison for running a "revenge porn" website that featured explicit photographs and included identifying information such as links to the victims' social media accounts. Continue reading
Apr 01 California governor orders water restrictions; snowpack at record low By News Desk California Gov. Jerry Brown ordered mandatory water restrictions on Wednesday to cut water usage by 25 percent across the state to deal with a years' long drought. Continue reading
Mar 31 From industrial to creative, re-branding Sacramento with artful dumpsters By KVIE The southeastern quadrant of Sacramento is an industrial community that has seen many industries come through: mining, truck farming, recycling. Now, a group that advocates for the community has decided to re-brand it by asking artists to paint dumpsters. Continue reading
Mar 31 Watch 3:05 From industrial to creative, rebranding Sacramento with artful dumpsters By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch 1:42 Drive-by jargon: Decoding Silicon Valley's puzzling tech billboards By PBS News Hour Billboards with language aimed at the tech industry are plentiful along a 49-mile stretch of freeway between San Francisco and San Jose. KQED San Francisco's Scott Shafer reports. Continue watching
Mar 28 Watch 4:05 To draw fresh crowds, symphony offers modern take on classical music By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 20 Even scarier than California's shrinking reservoirs is its shrinking groundwater supply By Colleen Shalby California's water shortage could potentially affect the entire nation. Continue reading
Mar 01 Supreme court to hear case on voter-approved redistricting By Mark Sherman, Associated Press In a reversal of the usual worries about political influence on electoral map-making, the Supreme Court is being asked to let raw politics play an even bigger role in the drawing of congressional district boundaries. Continue reading
Feb 24 In her unromantic memoir, Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon leaves her breakups behind By Joshua Barajas After their final show in Brazil in 2011, Sonic Youth was no more. And so was the 27-year marriage between the band's co-founders, Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore. Continue reading
Feb 24 Time-lapse artist shows us his vivid California dreams By KVIE Sacramento photographer Justin Majeczky has a knack for capturing beautiful scenes in and around his city. Continue reading