Several thousand people marched through the fog on Jan. 19 in Sacramento to honor Martin Luther King Jr., continuing a decades-long tradition. Sacramento’s 44th annual March for a Dream began at Sacramento City College and ended at the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center’s diversity expo. To read more, check out ✍️: Camryn Dadey 📷️: Paul Kitagaki Jr. #news #mlkjrday #martinlutherkingjr #sacramento #marchforadream

Memorial Vigil for Traffic Crash Victims in Sacramento

Peach growers throughout the Yuba-Sutter area and Central Valley are reckoning with the fallout from the bankruptcy of Del Monte, a brand known for its canned fruit, which stranded many California growers with 20-year contracts for peaches totaling more than $550 million. The company’s collapse left Pacific Coast Producers, a cooperative of growers, as the lone processor of peaches, and consequently, the only prospective buyer for nearly 75,000 tons of peaches otherwise grown for Del Monte. For

Considering Sacramento’s longest running newspaper is the Sacramento Bee, we couldn’t pass up World Honey Bee Day (August 20). This day reminds us of the value of bees, especially as pollinators. In honor of today, Howard printed an image from an electrotype, made about 130 years ago, from the Lewis Winter Collection. #WorldHoneyBeeDay #bees #SacHistoryMuseum #museum #letterpress #printing

February 3, 1857: The 1st edition of the Daily Bee (now Sacramento Bee) is published. #sachistorymuseum #learnontiktok #sacramento #edutok

On February 3, 1857, The Daily Bee published its first issue of its newspaper. The first editor of the newspaper was John Rollin Ridge until he retired from the position a week later and James McClatchy became editor. The Bee was originally located on Third Street between J and K Streets. The name “The Daily Bee” appeared in the masthead of the paper until 1890 when it was changed to “The Evening Bee.” The name “The Sacramento Bee” finally appeared at the top of the newspaper on March 6, 1908. W

One year after devastating fires tore through the Los Angeles area communities of Pacific Palisades and Altadena, California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer spoke about the impact of utility companies on wildfires in the state. Steyer, a Democrat who has been vocal on his opinion that utility companies should be held accountable for causing fires, spoke to the press Wednesday at Urban Hive in downtown Sacramento about how he plans to hold utility companies accountable. To read more, check out