SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A high school in Sacramento County was temporarily put on lockdown due to a bomb threat Monday afternoon. The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office said Florin High School was locked down after the threat was reported around 3 p.m. Officials said deputies swept the scene while coordinating...

The capital city beat out Boise and Charleston, South Carolina, according to WalletHub.

The Career Technical Education Building, American River College’s newest building under construction, has had its opening pushed back to the 2025 spring semester. The CTE Building is the facility under construction behind the Portable Village and the Student Center. The new building will house certificate and degree programs that include automotive, electronics, electrician trainee, solar energy, design and engineering technology, funeral services and welding. It will also offer a large state of the art space with all the bells and whistles that would be expected.

Each month this year, Republic FC and SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union have come together to celebrate the region’s dedicated and passionate teachers and school employees. On Saturday’s regular season finale, a special group of individuals were recognized as the final Indomitable Educators of the 2024 season – the Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE) 2025 Teachers of the Year and the 2024 Classified Employees of the Year. Since 1988, SCOE has celebrated its teachers and employees, and the important work they do to create educational environments throughout California.

Bear River entered Friday night’s Pioneer Valley League game in Lake of the Pines against Mira Loma as one of the hottest small schools in the section and it kept the ball rolling. The Bruins wasted no time taking the lead, as they cruised to a 55-6 victory to improve to 7-2 this season.

CARMICHAEL, CA (MPG) - Thirty Carmichael children learned to protect themselves in their neighborhoods and schools during a free weekend clinic at Carmichael Park. Leading the class were black belt taekwondo instructor Martin Ross and karate/tai chi Master Shahin Mogharab. The free event was convened to help youth be safer...

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Education champion Dr. Colette Harris-Mathews is campaigning to join the Los Rios Community College District Board of Trustees. She looks to fill the Area 5 seat, being vacated by longtime trustee Pam Haynes, who is retiring after 25 years on the board. Dr. Harris-Mathews, a Sacramento native, has her own long history with Los Rios, having served and represented the local college district in the classroom and beyond in several leadership roles. Before retiring in 2020, Dr. Harris-Mathews was a dean and professor of ethnic studies and communication studies at Cosumnes River College, interim president of the district’s Black Faculty and Staff Association, Region F Board of Governor for the Faculty Association for California Community College, and founding faculty member for CRC’s Umoja Diop Scholars program. She also heads Harris Mathews Consulting, a communication, organizational development, leadership, and educational firm.

California school board races, largely ignored by voters until the 2022 election, are again taking center stage. The California Teachers Association(CTA), the California Republican Party and other organizations have significantly ramped up efforts to help their favored candidates win local school board seats on Nov. 5. On Saturday, teachers and...

The Trivium Prep Crimson Knights will head out on the road to square off against the Antelope Rams at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Trivium Prep is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses. Having struggled with seven losses in a row, Trivium Prep...

Imagination is the purest skill for creative writing. Sacramento City College English Prof. Eve Imagine published her first novel, “Body in Script,” a book she hopes will resonate with readers’ emotions. Imagine’s novel, “Body in Script,” follows Chava and Stephen, a couple navigating life after Chava awakens...

Tim Stanley, who leads the String Project at Sacramento State, believes everyone has music within them, but he understands that most people do not pursue music as a career. He is gratified that classical music lessons in his classroom improve his fourth through eighth grade students’ understanding and enjoyment of the medium.

Sacramento City College’s Clubs and Events Board is hosting its annual Club Day in the quad on Thursday, Oct. 31, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Latasha Harris, president of the Clubs and Events Board, shares what students can look forward to at the event. “All clubs will engage...

UC Davis Graduate School of Management’s provost, faculty, alumni, and students reflect on the remarkable impact of Dean H. Rao Unnava, the 2024 Poets&Quants Dean of the Year. Discover how his leadership style, authentic curiosity, and humility, paired with his innovative and creative vision, have profoundly transformed the school, its programs, and the wider community.