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Kris Hooks

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Sacramento is home. It always has been, and it always will be. Having lived here most of my life, I recognize Sacramento is a place where people hold a variety of opinions, live amid a rich environmental landscape and are part of diverse communities. 

But like most of the country, Sacramento is also steeped in structural and societal inequities that disproportionately affect people of color and poorer communities.

As CapRadio’s news editor, it’s my job to help our reporters develop stories with the context and understanding of Sacramento´s history and the many experiences of the people who live here.

Sacramento is yours as much as mine, so if you have any questions or suggestions on how CapRadio should report on what´s happening, let me know.

 

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    Stories by Kris Hooks

  • Andrew Nixon / CapRadio

    Sacramento region hit with another heat wave this week, cooling centers to open

    June 21, 2022

    People in the Sacramento region will be facing a heat wave this week with temperatures as high as 104 degrees during the day and overnight lows of 70 degrees. Cities and counties throughout the region are opening cooling centers.

  • Rich Pedroncelli / AP Photo

    Steinberg announces $50 million sports complex in South Sacramento during State of the City address

    June 15, 2022

    The proposal could have 24 multi-use fields, including a 2,000 seat field used to host major youth tournaments. It would also have locker rooms, meeting spaces and food facilities.

  • Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/CDC via AP, File

    Monkeypox case confirmed in Sacramento County

    May 24, 2022

    The announcement comes as a rare outbreak of the disease continues to move around the globe. A White House official​​ told NPR on Monday that the risk to the general public is low.

  • Sacramento County Board District 2: Who's running in the June 7 primary election

    May 19, 2022

    Many Sacramento area races won’t be decided until November, after they're narrowed to two candidates. But in the county’s second supervisorial district, where Patrick Kennedy and Duke Cooney are the lone candidates, a decision will be made in June.

  • Sacramento County Board District 5: Where candidates stand on environmental issues

    May 19, 2022

    The district, which includes cities like Rancho Cordova and Elk Grove, has four candidates running to replace longtime supervisor Don Nottolli on Sacramento County’s Board of Supervisors.

  • Sacramento City Council District 1: Who's running in the June 7 primary election

    May 19, 2022

    For 12 years, Angelique Ashby helped make Natomas one of the hottest neighborhoods for families in Sacramento. Candidates vying to replace her will have a chance to represent a now established, but still growing Natomas neighborhood.

  • Sacramento City Council District 3: Who's running in the June 7 primary election

    May 19, 2022

    Due in large part because of redistricting, the District 3 seat will be up for grabs, signaling yet another change of the guard on the City Council. Three of the eight districts will have a new representative.

  • Andrew Nixon / CapRadio

    Three charged with murder on one-month anniversary of Sacramento’s worst mass shooting

    May 3, 2022

    Sacramento’s district attorney says the men are facing three counts of homicide in the deaths of Johntaya Alexander, Melinda Davis and Yamile Martinez on the morning of April 3.

  • Kris Hooks / CapRadio

    Photos: Sol Blume R&B festival brings the love back to Sacramento

    May 2, 2022

    R&B music festival Sol Blume roared back over the weekend from a pandemic-muted hiatus, moving to a much larger venue that brought with it more artists and tens of thousands of fans.

  • Andrew Nixon / CapRadio

    After Sacramento’s deadliest mass shooting, officials plan to ask voters to pay for more youth programs

    April 26, 2022

    While local officials say youth programs may not have prevented the worst mass shooting in Sacramento’s recent history, some argue more funding would build off of pre-pandemic successes.

 

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