NPR Tiny Desk winner The Philharmonik is celebrating Transcendentalism at Sacramento’s Harlow’s on Nov. 12—and explaining why he stayed local. https://sacramento.newsreview.com/artsculture/the-philharmonik-keys-into-fame-for-sacramento-music-community-e1d42724  #Sacramento #LiveMusic #MusicSky

Malcolm X’s path from “Detroit Red” to human-rights icon comes to Sacramento’s Guild Theater Nov. 10–12 in Todd Anthony’s one-man show. https://sacramento.newsreview.com/artsculture/a-one-man-show-examining-malcolm-xs-life-comes-to-guild-theater-918debdb #Sacramento #TheaterSky #CultureSky

California passed new workplace AI safeguards—but Sacramento’s digital-rights outlook also includes a youth social-media ban and weaker privacy enforcement. https://sacramento.newsreview.com/news/reflecting-on-digital-rights-wins-and-losses-in-sacramento-22893d8b #CAPol #California #Privacy

Sacramento advocates want City Hall to delay the Railyards subsidy vote until the deal includes 25% affordable housing and anti-displacement protections. https://sacramento.newsreview.com/community-voices/sacramento-poor-peoples-campaign-seeks-25-affordable-housing-in-railyards-deal-61247dc8 #SacGov

Two memoirs, two turning points: a pilot’s path back to flying after 9/11 and a Sacramento writer’s 50-swim reinvention. CapLit Nov. 13. https://sacramento.newsreview.com/artsculture/caplit-showcases-sacramento-memoirists-nia-gilliam-and-kate-washington-1cf28271 #Sacramento #CultureSky

California will require K–2 math assessments in 2028–29. Sacramento educators and parents say early help matters—but ask where intervention funding will come from. https://sacramento.newsreview.com/news/mixed-views-on-state-mandated-math-assessments-90e687a4 #Sacramento #CAEdu #California

More than 120 Sacramento music professionals reconnected after free City-supported workshops on royalties, licensing and distribution. https://sacramento.newsreview.com/artsculture/sacramento-musicians-reconnect-following-city-supported-business-workshops-238b4db8 #Sacramento #MusicSky

Help shape Sacramento's tree canopy, from an urban-forest working group to parking-lot greening and volunteer plantings. https://sacramento.newsreview.com/news/sacramento-expands-urban-forest-efforts-with-working-group-parking-lot-greening-projects-and-volunteer-tree-plantings-ee62a9f9 #Sacramento

Sacramento is debating data-center growth. A new ProPublica report examines federal plans for public lands—and officials’ AI investments. https://sacramento.newsreview.com/news/trump-official-who-wants-data-centers-on-public-lands-has-tens-of-millions-invested-in-ai-industry-34f744ec #DataCenters

Six Sacramento-area Black writers, including authors in their 90s, have published their first anthology after years of sharing feedback and craft. https://sacramento.newsreview.com/artsculture/local-writers-showcase-life-wisdom-in-new-anthology-d2dcc350 #Sacramento #CultureSky

📽️ REVIEW Gotham gets gloriously gross in *Clayface*, a campy DC villain story with no Batman in sight. SN&R has the take. https://sacramento.newsreview.com/artsculture/cosmetic-surgery-run-amok-clayface-is-goofy-campy-fun-set-in-gotham-city-dc3c7720 #FilmSky #MovieSky

📽️ REVIEW Olivia Colman orders up a wicker husband in a rom-com that gets stranger, funnier and more thoughtful as it goes. https://sacramento.newsreview.com/artsculture/weaving-up-love-wicker-is-a-weird-and-enchanting-rom-comwith-surprising-depth-5290e94b #Sacramento #FilmSky #MovieSky

B Street Theatre marks 40 years with a Nov. 7 Sofia Soirée, supporting arts education and outreach for 50,000+ students a year. https://sacramento.newsreview.com/artsculture/sofia-soire-celebrates-b-street-theatres-40th-anniversary-d7cf7946  #Sacramento #TheaterSky

Sacramento’s Pavilions is painting its signature red brick white, creating controversy between longtime shoppers and management as broader renovations move ahead. https://sacramento.newsreview.com/news/sacramento-pavilions-shopping-center-is-getting-a-makeover-8615de2b #Sacramento #CultureSky

Sacramento’s week of live culture spans punk at Cafe Colonial, acoustic music at The Side Door and a free Placer County artists tour. https://sacramento.newsreview.com/artsculture/whats-going-on-november-511-348ba4d1 #Sacramento #LiveMusic #CultureSky

Sacramento’s Rod Stinson Band marks 10 years of reggae-fusion sets, from Golden 1 Center to neighborhood taprooms.https://sacramento.newsreview.com/artsculture/the-rod-stinson-band-delivers-a-slam-dunk-of-fun-in-sacramento-02672f15 #LiveMusic #Sacramento

Sacramento’s traffic-stop audit has no release date and won’t review discipline. Advocates say the city should not delay reforms. https://sacramento.newsreview.com/news/sacramento-delays-police-reforms-for-audit-that-wont-examine-discipline-481f3a08 #Sacramento #SacPD #CAJustice

Sacramento’s Playground Hooligans have spent years refining an 11-song debut album. Hear the work-in-progress Saturday at Old Ironsides. https://sacramento.newsreview.com/artsculture/playground-hooligans-debut-album-will-be-slow-cooked-to-perfection-0d95a61a #Sacramento #LiveMusic

About half of California school board candidates may be running unopposed as members cite budget stress, long hours and political hostility. https://sacramento.newsreview.com/news/why-school-board-members-arent-running-for-reelection-a-lot-of-disillusionment-37824977 #Sacramento #CAEdu #California

REVIEW: The Camp Fire nearly erased Paradise, north of Sacramento. Josh Fox’s new film follows people displaced by climate disasters—and their challenges. https://sacramento.newsreview.com/artsculture/can-this-film-change-our-understanding-of-the-climate-and-migration-crises-6beb66f8 #FilmSky

Eligible Sacramento student teachers may receive a $10,000 state stipend while completing unpaid clinical practice. The path to payment has several steps. https://sacramento.newsreview.com/news/californias-10000-stipend-eases-burden-for-student-teachers-ea861500 #Sacramento #CAEdu

Sacramento’s “Miss Tee” Sandifer built a career helping young people thrive. Her debut book reveals the hard-won lessons behind that work. https://sacramento.newsreview.com/artsculture/miss-tee-confronts-trauma-and-healing-in-new-book-49c8ec26 #Sacramento #CultureSky

📽️ REVIEW Laika’s *Wildwood* blends stop-motion and CGI into a dark, daring forest adventure. Its visuals are nearly miraculous. https://sacramento.newsreview.com/artsculture/sister-to-the-rescue-wildwood-is-a-visual-masterpiece-melding-stop-motion-and-cgi-331ccb4c #FilmSky #MovieSky

Sacramento stages a packed November: student talent, Shakespeare, a Ukraine-set new play and an ’80s rock-and-roll *Christmas Carol*. https://sacramento.newsreview.com/artsculture/this-november-sac-area-theater-goes-back-to-school-f7021e5d #Sacramento #TheaterSky #CultureSky

An 18-megawatt data center is being built at McClellan Park after an administrative county approval—not a Board of Supervisors vote. https://sacramento.newsreview.com/news/an-18-megawatt-data-center-was-approved-without-a-public-vote-127eb765  #Sacramento #SacGov #DataCenters

NPR Tiny Desk winner The Philharmonik got a key to Sacramento—and stayed to build here, not LA. His Harlow’s release show has a deeper story. https://sacramento.newsreview.com/artsculture/the-philharmonik-keys-into-fame-for-sacramento-music-community-e1d42724 #Sacramento #MusicSky #LiveMusic

Cali Carlisle’s decade on Sacramento streets exposes the gaps between emergency response, housing and mental-health care. Her family is still fighting for help. https://sacramento.newsreview.com/community-voices/cali-carlisle-sits-at-many-intersections-a5458c0a #Sacramento #PublicHealth #CAHousing

Prop. 39 would add voter-ID rules at California polls and on mail ballots. Black leaders say the measure could create barriers for voters. https://sacramento.newsreview.com/news/black-leaders-sound-alarm-on-californias-prop-39-voter-id-measure-14a0fe32 #Sacramento #CAPol #California

Sacramento’s CD-7 race puts Mai Vang’s call for change against Doris Matsui’s argument for experience. The stakes reach ICE, health care and jobs. https://sacramento.newsreview.com/news/sacramentos-choice-vangs-progressivism-or-matsuis-pragmatism-505d4631 #Sacramento #CAPol

A UC Davis neurologist diagnosed with ALS explains why California research funding feels urgent from both sides of the exam room. https://sacramento.newsreview.com/community-voices/my-journey-from-neurologist-to-patient-with-als-and-why-im-supporting-yes-on-prop-38-7dbc044b #PublicHealth #CAPol