Poverty jobs. Poverty wages. Many Californians are working in jobs that don’t pay enough to lift them above the poverty line. What can be done? Equity Lab sought answers in its new mini-documentary 📽 #Thread sacbee.com/news/equity-la…

3/ California spends more than $6 billion a year on workforce training programs. But those doing the training say it’s not enough just to pay Californians to go to coding boot camps. Helping workers with expenses such as child care, they say, is crucial. sacbee.com/news/equity-la…

5/ Interested in the future of work in California? Watch “Beyond Poverty: Fight for the California Dream,” the new mini-documentary from The Sacramento Bee and Equity Lab sacbee.com/news/equity-la…

A brief look at SacBee Editorial Board's recall endorsement interview with a fired up Gavin Newsom yesterday. We're meeting with GOP challengers over the next week. Words by Sophia Bollag, video by Joshua Bessex Jenn ⬇️ sacbee.com/news/politics-…

A cell phone reportedly caught fire, forcing an evacuation on the tarmac. trib.al/KABnxa1

Law enforcement visited the Florida home of Brian Laundrie, the boyfriend of missing 22-year-old Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito, to speak with Laundrie’s family at their request on Friday, Sept. 17. sacbee.com/news/nation-wo…

For all folks in the Sac area, send your nominations!

NEW IN THE BEE: As California state workers return to Sacramento offices after COVID, Legionnaires’ disease — a severe form of pneumonia — is on the rise. Public health authorities say office reopenings could be to blame. 📸: Janice Haney Carr/CDC | #Thread

Is the Michelin Guide “behind the times”? With the 2021 California Guide set to be released Tuesday, some in the dining industry have expressed concerns about the guide’s selection criteria for restaurants — and its relevance in a changing food world. #thread 🧵

As California officials brace for a possible third year of drought, Karla Nemeth, director of the state Department of Water Resources, recently warned of “a worst-case scenario.” The drought is already in full force for many residents. #Thread #SundayBee 📷: Eric Paul Zamora

the cal assembly is poised to become 50/50 women and men with local elections pending.

It was a busy Sunday…and not dry.

NEW IN THE BEE: Some California inmates who've worked as firefighters for the state while incarcerated claim that once new good conduct credit rules took effect, their projected release dates were pushed back by as much as a year. #Thread ✍️ Sam Stanton sacbee.com/news/local/art…

The origins of a racist, whites-only church started with fantasy novels and, eventually, found a home headquartered in the foothills north of Sacramento. Here’s an in-depth look at its history — and why its neighbors are rattled and worried. #Thread 📸: Xavier Mascareñas

Mocktail anyone? sacbee.com/food-drink/art…

“Right now, we have a system where we give a million points for a million pieces of paper that students turn in, without much attention to what they’re actually learning.” edsource.org/?page_id=664226 via EdSource

The school year is nearly halfway complete, and districts across the Sacramento region are still struggling to fill dozens of permanent teacher and substitute teacher positions. 📷 by: Hector Amezcua He/Him/El #Thread

Incredible work by the Tacoma News Tribune.

actually, all these people are pretty famously known as bisexual.