The View From Here

Mai Vang has always been a trailblazer. She is a first generation Hmong-American and the eldest of 16 children. As a young adult she started a non-profit to give political voice to her South Asian community. Now, she’s a school board member.

Margarita Chavez has the best house on the block. At least, that’s how she describes it to all who come to visit her in Detroit Park. She wants all of her neighbors to feel that same pride in their home.

The team is still working on the next episode, where we'll introduce you to Margarita Chavez. The retired grandma patrols her neighborhood and is determined to rid it of overgrown lawns and other eyesores. But what do her neighbors think?

Rolanda Wilkins grew up in Meadowview and lived through its crack epidemic in the 1980s. Now, she dedicates her life to empowering neighborhood girls, some of whom may be working through residual effects of the crack epidemic’s “lost generation.”

We’re excited to share the next episode with you — which we’re still producing. In the meantime, we’re going to share a few snippets of other stories we’ve gathered during the past year CapRadio has been in Meadowview.

Teenager Lamajhe Miles wants to be a professional football player one day. And he has the talent. But without a bed to sleep on, poor grades and bad influences all around him, all he has is his will.

Meadowview residents still talk about their love for Officer Dan Ware, one of Sacramento’s first black policemen. He often patrolled by foot. As a coach, he was a role model for young boys. But he also had personal battles with the department.

A large community of Pacific Islanders lives in Meadowview, attending Christian churches and public schools. When members of the Tongan community were becoming active in gangs, elders brought them back to their roots, teaching them Polynesian dance.

Hear a sneak preview of Making Meadowview, the next season of The View From Here. Check back Oct. 10 for the launch of the new season, featuring six stories showcasing some of the people making a difference in the south Sacramento neighborhood.

For the next The View From Here podcast, Capital Public Radio is spending a year looking at the complex history that led up to the Meadowview neighborhood's modern day image, and talking to leaders who are remaking it for the next generation.

In this bonus episode of the Place and Privilege podcast hear a collection of first-person stories of young people affected by Sacramento’s housing crisis, produced by student journalists.

Sacramento's housing shortage affects everyone, from middle-class renters to homeless residents. We explore the history, politics and economics of housing in California's capital through personal stories of neighbors hit the hardest.

Friday Oct. 6 The View From Here will release a documentary capping off Place and Privilege. The show explores the history, politics and economics of housing affordability through personal stories of neighbors living on the edge. Here's a sneak peek.

In the final episode of the Place and Privilege podcast, Cosmo Garvin examines Sacramento’s 10-year plan to end chronic homelessness. Hint: we’re in year 11.

Jessica Hodges and John Kraintz share their experiences and perspectives on being homeless and finding housing. They talk with Catherine Stifter about what needs to be done to support the thousands of people living without homes in Sacramento.

Sacramento’s homeownership rate is the lowest it’s been in decades. Amy Quinton talks with developers and a city planner about the challenge of building more housing. This is the sixth episode of the The View From Here, Place and Privilege podcast.

Amy Westervelt takes us to Tahoe, a region where workers struggle to secure housing while many vacation homes sit vacant. This is the fifth episode of The View From Here, Place and Privilege podcast.

A Sacramento County code enforcement officer takes Amy Quinton on a tour of rental housing “problem properties.” This is the fourth episode of the The View From Here, Place and Privilege podcast.

Sacramento promotes that it’s more integrated than many other major cities across the country, but it’s actually more segregated than you might think. This is the third episode of the The View From Here, Place and Privilege podcast.

Cosmo Garvin explores Sacramento’s history of housing policies and how they have created racial and economic divisions across the region. This is the second episode of the The View From Here, Place and Privilege podcast.

Insight host Beth Ruyak introduces The View From Here: Place And Privilege, a multimedia project exploring the housing crisis in Sacramento.

On Aug. 15, The View From Here will release the first three podcast episodes of our newest series Place and Privilege which explores the history, politics and economics of housing affordability in California's capitol.

More than 3 million unauthorized immigrants live in California. Most of these men, women and children come from Mexico. Despite lack of legal status and without a path to citizenship, they are making lives for themselves and their families.

Despite the Sacramento region's agricultural abundance, many in our community don't always know where their next meal will come from. Hidden Hunger tells stories of people who are food insecure and of those working to alleviate hunger.

If you're not a caregiver now there's a good chance you'll become one, joining millions of others who make up what is often called the backbone of our long-term health care system. But who cares for family caregivers? How do they care for themselves?

One out of four adults in California is a high school dropout. Class Dismissed takes an up-close look at the crisis through the lives of four young people from the Central Valley. The stories reveal what’s at stake for their future and ours.

Twenty years after a sharp rise in autism rates, thousands of California children are aging out of special education. Each one enters adulthood with a unique combination of social deficits that promises a challenging life, even with support.

The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act mandates school meals with more fruits and whole grains, while reducing sodium and fat. Sacramento-area schools are creating new menus, juggling budgets and cooking up ways to convince kids to eat their vegetables.

Every dollar spent on prevention today could save $5 in future health care costs. Community health innovators in California and Mexico apply strategies and technologies to help people become more resilient and require less medical care.

Type 2 diabetes is hitting hardest in communities of color, where access to health care and healthy choices can be limited by income, education and geography. Across California, culturally-based approaches are lengthening and saving lives.