Making Meadowview: Stepping Up To The Dais

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-pr...

Making Meadowview: Welcome To Margaritaville

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...

Making Meadowview: Episode 5 Coming Soon!

The team is still working on the next episode of Making Meadowview. So far, you’ve met people facing big community problems in south Sacramento. Next,...

Making Meadowview: Healing From The Crack Epidemic

Rolanda Wilkins grew up in Meadowview and lived through its crack epidemic in the 1980s. Now, she dedicates her life to empowering neighborhood girls,...

Making Meadowview: Bonus Episode: Why Move To Meadowview

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...

Making Meadowview: The Man Of 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 i...

Making Meadowview: Foot Patrol

Meadowview residents still talk about how much they loved Officer Dan Ware, one of Sacramento’s first black policeman. He often patrolled by foot, and...

Making Meadowview: The Newcomers

A large community of Pacific Islanders lives in Meadowview, attending Christian churches and public schools. When members of the Tongan community were...

Making Meadowview: Preview: Hear The First Three Minutes Of 'Making Meadowview'

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 s...

Making Meadowview: Coming Soon: What You Don’t Know About Meadowview, The Neighborhood Where Stephon Clark Was Killed

Place And Privilege: Stories From The Next Generation Radio Project

Place And Privilege: Documentary

Sacramento's housing shortage affects everyone, from middle-class renters to homeless residents. We explore the history, politics and economics of hou...

Place And Privilege Documentary Trailer

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...

Place And Privilege: Whatever It Takes

Place And Privilege: After Homelessness

Place And Privilege: It’s The Supply Stupid

Place And Privilege: Beneath The Surface Of Tahoe

Place And Privilege: Not Up To Code

Place And Privilege: Sacramento Divided

Place And Privilege: Segregated Sacramento

Place And Privilege: What Does Privilege Have To Do With It?

Place And Privilege Podcast Trailer

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, poli...

California Dream, Undocumented: Documentary

More than 3 million unauthorized immigrants live in California. Most of these men, women and children come from Mexico. Despite lack of legal status a...

Hidden Hunger: Documentary

Despite the Sacramento region's agricultural abundance, many in our community don't always know where their next meal will come from. Hidden Hunger te...

Who Cares: Documentary

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...

Class Dismissed: Documentary

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 pe...

Autism Grows Up: Documentary

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...

What's for Lunch?: Documentary

The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act mandates school meals with more fruits and whole grains, while reducing sodium and fat. Sacramento-area schools are c...

An Ounce of Prevention: Documentary

Every dollar spent on prevention today could save $5 in future health care costs. Community health innovators in California and Mexico apply strategie...

Dealing With Diabetes: Documentary

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 ge...