Gas Plant Neighborhood

Oral histories of erased Black cemeteries: Wanda Stuart

Wanda Stuart shares her childhood antics of living by Laurel Park. BY FRANK DROUZAS,…

Rev. Wayne G. Thompson remembers the Gas Plant District as a vibrant community. BY…

Pictured above, Black pastors announced their endorsement of the Sugar Hill Community…

Yashima Fuller, Brenda Hanes and Shirley Dee shared their childhood memories of the Gas…

Thursday, Nov. 3, Dr. Antoinette Jackson and her team presented their findings on the…

Taffy Macon’s grandmother was the last resident displaced by the razing of the Gas…

Jennifer Wallace has roots in the Gas Plant area that go back a century. By Frank…

Ruben Mays shared how his life significantly improved when his family moved to the Gas…

‘It’s a sad feeling to know that this property removed a lot of culture,’…

Shirley Smith-Hayes and her daughter, Stephanie Perry, remembered the distress people…

At 14 years old, Carlos Lovett and his family were one of the last people to leave the…

Andrew Walker has fond memories of growing up in the historic Gas Plant neighborhood. By…

After touring Sacramento, a group of pastors comprised a letter to Mayor Ken…

Mayor-elect Ken Welch regaled the crowd with stories of growing up in the Gas Plant…

The Gas Plant/Laurel Park Reunion is scheduled this Sunday, Dec. 12, from noon until 3…

The Gas Plant and Laurel Park neighborhoods were filled with homes, churches, businesses,…

Although living conditions in the complex had deteriorated by the time the city broke…

Former residents of the Gas Plant and Laurel Park neighborhoods and their descendants…