Sixteen years ago, my Uncle Bill—which is to say my cousin’s Uncle Bill, a Reagan-haired giant who visited infrequently, but whose reputation as a Southern-bred…
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State’s eco future is riding on reimagining how groundwater is recharged, moved and traded For California water districts, 2020 has been a tough year. A…
Sacramento judge: ‘When [SB 1437] passed … the first case I thought of was Danny Hampton.’ Danny Lashawn Hampton went along for a robbery and…
Sacramento has flourished in the past decades, with restaurants offering vegan food—desserts, even —that are not just edible but crave-worthy.
Infections are soaring around the region. We all know what comes next. If the past is any indicator, the Sacramento region will soon experience the…
Today, Mayor Darrell Steinberg’s Office of Civic Engagement unveiled “Friday Art Break,” a weekly video series intended to keep Sacramentans in touch with the community’s artists while traditional arts venues are shuttered as a part of COVID-19 precautions.
Midtown tenants’ claims of neglect are backed up by two UArt employees University Art Center Inc. bills itself as a family-run success story with a…
In March 2016, Alfred Melbourne walked out of Wasco State Prison in Kern County—free at last. He had served 18 years for assault with a…
For the week of Nov. 19, 2020 By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): Back in 1974, poet Allen Ginsberg and his “spirit wife,” Aries…
Despite a devastating pandemic that stalled the nation’s economy and a third wave of infections that could do so again, court-ordered evictions are starting…
Directors of ‘Freak Power: the Ballot or the Bomb’ discuss bikers, provocateurs and visionary politics Beginning in 1965, an obscure Bay Area reporter embedded himself…
A vocal 2nd Amendment proponent, Scott Jones chose gun control over gun rights during the pandemic In a year that saw rising gun violence, surging…
Sacramento County Board of Supervisors District 3 election has been close As Gregg Fishman watched his election night lead shrink with each successive update in…
The Queen’s Gambit tells a familiar story in a refreshing way, but struggles with making its side characters feel real The show begins in a…
Verge Center for the Arts rolls out online art auction—while rolling with the punches Massiel Bobadilla, development director for Verge Center of the Arts, described…