Homeless youth center searches for other funding sources
Three hastily scribbled checks totaling $20,000 propped open a critical drop-in center for homeless youth that was set to close this week. But Sacramento’s Wind…
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PHOTO ESSAY: Clutch and the Sword
On Veteran’s Day, Clutch and the Sword—two high-caliber, road-tested rock ‘n’ roll bands—blasted their way through one of the best shows of the year at…
Where have all the good men gone?
Joey advises a reader to recognize her self-sabotaging habits.
Taking the bait (bike)
Since rolling out its bait-bike program this past September, the Sacramento Police Department has been converting its roving decoy bicycle into arrests. This month alone,…
Wind Center for homeless youth gets last-minute reprieve
Three hastily scribbled checks totaling $20,000 will prop open a critical drop-in center for Sacramento’s homeless youth that was set to close after Friday, SN&R…
A special Sammies
Watching Sacramento's music family grow for 22 years.
Hot or not?
Joey advises readers to see relationships in a new light.
With new contract, Sacramento animal shelter will pray and neuter
Sacramento County’s charge to shelter lost and abandoned animals just got bigger. Supervisors decided last week to approve a contract to provide animal-shelter services to…
ESSAY: Heading back to prison
By Eugene Alexander Dey Ever the recidivist, I was headed back to lockup. Being in prison is a dreadful, emotional experience. However, this time was…
Sammies 2013 winners here!
Congratulations to this year’s Sacramento Area Music Awards winners and thanks to everyone who attended the 22nd annual Sammies this past Friday! Hall of Fame…
REVIEW: 'Priscilla, Queen of the Desert'
Boys won’t always be boys Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Boy, oh boy, oh … men. Dressed like women, acting like women, singing and dancing…
Media lessons from a millennial
By Dave Kempa Al Jazeera America battles for footing on satellite and cable TV. Journalist Glenn Greenwald leaves The Guardian to create a new company…
Sac State study: Are California voters too ignorant to vote?
Apparently, we voters are kind of dumb when it comes to fiscal policy. That’s the demoralizing takeaway from a recent statewide survey by a trio…
Halloween tales from the police activity log
By Dave Kempa For many, October 31 is an evening of dress-up and drunken revelry. For some, it’s just another night out on patrol. Sacramento…
Sac State of THE FUTURE
By Cody Drabble Sacramento State University will get a long-overdue facelift over the next decade, thanks to a new composite plan laying out the future…
Baby daddy imbroglio snares Twin Rivers trustee
After months of skirting paternity-test suspicions and financial disclosure charges, Cortez L. Quinn, the embattled Twin Rivers school board trustee and Assemblyman Roger Dicksinson’s former chief of…
Sacramento city council approves Strong Mayor vote for 2014 at drama-free meeting (boring! So let’s watch an old video of K.J. chewing out his colleagues!)
In what Sacramento Bee City Hall reporter Ryan Lillis described as a meeting “without drama,” City Council voted last night to put the fourth incarnation…