Rascal outruns Rascal
High-speed chase. A thief stole a wallet from the basket of a woman’s mobility scooter Sunday morning, and then outran the scooter, Sacramento Police Department…
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Scorekeeper IV Winners: Gavin Newsom, stoners, Losers: pizza girls, Bee employees, newspaper owners, Don Geronimo, strong mayor, craft-beer lovers
What the flip? Looks like someone just couldn’t wait for pizza. Last weekend, a driver managed to flip her Acura after hitting a parked car…
Yes, that was Sacramento punk band Get Shot! who filmed the porno on the Westboro Baptist Church lawn
Remember hearing earlier this month about a punk-rock band that filmed a porno on Westboro Baptist Church’s front lawn? And that it went viral online…
Seeds of insight
Joey advises a reader to remember that truth-telling is a gift, no strings attached.
Club Mango takes over Midtown
On the popular new Latin dance night—with a twist.
Major 'Dick' move on the Sacramento BBQ scene
The national chain stores keep coming to Midtown. The latest: Dickey’s Barbecue Pit, based out of Dallas, will be opening at the old Una Mas…
REVIEW: Treasure Island Music Festival, plus BONUS: On the mainstream’s assimilation of rave culture
The modern music festival is all about Molly, fuzzy boots, face paint, animal hats and dance, dance, dance. And that’s fine: The collision of deep,…
McKinley Village environmental impact report due next week
McKinley Village, the proposed 48-acre, 328-unit neighborhood just north of East Sacramento and McKinley Park, is contentious. Even the city staff report for next Thursday’s…
ZuhGfest this weekend!
ZuhG is a Sacramento band. And a few years ago, it opened a store in the Sacramento Downtown Plaza, which closed earlier this year. Now…
Men can be Halloween 'whores,' too
Now I enjoy scantily clad women as much as the next awkward heterosexual, but my Steve Urkel libido just can’t get behind a Halloween costume…
VIDEO: Wrestling display turns bloody during American River College communications class
We’re not sure what head-splitting wrestling moves have to do with effective communication skills, but one Sacramento community college professor saw fit to let two…
Gavin Newsom announces effort to legalize marijuana in California, aiming for 2016 presidential election
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom likes himself some counter-culture. Last year, when young kids occupied the state Capitol in protest of cuts to higher education, he…
CEO announces wage freeze at Sacramento Bee
Our local partners in journalism crime over at The Sacramento Bee received some bad news today. Two words: wage freeze. This means that, over at…
Tonight: The Koffin Kats
Cafe Colonial, 8 p.m., $10 Straight outta Detroit comes three-piece psychobilly band the Koffin Kats. These guys blend elements of punk and old-time rock ’n’…
Scorekeeper III: This week's winners and losers
Striker, out! How does the oldest rattlesnake in captivity celebrate his record-setting 32nd birthday? By chilling in a locked terrarium while his guests—visiting him at…
Sacramento coroner restricts agreement with Garden of Innocence
Well, that was fast. Hours after SN&R’s October 10 story on Garden of Innocence National hit stands, the charity that buried 20 miscarried fetuses in…
Allen Warren asks hilarious questions about gender identity
At least the first-term councilman did for six squirming minutes during a Tuesday afternoon committee hearing on the city of Sacramento’s evolving non-discrimination policies. Sacramento…