Party to save UC Davis affordable housing
A couple weeks ago, we reported that UC Davis threatened to close its affordable, family-friendly housing for graduate students. In their place, expect privatized apartments…
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'Mad Men' 7.5: Nipple for your thoughts
On the male anatomy, the nipple is both sort of pointless and unmistakably human. If you prick it, does it not bleed? And if you…
Woulda, coulda, shoulda
Joey advises a reader to dump—not parent—his girlfriend.
Sacramentans in D.C.
Metro Chamber policy teams make Sacramento’s case in Washington.
Sacramento County supervisors: Will arrest for food
Sacramento County supervisors unanimously approved a panhandling crackdown on Tuesday over objections from homeless advocates that they were criminalizing the poor and trampling free speech….
Hiring the homeless
By Steph Rodriguez More than 100 low-income and homeless people cycled through a career fair designed just for them on May 9, at the Mather…
ESSAY: How I learned to hate Yelp
I’ve long fostered a love-hate relationship with Yelp. I love that the website can help me find supermarkets, restaurants and hiking spots when I’m out…
Sacramento State hands out first staff raises since 2007
Sacramento State University students during a 2013 protest. [Photo courtesy of Matthew Fern] StudeSSsshhhSSSSSDfjndfjkjksdfjksdfjkSDDSSSSSSkkDDFNJSSSSaaadddffdkfBy Cody Drabble Sacramento State University gave faculty and…
Hella local bands at Colonial Music Fest next weekend
Sacramento Colonial Music Fest might be the biggest local music showcase in town. More than 60 bands will play three neighboring venues over three days—May…
New band alert: Mike Farrell, Jeffrey Valentine and Mike Cordano debut new songs as GTM
It’s been no secret around town that Mike Farrell, the damn near-iconic local Sacramento musician, has spent his adulthood battling drug addiction. He’ll be the…
New Orleans Jazz Fest: review and photo essay
Big Chief Monk Boudreaux. by Paul Piazza The 45th annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, also known as Jazz Fest, more than lived up…
Music picks for this weekend's Whole Earth Festival
Whole Earth Festival: the weekend that college bros sport tie-dye, sorority girls don floral headbands and everyone pretends to be a hippie. But seriously, I…
Unlock the mystery
Joey advises a reader to revel in the unknown of being single.
Happy 100th birthday!
Rotary has made a difference in the world and in my world.
Internet deal leads to real-world robbery
Selling items over the internet can be a sketchy affair, as yet another person learned Monday in Sacramento. According to the Sacramento Police Department, the…
'Mad Men' 7.4: Godlike computers, sex communes and the couch-fart conundrum
A glimpse into the future displaced the unhappy strivers at Sterling Cooper & Partners, in the form of a giant computer that commandeered the employee lounge…
'Mad Men' 7.3: 'Eat your candy.'
We enter a lunch already in progress between former neighbors. As Betty Francis (January Jones) primes a cigarette, Francine Hanson (Anne Dudek), now working three…