Exes and no’s
A long-distance ex desperately wants to be friends, and a God-preaching one wants to have sex again.
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Food stamp benefits will be slashed in 2018
Starting September 2018, many food stamp recipients will be limited to three months of benefits in a three-year period.
Just do it all
Joey lets a college freshman know how to let go of a male friend whose attention she misses, and how an aspiring café owner/singer/environmentalist may not have to choose one path in the end.
Neighbors share opinions about proposed homeless shelters
An October 15 town hall meeting brings Woodlake homeowners, business owners, homeless advocates and elected officials together to discuss proposed shelters.
Terminal father believed county attorneys delayed trial so he would die before he could testify against deputies
Two mentally ill young men, two officer shootings, two different outcomes By Scott Thomas Anderson and Raheem F. Hosseini The night before the civil trial…
Catcalls and demons
If you want something different, disrupt the narrative.
Sacramento can learn from Austin
Sac Metro Chamber of Commerce’s 19th annual study mission goes to the capital of Texas.
Burned out
Readers ask how to deal with stress related to empathy, and how to move forward after college.
County Welfare Directors are on the front lines of an ongoing crisis
Challenges include finding food, housing and health care for the poor and homeless and protecting the most vulnerable among us.
BREAKING: Ignited less than 24 hours ago and fed by dry winds, uncontrolled wildfires threaten Northern California
Fire season has grown longer and more severe since the Malibu fire in 2013, state fire officials said. (Photo courtesy of the California Department of…
Seize and spend: A California Republican is battling the Trump administration over asset forfeiture
Sacramento police looking to spend more than $700,000 of seized assets President Donald Trump may have buyer’s remorse about his attorney general, but he and Jeff…
Blood on the Tracks: how detectives solved the dark riddle of a train-hopper murder
By Scott Thomas Anderson Josh Alpert once wrote a letter about the death of his twin brother. “I can’t glance in the mirror without seeing…
Endings and beginnings
Learning to say goodbye, and learning to believe in yourself.
How Prop. 13 helped cause the housing crisis
Fifteen housing bills signed by the governor don’t go far enough; a new proposal from Evolve may help.
A premiere they remember: Vietnam war vets reflect on new Ken Burns documentary
A group of Sacramento-area Vietnam war veterans gathered last week for an advanced screening of a new documentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick about the bloody conflict…
Think for yourself
It’s time to embody an authentic life.
And then they came for us
Documentary about Japanese internment during World War II shows audience how to stop it from happening again.