Let’s stop kicking the can down the road
It’s easy to identify the problems with the Sacramento County budget; it’s harder to find and implement solutions.
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Third-party obstruction: Reverse Public Records Act tactics at play in separate legal actions involving Kevin Johnson, other agencies
California government agencies avoid public-records legal fees when allies sue By Scott Thomas Anderson A new tactic to dilute the California Public Records Act met…
Feel your power
Confronting (or not) a much-younger supervisor, and feeling tired of getting cheated on.
Who’s influencing your children this year?
Teachers have a huge impact on student’s lives; be grateful for their efforts.
Guitarfish Music Festival survives its sink-or-swim year
Vieux Farke Toure at Guitarfish Music Festival By Paul Piazza It’s not easy to survive as a small, boutique music festival these days. For example,…
The good cop: Daniel Hahn’s hard road home
On a March night in 1992, two Sacramento police officers stood in front of an apartment at 19th and G, guarding the body of a…
Misplaced virtue
A neighborhood wants to send a boy to Christian school because they don’t think his mother is raising him right.
Alt weekly publishers wonder what’s next
Discussions and deja vu in Washington, D.C., at the Association of Alternative Newsmedia’s annual convention.
Three’s a crowd
After a three-way gone tame, a wife discovers that her husband has been going solo with the third wheel.
California’s housing crisis needs a political solution
Proposition 13 has created an unfair property tax system.
WorldFest gathered talented musicians from around the globe in Grass Valley
Michael Franti plays WorldFest By Paul Piazza The 21st annual California WorldFest ended Sunday night with a spectacular set by Michael Franti & Spearhead that…
Authenticity and ignorance
A trans woman vents to Joey about navigating the ignorance of the men she dates.
California pushes carpet industry to recycle
Heidi Sanborn’s California Product Stewardship Council pushes for industries to recycle their products.
The watch: Life and death in one of Sacramento’s most forgotten neighborhoods
Sunlight glares on azaleas circled by a thin, white crown of wire. It marks the spot where Phillip Porraz was shot in the face after…
Between love and lust
A reader lets loose an accidental “I love you” during sex. Was it really a mistake?
Thanks again, Bob Speer
Interim Editor Bob Speer retires from SN&R; new Editor Eric Johnson has arrived.
Sacramento's plan to end homelessness is categorically failing, says math
Ryan Loofbourrow stepped behind the slender podium placed in front of the Quinn Cottages building on North A Street in downtown Sacramento, the heart…