PFAS water lawsuits expose financial impacts on state’s poor communities
How Sacramento deals with polluted wells is quickly, if quietly, defining how seriously California takes the issue of clean drinking water. By Dan Ross, Capital…
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SAMMIES winner Katie Knipp hits the Billboard charts
Blues performer and two-time SAMMIES winner Katie Knipp has just been given another honor to tuck under her belt. Early yesterday morning, Knipp learned she hit the Billboard Blues top ten for the second time in a row. While 2018’s Take It With You landed in the number ten spot, her newest, The Well, shot to number four straight out of the gate.
As vote looms over Rancho Cordova’s last open space, city’s mayor and vice mayor took money from the developer aiming to build over it
Developers, real estate groups and the construction lobby are Garrett Gatewood and Donald Terry’s top political donors For months a coalition of Rancho Cordova…
Baffling illness in children follows in the wake of COVID
MIS-C disproportionately affects children of color. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning nonprofit Capital & Main, and co-published…
Destroy Boys keep it loud
Destroy Boys on their new single, signing to Hopeless Records, and this weekend’s livestream “Those shows were so sick, especially the Sacramento show,” says Alexia…
A cut above: ‘Justice League’ and Zack Snyder’s unlikely revenge on the new studio system
By Scott Thomas Anderson It may go down as one of Hollywood’s ultimate vindication stories: After shooting two films and spending countless hours on their…
Sacramento leaders vote to preserve two homes vital to Black history in the city
Nathaniel Colley and James C. Dodd helped chart a new era in the Capital Region By Scott Thomas Anderson One was a legendary attorney and…
Checking in: SAMMIES 2020 winners and nominees
In any normal year, we at SN&R would be in full-on SAMMIES mode, asking readers to vote for their favorite performers and prepping a big…
When predatory practices catch up: Sacramento’s largest corporate landlord may be forced to pay millions to struggling renters
Blackstone claimed Sacramento’s housing market for Wall Street during the financial crisis, and it’s at it again during the pandemic – though a bill could…
Report to Newsom: support California workers with fair pay and benefits
Shoring up working conditions at the bottom of the economy will be a priority for state political leaders. A new report could shape policy. By…
Shooting ghost guns and singing narco ballads: A Rocklin arrest story
Drug cartel linked to Michoacan, Mexico, smuggled fake oxys loaded with fentanyl into the region More than 2,800 Californians have died of fentanyl overdoses since…
Doggy Dash, at a Distance
On June 5, celebrate the Dash by walking—safely, distanced and masked—in your own neighborhood, sharing on social media by using the hashtag #SSPCADASH2021 on Facebook and Instagram.
Sacramento Fire grapples with work culture after second Black firefighter resigns
Two department veterans recount startling unprofessionalism, Chief vows to chart a new course When Sacramento city firefighter Waris Gildersleeve heard that his colleague Desmond…
Checking in: SAMMIES 2020 winners and nominees
If there’s any time we need the comfort of music, it’s now. For the next few weeks, we’ll be checking in on some 2020 SAMMIES nominees and winners and nominees to see how they’ve stayed creative over the last year.
How the region’s ports can pour the winter away
When the wind’s fierce and the rain’s cold, those are the perfect evenings for the most devilish kind of wine indulgence. Western Iberia’s vino tradition…
Vaccine distribution key element in Gov. Newsom’s plan to reopen schools
Local rates of infection have driven most school districts’ decisions on whether to reopen, and families’ decisions on whether to attend. By Mark Kreidler, Capital…
Fifteen Minutes: Olivia Siu, NASA Scholarship Winner
The average person may dream of space travel, but few people actually consider the changes that take place in the human body as a result….