Protect RBG’s legacy, protect our health
Essay: An extreme conservative majority on the Supreme Court threatens access to services, including abortion By Stacy Cross At Planned Parenthood, we are grieving the…
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Battle begins to save rare redwood forest in Northern California
Conservation groups sue massive logging project as violation of Endangered Species Act For many, the lush, towering redwoods along Sonoma County’s Gualala River are vestiges…
When will the show go on?
Editor’s note: Science and surveys suggest how tough it will be to get theatergoers to return during COVID-19 pandemic In Sacramento and across the country,…
The dungeon master
Sacramento’s sheriff logged the most jail deaths the same year he stopped telling the media about them Sacramento’s jail system is supposed to be a…
Snapshots from the campaign
It’s six weeks until Election Day, and campaign signs are popping in yards. Despite social media, yard signs are still a tried-and-true way to get…
Police arrest teenager on suspicion of killing Sacramento rapper Bris
Nearly three months after police found Sacramento rapper Bris shot to death in a crashed car outside a Jimboys Tacos, they are confirming the identity…
People’s Budget ignored
Essay: Sacramento County supervisors pass a business-as-usual budget that puts policing ahead of human needs By Kula Koenig Despite multiple crises and residents’ calls for…
Desperate times
Editor’s note: A survey of businesses and residents highlights the hard work ahead for Sacramento to recover from COVID-19 Yup, the impact of the COVID-19…
Heart to Art with Enoch Ku
Enoch Ku grew up as a Korean-American in Sacramento and now shares his love for the city through Ordinary Sacramento “Oddly enough, I don’t have…
A jail project that won’t die
Essay: Sacramento County supervisors were right to reject a loan to expand Elk Grove facility. Now they need to reduce jail population. By Liz Blum…
Free Will Astrology
For the week of Sept. 17, 2020 By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): In one of your past lives, maybe you were a Neanderthal…
Streetcar to nowhere?
Editor’s note: The scaled-down trolley line between Sacramento and West Sacramento may no longer be worth the money. There were good reasons to support the…
Sacramento County experiences 23 homicides in three months
City could see a 50% increase in murder rate over 2019 When Sacramento police officers raced to the scene of a shooting at a 150-year-old…
Pushkin’s-bred Babes opens on J Street
It may have taken Babes eight months to open, but it’s been well worth the wait.
Old City Cemetery looking a lot less rosy
On Wednesday, the Sacramento Preservation Commission will consider removing the rose garden. Many rose bushes have already disappeared. Sacramento’s beloved Historic Rose Garden may soon…
Divorces have actually dropped during the COVID-19 crisis
If COVID-19, soaring unemployment, historic civil unrest, suffocating wildfire smoke and a chaotic start to the school year are laying siege to Sacramento families, it…
Counting votes
Editor’s note: With more mail ballots and a new law for the pandemic, the vote count will take even longer for Nov. 3 election California…