House arrest or home retreat?
How would you describe the past 200 days of the pandemic? Some of us have been swinging between feeling caged and being secretly delighted to…
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African Americans and cannabis
In the new legal cannabis world, arrests are still higher and opportunities fewer for Blacks Anyone wanting to argue that systematic racism exists in the…
‘Strong mayor’ version 2.0
Editor’s note: Steinberg offers term limits and sunset date to get ‘strong mayor’ on the November ballot Will term limits and a sunset date be…
Shape-shifting Secret Center
In an hour talking to Jason Dezember and Scott Miller, two of the three founders of Sacramento’s Secret Center Records, the words “funny” and “fun”…
Letters: ‘Strong mayor,’ drug treatment, SMUD
Another KJ? Re: “‘Strong mayor,’ plus” by Foon Rhee (Editor’s note, July 23): While I am one of the people who think [Darrell] Steinberg has…
New book revisits California’s ‘hellacious’ past
Sierra College history professor explores a long legacy of vice in the Golden State By Scott Thomas Anderson Whatever California was before the Gold Rush,…
Free Will Astrology
For the week of July 30, 2020 By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti is renowned for his buoyancy. In one…
Sacramento County cops are No. 1 in seizing personal assets
Sacramento County cops have developed a voracious appetite for taking people’s stuff. According to newly released statistics from the California Department of Justice, law enforcement…
A close and complicated call
Editor’s note: Steinberg has work to do to get his “strong mayor” plan on the November ballot After the Sacramento City Council discussed the latest…
Crunch time on Census
Officials want Californians to respond before the count ends Oct. 15 State Census officials and their partners said July 27 they are ramping up for…
A $1.2 million sobriety pit stop
Essay: A new city-funded program for meth abusers doesn’t go far enough I will be the first person to support the need for people to…
The 100-day countdown
Editor’s note: For Nov. 3 election to go smoothly, mail balloting must succeed It’s now less than 100 days to the Nov. 3 election, and…
Memories swirl around family-owned movie theater company threatened by COVID-19 lockdown
By Scott Thomas Anderson One of the few family-owned movie theater companies in California is fighting to hold onto everything it’s built over 40 years…
Surviving the pandemic
Essay: A new poll shows that Blacks and Latinos are experiencing COVID-19 differently By Evan Schmidt At Valley Vision, we regularly do public opinion polls…
Letters: Election, SMUD, the Bee, COVID-19
Won’t beat McClintock Re: “Achilles heel?” by Foon Rhee (Editor’s note, July 21): As much as I would love for her to win, you should…
Equality for the disabled
Essay: The Americans with Disabilities Act is a milestone, but three bills would build on its foundation By Franklin Elieh Sunday marks the 30th anniversary…
Free Will Astrology
For the week of July 23, 2020 By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): “The creation of the world did not take place once and…