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…
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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….
In light of recent deaths, Sacramento City Hall faces reckoning on warming centers
City will drop current temperature requirements for emergency shelters By Scott Thomas Anderson On Tuesday afternoon, city councilmembers grappled with the potential consequences of holding…
Not all California schools can reopen with new ventilation upgrades
HVAC standards are the elephant in the living room of debates over reopening classrooms. Many schools can’t afford needed upgrades. By Mark Kreidler, Capital &…
Moxie: Girls (closer) to the front
I need to explain from the outset that the game was rigged. In Moxie—released this past Wednesday on Netflix—a teenager empowered by her mom’s feminist…
Checking in: SAMMIES 2020 winners and nominees
We’ll be checking in on some 2020 SAMMIES winners and nominees to see how they’ve stayed creative over the last year.
WandaVision: Omens, trauma and the seduction of the past
Marvel Studios finds itself in the unlikely position of creating a poignant pandemic show By Scott Thomas Anderson Tonight, viewers around the world are tuning…
Sacramento State University, UC Davis, begin mobilizing plans for students to return in the fall
The leaders of the UC and CSU systems both have medical backgrounds – and both are detailing why they’re committed to a return to in-person…