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 &…
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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…
Essay: More death on the streets, more avoiding the harder questions
Niki Jones, Sacramento Homeless Organizing Committee We are in a familiar place. More deaths of people on our streets. More die-ins and press conferences being…
Essay: As we rebuild the economy, we should recommit to diversity
By Dave Roughton By some indicators, there’s reason to hope California is on the path to recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. State revenues are performing…
Will major scandal at Metropolitan Water District save Delta communities from the tunnel?
Harassment and intimidation probe could stymie state’s largest water contractor where tribes, environmentalists and tax watchdogs have struggled By Scott Thomas Anderson Metropolitan Water District,…
Author Carmen Maria Machado to give a virtual reading at UC Davis
Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties and In the Dream House. Carmen Maria Machado’s 2017 National Book Award nominated short story…
One of Sacramento’s few Black firefighters quits, citing hostile work environment
Past and present city fire department members say that there’s no accountability for bullying, harassment or racist behavior Desmond Lewis wanted to be a firefighter…
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…
By people of color, for everyone
Each Thursday, B Street Theatre at the Sofia hosts the virtual event Re-Imagine, with the tagline “By Us. For Everyone.” The event—currently virtual but with intent to be on the stage post-pandemic—highlights performers and artists of color.
Letters: Farmers’ market, Sue Frost, Anne Marie Schubert
It’s a drive Re: “Sunday Farmers’ Market on the move” by Lindsay Oxford (Dish, Feb. 22): I feel bad for all the grid folks who…
Nomadland: a road after Empire
Reporters witness events unfolding in snapshots of time, then they pass on those glimpses of people and places to audiences. The chroniclers, recording history in…
Sacramento man repeatedly tried to report wide-scale unemployment fraud, but was ignored by multiple agencies
When Kevin Renfro thinks about $10 billion in unemployment benefits going to devious criminals rather than desperate Californians, his sense of exasperation goes beyond the…
Signing off
Editor’s note: A farewell to SN&R This is not a note I wanted to write. But it’s the right time for SN&R, and for me,…
Racial equity in COVID-19 vaccines
Editor’s note: Sacramento County Public Health responds to call to action from Black leaders Racial equity in life-saving COVID-19 vaccinations is a huge issue everywhere,…