Editor’s note: Public health and privacy
Sacramento County and state public health departments start releasing COVID-19 numbers for nursing homes Nursing homes are hot spots for COVID-19, but until now, good…
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Letters: Presidential politics, Sacramento movies, etc.
Mainstream media Re: “Terrible timing” by Foon Rhee (Editor’s note, April 14): SN&R, sounding a lot more like mainstream corporate media than an independent local…
The roundup: Restaurants of the near future, a domestic violence ‘wave’ and what happened to that stolen COVID-19 sample
It’s been (another) hectic week. Here’s some news you might have missed. Table for one, please California’s chief good news/bad news breaker, Gov. Gavin Newsom,…
Vegan comfort food when we need it most
A new restaurant opens in East Sac during the pandemic. And it’s succeeding. This is a strange time to be opening a restaurant, let alone…
A thorny situation
City chops down climbing roses at Sacramento’s historic cemetery Sacramento’s historic City Cemetery and its world-famous rose garden continue to be a prickly subject. This…
Temple Coffee apologizes for mask rule confusion
Temple Coffee Roasters is apologizing for an email—which it now says wasn’t approved and included misinformation—that told employees that wearing a face mask during the…
Free Will Astrology
For the week of April 16, 2020 By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries artist Vincent van Gogh got started on his life’s work…
Now, that’s Moxie
Southern California cannabis company donates a portion of its proceeds to end the tiger trade seen in the popular Netflix docu-series Tiger King The Netflix…
Snapshots from a pandemic
Joel, a barista at Old Soul at the Weatherstone, is continuously cleaning and disinfecting the store on the first official day of the quarantine, March 20….
A pandemic budget
Businesses are closed. Sales taxes are plummeting. But Sacramento officials don’t plan service cuts. It’s budget season at Sacramento City Hall, and in normal times…
Fair-weather fair targets homeless
Portraying unsheltered residents as disease-carrying drug addicts, El Dorado County Fair shows unfriendly side in shelter debate Organizers of the El Dorado County Fair are…
The land before ‘Lady Bird’
For better or worse, there’s more to Sacramento movies than Lady Bird. I saw Greta Gerwig’s 2017 Lady Bird at the Tower Theater with a…
Editor’s note: Terrible timing
Many millennials haven’t recovered from the Great Recession. The coronavirus pandemic is a second devastating blow. Some experts warned that the next economic downturn could…
Concerns grow in City Hall over the mental health toll of COVID-19 and the lockdown
By Scott Thomas Anderson For Sacramento Mayor Pro Tem Angelique Ashby, the jarring news flooded in from different directions: Police, school officials, parents, neighbors. It…
Snapshots from a pandemic
Buying in excess leaves little for the next person. (Photo courtesy of Brian Johnson) Social distancing in line for wine, beer and spirits. (Photo courtesy…
15 Minutes: Dusted in flour
Gregory Berger shares his passion for bread baking with Sacramento As a graphic designer who focuses on local nonprofits and restaurants such as Fairytale Town…
Why restaurants are worth saving
The industry was struggling before coronavirus shutdowns. Restaurants can’t make it on take-out alone. By Jot Condie One of my staff members came to me…