New-old oldies for night owls
Unless you’re looking for it—and that’s if you listen to terrestrial radio at all—you’ll probably miss KJAY 1430 AM/98.1 FM on your dial. But the…
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Different directions on COVID relief
Editor’s note: While the city is using its federal CARES Act money to help those in need, the county is paying its employees so it…
From Tupperware, with love
And so I bake. I bake as an excuse to leave the house, if only briefly. If my friends are home, we’ll talk through screen doors, catch up a bit. If they’re working, or if their health doesn’t allow it, I’ll send a text in advance so the food doesn’t languish in Sacramento’s summer heat. However the food gets delivered, I’ve made a real, human connection with someone I love in a time when I—we—need it so much.
Dad would have been 100 this week
This week, my dad, William Edward vonKaenel, would have turned 100. During his 52 years on this planet, he experienced the Roaring Twenties, the Great…
Free Will Astrology
For the week of Aug. 6, 2020 By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): In her book Sticks, Stones, Roots & Bones, Stephanie Rose Bird…
The lonesome death of ‘the Can Lady’
After more than three decades, detectives reopen an unsolved Roseville murder There was darkness over the tracks. In the pre-dawn hours of Sept. 26, 1984,…
The speech Joe Biden should give
‘I promise to serve only one term and to prepare my running mate, Kamala Harris, to become president. She will be the most powerful vice…
Going to seed
The nation’s largest organic garden supply company tries to keep with pandemic-fueled demand Patricia Boudier realized early on that 2020 would be a year like…
‘Strong mayor’ gets on the ballot
Editor’s note: Battle lines are drawn as Steinberg takes a political gamble Sacramento’s latest “strong mayor” plan is headed for the Nov. 3 ballot, but…
Dispensary disparity
Ask 420: Are there any Black-owned dispensaries in Sacramento? I’m trying to support the cause. Excellent question. The short answer is: No there aren’t, and…
Study finds California’s embattled justice reform measure reduced racial disparities
Prop. 47 has been a political lightning rod, but independent research suggests it’s had a positive effect on at least one ugly legacy of the…
Fifteen minutes: Jay Siren, burlesque instructor and performer
The Sizzling Sirens have been synonymous with Sacramento burlesque since 2008; founder Jay Siren has been performing with the Sirens and offering instruction to the…
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…
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…