Essay: Supervising the sheriff
New Sacramento County inspector general is only a first step By Patrick Kennedy There is no secret in Sacramento County about the controversy surrounding the…
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Pruning time
You can’t smell the roses if they’re way over your head It’s time to tell your roses: Knock it off! November’s mostly dry and relatively…
Editor’s note: Feeding the meter
Sacramento’s parking tech is a work in progress It’s free parking for the holidays in parts of downtown, Midtown and Old Sacramento, so enjoy it…
Tinder shame
A 28-year-old hooks up with a high school senior on Tinder.
Mayors’ commission links climate change, social justice
Mayors’ Commission on Climate Change public hearing takes on two big issues.
Essay: Moment of truth on climate
Will local officials listen on 2020 sales tax plan? By David Mogavero In the next several weeks, our elected officials are writing a measure for…
Fallen leaves
Turn all that foliage into free mulch “What am I going to do with all these leaves?” Ankle deep in fallen foliage, that’s a common…
Essay: Childhood trauma lasts a lifetime
California doctors need to know more about the effects By Bob Erlenbusch and Drew Factor “Adverse childhood experiences are the single greatest unaddressed public health…
After the storm
Local scientist recalls harrowing moment in voyage to chart how plastics destroy the oceans By Scott Thomas Anderson Kimberly Wooten was in the hull of…
Too hot to handle?
A girlfriend flirts, a lot.
Lina Fat left Sacramento a better place
She will be missed.
Editor’s note: We draw the lines
New Sacramento panel will try to take politics out of election districts The 2020 Census is a big deal. One reason why is that Sacramento…
Holiday cheer
Gardeners have many ways to grow seasonal spirit There’s no snow on the ground in Sacramento, no frosty cues for hot chocolate and sleigh bells….
Essay: Sacramento is no Portland
The goal of becoming America’s most livable city is a pipe dream By Jeff Doll I recently learned in the 2035 General Plan that it…
No apologies
A girlfriend with a rough childhood won’t apologize.
We must save independent journalism
McClatchy teeters on the edge of bankruptcy; SN&R asks for your support.
Morality play
Broadway Sac’s ill-fated naming rights deal shows power of LGBTQ activists Broadway Sacramento and Dignity Health declared last month that a five-year naming rights deal…