New book revisits California’s ‘hellacious’ past
Sierra College history professor explores a long legacy of vice in the Golden State By Scott Thomas Anderson Whatever California was before the Gold Rush,…
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Free Will Astrology
For the week of July 30, 2020 By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti is renowned for his buoyancy. In one…
Sacramento County cops are No. 1 in seizing personal assets
Sacramento County cops have developed a voracious appetite for taking people’s stuff. According to newly released statistics from the California Department of Justice, law enforcement…
A close and complicated call
Editor’s note: Steinberg has work to do to get his “strong mayor” plan on the November ballot After the Sacramento City Council discussed the latest…
Crunch time on Census
Officials want Californians to respond before the count ends Oct. 15 State Census officials and their partners said July 27 they are ramping up for…
A $1.2 million sobriety pit stop
Essay: A new city-funded program for meth abusers doesn’t go far enough I will be the first person to support the need for people to…
The 100-day countdown
Editor’s note: For Nov. 3 election to go smoothly, mail balloting must succeed It’s now less than 100 days to the Nov. 3 election, and…
Memories swirl around family-owned movie theater company threatened by COVID-19 lockdown
By Scott Thomas Anderson One of the few family-owned movie theater companies in California is fighting to hold onto everything it’s built over 40 years…
Surviving the pandemic
Essay: A new poll shows that Blacks and Latinos are experiencing COVID-19 differently By Evan Schmidt At Valley Vision, we regularly do public opinion polls…
Letters: Election, SMUD, the Bee, COVID-19
Won’t beat McClintock Re: “Achilles heel?” by Foon Rhee (Editor’s note, July 21): As much as I would love for her to win, you should…
Equality for the disabled
Essay: The Americans with Disabilities Act is a milestone, but three bills would build on its foundation By Franklin Elieh Sunday marks the 30th anniversary…
Free Will Astrology
For the week of July 23, 2020 By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): “The creation of the world did not take place once and…
Heart to Art with Aida Lizalde
Multimedia artist Aida Lizalde explores identity, politics, decolonization and her experience as an immigrant. “It was difficult to feel like I understood what was going…
‘Strong mayor,’ plus
Editor’s note: The latest version of “strong mayor” in Sacramento includes other progressive reforms, but is there enough time to rush it on to November…
What’s at stake
Editor’s note: How bad will the pandemic get for families without more financial help? Three new studies show just how bad. As politicians in Washington,…
An environmental leader, again
Essay: SMUD is back on track by committing to carbon neutrality by 2030 By Chris Brown The SMUD board of directors set a new hallmark…
Achilles heel?
Editor’s note: Could COVID-19 pandemic break Tom McClintock’s iron grip on congressional seat? Rep. Tom McClintock has been entrenched in office since 2009, despite his…