By Scott Thomas Anderson While economists are trying to determine just how stark the new COVID-19 reality is for mom-and-pop businesses, a recent survey by…
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Editor’s note: Will reopening lead to local COVID-19 outbreaks? California public health has a new way to check. The protests demanding justice for George Floyd…
More Sacramento families are asking for help to lay their dead to rest. Here’s why. A collapsing economy and devastating pandemic have forced more Sacramento…
One of Sacramento’s 2020 artists in residence outlines her COVID-19 contingency plans In March, just before the COVID-19 pandemic canceled nearly every large event in…
Essay: Sacramento’s new director of public safety accountability says she learned the hard way By LaTesha Watson There is a sense of urgency in the…
Editor’s note: Sacramento’s mayor promises police reforms, but will rank-and-file go along? After hundreds of protestors staged a die-in near his home Friday evening, Mayor…
Many protestors are wearing masks to prevent spread of COVID-19. (Photo by Elisabeth Bayard Arthur) People took to a parking deck to get a view…
La Noche Oskura released a new single and continues to spread messages of empowerment, racial equality Twelve years ago, Nando Estrada introduced Sacramento to La…
Essay: There is no justice for black communities, with the pandemic and police violence By Kindra Montgomery-Block As a black woman from South Sacramento, I…
Protect businesses Re: “The right response to George Floyd” by Katie Valenzuela (Essay, June 4): As a business owner in Sacramento who had to hold…
Sacramento bands help fans amplify in-person protests with online cash Since March, the online music platform Bandcamp has waived its fees on the first Friday…
Essay: Instead of a curfew and the National Guard, Sacramento should be defunding police and limiting use-of-force By Katie Valenzuela When I watched the video…
A mother’s son, Jupiter Lockett uses his art to honor his late mother and uplift the black experience Our conversation began with a seemingly simple…
Essay: Words are not enough to heal what’s wrong with our communities and law enforcement By Reuven H. Taff A young black Jewish couple in…
For the week of June 4, 2020 By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries poet Paul Verlaine wrote “Autumn Song” in 1866. It became…
The world watched George Floyd lie face down with hands cuffed behind his back as then-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin dug his knee into Floyd’s…
The Sacramento man was suffering a medical emergency when police helped paramedics restrain him. He died a week later. Video footage of George Floyd dying…