Heart to Art with Brandon Gastinell
Sacramento pop artist Brandon Gastinell has always tried to stay ahead of the next trend “I’m trying to figure out how to put cereal in…
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Going dark
Harris Center announces it is closing temporarily due to COVID-19 uncertainty. Could other arts venues follow? Performing arts venues across the Sacramento region are trying…
Free Will Astrology
For the week of June 11, 2020 By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): During her 90 years on the planet, actor and singer Marlene…
Snapshots from the protests
The Black and Brown: Shut It Down protest on Sunday started in Southside Park and ended at Cesar Chavez Plaza. (Photo courtesy of Kevin Gomez…
COVID Victory Gardens
There’s surge of interest in growing vegetables during the pandemic. Sacramento’s community gardens are trying to keep up. A garden is like a new puppy….
First there was civil unrest. Now there are bail hearings.
51 people were arrested for burglarizing Sacramento stores in aftermath of George Floyd’s death. Here’s how one judge is setting bail. The judge and the…
Can PG&E limit safety power shutoffs enough to save businesses battered by the lockdown?
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…
Early warning
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…
Stat of the week: Poverty cremations
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…
15 Minutes: Jane Ingram Allen, environmental artist
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…
The recipe for police reform
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…
Actions, not words
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…
Snapshots from the protests
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…
Writing through the chaos
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…
‘Normal’ is not safe
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…
Letters: George Floyd protests, COVID-19, etc.
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…
Songs for social justice
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…