Perk up your garden
Used coffee grounds make an excellent compost Want a greener garden with more flowers and less work? Give your soil some grounds. Used coffee grounds…
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Essay: Unite behind the science
Disinformation on vaccines is a threat to public health By Richard Pan “I want you to listen to the scientists. I want you to unite…
Editor’s note: Barista blues
Coffee shops are part of our minimum-wage economy Do you ever wonder how often your favorite barista can afford that large pumpkin spice latte with…
Office romance
Dating a coworker can be complicated.
Explore the Best of Sacramento
Putting a spotlight on the people and businesses that make Sacramento a great city.
Wait, ‘Katie Johnson’ actually exists?
Trump’s sexual assault accuser is real—and in hiding—says her former attorney A California woman who accused Donald Trump of raping her a quarter-century ago when she…
Stop and smell the roses
’Tis the season for America’s official flower It’s a good time to stop and smell the roses—or at least admire their beauty. October is Sacramento’s…
Essay: A fair share
People of color should benefit from California cannabis boom By Julian Canete For decades, people of color have been arrested, convicted and incarcerated for cannabis…
Confronting a rapist
Don’t give a rapist the power over your healing.
Sac State plans to connect with community
Transforming Sacramento State into an ‘anchor university’
Editor’s note: My generation
How can struggling millennials do better? Vote You don’t control the life you’re born into—your family, your country and also your generation. I feel lucky…
The twilight zones
This is what it’s like to live through a PG&E blackout By Scott Thomas Anderson Nearly 80 people crowded into a makeshift outpost in a quiet…
A mine shaft of mystique at McGee’s
One of Nevada City’s favorite watering holes for locals isn’t a step back in time, it’s a place where time feels different By Scott Thomas…
Like bees to honey
UC Davis Arboretum’s bountiful sales lure gardeners Maybe it’s pent-up demand or a need to plant something new. But when the Arboretum Teaching Nursery at…
Essay: Running to help the homeless
Candidate for Sacramento County supervisor vows action on housing crisis By Charles Crowder Homelessness in Sacramento has tipped the scales into a full-blown crisis. As…
Editor’s note: Will residents raise a stink on garbage?
If you oppose Sacramento’s trash rate hike, it’s time to make some noise If Sacramento taxpayers aren’t happy with the proposed garbage rate hike, time…
Getting ghosted
What do when you get ghosted.