The road to peace: New initiative sees signs of progress in combating gang killings in Sacramento
In 2018, the city of Sacramento managed to escape a grim statistic: It made it 12 months without a child being murdered. Now, an initiative…
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The Chinese connection: Federal investigators map an international scheme to produce black market marijuana
A dozen arrests and 100 home seizures result from operations When federal agents finally looked inside the Cadillac, they saw multiple house keys, four garage door…
Super blooms in the suburbs
Flower lovers don’t have to trek to the hills to see California poppies gone wild. “Super Bloom” has come to Sacramento. Gardeners throughout suburban Sacramento…
Getting away with an almost murder
A vindictive pimp shot two men 40 years ago. Two retired sex workers say they covered it up—and it’s why California needs to pass legislation…
The other woman
A wife leaves for another woman.
Happy 420!
No taxation without bank representation and other 420 thoughts.
Does program help American Muslims—or spy on them?
When it comes to ‘preventing violent extremism,’ critics worry Muslims are the focus—even in California. A Sacramento nonprofit that serves refugees and immigrants has been…
A city of gardeners
We are a community of gardeners. Our love of growing things is greater than our passion for politics or sports, and unites us in ways…
No shelter from the critics
Sacramento mayor defends $40 million shelter plan as the first step toward permanent housing, but faces critics on both sides With critics forming on two…
Spring cleaning
Tips on how to clear out your heart’s closet.
Trying to make our community a better place
Publisher Jeff vonKaenel looks back over the last 30 years.
Secondary smoke
Is Sacramento ready for the next big wildfire? Sacramento wasn’t ready for the smoke that billowed south from November’s Camp Fire, the deadliest and most…
California organizers are trying to complete Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of uniting the poor
King’s dream of ending poverty fizzled after his 1968 assassination. So why is it resonating a half-century later in Sacramento? For six Mondays last summer,…
Perplexed by a friend
You can’t know what’s going on with a friend just from Facebook posts.
Black Lives Matter interrupts DA’s speech with silence
Sacramento chapter founder one of two arrested for trespassing after buying tickets to female bar association luncheon White tablecloths, mostly white faces. Cue the woman…
Before Stephon Clark, Joseph Mann’s death ignited calls for police reform
Federal judge reverses course, decides Mann’s siblings lack standing to sue city and cops who killed him Local civil rights attorney Mark Merin stood in…
No love connection
When dates don't lead to a relationship.