The trib-adours: Can Sacramento area tribute bands save rock ‘n’ roll?
By Mozes Zarate Johnny Reno paced a storage room thick with dust, lit only through a single window. The full-haired 66-year-old had just done his Roy…
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Essay: Change agent
Sac council candidate vows police, environmental and economic reform By James “Faygo” Clark You may have seen me around town with Kozmo, my furry companion….
Halloween, wine and blossoms
Gardeners should mark these dates on their calendars Too early to think about Halloween? Not if you want to squeeze into Sacramento’s Historic City Cemetery…
A fortuitous click: Gun malfunction during struggle with suspect may have been the difference between life and death for Folsom police
Folsom police survived a close call with an armed suspect last week. The incident started with a 911 call about shoplifting at a store on…
Red flag of courage: Researchers identified 21 potential shootings curbed by family members or law enforcement in just two years
A man veers his SUV onto a sidewalk, accelerating straight at a group of pedestrians as he screams, “I’m going to kill you!” He misses…
Bern-ing Sacramento
California hasn’t always mattered in presidential primaries. Bernie Sanders’ rally proves that’s about to change. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ visit to Sacramento last week confirmed…
Editor’s note: What’s a name worth?
SAFE credit union pays $23 million to put its name on convention center and theater In 2015, Golden 1 Credit Union agreed to fork over…
A clingy friend
How to deal with a clingy friend.
Dennis Myers, RIP
Nevada is a better state because of the work he did.
Smart, not lazy
Organic gardening pioneer says planning pays off When it comes to gardening, Robert Kourik sees value in being lazy. Take a step back, sit down…
When the psychic pirate met the social media detective
An online match. A parking lot stabbing. And the social networking sleuth who tracked him down. A self-described pickup artist and psychic was apprehended in another…
Essay: Getting on the bus
Sacramento Regional Transit’s new routes aren’t an improvement By Steve Miller Sacramento Regional Transit has announced “service improvements” to its bus network, starting Sept. 8….
Where they stand on impeachment
Sacramento-area House Democrats explain their views on whether to impeach Trump SN&R asked the Sacramento area’s House Democrats for statements on where they stand on…
Endangerment of the species
Conservation groups, state attorney general speak out against plans for Endangered Species Act By Scott Thomas Anderson The Center for Biological Diversity is preparing its…
To impeach or not to impeach
For Democrats and progressives, that is the question The long-simmering debate among Democrats and progressives is about to boil over: To impeach President Donald Trump…
Berniemania 2.0
Bernie Sanders brings his upstart presidential campaign back to Northern California this week Four years after he almost wrested the Democratic presidential nomination from Hillary…
Bodega ballads
Before Hamilton, before Bring It On: The Musical, there was In the Heights. By Jim Carnes It’s easy to see where Hamilton came from. He was born In…