Editor’s note: Sutter Health’s big tax break
Sutter Health has a lot at stake in a groundbreaking antitrust lawsuit that appears headed to a showdown trial: Its market dominance in Northern California,…
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It’s not her, it’s you
Sister-in-laws and players.
Graduation Day
A Fuller Brush salesperson learns that money won’t buy you love or happiness.
The fight for Black Lives Matter Sacramento
With its founder rejecting calls to resign, where does the local chapter go from here? Public accusations of abusive behavior against a leader who won’t…
Gag order
Sacramento garden volunteers are being forced to sign a no-comment agreement A prickly situation has sprung up in Sacramento’s most famous rose garden. Volunteers at…
When it rains, it pours
Feeling soggy? With so much late spring rain, this has been an unusual month, bringing some surprises to local gardeners. With temperatures 10 degrees or…
Living with climate change: Throw a block party
Governments and businesses can still take bold action to limit global warming, but average temperatures are already rising. As climate change worsens, extreme weather will…
When to let go
Ending relationships and finding alone time.
Gavin Newsom’s message to business owners
New governor tells the 94th annual Chamber of Commerce host breakfast that homeless problem is a national disgrace.
Essay: The mayor’s plan for Measure U money is too risky
By Jeff Harris The original Measure U, a half-cent increase in our sales tax rate, was passed in 2012 with the promise that it would…
Editor’s note: A bridge to somewhere
The I Street Bridge is 108 years old and rusty, and it rattles when a train passes over it. So, yes, a new span over…
Living with climate change: The inevitable and the preventable
Climate change is here. While governments and businesses can still take bold action to limit global warming, temperatures are already on average 1 degree celsius…
A grisly murder. An illegal confession. A 20-year fight to be free.
Two Sacramento detectives denied Tio Sessoms his right to an attorney. So he became his own advocate—in prison. Somewhere in Oklahoma: The walls of the…
Mistaken identity
Countless cases of mistaken identity this month got butterfly lovers excited. “With all the publicity given to the collapse of the California monarch population, I…
Privacy hacks
Democratic lawmakers in California are quietly attacking their own landmark privacy law The California Consumer Privacy Act was hailed as a milestone for reining in…
College rejection season
College rejections are a life lesson.
Succulents grow on you
More gardeners, young and old, are getting into fleshy water-wise plants known as succulents. They’re drawn by succulents’ sculptural good looks and ability to survive…