Light before dawn: Recapping SOL Development’s Guild Theater show
By Paul Willis When I first saw SOL Development at Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub in 2016, I cried actual tears of joy. The Sacramento-rooted, Oakland-based…
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Editor’s Note: No justice, no peace?
By Foon Rhee foonr@newsreview.com Any day now, Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert will make the official announcement—and it’s very likely that the two…
On the margins of the margins
Next to a Sacramento neighborhood, Southeast Asian homeless immigrants struggle to survive flood waters and a lack of services The woman I’ll call May and…
Loving a love child
What if a love child asks where her daddy is?
Dear high school seniors,
Enter your college essays in the SN&R’s tenth annual College Essay Contest… for prizes and fame!
Mayor goes to Meadowview to promise economic justice
Mayor Darrell Steinberg has now put a dollar figure behind his call for inclusive economic development in Sacramento’s neighborhoods—$200 million over five years. In his…
A Sacramento crime reporter compares notes with Scotland’s top crime novelist
Ian Rankin’s research and hardened realism has universal appeal By Scott Thomas Anderson I first learned of Scotland’s literary shadow weaver while strolling down Edinburgh’s Young…
While Trump was eating crow, we were eating crab
At the Sac Central Labor Council Crab Feed, our publisher finds a link between the new progressive Democratic agenda and the progressive union agenda.
Bad signs for dating
Astrological signs to avoid.
Checkpoint Walmart: Folsom Walmart won’t let customers leave store without passing through security
By Scott Thomas Anderson In its nearly 70-year history, Walmart has added groceries, prescriptions and even on-site oil changes to its discount portfolio. Now, at…
Take a hard look in the mirror
Look inward to deal with resentment.
The inclusive tent of Amanda Blackwood, new Sacramento Chamber CEO
Sac Metro Chamber’s 124th annual Dinner & Business Awards event hints at a new direction.
What can you bring to a protest? Key committee to consider question Tuesday
A controversial proposal to limit what people can bring to protests is back after being pulled a Sacramento City Council agenda last month. But the…
Under the Delta’s domain: One-tunnel pivot doesn’t change likelihood of widespread eminent domain seizures
By Scott Thomas Anderson Donis Whaley woke up one recent night and realized it was all happening again. Whaley was born and raised in Port…
Getting over an ex
How do you get past an ex, and when’s the right time to tell your date you’re bisexual?
Downtown development–whoa! And yikes!
Massive developments in the planning for downtown; let’s avoid the pitfalls of other cities.
The difference between love and sex
Much of what we learn and accept about love isn't true.