Restaurateurs mad about food trucks… what else is new?
A handful of Midtown restaurant owners are upset with Sutter Medical Hospital for bringing food trucks to its campus. For the past two weeks, food…
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Sheriff's officer almost shoots fellow cop in Rancho Cordova
Sometimes cops shoot at other cops, too. Sacramento County sheriff’s officials are breathing a sigh of relief after one of their own accidentally shot…
Broderick and Eatuscany open in Handle District
West Sacramento’s Broderick Roadhouse doesn’t really make sense—and owner Chris Jarosz has repeatedly acknowledged it. The space is weird. It kind of feels like a…
Run, don’t hide
Joey advises a reader to stop lying about his affair.
True service to vets means more than lip service
When it comes to U.S. veterans, we need to put our money where our mouths are.
Radio 94.7's City of Trees? More like City of Traffic
The traffic. It seems like a stupid thing to complain about, but there are also few things more miserable than inching along for an hour…
In Sacramento, it's not just the cops who can make arrests
Do you want the power to arrest people, but without the scrutiny that comes with being a cop? Then the city of Sacramento has a…
“End of Life” advocate Jennifer Glass has died
Earlier this year, SN&R editor and writer Melinda Welsh wrote about the work of “end of life” advocates fighting for the legal right to die…
Breakups and blowback
Joey advises on how to break up with a “great guy”—and how to figure out your mystery STD.
How PBIDs help Sacramento neighborhoods
Local business owners approve Watt Avenue Property and Business Improvement District.
Amnesty International tells Hollywood to shut it, calls for decriminalizing sex work
Sorry, Hollywood. Turns out Amnesty International doesn’t care a whit what you think. Ignoring a Change.org petition signed by anti-trafficking groups, feminist organizations and…
Gastronomicon: Revisiting crust knuckles with Pizza Hut's Cheesy Bites Pizza
Somehow I missed that the Hot Dog Bites Pizza from Pizza Hut was preceded by something much less explicitly offensive: The Cheesy Bites Pizza. If…
Outside Lands day 1: D'Angelo, St. Vincent, Leon Bridges and more
Teched-obsessed San Francisco got a little dose of anti-tech vibes on the opening day of Outside Lands. Before St. Vincent stepped on stage, a computerized…
A California kid caught the plague. Wait, that's still a thing?!
A Los Angeles County child was hospitalized with an extremely rare case of the human plague after visiting two of California’s natural wonders last month….
Sacramento sugar daddies less promiscuous (and therefore less happy?), this clickbait blah blah says
Despite what you’ve been hearing about some of our male politicians, Sacramento men aren’t so gross, according to a gross dating website. Seeking Arrangements, the…
School’s back: Time to brush up on education
Learning from Amanda Ripley's book: The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way.
You can go home again
Joey advises a reader to not play duck, duck, goose around her fears.