SCOREKEEPER: Trumpcare flames out, Raider Nation weeps
By John Flynn and Raheem F. Hosseini Trumpcare humiliated On March 24, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan pulled his pet legislation, the American Health…
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Midlife reset
A reader wants to know if she’s doomed to face a lonely old age.
The secret show you’ve likely heard of
At the Halloween Show, cover bands perform in Sacramento’s underground, but some fear that success may spell its death By Karlos Rene Ayala “People want…
SCOREKEEPER: West Sacramento mayor stumps at SXSW and people are making their own braces
By John Flynn and Raheem F. Hosseini South by West Sac West Sacramento Mayor Christopher Cabaldon went the extra miles last week, attending hipster heaven…
Taming the talk
A reader wants help keeping difficult conversations gentle and productive.
Prisoner of policy: For-profit corrections company hits the skids
Geo Group Inc. seeks ‘office space’ designation for desired reentry facility One of the nation’s most controversial private prison companies is finding it hard to…
Bad dates
Readers want to know what it takes to stop going on dates that go nowhere or bomb hideously.
Democratic Rep. Ami Bera wants to ‘reach across the aisle,’ constituents want to fight
350 Sacramentans show up at meeting to learn where Bera stands on the issues.
SCOREKEEPER: Sacramento's identity crisis meets GOP's health care crisis in this week's round-up
By John Flynn New name, same jank Sacramento can’t decide what to call itself. On March 10, the slogan on the 130-foot water tower alongside…
Marcos Breton gets served
Did you read Marcos Breton’s column Monday? Neither did we, at first, but we sure heard about it. Titled “The price of downtown Sacramento is…
A Death in Syria: What drove a Sacramento activist to enlist in the Kurdish revolution?
The mourners carry banners of his face — long, glossy posters that accentuate his laughing blue eyes and big, mischievous grin. His hand is striking…
A cheating heart
Readers don’t know what to do with cheating lovers.
Don’t agonize, organize to save the Affordable Care Act
Rep. Doris Matsui holds public forum to educate the community about the fight to save the ACA.
SCOREKEEPER: Trump fumes, Session lies and a pot deal goes unexpectedly wrong
By John Flynn and Raheem F. Hosseini Presidential? Pardon. On February 28, pundits credited President Donald Trump with a “presidential” address to Congress, during which…
At the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, a tour through artist Marcel Duchamp's
Image by Caroline Minasian By Caroline Minasian Last Thursday evening, the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art was lit up like a…
Holding vs. folding
A reader is afraid of eventually losing an older lover to death.
Congresswoman Doris Matsui’s town hall
Health care or health chaos?