Capitol's utility boxes to get vinyl makeovers
A ProWraps employee, right, applies a reprinted piece by aritst Ianna Frisby to a “test” utility box near Drexel University in April. Many more such installations…
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The future of journalism
In the past, advertising revenue funded journalism. Now, we have to find a new way to fund independent reporting.
The stayover trend
Joey advises readers to consider conscious coupling.
Drought response slow in Rancho Cordova
While several cities are already tightening their water spouts through landscaping prohibitions and drought surcharges, Rancho Cordova hasn’t joined the conservation bandwagon just yet. Supplied…
Juggalos, soccer moms and selfies: Sorry, the Zombie Walk is a young man's game
By Rudy Raya I wouldn’t call myself a veteran zombie walker, but let’s just say this isn’t the first time I’ve found myself covered in…
ESSAY: The job-killing app
By Jacob Waters Clever apps can soothe life’s minor annoyances, but there’s always someone paying for our convenience. And that’s a problem. Some of these…
Photo essay: High Sierra Music Festival
Last weekend saw the 24th annual High Sierra Music Festival up in Quincy, and all the stompin’ bluegrass, guitar legends, dreadlocks and oxytocin that came…
REVIEW: 'Mary Poppins'
Photo by Charr Crail. —by Jim Carnes Director Glenn Casale is a genius. No wonder the folks at Disney trust him with so many of their…
Lawmakers and leaders need to take California’s drought seriously
California and Sacramento need sustainable water-management plans.
Step out of the triangle
Joey advises a reader to be a friend—not a therapist—when it comes to her friends' drama.
Attention Christian shoppers! One writer reflects on Hobby Lobby's move to get crafty with your reproductive rights
By Tiffani Dangelico Growing up I frequented many craft stores. My mom went through an intense puffy paint and iron-on phase in the mid-'90s, for …
Death Grips and the Mystery of the Napkin–a.k.a Death Grips calls it quits
By Blake Gillespie A few weeks ago members of Death Grips were spotted at LowBau on Le Twist Tuesday, being cagey and disengaged, but the group…
ESSAY: A suburbanite on Sproul
By Haley “Graph” Massara As a left-leaning teenager, I fantasized about moving far away from Granite Bay—that bourgeoisie zit of a town on the nose…
Teen boys are big threat to homeless community, says national report
A bummer national survey released late last month cast an appalled eye on violence experienced by the homeless community. Between 1999 and 2013, the National…
Scorekeeper: This week's winners and losers!
Grow up, man
Joey advises a reader to handle her husband's sarcasm with kid gloves.
The new CEO for the Sacramento Metro Chamber should embrace inclusiveness and all political views
Openness and diversity are huge strengths of Sacramento’s chamber. We need a CEO that supports and even celebrates this.