By Alastair Bland In the forests of Northern California, illegal marijuana growers armed with guns are turning wildlife research into an unexpectedly dangerous profession. As…
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by Paul Piazza March is a traditionally a time of distractions due to office tourney pools in the workplace and busted brackets everywhere. This year,…
Sometimes you just need a good stranger in your life to shake things up. Mine arrived a couple weeks ago. He wore a hooded sweatshirt,…
SN&R’s owner attends RT’s annual meeting to learn why a cool city starts with a cool transit system.
Joey advises a reader diagnosed with cancer to pursue real passions.
The 2014 lineup for San Francisco’s biggest musical festival has finally arrived: Kanye West, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and The Killers will headline Outside…
That red snapper you bought might be tilapia. That lemon sole might be summer flounder. And more than likely, that white tuna is actually escolar….
File this one under “first world problems.” Two golfers got their clubs bent out of shape over something stupid last month in Sacramento County. Then…
After postponing its eagerly anticipated safety-net workshop a couple weeks ago, the county of Sacramento moved it again—back to its original April 9 date. Hopefully the…
In what felt like a throwback from a different era, the Sacramento Kings beat the Los Angeles Lakers last night. And despite both the Kings…
Photo courtesy of Michael Dorausch. By Jessica Rine Rancho Cordova may be the first city in the region to stub out secondhand vapor. On Monday,…
By Scott M. Bruner “In a democracy, people get the government they deserve.” —Alexis de Tocqueville It doesn’t matter if you chant Neil Young while…
A complete overhaul for a broken system is needed.
Joey advises a reader to listen to—not offer judgment on—her cousin's marital problems.
Since joining Volunteers of America Northern California & Northern Nevada, Nicole Tallon has searched for her tribe. The 20-something, tasked by AmeriCorps VISTA with getting…
By Blake Gillespie Despite our own Nick Miller's prediction that DeMarcus Cousin’s r&b album, Misunderstood, would be the best album of 2014, the announcement was…
Barcelona. Photo: AJ Ragasa Fans of electronic and indie pop have two excellent show options later this week. Thursday night at Luigi’s features a bill…