No dad rock here: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion book last-minute show
Fans of dirty, kinda nuts ‘90s-era rock won’t want to miss this last-minute show just booked yesterday. On Thursday, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion booked…
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Cake, Of Monsters and Men to headline 'City of Trees' maybe-festival in August
Sacramento’s most popular alternative-rock band Cake will headline a big summer concert just announced this morning by Radio 94.7. It goes down Saturday, August 15…
Sacramento's light-rail security conundrum
Riding light-rail with police Lt. Norm Leong can be a lonely experience. Outfitted in his dress blues and greeting every passenger who boards an afternoon…
Rainbow LGBT crosswalks at K and 20th streets in Midtown to be approved next week
Sacramento city council poised to greenlight new rainbow crosswalks for K and 20th streets next week. The LGBT-friendly design is to commemorate the importance…
Sacramento County still looking for a new sheriff's department watchdog
Francine Tournour directs the city of Sacramento’s Office of Public Safety & Accountability. Good watchdogs are hard to find, apparently. As it seeks to…
Extras from an interview with journalist Scott Thomas Anderson
No one boxes Scott Thomas Anderson into a word-count. I learned that long ago about the journalist and author, back when we both worked at…
Coin-Op opens, brings retro arcade games and dranks to old Marilyn’s on K location
A basement location on K Street is now transformed into an industrial-design bar/nerdy man cave with 42 classic quarter arcade games (think Donkey Kong, Ninja…
EIGHT GIGS: Young Aundee
13WED photo by Josh Johnson Young Aundee Press Club, 8 p.m., $5 With elements of dark and new wave, trip-hop, pop and even a little…
Insight Coffee, Sun & Soil open at 16 Powerhouse
Finally, something is finished at 16 Powerhouse. The LEED-certified development at 1615 16th Street has been under construction for, well, a long time. Today, its…
Hacker Lab hacks a new space in Rocklin
Midtown Sacramento might have something of a burgeoning startup tech culture but all that creativity and innovative spirit isn’t confined to the grid. Witness:…
Profile: Scott Thomas Anderson, journalist
Author Scott Thomas Anderson’s new book explores America’s appetite for incarceration By Raheem F. Hosseini Journalist Scott Thomas Anderson has stuck his trickiest deadline yet. The author, hard-news…
Stranger siblings make first contact aboard Sacramento's light-rail
An unlikely family reunion is transpiring on the Sacramento Valley Station light-rail train. It’s Friday, May 1, and I’m looping up and down the Gold…
California craft breweries grew by nearly 25 percent last year in California
You’re drunk, California. But at least you’re drinking a better beer. New data just released by the California Craft Brewer’s Association says that the…
Stuff to do this week
Every year Coachella runs two weekends in a row—allowing hordes of affluent SoCal hipsters using their parents’ money to see some of today’s most popular…
When a body meets a body
Joey advises a reader to strip down—emotionally—for better sex.
FBI pursues cases against ex-cops from Yuba City, Fresno
Two area cops came down with a case of the Mondays, following separate FBI announcements on May 4. According to a news release summarizing a…
Mira Loma students ace national science bowl
Kids love science … or holograms. Students from Sacramento’s Mira Loma High School edged out 67 other high schools from around the country during…