Should the Sacramento Metro Chamber flex its political muscle?
Playing politics could split the local chamber.
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Joey Garcia's Valentine's Day love lessons
Joey advises readers on how to find love.
Mayor Kevin Johnson's big French lesson
Mayor Kevin Johnson, congratulations on your first U.S. state dinner at the White House. Yeah, it’s with French president Francois Hollande. But it’s still the…
Donors save the senior safe house
Sacramento’s one-of-a-kind safe house for abused seniors won’t close this Valentine’s Day, after all. Due to a publicity push that included coverage by SN&R, the…
Fax for the message, we'll be in touch
If you’ve ever wondered, “What kind of person sends a fax anymore?”, you can sort of learn the answer below. This handwritten letter arrived Monday…
This Guy Fieri impression is amazingly accurate
Screengrab via YouTube.com As I wrote about this week in my Food Stuff column, I recently started watching Eddie Huang’s food and travel show, Fresh…
Cop tackles man evading light rail fare = awesome
Kudos to CBS 13 videographer James Taylor for capturing this gem. Pro tip: Don’t run from light rail cops. (I won’t go into details, but…
Multiple attacks on women rattle Midtown
Not a good week for public safety in Midtown: Three assaults, including a brutal beating and a rape, according to posts on Public Safety News…
Max Whittaker photos at Viewpoint Photographic Art Center
Sometimes, there just isn’t enough room in the paper to cover all the great stuff happening in this city. Take Max Whittaker’s show, for example….
Winemakers brace for drought's inevitable impacts
A couple weeks ago, we ask how a couple local brewers were feeling about the drought. Earlier this week, we checked in with Craig Haarmeyer,…
Singles getting their free mingle on
Because I’m a sucker for people-watching weirdness, I volunteered to staff SN&R’s booth during some singles event at the DoubleTree by Hilton Sacramento. Alongside the…
Scorekeeper: This week's winners and losers
Branded for life The local Twitterati went nuts on Monday brainstorming slogans for branding Sacramento. Inspired by the Sacramento chamber of commerce’s group Metro Edge’s…
Environmentalists say the drought is death to salmon supplies
By Alastair Bland Drought conditions are likely to devastate Central Valley salmon numbers, fisheries’ lobbyists and environmentalists warn. Decreasing flows in both the Sacramento and…
Citrus Heights tells large commercial vehicles to truck off
By Alastair Bland They scrape parked cars, rattle bedroom windows and literally crush the pavement. Now, trucks are under fire from Citrus Heights residents and…
Sacramento gets another taproom: New Glory Craft Brewery open today
A one-year-old brewery finally has a taproom: New Glory Craft Brewery, formerly known as Old Glory Craft Brewery. New Glory opened its doors for…
REVIEW: 'Flashdance The Musical'
Photo by Jeremy Daniel —by Jessica Rine A friend says, “I have tickets to see Flashdance The Musical.” Instantly conjured are images of leg warmers…
The post-breakup smackdown
Joey advises a reader to go slow when it comes to relationships, old and new.