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Pliny the Younger to return to Sacramento next month
Overzealous Sacramento beer nerds won’t be surprised to learn that Russian River Brewing Company announced today it’s stupid-popular triple IPA Pliny the Younger will return to…
He fell asleep in the drive-thru and got arrested
Most of us have been there: It’s late, you’ve been drinking and all you want is some disgustingly greasy fast “food” to sop up the…
Get ready for a California prison re-boom
State prison officials say Mule Creek State Prison in Ione isn’t as crowded with inmates as it used to be, but still want to add…
Sacramento Housing Alliance allies itself with Davis policy expert
By Cody Drabble A Davis resident and housing policy expert took the reins of the Sacramento Housing Alliance on January 6. Incoming executive director Darryl…
What the hell is Doug Christie doing in North Korea with Dennis Rodman?
The Associated Press is reporting on former NBA diva/board beast Dennis Rodman’s return visit to North Korea. Joining him is a coterie of former ballers,…
ESSAY: The unjustly incarcerated can't be forgotten
By Eugene Alexander Dey Serving a life sentence is like walking through a never-ending nightmare. I would know. As a “three-striker,” I served 15 years…
SN&R’s official, authoritative, undeniable NFL playoff and Super Bowl predictions
I won’t even bother with a some kind of clever-ass lead-in. Let’s get to the swami business: AFC Chiefs at Colts Indy’s the slight favorite….
Wind Youth Center shifts lead staff role
Sher Barber [Courtesy of Nonprofit Resource Center.] Following a tumultuous end to 2013, Wind Youth Services, which battled cash-flow issues and possible closure at its…
Fading away: a review of “Buddy—The Buddy Holly Story”
photo by Hilary Camilleri By Jim Carnes The spirit of Buddy Holly lives—but not, I’m afraid, in Buddy—The Buddy Holly Story, playing through January 2…
The secret underworld
Joey advises a reader to hire a divorce attorney and move on.
ESSAY: California media employs too many white guys (like me)
“I’m a reporter and you’re not.” Odds are whatever third-party current event you’re consuming—whether it’s in a newspaper, on the radio or (shudder) television—was produced,…
Do Sacramento leaders support multicultural arts?
By Cody Drabble Last week, the Latino Arts Network of California released a long-awaited study criticizing how the city of Sacramento allocates funds to multicultural…
Smartphone therapy could help depressed college kids
By Jessica Rine UC Davis students now have a simpler way to seek mental-health help for themselves or their friends: They merely have to whip…
Idiot to savant
Joey reflects on readers and her coping tools for drama, grief and suffering.
ESSAY: Obamacare saved this writer money, but cost him one potentially important right
By Cody Drabble “Obamacare” naysayers may demonize every dotted “i” and crossed “t” in the Affordable Care Act, but not me. When I aged out…
Sac City school district to consider adding another charter campus
By Cody Drabble A parent-led petition to add a new charter school to the Sacramento City Unified School District could be voted on Thursday. More…