Help reimagine Mack Road
Next April, hoards of soon-to-be-giddy Sacramento residents will fix up parks, restore playgrounds and upgrade a selected group of homes in the Mack Road area.
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Homeless progress slips in California
While point-in-time counts are notoriously unrepresentative of America’s homeless problem, they’re pretty damning just the same. According to its recently released annual homeless assessment, the…
Sacramento City Council to vote on psychiatric hospital tonight
Despite mounting concerns from public health officials and neighboring residents, a proposal to build a 120-bed private psychiatric hospital in north Sacramento could experience clear…
Sacramento is raining wine
By Alastair Bland Two consecutive seasons of wretched rainfall haven’t yet dampened the profits of Sacramento- and Delta-area farmers. Grape growers have fared best, with…
For three strange days: A short history of Thanksgiving
Just in time for that turkey coma and Black Friday frenzy, our writer muses on the origins of Thanksgiving: By Julianna Boggs Our…
Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder on Sacramento: 'If you think about it, they're already kind of fucked.'
Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam gigged in Oklahoma City last night, where the conversation invariably turned to how OKC stole the Supersonics. And then, it…
eDisharmony and cheaters in love
Joey advises a reader to see her cheating boyfriend for who he really is.
Happiness
Spend a few hours in a house of worship this holiday season.
Death Grips: terrorists of noise
By Blake Gillespie Their aim is true: Try as I might, I can’t hate Death Grips. When the Sacramento experimental rap trio signed to…
Homeless youth center searches for other funding sources
Three hastily scribbled checks totaling $20,000 propped open a critical drop-in center for homeless youth that was set to close this week. But Sacramento’s Wind…
PHOTO ESSAY: Clutch and the Sword
On Veteran’s Day, Clutch and the Sword—two high-caliber, road-tested rock ‘n’ roll bands—blasted their way through one of the best shows of the year at…
Where have all the good men gone?
Joey advises a reader to recognize her self-sabotaging habits.
Taking the bait (bike)
Since rolling out its bait-bike program this past September, the Sacramento Police Department has been converting its roving decoy bicycle into arrests. This month alone,…
Wind Center for homeless youth gets last-minute reprieve
Three hastily scribbled checks totaling $20,000 will prop open a critical drop-in center for Sacramento’s homeless youth that was set to close after Friday, SN&R…
A special Sammies
Watching Sacramento's music family grow for 22 years.
Hot or not?
Joey advises readers to see relationships in a new light.
With new contract, Sacramento animal shelter will pray and neuter
Sacramento County’s charge to shelter lost and abandoned animals just got bigger. Supervisors decided last week to approve a contract to provide animal-shelter services to…