ESSAY: Heading back to prison
By Eugene Alexander Dey Ever the recidivist, I was headed back to lockup. Being in prison is a dreadful, emotional experience. However, this time was…
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Sammies 2013 winners here!
Congratulations to this year’s Sacramento Area Music Awards winners and thanks to everyone who attended the 22nd annual Sammies this past Friday! Hall of Fame…
REVIEW: 'Priscilla, Queen of the Desert'
Boys won’t always be boys Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Boy, oh boy, oh … men. Dressed like women, acting like women, singing and dancing…
Media lessons from a millennial
By Dave Kempa Al Jazeera America battles for footing on satellite and cable TV. Journalist Glenn Greenwald leaves The Guardian to create a new company…
Sac State study: Are California voters too ignorant to vote?
Apparently, we voters are kind of dumb when it comes to fiscal policy. That’s the demoralizing takeaway from a recent statewide survey by a trio…
Halloween tales from the police activity log
By Dave Kempa For many, October 31 is an evening of dress-up and drunken revelry. For some, it’s just another night out on patrol. Sacramento…
Sac State of THE FUTURE
By Cody Drabble Sacramento State University will get a long-overdue facelift over the next decade, thanks to a new composite plan laying out the future…
Baby daddy imbroglio snares Twin Rivers trustee
After months of skirting paternity-test suspicions and financial disclosure charges, Cortez L. Quinn, the embattled Twin Rivers school board trustee and Assemblyman Roger Dicksinson’s former chief of…
Sacramento city council approves Strong Mayor vote for 2014 at drama-free meeting (boring! So let’s watch an old video of K.J. chewing out his colleagues!)
In what Sacramento Bee City Hall reporter Ryan Lillis described as a meeting “without drama,” City Council voted last night to put the fourth incarnation…
Proposition 14, the Top Two Primaries Act, is making a difference in California politics
The Capitol is moving from gridlock to governing.
Don’t be a stalker
Joey advises a reader to focus on herself—not a disinterested man.
Sacramento County loses health plan options
It just doesn’t pay to provide quality health care. Sacramento County supervisors learned that hard economic lesson Tuesday, when they grappled with Blue Shield’s decision…
SN&R hate mail No. 7,842
Sometimes, it’s fun to share: “You guys suck, and I will continually call your newspaper a rag. … Good luck with your whole life, man!”
Breaking Norm Lopez news! Sacramento's most famous feline to stay in town, adopted by Capital Public Radio's Nick Brunner
At first my heart dropped when I heard that Norm Lopez–the internationally famous fat cat known for hanging out on a Midtown sidewalk–might be hightailing…
Scorekeeper V: This week's losers include American River College administrators, Dickey's BBQ, absinthe drinkers and jerks who try to rob Safeway
Ill communication American River College communications professor Geoffrey Stockdale was put on paid administrative leave last week after a student suffered a head injury during…
Drug charge dropped for really generous candy man
Giving kids free candy can get you arrested. That is, if you’re doing it a full week before Halloween and you’re on probation. That’s reportedly…
REVIEW: The Hangtown Halloween Ball was a crazy costume party!
The third annual Hangtown Halloween Ball took place at the Placer County Fairgrounds last weekend. The perfect fall weather was highlighted by the brilliant array…