Hack your holiday shopping
Follow this simple advice to avoid getting beat up, trampled or shot while buying an X-Box One or PlayStation 4 on Black Friday: Avoid stores…
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A poem from inside juvenile hall's mental health crisis
On the cover tomorrow, SN&R’s eight-month investigation into the juvenile justice system’s mental health crisis, and how local juvenile halls have transformed into accidental psychiatric…
Mothballed Boys Ranch could become federal prison
A mothballed juvenile detention facility gathering weeds in the county’s rustic south could be Sacramento’s entry into the private prison business. County officials are entertaining…
Hey “early Sunday edition.” You're Saturday. Bee Saturday.
If you’ve felt a pang of sticker shock while picking up a newspaper the last couple Saturdays, hi, how are you? Me too. The Sacramento…
High school confidential
Joey advises a reader that there’s life beyond high school.
Pregnant's kid reviews experimental music and it's adorable
Daniel Trudeau is a prolific man. See projects like his electronic band Pregnant’s latest record John Raw. (OK, nothing is quite like John Raw.) It’s…
Your weekend plans: See these shows
Landmarks and lanterns
There’s a chance that your freeway commute will be a little brighter this winter. Global Winter Wonderland opens at Cal Expo (1600 Exposition Boulevard) on…
Davis police defend their MRAP
By Erin E. Young Davis police officials sought last week to appease residents’ fears that their department is too militarized. More than 50 Davis residents…
Bumpy road ahead for Sacramento infrastructure
By Alastair Bland Sacramento County’s roads are bad and getting worse. And, in the years ahead, drivers and cyclists are likely to encounter increasingly more…
First-gen college hopefuls from Sacramento earn scholarship aid
By Brooke Purves Three Sacramento-area high school juniors who are rich with drive but short on resources will get help with the latter, courtesy of…
Once smitten, not shy
Joey advises a reader to stop worrying if her crush is gay.
Sacramento thanks you, Roger Dickinson
He was a hands-on, hardworking public servant.
Mayor, sore losers make a redistricting power grab
by Cosmo Garvin Three years ago, Sacramento City Council member Jay Schenirer and Mayor Kevin Johnson were on the bitter losing end of a redistricting…
TBD Fest launches New Year's Eve party with A-Trak, Oliver, Gigamesh
TBD Fest fans are in luck. There’s no need to wait a whole year for another indie dance-fueled marathon. The team of Michael Hargis and…