Cool stuff to do this week
Awesomely awkward Before silly videos like 1994's Diane Horner’s Country Hip Hop dancing (right here!) can go viral on the Internet, they need to first…
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Chris Robinson Brotherhood greet Sacramento with 'farm to table' rock
By Paul Piazza On a rainy Tuesday night, the Chris Robinson Brotherhood parked their big tour bus on J Street and took Harlow’s by storm….
Scorekeeper! This week's winner: KJ (!?). This week's losers: sock thieves, Americans who forgot ebola, people who mess with pizza delivery drivers
Kudos, Sacramento Bee
Nursing home investigative series is a must-read.
Tinder mercies
Joey advises a reader that there’s life beyond high school.
Sacramento gas is cheap. Time to worry?
A recent decision by an international consortium of oil-producing nations translated into an unprecedented dip in local gas prices over Thanksgiving weekend. In Sacramento, the average price…
Crowd violence looks like a bare bottom crawling away
The man casts a full moon as he crawls to safety. Unaware or uncaring that his pants are bunched around his ankles and his bare ass…
Brew the Right Thing: SN&R's semi-maybe regular beer blog post
“Brew the Right Thing” will be a (semi) weekly or regular (or whenever I damn feel like it) blog post about the craftiest of beer,…
TBD NYE ticket prices go up tonight
As we announced last month, TBD Fest is set to bring Sacramento a totally unprecedented New Year’s Eve party. And you have until 11 p.m….
UNDER THE COVER: Roiled by scandal, state tasked counties with incarcerating delinquents
Author’s note: In this week’s cover story, SN&R illustrates how county juvenile halls have become unofficial mental institutions for society’s most troubled youth. But how…
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…
This weekend's shows
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…