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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…
Gigs to see this weekend
Sacramento comedy scene has a banner week
For starters, we’ve got popular stand-up comedian Tig Notaro (pictured) performing on Monday, November 17 (click here for more info on that) and satirist David…
REVIEW: 'Five Women Wearing the Same Dress'
Alan Ball’s comic play about five bridesmaids wearing incredibly ugly dresses at a wedding for a woman they all dislike is a sort of Steel…
REVIEW: 'Anon(ymous)'
Playwright Naomi Iizuka’s Anon(ymous), a mythical and mystical tracing of immigrants’ hardships and journeys, is the perfect vehicle for one of the region’s most creative,…
Pregnant record 'John Raw' inspired by this super weird email
Placerville experimental band Pregnant will enter new experimental territory with its next album—the subject for this week’s music feature—dropping Friday, Nov. 14. John Raw is…
Pachamama co-op hopes to roast coffee in Midtown
The Pachamama Coffee Cooperative’s Midtown headquarters is a special place. Full disclosure: I buy my beans there every month. It’s such a feel-good buying experience…
Managers versus leaders
Do not sabotage your sanity or prolong your grief by investing romantic feelings into a friendship.
Election night blues
I'm disappointed in the Democrats.