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A few weeks ago, I got an email saying that as a member of the media, I might be able to fly in a plane…
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Hard rock music festival Aftershock returns bigger than ever
Chicago punk band Rise Against plays Sunday at Aftershock Aftershock is back for a third year of head banging, mosh pits and all things hard…
Horrible bosses
Joey advises a reader to take this j-o-b and kind of love it.
Doug Ose's plan to replace Obamacare isn't leadership. It's ridiculous.
You might as well stick to a steady diet of cheesecake.
Does anyone besides spambots support Strong Mayor? (Or, a breakdown of Yes on Measure L’s bogus Facebook page)
Do you “like” strong mayor? I don’t mean whether or not you’re going to vote for Measure L, the November ballot initiative that would give…
REVIEW: Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden
Review and photos by Paul Piazza. Last week, I took the lengthy drive to Wheatland’s Sleep Train Amphitheater to go see Soundgarden and Nine Inch…
Thinking global, acting lo-cool
If you’re looking for a fun way to start Labor Day weekend, take off from work a bit early on Friday, August 29, and head…
Labor Day weekend = music festivals
*Editor’s note: The Aug. 28 print edition of SN&R (“Eight Gigs,” page 55) mistakenly stated the price of the Tejano Conjunto Festival as “no cover.”…
Iconic Trails restaurant to close
OK, so maybe we can’t exactly blame this latest impending landmark closure on the arena or gentrification. News that Trails, the longstanding Sacramento western-themed restaurant…
Major Sacramento labor leader Bill Camp fired over Kevin Johnson's strong mayor initiative
by Cosmo Garvin Bill Camp, the outspoken executive secretary of the Sacramento Central Labor Council, has been fired, apparently because of an internal dispute over…
Twin Rivers hopes to school families with Parent University
By Brooke Purves With 49 different languages spoken in students’ homes, the Twin Rivers Unified School District faces a perennial challenge in communicating with families….
State lawmakers pass bill protecting female inmates from prison doctors
By Jeff Gonzales State lawmakers sought last week to guard California’s female prison population from penitentiary doctors who treated them like guinea pigs. On August…
Eww: Bitter date face
Joey advises a reader to rethink his dating attitude.
RIP Grantland Johnson, 1948-2014
The Prince of Del Paso Heights, a mentor for the powerful and powerless.
Scorekeeper! Winners: Miley Cyrus, bartender Chris Dooley – Losers: Burning Man, Curtis Park, drunk drivers
Sacramento named most family-friendly city in California, says dumb study
Nevermind that I’m writing about the latest click-bait list for my own click-bait purposes here on this blog … there’s a damn announcement: Sacramento is…
Pizza Guys announces Sriracha Pizza and 'sriracha-themed challenges'
I’ve loved sriracha for a long time (the Huy Fong Foods, Inc. version in particular). And I’ve loved pizza for a quite a while, too….