U.S. attorney general calls for reduced sentencing for drug crimes
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Midtown Cocktail Week: 5 reasons to not get drunk at home, pass out, and miss it
Usually a blog post has some kind of lead or intro paragraph explaining what the story will be all about. But this is Midtown Cocktail…
The Walmart fallacy
Because of our print deadlines, we won’t know how a proposal that could plant Walmart and its big-box brethren in downtown Sacramento will go Tuesday…
'The Newsroom' 2.5: 'Well, I guess it's just us now'
“Who the hell is Will McAvoy?” “I don’t know Jesse, but he’s no match for Heisenberg.” Adam Khan 8:13 p.m. Monday, August 12 I…
When brides attack
Joey advises a reader to stop worrying about her newlywed friend's bad manners.
Here's a way to end the federal government's war on marijuana
Let's stop 40 years of failed drug policies.
On RZA, Trayvon Martin and folk music
Last Thursday, RZA (yes, of Wu-Tang Clan) posted this music video, ‘The Ballad of Trayvon Martin’ by The Last Internationale, on his Facebook timeline asking his…
Workers unite (in not answering our calls)
This little piggy went to Morgan Stanley… If you passed the intersection of 21st and J in Midtown this week, you’ll have noticed the two…
'The Newsroom' 2.4: White devils
Cliche alert: The homicide rate among black screen characters is at epidemic proportions. Poor Dennis Haysbert has seen his characters killed first in TWO ‘90s films. Raheem…
Men are from Mars, and Barbie goes there!
In case you missed it this week, NASA teamed up with Barbie’s parents to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Curiosity Rover landing on Mars,…
The mayor of West Sacramento drives a Tesla, FYI
by Cody Drabble Page Burner bumped into West Sacramento Mayor Christopher Cabaldon on 20th Street near the MARRS building. He was sporting a…
Best things about the state fair
This year’s California State Fair event was the same—but still different.
Reboot your karma
Joey advises a reader to ditch the yard-sale computer and do the right thing.
Neighbors lose chapel dispute with Catholic high school–guess they should've prayed harder
Several neighbors of an all-male Catholic high school failed last week to stop a chapel from getting the county’s blessing. Jesuit High School in Carmichael won…
Lies and the lying incumbent liars who tell them
ProPublica is killing it with their NSA coverage, and they’re loosening their ties in the process. Check out this video, posted on YouTube this week…
Let's all give Pepper Spray Cop a hug!
Remember Pepper Spray Cop? You know, former Lieutenant John Pike of the UC Davis Police Department, who sprayed all those Occupy demonstrators in November 2011?…
'The Newsroom' 2.3: 'We ride!'
“My creator programmed me to smile like this.” Raheem Hosseini 3:23 p.m. Tuesday, July 30 Will McAvoy [doing his best Michael Corleone]:…