B-Boy Morris to compete in the Red Bull BC One North America Final
Sacramento’s B-Boy Morris is one of the world’s best B-boys. If you don’t believe me, here’s some video proof: Morris has already won pretty much…
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Farm To Fork gala dinner to return to Tower Bridge. $175 gets you a seat!
The rumor was that last year’s Farm To Fork Week gala dinner, which took place on the Tower Bridge last September, wouldn’t return to that…
That was nice, OK Go
Band + screens + crazy graphics = OK Go tour 2014. (Photo courtesy of OK Go’s Facebook page.) If you don’t have anything nice…
Sandwiches vs. burritos
Jason Segel dissed burritos on Twitter back in 2011. “Sandwiches are better than burritos,” he tweeted. He got a bunch of backlash—deservedly so, in my…
Winners: Sacramento waiters, Michael Jordan. Losers: cops, dudes who run from the cops, and Marcos Breton, of course
Eat free ice cream for charity
Is there really anything better than eating free ice cream? What about knowing that for every scoop of free ice cream you eat, a dollar…
Six Californias initiative would give us wine country, Lake Tahoe and Marin
So this whole Six Californias thing… Surely you’ve joked about cutting up California before. What good Northern Californian wouldn’t want to disassociate themselves from Orange…
Eat and drink tomatoes for Sacratomato Week starting Monday
Heirloom tomato salad from Centro Cocina Mexicana. Photo courtesy of Callista Wengler I used to think I hated raw tomatoes. They were too often mushy,…
Capitol's utility boxes to get vinyl makeovers
A ProWraps employee, right, applies a reprinted piece by aritst Ianna Frisby to a “test” utility box near Drexel University in April. Many more such installations…
The future of journalism
In the past, advertising revenue funded journalism. Now, we have to find a new way to fund independent reporting.
The stayover trend
Joey advises readers to consider conscious coupling.
Drought response slow in Rancho Cordova
While several cities are already tightening their water spouts through landscaping prohibitions and drought surcharges, Rancho Cordova hasn’t joined the conservation bandwagon just yet. Supplied…
Juggalos, soccer moms and selfies: Sorry, the Zombie Walk is a young man's game
By Rudy Raya I wouldn’t call myself a veteran zombie walker, but let’s just say this isn’t the first time I’ve found myself covered in…
ESSAY: The job-killing app
By Jacob Waters Clever apps can soothe life’s minor annoyances, but there’s always someone paying for our convenience. And that’s a problem. Some of these…
Photo essay: High Sierra Music Festival
Last weekend saw the 24th annual High Sierra Music Festival up in Quincy, and all the stompin’ bluegrass, guitar legends, dreadlocks and oxytocin that came…
REVIEW: 'Mary Poppins'
Photo by Charr Crail. —by Jim Carnes Director Glenn Casale is a genius. No wonder the folks at Disney trust him with so many of their…
Lawmakers and leaders need to take California’s drought seriously
California and Sacramento need sustainable water-management plans.