And the most overpriced craft beer in America goes to …
OK, so I get that there’s always mark-up on beer and food at sporting events. But Sacramento, home of the $14 craft beer? Damn. This…
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Sacramento prosecutor deems foot fetish a 'sexual perversion'
Does this do it for you? Sicko? A sexual batterer’s attraction to feet got an unusual shout-out in a press release issued Tuesday by…
Handicapping tonight's Strong Mayor vote at Sacramento city council
It’s less than two hours until tonight’s City Counil debate of Sacramento Tomorrow's “Strong Mayor 4.0” proposal. I was on Capital Public Radio’s Insight program…
Kings owner Vivek suggests that newspapers will die
So Vivek Ranadivé doesn’t just own the Sacramento Kings. He made his millions with Tibco, a software company that among other activities helps Wall Street…
Tonight: Modern English
Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub, 8 p.m., $17.50 One of the classic ’80s new-wave rock bands, Modern English has broken up and reunited twice now. Though…
Voters for a Fair Arena Deal forms today to gather initiative signatures, change tone of arena discourse
Voters for a Fair Arena Deal, a small coalition of Sacramentans in favor of increasing residents’ input and ensuring fiscal responsibility on the new Kings…
Tonight: Joe Pug
Joe Pug Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub, $10, 7:30 p.m. Joe Pug is the good kind of cranky: Highly skeptical of the music-industry status quo (and…
Fungus-grown-on-plants soup
It’s one week into the Sacramento Vegan Chef Challenge, and so far, I’ve dined at only two of the 13 participating restaurants. At this rate,…
Latest Sacramento brewery Bike Dog opens tonight
West Sacramento just got a little cooler: Bike Dog Brewing Co. will make its debut tonight and this weekend. Bike Dog’s new taproom opens in…
Sacramento threatens Food Not Bombs for feeding hungry in downtown park
For more than 20 years, unpaid volunteers with nonprofit Food Not Bombs have given free vegetarian meals to hungry Sacramentans on Sunday afternoons in downtown’s…
Garden of Innocence co-founder emails donors following story
The fallout from SN&R’s story on Garden of Innocence continues. Co-founder Elissa Davey, a San Diego real estate agent, sent a lengthy email Thursday night…
REVIEW: Michael Franti and Spearhead
Michael Franti and Spearhead’s performance in Sacramento on Thursday, October 10 felt like a long overdue homecoming show for Franti. It took place at the…
Number of homeless children in Sacramento jumps sharply
The number of children who didn’t have a home of their own at least once during the school year has jumped sharply since 2010, according…
Government shutdown death knell for Republicans in 2014?
“Bataan Death March, amirite?” Last week, the federal government shut down for the first time in almost 18 years, sounding a death knell for Republicans…
Weekend music lineup
Fri., Oct. 11, J. Lately & J. Good Bows and Arrows, 7:30 p.m., $5 Back in April, Oakland rapper J. Lately and Sacramento rapper J….
BREAKING: Garden of Innocence rep says Sacramento County suspended org's contract
It’s been less than a day since our story on Garden of Innocence has been out, but the investigation into the nonprofit group’s activities has…
Jerry Brown signs new beer growler law at Sacramento brewery Track 7
A couple decades ago, the building that houses popular local brewery Track 7 was an underground punk-rock venue. Last night, however, the brewery—tucked away just…