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…
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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.
Step out of the triangle
Joey advises a reader to be a friend—not a therapist—when it comes to her friends' drama.
Attention Christian shoppers! One writer reflects on Hobby Lobby's move to get crafty with your reproductive rights
By Tiffani Dangelico Growing up I frequented many craft stores. My mom went through an intense puffy paint and iron-on phase in the mid-'90s, for …
Death Grips and the Mystery of the Napkin–a.k.a Death Grips calls it quits
By Blake Gillespie A few weeks ago members of Death Grips were spotted at LowBau on Le Twist Tuesday, being cagey and disengaged, but the group…
ESSAY: A suburbanite on Sproul
By Haley “Graph” Massara As a left-leaning teenager, I fantasized about moving far away from Granite Bay—that bourgeoisie zit of a town on the nose…
Teen boys are big threat to homeless community, says national report
A bummer national survey released late last month cast an appalled eye on violence experienced by the homeless community. Between 1999 and 2013, the National…
Scorekeeper: This week's winners and losers!
Grow up, man
Joey advises a reader to handle her husband's sarcasm with kid gloves.
The new CEO for the Sacramento Metro Chamber should embrace inclusiveness and all political views
Openness and diversity are huge strengths of Sacramento’s chamber. We need a CEO that supports and even celebrates this.
Dropping the taco tax
Food-truck customers no longer have to do math in their heads while standing in line. Thanks to the California Board of Equalization, starting July on…
Smoke bomb bros throw a Jeep shot
Never trust a Jeep full of bros. According to the Sacramento Police Department, a silver Jeep Wrangler occupied by four white men in their 20s…
The gloves are off! Controversial food safety law repealed
Bare hands were sighted all over Kru Restaurant—and its sushi—last night. The chefs had been wearing latex in preparation for the new “glove law,” which…
Stevie Nader releases best local release of 2014 (so far)
By Blake Gillespie By the close of the 22nd annual Sammies awards ceremony at Ace of Spades in November of last year, Stevie Nader’s…
Scorekeeper: Last week's winners and losers
California budget fixes foster payment disparity
Starting next year, foster children who are taken in by relatives will no longer be penalized for doing so. As SN&R reported last month, due…