Lime crisis hits Sacramento, and everywhere else, hard
Nationwide, chefs and bartenders are feeling squeezed by a massive lime shortage. Thanks to a bacterial disease, rain, frost and even Mexican drug cartels, lime…
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Are illicit marijuana grows turning forest research into a dangerous science?
By Alastair Bland In the forests of Northern California, illegal marijuana growers armed with guns are turning wildlife research into an unexpectedly dangerous profession. As…
PHOTO ESSAY: March Madness
by Paul Piazza March is a traditionally a time of distractions due to office tourney pools in the workplace and busted brackets everywhere. This year,…
ESSAY: A couchsurfer's guide to Sacramento
Sometimes you just need a good stranger in your life to shake things up. Mine arrived a couple weeks ago. He wore a hooded sweatshirt,…
On streetcars, more light rail and the state of Sacramento’s regional transit
SN&R’s owner attends RT’s annual meeting to learn why a cool city starts with a cool transit system.
The answer is weed
Joey advises a reader diagnosed with cancer to pursue real passions.
Outside Lands announces 2014 lineup: Kanye West, Tom Petty, The Killers and more
The 2014 lineup for San Francisco’s biggest musical festival has finally arrived: Kanye West, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and The Killers will headline Outside…
New bill aims to crack down on seafood mislabeling
That red snapper you bought might be tilapia. That lemon sole might be summer flounder. And more than likely, that white tuna is actually escolar….
White male entitlement goes nuclear on the golf course
File this one under “first world problems.” Two golfers got their clubs bent out of shape over something stupid last month in Sacramento County. Then…
County moves safety net workshop back to original date
After postponing its eagerly anticipated safety-net workshop a couple weeks ago, the county of Sacramento moved it again—back to its original April 9 date. Hopefully the…
A note on Kings nostalgia
In what felt like a throwback from a different era, the Sacramento Kings beat the Los Angeles Lakers last night. And despite both the Kings…
Rancho Cordova considers reigning in electronic cigarettes
Photo courtesy of Michael Dorausch. By Jessica Rine Rancho Cordova may be the first city in the region to stub out secondhand vapor. On Monday,…
ESSAY: Earn your vote
By Scott M. Bruner “In a democracy, people get the government they deserve.” —Alexis de Tocqueville It doesn’t matter if you chant Neil Young while…
The Affordable Care Act is more than health-care reform
A complete overhaul for a broken system is needed.
Everybody’s trash-talking
Joey advises a reader to listen to—not offer judgment on—her cousin's marital problems.
Young professionals invited to drink for a cause
Since joining Volunteers of America Northern California & Northern Nevada, Nicole Tallon has searched for her tribe. The 20-something, tasked by AmeriCorps VISTA with getting…
Hey, it's OK if DeMarcus Cousins totally pranked you; we wanted to believe, too
By Blake Gillespie Despite our own Nick Miller's prediction that DeMarcus Cousin’s r&b album, Misunderstood, would be the best album of 2014, the announcement was…