Journalists vs. the NSA
Comfort Eagle My mantra as a journalist has long been Finley Peter Dunne’s “Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable,” a fairly straight-forward guideline for…
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Del Taco wants SN&R to eat a Crunchtada. And wear earplugs.
I’m pretty sure the last time I ate at Del Taco was the day I camped out in line at Fry’s Electronics for a 32-inch…
Our bizarre voicemail saga never ends
Calling SN&R is all the rage Last month, my colleague Raheem Hosseini received quite a bit of bizarre feedback on the cover story he’d written…
Local Pastafarians question the use of prayer in Rancho Cordova City Council meetings
Sacramento is home to at least 52 Pastafarians—aka followers of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. And they’re boiled over. Of course, 52 is…
Mac Worthy celebrates his birthday by saying the n-word. A lot.
Mac “Pimping the People” Worthy turned an energetic 72 yesterday, and boy was our favorite public speaker in rare form. He spent his birthday doing what…
Get a life
Joey advises a reader to stand her marital ground.
Test your taxi driver skills
Over the grumbles of struggling taxi drivers and some immigrant-owned cab companies, a Sacramento city committee pressed on with a multi-year effort to reform the…
SN&R among the city's coolest workspaces
Not sure if you caught Melody Stone’s Sac Press article on the coolest workspaces in town, but SN&R is happy to announce that we made…
‘The Newsroom’ 2.7: Institutional failures and sucker slaps
Don’t take his stapler OR misquote him. Raheem Hosseini 6:02 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29 The Newsroom creator Aaron Sorkin really seems to want to…
Union Gospel Mission: Opposing viewpoints, follow-up and photos
The cover story this week, in which I spent four days living on the streets in Sacramento, has garnered a bit of attention since publishing…
New, contentious Darrell Steinberg bill to give special treatment to Kings arena
The proposed Sacramento Kings arena will soon receive a Kevin Johnson-worthy assist from Darrell Steinberg: The state senate leader plans to introduce an 11th-hour bill…
She left us seven messages about Joshua Wood
No, not her. My cover story on up-and-coming political player Joshua Wood, executive director of a trade association called Region Builders Inc., is getting a…
Judgment daze
Joey advises a reader to learn how to practice discernment.
In brief: Teachers from the future; burglars target Sacto–again
“Doc, I gotta get back to 2013, or else Biff will become Sacramento’s teacher of the year!” Teachers of tomorrow The Sacramento County Office of…
Central Valley jails: Need some cheese with that whine?
This is Mule Creek State Prison’s rec room in 2012. Before realignment, it was filled with bunks. Last month The Sacramento Bee ran a…
Sacramento Bee can't decide if Miley Cyrus “a bit” racy—or “super racy”
Meanwhile, real talk over at The Washington Post.
The most culturally relevant Vine video ever?
You decide: (Shared by our brilliant graphic designer, Brian)