How to hack your healthcare
This one’s for all freelancers and start-up types out there. The folks at Hacker Lab have come up with HackerCare Health Insurance–but they need another…
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Weaving a better safety net
Help for Sacramento County residents in crisis.
Respect the relationship
Joey advises readers on how to treat themselves—and others.
SN&R's super official guide to UC Davis Picnic Day
I have mostly fond memories of UC Davis Picnic Day as an undergrad. I remember waking up at 7 a.m. to a dorm full of…
REVIEW: 'Sister Act'
PHOTO BY JOAN MARCUS by Jessica Rine If familiarity with the 1992 film Sister Act with Whoopi Goldberg and Maggie Smith went back into the…
Have a look at Snoop Dogg's rider (he's coming to Sacramento on April 18)
Snoop Dogg returns to Sacramento this month, on April 18, at Ace of Spades. I like to describe his live gig as simply “fun.” (I’d…
Sacramento jeweler reacts to hate crime
Victor Herrada didn’t notice the hate speech scrawled across the front of his Sacramento jewelry store right away. The owner of Prestigio Jewelers came to…
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…
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…