KDVS fund drive: Last night a college radio deejay saved my life
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VIDEO: This collaboration between French Horn Rebellion and the Sacramento Ballet is amazing
The song and accompanying video speak for themselves, really. Do yourself a favor and watch it below. But first, the background story from Shaun Slaughter’s…
'Mad Men' 7.2: Rose-colored roses
All us cool kids know that Valentine’s Day is a bunk, empty-calorie holiday—ginned up by greeting card companies and blah, blah, blah—but that doesn’t mean…
Check out the lineup for June's folk-heavy Davis Music Fest
Earlier this week, Davis Music Fest released the lineup for its fourth annual festival on June 21. The all-day affair consists of 40 bands on…
Have a little hope
The Earth Day celebration hosted by the Environmental Council of Sacramento inspires hope that we can still save the planet.
Self-love and other lessons
Joey reflects on helping others—and herself—through her advice column.
Sacramento County plans crackdown on panhandling
Characterizing pandhandlers as relentless nuisances who cause traffic accidents and use kids and dogs to engender sympathy, Sacramento County leaders on Tuesday pushed forward an…
Show alert: Soft White Sixties bringing working class soul to Assembly Sunday
Working class soul: honest, simple, gritty. The Soft White Sixties coined the phrase to describe their sound years ago and are surprised that the words…
Morel mushroom hunters banned from prime multimillion-dollar bounty near Rim fire site
by Alastair Bland One of the largest wildfires in state history swept the western Sierra Nevada last summer. The blaze burned for two months, devoured…
First look: Midtown's Karma Brew
In between two large-scale construction projects near Fremont Park in Midtown Sacramento—Legado de Ravel and 16 Powerhouse, both mixed-use buildings—a smaller construction project is also underway…
UC system gets more selective, UC Davis accepts more high tuition-payers
There are so many ways to breakdown university admission numbers. The UC system unveiled its data today, and it has chosen to highlight the record…
ESSAY: A taste of discrimination envy
Two weeks ago, I wrote a short news item about two golfers who got into club-swinging throwdown with each other over a skipped turn. When…
'Mad Men' 7:01—Long distances, short memories
Courtesy of Zennie Abraham. The seventh and final season of AMC’s Mad Men roused to life Sunday like a grizzly bear waking from hibernation. OK, that’s…
Show alert: Soft White Sixties bringing working class soul to Assembly next week
Working class soul: honest, simple, gritty. The Soft White Sixties coined the phrase to describe their sound years ago, and they’re surprised that the words…
The Easter bunny must live
If there’s going to be a live baby bunny in the Easter basket next to the jelly beans and chocolate this year, make sure that…
Sacramento school district backs out of CORE waiver
By Cody Drabble Bowing to pressure from its teachers union, the Sacramento City Unified School District withdrew last week from a statewide effort to tie…
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…