Don't bring your spear gun to Sactown
Sacramento County’s regional parks department put out a reminder this week that spear guns are verboeten at county parks, to which even Ahab might say, “No…
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New, free concert series This Is Midtown arrives to save Second Saturday
It’s actually just called “This.” But that’s weird, so I’m calling it “This Is Midtown” until someone tells me to stop. I didn’t eat breakfast…
Sacramento Comedy Spot to Maloofs: Suck a …
(Thanks, Reddit 916.)
Youth in revolting behavior
“Yo Ese, you got a problem?” Oh those unruly teenagers. Sacramento police had their hands full with them in the northern part of the city…
My pug's gonna kick your pug's ass
This Saturday’s pug races, sadly, have been canceled because of the heat. Anyway, here’s some trash talk SN&R wrote earlier: Doggy Dash is this Saturday,…
I (heart) jaywalking in Sacramento
I love jaywalking in this town. And I hope I’m starting a trend. Just this morning, while running to catch the light rail, I reached…
Skyscraper ultra lounges and other cheese that shouldn’t be at a new Kings arena
If you wanted a Vegas-like skyline lounge at the new arena, you should’ve kept the Maloofs. Before I spend 500 words deconstructing Sacrmaento’s boner for…
One vote for a Nixon-Dubya dinner in 2016
30% of the nation’s oil supply was in that hair. We here at SN&R are sometimes guilty of picking on Republicans. See: Exhibit A Exhibit…
The Sacramento (burger) kings
Reminder: Today is the last day of Sacramento Burger Month. Which means it’s the last day of the national Burger Month as well. Here’s some…
I know squat about T.C. Boyle
“I am T.C. Boyle. I do word magic.” Acclaimed fiction writer T.C. Boyle is scheduled to gab at the Crest Theatre on Friday night and…
Want to cornhole some strangers in public?
I’m not convinced that this whole ‘cornhole’ nomenclature for that backyard sack-tossing pasttime isn’t just one big joke on the American people. But at the…
Yo slumlords, stop slumming
Sacramento is still figuring out how to ID slumlords. Maybe graffiti? The ink wasn’t even dry in reporter Dave Kempa’s story on slummy residential…
Chk Chk Chk, Friday night, Concerts in the Park, FREE !!!
Last time I saw Chk Chk Chk, it was twice in one week: In front of 10,000 people at Launch 2012, and in some living…
Documentary on mental health in California debuts on PBS tonight
An interesting documentary on PBS tonight, called A New State of Mind, will focus on Californians struggling with mental-health issues. (The film debuts at 9…
Explore and repair
Joey advises readers to explore the core of their commitments.
A hopeful graduation at Cottage Housing’s Serna Village
Families torn apart by drugs, mental illness and homelessness get back on their feet.
Support your local filmmakers … that want to get a piece
Sam Wineman, the wonder behind the Hot Christmess podcast, has launched a Kickstarter campaign for his documentary Date Trip, in which the newly single Sacramentan…