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Seattle sigs Sacramento Taxpayers Opposed to Pork announced on Tuesday that the 18,000 or so signatures collected in June and July—with funds provided…
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Sacramento's gun store regs are a matter of consistency, not politics
The national gun debate ties people into knots. Enduring modest protest, the Sacramento City Council last month adopted new requirements for firearms dealers wanting to operate…
And the best burger in Sacramento goes to …
By all accounts, last night’s second-annual Sacramento Burger Battle was a gut-busting success. (No, really, I’m getting reports that people don’t want to eat another…
Police avoid biting attacks, hatchet job during Sunday Sacramento patrol
“I’ma bite your hand!” As the great Oakland poet MC Hammer never said, “Stop! It’s hammer-crime.” Sacramento police contended with weird weaponry while on patrol…
Bad sexy sex stuff
Joey advises a reader to face the reality of her affair—and her marriage.
Community Action Partnerships recognized for fighting the war on poverty
They've been fighting this war for almost 50 years, and the end is not yet in sight.
SacPress.com lays off everyone—almost
The Sacramento Press appears poised to wholeheartedly embrace its community-contributor journalism model: The popular online local news site laid off all but one of its…
US Air Force forcing radioactive McClellan base waste dump onto city of Sac -CIR
Watch this strong piece of reporting from CIR on the US Air Force’s battle with the City of Sacramento over what to do with the…
Sacramento Missed Connection: A case of the Romeo poops
Deny thy toilet and refuse thy scat Check out this modern-day Romeo & Juliet scene from CraigsList Sacramento’s Missed Connections, in which a Midtown woman…
'The Newsroom' 2.8: Election night reenactments are boring
“Dang it honey, why can’t Will and Mac admit they still love each other?” Raheem Hosseini 2:46 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10 After a weeklong reprieve,…
SN&R eats a Crunchtada
So, Del Taco recently rolled out its Crunchtada, and sent SN&R an invitation to try it. So we did. And we (surprise!) weren’t too impressed….
Jerry Brown's privatization push makes us all slaves to the system
As American as apple pie and mass incarceration. The Who must have had Gov. Jerry Brown in mind when they sang, “Meet the new boss, same…
Weird debut Tweet by Steve Cohn for Assembly
Cohn campaign learned today it was mistaken in believing it had the endorsement of Mayor Kevin Johnson. — Cohn for Assembly (@CohnforAssembly) September 10, 2013…
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…
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…