Number of homeless children in Sacramento jumps sharply
The number of children who didn’t have a home of their own at least once during the school year has jumped sharply since 2010, according…
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Government shutdown death knell for Republicans in 2014?
“Bataan Death March, amirite?” Last week, the federal government shut down for the first time in almost 18 years, sounding a death knell for Republicans…
Weekend music lineup
Fri., Oct. 11, J. Lately & J. Good Bows and Arrows, 7:30 p.m., $5 Back in April, Oakland rapper J. Lately and Sacramento rapper J….
BREAKING: Garden of Innocence rep says Sacramento County suspended org's contract
It’s been less than a day since our story on Garden of Innocence has been out, but the investigation into the nonprofit group’s activities has…
Jerry Brown signs new beer growler law at Sacramento brewery Track 7
A couple decades ago, the building that houses popular local brewery Track 7 was an underground punk-rock venue. Last night, however, the brewery—tucked away just…
Of gods and ex-boyfriends
Joey advises a reader to help his sister see the light.
Bygone barbershop banter
Getting your hair trimmed has changed since the 1960s in Ohio.
Native Hawaiian moths love Sacramento produce
In early 2007, light brown apple moths fluttered from their Hawaiian roots and said aloha to the mainland. By 2010, the dogged little tourists landed…
Immigration reform: California pushes forward
Last December, SN&R published a piece on the early rumblings of a shift in the immigration debate taking place in the US as a result…
No immediate audit for Sacramento Convention Center
A city-ordered audit of the Sacramento Convention Center won’t happen any time soon, a panel of elected officials decided Tuesday. The convention center has faced…
Sacramento City Council deflects grand jury recommendations
City Hall doesn’t like criticism. Think of it as “jury snooty.” Not everyone handles criticism well. Addressing the Sacramento Grand Jury’s findings that the…
More chain restaurants coming downtown as Claim Jumper arrives, McCormick & Schmick's closes
Whether it’s the proposed Kings arena or a “rebounding economy,” more and more chain restaurants and businesses are coming to Sacramento’s central city grid. And,…
Watch party for the United States men's national soccer team on Friday
We love you, we love you, we love you / and where you go we’ll follow, we’ll follow, we’ll follow / ’cause we support the…
Dog found in Midtown. Help us find the owner!
Is this sleepy pup familiar to any of you out there? He was found by a concerned Midtowner yesterday (Thursday) running around in the street…
Heard it in the newsroom: The worst state
SN&R’s Streetalk question this week is: What is the worst state? The six responses were varied, but come on, only one of them was right:…
Scorekeeper III: The week's winners and losers
Dog-day afternoon The time-honored tradition of a boy playing with his dog took an unexpectedly dark turn in the north Sacramento neighborhood of Westlake on…
Take this job and love it
Joey advises a reader to surrender to her vocation.