Standards, and poor
Despite the state’s slow recovery from the recession, about 8.1 million Californians—22 percent of the population—lived in poverty in 2011, according to a joint project…
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Ace of Spades takes over Assembly
Things at K Street’s newest music venue, Assembly, just got … newer. Ace of Spades will be taking over shows at the Randy Paragary-Bob Simpson nightspot…
Scorekeeper II: The week's winners and losers
This week’s winners and losers—with arbitrary points. Odor eaters The brown marmorated stink bug, a “super pest” species native to southeast Asia, has found a…
SN&R’s predictions for Breaking Bad’s finale
In case you’ve been smoking meth and chowing Funions while living under a rock, you know the popular schoolteacher-turned-meth-druglord drama Breaking Bad’s series finale is…
In Sacramento, October is Artober
Enjoy local art, music, theater and festivals all month long.
State of denial
Joey advises a reader to grieve her mother's inability to parent.
New Kings owner Shaquille O'Neal plays lobbyist, elbow-rubs with Gov. Jerry Brown (then Shaq bench presses his wife!)
Shaquille O’Neal’s not just the latest whale in the Sacramento Kings’ ownership aquarium: The NBA legend was in town this past Monday meeting and dining…
'The Newsroom' 2.9: The end is high
Topeka, Topenga…what’s in a name, indeed? Adam Khan 12:06 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18 Bear with me for the next few minutes, because it’s about to…
Scorekeeper I
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…
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…