Brush fire off Arden Garden Connector likely originated in homeless camp
Firefighters responded to calls of a brush fire this morning in the field below the Arden Garden Connector. The north Sacramento battalion chief on duty…
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Driver busted for being police gatecrasher
If they were trying to get the cops’ attention, they succeeded. Sacramento police arrested two men in separate incidents of weird, harassing behavior. The first…
Kick it, Sac
Can we take a break from all the Raley Field festivities and Kings deal drama, and take a moment for what is, hands down, the…
Sacramento-based U.S. attorney says California's bad weed laws lead to 'free-for-all'
U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner drives a mini-van. This may seem like a strange choice for the region’s top federal prosecutor, hand-picked by President Barack Obama…
Hey, suspect armed with ax, you can't out-run a sheriff helicopter
The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department went absolutely Twitter-happy during its first-ever “tweetalong” on May 10. During a roughly four-hour patrol aboard one of the department’s…
Sacramento's gnarliest mosh pit of the year?
From this past Friday night’s Tyler the Creator show at Ace of Spaces (at the :20 second mark). This was the final song after nearly…
5 ways Sacramento can improve its beer community during American Craft Beer Week
We have a lot in common if you’re sick of things like U.S. Hot Dog Week, International Chocolate Chip Day and National Masturbation Month (it’s…
Thanks, random food blogger, for saving the Sacramento Kings!
OK, so Daina Falk isn’t exactly a random food blogger. In addition to writing the blog The Hungry Fan, she’s also daughter to NBA agent…
Sext education
Joey advises a mother to stop trying to be her daughter’s friend.
A better grapefruit
When it comes to fresh fruits and vegetables, shop local and send supermarkets a message.
Kings are staying! SN&R so lazy, we wrote our story with other journalists' Tweets!
The Kings are staying in Sacramento. SN&R is of course way too busy hustling ping-pong and scarfing Hot Cheetos and Takis to bother spending thousands…
Anti-arena movement finally shows up on eve of big Kings vote
I guess timing matters. Sacramento Kings arena opposition has been crickets, even since late March, when city council approved its arena-subsidy blueprint. But this afternoon,…
Bites on old, new and experimental journalism: Sacramento Press editor goes it alone
By Cosmo Garvin Bites is old, as far as media experiments go. When Capital Bites debuted, Bill Clinton was president and alternative-weekly newspapers made money. You…
End the mental-health stigma
Sacramento's 24-year-old Logan Noone is one of the reasons why mental illness will be accepted like any other illness sooner rather than later.
Unfriended
Joey advises a reader to stop worrying and accept that relationships change.
Your cheatin’ heart
Joey advises an unfaithful girlfriend to rethink her approach to reconciliation.
How Sacramento's Capitol-to-Capitol delegation did what Washington, D.C., can't
Local leaders of all stripes unite, converge on nation's capital—where partisan gridlock discouraged.