By Russell Nichols Fake $100 bills. Sex toys. A mannequin head. A vintage Pepsi can, 1976 bicentennial edition. Vacuum cleaners. This isn’t some random haul…
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Yoseph Daniel Authentic is one word that can be used to describe Abyssinia Ethiopian Restaurant’s food and atmosphere. The spices and cooking methods used in…
By Eddie Jorgensen Formed in Pennsylvania in 1984 by Gene (Aaron Freeman) and Dean (Mickey Melchiondo), it would take six years for Ween to land…
By Bob Grimm Edgy, daring, witty and hysterically funny, Barbie is the comedic blast this summer really needed. Directed by Greta Gerwig, who co-wrote the…
The legislation would overhaul the process to appeal denials of coverage by private health insurance companies. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is…
By Scott Thomas Anderson Lately there have been some barbed headlines from satire sites pointing a mirror at society. Of course, the original gangsters of…
By Eddie Jorgensen England’s 73-year-old guitar virtuoso is proving that he can bounce back after a seemingly career-ending diagnosis. It was just four years ago…
By Suzanne Nightingale Blake Johnson, general manager for Reclamation District 900 in West Sacramento, is responsible for nearly 52 miles of earthen embankments and floodwalls…
By Madison Duong A growing number of Asian-American artists are getting inspiration from Sacramento, allowing art-lovers to find education and enrichment around cultures they may…
By Eddie Jorgensen The legendary Dream Theater kicked off its 29-city ‘Dreamsonic 2023’ tour this summer in Texas and plans to make only one stop…
By Bob Grimm The Mission: Impossible franchise (or, as I like to call it, Tom Cruise Jackass) gets another vital and extremely fun installment in Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part…
By Byrhonda Lyons for CalMatters As Gov. Gavin Newsom retools the state’s prison system to emphasize rehabilitation, his administration has little evidence that a privately…
By Casey Rafter Peter Petty is a Sacramento-based band leader who celebrates swing music with a repertoire that includes jazz, blues, holiday favorites and uproarious…
By Eddie Jorgensen Although Cirque Du Soleil has performed ‘Corteo’ in 20 countries and for over 10 million fans since debuting it 18 years ago,…
More than 1,400 markers across the state point the way to the past By Richard Von Busack for California Local Like religion, history often has…
By Eddie Jorgensen Once the bane of the Parents Music Resource Center’s existence in the late 1980s, singer Blackie Lawless – a.k.a. Steven Edward Duren…
By Nigel Duara and Anabel Sosa for CalMatters It was a perfunctory committee hearing on a day full of them in the Legislature. The measure…