Kevin McCarty talks Sacramento mayoral campaign
California State Assemblymember and former Sacramento City Councilman announced his bid the same day Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg declined to seek a third term By…
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Scarlet shades and sonic connections: Sacramento DJ ‘Patrick Coe’ Johnson is bringing his own pulse to the city
By Chris Woodard A crowd gathers on the dance floor of Midtown’s Flamingo House on a breezy Sunday night. Its floor is missing the usual…
California lobbyist explains how to skirt climate scrutiny in State Legislature
Industry is ‘misadvertising’ a carbon capture bill in order to obscure its risky intent, according to an oil and gas advocate. By Aaron Cantú, Capital…
Sacramento’s Will Haven to make Harlow’s nightclub a sonic wasteland July 7
By Eddie Jorgensen It’s hard to believe it has been 28 years since the members of Will Haven handed me their first recording, a six-song…
Photo essay: ‘It’s a family thing’ – Sacramento’s Juneteenth celebration brings the energy to Land Park
Photographs and story by Neezy Jeffery For Gary Simon, “Juneteenth is not Black history,” he says. “This is American history.” Simon is the executive director…
California defendants are more likely to go free when they meet lawyers early
By Nigel Nuara for CalMatters In most California courts, morning arraignments are a mess. Lawyers refer to them as “cattle calls.” Defendants troop in, typically…
The king of never-politically-correct comedians returns to Sacramento for a two-night engagement at Thunder Valley June 29 & June 30
By Eddie Jorgensen While some believe that real comedy started and ended with the late George Carlin, Bill Burr has been carving out his own…
Sacramento voters approved a ban on homeless encampments last fall. Here’s why the city has been slow to enforce it
By Chris Nichols, CapRadio Six months after Sacramento’s voter-approved ban on homeless encampments went into effect, supporters and critics of Measure O say the controversial…
The deadly allure of Arctic light meets sunshine and California dreams in new book ‘Wanderlust’
Mitenbuler’s third nonfiction outing is stellar, bringing an eccentric personality back from the veil It’s getting hard to predict what path Reid Mitenbuler will take…
As workplaces become more violent, California calls for stricter protections
Industry opposes a legislative bill to enact protections, but could support less stringent proposed Cal/OSHA safety requirements. By Dan Ross, Capital & Main This story…
Letters: A governor against his Capital Region, why CEQA matters, and the Sacramentans we’ll always remember
Re: “Newsom’s war with California environmental groups keeps Sacramento County in its cross-hairs” by Dan Bacher (News, May 26) We are seeing the same assault…
‘The one constant I had was basketball.’ How Sacramento High’s new coach went from foster care, to pro, to inspiration
By Malachi Parker Matt Johnson was labeled “a long shot” while facing hardship after hardship; however, his first year as head coach of the Sacramento…
Belgium’s The Kids close-out Sacramento’s three-day Trash Jubilee on June 24
By Eddie Jorgensen Presented by Abstract Entertainment and Slovenly Recordings, the first Sacramento Trash Jubilee could prove hard to top in the future. Over three…
Doubly disadvantaged: Undocumented women earn less than everyone else
A new study shows how the kinds of jobs held by undocumented women, as well as the states in which they live, drive pay disparities….
Vorlust returns to Sacramento on a ridiculously stacked bill Tuesday, June 20
By Eddie Jorgensen Soon to be a headliner across the states, the mighty Vorlust crew is playing a rare weeknight show at Café Colonial tomorrow…
Rachel Machi Wagoner of CalRecycle discusses the benefits of a circular economy in California
Last month, I sat down with Rachel Machi Wagoner, who heads California’s Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, better known as CalRecycle. Our talk was so wide-ranging, we decided to break it into two stories for SN&R: Part 1 focuses on SB 1383 and organic waste. And this second part is the discussion we had about other important legislation, as well as the governor’s zero-waste proposal.
‘Songs of peace’ – revolutionary Russian rocker touts peace on world tour, in spite of consequences in his homeland
By Ken Smith Russian icon Boris Grebenshchikov’s music, like the man himself, is enigmatic. It is sometimes playful, often poignant, and always poetic; rebellious, yet…