San Francisco Beer Week's opening night Gala takes it next level
S.F. Beer Week in lights at the front entrance of Friday night’s opening Gala. I’m standing inside a long, hangarlike warehouse in the Fort Mason…
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Interview with Track 7 Brewing's Ryan Graham and a look at triple-IPA season (aka, you're not getting any Younger)
Track 7 brewer Ryan Graham moves barrels at the Curtis Park location. I’m writing this post from San Francisco on the first day of Beer…
Scorekeeper! This week's losers (dog arsonists, the DMV, Sabrina Rodriguez) and winners (a couple)
Former Fox 40 anchor pleas no contest to grand theft charges
Remember Sabrina Rodriguez? The former Fox 40 anchor busted for allegedly shoplifting with her ex fiancé at a Coach outlet store in Folsom (who bragged…
Thank god people still read (or, the most popular books at the Sacramento Public Library last year)
The Sacramento Public Library just released its most circulated books of last year. Let this be both a reminder to you, dearest Sacto residents, that…
Scorekeeper! Man pulls knife on bartender in Midtown, French flick at The Crest, and more
Brew the Right Thing: Mraz expands, Natomas gets on Track, Art of Beer, S.F. Beer Week, Sac Brew Bike taproom—and Pliny the Younger rumblings
Mraz gets bigger: To honor the tradition of drinking while on the job, a few of us here in SN&R’s editorial department cracked El Dorado…
Why do all holiday beers suck? (An SN&R Christmas Beer Challenge!)
Brew the Right Thing: A Christmas Beer Challenge! Crud. It’s that time of year. Holiday beers. Holiday beers make pumpkin beers look like double-barrel Hunahpu….
Scorekeeper! This week's winner: KJ (!?). This week's losers: sock thieves, Americans who forgot ebola, people who mess with pizza delivery drivers
Brew the Right Thing: SN&R's semi-maybe regular beer blog post
“Brew the Right Thing” will be a (semi) weekly or regular (or whenever I damn feel like it) blog post about the craftiest of beer,…
Mayor, sore losers make a redistricting power grab
by Cosmo Garvin Three years ago, Sacramento City Council member Jay Schenirer and Mayor Kevin Johnson were on the bitter losing end of a redistricting…
Bites calls out Sacramento teachers union's awful, sleazy attack on school board member Jay Hansen
by Cosmo Garvin I’ve been pretty tough on Jay Hansen since he came onto the school board. He has a way of saying obnoxious things…
Sacramento County wants to crack down on churches sheltering homeless people?!
During the recession, Sacramento County slashed funding for things like mental-health services and emergency homeless shelters. Nonprofits and faith-based groups have stepped up in a…
TBD Fest day three recap, plus final thoughts and pics
Justice closes out TBD Fest on Sunday. Dust to dust, TBD Fest is over. Now, Sacramento’s favorite past-time: Monday morning concert promoter! Actually, the majority…
TBD Fest day 2 recap, plus pics, lazy writing, etc
Danny Brown gives the crowd some tongue. The dust may never settle—but day two of TBD Fest is over. Saturday’s affair was a sell-out, according…
5 reasons to stop screwing around and buy a ticket to TBD Fest
Dear Person Debating Whether to Attend This Weekend’s TBD Fest, What’s the problem? First, a link to the ticket site. Now, let me be clear…