After more than seven months of head-hunting, Sacramento County is finally poised to refill its long-vacant Office of Inspector General with a familiar face: former…
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Trite as it may sound, the legacy of Chuck Holmes was literally rescued from the garbage pile. As the story goes, Michael Stabile was…
Juan Emilio Gomez The two men who have been implicated in the brutal, reportedly unprovoked attack on a Sacramento police officer have two very…
Prankster, journalist or both? The FBI wants you to know two things: 1) Journalist Matthew Keys is going to federal prison 2) It has…
Roberta MacGlashan announced today she won’t seek a fourth straight term on the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors when her term is up at the…
The mystery comic. Like many great comedians, Steven Wright’s voice is instantly recognizable. Answering the telephone from a friend’s home in Rhode Island, the famously…
Talk about getting stung. On Thursday afternoon, the Sacramento County Public Defender’s Office filed 19 motions intended to compel the sheriff’s department to spill…
They bused in from as far north as Del Norte and as far south as San Diego. They wore red t-shirts that read “Native…
Emboldened by the Department of Justice’s recent legal brief that says it’s unconstitutional to penalize homeless people for sleeping in public spaces, a semi-local…
“Have you heard about the homeless problem?” With those simple words, a 19-year-old named Nicole drops some hard-won knowledge about what it really means…
Sometimes cops shoot at other cops, too. Sacramento County sheriff’s officials are breathing a sigh of relief after one of their own accidentally shot…
Do you want the power to arrest people, but without the scrutiny that comes with being a cop? Then the city of Sacramento has a…
Sorry, Hollywood. Turns out Amnesty International doesn’t care a whit what you think. Ignoring a Change.org petition signed by anti-trafficking groups, feminist organizations and…
A Los Angeles County child was hospitalized with an extremely rare case of the human plague after visiting two of California’s natural wonders last month….
Despite what you’ve been hearing about some of our male politicians, Sacramento men aren’t so gross, according to a gross dating website. Seeking Arrangements, the…
To some, the city of Sacramento’s Department of Utilities is starting to feel like a family business. And that isn’t necessarily a good thing….
When you don’t know the answer, experiment. California Air Resources Board engineer Earl Withycombe practiced that tenet on a mostly wind-free Thursday night, as…