By Brooke Purves Sacramento-area hospitals were ranked by Consumer Reports as some of the best—and worst—at preventing the spread of deadly hospital-acquired infections in a report…
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Curtis Park resident Natalie Rios works in south Sacramento now, but she remembers what it was like to have to feed the meter every…
Courtesy of the Sacramento Kings, a rendering of Jeff Koons’ $8 million sculpture. When it comes to screwing the arts, is the city of…
Parking in the central city is going to get more expensive and restrictive, if a number of proposed changes make it past the Sacramento City…
By Brooke Purves An updated mixed-use housing ordinance may give the city of Sacramento the revenue needed to actually build some of the affordable housing…
Szene aus einem Braunschweiger Bordell, 1537 Well before the internet, there was the “bawdy house.” In 1913, former California Gov. Hiram Johnson signed the…
Kristen DiAngelo and Pearl Callahan are experts at finding prostitutes. And it’s no wonder why. Onetime sex workers themselves, the close friends struggled…
If Sabrina Briggs ever gets tired of being a cop, she might consider a second career as a public speaker. Testifying Wednesday before the Assembly…
And so this is the way it ends, not with a bang but a jingle. After days of stalling and avoiding spoilery news articles,…
In response to President Barack Obama’s decision to regulate the military freebies that once flowed freely to constabulary forces, Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones released…
An equitable family is a happy family. When Sacramento County’s Child Protective Services removed Cynthia Baldwin’s two grandchildren from their parents’ home last year,…
Sacramento County law enforcement agencies spent the week lobbying elected officials for increased budgets to implement expansive strategic plans. Sacramento police Chief Samuel Somers Jr….
Is there a connection between the pro-life lobby and anti-vaxxers? When it comes to California’s controversial Senate Bill 277, at least, the answer is yes….
Riding light-rail with police Lt. Norm Leong can be a lonely experience. Outfitted in his dress blues and greeting every passenger who boards an afternoon…
Francine Tournour directs the city of Sacramento’s Office of Public Safety & Accountability. Good watchdogs are hard to find, apparently. As it seeks to…
No one boxes Scott Thomas Anderson into a word-count. I learned that long ago about the journalist and author, back when we both worked at…
An unlikely family reunion is transpiring on the Sacramento Valley Station light-rail train. It’s Friday, May 1, and I’m looping up and down the Gold…