Sacramento County moves to rub out illegal rubdowns
Sacramento County law enforcement is tired of playing hand-job Whac-A-Mole. For every illicit massage parlor cops shut down, the county says another illegal operator reopens…
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Sacramento County supervisors offer scraps to medical marijuana patients
An ounce of Green Crack bought from a dispensary in California circa 2008. Grinchy supervisors completed their rollback of medical-marijuana access in unincorporated Sacramento…
'Mad Men' 7.6: Better late than later
So all six readers of this blog know this recap and review is way behind even my lax schedule. Mad Men's sixth episode aired May…
UC Davis lets students pick a new first name
By Cody Drabble UC Davis joined a small group of higher-education institutions that allow students to pick a different first name than the ones they…
Alleged fugitive engages in quick change, eventual arrest
A quick haircut and change of clothes didn’t keep an alleged fugitive from arrest Monday afternoon in a north Sacramento neighborhood. Officers with the Sacramento…
ESSAY: Respecting the rails
By Jacob Waters Pity the intermodal container. Freight containers that could be moved easily from boat to train to truck—“intermodal,” in industry jargon—only became standard…
'Mad Men' 7.5: Nipple for your thoughts
On the male anatomy, the nipple is both sort of pointless and unmistakably human. If you prick it, does it not bleed? And if you…
Sacramento County supervisors: Will arrest for food
Sacramento County supervisors unanimously approved a panhandling crackdown on Tuesday over objections from homeless advocates that they were criminalizing the poor and trampling free speech….
Hiring the homeless
By Steph Rodriguez More than 100 low-income and homeless people cycled through a career fair designed just for them on May 9, at the Mather…
Sacramento State hands out first staff raises since 2007
Sacramento State University students during a 2013 protest. [Photo courtesy of Matthew Fern] StudeSSsshhhSSSSSDfjndfjkjksdfjksdfjkSDDSSSSSSkkDDFNJSSSSaaadddffdkfBy Cody Drabble Sacramento State University gave faculty and…
Internet deal leads to real-world robbery
Selling items over the internet can be a sketchy affair, as yet another person learned Monday in Sacramento. According to the Sacramento Police Department, the…
'Mad Men' 7.4: Godlike computers, sex communes and the couch-fart conundrum
A glimpse into the future displaced the unhappy strivers at Sterling Cooper & Partners, in the form of a giant computer that commandeered the employee lounge…
'Mad Men' 7.3: 'Eat your candy.'
We enter a lunch already in progress between former neighbors. As Betty Francis (January Jones) primes a cigarette, Francine Hanson (Anne Dudek), now working three…
ESSAY: Challenge the law to save the environment
By Jan Ellen Rein & Mark Dempsey Environmental law needs a democratic makeover. Nationwide and locally, Move to Amend is mobilizing support for constitutional amendments to…
Voters might go postal for California's June primary
Courtesy of Patrick Hoesly. By Cody Drabble With mail-in ballots for the upcoming statewide primary set to go out in a couple of weeks,…
Bob Erlenbusch thinks Sacramento can end homelessness by 2039
The tag-line celebrating Clash frontman Joe Strummer’s life can also apply to Sacramento’s next 25 years. When we asked Bob Erlenbusch to share what…
'Mad Men' 7.2: Rose-colored roses
All us cool kids know that Valentine’s Day is a bunk, empty-calorie holiday—ginned up by greeting card companies and blah, blah, blah—but that doesn’t mean…