Sacramento County plans crackdown on panhandling
Characterizing pandhandlers as relentless nuisances who cause traffic accidents and use kids and dogs to engender sympathy, Sacramento County leaders on Tuesday pushed forward an…
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ESSAY: A taste of discrimination envy
Two weeks ago, I wrote a short news item about two golfers who got into club-swinging throwdown with each other over a skipped turn. When…
'Mad Men' 7:01—Long distances, short memories
Courtesy of Zennie Abraham. The seventh and final season of AMC’s Mad Men roused to life Sunday like a grizzly bear waking from hibernation. OK, that’s…
Sacramento school district backs out of CORE waiver
By Cody Drabble Bowing to pressure from its teachers union, the Sacramento City Unified School District withdrew last week from a statewide effort to tie…
Sacramento jeweler reacts to hate crime
Victor Herrada didn’t notice the hate speech scrawled across the front of his Sacramento jewelry store right away. The owner of Prestigio Jewelers came to…
Are illicit marijuana grows turning forest research into a dangerous science?
By Alastair Bland In the forests of Northern California, illegal marijuana growers armed with guns are turning wildlife research into an unexpectedly dangerous profession. As…
White male entitlement goes nuclear on the golf course
File this one under “first world problems.” Two golfers got their clubs bent out of shape over something stupid last month in Sacramento County. Then…
County moves safety net workshop back to original date
After postponing its eagerly anticipated safety-net workshop a couple weeks ago, the county of Sacramento moved it again—back to its original April 9 date. Hopefully the…
Rancho Cordova considers reigning in electronic cigarettes
Photo courtesy of Michael Dorausch. By Jessica Rine Rancho Cordova may be the first city in the region to stub out secondhand vapor. On Monday,…
ESSAY: Earn your vote
By Scott M. Bruner “In a democracy, people get the government they deserve.” —Alexis de Tocqueville It doesn’t matter if you chant Neil Young while…
Young professionals invited to drink for a cause
Since joining Volunteers of America Northern California & Northern Nevada, Nicole Tallon has searched for her tribe. The 20-something, tasked by AmeriCorps VISTA with getting…
ESSAY: Mending families through soccer
By Tiffany Fraser and Lisa Wrightsman We coach the Sacramento Lady Salamanders, a Street Soccer USA program that helps women break the cycle of homelessness, addiction…
KJ favors a strong mayor, weak press
Mayor Kevin Johnson’s push for a strong-mayor regime got the town hall treatment tonight in downtown Sacramento. The event took place at SEIU 1000’s union…
California victims' board revisits denied rape claims
Photo courtesy of Joel Kramer. The state of California is trying to make up for stigmatizing rape survivors. Last week, the Victim Compensation and Government…
Sac State to finally study local realignment efforts
In an agreement inked today, Sacramento State University will spend the next year evaluating a criminal rehabilitation program it designed three years ago to make…
Juvenile offenders pay their graveyard dues
If Bellview Cemetery near Sacramento County’s Rosemont neighborhood looks nicer than normal, it’s because of juvenile delinquency. During five consecutive weekends spanning December 2013 to…
New regulations turn Sacramento cabbies into taxi gripers
A long-in-the-works effort to regulate Sacramento’s struggling and fractious taxicab industry shifted into third gear Tuesday, but not before half a dozen independent cabbies warned…