Wright of the people
By now, you’ve probably heard the tawdry tale of state Sen. Roderick D. Wright, who faked an Inglewood home address to qualify for California’s then-25th…
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ESSAY: A Grimm tale of inconsistent justice
By Scott Thomas Anderson Michael Grimm is lucky he’s a politician. The Republican congressman from New York became an instant YouTube star and late-night…
Reader opinions on Juggalos vary
Rob King is a dreaded Juggalo. And a terribly nice guy. Since my hastily slapped together cover story on the FBI’s branding of Juggalos…
Affordable housing advocates settle for a bland bargain
After Chairman Jimmie Yee got done disenfranchising some 20-odd housing advocates with his arbitrary limits on public comment, his fellow conspirators on the Sacramento County…
Sacramento cops (the people) to be featured on COPS (the show)
COPS Show 2616 Airs Jan. 25th on SPIKE by COPSTV If you’ve got absolutely nothing else going on this Saturday night—we won’t judge—you might want…
County, city disagree over import of 50-year fair housing partnership
Sacramento County supervisors delayed killing an in-name-only regional partnership that has mediated landlord-tenant disputes for half a century. The Regional Human Rights/Fair Housing Commission faced…
Rural Cosumnes residents' sprawl concerns sidestepped in freeway connector vote
By Cody Drabble Plans to build a long-awaited freeway connector through rural Sacramento County sped forward last week despite opposition from local farmers and ranchers….
Litigious neighbors hope to block north Sacramento psychiatric hospital
A group of residents from a small north Sacramento neighborhood sued the city on Monday to block a private psychiatric hospital from getting built nearby….
This isn't how you score at college
By Cody Drabble A cross-country “listening” tour for President Barack Obama’s college-rating system huffed to its final stop last month at UC Davis, where a…
Sacramento State University bomb scare prompts partial evacuation
Sacramento State University students and faculty were treated to an unpleasant interruption Thursday morning, when four suspicious packages found near Guy West Bridge prompted a…
He fell asleep in the drive-thru and got arrested
Most of us have been there: It’s late, you’ve been drinking and all you want is some disgustingly greasy fast “food” to sop up the…
Get ready for a California prison re-boom
State prison officials say Mule Creek State Prison in Ione isn’t as crowded with inmates as it used to be, but still want to add…
Sacramento Housing Alliance allies itself with Davis policy expert
By Cody Drabble A Davis resident and housing policy expert took the reins of the Sacramento Housing Alliance on January 6. Incoming executive director Darryl…
ESSAY: The unjustly incarcerated can't be forgotten
By Eugene Alexander Dey Serving a life sentence is like walking through a never-ending nightmare. I would know. As a “three-striker,” I served 15 years…
Wind Youth Center shifts lead staff role
Sher Barber [Courtesy of Nonprofit Resource Center.] Following a tumultuous end to 2013, Wind Youth Services, which battled cash-flow issues and possible closure at its…
ESSAY: California media employs too many white guys (like me)
“I’m a reporter and you’re not.” Odds are whatever third-party current event you’re consuming—whether it’s in a newspaper, on the radio or (shudder) television—was produced,…
Do Sacramento leaders support multicultural arts?
By Cody Drabble Last week, the Latino Arts Network of California released a long-awaited study criticizing how the city of Sacramento allocates funds to multicultural…