Smartphone therapy could help depressed college kids
By Jessica Rine UC Davis students now have a simpler way to seek mental-health help for themselves or their friends: They merely have to whip…
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ESSAY: Obamacare saved this writer money, but cost him one potentially important right
By Cody Drabble “Obamacare” naysayers may demonize every dotted “i” and crossed “t” in the Affordable Care Act, but not me. When I aged out…
Sac City school district to consider adding another charter campus
By Cody Drabble A parent-led petition to add a new charter school to the Sacramento City Unified School District could be voted on Thursday. More…
ESSAY: Sacramento is a secret bastion of national power
By Dave Kempa Whenever I say I live in Sacramento, folks from out of state furrow their brows and ask, “Is that on the coast?”…
California finally agrees: Sex workers are people, too
After she was raped and nearly killed inside her apartment last September, Ms. R asked the state for a few minor things. In her application…
Sacramento planning commission dispenses with the pot permits
By Steph Rodriguez Litter and loitering were just two of the factors that convinced city planning commissioners to postpone a south Sacramento medical-marijuana dispensary’s operating…
Warming centers may be cold comfort for Sacramento's homeless
By Cody Drabble A deep dive in temperatures over the past two weeks forced open the doors of Sacramento’s only warming centers for homeless residents….
ESSAY: Getting coffee in Sacramento is like entering Hypnos' cave
By Scott Thomas Anderson “Hypnosis” is a Greek word inspired by a god who dwelled in a dark cave the sun could never penetrate. This…
Godless billboard campaign to sell atheism in Sacramento
By Jessica Rine A tongue-in-cheek advertising campaign that hopes to counterprogram God is set to roll out across Sacramento in the coming months. The Sacramento…
Black Friday was black and blue in Sacramento
No, not that kind of ‘Family Feud.' All families fight. But not all families use knives or baseball bats when doing so. The day after…
Homeless progress slips in California
While point-in-time counts are notoriously unrepresentative of America’s homeless problem, they’re pretty damning just the same. According to its recently released annual homeless assessment, the…
Sacramento City Council to vote on psychiatric hospital tonight
Despite mounting concerns from public health officials and neighboring residents, a proposal to build a 120-bed private psychiatric hospital in north Sacramento could experience clear…
Sacramento is raining wine
By Alastair Bland Two consecutive seasons of wretched rainfall haven’t yet dampened the profits of Sacramento- and Delta-area farmers. Grape growers have fared best, with…
Homeless youth center searches for other funding sources
Three hastily scribbled checks totaling $20,000 propped open a critical drop-in center for homeless youth that was set to close this week. But Sacramento’s Wind…
Taking the bait (bike)
Since rolling out its bait-bike program this past September, the Sacramento Police Department has been converting its roving decoy bicycle into arrests. This month alone,…
Wind Center for homeless youth gets last-minute reprieve
Three hastily scribbled checks totaling $20,000 will prop open a critical drop-in center for Sacramento’s homeless youth that was set to close after Friday, SN&R…
With new contract, Sacramento animal shelter will pray and neuter
Sacramento County’s charge to shelter lost and abandoned animals just got bigger. Supervisors decided last week to approve a contract to provide animal-shelter services to…