'The Newsroom' 2.9: The end is high
Topeka, Topenga…what’s in a name, indeed? Adam Khan 12:06 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18 Bear with me for the next few minutes, because it’s about to…
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Sacramento's gun store regs are a matter of consistency, not politics
The national gun debate ties people into knots. Enduring modest protest, the Sacramento City Council last month adopted new requirements for firearms dealers wanting to operate…
Police avoid biting attacks, hatchet job during Sunday Sacramento patrol
“I’ma bite your hand!” As the great Oakland poet MC Hammer never said, “Stop! It’s hammer-crime.” Sacramento police contended with weird weaponry while on patrol…
'The Newsroom' 2.8: Election night reenactments are boring
“Dang it honey, why can’t Will and Mac admit they still love each other?” Raheem Hosseini 2:46 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10 After a weeklong reprieve,…
Jerry Brown's privatization push makes us all slaves to the system
As American as apple pie and mass incarceration. The Who must have had Gov. Jerry Brown in mind when they sang, “Meet the new boss, same…
Mac Worthy celebrates his birthday by saying the n-word. A lot.
Mac “Pimping the People” Worthy turned an energetic 72 yesterday, and boy was our favorite public speaker in rare form. He spent his birthday doing what…
Test your taxi driver skills
Over the grumbles of struggling taxi drivers and some immigrant-owned cab companies, a Sacramento city committee pressed on with a multi-year effort to reform the…
‘The Newsroom’ 2.7: Institutional failures and sucker slaps
Don’t take his stapler OR misquote him. Raheem Hosseini 6:02 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29 The Newsroom creator Aaron Sorkin really seems to want to…
She left us seven messages about Joshua Wood
No, not her. My cover story on up-and-coming political player Joshua Wood, executive director of a trade association called Region Builders Inc., is getting a…
In brief: Teachers from the future; burglars target Sacto–again
“Doc, I gotta get back to 2013, or else Biff will become Sacramento’s teacher of the year!” Teachers of tomorrow The Sacramento County Office of…
Central Valley jails: Need some cheese with that whine?
This is Mule Creek State Prison’s rec room in 2012. Before realignment, it was filled with bunks. Last month The Sacramento Bee ran a…
'The Newsroom' 2.6: Liars and hate crushes
“Careful, my bones.” Raheem Hosseini 4:36 p.m. Tuesday, August 20 Starting with the tightly paced “red team” briefing at the top of Sunday’s episode, The…
Meth for one, please
If the trailer’s a-shakin', someone’s probably a-bakin'. Sgt. Carlos Ponce didn’t call me in time for my “Sacramento goes Breaking Bad” piece. But the…
The Walmart fallacy
Because of our print deadlines, we won’t know how a proposal that could plant Walmart and its big-box brethren in downtown Sacramento will go Tuesday…
'The Newsroom' 2.5: 'Well, I guess it's just us now'
“Who the hell is Will McAvoy?” “I don’t know Jesse, but he’s no match for Heisenberg.” Adam Khan 8:13 p.m. Monday, August 12 I…
'The Newsroom' 2.4: White devils
Cliche alert: The homicide rate among black screen characters is at epidemic proportions. Poor Dennis Haysbert has seen his characters killed first in TWO ‘90s films. Raheem…
Neighbors lose chapel dispute with Catholic high school–guess they should've prayed harder
Several neighbors of an all-male Catholic high school failed last week to stop a chapel from getting the county’s blessing. Jesuit High School in Carmichael won…