Food safety at the state fair is a thing? For real?
Is that before or after you’ve barfed it? Did you know there’s such a thing as food safety at the California State Fair? We kid you…
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Rafting Gone Wild forced to kick its alcohol addiction–will it comply?
Sorry kids, Old Man Government is here to rain on your drunk parade. The same day that a massive Sacramento river party’s “secret” July 13…
School closures lawsuit kicks off July 11
F is for federal? A federal lawsuit seeking to halt the closure of seven Sacramento grade schools will get its first day in court Thursday,…
Petitioning the president
Sabah Algazali sounds frazzled when she picks up the phone, but she often does. Speaking in a soft flutter, the region’s most unlikely victim’s advocate—a…
Third inmate death is most since 2008 for Sacramento
With this morning’s suspected overdose of a 39-year-old woman arrested hours earlier on multiple drug charges, the Sacramento County jail system has tallied the most inmate…
Fourth of July gets weird on the grid
You think this is enough? Don’t bring a firecracker to a gunfight. A group of friends celebrating July Fourth last week learned that hard lesson…
Sacto DA announces plan to keep ignoring officer-involved shootings
Righteous shooting, bro. Pay no attention to that smoking gun behind the yellow tape. Chastened last month by the Sacramento County Grand Jury, District Attorney…
Always march in black
Wait, is that irreparable harm to our ecosystem or a Sacramento protest? Want a perfect way to buzzkill an afternoon? Then grab your black hat…
Rancho Cordova turns 10, but looks 48
Does this hat make me look AWESOME? Having your birthday fall on the same date as a national holiday is sometimes a recipe for tantrums…
A face only a needle could love
Billie Lee Cooper is “Hard 2 love.” Just ask his face tattoo, which sweeps along his mustache line in faded, sort-of-cursive. The claim could be…
Sacto Fire Department cool to citizen complaints
Call it a slow burn. Like most municipal agencies, the Sacramento Fire Department’s recent history has been about spreading slimming resources as thinly as possible….
Can Sacramento learn from Stockton's hard knocks?
Now entering Stockton. Town motto: Are you sure? Some of my best friends are from Stockton. I know how that sounds. It’s the kind of…
HIPsters united
Join our revolution. It’s fun. Given that there are only 18 Hmong clans in existence, Cha Vang, 28, and Seng Vang, 27, joke that—while sharing…
Reclamare founder can tattoo your brain, too
This week’s Summer Guide issue includes a Q&A with three super-busy flesh-carvers about the tattoos do’s and don’t’s of summer. All three were game about…
Welcome to America. Now be extremely patient
About a thousand people from distant and not-so-distant lands became newly minted Americans during a naturalization ceremony at Raley Field today. I attended the last one…
If a pickup artist falls in the woods and no one notices…
Every woman’s reaction to being approached by a “pickup artist.” Bryan “Double B” Barton of Sac Pickup infamy tried to extend his 15 minutes by…
Caller, you're on the air with SN&R
“Hi, SN&R? This is your one fan Greg. Yes, again.” After my story detailing the crazy antics local firefighters contend with came out, I received…