Kevin McCarty talks Sacramento mayoral campaign
California State Assemblymember and former Sacramento City Councilman announced his bid the same day Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg declined to seek a third term By…
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Scarlet shades and sonic connections: Sacramento DJ ‘Patrick Coe’ Johnson is bringing his own pulse to the city
By Chris Woodard A crowd gathers on the dance floor of Midtown’s Flamingo House on a breezy Sunday night. Its floor is missing the usual…
Sacramento’s Will Haven to make Harlow’s nightclub a sonic wasteland July 7
By Eddie Jorgensen It’s hard to believe it has been 28 years since the members of Will Haven handed me their first recording, a six-song…
Photo essay: ‘It’s a family thing’ – Sacramento’s Juneteenth celebration brings the energy to Land Park
Photographs and story by Neezy Jeffery For Gary Simon, “Juneteenth is not Black history,” he says. “This is American history.” Simon is the executive director…
California defendants are more likely to go free when they meet lawyers early
By Nigel Nuara for CalMatters In most California courts, morning arraignments are a mess. Lawyers refer to them as “cattle calls.” Defendants troop in, typically…
The king of never-politically-correct comedians returns to Sacramento for a two-night engagement at Thunder Valley June 29 & June 30
By Eddie Jorgensen While some believe that real comedy started and ended with the late George Carlin, Bill Burr has been carving out his own…
Sacramento voters approved a ban on homeless encampments last fall. Here’s why the city has been slow to enforce it
By Chris Nichols, CapRadio Six months after Sacramento’s voter-approved ban on homeless encampments went into effect, supporters and critics of Measure O say the controversial…
Letters: A governor against his Capital Region, why CEQA matters, and the Sacramentans we’ll always remember
Re: “Newsom’s war with California environmental groups keeps Sacramento County in its cross-hairs” by Dan Bacher (News, May 26) We are seeing the same assault…
‘The one constant I had was basketball.’ How Sacramento High’s new coach went from foster care, to pro, to inspiration
By Malachi Parker Matt Johnson was labeled “a long shot” while facing hardship after hardship; however, his first year as head coach of the Sacramento…
Belgium’s The Kids close-out Sacramento’s three-day Trash Jubilee on June 24
By Eddie Jorgensen Presented by Abstract Entertainment and Slovenly Recordings, the first Sacramento Trash Jubilee could prove hard to top in the future. Over three…
Vorlust returns to Sacramento on a ridiculously stacked bill Tuesday, June 20
By Eddie Jorgensen Soon to be a headliner across the states, the mighty Vorlust crew is playing a rare weeknight show at Café Colonial tomorrow…
‘Songs of peace’ – revolutionary Russian rocker touts peace on world tour, in spite of consequences in his homeland
By Ken Smith Russian icon Boris Grebenshchikov’s music, like the man himself, is enigmatic. It is sometimes playful, often poignant, and always poetic; rebellious, yet…
Sacramento City Council OKs budget, rejects proposal to move police funding to homeless services
By Kristin Lam, CapRadio Sacramento City Council on Tuesday approved a $1.5 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year and rejected a proposal to move…
Sacramento, Yolo, San Joaquin communities brace as Newsom’s plan to dismantle environmental protections comes down to the voting wire
By Dan Bacher On June 8, the California Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee held a hearing about new proposals that conservationists say would “gut” the California…
Essay: Ladies and gentlemen, the next President of the United States?
By Michael Lacey Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Democratic candidate for president (and polling at 20 percent against Biden according to CNN), is a man whose…
Sacramento Kings sued by LGBTQ couple alleging assault and discrimination
By Jared D. Childress The Sacramento Kings recently released a statement commemorating Pride month that listed their efforts to be inclusive of the LGBTQIA+ community….
A small world: How caste discrimination came to California
By Sameea Kamal and Jeanne Kuang for CalMatters Like many recent arrivals to California, Prem Pariyar searched for work and a home within communities of…