Sacramentans weigh enshrining abortion into California’s constitution with Prop. 1
By Julie Blunt and Kamelia Varasteh Sacramento voters will soon cast ballots for Proposition 1, which would explicitly secure the right to an abortion in…
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The boldest bass: How Sacramento’s Gabe Nelson went from a famous band to his new life prolonging the magic
The deep rhythm behind Cake, current bassist for the Katie Knipp Band, on his upcoming Nov. 6 show at The Sofia – and on never…
For those worried about homelessness and skyrocketing rents in Sacramento County, the stakes for the D5 supervisor race couldn’t be higher
As Moreno, Hume look to replace the board’s famous swing vote, advocates are trying to gauge what they really think about two of the most-pressing…
Photo gallery: The Who’s show in Sacramento hit hard for every generation
Photographs by Sugarwolf Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center was filled with the sounds of legendary rock icons, The Who, last Wednesday night during the fall leg…
The startling real-life crimes that inspired Sacramento’s ‘haunted river’ lore
By Scott Thomas Anderson There’s a menacing mythos along the edges of Sacramento’s waterfront, an array of spoken stories reaching from the Delta King’s pilot…
The Bodysnatchers
A journalist was able to buy a dead man’s spine for $300, so where are your remains really going when you die? By Josie Klakström…
Sacramento’s fang queen pays tribute to literature’s fang queen at the upcoming Vampire Ball
Shannon McCabe discusses turning Harlow’s nightclub into a devilish, Halloween-time house of style on Oct. 29 Shannon McCabe is about to mark her 14th year…
The Sacramento region grapples with the intersection of wildfires and affordable housing
By Ken Magri After a wildfire is extinguished, there is a natural concern for the environment and what kinds of long-term damage it will sustain….
Analysis: In red-hot Jones-Kiley CA-3 House race, does anyone have homestretch advantage?
By Jeff Burdick, SactoPolitco This story was produced by the Sacramento-based political publication SactoPolitico and co-published here with permission. To describe the CA-3 House race…
Pulse check: growing concern, negative outlook on the future of Sacramento housing
SN&R sent reporters to local neighborhoods to ask people’s views about the housing crisis — here’s what they found By Dina Bugayevskaya, Liam Gravvat, Gavin Hudson,…
Can the ‘social housing’ model work in Sacramento?
Traction seems to be growing around housing model that’s had success elsewhere in the world By Graham Womack Mai Vang is trying something new. The…
Photo gallery: KAROL G turns the heat up to high at Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center
Photographs by Sugarwolf Columbia-born artist KAROL G made a scheduled stop at Golden 1 Center this past Tuesday evening on the back leg of her…
Year after year of smoke-choked skies put Sacramento at the center of the Prop. 30 debate
By Hayley Repetti and Will Smith-Moore Sacramento State student Victor Lozano lives between Lodi’s two major freeways, I-5 and I-99. “It’s a continuous flow of…
Blood and Fire: the saga of a grisly execution that shocked the Delta is finally revealed in court
By Scott Thomas Anderson Rosa Ventura had only been a volunteer firefighter for a year when she confronted the unimaginable. Ventura belongs to a small…
The spirit of Ronnie James Dio is strong with these ones preparing to rock Goldfield Trading Post in Roseville on October 21
By Eddie Jorgensen For those lucky enough to catch Last In Line, a tribute to the late Ronnie James Dio, at the downtown Goldfield location,…
Sacramento educators and artists see hopeful horizons for kids with Prop. 28
By Elizabeth Meza and Angela Rodriguez Gabriel Read, director of bands at El Camino Fundamental High school, fell in love with instrumental music when he…
Can SB 9 really help build housing for all in Sacramento?
Proponents say the end of single-family zoning is needed to ease California’s housing crunch By Russell Nichols California’s housing crisis wasn’t built in a day,…