Bad timing?
Sacramento City Council endorses sales tax hike for transit and roads The middle of a pandemic when businesses are failing and families are struggling may…
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Hungry for takeout?
How does some takeout sound right now? Restaurants throughout Sacramento and across the nation hope that idea spurs home-bound diners to order in tonight during…
Editor’s note: Being neighborly
Gov. Newsom enlists Nextdoor to help Californians check on each other during coronavirus crisis Something like Nextdoor seems tailor-made for our new reality of staying…
And they’re off
Cal Expo harness racing is happening during coronavirus crisis, for gamblers, not live fans UPDATE: On April 1, less than two hours before the first…
How to use cannabis safely during a pandemic
COVID-19 sounds like it should be a new cannabis strain. Unfortunately, it’s the official name of the virulent coronavirus pandemic that is sweeping the globe….
Essay: Online yoga
There was no question that we needed to close our doors, but we also know that mindfulness and active healing are more critical now than…
Local music’s (near) future is digital
If you want to support Sac bands during stay at home order, you can go to Bandcamp, an online music platform waiving its fees today…
Gardening is ‘essential’
Local nurseries and community gardens are staying open during stay at home order In the greater scheme of our new normal, gardening is “essential.” During…
The loss of third space
Stay at home order puts neighborhood gatherings on hold By Lindsay Oxford In February at Oak Park’s monthly Fix-it-Café, sewing machines whirred at one table…
Ask Joey: Dating during coronavirus
While you’re sheltering in place, don’t kowtow to the kind of boredom or loneliness that motivates you to download dating apps you once swore off….
Editor’s note: Will we pass this test?
Because Sacramento isn’t home to many millionaires, it’s going to take all of us to get through the corornavirus shutdown The coronavirus pandemic is an…
Spring into staying home
Everything fun is canceled now. Concerts, sports, going out. It’s all for the best—social distancing is necessary to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. To…
Will coronavirus take down California’s economy?
As the stock market tumbled and oil prices collapsed on March 9, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s top economic officials sought to project calm from the world’s…
No more eating out
Illustration by Maria Ratinova As President Donald Trump sent us into the weekend under national emergency due to the spread of coronavirus, some Sacramento restaurants…
On the front lines
As California’s coronavirus strategy has moved from containment to mitigation, the health care workers on the first line of response to the epidemic are also…
Patience zero
Photo by Graham Womack Sacramento Homeless Organizing Committee board president John Kraintz sits after a March 11 continuum of care meeting. John Kraintz has struggled…
Bracing for financial impact
By Scott Thomas Anderson On March 13, the coronavirus response came to City Hall with the City Council holding an emergency meeting in an empty…