Editor’s note: Blank check
Sacramento sheriff’s department racks up legal bills while fighting oversight Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones wants to have it both ways: He resists having anyone…
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High class entertainment
YouTube Channels such as That High Couple and Getting Doug with High are the gateway to fun and informative sides of the cannabis world Last…
Essay: Change agent
Sac council candidate vows police, environmental and economic reform By James “Faygo” Clark You may have seen me around town with Kozmo, my furry companion….
A fortuitous click: Gun malfunction during struggle with suspect may have been the difference between life and death for Folsom police
Folsom police survived a close call with an armed suspect last week. The incident started with a 911 call about shoplifting at a store on…
Red flag of courage: Researchers identified 21 potential shootings curbed by family members or law enforcement in just two years
A man veers his SUV onto a sidewalk, accelerating straight at a group of pedestrians as he screams, “I’m going to kill you!” He misses…
Bern-ing Sacramento
California hasn’t always mattered in presidential primaries. Bernie Sanders’ rally proves that’s about to change. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ visit to Sacramento last week confirmed…
Editor’s note: What’s a name worth?
SAFE credit union pays $23 million to put its name on convention center and theater In 2015, Golden 1 Credit Union agreed to fork over…
When the psychic pirate met the social media detective
An online match. A parking lot stabbing. And the social networking sleuth who tracked him down. A self-described pickup artist and psychic was apprehended in another…
Essay: Getting on the bus
Sacramento Regional Transit’s new routes aren’t an improvement By Steve Miller Sacramento Regional Transit has announced “service improvements” to its bus network, starting Sept. 8….
Where they stand on impeachment
Sacramento-area House Democrats explain their views on whether to impeach Trump SN&R asked the Sacramento area’s House Democrats for statements on where they stand on…
Endangerment of the species
Conservation groups, state attorney general speak out against plans for Endangered Species Act By Scott Thomas Anderson The Center for Biological Diversity is preparing its…
To impeach or not to impeach
For Democrats and progressives, that is the question The long-simmering debate among Democrats and progressives is about to boil over: To impeach President Donald Trump…
Berniemania 2.0
Bernie Sanders brings his upstart presidential campaign back to Northern California this week Four years after he almost wrested the Democratic presidential nomination from Hillary…
Editor’s note: Nickel and dimed to death?
A proposed garbage rate hike would be third this decade to hit Sacramento homeowners We tend to take garbage collection for granted, except when a…
Happy birthday, Stephon Clark
Family of police shooting victim—whose initials are ‘SAC’—points to changes in Sacramento since his death, including a new use-of-force law On Aug. 10, family and…
Collapse of a coalition
Has political orthodoxy and the threat of big money broken up Sacramento’s grassroots renters’ alliance? Scott Thomas Anderson On a February evening, two women sat…
Essay: A call to action on ethics
Sacramento’s commission needs public support By Paula Lee This is a call to action to ensure that we have an effective and independent Sacramento Ethics…