Emboldened by the Department of Justice’s recent legal brief that says it’s unconstitutional to penalize homeless people for sleeping in public spaces, a semi-local…
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“Have you heard about the homeless problem?” With those simple words, a 19-year-old named Nicole drops some hard-won knowledge about what it really means…
Sometimes cops shoot at other cops, too. Sacramento County sheriff’s officials are breathing a sigh of relief after one of their own accidentally shot…
Do you want the power to arrest people, but without the scrutiny that comes with being a cop? Then the city of Sacramento has a…
Sorry, Hollywood. Turns out Amnesty International doesn’t care a whit what you think. Ignoring a Change.org petition signed by anti-trafficking groups, feminist organizations and…
A Los Angeles County child was hospitalized with an extremely rare case of the human plague after visiting two of California’s natural wonders last month….
To some, the city of Sacramento’s Department of Utilities is starting to feel like a family business. And that isn’t necessarily a good thing….
When you don’t know the answer, experiment. California Air Resources Board engineer Earl Withycombe practiced that tenet on a mostly wind-free Thursday night, as…
Call him mini-Snowden. A 50-year-old Folsom man will be spared prison time after pleading guilty today in federal district court, part of a plea agreement…
By Brooke Purves Sacramento-area hospitals were ranked by Consumer Reports as some of the best—and worst—at preventing the spread of deadly hospital-acquired infections in a report…
Curtis Park resident Natalie Rios works in south Sacramento now, but she remembers what it was like to have to feed the meter every…
Parking in the central city is going to get more expensive and restrictive, if a number of proposed changes make it past the Sacramento City…
By Brooke Purves An updated mixed-use housing ordinance may give the city of Sacramento the revenue needed to actually build some of the affordable housing…
Szene aus einem Braunschweiger Bordell, 1537 Well before the internet, there was the “bawdy house.” In 1913, former California Gov. Hiram Johnson signed the…
Kristen DiAngelo and Pearl Callahan are experts at finding prostitutes. And it’s no wonder why. Onetime sex workers themselves, the close friends struggled…
If Sabrina Briggs ever gets tired of being a cop, she might consider a second career as a public speaker. Testifying Wednesday before the Assembly…
In response to President Barack Obama’s decision to regulate the military freebies that once flowed freely to constabulary forces, Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones released…