Desperately seeking justice
By Raheem F. Hosseini and Scott Thomas Anderson Savannah knew she was going to die. Tortured and trussed in handcuffs, cable ties and electrical tape,…
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Ace of Spades takes over Assembly
Things at K Street’s newest music venue, Assembly, just got … newer. Ace of Spades will be taking over shows at the Randy Paragary-Bob Simpson nightspot…
Sacramento's gun store regs are a matter of consistency, not politics
The national gun debate ties people into knots. Enduring modest protest, the Sacramento City Council last month adopted new requirements for firearms dealers wanting to operate…
Police avoid biting attacks, hatchet job during Sunday Sacramento patrol
“I’ma bite your hand!” As the great Oakland poet MC Hammer never said, “Stop! It’s hammer-crime.” Sacramento police contended with weird weaponry while on patrol…
Local Pastafarians question the use of prayer in Rancho Cordova City Council meetings
Sacramento is home to at least 52 Pastafarians—aka followers of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. And they’re boiled over. Of course, 52 is…
Mac Worthy celebrates his birthday by saying the n-word. A lot.
Mac “Pimping the People” Worthy turned an energetic 72 yesterday, and boy was our favorite public speaker in rare form. He spent his birthday doing what…
Test your taxi driver skills
Over the grumbles of struggling taxi drivers and some immigrant-owned cab companies, a Sacramento city committee pressed on with a multi-year effort to reform the…
New, contentious Darrell Steinberg bill to give special treatment to Kings arena
The proposed Sacramento Kings arena will soon receive a Kevin Johnson-worthy assist from Darrell Steinberg: The state senate leader plans to introduce an 11th-hour bill…
In brief: Teachers from the future; burglars target Sacto–again
“Doc, I gotta get back to 2013, or else Biff will become Sacramento’s teacher of the year!” Teachers of tomorrow The Sacramento County Office of…
Central Valley jails: Need some cheese with that whine?
This is Mule Creek State Prison’s rec room in 2012. Before realignment, it was filled with bunks. Last month The Sacramento Bee ran a…
ALERT: At-Risk Missing Person
We wanted to relay this message from the Sacramento Police Department (photo below): The Sacramento Police Department is asking for the community’s help in locating…
Meth for one, please
If the trailer’s a-shakin', someone’s probably a-bakin'. Sgt. Carlos Ponce didn’t call me in time for my “Sacramento goes Breaking Bad” piece. But the…
The Walmart fallacy
Because of our print deadlines, we won’t know how a proposal that could plant Walmart and its big-box brethren in downtown Sacramento will go Tuesday…
The mayor of West Sacramento drives a Tesla, FYI
by Cody Drabble Page Burner bumped into West Sacramento Mayor Christopher Cabaldon on 20th Street near the MARRS building. He was sporting a…
Neighbors lose chapel dispute with Catholic high school–guess they should've prayed harder
Several neighbors of an all-male Catholic high school failed last week to stop a chapel from getting the county’s blessing. Jesuit High School in Carmichael won…
Jay Schenirer proves elected officials can actually ask where the money is going
Good looking out, Jay Schenirer The Sacramento City Council member with the tough-to-spell last name was on the ball last night, despite a light agenda…
These guys are ineligible for Dad of the Year
“Hey Dad, can we stop for ice cream?” “Shh, son. Daddy’s busy.” Two Sacramento men set some terrible behind-the-wheel examples for the kids on Saturday….