A jail project that won’t die
Essay: Sacramento County supervisors were right to reject a loan to expand Elk Grove facility. Now they need to reduce jail population. By Liz Blum…
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Streetcar to nowhere?
Editor’s note: The scaled-down trolley line between Sacramento and West Sacramento may no longer be worth the money. There were good reasons to support the…
Sacramento County experiences 23 homicides in three months
City could see a 50% increase in murder rate over 2019 When Sacramento police officers raced to the scene of a shooting at a 150-year-old…
Old City Cemetery looking a lot less rosy
On Wednesday, the Sacramento Preservation Commission will consider removing the rose garden. Many rose bushes have already disappeared. Sacramento’s beloved Historic Rose Garden may soon…
Divorces have actually dropped during the COVID-19 crisis
If COVID-19, soaring unemployment, historic civil unrest, suffocating wildfire smoke and a chaotic start to the school year are laying siege to Sacramento families, it…
Counting votes
Editor’s note: With more mail ballots and a new law for the pandemic, the vote count will take even longer for Nov. 3 election California…
On the right side of craft and karma
Distillery that helped hospitals, senior care facilities through the pandemic wins two international vodka awards By Scott Thomas Anderson In March, South Fork Vodka won…
Buying time
Editor’s note: Budget challenges for Sacramento County go way beyond the calls to defund the Sheriff’s Office The revised 2020-21 budget approved by Sacramento County…
Letters: Defund, Trump, City Hall, cold case, wildfires, sheriff
Fear-mongering on fire department Re: “Decision time on ‘Defund the Police‘” by Foon Rhee (Editor’s note, Sept. 9): Who conflated the firefighters in with the…
A $1 ticket for Roseville theater
City sells venue to foundation and puts hope in a university, again The Angelo Tsakopoulos-connected University Development Foundation is acquiring more cheap property in downtown…
Decision time for ‘Defund the Police’
Editor’s note: Sacramento City Council and county Board of Supervisors hear proposals to shift funding This is the most important week so far for the…
Exclusive: Death certificates spiked in Sacramento during the pandemic
Is county undercounting its COVID-19 deaths? Sacramento County issued 1,400 more death certificates between March 1 and Aug. 31 this year than it did during…
Close call
City finds a way to avoid delays in neighborhood construction projects While much more attention is focused on a proposal to “Defund the Police” and…
The fight at the door
Advocates accuse the governor of failing tenants as eviction court becomes the new battleground By Scott Thomas Anderson On the first day that California’s eviction…
Sacramento’s spending spree
Editor’s note: The City Council is handing out the last of $89 million in federal aid. It’s up to the city auditor to make sure…
‘Losers’ and ‘suckers’
Editor’s note: Will the military scandal finally sink President Trump? A California Gold Star mother may have something to say about that. If this is…
Letters: Masks, murals, Joe Biden, rent control
Individual choice Re: “What to say to a naked face” by Joey Garcia (Ask Joey, Sept. 3): Why talk to naked faces? My mask is…