Dr. Kasirye is the leader we need
Essay: Sacramento County should promote its public health officer to get through COVID-19 pandemic By Phillip Summers Sacramento County is experiencing multiple severe crises. First…
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Making police reform work in Sacramento
Editor’s note: Citizens commission recommends millions more for community groups to respond to mentally ill After all the debate and protests for police reform this…
Cannabis connoisseurs
California to recognize marijuana growing locations, just like for fine wines If you’ve ever argued that specific locations provide unique characteristics for growing cannabis, so…
SLAPPing back
Judge tosses Sacramento City Councilman-elect Sean Loloee’s slander lawsuit against labor organizer who alleged worker abuse at his grocery Days before taking office as a…
New surveillance tools allow cops to spy on everyone—including you
Amazon’s Ring may have helped catch a killer. What else does it catch? Homicide detectives Christopher Britton and Courtney Bartilson arrived at the short, gabled…
On the fast track
The Atrium, a new arts nonprofit, pulls in city money and builds political clout The sunlight is fading on the Old Sacramento waterfront as a…
Weed keeps winning
Hey! Happy Holidays and all that stuff. Got any predictions for the new year? I’m glad you asked. Cannabis is still winning. In the November…
State’s largest water district ignores tribes, conservationists, ratepayers on Delta tunnel
Metropolitan Water District will spend millions more planning an embattled conveyance system despite an outcry from its constituents By Scott Thomas Anderson The Metropolitan Water…
Will city finally fix a big broken promise to Natomas?
Years of resentment in District 1 over loss of Kings arena could be rectified with a world-class zoo By Scott Thomas Anderson For families and…
Piling on during the pandemic?
Editor’s note: Sacramento County puts off a hike in garbage rates for now, listening to COVID-19 fatigued residents. The city of Sacramento is also looking…
Desperate measures
Editor’s note: Facing an unrelenting COVID-19 surge, Sacramento County supervisors consider fining businesses that endanger public health With no end in sight to the latest…
A glutton for political office
Sheriff Scott Jones is raising campaign cash like he might run for a fourth term Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones made it sound like he…
Newsom launches rescue efforts for small businesses as new lockdown announced
More local governments are asserting independence from state’s edicts in the wake of court rulings, PR nightmares By Scott Thomas Anderson Small businesses across the…
A discount on arena rent?
Editor’s note: If fans aren’t allowed at Golden 1 Center, will the Sacramento Kings ask City Hall for a lower payment? Like almost every entertainment…
A dangerous time for disarray
Editor’s note: Sacramento County’s leadership is in transition as the COVID-19 pandemic peaks We’re heading into a long, dark winter of COVID-19. So could the…
Local news on life support
Can a bill before Congress keep communities from falling into the dark? By Scott Thomas Anderson “If newspapers die, the crooks won’t cry,” Miami Herald…
Eight kids are owed money for living in a mold-infested complex. Here’s why they don’t have it.
When you’re poor, even the cracks have cracks Thomas H. Citron has $80,000 he literally can’t give away. The Los Angeles attorney secured the money…