A landmark for cannabis equity
Sacramento City Council approves 10 new dispensaries for minority owners In a landmark decision, the Sacramento City Council unanimously voted to add 10 new storefront…
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911, what’s your emergency?
Editor’s note: Sacramento County joins city in rethinking if armed law enforcement should be answering all emergency calls The city of Sacramento is working toward…
What’s the sound of the other band clapping?
Essay: The COVID-19 pandemic ended live concerts. Live streams just aren’t the same, especially when no one is watching. “I miss live shows” is the…
Letters: Election, megadonor, COVID19, jail suicides
Subtle racism Re: “Last-minute wrinkle in ‘strong mayor’” by Foon Rhee (Editor’s note, Oct. 22): Measure A is nothing more than a racist misogynistic power…
Free Will Astrology
For the week of Oct. 29, 2020 By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): Reed Galen is an American political consultant who has worked long…
Closing time?
Editor’s note: California’s struggling restaurants appeal to diners for support, while suing governments over fees California’s struggling restaurants have two major efforts on their menu…
One of Sacramento’s biggest philanthropists is secretly a Republican megadonor
Building mogul David Lucchetti quietly bankrolls a national conservative agenda Four years ago, before the world tilted, David John Lucchetti stood on a stage waiting…
Getting personal in pivotal county race
The candidates are accusing each other of unfair attacks in the final days of the Sacramento County supervisors runoff The charges and countercharges are flying…
California rent control battle finishes under shadow of billionaires’ wealth jumping 45% during the pandemic
Grassroots volunteers fight for Prop. 21 in the face of $80 million opposition campaign By Scott Thomas Anderson For the third time in three years,…
Fright night
Editor’s note: Share the thrills, chills and candy, but Halloween can’t be a super-spreader event for Sacramento County Sacramento County didn’t succeed in turning orange…
Drive stalls in the red zone
Editor’s note: Sacramento County misses the COVID-19 mark, again, so must wait to reopen more businesses Sacramento County wanted to move to orange by Halloween,…
COVID fatigue and division
Editor’s note: A new poll and public comments indicate growing distrust of local officials and opposition to the lockdown Many of us have COVID-19 fatigue…
Sacramento’s restaurants look for ways to keep outdoor dining going through the winter
City says heating outdoor tables safely is the key By Scott Thomas Anderson On Sacramento’s R Street, warm October evenings have been filled with people…
The campaign cash battle in Sacramento contests
‘Strong mayor’ supporters, rent control opponents and Les Simmons are winning the money battle The latest campaign finance reports are in for city of Sacramento…
Last-minute wrinkle in “strong mayor”
Editor’s note: A new legal opinion says if Measure A passes, the two-term limit wouldn’t apply to Mayor Steinberg. Opponents say he misled voters. A…
Spurred by COVID-19, Sacramento green-lights its first Operation Homekey hotel conversion for the most at-risk living on the streets
The 100-room La Mancha Project will not be a shelter, but a long-term place to call home By Scott Thomas Anderson Four months after Gov….
A Trump referendum in 7th Congressional District
Democratic incumbent Ami Bera tries to stave off Republican challenger Buzz Patterson In many ways, the presidential election is a referendum for America, pitting Joe…