SN&R’s award winners
We won 14 awards in the annual CNPA contest This week, the California News Publishers Association announced its awards for work that appeared in 2019….
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Oak Park’s perpetual identity crisis
One of Sacramento’s oldest neighborhoods is constantly reckoning with an uncertain future By Brandon Jetter Robbin Ware has called Oak Park home for nearly 20…
Innovation without gentrification?
The promise and pitfalls of Aggie Square in Oak Park The housing crisis came for Tanya Faison on Dec. 13. That day, the founder of…
Essay: Help the homeless, help stem the pandemic
A new Sacramento coalition says the coronavirus response could be the blueprint for permanent solutions By Bob Erlenbusch and Faye Wilson Kennedy The Sacramento Regional…
Work. Parent. Teach.
How to keep your child engaged and entertained during the coronavirus pandemic Wearing oversized, clip-on earrings that eclipse her earlobes and bright pink lipstick as…
Arrests: development
Arrests and incarceration plummeted more than 70% in the first week that Sacramento residents were told to stay home to avoid COVID-19 Trayvon Moore-Davis was…
Dinner (and a movie) at a distance
Isolating physically without isolating socially Seven screens are active, and the audio is a jumble as we decide between trying to sync time codes, or…
Editor’s note: Wake-up call
Sleep Train Arena may get revived as an emergency hospital during the coronavirus crisis Once, Natomas leaders hoped that the Sleep Train Arena site would…
6 fierce cannabis influencers to follow
There’s no denying that with cannabis legalization efforts moving forward in various states, the culture and industry have been experiencing a boom. With cannabis still…
Stopping the spread
15 Minutes: There’s a new cannabis chief in town
“Sacramento has really done a lot to make cannabis business opportunities available,” said Davina Smith, the city’s new cannabis program manager. As the new head…
Fearing a pandemic behind bars
Sacramento County’s aging jail system ordered to release more than 400 inmates over coronavirus concerns Gloria Abernathy was panicking that something bad had happened to…
Letters: Coronavirus, jobs, levee, election, etc.
When government is life and death Re: “Stepping up the fight” by Ana B. Ibarra (News, March 12): With each passing day, the world faces…
Elevation during self-isolation
So … How was Barcelona? It was cool for the four days I was there. I have never washed my hands so often in my…
California—state of the unions?
Child-care providers stand on the brink of forming one of the largest unions in state history During last decade’s Great Recession, Rasiene Reece became one…
Essay: The deadbeat state
Rather than just begging for state crumbs, the city of Sacramento should seek compensation for the city resources and services that the state of California…
Sacramento-area faith leaders are in the trenches of the coronavirus battle
By Scott Thomas Anderson Four days before the statewide stay-at-home order, Pastor Mike Ernst of Auburn’s Cornerstone Community Church bumped into Father Brian Rebholtz of…