Officer gunned down in North Sacramento
What started as a domestic disturbance call led to the killing of a young female Sacramento police officer, allegedly gunned down by a lone suspect…
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The shield: Sacramento’s sheriff finds new ways to sidestep California’s flawed transparency laws
SN&R requested records regarding eight inmate deaths and a former deputy who beat people with his flashlight Despite a local judge ruling against him this…
Editor’s note: Does our strong mayor want more power?
Mayor Darrell Steinberg just pulled off a huge triumph on the city budget and Measure U money. It’s only the most recent time he has…
Vacationing green
Can individual choices help save the planet? Or is the system too rigged? Fishing isn’t supposed to be as easy as dipping a hook into…
Living with climate change: Defend your space
Governments and businesses can still take bold action to limit global warming, but average temperatures are already rising. As climate change worsens, extreme weather will…
Editor’s note: Outside money? Not really
A long list of Sacramento groups are pushing a March 2020 ballot measure to lock in more funding for children and youth services. So why…
A crystalized crisis: As meth trafficking surges, doctors and CPS workers struggle with the fall-out
Ten minutes before sunrise, the team hit the house. The FBI SWAT members approached a darkened stretch of 18th Avenue. The street was narrow, crowded…
Essay: Police have no place in gay liberation
By J. Ama Mantey On May 31, the Sacramento LGBT Community Center took a small, yet courageous step towards justice. Given police violence towards marginalized…
Disaster politics
For California governor battling president’s whims, climate change is about science—not politics Government aid should be a given for communities facing disasters, regardless of the political…
Living with climate change: What to worry about and when
Governments and businesses can still take bold action to limit global warming, but average temperatures are already rising. As climate change worsens, extreme weather will…
California’s revised use-of-force bill may not put more officers on trial, but supporters say it will ‘save lives’
Law enforcement reform groups debate whether, after changes to California Act to Save Lives, it will do what it promises Don’t misunderstand the consensus forming…
Editor’s note: Sutter Health’s big tax break
Sutter Health has a lot at stake in a groundbreaking antitrust lawsuit that appears headed to a showdown trial: Its market dominance in Northern California,…
The fight for Black Lives Matter Sacramento
With its founder rejecting calls to resign, where does the local chapter go from here? Public accusations of abusive behavior against a leader who won’t…
Gag order
Sacramento garden volunteers are being forced to sign a no-comment agreement A prickly situation has sprung up in Sacramento’s most famous rose garden. Volunteers at…
Living with climate change: Throw a block party
Governments and businesses can still take bold action to limit global warming, but average temperatures are already rising. As climate change worsens, extreme weather will…
Editor’s note: A bridge to somewhere
The I Street Bridge is 108 years old and rusty, and it rattles when a train passes over it. So, yes, a new span over…
Living with climate change: The inevitable and the preventable
Climate change is here. While governments and businesses can still take bold action to limit global warming, temperatures are already on average 1 degree celsius…