Editor’s note: The campaign slog
After March 3 primary, a long campaign before a long ballot on Nov. 3 With the dust finally settling from the March 3 primary, it’s…
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Essay: Fear and hate also spread
Coronavirus outbreak is causing hysteria aimed at Asian Americans By Janice O’Malley Galizio It was 1982, and Vincent Chin was celebrating his upcoming wedding with…
Essay: Making movies
City’s first film commissioner wants to make Sacramento a production destination By Jennifer West One of my favorite childhood memories is going to see a…
Essay: More treatment, but also more shelter
We need to help the mentally ill living on our streets By Darrell Steinberg I have waited 20 years to hear a governor deliver a…
Reality TV is not real life
Reality TV shows are designed to trigger chaos.
Inconvenient truths
Can politicians say them out loud?
Editor’s note: Seeding success
City Hall counts on small Sacramento companies to grow When the media release popped into my email, it looked promising: The city of Sacramento picked…
Playa to plaza
Nonprofit wants to display artwork from Burning Man in Rancho Cordova By Ed Fletcher Imagine you and your best buds touring a vast field of…
Essay: A candidate worth fighting for
Elizabeth Warren has the plans and passion to become the first female president By Janice Rocco I still remember the first time I saw Elizabeth…
Trust issues
A woman abused as a child is having trust issues with her boyfriend.
Cleaning up plastic pollution
The California Recycling and Plastic Pollution Reduction Act of 2020 gives us a chance to do just that.
Editor’s note: Shake it up
Should the Democratic nominee pick a Republican running mate? Do you want to be up until the wee hours of Nov. 3 waiting for our…
Essay: Demolishing history
Sacramento is changing and preservationists are outnumbered By James Peyton The Wong Family Benevolent Association on Broadway at 17th Street has looked about the same…
Great expectations
A sister is unrealistic about her art and angry at truth-telling.
Bankruptcy at the Bee, but what next?
163-year-old institution files for Chapter 11, faces reorganization challenges.
Editor’s note: Smart money
Wanted: Great ideas for economic justice Proposals are rolling into a committee of experts advising the city of Sacramento on which ideas will best improve…
My Oma the serial dater
As the story goes, I thought my grandmother was a witch the first time I almost met her. It was 1984. My family had come a…