Essay: A powerful agenda
SMUD’s new president outlines 2020 to-do list By Rob Kerth My six colleagues on the Sacramento Municipal Utility District board have afforded me quite an…
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Family fights
Denial is not a healthy way to deal with conflict.
Four people to watch in 2020
A health-care president, teachers union head, city mayor and chamber CEO walk into this column.
Editor’s note: The big count
Success of 2020 Census depends on thousands of temps If you have some free time and want to make sure that California keeps its political…
Gossip girl
Don’t enable a friend’s online bullying.
Welcome, Joe Chiodo!
Former Sac Mag publisher takes on role at SN&R.
Essay: A transportation plan for all
Transit coalition says it has a better strategy for Sacramento By Glenda Marsh The Sacramento Transportation Authority is considering a 2020 half-cent sales tax ballot…
Editor’s note: Public comment
For transit sales tax to pass, residents must be heard The Sacramento Transportation Authority needs to work on this whole public input thing, especially when…
Essay: Ready to launch?
Starting a weed business isn’t easy, especially for equity applicants By Eric Luchini Sacramento is one of several California municipalities promoting social equity in the…
Daddy issues
An aging father and depressed millennials.
More than a year since the Camp Fire, we look forward to 2020
Independent journalism can make a difference to our communities.
Editor’s note: Capitol success
Mayor says Sacramento must get more from state When someone who used to be California’s most powerful legislator makes a point, you have to take…
Essay: Reminders of injustice
Being black and female in Sacramento’s social scene By Kula Koenig Here’s what I—a cisgender, able-bodied black woman—was reminded of while partying the Friday after…
The sound of silence
Advice for communicating with a very quiet nephew.
2020 political resolutions
Our CEO shares his thoughts about what our priorities should be this coming year.
Editor’s note: Driving while high
How will California spot stoned motorists? Two years into legal recreational cannabis in California, the headlines keep coming about this problem or that: vaping deaths,…
Look in the mirror
Everything we struggle with in another person is related to something within ourselves.