Gavin Newsom’s message to business owners
New governor tells the 94th annual Chamber of Commerce host breakfast that homeless problem is a national disgrace.
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Essay: The mayor’s plan for Measure U money is too risky
By Jeff Harris The original Measure U, a half-cent increase in our sales tax rate, was passed in 2012 with the promise that it would…
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…
College rejection season
College rejections are a life lesson.
Editor’s note: Calling all writers
SN&R is having a fiction and poetry contest, and the winners will be published on July 18. See the rules for entries below. Lots of…
A real-life rom-com
Some long-distance romances should stay that way.
Editor’s note: Pension politics
This month comes a yearly ritual: the Sacramento City Council holds budget hearings and a parade of interest groups seek more money—the arts, fire, parks,…
Wedding and work drama
Controlling moms and manipulative coworkers.
America’s biggest companies don’t pay their fair share for our infrastructure
Sacramentans head to Washington to lobby for money; costs should be shared by all.
Life isn’t fair
Fairness, resentment, self-awareness and character.
May Day 2019
Only political action will change the rules of the game.
Editor’s note: Don’t get schooled
In the buzz about the Sacramento railyards as the next game-changing development, it’s all about the state-of-the-art medical center, the new county courthouse and, especially,…
Just friends with the ex
Can you really be just friends with an ex?
Finding hope in unexpected places
Packaging up the love of human beings into eight page publications.
The other woman
A wife leaves for another woman.
Happy 420!
No taxation without bank representation and other 420 thoughts.
Spring cleaning
Tips on how to clear out your heart’s closet.