Hearing voices in Midtown isn’t unusual. Listening to them is.
“Do I look crazy to you?” That was the first question the stranger asked as I tapped my phone and breezed past her on 10th…
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First Festival coming to West Sacramento Memorial Day Weekend
A Mile Till Dawn will play Sacramento’s newest music festival. Sacramento’s festival culture richens this year with First Festival, a celebration of all things local,…
UNDER THE COVER: What separates good police from the bad?
When I was working on last week’s cover story about how to build a perfect cop, one of the questions I struggled with is, How…
VIDEO: Sacramento police arrest 20-year-old black activist Maile Hampton for 'lynching'
Maile Hampton, a black 20-year-old woman and local political activist (pictured above), was arrested this past Monday with charges of felony “lynching.” City police arrived…
School of hard knocks
Joey advises a reader to educate herself on relationships.
Maile Hampton, 20-year-old black activist in Sacramento, arrested for 'lynching'
At tonight’s City Council meeting, dozens spoke in solidarity with a young female Sacramento activist named Maile Hampton. According to one of the speakers who…
Unusual metal band Botanist overgrows Press Club on Sunday
Plant-worshiping black metal beaten out on dulcimers, prog-grind, blackened crust, doom folk, psych doom—The Press Club had a whole lot of something for weirdo music…
NBA 4.20: Sacramento Kings should sign the biggest stoner in basketball
by Blake Gillespie The trade deadline is over. The dust settled and a mostly intact Sacramento Kings roster remains; the swap of Ramon Sessions for…
UNDER THE COVER: How did cops go from big heroes to society's big bad?
It was one of those grip-and-grin ceremonies us “serious” journalists don’t care about. Bunched into the far corner of a meeting room paved with deep…
Sexcapades and everything in between
Joey advises a reader that it's not cheating if you've already ended the relationship.
K.J.: A love letter
Joey pens an open love letter to Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson.
San Francisco Beer Week's opening night Gala takes it next level
S.F. Beer Week in lights at the front entrance of Friday night’s opening Gala. I’m standing inside a long, hangarlike warehouse in the Fort Mason…
Your weekend plans
Museum madness Photo courtesy of Discovery Museum Science & Space Center This Saturday, February 7, is the 17th annual Sacramento Museum Day. Expect huge crowds, a…
Commit to honesty
Joey advises a reader to be a standard-bearer for truth.
Sleep less in Seattle—a half-assed travelogue
It was when the male flight attendant in the Seahawks jersey shrieked his fourth bird call into the P.A. that I thought, Success ruins everything….
Stuff to do this week
Often, New Year’s resolutions include generally unrealistic s goals such as learning a new language. Let’s get real here: It’ll take way more than a…
Oh, mother
Joey advises a reader not to trust her friends’ maternal instincts.