Woulda, coulda, shoulda
Joey advises a reader to dump—not parent—his girlfriend.
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ESSAY: How I learned to hate Yelp
I’ve long fostered a love-hate relationship with Yelp. I love that the website can help me find supermarkets, restaurants and hiking spots when I’m out…
'Mad Men' 7.3: 'Eat your candy.'
We enter a lunch already in progress between former neighbors. As Betty Francis (January Jones) primes a cigarette, Francine Hanson (Anne Dudek), now working three…
Bob Erlenbusch thinks Sacramento can end homelessness by 2039
The tag-line celebrating Clash frontman Joe Strummer’s life can also apply to Sacramento’s next 25 years. When we asked Bob Erlenbusch to share what…
'Mad Men' 7.2: Rose-colored roses
All us cool kids know that Valentine’s Day is a bunk, empty-calorie holiday—ginned up by greeting card companies and blah, blah, blah—but that doesn’t mean…
Have a little hope
The Earth Day celebration hosted by the Environmental Council of Sacramento inspires hope that we can still save the planet.
Self-love and other lessons
Joey reflects on helping others—and herself—through her advice column.
Sacramento County plans crackdown on panhandling
Characterizing pandhandlers as relentless nuisances who cause traffic accidents and use kids and dogs to engender sympathy, Sacramento County leaders on Tuesday pushed forward an…
Show alert: Soft White Sixties bringing working class soul to Assembly Sunday
Working class soul: honest, simple, gritty. The Soft White Sixties coined the phrase to describe their sound years ago and are surprised that the words…
Morel mushroom hunters banned from prime multimillion-dollar bounty near Rim fire site
by Alastair Bland One of the largest wildfires in state history swept the western Sierra Nevada last summer. The blaze burned for two months, devoured…
'Mad Men' 7:01—Long distances, short memories
Courtesy of Zennie Abraham. The seventh and final season of AMC’s Mad Men roused to life Sunday like a grizzly bear waking from hibernation. OK, that’s…
Show alert: Soft White Sixties bringing working class soul to Assembly next week
Working class soul: honest, simple, gritty. The Soft White Sixties coined the phrase to describe their sound years ago, and they’re surprised that the words…
Respect the relationship
Joey advises readers on how to treat themselves—and others.
REVIEW: 'Sister Act'
PHOTO BY JOAN MARCUS by Jessica Rine If familiarity with the 1992 film Sister Act with Whoopi Goldberg and Maggie Smith went back into the…
On streetcars, more light rail and the state of Sacramento’s regional transit
SN&R’s owner attends RT’s annual meeting to learn why a cool city starts with a cool transit system.
The answer is weed
Joey advises a reader diagnosed with cancer to pursue real passions.
County moves safety net workshop back to original date
After postponing its eagerly anticipated safety-net workshop a couple weeks ago, the county of Sacramento moved it again—back to its original April 9 date. Hopefully the…