Spring flowers
It’s time for Sacramento camellia contest, but how many entries? After an unusually warm February, Julie Vierra is understandably nervous. Will Sacramento’s famous camellias still…
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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…
Failed test?
Photo by Fars News Agency via Wiki Commons Workers disinfect a subway train in Tehran, Iran on Feb. 26. Just weeks into the federal government’s…
A billionaire buys in
Mike Bloomberg rises in polls after spending $450 million, but is counting on California to make him a real contender By Stephen Magagnini The morning…
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.
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…
Drought worries
February has been bone dry, but it’s too early to turn on the sprinklers How about this weather? Unusually warm and dry temperatures may make…
Who’s paying to fix Sacramento’s housing crisis? How developers got a break while taxpayers got the bill
By Scott Thomas Anderson Sometimes the words that are never spoken during a big political moment reveal more than the ones that are. On Jan….
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…
Yvonne R. Walker: Celebrating hard-earned rights
Still fighting for the right to vote Our voting rights did not come easy. I’m reminded of that often during Black History Month and this…
Editor’s note: Kids count, but can adults?
Should taxpayers trust Sac City schools with more money? Children deserve everything they need for a chance to succeed in school, including well-equipped classrooms, labs…
Vote local: SN&R’s recommendations in key Sacramento races on March 3 ballot
While attention will focus on California’s presidential primary on March 3, the results in local races will have more immediate impact on Sacramento’s future. And…
Sensitivity draining
Pandemic fever has reached the Sacramento area, even if the dreaded coronavirus hasn’t. The city of Elk Grove canceled a Chinese New Year celebration, set…
Essay: The Democratic circus
Party’s primary process may not produce strongest nominee By Eric Wiesenthal When the post-mortem on the 2020 presidential race is written, it may say: “There’s…
Returning to the fold—for answers
One of the first childhood sexual abuse lawsuits against a non-Catholic church under new California law seeks to get to the bottom of a 20-year…
Keeping People Out of Jail
BY EDGAR SANCHEZ An activist group that stopped an $89 million expansion of Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center in Elk Grove says its fight for criminal…