Counting votes
Editor’s note: With more mail ballots and a new law for the pandemic, the vote count will take even longer for Nov. 3 election California…
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On the right side of craft and karma
Distillery that helped hospitals, senior care facilities through the pandemic wins two international vodka awards By Scott Thomas Anderson In March, South Fork Vodka won…
Exclusive: Death certificates spiked in Sacramento during the pandemic
Is county undercounting its COVID-19 deaths? Sacramento County issued 1,400 more death certificates between March 1 and Aug. 31 this year than it did during…
A selection of other Pandemic Heroes
Our readers nominated educators, business owners and community groups Julie Szukalski, teacher, Visions In Education charter school, Carmichael: My son’s teacher at his alma mater,…
Pandemic Heroes
Cover by Serene Lusano SN&R highlights arts groups, businesses, nonprofits and people who have gone above and beyond for the community during the COVID-19 crisis…
What to say to a naked face
What are constructive ways to interact to people refusing to wear masks during the pandemic? Have you been in a public place, dutifully wearing a…
Do better for youths of color
Essay: Closing California’s juvenile justice division is a good start, but young people need community support By Daniel Mendoza In the midst of a global…
Distance learning stinks
Essay: School isn’t as educational not being in the classroom with teachers By Akshaj Mehta I like school. I’ve always been a good student and…
A costly failure to communicate
Editor’s note: Did dissension damage Sacramento public health’s response to COVID-19? The middle of a deadly pandemic is not a good time for infighting among…
COVID and crime
Editor’s note: Violence is up during the pandemic and police reform protests America’s cities have been hammered by twin crises—first the COVID-19 pandemic and then…
Wanted: Vote centers
Editor’s note: Sacramento elections officials need more safe polling places for November—and poll workers, too There’s a lot of coverage and consternation—rightly so—about President Trump’s…
Environmental groups say Newsom’s water plan will worsen toxic threat in the Delta
Documents continue to reveal big and uncertain spending around Delta tunnel, Sites Reservoir By Scott Thomas Anderson At the end of July, Gov. Gavin Newsom…
The silver bullet against COVID-19?
Editor’s note: Pharma firms are racing to find a vaccine, but what if people won’t take it? Almost every week, there are encouraging early test…
Different directions on COVID relief
Editor’s note: While the city is using its federal CARES Act money to help those in need, the county is paying its employees so it…
From Tupperware, with love
And so I bake. I bake as an excuse to leave the house, if only briefly. If my friends are home, we’ll talk through screen doors, catch up a bit. If they’re working, or if their health doesn’t allow it, I’ll send a text in advance so the food doesn’t languish in Sacramento’s summer heat. However the food gets delivered, I’ve made a real, human connection with someone I love in a time when I—we—need it so much.
The speech Joe Biden should give
‘I promise to serve only one term and to prepare my running mate, Kamala Harris, to become president. She will be the most powerful vice…
Going to seed
The nation’s largest organic garden supply company tries to keep with pandemic-fueled demand Patricia Boudier realized early on that 2020 would be a year like…