Trump contracted COVID and Twitter reacted
They didn’t know when they would be called upon, but they answered the call when it came. No, not those nutball Q’Anon freaks or those…
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The dungeon master
Sacramento’s sheriff logged the most jail deaths the same year he stopped telling the media about them Sacramento’s jail system is supposed to be a…
Divorces have actually dropped during the COVID-19 crisis
If COVID-19, soaring unemployment, historic civil unrest, suffocating wildfire smoke and a chaotic start to the school year are laying siege to Sacramento families, it…
Letters: Defund, Trump, City Hall, cold case, wildfires, sheriff
Fear-mongering on fire department Re: “Decision time on ‘Defund the Police‘” by Foon Rhee (Editor’s note, Sept. 9): Who conflated the firefighters in with the…
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…
Journey to Scovidria
After months at home, Luna Steele makes a strange discovery that brings her to the kingdom of Scovidria This is the story of a Dungeons…
Adventure in place
How Dungeon & Dragon’s fantasy world has carried people through the pandemic You’re standing in front of a simple wooden door with a brass handle….
Sacramento arts roundup
Abstract, photo-realistic and ceramic art exhibitions opened this month. Plus, new grants for artists. Even with COVID-19 forcing businesses to close again, some local art…
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.
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…
Safety First
A Q&A with SacRT Safety Specialist Stephen McCabe As a safety specialist, what does your job entail? It’s everything from environmental compliance, [which is] protection…
15 Minutes: Amanda Nachman, Author, #Qualified
Sacramento transplant Amanda Nachman’s new book, #Qualified: You are More Impressive Than You Realize is scheduled for release on Aug. 18, and includes tips for landing virtual jobs and internships.
Culture shock
Axis Gallery is among the arts institutions across Sacramento finding ways to face financial difficulties from COVID-19 closures When Richard Gilles first stumbled across Axis…
Medical workers walk out over Sacramento jailers’ refusal to wear masks
UC Davis Med pulls mental health residents over COVID-19 concerns UC Davis Medical Center pulled its psychiatry residents from the Sacramento County Main Jail on…
This is your moment
2020 is showing us that progress doesn’t trickle down from the top—it’s carried upward by the many at the bottom The deepest civil unrest in…
Big fail behind bars
A new report says that states are not doing nearly enough to stop COVID-19 in prisons and jail Every state in America is failing in…
As state slashes budget, director for proposed Delta tunnel earns twice as much as the governor
Some water contractors, expected to reimburse the state for tunnel project, now object in light of the recession By Scott Thomas Anderson While the COVID-19…