I guess the question is: Will explicitly telling your audience that a major NBA official has made an announcement on a large news story damage your future credibility? If you're Jim Crandell, probably not. One tweet probably isn't going to destroy 30 years of credibility. But when the station you work for walks like a FOX and talks like a FOX, a little bit of your credibility has already eroded in the minds of some.

D'oh. Thanks for the correction. As you could probably tell, I don't know much about sports.

Tacos are great, but I dunno that they're the "perfect food." Surely the bagel deserves some recognition?

One thing I've noticed about the Sacramento Press: They may lack a few things that other news websites have, like captions and credits, but that doesn't mean they're not thinking about those functions -- they wait to roll them out until they've perfected them for both their own mission and their users. The team continues to lead in hyperlocal innovation in our area. Kudos to the team, and here's to some more cool features launching soon :)

Just for the record: I'm usually the one accused of being snarky. I hardly ever accuse others of the same :)

The only thing that disappointed me about this article was the lack of voice on the side that wants this ordinance to pass. There has to be some support for the ordinance or the city council wouldn't have passed it two years ago. I get that the angle was to spotlight people who want the ordinance changed and to show the effect it would have on small business owners who operate the taco trucks -- and the article does a great job of tugging at the heartstrings of people who don't want to see small businesses go under and who feel for the little guy who might see his business drop drastically. I'm still left wondering why, though. Why would someone want mobile food vendors to be...well, mobile...every 30 minutes? Who would support that, and why?

According to a few people I spoke with by phone at the station, the main difference between NOW 100.5 and My925 is the lack of 80s and 90s music in the playlist; the difference between NOW and The End is the lack of "rap" and "R&B" in the playlist. NOW will be strictly pop/rock, though the program director admits there's a chance you'll hear the same song on all three stations from time to time.

Sort of like KEXP in Seattle?

Do the four hash marks at the end of the article indicate this was a copy/paste of a press release?

I feel the lede of this article does not accurately express my opinion as a Sacramento tea lover. Perhaps I just wasn't a part of the survey conducted by the Sacramento Press regarding the feelings of local beverage aficionados when it comes to a shop that sells drinks made from the "Camellia sinensis" plant, or perhaps I feel no sadness because I never got to express Hina's Tea for myself. I could, however, say that I've heard of Hina's Tea before, and I very much am saddened that I won't get the opportunity to indulge in the retail experience before it closes. It's been featured on our news quite a few times, mostly on our morning product, and they've always been very good to us. But a sad day for this tea lover, it is not.

Joe: You made your position quite clear on the 21Q blog.

I shall do just that, right after I drop that extra "T" in my name :)

When people give an article a "thumbs up" or a "thumbs down," I often wonder if they're critiquing the way the article is written, or the subject of the article.

Who is Sheriff Robbie Waters?

"I believe the Sacramento Press should find a balance between pure 'free speech' and what's appropriate for publication. So far it hasn't." Well, according to you it hasn't. What The Sacramento Press may find appropriate for online publication and what others may find appropriate for publication could be two different things. When you post on their site, you're playing by their rules -- and perhaps their way of playing the game is to allow for multiple perspectives. You have to understand that when you provide for an open and free forum of communication, comments like "Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out" will pop up, even IF the publication in question doesn't allow for these types of comments. In the ten or so months that I've known the folks who work behind-the-scenes (and often, in front of the camera too) at the Sacramento Press, I can tell you I've seen multiple instances where they have had to remind comment posters NOT to make personal attacks against a particular publisher, especially when the comment makes little to no contribution to any kind of dialogue between the commenter and the publisher, or the commenter and other commenters. With that said, I feel you're wrong in accusing The Sacramento Press of allowing comments that are detrimental personal attacks against a particular author while offering little to no value otherwise. As a publication -- online or print -- grows, the attraction of various kinds of people -- including "trolls," as they're commonly referred to -- will undoubtedly be visible, and occasionally comments will slip through the cracks only to be discovered months, or years later, or sometimes not at all. I think you're making a poor choice in leaving a forum that provides free and open communication simply because a handful of users disagree with your opinion. If you expected The Sacramento Press to be a political megaphone where politicians, and their volunteers, can preach why their ideas are right and everyone else's are wrong, expect that there also exists a fluid, free and public forum for others to tell you why they're right and you're wrong.

If you'd ever met the writers and editors at the Sacramento Press, you would see why your statement is blatantly wrong. They are some of the most professional, courteous and considerate people in the Sacramento media market, with great ideas and open minds to new things.

You haven't been following the local news? They've pretty much told the entire story over the past few days. And the accusation you make in your last paragraph would be uncharacteristic of the way people who know the guard have been talking about him.

LOL, that made me laugh. What would be sold at the Sacramento - Clear Channel bake sale? :)

The video from the Mayor's Safe Ground visit is available here: http://www.fox40.com/news/headlines/theissues/ktxl-news-issues-homelesscamp0812,0,1966443.story

Any person or company who owns private property has the right to ask media to leave the premises at any time for any reason. Most media choose to cover stories from the street or the sidewalk instead -- streets and sidewalks are public property. Also, please don't confuse "TV networks" with "TV stations." Local TV media is different from a network like ABC, CBS or FOX. Chances are, a major television network doesn't care about an apartment fire, but a local TV station would.