In Memory

It is with immense sadness that we inform SN&R readers that our respected and beloved colleague Ralph Brave passed away last Saturday of advanced stage lung cancer at the UC Davis Medical Center. Ralph is survived by his longtime girlfriend, Kathi Sylva, and his sister, Carol Brave.

To say that Ralph wrote crucial stories, shook the halls of power and touched the lives of many over the course of his long years as a journalist and at SN&R is an understatement. We will remember him for his brilliance and intensity, his commitment to working for a better world and his depth of heart. Below, find a reminder of a few of his most memorable SN&R covers.

To see all of Ralph’s work over the years, go to his author archive page.

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The Center for Genetics and Society also created a memorial page for Ralph.

Smoked out!

The hidden history of UC Davis’ 35-year collaboration with Big Tobacco

June 21, 2007

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

It’s a CalPERS world

Can the investment behemoth pursue social goals, as well as mind the bottom line for its retirees?

May 17, 2007

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Will Doolittle do time?

Does the downfall of a local congressman mean something more than the latest corruption of a politician?

May 3, 2007

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

The survival and revival of Sacramento’s independent bookstores

April 5, 2007

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

SN&R goes to Washington

Days of decision on the war in Iraq for our region’s four Congress members

March 22, 2007

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Life itself

Scientists search for mastery over the molecular action inside cells at the UC Davis Genome Center

December 7, 2006

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Hot futures

Is anyone considering the possibility that environmental effects from global warming could make Sacramento unlivable?

August 24, 2006

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Al Gore’s inconvenient truth

The former vice president talks to SN&R about his new documentary and the threat posed by global warming. “We didn’t ask for it,” he says, “but here it is.”

June 1, 2006

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Solar Sacramento

As California readies to unleash a giant incentive program to achieve a million solar roofs over the next decade, more people and businesses than ever are lining up to become part of the solar economy


April 20, 2006

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Global warming and the fear of a frozen planet

Local writer Kim Stanley Robinson’s new novel about what happens after an abrupt climate change is an ambitious cultural weapon in the global-warming wars

Dec. 22, 2005

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
The unbearable flatness of being

If you live in a horizontal world, does it enter your soul?

August 31, 2005