Issue: December 14, 2017
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Confessions of a killer cop
A patrolman near the end of a scrutinized career. An ex-corrections employee in the throes of addiction. A Sacramento street where the two fatefully met.
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Good-governance gag order: Housing authority, Region Builders at loggerheads over ‘conflict of interest’ rule
Tax drama in Washington throws shadow on Sacramento’s housing crisis.
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No longer invited: Backlash ripples through California politics after women denounce sexual harassment
Women confronting sexual abuse at the Capitol are now also fighting to keep their positions in a male-dominated field.
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The legacy: Police discuss how fatal shootings spurred new expansion of less-lethal gear
In the wake of the Joseph Mann and Dazion Flenaugh shootings, Sacramento police decided keeping the best less-lethal gear with supervisors is not enough.
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Tax turncoat? Protestors descend on congressman’s Roseville office over Republican tax plan
Tom McClintock’s words on the middle class will soon be tested.
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Meet the killer cop
We were all surprised when John Tennis reached out to us in the hopes that we would help him tell his story, and I, for one, was glad.
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Letters for December 14, 2017
In this week’s letters: An accusation of racial bias in SN&R’s coverage of Hmong New Year, how to solve the conflict over Jerusalem, and a correction to an SN&R story that misidentified a disbarred Sacramento attorney.
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Stand up, speak up
Can we have an honest conversation about sexual harassment?
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It’s war on the poor and the middle class
The Republican “tax plan” is the first step in a calculated plan to reward the rich and remove the safety net.
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Ed McGrath, teachers’ champion
The 100-year-old’s fight for teachers resulted in legislation giving them collective-bargaining rights.
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A safe stage
A new live showcase gives women performers a welcoming atmosphere.
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Holiday in Austen
Review: ‘Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley’ at Capital Stage.
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Country strong
Brandi Carlile will perform an acoustic set at Mondavi.
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Unsilent Night
If caroling isn’t quite your thing, try Unsilent Night.
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Beowulf, broadly
Preview: ‘Beowulf, the Panto!’ by Splinter Group Theatre.
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A Christmas Carol
SN&R reviews a new production from Sacramento Theatre Company.
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Captivating American fare in Carmichael
Carmichael’s answer to casual-yet-fine dining.
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Diner spinoff
Black Bear Diner supervisors strike out on their own to create a new restaurant in Natomas; Sandra Dee’s rejects much of Gordon Ramsay’s reality TV. makeover.
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Cheese prayers answered
Sweet meets savory in this gooey grilled cheese sandwich.
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Seasoned greetings
A free holiday dinner will feature potluck food as well as tamales and carnitas from local businesses.
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Mariachi and indecisive paralysis
Cantina Azteca in Carmichael wins with vegan tacos and fajitas, detoxing juices and smoothies, and live mariachi.
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Professional outlaws
A local musician gets advice from the singer of Seattle’s raucous Supersuckers.
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Darkest Hour
Gary Oldman blubbers and bellows from under wads of makeup as Winston Churchill in this lifeless biopic by Atonement director Joe Wright.
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The Disaster Artist
The film clearly holds a weird level of affection for The Room, while stacking the cast with a This is the End-style comedy ensemble.
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Wonder Wheel
Great acting and Vittorio Storaro’s sun-splashed photography can’t compensate for writer/director Woody Allen’s tiresome return to his most distasteful theme: having inconvenient people murdered and getting away with it.
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Just Getting Started
With a cast that includes Morgan Freeman, Tommy Lee Jones and Rene Russo, we might have expected more than the standard geezer-fest out to snag seniors’ spending money—but as it happens, we don’t even get that much.
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Essential manners for weedheads
Ngaio explains pot etiquette when with non-smokers.
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Medicinal cannabis works for patient with Native American heritage
Patient uses cannabis to relieve multiple ailments.
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