Category: Feature Story
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The great Natomas land rush
Voters will be asked to gamble 10,000 acres of ag land and wildlife habitat in order to keep the Kings in Sacramento. But the biggest winners may be the land speculators and developers behind the ballot measures.
This article was published on 02.24.05
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From homeless to hopeful
Three stories of the difficult stages that many of the dispossessed go through in Sacramento when a home is not available.
This article was published on 02.17.05
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Get straight or get thee to hell
Members of the Ex-gay movement attempt to turn homosexuals into heterosexuals. There was a laying on of hands, demands of celibacy, crying and a whole lot of praying.
This article was published on 02.10.05
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Schooled in spirituality
The Waldorf charter schools tend toward the metaphysical in approach, but is that religious teaching? A federal-court judge will decide.
This article was published on 02.03.05
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Migrants no more
Undocumented immigrants from Mexico used to cross the border to do the seasonal agricultural work Americans wouldn’t. Now they are locked in and have no plans to go home.
This article was published on 01.27.05
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Bringing down a dam
Hetch Hetchy was once magnificent, unspoiled wild land. It could have the same splendor as its neighbor, Yosemite Valley, with the help of a grad student and a dam demolition.
This article was published on 01.20.05
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Here come the Wobblies!
In a labor battle with roots dating back 100 years, independent truckers and Starbucks employees are now joining the wild and contentious Wobblies.
This article was published on 01.13.05
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One pill makes you better
American drug and alcohol addicts are going abroad in search of ibogaine, a purported miracle treatment that is banned in the United States. Will the drug industry ever embrace a substance that causes a hallucinatory high?
This article was published on 01.06.05
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CYA goes to reform school
The results have been appalling: high recidivism rates, astronomical costs, and lawsuits over the mistreatment of teenagers. But a gentler approach, perfected in a Midwestern state, soon may take over in California.
This article was published on 12.30.04
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A catacomb Christmas
In this holiday fiction, a young girl imagines an underground world beneath Sacramento that’s almost as scary as the one above.
This article was published on 12.23.04
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