Issue: April 19, 2001
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The Pool on the Hill
Vernal pools are a threatened, but integral, part of our ecosystem.
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Bad air, less space, worse traffic
An SN&R Earth Day 2001 roundtable on sprawl.
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You can’t get there from here
Mass transit in Sacramento—not really for the masses.
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An open letter to President G.W. (Global Warming) Bush
An open letter to President Bush regarding global warming and the threat to future generations.
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Deaf, blind and dumb
Deaf and blind could lose telephone service.
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Activate Earth Day
Everyone should join a national energy fast on Earth Day.
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Letters for April 19, 2001
Love, hate, or indifference—readers express their opinions—sometimes about each other.
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The director’s cut
15 minutes of fame for an aspiring Midtown filmmaker.
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The end of oil
There’s good news on the environmental front in the form of hybrid and fuel-cell cars.
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Ethnic stereotyping in the media
Mexican-Americans are regularly marginalized in media by Anglo-Americans, but the reverse hardly ever occurs.
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Erato among the tomatoes
Sacramento poet laureate Viola Weinberg uses her gift for words to celebrate the River City.
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Outlaws in Oz
Peter Carey’s take on Australia’s greatest cultural icon, Ned Kelly.
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Live nude girls at the Crest?
An event of note from the weekly calendar.
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American Troubadours
Groundbreaking Singer Songwriters of the 60s.
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These vagabond shoes are singing them blues
The River City can be a hard place for those who like jazz.
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Down on the farm
Flyin’ West presents an interesting, if melodramatic, look at a lesser-known corner of African-American history.
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Funky paisan
For the undeveloped palate, Frasinetti’s offers a really good time.
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From the Cure to compas
Davis songwriter Jeff Pitcher adapts flamenco emotion to post-glam form.
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Tony Passarell 4tet
A weekly mix of mini music reviews to whet your audio appetite.
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Lloyd Cole
A weekly mix of mini music reviews to whet your audio appetite.
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Slather on the jam
A weekly selection from the ever-expanding music scene.
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The opposite of Bond
The Tailor of Panama is a kind of Casablanca without heroes.
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