Issue: April 17, 2003
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Hydrogen now
There’s been a lot of hype about fuel-cell cars, but there haven’t been many vehicles. S. David Freeman is pushing an overlooked technology that would help us kick our oil habit today.
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The rises and falls of Diego Corrales
Sacramento’s former championship boxer is out of prison and fighting his way back to the top.
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Movements at a crossroads
The father of the Pentagon Papers and a mother on a 3,000-mile pilgrimage cross paths in Sacramento.
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Earth day, in the beginning
Because of humans’ influence on the environment, Iraq is no longer a paradise.
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Letters for April 17, 2003
Love, hate, or indifference—readers express their opinions—sometimes about each other.
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The geography of green
Looking for a farmer’s market? Try using a green map.
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Endangered species
Local leaders go shopping. Kangaroos get nervous.
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Fiddling while California burns money
The leaders in the Legislature are finding frivolous things to do, while the budget deficit inflates.
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Now, let’s review
They say those who forget the past are destined to repeat it. Here’s a memory refresher.
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No blood for sprawl
Poor planning leads to oil dependence, which leads to war.
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It’s the American way
Flag-waving country music and anti-Middle Eastern xenophobia are a dangerous mix.
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Goodbye Kitty
Is Sharon Davis’ feline creation any different than those other cats?
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Misunderstood Wood
An event of note from the weekly calendar.
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The Brick Testament
Illustrated Bible stories using Legos? Brilliant idea.
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Jodie’s Body returns
Aviva Jane Carlin brings her one-woman play Jodie’s Body back to STC.
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Couples only
Even in his 70s, Edward Albee rose to the occasion of constructing a smart, sexy play—as the Vista Players’ The Play About the Baby will attest.
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Cow on the roof
The brothers Haynes, of 33rd Street Bistro fame, have retooled the erstwhile Riverside Boulevard dive Hereford House into a destination for fine dining.
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Food Stuff
If you want a real Caesar salad, you’ll probably have to make it yourself.
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These vagabond shoes
Cake plays the We the Planet Earth Day festival this Sunday; its next album will be out later this year, or next year.
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Which one’s Bob?
Young happy-jammy-groovy band Bob’s Child sounds like it glommed onto Dad’s cache of Van Morrison records.
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The Jayhawks
The Jayhawks’ Rainy Day Music is a serious contender for the best classic-rock record of 2003.
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Cue the theme from Rocky
A weekly selection from the ever-expanding music scene.
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Malos aires
Robert Duvall wrote, directed and starred in the celluloid mess Assassination Tango. The things we do for love.
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