Issue: May 01, 2003
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Embedded with the Kings
The promotion surrounding the franchise is a team sport. Everyone involved has an investment; too bad the readers and viewers aren’t benefiting.
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Hounding Gray
Recall Gray Davis volunteer Donald LaCombe figures there’s nowhere to go but up.
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Up against the wall
The separation of editorial and advertising is an ongoing ethical challenge for the media.
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Letters for May 1, 2003
Love, hate, or indifference—readers express their opinions—sometimes about each other.
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The devil went down to Modesto
The sordid Peterson affair made a great regional crime story. But why is this front-page national news?
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Gas power, skip chain
Thomas DeWinter’s art requires 14 chainsaws and a shower of sawdust.
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Weasels and frogs
Team Bush comes to town, and critters get nervous.
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It’s about lawyers’ compensation
When much-needed reform to workers’ compensation flounders or fails, look to our distinguished members of the bar for the blame.
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Ground the no-fly blacklist
Measures taken in the name of improved security may be in opposition to the Privacy Act and the First Amendment.
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Urban communities, political realities
“Politics as usual” impede the improvement of our urban centers.
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Train kept a-rollin’
Local band Freight Train Riders of America stages another rendition of Holler Inside, an attempt to recreate the old Grand Ole Opry vibe.
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Where did our hate go?
Paul Hendrickson has written a complex and eloquent portrait of a people still on the road to racial reconciliation.
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Five of what, exactly?
An event of note from the weekly calendar.
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It’s the End of the World as We Know It … Again
More fun about the end of the world.
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Greene acres is the place for me
Jackie Greene’s monthly songwriter’s showcase at Marilyn’s turns up a few surprises.
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Shakes on 45
Sacramento Theatre Company’s Seven Ages of Man plays like a Stars on 45 version of William Shakespeare’s greatest hits.
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Not loving it live
The Sacramento Kings are a star act, but their food is strictly Cleveland Cavaliers material.
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Food Stuff
Sacramento farmers’ markets may have much to offer, but the one in San Francisco’s Ferry Plaza is a true foodie’s delight.
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Everybody’s main man
Jazz singer Mose Allison, one of the true originals in American music, comes to town for a two-night engagement.
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Some Vines, mostly Stars
Most of the late, lamented Sweet Vine has matured into Looking Star, a soulful combo with a promising future.
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Jenifer Jackson
Jenifer Jackson’s So High is one of those records you might pass right by. Don’t.
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Todd Snider
A fine live set from witty singer-songwriter Todd Snider.
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Your wake-up call
A weekly selection from the ever-expanding music scene.
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Strangers in a strange land
Nowhere in Africa is an adult love story gored and shaped by the strains of forced emigration.
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