Issue: December 30, 2004
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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.
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Remembering the dead … and the living
Tired of cursing the darkness, a local college class decides to honor the dead and help the living.
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Run for your life
After a bout of implant envy, our writer re-enters the race against Parkinson’s disease.
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American Abu Ghraib
California aims to change its juvenile justice system, but will the guards union stand in the way?
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Letters for December 30, 2004
Love, hate, or indifference—readers express their opinions—sometimes about each other.
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The importance of being Arrrrrrnold
In which our governor finally grants an audience to the tax examiner.
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Darkness calls
Meet the Odells, a nice young couple from the Central Valley who sell nightmarish art at the haunted Chamber Gallery.
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Second comings
Jerry Brown is off and running, and domestic partners get a mixed blessing.
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The giving trees
Nobel Peace Prize winner: Save the planet, save the people.
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A promise we need to keep
Continuing to shortchange education endangers us all.
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Once you pop
It’s time for the annual Popcorn Awards, in which our film guys invent their own awards and bestow dubious honors on the movies of 2004.
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Young and uninformed
Why are young people tuning out the news?
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Ring in the new year
An event of note from the weekly calendar.
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Christmas Eve will find you
When the True Love Coffeehouse finds a way to continue its Christmas Eve tradition even after its closing, it truly is a wonderful life.
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Living history
A Single Woman, the play SN&R named “Best theatrical surprise” in the 2004 Best of Sacramento issue, returns to the California Stage.
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The breakfast connoisseurs
Market Club offers delicious breakfasts at ridiculously cheap prices. Just don’t go on a Saturday.
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Bach in town
The American Bach Soloists bring Bach’s rarely performed cantatas to Davis for an unprecedented concert series.
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Robert Downey Jr.
Robert Downey Jr. is making news—not for a public display of intoxication but for an album of original songs.
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The Haints
The Groovie Ghoulies get a little bit country as the Haints.
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Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis’ soundtrack for the new Ken Burns documentary is as striking as the film is bound to be.
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Britney Spears
Britney Spears may be a pop puppet, but her music can make a body dance.
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Kinda Spacey
Beyond the Sea reveals the show and the business.
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