Issue: April 28, 2005
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Star in a jar
A Grass Valley miracle? A working nuclear-fusion reactor that uses bubbles to produce power at a fraction of today’s energy costs and creates almost no pollution.
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No joy in nutville
Tensions rise as Blue Diamond almond workers attempt to unionize Sacramento’s largest food-industry employer.
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Same-sex shoo-in
A gender-neutral marriage bill passes its first hurdle in the Assembly.
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Letters for April 28, 2005
Love, hate, or indifference—readers express their opinions—sometimes about each other.
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Money walks and pillow talk
Michael Newdow and Arnold Schwarzenegger are both up to their old tricks.
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Disability in the Senate
Just as rates are finally going down, workers'-comp lawyers and Democratic leadership seek to injure a leader of reform.
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Cut hours instead of holidays
We’d gain far more than we’d lose with a shorter work week for state employees.
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New voices
These 10 poems represent the best of almost 300 entries in SN&R’s youth poetry contest.
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Like a big pizza pie?
A reader pointed us to Andy B’s Pizza, where the crust is thick and the toppings are plentiful.
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Something to talk about
Hush up and listen when Gift of Gab comes to Harlow’s on May 5.
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Roberts is the new Farrell?
Guitar duel! Guitar duel! Guitar duel!
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Black Label Society
Black Label Society’s new release isn’t the band’s strongest, but it still could melt your face.
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Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Don’t worry. Rachmaninov’s All-Night Vigil really is only about an hour long.
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Irvin Mayfield
Irvin Mayfield’s jazz opera, Strange Fruit, explores America’s history of racism through an interacial love story.
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Not for the halter top crowd
NoMeansNo and Victims Family: two great punk sounds that sound great together.
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