Issue: October 13, 2005
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PG&E’s playbook
What will happen next in the battle between SMUD and the giant utility? History provides a script.
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The true cost of the special election
For political consultants, odd-numbered years are supposed to be something of a political downtime. But not in 2005.
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Head of the class
How did Sacramento’s representatives in the Statehouse fare this year?
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Homeless is homeless
We’re generous with the victims of Katrina. What about the people who’ve survived more personal disasters?
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PG&E power
The “playbook” is a lens through which to look at how PG&E behaves in public-power battles.
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Letters for October 13, 2005
Love, hate, or indifference—readers express their opinions—sometimes about each other.
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The d’oh! factor
Bush and his half-baked economic ideas have fostered a have, have-not economy. D’oh!
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Alarming news
Mike Grace knows more about that annoying air-raid siren than anyone else in town, but even he can’t tell us what we should do if it goes off in the middle of the night.
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Still the one
Why California voters are still rooting for Arnold.
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Corps problem
Throwing money at the Army Corps of Engineers is not the solution we need after Katrina.
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Everyone deserves a safe haven
Use closed military bases to provide shelter in disasters.
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Is this the end? This is the end.
Everyone hopes it will be less exhausting to experience than it is to explain.
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Slaughterhouse 05
Kurt Vonnegut didn’t think he’d live long enough to see things get this bad.
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Spliffs 2: Further Adventures in Cannabis Culture
Dude, this book is … dude …
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Caw of Crows Crowd the Sky in Autumn
A poem by Patricia D’Alessandro of Sacramento.
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Album-art purists of Sacramento, unite!
A magazine with no text? Blasphemy!
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A dream realized
The Sacramento Theatre Company kicks off the season with a stunning production of A Raisin in the Sun.
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The Shape of Things
Capital Stage’s premiere is dark and edgy, a harbinger of serious theater to come.
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Please don’t make me cry
Eisley’s music jerks more tears than a Debra Winger movie.
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Chatty redux
The Delta of Venus is full of talkative people. Really.
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Metal with a hint of death
A weekly selection from the ever-expanding music scene.
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Cameron Crowe phones it in
Earth to Cameron Crowe: You’ve lost us.
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1 day, 3 meals, 40 bucks
Eat and drink your way through California’s capital city for a pittance!
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On the run, Well Done
“To go” no longer means a paper bag full of burgers and greasy French fries.
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Drink more wine all the time
Being a savvy wine drinker doesn’t require a highfalutin pedigree or six-figure salary.
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Chefs tell
The people behind the plates talk about food, the restaurant business and the local dining scene.
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