Issue: January 25, 2007
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Joe Carnahan’s crossroads
Can the once-local writer and director of Smokin’ Aces go home again? Should he?
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Transmission: impossible
Getting power to the people is a major hurdle for the state’s renewable-electricity law.
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Gangs in Elk Grove?
Police Chief Robert Simmons answers SN&R’s questions.
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Shifting resources
Can Pew Center experts help California inspire the nation to solve global warming?
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Not as literate as you might think …
Sacramento beats out Stockton in terms of literacy, but that’s not saying much.
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A picture worth 1,000 words
Work on Diana Erwin’s film, get free margaritas. Olé!
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‘I’ is for investment
This architect’s sick of hearing council members say developments have no “heart.”
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Cyber politics
A cool $499 for Capitol Alert or nearly the entire price of a new iPhone? No contest.
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Letters for January 25, 2007
Love, hate, or indifference—readers express their opinions—sometimes about each other.
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The iconoclast of Q Street
At 82, Brooks Truitt still is taking it to the man.
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The party’s over
Reminding readers of the high cost of the war in Iraq.
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State of kids
The state of the state’s children is cause for alarm.
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In defense of mercenaries
There’s a time and place for mercenaries—and we know it.
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Yep, conscious
Authenticating Consciousness: Installations by Andrew Connelly at the Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento.
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Of pancakes and politics
Betye Saar’s art is sometimes subversive, often sentimental and always worth a look.
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Samba simpática
A night of Brazilian jazz to benefit Francis House.
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A boiling over of the masses
Talking ’bout a (Hungarian) Revolution.
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Pop, jump, clap, party with it
“How about a little Michael Jackson—before he went crazy?”
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Mr. Cunningham’s Africa
Portrait of, and portraits by, a budding activist.
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Wilde days of yore
Seeing The Importance of Being Earnest at the Woodland Opera House is a trip back to 1896.
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Lotsa pluck
It’s a bad sign when you really want to like a restaurant.
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Fast-meal fix
Dinner in a hurry? Conni Levis of Tapa the World has some suggestions.
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Country from the city
Los Angeles songstress Gina Villalobos visits Sacramento’s Americana scene.
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Hail to the Chieftains
A weekly selection from the ever-expanding music scene.
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Beaver lovers unite!
A newly single columnist strikes out at an otherwise brilliant Parlour Dames show.
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Throw it back
Could a truly feminist, non-patronizing romantic dramedy even exist today, or ever?
This article was published on 01.25.07