Issue: April 05, 2007
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The survival and revival of Sacramento’s independent bookstores
While some of Sacramento’s best indie bookstores are still reeling from the one-two punch of the big-box chains and Amazon.com, others are expanding. SN&R checks out what’s going on.
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UC Davis stem-cell agenda
SN&R interviews UC Davis dean on the future of local stem-cell research.
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Got online radio?
New royalties for musicians and record labels threaten online radio stations.
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CSUS brain drain
Full-time faculty now are resigning from CSUS at triple the 2003 rate.
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March 2007: Iraq War timeline
Last month’s list of the major events and casualty counts for the Iraq war.
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Loaves & Fishes for the masses
Should the homeless shelter on C Street expand?
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Newman’s Own clone
Give Something Back throws down the sprilla.
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When the oil runs out …
Portland getting pre-emptive on peak oil.
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Letters for April 5, 2007
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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Take risks, speak truth
Joey says: Take risks. Then she swoons.
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Make an appearance
Team Steinberg/Jones have a truancy bill that deserves support.
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Health care is breaking our hearts
Our health-care system is like a bad relationship—and it’s time to break up.
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Notes on the have-nots
William T. Vollmann on the plight of the poor.
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‘All I can do is what I can do’
More from local award-winning writer William T. Vollmann.
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Nature studies
New books by Kim Stanley Robinson and Gary Snyder tackle humanity’s environmental impact.
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A careful reader
Susan Sontag: Be careful readers of books and the world.
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Wrestling Babylon: Piledriving Tales of Drugs, Sex, Death, and Scandal
Like the cover blurb says, “sex and the gritty.”
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At the Crepeville round table
Nothing Ever Happens has just stepped out of a salon.
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You mean I’m not the only one?
Say, that’s quite a piece of meet.
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Shockingly good
The Sacramento Theatre Company stages Latino tragedy in Greek style with Electricidad.
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Homecoming
The Thistle Dew Playwrights Workshop turns out another quality production.
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No slam dunk
Trying C-Webb’s restaurant? Get ready to load carbs.
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What’s new?
Edible Sacramento’s Jennifer Cliff lists three great new food spots.
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A good egg
Why settle for eggs when you can have buttercream?
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Enter piano man
Metallica gets a therapeutic treatment from pianist Scott D. Davis.
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On with the Americana
Trust Yours Ears sees Ghosts at the Fox & Goose.
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Watch and wait
It’s time to stop saying how weird it is that Joseph Gordon-Levitt used to be the kid on 3rd Rock from the Sun.
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Out of Eden
Maybe what’s most disturbing about Jonestown is that Amazon.com recently suggested buying it together with Borat.
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Got jitters about the market?
Now might be the time to take the plunge.
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