Issue: April 12, 2007
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A mother’s prayer
It’s not easy raising kids in Valley Hi, one of Sacramento’s most violent neighborhoods. Just ask Rhonda Erwin.
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Educating Josh
One family fights its local school district to continue with current autism treatment.
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Living in sin
Modern Catholics are eschuing the confession booth and e-mailing their sins to their confessors.
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Lite peanuts and Cracker Jack
The River Cats go trans-fat free.
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Radically spiritual
Westminster Presbyterean gets pysched for the future.
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A history of violence
Rhonda Erwin’s activism has roots in her own son’s history with violence.
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Letters for April 12, 2007
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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Getting rid of the green monster
Jealousy: It gets you nowhere.
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The food-stamp diet
For a glimpse of food-stamp living, N&R takes a month to see what it’s like to live off $5 a day—and that’s the high end of the scale. It’s both easier and harder than you’d think.
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Gang green
Bites takes on the Schwarzenhummer and greenwashing.
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Pet cemetery
Why did the FDA wait so long to recall tainted pet food?
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Light the way
Why Assemblyman Lloyd Levine’s light bulb bill should get out of committee.
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Look beyond Walter Reed
The conditions at Walter Reed are the result of caring for veterans on the cheap.
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Arden and Beau
In this doggie memoir, Mark Doty reminds of our capacity to love.
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Working out the kink
I learned, among other things, that the hardware store is a treasure trove of thrifty bondage supplies.
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Dueling histories
California’s past moves from hero worship to holocaust in just a few steps.
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You want more?
The Woodland Opera House features more than 60 local actors in Oliver!
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New in town?
What’s most interesting to the new foodie in town?
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High and dry
Don’t tell your grandmother about this good store-bought tortellini.
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Rebel with a cello
No room for stale recital traditions in Maya Beiser’s World to Come.
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Elana James
It actually sounds like it’s her first broken heart.
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Swinging for the duck pond
Trust Your Ears rides the musical Buick right down the middle of the road.
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Schlock and awe
Quentin Tarantino is ruining American movies. Can we admit it yet?
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Musicals, man
Next to Warner Home Video’s Essential Classic American Musicals, today’s sub-tuneful movie musicals have two left feet.
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Agent Advice
Five things you should know about working with a real estate agent.
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Not sure you’re ready for homeownership?
Ease into the market with a town home or condo.
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