Issue: January 21, 2010
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Sacramento Kings’ Coachie and ‘the kids’
Working with players four times his junior, coaching legend Pete Carril faces the daunting task of teaching the new Kings how to hoop the American Dream.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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Timeout with Coachie
Memorable quotations from six weeks of chat with Pete Carril.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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Paying for the party
Taxpayers are paying the bill to elect committee members of private political parties.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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Aftershocks
What will be the long-term environmental impacts of the earthquake in Haiti?
This article was published on 01.21.10
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Burn, baby, burn
Prescribed fire can help manage California’s wilderness and increase sustainability.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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Heat on the cheap
Five tips from the Sierra Green Building Association to help get you through the winter.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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Letters for January 21, 2010
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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Indecent exposure
Sexy photos may come back to bite this teen in the butt.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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Connection with Dale
An encounter on Facebook made one writer look at social networking in a new light.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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Meat to please you
The Department of Food and Agriculture’s Dr. Dennis Thompson.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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Bottom rung of the First World
The Mexican offers your words of wisdom, with clever letters in response to his responses.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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Surprise, surprise
Sometimes, even Bites doesn’t know what’s coming.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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Disaster and beyond
Don’t let Haiti slip away from public limelight again.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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Editorial Cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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Facebook’s Haiti meme gets it right
Rachel explores social media’s global potential.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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Place your bets
In which one of the world’s foremost football prognosticators teachers children how not to gamble.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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The future of shopping is now
Sacramento DIY designers and crafters use Web sites like Etsy to change the way we shop.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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Booty call you out
Arr, my hearty. Didn’t yer know real pirates ne’er talked like tha?
This article was published on 01.21.10
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Is that a cephalopod in your knapsack?
God’s science adviser will talk about evolution in Sacramento and Davis.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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Drum ’n’ dance
Young Ugandan dancers step up to the Mondavi Center stage.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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Who’s your mama?
B Street’s B3 Series takes on something a little peculiar—a genius building a robot—and makes it about finding Mommy.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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Campaign context
A UC Davis professor and his co-author provide some context for the ’08 campaign outrage over the sermons of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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Weird and heartwarming
Just when you think Craigslist ads are weird enough on their own, along comes some guy to make up a few that are even weirder.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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Getting crowded
Getting to the heart of the American crowd in a new book.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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Dancing with the stars
Valentine’s Day can’t get much hotter than the party the Sacramento Ballet has planned.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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Hell hath no fury like a biker scorned by journalism
Ted Cox hits up the Easyrider Bike Show Tour 2010 at Cal Expo and avoids getting socked in the mug.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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The end of exceptionalism
KOLT Run Creations’ new production of Crime & Punishment puts paid to the notion of “special cases.”
This article was published on 01.21.10
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Carmichael pies
Go to Matteo’s Pizza & Bistro for the make-your-own pizza, stay for the Tree Hugger BLT.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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Parts is parts
First lesson in Butchering 101: carry a sharp knife.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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The Madisons of Yolo County
Meet Yolo County farmers Mike and Dianne Madison.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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Eat a cow, save a horse
Would you like to save lives with that order of fries? Help rescued mustangs at a fundraiser at Ernie’s of Lake Tahoe in Folsom by buying a burger.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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Relentless and flagrant
Check out Mahtie Bush’s Backpackramento.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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Fri, Jan 22, Hotwire
Check out the Jammies this Friday in Midtown.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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Fri, Jan 22, Har Mar Superstar
Har Mar Superstar gets it on at the TownHouse Lounge.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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Sat, Jan 23, R.J. Mischo
Be prepared for a “mighty good time.”
This article was published on 01.21.10
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As American as illegal downloads, Christian rock and bloody hamburgers
Technocultural Studies, UC Davis, Andrew Wayne, Chopstick, Buddha, John Brumley, Mucky the Ducky, Mom, McDonald’s, Rubber O Cement, St. John’s Lutheran Church, The Refuge, Sacramento code enforcement, Simple Jack, Flea, “Higher Ground,” iPod, Tower Records, Russ Solomon, ToneVendor.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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The long kiss Oscar night
Daniel Barnes fantasizes about Academy Award makeout sessions.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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The Boys Are Back
Scott Hicks regards all as noble and endearing, if aloof asshole Clive Owen.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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Paranormal Activity
Featuring the latest stupid-even-for-a-horror-movie couple.
This article was published on 01.21.10
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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Well-observed vignettes featuring Keanu Reeves!
This article was published on 01.21.10