Issue: July 07, 2011
Dear SN&R reader!
It could transform Sacramento and the Central Valley. But will the recession, and politics, put the brakes on California's bullet train? Plus, how much will it cost, should we even build it and will it ever come to Sacramento? All aboard as our writer answers 20 questions on the hope for high-speed rail in 2020.
This week in news: Will a recent Supreme Court ruling, which cited gross overcrowding in the state's prisons, force California to clean up its
act? Leilani Clark reports. Also this week, Bites returns to Twin Rivers, those BIG-thinking Kings arena supporters are seeing green, Amy Yannello
looks at the future of Regional Transit, mosquitoes still bite and SN&R's editorial board feels for college graduates.
And in Arts&Culture: We tend to have a mental, stereotypical image of farmers: Men and women gruff and stalwart their skin tanned dark from laboring under the harsh summer sun and creviced with deep lines like a weathered cartography map. Brenda Nakamoto doesn't fit that image; Garrett McCord reports on the peach farmer whose memoir was just published by Sacramento's Roan Press.
Also: Greg Lucas does Mongolian barbecue three ways, Maxwell McKee praises The Kings of Shadows, and Rachel Leibrock chats with local musicians without health insurance.
SN&R Staff
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Track to the future: 20 Questions on California high-speed rail
It could transform Sacramento and the Central Valley. But will the recession, and politics, put the brakes on California’s bullet train?
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Waiting for the train
A timeline of high-speed-rail development in California and across the globe.
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Slamming the slammer
Will a recent Supreme Court ruling force California to clean up its prisons?
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Yield of dreams
Some question the numbers in Mayor Kevin Johnson’s new Kings arena economic-impact report.
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Tricked-out transit
After years of cuts, will voters support funding to modernize Sacramento Regional Transit?
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Still inconvenient
Al Gore’s recent Rolling Stone epic just the latest reminder of climate change’s urgency.
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Mosquitoes redux
Public officials hope to avoid another West Nile epidemic in Sacramento.
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Letters for July 7, 2011
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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Love transforms us
Advice what to do when your brother’s new girlfriend turns him into a vegetarian.
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Cool shade trees for Sacramento’s hot summers
The Sacramento Tree Foundation wants to plant 5 million trees by the year 2025; SN&R will plant 21 this year.
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Dancing in the dark
DJ and mortician Natalie Liquori discusses her fascination with the darker side of life.
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Broken TRUSD
Twin Rivers Unified School District needs reform, starting with the way it elects its leadership.
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It’s hard out there for a grad
Indebted and educated, or uneducated and stuck: These are not good choices for California students.
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Editorial Cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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Chill the f**k out
Or would you read Go the F**k to Sleep to your kids?
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The ripe stuff
Davis resident Brenda Nakamoto’s new book chronicles her life as a peach farmer’s daughter.
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A Flea in Her Ear
SN&R reviews a new production by Main Street Theatre Works in Jackson.
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Samurai cinema
The Sacramento Japanese United Methodist Church is throwing the sixth annual Sacramento Japanese Film Festival this weekend.
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It’s a dark, dark play
Resurrection Theatre nails In a Dark Dark House.
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A modern past
Jamil Hellu and Naomi Vanderkindren exhibit different takes on photography at JayJay.
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Installation emersion
Axis Gallery welcomes back Jiayi Young, in collaboration with Shih-Wen Young and M. Azevedo, for an installation piece.
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Pigment breath
Gwyn Stramler shows her artwork at Sacramento Temporary Contemporary Gallery.
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Malcolm redux
The life of Malcolm X explored in all its complexity in Manning Marable’s definitive biography.
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Park it, baby
There’s nothing like the federal government for doing what individuals can’t—like preserving nature.
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Mama Obama
A fascinating book about Stanley Ann Dunham, Indonesia, international aid and the diverse childhood of our president.
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Monsters onstage
Sacramento Ballet and Sacramento Theatre Company plan terrifying Halloween shows.
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Who’s a narcissist?
Lisa Alonzo enters the art world with narcissistic paintings good enough to eat.
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Patriotism (wrapped in bacon)
This vegetarian chows barbecue on Fourth of July in Rancho Cordova.
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Big green future
What one writer learned at the 2011 High Times Medical Cannabis Cup in San Francisco.
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Go for gold
Florin Wellness Center wins first place at the High Times Medical Cannabis Cup in 2011.
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Shadow puppets
Big Idea Theatre takes on homeless youth in The King of Shadows.
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End of the line
Difficulty in distinguishing three Sacramento area Mongolian barbecue spots.
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For good poutine, Formoli’s
They’ve got gravy on that poutine that’s so good, you’ll want shooters of the stuff.
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New stone fruits
Agriculturists create new species faster than you can say “pluot.”
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Mint-chocolate dream
The best mint-chip soy ice cream to date is definitively Purely Decadent.
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Broken strings
When it comes to health insurance, musicians often hit a low note.
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Fri, July 8, Mean Doe Green
Mean Doe Green returns home to hip-hop it up at Harlow’s.
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Fri, July 8, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony bring soulful old-school hip-hop to Ace of Spades.
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Sat, July 9, Joints & Jams
Sleeprockers rip up Joints & Jams at the Blue Lamp this Saturday.
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Sun, July 10, Off With Their Heads
Off With Their Heads brings a modern American punk sound to the Fire Escape.
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Mon July 11, American Idol
American Idol winner—and rejects—bring tour to Sac.
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Tues, July 12, Eric Johnson
Eric Johnson rips it up at Harlow’s.
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Wed, July 13, Reverend Horton Heat
Reverend Horton Heat will perform with Swingin’ Utters and Another Damn Disappointment at Sacramento’s Ace of Spades.
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Beats and bad vibes
A sneak look at the forthcoming A Tribe Called Quest documentary, Beats, Rhymes & Life, by Michael Rapaport.
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Lord have Mercy
A lousy movie that is so much worse than it has any right to be.
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Battle: Los Angeles
Like punching yourself in the face while watching The Sands of Iwo Jima.
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Desert of Forbidden Art
Filmmakers Amanda Pope and Tchavdar Georgiev bring this story to vivid life.
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Monte Carlo
Recycled plot, but it’s still got some rom-com pleasures.
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