Issue: July 26, 2012
Remember when Lance Armstrong's bike was stolen in Sacramento? Yeah, well, he's not alone. In this week's feature, Raheem F. Hosseini looks at the facts on area bicycle theft and suggests that Sac may very well be the bike theft capital of America. Bikes are like cash here. Read it and decide for yourself. Oh, and make sure you lock that two-wheeler up--even if you're just leaving it for a minute.
In Frontlines this week, Nick Miller gives us the scoop on the tamale lady--she's been making the rent money by selling tamales outside a Wal-Mart. Now, what should be a minor charge of tresspass may get her deported. Also: Cosmo Garvin on another round of layoffs at the Bee and whether the proposed sales tax hike in the city is the business-killer that opponents say it is; and Lynn Graebner on health care costs.
Can a bodybuilder make a natural comeback? You bet, says Michelle Shepherd, a local bodybuilder who is doing it. Seth Sandronsky reports in this week's Arts&Culture. In music, Rachel Leibrock tells us Chromeo is gettin' nerdy with it at the Launch Festival this week, and in stage, Jim Carnes raves about Dying City.
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Steal this bike
Is the city of Sacramento really the bike-theft capital of America?
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Deporting the tamale lady
Will the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement send Juana Reyes back to Mexico for selling tamales outside of a south Sacramento Walmart?
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Future of health care
Obama’s reform spurs new groups in Sacramento looking to cut costs and improve quality.
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Unexpected layoffs hit Sacramento Bee newsroom
Nine jobs cut—including a photographer and librarian.
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Driving away business?
Critics say the proposed sales-tax increase will reduce the amount people spend in Sacramento.
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Eat a peach
Picking fuzzy peaches and other fruits at Impossible Acres in West Davis.
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Wheels of fortune
Yes, Sacramento must surely be the bike-theft capital of America.
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Don’t be that guy
Joey advises a reader to rethink the dating sales pitch.
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Gaga over God
Sacramento writer finds religion, then loses it again.
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Mitt Romney's attack ad
Mitt Romney thinks businesses make it on their own; this SN&R writer thinks it takes a village.
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The body politic
UC Davis professor Carole Joffe discusses reproductive rights, vaginas and voting.
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Art and ethics
The honchos at the Arts and Business Council of Sacramento ought to review their conflict-of-interest policies. Or maybe write some.
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Sacramento should temporarily suspend drinking parties on its rivers
Enact a moratorium until concerns over accountability, safety, binge drinking and costs to the public can be resolved.
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Who wants to be born in public?
The livestock-birthing exhibit at the California State Fair is unethical. Would you want to give birth—or be born—in public?
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True to form
Sacramento figure bodybuilder Michelle Shepherd is on the comeback trail to self-discipline, self-discovery and some really killer muscles.
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Political morality? Oh, yes.
Celebration Arts reminds us that politics can be moral in a play about former Congresswoman Barbara Jordan.
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Emotional wallop
Capital Stage’s production of Christopher Shinn’s Dying City opens a lot of wounds and layers on the grief.
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New home, new works
A weekend of free fun—and a fundraiser—mark New Helvetia Theatre’s move to The Studio Theatre.
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Don’t drown
Uh, Yup Productions gets gritty with an emotionally powerful production of Danny and the Deep Blue Sea.
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Gods and Hollywood monsters
Barnyard Theatre in rural Davis likes to spend the summer bringing on edgy dramas—like Psyche, an original new play.
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Beers, bikes and blockbusters
Reel, a new Sacramento film festival takes some elements of a drive-in theater and adds bikes, food and beer.
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Flippin’ fantastic
Flipboard is a personal magazine for the social-media generation.
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Stylist to the video-game stars
The Console to Closet blog lets gamers indulge their geekiest sartorial fantasies.
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The California State Fair’s small, cheap treats
The California State Fair is rich with inexpensive discoveries.
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The more things change …
Kim Stanley Robinson’s new sci-fi novel explores humanity three centuries into the future.
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At the California State Fair, it’s time to survive the ride, then snap a pic to prove it
One writer returns to the state fair—13 years after her last visit—in search of redemption, corn dogs and photo-booth pictures.
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Pho King 2: Crazy-delicious town
Go for the salads at this Vietnamese restaurant.
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Apocalypse wow
SN&R welcomes you to its new weekly beer column.
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Sexy, neurotic, nerdy
Chromeo channels seductive ’80s funk—and Woody Allen—at the Launch music festival.
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She steps to conquer
This cast of unknowns may be dancing well, but how can we tell with the digital enhancement?
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The Dark Knight Rises
Summer-movie sprawl in Christopher Nolan’s grand finale.
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If Sacramento changes its medical-marijuana ordinance …
City officials are considering some pretty major modifications; how will this impact the Sacto medical-cannabis milieu?
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Summer of Giving
In 2011, SN&R launched the 12 Days of Giving: Not For Profit Resource Guide encouraging it’s readers to give a different type of gift over the holiday season. The issue quickly became one of SN&R’s readers favorites. With feedback from the communities nonprofits and it’s readers, we’ve gone bi-annual with this community-based resource guide. It’s easy to remember to give during the holiday season, but we want to remind our readers that nonprofits need our support in the summer, too. So instead of having our readers work on their tans all summer, we want to encourage them to donate some of their time or resources toward helping those in need.
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