Issue: December 11, 2014
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The cover story this week: When cops kill. How many officer-involved
shootings happen each year? No one knows. Nick Miller interviews the
reporter who finally started keeping track.
Elsewhere in the issue: Cosmo Garvin questions the city's sudden refusal
to disclose its top water users, Raheem F. Hosseini investigates
unethical practices in housing for the mentally ill, Nancy Brands Ward
chats with award-winning cookbook author Georgeanne Brennan about her
new lifestyle website, Janelle Bitker reports on the closing of Witch
Room and more.
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How often do fatal police encounters happen? SN&R talks with the reporter trying to figure this number out.
Eric Garner and Ferguson make today's headlines, but officer-involved shootings are a big problem here in California as well.
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Bad room-and-board operators prey on Sacramento County's most vulnerable
Government provides no oversight as managers, landowners fleece the poorest of the poor.
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Turn on the cameras, bear witness and change the culture
Police body cameras won't solve the problem, but they may be the first step in changing the cycle of violence perpetrated by officers against citizens, particularly those of color.
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Letters for December 11, 2014
Readers express thoughts on the best pizza in the city and converting one-way streets.
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Her cheatin’ heart
Joey advises a reader to come clean with her husband about her betrayals.
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Deep and down
John Malcolm Cuthbertson is a music veteran and a fixture on the local open-mic scene.
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Don’t worry about the tías
The Mexican talks about gossiping aunts and the Alamo's use as fuel for white supremacy.
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Sacramento refuses to disclose its top water users
Sacramento refuses to disclose its top water users.
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Sacramento's water-meter install is one of the city's costliest projects ever. But it doesn't have to be.
Sacramento's water-meter install is one of the city's costliest projects ever. But it doesn't have to be.
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Wards at Sacramento’s juvenile hall need better mental-health treatment options
Wards at Sacramento’s juvenile hall need better mental-health treatment options.
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Winters author Georgeanne Brennan is selling the dream
Move over Martha Stewart and forget Gwyneth Paltrow—Georgeanne Brennan's new lifestyle website puts the heart in artisanal.
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Sacramento Theatre Company produces the rare musical version of It's a Wonderful Life
SN&R reviews Sacramento Theatre Company's production of It's a Wonderful Life.
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Celebration Arts' A New Song for Christmas celebrates celebratory attitudes.
SN&R reviews Celebration Arts' production of A New Song for Christmas
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Cinema and stand-up
This event in Auburn combines a film screening about—and performances by comedians from—San Francisco's comedy scene.
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Santaland Diaries
SN&R reviews Capital Stage's production of Santaland Diaries.
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Spinning Into Light
SN&R reviews B Street Theatre's production of Spinning Into Light.
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A Christmas Carol
SN&R reviews Woodland Opera House Theatre Company's production of A Christmas Carol.
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A kind of torture
Jan Blythe, Sandi Escobar and Carol Ladewig show their work at Axis Gallery.
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A numbers game
It's all about small prints in the sixth-annual year-end group show this month at Viewpoint Photographic Arts Center.
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Holiday dining and toddlers: You've been warned
Our writer's guide to toddler dining will help ensure you don't let the little one Scrooge you out of a nice holiday meal out.
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Smoke ’em if you've got ’em
Good Eats, a Land Park barbecue restaurant, serves decent Southern food but lacks in ambiance.
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Insight Home Brewing Class teaches Sac how to cup some beans
Learn four different methods of brewing coffee at Insight Coffee Roasters.
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Versatile bastards
Fried, seasoned broad beans, where have you been all my life?
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No money, more problems leads to Witch Room's closure
Citing a lack of revenue, Sacramento's Witch Room owners are set to shutter the music venue at the end of the month.
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Sound Advice: Jazz for the people, and TBD Fest says hello 2015
Brad Mehldau's jazz trio impresses, the California Honeydrops bring it on a Sunday night and and TBD Fest will help you kick 2014 to the curb.
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A desert bomb
This Egyptian mystery should be buried in the desert.
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The Homesman
Tommy Lee Jones directed and stars in this psychologically brutal Western.
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Fresno’s a no-go for those who grow
Fresno County is doing its best to do its worst to cannabis. And a nearby county is looking to do to the same.
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