Issue: April 20, 2017
This week's cover story: Our annual 420 issue is here. This year SN&R's writers look at the past, present and future of legalized cannabis and the people who fight for it.
Also in the issue: Can infilling solve California's affordable-housing crisis and decrease climate change? Michael Mott has the story; Sacramento's Gang Prevention and Intervention Task Force works to steer the city's kids out of gangs, but one missed opportunity sits in jail, Raheem F. Hosseini reports. Elsewhere, hospitals, cancer and a short course on being human, Jaime O'Neill shares his story.
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The 420 Issue
The past, present and future of legalized cannabis and the people who fight for it.
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Greenhouse fixation: Can infill development halt California’s affordable housing crisis and climate change?
Only 19 percent of new or renovated units in Sacramento County are explicitly affordable.
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A gangster’s life: As task force works to steer Sacramento kids out of gangs, one missed opportunity sits in jail
Oak Park rapper Daniel “Poppy Chulo” Bush says police labeled him a member of the Bloods at age 13.
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In gambling dispute, competing operators contend that Sacramento officials put the cards before the horse
City Council ignores card room lawsuit to support Elks Tower project.
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Dirty money: Sacramento sewer district to pay $225,000 after spills
State water officials say no harmful health effects from 80 sewage spills into creeks and waterways.
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Trump and Tax Day
Once again, the president refuses to release his returns. What is he hiding?
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Letters for April 20, 2017
Readers share their thoughts on police brutality, single-payer health care and more.
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Beyond the hookup
A reader needs help convincing a woman he hooked up with that he’s not interested in more.
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Practicing humanity
President Trump and his minions should spend a few hours in a cancer ward.
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Sacramento County should study Santa Clara County’s pretrial services solution
Savings could be as high as $50 million for Sacramento.
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Anita Ross, Founder of Women for Equality
The community organizer talks about the difficulty of enduring a Trump presidency and why empowerment for women could lead us through.
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Review: The White Snake
SN&R reviews a new production from Community Asian Theatre of the Sierra.
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Review: Daddy’s Dyin’, Who’s Got the Will?
SN&R reviews a new production from EMH Productions.
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Time to act
This week presents a multitude of opportunities to act, protest and learn.
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The drifting grifter
SN&R previews a classic musical at Sacramento City College.
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Taco the town
Chando’s Cantina falls short of its widely loved taquerias.
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Gourmet bank
The Bank will reawaken an old gem of a building with a gourmet market; and the CEO of Twelve Rounds Brewing Co. resigns after airing his controversial views.
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Honeydew this
An Italian grape grown in Lodi makes an affordable and crisp summertime wine.
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Rainy day soup
The seafood hot pot at Seafood House Quan Oc presents a bounty of fish and flavor.
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Revitalized street tacos
Oak Park Sol hosts a $25 fundraiser with local brews, wine and Mexican food.
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Mint madness
Mint has endless uses, from lemonade to cocktails and couscous.
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Doctor Who vegan cakes and more
Linda’s Sweet Vegan Delights cottage-food kitchen has plans to open a commercial bakery in Sacramento.
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Maturing into romance
Over a decade, local Spanish ska band La Noche Oskura shifted from loud to love songs.
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Eight Gigs: Cura Cuchino
Cura Cochino stands out in the burgeoning Sacramento metal scene with its lyrics en español and uncanny ability to summon feelings of despair through its music.
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Eight Gigs: Royal Suns
You will not be bored to death when Royal Suns play its hyper fast indie-pop.
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Eight Gigs: Desario
Desario continues to ride the momentum of two EP releases last year that boast tighter arrangements, but still staying true to the band’s shoegaze and indie rock sound.
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Eight Gigs: Life in 24 Frames
The local indie band celebrates the release of its third album—for real this time.
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Eight Gigs: Missio
Missio’s moody electronic music plays like an atmospheric art film with all the feels.
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Eight Gigs: Big Freedia
She holds the Guiness World Record for twerking and will exercise your demons.
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Shirtless shredding
Local garage rockers Sunday School earn buzz for their tight new EP; Tacocat serves up punchy punk rock with a side of feminist wit.
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Green hell
Writer-director James Gray’s The Lost City of Z is refreshingly old-fashioned.
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The Promise
The Great Epic of the Armenian Genocide has arrived.
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The Fate of the Furious
The transformation of the Fast and the Furious gang into special agent superstars is complete.
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Your Name.
An emotionally loaded, apocalyptically metaphysical mindfuck.
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Get political
New changes to cannabis laws should be getting your attention (and your involvement).
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Out of the dark
Can California’s legal marijuana industry help stop black market growers from decimating public lands?
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A cannabis warrior returns
After losing everything, activist Eddy Lepp emerges from imprisonment to find a cannabis-friendly California.
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Passing the torch
More local glassblowers have stepped into the weed paraphernalia industry as marijuana has gained acceptance.
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Ngaio’s fave 5 strains of the year!
Pot columnist Ngaio Bealum lays out his favorites from a very dank year.
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