Issue: July 06, 2017
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The Jimboy’s story
How a local family built a business empire one taco at a time.
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Indivisible, under Paul: The fast rise and uncertain future of a progressive political organization and its brash Rocklin founder
Group is leading the resistance against Republican Rep. Tom McClintock, but can it flip a red district?
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The uncounted dead: California doesn’t want to know who’s falling through the cracks of its assisted-death law
More than a quarter of terminal adults who formally requested end-of-life prescriptions didn’t receive them.
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Get the lead out: California lawmaker wants to require schools to test for lead
Three Sacramento-area elementary schools exceeded federal standards after submitting to voluntary review.
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Deadly important: Assaults, deaths of homeless individuals underline Sacramento councilman’s frustration
Allen Warren supports the mayor’s initiatives, but doesn’t feel the love for his own plan.
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White collar catch: Loan fraudster one of 15 Sacramento County residents to be sentenced this year
Financial crimes from 2007 still circulating through court.
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Meet the SN&R’s new editor
Eric Johnson brings decades of experience guiding alternative newsweeklies.
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Letters for July 6, 2017
Readers share their thoughts on activists and health care, among other topics.
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Old wounds
How do you heal from being abandoned by your father?
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Daniel Hahn brings community policing tactics to Sacramento
Sacramento’s next police chief has his work cut out for him.
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Melinda Ruger, executive director of Harm Reduction Services
From helping folks find ways out of addiction to gathering resources for unhoused people, Melinda Ruger is giving back to the community that once did the same for her.
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Somehow, studios crescendo
Even with their business models in peril, recording studios keep popping up.
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Golden bloomer
On Instagram, Sarah Golden got discovered as a fabric designer, then as a painter—even though she hadn’t painted yet.
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Review: The Comedy of Errors
SN&R reviews a new production from the Sacramento Shakespeare Festival.
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Review: The Three Musketeers
SN&R reviews a new production from Davis Shakespeare Festival.
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Electoral dysfunction
Through Axis Gallery’s new #resist exhibit, the co-op’s 16 artists share their unified contempt for the Donald.
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Patient No More: People with Disabilities Securing Civil Rights
California Museum’s new exhibit remembers the milestones that led to the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
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Davis Shakespeare Festival
Two of these three plays aren’t like the other, but all are part of a long-running festival.
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Food for Thought No. 1
A series of in-depth talks with people who run farms, restaurants, breweries and bars around California and who are shaking up the way we eat and drink.
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Bastille Day Waiter’s Race
Inspired by the same inaugural competition held in Paris, the footrace requires contestants to hold trays and full glasses of water. The goal: get to the finish line without any spillage.
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Small trailers, big heart
Main Street Theatre Works stages Doublewide, Texas.
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The Amen Corner
SN&R reviews a new production from Green Valley Theatre.
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Kitty, Circle and the Cirque d’Illusion
SN&R reviews a new production from Green Valley Theatre.
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A Californian clustercluck
It’s not often that you find a wing joint with a juice bar that also delivers.
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Open and shut
Devine Bakery & Gelateria loses its East Sac outpost; Kru no longer serves lunch; but on the bright side, Kingdom Coffee Roasters opens.
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It’s not Turkish, all right?
For a strong, pure cup of coffee, try it Armenian style.
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Hills of gold and cheese
Made by a Wisconsin cheesemaker in a converted mine in the Sierras, Shaft’s Cheese is golden.
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Shucking delicious
Local chefs go head-to-head to see who can shuck an oyster the fastest—while serving up oyster-based grub.
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Rosy berry
Raspberries complement many meals, so get ’em while they’re ripe.
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The good, the bland, the vegan
Garcia’s Mexican Restaurant in Carmichael has recently taken a step in the vegan direction with a separate vegan menu, but it could use some fine-tuning.
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The Ant abides
Weirdo psych-pop singer-songwriter Anton Barbeau returns briefly to Sac from Berlin.
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From meet cute to meet coma
Somewhere between earnestly honest and excessively contrived, this heartwarming film fluctuates for so long as to be occasionally infuriating.
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Baby Driver
Swerves as deftly as its hero—from rock ’n’ roll derby to profane comedy to goo-goo-eyes romance and back.
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Despicable Me 3
Fans will believe they’ve gotten their money’s worth.
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Spider-Man: Homecoming
Is Marvel trying to draw new, younger fans or convince longtime fans that they’re not really old?
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Put a bud on it
A new law would prohibit legal cannabis companies from producing swag with their logos on it.
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FLOWER REVIEW: Greenleaf Delivery/Baller Billy Seeds XXX OG strain
Sacramento’s Greenleaf Delivery is a model of consistency, convenience and customer satisfaction.
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