Issue: July 13, 2017
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Neighborhood watch: Community activists fight to rescue the neglected and complicated Fruitridge Finger
Economic disinvestment and lack of political ownership have lead to high homicide, infant mortality rates.
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Tunnel vision: Why do the Delta conveyors need to be so big?
Environmentalists and fishery advocates worry Gov. Brown’s pet project will make it possible to drain the Sacramento River.
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Bar fight: Ex-Marine says he was duped into leasing debt-ridden Sacramento bar once known as Alley Katz
Property owner owes creditors more than $1 million.
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Point of shame: Sacramento’s unsheltered homeless population explodes by 110 percent
Mayor Darrell Steinberg: ‘This is a damning report.’
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Urijah’s milestone: Sacramento fighter inducted into UFC Hall of Fame
Sport recognizes local star’s role in popularizing mixed martial arts.
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Sprawl monitor: Sacramento’s leading environmental protection nonprofit sees growing interest in demanding smarter growth
ECOS prepping ballot initiative against suburban sprawl.
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I’m your editor
Proud and humble. It’s possible to feel both at the same time. Four days into my new job as editor of SN&R, that’s how I feel.
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Letters for July 13, 2017
Our readers opine about a police shooting, radical reading, and a post-Trump-impeachment president.
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Between love and lust
A reader lets loose an accidental “I love you” during sex. Was it really a mistake?
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Thanks again, Bob Speer
Interim Editor Bob Speer retires from SN&R; new Editor Eric Johnson has arrived.
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Maya Wallace, art commissioner for Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission
The volunteer commissioner talks about how public art reinforces inclusivity, civic good and general beauty in Sacramento.
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Cruising with booze
The new nighttime river tour targeting young folks who drink is one more way to interact with the region’s tough-to-reach Sacramento River.
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Air-conditioned melodrama
In its 13th year, the expanded Sacramento Japanese Film Festival serves up classics and new releases.
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Review: An Act of God
SN&R reviews a new production from B Street Theatre.
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Review: Under Milk Wood
SN&R reviews a new production from the Forgotten Theatre Company.
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Invasion of the body slammers
Hoodslam, Oakland’s popular underground wrestling act, invades Sacramento next week for its monthly Monday night throwdown.
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California WorldFest
For three days, the Nevada County Fairgrounds are transformed into a world village with seven stages of live music, sustainability workshops, and a global indigenous people’s pop up town bustling with world food, arts and crafts.
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The ‘Aint I A Woman’ March
A march and rally celebrating black women from all walks of life.
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California State Fair
The California State Fair returns for its 50th year.
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The Anecdotalists
The second episode of a new improv comedy-storytelling podcast from Serious Talk. Seriously host-slash-producer Johnny Flores, recorded live and performed on the B Street Theatre stage.
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Sister, sister
Davis Shakespeare Festival’s Wonderful Town is delectably memorable.
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The Comedy of Errors
SN&R reviews a new production from Sacramento Shakespeare Festival.
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The Three Musketeers
SN&R reviews a new production from Davis Shakespeare Festival.
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Hit or miss
Thai Issan spreads itself thin with a menu of more than 100 dishes.
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Quiet move
A chef with a cult following in the Bay Area opens Kabab Hut in Rocklin; the Taiwanese bakery 85 Degrees C Bakery Cafe opens its first Sacramento outpost.
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Bookish and boozy
This summer at Hot Italian, nab a cocktail and the means to make your own.
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Twist on a red bean bao
Pegasus Bakery & Cafe’s nontraditional version of a red bean paste bun adds a new dimension of flavor.
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The ABCs of bees
Learn to cultivate your own honey in this urban beekeeping class.
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Edible sculptures
From bitty to heirloom, tomatoes have a range of types and uses.
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Mango, basil, sorbet, Humpty
This simple and quick recipe for mango-basil sorbet is a light and refreshing summer treat.
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The masked musician
Anonymous artist El Gato shrouds his alter ego in the guise of a villainous cat.
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Watching paint dry
Can one Oscar-worthy performance overcome plodding direction, casting mistakes and an uneven script?
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War for the Planet of the Apes
This sequel is well-made and interestingly old-school, but there’s something sociopathic about the way it portrays the eradication of humanity as heroic.
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The Big Sick
Somewhere between earnestly honest and excessively contrived, this heartwarming film fluctuates for so long as to be occasionally infuriating.
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The future is green
Sacramento is positioning itself well in the current cannabis landscape.
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FLOWER REVIEW: Greenleaf Delivery/Baller Billy Seeds XXX OG strain
Legendary strain of XXX OG from Baller Billy.
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