Issue: August 31, 2017
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Why save the Delta? Unknown river towns fear untold devastation from Jerry Brown’s twin tunnels project
Meet the farmers and river people who don’t want to say goodbye to their way of life.
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Dear johns: Sacramento DA touts operation targeting sex trafficking financiers, but only charges one black woman
Of the 137 prostitution arrests law enforcement made so far, 71 were of women of color.
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Do not compute: As cyber attacks grow, Sac State readies next generation of data defenders
California state employees teased with fake malware as nations hit with real ransomware.
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Sheriff Scott Jones won’t run for reelection, says he’s support internal candidate to replace him
Sacramento County lawman doesn’t mention all those concealed firearm permits in citing accomplishments.
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Poor people crackdown: Sacramento County spends big to raid homeless camps seven days a week
$5 million plan will empower park rangers, law enforcement to increase parkway raids.
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Home on the water
Twin tunnels would threaten Delta communities and a way of living.
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Letters for August 31, 2017
Our readers care a lot about: police politeness, local hip-hop history, Trumpian America, and free speech.
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Become a sleep evangelist
You and your partner will benefit if both of you practice sensible sleep hygiene.
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Renters’ disability tax
Even with money in the bank, a discriminatory rental income policy is forcing this writer into homelessness.
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Inanimate objectives
In ramping up American River Parkway sweeps, Sacramento politicians show they care more about things than poor people.
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Talkin’ trash
California Resource Recovery Association and the California Product Stewardship Council meet to discuss recycling solutions for California.
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Vince Sterne, founder of Two Rivers Cider Company
California’s second-oldest cidery celebrates its 21st birthday.
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Still sadly relevant
The Guerrilla Girls have exposed the art world’s inequities since the ‘80s.
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Preview: Capital Stage rolls out 2017-2018 season
The Sacramento’s latest offerings promise to entertain—and provoke.
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Valley of Shadows: Works by Molly Devlin
Explore the darkly curious and colorful world of Molly Devlin in her solo exhibit, Valley of Shadows, at 1810 Gallery.
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SacAnime Summer 2017
Anime and fantasy fans will come out to play and meet some of the stars and creators behind their favorite stories.
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Sacramento Rainbow Festival
Celebrate with pride while supporting your LGBTQ friends and neighbors.
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Yolo Brewfest
Beer lovers will raise their glasses during the Fifth Annual Yolo Brewfest on Sept. 2.
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Gold Rush Days
Sacramento’s shady past is about to get its day in the sun.
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Frightfully timely
Main Street Theatre Works stages an outdoor production of The Crucible.
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Water by the Spoonful
SN&R reviews a new production from Big Idea Theatre.
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Nacho—yes, your average festival
Sacramento’s newest food festival served predictable nachos, yet delivered on feel-good vibes.
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Beat the heat with icy soup
Hankook Tofu House fine-tunes its offerings.
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Thai to table
A locally sourced Thai restaurant lands in Land Park; Poke Fix offers a dish unavailable at other poke restaurants.
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The dark side
OBO’ Italian Table & Bar’s Black Mirror won’t give you nightmares like a certain TV show.
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Corny but a goodie
zPizza lets you make your own pizza and pour your own pints, and it has decent ready-made slices, too.
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Inside the lines
This chalk festival serves up food that tastes much better than chalk.
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Rooting for August
Potatoes are an unlikely summertime friend.
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Better than crackers
Somersaults are sunflower seed snacks that make crackers taste obsolete.
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Legacy act
Mr. Hooper gets serious about his rap career after 25 years.
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Rappin’ Rockette
About halfway through, this colorful and irresistible entertainment abandons any pretense of authenticity.
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All Saints
Steve Armour’s script seems to presume that we’ve read the nonfiction book on which it is based, and that we can fill in all the holes.
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Brigsby Bear
The basic premise is more than a little far-fetched and inadequately explained—but if you can get behind it, the movie’s rewards are many.
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Ingrid Goes West
The acting is good, but this wannabe black-comedy riff on the dangers of social media misfires.
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The Only Living Boy in New York
A college grad (Callum Turner) slouches around lower Manhattan, scorning his privileged Park Avenue upbringing and wondering what to do with his life; when he learns that his father (Pierce Brosnan) has a mistress.
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Are the feds gonna shut down legalization?
If US Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions had his way, every pot grower, club owner, vape maker and cannabis user would be in federal prison.
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No Kids Allowed
We have come a long way since the 1970s, when Californians secretly stashed their marijuana away in sandwich bags. Now we have pop-ups and heat-sealed packaging all designed with one thing in mind: To keep cannabis out of the hands of children.
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