Issue: October 05, 2017
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Blood on the tracks: How detectives solved the riddle of Roseville’s train-hopper murder
Two investigators refused to give up on one of their most challenging cases.
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Going viral: If Hepatitis A outbreak reaches Sacramento, politicians could have themselves to blame
Sacramento ignored warnings from former public health officer, United Nations envoy on the path to health scare.
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Seize and spend: A California Republican is battling the Trump administration over asset forfeiture
Sacramento police looking to spend more than $700,000 of seized assets.
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‘It was never safe': California woman recounts being in the middle of Las Vegas massacre
Rumors of additional gunmen followed victims through mass shooting ordeal.
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Up in smoke: Audit shows some Sacramento dispensaries aren’t paying up
City probe completed before recreational marijuana sales begin.
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The king crop: Report shows Delta farms’ vital role in county’s $507 million agricultural economy
Delta farms threatened by the ‘twin tunnels” prove to be one of Sacramento County’s strongest economic performers.
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Rebel without a clue
John Alpert imagined a life filled with freedom and adventure. Briefly, he found that life.
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Letters for October 5, 2017
Readers chime in on the controversial Mentors show, homeless shelters and SN&R’s Best of Sacramento winners.
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Endings and beginnings
Learning to say goodbye, and learning to believe in yourself.
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How Prop. 13 helped cause the housing crisis
Fifteen housing bills signed by the governor don’t go far enough; a new proposal from Evolve may help.
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Käthe Kollwitz, founding member of the Guerrilla Girls
Kollwitz will appear at Sacramento State to discuss activism and the art of “creative complaining.”
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Directing the Black American Dream
Filmmaker and local Deon Taylor works his way up the Hollywood ranks.
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Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Davis Shakespeare Festival offers a most appealing, cleverly “localized” version of this popular comedy.
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Let’s hear it for the dogs
Take a run, have a beer and celebrate canines to raise money for the Placer SPCA this weekend.
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Sacramento Comedy Festival
The Sacramento Comedy Festival will feature three days of sketch, stand-up and improv performances at Sacramento Comedy Spot.
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Benefit for Cafe Colonial/Colony
Give what you can to get into a show that will help keep these all-ages venues running.
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Red Dress – Dress Red Party
Support an organization that’s committed to keeping kids active.
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Stage Pick: Macbeth
Big Idea Theatre’s Scott Devine, who adapted and directed the play, takes an Akira Kurosawa-cum-1950s “Hammer Horror Films” approach.
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Scaly fair
The 20th Sacramento Reptile Show grows to 17,000 attendees.
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Bringing the party
A gastropub brings new life to a formerly sad strip mall.
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Afghan flavors via the Bay Area
A new Afghan restaurant opens up in North Highlands with an experienced cook, and the same owners behind Starbread open BAD Bakers in Roseville.
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Liquid meal
Cap City Squeeze serves up drinkable meals of produce.
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Unofficial menu
At Thai Canteen, venture off the menu for a dish worth revisiting.
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Open-air roast
With live music and dancing, this Greek fest offers more than just lamb and loukoumades.
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Can’t beet that
This vegetable is not only healthful, but also sweet.
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The Sacramento Vegan Chef Challenge is an elastic-waist pants challenge
One month, 31 restaurants with vegan menus: October 2017 is the seventh annual Sacramento Vegan Chef Challenge, and it’s bound to be delicious.
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One-man band
Andrew Castro builds his audience in Sacramento and itches to leave.
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From yesterday’s headlines
There’s no getting around the rollicking energy Tom Cruise and director Doug Liman bring to this film, which is a lot of fun while it lasts.
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Flatliners
This loose remake of Joel Schumacher’s 1990 science fiction thriller is updated with state-of-the-art CGI, and the result is satisfyingly creepy.
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Victoria and Abdul
It’s sort of like Driving Miss Daisy, only way more racist.
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