Issue: December 28, 2017
Thanks for reading this week’s SN&R. Feel free to click the links below, but don’t forget to pick up a newsprint version of the newspaper for exclusive event picks, columns and cartoons.
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Ready or not?
A century of prohibition is finally over. California may need some time to adjust.
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Ganja glossary
Lost in pot lingo? Not sure what a preroll is? Here are some helpful terms.
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Welcome to weed world
Recreational use of marijuana is finally legal. So … let’s get high.
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How to be a terpene fiend
If you want to seem like you are a real chronnissuer, you have to know your terpenes.
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Making good
The City’s CORE program directs cannabis business to a community devastated by the War on Drugs.
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‘Justice for Joe': Can the former cops who killed Joseph Mann still be prosecuted?
Candidate for Sacramento County district attorney says he would review new information against fired police Officer John Tennis.
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Dead and unclaimed: Sacramento County experiences 140 percent jump in abandoned bodies
‘I don’t know why people are abandoning their loved ones all of a sudden.’
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Short-term sighted: Sacramento City Hall complains it’s not getting its cut of Airbnb rentals
Out-of-town operators blamed for ducking taxes, racking up complaints from short-term vacation rentals.
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iGuilty: Sacramento man admits to scheming Apple stores
Consumer-related fraud increased in all categories last year.
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Shared outrage
As former Sacramento police Officer John Tennis described the moments leading up to his shooting and killing Joseph Mann, I listened, stunned.
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Letters for December 28, 2017
In this week’s letters: SN&R’s Trump awards, Sacramento Police Department training and Stars Wars: The Last Jedi.
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Think of the kids
A reader complains about the sex and pot ads surrounding Joey’s column.
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The joy of giving
The executive director of the Sacramento LGBT Community Center offers some tips for the season.
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Gurpreet Gill, deli owner from Lady Bird
You might recognize Gurpreet Gill as the guy who sells you cigarettes, beer and wine at the American Market & Deli. He also starred in the Sacramento-centred film ‘Lady Bird,’ starring himself.
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This year’s best and worst films
Abounding remakes aside, cinema brought us clear winners and stinkers.
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Sac natives grip the Grammys
From part-time hustling to full-time dreaming.
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Looking back on B Street
SN&R’s theatre critics remember their fondest memories of B Street Theatre.
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Finger-pickin’ good
Buckethead rings in the new year at Ace of Spades.
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Old Sac Bars New Year’s Eve Celebration
Ring in 2018 in Old Sacramento.
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Stage Pick: The Musical of Musicals: The Musical!
Sacramento Theatre Company rings in the new year with a musical parody about musicals.
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A little taste of everything
Canon combines international ambitions with local ingredients.
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Veggie-loving sprouts
The Food Literacy Center’s Holiday Farmers Market teaches kids to eat something healthier than sweets for the holidays.
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Honestly delicious
This “piemobile” trucks an assortment of drool-worthy baked treats around town.
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Still a school night
Snag some snacks before those New Year’s resolutions.
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Choke the sun?
Sunchokes taste like a mashup of artichoke hearts and sunflower seeds.
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Year-end highlight, lowlight, gumbo
Pam Giarrizzo of the Sacramento Vegan blog shares her highlights and lowlights of being vegan in Sac in 2017, and where to get vegan gumbo in 2018.
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Leaving the background
Local bassist David Baez-Lopez backs plenty of bands, and he’s finally stepping into his own.
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Sucker bait
The real P.T. Barnum was a fascinating character, but the movie has no interest in his real life and times..
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Molly’s Game
The first half is sharp-witted fun, but the film grows increasingly turgid and tiresome in the second half.
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All the Money in the World
Impeccably mounted but dramatically disjointed, the film is a production design triumph with a shortage of substance, and only strong performances keep the film from falling apart.
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Farm-to-bowl
As the new year brings legal weed in California, what will happen to pot farmers markets?
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