Issue: January 04, 2018
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Happy New Year—you’re evicted!
Tens of thousands of Sacramento residents have been forcibly kicked out of their homes. Can rent control stop the displacement?
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My Midtown eviction story
An old Victorian with rodents, a request for decent plumbing—and an eviction notice.
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Mayor’s report: Year one
In an interview with SN&R’s publisher, Darrel Steinberg says 2017 created a foundation for big, ambitious initiatives.
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Pay to play: Could deferred MLS bid make soccer investors reconsider their ‘no public money’ promise?
Jilted until next year, Sacramento has to shore up funding vulnerabilities if it wants pro a team.
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Learning to teach: Sacramento County moves to train more bilingual teachers amid educator shortage
Nearly 42,000 students are learning English in local schools.
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Golden roots: Royal Chicano Air Force returns ‘home’ to arena with ambitious mural
Sacramento’s historic and influential Latino artists collective will bring a new vision to Golden 1 Center.
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Trophy cheat: Poaching conviction thwarts Sacramento hunter’s quest for the record books
John Kautz reportedly had big plans for a buck he shot; but there was just one problem with it, according to state wardens.
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Housing crisis hits home
As Scott Thomas Anderson's cover story this week shows, many renters in Sacramento are facing ruthless landlords who are forcing them out of their homes. Even those of us fortunate enough to keep a roof over our heads are impacted by the worsening housing crisis.
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Letters for January 4, 2018
In this week’s letters: SN&R’s story on John Tennis exposed him, and Gary Oldman deserves an Oscar for his portrayal of Winston Churchill.
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Swim for a change
It’s been four years. How can one reader get over it?
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Chelsea Smile, sugar baby
Writer Jason Smith cuddles with a local sugar baby to find out more about “mutually beneficial dynamics.”
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Hungry eyeballs
Food bloggers find financial success and sprout their own industry.
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Sac Music Festival is over
After 44 years, this local jazz fest has played its last tune.
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Monks return to the foothills
Witness the work of Tibetan monks to tap into a meditative mindset.
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The Room screening
See the film that inspired The Disaster Artist.
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Something Rotten!
See the not-so-true story of how the musical was invented.
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It’s Bugged: Insects’ Role in Design exhibit
See the ways insects influence design.
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Bucket full of presents
Guitarist Buckethead played a meandering set full of New Year’s weirdness.
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Fair Oaks Brew Pub
Old Fair Oaks Village’s brew pub is great for a pint, but that’s it.
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Wintery wonderbuzz
New restaurant Provenance has a wide selection of seasonal booze.
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Recession-proof
The Pizza Co. will sling its pies at Porchlight Brewing Co. on January 5.
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Olive your snacks
These Mediterranean fruits are all over the Central Valley.
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Soup to nuts and curry too, vegan style
Learn how to make delicious vegan curries and soups at the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op Community Learning Center & Cooking School during January.
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The musicality of suffering
Ex-Rippers craft a moody mix of gloomy pop rock.
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News worthy
It’s as if Spielberg watched Spotlight and thought it might make a good movie someday.
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Father Figures
What starts out as a routine, mildly amusing road movie for likable stars grows in the telling winds up as one of 2017’s more pleasant surprises.
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The Greatest Showman
P.T. Barnum made his fortune peddling hoaxes to a gullible public, and he might be amused by how the movie runs the same scam.
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Pitch Perfect 3
This franchise ran out of steam halfway through the credit crawl on the first movie, and there’s been nothing but garbage-in-garbage-out since then.
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Fight spiders with spiders
How do you keep wildlife away from your grow?
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Sacramentans stay chill for the first day of recreational cannabis sales
Modest lines (and a few journalists) greet first customers.
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