Issue: February 15, 2018
Greetings friends,
Pastry scientist Edward Martinez reinvents the doughnut, posts his pop-up's whereabouts on Instagram, and people come from miles away to line up for an hour. That's how good his doughnuts are, and his story is also amazing.
Way on the other end of the fun-to-serious, life-and-death spectrum, and also inspiring, is the story of the heroic Marlene von Friederichs-Fitzwater, who is about to make her dream a reality: A hospice for our terminally ill homeless neighbors.
Last thing I'll mention: Just five days before the New York Times reported on the biggest oil spill in decades (which is happening right now) I spent an afternoon at a "public hearing" about Pres. Trump's plan to open 90 percent of the continental shelf to oil-drilling leases.
And there's lots more, of course.
Thanks for caring,
- Eric Johnson, your editor
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A home before death: Sacramento coalition wants to build a hospice for terminally ill homeless people
Local effort has widespread political support, but begs the question: If you build it, will dying people come?
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Oil and water: Trump scientists find California hostile to renewed possibility of offshore drilling
At the state’s only public hearing on lifting national ban, ocean-protectors see a farce.
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Next lesson
Oak Park’s Renaissance woman makes a run in District 5.
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Expanding Elk Grove: Narrow vote allows city to start considering southern development of farmland, wildlife habitat
Environmentalists and farmers say commission vote opens door to sprawl.
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Panic rooms: Sacramento County adopts first protections in the state for hospitality workers
County wants to respond to harassment and assaults in real time.
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Rideshare on the cheap: Citrus Heights launches a new ride-sharing service
Public, private partnership will look to compete with Uber’s prices.
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Let this sink in
The only ones profiting from oil drilling today are the oil companies. It has to stop.
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Fix your orbit
A single mom feels like her son’s pregnant girlfriend wants her out. Does she need new priorities?
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A Sacramento sickness
Sacramentans pay $20 billion for health care. With better information on prices and quality, we could all make better choices.
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A dream worth fighting for
Justin Lopez shares her story and her struggles in becoming a professional ice skater.
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Sweet smarts: The Instagram doughnut sensation coming to Sacramento’s R Street
The soon-to-open Milk Money makes funky doughnuts and milkshakes like you’ve never had them before.
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Faith in front office faltering?
Is history repeating with Kings GM Vlade Divac’s latest moves?
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Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Woodland Opera House
Rodger McDonald has directed a lush production with a wonderful cast, a beautiful set and lovely costumes.
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Review: Beer for Breakfast at Chautauqua Playhouse
A group of middle-aged buddies (50-ish is middle-aged, right?) reunite for a guys’ weekend in a remote cabin owned by one of the four friends.
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Queens roll through
The traveling drag show makes a stop in Sacramento.
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Our Founding Mother Concert
Artists with indigenous roots perform during Our Founding Mother.
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Lunar Flower Fest & Tet Festival
Celebrate the Vietnamese Lunar New Year this weekend.
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Family matters
An Oakland playwright returns to Sac for his one-man show The Absent Father, the Wayward Son.
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Short Review: One Man, Two Guvnors
SN&R reviews a new production from B Street Theatre.
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Short Review: The Nether
SN&R reviews a new production from Capital Stage.
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Queer queen of pop
LP gives a ‘90s pop performance brimming with androgynous pride at Ace of Spades.
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Mongolian for the masses
Little Sheep’s Hot Pot satisfies epic soup cravings.
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Manhattan mousse
An elevated pastry shop opens at Folsom’s Palladio at the Broadstone; Hoppy Brewing Co. moves to Midtown; and Sakamoto Sushi reopens as Otoro Sushi & Shabu.
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Born to the vine
Isy Borjón has turned a family business managing vineyards into a passion.
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Fruit-basket beer
Get the hazy Pulp IPA at Fieldwork Brewing Co. while it lasts.
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Breakfast grains
Start your day with protein and carbs a la fried rice.
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Spring has sorta sprung
The Tt Festival celebrates (early) spring with good Vietnamese eats, rides and performances.
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Choke on this
Here’s how you take advantage of all the work you put into excavating that artichoke heart.
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Correcting white chocolate’s errors
The human brain gets pissed at the human mouth whose human eyes promised it a chocolatey treat.
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String fusion theory
Dexterous guitarist Jesse Cook blends the sounds of his world travels.
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Bend it like Flintstone
Aardman Animation and director Nick Park’s Early Man is the latest attempt to make an exciting movie about soccer.
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Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool
Genre journeyman Paul McGuigan directs this thoroughly ordinary and unmemorable biopic about the real-life romance between fading film star Gloria Grahame and a much younger British actor named Peter Turner.
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Winchester
If the dispiriting Winchester is any kind of bellwether for ghost movies 2018, it won’t be long before the living envies the dead.
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The 15:17 to Paris
The young men starring themselves do quite well, and director Clint Eastwood delivers a polished product with a tightly staged climax.
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Small party, big government
Is it illegal to throw a small cannabis tasting party?
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VAPE REVIEW: Himalaya Vapor J1 Sativa Cartridge
Himalaya scales the top shelf of cannabis oil cartridges.
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Indulge: Dining Guide
INDULGE in the latest fine food and drinks highlighted in our annual dining guide.
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