Issue: March 15, 2018
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A state of wonder and weirdness
Excerpts from Sam McManis’s Crossing California
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Driving and writing
McManis’ new book, Crossing California: A state of wonder and weirdness, contains dozens of columns and cover stories, most of which have been updated and expanded. It’s clear, reading it, that McManis achieved his objective.
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Attorney general joins invasion
Sessions shills for president one week after Trump’s immigration enforcers attack NorCal.
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Is this a drill?
Following Parkland tragedy, threats of campus violence put Sacramento area schools on constant alert.
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Aging Sacramento braces for the future
Local population entering senior years as rents rise and housing shrinks.
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Pass for protest: Monsanto 10 found not guilty in activist event
‘Gamesmanship’ doesn’t pay off for Yolo DA.
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Preschool for everyone
West Sacramento’s universal preschool program may allow more home-based childcare.
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Potential shooters need help
Assemblymember Jim Cooper’s bill would provide counseling too.
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Letters for March 15, 2018
From Lady Bird to military bloat to JFK—our readers have opinions.
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Mind your behavior
After a reader says he’s afraid to express interest in a woman because he doesn’t want it to be misinterpreted, Ask Joey gives her take on The Me Too movement.
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No music, no life. And now, no Russ Solomon.
Russ Solomon lived a life of music, heart and soul. Thank you, Russ, and RIP.
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Deb Sheppard, spirit medium
Deb Sheppard describes herself as an “empath” who communicates with people who are no longer among the living.
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The art of unlearning
Following Standing Rock, the Decolonization Project aims to deprogram colonial mindsets.
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Review: Heaven Can Wait by Winters Theatre Company
These old classic stories are what this company does best, and despite the casual setting of a community center, this one is a lot of fun.
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Review: Bachelorette by Big Idea Theatre
I disliked this play a lot, though it was peopled with six talented actors who portrayed their highly unlikable characters very well.
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Pole. Paintings. Power.
A night of art and performance showing the strength of pole fitness.
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Old Sacramento St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a few thousand neighbors.
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Peaks, walls and dreams
Learn how climber Alex Honnold got it from his momma.
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Sacramento’s Science Distilled
Want to get something more out of your trip to a pub?
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Leprechaun Catchers
What’s the best way to catch a leprechaun? You decide!
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Stage Pick: The Arsonists by Capital Stage
The setting is a mysterious Florida swamp, where a father/daughter team work together as singers, storytellers… and firebugs.
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Short Review: Sense and Sensibility
SN&R reviews a new play at City Theatre.
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Short Review: Fragile Things
SN&R reviews a new play at Ooley Theatre.
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Losing a legend
Artists, city workers and architects mourned developer Ali Youssefi by gathering in front of the building he helped to create, the Warehouse Artist Lofts.
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The final frontier of fantastic falafel
Falafel and Shawarma Planet is no Maalouf’s, but it’s great for a grab-and-go sandwich.
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Brewing standards
Inside the brewing sanctum at Sactown Union Brewery, a sign above a door reads: “BREWING: It’s what you do when you’re not CLEANING.”
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Capital change-up
The Firehouse Restaurant gets a dessert makeover by a pastry chef from Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Warmhearted brew
Coffee with a cause—and lattes with maple syrup.
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Parade on a pastry
The new Gran Milan has an apple puff pastry that gets high marks on the buttery and flaky tests.
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Charitable corned beef
Celebrating St. Paddy’s Day the local way.
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Bitter much?
The child of a sweet orange and a pomelo is the humble grapefruit.
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How do you say ‘yum’ in Czech?
Houbový kuba is Czech for a boderline-addictive, delicious mushroom barley risotto. Make it vegan, make it now.
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Hate mail is fan mail
Metalachi breaks steadfast traditions in two genres.
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Confused, yet amused
Both Run the Jewels and Lorde had been electric at their Golden 1 Center show Monday, but there had seemed to be very little crossover appeal.
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Entebbe and Flow
It’s not exactly what I was hoping for, but you take what you can get.
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Love, Simon
The movie is enjoyable enough, despite the callow gloss of a 1970s after-school TV special preaching to us about tolerance.
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A Wrinkle in Time
This turkey is a shoo-in to sweep the Razzie Awards.
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Thoroughbreds
The kind of picture that film festival audiences and high-tone critics love to gush over, but which is in fact an artsy-fartsy crock.
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EDIBLE REVIEW: Kiva Mints Make It Easy to Micro-dose
Kiva's first non-chocolate creation is refreshing for the mind and breath.
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