Issue: April 12, 2018
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Rep. Tom McClintock attacks American wilderness with a Big Lie
The Emergency Forest Restoration Act, pitched by its sponsor as a forest-saving effort, called ‘absolutely bogus.’
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California fights wildfires aggressively—but prevention takes a back seat
Last year’s wildfires, the worst in modern California history, have put a microscope on the forests that cover a third of the state–in particular, on managing these wooded lands in ways that would reduce the frequency and intensity of such blazes.
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A reluctant victim
A domestic violence survivor feels caught between her abuser and Sacramento’s justice system.
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The unrepresented dead
Amid reelection campaign, Sacramento DA remains silent on 2017 use of force incidents.
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Suspension of relief
Sex worker advocacy group suspends operations over proposed pandering law.
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Surveillance debate
New California bill would require law enforcement agencies to inform public about use of facial recognition technology.
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Borrow big for homes
The midterm election will give Californians a chance to take action on the state’s affordable housing crisis.
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McClintock: enemy of the Earth
As chairman of the House Federal Lands Subcommittee, McClintock is one of the most dangerous people in Washington when it comes to the environment. He's dangerous for a lot of other reasons, too.
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Letters for April 12, 2018
In this week’s letters: Make Sacramento more like Mayberry.
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To stop a bully
Another passive aggressive, bullying, depressed narcissist for a partner. How can an unhappy spouse disrupt the pattern?
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The problem with diversity
The term—and the concept—doesn’t mean the same thing to everybody.
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Where is the justice?
Anne Marie Schubert has been lax during her time in office.
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Joel Michael Smith: artist, teacher and coach
Students at Luther Burbank High School learn ceramics from a proud man.
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Flame dreams: one of the country’s most influential chefs reflects on ties to Sac food movement
Jeremiah Tower helped spark a new culinary movement from the Bay Area in the 1970s and ‘80s, but now he sees plenty of future for chefs in Sacramento.
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Film-to-Fork: Sacramento Food Film Fest pairs local chefs with documentary shorts
Niche ideas merge with farm-to-fork branding.
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Review: Uncle Vanya at the Actor’s Workshop
A new contemporary translation by Annie Baker retains the anger, angst and ennui.
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Preview: ‘Who wrote Shakespeare?”—a festival
50 actors, five staged readings—one writer?
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Putting a face to the stories
Witness the real stories of deportation.
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Preview: Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical at Harris Center
‘I hope that this play will give audiences a feeling of optimism during dark and tumultuous times,’ says director David Harris.
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Dry Powder
SN&R reviews a new production from B Street Theatre.
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Spicy rivalry
A fixture for decades, Celestin’s has resurfaced in East Sacramento with new varieties of its signature Alabamian gumbo and Haitian classics, too.
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Canned beer blows up
The proliferation of hoppy brews has spawned a packaging revolution.
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Prestigious nuts
Last month, Blue Diamond released a line of almonds geared less toward casual snacking and more toward garden party charcuterie boards.
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Pink and smokey
Block Butcher Bar has the perfect drink to welcome the warmth.
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Nixtaco in Roseville
The exquisite combo of salty+fatty+spicy+sweet found in the chicharrones con chile will have you downing two orders before your tacos hit the table.
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Cheese never goes out of style
Cheese never goes out of style, and the festival has officially become a yearly habit.
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A superior cartoon rabbit food
Nantes carrots are sweeter than the others.
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Bake sales in Estonia and Sacramento
Individuals and local bakeries can make a sweet difference by participating in the Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale.
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Still striving
Longtime folk-singer Mike Justis and his band gear up for two Mondavi Center gigs this year.
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Bourne again
Another week, another serviceable but thoroughly unspecial story of Middle East intrigue and terrorism.
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Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
For all the film’s faults, though, passionate voice performances might have pushed it over.
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Chappaquiddick
The movie is not unsympathetic to Kennedy, but he comes off none too well.
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The Miracle Season
It’s a by-the-numbers sports tearjerker, and high school girls’ volleyball isn’t exactly the World Series or Super Bowl, but the story is inspiring enough to make up for a more or less routine telling.
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A Quiet Place
An old-fashioned horror movie, and a nerve-wrackingly effective one.
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Journey’s End
R.C. Sherriff’s venerable 1928 play about life in the trenches during World War I lives again in the hands of director Saul Dibb, screenwriter Simon Reade and a terrific cast.
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Women Making a Wave in Cannabis
Part two in a three-part series looks at an entrepreneur entering the male-dominated cannabis industry.
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