Issue: July 05, 2018
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A conspiracy for dunces
SN&R investigates the wildest conspiracy theories plaguing our divided states of America.
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The conspiracy issue: The Golden State Killer had an accomplice!
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The conspiracy issue: QAnon has the truth about the coming Storm!
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The conspiracy issue: Planned Parenthood was created to control the black population!
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The conspiracy issue: ‘Crisis actors’ staged Rancho Tehama school shooting!
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The $10 million bike trail
The Del Rio Trail will turn an abandoned railroad line into a regional destination.
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A sleepless case
Placer man found guilty of double-murder while taking Ambien.
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Hyper cholesterol, reluctant system
Sacramento man battled insurance company to cover easy-to-treat genetic condition. He’s one of the lucky ones.
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Heated emotions
Amidst large turnout for ‘Families Together’ rally, Steinberg booed offstage.
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Roseville’s shadow nonprofit blasted for mixing public resources with private development
Years of assertions from city leaders challenged by grand jury report.
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The ‘Black Mirror’ is real!
The truth is dead. Long live the internet.
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Letters for July 5, 2018
In this week’s letters: The Russia conspiracy, #MeToo and implicit bias.
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Don’t give it weight
Not all criticism is helpful, or even about you. Here’s how to deal with people projecting their unresolved issues your way.
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The cost of clean water
The Central Valley is plagued with contaminated drinking water.
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The soft drink industry wins the first round
Under the threat of the two-thirds vote requirement initiative, Senate Bill 872 passes.
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Professor Kathryn Olmsted on political science and paranoia
The history of anti-government conspiracy theories.
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The comic’s grind
Jason Anderson shows what it means to hustle in Sacramento’s comedy scene.
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Review: Mary Stuart at the Davis Shakespeare Festival
Davis Shakespeare, emerging as our newest professional theater company, is making it happen.
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Review: 1776 at Chautauqua Playhouse
This musical about the American revolution gets a revolutionary interpretation in an all-female version.
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Margo Hoo Couldn’t Sleep!
Watch Margo Hoo Couldn’t Sleep!, a short film by Sacramento filmmaker Raul Gonzo.
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¡Fiesta de Frida!
Celebrate the iconic artist, Frida Kahlo, at this colorful festival.
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Harry Styles
Harry Styles, of One Direction fame, is making a stop at the Golden 1 Center.
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Preview: Mama Won’t Fly at Main Street Theatre Works
Main Street Theatre Works—which stages outdoor summer shows in a lovely amphitheater in the foothills—offers a raucous comedy.
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Short reviews: Blue Door and Black Pearl Sings!
SN&R reviews two new plays from Celebration Arts, playing in repertory.
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Short review: On the Twentieth Century
SN&R reviews two new plays from the Davis Shakespeare Festival.
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Short review: The Thanksgiving Play
SN&R reviews a new play from Capital Stage.
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Halal diner
In the original Merlino’s Freeze stand, Orange Oven whips up diner-style Mediterranean lunches worth a stop on Stockton Boulevard.
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Vietnamese star sauces
Love of family and homeland inspire Việt Kiều.
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Green goodness
About to drop dead from heat exhaustion? Green juice to the rescue!
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Sweet Armenian
At the new Elite Bakery Cafe, the Napoleon stands out.
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So-thick-it-sticks vegan yogurt
There may not be a thick enough, tart enough vegan Greek yogurt at the grocery store, but that’s OK, because it’s so damn easy to make.
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Turbulent tunes
Saved by the ‘90s ride the radio waves of the past.
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Rise and fall
Director Kevin Macdonald traces Whitney Houston’s career with compassion and sensitivity.
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Uncle Drew
The movie is shambling and awkward between games, but everybody’s likeable and ingratiating if you’re in the mood for that sort of thing.
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Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Viciously efficient and relentlessly unpleasant.
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Boundaries
Almost uniformly lowbrow, with a weak script that severely tests the likeability of Vera Farmiga and Christopher Plummer.
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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Like a giant glob of triceratops spit lobbed right in the audience’s face.
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Hold the phone
Calling the cops on a black child could be construed as a death threat. Ask Tamir Rice.
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Weeding out untested weed
Dispensaries forced to dispose of 180,000 pounds of cannabis.
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