Issue: August 09, 2018
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These bands are your life
How the Knockoffs, Trouble Makers and Four Eyes survived fist fights, bad shows and 25 years on the Sacramento scene.
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Branded by a mugshot in the digital age
Online mugshots can live forever—whether the subject was innocent, guilty or just poor and brown.
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Fire risk on wheels
Sacramento-area dealerships are selling used cars that are on active recall lists for safety defects.
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The ICE fan cometh
At a Sacramento demonstration for separated families, a mysterious state worker badgers peaceful protestors and steals sign.
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Motor vote
DMV voter registration program added 250,000, but gets mixed reviews from advocacy groups.
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Making water last
Scientists announce rapid advances in desalinization, groundwater-sourcing technology.
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A friend in need
Local music promoter Jerry Perry, who remains hospitalized after a stroke, has done so much for this community—it’s time to return in kind.
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Letters for August 9, 2018
Readers sound off about City Council attendees, Nestle’s link to former mayor Kevin Johnson and Folsom’s ongoing development controversy.
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Fight or flight
He thinks they’re happy, but she wants to admit they have problems worth an argument.
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Better health care, smarter choices
In America we pay $5,000 more per person per year for health care than other wealthy countries. It’s enough to make you sick.
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Noah Kocina, summertime muralist
Art teacher Noah Kocina has been doing a five-part mural over the last five years—and it’s finally done.
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Out of the dark
South of Sacramento, a Native Alaskan dance group uncovers its lost heritage.
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Review: The Black Rider at Green Valley Theatre Company
The classic folktale plot of this musical adaptation is bizarre, creative and more than a little mesmerizing.
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Review: Behind the Barre: Made in Sacramento! by Capital Dance Project
The fourth year of Capital Dance Project’s Behind the Barre: Made is Sacramento! is a smash, with incredible cross-discipline collaboration between local choreographers, artists and musicians.
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Championship Cat Show
Come see the very best in cats, and remember—no illegal gambling on which cats will win.
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Strip-prov
If you like your comedy with a little stripping, this show combines the two late-night pastimes.
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Ziggy Marley
Ziggy Marley, the reggae music maker, is bringing his music to Grass Valley.
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Preview: Shrek at the Woodland Opera House
The DreamWorks movie hits the stage in a really fun performance that features a seven-piece orchestra.
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Beer buzz—minus the buzz
How one woman’s hunt for drinkable non-alcoholic beers helped two small breweries.
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Heavenly refresher
Basil adds a heavenly touch to this strawberry lemonade drink.
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Surreal freeze
It’s tart, icy sorbet contrasts beautifully with the sweet, creamy vanilla, giving the 50/50 a dreamlike quality that battles the heat on every possible level.
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Cheese addicts and desert island vegans
Dr. Bettina Chrysofakis-Baiduc will give a talk about how to give up cheese and go vegan on August 26 at Zest Kitchen.
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Hip-hop flip-flop
The last hip-hop show at the Boardwalk is the end of an era, and spells nothing good for the music scene in Sacramento.
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Shark weak
Think twice before dipping your toes into Turteltaub’s latest sea-faring escapade.
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Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
An enjoyable enough adventure featuring the crazy, colorful, cartoonish antics of DC sidekick favorites.
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The Darkest Minds
Another post-apocalyptic teen drama, scarce on originality, offers little hope for future sequels.
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The Spy Who Dumped Me
Undercover agents are not enough to save the floundering direction of this blockbuster comedy.
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Christopher Robin
Charmless and excruciatingly slow, Pooh is left scraping the bottom of the honey pot searching for any semblance of an engaging plot.
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Grow, sell and tax
El Dorado County asks voters to reconsider its cannabis ban.
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