Issue: December 16, 2010
Hello SN&R reader!
Five years ago, a local couple bought their piece of the American Dream, a two-bedroom home in Sacramento's Hollywood Park. But then came the recession and a pair of lay-offs; eventually, the couple found new, but lower paying, jobs. When a government program – HAMP – offered to help them "modify" their mortgage, they were told they were ideal candidates. But maybe not ... Don’t miss Rachel Leibrock’s nightmare mortgage tale in this week's SN&R plus find stories on the boom in for-profit colleges, the word on Schwarzenegger's green legacy, and the cool on music-scene everyman Michael Leahy.
Cheers,
SN&R staff
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College Inc.
Federal government pushes regulation while students learn that higher education often equals higher debt.
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Take three for 33 by 2020
Backers of clean power hope the third time’s the charm for Joe Simitian’s bill to increase use of renewable energy by California utilities.
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Tales of the bazaar
Locals turn a dead big-box store in south Sacramento into an incubator for small business.
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Such wonderful toys
Sacramento purchases a new Batmobile, employees say Rite Aid does it wrong, fire hydrants in good condition.
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Green geek
UC Davis professor uses Xbox Kinect for green science.
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Arnold’s green legacy
Schwarzenegger has a decidedly mixed track record on the environment.
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Letters for December 16, 2010
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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Life’s easier with gratitude
Advice on dissatisfaction with life, learning to love, and hating mom and dad.
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Cheesy bits of Styrofoam!
Sacramento writer takes the unprocessed food challenge and lived to tell the tale.
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Poop happens
Upgrading treatment plant could be expensive; Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District suggests more study.
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Pet project
Crafty lady Ann Clemmer teaches scrapbook artists worldwide with the help of her dog Stamper.
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The grand experiment
California at a crossroads on cap and trade.
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Opt for the ‘grope’
Radiation exposure in TSA scanners should be considered.
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Editorial Cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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Saveurs of the (almost) lost ark
The Slow Food movement and regional farmers sustain endangered eats.
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A Christmas Carol
SN&R reviews a new production at the Sacramento Theatre Company.
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Disprove the Scrooge
Celebrate a secular holiday, the winter solstice and the new year all in one event.
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The sweet season
Don’t miss the Sacramento Ballet’s version of The Nutcracker.
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Banks, vampire squid
A guide to the vampire squid that ate your retirement from Matt Taibbi.
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Startled by every day
Richard Nagler has a new collection of photographs that juxtapose people and places.
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Nip, tuck, restructure
Will Dinski’s graphic novel tells the truth about our obsession with physical perfection.
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Wallflowers in the burbs
Alternative Arts Collective in Roseville stages The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
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Birth of the echo chamber
Talk Radio at Resurrection Theatre is all about talking, but not being nice.
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Safely in the slot
Basic neighborhood Thai fare with great service.
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Yelp amnesia
People actually can’t remember what they ate at a restaurant, but then bother reviewing it?
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Get roasted
Screw the Tofurky: Field Roast Grain Meat Co.’s savory Celebration Roast is a great option for holiday dinners.
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The coolest of folk
KDVS deejay and Crossbill Records mogul Michael Leahy gives it up for the locals.
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Thurs, Dec 16, The Shades of Gray
Funk, rock, hip-hop equals part time.
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Sun, Dec 19, Snowfall Xmas Party
Snowfall Xmas Party at Shady Lady Saloon.
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Sun. Dec 19, Christmas Jug Band
Expect loads of humor injected into popular holiday tunes at this festive gig at the Palms Playhouse in Winters.
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Tues, Dec 21, Rita Hosking and Cousin Jack
A benefit for Davis School Arts Foundation at the Veterans Memorial Theatre.
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Ugly sweaters, tight pants
Fox & Goose has a bad-holiday-sweater party, Lord of the Rings goes heavy metal, A Lot Like Birds go mosh at a pizza parlor.
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Dementor or demented
Is George Lucas purchasing the rights to dead actors?
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Love & Distrust
Clippings swept off the floor of a film school editing lab.
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Smash His Camera
This entertaining but thin documentary tracks the career of the notorious, oft-sued paparazzo Ron Galella.
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Soundtrack for a Revolution
An oddly discordant mash-up of archival news footage and talking-head interviews with modern musical performances.
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All Good Things
There’s a movie to be made here, if you swap out the director and the writers.
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Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Sooner or later, we all sing for Geraldo.
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The Fighter
A boxing movie where the best fight is a girlfight.
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The Tourist
Pretty people, pretty scenery, but flat champagne.
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