Issue: May 15, 2014
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exclusive event picks, columns and cartoons.
The feature story this week: Best of the Burbs. SN&R's guide to the best
stuff happening outside the grid, plus the results of our 2014 Best of
the Burbs readers' poll.
Elsewhere in the issue: Nick Miller investigates Goldman Sachs'
involvement in the Sacramento Kings arena negotiations, Tom Gogola
examines California's death-penalty policies in light of the recent
botched execution in Oklahoma, Jonathan Mendick eats every single item
on Der Biergarten's menu, Jim Lane adds Neighbors to his list of
guilty-pleasure movies and more.
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Best of the Burbs 2014
SN&R helps you figure out what's happening in the burbs.
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Best of Carmichael & Fair Oaks: Best Costume shop with history
Capital Costumes Inc. seems like a usual costume shop, but it has an unusual 100-year history.
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Best of the Burbs 2014: Best of Carmichael & Fair Oaks readers’ picks
Readers’ favorites in Carmichael & Fair Oaks.
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Best of the Burbs 2014: Guide to Carmichael & Fair Oaks
SN&R’s travel-guide tips for exploring suburbia.
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Best of the Burbs 2014: Best of Carmichael & Fair Oaks writers’ picks
SN&R’s writers unearth the coolest stuff in this suburb.
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Best of Elk Grove: Best feline friends forever
The nonprofit Sisters Animal Sanctuary rescues cats and houses them so they can have a long and healthy life at the 20-acre facility.
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Best of the Burbs 2014: Best of Elk Grove readers’ picks
Readers’ favorites in Elk Grove.
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Best of the Burbs 2014: Guide to Elk Grove
A travel guide for exploring suburbia.
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Best of the Burbs 2014: Best of Elk Grove writers’ picks
SN&R’s writers highlight what makes this suburb stand out.
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Best of Folsom & El Dorado Hills: Best use of the color purple
The Purple Place Bar & Grill went from run-down biker bar to popular neighborhood destination.
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Best of the Burbs 2014: Best of Folsom & El Dorado Hills readers’ picks
Readers’ favorites in Folsom & El Dorado Hills.
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Best of the Burbs 2014: Guide to Folsom & El Dorado Hills
SN&R’s travel-guide tips for exploring suburbia.
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Best of the Burbs 2014: Best of Folsom & El Dorado Hills writers’ picks
SN&R’s writers find the superlativeness of this suburb.
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Best of Roseville, Rocklin & Granite Bay: Best purveyors of homemade pizza and pints
Rula Sger and Nasser Sger of Primo Pizza.
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Best of the Burbs 2014: Best of Roseville, Rocklin & Granite Bay readers' picks
Readers' favorites in Roseville, Rocklin & Granite Bay.
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Best of the Burbs 2014: Guide to Roseville, Rocklin & Granite Bay
SN&R’s travel-guide tips for exploring suburbia.
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Best of the Burbs 2014: Best of Roseville, Rocklin & Granite Bay writers' picks
SN&R's writers highlight the cream of the crop in this neighborhood.
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The vampire squid goes cow town
How Goldman Sachs milked Sacramento during the Kings arena negotiations.
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Cocktails and killings
A botched execution in Oklahoma puts spotlight on death penalty in California, new ballot measure.
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Foster flub
California is the only state to penalize relatives who take in foster kids.
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Into the wild
SN&R’s second annual Best of the Burbs issues takes our writers on a suburban treasure hunt.
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Letters for May 15, 2014
SN&R readers chime in on libraries, panhandlers, restaurants and Safe Ground Sacramento.
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Woulda, coulda, shoulda
Joey advises a reader to dump—not parent—his girlfriend.
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Mom and marijuana
Supervisor MacGlashan’s proposed ban would affect patient access.
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Sacramentans in D.C.
Metro Chamber policy teams make Sacramento’s case in Washington.
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Bean there, done that
Learning on the job is both business and art to Son of a Bean's Michael A. Chaves.
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Fear of feminization?
Sombreros on chickens, gender politics and homophobic labels.
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Barking at big money
Sacramento City Council candidate Ali Cooper says top-dollar donors wield too much influence at City Hall.
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New DA, new way
Three candidates—Anne Marie Schubert, Maggy Krell, Todd Leras—hope to be the first new Sacramento district attorney in two decades.
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Slightly mad
SN&R reviews The Madwoman of Chaillot by Ovation Stage.
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A New Brain
SN&R reviews a production by the Green Valley Theatre Company.
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Ballet ballyhoo
SN&R previews a few Sacramento Ballet performances happening this week and next.
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Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
SN&R reviews a production by B Street Theatre.
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Lots of brews, a few bites
Der Biergarten serves up plenty of beers on draft and some traditional German food.
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Luscious lectures
UC Davis' Confucius Institute hosts a pair of lectures about Chinese food this week.
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The old omnivore
Apparently, eating red meat and dairy ages skin the most.
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No free-love hippie band, man
The Briefs reunite and jump back in to revisit some hardcore punk nostalgia.
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Sound Advice: Let’s keep James Franco out of it, OK?
Tycho comes home, Ross Hammond legitimizes Sacramento jazz and Riff Raff sticks to the script.
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Don’t you be my neighbor
Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne and Zac Efron feud over the fence in this raunchy comedy.
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Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
No rainbows here: this latest Wizard of Oz story is hopelessly dreary.
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Million Dollar Arm
Even Jon Hamm can’t save this stereotype-heavy baseball movie.
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Best of the Burbs
News & Review showcases the Best Of The Burbs.
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