Issue: February 13, 2014
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The feature story this week: Oak Park's new kicks. Lovelle Harris
investigates a multimillion-dollar development project that aims to
dispel a neighborhood's 'ghetto' stigma.
Elsewhere in the issue: Nick Miller reports on the $30 million tunnel
controversy holding up McKinley Village, Cosmo Garvin investigates
decreasing student enrollment in Sacramento's public schools, Julianna
Boggs delves into the growing yoga scene, Rachel Leibrock spotlights
SN&R advice columnist Joey Garcia's upcoming book-signing party, Janelle
Bitker interviews punk legend Kevin Seconds, and more.
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Oak Park’s new kicks: On the neighborhood’s latest revitalization effort
Millions of investment dollars, new housing, restaurants, even a brewery will arrive in the troubled neighborhood. Can Oak Park escape its “ghetto” stigma?
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Love and change in Oak Park
A resident looks at her neighborhood's evolution.
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Sacramento County Probation Department's redemption
Outside reformer, progressive philosophy drive embattled agency's image makeover.
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McKinley Village debate zeroes in on nearly $30 million tunnel
Residents insist on third roadway as developer Phil Angelides calls the passageway a “nonstarter.”
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The new Oak Park
Sacramento's oldest suburb deserves a cultural and economic renaissance.
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Letters for February 13, 2014
SN&R's readers chime in on Uber, sex, health-care reform, poverty, and Russia's anti-gay policy.
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Joey Garcia's Valentine's Day love lessons
Joey advises readers on how to find love.
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Laramie, Granite Bay
High-school students in conservative, religious Placer County tackle Matthew Shepard’s story.
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Should the Sacramento Metro Chamber flex its political muscle?
Playing politics could split the local chamber.
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Inner weirdness, unleashed
Comic-book artist and painter Robert Armstrong talks Mickey Rat, couch potatoes and Karl Rove.
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Bigoted, heteronormative misogyny
The Mexican fields questions about felonies and deportation, angry Mexican women, and a lack of ethnic pride.
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Whirled class
Sacramento city schools keep losing students and funding as teacher-contract negotiations kick off.
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Time to rebuild the Twin Rivers Unified School District
School board member Cortez Quinn needs to resign.
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End governor veto of employment-discrimination claims in California
Gov. Jerry Brown should have more respect for due process and the state's labor laws than his predecessor.
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Yoga, Sacramento style
Designer stretch pants, hot yoga bodies and soul detox: Our writer strikes a pose in search of enlightenment.
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Valentine’s Day weekend stage roundup
SN&R suggests a few stage productions as last-minute Valentine's Day weekend date ideas.
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Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika
SN&R reviews the second part of a production about love, death and politics at The Alternative Arts Collective.
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Tons of tenors
The Ten Tenors visit the Harris Center for the Arts to perform Broadway classics.
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Heartbreak healer
SN&R columnist Joey Garcia reads from and signs copies of her new book.
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Mastering many tongues
A new service available through the Sacramento Public Library helps you learn languages.
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Pre-Instagram gratification
Get nostalgic with these 2000-era selfies.
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Into Africa
Anjan Sundaram's memoir chronicles his time spent in war-torn Africa.
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Say yes to the quinceañera dress
At the Quinceañera Expo, our writer learns just how important those huge and poofy dresses are to the Latina coming-of-age ritual.
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Still needs a dash of focus
Spice Kitchen takes over the Hokkaido Noodle House with uneven results.
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Beetle juice, beetle juice …
Confectioner's glaze is made from shellac, which comes from insects, and it's used as a coating on lots of candies and pills.
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The folksinger’s homecoming
Kevin Seconds talks solo records, affordable art and 30 years of 7Seconds.
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Let there be cowbell
Futurewang! re-emerges at Shine; Be Brave Bold Robot packs Fox & Goose.
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Global storming
José Padilha's reboot of the 1987 sci-fi masterpiece mostly stands on its own.
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The Monuments Men
George Clooney, preening vanity intact, co-wrote the script for and directed this film about World War II-era fine-art archivists.
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The Saratov Approach
Writer-director Garrett Batty keeps the Mormon preaching to a minimum in this film about two kidnapped missionaries.
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Vampire Academy
Oh look, it's another teen-vampire movie—this one starring Lucy Fry as a blood-sucking princess.
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Dominoes falling
Colorado made at least $1 million in taxes in the first month of recreational sales.
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