Issue: September 23, 2010
Hello SN&R readers!
Do you have a strong stomach, an ability to ignore odor, and the skills of a medical technician combined with a priest and a janitor? If yes, you too can become a crime scene cleaner! Reporter Hugh Biggar offers a look at the local couple who run BioSite Restoration. Meanwhile, in this week’s issue look for Project Censored’s winners for 2010, a way early sneak peak at the all-new Crocker Art Museum and a theory about why Anthony Bourdain hates vegetarians.
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Crime & Clean
Blood, guts, cleaning supplies—it’s all in a days work for this Sacramento family-run business.
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Graphic traffic
BiosSite Restoration Twitter posts (@BioSiteRestore). Read at your own risk!
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The truth pill
Project Censored unveils its 2010 list of significant stories underreported by the mainstream media.
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‘It’s a financial Groundhog Day’
In Sacramento, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission chairman Phil Angelides says Main Street keeps paying for Wall Street’s recklessness.
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Division of labor
Health-care unions duke it out at Kaiser hospitals.
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Cough it up
Whooping cough is on the rise in California; Sacramento County cracks down on its cannabis clubs.
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Get certainty
Auntie Ruth ponders green investment and change.
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Morning jolt
Solutions for an eco-friendlier, caffeine-free pick-me-up.
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Letters for September 23, 2010
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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Aim for thrift and gratitude
Our advice queen reminds to stop comparing yourself to people who have more and remember those who have less.
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Beyond our dreams
Volunteers show us that it is possible to create an America beyond our dreams.
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Guitar talk
It’s a family guitar-repair and setup business in Rocklin.
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Wiki-wiki-wah?
The Mexican wants you to stay the hell off of Wikipedia—do some real research!
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Different game, same rules
Convergence takes a left turn, but real estate is still the object of the game.
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Pipeline politics
Why did PG&E spend $46 million on politics instead of its risky pipelines?
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Honest Abel
Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado classy enough to resist a bow to the Capitol Resource Institute.
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Editorial Cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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A right to read
Rachel looks at the American Library Association’s list of top 10 most frequently banned books.
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Light at the museum
SN&R gets an early first look at Crocker Art Museum’s new digs.
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A Different Kind of Cool
SN&R reviews a new show at the B Street Theatre.
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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
SN&R reviews a new show at the UC Davis Main Theatre.
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Drive-in win
Come out of the trunk! The drive-in movies are free this Thursday at Sacramento 6.
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Mendacity and humidity
Actor’s Theatre of Sacramento puts this Cat through its paces.
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Shining purple blossoms
Sacramento Swan Scythe Press picks a winner with Snow on the Crocus, but don’t expect easy reading.
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How we got here
A half million immigrants came through Angel Island in San Francisco Bay; here is their story.
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This is how we do it
A couple of comedians, who really are a couple, offer sex advice to stimulate the funny bone.
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[Tos] offs
Freaking cats. And freaking Cats. New Helvetia Theatre starts a vlog.
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Is God vegetarian?
If so, Anthony Bourdain and I are going to hell.
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Real-life eats
St. John’s Shelter graduates get life training.
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The Hmong foodie book
Sheng Yang’s cookbook, Cooking from the Heart: The Hmong Kitchen in America, is still going strong.
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What a pear
Jane Schene at Stillwater Orchards shares some pear advice.
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Perfect pizza
When it comes to vegan pizza, OneSpeed nails it.
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The air up where?
SN&R tracks down always on-the-go Atmosphere emcee Slug.
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No stinkers
Justin Townes Earle’s Harlem River Blues lives up to dad.
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Thurs, Sept 23, Krist Novoselic
Nirvana bassist talks music and politics at Sac State.
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Fri, Sept 24, Makosa
Booty shakin’ at Fugu Lounge in Natomas.
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Sat, Sept 25, The Memorials
Thomas Pridgen kills it at Harlow’s in Sacramento.
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Sat, Sept 25, Sammies all-ages showcase
One hundred percent of the door at this Luigi’s Fun Garden goes to flood victims in Pakistan.
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Kudos and Chingaderos
Jackson Griffith goes ballet and indie rock—then winds up at Old Ironsides for some Sacramento Americana.
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Revenge of the Stiff Drink
A Star Wars drinking game to trump all.
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Street cred
Heeee’s baaaaack. And greed is still most decidedly not good, no matter what Gordon Gekko says.
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I’m Still Here
Did you ask for a doc about Joaquin Phoenix? No? Well, here’s one anyway.
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New-look Crocker
A one-on-one chat about the Crocker Art museum’s upcoming October grand opening with director Lial Jones.
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Big venues
Think big this October, and discover some of the major events going on in the area.
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Miscellaneous
Even more items for your calendar this October in Sacramento—we just didn’t quite know where to put ’em.
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