Issue: September 19, 2002
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Sierra Standoff
The Forest Service says our national forests must be logged to save them from fire. But activists like Chad Hanson are standing in the way.
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Reviving the living wage
After long delays that critics dub stalling, Sacramento officials finally could vote on the living-wage ordinance this fall.
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Overcoming adversity in Oak Park
An open-door policy in a bad neighborhood changed one woman’s life for the worse.
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Don’t chop in the name of love
For a while, the federal government was a fair caretaker of our forests. That all changed after World War II.
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Letters for September 19, 2002
Love, hate, or indifference—readers express their opinions—sometimes about each other.
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Exclusive interview with SN&R’s own Elkton John
Our own Elkton John was welcomed home to the offices of the SN&R on the morning of Friday, September 6.
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Bring on the matriarchy
Let the women run things for a while.
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Smog heaven
As air pollution in the Valley increases, officials are banking on incremental changes. It’s hard to imagine them making a difference, though, without a dramatic shift in priorities.
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Who’s reading over your shoulder?
The FBI has the power now to demand library records of those whom they suspect as potential threats to the country, thereby causing self-censorship in readers who fear the government.
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People, get ready
Rudy Martinez is a driven music fan whose labor of love is the roots-oriented Riverbank Music Festival.
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Changing lessons
In Oxygen, the characters learn but never change.
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Braver than Letterman
An event of note from the weekly calendar.
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A shot of testosterone
An event of note from the weekly calendar.
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The Ukulele Occasional
Ukulele enthusiasts will find much to like in The Ukulele Occasional, a new magazine.
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A prime spinner returns
A local old-school DJ starts spinning world-music sides at Habanero.
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Family ties
Sutter Creek’s Main Street Theatre Works updates a 17th-century Molière gem to the 19th-century Gold Rush.
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The Woolgatherer
This tale of counterculture life in 1970s New Mexico takes a Family Ties twist, and B Street’s production of it is superb.
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Starlet deep
Although Old Sacramento eatery California Fat’s looks great, its food is merely good and doesn’t quite match the beautiful surroundings.
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Food Stuff
Mix those leftovers with beaten eggs and make a tasty frittata.
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Semper hi-fi
Sacto power-pop trio the Mallrats are looking for a few good punk-rock girls.
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Can Sacramento support modern jazz?
The Northern California Modern Jazz Organization may have stumbled with its first big Sacramento event, but don’t write that obit just yet.
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The Hot Club of Cowtown
On its fourth CD, Austin’s Hot Club of Cowtown proves there’s still life in them 1930s-1940s acoustic swing bones.
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The Lookyloos
Davis band the Lookyloos finally make an album, and it’s a sweet jangle-pop triumph.
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File under rock, mind-roasting
A weekly selection from the ever-expanding music scene.
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Almost nostalgic
The script of The Banger Sisters is unfortunately propelled by coincidences.
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Burning Bush
How global warming will affect life at Bush’s Crawford ranch.
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