Issue: July 22, 2010
Frontlines
In news this week: The oil industry wants to suspend California’s landmark global-warming law, Assembly Bill 32. But supporters may be surprised to learn that Proposition 23 would probably leave most of the state’s greenhouse-gas rules intact, while sowing lawsuits and confusion. Also in news, what’s the best way to save America’s second-most endangered river system? Let it flood. Next, our editorial writers poke the teabagger anthill with back-to-back opinions on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell and Climategate. And in green news, Greg Lucas investigates California’s experiment in green chemistry, and our Greenlight columnist suggests we send Mayor Kevin Johnson to Rancho Cordova.
Feature story
Some say Midtown is too much fun. That its vibrant night life threatens its erstwhile sleepy residential neighborhoods. Others, they like the new Midtown, which emerged in the past decade, and champion the “It’s too early to go to bed” mantra. And so, there’s a fight for Midtown’s future that’s divided its very populace. Residents disapprove of the concentration of bars and night life, developers and entrepreneurs lament the city’s lack of vision and investment, and City Hall frustrates everyone with its profuse red-tape bureaucracy. Nick Miller reports on the battle for Midtown.
Arts & culture
This week, you’ll find: a preview of the annual Sacramento International Film and Music Festival, details on the ballad of America Day, thoughts on a pear festival, a taste of East Sac’s new Mexican-food hot spot, a look at filmmaker Lisa Cholodenko’s latest lesbian mom drama, a interview with the most dangerous gang in town, and a day in the life of Sacto’s only vegan food cart.
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Battle for Midtown
Sacramento’s newest hot-spot neighborhood used to be a slum. Now, residents are fighting over its future.
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How loud, Midtown?
The neighborhood’s new noise has the city updating its century-old sound ordinance.
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Don’t panic
Proposition 23, climate change, global warming, A.B. 32, Global Warming Solutions Act, Deloitte Consulting, V. John White, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Assemblyman Dan Logue, California Air Resources Board, California Public Utilities Commission, Pavley regs, Anita Mangels, low-carbon-fuel standard, cap-and-trade.
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Troubled waters
Sacramento-San Joaquin rivers list of endangered waterways.
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Thumbin’ it
Auntie Ruth counts the footsteps her food has traveled.
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Plants with a bite
Step outside your garden box and buy some carnivorous plants.
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Benign by design
The governor’s Green Chemistry plan revs up.
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Letters for July 22, 2010
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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Jailbird gets cheated
Love woes, jailbird dilemmas and writing advice.
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Can cities be run better?
Our current system of city government in Sacramento is screwed up; let’s look for models that are working.
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Vote nobody for mayor
Bites ponders a mayor’s strengths and weaknesses.
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Still asking
Military still going through hoops over “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
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The Climategate hoax
New report shows “Climategate” was a fabrication.
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Editorial Cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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The ugly truth
Rachel looks at Glee star Charice Pempengco’s Botox and plastic surgery.
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Transformative cinema
Sacramento International Film and Music Festival preview.
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Queens are Wild
SN&R reviews a new production by the Lambda Players.
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Big-time comedy
Cedric “The Entertainer” brings his stand-up comedy to the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium.
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Snapshot of California Latino life
Teatro Espejo produces Shadow of a Man at California Stage.
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Love minus cliché
Emma and Dexter meet on July 15. One Day chronicles the next two decades, checking in with them on the same day every year.
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California kidnappers
Who knew California had an extensive problem with kidnapping in the early part of the last century? Bankers, beware!
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Still no level field
Colorblind, a new book by Tim Wise, addresses the myth that a race-neutral society is a fair way to end racial discrimination.
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A night of prize winners
Poetry with a couple of book prize winners at SPC.
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Ballad of America Day
One day a year is America Day for this writer.
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Feathers fly
Angels in America takes flight in Roseville, and it’s really worth the drive.
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Picking perfect peaches
Sugary goodness comes to those who wait.
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New gangsters
Two OG friends mix it up as the Babs Johnson Gang.
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Haunting and horny
Sacramento’s Agent Ribbons’ upcoming album may have been a good soundtrack for The Nightmare Before Christmas.
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Thur, July 22, Joints & Jams
Deejays and emcees will create kick-ass mix tapes—live.
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Sun, July 25 Musical Charis
The hardest-working band from Sacto is back in town.
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Buy a record, dammit
Russ Solomon, Tower Records, Mahtie Bush, Planet Asia, Major League Spittaz, Mean Doe Green.
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Ramona and Beezus
Beverly Cleary’s popular children’s books come to the screen.
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Standing Ovation
Five Atlantic City ’tween-age girls enter their singing group in a music video contest.
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