Issue: January 27, 2011
Hello SN&R reader!
On this week's cover, find the extraordinary tale of Brad DeHaven, a financial trader and "typical dad" from Granite Bay, who attempted to snare two drug dealers in an effort to keep his young son Brandon out of prison after he was found to be using and dealing Oxycontin. Elsewhere, find the SN&R's usual mix of news, opinion, arts and culture.
Happy reading!
SN&R staff
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OxyContin kid
A Granite Bay father’s wild attempt to save his OxyContin-addicted son from prison.
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Model citizens—or cranks?
Participation in local government is on the decline, and Sacramento’s most-passionate, involved residents often endure bad reputations.
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Super green, round two
Mayor Kevin Johnson’s Greenwise Sacramento agenda mixes new and recycled content.
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Unhappy meal
Are homeless really banned from a McDonald’s in Midtown? Or is it just a case of Golden Arches policy gone too far?
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Sign of the crimes
The Sacramento Police Department tallied the crimes; Sacramento Regional Transit bought new digital signs.
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Get your grove on
If you love trees, adopt a grove of them through the American River Parkway Foundation.
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College football’s green bowl
UC Davis wins green national championship.
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Letters for January 27, 2011
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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Overwhelmed? It’s an invitation.
Advice and encouragement to grow, especially when you feel overwhelmed.
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Arrival of Fred
To get peace on Earth, we need an alien (in a spaceship) to land.
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What’s vibe worth?
The new generation looks for cities with great nightspots, affordable housing, and green spaces. And they’re willing to earn less to live there.
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Post hoc, pendejo propter hoc
The Mexican on hipsters that know nothing about the Day of the Dead and a guy that thinks he knows nothing about his name (but really does).
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School-house blues
On Margaret Fortune’s charter school power play.
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Face the pain
Gov. Jerry Brown’s austerity budget is on the right track.
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Change the Senate filibuster rules
Get rid of dysfunctional Senate practices that create gridlock.
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Editorial Cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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The transcendental artist
Aleksander Bohnak aims to recreate the meditative experience.
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Compleat Female Stage Beauty
SN&R reviews a new production at Big Idea Theatre.
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The Musical of Musicals: The Musical
SN&R reviews a new production at Sacramento Theatre Company.
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It’s electric, and it’s eclectic
Sacramento Electronic Music Festival.
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Highlighting Twilight
UC Davis professors will talk about the mystique of Stephenie Meyers’ Twilight series.
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Big hair, big fun
Runaway Stage pulls out the stops—and the product—for Hairspray.
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Someone call a doctor
Man, those trichome lozenges at El Camino Wellness Center are no joke.
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Put on your black tie—or not
Don’t say we didn’t suggest a red carpet for you to walk. We did.
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How slow can you go?
Who in Sacramento gets the Snail of Approval?
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Safe and legal
Courtney Sheats makes sure medical-marijuana patients know their rights.
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It’s anniversary time!
Two Sacramento series—Stories on Stage and Graham-a-rama—celebrate anniversaries this week.
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A lemon for all seasons
Garrett McCord shares the perfect lemonade recipe.
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It’s alive! Frankenfish!
Homegrown looks at the future of salmon.
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A festival of vegetables
The vegetarian/vegan/raw food fair VegFest is on Saturday, January 29.
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Go as hard as you can
SN&R catches up with Trash Talk’s Lee Spielman on the heels of the band’s crazy, breakthrough year.
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Sat, Jan 29, Rademacher
Dawes brings a classic folk sound to Odd Fellows Hall in Davis.
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Tues, Feb 1, Social Distortion
Social Distortion returns to Freeborn Hall in Davis, supporting its new album, Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes.
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Tues, Feb 1, Dawes
Dawes brings a classic folk sound to the Odd Fellows Hall in Davis.
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Boutique quibbles, horse nibbles
Visiting K Street’s District 30; taking the Cake on Billboard; new R&B voice Tessa Evans; and the French do movies right, again, with The Italian Straw Hat at the Crest Theatre.
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Incredible journey
Ultimate road movie: Walking across the hinterland toward a civilization on the brink of self-annihilation.
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The Sicilian Girl
Director Marco Amenta tries to personify that struggle but a reliance more on melodrama than docudrama backfires.
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No Strings Attached
No insight, no clever dialogue, no interesting supporting characters. It’s not When Harry Met Sally …
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