Issue: May 26, 2011
Hello SN&R reader!
People praise Sacramento high school The Met as a small but important feather in the city school district's cap and Principal Allen Young has inspired kids there going on six years. President Barack Obama and Bill and Melinda Gates are fans. So what's the problem? Find the answer in this week's SN&R cover story. Meanwhile don't miss the usual news, opinion, music, food coverage you've come to expect every week.
SN&R staff
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Pursue your passions
Two million U.S. students drop out of school every year. But not at The Met, where Principal Allen Young inspires kids. So then why might the high school get left behind?
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Riding with the warden
Sacramento’s spring salmon-poaching season heats up.
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Baggage blame
Sacramento International Airport lost more than $6,000 in items between 2007 and 2010, according to Transportation Security Administration records.
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Sacramento’s public-safety dance
Can City Hall afford anything beyond cops and firefighters?
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Forty-four more cut at the Sacramento Bee
The Sacramento Bee loses more staff; the River City Food Bank finds new a home.
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Dumb and dumber
Let’s talk about both sides of gravity, shall we?
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Creating a healthier hen
UC Davis receives grant to study sustainable egg supply.
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Retrofit rebate
SMUD will audit a home’s energy efficiency and help with retrofitting it to save energy and money.
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Letters for May 26, 2011
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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The ex files
How to keep an ex-husband from dating your friends and an ex-wife from trespassing in your house.
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What I carry
There’s 15 pounds of stuff I can’t live without.
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Paramedics of the sky
Being a flight nurse is an intense job, but Rich Ikerd wouldn’t trade it for anything.
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Literately bi-curious
The Mexican on Spanish speakers learning proper … Spanish?
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A most lovable city
Bites is a fan of Sacramento’s slightly off-kilter and somewhat fussy charms.
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Where there’s smoke, there’s secret babies
From the SN&R blogs.
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No more red ink
Tax extensions needed despite increased revenue.
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Not surprised by Arnold revelation
We had every reason to know what kind of man we elected.
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Editorial Cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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If you’re sorry …
The “if apology” is the worst way to say you’re sorry.
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The Who’s Tommy
SN&R reviews a new production by the UC Davis Department of Theatre & Dance.
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Vesak town
Sacramento celebrates the 2600th year of Buddhism.
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Burly, with text messaging
Big Idea Theatre’s Hurlyburly, with Facebook and iPhones.
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Lemon, spice, nice
Try Lemon Spice at J Street Wellness to treat depression or appetite loss.
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Cyber ghetto
Web “personalizers” are letting us keep out information we just might need.
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First date
Daniel Clowes new graphic novel follows two slightly damaged, hopeful singles on a turbulent blind date.
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Welcome to the terror state
It’s too late to even wave bye-bye to the Bill of Rights.
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Get a move on
Lambda Players and The Alternative Arts Collective look for new homes.
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I am attracted to honesty although I am a liar
A poem by Sylvia Chan of Sacramento.
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Fanatical thinking
Will Sacramento ever get a “Humm-Baby” winner?
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Chronic employment
Senate Bill 129 would protect medical-cannabis users from being fired over drug testing.
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From brew to blue
Former Brew It Up! chef Jason Lockard opens Blue Prynt just down the street.
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Sprechen sie brot?
Add bread to the list of things that are really well done by Germans.
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Hate the review, not the reviewer
Don’t diss the experts, diss their opinions.
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How about some sauerkraut?
The German kimchi can be made with little fuss or money.
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A little kelp help
Kelp noodles don’t taste like the sea, and they are great in salads and spring rolls.
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Fri, May 27, DJ Skribble
DJ Skribble will scratch up some vinyl in Sacramento’s Park Ultra Lounge.
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Sat, May 28, The Ross Sea Party
The Ross Sea Party brings the glockenspiel.
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Sun, May 29, Aaron Neville
Aaron Neville will bring face tats and soulful crooning to the Napa Valley Opera House.
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Sun, May 29, Kiss
Kiss headlines the Walk ‘N Rock for Kids fundraising event in West Sacramento.
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Sun, May 29, 14 Iced Bears
14 Iced Bears will perform British guitar twang at Sacramento’s TownHouse Lounge.
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Tues, May 31, Asobi Seksu
Asobi Seksu plays dreamy pop for the Blue Lamp crowd.
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A tape deck, some Creedence tapes and, uh, a briefcase
Creedence Clearwater Revisited vs. John Fogerty, round 1 million.
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Legend of Armond White
The New York Press’ film critic goes epic.
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Blue Valentine
Stars Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams won Golden Globe nominations for their potent performances.
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The King’s Speech
Oscar cheese that should age better than Shakespeare in Love.
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The Way Back
Six-time Oscar-nominated Aussie director Peter Weir has reworked Slawomir Rawicz’s 1956 memoir.
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The Hangover Part II
What, so Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, the writers of the original, were too good for this?
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