Issue: October 13, 2011
Dear SN&R reader!
In this week's feature, who better to ask about nuclear energy than people who live with the Fukushima disaster every day? Writer Michelle Magdalena Maddox stepped off a train in the Japanese coastal town of Ishinomaki, and took a
giant leap of faith. The photographer carried only an umbrella and her camera bag, loaded with a Canon 5D digital camera, a medium-format Hasselblad, rolls of film, a light meter and a change of underwear. After a quick bowl of ramen
at the train station, she set out to find locals to answer a single question a friend had helped her craft in Japanese and write on a card: "How do you feel about nuclear energy?"
Also this week, SN&R hits all the news spots: Bites reports on the Sacramento City Unified School Districts odd new partnership with Fox News; Cosmo Garvin interviews new city manager John Shirey, Nick Miller talks about possible excessive police presence at Occupy Sacramento and on the feds' medical-cannabis crackdown in California, and Seth Sandronsky looks at green grads of the Los Rios Community College District.
And in arts & culture news, this fall's fashion theme is grunge. Meets Mad Men. Hmm check out local fashion finds courtesy Painfully Hip scribe Amber Mortensen. Also this week: Soup's on in downtown Sacramento, the top-five Sacramento up-and-coming hip-hop emcees get outed, and 369 days of naughty sex moves, for your under-the-covers pleasure.
SN&R Staff
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Magdalena’s journey
A photographer traveled to tsunami-ravaged Japan. Then she asked the people she met a single question.
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Hazard a guess
Relicensing for Diablo Canyon nuclear plant is on hold; seismic studies draw critics.
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Meet the new boss
SN&R quizzes John Shirey, Sacramento’s new city manager, on the arena, strong mayor and saving Sacramento’s budget.
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Overtime with the occupation
Was city police’s Occupy Sacramento enforcement strategy too much?
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Feds and meds
Local medical-cannabis community faces closures, talks union.
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See Kerth run
Rob Kerth makes a timely campaign announcement; Sacramentans waste time, and money, stuck in traffic.
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Green gears
By spring, Toyota will have four types of Prii on the road.
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Los Rios’ ‘Green Force:’ The green grads
Local community-college students sign up in droves to learn eco-friendly skills—and also find jobs.
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Letters for October 13, 2011
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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A new interpretation of maladies
Advice to a reader to find answers lost in translation.
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Vegetarian jokes
What’s so funny about and anthropomorphized tofu?
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Obama’s American Jobs Act could work; Republican plan won’t
U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack comes to Sacramento to promote Obama’s American Jobs Act.
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On the naughty list
Natomas journalist Kourtney Jason dishes on her new book, The Naughty Bucket List: 369 Sexy Dares to Do Before You Die.
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Do better fences make better Mexicans?
The Mexican brings back wrought iron fences and the word “illegal.”
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News Corp., contracts and cronies
Does the Sacramento City Unified School District really need to be doing business with Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., of all companies?
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Realignment time
To be successful, California counties will have to focus on helping ex-cons get jobs.
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You + contest = fame!
Enter SN&R’s shamless self-promotion contest and appear on its cover.
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Editorial Cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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Epitome of ironic college rock
Checking out a Cake show in Davis some 20 years after this writer’s first time seeing the band.
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Smells like grunge spirit
Locally curated trends are bright with a chance of a grunge.
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Bingo: The Winning Musical
SN&R reviews a new production by California Musical Theatre at the Cosmopolitan Cabaret.
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Halloween heaven
SN&R highlights a handful of events happening in the upcoming week.
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Frankenstein at Sacramento Theatre Company
It’s a classic take on a classic tale in STC’s season opener.
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Walk a mile
The TOMS founder on how he changed the world with shoes.
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Naked poetry
Jane Hirshfield’s new collection of poems are large and run naked.
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Murder most inconvenient
Eoin Colfer’s new novel has fewer supernatural elements and more murderous fun.
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Will Durst, one-night only
Comedian Will Durst will appear at a benefit for the Sacramento County Democrats this week.
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Sacramento farmers markets October surprise
October brings rain—and plenty of farmers market-fresh fruits and veggies.
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Barack, meet Ngaio
A weekly look at medical cannabis in the Sacramento region.
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So now what?: the feds, medical marijuana and California
Longstanding activist, publisher and comedian Ngaio Bealum on the feds, the county—and what the medical-cannabis community can do to survive.
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She’s found Midtown
Capital Stage co-founder Stephanie Gularte is excited to open their season in new digs.
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Muntean’s Soups: A liquid force
Muntean’s Soups serves up a global pot of goodness.
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Too many tomatoes?
It’s been an odd summer for tomatoes, and some of the heirlooms are finally coming into peak in Sacramento.
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More food photo laws
There’s plenty of food photography possible outside the restaurant.
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Grow a pear
Now is the ideal time to buy fresh pears from the Sacramento region.
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The fresh men
Profiles of some of the best local up-and-coming emcees (and one deejay).
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Birds of a feather
Jack Black, Steve Martin and Owen Wilson are on a cross-country trip. Or race.
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The Ides of March
An average political film that rises above itself, plus double the hunks with George Clooney and Ryan Gosling.
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Real Steel
You’ll have more fun with a set of Rock ’em Sock ’em Robots. Knock your block off!
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Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness
This is a swift and fascinating documentary about a worthy subject.
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The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
This documentary offers rare video and commentary on a great African American social and political movement.
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