Issue: November 10, 2011
Greetings SN&R readers,
In this week's issue:
Colleagues view Claire Pomeroy, the CEO of the vast UC Davis Health System, as voice and advocate for a top-flight health care system. Pomeroy's husband calls her a one-time rebel and champion for the underdog who, over the years has matured into a natural leader. SN&R's Rachel Leibrock gives us an up-close look at Pomeroy -- past and very much present.
From Joe Kings Fan to Mayor Kevin Johnson to Senate President Pro-Tem Darrell Steinberg, everyone's hoping sports and entertainment powerhouse AEG will be the answer to not just keeping the Kings in Sacramento, but also saving downtown from certain economic peril. But SN&R's Nick Miller dissects AEG and Phillip Anschutz's shortcomings: dismantling the California Environmental Quality Act, re-electing George W. Bush, passing Colorado's anti-gay-rights laws, producing Ayn Rand films and even the death of Michael Jackson. Also this week in Frontlines: K Street gets cars!
In Arts&Culture, Lory Gil reports on local fruit and vegetable canning groups, Greg Lucas takes a peek inside J Street's new "Turkish delight," Nick Miller learns what ZuhG means (and why it's OK to smash a guitar), Kel Munger raves about Twelfth Night at Big Idea Theatre, Josh Fernandez reports on heroes Cowboy and a Thug's latest gig, and Rachel Leibrock has a Q-and-A with a Sundance-worthy filmmaker.
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Doctor of change
Meet Claire Pomeroy, UC Davis Health System’s CEO, a one-time rebel who went from caring for patients to changing systems.
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New Sacramento Kings arena: AEG, for the win?
City leaders tout the global sports behemoth as an NBA savior. Others say the corporation might be too big and too risky to bargain with.
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Cruising on K
Sacramento’s K Street to allow vehicles after 40 years.
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Big brand on campus
Why do Sacramento City College students need permission from a multinational corporation just to hold a bake sale?
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City Hall leaderless on occupation
When is comes to Occupy Sacramento, city hall is leaderless too.
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Pious, Prius
Auntie Ruth revisits 10 years of the Prius in America.
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Protect your pikas
California’s pika is a candidate for environmental protection.
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Our drought is our bond
Now that California is flowing with water, the passage of an $11 billion bond measure is in doubt.
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Letters for November 10, 2011
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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Siren swan song
Advice for a paranoid reader who might get ditched.
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Shakespeare’s defenders
Sacramento bard lover pokes at the heart of the current authorship controversy.
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Credit where it’s due
The Occupy movement storms an Oakland Bank of America branch; the bank faces public-relations nightmare; the bank gives money to Sacramento-area heroes and nonprofits.
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Camera ready
Last summer, Rose Hernandez left her job to pursue acting full time and she’s already got a short film headed to Sundance.
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Why do Mexican women sew their own dresses?
Are Mexican women uninhibited? And do they sew their own dresses?
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Raucous caucus
California progressive Democrats may get kicked out of the party for daring suggest a primary challenge to Obama.
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Sacramento’s de Vere descendents
Sacramento has a connection to the Shakespeare controversy.
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Something’s happening
SN&R stands in support of the 99 percent movement.
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‘No’ on voter ID
New voter ID restrictions will negatively impact the poor, elderly and people of color.
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Editorial Cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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Culture clash
The Time Square of Sacramento is always bustling and changing.
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Under pressure
From farm to jar, Sacramento home canners eat local year round.
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Medal of Honor Rag
SN&R reviews a new production at California Stage.
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Veterans Day: parades and more
SN&R highlights a handful of events happening in the upcoming week.
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Goin’ wild in the woods
Candy and booing and cheering and parody and panto: Oh, my!
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Alluring mortal curiosity
Pamela Skinner/Gwenna Howard Contemporary Art presents Rogelio Manzo’s new work of intriguing layers.
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Nourishment juice
Milk Gallery, the newest gallery downtown, opens this month with its group show, Cooking Up Something Real Good.
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The Rupture is coming
Mark Bryan’s satirical political and religious paintings are outrageous.
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Music, guns and L.A.
Ry Cooder is a guitarist who knows his way around both Los Angeles and crime.
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Shock and loss
Sacramento native Joan Didion remembers her late daughter, and struggles with grief, parenthood and age.
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Hell is for children
Chuck Palahnuik’s latest novel takes a 13-year-old girl to the underworld.
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Is it me, or is it hot in here?
Menopause: The Musical offers plenty of laughs, but bring your own fan.
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Keeping it real in the 530
Beer and Sac-lamenting in the 530.
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Harvest boon
Climate change, CBD love and the feds make this year’s marijuana bounty bountiful, cheaper, greener and more potent than ever.
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Definitely not a drag
Shakespeare raves—literally—in Big Idea Theatre’s production of Twelfth Night.
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Still bean good
Vanilla Bean Bistro serves up cozy Middle Eastern-inspired cuisine.
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Orange you Fuyu?
The Sacramento region offers a range of persimmon varieties this time of year.
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Found Crock-Pot
Nothing will leach the bitterness from a bad landlord experience like some Crock-Pot home cooking.
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Pear-fectly Asian-American
The Asian pear is rounder, crunchier and juicier than other pears, and it’s in season in Sacramento-area farmers markets.
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Make the bleeding stop!
Here are steps on how to open the fruit of fertility, the pomegranate, with kindness and nary any bloodshed.
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Living the (Zuhg) life
The reggae and roots troupe straight-up just makes the Sacramento music scene better.
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My family or the Manson family
Elizabeth Olsen has an amazing face, if you’re not creeped out by being attracted to the little sister of the baby on Full House.
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The Skin I Live in
A mad-scientist horror film, as only Pedro Almodóvar would do it.
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Tower Heist
A get-even comedy that doesn’t get in its own way—with good performances from the comedians.
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A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas
The boys are back in town, and they’re raunchy, foul-mouthed, tasteless, offensive and very, very funny.
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