Issue: May 24, 2012
If you lived in Sacramento ten years ago, the names alone--Vlade, Peja, C-Webb, Bibby--are enough to bring back memories of a Sacramento Kings team that featured good vibes and great hoops. Arco thunder. Sold-out games. Playoff wins. Game 6. In this week's feature, we offer a look back, courtesy of SN&R freelance contributor Joe Martin, on the best team never to win an NBA championship.
Get this: A sitting board of supervisor has never lost a re-election bid since 1970. But the insurgent tag team of Gary Blenner and Jeff Kravitz want to beat this streak, or at least have some fun trying. Cosmo Garvin looks at the candidates trying to Occupy the board of supervisors in this week's Frontlines. Also this week: Nick Miller reports on a hate crime against a Sacramento Ballet dancer, and Tara Eshghi chats with the locals diverting kitchen waste from landfills to gardens.
Question: What do a talking Teddy Bear, Katy Perry 3-D adult cinema and a vampire-slaying Abraham Lincoln have in common? Answer: Find out by taking Jonathan Keifer's official summer movie pop quiz. Also this week: Nick Miller gives it up for Manny being Manny in Mannymento, Steph Rodriguez looks at the rich, blues-y history of the Torch Club, Patti Roberts raves about driving lessons with a skeevy uncle, and Jonathan Mendick asks a fencing Olympian if he's ever been stabbed.
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When we were Kings
Meet the 2002 Sacramento Kings, the best team never to win an NBA championship.
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Occupy Sacramento County supes
Insurgent candidates take on developer “puppets” on board of supervisors.
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Hate in Midtown
Sacramento Ballet dancer beat up for being gay.
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Raising the solar roofs
Public Utilities Commission could let more sunshine into state’s power grid.No, you can’t hunt Bigfoot in California.
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Be a zero—a zero-waste advocate
Sacramentans innovate to divert organic waste from landfills as city plays catch-up.
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Letters for May 24, 2012
Sacramento News & Review readers share their thoughts on Google and Mayor Kevin Johnson’s refusal to debate other mayoral candidates.
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Ask Joey: Community disservice
Joey advises a reader that marriage is a shared responsibility.
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Government gridlock; summit solutions
Nonpartisan nonprofit California Forward holds summit to discuss solutions for California’s many challenges.
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Sactown swordsman
Sacramento fencer James Williams goes for gold at the 2012 London Olympic Games after winning silver four years ago in Beijing.
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Does cold weather piss off Chicago Mexicans?
The Mexican addresses chilly Chicago chicanos, possibly possessive partners and backhanded compliments in the sack.
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Boy mayors, pet teachers
Heather Fargo endorses Jonathan Rewers, while Jonathan Raymond plays favorites.
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Mother load
You don’t have to plan everything. Even having a baby.
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Summer schooled
SN&R film critic Jonathan Kiefer schools you on the summer movie season.
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Detour ahead
Capital Stage presents Stephanie Gularte in How I Learned to Drive.
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Ready, aim …Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them
The B Street hosts the West Coast premiere of a play from the 2011 Humana Festival of New American Plays.
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Sun shifters
Del Sol solar-powered nail polish changes colors, doesn’t give you vampire powers.
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Bread does a body good
New Roma Bakery’s pesto milk bread improves on the original recipe.
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Veggies, yum
New Sacramento blog gives tips on how to eat vegetarian on the cheap.
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YD House: The banchan equation
This Korean restaurant needs more yin to its yang.
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Berry crazy
Ann Martin Rolke’s tips for using all those strawberries.
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Banh mi up, Sacto
The best reason to stick to eating cheap banh mi? It’s as good as the expensive stuff.
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A raw education
The Green Boheme offers a 30 Day Raw Challenge and classes to help transition into a raw diet.
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Carry the Torch
Music is the main attraction at Sacramento’s historic Torch Club.
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Up for some reggae?
Apparently, Bob Marley’s life somehow has gone without a definitive motion-picture survey until now.
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Sound of My Voice
A sci-fi-ish approach to unveiling fakery makes Zal Batmanglij’s debut feature a good one.
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Battleship
A booze-sodden loser (Taylor Kitsch) joins the Navy and rises to lieutenant just in time to lead the counterattack against an invading army from outer space.
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Darling Companion
A lost dog exposes the hitherto ignored cracks in the comfortable marriage of a self-absorbed surgeon (Kevin Kline) and his over-emotional wife (Diane Keaton).
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Crackdown vote down
Failed congressional amendment signals no quick end to federal medical-cannabis policy.
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