Issue: November 01, 2012
By this time in the election cycle, most people are so sick of it--the endless campaign, the screaming political ads, the unending fundraising emails and yes, even a robocall or two--that the last thing we want to talk about is voting. So why vote? SN&R's Nick Miller answers that question in this week's feature.
What do Prop. 30, money for schools, and prison realignment have in common? More than you think. In this week's Frontlines, SN&R staff writer Raheem F. Hosseini addresses a little-known section of Proposition 30 that provides funding for prison realignment. According to some local correctional leaders, if Prop. 30 fails, so will prison realignment.
Also in Frontlines this week: James Raia reports on the still-unpaid loan from the City of Sacramento to the Sacramento Sports Commission. It's not a deal-breaker, but the debt may effect whether or not Amgen's Tour of California comes through Sacramento in 2013. And in Essay, Kel Munger asks what we should do about those low-information voters.
When the party's getting hard, these folks are the first responders: Sacramento's bouncers. In this week's Arts&Culture, Lovelle Harris gets these men and women to talk about the good, the bad, the ugly, and the downright scary. Also this week: Aaron Carnes on the Kelps new nonfiction approach in Music; Kel Munger raves about Janis Stevens as Joan Didion in The Year of Magical Thinking at California Stage; and paying attention to political information can backfire, or so says the expert Raheem F. Hosseini interviews in this week's 15 Minutes.
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Question: Why vote?
Answer: Really, because there’s nothing to freak out about, right?
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Jailhouse crock
Insiders worry Capitol to bail on prison-realignment plan—and foot local governments like Sacramento County with the bill.
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We’re No. 4! (Hey, not bad.)
Sacramento ranks No. 4 on the U.S. Metro Clean Tech Index, just released by clean-tech research firm Clean Edge.
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Weatherization forecast
A new program warms up low-income Sacramentans' houses, saves energy, dollars.
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See the light
Nick Miller on his love-hate relationship with Regional Transit—and why America and Sacramento's leaders should invest in public transit.
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Don’t mind your #!*@ business!
Joey advises a reader that it really does take a village.
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Choosing your religion
Kimberly Nalder’s nonpartisan Project for an Informed Electorate slices and dices election information into a one-stop substance shop.
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You’re going to get your curse words wrong
The Mexican guides readers on how to deal with fears about speaking the wrong kind of Spanish and unruly neighborhood kids.
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Pick your poison
Politcal-sleaze attorney dings school's superintendent, city council candidates struggle with conflicts of interest.
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Sacramento council races reveal City of Money Trees
Big bucks influence the race for Midtown and downtown.
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Nightlife army
Vomit, booze, bathroom sex and booty shaking on the dance floor! Don’t worry, Sacramento’s bar and club bouncers have your back.
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Beyond grief
Janis Stevens nails it as Joan Didion in The Year of Magical Thinking at California Stage.
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Guns a-blazin’
Assassins shoots ’em up at Sierra Stages in Grass Valley.
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Kings of new things?
SN&R previews the Sacramento Kings’ new season.
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The new journalism
A Chicago journalist and graphic designer team up to redefine the ways we tell—and read—the news.
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Comes a time
Neil Young's new memoir reads just like riding in a car with an old friend.
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Each Autumn
A poem by Dianna MacKinnon Henning of Janesville, Calif.
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Purple people seekers
Do the lenticular clouds that form around Mount Shasta hold the truth to the tiny, purple beings who reportedly exist beneath its surface?
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Random acts of Chinese food
Two different Chinese-food restaurant choices, two very different outcomes.
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Another road trip!
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.’s beers are everywhere—but a trip to Chico is still a treat.
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Track your trucks
SN&R teaches you how to keep in touch with the latest food-truck locations, news and happenings.
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The origin story
It’s World Vegan Month. Did you know Donald Watson invented the word “vegan”?
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That joke isn’t funny anymore
After the singer's painful breakup and lineup change, the Kelps abandon the humorous fictional hijinks in favor of real, personal stories.
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Cancer sucks
A benefit for U.S. Roughnecks' musician Big Jay Bastard gives cancer the middle finger.
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The anti-adorkable girl
Ricky Berger goes big with new sounds, producers.
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Withering depths
Diplomacy aside, this version of Emily Brontë's classic novel sucks.
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Wreck-It Ralph
This animated feature is no Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but it will do.
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Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
This documentary is a family-approved portrait of a bon vivant, by her granddaughter-in-law.
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Chicken With Plums
The creators of Persepolis bring us a live-action film that might have been happier had it been animated.
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Chasing Mavericks
There is decent acting in this surfing biopic—and the surfing scenes are terrific.
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The weed man’s comeback
Ngaio on cannabinol, dispensaries in the Nevada City and Grass Valley foothills, and winelike pretentiousness.
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