Issue: January 10, 2013
The number of Sacramento emergency-room visits soared over the past five years. According to a 2012 Sierra Health Foundation report, more than 40 percent of ER patients in 2010 probably didn’t need to visit an emergency room. SN&R went inside three local emergency rooms to find out what's going on with our health care safety net. Do patients have patience for Obamacare, which hopefully will remedy the state's health-care crisis? More in this week's feature. And in Frontlines, Christopher Arns asks, "Will Sacramento finally ban plastic bags?"
Just when you thought the craft brew field couldn't get any more trendy, here comes something new: cider. Made from apples. Alastair Bland examines the boom in Northern California craft and specialty ciders. Also in the arts section: Gregg Wager on violinist Rachel Barton Pine and Jonathan Kiefer on Zero Dark Thirty.
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Fast-food medicine
Under the Affordable Care Act, Sacramento ERs may have to get worse before they get better.
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Medi-Cal, health-care reform and the ER collide
Nearly one-third of Sacramento ER visits are paid for with Medi-Cal. Can the state afford to add millions more low-income residents to the rolls and improve preventative care?
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Will Sacto finally ban plastic bags?
Sacramento City Council members and environmentalists team up to get rid of “urban tumbleweeds.”
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Brain-tumor jokes
The Affordable Care Act is an exciting opportunity to revolutionize health-care in California. But it's also a little scary.
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Letters for January 10, 2013
Letters to the editor on the Sacramento Kings arena, male victims of domestic violence and Marcos Breton.
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Strip away the secrets
Joey advises a reader to come clean with her parents.
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Resolutions for Sacramento: 2013
Let's lower unemployment, improve the environment and reduce hunger.
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Party like a pirate
Susan “Louisiana Sue” Ramon plans outside-the-box festivals and celebrations at Rio Ramaza Marina, RV & Event Park.
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Heard about the bird?
Flipping off cops is still not recommended.
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Masters of deception
Legislative good and bad depends on the why of the beholder.
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Poor choice, Tom
Residents of Congressional District 4 need to question Tom McClintock's principles.
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We don’t stop
Public events such as the New Year’s Eve fireworks show should not be brought to an end because of a random act of violence.
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Apples to apples
The fruit is often hard to find, but Northern California—and Sacramento—is at the root of a new microcraft cider boom.
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Pricked and bleeding
Sacramento’s Imprint Theater Works debuts with The Merchant of Venice.
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What a way to make a livin’
Runaway Stage Productions gets some ’70s nostalgia going with 9 to 5: The Musical.
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Wild, scenic, ’roided
The Wild & Scenic Film Festival in Nevada City highlights environmental films and activists, and raises awareness about climate change.
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See the self
Elliott Fouts Gallery presents Face Yourself, a group show featuring self-portraits.
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The vintage effect
JayJay gallery presents the paintings of Patrick Marasso for the months of January and February.
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Hey, it’s Diane!
Capital ArtWorks presents a group show featuring the renderings of longtime area model, Diane Baxter.
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Through a lens, digitally
Saturate Yolo, an exhibit of iPhone images shot by SN&R contributor Dave Webb, transcends insta-digital triteness.
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In the pursuit of truth
A new POV film documents the grim, often deadly connection between Mexico's journalists, drug cartels and the government.
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Try before you ride
At Practical Cycle, test out that bike for a few hours—or a day—before committing to buy.
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The politics (and religion) of singing and dancing
Touring group Shen Yun Performing Arts delivered classical Chinese dance and music to the Sacramento Community Center Theater—with a side of religion and politics.
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State of the burrito
California Burrito gets its signature state dish right, but other regional offerings are more hit-or-miss.
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Here come the Germans
LowBrau opens with a wealth of great bottles and drafts.
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Happy chicken
A Mexican restaurant in Carmichael specializes in barbecue chicken.
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Get schooled
Conquer creating vegan curries and raw-food dishes at the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op Community Learning Center and Cooking School, and The Plum Cafe & Bakery.
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Sweetness and might
Whether playing thrash metal or centuries-old classical compositions, violinist Rachel Barton Pine's approach is charming yet gritty.
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Thurs., Jan. 11, Mark Hummel’s Blues Harmonica Blowout: A Tribute to Jimmy Reed
Join a traveling blues party at Three Stages at Folsom Lake College this Friday, January 11.
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Sat., Jan. 12, Tribal Seeds
San Diego reggae rockers visit Ace of Spades on Saturday, January 12.
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Mon., Jan. 14, Work Your Soul
A Monday dance night at The Press Club revives classic hits from the ’50s and ’60s.
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Tues., Jan. 15, Sum 41
Canadian pop-punks visit Ace of Spades on Tuesday, January 15.
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Wed., Jan. 16, Gregg Allman
Popular blues and rock vocalist visits the Crest Theatre on Wednesday, January 16.
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Wed., Jan. 16, Jennifer O’Connor
Brooklyn-based signer-songwriter plays Naked Lounge Downtown on Wednesday, January 16.
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Wed., Jan. 16, Local Licks
Go to PowerHouse Pub and “git ’er done.”
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Thurs., Jan. 17, Slightly Stoopid
San Diego reggae and folk-punk band visits Ace of Spades on Thursday, January 17.
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Concerts in the Park—it's time to play big or bro out
Musicians, it's time to quit yer gripin' and get those Concerts in the Park apps in the mail.
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Enough tragedy to go around
Kathryn Bigelow's latest is temperamentally more tenacious than triumphalist.
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Gangster Squad
Sean Penn gets hammy, Josh Brolin flexes his iron jaw, and Ryan Gosling cranks the charm factor up to 11. It's a swell fiction!
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The Impossible
White people have their vacation ruined by a tsunami.
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Not Fade Away
If you're going to make a movie about rockers in the '60s, the musicians shouldn't be third-rate schlubs.
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Promised Land
When the white hats and the black hats are this obvious, it's Billy Jack without karate.
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Rust and Bone
A measured and uneventful film that rests on character and benefits from the acting of Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts.
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Scavenger blunt
Ngaio advises on where to find good cannabis.
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