Issue: September 26, 2013
Thanks for reading this week's SN&R. Feel free to click the links
below, but don't forget to pick up a newsprint version of the
newspaper for exclusive event picks, columns and cartoons.
The feature this week: Obamacare arrives in Sacramento this week;
Daniel Weintraub tells you what you need to know.
Elsewhere in the issue: Nick Miller on the political sway of
California's first dog, Sutter Brown; Shaq in Sacramento; Alan Pyke
on the GOP's food-stamps cuts; Cosmo Garvin on California's new
driver's license bill and how it effects immigrants; a special guide
to Artober; Rachel Leibrock interviews Steve Wozniak; Becky Grunewald
reviews some top-secret barbeque; Aaron Carnes talks with local
singer-songwriter Xochitl; and more.
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Everything you need to know about the Affordable Care Act in California
“Obamacare” arrives in Sacramento this week.
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How Sutter Brown saved California
Hustling ballot measures, soothing political stresses, finessing negotiations—the state's affable first dog is changing Sacramento's Capitol culture.
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Shaq the lobbyist has Sac’s back?
Needing the governor to sign a sweetheart arena bill, Sacramento Kings owner Vivek Ranadivé rolls out the capital's least-favorite 7-footer.
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House Republicans propose $40 billion in cuts to food stamps
Senate and House forced to reconcile cuts to low-income residents.
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Skip the self-diagnosis
Stop browsing WebMD and instead read up on what the Affordable Care Act means for your health care in California.
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Letters for September 26, 2013
Readers discuss the prisoner-rehab problem and the importance of education.
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State of denial
Joey advises a reader to grieve her mother's inability to parent.
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Breaking Bad’s American empire business
The writers of Breaking Bad are using the most acclaimed TV show in America to tell America that it sucks.
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In Sacramento, October is Artober
Enjoy local art, music, theater and festivals all month long.
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Someday, bloody someday
It took Roseville native Matt Thompson 10 years to finish his horror film Bloodline.
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A post-Depression white person's abomination
More deportations have occurred under the Obama administration (about 400,000 people a year) than there ever was in the era of Dubya.
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California's new driver's license bill includes very troubling trade-offs for immigrants
Is it a license to deport?
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Health care is here in California
Visit the Covered California website at www.coveredca.com.
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Highlights from this year's California legislative session
There was some good news in the slew of laws sent forward to the governor.
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SN&R's interview with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak
On privacy, the digital divide and the real Steve Jobs.
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Divine distress
SN&R reviews a production from B Street Theatre's B3 Series.
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After Juliet
SN&R reviews City Theatre's production of a Shakespearean epilogue.
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Autumnal amour
SN&R gets you in the mood for autumn with a few fall-related events and activities.
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KVMR Celtic Festival & Marketplace
The KVMR Celtic Festival brings music and a marketplace to the Nevada County Fairgrounds.
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Brews and Balls Festival
Play sports with balls and drink beer all day long at the Brews and Balls Festival.
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World Rabies Day
Get your pet a rabies vaccine, pet license and microchip for free on World Rabies Day.
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Sacramento Reptile Show
The 16th annual Sacramento Reptile Show features a plethora of reptiles.
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Sasha Abramsky
Sasha Abramsky will discuss and sign his new book, The American Way of Poverty: How the Other Half Still Lives at this event.
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Broadway bash
Fair Oaks Theatre Festival's closer is Best of Broadway's 40th-year anniversary show, Celebration.
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The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?
SN&R reviews a Resurrection Theatre production about a goat.
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The California condor, in flight
A new documentary chronicles the plight of the California condor.
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It’s all wet
This new site from the Water Education Foundation educates users on California's complex water issues.
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Fuel for thoughts
Gyorgy Scrinis' new book on nutrition examines the oft-confusing details and “expert” advice that makes up nutritional science.
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Here's the beef
The 2013 Sacramento Burger Battle was a vegetarian's nightmare—but for a good cause.
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Up your foodie cred
This under-the-radar barbecue joint meets all the requirements for far-flung food adventurers.
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Comida y cantos
Sacramento's Latin Food & Music Festival pairs (obviously) Latin food and music.
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Conventional jealousy
The World Veg Festival in San Francisco and the Plant-Powered Health & Fitness Expo in Oakland are happening this week.
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What a girl wants
Singer-songwriter Xochitl may write cute, but she's serious about her craft, dog and boyfriend's video-game obsession.
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Love, naturally
Julia Louis-Dreyfus and the late James Gandolfini star in this bittersweet ensemble comedy.
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Baggage Claim
Paula Patton is a poor spinster flight attendant in this crash-and-burn of a rom-com.
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
This sequel, rich with visual marvels, improves on the 2009 animated original.
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The Family
Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer join the Witness Protection Program in this gangster-light flick.
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Short Term 12
Sacramento native Brie Larson gives one of the year's best performances in this drama about troubled youth.
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Thanks for Sharing
Mark Ruffalo is a recovering sex addict trying to come clean with his new girlfriend, played by Gwyneth Paltrow.
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On how to avoid munchies while using marijuana
Ngaio also advises on how to tend to a small indoor pot plant.
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31 days of Artober
It's October, which means that in Sacramento, it's also Artober.
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The cult of selfie
A new Julie Heffernan exhibit at the Crocker Art Museum highlights the artist's fantastical self-portraits.
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Artober Arts Picks
Feast your eyes this month on trippy geometric and natured-inspired paintings and the artwork from generations of Eames.
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Artful neighbors
The Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission teamed with the Del Paso Boulevard Partnership in an effort to bring more visual art to the north Sacramento neighborhood.
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Artober Event Picks
October is packed with events such as a black-tie, masked masquerade; jazz festival; and beer runs.
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Ride with the undead
Forget the walking dead, this Halloween, hitch a ride on the Zombie Train.
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Artober Halloween Picks
So many ways to enjoy this Halloween, so little time.
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Straight outta Tulsa
Leon Russell, the wizard of the Tulsa, Oklahoma, sound drops in for a show at Assembly.
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Artober Music Picks
Classical music, jazz, experimental music and a Halloween-themed concert—plus a zombie-pinup contest—this October.
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Nobody puts bebé in a corner
Get your So You Think You Can Dance fix when Ballet Hispanico brings its classical ballet-meets-contemporary dance moves to the Mondavi Center.
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Artober On Stage Picks
Ballet and plays will keep you entertained this October.
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