Issue: February 06, 2014
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The feature story this week: Beyond a reasonable drought. Sacramento's
uncharted water shortage isn't just a blip. This is the new reality.
Alastair Bland reports on how the shrinking water supply affects farmers
and residents.
Elsewhere in the issue: Raheem F. Hosseini covers developers' push to
change low-income housing laws, Kel Munger interviews local sexpert Laci
Green, Shoka highlights the best Second Saturday art shows, Rachel
Leibrock interviews ethereal British rock band Peggy Sue, Jonathan
Mendick plans your Black History Month calendar, and more.
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California’s water crisis is beyond a reasonable drought
Sacramento’s uncharted water shortage isn’t just a blip. This is the new reality.
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Developers put Sacramento's progressive affordable-housing laws in checkmate
Building industry successfully guts Sacramento County's inclusionary-housing ordinance.
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Some 27,000 Sacramentans sign up for health care via Covered California
Sacramentans flock to enroll, but Latinos are slow to register.
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Conflicts of interest when it comes to the Kings arena
SN&R's editorial office can't be bought. There is no revolving door. Can you say the same for City Hall?
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Letters for February 6, 2014
SN&R's readers chime in on shady arena tricks, how to truly conserve water, funding of arts for diverse communities and the city's newest vegetarian restaurant.
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The post-breakup smackdown
Joey advises a reader to go slow when it comes to relationships, old and new.
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What would Jesus say?
There's a new focus on poverty in the church.
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Q-and-A with Sacramento Uber driver Syed Hussain
“I believe taxicabs run a monopoly on consumers, and no one could really do anything about it until companies like Uber.”
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Quick to judge
University of Southern California professor Jody Agius Vallejo explains middle-class Latinos getting stereotyped as uneducated or unauthorized immigrants—by other Latinos.
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Gov. Jerry Brown defies typical California budget buffoonery
There isn't a single governor, Democrat or Republican, since 1850 that hasn't bitched about how the state could do a better job managing its money—and then, in most cases, promptly followed that up by tearing through the checkbook.
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Save the Sacramento Senior Safe House
Your support can help keep the doors open. Please call the Volunteers of America at (916) 442-3691 if you can help.
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Profiling of Insane Clown Posse Juggalos must stop
Once groups are authenticated as “gangs,” all it takes is a random member to do something illegal. The bias is already in place to brand an entire subculture as criminal.
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Master of sex
Sacramento native Laci Green, the millennial generation's answer to Dr. Ruth, dishes on sex ed, body image and slut-shaming.
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Heart and soles
SN&R preview's Sacramento Ballet's upcoming Valentine's Day-themed productions.
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Around the World in 80 Days
The B Street Theatre will embark on a two-week tour India after a string of performances in Sacramento.
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The Conductor: Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
SN&R reviews a production in the B Street Theatre's Family Series.
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Good conversation
An unscripted storytelling performance features a conversation between two lifelong friends.
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Cadaver color palette
This art show at John Natsoulas Center for the Arts features Alex Reisfar.
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Four decades or less
Elliott Fouts Gallery's February exhibition showcases artists 40 years old and younger.
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All around the world
Susan Tonkin Riegel has a solo show at Shimo Center for the Arts.
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Awkward dancing nostalgia
Fit into that old prom outfit? Relive high school at the Crocker Art Museum's latest Art Mix event.
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A cure for conversation
This trivia app will get you out of having to, you know, actually talk to people.
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Hardly cheesy
Gary Shteyngart writes honestly and hilariously about his family's emigration to the United States.
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The artist’s way
Sacramento artist Gayle Rappaport-Weiland interviews other local artists in this Web video series.
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A Bows & Arrows farewell
Bows & Arrows closes its doors in Midtown, hints at possibility of new shop.
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A barbecue oasis
Kim Son Mongolian BBQ Vietnamese & Chinese Food's healthy, cheap and tasty noodle stir-fries challenges diners to become the chef.
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Fresh take on a food show
Eddie Huang's show on Vice delves into interesting cuisine that's often ignored.
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Advanced-level spiciness
These vegan, spicy, coated fried peanuts are a delicious Indian snack food that just might kick your ass.
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Folk implosion: Peggy Sue plays Davis this Friday
Brighton band moves past its early folk sound to craft music that's creepy beautiful.
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Spitting rhymes and a Pete Seeger postscript
Guerrilla rap takes over local venues, and Pete Seeger's last words to a Sacramento woman.
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Doomed to repeat
Asghar Farhadi's follow-up to A Separation follows many of the same themes on family, love and self-awareness.
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I, Frankenstein
CGI trickery is the real monster in this dopey take based on the Mary Shelley classic.
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That Awkward Moment
Michael B. Jordan is underused in this arch update on Shakespeare also starring Zac Efon and Miles Teller.
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The Lego Movie
Chris Pratt voices a lonely conformist in this animated kid flick that has all the right building blocks for a good time.
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On how to cure marijuana
A good cure takes time, and everyone has a different method.
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