Issue: July 10, 2014
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The feature story this week: Confessions of a state fair addict. Wine
slushies, the Zipper, pretzel dips and monkey pics. These fans are
obsessed! SN&R readers and staff share their wildest California State
Fair adventures.
Elsewhere in the issue: Cosmo Garvin explains why 47 people were
arrested at the Capitol last week, Alastair Bland investigates the
transport of potentially dangerous crude oil through Sacramento, Rachel
Leibrock interviews writer Jason Sinclair Long about his new
microfiction collection /Tiny Giants: 101 Stories Under 101 Words/,
Shoka picks this Second Saturday's most intriguing shows, and more.
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Confessions of a California State Fair addict
Wine slushies, the Zipper, pretzel dips and monkey pics. SN&R readers share their obsession!
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A California State Fair bucket list
Our writer outlines things she wants to do before she forgets to do them.
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The top 10 tasty, possibly nasty and definitely weird things to eat and drink at the California State Fair
Our writer on the fair’s notorious F-O-O-D.
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Sacramento activists protest the oil and rail industries for transporting potentially dangerous crude on trains
They call expanding the railroad infrastructure for oil transportation as a move backward.
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Veteran’s court comes to Sacramento
Pilot program intended to steer military members out of a cycle of crime, addiction.
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Grand jury blasts Sacramento County's lack of facilities for delinquent youth
Millions wasted on shuttered properties, report says.
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Forget common sense, it’s state fair time
Save up for your wine-slushy slush fund: It’s time for the California State Fair.
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Letters for July 10, 2014
SN&R readers identify telecom companies as why Sacramento's Internet is so slow and have little faith in the Sacramento City Unified School District.
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Step out of the triangle
Joey advises a reader to be a friend—not a therapist—when it comes to her friends' drama.
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Lawmakers and leaders need to take California’s drought seriously
California and Sacramento need sustainable water-management plans.
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He can pickle that
Preservation and Co.'s Jason Poole talks pickles, pepper spray and making the best bloody marys.
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Descended from jaguars
Mexicans have the second-lowest rate of smoking among ethnic groups, which is great, but Mexican-Americans increasingly don't know about their heritage, which is not so good.
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Small money strikes back with the 99Rise movement
Media almost ignores activist, the 47 arrests at Capitol, and the group’s campaign-finance-reform message.
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Boycott Amazon.com, save bookstores
It’s time to go shopping with our feet instead of our smartphones, while that’s still an option.
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Short, not so sweet
With a new microfiction collection, Auburn author Jason Sinclair Long discovers less really is more.
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A good argument for love
The Davis Shakespeare Festival debuts with two plays, Much Ado About Nothing and She Loves Me.
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Much Ado About Nothing
The Sacramento Shakespeare Festival kicks off with a classic Shakespeare comedy.
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One-man firing squad
Comedian Christopher Titus performs stand-up at the Crest Theatre.
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Hound of the Baskervilles
SN&R reviews a production by B Street Theatre.
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Since sliced bread
Ruth Santee's paintings are on exhibit at Red Dot Gallery during the month of July.
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Refined funkiness
Garry Knox Bennett shows his furniture sculpture at B. Sakata Garo.
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Old halos, new paintings
Sacramento Fine Arts Center presents a group show of work done in the classical style of the masters during the month of July.
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Barbecue euphoria
Fahrenheit 250 BBQ smokes up a California-style mix of traditional and regional barbecue.
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Fancy foods on the cheap
Two fancy European-made food items can be found in discount stores.
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Fake bee vomit
Bee Free Honee is made from apple and lemon juice, but tastes like honey.
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Metal, money and markets
Elk Grove bassist Michael Spencer talks about life with thrash-metal veterans Flotsam and Jetsam.
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Sound Advice: Thankful jams and hit snippets
The High Sierra Music Festival crowd is grateful for a weekend of most excellent music, but rapper Future only brought out medium-high energy when he stopped at Ace of Spades.
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Three’s company
Liam Neeson, Olivia Wilde, Mila Kunis and Adrien Brody try to make sense of life in Paul Haggis' latest film.
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Begin Again
Everything fun and fresh about Once is just recycled and sanitized here.
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Snowpiercer
Joon-ho Bong’s comic-book-fused sci-fi take on global warming satisfies.
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What’s in a name?
Ngaio on good and bad medical-marijuana flower names.
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