Issue: May 12, 2016
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The cover story this week: High school confidential. Presenting the
winners of SN&R's 2016 College Essay Contest.
Elsewhere in the issue: Raheem F. Hosseini digs deeper into the recent
fentanyl overdoses in Sacramento County, Kris Hooks reports on the
creation of a food bank for students at Sac State, Blake Gillespie feels
the Bern at Sanders' Sacramento rally, Anthony Siino talks art with
Luna's Cafe proprietor Art Luna and more.
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SN&R’s 2016 College Essay Contest winners!
SN&R’s 2016 College Essay Contest winners share stories of struggles, transformations and hope.
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Dr. Feel Bad
Bottom-up enforcement, lack of drug treatment preceded Sacramento’s deadly outbreak.
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Sac State students’ bare budgets, basic need
Sac State’s new food pantry is part of the university’s multitiered plan to help cash-strapped students.
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Bond aid: McKinley Village developers slated to get $8 million in reimbursement funds
City will use money to repay developers for public infrastructure costs, though litigation could complicate things.
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His kampf: Police determine ex-Sacramento neo-Nazi behind hateful fliers distributed in Midtown
Greg Withrow arrested in Oroville on probation violation.
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Sacramento to add 4,500 parking meter sensors around city
Sensors will introduce tiered-pricing model based on location.
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Feel the truth
Let’s not lessen the power of a great night by perpetuating the myth that there was no “mainstream” press coverage of the event.
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Letters for May 12, 2016
Readers say express gratitude for founding editor Melinda Welsh and weigh in on the new Hemingway biopic, and the homeless.
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Brotherly burden
A reader needs help to get her parents to treat her as more than following in his footsteps.
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SN&R’s College Essay Contest makes us think
SN&R’s annual College Essay Contest prompts questions for the rest of us.
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Art Luna, cafe owner and patron of the arts
The longtime owner of Luna’s Cafe & Juice Bar, Art Luna is all about, well, art. Not Art, but art.
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Pete Rodriguez is Sacramento hip-hop’s secret weapon
With big-name artists like Mozzy on his resume, the producer brings inclusivity, vision and raw vibes to hip-hop.
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Review: Latin Nights
SN&R reviews Latin Nights at the Sacramento Ballet.
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Matters of the art
Do your part to support the local arts scene with a number of benefits and exhibits this week.
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Go big with the Sacramento Choral Society
The Sacramento Choral Society performs European Masterworks.
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The Dresser
SN&R reviews The Dresser at Resurrection Theatre.
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#FindingTheBern
Thousands of Sacramentans showed up for the Bernie Sanders rally on Monday. How’s that for a political revolution?
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Farm-to-disappointment
This new farm-to-fork restaurant shows promise, but still needs work.
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Trendy tacos
A hip taqueria opens in Oak Park; meet three new Indian restaurants in the area; and you could win a lifetime supply of doughnuts.
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Heavy duty
A seasonal cocktail at Bottle & Barlow may bring barfing to mind, but not for the reason you may be thinking.
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Get buzzed
Vibe Health Bar’s Beez Nuts acai bowl may or may not alleviate your allergies—but it definitely tastes good.
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All about that farm life
Celebrate urban agriculture at Soil Born Farms’ annual spring fundraiser.
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Café Gratitude shows the beef
The owners of vegan restaurants Café Gratitude and Gracias Madre eat cattle they raise and slaughter, some members of the vegan community feel betrayed and angry.
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Keep it low-pressure with 50-Watt Heavy
The Sacramento band defies genres with chillness.
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Eight Gigs: Bellygunner
Bellygunner album Machine Gun Built For Two combines groovy keys and toe-tapping rhythms—a perfect playlist for summertime backyard barbecues.
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Eight Gigs: Daniel Bachman
Acoustic guitarist Daniel Bachman plays with a lot of heart and evokes an entire string ensemble.
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Eight Gigs: Odesza
Seattle-based electronica duo brings catchy, danceable fare to an unusual venue.
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Eight Gigs: Fire Retarded
Unhinged rage isn’t strictly macho territory; garage-punkers Fire Retarded are a wild, unbridled lo-fi punk-rock explosion.
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Eight Gigs: Lisa Loeb
Singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb, famous for her single “Stay,” comes through Midtown.
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Eight Gigs: B.o.B.
B.o.B. might think the earth is flat, but he also wrote the smash hit “Airplanes,” so do with that what you will.
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Eight Gigs: Castle
If you worship the riff, here’s your next mass.
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Eight Gigs: Jody Wisternoff
Bristol’s progressive house maven Jody Wisternoff comes to Badlands.
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Foothills fresh
Pinnacles could be the next big Nevada City act; and count on Crescent Katz for old-timey, jazzy fun.
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Cambridge to nowhere
Srinivasa Ramanujan’s life is certainly worthy of a decent film—so why does his movie focus on his old, white professors instead?
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Green Room
The film is surprisingly plodding for a terse, largely single-set potboiler.
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Captain America: Civil War
Lovers of the Marvel universe can never get too much, while the rest of us grumble about the Bach we could be listening to, the Tolstoy we could be reading.
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Baby steps
The Adult Use of Marijuana Act is going to be on the ballot—but does it go far enough?
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