Issue: December 08, 2016
The cover story this week: Young boxing prodigy Dylan Cayuga is 10-1 in the ring, but can he make good on the promise of fallen fighter Richard Duran? Scott Thomas Anderson has the story.
Elsewhere in the issue: Allen Warren is in debt, but that won't stop him from leading a divestment effort against Wells Fargo-which is, in turn, suing him for $2.5 million. Raheem F. Hosseini and Matt Kramer have the story; high burnout coupled with fewer credentialed professionals in the teaching pool are amplifying the needs of special education students in a profession exhibiting high turnover, find out what one local school district is trying to do to fix that, Corey Rodda has the scoop; On November 29th local labor and human rights activist Michael Israel was killed while volunteering to fight ISIS, Scott Thomas Anderson reports from Israel's December 4th vigil. Elsewhere, Scott Ferreter dubs his new album "a soundtrack for the grieving process," learn what makes it so, Rebecca Huval reports.
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In the shadow of Bam Bam
Can teen boxing prodigy Dylan Cayuga make good on the promise of fallen fighter Richard Duran?
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Allen Warren’s bank shot
North Sacramento councilman leads divestment effort against Wells Fargo—the bank that’s suing him for $2.5 million.
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Specialized burnout: Sacramento schools importing Filipino teachers to plug special education shortage
Kids, parents suffer as districts scramble to address high turnover.
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Soldier of dignity: Slain in Syria, Michael Israel remembered as a heartbeat of Sacramento activism
Prolific labor activist was on his second volunteer tour with Kurdish militia.
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Waiting game: Critics still haven’t received data on Sacramento traffic stops
City council reforms to police commission again seen as too weak.
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Off-duty remarks: Sacramento fire district confirms employee was behind divisive Facebook posts
Profile that was interpreted as encouraging violence against immigrants taken down.
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Oakland’s heartbreak
Oakland’s tragic warehouse fire is a wake-up call to find solutions on safety, affordable housing and art spaces.
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Letters for December 8, 2016
Readers spar over Donald Trump and express concern about geoengineering.
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Be the change
If a partner won’t grow the way you thought they would, do you leave them, or do you change yourself?
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Political industrial complex
The voters are tired of being manipulated.
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Rina Paguaga, coffee producer
Paguaga builds relationships between local roasters and coffee farms, like the ones run by her family in Nicaragua.
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Scott Ferreter’s soundtrack for grief
As Deep Pools, the Sacramento native finds beauty in the darkest places.
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Review: Cinderella
SN&R reviews a new production from Sacramento Theatre Company.
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Review: The Wind in the Willows
SN&R reviews a new production from City Theatre.
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Holiday hideaway, pop-culture style
Take a break from the Christmas carols with these pop-culture events.
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Gift exchange
Celebration Arts stages a new holiday musical comedy.
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Time to see
Viewpoint Photographic Art Center presents it year-end group show, Twelve: It’s About Time.
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Instinctual energy
Sacramento-area artist Susan Tonkin Riegel is inspired by the way children don’t overthink art.
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Community thinking
Support not just the local art community but the local economy by buying art made by Sacramento artists in this 11-venue showcase, Big Show of Small Treasures 2016.
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SN&R Santa Crawl gives you precious ‘me time’
Make for some “me time” with the SN&R Santa Crawl.
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Read this now
This annual anthology from the American Society of Magazine Editors is a must-read.
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Black lights matter at Badlands
The club’s most recent drag show doubled as a celebration of a promoter’s 30 days of sobriety—and the irony was not lost on anyone.
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Never better
After 10 years of hookah bar-status, Kasbah reemerges with contemporary Middle Eastern food.
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Nosh on this Jewish deli update
More details emerge about Solomon’s Delicatessen; Grange gets a makeover; and the Boiling Crab opens downtown.
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Wine down under
Grocery Outlet has a great Australian shiraz, which is known in these parts as a syrah.
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Cold-weather dinner
On a chilly evening, you can’t beat Magpie’s heirloom bean and vegetable soup—plus, it’s vegan.
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Green nuts
It’s the end of pistachio season, so now is the time to grab these green nuts.
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Give the gift of rescue
The documentary Called to Rescue, which shines a light on how saving farm animals positively changed the lives of people who rescued them, makes a great gift for vegans and non-vegans alike.
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Keres moves beyond hope
How the local metal band learned to channel its inner demons.
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Eight Gigs: Geoff Muldaur & Jim Kweskin
Geoff Muldaur and Jim Kweskin bring their unique folk fusion to Midtown.
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Eight Gigs: Drab Majesty
Ziggy Stardust wasn’t the last alien to transcend to Earth and rock our socks off, as LA dream-pop outfit Drab Majesty proves.
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Eight Gigs: Drop Dead Red
Drop Dead Red’s Carly DuHain sings like Janis Joplin and her band rocks like Muddy Waters.
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Eight Gigs: Afrofunk Experience
Eclectic San Francisco afrobeat group plays Torch Club.
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Eight Gigs: The SOLution
Local artists such as James Cavern, DLRN and Dre-T will perform to benefit Sol Collective.
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Eight Gigs: The Pretenders
Chrissie Hynde leads iconic rock band the Pretenders into town.
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Eight Gigs: Big Daddy Kane
Long live legendary lyricist Big Daddy Kane.
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Eight Gigs: Hip-Hop Helps Annual Toy Drive
The Hip-Hop Helps Annual Toy Drive brings together the talent and giving spirit of the hip-hop community to benefit the children of the Stanford Settlement Neighborhood Center.
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Aesop Rock’s arts and crafts
Why Homeboy Sandman compares Aesop Rock to Mozart, and Lee Bob Watson presents work in solidarity with Standing Rock.
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American wasteland
Shia LeBouf’s performances and films improve, but they can’t all be winners.
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Rules Don’t Apply
Rules most certainly apply to this mess of a passion project by Warren Beaty. (An appealing mess, but still a mess.)
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Cannabusiness boom
Cannabis is legal. Time to get into the biz, right? Wrong.
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