Issue: April 06, 2017
This week's cover story: The Obama administration took Angela Velazuez's father away. Now she worries that Trump will come for her, Raheem F. Hosseini reports.
Also in the issue: The pollution at Steelhead Creek and an influx in homeless in South Natomas has residents supporting councilman Allen Warren's proposed tent city, Scott Thomas Anderson reports; Citing uncertainty under the Trump administration, Sacramento County looks to take cautious approach to permitting recreational marijuana, Matt Kramer has the story. Elsewhere, the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department is easing the application process for concealed firearms as state lawmakers looks to audit the practice, Matt Kramer reports. Also in the book: top college gymnast Alexis Brown uses her sport to protest police brutality, Bert Johnson has the scoop.
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Her illegal dad
67 percent of Sacramento County’s immigrant detainees committed nonserious offenses or no crimes at all.
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Outsourcing detention
As feds seek more beds to lock up deportable immigrants, California may try to thwart them.
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Down and out in suburbia: Creek pollution, homeless influx have some South Natomas residents supporting councilman’s tent city
Winter storms pushed city’s homeless residents into suburb’s view.
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Citing Trump uncertainty, Sacramento County looks to take cautious approach to permitting recreational marijuana
Zoning proposal draws mixed reaction from marijuana industry.
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Gunning for approval: As Sacramento sheriff eases application process for concealed firearms, state lawmaker looks to audit practice
Assemblyman criticizes department that issued nearly 8,500 permits in five years.
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Animal refuge accuses Sacramento SPCA of straying from vegan food policy CEO says never existed
Grass Valley nonprofit’s online petition demanding vegan menu at SPCA events has collected 8,300 signatures.
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Bystander caught in the crossfire of south Sacramento shooting
Victim expected to survive, along with three others shot at Del Paso Heights Park on Sunday.
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Keeping their cool
Council meetings that last past midnight make council members cranky and prone to mistakes. Here’s a practical way to avoid them.
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Letters for April 6, 2017
Our ever-alert readers weigh in on sexism, rent control and climate change.
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Seeking clarity
A reader asks a question that touches on teen sex, adult denial and the need for open, honest talk.
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Homeless Speakers Bureau stories inspire action
Our publisher visists the Sacramento Regional Coalition to End Homelessness event at Quinn Cottages.
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Stephanie Longoria, coordinator of ArtMix
Stephanie dishes on battling fairies, kids messing with art and her love for A-ha.
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A platform for change
Top college gymnast Alexis Brown uses her sport to protest police brutality.
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Preview: The Seagull
SN&R previews a new production from the Art Theater of Davis.
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All the world on a stage
The Mondavi Center’s 2017-18 season celebrates 15 years of artistic diversity.
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Feel that sweet nostalgia
Tap into your childlike wonder with Sacramento Indie Arcade, a Lisa Frank-themed dance party and more.
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The Glass Menagerie
SN&R reviews a new production from Sacramento Theatre Company.
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Pop and fizz
Mamma Mia’s farewell tour makes it way to Folsom this weekend.
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And more, and more
John Stuart Berger curates work by more than 40 artists for Fe Gallery’s Fauna Anomaly.
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Go Uptown for rabbits
Longtime Sacramento marketing and design firm Uptown Studios moves and opens its doors on Second Saturday, starting with Susan J. Silvester.
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Fragile ceramic organisms
Dana Bilello-Barrow shows her ceramic two-dimensional artwork at ACAI Gallery & Studios.
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Meat skewers in for a skewering
Osaka Yakitori pales next to Sacramento’s other Japanese food options.
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Jazzy cantina
Cantina Alley’s regional Mexican food brightens up an already colorful alley in Midtown; Temple Coffee makes spring sweeter with an update to its seasonal menu of coffee-and-dessert pairings.
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Smooth for citrus
The Company Buck at Magpie Cafe mellows out flavors of pineapple and ginger with a base of rum.
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Take comfort
When the day calls for comfort food—and lately, don’t they all?—skip the usual mac ’n’ cheese route and go for a different type of noodle.
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Cheesy party
The first Sacramento Grilled Cheese Festival adds hoopla to your favorite comfort food.
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Let Persian grandmas in
Sima’s does a great job at making its pickled vegetable-and-herb condiment torshi, but it’s not quite like how federal-travel-restricted Persian grandmas make it.
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Wild woman blues
On the road with an artist creating the future of music.
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Eight Gigs: Honey B & the Cultivation
Honey B’s time in the Caribbean gave her heavy authentic Jamaican influences.
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Eight Gigs: UnderRage MusicFest
Heat of Damage, URD-OM and more local bands play this all-ages music fest.
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Eight Gigs: Electric Baby Jesus
Electric Baby Jesus use colorful theatrics to goth up its strange brew of electro-shoegaze space rock.
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Eight Gigs: Thieves These Days
Sacramento rock band Thieves These Days celebrates its debut album Silhouettes with Vinnie Guidera & the Dead Birds, Streelight Fire and Odame Sucks.
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Eight Gigs: Bleached
Sisters Jessica and Jennifer Clavin’s band Bleached open for the Damned at Ace of Spades.
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Eight Gigs: Marco Benevento
East Coast multi-instrumentalist gets routed to Sacramento for one night only.
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Eight Gigs: Tacocat
Seattle’s feminist pop-punk band plays the Blue Lamp with local band Destroy Boys.
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Eight Gigs: B. Dolan
A rally for anti-establishment thought disguised as a rap show.
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Master class
More than a mere remake, this film takes the old-timers-have-a-good-time formula and mixes it up.
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Ghost in the Shell
Time will tell if this remake holds up the way the original anime did—but the odds are against it.
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Smurfs: The Lost Village
Another new take on the Smurfs, which nobody was really asking for anyway.
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Trim it up
You’ve got a great harvest. Congratulations! Now what?
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Polished Guide
Local stylists share tips on the latest looks found in Sacramento's trendiest boutiques and thrift stores.
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