Issue: June 01, 2017
This week's cover story: Meet Eric Johnson, who treats a painful progressive neurological disorder with microdoses of certain psychedelic drugs. The drugs, he says, provide relief from the persistent pain he lives with. As Howard Hardee's story suggests, medical professionals are discovering that psychedelics taken in microdoses can alleviate both physical and mental afflictions. Is legalization in the offing?
Also in this issue: Dave Kempa takes us inside the recent Democratic convention in Sactown, where he finds that, as is their wont, the Dems are engaged in a circular firing squad, about which disunity Jeff vonKaenel has something trenchant to say in his Greenlight column; Scott Thomas Anderson reports on the mayor's urge to splurge on a wide range of worthy projects despite uncertainty about the future of Measure U; Raheem Hosseini has the latest on the newsroom cutbacks at The Sacramento Bee; and, as the summer movie season approaches, our two film critics separate the good stuff from the blockbuster dreck. Also, check out our beautiful new Calendar section in our print edition. It's a terrific guide to the best events of the week ahead.
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The high road to health
For someone like Eric Johnson, who suffers from a painful neurological disorder, psychedelics provide welcome relief.
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Ice cream and loathing: At the California Democratic Party Convention, it’s all about beating each other
Moderate insiders and progressive base have trouble finding common ground to defeat a flailing Trump.
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Billion or bust: Critics warn that $1 billion spending plan could be too rich for Sacramento’s future
Mayor, council haven’t let predicted fiscal cliff get in the way of spending priorities.
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Bee-leaguered: Newsroom layoffs cut arts, sports coverage to the bone
As many as 12 Sacramento Bee employees may depart following last week’s shakeup.
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Fried fish: Most native salmon, trout dead in a century, UC Davis report says
New report says 74 percent of California native salmon, steelhead and trout to be dead in 100 years.
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Snowing in City Hall: Sacramento’s delicate political snowflakes sideline public discourse
City Council votes to make it harder for working people to speak to them.
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Freeloaders beware: Sacramento parking enforcement hits RT’s ride-and-share spaces
New contract cracks down on illegal parking at RT lots.
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What’s happening?
To find out, turn to our new calendar section.
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Letters for June 1, 2017
Our readers weigh in on climate change, jail fees and homelessness.
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Pass on being passed
Two would-be suitors pass a reader back and forth. Is this a game?
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Democrats must hang together
It’s time to heal the divisions in the California Democratic Party.
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Nigel Poor, producer of prison podcast
The visual artists works with inmates of San Quentin State Prison to produce a podcast about what it’s really like in there.
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Summer hope springs eternal
All the best comedies, romances and blond-bombshell action movies that one could ask for in a summer.
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Review: Lungs
SN&R reviews a new production from B Street Theatre.
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Review: The Open House
SN&R reviews a new production from Big Idea Theatre.
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Back in the grave
Sacramento death metal band Wastewalker is shooting a music video for its song, “Fleshwounds” at Friday’s Starlite show.
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Secret Band
Fans of Dance Gavin Dance: meet the band’s bastard children.
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Bastards of Young
It’s a punk show, but it’s acoustic. Not so loud.
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Study in complexity
Martin Moran stages an intensely personal autobiographical monologue at the Mondavi Center.
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Sunny-side up
The Brightsiders exhibit at Verge Center for the Arts puts a positive spin on the Los Angeles stereotypes.
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Toppings galore
Ohana Poke Bar adds to the mini food mecca on S Street in Midtown.
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Cure for the sun
A fine drink to sip while hiding out from the heat.
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Taco extravaganza
The fourth annual Sacramento Taco Festival innovates on the classic street food.
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Chilled out fruits
Despite its mostly warm weather, California grows a ton of blueberries.
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The hermit emerges
Brian Rogers returns to musical collaborations with a sense of community.
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The lower Depps
Don’t get snookered by that misleading title—dead men monologue almost nonstop throughout this fifth installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise.
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The Wedding Plan
This low-energy rom-com almost works better as an anthropological look at the Orthodox Jewish dating scene.
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Everything, Everything
Every generation gets the drippy, star-crossed teenage romance that it deserves.
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The people speak
So many states have made cannabis legal in one form or another. Why is it still hated by the feds?
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