Issue: January 11, 2018
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California politics: 2018
10 hot topics that will shape the state’s future.
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Sneaker attack: Sacramento shoe collectors are turning a cult for athletic kicks into big business
As some turn their childhood infatuation with high-end kicks into adult business ventures, big-name brands look to outwit violent shoe robbers.
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The zen of District 7
Tristan Brown is promising a very different race for the District 7 council seat than voters saw in 2014.
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Full speed ahead: Small Sacramento businesses get contracts for high-speed rail
The high-speed rail project is matching environmental goals with new aims on spurring small business commerce.
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Bootleg and the beast: Sacramento man convicted of counterfeiting Disney films
A Sacramento County resident just learned federal prosecutors have no tolerance for defrauding the Disney Corporation.
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Letters for January 11, 2018
In this week’s letters: The dancing in The Greatest Showman was no CGI sham, solving Sacramento’s housing shortage requires less regulation, and why the Sacramento Music Festival closed.
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You’re the moon
After eight years of college and a plan to enter the Peace Corps to teach English overseas, a reader finds a partner in Sacramento. Should they let go of the dream?
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Sacramento housing policy for dummies
More houses or fewer people, but it’s more complicated than that…
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Carly Starr of the California Automotive Museum
The curator has learned a lot about cars since taking the wheel at the California Auto Museum.
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Local musician airs nationally
With PBS talk show host Dinorah, guests open up over dinner.
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Review: The Musical of Musicals: The Musical!
This is an unabashed love letter to Broadway, here performed by a spunky cast of five who give the material a loving, satirical touch.
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Review: Davis Musical Theater Company’s Spamalot
Two hours of nothing but cheap shots, fart jokes and lowbrow humor based on Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The devoted audience loved it.
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Take the steps
March in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy.
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Wild & Scenic Film Festival
See how people are combating climate change in this five-day festival.
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Suzanne Santo of HoneyHoney
Fiddler/frontwoman tours in support of hot solo project.
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Iliza Live
See comic Iliza Schlesinger perform this weekend at the Punch Line and maybe, just maybe, catch a glimpse of that Party Goblin.
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Stage Pick: The White Rose at Acme Theater Company
Given today’s political climate, this is a play more people should see, and Acme does an excellent job with it.
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Shrimp taco—hold the burger
Taco Fresco Burgers & Fries rocks at tacos—less so at burgers and ambiance.
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Health geek cafe
The new Backbone Cafe aims to make vegan, paleo and gluten-free meals with bold flavors.
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Sizzle fo’ shizzle
A new Indian restaurant in Rosemont offers an assortment of tandoori.
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Remembering a regular
A chili contest honors a former amateur chili cook at Round Corner Tavern.
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New green resolution
Sure, you have the sweatshirt, but how often do you eat kale?
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Also legal? Hemp milk
Recreational marijuana is legal in California now—celebrate by making your own super-nutritious hemp milk (CBD not included).
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Cumbia with a twist
La Mera Candelaria rejects the status quo—with danceable beats.
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Grin and bear it
In the first Paddington, Writer-director Paul King showed the people behind Ferdinand, The Nut Job, Ice Age et al. just…how…it’s…done. In Paddington 2, he shows them again.
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Can they tell I’m high?
A reader asks: What if I’m too high? Can they tell I’m high?
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EDIBLE REVIEW: District Edibles Indica Blue Raspberry Gummies
Whatever a blue raspberry is, these gummies get the job done.
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