Issue: November 14, 2019
In this week's cover feature, Raheem F. Hosseini and Steph Rodriguez report on former Mayor Kevin Johnson's comeback as a restaurant owner and what that says about Sacramento.
In News, Scott Thomas Anderson writes about how some landlords are evicting renters before a new state law takes effect, and about the latest moves by Sacramento County supervisors and City Hall on tenant protections.
In Arts, Mozes Zarate visits The Cave, the Folsom store that is the successor to Dimple Records, and asks if it can survive pop culture minimalism. We also have stories on a true crime conference being hosted by the Sacramento public library and on Sacramento glam band Mondo Deco's new release. In Stage, we have reviews of The Hot L Baltimore at Falcon's Eye Theatre and 'Night Mother at Errant Phoenix Productions.
In this week's Garden column, Debbie Arrington welcomes the return of "the Claw" for leaf season in Sacramento.
In Voices, the new CEO of Planned Parenthood in California says the group will not back down in protecting reproductive rights. Jeff vonKaenel exchanges letters on the 2020 presidential race with a childhood friend in Ohio. And I write about a likely second try for a transit sales tax in Sacramento County.
As always, thanks for reading. To read the full stories, click the links below. But don't forget to pick up a print copy of SN&R for exclusive event picks and other content.
— Foon Rhee
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The problem with K.J.’s comeback
Let’s talk about Kevin Johnson’s return as a celebrity restaurant owner in the #MeToo capital.
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The last minute gouge
California tenants report being hit with massive rent hikes or no-cause evictions just weeks before both practices are banned.
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Dyer straits
Auburn man, police department at odds over 2018 arrest.
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Follow the money
Audit questions whether landmark school funding law is helping poor students.
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To pimp a fire chief
15 years after Fire Department overcame a series of crippling sex scandals, where does chief’s questionable Halloween attire rate?
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Detox center dried out
Rancho Cordova drug treatment facility that serves military veterans makes Veterans Day announcement that it may close.
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Do-over on transit tax
Do-over on transit sales tax in Sacramento County.
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Letters for Nov. 14, 2019
Coffee culture, police, local theater.
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Communication breakdown
A husband and a friend can’t say how they really feel.
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Not backing down
Planned Parenthood CEO vows to protect reproductive freedom.
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A letter from a battleground state
Which Democratic presidential candidate will appeal to swing voters?
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Joe Palmer: vintage car collector
He owns 14 classic cars, but the Midtown resident really wants a ’74 Cadillac Talisman.
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The ‘stuff store’
Inside The Cave in Folsom: Batman, Pachinko and ’dinosaur bones’.
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Symposium of sin
DNA experts, researchers and authors will spend a day with the public at this true crime conference.
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Review: ‘The Hot L Baltimore’ at Falcon’s Eye Theatre
Residents of a derelict hotel face eviction in Lanford Wilson’s 1973 play.
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Preview: ‘’Night, Mother’ at Errant Phoenix Productions
Errant Phoenix adapts Marsha Norman’s 1983 Pulitzer Prize-winning play about suicide.
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Rhea Butcher
The Los Angeles comedian, actor and television writer headlines a Comedy Spot show on Nov. 15.
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Park The Van records showcase
Park The Van Records shows off its talent at a Red Museum show Saturday.
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Taco & Margarita Festival
Have both, along with live music and more on Saturday.
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Viking Festival
Enjoy traditional Norwegian everything at this all-day festival Saturday.
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Preview: ‘Sugar Skull’ at the Harris Center
Mexico Beyond Mariachi presents a Dia de los Muertos musical.
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The Outsider
SN&R Reviews a new play at Chautauqua Playhouse.
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Return of ‘The Claw’
Leaf season in Sacramento brings back curbside collection by The Claw.
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When the blues burn it down
Tab Benoit knocks the crowd back during his stop in Northern California.
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Come for the pupusas
A daughter convinced her mother that they should open their very own pupuseria in the Arden Arcade neighborhood.
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Savory street eats
Brazilian meat pies tuck ground beef, minced tomatoes and olives inside a crispy triangle of dough.
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Dating and vegan food
Sometimes, Instagram food pics aren’t all what they promise.
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Dread underneath the party
Sacramento band’s newest record still brings flashes of early ‘60s, late ’70s glam, garage rock and proto-punk—this time in a raw production that captures the foursome’s raucous live energy.
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Take a break
I’m a medical marijuana patient & have a crazy tolerance. Do you suggest tolerance breaks? Or is that a myth?
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Hoodwinked
When vaping devices look like hoodies and Apple-like watches, are parents and schools on alert?
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