AltWeeklies Wire
Hater Baitersnew
How does Sacramento really feel about its hip-hop scene?
Sacramento News & Review |
Josh Fernandez |
06-28-2007 |
Music
Maybe Some Regrets ...new
Edith Piaf: a biopic protagonist for the ages, or at least for the awards season.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
06-28-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: La Vie en Rose, Olivier Dahan
The Hidden History of UC Davis' 35-year Collaboration with Big Tobacconew
Over three decades, UC Davis researchers conducted studies that directly aided tobacco companies' ability to market their products and addict more Americans -- where does academic freedom end and public health responsibility begin?
Sacramento News & Review |
Ralph Brave |
06-25-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
What's the Frequency?new
California's got a bipartisan move afoot to block government snooping technology.
Sacramento News & Review |
Cosmo Garvin |
06-14-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
The Sinking Feelingnew
So, you've got source material from Raymond Carver ... you've got Laura Linney ... you've got Gabriel Byrne. What you haven't got is a comedy.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
06-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jindabyne, Ray Lawrence
Pop Rocksnew
This Father's Day, remember the best of Dad's musical generation.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
06-14-2007 |
History
Tags: history
The Gore Attacknew
Someone exceptional seems to have erupted from the trappings of the old, more conventional politician -- the new Gore 2.0 talks smart and straight, and The Assault on Reason eviscerates the Bush administration while exploring the strange new American dialogue.
Sacramento News & Review |
Melinda Welsh |
06-14-2007 |
Nonfiction
Khaled Hosseini's Two Womennew
Hosseini may not be a lyrical writer, but he marshals details well, which helps render his characters' plight -- so foreign to us -- in human terms.
Sacramento News & Review |
John Freeman |
06-07-2007 |
Fiction
Hiding Out in Sacramento in 1967new
The Summer of Love was centered in San Francisco, but California's Central Valley got its share of hippies, trippers and Panthers, too.
Sacramento News & Review |
Sasha Abramsky |
06-07-2007 |
History
Tags: history
Why Hasn't Car Sharing Hit Sacramento?new
Car-sharing works in San Francisco, but the state capital has yet to get a similar project on the road.
Sacramento News & Review |
Sena Christian |
06-07-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
It's an Online Crimenew
A mock police website attracts victims with real crimes to report.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
06-07-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Trainhopping: Stupid, Illegal, Dangerous and as Addictive as Cracknew
I can't wait to do it again.
Sacramento News & Review |
David Puketza |
06-07-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
'Once': Ballad Of a Relationshipnew
Hey, movie musicals needn't blow ... who knew?
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
06-01-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: John Carney, Once
'Falling Man': Return to 9/11new
No piece of fiction has come closer to recreating the atmosphere of that day and the days shortly thereafter.
Sacramento News & Review |
John Freeman |
05-25-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Don DeLillo, Falling Man
War Trauma at Homenew
Just because we're not in Iraq doesn't mean the war isn't affecting us.
Sacramento News & Review |
Shauna L. Smith |
05-25-2007 |
Commentary
