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Region's officials in debt headlock

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Published May 23, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
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Teacher Laura Bowles, standing at right in doorway, watches her third-graders go to recess at Aero Haven Elementary from her classroom, which got new flooring. Budget and enrollment shortfalls have been blamed for the decision by the Twin Rivers district to close the school ... Think of it like buying a house with a hefty mortgage that looked good when home prices were spiraling upward – but threatens to pull you under now that the housing market has tanked and your pay has been cut ...

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Lincoln welcomes highway bypass but worries about downtown

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Published May 24, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
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A Caltrans worker assists in the construction of a bridge over Markham Ravine for the Lincoln Bypass. The bypass is expected to reduce traffic on G Street in the historic downtown from 31,000 to 18,000 vehicles daily ... Downtown Lincoln's historic main street boasts picturesque brick buildings, quaint shops and one gnarly traffic jam ... Thousands of commuters and truckers rumble through each day on old Highway 65, kicking up dust and noise and generally making G Street – as it's known in

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At California State Railroad Museum, photo exhibit focuses on the humanity of agriculture

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Published March 15, 2010 at 1:02 p.m.
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MICHAEL ALLEN JONES mjones@sacbee.comAuthor-photographer Rick Nahmias at the California State Railroad Museum, where his "Migrant Project" is on display. "If there is one thing I hope people take away from this work is that these are human beings," he says ... Rick Nahmias has a documentarian's eye for society's fringe – the forgotten, the invisible, the underserved, the overlooked ... The Southern California photographer captured a transgender gospel choir in San Francisco and Zen Buddhists

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Dean De Cocker's 'icily elegant' sculptures on display at Skinner/Howard Gallery

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Published April 18, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
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"Startling Discoveries" is among work by Dean De Cocker on display at Pamela Skinner/ Gwenna Howard Gallery ... "Art," said Thomas Mann, "is a cold sphere." Things don't get much colder than Dean De Cocker's icily elegant constructions at Pamela Skinner/Gwenna Howard Contemporary Art ... Kindred in ways to the early "light and space" works of Southern California artists Robert Irwin and Larry Bell, De Cocker's deceptively simple wall sculptures are made with an extreme economy of formal

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Kevin Johnson urges, then rejects, Arizona economic sanctions

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Published April 30, 2010 at 9:09 a.m.
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Mayor Kevin Johnson, shown in March, said he would fly to Phoenix to discuss the "morally wrong" law with other elected officials ... First, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson called Wednesday for economic sanctions against Arizona for its tough new immigration law. Then, he changed his mind ... Johnson told The Bee on Wednesday evening that Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon convinced him that sanctions would hurt the battered economy in Phoenix ... Gordon, who opposes the Arizona law, said he had already

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The Good Life: How Sacramento's popular Mason's became Cafeteria 15L

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Published April 18, 2010 at 10:53 a.m.
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The back end of the main dining room at Cafeteria 15L features booths under pendant lights ... It sounds like a Food Network challenge ... Take a successful restaurant, a place that's been a popular fixture on Sacramento's fine-dining scene, then thoroughly change the look, menu and vibe in six weeks ... Welcome to Restaurant Swap, or in real life, the total and seriously fast transformation of Mason's into Cafeteria 15L ... Since 2006, Mason's has been one of the leaders of Sacramento's fine

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Shabu Japanese Fondue is dip-swish-a-licious

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Published March 14, 2010 at 4:00 a.m.
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Looking to keep it raw? A sushi sampler also is on the menu ... John Voong has always enjoyed meeting people, has always loved food, has never shied from a challenge ... So he opened a restaurant ... But many things were not in his favor: The economy had bottomed out, he was very young, and most folks around here had never heard of the cuisine he wanted to showcase, something called "shabu shabu." ... So what did Voong do? He saved his money from waiting tables. He crunched the numbers. He

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Dave & Buster's to open restaurant in Roseville on Monday

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Published April 30, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
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Chris Merino, left, and Justin Iodence of Sacramento play a video game called "Typhoon" as invited guests and the media get a sneak peek of the new Dave & Buster's restaurant in Roseville on Thursday ... On Monday, Roseville will welcome another signature eatery to its lineup of restaurants when Dave & Buster's opens its first Sacramento-area establishment ... For the uninitiated, Dave & Buster's is like a Chuck E. Cheese for adults – except that kids are allowed ... So it's like a Chuck E.

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Dining review: Ten22 in Old Sac proves unappetizing

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Published April 11, 2010 at 6:26 p.m.
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The entrance to Ten22 in Old Sacramento ... I'm writing this ahead of time, but let's assume a couple of things about this particular Sunday, when you have sought out this critic to read about another new restaurant you may (or may not) want to try. To protect the innocent, we'll give it a code name: Ten22 ... I'm going to assume it's a beautiful spring day and you have plenty to do, even if it's mowing your lawn or pushing back your cuticles or putting your cute little children in another

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'Shanghai" opens at S.F. Asian Art Museum

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Published Feb. 21, 2010 at 3:00 a.m.
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A 1935 cover of the Young Companion magazine is part of the "Shanghai" exhibit at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco ... Liu Jianhua's "Shadow in the Water," a modern skyline made of porcelain, ushers you into "Shanghai," an exhibition that explores the history and culture of one of the world's most fascinating cities ... The show, at San Francisco's Asian Art Museum through Sept. 5, coincides with a citywide celebration of Shanghai, San Francisco's sister city, and the upcoming 2010 World

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