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Open Primary Initiative Approved By Voters

Published June 9, 2010 at 1:40 a.m.

California voters fed up with politics as usual scrapped their partisanprimary system Tuesday in favor of an open one in which voters can castballots for any candidate ...

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Sacramento pot farmer's mom went to jail for what he does legally

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Published May 23, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
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David Tat Chow's mother and stepfather were sentenced to three years in state prison on marijuana charges. Now Chow grows marijuana for medicinal uses on his small farm and teaches the art of cultivating the weed. "My parents were made an example," he says. "(The authorities) said, 'If you grow marijuana, we're going to put you in prison – and we're going to take your property.' " ... Down a rutted dirt road from Garden Highway and the Sacramento River levee, organic farmer David Tat Chow

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Art review: Ceramics of pals Natsoulas, Kavaljian at Solomon Dubnick

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Published April 11, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
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Tony Natsoulas' "Hephaestus Sculpts Pandora" ... Lee Kavaljian, 84, and Tony Natsoulas, 51, are the odd couple of art ... Natsoulas, despite his small stature, seems larger than life. Outgoing, boisterous, full of energy, he's a force of nature. Kavaljian, also diminutive, is quiet, shy, diffident and self-effacing. Yet they are the best of friends, and both are strong ceramic artists who are sharing a show at Solomon Dubnick Gallery ... Their works are as different as their personas. Natsoulas,

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Natsoulas, Fouts shows feature the human figure

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Published March 19, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.

"The Art of Painting in the 21st Century" at the John Natsoulas Gallery in Davis and "Go Figure!" at the Elliot Fouts Gallery in east Sacramento demonstrate the continuing primacy of the human figure as a subject for artists in Northern California ... The figure is very much in the ascendance in the Davis show, which was mounted in conjunction with the Natsoulas Gallery's recent conference on the state of painting today. Determining the art of painting in the 21st century is a big order, but

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Rapper-activist Chuck D: Challenge authority, consumer culture

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Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 3:00 a.m.
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Public Enemy frontman Chuck D urged a crowd of 1,200 to challenge authority and consumerism, and value educational opportunities ... In the two decades Public Enemy frontman Chuck D has rapped and lectured about fighting the power, rap music has been swallowed by the mainstream, record companies have lost ground to the Internet, and the United States has elected an African American president ... Yet Chuck D, 49, the rapper, author and activist in town Thursday night to speak to California State

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Course owner's dream a nightmare to some

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Published Jan. 20, 2010 at 1:48 p.m.
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SCOTT LARONGE Special to The BeeAndy Austin of Folsom tees off at Trinitas on a recent outing. The future of the course is in doubt as the owner battles opposition from locals and the local government ... Trinitas is the most spectacular golf course open to the public while operating in defiance of county government and zoning regulations you'll ever play ... Built on 280 acres of what was part cattle ranch and part olive orchard in Calaveras County, about 20 miles east of Stockton, Trinitas has

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Sacramento mayor resolves to make peace with City Council

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Published Dec. 30, 2009 at 3:07 a.m.
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Mayor Kevin Johnson ... Like many people hoping to shed a few pounds after the holidays or promising to finally learn a foreign language, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson has made a list of resolutions for the new year ... His top one should make at least eight people happy: improving relations with the City Council ... "When I ran, there were a lot of people thinking that City Hall and City Council was a dysfunctional environment. I've been in office for a year and we have not yet improved upon

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Moxie is perfectly imperfect

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Published Dec. 27, 2009 at 1:58 p.m.
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Jackson Lynn, left, and Nafeesa Mahmood sip and chat recently at Moxie as dinner is prepared ... I know some people who believe Moxie is the finest restaurant in Sacramento ... What follows is not an argument. It's a look at why they just might be right ... The food is quite good, but the raves are not only about the food. There are 15 places in town where the cooking is the equal of or better than that at Moxie, though I can't think of any that serve larger portions ... To Moxie's devotees,

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Eat like a prince, spend like a pauper

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Published Dec. 13, 2009 at 3:00 a.m.
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A portrait of Biba Caggiano dominates the bar area of her restaurant, which offers some good deals for her authentic Italian fare ... Here is the second installment of what I hope will become a monthly feature in this space: good food at good prices ... This may be the best month of all to find a bargain. Many of you will be spending most of your money and attention on holiday shopping. But the restaurants deserve some attention, too ... Several of the smartest ones have excellent specials right

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Images from space and mind

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Published Dec. 4, 2009 at 3:00 a.m.
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David Wetzl's "Holonic Ego Builds Up and Moves On" is among works on display at JayJay Gallery ... David Wetzl's elaborate illustrations of the inner workings of the mind and Galelyn Williams' quirky, poetic assemblages and reworked photographs at JayJay make for a fascinating combination. Both artists make work that is idiosyncratic in the extreme, yet each draws on different aspects of the self in creating their works ... Although his images are complex interior landscapes, Wetzl's work is

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