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Mayor Johnson seeks more clout in Sacramento education

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Published May 24, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
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RANDY PENCH rpench@sacbee.comMayor Kevin Johnson meets earlier this month with Sacramento High School student leaders including Lenee Washington. Johnson recently was named to a pair of national education committees ... Before he was mayor of Sacramento, former NBA player Kevin Johnson was a star in the national charter school movement ... Now, he's jumping back into the education arena. He says he'll review candidates for school boards in the November elections in the five districts serving

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Winning streaks on line in baseball playoffs

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Published May 24, 2010 at 2:02 a.m.

Monster winning streaks take center stage today as high school baseball playoff teams look to bear down on championships ... In the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I North playoffs at American River College, Elk Grove, winner of 18 consecutive games, meets Pleasant Grove, winner of 13 in a row, at 7 p.m ... At 4 p.m., Franklin of Elk Grove looks to end Jesuit's 15-game winning streak ... In D-II play, Oak Ridge rolls into Sacramento City College with an area-best 25-game winning streak. It plays

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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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Art review: Two Sacramento-area sculpture shows offer strong contrasts

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Published March 28, 2010 at 1:07 p.m.
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Made of tar, paper, wax and other unconventional materials as well as bronze, John Connell's small sculptures of birds and Buddhist deities have an earthy immediacy. Seamlessly crafted from luxuriously patinated bronze, Roger Berry's midsize abstract sculptures of looping forms are polished, elegant and cerebral. Both are nationally renowned artists and both are the focus of shows on view – Connell's at the Pence Gallery in Davis and Berry's at Jay Jay in Sacramento – that offer a strong

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Felton much more than Rio Americano's team manager

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Published Feb. 23, 2010 at 2:15 p.m.
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Adam Felton sports his "lucky" Kings tie as he cheers on his beloved Rio Americano Raiders. In January, Felton got a pleasant surprise when he met King Omri Casspi, who gave him a pair of game-worn shoes ... Adam Felton is the spirit of Rio Americano High School boys basketball this season, showing how hurdles can be overcome ... He doesn't play because he can't. Cerebral palsy prevents him from taking the court as a player. But he's signed on as the team manager, and he couples infectious

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Leading Off: Local boy makes good by staying put

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Published Jan. 2, 2010 at 3:00 a.m.

This time of year, college football coaches get a lot of attention. Some is certainly unwanted (read Mike Leach), while some is all feel-good (Enjoy retirement, Bobby Bowden) ... One coaches who has flown under the radar, at least until recently, is Boise State's Chris Petersen. In four years, he has put together a 48-4 record and two invitations to the Fiesta Bowl ... It used to be that Boise State was a steppingstone sort of job. That does not seem to be what Petersen has in mind, even though

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Kings' Evans grows up with help of 'Team Tyreke'

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Published Jan. 3, 2010 at 2:56 p.m.
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Tyreke Evans listens to his long-time trainer and personal friend, Lamont Peterson ... The purpose of this alliance was to prepare Tyreke Evans for everything ... The money. The fame. The game ... His talents were so unique, so obvious at such an early age, that expecting the unexpected became the goal of his support system known as Team Tyreke ... But on this recent Friday afternoon in Natomas, Evans is facing what for him is a major problem. And making matters worse, he's facing it alone ...

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Late art rebel Fritz Scholder learned, and now will be enshrined, in Sacramento

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Published Nov. 29, 2009 at 3:00 a.m.
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"Human In Nature # 11." ... The late Fritz Scholder made his name in the Southwest, painting American Indians draped in military-surplus flags, wearing blue jeans, drinking beer and smoking cigarettes. He once painted a buffalo dancer holding a strawberry ice cream cone in place of a ceremonial rattle ... Before the 1960s and '70s, when Scholder upended the accepted notion of Indian art, American Indians were sentimentally depicted in dreamy sepia shades and dressed in blankets and moccasins ...

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Regional Digest: Stanford women seek NCAA soccer title

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Published Dec. 6, 2009 at 3:01 a.m.

North Carolina coach Anson Dorrance is the architect of one of the most dominant programs in NCAA history and has faced some of the top soccer players in the world ... And even he's a little worried about meeting unbeaten Stanford in the Women's College Cup final today in College Station, Texas ... "Their whole front line is terrifying," Dorrance said. "They have extraordinary attacking at every position. Stanford is an extraordinary team from top to bottom. They are a matchup nightmare, not

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Event: Peter Pan: A British Panto at Campus quad, Sacramento City College, Sun, Dec 6 2:00p

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Published Oct. 30, 2009 at 3:50 a.m.

The Dame, last year's narrator of the hit Snow White, returns to tell the tale of perpetual boy Peter Pan, his friends, the Darling children and Peter's arch nemesis, Captain Hook. Join us for another Holiday treat full of fantasy, fun and frolic – all in rollicking British panto style. General Admission $15.00 Student/SARTA/Senior/ADA $12.00 ...

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