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FROM page 11 with those who struggle with mental disabilities and other challenges. “We are a strong partner in the community, although there are still many in the community who don’t know we are here,” says Andrea Rogozinski, Crossroads’ chief strategy officer. “We have a unique model that’s participant centered. We take a unique approach to every individual needing help, but they have to engage in the process. We don’t do it all for them.” People with mental disabilities can face challenges at school, in the workplace and with life in general. Often, these people retreat from a normal life and find themselves on financial assistance. Crossroads offers ways to help. For some, it’s help with a resume and how to dress for a job interview. Others need more extensive support and guidance to find the right job, continue education or seek other opportunities to help them live a better life. With an office in Rancho Cordova and a job center in Citrus Heights, Crossroads is in the community working with employers and partners. “Our clients drive their own success,” says Rogozinski. “We are there to help, provide value and give them access to resources that wouldn’t otherwise be available. We are good at what we do. But it’s a 50/50 relationship where we meet our clients halfway, but they have to bring the same. The results are extraordinary to see.” Demand for the organization’s services peaked during the recession when unemployment was high, but it
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has tapered off as the job market has rebounded. “Like many nonprofits, we’d love to be put out of business because the need for our services no longer exists,” Rogozinski says. “That’s not the case right now, and we need the community to know we’re here and what help we can provide. We are trying to communicate that even more.” More than 1,500 people were served at the Crossroads Job Center last year, and the organization hosted more than 45 events for local employers and job seekers. In addition to employment and education services, Crossroads has a team of peer-support specialists who work with Sacramento County’s Suicide Prevention Project. Many staff members at Crossroads have suffered from mental disability and have a deeper understanding of what it’s like. “It’s very powerful to have those on staff who understand what our clients are going through,” says Rogozinski. “They’ve been there and they did it. They found a path toward recovery and better life.” A key ingredient in the equation is to find employers willing to hire people with disabilities or other challenges. Crossroads seeks out these employers, provides training and offers financial incentives. Many bigger corporations and companies have inclusionary hiring programs. They see the value. “We are not just looking for any match between a potential employee and employer,” Rogozinski says. “We seek a good match and something that works for both with long-term benefits.”
Many people with disabilities are motivated to get back to work and succeed. Maybe they’ve been receiving government benefits or assistance. Maybe they want a more complete life. Consequently, they are often more dedicated, appreciative and loyal because of the opportunity. The organization also partners with numerous federal, state and local agencies for services that contribute to its revenues. Crossroads may consider expanding opportunities for individual and corporate donations from those who want to assist Crossroads’ mission. While the commercial company operates throughout California and Texas, social services are provided only in the Sacramento region. Crossroads may consider expanding social services to other areas in the future. In addition to employment and education-related services, the organization provides many programs, including those specifically for youth. “It comes down to our core mission that’s embodied in our slogan,
Passion at Work,” says Rogozinski. “We all need to remember that regardless of labels, it’s our humanity that connects us.” For more information about Crossroads, go to cdsdiv.com.
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Landscape architect Donovan Lee has hand-drawn more than 2,000 residential gardens in the Sacramento area over the past 40 years.
shame. He’s a low-tech lover of the arts who prefers everything the oldfashioned way. Case in point? Records show he used a cellphone exactly one time last year. “People talk about missing craftsmanship. That’s why they collect older things. Maybe I am like an ancient dinosaur,” he says. “Maybe drawing with my hands is harder
work than using a machine to do the drawing. But I would rather work with my hands. Do people cook with machines? What’s more valuable? Something made by hand or by machine?” Lee is a second-generation Sacramentan. Both his parents are of Chinese descent. “My mother grew
up poor on 5th and P streets,” he says. “There were rats in the house, no air conditioning, no college. I was the first generation to go to college—very fortunate to be born when I was. With racial discrimination, the Chinese could not buy a house in South Land Park until it opened up in the 1960s.” That’s when the family bought the South Land Park home where his 93-year-old mother still lives. His father has since passed away. (Lee bought a house not far from his childhood home.) He credits his mother’s love of plants for his passion. “South Land Park landscapes at that time were thrown together,” he explains. “But she cared for plants, and while she was taking me to McClatchy High School, driving through neighborhoods, I would see these very nice yards in Old Land Park. They looked so cheerful and beautiful.” After graduating from Cal, Lee moved home and started working part time, drawing backyard designs for a swimming pool company. He made $5 a drawing and was paid an extra $5 if the customer bought the pool project. His parents’ government jobs did not interest him. He wanted something different. “My father worked for the post office and my mother for the DMV,” Lee says. “I liked that idea of security, but I needed more adventure and wanted to meet more people. “Sometimes I would stay up all night drawing a plan. Sometimes I never got paid a penny for a job I did. But money wasn’t my motivation. I TO page 16
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Donovan Lee creates full-scale landscape plans, completing masterpiece-quality drawings on the job site in one day.
FROM page 14 wanted to make the world a better place. That’s what I put on my Berkeley application, and that hasn’t changed. I like people, nature, art and psychology. What I do combines all those things.” Soon, the homeowners who saw his backyard swimming pool drawings began referring him to friends and neighbors. “It was all word of mouth. I have never advertised,” he says. One referral led to another, and his business grew from Sacramento to the foothills to the Bay Area. “I wondered at one time, how will I make money? I have no vacation leave, no sick leave, no retirement benefits, but I don’t worry about it. I never worry about paying the bills because I am frugal and I manage my money wisely and, yes, you can succeed in America by working hard.” Frugal and quirky, humble and a self-described introvert, Lee has a style that puts him in the “artist”
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category. This slight man, all of 123 pounds, loves leftovers and eats the same thing every single day, only changing his lunch selection once a year. In winter, it’s tuna. In summer (because the heat might spoil the tuna), he switches to cold canned spaghetti. “Tomato sauce is good for you,” he says. Why doesn’t he heat the spaghetti? It takes too much time away from creating. Breakfast is always the same: cereal, banana and toast. For his 2 a.m. dinner, he eats the same meat nine nights in a row. (His record is 14 nights, but only because the meat he’d cooked didn’t spoil.) He loves black olives and Lay’s potato chips, which he eats 365 days a year, 366 in leap years. These habits, he says, save time and spare his creative mind from having to come up with new recipes. “I’d rather think about plants,” he says. He sets aside 90 minutes each day for reading the magazines and newspapers he’s subscribed to for more than 30 years.
About 15 years ago, the waiting list for his full-scale design work was a year long and growing. But in about 2008, he came up with an idea: How about spending one entire day on a single project, not leaving the job site until the plans were complete? That would mean interviewing homeowners about their tastes and goals, surveying the site and drawing the whole thing right on the spot. This would become his new business model. “It’s economical at $65 per hour for the homeowner, and since I’m frugal, I like working with frugal people,” he says. Lee shows up in the morning with his colored pens and pencils, tape measures, sketch pad, lawn chair and ice chest packed with cold canned spaghetti and doesn’t leave the location until very late at night, if not early the next morning. Only occasionally does he come back a second day. “Usually one of the homeowners goes to bed, and the other waits up on the couch until I’m done,” he says. “My record is after 2 a.m.” More than just a designer, Lee is a plant man who knows as much as anyone about plants. He shows homeowners photo albums of plants and gauges their reaction to colors
and garden styles before choosing what would work best for his clients. “I don’t want to weaken marriages,” he says. “I want to strengthen them.” Often, a husband and wife want different things, Lee says. “So I have to take what he likes and what she likes and blend that with what I know works and stay away from anything that might offend either party. The end product is a design that’s really a fusion of three different minds.” Lee has been known to show up during the planting process and measure how far apart the plants are planted. According to installers Mike and Alex Anicich of Anicich Landscape, Lee will come back years later, point to a plant and say, “I didn’t call for that there. It needs to be moved two inches over.” In the past 12 years, Lee has not raised his rates. Asked if he might raise them by even a few dollars, he said, “No way.” Donovan Lee can be reached at (916) 452-5413.
ONE OF TWO POWER LINES SLATED FOR REMOVAL In late 2017, businesses and residents in some parts of Sacramento
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received letters from PG&E stating the utility would remove overhead power lines. For those living and working near Howe and University avenues, the letter brought overwhelmingly welcome news. But it turned out that the news was only half true, according to PG&E communications officer Brandi Ehlers Merlo. Only one of the two tandem, parallel towers will be removed. Half of the 12-mile-long eyesore will be gone. But the other half will remain, said Ehlers Merlo. “As part of our commitment to safety and reliability, PG&E is removing 90 idle transmission towers and approximately 12 miles of overhead electrical lines from the Sacramento area,” she said. “These towers and overhead lines are no longer needed to continue to provide you with reliable electric service.” PG&E said it will do whatever it takes to minimize impact on traffic while construction crews are working, primarily during weekday business hours Monday through Friday. Some night shifts may be necessary, in which case special lighting will be brought in. Work is expected to be completed this spring.
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Exotic-plant specialist Kifumi Keppler will hold a free workshop on orchid care this month.
BRINGING BACK VINTAGE MUSIC The Phonotone Orchestra will perform a free concert of vintage music on Saturday, Feb. 24, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. The orchestra consists of five local musicians who play popular jazz and syncopated dance music from the 1920s, ’30s and early ’40s. Gerhard Bauer, the band’s founder, also operates PhonotoneClassic, an internet radio station that’s heard around the world. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is at 1430 J St. For more information, go to phonotoneclassic.com.
FREE ORCHID WORKSHOP Exotic Plants will host a free workshop on orchid care and design on Saturday, Feb. 3, from noon to 1:30 p.m. Plant care expert and store owner Kifumi Keppler will share tips on how to grow and care for orchids. She
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Linda Middlesworth (left) and Susan Powers held a fall ice cream social for Sacramento Vegan Society.
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has taken off as more people realize their health is determined by what they eat. Every protein, carbohydrate, fat and mineral our bodies need is available without the suffering of any animal.” For the record: Out of respect for the environment, their health and compassion to animals, vegans eschew everything—even shoes and clothing—produced from beast, fish or fowl. Middlesworth, now 74, recalls her pre-vegan self: “I was a fat aerobics instructor with heart disease and thyroid cancer,” she says. “Within months of giving up animal products, I no longer had heart disease. My cancer was gone, and I’d lost 48 pounds. Spiritually, I felt a big relief. What we eat matters to the soul.” She launched the society to help
Andrea and Kevin Seppinni’s Conscious Creamery provides cashew-based bars and scoopable “ice cream” for a growing dairy-free market in Sacramento.
others. “At first, I had few friends who understood how food choices can harm health. Fewer knew how much farm animals suffered. Americans are getting fatter and sicker than people in any developed country. We try to help others transition to a lifestyle that is healthier and that promotes earth sustainability. We have cooking classes, outings and speakers from medical, animal advocacy and environmental fields.” Vegans also have fun. Many enjoy alcohol and decadent desserts. Society member Susan Powers recently hosted an ice-cream social with nocream chocolate, berry, mocha and vanilla gelatos—and champagne. Cashew-based ice cream bars were icing on the cake. These dairy-free treats were whipped up by Conscious
Creamery, a Sacramento-based desserterie run by vegans Andrea and Kevin Seppinni. They source all their ingredients from organic, free-trade suppliers. “We started our business supplying festivals and events,” says Andrea. “Now we’re doing catering, and this year, we’ll start partnering with Compton’s Market in East Sacramento. They’ll scoop and carry our products. Our business upsurge is not just from vegans. Fifty percent of Americans have some degree of dairy intolerance. And more people are wanting food to actually taste like what’s in it.” While dining out was once a rare possibility for folk on plant-based regimes, more restaurants are venturing into super-green territory.
James and Angela Sehr will open Hospice House in Carmichael.
The marriage of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry promises a style reinvention for Britain’s royal family. Photo by Sam Hussein. El Papagayo in Carmichael serves dishes without meat or cheese. Even carnivores relish the vegan salsas and chips. Also in Carmichael, Rey Azteca recently added vegan options. On nearby College Oak Drive, Noble Vegetarian serves Asian dishes made without animal products. Arcade’s long-established Lemon Grass Restaurant offers monk’s curry—a fragrant combination of vegetables in coconut sauce—among its vegan options. If vegan cookery once suffered from a repute for blandness, that is fast fading. Intense flavors come from increasingly bolder ingredients. “Veganism is a movement that’s growing,” says Powers. “Businesses would be crazy not to recognize that.”
HOSPICE HOUSE PROMISES PEACEFUL ENDINGS A $2 million facility near Carmichael will soon offer end-of-life care to the terminally ill. Sehr-Allen Hospice House offers rooms for six patients. Nestled in three acres of Arcade Creek woodland, the single-level building features French doors through which beds can be rolled onto private patios. The center is said to be the first hospice home in Sacramento.
Here, friends or relatives can stay with the patient and help provide care. Though meals are provided, a communal kitchen is available. Pets are allowed. “As a nurse, I’ve seen firsthand many patients who could not end their lives at home with family and beloved pets,” says Angela Sehr, a nurse who built the facility with her physician husband. “It’s my dream and, I hope, my legacy to provide a peaceful place for people to die. Here, they’ll have expert medical care and be surrounded by love and compassion.” The house will begin admitting patients early this year. “In the meantime, there’s plenty of work to do,” says Dr. James Sehr, Angela’s husband. “We’re choosing furniture, recruiting staff and getting the word out about our charitable foundation.” Angela purchased the Walnut Avenue site in 2005. Though she and her husband funded the construction, donations will be sought to support the home’s operation. The couple has established a foundation to assist patients of limited means. “I believe everyone has the right to die with dignity, regardless of their circumstances,” says Angela. “But my husband and I are only two people. We hope this house will become a community
effort. Keeping this place going really will take a village.” Sehr-Allen Hospice House is at 4970 Walnut Ave. For more information about Sehr-Allen Charitable Foundation, go to sehrallenfoundation.org or call (916) 978-0744.
WHEN MEGHAN WEDS HARRY Look no further than this page for a Carmichael connection to the upcoming royal wedding. This columnist first laid eyes on Prince Harry when he was 1 day old. As a Buckingham Palace media team member, I beheld the wee redhead emerging from the hospital in Princess Diana’s arms. Now, 33 years later, I predict Harry’s marriage to Meghan Markle will herald a reinvention of royal style. Evidence was already there at the Windsors’ Christmas Day photo op. Since the betrothal, old-marrieds William and Kate Cambridge had suffered by media comparison with Hal and Meg’s besotted coziness. On Dec. 25 (when comparisons between the couples’ body language were even more inevitable), I noted William and Kate gamely holding hands as they strolled the churchyard with the new sweethearts. Princess Diana once voiced concerns for her youngest prince. “William will be fine,” she told
reporters. “It’s Harry I worry about.” A hands-on mom, she sensed his special vulnerability. She also knew that a royal second son’s future can be a minefield. Lacking a defined role and without strong guidance, she feared Harry might struggle in adult life. As indeed he did. He drank, smoked pot and dallied at the wrong parties. Eventually, he matured and developed grit through several military tours in Afghanistan. He later emerged as a humanitarian, following his mother’s mission to aid HIV-positive youth. He spearheaded innovative programs for disabled veterans. Eschewing starchy protocol, he won hearts at every social level. By the time he was in his 30s, the reformed bad boy was the palace’s most popular ambassador. Finding the right princess was another march to a personal drummer. Twice as famous, twice as confident and, at 36, almost twice as old as Diana when she became engaged to Prince Charles, actress Meghan Markle presented a resume unprecedented in royal brides. The couple’s future public tours will be spectacles of Cecil B. DeMille proportions. The pragmatic Windsor “firm” will embrace the Harry/ Meghan effect. As Harry will stand sixth in line to the throne after the birth of William and Kate’s third child this spring, the couple can never take over. But by association, TO page 20
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Windsor anachronism will be blessed with relevance. Whether red or raven haired, their offspring will be the Malia and Sasha of the monarchy. Committed to humanitarianism, Meg and Hal will work hard. They’ll also have fun. I witnessed the tortured silent movie of Diana and Charles’ marriage. It’s beguiling to see Markle’s chatty confidence, her proprietorial hand-grabbing and overt pride in a super catch. She’s an actress, for sure. But as Harry’s princess, she’ll be in the spotlight for the rest of her life. She’ll be ogled, controlled, criticized and often frustrated. Clever stagecraft could be her salvation. Meghan now has Diana’s son and— on her finger—a couple of Diana’s diamonds. Some might see her as a worldly woman who aimed high, wooed hard and turned a vulnerable prince to mush and matrimony. Fie on sour grapes. In love as in war, to the victor go the spoils.
After five months of feverish fundraising, Kelli Foley was recently declared Carmichael’s honorary mayor for 2018. A real estate broker and owner of Trillium Real Estate, Foley ran
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against senior-care specialist Rebecca Johnson. Though the mayoral sash carries neither salary nor political power, a year of ribbon cutting and baby kissing is guaranteed. Through their campaigns, Foley and Johnson raised about $14,000 for the Carmichael Chamber of Commerce and local nonprofits.
Honorary mayor Kelli Foley (second left) is congratulated by former honorary mayors Virginia Stone, Katie Pexa and Julie Hubbs.
Foley, who was raised in Carmichael and educated at Del Campo High School, declared herself thrilled. “After five months of hard work,” she said, “winning was a huge relief.” Her mayoral mission is to promote Carmichael businesses. “Our town means more to me than a place to hang my hat,” she said. “I’m passionate about everything it has to offer: its people, its parks, its unique sense of place. In my campaign, I got to know people I would never have otherwise met. It was wonderful to support the chamber and the Alzheimer’s Association at the same time.” Every dollar raised in the chamber’s annual mayoral race buys votes for contenders. Foley’s funds came from a wine event at Milagro Centre, a series of raffles and her drive to recruit new chamber members and sponsors. “As 2018 mayor, I’ll wear my sash at all kinds of community events,” she said. “Just ask for me and I’ll show up. I’m looking forward to a busy and exciting year.”
The American River Natural History Association recently celebrated the publication of “150 Frequently Seen Birds of California’s Great Valley” with authors and photographers Molly Keller, Kari Bauer, James Scott, Peggy Kennedy, Guy Galante, Ed Harper, Bob McLeary and Rich Howard. For more information about the Carmichael Chamber of Commerce, go to carmichaelchamber.com.
A LITTLE BOOK THAT’S BIG ON BIRDS Quail not if you don’t know a goose from a grebe. The American River Natural History Association’s new bird guide is an indispensable guide for people who love birds but can’t always name them. The pocket-sized, spiral-bound book, “150 Frequently Seen Birds of California’s Great Valley,” identifies species common to our local wildernesses, suburbs and riversides. The nonprofit ARNHA called upon seven well-known wildlife photographers to donate more than 300 photos. Molly Keller and Peggy Kennedy researched and wrote the text. Each featured bird gets a double-page spread and details of its physique and habits. A nature photographer myself, I recommend the book for bird lovers
of all ages and levels of expertise. We can all spot a common sparrow, but few of us could name the seven or more sparrow species flitting around our yards and parks. They’re all uncommonly beautiful. It’s also fascinating to see nocturnal birds and their babies beautifully captured by photographers who work when most of us are in bed. Carmichael photographer Guy Galante (also known for his decadeslong observation of American River Parkway coyotes) contributed more than 30 avian studies for the book. “Birds are the newspaper of the natural world,” he told supporters at the book’s launch. “They tell you what’s happening in the environment. I’m really grateful for what I’ve learned from them.”
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If Walls Could Talk LYNN EDER BRINGS ART TO HISTORIC PUBLIC LIBRARY
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that the space would be perfect to host art exhibitions. “It even already had a picture rail installed,” Eder says, gesturing to the bright, windowlined space. After winning a matching grant to host a year of art shows, the three women set up a series of four art shows in 2014. Word spread fast, and soon the opening receptions were packed and the participating artists were selling enough work that they donated back to the library in appreciation. The Friends of the McClatchy Library agreed to continue to fund the shows due to their popularity. Eder now has the entire 2018 exhibition cycle already planned. “The three of us love art and what it does for our community,” says Eder, who’s been an arts administrator, art curator, assistant gallery director, committee member of the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission’s Art in Public Places and a working artist. “We’ve shown outstanding artwork in many mediums, including Maggie Jimenez’s whimsical clay sculptures, Laura Hohlwein’s small abstracts, Katherine Venturelli’s paper sculptures and several contemporary photography group shows. The three of us look at a lot of art, so we select artists we feel offer a high degree of professionalism. We endeavor to present a variety of mediums and approaches—all of which are appropriate for display in a public library.” “Expression of Chinese Art” will be on display Feb. 10 through March 23. A reception will be held on Saturday, Feb. 10, from 2 to 4 p.m. Ella K. McClatchy Library is at 2112 22nd St. For more information, go to saclibrary.org. n
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young women to give them a leg up in
with George Claire, founder of VSP
“The younger girls will roll them
positions as chief fund development
a notoriously male-dominated field.
Global’s innovation arm, The Shop.
down a slope,” says Farley, “but the
officer at American Red Cross Mile
“What we find is that when girls
High Chapter, executive director of
enter middle school, they begin to lose
just a space to make things,” says
make the activity more difficult—how
Children’s Museum of Denver and
confidence and interest in math and
Farley, who hopes to open another
to actually propel the box. We’re
director of development at Crocker
science in particular,” Farley says.
center in Modesto next summer as
trying to integrate STEM into the
Art Museum.
“Studies show that when they’re in a
well as a mobile STEM unit to reach
other work we’re doing.”
single-gender environment, girls are
girls and young women in all 18
for the Girl Scouts,” says Farley,
much more inclined to engage, ask
counties. “Yes, we have 3-D printers,
legend each month to familiarize
who has lived in the Land Park area
questions and create. So we thought,
laser cutters and sewing machines,
troop members with different
since 2008 after bouncing between
what could we do as a council to
but we also have laptops for coding
STEM careers. December’s featured
Michigan, Minnesota, Texas and
provide the best opportunity for our
and robotics. We were very deliberate
legend was entomologist Dr. Pamela
Colorado before returning to her
girls?”
about delivering as many STEM
Marrone, CEO and founder of
aspects to the girls as possible.”
Marrone Bio Innovations, so the
“I always knew I wanted to work
hometown. “The Girl Scouts helped
The answer came in the form of
“We wanted to provide more than
older girls are looking at ways to
The center highlights a local
me get established as a leader.
the STEM Center + MakerSpace,
They’re why I got my doctorate in
which opened this past December. By
for girls and teens in kindergarten
leadership from the University of St.
rejiggering the space used for its retail
through 12th grade, as well as First
Thomas, St. Paul. I want to give girls
store off Elvas Avenue, the council
Friday, where teens can hang out and
an important role in giving girls
an advantage in life, so it’s a perfect
freed up about 2,000 square feet for
solve STEM-related problems devised
confidence and courage,” Farley says.
match.”
the new center without having to
by the staff.
“We give them what they need to not
The regional Girl Scouts council
construct a separate building. Farley
The center now hosts classes
Even the famous Girl Scout cookies
center displayed a wall of tools that an entomologist uses in her work. “The Girl Scouts play such
only know the content, but also how
serves more than 29,000 girls and
and the council assembled an all-
are getting into the STEM act. The
to speak up for themselves.”
10,000 adult members in 18 counties.
female task force—including a team
council plans to hold classes where
Since Farley took the reins in 2013,
from Intel in Folsom that served on
Girl Scouts can make derby cars with
the council has decided to focus
the community advisory board—to get
empty cookie cases.
For more information on Girl Scouts Heart of Central California, go to girlscoutshcc.org.
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“You just don’t know where life’s going to take you,” she says. “Is this something I thought I’d be doing when I grew up? Not at all. Windows and doors are so common, so ordinary. But at the end of the day, there’s actually nothing ordinary about it.”
Sizemore and her husband, Warren, have made it their business to get excited about windows and doors. Sizemore’s brothers, Fred and Chico Ochoa, were the original owners of The Window and Door Shop in San Francisco. In 1998, they hired Warren as a sales rep. After Warren and Gaby married in 2000, Warren took a job in Fort Collins, Colo. The move enabled Gaby to spend plenty of time with the couple’s four children, but the cold and snow proved to be too much. The Sizemores moved to Sacramento for better weather and, in 2009, opened The Window and Door Shop on Bell Street. “Now that we’re going on our ninth year in business, it’s amazing to know how long it takes to really build it up,” Sizemore says. “We’re now finally starting to really enjoy it. We have seven employees, and the highlight of this year was being able to offer benefits. We’ve wanted to do that since we started—we want to
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The Sweet Life MAKING CHOCOLATE BARS BY HAND IS A LABOR OF LOVE
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essica Osterday, the owner of Gracias Chocolate, has a great laugh. It’s the kind of laugh you’d expect from someone who has spent a lot of time making, tasting and learning about chocolate. I spoke with Osterday by phone, after meeting her at the Midtown Farmers Market, where she sets up a stall during the
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cooler months. Osterday’s chocolate bars are different, light-years from the massproduced candy bars I grew up with. Her chocolate has a sophisticated, grown-up taste that might make some people uncomfortable if they are expecting to bite into something along the lines of a Hershey bar or a KIT KAT. “You have to be willing to be adventurous,” Osterday tells potential customers. In a shared commercial kitchen in Auburn, Osterday makes each gourmet bar by hand from ingredients found around the world: Ecuadorian cacao, maca from the Andes, macadamia nuts from Hawaii, Vietnamese cinnamon and Himalayan pink salt. Her chocolate bars are
non-GMO, vegan, soy and gluten free, organic and fair trade. Coconut sugar (from Bali), rather than refined sugar, lends the bars warmth and promotes the image of a somewhat guilt-free dessert that might be good for you. “Every single one [of the bars] touches my hands,” says Osterday, followed by that big laugh. She thinks her company, which she started in 2014, is successful because she offers a unique product. A candy maker has to pair unique with good taste to enjoy success in the chocolate world. Osterday begins with premium cacao. She uses Ecuadorian cacao, which makes the chocolate light and fruity and gives it a slight stoneground texture. It has a clean finish with no aftertaste.
For comparison, the taste is similar to Mexican chocolate. Osterday pairs the cacao with interesting ingredients, including fig balsamic vinegar with black salt, lavender honey with almonds, sour cherries with pistachios, and coffee, maca and macadamia nuts. “I love that people are excited about [the product],” she says. In all, there are seven bars listed on her company’s website. She’s had a few disasters in the kitchen, but that hasn’t stopped her from satisfying her curiosity and chocolate craving by trying different flavors and ingredients. A vegan marshmallow bar developed the texture of Silly Putty. And, it turns out, garlic oil and cilantro do not marry well with chocolate.
How did this former art major start experimenting with cacao? While vacationing on Kauai, Osterday and a group of friends learned how to make chocolate. That chocolatemaking session led to brainstorming. Brainstorming led to research about ingredients and techniques. Out of that group, only Osterday put her burgeoning chocolate-making skills into forming her own company. “I’m the person who is really good at getting stuff done,” she explains. She’s also developed a pretty good palate, and she says she can often detect the country of origin (meaning the source of the cacao) based on tasting a piece of chocolate. And she’s tasted a lot of chocolate. Chocolate from Ecuador is high on her list, but she also enjoys chocolate from northern Peru and southern Colombia. After finishing college, she worked as a healthful-food advocate for the farmers market in Del Paso Heights, “sharing recipes, making food samples and distributing info about healthy eating and recipes,” she wrote in an email, after a marathon day in the kitchen. She also helped teach food classes in an after-school program as part of an internship with the Health Education Council in West Sacramento. Those experiences, she says, shaped her view of food and its availability. The council offered her a permanent position, but she declined in order to travel to Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile and Argentina. “I have been fortunate enough to travel back to South America several times since [that original trip], and every time I feel honored to know it more.” While she has help during busy times, Osterday is still the chief chocolatier in her time-intensive business. It requires about 10 hours of her own time to prepare and temper enough chocolate, and add flavors, for a batch of 350 bars; another six hours of labor from a part-time employee goes into those same bars. Osterday packages the bars in see-through packets, so customers can view what they’re buying, which takes another eight hours. A 1.4-ounce bar sells for $5. She doesn’t use fancy machines or elaborate equipment. A spatula is
Every chocolate bar is handmade in Jessica Osterday's kitchen. the tool of choice to layer lavender honey onto that lavender honey bar. And, yes, her hands do the work of placing the right number of almonds. “Gracias” is one of her favorite words. Paired with chocolate, it seems like the perfect name for a company that was created in Hawaii by a woman who uses ingredients from around the world, who has traveled a great deal and speaks Spanish. When we spoke, Osterday had just returned from another trip to Peru. Although Gracias Chocolate is a small company, and Osterday doesn’t know what her next business steps will be, some day she hopes to have a hand in making life better for cacao farmers in countries like Peru and Ecuador. How sweet that will be. For more information, go to graciaschocolate.com. Angela Knight can be reached at knight@mcn.org. n
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The Doctor Is In DIAGNOSING YOUR PLANT PROBLEMS
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t a recent party, I answered a lot of gardening questions. That’s what we Sacramento County UC Master Gardeners love to do. Many of us have UC Master Gardener license plate holders on our cars, inviting random strangers to quiz us in parking lots. However, it makes me a little sad when I encounter people who have a lot of pent-up plant problems. You don’t need to wait to bump into a Master
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Gardener to get advice. Sacramento County Master Gardeners answer telephones and assist visitors to our office at 4145 Branch Center Road from Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. You can also email us at mgsacramento@ucanr.edu. We love getting close, sharp digital photos to help diagnose what is wrong, and we may call you to find out more. You are encouraged to bring plant samples or insects to our office for our examination. Before you make a trip, call (916) 876-5338 to make sure that the office is staffed and to discuss what kind of sample is needed. If the Master Gardener on duty can’t answer a question immediately, he or she will usually refer you to
the UC Davis website, sacmg.ucanr. edu. It’s easy to use and offers a tremendous amount of information. A home gardener can often find answers there without assistance. I usually recommend that people read what is online and then talk with us if they have further questions. We will mail you many of the UC publications for free. Master Gardeners may also consult with the Sacramento County agricultural commissioner next door. If necessary, we will submit a sample through that office for analysis by the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Plant Pest Diagnostics Center at 3294 Meadowview Road. The agricultural commissioner, Juli Jensen, says, “We are really fortunate
to have the lab here in our county.” While her office’s primary mission is regulatory, it will also assist walk-in visitors. Her preference is that people first go to the Master Gardeners, but “if someone has driven out here, and a Master Gardener is not available, we will try to provide the best customer service that we can,” she says. Although homeowners can bring samples directly to the state lab for analysis free of charge, it’s good to start and finish with the Master Gardeners, who can help interpret the findings and figure out what to do. According to Jensen, there is another reason for requests to go through the county office. “If something unusual is found, then we are sure to get notified.” Occasionally, a new pest is
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identified that requires further action before it spreads. Don’t just bring in a squashed bug or dead stick. The Plant Pest Diagnostics Center has clear, specific instructions about how to prepare insects or plant samples on its website, cdfa.ca.gov/plant/ppd. When it comes to plants, more is better. You need to include material exhibiting a range of symptoms, both healthy and affected material, if possible. Samples don’t always have an identifiable pest. The problem with your plant may be due to nonbiological factors such as sunburn, herbicides and irrigation problems.
What about soil and water? The Master Gardeners office can provide a list of private companies that test soil and advise what amendments and fertilizers are needed to bring it to optimal growing conditions. Sacramento’s water tends to be good, but water in Davis and from some wells can be too high in boron or other elements. The pH of soil and water is important, too. Nutrients are usually best absorbed at a pH of about 6.5, although some plants such as blueberries or azaleas need even more acidity. You can buy inexpensive sampling kits and test pH and basic soil nutrients yourself. At the party, we discussed problems with raised vegetable beds. My hostess said that last season’s crop was stunted and infested with whiteflies. We talked about whitefly control, and I asked if she had examined the roots of her plants. She had not, and she agreed that she would look at roots of all plants that she is removing in the future. Dr. Cheryl Blomquist of the Plant Pest Diagnostics Center once told me
that homeowners often don’t think to look at the base of a plant or at its roots. If there are drainage or overwatering problems, a plant may develop fungal root rot. Nematodes will cause pearly, gnarly growth that clots and stunts the roots. Much of a plant’s life lies beneath. We have some excellent nurseries in town with trained, experienced staff, and they can provide good information. They often refer tougher questions to the Master Gardeners office, where you can tap into the most recent scientific information. The doctor is in and happy to help. No co-pays required. Anita Clevenger is a Sacramento County UC Master Gardener. The Master Gardeners will host an Open Garden at Fair Oaks Horticulture Center on Saturday, Feb 17, from 9 a.m. to noon. The center is at 11549 Fair Oaks Blvd. For answers to gardening questions, call the Master Gardeners at (916) 876-5338 or go to sacmg.ucanr.edu. n
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Drotar’s knowledge of aviation dates back to his four-year stint in the U.S. Air Force, where his training in aircraft maintenance began. After he left the Air Force in 1964, Drotar took a job as a mechanic with United Airlines in San Francisco. A couple of moves within the company took him to Connecticut and then back to San Francisco. He retired in 2001, then relocated to Sacramento. “Sacramento seemed like a nice, quiet place to retire,” says Drotar, who found his next mission when he saw an advertisement in The Sacramento Bee calling for museum volunteers. One of his first projects was restoring a Fairchild PT 19-B (a primary trainer aircraft from World War II), which “came to the museum in pieces,” says Drotar. “It took six or seven guys almost seven years to restore it.” In addition to restoring aircraft, maintaining the museum, and assembling and dismantling the traveling exhibits, Drotar’s other duties include hanging planes for display from the high open ceiling, taking road trips to pick up new aircraft and keeping an eye on the permanent exhibits. For example, he often has to recalibrate the motion simulator, a high-tech, podlike machine that allows visitors to experience flight from the perspective of the Wright brothers, an astronaut or a combat pilot. “If something needs to be done, Bill is there,” says Yonn. “He is meticulous. He has excellent skills and work ethic. We need people like that to keep things running.” Originally established as McClellan Aviation Museum in 1986 at the former McClellan Air Force Base, which closed in 1995, the museum was relocated to a more practical site within McClellan Business Park in the early 2000s and renamed the Aerospace Museum of California
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hen I first catch sight of Bill Drotar, a volunteer at the Aerospace Museum of California, he is expertly piloting a forklift across the exhibit floor. The crew has been hard at work all week dismantling the museum’s latest traveling exhibit. Drotar is making it look easy as he maneuvers the heavy black storage containers onto the moving truck. “This is my playground,” says Drotar, sporting blue jeans, a plaid shirt and an impressive collection of keys for every lock in the place. “That’s why I like it here. This is what keeps me young.” Playground indeed. The aerospace museum, located at McClellan Business Park in Sacramento, is 37,500 square feet of every kid’s happy place, plus a four-acre airpark where anyone’s creativity and curiosity can take wing. But Drotar is not a kid. His gray beard and deep tan give him away. At 75, he is one of the museum’s veteran volunteers, logging in more than 12,000 hours since he began donating his time and energy 17 years ago. “Bill does aircraft restoration—he’s a master at it—and maintenance on equipment. He even replaces the lights in the parking lot,” says Roxanne Yonn, the museum’s former executive director and curator. “All I have to do is ask and it is done. When someone backed into our chain-link fence overnight, I called him that Saturday morning and he was here in 20 minutes.” Drotar is on hand at the aerospace museum four to five days a week, six to seven hours a day. While his primary and “favorite” volunteer duties include maintenance and repair on the aircraft, he will step in as a docent when needed. “I can tell a good story too,” says Drotar with a smile. A favorite anecdote involves the museum’s A-10 Thunderbolt II, also known as the Warthog, one of more than 50 aircraft on display. Drotar points to the bullet holes that the plane suffered during Operation Desert Storm. Too damaged to go back into service, the plane was retired to the museum in 1991.
in 2005. In addition to the aviation component, which includes tributes to woman and black war heroes, the museum boasts permanent exhibits devoted to space exploration. The Aerospace Museum of California is like a mini version of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., complete with its very own gift shop. That’s fitting, because Sacramento’s museum, which attracts 50,000 to 75,000 visitors a year, just happens to be a Smithsonian affiliate, explains Yonn. As a private nonprofit organization, the museum relies on fundraisers, grants and major donors to keep the doors open. “We run a lean operation,” says Yonn, with 12
DROTAR POINTS TO THE BULLET HOLES THAT THE PLANE SUFFERED DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM. TOO DAMAGED TO GO BACK INTO SERVICE, THE PLANE WAS RETIRED TO THE MUSEUM
full- and part-time staff and 150 volunteers. “We could not do it without our volunteers.” The museum also welcomes traveling shows two or three times a year. From Feb. 10 to July 6, the museum will host a Smithsonian exhibit titled “Art of the Airport Tower,” featuring 50 large-format black-and-white photographs of air traffic control towers in the United States and around the world. In addition, the museum holds “Open Cockpit” days when many of the aircraft are open for visitors to climb aboard (weather permitting). I recommend putting it on your calendar—and be sure to chat with Drotar or one of the other dedicated volunteers. For more information on the Aerospace Museum of California, go to aerospaceca.org. Cathryn Rakich can be reached at crakich@surewest.net. n
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arlene von FriederichsFitzwater was no stranger to the repercussions of a cancer diagnosis—nor to the feeling of isolation that comes along with it. But when she met Anna, a homeless woman who had been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, she realized that the sense of isolation dug even more deeply into terminally ill people who had no home or family. So von Friederichs-Fitzwater created Joshua’s House, a hospice house for terminally ill people who are homeless. She named it after her grandson Joshua, who died while homeless in 2014. When she first entered the professional workforce, von
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Sacramento’s m Sacramento’s most ost eexperienced xperienced d divorce ivorce m mediators ediators & aattorneys ttorneys www.FamilyLawCenter.US (916) 488-5088 Friederichs-Fitzwater worked as a reporter for the Los Angeles Times and then as a publicist for Walt Disney Studios before starting her own publishing company. She was then approached by Westminster College to develop a course on writing articles for magazines. But with only a bachelor’s degree, she knew that teaching would mean going back to school. She applied to the University of Nebraska Omaha, thinking that she would continue studying journalism and mass media. “In my first semester, I had what I thought was a routine doctor’s appointment and discovered I had advanced cervical cancer,” she says. It was the late 1970s, and she was a single mother of four sons. “The nurses and doctors started pulling away,” she recalls. “It became a very isolating experience. I thought, why is that? These people are trained. They know people die. They should be comfortable if that is the prognosis. As a reporter, it fascinated me. I made a deal that if I survived, not only would I do something to give back to
other cancer patients, but I would find out what the problem was.” When her health improved, she followed through with that promise. She studied health communications, focusing her graduate work on how doctors communicate with dying patients. She went on to earn a doctorate. “I wanted to teach medical students how to do better at communicating with patients,” says von FriederichsFitzwater, “particularly when they were seriously or terminally ill.” In 1985, she went to teach at Sacramento State University, where she helped develop a new minor in health communications. During her 20 years as a professor at Sac State, she also served as a volunteer clinical faculty member at UC Davis School of Medicine. After she retired from Sac State in 2005, she worked at UC Davis to develop an outreach research education program for the Comprehensive Cancer Center. “Here was a chance to fulfill my other promise to give back to cancer patients,” she says. “I was
1722 Professional Drive Sacramento 95825 really trying to help cancer patients get through that journey and have support so they didn’t feel isolated like I had.” She spent the next 10 years developing patient education and cancer support programs, including a cancer peer navigator program that trains survivors to be cancer coaches for newly diagnosed patients. This is when she met Anna and became aware of the needs of homeless individuals facing terminal illnesses. “If you were homeless and diagnosed with cancer, you might be able to get treatment, but they had no option but to discharge you back on the street,” says von FriederichsFitzwater. “That just stunned me.” This realization came at the same time her grandson lost his life on the streets at the age of 34. She knew she needed to focus on finding a solution. “That’s Joshua’s House,” she explains. Von Friederichs-Fitzwater and her advisory board drew up a floor plan and held a kickoff fundraiser. She hopes to raise $1 million and to open
“PROVIDING A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN DIE WITH LOVE AND DIGNITY AND RESPECT IS IMPORTANT.” Joshua’s House with 10 beds on the Loaves & Fishes campus. In addition to housing and hospice care, she also wants Joshua’s House to provide art and music therapy programs. “One of the issues the homeless have is that being homeless makes them feel invisible. Their greatest fear is dying on the street and just being forgotten,” von Friederichs-Fitzwater says. “Providing a place where they can die with love and dignity and respect is important. But also through art therapy and writing, they may be able to leave something for others to learn about them and their lives.” For more information about Joshua’s House, go to thehcri.org. n
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Advance Preparation CHAPLAIN’S WIFE MISINTERPRETS DYING BREATH
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utter Hospice chaplain Dale Swan had always been clear with his wife, Jill, about how he wanted to die. “If I get sick and can’t feed myself or make my own decisions, please don’t let them put in a breathing or feeding tube,” he told her. “Let me go peacefully.” Jill, a CPA who is used to calculating the options, responded the way many people do: “I don’t want you to starve to death.” Dale reassured his wife of 34 years that his hospice colleagues would be there for her and wouldn’t let him suffer. Dale was a 58-year-old avid cyclist who showed no signs of impending problems until one evening this past summer. He was watching TV from his recliner, eating a veggie burger and sipping a beer, when he was hit with troubling stomach pains. He took some antacid and told his wife he was going to lie down. When Jill checked on him an hour later, she found his pain intensifying. She suggested a doctor, but Dale declined, instead making a bathroom visit that brought only mild improvement. An hour later, Jill heard Dale moaning with extreme pain. She
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insisted on taking him to the ER, but Dale countered by asking her to call 911. When paramedics arrived, they began assessing his pain even as they were speculating it was a heart attack. Within a few minutes, EMTs
to alarming levels with no apparent diagnosis. Nurses admitted Dale to a room, ordered that he have no food for four days and administered Dilaudid. Once he was in the room, the pain medication slowed his respiration
Dale and Jill Swan placed him on a gurney and loaded him in the ambulance. Beside him, they hung an IV drip of fentanyl, a strong opiate for pain control. The ER doctor ordered blood tests, a CT scan and a sonogram. Dale was suffering from pancreatitis, but the medical staff could find no cause. They ruled out stomach blockage, gallbladder problems and alcohol abuse. Dale’s pain level was rising
to six breaths per minute. Dale was rapidly losing consciousness. Hospital staff suspected an overdose and instructed Jill to keep her husband awake or they’d have to give him Narcan, a drug that reverses opioid effects. If that doesn’t work, they grimly warned her, we’ll have to insert a breathing tube down his throat.
Jill remembered Dale’s instructions and shocked the staff by saying, “Oh, no, he doesn’t want that! He’s always said to let him die peacefully.” Jill felt prepared. She and Dale had discussed many of the crucial questions involving the end of life and placed those answers into an advance health care directive (often called a living will). Everyone should have an advance health care directive. It instructs doctors what you want done if you become incapacitated. Without the directive, doctors are obligated to do everything possible to save your life—even if “everything” means a painful delay of your inevitable death. Fortunately, the medical staff knew this wasn’t a moment to give up on a healthful and strong patient. They helped Jill understand that Dale’s document didn’t apply to situations where a full recovery could be logically anticipated. While Dale has fully recovered and returned to work, the happy couple is taking no more chances. Dale’s given Jill more detailed instructions. And Jill, ever the logical numbers cruncher, is reviewing their life insurance policies—just in case. For more information on advance health care directives, go to caringinfo. org. Recently retired chaplain Norris Burkes is a syndicated columnist, national speaker and book author. He can be reached at comment@ thechaplain.net. n
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Open the Tap HOW SCIENTISTS KEEP OUR WATER SUPPLY SAFE TO DRINK
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igh-quality drinking water, flowing from the tap, is a luxury we Americans often take for granted. According to the World Health Organization, at least 2 billion people worldwide don’t drink clean water. So where does our tap water come from, and how is it kept clean and safe? In the Sacramento region, there are many different answers. Unlike wastewater treatment, which was centralized under Regional San in 1973, clean water is delivered to Sacramento County homes by a patchwork of 24 local water districts. These districts originated from early property developers drilling wells and expanded naturally into public water agencies. Some have consolidated over time. For example, Sacramento Suburban Water District, one of the largest local providers that serves much of Arden-Arcade and areas north of I-80, was formed by the union of the Arcade and Northridge districts in 2002. Mergers must be approved by elected officials and are not always successful; an effort to unite SSWD
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and Placer County’s San Juan Water District failed a few years ago. Each water district has its own legal structure, manages its own system of pipes and has its own water sources. Water sources can be either surface water (water from local rivers and reservoirs) or groundwater (water pumped up from underground basins). For example, some districts rely exclusively on surface water from Folsom Lake, which puts them at risk during a severe drought. SSWD has access to both surface and groundwater. SSWD operates 75 active wells and also has contract rights with the city of Sacramento and the Placer County Water Agency to receive surface water from the American River and Folsom Lake. How does SSWD decide whether to provide groundwater or surface water to its customers? According to general manager Dan York, groundwater is cheaper, but SSWD turns off its groundwater wells and delivers surface water whenever possible. Why? Groundwater is a limited resource that gets depleted if overused. In fact, the groundwater table in SSWD’s service area had been dropping at the astonishing rate of about one and a half feet per year. Switching to surface water during wet times “banks” groundwater and even allows the underground basin to recharge. Because of this policy, York says they’ve actually seen some
recovery in the depth of the local groundwater table. SSWD’s wells are located on small lots owned by the district. York took me to visit a typical example. These nondescript, fenced sites are located all over the area. I was surprised to discover near my home several wells I’d seen but never recognized next to commercial buildings, or on property behind a residence. Wells are drilled from 300 to 1,000 feet deep. To comply with state law, SSWD monitors water quality by collecting more than 2,500 samples per year for chemical testing, as well as 30 bacteriological samples every week from the distribution system. Soil contains many naturally occurring contaminants, so sometimes water from a well will show an excess of a regulated level of a contaminant. Because each well is independent of the others, SSWD normally will turn off the contaminated well and rely on other sources until the water is treated or the contaminant is no longer detected. Ground water is raised to the surface by vertical turbine pumps with capacities from 300 gallons per minute to 3,500 gallons per minute. The pumps are powered by electricity. I asked York why my home has water even during a power outage. Apparently that wasn’t always the case. During California blackouts in 1996, Sacramento residents lost water along with power. Because
of this hard lesson, SSWD invested in emergency diesel- and natural gas-powered backup generators throughout the district. With power from these generators, they can pump enough water to provide for health and safety even during a widespread power outage. (Not all water districts have this capacity.) From its headquarters on Marconi Avenue, SSWD can remotely monitor all its wells and adjust settings without having to go to the well. The main issue is water pressure. SSWD tries to maintain a water pressure of 30 to 60 psi in the system. At each active well, if the psi drops to 30, the pump turns on. At 60 psi, the pump shuts off. As water is pumped from each well, SSWD adds chlorine as a disinfectant. In part of the district (the south service area), fluoride is also added. Other than that, the groundwater delivered to your home is virtually unchanged from the water that came out of the earth. This makes groundwater cheaper for the district to supply than surface water. Water from the American and Sacramento rivers requires more costly treatment to make it safe to drink. Next month, I’ll tell you how that’s done. Amy Rogers is a scientist, educator and novelist. Learn more at amyrogers.com. n
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s the price of any other good displayed more prominently and more often than the price of gas? At thousands of corner gas stations, numbers are posted on huge signs and tall poles. They are often in lights, with costs down to the tenth of a cent. The unique visibility and virtual omnipresence contribute to the acute awareness and sensitivity that the public has to the cost of gas. The in-your-face ubiquity of gas prices helps explain efforts underway to repeal California Senate Bill 1, passed last year. SB 1 added a 12-cent-per-gallon tax to the price of gas, upped taxes on diesel, increased vehicle registration fees and added a road-improvement fee for electric vehicles. There are those who seem to believe that no tax increases are ever justified. Others are convinced that tax increases somehow wind up lining politicians’ pockets or that gas taxes regularly get siphoned off to fund unneeded pet projects. Little evidence is offered for these claims. In the real world, facts matter, and the need for more funding for transportation is manifest. It’s magical thinking to believe taxes don’t have to increase when costs rise. It was shortsighted that gas taxes were set at a fixed amount per gallon and were not indexed to inflation. The last state gas-tax increase was in
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1994, nearly a quarter century ago, when a dollar was distinctly more valuable. One dollar in 1994 has $1.69 in buying power today. Back in 1994, the average cost of a movie ticket was $4 and average rent was $533 a month. It’s not just that decades of inflation have eroded the buying power of the dollar. Road construction and maintenance costs have risen faster than the general level of inflation. Improved fuel efficiency plus hybrid and electric vehicles mean that, for every mile driven, there are fewer tax dollars available to cope with the wear and tear that vehicles impose on roads. Caltrans, cities and counties have been starving for money to fix potholes, repave roads, and repair and maintain thousands of bridges, traffic signals and culverts. There is a gigantic $130 billion backlog of roadmaintenance needs at state and local levels. Last winter’s storms added another $1 billion in maintenance costs to the backlog. There simply was no way to stretch inadequate funding to meet the ever-expanding amount of deferred maintenance or to build new capacity for a growing population. Funding for transportation projects is complicated, and few understand
it completely. Federal, state and local dollars all play a role. Despite a common belief, gas taxes don’t pay for all road costs. Motorists currently pay a lower percentage of the total costs than they have for a long time. Increasingly, local jurisdictions have tapped other sources, such as sales taxes, to make up for the shortfalls. Sales taxes violate the “user pays” principle by making everyone pay for transportation costs, no matter how much or in what way they use the transportation system. Sacramento County voters recognized the dire straits we were in by passing a 30-year renewal of the Measure A transportation sales tax in 2004, but they rejected a second salestax increase just a dozen years later. Even then, most voters recognized the need, but there were disagreements about how the money should be used. It would be profoundly unwise to repeal the state gas-tax increase. There simply hasn’t been enough money to go around. If anything, federal gas taxes, or other funding sources, need to be boosted as well. Like the state tax, the federal gas tax has not been increased for decades and is not indexed to inflation. While it hurts to pay even a modest gas-tax increase (about $100 a year under SB 1), and all those gas station signs constantly remind us of the price, without enough money our road system, and our economy, will suffer. Walt Seifert is executive director of Sacramento Trailnet, an organization devoted to promoting greenways with paved trails. He can be reached at bikeguy@surewest.net. n
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Valentine’s Day HOW THE HOLIDAY HAS EVOLVED FOR THIS MOM
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hen I was in second grade, I was crushing hard with my little 8-year-old heart on Todd Blackwell. In a great feat of courage and leap of faith on love, I signed my Snoopy valentine with “I love you.” Not only did he not notice, he didn’t even put a personalized candy heart in my Hulk valentine card that threatened me to “Have a happy Valentine’s Day… or else!” By the time I was in high school, John Hughes and Molly Ringwald had come around, and there wasn’t a Valentine’s Day gesture grand enough to match Jake Ryan leaning against his Porsche waiting for Samantha in “Sixteen Candles.”
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It wasn’t until my second year of college that Cupid finally came through for me. By then, I was dating my future husband, and even though we had only been together for four months, it’s a special Valentine’s Day when you know you are spending it with the man you want to marry. Trey and I were together six years before we got married, and since neither of us turned out to be into grand romantic gestures (why, when love and friendship are enough?), I think we usually spent Valentine’s Day hanging out with his roommates or at a bar with friends taking advantage of $1 Cadillacs and Long Island Iced Teas. We were married three years before the kids came along, but even then we didn’t bother trying to get a restaurant reservation on the day marked for celebrating love (which should be renamed The Most Horrible Day To Try To Get a Dinner Reservation). Even if we did briefly entertain the thought of going out for Valentine’s Day, after having two kids 17 months
apart, we quickly learned that the day could also be renamed You Have a Better Chance of Winning the Lottery Than Getting a Baby Sitter Day. Sleep deprived and exhausted, we considered it a bigger treat to get the kids to bed early and go to sleep ourselves. By the time the kids were preschoolers, it was fun for us to have a group Valentine’s Day exchanging homemade valentines and gifts. We would let the kids pick out a Kid Cuisine frozen dinner. When the kids got into the school years, we ended up adding Family Game Night after dinner. When the teenage years hit, Valentine’s Day was one of the first casualties of The Better-Offer Years. Logan and Whitney were happy to join Dad and me for the nowtraditional homemade surf-and-turf dinner … if there wasn’t a better offer. Once they both got driver’s licenses and significant others, there was always a better offer than spending Valentine's Day with your parents.
Now, despite accepting that my 18-year-old son will be off spending Valentine’s Day with his girlfriend, I feel a subtle heartache reminiscent of Todd Blackwell not returning my crush and Jake Ryan not showing up at my door. Because this is the last Valentine’s Day I’ll spend with both children under my roof. Next year, I’ll be mailing Logan’s Valentine’s Day card and gift to him wherever he ends up for college. The same goes for Baby Girl the year after that. The Hulk is back standing on my heart this Valentine’s Day. I guess I have no choice but to take his nearly 40-year-old advice and “Have a happy Valentine’s Day… or else!” I’ll grab the hand of my original Valentine, Trey, and maybe we’ll gather up some friends and go find a good happy hour—this time with a top-shelf vodka and cranberry. Kelli Wheeler is an author, family columnist and freelance writer. For weekly Momservations or to contact her, go to momservations.com. n
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hen Leslie and Scott Donald moved from Davis to Sacramento in 1994, they widened their search for a new home to several neighborhoods in hopes of finding a larger lot. But they soon realized East Sacramento was where they wanted to be. “We like the community feel,” says Leslie. “We can walk everywhere.” But it was not until 2011, after living in two East Sac homes, that they found and bought the one in which they hope to grow old: a 2,100-square-foot, Mediterraneanstyle, white-stucco house built in 1926. Knowing that the older home
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had the potential to be a perfect fit “We really wanted to keep the for their growing family, the couple integrity of the house,” explains initiated phase one of a three-part Leslie, emphasizing that they remodeling project, adding 1,000 refurbished the original light square feet to the footprint. fixtures and ensured all added crown The remodel, which took one moldings, baseboards, and window year to complete, included adding and door moldings matched the two bedrooms and bathrooms to the original woodwork. Even the new second level; expanding the tight flooring seamlessly coordinates with entryway; turning a ground-floor the original white-oak hardwoods. bedroom into a mudroom “The entryway was the and laundry room; and most dramatic change,” creating a spacious family adds Leslie. It included room that opens up to increasing the landing a new backyard patio. space at the top of the Heating, air conditioning, stairs and pushing back By Cathryn Rakich plumbing and electrical walls on the second Home Insight were all replaced. level to create a more
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open feeling. They kept the original wrought-iron staircase railing but moved the antique hanging light fixture to above the dining-room table, replacing it with a larger iron chandelier in the foyer. Equally important to the couple and their two children, Jackson, 23, and Anna, 20, was the addition of an outside living space, complete with a large flat-screen TV. “One of the best things we did was the covered back porch,” says Leslie. “We live out there eight months out of the year,” taking advantage of Sacramento’s mild weather. Even though the Donalds ran into a few setbacks, such as uncovering
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extensive dry rot downstairs, the remodel turned out to be a rewarding experience. “We had a very good contractor,” states Leslie, who credits contractor Ken Dyer and draftsman John Packowski for making the entire endeavor stress free. “I loved picking out the finishing touches. It is my taste, my home,” Leslie says. One exceptionally nice touch is a repurposed antique crystal chandelier that hangs over a free-standing soaking tub in the master bathroom. Despite some skepticism on the part of friends, Leslie insisted on keeping the original awning that shades the front door. She replaced the tan canvas with a new rust-colored fabric and had the poles lengthened to make the awning taller. “People were shorter back then,” she says with a smile. To make the front porch even more inviting, a friend painted a faux woodgrain over the original coral-colored entry door. Now that phase one is behind them, Leslie and Scott are looking forward to phase two, the kitchen, and phase three, the backyard landscape. For anyone considering a remodel, Leslie recommends making sure the bid is as comprehensive as possible. “Every doorknob, every light fixture,” she says. “If you are quoted for tile, check out what you are going to get for that bid. “We were not going to remodel to the extent that we did,” Leslie adds. “We had a budget. We doubled that budget. For example, the bid was for 12 windows and doors, but we ended up doing 36. That’s kind of how it all went.”
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Once the remodel was done, Leslie realized how much she enjoyed design. With encouragement from her husband and a close friend (herself an interior designer), she decided to start her own business, Leslie Donald Design. In the end, remodeling their home was worth the effort and expense. “We
love it,” says Leslie. “It’s our home that we will stay in forever. It is the perfect size for us to grow old in.” If you know of a home you think should be featured in Inside Publications, contact Cathryn Rakich at crakich@surewest.net. n
Art Preview GALLERY ART SHOWS IN FEBRUARY
Tim Collom Gallery presents a solo exhibition, “Round Two,” by Whitney Lofrano, from Feb. 6 to March 1. Shown above: “Float Sweet Peaches,” watercolor on paper. 915 20th St.; timcollomgallery.com
Jaya King’s encaustic work will be featured in a duo show with Frank Brooks at Beatnik Studios through March 22. Shown above: “Reflection,” encaustic by King. 723 S St.; beatnik-studios.com
B. Sakato Garo presents the work of Ryan M. Reynolds from Feb. 6 to Mar. 3. Shown: “Freeway #4”, oil on panel by Reynolds is shown above. 923 20th St.; bsakatagaro.com
Artistic Edge Gallery presents work by Ron Hall, Diana Ormanzhi, Gary Harris and Carol Brown through Feb. 28. Shown above: “Golden Gate,” oil on canvas by Harris. 1880 Fulton Ave.; artisticedgeframing.com
Archival Gallery presents selected works by Gerald Barnes and Mariellen Layne through March. 2. Shown right: “Stele,” a mosaic by Layne. 3223 Folsom Blvd.; archivalgallery.com NCA Aspiring Artist Debut 2018 is an exhibit open to new artists who have never shown in a juried exhibition. The show runs through Feb. 18 at Sacramento Fine Arts Center and includes drawing, mixed media, oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, photography and sculpture. Shown above right: “Images,” by Angela Cleavenger. 5330 Gibbons Drive; sacfinearts.org
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No Fix in Sight IT’S BEEN A TOUGH SEASON FOR KINGS FANS
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ebruary is a pivotal month in the NBA. The long season reaches its halfway point. The trading deadline arrives and forces teams to nail down their rosters for the playoff drive. The All-Star weekend celebration provides a break in the tedium of practice sessions, home games and road trips. That’s how things work in most NBA cities. But Sacramento, as
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anyone who’s been paying attention for the past 33 years knows, is different. None of the traditional February rituals applies to the Kings. Their season basically ended around Thanksgiving, about the time the Kings were pummeled by the Atlanta Hawks 126-80. The Hawks are a terrible basketball team, but they were 46 points better than the Kings. For every step the Kings make to improve themselves during the offseason, for every marketing strategy they roll out to make ticket buyers think next year will be different, the team stumbles backward. This season, they brought in new, young players to energize the roster and provide enthusiasm. The youthful-energy trick has been tried
before, with no luck. The young guys lack leadership. They lack killer instincts. They don’t know how to process devastating defeats. They are shell-shocked by the perpetual-loser environment. Quickly, they spiral downward. To fill out the roster, the Kings bring in veterans to supply confidence and patience. But the old guys, many of whom were intentionally dumped in Sacramento by their former teams, arrive with baggage. Many don’t want to play here. They assume the attitude of gilded prison inmates. They do their time, keep their heads down and cross off each day until the season ends. And they pray to someday sign with the Golden State Warriors.
Every few years, the Kings change coaches. They duplicate the pattern of alternating young and old. They replace a worn-out veteran with an eager young assistant. It makes no difference. The Kings could let the players coach themselves and the outcome would be no better or worse. Even changes in ownership—four different partnerships have operated the Kings since 1985—have minimal impact on the team’s success. The first three ownership groups—Joe Benvenuti and Gregg Lukenbill, Jim Thomas and finally the Maloof family—encountered financial problems. They couldn’t keep pace with the hyper-inflationary reality of NBA salaries and found it impossible to attract serious talent to Sacramento.
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“WE’VE JUST GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO START COMPETING, START BEING MEN.�
weren’t cohesive and lacked structure and style. The grind of an 82-game season quickly overwhelmed the young players. One month into the season, the Kings had trouble scoring more than 85 points. Lacking the talent to score, they also lacked the will to rebound and defend. “Losing is one thing, but we have to do a much better job of competing,� the coach, Dave Joerger, said after one lopsided defeat. Joerger didn’t help himself. He was unable to settle on a lineup. He tried eight different starting rotations in the first six weeks. If his young players were confused and unsettled as the season began, Joerger’s dartthrow lineup strategy guaranteed the confusion and insecurity would extend well past Christmas. A negative irony developed around the concept of youthful energy. The Kings made a point of embracing the future by giving their young players extended minutes. The youth movement was supposed to exude energy, if not expertise. But the kids dragged like pensioners. Frustrated,
Joerger complained his troops weren’t tough enough. And they became accustomed to losing. “We’ve got a lot of nice guys,� he said. “I love them, but ...� The players didn’t disagree. Lack of energy became a tired excuse. Said guard Garrett Temple, “We’ve just got to figure out how to start competing, start being men.� The Kings will almost certainly have a lottery pick in this summer’s draft—a chance for another young player. They have to make it count. They will get nothing in 2019, having traded away their first-round pick that year. Forgotten as always are the paying customers, who still have three months to endure at Golden 1 Center. “We owe Sacramento, our fans, better than what we’re showing them,� guard George Hill said. His salary is $20 million this season, payable whether the Kings win or lose. R.E. Graswich can be reached at reg@graswich.com. n
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Center for Change THIS ORGANIZATION PROVIDES HOPE AND MORE FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE
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he LGBT Community Center has served Sacramento for 40 years, but despite its advocacy on behalf of the LGBTQ community, many know the center as “that building across from Merc,” says David Heitstuman, its executive director. Even he was mostly unaware of the center before attending a focus group there in 2011. Six weeks later, he was chairman of the board of directors. Those familiar with the center won’t be surprised why Heitstuman was inspired to volunteer. The center offers HIV testing and prevention programs, legal assistance, monthly potlucks, and support groups for people coming out of the closet. It plugs people into faith communities and assists with housing and employment, but mostly it provides a place to be. For many, the LGBT Community Center is family. Founded as the Lambda Community Fund in 1978, the center focuses its services on
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health and wellness, advocacy and community building, but perhaps its most significant service to LGBTQ youth is its Q-Spot, which opened in 2011. Between noon and 6 p.m. daily, the drop-in facility at 1927 L St. provides young people access to a shower, food, computer, washer and dryer, and supplies like new socks, clothing, sleeping bags, tarps, toiletries and even pet food. And access is easy. “They just need to come into the center and talk to somebody at the front desk,” says Heitstuman. The Q-Spot helps some 200 youth a week go from “just getting by to where they are self-reliant and self-empowered,” Heitstuman says, thanks to resources, referrals and counseling. The center provides “a break from the stress of the streets and an opportunity to restore dignity into their day.” Undoubtedly public attitude toward the LGBTQ community is improving, and 20 percent of millennials now identify as LGBTQ. But statistics also show that the LGBT Community Center and Q-Spot are more necessary than ever. Almost 90 percent of LGBTQ youth experience bullying, and 90 percent of transgender people experience work discrimination and twice the unemployment rates of the general population. Last year, 27 transgender Americans were murdered, making 2017 the deadliest year on record for transgender people. One of those women, Chyna Gibson, 31, was from Sacramento. While 20 percent of millennials identify as LGBTQ, that percentage doubles for homeless youth. “For the last 20 years, we’ve been saying, ‘You’re safe, come out, be who you are,’” says Heitstuman. “And young people have. They’re seeing more of themselves on television, in popular culture, in leadership roles, and they’re feeling more comfortable coming out and being who they are. But even though we’ve told them it’s safe to come out, it’s not.” Marriage equality wasn’t a magic pill to end prejudice and discrimination, and these statistics suggest that many LGBTQ youth
still experience prejudice and discrimination within their own families. According to the Trevor Project, one out of six high school students contemplates suicide, but the rate of attempted suicide is five times higher among LGBTQ youth than hetero youth. More shocking, LGBTQ youth rejected by their families are 8.4 times more likely to attempt suicide than LGBTQ youth who are accepted by their families. Summer camps and softball teams, both offered through the center, are more than recreational; they provide space “where people can be surrounded by people who care about them and value them,” Heitstuman says. “Listen, I know you see Laverne Cox on ‘Orange Is the New Black.’ There’s an out secretary of the Army [Eric Fanning], and ‘Will and Grace’ is back on TV for round two. But over here at Rocklin Academy, there’s a kid who’s being tortured,” says Heitstuman, referring to the Rocklin Academy kindergarten student who began transitioning in 2017. “And here in Sacramento,” he continues, “I can walk down a street in Midtown and people will still scream, ‘Hey, faggot,’ and throw a beer bottle—even in the most affirming place in the city.” Prejudice is shocking wherever it rears its head, but perhaps even more when it occurs in Lavender Heights, an LGBTQ neighborhood in the capital of the most progressive state in America. But despite existing prejudice, Sacramento is still somehow ahead of the game. According to Heitstuman, the Los Angeles LGBT Center is the first and largest in the world, but preceded the Lambda Community Fund by only nine years. By comparison, The Source LGBT+ Center in Visalia opened in 2016. Heitstuman admits Sacramento’s center nearly failed. When he first joined the board in 2011, he says, “we didn’t know how deep the crisis was … and didn’t believe necessarily that the organization was going to have enough funding to continue within a few weeks even.”
Except it did. Since 2011, the center has increased its budget from $250,000 to $1.4 million. Just this year, the center secured a two-year grant from the California Office of Emergency Services that allows the center to provide emergency housing to victims of violence. Emergency housing won’t solve the homeless problem, admits Heitstuman. But in a system that already underserves LGBTQ youth, it’s a start. The growth of the LGBT Community Center has drawn attention from other LGBTQ centers in the nation. Says Heitstuman, “The Bradbury-Sullivan Center in Allentown, Penn., has conducted a study of emerging centers in the country, and we were included as the best model to emulate. They are sending a delegation at the end of February to spend a couple days with us to learn what we’ve done and how we did it.” How did they do it?
Heitstuman pauses, responding after a deep breath. “A lot of sleepless nights,” he says. He might not have known it in 2011, but those sleepless nights have translated to more peaceful nights within the LGBTQ community. Ultimately, it’s impossible to measure the center’s impact, because even if we could count the suicides prevented, the youth now off the streets, the jobs secured or rights restored, how do we quantify dignity? Practically, Heitstuman is excited to offer a safe night’s sleep to those who need it. But more than a bed, a meal or clothes, the LGBT Community Center offers hope. And Heitstuman hopes others will see the center as a beacon, not just as that building across from Merc. For more information or to attend a tour of the LGBT Community Center, go to saccenter.org. Jordan Venema can be reached at jordan.venema@gmail.com. n
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BY DANIEL BARNES ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
Sole Practitioner THIS ARTIST PAINTS ABSTRACTS, NOT RIVERS AND TREES
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t is important for any artist to feel at home in his studio, but Andy Cunningham managed to take the concept to a whole new level. A prolific Sacramento painter who was tired of sharing Downtown studio space with artists and bands, Cunningham created his own studio by building a quasi-house on a corner lot in the northernmost reaches of East Sacramento. The former owners split the property into two parcels and sold what was once the backyard to Cunningham, who built a structure with enough amenities to pass inspection. He doesn’t live in the space, but building codes still required him to include a bathroom and a barebones kitchen. Otherwise, he left the studio largely an unfinished shell, more of an oversized man cave than a home, with paint-splattered cement floors, makeshift plywood tables and a garage overflowing with old paintings. “It gives me space to think,” says Cunningham, who recently brought his works to China as part of a show of Sacramento and Chinese artists. “I like to keep my head down and keep going forward, and this space allows me to do that.” Isolated and unique, the studio makes an almost-too-easy metaphor for Cunningham’s position in the local arts scene. An abstract artist who specializes in nonobjective explorations of color and shape, Cunningham often finds himself on the outside of a mainstream Sacramento art world that favors representational images of rivers and trees. And although he made a
striking contribution to last year’s ArtStreet, an art pop-up event held in and around an old warehouse near Broadway, he also doesn’t fit the mold of the urban artists and muralists who are driving change in the local scene. “Sacramento desperately wants to be a city, but the city is not the dirt and earth anymore. It’s an abstracted experience,” says Cunningham, whose work is influenced by “hard-edge abstractionists” like Frank Stella and Brice Marden. Although he remains an outlier in the Sacramento scene, he sees hope in the change brought by groups like M5 Arts and Verge Center for the Arts. “I definitely see the needle moving more toward not necessarily abstraction, but anything other than cows and rivers and sunsets,” says Cunningham. Born in New York and raised between there and the Bay Area, Cunningham was back in New York City attending graduate school at Hunter College when his wife became pregnant with their first child. The new family returned to Northern California, eventually settling in Sacramento, where Cunningham played the role of “artist and at-home dad” and found a job teaching art at Sacramento Country Day School. The busy schedule didn’t do much to raise his profile. “Come 8 o’clock on a Friday night, I was reading Harry Potter to my kids,” says Cunningham. “I didn’t have the energy or the desire to be out shaking hands, so I figured I would spend more time in the studio.” Cunningham describes his work as “colorful and whimsical,” and the many paintings that cover his studio
walls attest to his love of “color for color reasons,” as well his obsession with exploring shapes. Rather than chasing trends, Cunningham has preferred to chase his own muse, no matter where it leads him. “Throughout time, many of the great experimenters have nearly killed themselves with explosions, and in that they found a whole new thing,” says Cunningham. “By making work in a serious progression, just keeping my head down and moving forward, that’s going to get me where I want to go.” Cunningham concentrates almost solely on paintings, but he stepped outside of his comfort zone for ArtStreet, creating a playful yet powerful piece featuring nine shrinkwrapped wheelbarrows sitting atop spray-painted wooden plinths. “He has always stuck to his guns,” says Cunningham’s friend and fellow artist, Salvatore Victor. “He’s somebody who doesn’t get caught in a formula.” ArtStreet also helped connect Cunningham with Lin Fei Fei, the artist who sponsored the East Meets West show, held this past
July in Shenyang, China. Already off from work for summer vacation, Cunningham seized the opportunity to travel to Shenyang for the exhibit, carrying his artwork as luggage. “I don’t know if I’ve sold anything because of the show, but it was a oncein-a-lifetime experience,” he says. Back in Sacramento, his studio remains a hive of activity. Next to the stairs sits a cardboard tube filled with artwork that Cunningham is sending to a show in Los Angeles, and he sent two other paintings to Connecticut just the day before. “His work is vastly recognized outside of here and amongst his peers, but he doesn’t get the recognition in Sacramento that I think he deserves,” says Victor. “Maybe my market is somewhere else. Maybe I don’t have a market,” says Cunningham. “I’m just going to keep funneling artwork into my garage, if that’s what it takes.” To see Andy Cunningham’s art, go to saatchiart.com/andyc. Daniel Barnes can be reached at danielebarnes@hotmail.com. n
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n Dec. 6, officials with the Sacramento Transportation Authority, the agency that divvies up $120 million each year in Measure A transportation sales taxes, dropped a bombshell at an STA board meeting. For the past decade and a half, the board has been spending Measure A tax revenues on local transportation projects based not on actual tax revenues but on tax-revenue projections, which overestimated revenues by more than
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$1 billion. Yes, that’s billion with a B. During much of that time, the board’s spending decisions also failed to take into account potentially hundreds of millions of dollars of STA debt-service payments on bonds the authority has been issuing to accelerate the construction of local transportation projects. In other words, the board has been spending Measure A taxes blindly, oblivious to the fact that tax revenues were falling far short of projections and that debt-service payments were eating into its cash flow. The revenue projections that are at the heart of the fiscal nightmare were apparently prepared by STA consultants before the onset of the Great Recession and were never updated. For 15 long years, staffers never bothered to compare actual
$1 BILLION OF MEASURE A REVENUES ARE ‘MISSING’
revenues to projected revenues. Consequently, what started out as relatively small differences between actual and presumed revenues in the early years telescoped into a huge gap over the 35-year duration of the Measure A tax. This wouldn’t have mattered much if the board had been making spending and borrowing decisions based on STA’s actual revenues. But the board has been spending and borrowing based almost entirely on increasingly bogus revenue projections, which has led to massive overspending. That fundamental error, coupled with STA’s longstanding practice of accelerating the construction of transportation projects by borrowing heavily against future Measure A revenues, has put STA into a fiscal vice that will
likely choke off funding for most future transportation projects in Sacramento County while starving local governments of the Measure A monies they’ve been counting on for road maintenance. If that weren’t bad enough, the financing vehicle that the board has been using to accelerate transportation projects—nonamortizing, interest-only bonds—has been substantially increasing its interest costs, further slamming STA’s cash flows. STA collects two types of Measure A taxes: the one-half-percent sales tax (its primary source) and a transportation “mitigation” fee that it collects from builders and developers. At STA’s December board meeting, interim executive director Norm Hom explained that revenue projections
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would have doubled the one-halfpercent Measure A sales tax. I chaired the Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Double the Tax, No on Measure B campaign committee. In the run-up to the November 2016 vote, Eye on Sacramento (the civic watchdog group I head) issued a report on Measure A spending and its implications for Measure B. While we had no idea at the time that the STA board and staff were relying on false, badly out-of-date revenue projections in their spending and borrowing decisions, we did know about and reported on STAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s overspending and wasteful borrowing practices. In our summary of findings, we warned that â&#x20AC;&#x153;STA is engaged in an alarmingly rapid escalation of credit-fueled spending on capital projects, with its outstanding bond debt increasing from $180 million in 2009 to an expected level of over $450 million in 2017â&#x20AC;&#x201D;a 243 percent anticipated increase in debt.â&#x20AC;? We also commented on the likely fallout from STAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s borrowing spree: â&#x20AC;&#x153;This rapid escalation in STAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bond service payments is also increasingly
diverting Measure A funds away from surface road maintenance programs and Regional Transitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s operations and maintenance â&#x20AC;Ś The diversion of Measure A funds to pay interest on STA bond debt is projected to divert over $350 million of Measure A taxes from spending on surface road maintenance, RTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s transit operations and capital expenditures on both roads and transit over the next 23 years.â&#x20AC;? We were alarmed that STAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s use of interest-only bonds was an indicator of deeper problems, writing, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The use of interest-only bonds is a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;red flagâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; that the issuing entity is borrowing more money than it is capable of paying back on standard commercial terms (i.e., through fully amortizing standard muni bonds). Otherwise, the issuing entity would use standard bonds to avoid the higher interest costs that interest-only bonds entail.â&#x20AC;? The cumulative effect of these STA practices led us to implore Sacramento County leaders to take action. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We urge Sacramento County to retain an independent financial
adviser to assess the sustainability of the current pace of STAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capital spending, its portfolio of outstanding bonds, and its borrowing practices, and to recommend prudent changes in STAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s borrowing practices and in the pace of its future capital spending,â&#x20AC;? we wrote. Local government leaders ignored the reportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recommendations. A longtime STA board member, Folsom City Councilmember Kerri Howell, dismissed the report and was quoted as saying it was â&#x20AC;&#x153;full of errors.â&#x20AC;?
UNACCOUNTABILITY OF JOINT POWERS AUTHORITIES STA is one of hundreds of special districts in Sacramento County. It is organized as a joint powers authority, which is the government equivalent of a joint venture between private parties. The constituent members that make up a JPA are the local governments that agree to act jointly
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THEATRE GUIDE THE MUSICALS OF MUSICALS: THE MUSICAL
BECKY SHAW by Gina Gionfriddo
A fanciful parody, the show pays homage to classic musical theatre troupes from across the ages, with a cast of four in those fated recurring melodrama roles of villain, hero, ingénue, and matron. You, too, will be taken to fantastic, but somehow familiar, musical lands and are destined to leave the theatre in stitches. (Group rates and special student performances available)
In Gina Gionfriddo’s BECKY SHAW, a newlywed couple fixes up two romantically challenged friends: wife’s best friend, meet husband’s sexy and strange new co-worker. When an evening calculated to bring happiness takes a dark turn, crisis and comedy ensue in this wickedly funny play that asks what we owe the people we love and the strangers who land on our doorstep.
Sacramento Theatre Company Thru Feb 11 1419 H St, Sac 443-6722 SacTheatre.org
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California Stage at Wilkerson Theater Thru Feb 18 1725 25th St, Sac 451-5822 CalStage.org
ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS
Set in the 1970s New York City, two strangers embark on a cat and mouse game after one invites the other into his apartment. As they toy with one another, they explore what it means to live and die. Playwright Richard Broadhurst has been both an actor and writer for almost 50 years. Director Janis Stevens has worked as both an actress and director in theatres nationally and internationally. Tory Scroggins has starred in independent films and stage plays in Los Angeles, Sacramento and the Bay. He was awarded Outstanding Regional Actor at the 2017 Sacramento International Film Festival, the 2017 Outstanding Achievement in a Supporting Role from the Sacramento Area Regional Theatre Alliance.
This wild adaptation of Servant of Two Masters took the world by storm in 2011. Winning multiple awards in England and America, this gut busting play tells the story of out-of-work skiffle player Francis Henshall, who becomes separately employed by two men. As Francis desperately tries to keep the men from meeting and learning the truth about his double employment, he spins various plates in the air to hilarious results.
Brandon Hughes’ THE ABSENT FATHER, THE WAYARD SON
The Guild Theater Feb 3 – Feb 25 2828 35TH St (Broadway & 35th) Brandonhughes.net A powerful, funny, must-see show! David “DayDay” Williams has never seen his father in person, but discovers photos of his father under his mother’s bed affirming their resemblance. This leads David questioning his worth, resulting in an angry, confused, and wayward life. At seventeen, his mother reveals a secret, driving David to express his feelings about the father he’s never met, and how different his life would’ve been if he had. It is a story about love, repentance, redemption, and forgiveness. (Ages 13+)
B Street Theatre Main Stage Thru Mar 4 2711 B St, Sac 443-5300 BStreetTheatre.org
OUR TOWN
Sacramento Theatre Company Feb 28 – Mar 4 1419 H St, Sac 443-6722 SacTheatre.org Our Town tells the story of the fictional American small town of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire between 1901 and 1913 through the everyday lives of its citizens, particularly Emily Webb and George Gibbs, and is performed by STC School of the Arts Young Professionals Conservatory students. The Young Professionals Conservatory is a ten-month program for students ages 12 to 18 that prepares students for careers in theatre through master classes and performance opportunities with professional actors, directors and designers.
GANDHI
B Street Theatre Feb 19 – Mar 11 2711 B St, Sac 443-5300 BstreetTheatre.org A middle school boy in detention learns deeper values in life when forced to read the life of Mahatma Gandhi. A delightful tale of awakening set to Hip Hop and Indian Classical music.
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with one another on some project or function. Each participating government appoints representatives to the JPA’s government board, usually elected officials of the constituent members. The problem is that our local elected officials serve on way too many JPAs, boards, commissions, etc., to be able to provide effective fiduciary oversight over any of them. Sacramento city councilmembers typically serve on close to 20 of them. County supervisors can serve on as many as 30. With elected officials spread so thin, the staffers who run a JPA on a daily basis end up operating with zero effective oversight. If we’re lucky, the JPA managers will be excellent. But too often, unsupervised JPA managers turn out to be outof-control JPA managers. STA is a textbook case of the problem. Additionally, very few elected officials are experts in municipal finance, municipal bonds or complex construction projects. What they’re good at is getting elected (and reelected) and setting broad policy goals. The solution is fairly obvious: Elected officials need to clear off of JPA boards like STA and Regional Transit, and appoint in their place proven business leaders and agency administrators who have extensive hands-on experience in running and overseeing large, complex organizations, as well as the time to serve as true fiduciary overseers.
WHAT CAN BE DONE? It’s clear that STA staffers cannot and should not be entrusted with the job of unraveling their own mess. It’s imperative that a forensic audit be conducted as soon as possible by an independent party. Given the gravity of the problem and the stakes each constituent member of STA has in the outcome of the review, no member government of STA should be put in charge of auditing its books. For example, we’ve uncovered a problem with STA’s handling of its development mitigation fees revenue.
Under Measure A, STA is supposed to hand over such fees ($32 million since 2009) to the local jurisdiction in which such development takes place. But because STA doesn’t bother to track where its mitigation fees come from, it hasn’t been complying with the law. The city of Sacramento appears to be the local government most prejudiced by STA’s failure to obey the law. To eliminate any potential conflicts of interest, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors should submit a request to the state controller that her office audit STA and issue a public report, including recommendations for changes in STA governance and policies. EOS filed a complaint with the Sacramento County Grand Jury asking it to investigate the matter. At the end of the day, the most prudent action may be to dissolve STA and for Sacramento County to assume STA’s role of distributing Measure A revenues. That way an elected body— the Board of Supervisors—would be directly accountable for the functions performed by STA. That would also get STA out of the business of issuing bonds, which has been the source of much of its troubles. Local governments can decide for themselves whether they want to spend their allotment of Measure A taxes on a pay-as-you-go basis or borrow against their future allotment of Measure A cash, risking a repeat of STA’s disastrous experience. Until these problems are fully resolved, Sacramento voters would have to be crazy to approve any hike in the countywide transportation sales tax that ends up in the hands of STA. To read Eye on Sacramento’s report on Measures A and B, go to eyeonsacramento.org. For a list of Sacramento Transportation Authority members, along with their contact information, go to sacta.org. Craig Powell is a retired attorney, businessman, community activist and president of Eye on Sacramento, a civic watchdog and policy group. He can be reached at craig@eyeonsacramento.org or (916) 718-3030. n
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Chinese brush painting will be the focus of the “Expression of Chinese Art” exhibit at Ella K. McClatchy Library. This artwork was painted by Sylvia Hsieh.
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“Expression of Chinese Art” Ella K. McClatchy Library Feb. 10–March 23 (reception Feb. 10, 2–4 p.m.) 2112 22nd St. • saclibrary.org This exhibition will highlight Chinese brush painting (ink and watercolor on absorbent xuan paper) by master painter Lillian Seto and her students. Seto will give a Chinese brush-painting workshop on Saturday, Feb. 24, from 2 to 4 p.m., limited to 15 participants. Sign up at the library circulation desk.
Sacramento Ballet will perform "Giselle” Feb. 16-18 at the Community Center Theater.
“Giselle” Sacramento Ballet Feb. 16–18 Community Center Theater, 1301 L St. • sacballet.org With its surreal beauty, “Giselle” has mesmerized audiences since its premiere in Paris in 1841. Co-artistic directors Ron Cunningham and Carinne Binda chose the production—which hasn’t been done in more than 15 years—in celebration of their 30th year at the helm of the Sacramento Ballet.
Classical Concert: Michelle Xiao You Crocker Art Museum Sunday, Feb. 11, 3 p.m. 216 O St. • crockerart.org Michelle Xiao You, violinist with the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera, will present a program featuring European composers of the late 19th century.
Black History Month Free Family Festival Crocker Art Museum Sunday, Feb. 18, noon–4 p.m. 216 O St. • crockerart.org. This annual festival features live performances, hands-on activities and the community’s only Black and Beautiful Community Marketplace. Stop by Crocker Art Museum and check out the Faith Ringgold exhibit.
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“Art of the Airport Tower” Aerospace Museum of California Feb. 10–July 6 3200 Freedom Park Drive, McClellan• aerospaceca.org This compelling exhibit premiered at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in 2015. It takes guests on a photographic journey to airports around the world through 50 striking photographs by Smithsonian photographer Carolyn Russo.
Go on a photographic journey to airports around the world with “Art of the Airport Tower” exhibit at Aerospace Museum of California. The photos were taken by Smithsonian photographer Carolyn Russo.
Elena Smith in Conversation Genealogical Association of Sacramento Wednesday, Feb. 21, 12:15 p.m. Belle Cooledge Library, 5600 South Land Park Drive • gensac.org Speaker Elena Smith, librarian at the California State Library, will explain the resources available in the library’s large collection for those looking to do genealogical research.
“Family Cabins”
“Terry Moore’s Poetic Justice 2018” Laughs Unlimited Thursday, Feb. 8, 8:30 p.m. 1207 Front St. • terrymoorelive.eventbrite.com Catch a rare, full-show performance by eight-time “Best Poet” award winner Terry Moore—who’s opened for Maya Angelou, Kirk Franklin, Raphael Saadiq and Dr. Cornel West. Also appearing: host Selena Spencer, a live band and special guests.
“Faith Ringgold: An American Artist”
Asymptotic Productions Feb. 23–March 10
Crocker Art Museum Feb. 18–May 13
Howe Avenue Theater, 2201 Cottage Way • familycabinsplay.com In writer Irwin Rosenblum’s first full-length play, Jane arrives at her family’s cabin in the Sierras in time for “Gotcha Day,” an annual celebration of her adoption. Over the course of the weekend, events trigger Jane into a manic state of her bipolar disorder, and her family desperately tries to help her cope. Warning: “Family Cabins” contains strong language and mature content.
216 O St. • crockerart.org This exhibition brings together more than 40 examples of works by Faith Ringgold. It will include her story quilts, tanka poems, prints, oil paintings, drawings, masks, soft sculptures and original illustrations from her awardwinning book, “Tar Beach.”
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7th Annual Sacramento Bacon Fest Chef’s Challenge Sacramento Bacon Fest Sunday, Feb. 11, 2–6 p.m. Mulvaney’s B&L, 1215 19th St. • facebook.com/sacramentobaconfest This popular pig-centric food feast is back as chefs compete to see who’s got the best bacon, bites and more. Your $60 ticket includes bites from all of the participating chefs, food from Mulvaney’s, three beer/wine tickets and service charge.
The Purple Carpet Fundraising Gala The Purple Dove Saturday, Feb. 10, 6:30 p.m. Tsakopoulos Library Galleria, 828 I St. • thepurpledove.com The Purple Dove, a local organization providing holistic treatment for those combating opioid addiction, will host a gala in honor of the late singer Prince in an effort to raise awareness of opioid dependency and the need for rehabilitation facilities. Tickets are $25–$75. Proceeds will go toward startup costs for The Purple Dove Opioid Treatment Center in Carmichael. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. n
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“Hopes Springing High: Gifts of African American Art” Crocker Art Museum Feb. 18–July 15 216 O St. • crockerart.org In recognition of Black History Month and the opening of “Faith Ringgold: An American Artist,” the museum will install a concurrent exhibition of recent acquisitions and promised gifts of art by African-American artists.
“The Absorption of Light” Beatnik Studios Feb. 2–March 22 (reception Feb. 2, 6–9 p.m.) 723 S St. • beatnik-studios.com Large-scale works by Frank Brooks and Jaya King will share space in this dramatic exhibition featuring abstracts, figures and portraitures in King’s signature encaustic and Brooks’ sculptural layered oils in varying shades of black and gray.
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he sushi craze hit the West Coast more than a decade ago. Growing up in Sacramento during the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80s, I knew of only one place that served raw fish, Hana Tsubaki on J Street. (Still going strong, by the way.) In the years that followed, sushi joints popped up in every part of town. There are now upscale, casual, experimental and grab-and-go sushi spots in nearly every neighborhood.
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Then, in the past five to 10 years, ramen became the Japanese import du jour. Now, there are literally ramen shops across the street from other ramen shops. In the wake of these two Japanese food trends, there hasn’t been much room for the true panoply of Japanese cuisine to shine. However, two newer restaurants on the Grid are filling in the gaps, bringing another style of Japanese cooking to town. Skool Gastropub Shochu & Sake Bar draws from Japanese pub grub and elevates it in its hip K Street digs. The menu is inspired by the food of an izakaya, a casual pub or bar and grill that you’d find in most Japanese cities. Small bites are fried or grilled; fish and other meats hold equal spots on the menu; and everything tastes better washed down with a beer or sake. This is a bit of a rebranding for Skool. When it first opened two
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years ago, as a Sacramento outpost o of a successful San Francisco enterprise, the focus was on refined cooking and a higher price point. Now, prices are lower, and the menu focuses on accessible Japaneseinspired comfort foods. Here are just a few of the n beautiful small bites you can snack on: fried oysters with house-made tartar sauce; panko-breaded and fried sardine or salmon; karaage aded fried chicken; cornmeal-breaded baby mushrooms with miso aioli. Those dishes, and equally om the excellent items that come from grill, are elevated by precise execution use-made and the care put into the house-made sauces and sides. Each dish comes from humble roots but is enhanced by thoughtful preparation. On a recent visit, I was blown away by the grilled escolar. It was a
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simple-looking dish, but the cooking of the buttery fish stood out. The meat was pillowy soft, and the skin had a perfectly grilled char. The lightly sauced dish sang with a simple accompaniment of braised bok choy. At $15, it was a truly gorgeous dish. Some of these dishes might sound a little more Japanese-inspired than technically Japanese. But other items on the menu fit that bill nicely. For an indulgent Japanese bar snack, try the takoyaki, fried balls of batter stuffed with octopus and other fillings, topped with mayo and bonito flakes. This street-food dish, originating from Osaka, is an unsophisticated fried treat. Binchoyaki Izakaya Dining, a small, newish restaurant on 10th Street in Southside Park, also offers Sacramento diners a glimpse into casual yet beautifully executed Japanese fare. Binchoyaki’s cuisine is based on a style of Japanese cooking called sumiyaki (“sumi” or “bincho” is Japanese charcoal and “yaki” is grill) or better known as yakitori (“yaki” is grill and “tori” is chicken). More than half of the menu is delivered from the charcoal grill, typically skewered and sauced, and quickly devoured without pretension. Grilled morsels range from the highly familiar—chicken thigh, beef strip, shrimp and oyster—to the more unfamiliar: chicken heart, beef tongue, mackerel and bacon-wrapped enoki mushroom.
The other half of the menu highlights a kitchen with heart and skill. What sound like simple fish dishes—salmon with shishito peppers, grilled cod with mushrooms—come to the table as gorgeous plates with facefirst flavors and strong seasoning. A small but efficient lineup of ramen is flat-out excellent. Highly creative desserts stand out. During the holidays, a mochi ice cream treat that resembled a particular red-clad gift bringer was delightful. Year-round, the crème caramel is indulgently fantastic. The simple glass storefront shows off the sizable charcoal grill and the hungry diners seated before it, as well as a glass-fronted cold box stuffed with the widest array of Japanese beers I’ve seen in the area. If sushi and ramen are as far as you’ve gone into Japanese food culture, I encourage you to try out these two spots to broaden your horizons and learn some new culinary vocabulary. Skool Gastropub Shochu & Sake Bar is at 2319 K St.; (916) 737-5767; skoolonkstreet.com. Binchoyaki Izakaya Dining is at 2226 10th St.; (916) 469-9448; binchoyaki.com. Greg Sabin can be reached at gregsabin@hotmail.com. n
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Revolution Wines 2831 S St. â&#x20AC;˘ (916) 444-7711 L D $-$$ Beer/Wine Urban winery and tasting room with a creative menu using local sources â&#x20AC;˘ revolution-wines.com
Skool 2319 K St. â&#x20AC;˘ (916) 737-5767 L D $$ Beer/Sake Inventive Japansese-inspired seafood dishes â&#x20AC;˘ skoolonkstreet.com
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1801 Capitol Ave. â&#x20AC;˘ (916) 441-0303 L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Patio Regional Mexican cuisine served in an authentic artistic setting â&#x20AC;˘ zocolosacramento.com
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Thai Basil 2431 J St. â&#x20AC;˘ (916) 442-7690 L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Patio Housemade curries among their authentic Thai specialties â&#x20AC;˘ thaibasilrestaurant.com
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Biba Ristorante 2801 Capitol Ave. â&#x20AC;˘ (916) 455-2422
2000 Capitol Ave. â&#x20AC;˘ (916) 498-9891 L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Patio Fine South of France and Northern Italian cuisine in a chic neighborhood setting â&#x20AC;˘ waterboyrestaurant.com
L D $$$ Full Bar Upscale Northern Italian cuisine served a la carte â&#x20AC;˘ biba-restaurant.com
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2726 Capitol Ave. â&#x20AC;˘ (916) 443-1180
33rd Street Bistro
B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Casual California cuisine with counter service â&#x20AC;˘ cafebernardo.com
3301 Folsom Blvd. â&#x20AC;˘ (916) 455-2233
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B L D $$ Full Bar Patio PaciďŹ c Northwest cuisine in a casual bistro setting â&#x20AC;˘ 33rdst.bistro.com
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1725 I St. â&#x20AC;˘ (916) 469-9574
5610 Elvas Ave. â&#x20AC;˘ (916) 476-5492
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L D $-$$ Full Bar American eats, including BBQ, local brews & weekend brunch â&#x20AC;˘ easyoni.com
L D $$ Wine/Beer Wine tasting and paired entrees. Sunday Brunch 10 - 2 â&#x20AC;˘ cabanawinery.com
CARMICHAEL 4701 Manzanita Ave. â&#x20AC;˘ 916-481-0664
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2009 N St. â&#x20AC;˘ (916) 661-6134
48th St. & Folsom Blvd. â&#x20AC;˘ (916) 451-5181
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1215 19th St. â&#x20AC;˘ (916) 441-6022
3145 Folsom Blvd. â&#x20AC;˘ (916) 822-8720
L D $$$ Full Bar Modern American cuisine in an upscale historic setting
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Evan’s Kitchen and Catering 855 57th St. • (916) 452-3896 B L D $$ Wine/Beer Eclectic California cuisine served in a family-friendly atmosphere • chefevan. com
Formoli’s Bistro 3839 J St. • (916) 448-5699 L D $$-$$$ Wine/Beer Mediterranean influenced cuisine in a stylish neighborhood setting • formolisbistro.com
Hawks Public House 1525 Alhambra Blvd. • (916) 558-4440 L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Familiar classics combined with specialty ingredients by chefs Molly Hawks and Mike Fagnoni • hawkspublichouse.com
La Trattoria Bohemia 3649 J St. • (916) 455-7803 L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Italian and Czech specialties in a neighborhood bistro setting • latrattoriabohemia. com
Nopalitos Southwestern Café 5530 H St. • (916) 452-8226 B L $ Wine/Beer Southwestern fare in a casual diner setting • nopalitoscafe.com
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Opa! Opa! 5644 J St. • (916) 451-4000 L D $ Wine/Beer Fresh Greek cuisine in a chic, casual setting, counter service • eatatopa.com
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