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GREAT CAMPUS COMMONS LOCATION Attractively upgraded 2 bedroom 2½ bath home with dual pane windows, recessed lighting, electric ¿replace insert, and whole house fan. HVAC system new in 2012. All bathrooms are stylishly updated. Kitchen features re-faced cabinets, ceramic tile counters. Lovely private patio is complete with fountain, travertine pavers. 2 car garage. $399,500 JAY FEAGLES 916-204-7756

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LOVELY CARMICHAEL HOME 4 bedroom 3 bath home that seller loved for 17 years. All the space that you desire with high ceilings, kitchen family room combo, formal entry and central hallway, large master suite, formal dining and living room, beautiful backyard with pool and lawn area, 3-car garage all on quiet cul-de-sac street! A very desirable Àoorplan! $490,000 CARMAH HATCH 765-6210


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ur entire society benefits when older adults stay engaged and fulfilled. And with the baby-boom generation pumping an increasing number of folks into retirement, keeping their lives vital and meaningful presents a real challenge. “When people first retire, most often they want to travel and spend time with family and grandchildren,” says Bob Taylor, an 81-year-old East Sac resident who has been TO page 12

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FROM page 11 active in the Renaissance Society at Sacramento State University for 15 years. “But over time, folks usually discover that these activities alone aren’t enough to keep their minds engaged.” Thirty-two years ago, a handful of seniors approached Sac State’s thenpresident, Don Gerth, about creating an organization to keep retired folks learning and growing. “He was well aware that there was a growing thirst for meaningful existence in retirement,” said Doris Keller, the group’s current president. The organization was based upon an annual membership model. It has developed tremendously over the three decades. It started with a dozen members in 1986 and grew to more than 2,100 this year. The program has two basic aspects. The first is Friday seminars that run on the traditional 12-week fall- and spring-semester schedules. The other provides partnerships with some university departments

and programs, which includes volunteering opportunities for members. Each member pays dues of $80 annually, along with $20 for a parking pass. Each semester, members select from dozens of seminar options. The subject matter is diverse, including history, reading, sports, travel, crafts, music, current events and more. The Friday schedule includes a morning session, lunch on campus and an afternoon seminar. Later in the afternoon, the classes convene in a forum setting to hear from a guest speaker. Seminars range from as few as 12 students to more than 50. A few classes are offered on Saturdays, and there are single-session symposiums held off-campus in residential and community centers. “Classes are held in unused classrooms on campus, and most take advantage of the school’s ‘smart’ classrooms, utilizing the latest in audiovisual technology,” says Keller. Most seminar leaders are volunteers from within the organization. “We have members who have an interest in a subject, do their research and then present a course syllabus to the group’s seminar committee for approval,” Keller says. “Once a year, we have a leadership course for our members to learn how to put together and present a seminar.” “We were also the first learningin-retirement program to adopt the Bill Gates-inspired Big History education project,” says Taylor. Over the past two years, 800 members have taken the Big History course, which explores the nearly 14 billion years of human evolution. “Our primary goal has been to provide a lively educational environment for our members,” says John Walker, the group’s former president. “But our commitment to Sac State is also to offer support and expand the number of partnerships we’ve established with the university’s education units.” “Each year, several thousand volunteer hours are provided

to the university by the group’s members,” says Taylor. In the past year, 123 members provided nearly 900 volunteer hours of service to the Department of Gerontology. Volunteers helped students in their elder mentor, assessment, chronic disease and physical therapy evaluation programs. Classical-music seminar participants also help provide support to the university’s School of Music. Over the past nine years, members have contributed more than $10,000 in scholarships to university music programs. “We also provided 184 usher volunteer hours for six university theater and dance department productions,” Keller says. “Over the past two years, our members have supplied more than 700 hours of volunteer time to these programs.” “In the past year, we also expanded our priority scholarship program to outstanding Sac State students,” says Taylor. “Since 1993, our organization has provided $143,000 to 76 deserving students, including six new $3,000 scholarships awarded last May.” Taylor says members of the Renaissance Society used to consider themselves “guests” on the campus. “But recently, Sac State president Robert Nelsen told us we are no longer guests. Instead, we have proven to be a vital and active part of campus life. “The desire to keep learning is key for our members,” Taylor continues. “We want to find out what is happening both here and around the world. People are thirsty to find a meaningful existence in retirement, and we have found a great way to help them find it.” To join the Renaissance Society, go to csus.edu/org/rensoc, email rensoc@csus.edu or call (916) 2787834. An orientation session for the spring semester will be held Friday, Jan. 26, at 9 a.m. Seminar listings are available on the website. Cecily Hastings can be reached at publisher@insidepublications.com. n


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A Really Big Show AFTER HOME EXPO FOUNDER’S DEATH, THESE THREE CARRIED ON HIS WORK

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here’s something special about the Northern California Home & Landscape Expo, which will be held Jan. 26–28 at Cal Expo. As always, it will feature all the latest gadgets, decorating ideas and whiz-bang garden goodies. But it’s the people working behind the scenes for 23 years who are the heart and soul of what is widely considered one of the most comprehensive home and landscape shows in the country. Sacramento entrepreneur Gary Brown started the expo in 1995. The first show was a smashing success. But Brown suddenly died of a heart attack before the second show. So his wife, Lucille, his daughter, Stefani Norville, and his assistant, Diane Christie, took over the event, joining forces to keep his memory alive. They moved the business to the family home where Stefani had grown up. Her childhood bedroom is now her office. Lucille handles all the administrative and billing aspects of putting on the shows. Stefani handles the marketing and public outreach. Diane makes sure the exhibit hall is filled with the best vendors. Each show is a year in the making. “Sometimes we’re so busy here, I get in the car and drive home and call Mom while I’m on the road,” says Stefani. “She says, ‘Want to come to dinner on Saturday night?’ Even

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Diane Christie, Stefani Norville and Lucille Brown put on California’s largest home and landscape show. though we work together all week, we hang out together on the weekends, even take vacations together. With Diane and Mom and all our kids, we have all been through so much life together: the good times, the tragedies. There’s no clock. No punchin. It’s just family first. But we work hard and get it all done together.” The trio seems to be doing everything right. The three-day show has more than 1,000 exhibitors. It has never had fewer than 30,000 visitors walk through the gates. Even in the recession years, people wanted to stay up on home and garden project ideas, Lucille says.

This year, look for a massive Kohler display with fully functioning fixtures, including a low-flow shower. “Sacramentans love their homes and gardens,” says Stefani. “We find that January is the best time to get things planned for the spring. If you wait until spring, companies are too busy.” Prizes for show attendees include a garage makeover, Hall’s windows and fixture installations. For more information about the expo, go to homeandlandscapeexpo. com.

NOT SEEING IS BELIEVING Richard Hunter doesn’t see obstacles. He doesn’t see defeat. In fact, he doesn’t see anything. Hunter is blind. But the very things he cannot see are the things he believes in the most. Fortitude. Dreams. Striving no matter the odds. He can’t see the road ahead of him or the miles he has to go. But he laces up his shoes anyway and races some of the world’s most difficult courses.

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FROM page 14 About 10 years ago, Hunter cooked up a plan to run in the California International Marathon. Instead of considering himself a victim of eye disease, Hunter focuses on what he can do, not what he can’t.

With Sacramento ophthalmologist Michael Shermer as a sponsor, Hunter went on to run the marathon. To promote running within the visually impaired community worldwide, Hunter helped get the CIM identified as the Marathon National Championships for the

Visually impaired runners from around the world, including Richard Hunter (second from left), competed in the California International Marathon in early December.

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United States Association of Blind Athletes. In early December, 51 visually impaired runners from all over the world, including Japan, India, Canada and the U.K., competed in the CIM. Volunteer sighted runners helped guide visually impaired runners along the course. “The main thing is visually impaired people want to be treated just like everyone else,” says Shermer. “They can do things most people could never do in a lifetime, like run a marathon. They don’t see themselves as victims.” Shermer’s Arden ophthalmology practice is the longest-running sponsor of visually impaired runners in the CIM. “Dr. Shermer, by the way, doesn’t want to talk about his efforts, but he was the original sponsor of the CIM effort for the visually impaired,” says Hunter. “Every year he runs the celebration tent, brings in all sorts of food and hot chocolate so we have our own celebration with the volunteers. I can’t tell you how often over the year he contacted me and asked me who’s coming, if they have written a book, what’s their back story. He does all that because he has a sincere interest in the visually impaired. He backs it up with financial support, the finish-

line celebration, frontline volunteers. Yet he’s very humble and does not want the focus on himself at all.” In case you were wondering, Hunter finished the marathon this year in three hours and 19 minutes. He’s 50 years old. For more information, contact Richard Hunter at rhunter988@att. net.

EL CAMINO HIGH TO HOLD BAND CLINIC The sound of music is a very big deal at El Camino High School— one the school wants to share with middle-school children from all over the region. That’s the mission behind the school’s 21st annual Middle School Band Clinic, to be held on Saturday, Feb. 3, from 8 a.m. to 2:30 at the Arden school. The clinic is designed to give students in sixth through eighth grades the opportunity to receive small-group instruction and individual tutoring. Clinic sessions will focus on musicianship, performance, posture, proper breathing, tone production, practical skills, technique and music education. The purpose is to encourage young band students to become more

Arden ophthalmologist Dr. Michael Shermer has sponsored visually impaired runners in the California International Marathon.


confident and proficient on their instruments, said Kevin Glaser, the band director at El Camino High.

The clinic day will conclude with a free concert presented by the participants.

He will also teach major and chromatic scales for all band instruments, as well as understanding and use of the traditional system of counting, sight-reading skills, time signatures, meter, tempo, articulations and dynamics. Students will have the opportunity to learn listening skills used in large- and

small-ensemble playing, including blend, balance, intonation, phrasing and overall musicianship. The clinic day will conclude with a free concert presented by the participants. The clinic is open to all middleschool band students regardless of age or experience level. Registration is $30 per student and includes breakfast, lunch, clinic T-shirt, music folder, music and many handouts and exercises for improving musicianship. Registration forms may be picked up from middle-school band directors in the San Juan Unified School District or from the El Camino High School band office at 4300 El Camino Ave. For more information, contact Glaser at (916) 971-7449 or kglaser@ sanjuan.edu. Duffy Kelly can be reached at dk@ insidepublications.com. n

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n recognition of the documented link between animal cruelty and other violent crimes, Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert has formed the county’s first Animal Cruelty Unit. The unit will work with a special task force to investigate and prosecute abuse cases in the region. Deputy District Attorney Hilary Bagley-Franzoia, who has successfully prosecuted dozens of animal-cruelty cases, will lead the new unit, working closely with sheriff’s deputies, animal control officers and shelter operators. During the past several years, the Sacramento County DA’s Office has pursued more than three dozen felony animal abuse and cruelty cases, many resulting in prison sentences. Those convicted include a man who used explosives to kill a cat, a person who drowned a neighbor’s dog and an individual who fatally burned a puppy inside a plastic crate in the Arden Arcade area. By focusing on animal abuse, the District Attorney’s office hopes to prevent related violent crimes. A recent study by the National District Attorneys Association found that as many as 59 percent of women who suffer domestic abuse delay seeking shelter because they fear their abusers will harm their animals. The Chicago Police Department found that 65 percent of people arrested for

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The Board of Supervisors recently recognized the 45-student group Kids Helping Kids Sacramento as part of the annual Heroes of Human Services award ceremony. abuse against animals had previously been arrested for battery. And the American Psychological Association says animal cruelty committed by children is considered a key warning sign of future violent behavior.

HONORING LOCAL HEROES OF HUMAN SERVICES The Board of Supervisors recently recognized several Heroes of Human Services for their work helping others. Honorees included Dr. Zoey Goore, a pediatrician at Kaiser Permanente, and Kids Helping Kids Sacramento,

a student-led program at Del Campo High School. Goore and her husband, Richard, created the Reverse Food Truck, which collects nutritious food donations from shoppers and vendors at farmers markets and gives them to food banks, food pantries and underserved schools. Since 2014, the truck has collected more than 10,000 pounds of produce. Kids Helping Kids Sacramento has a roster of 45 students who volunteer at Carmichael Elementary School, where they tutor kindergarten students, help first-graders plant and grow vegetables in garden boxes and work with fifth-graders on art

projects. They also sponsor and help graduating foster children going on to college, and they help families of pediatric cancer patients with expenses.

MORE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES FOR THE HOMELESS In November, the Board of Supervisors voted to use Mental Health Services Act funds to expand countywide programs and services for individuals with serious mental illness who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. The unanimous


The Carmichael meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 16, in the library at Del Campo High School, 4925 Dewey Drive. For more information, go to sacsheriff.com.

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Report fallen tree limbs and other debris by calling 311. vote allocated $44 million over three years.

The county is also The county is also looking to increase looking to increase the availability of the availability of substance-abuse substance-abuse treatment for treatment for homeless people. homeless people. The funds will be used in connection with a Whole Person Care grant that the city of Sacramento obtained through the state of California. The money will be used to assist homeless individuals in the unincorporated area, as well as all cities in Sacramento County. The county is also looking to increase the availability of substanceabuse treatment for homeless people. I remain concerned that the numerous initiatives being funded to help homeless people may not yield the results we all hope for. Under state law, anyone 18 or older cannot be compelled to accept services, including mental health services, unless that individual is a danger to themself or to others. That is the conundrum we face in trying to address the homelessness problem: convincing those in need to accept services.

BECOME A GRAND JUROR The Sacramento County Superior Court is now accepting applications for grand jury service for the 2018-19 term. To be eligible, you must be a U.S. citizen, at least 18 years old, a resident of Sacramento County and not currently serving in any elected office. Applicants must be prepared to devote at least 25 to 35 hours a week to grand jury service. The grand jury investigates district, city and county governments and officials, reviews complaints from citizens and issues criminal indictments. The application deadline is Jan. 26. For more information about serving on the grand jury, go to sacgrandjury.org or call (916) 8747559.

Sacramento County’s four selfserve sandbag sites are now open for the winter storm season. The Department of Water Resources supplies the sand and bags; you bring your own shovel. There are no staffers on-site to assist. The sites are located at County Branch Center, 3847 Branch Center Road; Jose P. Rizal Community Center, 7320 Florin Mall Drive; Orangevale Community Center, 6826 Hazel Ave.; and Westside Park, 6555 West 2nd Street in Rio Linda. Additional sandbag sites may open if heavy rainfall occurs and severe, widespread flooding results. If your property has a history of flooding or recurring standing water, you can get sandbags in advance of the rainy season and keep them throughout the winter.

For more information, go to waterresources.saccounty.net.

CONNECTING WITH SACRAMENTO COUNTY Did you know there’s a lot you can do online? The Sacramento County website lets you avoid the hassle of driving downtown, parking or waiting in lines. Popular online services include fictitious business name search, marriage appointment scheduling, business license applications, flight information, garbage pickup-day calendar, sheriff’s reporting system, lost-pet search, county job application, and birth and death certificates. You can sign up to receive electronic updates on what’s happening in the unincorporated area. To date, more than 60,000 subscribers have signed up. You can choose items of interest and frequency of notifications. The available selections include press releases and county news blasts, construction and transportation alerts, and land-use updates. TO page 20

SHERIFF TO HOLD COMMUNITY MEETINGS The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department holds regular community meetings to share information about trends in crime and recent activities. In January, several meetings will be held for residents living in the unincorporated area, including the communities of Arden-Arcade and Carmichael. The Arden-Arcade meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 2, in the second-floor Sky Room at Country Club Lanes, 2600 Watt Ave.

Sacramento County’s website Saccounty.net offers numerous online services to save you a trip downtown.

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therapist and master diversity trainer. For more information about the dinner, go to mlkcelebrationsacramento.org.

For online services or to sign up for updates, go to saccounty.net.

HELP SHERIFF EXPAND ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE You can assist the Sheriff’s Department in fighting crime by participating in the Sheriff’s Electronic Eye (SEE) Camera Registry Program. The program allows citizens and business owners to register the location of their video surveillance systems with the Sheriff’s Department. When a crime occurs, the department will be able to email citizens in the area of the crime to collect video evidence. Citizens and business owners who register with the SEE program receive a window sticker to show they are participants. For more information, contact the Sheriff’s Department at see@ sacsheriff.com.

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The Sheriff ’s Electronic Eye (S.E.E.) Program allows citizens and business owners to register the locations of their video surveillance systems.

SAC STATE CELEBRATES MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. On Saturday, Jan. 27, the annual Sacramento Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Dinner will be held in the Sacramento State University Ballroom. The dinner brings together civic and community leaders, elected officials, judicial and legal community members, college and high school

students, nonprofit supporters, business people and educators to celebrate King’s legacy. Susan Savage, owner of the Sacramento River Cats baseball team, will be recognized that evening as the 2018 Robert T. Matsui Community Service Honoree. The keynote speaker will be Lee Mun Wah, an internationally renowned Chinese-American documentary filmmaker, author, poet, Asian folklorist, educator, community

Through Feb. 28, wood burning is restricted in the unincorporated area in accordance with air-quality regulations. The restrictions are applicable to fireplaces, wood stoves, fire pits and chimneys. Implementation of these restrictions has helped reduce pollution and allowed our area to stay in compliance with federal air-quality standards. Before you burn, check the daily status by calling (877) 662-8765 or visiting airquality.org. Susan Peters represents the Third District on the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors. She can be reached at susanpeters@saccounty. net. n


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Yoga for All SHE FINDS PEACE TEACHING YOGA AT SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND

Samantha Adams teaches yoga at Society for the Blind.

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amantha Adams doesn’t give up. The Gold River resident was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa—a genetic disorder that causes loss of vision—at age 12, was declared legally blind at 19, and from age 40 on has been “mostly a total,” as she puts it, which means she can only perceive light. “I instinctively knew all along tthat my vision was off,” Adams ssays. “The condition starts with n no night vision—I’d never seen sstars. I was always tripping o over the vacuum and the dog. I couldn’t catch a ball in the o outfield. At 14, I stopped riding m my bike because I was hitting p parked cars.” But that didn’t stop her ffrom moving from Canada to C California, working as a defense llawyer and prosecutor, or ccompleting 200 hours of training tto become a volunteer yoga iinstructor. For most of her youth, Adams cconsidered herself “someone who jjust couldn’t see very well.” She g got through high school using llarge-print books that she would h hide from her classmates. When h her vision was reassessed after a year as an exchange student iin Brazil, she could see less than 1 10 degrees peripherally—“like llooking though an empty pen ccanister,” she says. She was cclassified as legally blind. As an a attorney, she adapted as she w went, reading with magnifiers o or memorizing text that her ccomputer read aloud to repeat in ccourt. But after meeting her husband a at guide school in San Rafael in 2 2003 and moving to Sacramento, A Adams suddenly found herself in h her toughest situation yet. “We had a blended family, which is nothing like the Brady Bunch,” Adams says with a laugh. “Nobody told me what to expect. It was chaos.” Luckily for Adams, she walked into her local gym on a whim one day in 2005 and “fumbled my way” through a yoga class. As difficult as it was to keep

pace with a teacher doing moves she’d never heard of, much less seen demonstrated, Adams felt something shift within her. “Yoga is what grounded me and got me through,” she says. “It brought me much-needed peace.” The manager of Adams’ club gave her three hours of private lessons so she could learn the technique. In one-on-one sessions with an instructor, Adams “got hooked” on yoga. When she found out three years ago that the same instructor was offering teacher training, Adams decided to take another leap of faith and joined the teaching program in fall 2015. After completing her training, Adams decided she should do something with her newly earned skills and called Society for the Blind to see if they were in need of some yoga. Adams has volunteered her time to teach hours of classes to staff members and clients who find the practice as freeing as Adams. “Half of the society is instructional,” says Adams, which includes classes in Braille, technology, life skills and mobility to help clients re-enter the workforce. “The other half is the Senior Impact Program. There’s ever-increasing blindness in the senior population, and the society helps them adapt to that loss of vision instead of isolating themselves.” Adams’ oldest student is a 101-year-old woman she met at a senior retreat. Clients in their 80s and 90s benefit from her chair yoga classes, a scaled-back version of the practice that anyone can do at home. “The hardest part of teaching as a blind person is you don’t know if your students will know how to listen,” says Adams, who hopes to teach at fitness facilities in the future. “But knowing how much I want to share my practice with others keeps me going.” For more information on the Society for the Blind, go to societyfortheblind.org. n


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Tackling Disease

LOCAL DOCTOR WANTS TO PREVENT ILLNESSES BEFORE THEY START

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acramento doctor Ernie Bodai has a new mission. Twenty years ago, Bodai came up with the revolutionary idea for a breast cancer research stamp. It was the first U.S. postage stamp to sell for more than face value. Proceeds went—and still go—to breast cancer research. Since 1998, more than 1 billion stamps have been sold, raising more than $86 million for research. Bodai’s efforts to get the stamp approved required a monumental lobbying TO page 26

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these diseases are rampant in the world’s wealthiest country, which

effort, with Bodai making many trips

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elected representatives, government officials and the White House. Now, Bodai is on a new crusade: promoting a healthy lifestyle to prevent disease and illness. In the process, he is challenging big, powerful forces, including the medical community, the pharmaceutical industry and the U.S. health care system. “There are industries that don’t

Bodai targets poor diet, which results in inflammation, as a main cause of avoidable disease.

want to change,” he explains. “A bunch of misinformation is consistently being pushed out to the public from government, the food industry and pharmaceutical companies. It has to change.” According to Bodai, more than 80 percent of chronic conditions could be avoided through the adoption of a healthy lifestyle. Killers like cardiovascular disease and cancer account for more than half of U.S. deaths. He finds it unacceptable that

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Bodai, who founded Kaiser’s Breast Cancer Survivor Institute, was the lead author of a 2017 study on “lifestyle medicine.” Now, he is speaking around the world on the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. He tells audiences that if we don’t change our views on health, there will be a “growing health crisis, escalating health care costs and a decline in life expectancy that will only continue.”

He sees unhealthy eating, sedentary habits, stress and drug overuse as the main causes of diseases that cause pain, suffering, disability and death. “Our lifestyles are now fueled by technology, so we sit; we are sedentary,” Bodai says. “It’s leading to obesity, unhealthy eating and other problems. We need to exercise.” Bodai targets poor diet, which results in inflammation, as a main cause of avoidable disease. “For the unhealthy, their lives are in a state a constant inflammation,” he says. “This inflammation has been implicated as a factor in nearly all chronic diseases. The chemicals in processed foods are considered a foreign body by our immune system, and there’s growing evidence that what happens in our gut impacts our entire body.” Bodai believes the public is being brainwashed about processed foods. “The labels on processed foods are garbage,” he says. “We need to move to a plant-based diet, no processed foods and only low-fat dairy.” Bodai also says no to meat. Animals are given drugs and consume foods that contain chemicals, antibiotics and hormones that cause harm to the body. As a cancer doctor, he’s seen how hormones—such as too much estrogen—fuel cancer in women. He believes dietary changes would have untold health benefits. According to Bodai, there’s a direct correlation between inflammation and obesity, which can lead to diabetes, cardiovascular disease and various cancers. With diabetes on the rise, so is the number of drugs to treat the

disease. But Bodai says drugs aren’t the answer to diabetes. Exercise and weight reduction, combined with healthful eating, can prevent the disease. Another study shows that consumption of animal products is also a contributor to diabetes. “There are a lot of problems associated with prescription medications,” says Bodai. “Americans are taking a lot of these drugs. We don’t know how these medicines react to each other in our body.” According to a Mayo Clinic study, 70 percent of Americans take at least one prescription medication, and 20 percent take five or more medications. Prescription drug use among Americans has steadily increased over the past 10 years. Bodai is encouraged by research that shows a healthy lifestyle can prevent chronic illness and disease. But he faces resistance and apathy from powerful forces: the health care system, food producers, Big Pharma, the media and a public that hasn’t yet embraced prevention over treatment. “It’s scary,” he says. “It’s going to take a dedicated mindset to change things, to change our lifestyles. For far too long, patients have experienced chronic illnesses because our health system has not taken a proactive role in promoting healthy eating and active living. We are running out of time to reduce a destructive trend.” Scot Crocker can be reached at scot@crockercrocker.com. n


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What’s in a Name? AMERICAN RIVER EAGLETS ARE NAMED AND FAMED

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he names chosen by Orangevale children for a pair of local bald-eagle babies are on the lips of raptor fans all over the

world. In the space of 12 weeks this past summer, siblings Peekaboo and Poppy fed, flapped and eventually flew before the kindergartners’ eyes. Thanks to photos and social media, thousands of followers around the world experienced the growth of eaglets hatched closest to Sacramento in recorded history. “We walk the American River trail every week,” says teacher Tavia Pagan. “One day in fall (2016), an adult bald eagle flew right over the children. We all knew the national bird. It was extra special to see it right in front of us.”

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With their teachers Becky Page and Tavia Pagan, Orangevale kindergarten pupils display photos of the rare bald eaglets they named Peekaboo and Poppy.

Weeks later, the junior naturalists beheld a huge nest. “It was exciting,” recalls teacher Becky Page. “We decided to keep an eye on things. All through winter, the children looked forward to visiting what we called ‘our eagles.’ One day in spring, we heard a new little sound from the nest. We realized it was a hungry baby.” The snowy-crowned parents began supplying the nest with fish from the river. Eventually, bystanders saw a fluffy head rise to welcome deliveries. “One of the children named him Peekaboo,” says Pagan. “We all started calling him that.” When a second baby crested, the kindergarten teachers asked their classes to volunteer another name. Poppy was the final choice, evoking flower-lined river trails and the magic of a wee head popping above the nest.

Delighted by Facebook reports, raptor lovers around the world soon adopted the names. By pure serendipity, the kindergartners also nailed the eaglets’ genders. Peekaboo, they decided, was a boy and Poppy his little sister. Beak shape—a textbook sex identifier— eventually proved them right. Federal law protects bald eagles. As the chicks grew, the schoolchildren and other trail users were warned against lingering near the raptors’ nesting tree. Cordons went up and park rangers cautioned visitors. “We were still able to do our walks,” says Page. “The children were reverent. They used their whisper voices near the nest. They knew to respect the eagle family’s space. We could see Peekaboo and Poppy when they began to flap their wings. Then we saw one of them on a branch. One day, we saw there was only one baby left.”

Peekaboo fledged first. A week later, his sister flew the coop. For weeks, their dutiful parents continued food deliveries in and near the nesting tree. In summer, the juveniles began hunting on their own. By fall, they had found territory downriver. “The children were concerned about where Peek and Poppy were,” says Pagan. “We encouraged them to use their imagination.” The teachers think the 5- and 6-year-olds’ eagle encounter blessed them with extra appreciation for wildlife. “We hope this experience helps them grow into people who protect nature,” says Pagan. “We protect what we love. And we only love what we experience.” Susan Maxwell Skinner can be reached at sknrband@aol.com. n


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1. Soon after hatching, eaglet Peekaboo gets a fish delivery from Mama Bald. 2. This family portrait shows Mama Bald (right) and her mate proudly surveying their offspring. 3. First to fly, 12-week-old Peekaboo stretches his adult-size wings to their 6-foot span. 4. One of his first flights takes eaglet Peekaboo to a stump near the nesting tree. 5. Newly fledged Peekaboo and Poppy indulge in a sibling spat. 6. Flying the coop, the 16-week-olds head for hunting grounds downriver.

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The Real Deal RENAISSANCE FINE CONSIGNMENT OFFERS DESIGNER DUDS FOR A STEAL

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f you’ve lived in Sacramento for any length of time and you love shopping (and are particularly fond of high-end designers like Chanel and Louis Vuitton), you probably know that Renaissance Fine Consignment is the city’s best bet to snag deals on designer duds. The shop opened in 1997 next to Ettore’s Bakery and has since cornered the market on hard-to-find pieces from the city’s chicest closets. “We’re the only place in Sacramento that sells Chanel,” says owner Kendra Younger, a former fashion model who recently purchased the business from her mother-in-law, founder Joann Younger. Renaissance opened 21 years ago with no marketing to speak of and relied entirely on word of mouth to bring in customers and covetable consignment goods. But Younger is set on changing that now that she and her husband, Christian, have moved to Santa Barbara to oversee the store’s base of operations. (Renaissance has two locations; the Sacramento store often benefits from an influx of exceptional goodies from Renaissance’s Santa Barbara clientele.) “I had been handling the finance and marketing of the store for the past four years,” says Younger, who studied marketing in school, worked

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at Wells Fargo for 12 years and now specializes in fashion retailing. “Joann wanted to sell it and retire to travel the world, so my husband and I looked at each other and said, ‘We should do this.’ Within two weeks, my husband sold his law practice, we sold our home in Fair Oaks and we moved to Santa Barbara.” So far, the change of scenery has proven to be an excellent decision. “We completely remodeled the Santa Barbara store already, and Sacramento will be tip-top in a few months as well,” Younger says. “Now that I’ve taken it over, I want to expand more than ever. We want to have a strong online presence in the next year.” Renaissance’s new website, launched this past September, features evocative fashion shots of Younger wearing some of the designs. The new owner hopes to offer online retail in the coming months to capture the highly coveted younger demographic. “Our target is women in their 30s and 40s,” Younger says, noting that will be a marked difference from Renaissance’s traditionally older client base. “I don’t think the

younger crowd knows about us, but that’s going to change.” In addition to offering a diverse collection of resale handbags, clothing and accessories from top designers like Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Hermes and Dolce & Gabbana, Renaissance sponsors charities like the American Cancer Society, Wounded Warrior Project, Opera Santa Barbara, Junior League, Helping Handbags, Santa Barbara Choral Society, and local school districts and religious organizations in Sacramento and Santa Barbara. Younger’s main goal after taking over the management of the venerable store is not only to grow its clientele, but to put popular online luxury consignment retailers like The RealReal out of business. “We’re for the people looking for the real deal—like a $200 sweater for $40,” Younger says. “Finding something online is fine, but it’s so

much better when you can come to a store and feel it and look at it. We have a staff member who specializes in fashion merchandising who authenticates the merchandise, though they often still have the tags from the original vendor. And our Chanel and Louis Vuitton bags get run by people who used to work for those vendors. We do our due diligence, which is why we’re so well trusted.” With the reputation founder Joann Younger built and the one Kendra Younger is committed to maintaining, Renaissance Fine Consignment is poised to stay at the very top of its designer consignment game. To score amazing deals on designer goods, visit Renaissance Fine Consignment at 2362 Fair Oaks Blvd. For more information, go to renaissancesb.com. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. n


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Stepping Into the Future THREE FOOD PROJECTS TO WATCH IN 2018

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Ryan Seng will produce his Can Can Cocktails in a space at The Food Factory, TO page 37 founded by Andrea Lepore.


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and wine sommelier, respectively, they have teamed up to express this passion in their new restaurant, Allora, set to open this winter in the former Rust Florist building at 5215 Folsom Blvd. in East Sacramento. During their travels in Italy, Williams and Mandalou kept hearing the word “allora,” which translates to “then” in English. In daily Italian use, A FOOD INCUBATOR the term is a richer expression that one might use, for instance, when Andrea Lepore, the owner of handing someone a gift. the Hot Italian pizza restaurant in Williams, the former executive Midtown, believes the most important chef at The Firehouse Restaurant, thing missing in America’s Farmdescribes Allora as a modern Italian to-Fork Capital is small-business seafood restaurant. But he points out incubation. Incubators are popping that the food won’t drive the menu. up all across the country. According Mandalou is the sole female Level 3 to an industry report, the number of advanced sommelier in Sacramento. such facilities has increased by more than 50 percent nationally in the past (Only two others hold that title four years. Lepore wants to bring the locally—and they’re men.) At Allora, the couple plans to build every meal concept to Sacramento. She’s calling around the wine—a concept that her incubator The Food Factory. turns typical food-forward dining on According to Lepore, it’s “a food its head. incubator for small food businesses “The sommelier will direct us in focused on healthy and functional the kitchen, and then we’ll create foods.” The project will help culinary food that will go with that wine,” says entrepreneurs get access to space (she has already secured a warehouse Williams, adding that Mandalou, not the chefs, will be the star of the show at 1425 C St.), equipment, investors at Allora. and assistance with marketing and Customers will find a 22-foot-tall distribution. Lepore wants to see more healthful, custom wine cellar as they enter the space. Herbs and vegetables for the affordable food produced locally. She restaurant will be grown on the patio. is partnering with SMUD to create what she claims will be the country’s most sustainable facility, and she’s A FARM IN THE meeting with investors to get the BACKYARD project off the ground. In November, the city awarded Randy Stannard and Sarah The Food Factory a $25,000 grant McCamman want to be farmers, and to produce a series of design they want to do it in the city. charrettes (professionally facilitated This past fall, the couple purchased brainstorming sessions) that will a home in Oak Park. They quickly culminate in a project concept ready planted 30 fruit trees on the 1-acre for launch. The meetings will begin property, and they plan to install a with local food-industry experts, greenhouse and produce-washing and the draft project model will be stall. presented to the public for input on Stannard served on the Sacramento Feb. 10 at The Food Factory. For Urban Agriculture Coalition, which more information or to get involved, helped pass a city ordinance in 2015 follow The Food Factory on Facebook. to allow expanded farming on urban

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Take Control HOW TO OVERCOME OVERGROWTH IN YOUR GARDEN

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hen is a plant or garden overgrown? Before we throw ourselves into a January frenzy of pruning and winter cleanup, we should think about what that term really means. Is there an objective definition that says that a plant has grown too big for its own good? Certainly, if you can’t walk down a path, things have gotten out of hand. But how big and densely should plants be allowed to grow?

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Stephen Scanniello, a renowned pruning expert who is curator of the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden in the New York Botanical Garden, deals with this question constantly in the public and private gardens he manages. “Overgrown is in the eye of the beholder,” he says. “It really is a personal choice.” What is your aesthetic? Do you prefer a romantic garden, with large plants overlapping, or bare ground between each plant? It’s up to you. Only occasionally is a plant too big for its own health. Generally, the problem is that it doesn’t perform as you like. Plants need to fit into the space allotted for them, bloom or bear fruit as you wish, and look the way that you want. Scanniello, like most plant experts, is a proponent of putting the right plant into the right place, where it “can do its thing.” You

need to learn about the mature size that a plant will achieve and consider that Sacramento’s mild climate may make it grow bigger than the label indicates. Plan ahead when you plant. Sometimes, however, despite your best efforts, a plant is too big for its spot. Try to find a better location or take control and give it “tough love.” Says Scanniello, “Sometimes you need to be firm with the pruner.” While rose pruning is his specialty, he uses pruning techniques that every gardener should know: thinning out growth to encourage air circulation and to allow sunlight to reach a plant’s interior, and heading back branches to encourage branching. When Scanniello begins work on a rose, the first thing that he does is “clear out the congestion.” A plant that is densely growing in the center looks bulky. “A plant that is

thinned out looks better,” he says. He advocates leaving enough space between branches so that you can put your hand through easily. He also thins any climbing rose that grows on a structure. “It should decorate the fence or trellis, not overwhelm it.” He cuts back cane tips to encourage flowering growth all over the plant. Many people believe that all roses should be annually pruned knee-high or lower, despite guidance by “The New Sunset Western Garden Book” to prune conservatively, removing no more than one fourth to one third of the previous year’s growth. Scanniello specializes in heritage roses, which often grow to majestic sizes. For maximum display and a rose’s health, you should not prune too hard. Scanniello has found that “too much pruning can shorten a plant’s life. Sometimes it’s best to be left alone.”


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Although constant whacking may not be good, sometimes you can rejuvenate a plant by cutting out selected old, unproductive branches to encourage new, vigorous ones to grow. With roses and many other woody plants, it’s best to do that in stages over several years. You can take a more drastic approach on plants such as spirea, hydrangea, hypericum and lilac, cutting them to the ground so that they totally regenerate with new growth. Since some plants have already set their spring flowering buds, or only bloom on last year’s wood, you may need to wait until after they bloom unless you are willing to sacrifice this year’s display. Gardens themselves can become overgrown. Every year, I find that some plants in my garden are being crowded out by overly exuberant neighbors. I clear out space for them or move them to a better spot, making hollow promises to keep better track of them next season. If you aren’t sure what to do with your plants, arm yourself first with knowledge and think about what you want to achieve. There are great

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These are grown locally year-round, but they are particularly crisp, juicy and mild in flavor when grown in cool weather. They come in multiple varieties, including daikon, watermelon and white icicle. inc To e eat: Serve with butter and salt for a French-inspired hors d’oeuvre. hor

SWEET POTATO This large, starchy, sweettasting root vegetable is a great source of betacarotene. To eat: Roast the flesh and use instead of pumpkin for a delicious Southern pie.

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This leafy green-, purple or white-colored plant is low in calories and can be pickled, fermented, steamed, stewed, braised or eaten raw. To eat: For a fresh slaw, slice thinly and toss with poppy seed dressing.

BROCCOLI MEYER LEMON This citrus fruit is yellower and rounder than a regular lemon, and its flavor is much sweeter. To eat: Use the juice to make a sweet curd or a nicely flavored vinaigrette.

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medical care at home brings them new quality of life. Houston effectively brings the whole doctor’s office to her patients in two suitcases packed to the brim with everything from an EKG machine to a urine-testing kit. She also maintains relationships with several other mobile medical professionals, such as a phlebotomist who draws blood for labs and a mobile X-ray team. “I had to really find partners who had the same philosophy of care,” she says of her quality-over-quantity approach to geriatric home care. “And I have found them. There are many people out there that have that really heartfelt approach.” While a referral to a specialist like a neurologist or a cardiologist would require the patient to go in for an appointment, not much else does. Prescriptions can often be delivered to the patient’s home or picked up through a pharmacy in the patient’s assisted-living community. And while health insurance is a hot-button issue right now, Houston hasn’t experienced too much pushback with her practice. For

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those who do not have an insurance plan like Medicare that covers house calls, the convenience and Houston’s attentiveness have been well worth the out-of-pocket costs. “I think medicine has soul,” Houston says, explaining why her patients are willing to pay more to be seen by her than go to an office that prioritizes how many patients can be seen as quickly as possible. “You put your soul into it, and your patients are so vulnerable. Once it becomes a numbers game, you lose that personal touch.” For Houston, who now works from home much of the time, the decision to start House Calls of Carmichael has been just as life changing as it has for her patients. Home life is a far cry from what it used to be when both Houston and her husband, also a doctor, were regularly working

12-hour days and relying on a team of three nannies to make ends meet. Now that Houston is able to be home with her 11- and 13-year-old children much of the time, she feels more connected to her family. While there is no less work, the flexibility in scheduling has allowed her to focus more on her personal life and give more to her patients. “I really feel good about life if I’m practicing and doing what I like in terms of work, but now I can do both,” she says. “I do end up staying up really late at night continuing to do my work, but I made a personal choice that I want to take care of my kids after school and actually get to see them.” For more information about House Calls of Carmichael, call (916) 2456464 or go to housecallsofcarmichael. com. n


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Teachable Moment A PASTOR LEARNS WHAT TO PRAY FOR

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ome years ago, I was sitting in my chaplain’s office at the VA hospital in Sacramento when a local pastor stopped by to introduce himself. “I’m Brother So-and-So,” he said, giving me a hand-pumping shake. “I’m spirit-filled.” If you are unfamiliar with church language, “spirit-filled” is a term broadly used by charismatic Christians. Loosely speaking, this adjective describes a higher step beyond “born-again.” Truthfully, I have lots of wonderful charismatic friends. And most of them will tell you that if a person demonstrates the traits of “spiritfilled,” there’s no need to self-identify.

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Suffice it to say, I wished Mr. Brother-Pastor had kept walking down the hall. But instead, the tall, broad and aging man sat down and proceeded to recite his resume. He talked about the prison ministry he ran and boasted of the meals he delivered to the homeless. He buzzed about the radio preaching he did in Fresno and the television ministry he ran in Bakersfield. In between each story, he paused to wait for my “amen,” but alas, I offered only a polite nod. He talked so long and so fast, I was having trouble hearing the spirit. He added endless details about the many years he served as a pastor and the hospital visits he did. He confessed that he pitied me because “we both know government chaplains can’t talk about God as freely as a pastor.” And somewhere in the midst of his pontification, he told me he was praying that God would make him “teachable.” If he noticed my smirk when he spoke the word “teachable,”

he didn’t say. Instead, he abruptly assumed a kneeling position and told me he was going to pray for me. That’s when I decided to answer his prayer and offer him a teachable moment. “Wait just a minute,” I said, motioning him off his knees. “How do you know what to pray for?” “Huh?” he responded. I asked him this because he seemed to be offering his prayer not so much as a gift but as a way to establish his authority. Pastor Pray4U seemed ready to thank God for blessing me by his visit. I continued. “Well, a few minutes ago you mentioned you were praying God would make you teachable, so let me share something with you.” He gave me a glassy stare, as clueless as a calf lookin’ at a new gate. “When I visit patients, I always ask them how I can pray for them. I ask them what they want me to pray for. Would you like to know what you can pray for me?”

With that, he leaned back in his chair and spread his hands open on his lap. “You’re right, chaplain,” he said. “What should I pray?” I asked him to pray for my new supervisor, and then asked that he pray for God to comfort the families of the two hospital employees who’d unexpectedly died the previous week. He shook his head, unsure what to say. However, he eventually prayed, just not in the tone I’d expected. In the face of real needs, his prayer became much less pretentious, his tone much more humble and contrite. But most of all, his personal prayer was also answered. This “spiritfilled” pastor had become much more “teachable.” 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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Fog Season SOME YEARS WE GET IT; OTHERS YEARS WE DON’T

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hether you think of it as a blanket, a shroud or, in Carl Sandburg’s words, something that comes on little cat feet, fog season is here. The Central Valley is famous for its thick fog known as tule (too-lee) fog. Named after a reed found in local marshes, tule fog can be incredibly dense and can reduce visibility to dangerously short distances. Such fogs have been responsible for horrendous accidents on California freeways, such as a 108-car pileup near Fresno in 2007. Tule fogs can last for days, turning the world gray and dim. If you’re a longtime resident of Sacramento, you may have the feeling that our fogs aren’t quite what they used to be. You may be right. According to research published in 2014, the number of winter “fog events” declined by 46 percent over the previous 32 winters. There is also

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tremendous variation in the amount of fog we get from year to year. Why? The answers are drought, development and climate change. Formation of fog, especially dense tule fog, requires particular conditions. The three main ingredients are wet ground, calm air and cold, clear nights. In Sacramento, we typically experience these three from November to March. Fog is basically a cloud that forms at ground level. It can begin to form any time after the sun goes down. It often thickens during the night and can linger long into the next day. According to meteorologist Bill Rasch of the National Weather Service, most of our local fog is a type called radiation fog. Radiation fog comes after rain, and it depends on a temperature difference between the ground and the air. After sunset, the ground cools by giving off—or radiating—heat (hence the name “radiation fog”). The air immediately above also becomes cooler through its contact with the ground. If the air cools enough, its water vapor will condense into tiny airborne droplets. Collectively, those drops of water are what make fog. This is physically the same phenomenon as when water condenses on the outside of a glass of ice water. (Air near the glass is cooled

to its dew point, and water vapor turns to liquid.) Colder air is denser than warmer air, so the cool air formed at night near the ground tends to form a layer at the bottom (called an inversion). The thickness of the cold-air layer determines how thick the fog is. This in turn depends on how much the air layers are mixing. Fog won’t form when it’s windy because the cool ground air gets stirred with warmer air above and the cold layer is lost. If the air is perfectly calm, the fog layer will be relatively thin and tight against the ground. In a slight breeze, the fog layer will get thicker as the cold air at the ground moves around a little and chills a thicker layer of air. Fog was particularly scarce during the drought years because the ground was so dry. Moisture evaporating from the soil provides the humidity needed for fog to form. The best winters for fog have periodic storms followed by long periods of high pressure (dry days). In very wet years, a lack of clear, cold nights can diminish the number of foggy days even though moisture is abundant. Radiation fog can be very patchy. It’s affected by ground cover, local temperature differences and soil saturation. For example, fog is more

likely to form over a rice paddy than a parking lot. The Central Valley is also subject to another kind of fog. Rather than forming locally, it blows in from the ocean through the Vacaville area and spills into the valley. This tule fog can fill the entire Central Valley from Redding to Bakersfield and is clearly visible from space. The fog can last for days. We say that fog “lifts.” What really happens is daytime sun warms the earth, which heats the lower air and evaporates the lower part of the fog first. Ultimately, fog “burns off” when the lower air has become warm enough to destroy the inversion (separate layers of cool and warm air), and the fog turns back into invisible water vapor. Or a change in the weather that brings wind can mix the inversion layers. Why can Sacramento residents sometimes escape the fog by driving a few miles up highways 80 or 50? Meteorologist Rasch says it’s because cold air sinks and warm air rises. “Fog forms where the coldest air falls down into the valley,” he explains. “In winter, the air actually gets warmer as you go up into the foothills—until you go up a lot.” Amy Rogers also writes pageturning novels. Visit amyrogers.com for details. n


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Yielding to Reality IT’S TIME TO REFORM A TRAFFIC LAW THAT DOESN’T MAKE SENSE

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t shouldn’t be illegal to do something that causes no harm. But it’s against the law for bicyclists to do something that is safe and sensible: slowing and yielding rather than coming to a complete stop at stop signs. For more than 35 years, everyone riding a bike in Idaho has been allowed to treat stop signs as yields. After determining it is safe, bicyclists in Boise can coast through stops without losing momentum or their

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balance. Idaho was the only state that permitted this commonsense behavior until last year, when Delaware legalized it. (Some cities in Colorado also allow it.) Is California next to change the law? An unusual bipartisan bike bill (AB 1103) would permit the “Idaho stop” here. Idaho and Delaware are fine states, but California is the nation’s most populous and arguably most influential. A change in California would create a powerful precedent for reform across the country. Other states have tried but failed to enact similar legislation. Oregon, Arizona, Colorado, Minnesota, Arkansas, Utah, Oklahoma and Montana all have made attempts. That’s an indication that rolling through stops is not confined to a few places. It’s certainly not rare

behavior. A DePaul University study done in Chicago found that 96 percent of bike riders didn’t come to a total stop at stop signs. Millions of times a day across the United States, riders treat stops as yields without catastrophic results. In Idaho, injury collisions actually decreased after the law was changed and have remained at low levels since. The California bill’s proponents cite a litany of benefits. They suggest existing law is less safe for bike riders since it increases riders’ exposure time to cross traffic. It impedes traffic flow by making everyone wait. Coming to a complete stop makes trips by bike more arduous (it requires expending 25 percent more energy than rolling through) and more time consuming. That makes bike trips less likely.

Current stop-sign law turns bike riders into scofflaws. While the law is rarely enforced, it is subject to arbitrary or unreasonable enforcement, including the possibility of racial profiling. Fines for riders on 20-pound bikes are the same as for motorists in 2-ton SUVs, though the danger created is far less. The bill faces serious opposition. Despite the decades of positive experience in Idaho, the League of California Cities, California Police Chiefs Association, AAA, the Teamsters and members of the disability community all worry about a different outcome in California. They argue that interactions at intersections need to be predictable, not based on subjective decisions by bicyclists. Blind pedestrians recount close calls with bicyclists and worry about getting hit by a rider ignoring


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There are already different laws for different road users based on operational characteristics, such as different speed and weight limits for trucks, and bus- only lanes. Some differences in traffic law are based entirely on environmental concerns. HOV lanes may be used by specific vehicles: those with passengers and, in California, those powered by alternative fuels. Bicycling should be encouraged precisely because it is different— better for the environment and public health. Bike riders are also uniquely able to judge conditions at intersections and to react because of their low approach speeds, position at the front of their “vehicle,� unobstructed vision, unimpeded ability to hear and ability to stop quickly. Simple justice dictates that current law should be reformed. One principle of traffic law is that most people act reasonably and with care for their own safety and the safety of others. Principles of all laws are that they should protect the public from unreasonable behavior and that

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No Fear LOCAL DOCTOR SHOWS HOW TO TACKLE THE WORLD

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ow many of you have on your list of New Year’s resolutions to try something new in 2018? Or maybe conquer a fear? How about accomplishing a goal or finding new success? Or finally writing that book you always knew you had in you? My new friend, Dr. Rajshree Gaitonde (a guest speaker at my memoir-writing class), has already beat us to the punch on all those things we’ve been dragging our feet on. Try something new in 2018? Gaitonde will hold her very first book signing on Saturday, Jan. 20, at 2:30 p.m. at Mission Oaks Community Center in Carmichael. Conquer a fear? How about marrying a near-stranger in an arranged marriage, leaving your family behind in India to come to America, then becoming the first female physician at maximumsecurity Folsom State Prison in the 1980s?

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Unlike many of us who keep finding flimsy reasons to push off goals, Gaitonde doesn’t need the promise of a new year and new beginnings to inspire her to better herself. When she sees a need, she feels compelled to fill it. Seeing how she was more than a physician to her patients at Folsom State Prison (“The secret to my success was just listening,” she says), she obtained a master’s degree in health services and a law degree in order to better help them. “My patients used to tease me and call me a ‘degree collector,’” she said. After retiring from medicine, she started a second career in integrated holistic medicine, using her passions to help people obtain optimal health. She wants people to know, she says, that “you can have it all!” But it was her new grandson, Rohan, who motivated her to put her inspiring and dynamic life into writing as a guide for others to not let fear stand in the way of creating an amazing life. “I’m a scaredy-cat, really,” she says. “It was my mother, Leela, who had just come over from India, who encouraged me to take the job offered to me at Folsom State Prison.”

Dr. Rajshree Gaitonde, the first female physician at Folsom State Prison tells her story in a new book. “You must overcome your fear so you can be free,” her mother told her. “Don’t be afraid. There is a divine spark in everyone. Look for the spark in your patients.” “I did it for 24 years,” Gaitonde says proudly. Gaitonde’s first book, “8,596 Miles: My Leap of Faith, My Journey,” was published in December. Proceeds from the book will go toward the health care and education of girls and women in rural India. If this woman doesn’t inspire you to go live your best life, not just

this New Year but every day, then I suggest you buy her book, go to her book signing and take a sip from whatever well of optimism she’s been drinking. “The word ‘impossible’ should not be in your dictionary,” Gaitonde says. I got out my New Year’s resolutions and my Sharpie, and I’m crossing it out. 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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Staying Put INSTEAD OF MOVING, THIS COUPLE REMODELED

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hen Jeff and Deanna Johnston purchased their East Sacramento home five years ago, they thought it was perfect. Built in 1914, it’s an eclectic, stylish mix of Craftsman, American Foursquare and Prairie style. But over time and with daily use, they began contemplating making a few changes. The kitchen felt isolated from the rest of the 2,150-square-foot house. The laundry room was on the first floor; they preferred one on the second floor. Getting to the basement

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required navigating a clunky external featured in the book “Images of outdoor staircase. America: East Sacramento.” While They vacillated, thinking it might the house was being built, the Mellors be prudent to move rather than lived in a shack in the backyard. remodel. “It was going to be a lot There, Rose Mellor was born. She of money to sink into a house that lived in the family home for 91 years, is over 100 years old,” says Jeff. from 1911 to 2002. The shack still But after weighing their stands, now serving as options, they decided to Deanna’s home office. stay, recognizing that it Once they decided to would be difficult to find stay, the Johnstons began another house with the poring over magazines same look and feel. and attending open By Julie Foster Built by the Mellor houses for remodeling Home Insight family, the house is ideas. Their first project

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was revamping the living room fireplace. “It was one big wall of unattractive used brick that had been added sometime over the years,” Jeff says. The insert was old, and there wasn’t a mantel. They sanded down the bricks and applied drywall, tile and a granite hearth. Jeff designed the new mantel and surround. “The goal was to make it look authentic but also make it somewhat modern looking,” he explains. Later, with a recommendation from Deanna’s parents, they enlisted the help of William E. Carter Company,


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BUILT BY THE MELLOR FAMILY IN 1914, THE HOUSE IS FEATURED IN THE BOOK “IMAGES OF AMERICA: EAST SACRAMENTO.”

a local design/build firm. Jeff and Deanna planned on staying in the house during construction but soon changed their minds. “Once they started tearing into the plaster, it was so dusty,” says Deanna. “We had a 2-year-old. It was just too much.” Construction took nine months and involved adding 300 square feet to the back of the house. Though the kitchen was the main focus of the project,

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numerous upgrades were added as the project progressed. The couple eliminated the outdoor staircase to the basement and installed a trap door in the kitchen floor. They added a water filtration system, replaced the upstairs flooring and put the laundry room on the second floor, using repurposed cabinets from the kitchen. They also added a spacious walkin closet in the master bedroom and

gave the master bathroom a partial makeover. “Our big thing was we wanted double sinks in here,” says Jeff. The couple entertains frequently, and the new kitchen reflects their passion. A large pantry keeps staples stashed out of sight. Two sinks and under-counter lighting make meal prep a snap. A microwave is tucked discreetly under the counter in its own cabinet. The stellar lineup of appliances includes a Wolf range, a Sub-Zero refrigerator and a nifty Miele steam/ convection oven that produces magazine-perfect meals. “I am still figuring out how to use all the settings,” Jeff says. A creative at heart, Jeff had plenty of input on the remodel. “I have a technical job and love to implement creative ideas,” he says.

The backyard also received a major facelift. The patio was enlarged, and there’s an outdoor kitchen with a barbecue, refrigerator and sink. A new metal arbor defines the space and offers a respite from Sacramento’s summer heat. “It looks natural and is shady all summer long,” says Jeff. Guests now easily navigate between the house and backyard for food, drinks and conversation. “You just open the doors and it turns into one great big outdoor space,” he explains. Jeff and Deanna are happy with their decision to stay put. “We love the neighbors and the neighborhood,” says Jeff. “There is not one thing I would change.” 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 JANUARY

“(WAL)PAPER” is a solo show of paintings by Tyson Anthony Roberts. It runs Jan. 5 to 31 at WAL Public Market Gallery. 1104 R St.

Sparrow Gallery presents “Moments in Time,” featuring works of mixed-media artist Kerri Warner, from Jan. 10 to Feb. 2. Shown above: “Tea Time,” a mixedmedia collage. 1021 R St.; sparrowgallerysacramento.com

The 13th edition of “Animal House,” an exhibit of animal-themed art, runs Jan. 3 to 28 at Sacramento Fine Arts Center. The show includes paintings, drawings, photography and sculpture selected from hundreds of works submitted from across the country. Shown above: “Hollywood Star” by Sandy Lindblad. 5330 Gibbons Drive; sacfinearts.org

ARTHOUSE on R presents “Invocation,” featuring the works of interdisciplinary artist Steph Rue, from Jan.12 to Feb. 6. The show is a series of drawings and books exploring contemplative prayer practices in the Christian tradition. Shown above: “Invocations 9.” 1021 R St.; arthouseonr.com

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READERS NEAR & FAR 1. Spring break delayed 49 years for these two college roommates: Kathy Peterson and Prof. Linda Myers Russell at Hampton Court Palace, East Mosley, U.K. 2. The Stokes Family enjoying Easter and a wedding on the beach in KoOlina, Hawaii. 3. Ronald Filiault and Ruth Melrose in the Pacaya-Samaria Reserve, Peruvian Amazon 4. Bob Cochran, Carolyn Cochran, Janelle Miller and John Eilers at a winery in the Burgundy region for a tour of 12th century wine caves, lunch and tasting 5. Jim Geary at ďŹ nish line of 121st Boston Marathon 6. Doug and Linda Morris in Tucumcari, NM

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A Winning Wager HARNESS RACING IS A GOOD BET AT CAL EXPO

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arl is a middle-aged man wearing sweats, Converse high-tops and a baby-blue por porkpie hat. He’s watching a TV mo monitor, and he’s not happy. Wi With a low, gravelly voice, he sta starts to beg. “Please don’t, please don’t, pl please don’t,” he says. He repeats the words again an and again, maybe a dozen ti times before he goes silent. E Earl is pleading with Battle o of Midway, a 3-year-old colt, a and Flavien Prat, a French jo jockey. Horse and rider pay no a attention from their parallel u universe. While Earl begs, Battle o of Midway and Prat gallop jjust north of San Diego at a racetrack called Del Mar. Earl is seated along the windows at the Cal Expo satellite wag wagering center, a two-story betting parlor with more than 100 TV screens connected to racetracks around the world: Del Mar, Golden Gate Fields, Churchill Downs, tracks in Korea and Australia and beyond. For people who enjoy horses and gambling, there’s no better place to spend an afternoon or evening than the Cal Expo wagering center. The facility is bright and clean and lively. It draws a special kind of audience, people who like the action and atmosphere of the racetrack. The crowd is several hundred strong and overwhelmingly male. It’s a gambling crowd that doesn’t mind working hard for success.

Horseplayers are the hardestworking gamblers on the planet. They are patient. They don’t idly predict the future; they discern it from objective facts. Horseplayers interpret track conditions, speed ratings, jockey changes, bloodlines, distances and a dozen other components— chunks of evidence reduced to tiny print in the Daily Racing Form, a $10 newspaper as complex and indecipherable as Vedic Sanskrit. Compared to the intricacies of horse betting, some mindless, passive types of gambling—say, slot machines—have no place at Cal Expo. But that’s a problem. Many racetracks beyond California have found that a terrific way to boost attendance and revenue is to deploy slots that attract people dumber or lazier than horseplayers. Unfortunately, slot machines are illegal at California tracks, thanks to an agreement among the governor, Legislature and tribal casinos. The tribes pay the state for slot-machine monopolies. “The inability to have slot machines has a huge negative impact on racing in California, whether you’re talking about quarter horses at Los Alamitos, harness at Cal Expo or even the Thoroughbreds at Golden Gate Fields and the Southern California tracks,” says Chris Schick, who runs the harness program at Cal Expo. Harness racing, which has been a Sacramento tradition for nearly 50 years, brings another


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dimension to the satellite wagering center. It allows bettors to move into the third dimension, to smell the action and focus on something real, not just a TV screen. There are about 400 harness horses stabled at Cal Expo. They bunk along the backstretch, in refurbished stalls where winter passes comfortably. Most come from Minnesota and Canada, which means the coldest Sacramento January night is more toasty than what they would face back home. They run—or, more accurately, pace and trot—each Friday and Saturday night from late October to early May. For sports fans, harness races are an extraordinary bargain. Parking at Cal Expo is free. Track admission is free. The satellite center normally charges $4 at the door during the day, but the turnstiles spin freely after 4:30 p.m. All harness people ask is

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that fans take the money they save on parking and entry fees and use it to gamble. “We have a strong market in Sacramento,” Schick says. “Running two days a week, we still rank fifth in wagering out of 55 harness tracks. But in terms of purses paid to the horsemen, we’re 45th. That’s because they have slots at tracks east of the Mississippi, which generate purse money.” California tracks are blocked from slot-machine revenue, but they still have hopes for other forms of gambling, like sports betting and internet poker. New wagering options would require legislation. Tribal casinos would complain, but Cal Expo would thrive. “That’s been our dream,” Schick says. “If a little something would happen, it would be a game changer.” Without other forms of wagering, the satellite center and racetrack are the preserve of that rarest of sports fan: the horseplayer. People like Earl, who stands up, tosses down his Daily Racing Form and heads for the exit after Battle of Midway steals the $1 million Las Vegas Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile at Del Mar. Battle of Midway pays $30.40 to win on a $2 bet. “I thought he was too cheap to win,” Earl says. And there’s always another race.

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A Win for the Arts O

WITH GRANTS, THE CITY PUTS ITS MONEY WHERE ITS MOUTH IS

Local artist Eben Burgoon received a Creative Economy microgrant.

n Nov. 6, the city of Sacramento announced the recipients of its Creative Economy Pilot Project, awarding grants worth between $5,000 and $25,000 to 57 art, food and tech-related projects, an investment the city hopes will generate economic development in Sacramento neighborhoods. Speaking outside Oak Park’s Brickhouse Gallery to an audience of mostly artists and grantees, Mayor Darrell Steinberg conceded that “the arts have been traditionally underfunded.” He then gave a number that shed some light on how important an economic driver the arts can be. “Art and culture in Sacramento led to $167 million of economic activity in 2015,” he said. Steinberg called the grantees “the present and future of this city.” Steinberg’s comments were well received by an audience that reflected Sacramento’s diversity. That diversity was also reflected in the panelists who awarded the grants. “We felt it was necessary that our panelists represent the

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With his grant, Eben Burgoon will host comic-book workshops at local schools. depth and breadth and diversity of the community and the nature of the applications,” said Maya Wallace, one of the nine volunteer panelists—six mayoral appointees and three city employees. Each panelist spent between 60 and 80 hours poring over more than 500 grant proposals. Then they broke into groups of three, rating each proposal on a 1-to-5 scale. They were looking for projects with “community placemaking potential and the potential of economic development,” said Wallace. “Also, doing things that had never been done before was important, and opportunities for economic development in underserved areas.” The Creative Economy Pilot Project was designed for the city to continue a relationship with grantees. “It’s more like a contract,” Wallace said, “so that we could keep investing in something to grow. It enables [the city] to continue to have dialogue with the grantees and make stipulations in the contracts about what the projects will be and where they will be.” The project exhibits the city’s commitment to the arts. But reading

between the lines of its funding reveals an even more significant shift on the city’s behalf. The City Council unanimously approved $500,000 for the Creative Economy Pilot Project in January 2017, only weeks into Steinberg’s term. The money came from the city’s $10 million Innovation and Growth Fund, which was approved by the council in 2016 under Mayor Kevin Johnson, with the explicit intent to lure tech companies to Sacramento. While the word “tech” was mentioned in the description of the Creative Economy Pilot Project, the parameters were widened to include experimental arts and food initiatives. So while $500,000 might seem like a drop in the city’s overall budget, it represents a subtle shift to funding the arts—a shift that means the difference between what is possible and impossible for many artists. “It’s really big deal,” said Herine Thoroughly, 21, a promoter of allages concerts through Peach House Presents. For Thoroughly, the $5,000 microgrant she received more than doubled Peach House’s 2016 budget.

The city’s gesture “shows that artists are important,” said Thoroughly, adding that the grant money will go back into the community, “and in places where it’s not always put.” What was Thoroughly’s first reaction to the news that Peach House had received $5,000? “Honestly, that I’m going to make my rent and be able to pay people what they deserve.” It’s obvious how even a $5,000 grant can make a difference for small nonprofits like Peach House Presents. But it is also true for larger, long-established nonprofits like Sacramento’s Fairytale Town. These grants will make it possible to expand projects like Sacramento Adventure Playground, a free-form outdoor play space built by Fairytale Town at Maple Neighborhood Center in South Sacramento. Steve Caudle, the play manager at Adventure Playground, described it as “kids playing in a junkyard—true free play.” Recipient of a $25,000 grant, the relatively unknown Sacramento Adventure Playground will now bring

pop-up events to local libraries, “so kids can play unencumbered,” said Caudle. Without the grant, he added, “this would not have happened. We’re working hard to keep Adventure Playground up and running, but the $25,000, although wonderful, is not continuous.” Not yet anyway, but the city has verbally committed to continuing the Creative Economy grant program, especially since only 12 percent of applicants received funding this round. “I hope the city continues it,” said Wallace. “Mayor Steinberg says he wants to do it again, but he will need the council’s approval, and I think we need to demonstrate the value to the council in order to do it again. I think we could see a year where we don’t see a bump in funding, but we’ll see what we learn.” For a list of grantees, go to cityofsac.forms.fm/creative-economy. Jordan Venema can be reached at jordan.venema@gmail.com. n

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Heavy Metal Man SCULPTOR TACKLES A PROJECT CLOSE TO HOME BY DANIEL BARNES ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

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or a man famed for his work with heavy metal, Joe Scarpa doesn’t much look or act like a rock star. Out of his home workshop and driveway in Land Park, the thoughtful, soft-spoken Scarpa has produced some of the most recognizable, beloved and ostentatiously enormous public sculptures in and near the Sacramento area, including the alien spaceship in Southside Park, the giant dog collars at BarkleyVille Dog Park at Feather River Park in Stockton and the “Authors of Our Own Destiny” triptych at North Natomas Library. Scarpa works with all types of materials, but he is best known for his metal sculptures, the product of an early interest in armor and blacksmithing. “Armor making was the height of art and technology in the pre-Renaissance,” says Scarpa from his workshop, a covered area teeming with tools, including some

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of his own design. “The way they manipulated metal was beyond what anyone else was doing.” A giant hunk of repurposed metal sits at the heart of Scarpa’s most famous work, the Airstream trailer turned alien spacecraft placed next to the playground in Southside Park, a piece known as “Port of Call: Earth.” “I think that’s a pretty good window into who I am, combining a little bit of found object, a little bit of humor,” says Scarpa, who considers it his signature work. “Port of Call: Earth” is filled with Easter egg details, from the neon lights that simulate the rocket engines to the miniature aliens crawling all over the craft. There were moving pieces before vandals defaced the sculpture, but it remains a masterwork of oversized whimsy. “It’s just so big and outrageous,” says Scarpa’s friend and mentor, artist Tony Natsoulas. “He could have done a halfway job, and he went all the

way. It’s pretty fabulous, especially before it got vandalized.” Intentional “vandalization” is the central concept behind another notable Scarpa installation, the “Authors of Our Own Destiny” triptych at North Natomas Library. The two key pieces of the triptych sit on Del Paso Boulevard: an enormous open book and a detached metal eye scanning the pages from above. Scarpa conceived a dynamic interactive element for the piece, permitting anyone to repaint the pages at any time. “If you’re driving by that every day, if it was something static, you would see it once and never look at it again,” says Scarpa. “But making it a public graffiti wall, now you see something different.” It took a while for the public to catch on, and two weeks after installation, the pages remained blank. Scarpa brought in a friend to spray-paint some designs, and panicked library officials called

him with the “bad” news. “I told them, ‘That’s exactly what it’s for. Everybody should be tagging it.’” While Scarpa customarily works for competitive commissions, his latest work is a labor of love. Leonardo da Vinci Middle School in Hollywood Park, the alma mater for both of his children, needed a new security fence, and the school was familiar to Scarpa from his volunteer work. “I love the school, so I really wanted to do something nice for them,” says Scarpa. “They gave me free rein to do whatever I wanted.” Scarpa designed the security fence to reflect the school’s model of integrated thematic instruction, dividing it into three themed panels (science and technology; the tree of life; and art and architecture) attached to a giant gate filled with da Vinci’s drawings. “There are so many pieces in that fence, so many designs, you won’t see everything the first time,” says Scarpa.


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As for his own education, Scarpa entered the art world without any formal training. “He’s a very wellread person, which is sometimes unusual for artists, and he comes from a science background,” says Natsoulas. “He knows a lot more than just the regular art stuff.” Scarpa worked as an environmental chemist

during the Superfund boom of the 1980s, but the industry had dried up by the late 1990s. By then, Scarpa had made enough connections to quit his day job, and the rest is art history. Although Scarpa doesn’t have any major pieces under construction at the moment, he is always working on something, either assisting another

The "Port of Call: Earth" sculpture hovers near Southside Park playground.

artist or stretching his own limits. In one corner of his workshop sits a halffinished personal project, a giant clock decked with colorful kitchen timers, and in another sit broken shards of ceramic, the products of a failed experiment. More than anything, Scarpa credits his family for his success.

“It’s hard to be a successful artist without the support of someone else,” says Scarpa, who raised the kids and pursued his art while his wife worked during the day. “You need the support of friends and family, no matter what level you’re at.” To see examples of Joe Scarpa’s work, go to jscarpa.com. n

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Not Too Shabby Chalk Paint Classes Home Accessories Sale

The Most Anticipated Show of the Year

Not Too Shabby has been the go-to store in Historic Folsom for painted furniture, home decor and gifts since 2005. Now attendees of the Home & Landscape Expo will enjoy attending one of their free workshops held during the Expo to learn some fun and creative ways to work with the popular Annie Sloan Chalk Paint® Line. New this year will be a retail boutique area of beautiful home accessories at incredible savings.

KOHLER® Bold Experience Tour The Plumbery Luxury Kitchen and Bath Showroom will host the Kohler Bold Experience Tour at this year’s Home & Landscape Expo! This interactive trailer, located just inside the main gates of Cal Expo, offers a one-of-a-kind, hands-on experience with a selection of Kohler showering and toilet products.

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Gary Brown Enterprises, producers of the Northern California Home & Landscape Expo, has developed a reputation for not only having the best 'home show' but also the most landscaping for gardening enthusiasts to enjoy! This year’s Landscape Design Competition will feature current trends in the landscape. Area designers have submitted designs and only a select few are invited to participate (featured above). Be sure to spend some time admiring the elaborate displays and see who the 2018 winner is! Landscape Competition Sponsored by:

Outdoor Living Workshops from top speakers include: EDUCATIONAL • INFORMATIVE • ENTERTAINING Creating Low Maintenance & Sustainable Landscapes with Roberta Walker • New Design Trends with Michael Glassman • Designing Your Outdoor Living Space, Katherine Kawaguchi, NKBA • Edible Landscaping, Japanese Maple Care, Outdoor Lighting Design and much more!

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“Drag Dinner: A Night of Drag and Comedy” LoLGBT Sunday, Jan. 28, 7 p.m. Punch Line Sacramento, 2100 Arden Way • punchlinesac.com Get ready for some outrageous laughs as LoLGBT presents a night of comedy and drag hosted by local drag comedian Suzette Veneti. Local comics John Ross and Jason Bargert will share the stage with East Bay comedian Chelsea Bearce and celebrated drag queens Apple Adams, Mercury Rising, Mae Heffiman and more. Come in drag for a chance to win a prize, enjoy a themed menu and stay afterward for priceless photo-ops.

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“E. Charlton Fortune: The Colorful Spirit” Crocker Art Museum Jan. 28–April 22 216 O St. • crockerart.org This new exhibition features plein-air landscapes from California artist E. Charlton Fortune (1885–1969), who came of age during a time when women began to redefine their roles in society.

“Little Stones” National Council of Jewish Women Sacramento Sunday, Jan. 7, 1 p.m. Kashenberg Ostrow Hayward Library and Cultural Center 2300 Sierra Blvd. • ncjwsac.org The award-winning documentary film “Little Stones”— directed and produced by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Sophia Kruz—follows Brazilian graffiti artist Panmela Castro, Senegalese rap singer Sister Fa, Indian dance therapist Sohini Chakraborty and fashion designer Anna Taylor as they use their art to combat violence against women.

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Author Mark Noce in Conversation The Avid Reader Saturday, Jan. 13, 5 p.m. 1945 Broadway • avidreaderonbroadway.com The author of historical fiction novel “Between Two Fires” returns to Sacramento to discuss his recently released sequel, “Dark Winds Rising.”

Don't miss award-winning “The Nether” at the Capital Stage.

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VAPA Gala

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C.K. McClatchy High School Saturday, Jan. 20, 6 p.m.

Crocker Art Museum Sunday, Jan. 14, 3 p.m.

3066 Freeport Blvd. • ckmvapa.org Celebrate the opening of C.K. McClatchy High School’s new 800-seat, state-of-the-art theater and Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) wing at this black-tie event featuring food and drink (no alcohol), performances, art shows, a silent auction and commemorative swag.

216 O St. • crockerart.org Clarinetist Sandra McPherson, cellist Susan Lamb Cook and pianist John Cozza will perform classical music from the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries, featuring works by Mozart, Brahms and Russian-born Swiss composer Paul Juon.

James Baker on Autosomal DNA Genealogical Association of Sacramento Wednesday, Jan. 17, 12:15 p.m. Belle Cooledge Library, 5600 South Land Park Drive • gensac.org The GAS monthly meeting will feature speaker James Baker, who will explain autosomal DNA. It is, as he describes it, “so good, you can hardly believe it.” The meeting is free and open to the public.

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“The Nether” Capital Stage Jan. 24–Feb. 25 2215 J St. • capstage.org This award-winning new play by American playwright Jennifer Haley is a sci-fi crime drama set in the near future.


THEATRE GUIDE SOMETHING ROTTEN

Community Center Theater Jan 3 – Jan 7 1301 L St, Sac 808-5181 SCCBOTtickets@cityofsacramento.org With 10 Tony® nominations including Best Musical, Something Rotten! is “Broadway’s big, fat hit!” (NY Post). Set in 1595, this hilarious smash tells the story of two brothers who set out to write the world’s very first musical! With its heart on its ruffled sleeve and sequins in its soul, it’s “The Producers + Spamalot + The Book of Mormon. Squared!” (New York Magazine).

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Harpsichordist and organist Nancy Metzger will perform at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.

Organ & Harpsichord Recital St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Sunday, Jan. 28, 2 p.m. 1430 J St. • stpaulssacramento.org Listen in as Nancy Metzger, St. Paul’s music director, plays a handmade copy of a historic Flemish instrument. The pipe organ at St. Paul’s is one of the oldest on the West Coast. A donation of $10 is suggested. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. n

Harris Center for the Arts Jan 5 – Jan 7 10 College Pkwy, Folsom 608-6888 HarrisCenter.net It began as one man’s story…became everyone’s music…and is now Broadway’s musical. Motown the Musical is the true American dream story of Motown founder Berry Gordy’s journey from featherweight boxer to the heavyweight music mogul who launched the careers of Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Smokey Robinson and many more. Motown shattered barriers; shaped our lives and made us all move to the same beat. Featuring classic songs such as “My Girl” and “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” experience the story behind the music in the record-breaking hit, Motown the Musical!

WALKIN’ AFTER MIDNIGHT: BROADWAY LOVES COUNTRY Sacramento Theatre Company Jan 18 – Jan 21 1419 H St, Sac 443-6722 SacTheatre.org

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Pamela Trokanski Performing Arts Theatre Jan 4 – Jan 21 2720 Del Rio Place, Davis (484) 735-2494 AcmeTheatre.net It’s 1942. In Germany, dissent is forbidden and the Gestapo stands ready to execute those who resist the Nazis. And yet, a handful of college students calling themselves the White Rose are circulating pamphlets that criticize the Führer. When 21-year-old Sophie Scholl is arrested in Munich with her brother Hans, a local policeman investigating the case of the White Rose has to determine if they are confused children, dangerous rebels, or idealistic patriots.

CIRCA: CANIVAL OF THE ANIMALS Mondavi Center – Jackson Hall Jan 28 501 Alumni Ln, Davis (530) 754-2787 MondaviArts.org

Feathers, fur and fins—oh my! Circa’s fanciful production features creatures of both land and sea, who tumble, fly, leap and spin their way through the many wondrous worlds of the animal kingdom. Inspired by Camille Saint-Saëns’ beloved musical suite, Carnival of the Animals whisks audiences away on a thrilling circus escapade through the talents of seven acrobats, two singers, four musicians and delightful animations that bring to life juggling zebras, street-smart elephants and somersaulting kangaroos.

Broadway takes inspiration from many popular genres, and country music is no exception. In STC’s first tribute to this unique musical sound, enjoy showtunes influenced by honky-tonk, bluegrass, Americana, gospel, and contemporary rock from musicals like Big River, 9 to 5, Bright Star, Million Dollar Quartet, and many more. The atmosphere is intimate and relaxing. Beer and wine is available, as are light appetizers of fruit, cheese, and desserts. Parental Guidance: Appropriate for Middle School & Up

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FROM page 76 a family restaurant can be? Or is the description just not applicable? When it comes to Evan’s Kitchen and Catering, the answer might be “yes” to all three questions. The restaurant, opened in 2004 by local chef Evan Elsberry, sets new standards for what a family restaurant can be. Located in a nondescript storefront in East Sacramento’s 57th Street Antique Mall, it looks simple from the outside, but the food is delivered with skill, care and a touch of panache. The most popular items on the menu are familiar American dishes without pretension. They’re served on plain white dishes alongside sturdy, simple flatware. The napkins are cloth. Let’s start with breakfast. If you like anything smothered in gravy, get it. The gravy is made from scratch and undeniably bad for your health. Unlike most short-order places that “craft” their gravy from a powdered mix, Evan’s Kitchen serves layered, fennel-rich sausage gravy that you’ll remember. Or grab a stack of pancakes with real maple syrup. No fake stuff here. Want something a little different? Try Lauren’s Southwestern Benny, a pumped-up eggs Benedict featuring corncakes, roasted pasilla chile and chipotle hollandaise. Each house-made component is a spot-on execution. There’s no doubt that the folks in the kitchen know what they’re doing and care enough to do it. For lunch, there are no surprises. Sandwiches, burgers and salads dominate the menu. But each offering is, again, much better than you expect. A grilled seafood salad with prawns, scallops and salmon for $14.75 is not only a good value but a lovely lunch. A burger topped with a bucket-load of fried onion strings is probably big enough for two. The steak sandwich and prime rib sandwich both belong in the pantheon of local steak sandos. Evan’s offerings stand toe to toe with those of local favorites Jamie’s Broadway Grille and Club Pheasant. In fact, these

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restaurants share more than just a good sandwich; they feel like they’re cut from the same cloth. The dinner menu spans three pages and includes more choices than you can comfortably get your head around. But the midweek prime rib special has to be the best dining bargain in town. For $19.99, you get soup or salad to start, a petite slice of prime rib with sides of indulgent sour cream mashed potatoes and vegetables, and dessert. Each element of the meal is skillfully handled and satisfyingly old-fashioned. If prime rib isn’t your style, then a host of pasta dishes, including impressive seafood pasta, might work for you. Or if you skipped breakfast and don’t plan on eating again this year, the chicken-fried steak smothered in gravy might be right up your alley. Rare finds like Italian pot roast and prosciutto-wrapped scallops also hit the mark. As with all the entrees, portions are hearty and won’t leave you wanting. If you somehow have room, desserts are also simple and excellent.

Evan’s Kitchen puts out some of the best apple pie this side of Apple Hill. And lastly, if you happen to be at Evan’s on Friday, the weekly clam chowder is one of the best in town and shouldn’t be missed.

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2989 Arden Way

(916) 480-0560

5038 Fair Oaks Blvd. • (916) 485-2883 B L D $-$$ Full bar Casual, locally owned European style café with table service from 5 pm and patio dining • bellabrucafe.com

Cafe Bernardo

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515 Pavilions Lane • (916) 922-2870 B L D $$ Full Bar Outdoor Patio Seasonal, European-influenced comfort food • paragarys.com

Café Vinoteca 3535 Fair Oaks Blvd. • (916) 487-1331

$4 off any large pizza $3 off any medium pizza Family owned and operated

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4321 Arden Way • (916) 488-4794 L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Gourmet Chinese food for 32 years • Dine in and take out • themandarinrestaurant.com

Pita Kitchen 2989 Arden Way • (916) 480-0560 L D $$ Authentic Mediterranean cuisine made from scratch on site • pitakitchenplus.com

Roxy Restaurant & Bar 2381 Fair Oaks Blvd. • (916) 489-2000

L D $$ Full Bar Italian bistro in a casual setting • cafevinoteca.com

B L D $$-$$$ Full Bar American cuisine with a Western touch in a creative upscale atmosphere • roxyrestaurantandbar.com

Ettore’s Bakery & Cafe

Ristorante Piatti

2376 Fair Oaks Blvd. • (916) 482-0708

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The Mandarin Restaurant

B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Patio European-style gourmet café with salads, soup, spit-roasted chicken, and desserts in a bistro setting • ettores.com

The Kitchen 2225 Hurley Wy. • (916) 568-7171 D $$$ Wine/Beer Five-course gourmet demonstration dinner by reservation only • thekitchenrestaurant.com

La Rosa Blanca 2813 Fulton Ave. • (916) 484-6104 L D $$ Full Bar Fresh Mexican food served in a colorful family-friendly setting • larosablancarestaurant.com

571 Pavilions Lane • (916) 649-8885 L D $$ Full Bar Contemporary Italian cuisine in a casually elegant setting • piatti.com

Sam’s Hof Brau 2500 Watt Ave. • (916) 482-2175 L D $$ Wine/Beer Fresh quality meats roasted daily • originalsamshofbrau.com

Thai House 527 Munroe in Loehmann’s • (916) 485-3888 L D $$ Wine/Beer Featuring the great taste of Thai traditional specialties • sacthaihouse.com

Willie’s Burgers 5050 Fair Oaks Blvd. • (916) 488-5050

Luna Lounge 5026 Fair Oaks Blvd. • (916) 485-2883 B L D $-$$ Full neighborhood bar serving dinner nightly. Open at 11 am daily. Weekend breakfast • lunaloungeandbar.com

L D $ Great burgers and more • williesburgers.com

DOWNTOWN Cafeteria 15L 1116 15th St. • (916) 492-1960

Matteo’s Pizza & Bistro 5132 Fair Oaks Blvd. • (916) 779-0727 L D $$ Full Bar Neighborhood gathering place for pizza, pasta and grill dishes • pizzamatteo.com

L D $$ Full Bar Classic American lunch counter with a millennial vibe • cafeteria15l.com


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Happy Hour! Monday – Friday 5 - 7 pm 2801 Capitol Av Avenue (916) 455-2422 www.biba-restaurant.com

Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters

Ma Jong’s Asian Diner

400 P St. • (916) 400-4204

1431 L St. • (916) 442-7555

Small-batch coffees brewed from beans harvested within the past 12 months • chocolatefishcoffee.com

L D $-$$ Beer/Wine Cuisine from Japan, Thailand, China ad Vietnam. • majongs.com

de Vere’s Irish Pub

Grange Restaurant & Bar

1521 L St. • (916) 231-9947

926 J St. • (916) 492-4450

L D $$ Full Bar Family-run authentic Irish pub with a classic menu to match • deverespub.com

B L D $$$ Full Bar Simple, seasonal, soulful • grangesacramento.com

Downtown & Vine

Hock Farm Craft & Provision

1200 K St. #8 • (916) 228-4518

1415 L St. • (916) 440-8888

L D $$ Educational tasting experience of wines by the taste, flight or glass with tapas and small plates • downtownandvine.com

L D $$-$$ Full Bar Celebration of the region’s rich history and bountiful terrain • hockfarm.com

Ella Dining Room & Bar 1131 K St. • (916) 443-3772 L D $$$ Full Bar Modern American cuisine served family-style in a chic, upscale space • elladiningroomandbar.com

Esquire Grill 1213 K St. • (916) 448-8900 L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Outdoor Dining Upscale American fare served in an elegant setting • paragarys.com • esquiregrill.com

Firestone Public House 1132 16th St. • (916) 446-0888

South 2005 11th St. • (916) 382-9722 L D $-$$ Beer/Wine Timeless traditional Southern cuisine, counter service • weheartfriedchicken.com

OLD SAC Fat City Bar & Cafe 1001 Front St. • (916) 446-6768 L D $$-$$$ Full Bar American cuisine served in a casual historic Old Sac location • fatsrestaurants.com

Rio City Cafe 1110 Front St. • (916) 442-8226

L D $$ Full Bar Sports bar with a classical American menu • firestonepublichouse.com

L D $$ Full Bar Bistro favorites with a distinctively Sacramento feeling in a riverfront setting • riocitycafe.com

Frank Fat’s

The Firehouse Restaurant

806 L St. • (916) 442-7092 L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Chinese favorites in an elegant setting • fatsrestaurants.com

1112 Second St. • (916) 442-4772 L D $$$ Full Bar Global and California cuisine in an upscale historic Old Sac setting • firehouseoldsac.com

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1022 Second St. • (916) 441-2211

1627 16th St. • (916) 444-3000

L D $$ Full Bar American bistro favorites with a modern twist in a casual Old Sac setting • ten22oldsac.com

L D $$ Full Bar Authentic hand-crafted pizzas with inventive ingredients, gelato • hotitalian.net

Willie’s Burgers 110 K St. • (916) 573-3897 L D $ Great burgers and more • williesburgers.com

Mulvaney’s Building & Loan 1215 19th St. • (916) 441-6022 L D $$$ Full Bar Modern American cuisine in an upscale historic setting

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The Red Rabbit

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L D $$ Full Bar All things local contribute to a sophisticated urban menu • theredrabbit.net

1431 R St. • (916) 930-9191 B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Casual California cuisine with counter service • cafebernardo.com

Fish Face Poke Bar 1104 R St. Suite 100 • (916) 706-6605 L D $$ Beer/Sake Humble Hawaiian poke breaks free • fishfacepokebar.com

Iron Horse Tavern 1800 15th St. • (916) 448-4488 L D $-$$ Full Bar Gastro-pub cuisine in a stylish industrial setting • ironhorsetavern.net

Magpie Cafe 1601 16th St. • (916) 452-7594 L D $$-$$$ Wine/Beer Seasonal menu using the best local ingredients • magpiecafe.com

Shoki Ramen House 1201 R St. • (916) 441-0011 L D $$ Beer/Wine Japanese fine dining using the best local ingredients • shokiramenhouse.com

2718 J St. • (916) 706-2275

Paragary’s 1401 28th St. • (916) 457-5737 L D $$ Full Bar Fabulous Outdoor Patio.,California cuisine with a French touch • paragarys.com

Revolution Wines 2831 S St. • (916) 444-7711 L D $-$$ Beer/Wine Urban winery and tasting room with a creative menu using local sources • revolution-wines.com

Skool 2319 K St. • (916) 737-5767 L D $$ Beer/Sake Inventive Japansese-inspired seafood dishes • skoolonkstreet.com

Suzie Burger 2820 P St. • (916) 455-3500 L D $ Beer/Wine Classic burgers, cheesesteaks, shakes, chili dogs, and other tasty treats • suzieburger. com

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Tapa The World

The Rind

L D $-$$ Wine/Beer/Sangria Spanish/world cuisine in a casual authentic atmosphere, live flamenco music • tapathewworld.com

1801 L St. #40 • (916) 441-7463 L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Cheese-centric menu paired with select wine and beer • therindsacramento.com

2115 J St. • (916) 442-4353

Thai Basil Zocolo 1801 Capitol Ave. • (916) 441-0303 L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Patio Regional Mexican cuisine served in an authentic artistic setting • zocolosacramento.com

2431 J St. • (916) 442-7690 L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Patio Housemade curries among their authentic Thai specialties • thaibasilrestaurant.com

The Waterboy

MIDTOWN Biba Ristorante 2801 Capitol Ave. • (916) 455-2422

2000 Capitol Ave. • (916) 498-9891 L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Patio Fine South of France and Northern Italian cuisine in a chic neighborhood setting • waterboyrestaurant.com

L D $$$ Full Bar Upscale Northern Italian cuisine served a la carte • biba-restaurant.com

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2726 Capitol Ave. • (916) 443-1180 B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Casual California cuisine with counter service • cafebernardo.com

Centro Cocina Mexicana

3301 Folsom Blvd. • (916) 455-2233 B L D $$ Full Bar Patio Pacific Northwest cuisine in a casual bistro setting • 33rdst.bistro.com

Burr’s Fountain

L D $$ Full Bar Patio Regional Mexican cooking served in a casual atmosphere • paragarys.com • centrococina.com

4920 Folsom Blvd. • (916) 452-5516 B L D $ Fountain-style diner serving burgers, sandwiches, soup and ice cream specialties

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Cabana Winery & Bistro

1725 I St. • (916) 469-9574

5610 Elvas Ave. • (916) 476-5492

L D $-$$ Full Bar American eats, including BBQ, local brews & weekend brunch • easyoni.com

L D $$ Wine/Beer Wine tasting and paired entrees. Sunday Brunch 10 - 2 • cabanawinery.com

Federalist Public House

Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters

L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Wood-fired pizzas in an inventive urban alley setting • federalistpublichouse.com

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2730 J St. • (916) 442-2552

2009 N St. • (916) 661-6134

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La Trattoria Bohemia

723 56th St. • (916) 454-5656

3649 J St. • (916) 455-7803

B L D $$ Full Bar American. HD sports, kid’s menu, breakfast weekends, late night dining • ch56sports. com

L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Italian and Czech specialties in a neighborhood bistro setting • latrattoriabohemia. com

OBO Italian Table & Bar

Nopalitos Southwestern Café

3145 Folsom Blvd. • (916) 822-8720

5530 H St. • (916) 452-8226

L D $$ Full Bar The rustic, seasonal and nourishing flavors of Italy. Counter service • oboitalian.com

B L $ Wine/Beer Southwestern fare in a casual diner setting • nopalitoscafe.com

Español Italian Restaurant

OneSpeed

5723 Folsom Blvd. • (916) 457-1936

4818 Folsom Blvd. • (916) 706-1748

L D $$ Full Bar Classic Italian cuisine served in a traditional family-style atmosphere • espanol-italian. com

L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Patio, Private Room. Artisan pizzas & seasonally inspired menu in a casual, neighborhood setting • onespeedpizza.com

Evan’s Kitchen and Catering

Opa! Opa!

855 57th St. • (916) 452-3896

5644 J St. • (916) 451-4000

B L D $$ Wine/Beer Eclectic California cuisine served in a family-friendly atmosphere • chefevan. com

L D $ Wine/Beer Fresh Greek cuisine in a chic, casual setting, counter service • eatatopa.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

Roxie Deli & Barbeque 3340 C St. • (916) 443-5402 B L D $ Deli sandwiches, salads & BBQ made fresh. Large selection of craft Beer • roxiedeli.com

Selland’s Market Cafe 5340 H St. • (916) 736-3333 B L D $$ Wine/Beer High-quality hand-crafted food to eat in or take out, bakery, wine bar, Sunday brunch• sellands.com n

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Come Try Our New York Steak 50% OFF*

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2nd Entree

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Kru 3135 Folsom Blvd. • (916) 551-1559 L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Raw and refined, traditional Japanese cuisine and sushi • krurestaurant.com

4314 Marconi Ave (S.E. corner of Marconi & Eastern) • carmcafedeli.com (916) 481-5000 • M-Th 6am - 8pm, Fri-Sat 6am - 9pm • To-Go orders available

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Happy New Year from Coldwell Banker Sierra Oaks CHURCHILL DOWNS! Classic 3 bd, 2 ba. The floor plan features separate dining area, family rm & living rm w/ a fireplace, & outside there is a large covered patio for entertaining. $319,000 DALE APODACA 916-973-4595 HomesAtSac.com CalBRE#01233424

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