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Choosing a Contractor: Finding a Perfect Match for Your Project M

uch like choosing a spouse, business partner, or friends, choosing your contractor can be a fantastically important decision. (OK, maybe not as much as some of those, but you get the point.)

A good contractor will be your advocate, inspire trust, produce great results, and make your remodel experience anywhere from tolerable (if you hate change) to fantastic (if you have fun with these types of things). A bad contractor will cause sleepless nights, contentious exchanges, hours sitting by the front window waiting for SOMEONE (ANYONE!) to arrive, and, at worst, lawsuits, lost money, and unfinished projects. There are two distinct ways to choose a contractor, and it’s a huge mistake to confuse the two. You can’t have it both ways. Either you negotiate with one contractor you feel comfortable with, or you “hard bid” your project to multiple contractors and make your decision mostly based on price. Either way can work well, but you can’t do both. Let’s tackle the more common method first.

Choosing Your Contractor Via Bidding Bidding your project is the most common way of choosing a contractor, especially for largescale, multi-month projects. As with any value proposition, you must be careful, because you get what you pay for. But there is a right way to bid your job out, and here it is:

1. Ensure your scope of work documents are in place. You can do this via a simple Scope of Work document for smaller jobs or full building plans for larger, more detailed jobs.

2. Find three good contractors willing to bid. Bear in mind, most of the best residential contractors will respectfully decline bid invitations, depending on workflow. They know they’ll never be the low bidder because of supply and demand: their services are in demand and therefore their prices are higher. However, plenty of residential contractors are eager to bid. Use web searches, HomeAdvisor, Houzz, social media sites, or word of mouth to come up with a list, and then . . .

3. Check references! Yes, that’s right: ask for three references. And not just three references, but the names and phone numbers for the last three clients they worked with, including project dates. Why? Otherwise you’ll get their three favorite clients, not objective clients who recently experienced this contractor’s services. Many contractors have performed well in the past, but you’re interested in current performance. Also, by getting project dates, you validate the recency of the job and find out if the contractor has been slow for a while (if they have been, investigate why).

4. Now you’re armed with your list of three qualified contractors, and it’s time to host a job walk. We recommend having the contractors walk the job at the same time. This allows everyone to hear answers to questions posed by others and creates a sense of competition among the bidders. Make sure you have copies of your scope documents for the contractors.

5. After walking the job, set a firm bid date for the project. We recommend two weeks as the ideal time frame for most jobs. This allows the contractors time to assemble the budget and solicit pricing from subcontractors and suppliers. A firm date creates

their first deadline. Buyer beware: if your contractor is late getting you a bid, don’t expect them to be timely in starting (or finishing) your project.

6. Once the bids are in, it’s time to evaluate the proposals. Be sure to request the bids be broken out by trade or sections of the project (framing, plumbing, electrical, drywall). This helps you analyze each contractor’s assumptions. If a line item doesn’t look right, ask for clarification. In our experience, if something doesn’t look right, it probably isn’t.

7. Now that the bids are evaluated, it’s time to make your decision. By this time, you’ve met each contractor, interacted with them, reviewed their pricing, and clarified their bid. You should have a good feeling about your direction. If not, if there is no clear winner, congratulations! Looks like you have more than one good option. So go ahead and make your choice.

8. What’s the first thing you ask for from your newly hired contractor? A schedule, of course. Ask for a complete project schedule showing a firm start date and timing for each item of the project. Once again, this is a chance for your contractor to meet a deadline. If they won’t send you a schedule, or they send one later than requested, consider it an ominous sign.

9. Last, and MOST IMPORTANT, it’s time to sign a contract. We highly recommend paying the $30 and using an AIA contract. These contracts are the best in the business, and they protect the homeowner to no end. You can buy single contracts at the AIA website (https://www.aiacontracts. org/). For a residential job, the A105 is perfect.

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FALLEN SPD OFFICER TARA O’SULLIVAN MEMORIALIZED BY H STREET SPAN

acramento Police Officer Tara O’Sullivan was gunned down during a domestic disturbance call in June 2019. Her death sent the region into mourning. I’ll never forget waving our American flag on the Business 80 overpass as her funeral procession slowly moved from Rocklin to Elk Grove. The idea for a beautiful tribute to Tara began over cups of coffee between friends earlier this year.

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“Our coffee group was deeply saddened when Sacramento Police Officer Tara O’Sullivan was killed,” says Joe Pane, an SPD officer from 1979 to 2007. “I started looking into her story, and what we could do to recognize this amazing young woman who met a tragic end. And then, given her strong ties to East Sac, we thought why not the H Street Bridge over the American River by Sac State?” Tara O’Sullivan was born and raised in Pleasant Hill. She grew up wanting to be a cop, and became an Explorer Scout with Pleasant Hill police while in high school. “SPD Chief Daniel Hahn told me that she moved to Sac State to be a cop, majoring in child development because she felt like that would help her in her profession,” Pane says.

“When she moved to Sacramento, she rented a Midtown apartment I owned,” says Ronnie Pane, Joe’s cousin, who retired as chief sergeant at arms for the California Assembly after 41 years. Both cousins, and Joe’s brother, Josh Pane— who served on the City Council from 1989 to 1994—live in East Sacramento and proudly support law enforcement. The three men put together an email to friends and contacts seeking support for the O’Sullivan memorial. The response was overwhelming. “When emails were too numerous for my wife Sue to manage, we posted a Change.org online petition,” Joe says. Nearly 5,000 supporters joined the effort. Their plan went like this: They met with Chief Hahn, the Sacramento Police Officers Association, City Councilmember Jeff Harris, Sac State

President Robert Nelsen, the rest of the City Council, the city’s public works department, and numerous business and neighborhood groups, including those from River Park and Meadowview. Tara was the first female graduate of an inaugural Sac State class called Law Enforcement Candidate Scholars’ Program, which prepares leaders for law enforcement. The director is Dr. Shelby Moffatt, a former SPD officer who became a Sac State professor. Tara was killed in the North Sac neighborhood of Redwood Park. On that tragic day, there were two houses on Redwood Street that involved previous domestic violence calls. Officers told the female victim that if she would get her possessions together, they would come back to keep the peace while she moved out.

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“When I was an officer, I worried about two things every day—that I would be in an auto accident or, worse case, that I’d be shot,” Joe Pane says. “The auto accident and the sniper never left my mind, or that of my family, for 28 years.”

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and mortally wounded. The shooter kept firing and prevented officers from reaching Tara for the 45 minutes it took her to die. All while he disgustingly taunted and cursed the fallen officer. As a result of the Panes’ efforts, the City Council unanimously approved the bridge dedication May 26.

changed its policy and adopted language used by San Francisco. The new language lets police use deadly he Sacramento City Council force “when reasonable alternatives finally admitted some police have been exhausted or are not emergencies aren’t resolved with calm, patient negotiation. feasible and the officer reasonably believes, based on the totality of the Backpedaling after criticism from circumstances, that such force is the public and Police Chief Daniel necessary.” Hahn, the City Council revised its The earlier language written by policy on deadly force. The council Steinberg said officers could only acknowledged there are times when use deadly force as a “last resort.” It officers must quickly react by shooting continued, “Last resort means that a suspect. peace offi cers shall use tactics and The controversy was highlighted techniques that may persuade the in June editions of Inside Sacramento suspect to voluntarily comply or may after Mayor Darrell Steinberg mitigate the need to use a higher level proposed a deadly force policy that of force to resolve the situation safely.” required police to talk to suspects Hahn and his leadership team in all cases, even ambushes and were pleased with the revised policy. workplace or school shootings. Steinberg said, “Let’s move forward Hahn told Inside Sacramento, together.” “Our officers won’t be able to defend themselves or the public.” R.E. Graswich can be reached at Three weeks after approving regraswich@icloud.com. n the Steinberg proposal, the council

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“Chief Hahn sent me the following text the day after it passed,” Joe says, sharing the text: “Thanks so much for your support on the bridge proposal approved by Council last night—the Tara O’Sullivan Memorial Bridge. Thank you, Joe, and I appreciate you and your brother. That means a lot to us as our city should understand what Tara and her family sacrificed for all of us, and your efforts will help make sure we will never forget. Sadly, we were at preliminary hearing for the shooter right now, so God help us all.” The next steps are to design and install a memorial sign for the bridge. “Friends of East Sacramento—where I serve as a facility manager for our McKinley Park facilities—stepped up immediately to offer their financial support for the sign,” Joe says. “The nonprofit is going to work with other funding partners, including the SPOA, who want to help with the costs of the dedication.” “The dedication signage will be visible from both sides of the bridge. We’re just starting to work on the design,” Josh says. Supporters hope the H Street span can also be known as “The Bridge to Peace.” This reflects the sacrifice Tara O’Sullivan made for her family, her fellow officers and our community while doing her best to help keep the peace on that tragic day in June 2019. Cecily Hastings can be reached at publisher@insidepublications.com. Previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @insidesacramento. n

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he City Council recently approved the Sacramento Valley Station Area Plan, which will turn Sacramento’s historic train station at 401 I St. into one of the most sustainable public places in California. “This plan is more than four years in the making,” says project manager Greg Taylor. “The plan positions Sacramento as a regional center for sustainable transportation and a leader in sustainable design technologies, which will help combat climate change.” The plan has already earned the prestigious Living Community Challenge Vision Plan Certification for environmental innovation, making Sacramento the first city in the world to receive the designation.

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The plan is designed to connect pedestrians and transit users to infill development areas within the central city that include residential spaces, hotels and offices. All the buildings within the development will run on 100-percent renewable energy. The city hopes to begin construction by 2026.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING The City Council recently voted to commit $10 million to a new affordable housing complex on Stockton Boulevard. It’s the first expenditure from the $31.5 million housing fund created in the mid-year budget at the request of Mayor Darrell Steinberg that will come from the general fund and Measure U dollars. The planned 220 affordable apartments and townhomes will help fulfill the city’s commitment to invest at least $50 million in affordable housing along the Stockton Boulevard corridor to prevent displacement that might occur as a result of the new Aggie Square innovation district. Seventy-five percent of the units will be reserved for low-, very low- and extremely low-income tenants. Another

25 percent will be priced for those with moderate incomes (up to $60,410 for a family of four). In addition to the $10 million from the city, another $5 million from the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency will round out a $15 million loan to Mercy Housing to build the complex. “This investment is the first of many housing commitments made to neighborhoods surrounding the Aggie Square project and communities around Stockton Boulevard,” says District 6 Councilmember Eric Guerra. “Addressing the housing crisis head-on and offering job opportunities is the only way we can help our neighbors find economic freedom and help them realize their dreams in this city.”

TWENTY TWENTY The award-winning nonprofit literary performance series, Stories on Stage Sacramento, is celebrating the publication of its first anthology, “Twenty Twenty: A Stories on Stage Sacramento Anthology,” inspired by a year like no other.

The book contains 43 essays and short stories written by Northern California and guest authors, including Karen Bender, Anita Felicelli, Joan Frank, Debra Gwartney, Sands Hall, Pamela Houston, Vanessa Hua, Joshua Mohr and Peter Orner. Join SOSS on Friday, July 23, at 5 p.m. on Zoom for a book launch and readings by professional actors. On Wednesday, Aug. 11, from 1–4 p.m., SOSS hosts an in-person book launch reception at Capital Books on K Street. Sales from the anthology will support the nonprofit’s ongoing programming, including paying authors and actors for their work. For more information, visit storiesonstagesacramento.org.

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An English cottage garden is one of the winners in East Sac in Bloom. Photo by Linda Smolek. Sacramento and East Sacramento Realtor Ann Vuletich, the event is in its first year. Inspired by similar events in other cities, Vuletich created the contest to celebrate East Sac’s beautiful front yards and promote local businesses. “While we have an annual backyard garden tour, we didn’t have anything similar for our front yards. So I decided to create one,” she says. Neighbors nominated 13 yards for an award. Winners were “announced” May 1 when they spotted a sign in their front yard and found a canvas tote bag on their front porch filled with goodies, including the Inside Sacramento coffee table book, a gift card from Archival Gallery and a bouquet of flowers grown by local floral designer Mary Kuyper. Three judges evaluated each yard on five criteria: color, creativity, design, water-wise and “fit” with the architectural style of the home. Judges, all avid gardeners, were Kuyper, Vuletich and Tamara Engel. One of the winning gardens, surrounded by a short wooden fence, is a 3-year-old English cottage garden near the McKinley Rose Garden. The homeowner worked with Kathleen Harvey of Browerbird Landscapes and

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gazes out over her garden, enjoying its colorful exuberance. Plans for next year include expanding the contest to recognize a public garden space, holding a tour to meet the winners and get gardening tips, and adding a new category for “most inviting front porch space.” Send other ideas for next year to info@ eastsacinbloom.com.

25 MILLION STITCHES Verge Center for the Arts is the first stop for “25 Million Stitches: One Stitch, One Refugee,” a traveling fiber art project showcasing 2,200 handsewn panels. The tapestry installation will be on display through Aug. 22. Created by Verge resident multi-media artist Jennifer Kim Sohn, the project is designed to bring awareness to the approximately 25 million people across the globe who have been to forced to flee their homelands n e m a r c Stage Sa tories on short stories by as a consequence of genocide, S A : y t n Twe ssays and “Twenty war, poverty, natural ontains e rnia authors. c ” y g lo o fo li a Anth C n disasters, targeted violence Norther and other grave threats. Alongi re-scaped approximately 3,000 Each panel is the result of hours of square feet of lawn and installed a handstitched labor by participants from low-water-use garden that feeds both 49 states and 36 countries across six people and pollinators. The homeowner continents. For more information, visit sits on a daybed on her second story and 25millionstitches.com or vergeart.com.

The Sacramento History Museum— which now has more followers on TikTok than any other museum in the world—has reopened for indoor visitation and resumed its most popular activities. Old Sacramento Underground Tour provides guests with the unique opportunity to explore what has been hidden beneath the city for more than 150 years. With the help of entertaining tour guides, guests explore excavated foundations, enclosed pathways and interesting archaeology exhibits, while hearing the sounds of 1860 street life. Tickets are $18 for adults, $12 for kids 6–17 and free for children 5 and younger. In Gold Fever!, participants take on historical personas to relive Sacramento’s early days of the Gold Rush and discover if they’ve successfully escaped floods, lost their gold dust to gambling, and survived fires, disease and the occasional steamboat explosion. Tickets are $12 per person. Kids 5 and younger are free. All tour tickets include complimentary admission to the Sacramento History Museum. For more information and an updated schedule, visit sachistorymuseum.org.

EMPOWERING WOMEN Women’s Empowerment is celebrating its 20th year providing paid job training, child care and support services to women and children to help break the cycle of homelessness. The nonprofit recently received a $25,000 grant from Kaiser Permanente Northern California Community Benefit Programs and a $20,000 grant from State Farm. “This is a milestone year for Women’s Empowerment, and we would not be here without the generous funding of local companies and foundations that are committed to ending homelessness for women and children in Sacramento,” says Lisa Culp, founding executive director of Women’s Empowerment. For more information, visit womensempowerment.org.

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prevention, under “Safety Tips,” then “Water Safety.” Loaner life vests also are available through the county’s “Kids Don’t’ Float” program, which features numerous life vest borrowing stations along the American River Parkway. Borrow one for your child and return it when you are done. For a list of stations, visit regionalparks.saccounty. net, under “Activities,” then “Water Safety.”

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District 6 Councilmember Eric Guerra and local community residents recently gathered at the city’s oldest existing playground in Oki Park, located in the College Glenn neighborhood, to celebrate recent renovations. One of 175 park playgrounds overseen by the city of Sacramento, the Oki Park playground was installed in 1992. The new playground has a dinosaur-exploration theme that includes a flying Pterodactyl and T-Rex head, life-size dinosaur bones,

skulls and eggs, an exploration vehicle, stepping boulders and more. For more information on Oki Park amenities and the playground renovation, visit cityofsacramento.org/ parksandrec, under “Parks.”

WATER WISE Our region is expected to experience an extremely dry year, according to the Regional Water Authority. What can you do to help conserve water—and save money at the same time? The city offers a variety of rebates to help residents become more efficient with their water usage through turf conversions, irrigation upgrades, smart controllers, rain barrels, laundryto-landscape, high-efficiency toilets, washing machines and water fixtures. Customers can schedule a free virtual “Water Wise” house call by calling the city’s water conservation team at (916) 808-5605. There are also a variety of resources available at epa. gov/watersense, beyondthedrought.com, bewatersmart.info, saveourwater.com and through the city’s SAC311 mobile

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SCHOLAR SINGERS Sacramento Master Singers has announced the winners of its annual Scholarship for Young Choral Singers to support the musical growth of local students. Winners for ages 20–22 are: first place, Anaiah Morris, Cosumnes River College; second place, Andrea Chea, Cosumnes River College; third place, Dayed Amituanai, Cosumnes River College. Winners for ages 17–19 are: first place, Devin Gates, Folsom Lake College; second place, Shawntell Livingston, Bear Creek High School; third place, Sarah Levy, Davis Senior High School. Winners for ages 14–16 are: first place, Tiara Abraham, UC Davis; second place, Kathryn Kasten, Saint Francis Catholic High School; third place, Raquel Lewis, Bradshaw Christian High School. Sacramento Master Singers also has been busy recording a series of digital performances to celebrate the changing seasons. Check it out on the YouTube channel or at mastersingers.org.

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DOWNTOWN LIVE! The Downtown Sacramento Partnership is seeking local musicians and artists for its new entertainment series, Downtown LIVE!, featuring live music and art activations on five pop-up stages through Aug. 28. Entertainment is scheduled for Tuesdays through Saturdays from noon to 2 p.m. and 4–6 p.m. Locations are 12th and K; Ali Youssefi Square, 7th and K; Pony Express at the Old Sacramento Waterfront, 2nd and J; Bishop Gallegos Square, 11th between K and L; and the Embarcadero at the Old Sacramento Waterfront. Musicians and artists will be paid for their performances. For more information or to sign up as an entertainer for a two-hour time slot, visit godowntownsac.com.

BURNETT AWARDS The Sacramento History Alliance has presented the 2021 Burnett Awards to five honorees—The Sacramento Observer, Shasta Linen Supply, Iceland Ice Skating Rink, HUB International (formerly John O. Bronson Co.) and Taylor’s Market. The Burnett Awards are named in honor of the late Burnett Miller, a native Sacramentan, former mayor, community icon, philanthropist, business leader and one of the city’s most prominent history enthusiasts. Each year, the Sacramento History Alliance honors local legacy businesses that have stood the test of time and

contributed to the community culture in the Sacramento region. Funds raised from award ceremony tickets help support the Sacramento History Museum and Center for Sacramento History. For more information, visit sachistorymuseum. org, under “Events.”

INCLUSIVITY TRAINING Starting this month, the Midtown Association—in partnership with WEAVE, Sacramento LGBT Community Center, Sacramento Rainbow Chamber of Commerce, Faces Nightclub and Outword Media—presents “PRIDE, Pronouns & Progress: Gender Inclusion Training,” a new grant program and educational workshops. The hourlong virtual inclusivity training sessions are offered for free to Midtown and central city businesses, and focus on three primary topics: educating businesses about gender identities, gender rights in the workplace and beyond, and the importance of pronouns. “Everyone deserves to feel safe and seen when they come to work, patronize a business or walk through the streets of Midtown Sacramento,” says Beth Hassett, CEO of WEAVE. “When we all encourage people to show up as their true selves and make it easier to navigate their lives, it increases the chance that they will reach out for help if they need it and that the right help will be there for them.”

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CAPITOL MALL MARKET The seasonal Certified Farmers Market has returned to 6th Street and Capitol Mall, and is open Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. With more than 25 vendors, the weekly market also provides hot lunch options from Sacramento’s most popular food vendors, including Yolanda’s Tamales, Nash & Proper, Rosa’s Portuguese Bakery and What’s Poppin’ Kettle Corn.

SUTTER FORT MOVIES The Midtown Association’s popular “Movies at the Fort” has returned to Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park. The fun, free, open-air movie program features family-friendly films played on the fort’s historic exterior walls at the corner of 26th and L streets. On Saturday, July 10, enjoy “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.” On Saturday, Aug. 14, watch “Up.” The community is invited to arrive at 7 p.m. with movies starting at approximately 8:45 p.m. Blankets and lawn chairs are welcome. Guests are asked to sit in physically distanced family units in line with all current guidelines. Tickets must be reserved in advance at exploremidtown.org.

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STAGE NINE To celebrate 30 years of retail success, Stage Nine Entertainment at the Old Sacramento Waterfront has installed inside the store a 13-foot, 500-pound replica of the iconic Warner Bros. water tower.

Stage Nine specializes in pop culture toys, gifts, games and more. Founded by Troy Carlson in the early ‘90s, the Stage Nine retail empire started as a small 500-squarefoot gift shop—then known as Old Sacramento Giftique —that specialized in model railroad products, souvenirs, Sacramento-themed apparel and unique gifts. Today, Stage Nine has expanded into an elaborate five-store, 8,000-squarefoot premier entertainment retail destination specializing in pop culture toys, gifts, games and more. For more information, visit stagenine.com.

WATER VAULT Construction of the McKinley Water Vault at McKinley Park is nearing completion. The FILL phase is done. The ENHANCE phase has started and is anticipated to be finished this summer. Over the next few months, expect temporary sidewalk and street closures, and pedestrian and jogging path detours, as irrigation and jogging paths are enhanced. For more information, visit cityofsacramento.org/ mckinleywatervault.

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The Crocker Art Museum presents “For America: Paintings from the National Academy of Design” from July 3 through Oct. 3. Featuring 100 paintings created between 1809 and the present, this exhibition documents the history of American painting through the lens of the National Academy. Since its founding in 1825, the academy has required all academicians to donate a representative work to its collection.

Represented artists include Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, William Merritt Chase, John Singer Sargent, Richard Estes, Lois Dodd, Andrew Wyeth, Maxfield Parrish, Cecilia Beaux, Wayne Thiebaud, Charles White and others. Looking for fun this summer? The Crocker also has tons of in-person and virtual art experiences for all ages. Visit crockerart.org/calendar for a complete list of offerings.

TOYROOM ODYSSEY Toyroom Gallery celebrates its 20th anniversary with the exhibition “Toyroom’s Odyssey—A 20-Year Art Trip” at the Russ Room, upstairs in Solomon’s Deli at 730 K St. Opening receptions are July 16 and 17 from 6–9 p.m. The art will be on display through Sept. 12. Artists include Shaunna Peterson, John Berger, Kim Scott, Robert Bowen, Carrie Cottini, Jack Howe, Bruce Gossett, Chuck Sperry, Shepard Fairey, Skinner, Charles Glaubitz, Kepi Ghoulie and Dennis Larkins. Founded by co-owners Craig Maclaine and John Soldano in 2001 in an unnamed alley in a building without an address, the gallery started as a way of “optimistically bringing popsurrealist and low-brow art to a public eagerly looking for brighter and more colorful times,” Maclaine says. The gallery was eventually named Toyroom and relocated to a space on K Street, where it lived until the 2008 recession forced it to move online. This exhibition marks its return to an inperson retail space. “Though many (artists) are missing from the saga, we feel this is a good representation of Toyroom’s odyssey,”

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SHERIFF’S ACCOUNTABILITY County supervisors recently created a community review commission to work with the County Inspector General to improve accountability and transparency at the Sheriff’s Department. Inspector General Mark Evenson said he liked the commission idea and saw it providing a “supportive role” to his office. But he was concerned panel members might use subpoenas to play a more active role. He said some “vetting” was needed on the panel’s subpoena power. In response, the board agreed to issue rules for the commission, including how subpoena power is administered. Evenson and two supervisors will finalize the rules and regulations for presentation to the 11-member volunteer commission. The group will undergo orientation on law enforcement policies and procedures.

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edistricting season has arrived. Every 10 years based on census results, political lines are changed to ensure equal voter representation. How the lines are drawn can be controversial, especially when gerrymandering is involved. The process may allow politicians to choose their voters, rather than the other way around. In Sacramento County, the Board of Supervisors will determine its own districts, with public input. The Sacramento City Council is going through a similar exercise but has

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appointed a public commission to draw the lines. The county process is explained at the website saccounty.net/redistricting. Workshops will be scheduled in July across the county to encourage residents to share their thoughts and suggestions. Check the website for updates. Official census data are expected in September, with the process finalized by Dec. 15 to accommodate 2022 elections. Three supervisorial seats are on the ballot next year. Phil Serna (District 1) and Patrick Kennedy (District 2) will run to keep their jobs. District 5 Supervisor Don Nottoli will retire after 28 years on the board, so south county voters will elect a new representative. New district boundaries could influence those elections. Sacramento County will provide a web-based mapping tool for voters and community groups once the census figures are available. The tool will allow the public to draw and submit suggested boundaries for each county supervisor. Politicians have checkered histories when it comes to drawing their own

boundaries. The late Congressmember Phil Burton (D-San Francisco) once concocted a district so bizarrely shaped he referred to it as “my contribution to modern art.” His design included Burton’s ideal constituencies, broken into four sections, two of which were connected by water and two by railroad yards. Not surprisingly, redistricting can become intense political theater. District changes can either help or hurt election prospects. Federal and state laws exist to limit the shenanigans, but they don’t always work. The rules require districts to be substantially equal in population, “communities of interest” treated fairly (socio-economic geographic areas kept together), cities and neighborhoods not divided, and boundaries made easily identifiable with freeways, rivers and major roads. A representative from the League of Women Voters will monitor the county for compliance to the California Fair Maps Act.

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he Board of Supervisors recently approved a preliminary budget that addresses some compelling needs in the county. Among the highlights are a large investment in repairing local roadways, the creation of a Crisis Response System to make sure we have the right resources to help people experiencing a mental health emergency, and a new commitment to addressing our growing homelessness crisis. I am proud of these efforts. But it’s just the beginning of our budget process for the next fiscal year. The board will need to approve a final budget in September after the state budget is approved. And we must decide how to handle a significant amount of relief funds from the federal government. Sacramento County will receive approximately $300 million from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to help offset future revenue losses and other impacts of the pandemic. There are many opinions about how federal stimulus dollars should be used. County reserves are at historic lows. There’s a pressing need for money to increase our “rainy day fund” for future emergencies and economic downturns. There’s also pressure to use one-time

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HOMELESSNESS Our homelessness crisis continues to grow. Meanwhile, our beloved American River Parkway is struggling from the ecological impacts of encampments in sensitive habitat areas. Our local businesses grapple with mounds of trash and debris. We need a new approach that increases the number of safe sleeping areas, treatment options and supportive housing to help those in need, while allowing us to relocate homeless campers from commercial areas and parks. The solution will take an investment. We have a unique opportunity with some of those federal funds.

ROADS With an $800 million maintenance backlog for our unincorporated roadways and only $25 million in dedicated maintenance funding each year, the potholes just keep growing! Senate Bill 1 Gas Tax revenues that were supposed to fund repairs to our crumbling roadways are not nearly enough. Although I am pleased we were able to get some additional resources for roadway repairs in the county budget this year, we have a long way to go. We have a unique chance to use some federal dollars for repairs.

HOUSING California puts many mandates on local governments and homebuilders, which increases the cost to build housing. The need for affordable housing is growing and contributes to the number of individuals experiencing homelessness. Although District 3 already has a large amount of affordable and low-income, multi-family housing, we can and should do more, especially along some of our aging and neglected commercial corridors near transit hubs. I am focused on expanding incentives, fee waivers and expedited local approval processes to attract more affordable and workforce housing. I will work to attract more distinctive types of housing, such as zero lot lines, environmentally friendly communities and independent senior living. I hope to use some federal funds to encourage more infill development that fits our community’s needs.

PUBLIC SAFETY It’s no secret that crime is increasing. Constituents tell me they want more sheriff patrols. The unincorporated parts of the county already have fewer law enforcement resources than nearby cities, and we should use federal stimulus dollars to ensure we have enough officers to keep us safe. While I will always work to make sure we have the public safety resources we need, I will also work toward more

transparency, oversight and community trust in our sheriff’s department. I will advocate for programs that reduce the number of people incarcerated through diversionary efforts, pre-trial release programs, re-entry training, and opportunities and community investment. It should be the long-term goal of everyone to reduce the number of people involved in our criminal justice system.

SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF Although our small business community has received some funding to help mitigate the pandemic, many businesses are in desperate need. We should explore ways to help local businesses recover. By investing in small businesses, we create jobs and help our commercial corridors. I am excited to work with our local business community to make sure we identify ways to use some federal stimulus money to attract, retain and expand small businesses and grow our local economy. I want to hear from you about your priorities for how we spend funds from the American Rescue Plan Act. Please contact my office with your thoughts. Rich Desmond is Sacramento County supervisor for District 3. He can be reached at richdesmond@saccounty. net or (916) 874-5471. Previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ insidesacramento. n

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ara Noelle Kronenberg had a revelation when she plunged into the Pacific at Ocean Beach in San Francisco on New Year’s Eve 2018. “I realized I wanted to do something to leave a legacy,” says Kronenberg, who fronts the Sacramento band Sara and the Devil. “I had always enjoyed playing music, but I’d never taken it seriously.” Kronenberg played guitar since age 15, but it took until her late 20s—and the frigid dip in the ocean—for her to decide to pursue a music career. A native of Buffalo, N.Y., Kronenberg grew up in Woodland and attended

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American River College before moving to Chico State for a degree in forensic anthropology. Her degree qualifies her to be a coroner, but she quickly realized, “I don’t want to look at dead people for the rest of my life.” She found her way into marketing for a local TV station and enjoys her day job. But music really lets her shine. “I love talking about mental health in my music,” says Kronenberg, whose band name is a nod to the personal demons she overcomes through music. “We’re raised to not talk about our emotions, but we need to change that rhetoric. This whole nation is struggling with anxiety and PTSD—we’re not equipped to deal with all the stress that we have these days. “Music is my outlet to talk about what I couldn’t talk about with my friends or therapist. ‘I’m Sara and I’m able to create beautiful music and relationships, but at the same time, I’m my own worst enemy.’ I struggle with PTSD and anxiety disorders, which is something I’m constantly working on.”

After her Pacific plunge, Kronenberg connected with two producers at Think Tank Music. They helped the singer-songwriter take the next step. She released her first EP and embarked on a tour across Britain, Europe and Israel. Back home, she started performing at the Starlet Room at Harlow’s, Old Ironsides, Goldfield Trading Post and Shine. Her solo act soon evolved into a full band. Her brother Jeremy plays drums on many tracks and she’s collaborated with other local acts, including Mateo Briscoe (a solo artist who provides background vocals for Sara and the Devil) and rock duo Cities You Wish You Were From. Kronenberg insists that while the pandemic hurt the music scene, it didn’t stop her from creating. In fact, she says, “It forced us to revisit what’s most important.” The only two shows she performed in 2020 were fundraisers, one for Black Lives Matter and another for the Sacramento LGBT Community Center.

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athaniel S. Colley died in 1992, but he’s having an excellent 2021. His home on Pleasant Drive in South Land Park has been declared a historic landmark, along with his office on S Street. A new school on Gerber Road is named for the civil rights attorney. Tributes to Colley invariably mention his work to end housing discrimination and his status as the first African American lawyer to practice in Sacramento. That would be January 1949, when he was admitted to the California Bar. Six years later, he built his home at 5114 Pleasant Drive, integrating a whites-only neighborhood. But Colley had another passion that usually goes ignored. He was a sportsman and mad about horse racing. He purchased box seats at Cal Expo and rarely missed a day’s action during the State Fair thoroughbred meet. When night harness racing became a Sacramento phenomenon in 1971, the best place to find Colley was not at his office or home, but the racetrack. Colley was a bold horseplayer. He loved to search the Daily Racing Form or harness program for long shots. He believed he could conjure opportunities missed by other bettors. I visited Colley’s box and Turf Club table several times and watched him in action. Judging from the torn betting tickets that littered the floor around his feet, I figured Colley was like many horseplayers. His long-shot dreams dissolved as his horse faded down the home stretch.

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Attorney Nathaniel Colley and son Nat Jr. with a thoroughbred in 1966 at Priscilla Bell Ranch in Elk Grove. Colley suffered defeat like any bettor, but he was no common horseplayer. He served seven years on the California Horse Racing Board. He bred hundreds of racehorses at Priscilla Bell Farm, his 122-acre ranch in Elk Grove. And in 1984, Colley kept harness racing alive in Sacramento by taking over the operation and running the show. Sadly, his Cal Expo harness season was a fiasco. It became a rare and costly failure in the Colley legacy. Colley resigned his seat on the racing board before the 1984 harness meet. Partnering with a food concession manager named Scott Esparza, Colley was the brains and financial heavyweight behind the operation. But he wasn’t a true heavyweight. “What I’m saying is that I’ve had to exhaust my credit with my bank,” Colley told friends as his harness meet

began. He borrowed $350,000 to ensure the track met minimum requirements for cash on hand. The odds were stacked against Colley. Track operators took small profits from parking, ticket sales and wagers made by customers. The real money was in food and drink. But Colley didn’t preside over concessions. Cal Expo sold the track’s hot dog and beer contract to Ogden, a global food concessionaire that today

operates as Aramark. Colley despised Ogden. “We put on the show and people come here to eat and drink beer. The profits are going to Ogden and they are running a tacky operation. It isn’t first class,” Colley said. He insisted Ogden failed to spend a promised $600,000 in track upgrades. “All Ogden has done is patch up the worn railings with tape. They’re just not taking care of the public.” Other problems emerged. Colley installed new wagering machines, but the equipment had glitches. Bettors grew frustrated. Several races were interrupted when the power grid failed at Cal Expo. Colley ended up losing money. “We wound up substantially in the hole,” he said. The 1984 harness season was a long shot that finished dead last. Colley continued to breed thoroughbreds at his Elk Grove ranch. His first horse—a filly named Najermape—was a gift from a client to Colley and his law partner, a future judge named Mamoru Sakuma. The filly debuted at Vallejo and won her first race. That was 1958. Colley was hooked. “The judge and I were so new we didn’t realize we were supposed to go to the winner’s circle,” Colley said. Brain cancer ended Colley’s life at age 73. He died at Priscilla Bell Farm near the stables he loved so much. R.E. Graswich can be reached at regraswich@icloud.com. Previous columns can be found and read at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ insidesacramento. n

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Her history proves the point. She’s a member of the Sacramento chapter of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby and has been involved with the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom, American Friends Service Committee and National Organization for Women. When Hamilton wasn’t marching or getting friends involved in various causes, she taught elementary school for more than 40 years in New York, Indiana, Michigan and California. The avid musician has directed choirs and taught the recorder to kids and adults. She sees teaching and activism as intertwined interests. “Looking at what I’ve done all my life, everything seems to point to educating others,” she says. When she came to California, Hamilton taught at a private Quaker school near Grass Valley and became deeply involved in the Quaker faith community with Sacramento Friends Meeting. At the time, she was keenly interested in going to Washington to lobby congressional representatives to reduce Pentagon spending and address issues affecting the poor. Eight years ago, she realized her dream with the Citizens’ Climate Lobby, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, grassroots advocacy organization focused on national policies to address climate change solutions. The Sacramento chapter is one of 587 around the world. “One of my friends was involved with CCL and invited me to come to a meeting,” Hamilton says. “I met Jennifer Wood (Sacramento chapter leader at the time) and she said they needed somebody to go to Washington, D.C., to lobby. I knew nothing about the group, but I thought this is my opportunity to go to Washington, so

I took the challenge. I found it really exciting.” Hamilton has traveled to Washington with CCL four times to lobby for the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (H.R. 2307). She has served on the group’s advisory board as treasurer and liaison to Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento). Prior to the pandemic, she attended CCL conferences that left her with “a wonderful feeling of hope and love and care and kindness” thanks to the nonprofit’s culture of respect, which fits with her Quaker beliefs. The acronym for the Quaker Testimonies “is SPICES—simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality and stewardship,” Hamilton says. “I can apply all those things to CCL. They respect, they don’t bully, they care about people and the relationship of building political will.” Post-pandemic, Hamilton is looking forward to resuming her full schedule of CCL conferences, singing in the choir at Sacred Heart, performing and teaching recorder with groups that include the Sacramento Recorder Society (which she founded in 1987) and singing protest songs at marches as part of the international social justice activist organization Raging Grannies. “I never got depressed during the pandemic because I’m so involved in my interests,” Hamilton says. “Doing something all the time makes me hopeful.” For more information, visit sacramentoccl.org. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. Previous profiles can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ insidesacramento. n

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An emergency exam by a local veterinarian found them underweight but healthy. “They went into foster care and they’re doing great,” McCall says. Kitten Connection is a communitybased volunteer program run by the city’s Front Street Animal Shelter. A team of approximately 12 trained volunteers are on-call 24 hours a day, hitting the streets, backyards and alleyways to respond to requests from the community to help stray kittens. But Kitten Connection is not just about dispatching volunteers to pick up homeless felines. The program is tailored to assess situations and find best options, even if that means leaving the youngsters where they are. Historically, animal control officers were dispatched to these calls. But with officers receiving 16,000 animalrelated service requests a year, there is little time to evaluate each circumstance and create a plan for an optimum outcome.

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priority calls, freeing animal control officers to handle other emergency calls throughout the city.” Kitten Connection, which operates within the city limits, has been up and running since the beginning of the year. Now, with “kitten season” in full swing, the program is more critical than ever. “It’s not a perfect system,” Huggins says. “We are not going to be able to get them all. This isn’t a short sprint. It’s a marathon. We are doing the best we can. But we’re doing more than we were before, which is the most important thing.” To volunteer for Kitten Connection, sign up for Front Street’s online volunteer orientation at cityofsacramento.org/communitydevelopment/animal-care. For more information, contact Huggins at jhuggins@cityofsacramento.org. Cathryn Rakich can be reached at crakich@surewest.net. Previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ insidesacramento. n

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Protecting The Parkway BROADCAST VETERAN ADVOCATES FOR AMERICAN RIVER

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eorge Nyberg knows what the American River Parkway means to Sacramento. He can often be found biking, jogging or kayaking along the majestic waterway near his home in Campus Commons. “The thing that makes the parkway unique is the fish and wildlife, especially the birds,” Nyberg says. “It’s like a zoo without fences. The side channels are loaded with various birds like egrets, herons, cormorants, ducks, geese. But the river otters are my favorite.” Nyberg moved to Campus Commons 16 years ago. He wanted to be near the parkway where he trained for Eppie’s Great Race and Ironman triathlons.

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He finished 26 editions of the Eppie’s competition and 20 Ironman events. Nyberg prefers to get on the river first thing in the morning when animals are feeding so he can get a close look and photograph them in perfect light. He spent more than 40 years in film and video production for TV stations, Aerojet, private clients and nonprofits before retiring eight years ago. Now his production skills create for a different purpose: as a board member of Save the American River Association, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. SARA was founded in 1961 as a volunteer, grassroots nonprofit to spearhead the establishment of the American River Parkway and advocate for the adoption of the American River Parkway Plan. The plan protects and enhances wildlife habitat, fishery and recreational resources. Nyberg was introduced to the organization when he decided to make a documentary film about the parkway. He attended a SARA meeting and “one thing led to another,” he says. He’s served on the board for 10 years.

“Our biggest challenge is dealing with the homeless population,” Nyberg says. “Over the years, I’ve seen fewer birds and more campers—they displace animals and destroy the environment. I recently saw two bird species nesting in a tree, but then someone started camping under the tree and the nests are now empty.” In addition to advocating for ways to keep parkway wildlife safe, Nyberg makes sure the places where humans are allowed remain as clean and functional as possible. He brokered a partnership with Sacramento County’s waste management department to replace 100 damaged and rusting trash barrels along the parkway. Waste management and SARA split the cost and hope to repeat the process every year. As much as Nyberg enjoys being involved in the nonprofit, he knows

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SARA must attract the next generation of parkway stewards. “What we really need is younger people to get involved in the organization,” says Nyberg, noting the group’s average age is “probably over 70.” Though the younger generation appears less interested in protecting this essential regional asset, Nyberg wants to change that by creating video content about “parkway pioneers” for the SARA webpage. “We need to protect the parkway now so it’s still here in the future,” he says. For more information, visit sarariverwatch.org. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. Previous profiles can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ insidesacramento. n

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The Right Way EAST SAC SHOWS HOW COMMUNITY GROUP SUCCEEDS

he East Sacramento Improvement Association is not just another neighborhood group. Established in 1958 when Sacramento was still a sleepy backwater, it’s believed to be the city’s oldest neighborhood association. Founded as a way to coalesce local opposition to Mercy Hospital expansion when Dwight Eisenhower was in the White House, the East Sac Improvement group is one of the city’s largest and most effective grassroots advocates. It typically gets early peeks

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at proposed developments within its boundaries and has re-shaped or helped kill projects it dislikes. Part of the clout comes from its history and the fact that East Sac includes some of the city’s most exclusive areas, including the Fab 40s. The East Sac alliance surely has an advantage over less economically strong corners of Sacramento when it comes to being heard at City Hall. But its influence also comes from its leadership and wise, nuanced positions. The East Sac Improvement Association has moderated Mercy expansion plans over the years. It sidetracked a proposed Elvas Avenue connection that would have swamped the area with thousands of cars. Perhaps most famously, it helped stop the massive Centrage development along Business 80 in the early 1990s. The land is now occupied by McKinley Village, an attractive neighborhood developed by former California

State Treasurer Phil Angelides that complements its surroundings rather than overwhelms them. The group’s president is Tricia Stevens, a respected former principal planner for Sacramento County known for her thorough but fair reviews of proposed developments over a career that spanned more than 40 years. Brian Holloway is the group’s treasurer and land use chair, another planning professional who has run his own development entitlement and consulting firm for decades. Opposite sides of the urban growth coin, a public planner and a developer’s advocate, the two neighborhood leaders have always gotten along. “We know the language. We know the jargon,” Holloway says. “We know when good projects are being presented before us because we are not newbies in the development business.” If you want proof of the association’s thoughtfulness, ESIA stands out among

neighborhood groups for endorsing rather than attacking plans that could soon allow multiplexes in neighborhoods historically zoned single-family residential. In Sacramento and other cities where the move to add housing options has been proposed, most neighborhood groups predict the death of singlefamily residential neighborhoods. ESIA supports the proposed changes with conditions the city seems willing to accept regarding building size, location and other considerations. “We talked about it a lot and we felt we needed to have more housing choices in East Sacramento,” Stevens says. “We’ve been hearing from people for a long time that they want to rent an apartment or a duplex but have very few choices. We’d really like to see a more diverse neighborhood with different choices for renting and buying, and we also recognize that this strategy

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starts to address in some ways past housing inequities that have stemmed from strict single-family zoning.” Experience tells her a surge of new duplexes and triplexes in single-family neighborhoods is not likely. “The economics are not necessarily there,” Stevens says. “It’s an opportunity and a choice. But in the greater scheme of things, most of the growth in the city is going to take place along corridors and other infill sites.” Reasonableness can be hard to find in civic debates. The East Sac group exemplifies it. What other hot issues are East Sac residents most concerned with? Stevens and Holloway did not hesitate when asked: homelessness. Both agree the city is trying but not solving the crisis. “One of the biggest concerns people have is the whole criminal justice system where people that are homeless and may be committing crimes,” Stevens says. “They get picked up and released right away. We’re very encouraged with the city’s community response team and encouraged by the initiative to help with folks who have mental health issues, but it’s a very difficult problem to solve.”

Also high on the list are the city’s plans to require all-electric new buildings and a possible move to eventually require all-electric appliances in remodels and repairs as part of the fight against climate change. “It probably makes sense in the grand scheme of things,” Holloway says, “but people are very concerned about this sort of piecemeal, costly approach that could be coming on remodels or even if your air conditioning system breaks down and you’d be required to replace it will all-electric. It hasn’t happened yet, but we’re watching it very closely.” That’s what the East Sac Improvement Association does. It watches. It listens. It gets involved and does its homework. When the group weighs in, its views are respected and often heeded. The city and East Sacramento are better for it, a shining and too rare example of responsible civic engagement. Gary Delsohn can be reached at gdelsohn@gmail.com. Previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ insidesacramento. n

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hen Jim Darke first moved into his house in South Land Park in 2019, he knew immediately he would convert the garage into an art studio. The painter and cartographer downsized from his former home in Little Pocket, but knew he still wanted a space where he could spread out his art materials. Though he has a studio at Arthouse on R, he does most of his work in his reimagined garage. “The garage had the right framework to be a studio, so I hired my ex-son-in-law to do the conversion,” says Darke, whose ethereal paintings on canvas explore the connection between sky and land—a perspective gained while working as a naval aviator and glider pilot. “He’s a talented craftsman, so he not only did the electrical work, he also insulated the very high ceiling, put in new LED lighting that approaches natural sunlight and installed a mini HVAC unit, so it can be 105 degrees outside, but it’s still only 75 in my studio.” The pièce de résistance of Darke’s project was replacing the standard garage door with one made of frosted glass, which allows for a “big bank of soft, diffused light” that is perfect for painting but

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A GLASS GARAGE DOOR IS ALSO THE STUNNING FOCAL POINT OF MARK AND CAREN RODDY’S RECENT GARAGE CONVERSION.

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maintains privacy, since the garage faces the street. He plans to open the door completely when he hosts visitors as part of the Verge Center for the Art’s Sac Open Studios in the fall. A glass garage door is also the stunning focal point of Mark and Caren Roddy’s recent garage conversion. When the couple first settled in East Sac three years ago (by way of Phoenix and Oakland), they knew they wanted to make the garage a functional separate space. But it wasn’t until the pandemic hit that they finally made it happen. “We decided to inhabit the garage as soon as we moved in, but when COVID happened and we were going to be spending time out there a lot as a family, we started thinking about how to really make it comfortable,” Mark says. Both he and Caren are architects and faculty members in Sac State’s Interior Architecture department, so they designed the conversion themselves.

They hired a contractor to install insulated windows, French doors that open onto their yard, new lighting and, of course, a fully functional glass garage door. “We wanted an inside-outside space because the weather is so nice, but we didn’t want to enclose it,” Mark says. “We can benefit from the light and still stay connected to the neighborhood even when the garage door is closed.” Three-quarters of the space have been transformed into a “hang out” room designed by Caren, with eclectic furnishings—including a birdcage seat suspended from the ceiling. There’s plenty of room for drawing, dollhouse making and game playing with the Roddy’s two children, 11-year-old daughter Eryn and 14-year-old son Garrott. The remaining quarter of the space boasts much-needed storage (designed by Caren) for the family’s tools, camping gear and bicycles.

“We don’t all have to be minimalists—there’s no shame in having things you actually need and use,” says Caren, who runs a professional practice helping people organize, design and stage their interior spaces. “It’s all about helping you figure out what you need to live.” Mark adds, “People often complain that they can’t do anything in their garages because there’s too much stuff in the way. But if they just organized it

in a different and clever way, they could benefit from a great, usable space that’s so often underutilized.” For more information, visit jimdarke. com, markroddyarchitect.com and carenroddy.com. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. Previous profiles can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ insidesacramento. n

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Dwindling Flock DECLINES SPELL TROUBLE FOR CHURCH MEMBERSHIP

ne recent Sunday morning, my wife and I pulled up to a stoplight near our home and spotted our neighbors alongside us. We exchanged the requisite fun faces of surprise before the green light signaled our Subarus to resume highway speed. For the next 10 minutes, we passed each other back and forth along a 10mile, four-lane highway in the foothills. Coincidently, we both turned off at the next stoplight. “It would be fun if they were joining us this morning,” I said to my wife. Three stoplights later, I drove into our church parking lot and glanced back to see the neighbors blur past as they continued into the Gold Country hills. I can’t say where they were headed, but according to a recent Gallop

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poll, they were probably like most Americans. They were not going to church. The poll brings startling news for the faithful. America’s membership in a church, synagogue or mosque has declined at least 1 percent each year— dropping from 70 percent in 1998 to an all-time low of 47 percent by 2020. Before 1998, church membership had remained steady as far back as 1937. In just 22 years, we had a whopping 23 percent decline—the sharpest in American history. Take a moment to consider that polling word “membership.” As a young man, I considered myself privileged to pastor a 200-member church. However, I rarely preached to more than 70 people. I quickly learned that membership doesn’t equal commitment, attendance or activity level. In a not-so-subtle effort to resolve that discrepancy and boost our attendance, I would sometimes ask neighbors, “If you went to church tomorrow, where would you go?” They would pause a moment before naming their preference: “Either the church I grew up in or the one down the street.” According to Gallop, the majority of people today would say, “I wouldn’t. I just wouldn’t.”

With more than 100 churches in the U.S. closing every week, where has our religion gone? Besides the usual suspects of yard sales, the mall and sporting events, Shadi Hamid suggests a more disturbing answer in a March 10 article in The Atlantic titled, “America Without God.” Hamid is a contributing writer for the literary and cultural magazine and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. His Atlantic article argues there is a suspicious connection between the decline in religious faith and today’s rising ideological intensity. He suggests our faith is a limited quantity. As we’ve invested more energy into our political ideals, we’ve become less faithful to our places of worship. If that’s true, we may have to consider faith as something we must budget. And if that’s the case, we are confronted with the question, “Where do we spend it?” We seem to be expending our faith coins on Red vs. Blue. Fascism vs. socialism. Pro-gun vs. gun control. Fox News vs. CNN. Trump vs. Biden. The Bible identifies our misspent faith in the very first commandment regarding idolatry. Exodus 20:3 says, “You shall have no other gods before me.”

Put simply, God should be the No. 1 item in our faith budget. (Not to be followed by country.) My working definition of idolatry is: “Excessive devotion to or reverence for some person or thing.” I’m as guilty of squandering my faith as you are. Consider the amount of time we’ve spent advocating for our pet issues on social media versus time spent volunteering at church or in prayer. No wonder Americans find their faith nearly bankrupt. In the meantime, the faithful are left to ask, “What do we do to save our churches?” I believe it’s possible to restore our faith and recover our devotion to church. We simply have to reintroduce the priorities of passion and relevance. I’ll share some thoughts on that next time. Norris Burkes can be reached at comment@thechaplain.net. He will be guest speaker at Elk Grove Presbyterian Church for the 10 a.m. service Sunday, July 11, at 8153 Elk Grove Blvd. Previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento. com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @insidesacramento. Burkes is available for public speaking at civic organizations, places of worship, veterans groups and more. For details and fees, visit thechaplain.net. n

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SUCCULENT GARDEN HELPS THOSE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

art of the magic of The Prickly Pear is finding this hidden treasure as you stroll down U Street in Southside Park. Follow a path into the backyard of a historic two-story home, weaving through arches of wisteria and fairy lights.

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The manicured succulent garden opens up like a scene from a semi-arid fairy tale. Amethyst geodes and signs pointing toward Narnia, Westeros and Hogwarts keep company with a pair of pygmy goats nibbling mischievously on the leaves of an overhanging pineappleguava. Underneath a broad awning of corrugated plastic, a who’s who of popular succulents dominates the space. The Prickly Pear owner Mona Bahraini was working as a dental hygienist in 2017. A self-described succulent nerd, she spent her free time driving for hours to buy plants out of people's backyards. “My husband and I were in the cutest little 500-square-

foot apartment in Midtown, and I had 300—literally over 300—succulents and cactuses in that tiny apartment,” she says. “I was such a hardcore collector because they’re the most beautiful plants. They’re sustainable, they’re healing, they’re prehistoric.” Later that year, Bahraini was involved in an accident that left her on disability. She was told to take a year off for surgery and recovery. “I decided to build a do-it-yourself little tiny greenhouse.” She purchased a carport from Home Depot, called it her shop and opened it to the public on Sundays. Bahraini considered holding events similar to paint-and-sips. But instead

of painting, guests would pot their own succulents to take home. “Personally, I don’t like paint-and-sips,” she says. “I’m not a good painter. It’s hard! But pot-and-sip? It’s not hard to put a plant in a pot!” She started booking birthdays, bachelorette parties and other events. The business grew quickly. Still, she felt it was not quite where she wanted it to be. “My goal was eventually to have a space where I could do therapeutic activities for adults with disabilities.” In 2018, the woman who owned The Prickly Pear’s current U Street residence was looking to sell. “She’d lived here for 25 years, loved the property, and wanted to sell it with purpose, with intention,” Bahraini says. “She sent a friend to my Sunday public hours to vet me. She watched me interact with my customers, and then came up to me and said, ‘My friend wants you to buy her house.’” Bahraini and her husband moved into the century-plus-old home. The property includes a barn that was used as a wood shop. In keeping with her policy of sustainability and intentionality, the space is decorated with interesting tools and reclaimed materials found during the remodel. The tables in the main event room are made from the house’s original doors and beautifully mottled with the character of age. Keeping with her goal of giving back to the community, Bahraini created a community garden geared toward adults with disabilities. Pre-COVID, “every two weeks they would come plant some vegetables and herbs, and every few months we would sell the produce on Sunday public hours,” she says. “With COVID, we had to stop. But when it picks back up, we’re going to do that same thing again.” Bahraini also is offering those pot-and-sip events now where guests drink locally sourced wine as they pot a succulent and enjoy either small bites, juice tasting or a full dining experience. Everything in The Prickly Pear speaks to Bahraini’s passion for intentional, sustainable and local living.

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if you focus on your talents and pursue them in the right way. It will get you where you want to be, and who you should be helping.” The Prickly Pear is located at 816 U St. and open to the public 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays. For more information or to shop online, visit thepricklypear. com. Zack Sherzad can be reached at zacksherzad@gmail.com. Previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ insidesacramento. n

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Killer Tomatoes SUMMER BRINGS OUT CITY’S FAVORITE FRUIT

omatoes are so in this season. Summer has arrived and farmers markets are bursting with freshly picked produce. Blackberries and apricots drip with juice. Cucumbers and corn are dressed in bright greens and yellows. To top it all off are tomatoes: cherry, beefsteak, green zebras, even Mr. Stripey heirlooms. Many local farmers are vendors at neighborhood farmers markets and sell their tomato varieties throughout the year. The popularity of tomatoes runs deep in local history. For decades over the past century, at least five canneries operated in Sacramento. Today the canneries are gone but tomatoes remain a favorite. Jamie Dettmer is a market manager for Certified Farmers’ Markets of

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Sacramento County. She’s also an avid farmers market enthusiast and knows many vendors by name. When asked who grows some of the best tomatoes, she rattles off an impressive list, describing the juicy and flavorful fruit grown on area farms. One vendor with exceptional tomatoes is Juan Toledo of Toledo Farms, a certified organic grower in Lodi who works with his father Federico Toledo. Toledo created his farm about 10 years ago on a modest 3 acres. A few years ago, the growing operation moved to its current plot in Lodi, with 30 acres of rich soil and plenty of space. While the battle with grass and weeds never ends, the seasonal harvest is worth it. Tomato varieties from Toledo Farms include heirloom, Brandywine and cherry. With help from the sun, soil and water, Toledo says his tomatoes grow quickly with sweet, juicy fruit. This summer, in addition to tomatoes, Toledo Farms is growing jalapeno, serrano and orange bell peppers, summer squash and watermelon. Whatever the season, there’s always something in rotation.

“It makes my job a lot easier when people say these tomatoes are a little bit sweeter or better tasting,” Toledo says. “Feels good.” Toledo attributes his tasty tomatoes to work and diligence. “There’s no cutting corners,” he adds. “When I sell my stuff, I know there’s hard work behind it. It’s pure.”

Toledo says his favorite way to eat his tomatoes is simply sliced on a sandwich or chopped cherry tomatoes in a salad. His daughter loves ripe, juicy tomatoes straight from the vine. Toledo is proud of his farm and the full-flavored produce he shares with the community. “Anything that comes out of Toledo Farms is grown with blood, sweat, tears

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Place To Be

HUMAN SCALE, BEAUTY MAKE FOR GREAT SPACE

hat makes a great place? In what we hope are the waning days of the pandemic, people are traveling more. Many are headed to major public spaces around the country and the world. Those places promote social interaction, health, happiness and a sense of wellbeing. I’ve had the privilege of being in some of the world’s greatest spaces: St. Mark’s Square in Venice, Luxembourg Garden in Paris, Las Ramblas in Barcelona, Spanish Steps in Rome, High Line in New York, French Quarter in New Orleans and Grand-Place in Brussels. Can we have great places in Sacramento? Great places share common characteristics. They focus on people, not vehicles. Pedestrians rule. Architecture—its beauty and relationship to humanity—is essential.

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Such places are relatively quiet, nurturing the spirit amid grittier, sometimes less relaxed confines of nearby surroundings. They have cafes or areas to sit and linger and socialize, people watch or contemplate. They draw tourists, but locals too. They are often near services within a dense city grid that eases access by foot. What are the best places in Sacramento? We’ve got the American River Parkway, State Capitol, McKinley and Land parks, and Old Sac. But all lack essential aspects of great places. They are not really gathering spots with services nearby or within walking distance of other desirable destinations. The under-the-freeway farmers market brought people together Downtown, but in a charmless setting. Shopping under the W/X freeway is not the same as gazing at the Doge’s Palace. And the quality of the market’s setting hasn’t improved with its temporary relocation to an Arden Fair parking lot next to a defunct Sears. In 2012, the American Planning Association named Cesar Chavez Plaza and its park one of America’s Great Places. Homelessness was less of a factor then, apparently. We’ve made improvements in Sacramento. Old Sac used to be Skid Row. The once-industrial R Street corridor was thriving before the

pandemic. Midtown is vibrant and livable with a lively farmers market. Midtown’s transformation was aided by junking three-lane, one-way streets. Those speedways were good for commuters, bad for residents. Similar changes on Freeport Boulevard and 21st Street south of Broadway enhanced livability. Some places the city has made worse. The Historic City Cemetery, once a green oasis with an award-winning rose garden, is increasingly desolate and forsaken. We’ve got some not-so-great places, streets that are lousy to walk, scary to bike and unpleasant to see. In my neighborhood, J Street between 56th Street to Fair Oaks Boulevard is a sterile, mini-freeway. Bike lanes were added on J, and the intersections of J and H with Carlson Drive were improved after several bicyclist fatalities. But no sane bike rider uses the road to cross the H Street Bridge. And there’s little indication, beyond monument signs, that a university is right there. Other places have few people out walking, biking and enjoying the surroundings. Fair Oaks Boulevard, Howe, Watt, El Camino, Arden, Marconi, Northgate and Truxel come to mind. There are others in South Sac. I believe it’s difficult, if not impossible, to have great places that

lack complete streets. Complete streets are places where pedestrians and bicyclists feel safe, comfortable and welcome. Great places are not strip malls with uninspired architecture fronted by parking lots along six-lane streets. Fastfood outlets with drive-in windows don’t make great places. Local businesses might. “Place making” has become a thing. We deserve to live with inviting public spaces. Celebrating what’s unique and special about where we live makes us feel good. It makes our community stronger and friendlier. We can’t duplicate European plazas from the 15th century, but we can create places where people can revel in their surroundings. In Sacramento, we can take greater advantage of our rivers. It can’t be done overnight, but it can be done. We’ve had enough huddling in our houses and social distancing for a lifetime. Walt Seifert is executive director of Sacramento Trailnet, an organization devoted to promoting greenways with paved trails. He can be reached at bikeguy@surewest.net. Previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ insidesacramento. n

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Aerospace Museum. The restaurant is named after the P-51 fighter that ace pilot Anderson flew in WW II. (Pictured left) Auburn resident Jerry Severson recreates Anderson’s aircraft in miniature to honor Anderson’s legendary career. Young friends are Lindsey and Logan Jacobsen. 5. & 6. The Wreaths Across America mobile exhibit draws patriots to Carmichael Elks Lodge. WW II survivors Jim Peters and Vince Maita offer a salute with Vietnam veterans Loren Temme, Frank Squire and D’Ann Moseley. The Sacramento Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution are volunteer hosts for the visit.

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Water Wise DROUGHT MEANS YOU MUST PLANT SMART

cant rainfall and drought, measured in degrees like “severe” and “extreme,” have slithered back into our lives. Folsom Lake is a mud puddle, the Sierra Nevada snowpack was 59 percent of normal and rainfall is more than a foot below average. Sacramento did not receive an April downpour. Zero precipitation was recorded for the entire month Downtown, a record, and the driest April since 1877, when data was first collected. Not even a trace of moisture settled on lawns and flowerbeds. According to the University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, landscape watering accounts for an estimated 50 percent of residential water consumption statewide. In the hotter inland suburban areas—think Sacramento—it jumps above 60 percent. Persistent climate trends present landscape challenges. Parched earth dictates watering restrictions, but also triggers help through programs, rebates and educational opportunities.

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The city of Sacramento offers rebates for residents who decide to swap water-guzzling lawns with waterefficient landscaping. Customers can schedule water-wise house calls where deficiencies are red flagged and watersaving tips are presented. To schedule a home visit, call (916) 264-5011. Department of Utilities spokesperson Carlos Eliason says the city has partnered with landscape designers to help homeowners successfully plan makeovers. “Water efficiency is important year-round and especially so during dry periods, which are becoming more frequent,” Eliason says. “Saving water can help improve flexibility with water supplies in the future and education is critical to getting that message across. During the past few years, some Sacramento residents have even combined saving water with a sense of civic pride.” The city boasts a new demonstration garden at the Department of Utilities main office at 1395 35th Ave. It’s open to the public and features lowwater plants, more efficient irrigation systems and environmentally friendly concepts. A virtual tour and information about the garden can be accessed at cityofsacramento.org/utilities/ sustainability. Unfortunately, there is the perception that water-efficient landscapes are homely, barren Las Vegas-like moonscapes of gravel, river

rocks and spikey plants. Sacramento is not a desert city. Visit the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center at the back of Fair Oaks Park and discover the beauty of low-water perennials, ground covers and trees. The front demonstration gardens are open daily from dawn to dusk and plants are labeled. A plant list, garden layout and tips on creating and caring for a new landscape are online at sacmg. ucanr.edu. Click on “Water-efficient plants” and “Drought gardening” for numerous links to information. The UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden is an excellent source for landscaping ideas. Visit arboretum. ucdavis.edu for a list of Arboretum AllStars (100 plants) and another plant list with choices specific for Central Valley performance. The arboretum features several demonstration gardens open to the public focusing on low-water, year-round blooming plant choices. Admission is free. Elk Gove maintains Rain Garden Plaza on Laguna Springs Drive across from Colton Park. Drought-resistant plants, pervious paving systems, water harvesting and other educational conservation practices are on display. Plants are labeled. Those who decide to reduce or eliminate lawn areas may want to consider some of these plants: lavender, butterfly bush, rockrose, ceanothus, sage, penstemon, grevillea, rosemary, lantana, sedum and caryopteris. All new

plantings require regular watering for the first year. Once established, waterefficient plants use much less water. Escalating water bills and restrictions can be offset not only with water-wise plants, but simple home strategies. The Elk Grove Water District recommends prompt repair of leaky faucets, pipes and sprinkler heads. Running lawn sprinkler systems for a couple of shorter cycles rather than one long water cycle allows water to soak in between cycles and reduces runoff. This also works well in raised vegetable beds. The Regional Water Authority has many more tips and conservation information at bewatersmart.info. Each water district has its own prohibited practices. Check your water district website for specific information. Citations and fines are the reward for noncompliance during droughts. Good luck! Dan Vierria is a University of California Cooperative Extension Master Gardener for Sacramento County. He can be reached at masterg29@ gmail.com. For answers to gardening questions, contact the UCCE Master Gardeners at (916) 876-5338, email mgsacramento@ucanr.edu or visit sacmg.ucanr.edu. Previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ insidesacramento. n

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t’s easy to smile at Cara Gregor’s artwork. The Curtis Park resident uses bright happy colors to create grin-inducing images of reimagined

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rainbows, energetic abstracts and bold florals, plus unique jewelry in equally vibrant tones. As the artist herself says, “Art is fun. That’s why we do it.” Gregor brings that sense of whimsy—and her amazing color palette—to the adorable 1914 bungalow she and her husband Benjamin are remodeling. The home had belonged to her grandparents since 1950. When Gregor’s grandmother died in 2019, the couple

decided to buy it and keep it in the family, with updates that maintain the historic Craftsman charm. They’re documenting the process on Instagram @colorfulbungalow. “We’re mainly freshening it up,” says Gregor, who grew up in Sonora but spent time in Sacramento as a kid with her grandparents. “My grandmother used to tell me, ‘When I’m gone, pull up these carpets, there’s gorgeous hardwood under here.’ She was right! We’ve restored

the natural hardwood floors and we’ve put in new cabinets and painted everything white to really make the art on our walls pop. It’s kind of a blank slate, which makes me very happy.” Having plenty of wall space for her work has proven handy since Gregor embarked on a 365-day painting challenge last August. Gregor says the project was intended to provide that extra push to put something on

canvas—even one brush stroke— every day. “That commitment has allowed me to open myself up to see where that can lead,” Gregor says. “It’s an experience of exploration, versus only making art that’s going to sell. Posting my progress on social media allows me to share the process, explain my steps and show a painting being created from beginning to end.” Gregor grew up drawing, but it wasn’t until 2009, while teaching English in Shanghai after college at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, when she made art a serious part of her routine. When she moved back to Sacramento in 2010 and started working at Heringer Estates winery in Clarksburg, she wanted to continue her newfound art practice. In the last decade, she worked her way up from wine sales to creative director at the winery and built a nice career as an artist.

When she’s not planning ad campaigns, painting, working on the house or designing colorful jewelry to sell on Etsy, Gregor shares her passion and skills as a teacher at Sierra 2. Though her entry-level art classes are now online due to the pandemic, Gregor says the move to virtual teaching has been positive. “Class can now fit into your day so easily,” she says. “You don’t have to get up and drive anywhere. It’s easy to pop on after work or before dinner, and once you get over the hump of buying your own supplies, now you have them whenever you need them.” Never short on projects, Gregor moved into illustration. She and friend Cary Zierenberg-Senge published the children’s book “Kate and CiCi Build a Sandcastle” in 2018—with plans to make it a series—and Gregor published an adult coloring book about succulents to encourage others to tap their inner artist.

“So often, especially as adults, we don’t make time to be creative,” Gregor says. “I want to inspire people to be more creative and to make art more accessible. Everyone’s an artist.”

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For many Sacramento natives, Mattone will not be hard to find. The location on Folsom Boulevard was home to the famed Español restaurant, which closed in 2020. The new eatery

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smooth, served in a chilled martini glass and garnished with yellow endive. If you order nothing else at Mattone, you absolutely must try the gnocchi al tartufo. You have not lived until you have had one bite of this dumpling. The waitress is correct when she predicts your eyes will roll back in your head after biting into one heavenly piece. Blanketed in a rich cream sauce, the mouthwatering dish of truffle ricotta gnocchi is served with simple presentation, topped with freshly grated Parmesan cheese. The gnocchi itself is unbelievably fluffy and smooth, like a savory marshmallow dripping with garlic and butter. The menu changes seasonally, but the gnocchi should not be missed. Two of the three appetizing options for the secondi piatti include pollo al Mattone and pesce del giorno. The first dish is served with a graceful presentation of traditionally blackened chicken atop seasonal vegetables with a decorative drizzle of a dark, sweet sauce called vincotto. It was cooked to absolute tenderness. The pesce del giorno was presented beautifully with a creamy walnut pesto drizzled over braised garbanzo beans and a mountain of silky cauliflower puree. All that topped with dark green

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