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ON A 2 ACRE PARCEL 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom ranch home situated in a private setting yet close to everything. Beautifully updated kitchen with custom cabinetry, a center island and stainless appliances. Living and dining room combo has wall to wall windows to enjoy the view. An abundance of storage throughout. $615,000 TINA SUTER 916-247-9262 DRE_01972926, TIM COLLOM 916-247-8048 DRE-01304855

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BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS COMMONS Remodeled 2 or 3 bedroom 2½ bath end unit adjacent to the greenbelt. Light and bright kitchen overlooking a sunny backyard with large patio. Vaulted ceilings in living room, engineered hardwood Àooring throughout, and an of¿ce. Upstairs master bedroom and bathroom, a guest bedroom with custom closet organizer, $415,000 REBECCA JANICKI 916-261-1593 DRE-1290081

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ARDEN PARK HOME ON LARGE LOT 3 bedrooms 2½ baths with huge family room (currently an after school room with a separate entrance) leads to outdoor patio and backyard gardens. Light - bright kitchen with breakfast nook; master bedroom suite with walk-in organizer closet. Energy ef¿cient - Lenox HVAC gas furnace with 3 zones. $689,000 TIM COLLOM 916-247-8048 DRE-01304855, TINA SUTER 916-247-9262 DRE_01972926

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AMAZING CAMPUS COMMONS HOME Desirable 3300 plan, single story. Beautifully updated throughout. 3 bedrooms, one with built-in Murphy bed and desk. This home features gas cooktop, gas ¿replace, Corian countertops (tall), engineered wood Àooring and 3 solar tubes. Large laundry room with pantry and cabinets. Two beautiful patios from the Dining Room, Kitchen and Master. $579,000 LINDA WOOD 916-802-8042 DRE- 01129438

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Is Sacramento Dying?

FILM SHOWS HOW WE CAN AVOID SEATTLE’S MISTAKES hen I heard about the hourlong documentary film “Seattle Is Dying,” I felt a certain dread. Listening to a radio interview about the film, I was struck by the bleakness of Seattle’s homeless situation. It took me a week to make time to watch the film. After viewing it, “bleak” wasn’t strong enough to describe the problem. The film was produced by television station KOMO in Seattle. It was the third part of an informal series developed a few years earlier as the homeless situation grew worse in that city. The film opens with a bold statement: This is about an idea. For a city that has run out of them. What if Seattle is dying? Can it ever recover? The documentary starts with the premise that a majority of citizens in Seattle are angry, embarrassed and deeply saddened to see one of the most beautiful cities in the world reduced

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to a dangerous and disgusting mess. The decisions made by civic leaders to cope with homelessness are why many residents are falling out of love with their hometown. Business owners and citizens are upset. They believe they have rights too. But no one seems concerned about those rights. “We have lost all power in the situation,” one business owner says. “Why can’t we enforce the laws? This is not right!” The film shows townhall meetings descend into rage and mockery as citizens laugh at officials who tell them to call 911 to report complaints about the homeless. Crowds cheer at the suggestion by citizens that laws should be enforced. One woman says police are frustrated and tells folks to vote out politicians who created the mess. “How can watching human beings live and die in filth and madness be the right thing to do?” asks one man. Another starts a Facebook photo page to document the filth and sadness. Seattle spends more than a billion dollars each year on a homeless population that is currently estimated at 16,000. In 2016, the population was 10,000, says Sacramento City Councilmember Jeff Harris, who toured Seattle three years ago. This year, Seattle is spending an average of more than $62,000 on

assistance to each homeless person. These costs are paid from city, county and nonprofit budgets for medical and mental health services, outreach, drug and alcohol intervention and treatment, food and supplies, trash clean up, shelters, public health intervention, needle clean up, public property repairs, fencing, small houses, and much more. Law enforcement dollars are consumed dealing with the problem. The more money that is spent, the bigger the problem seems to get. Add in the horrendous human suffering, and the total cost becomes incalculable. Only one major city in the U.S. has more property crimes per capita than Seattle at 5,258 per thousand of population. That city is San Francisco with more than 6,000. But here’s a telling statistic. Of the top 100 repeat criminal offenders in Seattle, all live on the streets. This group is responsible for more than 3,600 crimes annually. As we see in the film, many are emboldened that they can flaunt the law. The filmmakers tracked Seattle crime from 2006 to 2016. In 2006, only 25 percent of criminal arrests were not charged by the district attorney’s office. But by 2016, more than 46 percent were ignored or never charged. A third of the remaining 54 percent of those crimes were dismissed. Another

third were never resolved. Only 18 percent resulted in convictions. After plea deals, only a fraction resulted in serious jail time. Clearly, very few people are held accountable for their crimes in Seattle. The situation terrifies cops. They’re afraid for their own safety, their jobs and pensions, and retaliation. They’re frustrated because violent criminals are not kept in jail or are given ridiculously low sentences. “We arrest dangerous people for good cause and they just are bounced back on the streets like a revolving door,” one officer says. Criminals have effectively conquered the criminal justice system. Police believe their efforts to keep neighborhoods safe are futile because of misguided attempts by leaders to be “compassionate” to the criminal class. Good cops are leaving the force. Citizens and law enforcement agree on one thing. When lower-level crimes and acts of incivility stop being enforced, the levels of more serious crimes grow higher. Shop owners— faced with dwindling sales because of the internet—are plagued by savvy criminals who know how to keep theft values below what will prompt an arrest. Added insults are homeless camps adjacent to stores and property crimes committed by campers. People have lost faith in their government and civic leaders. Less than

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a month after the Seattle City Council unanimously passed a “head tax” ordinance that would have levied a $275 per-employee tax on Seattle businesses making more than $20 million a year, the council voted to repeal the $75 million business tax after citizens rebelled. Residents are asking if maybe the billion dollars Seattle spends each year could be redirected toward a toughyet-compassionate approach. While the situation in Seattle is devastating, I was heartened that folks there are angry enough to demand more for their tax money, and more from their leaders. I also wonder what it will take for Sacramento citizens to speak out in favor of a “tough love” approach that requires criminals to face consequences and seeks to end the path of destruction homelessness brings to our city. Councilmember Harris watched “Seattle Is Dying” a few weeks ago and implored his council colleagues to see the film. With a homeless population of around 3,600, Sacramento might still have a chance to head off the wreckage faced by Seattle, Harris believes. But we are headed in the same direction. Harris says the situation worsened after California voters passed Prop. 47 in 2014. (The proposition reclassified

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some nonviolent felonies into misdemeanors. These offenses include shoplifting, writing bad checks and drug possession. The law allows individuals to steal up to $950 repeatedly, with only misdemeanor consequences.) And the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last September in Martin vs. City of Boise that governments can’t punish homeless for sleeping outdoors or on public property. This decision makes it very difficult to enforce our camping ordinances. “These two situations have seriously depleted our tool box for addressing homelessness,” Harris says. “In addition to shelter beds we need an enforcement component as well. There is a huge amount of crime perpetrated by and against the homeless population, which is mostly very vulnerable.” Harris says law enforcement officials tell him as long as Prop. 47 is in place, our city’s “hands are tied” to deal effectively with the homeless situation. He believes efforts may be underway in California to overturn the law, but he isn’t optimistic. And given our state’s progressive political leanings, reversal seems unlikely. Our state’s political leadership hails from the city that’s become synonymous with filthy streets and property crime:

San Francisco. Gov. Gavin Newsom and U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein were mayors there. U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris was San Francisco district attorney. Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert—and just about every other DA in California—opposed Prop. 47. Schubert told me last year there was no doubt the felony reductions contributed to the region’s homelessness problem. “Prop. 47 also took away the tools we had to incentivize folks to accept treatment programs,” Schubert said. “Incarceration is an important tool to help drug users get into treatment. Prop. 47 makes it more difficult to get those folks treatment. “We are definitely seeing a serious uptick in reported property crimes in the county and all over the state. And that is just with reported crimes. Many victims don’t even bother to report crimes because there are no consequences.” Schubert added, “I’ve attended community meetings in diverse areas all over the county, and the complaints are always the same: homeless populations increasing, plus more garbage, drugs and alcohol and crime on the streets.” Councilmember Harris believes local media in many cases have not been

truthful about our city’s situation. Now in his second term on the City Council, Harris has become an expert on homelessness. He is passionate about helping resolve the problem. He accepted our invitation to write an article and set the record straight in an upcoming edition of Inside. In a recent conversation, Harris shared a few devastating and heartbreaking stories of life on the street, especially involving women. Most of us would agree there is nothing compassionate about placing folks who are simply unable to afford or find shelter into the same category as drug and alcohol addicts, mentally ill people and criminals. “This must be incorporated into the triage process,” Harris says. “And at this point in Sacramento, it is not. We must change our approach or we may very well end up like Seattle.” I encourage our readers to watch the film “Seattle Is Dying.” It’s very sad, but it is vital that Sacramento residents become educated and involved. Otherwise, we can’t complain if our civic leaders replicate the near-complete collapse of social order in Seattle. Cecily Hastings can be reached at publisher@insidepublications.com. n

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Concerns have been raised about the proposed Two Rivers Trail project.

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he Two Rivers Trail Phase II project is designed to provide a 2.4 milelong multiuse path between Sutter's Landing Park and H Street, near Sacramento State. The city released an environmental document on the project—which will rim the River Park neighborhood—in October 2018. Numerous comments were received. Concerns have been raised about the section of the proposed trail where levee alterations are needed. At issue is the policy of the American River Flood Control District that recreational trails be kept off the levee crown, except where not feasible. The city is requesting that the trail go on top of the levee for a segment

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of about 1,500 feet where a washout occurred in 1986. This segment is located just southeast of Business 80. The city found there is no land in that area to feasibly build a trail at the bottom of the levee. A public meeting on the Two Rivers Trail was held March 29 at the American River Flood Control District where the ARFCD board approved that staff negotiate a permit with the city for the trail on the top of the levee. The Two Rivers Trail also will be addressed at the River Park Neighborhood Association general membership meeting on Saturday, May 11, at 11 a.m. at Caleb Greenwood School.

SWEAT IT OUT If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably driven past the empty retail space in the shopping center at the corner of Arden and Watt dozens of times and wondered when it would finally be occupied.

Well, the wait is over. California Family Fitness recently opened its beautiful new 41,000-square-foot fitness location—its 20th club in the region—to great excitement. “We’ve been in the Sacramento market since 1991,” says Randy Karr, president of California Family Fitness. “We’d always had a desire to better serve the Arden-Arcade area—we had members traveling from all over to our Arden-Carmichael gym—so when this location became available, it helped us bridge the gap.” Karr says that research shows people are willing to travel only between 3 and 5 miles to get to a fitness location, so this new gym couldn’t have come at a better time for Arden-Arcade residents. As with its other family-focused locations, this club will feature workout and group fitness areas, a rockclimbing wall, kids’ area and childcare, sauna and steam room, and a nearly 10,000-square-foot outdoor pool area to be completed by June.

California Family Fitness is located at 3350 Arden Way.

SPELLING BEE CHAMP Thirteen-year-old Arden Middle School student Logan Swain recently realized a personal goal when he emerged victorious at the 36th annual California Central Valley Spelling Bee. “I wasn’t expecting to win,” the eighth-grader admits. “I just wanted to see if I could beat my own record.” (He’d previously only made it to the fourth round.) The win qualified Swain to compete this month at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., which he’s been busy preparing for since March. “This is the opportunity of a lifetime, so I’m not going to cut it short,” Swain says. “I review words with my parents until I can spell all of the words consistently. There’s not much you can do after that.”

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Yoga instructor Tallie Wood-Miller (second from left) works out with California Family Fitness members. Image by Beth Baugher. The California Central Valley Spelling Bee was Swain’s fifth competition to date and will also be his last. Competitors are only eligible up until high school, but Swain isn’t too disappointed. He plans to do his best in Washington and then return to his other scholastic passions, like Science Olympiad. “I’ve always liked to spell as a side hobby and it turned out to be something I’m good at,” Swain says with a giggle. “I unexpectedly took it far.”

COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL STEM AWARD Congratulations are in order for Sacramento Country Day School. The private K-12 school just earned the 2018 College Board AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award, which recognizes schools that have high female representation in advanced placement computer science principles courses. Country Day is one of only 490 secondary schools out of more than 18,000 worldwide that offer AP courses—and the only co-ed high school in the region—to accomplish this feat. “We’ve come a long way in a very short period of time,” says Shelley Hinson, Country Day’s director of technology, who joined the school in August. “This award is proof that we’re succeeding in our goals to create a more personalized student-learning experience.”

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Hinson says that a big part of getting girls interested in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) is fairly simple: invite them to participate. Hinson credits Country Day’s willingness to invest in a schoolwide STEM program and the student body itself for its growing success. “It’s been amazing to see all of these girls jump in, which speaks to the type of families and community we have,” says Hinson, who’s implementing a three-year plan to offer even more computer classes and build a new middle school computer lab. “We start them in elementary school and then keep them going in classes throughout middle and high school to make the field more accessible to women and girls.” Hinson says the tech workforce is in desperate need of female representation, which means that a female computer science student can “pretty much write her own ticket” to college. “The demand is only going to increase,” Hinson says, “so the more women we can get on this train, the better. The jobs are waiting.”

Arden Middle School student Logan Swain takes the top honor at the 36th annual California Central Valley Spelling Bee. The 25-minute sessions will be held Thursday, May 9, at 11:30 a.m. at East Lawn Memorial Park & East Sacramento Mortuary, 4300 Folsom Blvd.; Wednesday, May 15, at 11:30 a.m. at East Lawn Elk Grove Memorial Park, 9189 East Stockton Blvd.; and Wednesday, May 15, at 11:30 a.m. at Sierra Hills Memorial Park & East Lawn Mortuary, 5757 Greenback Lane. Reservations are required and seating is limited. To RSVP for May

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WRITERS’ RETREAT Do you have a half-finished novel sitting in a drawer or on your desktop? The California Writers Club of Sacramento has you covered on Saturday, May 18.

Spring has sprung and no one’s happier than the birds and the bees. But do you know what to do if you find injured wildlife? The Wildlife Care Association has a few key pointers. Stop! If you see an animal with blood or an obvious injury, or if it’s not moving, it likely needs help. Listen! Is the animal calling, crying or making noise? If it’s noisy, running away or trying to hide, it may not need rescue. Some birds naturally fall from nests uninjured. Many bird species continue to care for and protect their young, even on the ground. Look! Take up to two hours to evaluate the wildlife before taking any action. In most cases, a grounded bird without obvious injury will find its own way. If it’s possible to return a fledgling to the nest, do so—the mantra that you can’t touch baby birds is a myth!

DESIGN WEEK SACRAMENTO Join local designers, artists, photographers, writers and creative businessowners May 11–17 to explore the intersection of design and the unique aspects of our region. This weeklong series of workshops, lectures, design tours and networking events—run entirely by volunteers— will bring together Sacramento’s legions of creative types to discuss, teach, learn and mentor. Visit designweeksac.com for a calendar of events and more information.

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FROM BAGEL TO BAO Cookbook author and Sacramento Bee food writer Elaine Corn will present “From Bagel to Bao” at the Confucius Institute's new lecture series Saturday, May 4, from 2–3 p.m. at the International Center in Davis. Corn will present her observations of Chinese cuisine from the viewpoint of a Jewish food editor who married a Cantonese chef. “It's about my life in Chinese food,” Corn says, beginning with her father in Kunming, China, during World War II and ending with marrying “a Chinese chef who revealed the techniques, secrets and spiritual compass of the

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SIERRA FOOTHILLS GARDEN TOUR Join the Assistance League Sierra Foothills for its 10th annual Gardens of the Hills Tour on May 4–5. In addition to visiting a diverse selection of unique and beautiful gardens, guests will taste local wines, shop for artisan wares and sip tea at the Alice in Wonderland Mad Hatter Garden Tea Party. The Assistance League Sierra Foothills is a nonprofit organization helping children, families and seniors in need in El Dorado County. For more information or to purchase tickets to the tour, visit www.assistanceleague.org/sierrafoothills.

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“Finding Your Path in the Publishing World,” an afternoon writers’ retreat with editorial and publishing consultant Heather Lazare, will take participants through the basics of finding an editor, knowing when to submit to an agent, writing a query letter and more. Registration is $65 for Writers Club members and $109 for nonmembers. Bring a query letter and/or the first couple pages of your novel and start making that dream a reality. The retreat will be held 1:30–5 p.m. at Cattlemens restaurant at 12409 Folsom Blvd. in Rancho Cordova. For more information, visit cwcsacramentowriters.org.

CONGRATS TO WALDORF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Sacramento Waldorf High School seniors Juliette Taylor and Noah Oppenheimer have earned top honors in several national award categories. Taylor is a National Merit Finalist and winner of the National Hispanic Recognition Program. Oppenheimer is a Commended National Merit winner and recipient of the Academic All-American Award by the National Speech and Debate Association. “We are proud of our students on so many levels,” says Dean Smith, Sacramento Waldorf High School administrator. “Not only do we offer the whole-child focus of a Waldorf education, we guide students in developing the well-roundedness that is so important to success in life and happiness in general.” Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. Submissions are due six weeks prior to the publication month. n

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Community Connection COMMANDER OF SHERIFF’S NORTH DIVISION WILL ADDRESS MAY MEETINGS

will hold two community meetings this month in Arden-Arcade and Carmichael, each featuring guest speaker Capt. Santos Ramos, commander of the Sheriff’s North Division. Arden-Arcade, Carmichael, Fair Oaks, Foothill Farms and North Highlands are among the unincorporated communities served by Ramos’ division. In addition to being responsible for the area’s patrol activities, he has the Problem Oriented Policing and Homeless Outreach Team units under his command. The Arden-Arcade meeting will be Thursday, May 9, at 6 p.m. at the Conzelmann Community Center in Howe Park at 2201 Cottage Way. The Carmichael meeting will be Wednesday, May 15, at 6 p.m. at the Carmichael Park Clubhouse at 5750 Grant Ave. I will open with a brief update on county issues, followed by our guest speaker, then questions and answers. For a list of all the 2019 meetings, visit bos.saccounty.net.

BIG DAY OF GIVING The Big Day of Giving, a 24-hour fundraising challenge, will take place Thursday, May 2, from midnight to 11:59 p.m. The Big Day of Giving lifts up lives, improves our region and allows the community to come together in the spirit of philanthropy. Many of our local nonprofit arts groups and social service providers rely on donations raised this day to carry out their good work. Last year, more than 600 nonprofits participated, including several organizations that serve our suburban communities: Carmichael

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gutters, sidewalk ramps and median refuge islands. Phase 2 will include dedicated bicycle lanes as defined in the Fair Oaks Boulevard Complete Street Master Plan developed by DOT after a series of workshops and open houses held in the neighborhood. For more information, visit sacdot.com.

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The Sheriff ’s Department will hold two meetings this month to provide residents with information on recent crime activities. Parks Foundation, Children’s Receiving Home, Fair Oaks Theater Festival, Kids Helping Kids Sacramento (started by Del Campo High School students), Music Partners in Healthcare (which performs at convalescent and skillednursing facilities), Project Dream (affiliated with Twin Rivers Unified School District) and Sacramento Fine Arts Center. For more information or to donate, visit bigdayofgiving.org.

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The Sheriff’s Department will hold two meetings this month to share information about trends in crime and recent activities. The Arden-Arcade meeting will be Tuesday, May 7, in the Skyroom at Country Club Lanes at 2600 Watt Ave. The Carmichael meeting will be Tuesday, May 21, at the Del Campo High School Library at 4925 Dewey Drive. Both meetings begin at 6 p.m. These sessions are open to the public and residents are encouraged to attend. Learning about recent criminal

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY The first phase is underway to improve pedestrian safety on Fair Oaks Boulevard between University and Fulton avenues. For Phase 1, two pedestrianactivated signals are being installed to improve accessibility and safety for people crossing Fair Oaks Boulevard near Pavilions shopping center and Loehmann’s Plaza. In addition, the county’s signal interconnect system will permit the Department of Transportation to optimize traffic flow through

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Supervisor Susan Peters congratulates District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert for being named Carmichael’s Person of the Year. activities makes us more cognizant about how to better secure our property and make our communities safer.

CARMICHAEL AWARDS The Carmichael Chamber of Commerce held its annual awards dinner recently honoring several outstanding community members, including District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert as the 2019 Person of the Year. Other honorees were jeweler Mahmud Sharif as Businessman of the Year; Rosemarie Martell, proprietor of the Farmer’s Wife produce stand, as Businesswoman of the Year; realtor and active Carmichael Kiwanis Club member Ron Greenwood as Volunteer of the Year; and El Camino High School senior Connor Pexa as Youth Ambassador of the Year.

PARKS PASS, RECREATION WEBSITE The American River Parkway is an asset worth protecting. You can demonstrate your support by purchasing a yearlong unlimited Parks Pass. The pass is great for bicyclists and nature enthusiasts who frequent the parkway. The pass costs $50 per year—paying for itself after 10 trips. Proceeds go toward maintaining and improving our parks. Purchase a pass at the American River Parkway

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Foundation Office in the William B. Pond Recreation Area or at arpf.org. For quick access to specific recreational facilities, such as dog parks, swimming pools (and lessons), community centers, trails, arts and culture, golf, horseback riding, tennis courts and more, visit yoursacparks. com. Created through a partnership of 19 local recreation and park agencies, including Sacramento County’s Department of Regional Parks, yoursacparks.com helps connect you with the beautiful parks and recreational services available in our area.

ARDEN-DIMICK LIBRARY BOOK SALE The Friends of Arden-Dimick Library will hold a three-day Weekend Community Book Sale on Friday, May 3, noon to 5 p.m.; Saturday, May 4, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, May 5, noon to 3 p.m. The Sunday sale will get you a bag of books for $5. In addition to adult and children books, there will be DVDs and CDs. Funds from the sale will be used for local library programs.

OLDER AMERICANS CELEBRATION The Sacramento chapter of Aging2.0 will celebrate older Americans at a free

Help support the American River Parkway by purchasing a yearlong unlimited Parks Pass. special event Tuesday, May 7, from 3–7 p.m. in the Sheriff’s Community Room at 7000 65th St. off Florin Road in south Sacramento. Members of Sacramento County’s Adult and Aging Commission will discuss senior needs, and information will be available for older residents and caregivers. A live “innovation in aging” pitch competition with be held where attendees can share ideas about senior care and services. In addition, five individuals will be recognized as part of the “5 Over 50” Awards honoring special older achievers from each of the five supervisorial districts who, after the age of 50, accomplished something wonderful that benefited their communities.

For more information or to register, visit aging2.com/sacramento, call (916) 838-0197 or email sacaac411@yahoo. com.

HELPING FOSTER YOUTH Each year approximately 170 youth turn 18 years old while in foster care, which means many will be without a family or supportive adult as they age out of the system. However, most 18-year-olds still need financial help, emotional support and other assistance as they enter adulthood and begin to plan for their future. The Extended Foster Care program provided through Sacramento County’s Department of Child, Family and Adult Services allows 18- to 21-year-olds to

stay in foster care as a safety net, while teaching them independent living skills to help achieve self-sufficiency. As of December 2018, approximately 360 youth are actively participating in the program. Youth who participate in Extended Foster Care demonstrate more positive outcomes in areas such as employment, education and housing stability than their peers who do not participate. The program helps young adults move forward and make the right decisions for their future. Extended Foster Care partners with iFoster, a national nonprofit that has developed a jobs program specifically for eligible foster youth between 17 and 24. iFoster helps prepare foster youth for the workforce by providing a curriculum focused on job and life skills. The nonprofit also works with major employers like Raley’s, Starbucks and CVS by matching youth with businesses offering permanent employment, guaranteed hours, decent wages, opportunities for advancement and scholarship programs. To learn more, visit dcfas.saccounty. net.

VOLUNTEERS PARTNER WITH SHERIFF The Sheriff’s Department is seeking individuals interested in becoming members of VIPS (Volunteers in Partnership with the Sheriff). VIPS members assist the department with a variety of duties like writing crime reports, performing residential security checks, assisting with neighborhood association groups, helping at the Sheriff Service Stations and much more. Since 1993, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department has relied on volunteers to assist with its many tasks. Effective crime prevention requires a partnership between the Sheriff’s Department and community members. That’s why individual volunteer participation is so vital. To become part of VIPS, go to sacsheriff.com. For more information, email the VIPS coordinator at volunteers@sacsheriff.com.

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FAIR OAKS FIESTA DAY Fair Oaks Village will hold its annual Fiesta Day on Sunday, May 5, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. with old-fashioned games, children’s activities, arts and craft vendors, food trucks, shopping in the village, music, a classic car show and the Famous Toilet Bowl Racer Challenge. For more information, visit fairoakschamber.com or call (916) 967-2903.

ALCOHOL BAN ON RIVER PARKWAY If you plan to enjoy the American River Parkway over Memorial Day weekend, be aware that there will be a complete ban on alcohol consumption and possession on land and in the water between Hazel and Watt avenues (with an exception for Ancil Hoffman Golf Course). The restriction also applies to the holiday weekends of Independence Day and Labor Day. In addition, the Board of Supervisors has delegated authority to the director of regional parks, in consultation with the county executive, to prohibit alcohol in the parkway on days between Memorial Day and Labor Day when such a ban is needed to maintain order.

“Something Old, Something Borrowed” will include baritone vocal soloist Omari Tau singing selections from Old American Songs by Aaron Copland and the Sacramento Valley Symphonic Band Association’s Youth Artist Competition winner Jennifer Su playing Concertino for flute by Cecile Chaminade. For more information, visit sacwinds. org.

OFFICE HOURS I started holding “Office Hours” in 2005 and now it has become an annual tradition at various community events. Everyone seems to find these informal gatherings more convenient and easier than making an appointment Downtown at the County Administration Center. To sign up for notices with future Office Hour dates, visit my web page at bos.saccounty.net. 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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Hearing the Muse Wendy Grace Stevens

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n the opening lines of the poem “Moments,” Wendy Grace Stevens writes: How often have you heard ‘Live for the moment,’ or ‘Be here now?’ No matter the current idiom, it’s a truth that merits attention. Stevens seems to live by this sentiment. Amid two careers—first in banking, then 25 years working for the state Legislature, from which she retired in 2002—Stevens has lived for the moment through activities both artistic and outdoor. The Sacramento native and Carmichael resident—who turns 80 next year—rides her bicycle 2,000 miles a year, leads a paddling club every Wednesday morning, skis (she just returned from Mammoth Mountain where she spent her 53rd consecutive ski season), travels, paints, sings, volunteers for her church and a local animal rescue group, and—starting just five years ago at age 75— writes poetry. “I’m well aware that I don’t have a great deal of time left,” Stevens says with a chuckle. “But in facing the fact that I’m not going to live forever, I want to make the most of every minute I have left. I try everything that comes along now—I ski better now than when I was 30 or 40 because I’m not afraid anymore. If you’re not going to try anything new because it’s scary, you might as well throw in the towel on life.” During summer 2015, a particularly arduous home-improvement project stretched from days into weeks and she found herself so frustrated that she sat down and wrote the poem “Ode to Dust” as a way to clear her mind. Soon, words and phrases began presenting themselves to her while she was trying to sleep, forcing her to get up and commit them to paper before she could settle in for slumber. “It’s like the creative energies of the universe said, ‘Hey! Here’s somebody who’s willing to play with us!’” says Stevens, whose poetry ranges from poignant to humorous on subjects like love, nature, spirituality and womanhood. “It’s an interesting phenomenon—once I sit down to write, sometimes the whole poem just flows out onto the page with this energy I call ‘the Muse.’ It’s a really amazing feeling.” Though Stevens initially had no intention of publishing her poetry, the Muse encouraged her to share her art with the world—so she did. She published her first collection, “The Poetry of An Ordinary Life,” in 2016 and her second collection, “Just Between Us Girls: Poetry Celebrating Women,” in 2018 through the Sacramento Public Library’s I Street Press. Those publications have led to speaking engagements at local poetry groups, such as the Placerville Shakespeare Club last month. “Poetry is daunting because it’s like taking off all your clothes in public—you have nothing to hide behind,” Stevens says. “That’s why I like to think of my work as poetry for people who don’t know they like poetry. I don’t care if a poem evokes in you the same feeling or memory I had when I wrote it. If it makes you think of something from your own life, to me that’s a success.” Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@ gmail.com. n

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EFFIE YEAW NATURE CENTER HOSTS SPRING GALA & AUCTION

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ow in its ninth year operating as a nonprofit, the Effie Yeaw Nature Center is preparing for its June 8 Spring Gala & Auction with new patronage. As honorary chair, Sacramento writer Ed Goldman follows such luminaries as publisher Cecily Hastings, Congresswoman Doris Matsui, the late businessman Russ Solomon, and artists Marcy Friedman and Gregory Kondos. Administered by the American River Natural History Association, the facility and its preserve welcome approximately 100,000 visitors each year. “The Center has a special history in this community” notes retired Effie Yeaw executive Betty Cooper. “Caring supporters keep

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us open and available for future generations.” A portion of funds raised at the gala will provide free natureenrichment programs for schools that could not otherwise afford them. The Sacramento Fine Arts Center is a vital art show partner supporting the fundraiser with work by artists from all over the Sacramento region. Jurists are sculptor Gary Dinnen and KVIE auction curator D. Neath. Celebrity artists contributing this year include Pat Mahony, David Peterson, Gregory Kondos, Maria Winkler and Paula Bellacera. Keith McLane of KLM Auctions will wield the auction gavel and KCRA’s Eileen Javora will emcee. Silent and live auctions will offer award-winning works. Travel and other lifestyle experiences also will be up for bid. From May 14, the gala art can be viewed in the “Art Where the Wild Things Are” exhibition at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center on Gibbons Drive in Carmichael. The exhibition will include photographic entries.

Artist Pat Mahony has donated her “Purple Irises” painting to beneﬁt of the Effie Yeaw Nature Center. Inspired by a Carmichael garden, the canvas was recently part of the National Watercolor Society’s exhibition and international competition. A sunset supper and beverages are part of the $100 per-person admission for the June 8 gala, which will be held from 5–8 p.m. at the Effie Yeaw Nature Center in Ancil Hoffman Park. Valet parking is free. Table sponsors are welcome.

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he State Hornet, Sacramento State’s student-run news organization, celebrates its 70th anniversary this spring with a series of community events and alumni gatherings to honor The Hornet’s influence and impact. The newspaper, which published a four-page inaugural issue in January 1949, has produced evocative and memorable news coverage, careers and experiences. From the university’s cornerstonelaying ceremony in 1952, to Martin Luther King Jr.’s visit to Sac State in 1967, to coverage of protests, 9/11 and sports successes, State Hornet student journalists reported, photographed, wrote and edited stories that would propel them to bright futures. The work reflects seven decades of milestones at Sac State and demonstrates how the university has enriched the region, state and nation. Many accomplished, award-winning journalists got their starts reporting for The State Hornet.

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Derek Moore had never reported before joining The Hornet as a student from 1991–93. In 2017, Moore was part of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat team that won a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the wildfires that ravaged Napa and Sonoma counties. He recalls The Hornet “wasn’t the theory of reporting. It was the practical application of reporting. Basically, I learned the fundamentals of how to be a reporter at my time on The State Hornet. I’ve carried those with me throughout my entire career.” Today, Moore is president of the Pacific Media Workers Guild. Kristine Phillips is a State Hornet alumna who began as a news writer on the paper before advancing to the role of news editor. Phillips moved to the Indianapolis Star and Washington Post before settling into her current job as a justice reporter at USA Today where she covers national stories, such as the U.S. Justice Department investigation led by Robert Mueller.

“As a college writer, I made a lot of mistakes,” Phillips says. “As a college editor, I made even more. But nothing else could have prepared me for a career in journalism than making all those mistakes—and learning from them.” Phillips spent many sleepless nights and years of hard work producing The State Hornet, but the time invested brought significant returns. “Most importantly, it gave me the spine to not just ask the right questions, but also the tough ones,” Phillips says. Another alumna who solidified her confidence on The State Hornet

is Elizabeth Graswich. Graswich is director of communications and community relations at San Ramon Valley Unified School District. She is a former Sacramento Bee reporter (and married to Inside contributor R.E. Graswich). When the Olympic trials were held at Sacramento State in 2000, The State Hornet was granted two press passes. Graswich and another reporter went to pick up the passes, but were turned away. “I was determined to cover it,” Graswich says. “So, I camped out there all day hounding (the event’s media coordinator).” After a day’s

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struggle, Graswich received the two promised press passes. “One of the lessons as a journalist was determination,” Graswich says. “You get turned down a lot. It takes grit and determination to be successful, and that was a real turning point for me and my confidence to go after what I wanted.” Sam Amick, a former NBA reporter for The Bee and USA Today who covers pro basketball for The Athletic, got his start in sports journalism on The State Hornet. Long before he covered Lebron James and Steph Curry, Amick drove out to Lake Natoma to cover Sac State women’s rowing—a sport Amick knew nothing about. “I had to instantly kind of learn how to connect with people,” Amick says. “And basically conduct the kind of interviews and have the kinds of conversations that would help me understand what it is that they all did. “That was easily the best experience I had as I was trying to figure this whole thing out,” Amick says. “The real-life experience, what

reporting was, the camaraderie of the newsroom.” The State Hornet is the mostrequested research collection at the Donald & Beverly Gerth Special Collections & University Archives at Sac State. To mark the historic anniversary, The Hornet and the archive organized “The State Hornet: The First 70 Years,” a free exhibition featuring more than 20 large reprints and original editions dating to 1949. The exhibition runs at the Archives through May 3, then moves to the Harper Alumni Center at Sacramento State for The State Hornet’s 70th Anniversary Celebration and Alumni Reunion. The celebration will be May 4 from 7–10 p.m., and includes food, no-host bar and souvenirs. Tickets are available at statehornet.com/70th for $45 before May 4, and $50 at the door. Jose Fabian is a State Hornet staff reporter and political sciencejournalism major at Sacramento State. He can be reached at josefabiante@gmail.com. n

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Joan Cochrane

SUTTER’S FORT VOLUNTEER MAKES HISTORY COME TO LIFE

f Joan Cochrane could travel back in time, she would want to meet her grandparents and see where they grew up—without them knowing it was her. Because time travel has yet to be achieved (as far as we know), Cochrane gladly settles for traveling back to the early days of California as a costumed volunteer at Sutter’s Fort. “I love Sutter’s Fort because it’s not a static museum,” says Cochrane, who works at the fort two days a week and most weekends. “It shows students

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what it was like to live and work during that time period from the perspective of early settlers—ordinary people of their time who were part of the foundation of California.” Volunteering at the fort has allowed Cochrane to combine many of her lifelong interests. She pursued recreation and leisure studies in college, which has given her a “holistic perspective” when working with the fort’s visitors. She’s taught every grade from kindergarten through senior year of high school—she retired in 2017 after 21 years—and she loves kids. By holding a myriad jobs—including working for the parks service, a convalescent hospital, a construction company and Pac Bell—she’s an excellent problemsolver. All of these skills have made Sutter’s Fort a perfect match for the Tahoe Park resident. During her two years of volunteering, she’s worked as a “powder monkey” for the cannon crew,

taught a brewing class—she laughs while explaining the demonstration was allowed because the mash wasn’t technically beer yet—led weaving and baking stations, recommended books about the Gold Rush, and helped write scripts for characters and events. “I’m always up for a challenge,” Cochrane says. That could mean mastering a station at the fort or traveling around the globe to locations like the Galapagos Islands, Ireland, Guatemala and China. She also has volunteered for her sister’s campaign for school board and run the arts council in Calaveras County where she lived, as well as found a way to help her students against all odds. “I was teaching at Parkway Elementary in South Sac, which is a high-poverty school,” Cochrane recalls. “We decided to take the students on a field trip to Sutter’s Fort—they’d never done anything like that before. The fort generously gave us a grant for

admission, but the school had to cover transportation, supplies and costumes. We had to beg, borrow and steal to get the kids there. I got us grants from Target and Home Depot, and scoured every thrift store in the area to find costumes. But they went!” Thanks to Cochrane’s efforts, her students were able to experience all the things that make the state historic park so special. “You get everything at Sutter’s Fort,” Cochrane says. “You learn about language, math, science—every station has something to enrich education. And everyone gains a better appreciation of the fort because it makes history come alive.” For more information, visit suttersfort.org. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. n

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Beyond Basic Basil IT’S TIME TO PLANT SUMMER’S FAVORITE HERB

ummer cuisine isn’t summer cuisine without fresh basil. We pulverize it into pesto and toss it into tomato sauce. We combine it with tomatoes and mozzarella cheese to make pizza, lasagna and caprese salad. While it’s a staple of Italian cooking, Californians use it in many kinds of food. There are dozens of mouthwatering basil recipes just a Google search away. It’s now warm enough to plant basil, which can be damaged by temperatures below 50 degrees. Give it a sunny spot, water it regularly and pinch it back to keep the plant bushy and prevent it from flowering, which causes the leaves to be less flavorful and slows down the plant’s growth. You can start seeds in a pot indoors or sow them in the ground, protecting them from pests such as slugs and

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snails. I usually buy already-started plants. There are often half a dozen seedlings in a single pot. I tease them apart and plant them separately in the ground, placing them between my tomato plants. It may be an old wives’ (or gardeners’) tale, but I’ve heard that if you plant basil close to the tomatoes, it will improve their flavor and discourage pests. That may not be true, but it’s convenient to grow them together. What kinds of basil should you grow? Sweet basil is commonly sold, but there are many other varieties. It’s wise to sample a leaf to be sure you like the taste. You can buy basil with big leaves to use as wraps or compact plants with little leaves. Genovese types are ideal for pesto. Also available are purplefoliaged basil, Thai basil or varieties with flavored leaves. I discovered lemon basil last year and fell in love with it, giving bunches to grateful friends, family and neighbors. It was wonderful cooked with chicken, seafood or eggs, added to salads or even used to make tea. I’m glad I planted two of them! African Blue is a sterile hybrid that will bloom constantly without setting seeds. This basil is edible, but has a strong flavor. It’s usually grown for its beauty and ability to attract pollinators.

Last summer, I tried three similar, but smaller, basils. Magic Mountain grew the largest, to about 3 feet. Wild Magic was a little more than 2 feet. Red Ball was the smallest at about 16 inches. All had purple-tinged foliage, continuously produced lavender-pink flower spikes without deadheading and were tender to frost. Wild Magic was the best size for my garden, but you can’t go wrong with any of them, and the bees will buzz with gratitude. When you harvest basil for cooking, don’t put it in the refrigerator. Leaves will blacken with too much cold. Instead, put the stems into a glass of water and set it on your counter, pinching off leaves and flowers as you need them. You can buy a big basil plant from the grocery store, but it will need some attention to last longer than a few weeks. These statuesque beauties have been grown in a peat-moss potting mix in a greenhouse, forced with lots of fertilizer, water and light. Such plants are already fairly mature and woody. To keep one growing, cut the plant back, remove it from the pot and plant it in the ground or in good potting mix in a container. Don’t feel guilty if it doesn’t survive.

In fact, you shouldn’t feel guilty if any of your basil plants get too big and woody despite your best efforts. Rose Lovell of Morningsun Herb Farm advises planting a second round of basil in mid-summer. Newer plants will be more productive and have better flavor too. As temperatures dip in the fall, basil plants start to look scruffy and suddenly drop their leaves. Harvest before that happens. While you can dry the leaves, you’ll retain their fresh flavor by freezing pesto or chopped basil, topped with water or oil, in ice-cube trays. Basil can be grown indoors yearround in a sunny window or under fluorescent or LED lights. Be sure that you give the plants plenty of water and light, and fertilize once a month. No matter what time of year, one bite of fresh basil and it’s summer again. Anita Clevenger is a lifetime Sacramento County UC Master Gardener. For answers to gardening questions, contact the UC Master Gardeners at (916) 876-5338 or mgsacramento@ucanr.edu, or visit sacmg.ucanr.edu. The next Open Garden will be held May 11 from 9 a.m.–noon at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center, 11549 Fair Oaks Blvd. in Fair Oaks. n

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Cutting the Causeway UC DAVIS AND THE CITY GROW CLOSER WITH AGGIE SQUARE

oping to strengthen ties between the city of Sacramento and UC Davis, university leaders announced a year ago they would build a mixed-use development called Aggie Square on the UC Davis Health Campus in Oak Park. “Aggie Square will have all the features you’d expect in a live, learn, work, play ecosystem,” UCD Chancellor Gary S. May says. “There will be new housing, new offices, smart classrooms, state-of-the-art research and lab facilities. It will truly be a place where university, industry and community come together.”

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Located on a 25-acre parcel within the 144-acre Sacramento campus, Aggie Square will provide approximately 1 million square feet of research and innovation space to create economic and educational opportunities, and help revitalize the Stockton Boulevard corridor. In addition to proposed retail and food, the location will include housing for academics and UCD graduate students. Despite estimates that the project will take between five and 10 years to complete, the idea for Aggie Square has moved quickly since May became UCD chancellor in August 2017. The former dean of Georgia Tech College of Engineering, May participated in 2001 in planning Atlanta’s Technology Square, a 1.4 million-square-foot, mixed-use development home to startups, researchers and technology companies. In 2017, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg led a delegation to Atlanta to visit May and tour the site. Just over

a year later, UCD announced Aggie Square’s first project, a $60 million inpatient rehabilitation hospital that will create 200 new jobs. May revealed the latest concrete addition to Aggie Square in February: an innovation center for UCD faculty and partner IBM. The demonstration space in the launch headquarters will be large enough to showcase ideas or technology for about 50 people at a time. Months after his arrival at UCD, May established an exploratory group to make recommendations for academic programs at Aggie Square. The university website notes Aggie Square will create a stronger and healthier

shared community, but otherwise the university has released little information about its partners pending the finalization of contracts. Bidding for construction contracts has not yet begun. The building process begins with a formal “request for quotation” and “request for proposal” from UCD, which allows architects and construction companies to bid on the work. “We will issue an RFQ for developing the first phase of Aggie Square in early June,” Bob Segar, Aggie Square planning director, says. “We will follow up with an RFP in the fall. We aim to start construction in 2021.”

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for struggling residents, the city and university have not explained how Aggie Square will achieve its goals. And the question remains: If Aggie Square creates job opportunities within advanced industries in a neighborhood already undergoing gentrification, will it create opportunities for that community to advance with those jobs by importing new talent? To help answer that question, in June 2018, Gov. Jerry Brown approved $2.8 million in state funds toward Aggie Square. The money was intended for use in 2018 and 2019 toward community engagement and outreach. While Aggie Square will create jobs through retail, food services and advanced technology, the project remains education-focused. It “will encourage collaborations across disciplines—in life-sciences, food systems, mobility, government, civic technology, arts and communications to spur economic growth in Sacramento,” the school website says. UCD also is exploring a program to allow students to spend an academic quarter in Sacramento.

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‘Tis the Season

SACRAMENTO FARMERS MARKETS ABOUND THIS TIME OF YEAR

n Sacramento, farmers market season is pretty much year-round. But in May, many seasonal open-air markets really start to sprout. With dozens of choices to snag sun-kissed berries and crisp veggies, I wanted to share my favorite markets to visit throughout the farm-to-fork capital. Each market has its own unique features, especially those that blend artisan vendors with local farm stands. In Midtown on Saturday mornings the smell of fresh crepes and empanadas waft through the air as veggie lovers fill their baskets with the region’s colorful bounty. In front of the MARRS Building on 20th Street, farmers stack purple carrots and kale while clothing and soap vendors sell their original threads and suds. Must-haves include unicorn-shaped macarons from Love + Macarons, beef empanadas from Che’s

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Urban Eats and beautiful bouquets of wildflowers from Cabrillo Farms. In the Oak Park neighborhood beginning in May, McClatchy Park hosts live music during its Saturday farmers market, along with cooking demonstrations hosted by local chefs and delicious tamales from Yolanda’s Tamales. There’s even a Kids Cooking Challenge that pairs teams of little ones with one local chef to create fun dishes for a panel of judges. Children run around the outdoor amphitheater while parents pick up everything from freshbaked bread to lamb, beef and other proteins from Coffee Pot Ranch. This year, farmers market manager Joany Titherington says she looks forward to celebrating the 10th anniversary. “It’s difficult to believe how far we have come,” Titherington says. “We started with six vendors ... in a dusty vacant lot. Now we are located in beautiful McClatchy Park with more than 20 vendors each week, along with live music, arts and crafts for kids, and free weekly yoga.” Another market that everyone can get behind is, of course, the Certified Farmers Market under the overpass on W and 8th streets. With so many vendors packed into this market, doing multiple loops will ensure you’ve seen everything. Grab some fresh basil and spicy Thai peppers to create some

delicious meals at home. Stop by the lavender station with its all-natural floral body mists and grab $1 bags of onions, jalapenos and tomatoes for salsa making. A new market this season brings the bounty of Davis to Sacramento. Hosted at the Sutter Medical Center on 28th and Capitol, the Davis Farmers Market makes its debut. This market is unique because of its hours: 4–7:30 p.m. This is the perfect spot to stop right after work to pick up fresh ingredients for dinner on a Thursday night. Randii MacNear, executive director of the Davis Farmers Market, says marketgoers can pick up items such as

fresh-squeezed tangelo juice, hummus by Good Hummus Produce, assorted jams, sulfur-free dried fruits, spring bouquets, and chèvre goat cheese and handmade goat-milk soaps and lotions from Jollity Farm. When asked what fruit or veggie she looks forward to eating this season, MacNear says she prefers a certain bite-sized fruit. “My favorite is apricots. They are just the right size to eat a few, right in a row. I also love the figs that will be coming soon, and they are most delicious when fresh picked.” Steph Rodriguez can be reached at wordstospill@gmail.com. n

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Time to Ride MAY IS PERFECT MONTH TO PEDAL FOR FUN AND HEALTH

ay is Bike Month” is Sacramento’s annual campaign to promote riding a bike. May is the ideal time, and our beautiful neighborhoods are the ideal places, to enjoy spring and have the pleasure of getting somewhere under your own power. It’s also an opportune time to evaluate how the city is doing in providing citizens a safe, comfortable and convenient environment in which to ride. There are a couple of objective indices of how well we’re faring. Last year, Bicycling magazine ranked Sacramento 32nd out of the 50 U.S. “cities that are doing the most to make bike urban riding awesome.” The magazine editors rated Sacramento low for safety, citing a high fatality rate, and said “Streets are much less safe in neighborhoods of color.” They listed Seattle, San Francisco and Portland as the top three cities for biking.

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“Where We Ride,” a report by the League of American Bicyclists based on data from the Census Bureau, indicates Sacramento is ranked No. 12 for bike commuting out of the 70 largest cities, with 1.8 percent of commutes made by bike. Being No. 12 in the country sounds good, but less than 2 percent of commute trips is paltry, especially considering our weather and flat terrain. However, the census only counts commute trips and we certainly have many non-commute trips being made by bike. JUMP bike trips are non-commute by definition, since the shared electricassist bike trips don’t start at people’s homes. JUMP is new to Sacramento (and Davis and West Sacramento) in the last year. The bright red bikes are visible and well used. Some other changes bode well for bicycling here. The Sacramento City Council is bike friendly and the city has installed its first “protected” bike lanes (physically separated from car traffic by parking or barriers). The city has plans and money to add significantly to its offstreet bike path network through the Dos Rios rail trail between Meadowview and Land Park, and the Two Rivers Trail along the south bank of the American River in River Park. The city and businesses have been adding bike racks around town so

secure bike parking is more available. Vision Zero, a program designed to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries, has been adopted by the city, but it’s too early to determine whether all city departments have bought into the vision or to see results. The “May is Bike Month” promotion is now focused on getting more trips made by bike instead of have participants rack up recreational bike miles. Utilitarian bike trips do the most to reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality. When substituted for car trips, they also do a lot for public health. That’s good. Yet there are other problems that effectively dissuade many people from riding a bike. Safety is an issue. Nobody should have to die, whether biking, walking or driving, just to get around. The city, region and state all allow traffic speeds that are unsafe. Too many drivers are distracted or under the influence. Attitudes, laws and enforcement priorities all have to change. Homeless camping despoils parkways with trash and deters bike path use. This sad and intractable problem has visibly worsened. It needs to be solved for everyone’s sake. Connectivity is improving, but is far from optimal. A bike route is only as good as its weakest link. It’s much too hard to cross the Sacramento and

American rivers by bike. Existing bridges are too far apart, don’t allow bikes or are terrifying to bike across. It takes far too long for a good bike project to go from idea to reality. Funding is always an issue—so are political will, planning and environmental reviews. Many bike projects have been formally adopted for decades, but are not close to being built. We fail to count bikes (or pedestrians). If you don’t measure things, they are less important. You don’t have data for good decisionmaking. We count cars every which way, but don’t seem to care how many people are biking or where they ride. Still, despite the imperfections, many short trips (most trips are short) can be made by bike and can be made safely by following traffic laws and applying common sense. Riding is fun. You can register for “May is Bike Month” at mayisbikemonth.com and become eligible for prizes. The website has information on route planning, training and a host of events. Bon voyage! Walt Seifert is executive director of Sacramento Trailnet, an organization devoted to promoting greenways with paved trails. He can be reached at bikeguy@surewest.net. n

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o you ever find it helpful in risky situations to disregard worrisome thoughts and push yourself past tragedy, pain and danger? Some call that approach denial. I call it “exactly what I need” as I rendezvous with 13 library volunteers at the airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The group arrives on a humid Sunday afternoon in response to an invitation I extended in my column last year. Most

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Students read books provided by the Chispa Project. hail from Missouri, South Carolina and Alabama, but two of the women—Lisa Dobeck and Terri Young—are from the Sacramento area. This chipper group of volunteers unites to help Chispa Project, a nonprofit charity started by my daughter Sara Burkes. Chispa (pronounced cheez-pah) is Spanish for spark and highlights the motivational “spark” necessary to implement sustainable change in Honduran education. Chispa’s mission is simple: start children’s libraries and fill them with quality books in Spanish. Accomplishing the mission is also simple: donate children’s books, coach local teachers in creative reading strategies and sponsor international-volunteer projects to Honduras.

Our first hours in the country find us on a bus to a rural retreat center run by a Presbyterian cadre of Honduran women. Upon arrival, camp administrators show us to five rooms with bunk beds, where I can’t help but feel I’m at church camp. But I also can’t help but feel pride in my group. These well-seasoned travelers are fully aware of why this project shouldn’t work. Murders occur so frequently here that the Peace Corps pulled out in 2012. The traffic is horrendous. Motorcycles dart in front of cars like stray dogs and overloaded trucks menace the roadway. Roadside-trash buildup is stifling. Education is so grossly underfunded that school staff must ration toilet tissue. Language and cultural differences raise the bar discouragingly high. But hope keeps us in denial and we press on.

We wake Monday to board our bus to Maradiaga School. During the drive, Terri Young, a 64-year-old semi-retired bookkeeper from West Sacramento, takes a moment to share her motivation for volunteering. “I was feeling frustrated listening to news stories about what was going on in our world. I asked myself, ‘What could I do? What tiny step could I make toward becoming a part, a very small part, of a positive solution?’” We begin that “tiny step” an hour later when a school guard admits us into a walled compound. My daughter gathers the group to explain how each teacher will receive a portable library that will rotate among classrooms every month. But first, we must prepare reading corners appropriate for these new books.

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Our group scatters to survey classrooms and divide project pieces among us. The work begins when we power-up two projectors that splash mural outlines onto corner sections of the walls. Young starts her “small part” as she pencil-traces the image. Behind her, a few other volunteers dip paintbrushes into bright primary colors that will bring inspirational book characters to life. Meanwhile, 57-year-old Caltrans chemist Lisa Dobeck tries to cross the noisy breezeway toward an adjoining classroom. Suddenly she’s surrounded by children giving her such rapid hugs that they delay simple movement. They smile with unrehearsed gratitude. Theirs are broad, cheeky smiles that go for miles and miles. The first two days pass slowly with the tedious task of taking inventory, coding each book with a sticker and packing the portable libraries into plastic tubs. Still our group remains focused. On Wednesday, the school suspends classes so my daughter can train teachers in methods that will encourage students to read books. Sara demonstrates her methods by reading Drew Daywalt’s “The Day the Crayons Quit” to the faculty. Dobeck identifies this grassroots training as what first appealed to her. “Chispa places the books in the hands of the children. Then the teachers are trained and supported for the next year to ensure the program runs smoothly.” During the last two days, Chispa hosts a library inauguration, a sort of all-day birthday party where children rotate among classrooms for hands-on fun with puppets, experiments and storytelling. In one classroom, Young helps students cut snowflakes from folded

paper while the teacher reads aloud from a book about penguins. Dobeck demonstrates science experiments, watching a fourth-grader carefully turn the pages of a science book. There’s a break in her voice as she tells me later, “Many Hondurans are proud of their country. They want to make a living wage, raise a family. They don’t want to migrate. Books broaden their world, open their eyes and let them travel to many different times and places.” As the week draws to a close, everyone gathers in the courtyard where children dazzle us with a cultural dance in swirling dress. They unfurl a banner spelling out their gratitude: “Thank you for making our school a better place to learn.” The banner is bracketed with two U.S. flags. Why do we make this trip? Deny our fears and push against the worrisome odds? Dobeck suggests that, “You never know how touching someone’s life will change them, but you do the right thing because that’s what your heart tells you to do.” She adds a benedictory thought as she considers the colorful murals we have painted. “These children have no idea the life they will lead outside the school walls, nor would I want them to know. All that matters now is that they can be a kid, sit on the floor and read a book. ‘Peppa the Pig’ won’t save them, but who knows where she may lead them.”

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ot long after my husband, Mark, and I moved into our Wilhaggin home, we decided to build a deck and pergola off the master bedroom. Mark is a man of many talents—he is a consultant for the state Legislature during the week, but on weekends he turns into a tooltoting maniac capable of building or renovating just about anything. When the gorgeous redwood structure was complete, it called out for a decorative vine that would wrap around each of the four corner posts and provide a canopy of shade during Sacramento’s hot summers. Without a second thought, we ordered online four Tempranillo grape vines.

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In addition to being fast growing and hearty, the plants would provide Mark and his son the opportunity to become home winemakers. What we didn’t consider—until one fall day when I came across our 10-pound terrier mix, Tammy, munching on a bunch of fallen fruit— was that grapes and raisins are toxic to pets. Even small amounts can cause kidney failure in dogs and cats, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. I also have noticed on my daily dog walk that wild mushrooms are popping up in lawns all around the neighborhood—sometimes overnight. Sacramento’s spring weather, with magnificent cloudbursts followed by sensational sunshine, provides the ideal environment for potentially poisonous fungi. While some wild mushrooms are harmless, only an expert can determine which are dangerous and which are not. According to the University of California’s Agriculture

and Natural Resources, our golden state has extremely poisonous mushrooms that look similar to safe mushrooms. If you find toadstools growing in your yard, don’t take any chances— remove them immediately. And remember to keep an eye on your pooch while out walking. In addition to grapes and wild mushrooms, there are many other foods that are perfectly fine for humans, but dangerous, even lethal, to pets. Some of the most common, according to ASPCA, are alcohol, avocados, chocolate, coffee and tea (caffeine), citrus (stems, leaves, peels, fruit, seeds), coconut and coconut oil, nuts (almonds, pecans, walnuts, macadamia), onions, garlic, chives, raw meat and eggs, salt and salty foods, and xylitol (artificial sweeter used in gum, candy, baked goods). Signs that your pet has ingested a toxic substance include vomiting, diarrhea, panting, excessive thirst and urination, decreased

coordination, weakness, difficulty breathing, tremors, seizures and unconsciousness. But don’t wait for symptoms to appear. If you know or even suspect your pet has eaten something that could be poisonous, call your veterinarian immediately. If it is after business hours, call the nearest 24-hour emergency pet hospital (do you know where yours is?). Signs of serious poisoning can take hours to appear—after the damage is done. The ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center also is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year— call (888) 4264435. The good news is that our dog Tammy never had a negative reaction to her grape-gobbling endeavors. And we replaced the troublesome vines with four beautiful evergreen bower plants that provide us with fragment flowers instead of forbidden fruit. Cathryn Rakich can be reached at crakich@surewest.net. n

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s soon as they walked in, David and Heather Hadley knew immediately. The Streng Brothers home near Fair Oaks Boulevard in Carmichael was exactly what they were looking for. “Growing up in Sacramento, I admired Streng homes,” Heather says. “I always hoped that I would own one.”

Jim and Bill Streng built more than 3,500 homes in Sacramento, Yolo and Placer counties between 1959 and 1989, working with modernist architect Carter Sparks. Categorized as midcentury modern or postwar modern, the homes were famous for their interior atriums with domed skylights, concrete aggregate floors extending

from outside to inside, living rooms with high exposed-beam ceilings, abundant windows and sliding-glass doors leading to tree-shaded backyards. “We love the openness of the house,” says Heather, who spends her days as an apparel buyer for a local golf course. “It’s got character. It speaks to our style.” But the classic three-bedroom, twobath home, built in 1974, “needed a lot of work,” says David, an art director for a Midtown ad agency. For example, the showstopping indoor garden was overgrown with bamboo and ivy. The couple kept one schefflera, but replaced the other plants with a variety of greenery, including African milk trees, aloe and a rubber plant. An interior faucet in the wall makes watering a cinch.

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The couple retained the 1,790-squarefoot floor plan but stripped the “popcorn” ceilings, added recessed lightening, and retextured and repainted the walls throughout the house. One of the most dramatic changes involved ripping out the old parquet floors, then polishing and sealing the concrete foundation underneath. “The parquet floors were destroyed,” Heather says. “I really wanted to keep them and bring them back to life, but there was no hope.” The cracks and blemishes in the exposed concrete add to “the character and history of the house,” David notes. “Probably the best decision we made,” Heather says, was to polish down the concrete aggregate that surrounds the interior atrium. “I knew I would not want to walk barefoot on that every morning.” The bumpy “sidewalk

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pebble” is now smooth like “beautiful travertine tile,” she adds. After living with the original fireplace for more than a year, the couple made the difficult choice to paint the brick white. “Every decision we made, we took into consideration the Streng originality,” David explains. “But it was a struggle when it came to the fireplace.” Heather adds, “There was always something missing. Something needed to be elevated. Once we painted it, we felt so much better. It opens the space up.” When replacing the distressed window glass, the Hadleys went to great lengths to use the same company— Blomberg—that made the original windows. In keeping with the Streng concept, they kept the wood frames and went with single panes. “Vinyl windows you can buy at Home Depot do not fit this house,” Heather says.

A sliding glass door leads to a spacious backyard strewn with 40-foottall California redwoods planted by the original homeowner who had a nursery. The couple opened up the galley kitchen for better flow to the family room. They refinished the original kitchen cabinets, keeping the same hardware; added a white tile backsplash; installed new stainlesssteel appliances; and replaced laminate countertops with quartz. A vintage globe light fixture was relocated to one of the bedrooms. Keeping true to the Streng era, the Hadleys furnished their home with timeless pieces purchased second hand at estate sales, thrift shops and on Craig’s List. As a side gig, David and Heather have a space at Scout’s Living, an antique and vintage design collective in Midtown. “I am super proud of the way we decorated,” Heather says. “We like things that speak to us. We didn’t

just want to go to West Elm and buy everything out of the catalog and be matchy, matchy, and have everything that someone else has in their house.” Tips for other homeowners looking to undertake a complete renovation? “Lower your expectations on time,” Heather says. “It will take months longer than you want it to.” The Hadley’s home will be featured on this year’s SacMod Mid-Century Modern Home Tour, “60 Years of Streng Brothers Homes,” Saturday, June 1, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets—$40 for the general public and $25 for SacMod members—are available at brownpapertickets.com/ event/4103901. SacMod is a nonprofit association dedicated to preserving and protecting modern art, architecture and design in the Sacramento region. To recommend a house or garden for Open House, contact Cathryn Rakich at crakich@surewest.net. n

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Popularity Contest CITY HAS 3 TEAMS, BUT WHICH IS OUR FAVORITE?

s the Kings rolled to their annual demise without the playoffs in sight, my friend Peter Monson, who owns the Fox & Goose pub on R Street, mentioned how things were getting better. The Downtown arena had delivered on its promise to enliven a neighborhood devoid of charm and relevance. The Kings had shown improvement and potential for next season. But there was something different about the NBA crowds at Golden 1 Center. “They aren’t the same as they used to be,” he told a few of us at the pub. “They’re just not.”

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Peter wasn’t being critical. Rather, he was displaying the nostalgia expressed by many veteran Kings fans. They get sentimental when reminiscing about old Arco Arena in North Natomas or the tilt-up concrete barn that housed the Kings for three seasons when they arrived from Kansas City in 1985. He was talking as a true Sacramento sports fan, someone who follows the Kings without regard to their hopelessness. The conversation got me thinking about which one of our sports teams generates the most love among city fans—not suburbanites, not bandwagon climbers, but people whose lives revolve around Downtown, Midtown, East Sacramento, North Sac, South Sac, Land Park, Oak Park, Curtis Park, Meadowview or Pocket. I wondered if I could figure out whether Sacramento’s three professional sports teams—Kings, River Cats and Republic FC—were balanced in their support among city residents, or if they were more dependent on newer, suburban audiences. This exercise was more complicated than might be expected. I asked each

team for a ballpark percentage of city residents within their season-ticket customer base, by ZIP code. Teams get nervous when media ask about seasonticket data. So I kept the request generalized, strictly round numbers. The River Cats were fast to respond. The baseball team’s media rep, Conner Penfold, said he checked with several colleagues in the front office and came up with an impressive number: “Roughly 60 percent come from the city of Sacramento.” The Republic was a little more suspicious. I have a friend with an impressive job in the soccer team’s management, so I checked with him. He asked what my angle was, and when I told him, he seemed satisfied. But that was the last I heard from my old friend. The Kings were not much better. They didn’t respond to my emails. When I finally reached the team’s public relations chief on the phone, she promised to ask around for the information. I’m still waiting to hear back.

Seven years ago, when the Maloof family was selling the Kings to an investor group led by Vivek Ranadive, I saw data indicating about 25 percent of Kings season ticketholders were Sacramento city residents. It was an admirable number, given that the city’s population of around 500,000 is a fraction of the regional market’s 2.4 million people. Season-ticket buyers, along with corporate sponsors and media deals, are part of the economic nucleus that allows our teams to operate. Obviously, the Kings, River Cats and Republic run on vastly different scales. But they compete for the same fans and sponsors. And in Sacramento, those numbers are limited. So which pro team is most popular among city residents? The answer is impossible to prove. But to find a consistent collection of true Sacramento city sports fans, I would say a trip across the river for a baseball game at Raley Field is an excellent idea. R.E. Graswich can be reached at reg@ graswich.com. n

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Art and Advocacy WATERCOLORIST WANTS TO INCREASE FEMALE REPRESENTATION IN MUSEUMS

ccording to a study by the National Museum of Women in the Arts, only 3 to 5 percent of artwork in permanent museum collections around the world are works by women. Artist and advocate Kathrine Lemke Waste is out to change that statistic. “Museums are repositories of our cultural heritage,” says Lemke Waste, a leader in the “25 in 25” movement, a national push by the nonprofit American Women Artists to get more work by female artists into American museums over the next quarter century. “Generations to come will go to museums to see what was deemed important enough to be saved for future generations—and women artists’ point of view will not be represented,” she says. “That impact is huge. If little girls can’t see it, they can’t be it.” Lemke Waste was a girl of 7 or 8 when she first realized that painting was her preferred form of artistic expression. Following studies at the Rhode Island School of Design in the early 1980s, as well as what she describes as a “five-year apprenticeship” with Salvatore Casa—winner of the American Watercolor Society’s Gold Medal—Lemke Waste made a national name for herself as a Master Signature member of AWA (she also serves as the organization’s board president emeritus). The Land Park resident’s By Jessica Laskey work has been featured Open Studio in museum exhibitions

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Watercolors by Kathrine Lemke Waste.

in Arizona, Vermont and Georgia, and highlighted in issues of Southwest Art, American Art Collector and Sunset magazines. As an educator, she taught for 15 years in the California state college and university system, including at UC San Diego, Palomar Community College and California State University Chico. She also leads watercolor workshops for the Crocker Art Museum and workplace innovation workshops for companies like Intel. Though many artists would be content to rest on such laurels, Lemke Waste uses her success to fuel other female artists. Since joining AWA, Lemke Waste has made it her mission to expand the membership and help the organization focus its energy on getting more of the members’ artworks into permanent collections of national museums. “Being included in a museum collection impacts the value of our artwork,” Lemke Waste explains. “A higher value on our work means we’re able to make better livings as artists, but that’s not a path that’s open for most women. “An Oxford study found that female artists make 40 percent of what men do on their work. That inequality not only severely limits what we can make in the art world,

Kathrine Lemke Waste it also cuts our access to museums and the legacy we leave behind for future generations. “If we can’t see women as ‘geniuses’ in a creative context, that means we also can’t see women in leadership positions—roles in which we easily see men.” In 2015, AWA decided to make museum shows featuring women artists a priority. They approached small and midsized museums with an offer of assistance: if the museum agreed, AWA would share costs by organizing the educational symposiums and fundraising necessary to make an exhibition a success. In turn, the museum would consider purchasing one of the pieces to maintain in its permanent collection. Though it was slow going at first, Lemke Waste reports that the movement

is “getting some air speed,” with shows booked through 2023 and seven pieces purchased by museums since 2015. “I consider advocacy part of my artistic practice,” Lemke Waste says. “All human beings are driven to some kind of creative expression. Art and advocacy are mine. “I’m working toward a time when we can stop seeing women depicted only as beautiful, passive, sexual objects in a painting and recognize them as active, productive members of society.” For more information on AWA, visit americanwomenartists.org. For more on Lemke Waste, visit lemkewaste.com. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. n

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5430 CANFIELD AVE $370,000 4831 FAIR OAKS BLVD $500,287 5936 VIA CASITAS $173,000 6637 MORAGA DR $345,000 6528 LANDIS AVE $530,000 6608 PENNEY WAY $385,000 5113 KIPP WAY $325,000 6029 MULDROW RD $400,000 3319 HUNTER LN $406,000 1440 KINGSFORD DR $869,000 5912 MALEVILLE AVE $300,000 5631 VALHALLA DR $425,000 5446 SHELATO WAY $590,000 6600 SUTTER AVE $1,100,000 4000 ALEX LN $277,000 4932 HEATHERDALE LN $359,000 4548 WOODFAIR WAY $343,000 2627 LA FRANCE DR $430,000 1601 COPENHAGEN WAY $810,000 3628 WINSTON WAY $440,000 5965 CASA ALEGRE $240,000 5817 SHARPS CIR $300,000 6047 WOODHAVEN AVE $405,000 5809 RIVER OAK WAY $710,000 2626 GARFIELD AVE $257,500 6005 VIA CASITAS $224,500 6040 COYLE AVE $262,000 5920 MARLIN CIR $327,000 4246 PARADISE DR $342,500 4919 WHITNEY AVE $365,000 4231 PARADISE DR $459,500 3423 RIVERDALE WAY $500,000 7334 NOB HILL DR $560,000 7032 FAIR OAKS BLVD #16 $229,000 5210 JANELL WAY $273,000 76 RIVERKNOLL PL $464,000 7109 BORREGO WAY $473,750 1501 KINGSFORD DR $883,000 4024 MARLOW CT $525,500 5401 SHELLEY WAY $680,000 6655 OAKCREST AVE $307,000 6400 SOLITARY LN #B $269,000 6224 TEMPLETON DR $310,000 6260 ORSI CIR $325,000 5904 OAK AVE $330,000 3101 WALNUT AVE $345,000 6310 VAN ALSTINE AVE $1,500,000 5625 HASKELL AVE $372,000 2025 GUNN RD $410,000 1438 THISTLEWOOD WAY $580,000 5242 FAIR OAKS BLVD $639,900 5009 DONOVAN DR $451,000 2804 CALIFORNIA AVE $705,000 2434 FALLWATER LN $345,000 5842 TOPP CT $465,000 4838 CAMERON RANCH DR $500,000 1815 JAY CT $560,000 3801 SAN JUAN AVE $576,000 6430 WINDING WAY $390,000

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3321 35TH ST 3108 SAN CARLOS WAY 6147 1ST AVE 2232 GERBER AVE 3325 12TH AVE 3046 39TH ST 3625 1ST AVE 2763 63RD ST 2006 56TH ST

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2559 SAN FERNANDO WY 841 7TH AVE 2673 7TH AVE 2620 18TH ST 3065 CROCKER DR 2751 3RD AVE 1828 CARAMAY WAY 2273 8TH AVE 1741 BURNETT WAY 2020 21ST ST 1639 7TH AVE 2021 22ND ST 1825 LARKIN WAY 1811 8TH AVE 1755 5TH AVE 2764 SAN LUIS CT 646 JONES WAY 1825 1ST AVE 576 SWANSTON DR 3014 HULLIN WAY

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1538 CHRISTOPHER WAY 1347 60TH ST 3460 ELVAS AVE 1844 45TH ST 5712 CARLSON DR

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4900 QUONSET DR 5901 15TH AVE 3717 42ND ST 3815 24TH AVE 4541 12TH AVE 5210 STANDISH RD 5309 6TH AVE 4031 W NICHOLS AVE 5112 59TH ST 4416 10TH AVE 4900 49TH STREET 4825 10TH AVE 3816 14TH AVE 3416 20TH AVE 4325 44TH ST 5505 PRIM CT 5508 CABRILLO 3121 60TH ST 4310 52ND STREET 5304 ARGO WAY 5431 ETHEL WAY 6318 BROADWAY 3947 28TH ST 5510 70TH ST 3817 MLK JR BLVD 3704 25TH AVE 3980 73RD ST 4441 62ND ST 6017 RAYMOND WAY 4840 MASCOT AVE 5800 BRANDON WAY 5021 73RD ST 4910 EMERSON RD 5111 60TH ST 3326 57TH ST

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3920 LAS PASAS WAY $785,000 4501 ARGONAUT WAY $465,000 3117 MORELAND CT $725,000 3109 WINDSOR DR $279,000 3620 CODY WAY $350,000 467 CROCKER RD $1,205,000 3112 SOMERSET RD $255,000 1530 ARROYO GRANDE DR $510,000 2111 ROCKWOOD DR $800,000 2721 LATHAM DR $687,000 4408 ARDEN WAY $554,000 3922 BERRENDO DR $890,000 2710 KADEMA DR $849,000 1244 MORSE AVE $180,000 4160 CRONDALL $660,000 3730 LAS PASAS WAY $510,000 4029 LAS PASAS WAY $525,000 1031 VIA SAVONA $1,700,000 3740 RANDOM LN $1,925,000 3437 MAYFAIR DR $285,000 1125 RIVARA CIR $243,000

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Big Shoes to Fill TWO LOCAL SACRAMENTO COUPLES TAKE OVER AN INSTITUTION

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’m going to admit this up front. Before last month, I’d never been to Luigi’s Pizza Parlor on Stockton Boulevard. I’d been to the shortlived Midtown extension called Luigi’s Slice and Fun Garden on 20th Street, but never to the “mothership.”

As a lifelong Sacramentan, I’m beginning to find out that I was in the minority. Everyone I ask has a Luigi’s story. Whether they’re 32 or 82, the people of Sacramento have a litany of tales to tell about the pizza parlor serving Oak Park and environs for almost seven decades.

One longtime Sacramento resident told me that he and his friends “learned to drink” at Luigi’s in the 1950s. Apparently the owners didn’t look at IDs too closely, and back then drivers’ licenses didn’t have pictures on them.

A younger Luigi’s frequenter told a story of trying to get change for the jukebox as a child and having to compete for the server’s attention with an armed robber. In his recollection, everyone was calm and cool considering the situation. Another Sacramento senior told me he loved the animatronic band above the bar at Luigi’s. He had stories of watching the players crank out a tune. However, another patron told me that the musical set up never worked from the day it was installed. One friend told me a lovely tale of afternoons with his grandmother, staring mesmerized at “Luigi himself” tossing pizza dough in the window. I didn’t have the heart to tell him that there never was a “Luigi.” Or maybe there was a Luigi, somewhere, at some time, because the line between memory and myth is a hard one to delineate when it comes to neighborhood institutions. This much is fact: Luigi’s has new owners. The pizza parlor, which opened its doors in 1953 and changed ownership once in the 1960s, has changed hands again. Local restaurateurs Jen and Gary Sleppy, owners of The Shack in East Sacramento, and Vanessa and Joshua Garcia, owners of All Seasons All Reasons Catering & Event Design, have joined forces to breathe new life into the local icon. Purchasing the legendary pizza parlor from members of the Brida family, who had owned Luigi’s since 1965, the Sleppys and Garcias have maintained original recipes while adding new touches to the menu, such as scratch-made pasta dishes. Ravioli, spaghetti and lasagna are all made inhouse. Not too many restaurants in town do a scratch lasagna. And I’m not

sure if you can get any others close to Luigi’s price of $13. There are new pizzas as well, creative combinations like the Joyland, a mix of mozzarella, parmesan, roasted chicken, onions, pineapple and BBQ sauce. The beer and wine selection is brand new with a complete lineup of whites and reds from Italy alongside a fairly extensive beer list. Beer can still be taken to go with your pizza, so no worries there. What’s the same? Almost everything else. The Garcias and Sleppys count themselves fortunate to have had the Bridas on hand for the first month of transition. The two couples were able to learn recipes, absorb techniques and carry on decades-old traditions, including the secret to Luigi’s ranch dressing. For example, the pizza recipes that come from Luigi’s kitchen now are actually older than those that were used for the past few years. For some diners, any change is sacrilege. But some might not know that the pizzas—dough, sauce and cheese—are an attempt to recreate Luigi’s scratch recipes from decades ago. And they are fantastic. Upon his first bite, a pizza-loving friend said, “Well this now my favorite crust in town.” Similarly, the house-made sausage, meatballs and pastrami are oldfashioned recipes that really sing. Whether you’re having the crumbled sausage on a pizza or in a decadent sandwich with peppers, you can taste the love that goes into the meat. Sure, some things are different and will never be the same. An extensive overhaul of the dining room may have moved or removed some diners’ favorite pieces of mid-century kitsch. The legendary ranch dressing now comes in small ramekins instead of a room-

temperature squeeze bottle. A longtime employee might not be there to greet you and share familiar jokes. But I commend the new owners for trying to preserve many of the things that made Luigi’s special, while adding their own particular touches to make it the best they can.

Luigi’s Pizza Parlor is at 3800 Stockton Blvd.; (916) 456-0641; luigissacramento.com. Greg Sabin can be reached at gregsabin@hotmail.com. Please send me your Luigi’s stories—I’d love to read them! n

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Timothy Mulligan: The Linear Landscape Elliott Fouts Gallery May 4–30 Second Saturday Reception: May 11, 6–9 p.m. 1831 P St. • efgallery.com Mulligan’s award-winning artwork has been featured in The Artist’s Magazine, Southwest Art magazine and on numerous Inside covers.

Something Old, Something Borrowed Sacramento Symphonic Winds Sunday, May 5, 2:30 p.m.

Timothy Mulligan's "Boaters at Granite Bay," acrylic on canvas, at Elliott Fouts Gallery.

Rio Americano High School Center for the Arts, 4540 American River Drive • sacwinds.org This spring concert features lyric baritone Omari Tau and Sacramento Valley Symphonic Band Association’s Youth Artist Competition winner Jennifer Su on flute. Tickets are $15 for general admission; $10 for students and seniors; free for 8th graders and younger.

Sean Royal: Death Valley and Back Archival Gallery May 1–30 Second Saturday Reception: May 11, 6 p.m. 3223 Folsom Blvd. • archivalgallery.com Mixed-media artist Sean Royal says of his muse, “Death Valley has changed me...and my art. It’s a dynamic place full of contrasts…but it always leaves me feeling incredibly calm and at peace.”

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How to Make Change for the Better Janet Hegarty Thursday, May 9, 7 p.m. First Church of Christ Scientist, 4949 Kenneth Ave. • janethegarty.com International speaker Janet Hegarty will give a free talk exploring a fresh perspective on God.

Concerts in the Park Downtown Sacramento Partnership Fridays, May 3–July 26, 5–9 p.m.

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48th Annual Sacramento-Sierra TCA Toy Train Show Train Collectors Association Saturday, May 25, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Scottish Rite Masonic Center, 6151 H St. • brsta@comcast.net All aboard for Lionel and American Flyer trains, food and more. Parking is free. Admission is $5; children 12 and younger are free.

Cesar Chavez Plaza, 910 I St. • godowntownsac.com The free weekly summer festival returns every Friday night through July. May’s bands are Joy & Madness, Souls of Mischief, DREAMERS, Emarosa and Lyrics Born.

Big Names, Small Art Crocker Art Museum Thursday, May 23, 5–9 p.m. 216 O Street • crockerart.org Bid on nearly 400 small artworks (each 12 inches by 12 inches or less) by renowned artists starting at just $25. Tickets are $10 for museum members; $20 for nonmembers.

Koi Pond Tour of Excellence Sacramento Camellia Koi Club Saturday, May 18 Various locations • camelliakoi.org This tour will feature up to 20 beautiful ponds of all sizes built by professionals and homeowners.

Makeup & Mimosas: Drag Brunch with a Punch Punch Line Sacramento Sunday, May 19, 11 a.m. 2100 Arden Way • punchlinesac.com Enjoy breakfast, bottomless mimosas and a drag show with co-host Suzette Veneti and performers Apple Adams, Roselia Valentine, Hellen Heels, Faye Mennon and Betty Booger. Show only is $12; continental breakfast/show is $23; brunch/show is $35.

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Train Collectors Association's Toy Train Show at Scottish Rite Masonic Center.

The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery Theatre in the Heights Through May 5 8215 Auburn Blvd. • theatreintheheights.com This play by David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin Jr. explores everything that can go wrong on opening night with cunning comedy. Tickets are $15.

The Long Ride Friends Undocumented Student Scholarship Project Sunday, May 5, 2 p.m. Unitarian Universalist Society of Sacramento, 2425 Sierra Blvd. • uuss.org Enjoy a free showing of this award-winning film that documents the historic 2003 Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride.

Cathedral Music Series: Welcome Back Beethoven Chamber Music Society of Sacramento Sunday, May 19, 4 p.m.

Janet Hegarty at First Church of Christ Scientist.

Spring Food Sale Sacramento Japanese United Methodist Church Pre-Order & Pre-Pay by Thursday, May 9 Pick-Up on Saturday, May 18, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 6929 Franklin Blvd. • sacjumc.com Pre-order delectable food like teriyaki chicken, Spam musubi, chow mein, udon, Korean short ribs with kimchi and sesame chicken bento to raise funds for the church.

Trinity Cathedral, 2620 Capitol Ave. • cmssacto.org The Artists in Residence at Trinity Cathedral will present their final program of the season featuring works by Beethoven, Saint-Saens, Haydn and Bartók with Grammy Award-winning cellist Jennifer Culp.

Anthony Montanino: Between Two Rivers

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915 20th St. • timcollomgallery.com This solo exhibition showcases Montanino's bright urban scenes and landscapes in oil and acrylic.

John Natsoulas Gallery May 3–5 521 First St., Davis • natsoulas.com Attend lectures and demonstrations by nationally recognized ceramic artists including Patti Warashina, Kim Dickey, Dan Anderson, Cynthia Consentino, Stephen Braun and Shalene Valenzuela. General Pass for May 3–5 is $202; General Pass for May 4 only is $192; Student Pass for May 3–5 is $183; Student Pass of May 4 only is $173.

Small artwork auction at Crocker Art Museum.

Tim Collom Gallery May 7–30 Opening Reception: Saturday, May 11, 5:30–8:30 p.m.

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Sean Royal's "Death Valley 53," mixed media, at Archival Gallery.

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Fairytale Town Through Sunday, May 5, 10 a.m.–3 p.m.

Community Center Theater, 1301 L St. • sacphilopera.org This concert will feature the West Coast premiere of Dan Forrest’s “Lux: The Dawn from on High” and pieces by Mendelssohn with soloists Oksana Sitnitska, Carlos Santelli and Matt Hanscom.

3901 Land Park Drive • fairytaletown.org Check out storytime, craft activities and giveaways April 29 through May 5. The Scholastic Book Fair will have books for sale. Weekday admission is $5 per person; weekend admission is $6 per person; children 1 and younger are free.

Elaine Bowers: Delta Reflections

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Sparrow Gallery May 10–31 Artist Talk: Saturday, May 11, 3–4 p.m. Opening Reception: Saturday, May 11, 6–9 p.m.

Reconciliation Singers Voices of Peace May 3, 7:30 p.m., Journey Church, 450 Blue Ravine Road May 4, 7:30 p.m., Congregation Beth Shalom, 4746 El Camino Ave. May 10, 7:30 p.m., Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1300 N St. May 11, 7:30 p.m., Pleasant Grove Community Church, 1730 Pleasant Grove Blvd.

1021 R St. • sparrowgallery.com Check out new watercolors by accomplished local favorite Elaine Bowers.

Milk & Cookies Reading Queer Sacramento Authors Collective Friday, May 31, 7–9 p.m. Lavender Library, 1414 21st St. • qsac.rocks Join QSAC for its quarterly reading featuring eight local authors of queer fiction—and milk and cookies, of course!

Sesquicentennial Community Day California State Railroad Museum & Foundation Wednesday, May 8, 10 a.m.

rsvpchoir.org RSVP’s free spring concert will collect donations for Joshua’s House, a nonprofit hospice opening in 2019 for terminally ill men and women who are experiencing homelessness.

Celebrating Empowerment Fundraiser National Council of Jewish Women Sacramento Sunday, May 19, 1–3 p.m. Nepenthe Clubhouse, 1131 Commons Drive • ncjwsac.org Enjoy music from the Tony Kaye Trio and light refreshments. Funds raised will provide quarterly Bridge to Success grants for Women’s Empowerment graduates. Tickets are $36.

125 I St. • californiarailroad.museum Enjoy a day of free activities along the Old Sacramento Waterfront to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad, including historic reenactments, picnics and complimentary train rides.

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