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HEART OF TALLAC VILLAGE Just right... enjoy this 3 bedroom home with bonus/family room (or bedroom), and a detached 1-gar garage with workshop. This Tahoe Park Area home has freshly re¿nished hardwood Àoors, new roof, updated kitchen with granite counters and new Àooring, plus ¿replace. $331,000 PATRICK VOGELI 207-4515
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Creative Energy ART STREET AIMS TO REPLICATE SUCCESS OF LAST YEAR’S ART HOTEL
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Seumas Coutts and Shaun Burner are shown working in the industrial space that opens as Art Street this month. line for several hours to get tickets for my husband and stepdaughter to attend with me later that day—the last day of the exhibit! It was an extraordinary and unforgettable experience for all of us. So I was excited when I heard that the team behind Art Hotel was planning another short-term exhibit this year, called Art Street. Art Street will take place Feb. 3-25 on 3rd Avenue, just south of Broadway, in a much larger 65,000 square feet of interior and exterior space. This much larger space will allow viewers to move at a pedestrian’s pace, organizers said.
“You will never hear, ‘You have 10 minutes,’” said Seumas Coutts, a lead curator of Art Hotel and Art Street. “We want people to hang out and experience.” Even with Art Street having more space and a longer run, the organizers still promise a gritty, multidimensional, noninstitutional art experience. The new project will add food and alcohol to the mix to create a European plaza atmosphere. Coutts, who spent much of his career in art in Germany, said the “street” theme will explore transportation, connectivity, pathway and community in all the
selected artworks, “even if it is not immediately obvious,” he said. The organizers had a goal of raising $100,000 in donations to cover the costs of the project, including stipends to all artists. My husband and I attended a fundraising event last fall and became project sponsors because of the sense of artistic community it develops, which is a major mission of our publishing business. As we went to press, they look to have reached their goal. Besides private donations, both Visit Sacramento and the new PUBLISHER page 12
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PUBLISHER FROM page 11 Mayor’s Creative Economy Pilot Project made grants to the project.
“The creative economy is a driver of significant economic impact. It helps attract business and talent to our community and gives us a competitive edge.” In early January, the city council approved $500,000 in grants for various local art projects with this pilot project. The exact makeup of the creative projects it intends to fund has not been yet determined. But the program’s aim is to build
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new economic ecosystems around art, food and technology. The money comes from the existing Innovation and Growth Fund, created by former Mayor Kevin Johnson. For several years, our city and regional leaders have been looking for ways to create the cool image that attracts millennials to stay and relocate here. At the January council meeting, Mayor Darrell Steinberg said that part of his forward-looking agenda is “talk and act around making Sacramento a destination city that is for and about youth.” He went on to add that “the creative economy involves arts, food and technology— things that are tangible, but not necessarily a fixed structure.” “The creative economy is the confluence of arts, culture, business and technology. It is a diverse collection of artists, chefs, small business owners, galleries and creative places—everything that makes Sacramento cool,” said Clay Nutting, a restaurateur and one of
the organizers of Art Street, in his testimony at the council meeting. “The creative economy is a driver of significant economic impact. It helps attract business and talent to our community and gives us a competitive edge.” Projects like Art Street are a perfect example of an organically grown experience that goes a
long way toward shedding the bureaucratic, government-driven image of our city’s past. This new pilot project fund is about investing in our own homegrown talent. While the government often has a terrible track record of picking winners and losers, I am eager to see this play out. The experience of the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission
definitely needs to be tapped for this effort to be successful. In creating our book, “Inside Sacramento: The Most Interesting Neighborhood Places in America’s Farm-to-Fork Capital,” I was exposed to the breadth and depth of the creative places in our city neighborhoods. I surprised
even myself while selecting and documenting all our city has to offer. Please make sure to visit Art Street this month. My description can only go so far. You need to experience it firsthand to understand what is at work here. Cecily Hastings can be reached at publisher@insidepublications.com. n
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program takes place Friday, Feb. 10, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at McKinley Library at 601 Alhambra Blvd.
WEEKLY WASTE REMINDER Do you run outside in your pajamas when you hear the garbage truck heading down your block? Did you know you can set customized calendar reminders? Visit cityofsacramento. org and go to Collection Calendar, where you can view, download and print service calendar reminders or have the reminders emailed, texted or embedded in your Outlook or Google Calendar.
LOCAL WOMAN HONORED East Sac resident Amber Lovett received United Way California Capital Region’s Women in Philanthropy Member of the Year Award at a recognition event held at Mulvaney’s B&L. She was one of five United Way donors and volunteers honored for their commitment to United Way’s Square One Project, which ensures that local students graduate from high school prepared for success in college and beyond. Lovett was honored for her work getting United Way’s Women in
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CELEBRATING MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Barry Brundage (left) Stephanie Bray (middle) and Amber Lovett (right).
Philanthropy off the ground 15 years ago and for her continued dedication to the group as a donor.
OUT WITH THE OLD Beginning this month, city residents can use the city’s 311 service to schedule free pickup of bulky household items or yard waste. The junk pickup program continues through October. Each residential customer may schedule two appointments per year. Customers may make two additional appointments for the pickup of appliances or e-waste.
To request an appointment, call 311, go to sac311.org or download the Sac311 smartphone app. For guidelines, and to learn more about which household junk items are eligible for pickup, go to sacrecycle. org.
VALENTINE’S CARDS AND CREATIONS Get ready for Valentine’s Day by making your own cards to give your special Valentine. Then make your own Valentine’s art out of buttons, pipe cleaners, pompoms and other fun decorations. This school-aged
The 18th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration will be held at the Sacramento State University Ballroom on Saturday, Feb. 4. It will begin with a reception at 5 p.m., followed by dinner at 5:45 p.m. It is one of the region’s largest gatherings of elected officials, judicial members, law enforcement, nonprofit groups, community members, business leaders and students to celebrate the legacy of Dr. King. The event was co-founded in 2002 by Sacramentans Dr. Dorothy Enomoto, a classmate and close friend of Dr. King, and her husband, Jerry Enomoto. For more information, go to mlkcelebrationsacramento.com.
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McKinley Library, along with five other Sacramento Public Library branches, will hold its Spring Prom Drive this month. The library will accept gently used, clean dresses, tuxedos and accessories. Drop the formalwear off at the library during business hours. For more information, go to saclibrary. org. McKinley Library is at 601 Alhambra Blvd.
VALENTINE’S DROP-OFF NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM Who doesn’t need a little child-free time to sneak away for date night this Valentine’s Day season? Drop your children off at Sacramento Children’s Museum in their pajamas on Friday, Feb. 10, from 5 to 9 p.m. for a night of museum play and Valentine’s Day themed snacks, crafts and activities. Dinner will be served. Children must be potty trained to attend. Sacramento Children’s Museum is at 2701 Prospect Park Drive in Rancho Cordova. Space is limited. Register online at sackids.org.
YEAR OF THE ROOSTER The 2017 Year-of-the-Rooster Chinese New Year Celebration marks the 20th anniversary of Chinese New Year Culture Association. The annual event, held on Saturday, Feb. 18, is EAST SAC LIFE page 19
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In December, members of the Sacramento Police Department, Sacramento Wheelmen Bicycling Club and Sacramento Bike Hikers assembled bikes and toy cars to give to local foster children and kids living in stressful conditions.
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the largest Chinese festival in the area and brings together 16 Chinese organizations. The celebration will feature dragon dance, martial arts, ethnic entertainment, arts and crafts, community exhibits, children’s games and food vendors. The celebration begins at noon at Hiram Johnson High School at 6879 14th Ave. Free parking is available. For more information, go to cnyca. net.
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE On Saturday, Feb. 18, the Sacramento Philharmonic will perform Maurice Sendak’s classic story, “Where the Wild Things Are,” at McKinley Library. After the performance, there will be a wild rumpus march and a maskmaking craft program. Children are encouraged to wear costumes. The program begins at 2:30 p.m. McKinley Library is at 601 Alhambra Blvd.
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Water Vault PROJECT WILL ADDRESS STREET FLOODING IN EAST SAC
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s your city councilmember, one of my top priorities is to support projects that solve problems and maintain and enhance the quality of life in our community. This includes getting our infrastructure in order to improve public health and safety. If you live in the McKinley Park area or have been here during the winter months, you have seen the streets overflow with excess rainwater during heavy storms. You may have also had issues from untreated water flowing into your yard and home. And in storms like the one in 2013, you may have even rafted across the neighborhood’s beautiful, treecanvassed streets to get to your home. It’s time to fix this. The reason this area has such extensive street flooding is due to the combined sewer system that serves it. The combined system collects and carries wastewater (sewage) and storm-water runoff through a singlepipe network for routine processing at the Sacramento Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant and the city’s wetweather treatment facilities during significant storm events. The combined sewer system serves more than 200,000 residents in the East Sacramento, downtown, River Park, Land Park, Curtis Park and Oak Park neighborhoods. Combined systems are rare on the West Coast.
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San Francisco and Sacramento are the only large cities in California that have one. The system is aging. Portions of it are failing. Many parts of the system do not have the capacity to protect our community from street flooding. When there are significant rain events, the combined sewer/stormdrain system cannot adequately convey the inflows to the treatment facilities for processing, so the storm water and wastewater backs up in the pipe. At times, we have experienced sewage outflows on the streets. In fact, the city’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit mandates we address this problem. We are doing that through a variety of improvements. Here’s the good news: The Department of Utilities is working
on a solution for East Sacramento, especially around McKinley Park. It’s part of a bigger picture involving our combined sewer system. The planned project is called the McKinley Water Vault. It is essentially a very large cistern that will capture wastewater and storm-water runoff during a large storm event, then slowly feed it into the combined sewer system at a rate that is sustainable as the storm subsides. A 2015 Combined Sewer System Improvement Plan update identified McKinley Park as the preferred location to provide flood protection benefits. Utilities studied 13 other possible locations in East Sacramento as part of the 2015 CSSIP update, but none worked nearly as well as McKinley Park from a cost and practicality standpoint. The vault
will also help ensure the city remains in compliance with state and federal regulations for flood protection and water quality. With the McKinley Water Vault, the city aims to increase public safety by reducing combined wastewater and storm-water outflows and significantly reduce street and park flooding, which will benefit neighbors, walkers, park goers and others visiting the area. The project not only brings flood protection to the community but also offers improvements for McKinley Park—a win-win for local residents, park goers and the East Sacramento community. The Department of Utilities and the Department of Parks & Recreation are partnering on this component and want to obtain community input about what is most important to you for future park
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use. There are many opportunities for park improvements, including numerous irrigation and sprinkler repairs, additional restrooms, tree plantings and jogging path resurfacing. Recreation concerns are very important as well. In early 2017, the Department of Utilities will begin the project’s pre-design studies. The studies will include constructability evaluations, planning-level study refinements, geotechnical investigations and preparation of a summary design report. This process will allow us to identify and address unforeseen conditions that may arise. The design and construction phases are expected to follow with an anticipated project construction completion date in late 2019. The project will likely consist of excavating one large area (the baseball field area adjacent to 33rd Street) and building a concrete tank that can hold approximately 7.5 million gallons (1 million cubic feet) of storage. It would be covered with a soil cap and, when complete, be
invisible to park goers. This is a big project, and it will be disruptive to park use, but I believe the benefits justify this course of action. A similar project has been completed in the Oak Park area and has proven to be successful. This project is another step to restore and improve our city’s infrastructure, enhance our parks and, ultimately, improve our quality of life. We want to help mitigate construction impacts as much as possible and listen to your ideas through our public outreach process. The departments are co-hosting community workshops in early 2017 to hear your input and answer your questions. Please sign up for email updates at mckinleywatervault@ cityofsacramento.org or check the project website at cityofsacramento. org/mckinleywatervault.
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The Regionalist UNDER STEINBERG, WILL CONSOLIDATIONS BE IN OUR FUTURE?
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n Darrell Steinberg, Sacramento has an aggressive and politically progressive mayor who is a selfacknowledged change agent. His background as president pro tem of the Senate and former city council member certainly gives him the political juice and local government knowledge to potentially be a highperformance mayor. Exhibiting the energy and confidence of a man who has been preparing for his new role his entire life, Steinberg has moved quickly to seize the agenda of the city of Sacramento, helped along by the fact that almost the entire city council endorsed his election. Even before he was sworn in as mayor, he persuaded the council to defer selection of a permanent city manager until he could weigh in. A final decision on the proposed expansion of Sacramento Convention Center was similarly deferred at his behest. And he will almost certainly play a major role in the selection of a new police chief, even though the selection is, theoretically, interim city manager Howard Chan’s to make. Steinberg has made no secret of his intent to serve as a regional leader. He sees many of the most difficult challenges we face as regional in scope: widespread homelessness,
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growing traffic congestion, economic development, a looming pension crisis, youth underemployment, land-use and environmental policies (i.e., suburban sprawl), poverty, poor educational outcomes, etc. And Steinberg is a major adherent of New Regionalism, which consistently calls for a regional approach to solving tough municipal problems. After all, Steinberg is the author of the groundbreaking (some would say local-economy-sapping) Senate Bill 375, which mandates that regional planners take affirmative steps to reduce the climate-changing impacts of local decisions on housing, transportation and land use. He’s tried to facilitate sales-tax-sharing
agreements between cities and counties to reduce local government competition for major retail developments (like auto malls), which gush the sales-tax revenues that are so coveted by local governments. Steinberg wasted no time in tapping his three political allies on the five-member Sacramento County board of supervisors (Phil Serna, Patrick Kennedy and Don Nottoli, each of whom supported Steinberg’s election) to schedule three joint meetings of the city council and the county board of supervisors early this year. The first such meeting, on Jan. 31, will be on the subject of homelessness. The agendas of two additional joint meetings, set for
Feb. 22 and March 22, have yet to be determined. Given Steinberg’s strong support for regionalism and the early signals he’s being issuing, we shouldn’t be surprised if he emerges as the leader of a renewed push to consolidate Sacramento city and county governments.
THE HISTORY OF CITY/COUNTY CONSOLIDATION EFFORTS City/county government consolidation has a long and storied CITY HALL page 24
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CITY HALL FROM page 22 history in Sacramento. As early as 1945, the Sacramento Chamber of Commerce (now Metro Chamber) was advocating for consolidation. It renewed its effort in 1957, leading to a 251-page study of the idea. But the idea really caught steam in the early ’70s, when a coalition of the Chamber of Commerce, The Sacramento Bee, Democratic Party leaders, restive and ambitious political staffers at the Capitol (some things never do change) and local good-government groups managed to persuade the city council and board of supervisors to create a joint charter commission to study the idea. Members of the commission were split into three factions: the “old elite” who wanted only modest changes to local government, Capitol staffers who wanted to implement wholesale changes, and the “unaligned” faction, made up of good-government groups as well as newly emergent leaders of the black and Hispanic communities. In 1970, city voters approved a charter change that shifted Sacramento from electing council members citywide to electing them by district. The change had a profound effect on both the makeup of the council and the city’s very political culture. There was a time before the shift when more than half of the city council members were residents of a single neighborhood, Land Park (which was really great for Land Park residents; for others, not so much). After the change, members of minority groups were elected to the council in greater numbers, which
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helped empower black and Hispanic neighborhoods and groups. In the end, the charter commission proposed a consolidation plan that called for a strong mayor of a unified government (with the mayor sharing power with a chief administrative officer), an expanded legislative council and a division of the county into five “boroughs.” Each borough government would have the trappings of a mini-city, but with authority that was never well defined. The commissions proposal was put before city and county voters in 1974. The campaigns for and against the 1974 consolidation proposal showed that the measure lacked broad geographical support. County officials and small-city officials (in those days, the county’s small cities were just Folsom, Isleton and Galt, commonly known as the FIG cities) lined up against the plan, while the Sacramento city council backed the measure. Public employee groups lined up against the plan, while the Chamber of Commerce failed to provide much help to the “Yes” side. Lacking a recognized campaign leader, the “Yes” campaign struggled along with B-list spokesmen, while the “No” campaign was led by the voluble, energetic and popular Jack Kipp, a longtime mayor of Folsom (and a cousin of mine). Kipp effectively castigated the measure as a power grab by downtown interests, foreshadowing, perhaps, a central theme of the opponents of Measure L, the strong-mayor proposal that was soundly defeated 40 years later. The campaigns were decidedly low-budget
affairs, with each side spending about $14,000, at a time when a typical Assembly campaign was spending about $40,000. The 1974 consolidation measure lost big, losing by better than 3 to 1. It carried just seven city precincts and was slaughtered by county voters, who opposed it by more than 80 percent. The proponents of the measure were never able to articulate a good reason for a wholesale change in local government. There was no governmental crisis that precipitated the vote, no demonstrated inability of government to deal with problems and no consensus among the city’s and county’s elite on the need for major changes.
THE 1990 CONSOLIDATION ELECTION The Chamber of Commerce led a renewed consolidation push in the late ’80s, focusing, nominally, on unlocking cost savings that consolidation promised through the elimination of overlapping and duplicative government functions, as well as realizing economies of scale. The promised savings to taxpayers: $27 million annually, which may strike modern readers as pretty modest. But, then again, we live in an era when the city of Sacramento’s annual budget is expected to blow past the $1 billion mark for the first time next year. It was also claimed that consolidation would make it easier to deal with air quality, transportation
and other regional problems. Current federal judge Kim Mueller, then a Sacramento council member representing Tahoe Park, said that the opportunity to have regional planning was the primary reason she supported consolidation. “We don’t want this to become another Los Angeles,” Mueller told a Los Angeles Times reporter. But the real reason county government pushed consolidation was to shut down the incorporation of new cities, which were poised to drain the county of tax revenues already constrained by the 1978 passage of Proposition 13. The communities of Citrus Heights and Elk Grove were making moves toward incorporating, potentially imperiling the county’s ability to fund health, welfare and other services. Following the 1990 defeat of consolidation, both Citrus Heights and Elk Grove did, in fact, incorporate and were joined not long after by the new city of Rancho Cordova. All three cities signed longterm reimbursement agreements with the county (typically 30 years), providing the county with a stream of cash designed to make up for the diversion of tax revenues to the new cities. But those streams will start expiring in the next 10 years. The legendary and always quotable Wendell Phillips, longtime president of the Sacramento County Deputy Sheriffs’ Association, backed consolidation for that very reason: “These new cities draw their
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boundaries and their tax districts and say to hell with everybody else.” But law enforcement was not united in favor of the proposal. Jim Jorgensen, president of the Sacramento Police Officers Association, strongly opposed it: “You’re going to create a megagovernment that’s going to make this entire county into one humongous city… it’s going to be a financial nightmare.” Other opponents argued that consolidation “would cost more money not less, lead to poorer public services within the city of Sacramento and would create a metropolitan government that would be less responsive to local neighborhood needs,” according to a 1990 LA Times story. The 1990 proposal, dubbed Measure S, called for a semi-strong mayor and an 11-member council of supervisors. It called for a two-tiered structure that would divide the city into 20 local community councils, each with five elected members. The local councils would make local zoning decisions and create community plans that would have to conform to a general plan. Measure S would also have consolidated 13 independent fire districts into a single district, governed by an independently elected board. In the years following the defeat of Measure S, most of these same fire districts agreed to merge and formed the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District, led today by an independently elected board (although one under the considerable influence of the firefighters union). Measure S lost 56.3 percent to 43.7 percent, less of a shellacking than the 1974 defeat of consolidation, but still a walloping. In 2010, when Sacramento city and county governments were hemorrhaging money, then-interim city manager Gus Vina and the county executive announced an effort to identify opportunities for “functional” as distinct from “political” consolidations. The idea was for one government or the other to take full responsibility for
functions they were particularly adept at providing efficiently and effectively. But the moment passed with few results. The traditional cold-shoulder relationship between city and county governments and leadership turnovers made such efforts challenging, to say the least. With Steinberg’s close political relationship with three county supervisors, the old frosty relationship may be warming up and opportunities for functional consolidations may have a renewed chance for success. Functions that were once considered candidates include building inspections, code enforcement, vehicle abatements, animal services, parking, SWAT teams and helicopter operations.
FULL CONSOLIDATION: THE DISCOURAGING EXPERIENCE OF OTHER CITIES It might seem from Sacramento’s two tries at consolidation that city/ county consolidations are a popular move elsewhere. In fact, consolidation is exceedingly rare. San Francisco is California’s only consolidated city and county, and Sacramento is the only one of California’s other 57 counties to even try to consolidate.
Politically, it’s very hard to convince skeptical voters that a consolidation of governments will make them more efficient. New Orleans and New Orleans Parish were the first city and county in the country to consolidate in 1805. But in the ensuing 212 years, only 26 counties out of more than 3,000 counties in the nation have
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public they serve, leading to greater inefficiency and diminished public satisfaction. (Helpful research aid: VA hospitals.) Politically, it’s very hard to convince skeptical voters that a consolidation of governments will make them more efficient, even when proponents vastly outspend opponents. Those few consolidation campaigns that have been successful have focused, instead, on how it will improve local economic development efforts rather than saving taxpayer money. But that may not be an argument for consolidation that Darrell Steinberg can credibly make given his background as the author of SB 375, which placed considerable restraints on local economic development. Craig Powell is a retired attorney, businessman, community activist and president of Eye on Sacramento, a civic watchdog and policy group. He can be reached at craig@ eyeonsacramento.org or 718-3030. n
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steban Villa is the most accessible artist in Sacramento. He can be found most every
night at Simon’s bar on 16th Street, seated in the far corner, facing the door, his back to the hallway that leads to the patio. A pint of beer typically stands within reach, but beer isn’t the point. Notice the rainbow array of pens and pencils neatly laid out along alongside the beer glass, and the compact notebooks that contain Villa’s latest drawings. Don’t touch. The ink’s still wet. Look closely at the newest drawing and recognize the woman seated across the horseshoe bar. She’s talking to a friend. And she’s only vaguely aware that her flattering image has been interpreted and preserved by a renowned artist and muralist whose work is monumental in scope, size, irreverence and longevity. In some ways, Villa is Sacramento’s contemporary version of Toulouse-
Artist Esteban Villa
Lautrec. Our cafe artist celebrates the bohemian spirit and captures the swirl of nightlife as everyday citizens
than the self-destructive French
in mind. Not long ago, Villa received
Simon’s, and Southside Park. Villa’s
enjoy themselves.
postimpressionist master, who died
a six-figure commission to participate
vivid folkloric inspirations are all
at 36.
in a high-profile project: the Royal
around us.
Of course, Simon’s is not the Moulin Rouge, circa 1890. Midtown
Still, the comparison fits. To
is not Montmartre. And still going
witness a respected artist working
at Golden 1 Center. RCAF artists
experiences I’ve had, and the work
strong at age 86, Villa has seen
nightly in a saloon, where he finds
Juanishi Orosco and Stan Padilla are
I’ve been able to do, I stop and think,
50 more birthdays (and counting)
inspiration in the festive environment
also at work on the piece.
that’s not bad for a dirt-poor kid from
disdained by other artists, that’s
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something special. “People ask me if I’m slowing down
Chicano Air Force legacy mural
The soaring K Street wall in the new arena is a perfect canvas for
“When I think about the great
Bakersfield,” he says. There are many reference points
Villa, who loves to work large. He has
in Villa’s long life and success, but
now that I’m 86,” Villa says. “I tell
enlivened numerous buildings around
his biggest impressions involve
them no, I’m just getting started.”
California. He helped create the
two institutions: Sacramento State
sprawling artworks in the K Street
University and the Royal Chicano Air
the satisfaction Villa gets from
tunnel that runs beneath Interstate
Force.
creating postcard-sized art at his
5. His portfolio includes the state’s
bar-top studio, he has bigger things
East End campus, two blocks from
He means that literally. Despite
Villa taught art classes for three decades at Sac State. He helped
inspire the pioneering crew of
a co-founder. He and the late Jose
deflects the question. He says, “It’s
professors who established the
Montoya started the RCAF in 1970.
been done for years. We’ve just been
troubles and nights with too many
waiting for the right place to install
drinks. He carries batches of his latest
it.”
CD, “Habanero Honey,” in a satchel
school’s creative direction and
The RCAF became one of the
Villa sings about love and money
cultural legacy. Two decades into
most enduring instruments of
retirement, he maintains the title of
Chicano Power during the political
professor emeritus.
upheavals of the 1970s. Today, UC
and cafe sketches. Villa is a singer,
Santa Barbara’s Donald C. Davidson
guitarist and songwriter, leading a
Library maintains many pieces from
loosely affiliated band of seven or
compendium of humanity, trouble,
the group’s work in an internationally
eight musicians. His compositions
despair, love, hope and inspiration,
recognized collection.
are generally inspired by his rural
captured on a postcard, a wall or the
childhood around Bakersfield, where
side of a building.
Our cafe artist celebrates the bohemian spirit and captures the swirl of nightlife as everyday citizens enjoy themselves.
RCAF artists—sadly, few have
His artistry extends beyond murals
survived with Villa’s mortal
he enjoyed traveling bands that
staying power—were a hard-living
played for farm workers.
bunch, politically sophisticated and and inclusive. Humor sustained their
The music is like Villa’s art, a
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outrage. RCAF agitators reveled in making art spiked with hidden messages, a talent inevitably on display in Villa’s work. Years from now, people will study the Golden 1 Villa is studiously vague and cagey when describing his work. Always the
collective that exquisitely expanded
teacher, he invites interpretation and
into the political realm to promote
encourages his audience to see beyond
social justice though creativity,
the obvious.
imagination and mysticism, Villa was
to anyone who shows an interest.
subversive while comedic, generous
piece and learn some old RCAF tricks. As for the RCAF, an artists
with his art supplies. He gives copies
When I ask him about the themes
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Patricia Sturdevant FINDING A USE FOR A SURPLUS OF CITRUS
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f you’ve ever taken a stroll through Land Park (or if you’re one of the lucky ducks who live there), you’ve no doubt noticed the beautiful array of foliage from the hundreds of mature trees that line every street and avenue. You may have also noticed that at certain times of year, citrus fruit hangs heavy on the branches of these gorgeous trees and either litters the sidewalk with squelchy, slippery bits of fruit flesh or is voraciously attacked by squirrels and other creatures. Patricia Sturdevant noticed this seasonal fruit phenomenon and decided to do something about it. The Land Park resident is a retired consumer protection and health care lawyer who didn’t mean to land here but fell in love with the area after growing up in far northern California and living in San Francisco and Washington, D.C., before moving to Sacramento for work. Since Sturdevant loves to take walks in her neighborhood, she started noticing that the citrus fruit was not only hazardous but could also be the solution to an endemic problem that she’d spent her career—and countless volunteer hours—fighting. “There are 245,000 hungry people in Sacramento,” says Sturdevant. She knows that figure because of her work spearheading Food From the
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was making a difference—and the donation was tax deductible!” At Sturdevant’s behest, LPCA decided to partner with Harvest Sacramento, a program of Soil Born Farms that harvests extra citrus fruit around town and donates it to local food assistance agencies. Though volunteers can lend a hand harvesting any time during the year, LPCA will partner with Hollywood Park Neighborhood Association on Feb. 18 to host an all-day picking extravaganza complete with a free lunch put together by Biba Restaurant’s chef, Brenda Ruiz.
“It makes me feel really good and I get to meet really interesting people. ”
Patricia Sturdevant Sac Bar, a program of the Sacramento County Bar Association that benefits Sacramento Food Bank. “I noticed that so much of the fruit from the area’s mature trees goes to waste, so it seemed like a great combination of supply and demand to link hungry families with Land Park citrus owners.”
Sturdevant brought her observations to Land Park Community Association. When her own trees gave her an overabundance of fruit two years ago, Sturdevant called upon Senior Gleaners (which merged with the food bank in 2015). She recalls that “all ages had a great time picking and I felt good because the trees were clean and I
“It’s going to be a major logistical effort,” Sturdevant says. “Dominic Allamano (who coordinates Edible City for Soil Born Farms) is going to help us put everything together, and students from McClatchy High School and Arthur A. Benjamin Health Professions High School as well as members of Matt Guzaitis’s Boy Scout troop will help us spread the word. It will be perfect timing, too—the early crops will still be on the trees and the oranges will just be ripening. It’s prime picking time.” Sturdevant is not just excited about the quality fruit the volunteers will be
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gathering for hungry Sacramentans. She’s most looking forward to the connection that volunteering brings, whether it’s for the Harvest Sacramento event or her other extensive charitable work as the president of the board of Consumer Action (a San Francisco-based consumer advocacy group), a member of the advisory board of Donate Life (which promotes organ donation), a member of the board of the National Council of Jewish Women and an active participant in various women lawyer organizations. “I was a public-interest lawyer, so doing things in the public interest is really important for me,” she says. “I do it not only because I have altruistic goals of helping the community, but also because it makes me feel really good and I get to meet really interesting people. Instead of being linked by work, we’re linked by our neighborhood.” For more information on Soil Born Farms’ Harvest Sacramento program, call 572-6646 or visit soilborn.org. n
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Top Chef HE’S IN CHARGE OF THE FOOD AT FOUR HOT RESTAURANTS
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ryce Palmer is not a fan of the phrase “Never trust a skinny chef.” The 32-year-old chef is not only incredibly talented, evidenced by his work at Barwest Burgers & Wings, Crawdads, El Rey and Malt & Mash. He also happens to be lithe—perhaps because he’s so busy overseeing the food at four restaurants.
how to cook “excellent food for 1,000 people”) and The Golden Bear. With each menu, Palmer became more comfortable experimenting with different styles of cooking, and finally his old friend Shults came calling once again.
The flavors “dance around in your mouth—it’s the perfect combination of fatty and acidic.”
“That’s what I love about our industry: You know right then and there if someone likes your food.” “A busy me is a happy me,” says Palmer, who received college scholarships for wrestling and baseball but realized at 19 that he needed the focus of the Marine Corps. “A change of environment always helps. If I get bored, I get in trouble. My mind wanders. I try to change it up as much as possible.” Palmer’s résumé is a testament to this desire to always be learning,
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Chef Bryce Palmer growing and changing. After finishing his service with the Marine Corps 12 years ago, Palmer met restaurateur Trevor Shults, the owner of several Sacramento hot spots, including Barwest. Palmer did every job you can think of for Shults’ properties, including acting as his personal assistant, bartending, bar backing and serving. All of these experiences made Palmer realize that he wanted even more out of his career in food. “One day,” he says, “I woke up and decided to go to culinary school.”
This realization wasn’t entirely out of left field. Palmer comes from a hospitality family: His father is the general manager of The Meritage Resort and Spa in Napa and the former general manager of Embassy Suites in San Francisco. After graduating at the top of his class from Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Sacramento, Palmer bopped around the local restaurant scene, working at Capital Dime, Biba, Grange Restaurant and Bar in The Citizen Hotel (where he learned
“Trevor was having trouble at Crawdads, so he hired me as the sous chef two and half years ago,” Palmer says. “Then the head chef left, so I took over the position and helped Trevor update the menu, focusing on local produce. We have a very small kitchen but a very large dining room, so it’s a challenge, but we make it happen. The guests who have been coming to the restaurant for 30 years are glad for the change.” At the same time that Palmer was helping update Crawdads, Shults had another assignment for him: revamp the burger menu at his midtown eatery Barwest, which Palmer had helped his friend open in 2011. Palmer was eager for the challenge. “As a chef, a burger is an easy canvas,” he explains. “You have meat in between a bun. Then the options NEIGHBOR page 34
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are endless. It was about a year-anda-half process of going over recipes from the internet and different food magazines. The more I immerse myself, the more the ideas flow. Being able to bring all my ideas together and have the owners love every last thing was very rewarding. That’s what I love about our industry: You know right then and there if someone likes your food.” Who wouldn’t love a burger made with a special grind of rib-eye, short rib and chuck meats and topped with chimichurri sauce, crispy onions and arugula? (As Palmer says, the flavors “dance around in your mouth—it’s the perfect combination of fatty and acidic.”) But Barwest is not just burgers. Palmer’s hot wings won the
restaurant top marks at the 2014 Sactown Wings Festival, an honor Palmer intends to repeat next year. So between competitions, running the kitchen in at least two restaurants at once, overseeing Barwest’s Community Table (which benefits a different charity each month with profits from meals enjoyed there), and helping Shults open two new restaurants, it’s no wonder Palmer is a lean machine. But believe me: This is one chef you definitely want to trust. Barwest Burgers & Wings is at 2724 J St. For more information, visit mybarwest.com. n
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Going to the Dogs NEW ‘BARK PARK’ WILL BRING DOG LOVERS TO MIDTOWN
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t’s interesting about development.
Hansen, who asked to see a concept
People talk. They take action.
and plan.
They position themselves for all
Kolokotronis, developer John
possibilities. But economic headwinds
Hodgson and Wendy Saunders,
can slow you down, or tailwinds send
executive director of Capitol Area
you sailing. This is happening in areas
Development Authority, recruited
of Midtown, downtown, Oak Park and
Quadriga, a landscape planning and
even Del Paso. More specifically, the
architectural firm, for some pro bono
southern edge of Midtown is being
design work.
reshaped from the ground up with an explosion of development. It was a neglected area around R, S
“This is going to be the coolest park in Sacramento,” said Hodgson. “Not just the coolest dog park but the coolest park.”
and P streets between 16th and 21st streets. A cornerstone of the area was The Sacramento Bee headquarters, a corporate powerhouse and major employer that has seen better days. The area has been home to vacant lots, old auto repair facilities and abandoned buildings. But developers like Sotiris Kolokotronis, Mike Heller and Mark Friedman are fast-tracking new housing, retail and offices that will
“We needed Councilmember
ignite the community with activity, excitement, people … and a few dogs.
Hansen’s help to modify the city’s
Development started in the area
master plan,” said Saunders. “He
The recent groundbreaking at Truitt Bark Park. Photos courtesy of Chantel Elder of Eleakis & Elder Photography.
before the Great Recession, but it hit a wall and nothing much happened. The Safeway still served a local clientele. The Zebra Club still opened at 6 a.m. for those needing a stiff one after the graveyard shift or before the day began. Some business ventures
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held their own, while others faded away. Heller and Friedman are
Then there’s the empty field surrounded by a chain-link fence about a block from the Safeway
building The ICE Blocks, a mixed-
at 19th and S. It was supposed to
use development of residential,
become a city park, but money got
commercial and retail space. A little
tight after funds were needed to clean
to the north and east, Kolokotronis
up the site.
has plans to construct the Q19
Community leaders held a public
apartments at Q and 19th streets,
meeting. The few people who
the 20th/PQR townhomes a half
attended advocated for a dog park
block away and Press Building on
and community garden versus a
the corner of Q and 21st, where The
traditional neighborhood park. They
Sacramento Bee parking structure
approached Councilmember Steve
stands today.
helped us secure about $800,000 for the park. CADA is investing another $100,000 and managing the construction. There are a lot of new tenants and residents coming to that area, and this will be very nice for them.” While it’s officially a dog park, those behind the park are more inclined to call it a “people park” with amenities for dogs. One thing is for sure: It will attract a lot of activity, because people moving to Midtown have dogs, love dogs and love to be around others who love dogs. “This is going to be the coolest park in Sacramento,” said Hodgson.
A rendering of the new Truitt Bark Park in Midtown.
“Not just the coolest dog park but the coolest park.” Truitt Bark Park (named for a
The park is scheduled to open in June. While the park will be filled with trees, it’s going to take some
community advocate Brooks Truitt)
time for them to mature. “Eventually,
will feature two fenced-in runs: one
we will have a park full of shade,
for big dogs and one for small dogs.
but it will take a couple years for
The very contemporary design will
the foliage and trees to grow,” said
include lighting, trees and public
Saunders. “People will just have to be
art. It will have a public plaza feel
patient.”
with enough space for residents to congregate, whether they have a dog or not. Brooks Truitt was often referred to affectionately as a curmudgeon. He showed up at meetings and advocated to keep R Street’s industrial flavor intact rather than building large state office buildings. He was 25 years
The very contemporary design will include lighting, trees and public art.
ahead of his time. “This park is going to get a lot of use,” Hodgson predicted. “The park isn’t a large dog park. It’s the type of park you’d find in urban areas, but that’s a good thing because it promotes socialization for dog and people.”
But the sense of neighborhood will A centerpiece of the park will be a large concrete statue with letters
Empty nesters and millennials want
not be accomplished by a dog park
an urban lifestyle, but we have to do
alone.
more about getting jobs downtown.
spelling out BARK. It’s part of the
“We have the potential for a very
city’s Art in Public Places Project.
pedestrian-friendly area,” explained
Saunders said they will raise money
Kolokotronis. “Something special is
from the public to fund the project.
happening in the core. There’s pentup demand for multifamily housing.
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AT THIS FAMILY FARM, THE ANIMALS LIVE GOOD LIVES
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ay hello to Denise, Esther, Falla, Hedda and Marigold. Check out Kameo, Khan, Kona and Kettle Bell. They are the cutest cattle I’ve ever seen.
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These are heritage-breed cattle— Scottish Highland, Dutch Belted and Irish Dexter primarily. You can reach through the fence and touch their shaggy winter coats. Marvel at their massive horns and gentle faces. Listen to them talk to one another in drawnout moos and throaty bellows. Long Dream Farm is a 90-acre farm and creamery located on beautiful but hilly terrain in the Sierra Nevada foothills outside of Lincoln. There’s another 280 acres used for grazing on the Bear River. Andrew and Krista
Abrahams established the farm in 2012. Humans and heritage-breed cattle aren’t the only creatures that live here. There are approximately 1,500 chickens, making a cacophony of chicken noises, nine prehistoriclooking emus, fiercely protective alpacas, equally protective and massive Pyrenean mastiffs, including one named Truck, donkeys, various regular-sized dogs, an Icelandic horse and others. All the animals have names. The female calves born this year will be
given names starting with the letter C, and the males will have names that start with an L. That way, the Abrahamses can keep track of when their animal charges were born. Long Dream Farm is one of only two dairies that show up in search results when I Google “dairies in Placer County.” According to Krista, the county once had a number of thriving dairies, but by the 1970s most had closed. Long Dream Farm stands out for another reason. The Abrahamses focus on the welfare and happiness of
the animals under their care, which is why the farm is Animal Welfare Approved. That label on a product indicates that it “come[s] from farm animals raised to the highest animal welfare and environmental standards,” according to AWA. “They’re meant to thrive outside,” Andrew explains. “It is possible to do [this] in a way where the animals have good lives.” By facilitating a low-stress, natural environment and maintaining family and social bonds, among other practices, the couple helps ensure that their animals are, well, happy. Most people believe that all dairy cows live in a green pasture, Andrew says. There usually aren’t any calves in that scenario, and there’s not a lot of verdant pasture, either. It is part of “greenwashing,” the type of information some companies use to present an environmentally responsible image. It is marketing spin that helps us feel good about the food we buy and consume. Andrew believes that people should care about animals and how they are treated, and
they should expect to pay more for Long Dream Farm’s products because they cost more to produce. The Long Dream Farm dream started back when the family was living in New York. The Abrahamses were concerned about the food they were eating and how it was produced. About six years ago, they left the East Coast and settled out west on the farm. Andrew has a Ph.D. in astrophysics from the University of Illinois. He co-founded Aviso, a software company, in 2012. His degree and impressive career seem slightly out of place in this rural environment, but he’s adapted to his surroundings. He manages the farm’s Instagram account and often posts cameos of the photogenic Denise and her bovine friends and family. With a couple of part-time employees, the Abrahamses and their children handle the never-ending list of chores, including early-morning milking, egg gathering and making fresh Greek yogurt, several cheeses and ice cream in the creamery. Add
to that guiding farm tours, training milk cows (yes, cows), selling their products at local farmers markets, educational outreach and farm stays—overnight stays in the farm’s guesthouse. The 12-year-old is a natural at marketing, her 8-yearold brother likes to work with the chickens, and the 3-year-old enjoys giving tours. There’s also a heritage cattlebreeding program. Heritage cattle aren’t usually found in commercialsized dairies. According to The Livestock Conservancy’s website, “These are the breeds of a bygone era, before industrial agriculture became a mainstream practice. These breeds were carefully selected and bred over time to develop traits that made them well adapted to the local environment and they thrived under farming practices and cultural conditions that are very different from those found in modern agriculture.” Some, like the Dutch Belted and Dexter, were in danger of extinction and remain on the organization’s Conservation Priority List. Yet they might be
models for “survival and selfsufficiency” in the modern dairy. The Abrahamses do things differently. Cows are only milked once in the morning. They can even take days off. Calves stay with their mothers and continue to nurse until they are weaned naturally, which strengthens family bonds. The cattle live outdoors and graze on grass. The chickens hang out with the cattle, which helps cut down the fly population. But these aren’t new ways of doing things, as Krista is quick to point out. They are a return to old ways, with some new twists. This family-run farm in Placer County might be a long shot and a dream, but it is a model for better treatment of the creatures that provide us with so much. Go see it for yourself. For more information about Long Dream Farm, visit longdreamfarm. com or call 543-0758. Angela Knight can be reached at knight@mcn.org. n
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Ticket to the MLS SACRAMENTO AIMS TO PROVE ITS WORTHINESS TO SOCCER LEAGUE
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ike a bright and eager high school senior sending her application package to Stanford or the University of California, Sacramento Republic Football Club is facing a moment of truth. The soccer team began the new year by delivering its formal bid for membership in Major League Soccer. The MLS doesn’t care about inspirational essays, grade point averages and standardized test scores. The league wants to know about money. How will you finance your new stadium? How many founding corporate sponsorships and suites can you sell? What’s your premium season ticket benchmark? How much are your naming rights worth? Those are the real questions. The Republic insists it has the right answers. Assuming the team is correct, Sacramento should be guaranteed one of two 2017 expansion slots in the booming MLS. Acceptance letters are due this summer. “For over two years, Sacramento has methodically built our case as an MLS-caliber city,” says Kevin Nagle, Republic managing partner. Once membership is approved (and after the Republic pays the MLS a $150 million entry fee), work can begin on a 20,000-seat soccer pitch in the northeast corner of the downtown railyards, just off Richards Boulevard. The $226 million stadium will be finished in time for the 2020 MLS
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Future location of Sacramento Republic's new field. season, which runs March to October and places the Republic directly in competition with the River Cats baseball club. The Republic has done the heavy lifting, building a textbook marketing program, engaging fans and setting attendance records while dwelling in the minor leagues of U.S. professional soccer. The team produced a compelling argument for MLS entry. But the real heroes are Sacramento sports fans. When a team applies for league membership, it’s the community that’s put on trial. Sacramento soccer fans may take the community’s worthiness as a pro sports market for granted, but the
MLS makes no such assumptions. When a pro league looks at Sacramento, it sees lots to like, but also potential problems. Two major categories for concern were identified early by the Republic. In a 2015 market analysis, the Republic listed “premium seating” and “corporate base” as “potential challenges” that could harm Sacramento’s chances for financial success in the MLS. Those two troublesome areas have long been questioned by sports promoters interested in Sacramento. In 2010, Major League Baseball sent a reconnaissance mission to explore the feasibility of a baseball stadium
in the railyards. No specific team was highlighted, but the candidate was the Oakland A’s, which is still looking for a new home in Oakland. At the time, the A’s hoped to jump to San Jose—territory that A’s ownership had years earlier given to the San Francisco Giants. Major League Baseball wanted an alternative site near the Bay Area. MLB crossed Sacramento off the list when the scouting party decided the capital market lacked the corporate heft to support premium seat sales and founding partnerships. And there was zero evidence Sacramento taxpayers would help pay for a $1 billion ballpark.
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Serving our local communities since 1958 Around that time, the NBA was in a panic over the financial viability of the Kings. The Maloof family still owned the team. The Maloofs had done their best to drive away even the most loyal corporate partners— not merely by throwing an awful product on the basketball court, but by laying off staff and eliminating little perks enjoyed and expected by corporate partners. Essentially, the Kings insulted and ignored their best customers. NBA headquarters sent a rescue squad of sales and marketing experts to salvage the wreckage, led by current Kings president Chris Granger. Ultimately, an ownership change saved the day, but it was a close call. The MLS may not know the dirty details of Sacramento’s flirtations and romances with big-league baseball and basketball, but the soccer executives are highly experienced at judging midlevel markets. That’s why the Republic addressed the questions of corporate base and premium seating. The team outlined strategies to secure long-term
commitments to suites, premium seats, naming rights, sponsorships and partnerships. “We’ve proven the strength of our market,� Nagle says. The Republic has demonstrated an ability to pack Hughes Stadium and the temporary bleachers at Bonney Field. But the MLS won’t care about the sheer number of warm bodies at the pitch, especially if fans walked in with discount tickets. Premium season tickets, sponsorships and suite sales are the name of the game. That’s where the Sacramento market must prove itself. Nagle and his crew understand what the MLS wants to see in gilded economic terms. If the Republic demonstrates long-term, top-dollar commitments from the region’s corporate leaders, Sacramento will tower above the pack of discountdriven cities seeking a ticket into the MLS. R.E. Graswich can be reached at reg@graswich.com. n
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Rendering of the new Market 5-ONE-5.
Healthy Decision RALEY’S CEO PLANS TO OPEN A NEW MARKET CONCEPT
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ike Teel has a vision—and it’s not about Raley’s, the grocery chain that his family name has been tied to since 1935. Teel plans to open a new grocerystore concept called Market 5-ONE-5 in Sacramento’s R Street District. Market 5-ONE-5 grew out of Teel’s frustration at his inability to find nutritious products in one grocery setting. “My inspiration was my frustration,” explains Teel, the president and CEO of Raley’s. The new market falls in line with health-focused decisions that Raley’s has made in the past year. In 2015, Raley’s stopped selling tobacco products, and in June, the company announced plans to remove all
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private-label artificially flavored sodas from its shelves. This new grocery concept has been in the planning stage for several years. At the 2015 State of Food and Agriculture conference hosted by Sacramento Metro Chamber, Teel called the local food system “broken.” He spoke of a grocery business reliant on “slotting fees,” the practice of brand-name products paying a fee for placement on grocery store shelves. These fees are significant in overall grocery revenues yet don’t always align with Raley’s values of prioritizing customers’ health and well-being. Little by little, Raley’s intends to make healthier changes to its stores. But changing such a large, established business will take time. With the launch of Market 5-ONE-5, Teel can jump straight ahead to the store model he idealizes. “The idea was to create a company that would not be held back by its current brand image, current customer base or internal paradigm of how we do business,” Teel says. The
new model “sets the company free to move fully forward as fast as it can toward finding solutions to balance health and wellness for those who are really interested in the food that they eat and the impact on their bodies.” According to company spokesperson Chelsea Minor, Market 5-ONE-5 will embrace the notion that food affects health. The 11,000-square-foot store will carry products that embrace the store’s core values: organic, nutrition and education. Minor is enthusiastic about a model that combines these core values under one roof. “These concepts individually exist in other formats,” she says. “It’s the holistic view that is the differentiator.” The new store will develop standards for its products as a way to keep customers informed. For example, the market may decide that all its meat will be humanely and organically raised without hormones. This standard will be published, allowing the customer peace of mind that this minimum standard will
be applied to all Market 5-ONE-5 products. A “wellness evangelist” with a nutrition background will be on staff at the new market to help the store manager set wellness standards for the products available. Teel also hopes the store will positively affect local food production. By purchasing locally curated products, the market can help create a larger platform for small businesses to become more sustainable. Creating big rifts with a small idea is core to Teel’s approach. “We often don’t tackle big projects because we feel like we can’t really change the world with it. I don’t believe that’s correct,” says Teel. “I believe that even smaller companies can have a broad impact in changing the world around them, because when we make one change in our stores— an example I like to use is candy or soda at the registers—our competitors have to react to that. They can choose to do the same because we’re taking business away if they don’t follow suit.”
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Moving Forward NEW PLANNING DIRECTOR SPEAKS OUT
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change and grow. The city has made smart investments lately, from transportation enhancements to entertainment venues like Golden1 Center, and these will be catalysts to help propel our city. What attracted me here as opposed to other cities is that we have a vision and values that are pretty comprehensively shared by city staff and council members. It’s rare to see a council that works so well and is in such close step with staff.
ew year, new you, or at least that’s how the saying goes. Sacramento seemed to take it to heart, anyway, capping 2016 with a new arena and a new mayor. Sacramento’s 2016 was characterized by new growth and development, including the hire of new planning director Kate Gillespie, who looks to keep that trend going well into and beyond 2017. Inside Publications sat down with Gillespie earlier this year to get her impression of her new hometown and to ask her to share some of her plans for the city moving forward.
Speaking of city staff, we’ve got a new mayor. Do you have any impressions of his stance on planning and development, and how do you plan to respond? Our new mayor has a level of urgency to his agenda, and so he’s challenging us already to compress schedules and do work faster and get on with opportunities to grow our city. We know that we have an obligation to build housing downtown. We’re also intrigued by the riverfront, especially along the Sacramento River. We have a path that needs enhancing, and we also have a lot of vacant land, particularly south of the Tower Bridge. So the mayor has recognized this and challenged us to come up with projects that could be quickly implemented that will help draw people to the waterfront.
You’re new to town, but you’re no stranger to planning and development. Where has your career taken you before you landed here in Sacramento? After grad school, I was recruited by the city of Boston and the city of New York and became the long-range planning manager for the Manhattan office of the Department of City Planning. Then I lived in the Bay Area for about 20 years at a planning firm focusing on redevelopment. In 2012, I became the planning director for a firm with a national practice based out of New Orleans. The day that I started working there, Superstorm Sandy hit the East Coast. We were eventually selected by the
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Kate Gillespie is the new planning director. National Parks Service to restore two parks in New York. Sacramento must seem like something of a hamlet after New York and Boston.
Well, we’re the right-size town, and I have the skills to help us be a bigger town. There’s an energy here that’s really exciting. It’s an open community, and with that comes the ability to
Specifically speaking, how do you view your role as the city’s planning director, and more generally for the department? I sit on the dais with the planning commission and interact with the commissioners a lot. We talk informally on a one-on-one basis.
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I see our role as planners as synthesizers—trying to chart a course that’s most ideal for the greatest number of people. I see our role as planners as synthesizers—trying to chart a course that’s most ideal for the greatest number of people and to envision what the future should be and how to get there as a city. We have an obligation to look at different
demographics, economics, social relations and issues of social justice, and try to weave all that together so we have a city that people want to invest in. How do you plan to engage with members of the community who aren’t usually involved in the planning process? Yeah, it’s not something that’s high on most people’s agendas unless they have a strong opinion already. So we’re trying to create an environment where people can participate in a variety of ways. We’re looking at the equivalent of a digital bulletin board where people can put their ideas online, and we’re doing a series of meetings with neighborhood organizations and business improvement districts and developers. We also welcome applicants, property owners and developers to come and talk to us informally about their project before they start designing. We’ll also be introducing a lot of tools on our website that will help the
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Striving Toward Thriving WHERE THE WINDS WILL TAKE ME IN 2017
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hen I was a young whip of a preacher, my 80-year-old seminary professor gave me two pieces of advice I’ve never forgotten. First, he said, “Stop trying to sound like Billy Graham. God has one syllable, not two.” OK, that’s important. Second, “Forget retiring in a big house. Use your money to travel.” In 2015, I took his advice by shedding our 2,800-square-foot McMansion. Since then, many readers have asked about my future plans. How long will I continue my little “downsizing experiment” in our dilapidated mobile home rental?
I’m trying to live the best life I can live, no matter where that is. If you’ll allow me a personal indulgence, I’d like to share our tentative plans for 2017. I will soon start classes at the Art Institute of California, where I hope to earn a culinary arts degree and prove I-told-you-so to my wife, Becky.
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In the meantime, she’s driving across town to begin her second semester of French at Alliance Francaise de Sacramento. We are doing this to prepare for the second piece of my professor’s advice: travel. By July 1, we’ll retire from our jobs, shed the mobile home, sell our RV and put our household goods in storage. Our first stop this summer will be Belgium, where Becky’s French lessons should prove handy and my cooking skills shamefully inadequate. But we have made connections with a Brussels church where I promised to “preach for food.” After Thanksgiving, we will join our daughter in Honduras, where she runs a charity called Chispa, helping
to bring children’s libraries to local schools (chispaproject.org). Then, in early 2018, we will turn our attention to Central or South America. Probably Ecuador. I say Ecuador because we went there in 2015 to see the Galapagos Islands and explore the idea of overseas retirement. We drove 8,200 feet into the cool Andes to find beautiful Cuenca and its population of 700,000. It was there we found an English community of 5,000 expats who’d sold their belongings to rent furnished homes for half the cost of an American home. We also started an ongoing conversation with a church about how we might help when we returned.
By the end of this decade, we will likely end our gypsy life and return to the States for a more permanent home—preferably a small house with a picket fence in a town with a little snow, but rarely a scorching day. And yes, to answer your last question, I will keep writing my column as long as my editors keep taking my copy. I’m a lot like Dr. Seuss’s Sam-I-Am who conquered his aversion to green eggs and ham. That means I will write in a box, with a fox, in a house, with a mouse. I will write here and there ... I will write anywhere. As I share all of this, I am trying to keep in mind the most important lesson I’ve learned as a chaplain: Don’t count on the future. I say that
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The Divorce Whisperer HE HELPS COUPLES SPLIT RESPECTFULLY
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al Bartholomew is a familylaw attorney who specializes in collaborative divorce. We recently spoke with him about the benefits of collaborative divorce. You have a very impressive background in family law. You were the managing partner with the firm of Desmond, Miller, Desmond and Bartholomew for 15 years and you co-founded the firm of Bartholomew and Wasznicky with fellow family law specialist Diane Wasznicky in 1989. But you’re particularly interested in something called collaborative practice. What is that?
thing, but that’s not the case here. Our job is to assist the couple, not have a judge tell them what to do. Each party has a divorce coach (a mental health professional) to help deal with the emotional issues that arise during the process. Divorce often is 95 percent emotional, 5 percent legal. This helps the couple communicate better.
The hardest-working people in the process are the couple.
It’s a team approach to helping couples navigate the divorce process. The couple works to resolve disputes
The financial professional is there
respectfully, without going to court,
as a financial “neutral” to collect
with a team of trained professionals,
information and make the process
which includes attorneys, child
more efficient.
specialists, divorce coaches and
The final person on the team is
financial specialists.
Hal Bartholomew How did the idea of a
the child specialist, who meets with the children and reports back to the couple how their kids are doing.
collaborative (instead of
necessarily helping the family as a
when I say “attorney” and “good
Are they having age-appropriate
litigious) process come about?
whole. He decided to only participate
faith” in the same sentence.) It just
responses? This helps the couple
Collaborative practice wasn’t
in the negotiation stage of the divorce
means that an attorney is hired to
understand what’s best for the child
“invented,” so to speak, until 1990.
and he found that within the first
help resolve issues, not to throw
and how they can make that happen.
An attorney in Minneapolis, Stuart
two years of this new approach, 98 of
Molotov cocktails into the mix.
Webb, was tired of going to court and
his 100 cases were resolved without
being successful but having unhappy
going to court. He realized he had
resolve things amicably, and the
humane than some traditional
clients and feeling like he wasn’t
something. Then a team in the Bay
parties need to resort to the court
divorce proceedings; it sounds
Area developed protocols to maintain
system, then he or she is disqualified
like it’s founded on respect.
consistency in the process.
from being further involved. This also
The hardest-working people
includes the entire professional team.
in the process are the couple. As
This disqualification tells the clients
the attorney, you’re more like an
that we are here to help you resolve
ally. You’re not standing up at the
issues and for no other reason.
ramparts telling the other side what
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How does collaborative practice work? Each party has an attorney and each attorney agrees to a good-faith negotiation. (A lot of people laugh
If the attorney doesn’t help to
As an attorney, you’re taught that to go to court and win is the best
That sounds much more
your client demands. The team forms a kind of corral around the couple
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to help them work together in a
learn in mediation training that
protected space. Everything is done
silence can be very important because
face-to-face, there are no nasty letters
it allows your client to think.
going back and forth. Collaboration takes away the escalation.
What’s the number one reason someone might consider
How are you spreading the
collaborative practice?
word about this legal option?
I always ask, “Do you want to be
I co-founded the Sacramento
able to dance with your former spouse
Collaborative Practice Group in 1997
at your child’s wedding?” I try to get
and was its first president, and I’m
clients to focus on the future. What
still president! We now have 100
does this process mean to you?
members from various professional disciplines and we have a training team; we’re about to do our 16th twoday basic interdisciplinary training. I was also the first president of Collaborative Practice California, a
What are your priorities? I have couples set out goals as intention statements. Why are we doing this? Almost everyone answers, “For my children.”
statewide organization of about 22 practice groups that I helped found 12 years ago. We need people to be trained. You can’t just say, “I’m a collaborative lawyer.” There’s a major paradigm shift from being an advocate for a client to allowing the collaborative process to work. As an attorney, you’re trained that if there’s silence, you fill it. You
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The Whale, Samuel D. Hunter’s incisive look at love, relationships, and religious intolerance. A 600 pound man slowly eats himself to death while teaching online writing courses from his apartment. He’s visited by a friend, a family member, and a stranger, each looking to save or be saved by him. Will his past issues prevent him from learning to live his life?
I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE Sacramento Theatre Company Thru Feb 12th 1419 H St, Sac 443-6722 SacTheatre.org
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BETRAYAL
Capital Stage Thru Feb 26 2215 J St, Sac 995-5464 CapStage.org Emma and Jerry, former lovers, meet at a cafe in the present. Emma’s marriage to Jerry’s best friend Robert is falling apart, and she seeks out Jerry’s consolation. From there, the play travels backwards through time – from the end of Emma and Jerry’s affair to its beginning – and unearths the little lies and oblique remarks that reveal more than direct statements or overt actions ever could.
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B Street Theater Jan 14 – Feb 26 2711 B St, Sac 443-5300 Bstreettheatre.org Everyone knows Dr. Ruth Westheimer as a pioneering radio and television sex therapist. Few, however, know the incredible journey that proceeded it. From fleeing the Nazis in the Kindertransport and joining the Haganah in Jerusalem as a sniper to her struggle to succeed as a single mother newly arrived in America, playwright St. Germain deftly illuminates this remarkable woman’s untold story.
Big Idea Theatre Thru Feb 11th 1616 Del Paso Blvd, Sac 960-3036 BigIdeaTheatre.org The Night Alive is a poignant look at the resilience of the human spirit and what it means to find the possibility of hope in the unlikeliest of places. Tommy, a down-andout Dubliner estranged from his family and living in squalor at his imperious uncle’s house, has carved out a meager existence running odd jobs and hatching get-richquick schemes with his friend and associate Doc. One night, after having rescued a battered and bloodied young woman, his act of decency brings about a glimmer of new possibilities. This play observes the small moments of grace that illuminate lives and deliver people from the darkness.
SEX WITH STRANGERS EMH Productions at The Geery Theatre Feb 2 – Feb 18 2130 L St, Sac 214-6255
When star sex blogger and memoirist Ethan Kane, A.K.A. Ethan Strange, tracks down his idol, the gifted but obscure (she’s not even on Facebook) novelist Olivia, he finds they each crave what the other possesses. As attraction turns to sex, and they inch closer to getting what they want, both must confront the dark side of ambition and the near impossibility of reinventing oneself when the past is only a click away. NOTE: This performance is for mature audiences only.
THE CHRISTIANS
B Street Theatre Thru Feb 11th 2711 B St, Sac 443-5300 BStreetTheatre.org In the spirit of the B3 Series’ commitment to powerful and thought-provoking work, this piece is both an epic drama as well as an intimate look at faith in modern America. Ambitious and highly theatrical, The Christians features a live choir on stage, as much of the play emulates a Sunday morning service. The breakout hit of the 2014 Humana Festival, The Christians examines faith in America and the challenge of changing one’s mind.
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errie Kelly understands collaboration. An award-winning interior designer, author and multimedia consultant, she founded Kerrie Kelly Design Lab in 1995. Her new business venture, 42nd Street, came about through plenty of teamwork. Last year, Kelly and her husband, Vinny Catalano, met with a custom cabinetry and millwork manufacturing team in New York. They couple wanted to integrate the features of luxury kitchen cabinetry, such as self-closing drawers, dovetail joinery, and custom hardware, stains and finishes, into a line of wood furniture. The more ideas Kelly and her husband put on the table, the more the New York team agreed. “They never said no to anything we suggested,” she says. “In those couple of hours, the conversation evolved from needs
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Kerrie Kelly (in front wearing green) and her design team.
we had for cabinetry to sketches and walking through ideas about furniture pieces,” she says. “We knew we were on the right track. Then we wondered what we were going to call the company.” Kelly’s husband suggested the name 42nd Street, after the street where they live in Sacramento and the notorious New York thoroughfare. The tagline they developed for the business is “Make Your Statement.” “We typically say that our designs are by designers for designers,” Kelly explains. So far, 42nd Street has produced 40 pieces, including the Taylor Console, the Katelyn Bookcase, the Bernard Desk, the Vincent Secretary and the Ramona Buffet. (All are named after family members.) The furniture is made by Amish craftsman. The company’s signature piece is the Mary
Lou Jewelry and Lingerie Chest, named after Kelly’s grandmother. The piece embodies her grandmother’s personality. “She was a woman whose every action spoke to quality,” Kelly explains. The piece is similar to a bedroom dresser. But it is topped with a piece of glass, so you can see your jewelry at a glance and pick out pieces to coordinate with your outfit. “For me, it is out of sight, out of mind,” Kelly says. “I go shopping in my Mary Lou every day.” Every six months, a designer will be selected as a Tastemaker to create one piece under the 42nd Street brand. “Pieces are licensed and carry the individual’s name. When the piece is sold, they get a piece of the action,” says Kelly. “It allows us promote our
pals in the business and make it not all about us.” 42nd Street will be exhibited this spring at the largest furniture design show in the country: High Point Market in North Carolina. “Our brand partner, Wesley Hall, which does all of our private-label upholstery for the Design Lab and 42nd Street Design, has asked us to feature the line in a boutiquelike portion of their two-story showroom in High Point,” Kelly says. “It is also where we launch/announce our Tastemakers each market.” Kerrie Kelly Design Lab remains the hub of activity for Kelly. The East Sacramento location offers interior design and consultation services, indoor and outdoor furnishings, upholstery, casegoods, floor, wall and window coverings, and antiques and artwork.
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“Our team will always design pieces for Sacramento, and while 42nd Street is being feathered in, we are the foundation,” she says. Kerrie Kelly Design Lab is at 5704 Elvas Ave. For more information about Kerrie Kelly Design Lab, go to kerriekelly.com. To see Kelly’s 42nd Street line of furnishings, lighting, artwork and rugs, go to 42ndstreetdesign.com. If you know of a home you think should be featured in Inside Publications, contact Julie Foster at foster.julie91@yahoo.com. Correction: The homeowners in the story 'Nod to the Past' were incorrectly identified as Chris and Amy Cookson, rather than Chris and Amy Wood. (Home Insight, January 2017) n
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Save a Tree CITIZEN SCIENTISTS KEEP AN EYE ON THREATENED ELMS
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acramento became a “city of trees” thanks to 19th-century residents who, desperate for shade, planted elms—graceful, fastgrowing, long-lived trees ideal for city life. Tens of thousands of elms able to grow more than 100 feet tall kept the city cooler in the summer and provided a beautiful canopy that still defines Sacramento’s older neighborhoods. Today, the magnificent elms of our urban forest are at risk. According to Pamela Sanchez, a certified arborist with Sacramento Tree Foundation, Sacramento may have had 25,000 elm trees in the past. Now we’re down to about 2,000. Many elms have died of old age and were replaced with a different type of tree, or not replaced at all. Others were casualties of major storms in the mid-20th century. But starting in 1990, Sacramento’s stately elm trees faced a deadly new threat: Dutch elm disease. Dutch elm disease is caused by a fungus that probably originated in Asia. Both European and American elm species are susceptible. The disease came to North America from Europe via infected logs around 1930. (The modifier “Dutch” refers to a group of scientists who studied the fungus, not where it came from.) The disease marched across the continent, slaying tens of millions of trees,
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and reached Sacramento in 1990. The fungus infects the tree’s waterconducting (vascular) system. The tree tries to protect itself by blocking off the affected tissue, but this clogs the tree’s “pipes.” Water can’t reach the crown, and the tree dies.
Elms catch Dutch elm disease in two ways: bark beetles and root grafts. Bark beetles tunnel into elm wood under the bark and lay their eggs. The eggs hatch, the larvae mature into adults, and adult beetles exit the tree. If the tree is infected
with Dutch elm disease, spores from the fungus stick to the beetles, which then carry the disease to healthy elms. Trees infected in this manner will show wilting, curling or browning of the leaves on the infected branch. The leaves will often drop prematurely. The disease will steadily progress through the entire tree, one branch after another. The elm can survive for several years before perishing. The fungus can also spread via the roots. Elm trees planted in a row along a city street, for example, have roots that cross each other in the soil. Eventually the roots grow together, or “graft.” This means the trees now share a vascular system, and if the Dutch elm disease fungus is in one tree, it can flow into other trees in the row, too. Elms infected via root grafts will die rapidly (weeks to months rather than years), causing neighborhoods to lose entire stretches of big old trees at once. This has been a lesson to urban foresters. Sanchez says, “There used to be less variety in the urban forest. Now we try to manage away from monoculture [planting only one kind of tree] on a single street.” Dutch elm disease is incurable, so the goal of management is to prevent transmission. Once a tree is infected, its root grafts to neighboring trees must be severed and the tree must be cut down as soon as possible, before the bark beetles emerge. In the 1990s, when many elms were dying, Sacramento launched an early detection program. The program itself died of budget cuts but was
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the information to the city’s Urban Forestry Department for follow-up. “It’s hard to tell the difference between drought, DED and squirrel damage,” Van Donsel admits, “but people get better as they do it.” The more eyes on the elms, the better. “If you live in Midtown or downtown and have an elm on your street, look at your tree every few weeks, especially in the summertime when DED shows itself,” he says. “Take a walk, save a tree.” The most important thing you can do to keep your elm tree healthy is water it deeply in the summer. Avoid unnecessary pruning of elms in the spring or summer, because at that time of year the “wounds” may attract bark beetles. Chemical fungicides can suppress Dutch elm disease spread by bark beetles. But the treatments are expensive, unreliable and can shorten the tree's lifespan, so the city does not use them on the general elm population. “Some private residents of Curtis Park have elected to pay for fungicides themselves,” Sanchez says.
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Slice of Paradise DEL RIO TRAIL WOULD BRING MANY BENEFITS
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outh Land Park residents have embraced, with open arms and open minds, the idea of a Del Rio Trail. The abandoned right of way of the old Sacramento Southern Railroad Walnut Grove Branch line would be reanimated and repurposed. The trail would stretch a full four and a half miles from Sutterville Road to Meadowview/Pocket Road. In a South Land Park Neighborhood Association survey, 83 percent of the respondents supported having the trail.
Trails typically bring benefits, not problems. More “eyes on the street” actually decreases crime and other bad behavior. No doubt some of that trail support is related to strong opposition to a defunct California State Parks plan. Parks wanted to have steam locomotives chugging through the corridor, belching billows of black smoke.
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The proposed Del Rio Trail would stretch for a full four and a half miles. The city will start trail planning in earnest this year, funded with a $2 million grant from the Sacramento Area Council of Governments. There are no funds yet for land purchase or construction but, optimistically speaking, shovel work could begin
in 2019. The corridor is owned by Sacramento Regional Transit, which bought it for its light rail South Line, then picked a different route. Usually when a bike trail or multiuse path is proposed for an already-developed area, opponents
emerge, raising the specter of horrible consequences. They fear crime, vandalism and homeless camping. While the fears may be real, the dire consequences are not. Trails typically bring benefits, not problems. More “eyes on the street” actually decreases crime and other bad behavior. Homeowners who live nearby are happy to learn that trails not only improve their quality of life; they substantially increase property values as well. Trails provide pleasant places to walk, jog and bike. Trails are a favorite place for cyclists, offering a peaceful, natural setting away from vehicle traffic. Trails make getting places by foot or bike easier and safer. They allow people to relax, to interact with nature and with each other. Trails aren’t just about recreation and transportation. Trails bring business opportunities and economic benefits. Some people already use the Del Rio corridor for recreation. Ron and Joanne Dick were walking their Dalmatian, Sparky, on a sunny December Sunday when I asked them if they had heard about trail plans. They had. Joanne expressed “mixed feelings.” They love the site as it is and cherish its hidden, natural beauty and community feeling. Ron described how a corridor neighbor had installed a bench for trail users and set out water for Sparky. While a bit wistful, they understand it would be good to have more people enjoying a formal trail. The Del Rio corridor, despite its rusting rails and rotting ties, is bursting with potential for more widespread enjoyment. After 40 years of abandonment, the sterile
rail right of way has naturalized. It’s surrounded by backyard trees and ornamental plantings. In the winter, it’s lushly green and quite attractive. A trail is not the only possible corridor use. By folding adjacent land (a former federal site and offered private property) into plans, there would be room for community gardens, sports courts, dog parks and more.
Chances to create greenways and build trails in alreadydeveloped areas are scarce. The city will consider creative ideas during planning. In a novel approach, the neighborhood association suggested a UC Davis landscape architecture class propose corridor uses. Associate instructor Prashant Hedao said students mapped schools, churches, parks, shopping, a fitness center and other destinations that could be reached via the trail. He noted many existing land uses “turned their backs” to the old rail corridor, and students saw possibilities in reversing that orientation. Why not have a seating area for La Bou next to the trail, open a direct connection to California Family Fitness, or create new access points from cul-de-sacs.
UC students suggested, in presentations to city staff and neighborhood association members, a basketball court, benches, drinking fountains and bike rentals. They recommended planting deciduous trees to provide shade in the summer while allowing winter sunlight to stream through. Chances to create greenways and build trails in already-developed areas are scarce. Especially rare are greenway possibilities that stretch for miles and are already blessed with mature vegetation. Also rare, and very desirable, is the possibility to have a continuous trail that does not require stopping or worrying about numerous street crossings. South Land Park Neighborhood Association president Brian Ebbert said Del Rio Trail would be “a great addition to the neighborhood.” It would be wonderful if all Sacramento residents lived near a greenway and trail—if we had great additions to more neighborhoods. While we can’t duplicate the sublime American River Parkway, we need more greenways. Ideally, greenway trails would connect in an off-street network. The Del Rio Trail could connect to the Sacramento River Trail. The Sacramento River Trail could be expanded through the Pocket area. Trails could be added to the south bank of the American River, to Deer Creek, Arcade Creek and other locations throughout the county. With willingness and open minds, more people could enjoy more open space. Walt Seifert is a bicyclist, driver and transportation writer. He can be reached at bikeguy@surewest.net. n
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Another River Calls JIAN WANG TURNS NOW TO THE MIGHTY HUDSON
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two-day art sale recently filled painter Jian Wang’s Carmichael home with eager buyers. More than 50 of his canvases quickly sold. While not a fire sale—dealer Mike Solomon was on the checkout, and gallery prices prevailed—the Jian Wang sale of the century was incendiary at root. The Chinese American’s Beijing Studio burned to the ground last February. When a heating stove caught fire, five years’ toil went up in flames. Hundreds of oil paintings, limited-edition books, bronze statues and Wang’s personal collection of art and antiquities were destroyed. “Eleven fire engines took half the night to put it out,” reports Wang. “The building contained two studios and an exhibition gallery. I can’t talk about how much I lost. But no one was hurt. “When I started making plans to rebuild, I thought maybe the fire was meant as a signal for me to go home. I missed the U.S.A. terribly. I was contracted to teach at Laguna College (in Southern California) in the summer of 2016, anyway. So, I decided to just come back for good.” More decisions followed. Wang’s sprawling Carmichael home and contents were soon on the market. He and his family recently relocated
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Painter Jian Wang made an international name with his American River portraits.
to Cold Spring, an art haven in New York state. The front line of the art world being the Big Apple, such a move makes professional sense. Proximity to his 32-year-old daughter, Annie, is another compelling reason. “Annie works for Sotheby’s art dealers in Manhattan now,” brags her dad. “I call her my big shot.” At 58, the internationally famed artist nevertheless finds relocation daunting. “I came to the United States from China in 1986 with $200 in my pocket,” he recalls. “I wasn’t a
bit scared then. Now I’m old enough to think about retirement. Instead, I’m going somewhere new to restart my career. But I feel young. And an artist never retires.” Like the local waterways whose vibrant portraits made his name, another artery is destined to burst on Wang canvases. “Years ago, I rented a car and drove along the Hudson,” he recalls. “I fell in love with it. I took hundreds of photos and hoped someday to paint from them.”
At the recent Carmichael sale, a Sacramento collector grabbed Wang’s gigantic 1994 study of Manhattan. More fans took the opportunity to invest in local waterscapes before the Hudson became Wang’s river of choice. “So many friends came to support me,” he says. “I feel I owe the whole Sacramento community a dinner. “And I’ll never stop being grateful to the American River. I’ve painted it no less than a thousand times; I’ve exhibited it all over the country and in China. The river’s fed my family for 30 years and nourished my heart.”
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A 2007 exhibition at Sacramento State University celebrated Wang’s 20th year of painting in the United States. and skyscrapers—they appeal to a painter, too. “I chose to settle in Cold Spring because the town is 50 miles from New York and real estate there is half the price as in the city. A few art sellers already know my name.
I’ll just have to settle in and get painting.” Learn about Jian Wang’s art at archivalframe.com. Susan Maxwell Skinner can be reached at sknrband@aol.com. n
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Growing Online THE WEB IS FULL OF INFORMATION ON GARDENING
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othing is more hands-on than gardening. You can’t grow a watermelon on the World Wide Web or prune a rose with a cellphone. But you can, in fact, learn a lot about how to garden. I rarely refer to the many gardening books on my shelf. When I want to learn about a plant or a pest, it’s easier to go online. Things were different when I trained to be a UC Master Gardener 15 years ago. We were armed with excellent University of California information that the public couldn’t readily access. My most treasured possession was a binder holding a complete set of Pest Notes, which told how to control weeds, bugs, vertebrate pests and plant diseases. I put it next to my desk, along with my classroom handouts and notes and university publications, including the California Master Gardener Handbook. If somebody asked me a question or I needed information for an article, I thumbed through the pages for the answer. UC has put much of that information online, along with many other tools to help you identify weeds, calculate water needs or select plants. A few years back, I recycled my Pest Notes and training materials. People are still encouraged to call the Master Gardener office for advice, but when I answer the phone, I make sure that
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they know about the Integrated Pest Management website (ipm.ucanr. edu) and our local Master Gardener site (sacmg.ucanr.edu) before helping them sort through and interpret the information. One thing hasn’t changed. During my training, we were warned to be very cautious about providing information from nonuniversity sources. Master Gardeners are part of the Cooperative Extension system, designed to help people use researchbased knowledge. Just as there is fake news on the internet, there is a lot of bogus gardening information. UC sites are trustworthy, but others
may be unreliable, outdated or just trying to sell you a product or service. It’s also possible that the information simply does not apply to our soil types or climate. Not many places in the world have our many months of seasonal drought, mild winters and intense summer heat. All gardening is local. Farmer Fred Hoffman has compiled a wealth of Sacramento-area information on his website (farmerfred.com). Sunset magazine emphasizes regions, dividing the west into many zones based on temperature and coastal influence. The magazine first produced its “Sunset Western
Garden Book” in 1954 and continues to update new editions every few years. I still refer to the book, although climate zone maps and other information are on their website (sunset.com). Sunset has produced a Plant Finder app for the iPhone, although there doesn’t seem to be an Android equivalent. There are many garden apps, but I haven’t run across any that seem particularly useful. However, the cellphone is a great tool for looking up information and taking photos in the garden or at nurseries. You can look up plants, products or tools online and find where they are offered
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gardening chat groups, too. These sites have given me a chance to communicate with gardening friends around the world. Closer to home, Nextdoor has been a good place to exchange gardening information and to buy, swap or give away plants and produce. There is a variety of online sources to help you design your landscape and choose appropriate plants. Sacramento County Water Agency lists many design resources with sample landscapes, design templates and plant lists on its Cash for Grass page. At some point, we need to tear ourselves away from our devices, pick up our tools and get to work. Ideally, we can do it better with all of the electronic information that we’ve gleaned. Gardening hasn’t changed. The way that we learn about it has. Anita Clevenger is a lifetime Sacramento County UCCE Master Gardener. If you can’t find your answers online, call the Master Gardener office at 876-5338. n
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Sacramento Ballet is presenting "Beer & Ballet" this month at CLARA in Midtown.
TO DO THIS MONTH'S CULTURE & ENTERTAINMENT HIGHLIGHTS
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Pints En Pointe “Beer & Ballet” presented by the Sacramento Ballet Feb. 3-19 Fry-Paoletti Stage at CLARA Midtown (E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts), 2420 N St. sacballet.org Get a glimpse inside the minds of the Sacramento Ballet dancers as they unleash their creative power with bold new works of choreographic imagination. Discover the next generation of visionary dance makers and enjoy a variety of brews while you do so. It’s a win-win!
Exhibitionism at the Crocker “JapanAmerica: Points of Contact, 1876-1970,” on view Feb. 12 through May 21 “Two Views: Photographs by Ansel Adams and Leonard Frank,” on view Feb. 19 through May 14 Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St. crockerart.org Check out two exciting new exhibitions opening at the Crocker this month. “JapanAmerica: Points of Contact, 1876–1970”, a major exhibition organized by the Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, surveys the role that international exhibitions and world’s fairs have played in artistic exchanges between Japan and the United States. Focusing on Japan’s place in major international exhibitions held on the American continent from 1876 onward, finishing with a look at the first World’s Fair held in Osaka in 1970, this beautiful and diverse assembly of more than 100 works examines the influence of Japanese aesthetics on painting and printmaking, ceramics and metalwork, graphic design, advertising, bookbinding and illustration. “Two Views: Photographs by Ansel Adams and Leonard Frank” opens Feb. 19, 75 years to the day after former President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 during World War II, authorizing the Secretary of War to designate certain areas as military zones and clearing the way for some 120,000 Japanese Americans to be incarcerated in camps throughout the American West. This compelling collection of photographs—40 by Ansel Adams and 26 by Leonard Frank—presents two views of internment and incarceration in the early 1940s, providing an opportunity to reflect on the nature of reactionary politics, racism, forced separation and the resulting effects on victims.
Stormy Weather “The Tempest,” presented by the Sacramento Theatre Company Feb. 22 through March 19 Sacramento Theatre Company, 1419 H St. sactheatre.org Teeming with shipwrecks, fairies and magic, “The Tempest” is considered by many to be William Shakespeare’s finest romance. The deposed Duke Prospero and his daughter, Miranda, have been stranded for 12 years on a small island where nothing is quite as it seems. But as they separate fantasy from authenticity, they eventually triumph in a new world of love, harmony and redemption.
The Sound of Love “Love Songs in Feb.: From Nat King Cole to Diana Krall—And A Whole Lot of Lovin’ In Between,” a concert featuring the Valerie V Quintet Saturday, Feb. 25 from 6:30-9 p.m. Nepenthe Clubhouse, 1131 Commons Drive 205-4001, valsvocals.com. To reprise the mood from V Day, crooner Valerie V and her talented quintet will perform sultry standards sure to delight the ear and inspire some amorous admiration. A percentage of profits from the concert will go to Community Resident Services Broadway Senior Center, Sacramento.
"Sex With Strangers" is playing at William J. Geery Theater.
Strange Bedfellows “Sex With Strangers,” a play by Laura Eason presented by EMH Productions Feb. 2-18 William J. Geery Theater, 2130 L St. emhpros.weebly.com When star sex blogger and memoirist Ethan Kane, aka Ethan Strange (played by magnetic local actor Tory Scroggins), tracks down his idol, the gifted but obscure novelist Olivia (played by Elise Hodge, founder of EMH Productions), he finds they each crave what the other possesses: her brilliance as a serious writer and his notoriety as a hit on The New York Times best-sellers list for five years in row. As they inch closer to getting what they want, both must confront the dark side of ambition and the near impossibility of reinventing oneself when the past is only a click away. “Sex with Strangers” had its world premiere at Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago and its New York premiere at Second Stage Theatre in June 2014 under the direction of David Schwimmer (yes, of “Friends” fame).
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Rutherford Chang is exhibiting at the Verge Center for the Arts through March 19.
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“Guys! Make a Valentine” Feb. 9 from 6-8 p.m. “Rutherford Chang: We Buy White Albums” (exhibition continues through March 19)
Crocker Classical Concert featuring Jacqueline Hairston, Henrietta Davis and Laurel Zucker Sunday, Feb. 12 at 3 p.m.
Verge Center for the Arts, 625 S St. vergeart.com Back by popular demand, this craft workshop will help guys who want to impress their significant other this Valentine’s Day with something other than chocolate and roses (though you might want to include some of those, too). Valentine expert Gioia Fonda, a Verge Studio artist, will lead participants of all skill levels through the steps of making a valentine that “doesn’t suck.” And to get the creative juices flowing, Verge is offering a free beer for workshop participants who are age 21 and over. While you’re there, enjoy the ongoing exhibition “Rutherford Chang: We Buy White Albums,” which continues through March 19. For the duration of the exhibition, the gallery will function as a record store stocking only numbered copies of The Beatles’ 1968 self-titled double-LP, popularly referred to as the White Album. But rather than selling albums, the anti-store will solicit additional albums for Chang’s collection of more than 1,600 copies. For the past decade, Chang has been collecting numbered copies of the White Album. The original pressing featured serial numbers stamped on the covers, alluding to a limited edition—though ironically, that initial release was in excess of 3 million copies! Chang’s interest in collecting the White Album lies in how every copy has aged uniquely. Like a blank canvas, the nearly half-century-old albums have accumulated doodles and graffiti from previous owners (along with discoloration and mold), turning each album into a one-of-a-kind object. The discs themselves have become warped and scratched over time, creating slight variations in playback. Over time, these albums have become uniform yet unique artifacts. Visitors are invited to browse the albums, listen to the vinyl and, of course, contribute their copies of the White Album to the collection.
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Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St. crockerart.org In honor of Black History Month, renowned composer/arranger and pianist Jacqueline Butler Hairston presents a program of works by female African American composers. Interpretive soprano Henrietta Davis and recording flutist Laurel Zucker join Hairston to offer compelling renditions of works that include Hairston’s own song trilogy “On Consciousness Streams.” The influence of African American jazz and spirituals, as well as European classical music, will be explored in this gorgeous concert, which will also include lyrical renditions of poetry by Alice Walker, author of “The Color Purple.”
Flutist Laurel Zucker will perform at Crocker Art Museum.
Roll Over, Beethoven Two-Week Beethoven Festival presented by the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera Saturday, Feb. 25 (and Saturday, March 4)
Crocker Art Museum will host the Mexico City Woodwind Quintet.
Woodwinds in the River City Crocker Art Museum hosts the Mexico City Woodwind Quintet Thursday, Feb. 2 at 6:30 p.m. Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St. crockerart.org The Crocker Art Museum is honored to host the Mexico City Woodwind Quintet during its brief stint in Sacramento. Considered one of the most important chamber music groups in Mexico today, the quintet is dedicated to performing music that reflects contemporary Latin America. Performances with the National Symphony Orchestra and the Mexico State Symphony Orchestra gained the group widespread international acclaim, and its members draw on diverse musical backgrounds to infuse their instrumentalism with astounding artistry. Space is limited and advance registration is recommended.
We All Live in a Yellow Submarine Ron Campbell, legendary animator/director, at Beatnik Studios Tuesday, Feb. 14, from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Community Center Theater, 1301 L St. sacphilopera.org Lend an ear to some of your favorite Ludwig van Beethoven pieces (including his beloved Symphony No. 7) as well as other classics such as Toru Takemitsu’s “Quotation of Dream” and Johann Sebastian Bach’s Double Keyboard Concerto featuring Peter Serkin and Julia Hsu on piano. Guest conductor Andrew Grams has led orchestras throughout the United States, including the Philadelphia, National and Baltimore symphony orchestras and the Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Dallas and Houston symphonies. He has also worked with orchestras abroad, including the Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver symphony orchestras, the Orchestre National de France, BBC Symphony Orchestra London, Sydney Symphony, Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecillia, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Hamburg Symphony Orchestra and Oslo Philharmonic. Talk about world-class conducting!
Forney Play “Darrell Forney: Playing Around,” presented by Beatnik Studios Feb. 3 through March 23 Opening reception on Friday, Feb. 3 from 6-9 p.m. Beatnik Studios, 723 S St. 400-4281, beatnik-studios.com In this exhibition, Beatnik Studios celebrates the work of late multimedia artist Darrell Forney, who made a significant imprint on the Sacramento community for decades through his paintings, films, photography, writing and music. His artwork ranged from large abstract oils to collage to acrylics to archival sketches and block prints. (He was perhaps best known for his paintings featuring crows, his sewing pattern paintings, his collages and abstractions and his paintings of large lettered postcards.) Beatnik will be showing a range of his work, much of it on loan from Sacramento City College, where Forney joined the faculty in 1966. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. n
Beatnik Studios, 723 S St. 400-4281, beatnik-studios.com Ron Campbell, animation director of the Beatles’ 1960s Saturday morning cartoon series and animator of their 1968 film “Yellow Submarine,” will be making a rare personal appearance at Beatnik Studios to offer original cartoon paintings for sale from his 50-year career in animation, including work from “Scooby Doo,” “The Smurfs,” “Rugrats,” “Winnie the Pooh,” “The Flintstones,” “The Jetsons,” “George of the Jungle,” “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” and more. During the show, Campbell will also be creating new pop art paintings, including a special piece entitled “All You Need Is Love,” which can be personalized for that special someone for Valentine’s Day. The exhibit is free and all works will be available for purchase.
Animator Ron Campbell is stopping by Beatnik Studios.
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Romance Is in the Air THESE SPOTS ARE A SUREFIRE WAY INTO THE HEART OF YOUR VALENTINE
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hen the calendar turns to February, one can’t help thinking of Valentine’s Day. It’s a spot of warmth in an otherwise short and often dreary month. It’s an especially bright spot for those in the restaurant trade. Valentine’s Day is one of the busiest dining-out nights in the country. For some, it’s a highpressure date night; for others, it’s a cozy renewal of years of partnership. Wherever couples are in their romantic arc, Valentine’s is a night when many go out on the town and toast to their love. We offer a few ideas for romantic dining. Whether on V-Day itself or any old weekday night, these spots should help kindle the flame. Ella Dining Room and Bar Maybe it’s the profusion of gauzy curtains, the soft lights swinging from the wood-paneled ceiling, or the gorgeous dishes coming from the kitchen, but Ella has a bit of a transportive quality to it. A night spent surrounded by the indulgent luxury and leisurely service at Ella can move a diner away from the everyday and into a dreamy, languid space. It’s hard to imagine that Ella, a jewel in the Selland restaurant group, has been open nearly a decade. It was
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Ella Dining Room and Bar. one of the first businesses to take a chance on a revitalized K Street and, despite nearby openings of eminently romantic restaurants like Mayahuel and Brasserie Capitale, it still ranks as the street’s premier dining destination. The elegant duck, a simple but gorgeous plate, is a feast for the senses. The old-fashioned seafood tower is a charming way for a party of two to get their hands dirty cracking crab and slurping oysters.
The cocktails are expertly crafted, and the happy hour is still one of the best in town. Ella is at 1131 K St.; 443-3772; elladiningroomandbar.com. The Firehouse Restaurant For half a century, The Firehouse Restaurant has put out exquisite food while surrounding diners with Victorian luxury. Still the grand poobah of Old Sacramento dining, The Firehouse has hosted every California governor since its opening in 1960.
During the spring and summer, the ridiculously charming courtyard is a place to dine among twinkle lights under a canopy of lazy shade trees. But in the cold month of February, the velvety dining room, with its heavy lacquered woods and sumptuous colors, is a space whose warmth doesn’t come from the boiler in the cellar. Every plate that comes from the award-winning kitchen is a piece of art. It’s hard not to be romantic during an evening at The Firehouse.
The Firehouse Restaurant is at 1112 2nd St.; 442-4772; firehouseoldsac.com. Taylor’s Kitchen It’s easy to overlook this little neighborhood dining room attached to Taylor’s Market, but the low lights, rich menu and bustling open kitchen make it a romantic getaway any night of the week. It’s a small, intimate room, and the limited but attentive staff makes every diner feel like friends of the house. It’s impossible not to bond with nearby tables of fellow diners and shout out “bravos” to the kitchen staff. Depending on the night, the room can be wryly rowdy or soothingly relaxed. Either way, it’s imbued with a convivial romanticism that no diner can escape. Taylor’s Kitchen is at 2924 Freeport Blvd.; 443-5154; taylorskitchen.com. Aioli Bodega Espanola The large-windowed space on the corner of L and 18th streets makes Aioli’s medium-size dining room seem huge. During the spring and summer, the small, charming patio is a treasure. But in the winter, the
warmth of the dining room, with its windows on the world, beckons. The menu, filled with expertly made Spanish tapas, allows a couple a chance to share and chat and stretch out the night with a plate of this and a bowl of that. The service is cheeky and charismatic and definitely helps make the evening special. Aioli Bodega Espanola is at 1800 L St.; 447-9440; aiolibodega.com. Moxie One simply does not discuss romantic dining without Moxie making its way into the conversation. The narrow, old-fashioned dining room on H Street is still as invisible from the street as it was when it opened nearly two decades ago. The menu is still a mere suggestion, with the rotating specials list being the star of the show. The mere presentation of the laundry list of specials is always a rabbit-from-thehat trick by the owner. The dim lights and closer-thanfamily service are unmatched for creating a romantic dining experience. There is literally nowhere you can eat in Sacramento and feel as special and adored as you do at Moxie.
Moxie is at 2028 H St.; 443-7585; moxierestaurant.com. Greg Sabin can be reached at gregsabin@hotmail.com. n
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JAYJAY presents “What JAYJAY Loves” Feb. 14 to March 25. Valentine’s Day reception 5 to 7 p.m. Shown above: “Before We Count Up What This Will Cost,” mixed media on paper by S.R. Jones. 5520 Elvas Ave.; jayjayart.com
Tim Collom Gallery shows works by painter Miles Hermann in February. Shown above: “City Rain,” oil by Hermann. 915 20th St.; timcollomgallery.com
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The KVIE Gallery features the work of Bob Miller through March 17 in a show called “Bob Miller: Local Impressions.” Shown above: “Golden Fields,” oil by Miller. The KVIE Gallery; 2030 West El Camino Ave.; kvie.org
Sparrow Gallery presents “Heat 2017” through Feb. 27. This regional show features works done in encaustic (hot wax layers with pigments burned in). Shown above: “Field of Vision,” encaustic by Barbara Nilsson. 2418 K St.; sparrowgallerysacramento.com
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DOWNTOWN Cafeteria 15L 116 15th Street 551-1559 L D $$ Classic American lunch counter with a millennial vibe • cafeteria15l.com
DeVere’s Pub 1521 L Street L D Full Bar $$ Family-run authentic Irish pub with a classic menu to match • deverespub.com
Downtown & Vine 1200 K Street #8 228-4518 Educational tasting experience of wines by the taste, flight or glass • downtownandvine.com
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Grange 926 J Street • 492-4450 B L D Full Bar $$$ Simple, seasonal, soulful • grangerestaurant.com
Hock Farm Craft & Provision 1415 L St. 440-8888 L D $$-$$ Full Bar Celebration of the region’s rich history and bountiful terrain • Paragarys.com
South 2005 11th Street 382-9722 L D $-$$ Beer/Wine Timeless traditional Southern cuisine, counter service • weheartfriedchicken.com
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1131 K St. 443-3772
Fat City Bar & Cafe
L D $$$ Full Bar Modern American cuisine served family-style in a chic, upscale space Elladiningroomandbar.com
1001 Front St. 446-6768 D $$-$$$ Full Bar American cuisine served in a casual historic Old Sac location • Fatsrestaurants.com
Esquire Grill
Rio City Cafe
1213 K St. 448-8900
1110 Front Street 442-8226
L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Outdoor Dining Upscale American fare served in an elegant setting • Paragarys.com
L D Wine/Beer $$ Bistro favorites with a distinctively Sacramento feeling in a riverfront setting • riocitycafe.com
Firestone Public House
The Firehouse Restaurant
1132 16th Street
1112 Second St. 442-4772
L D $$ Full Bar Sports bar with a classical american menu• firestonepublichouse.com
L D $$$ Full Bar Global and California cuisine in an upscale historic Old Sac setting • Firehouseoldsac.com
Frank Fat’s 806 L St. 442-7092
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L D Full Bar $$-$$$ Chinese favorites in an elegant setting • Fatsrestaurants.com
Ma Jong’s
Ten 22 1022 Second St. 441-2211 L D Wine/Beer $$ American bistro favorites with a modern twist in a casual, Old Sac setting • ten22oldsac.com
1431 L Street L D $-$$ Beer/Wine Cuisine from Japan, Thailand, China ad Vietnam. • majongs.com
Willie’s Burgers 110 K Street L D $ Great burgers and more. • williesburgers.com
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Café Bernardo
Biba Ristorante
1431 R St. 930-9191
2801 Capitol Ave. 455-2422 L D $$$ Full Bar Upscale Northern Italian cuisine
B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Casual California cuisine with counter service
Fish Face Poke Bar 1104 R Street Suite 100 L D $$ Humble Hawaiian poke breaks free • fishfacepokebar.com
Iron Horse Tavern 1116 15th Street L D $-$$ Full Bar Gastro-pub cuisine in a stylish industrial setting • ironhorsetavern.net
Old Soul & Pullman Bar 12th & R Streets B L D $ Full-service cafe with artisan coffee roasts, bakery goods and sandwiches • oldsoulco.com
Magpie Cafe 1601 16th Street L D $$-$$$ Wine/Beer Seasonal menu using the best local ingredients • magpiecafe.com
Nido Bakery
1409 R Street Suite 102 L D $ Bakery treats and seasonal specialities. hellonido.com
served a la carte • Biba-restaurant.com
Café Bernardo 2726 Capitol Ave. 443-1180
L D $$ Japanese fine dining using the best local ingredients • sshokiramenhouse.com
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Centro Cocina Mexicana 2730 J St. 442-2552 L D $$ Full Bar Patio Regional Mexican cooking served in a casual atmosphere • Paragarys.com
Federalist Public House 2009 N Street L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Wood-fired pizzas in an inventive urban alley setting • federalistpublichouse.com
Hot Italian 1627 16th Street 444-3000 L D Full Bar $$ Authentic hand-crafted pizzas with inventive ingredients, Gelato• hotitalian.net
Mulvaney’s Building & Loan 1215 19th St. 441-6022 L D Full Bar $$$ Modern American cuisine in an upscale historic setting
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THE HANDLE The Rind 1801 L Street #40 441-7463 L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Cheese-centric menu paired with select wine and beer • therindsacramento.com
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L D $$ Full Bar Fabulous Outdoor Patio, California cuisine with a French touch • Paragarys.com
Revolution Wines Zocolo 1801 Capitol Ave. 441-0303 L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Patio Regional Mexican cuisine served in an authentic artistic setting • zocolosacramento.com
2831 S Street L D $-$$ Beer/Wine Urban winery and tasting room with a creative menu using local sources • rwwinery. com
Skool 2315 K Street D $$ Inventive Japansese-inspired seafood dishes • skoolonkstreet.com
Suzie Burger 29th and P. Sts. 455-3300 L D $ Classic burgers, cheesesteaks, shakes, chili dogs, and other tasty treats • suzieburger.com
Tapa The World 2115 J St. 442-4353 L D $-$$ Wine/Beer/Sangria Spanish/world cuisine in a casual authentic atmosphere, live flamenco music - tapathewworld.com
Thai Basil Café 2431 J St. 442-7690 L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Patio Housemade curries among their authentic Thai specialties Thaibasilrestaurant.com
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L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Patio Fine South of France and northern Italian cuisine in a chic neighborhood setting • waterboyrestaurant.com
L D $$-$$$ Beer/Wine Raw and refined, traditional Japanese cuisine and sushi • krurestaurant.com
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La Trattoria Bohemia 3649 J St. 455-7803
33rd Street Bistro
L D Wine/Beer $-$$ Italian and Czech specialties in a neighborhood bistro setting
B L D $$ Full Bar Patio Pacific Northwest cuisine in a casual bistro setting • 33rdstreetbistro.com
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Burr’s Fountain
4920 Folsom Blvd. 452-5516 B L D $ Fountain-style diner serving burgers, sandwiches, soup and ice cream specialties
5610 Elvas 476-5492 LD $$ Wine tasting and paired entrees. Sunday Brunch 10 - 2. • cabanawine.com
Casa Garden Restaurant 2760 Sutterville Road 452-2809 L D $$ • D with minimum diners call to inquire Wine/Beer. Operated by volunteers to benefit Sacramento Children’s Home. • casagardenrestaurant.org
Freeport Bakery 5644 J St. 451-4000 L D Wine/Beer $ Fresh Greek cuisine in a chic, casual setting, counter service
2966 Freeport Blvd. 442-4256 B L $ Award-winning baked goods and cakes for eat in or take out • Freeportbakery.com
Nopalitos 5530 H St. 452-8226
Roxie Deli & Barbeque 3340 C St. 443-5402
Café Vinoteca 3535 Fair Oaks Blvd. 487-1331 L D $$ Full Bar Italian bistro in a casual setting • Cafevinoteca.com
Ettore’s 2376 Fair Oaks Blvd. 482-0708 B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Patio European-style gourmet café with salads, soup, spit-roasted chicken, and desserts in a bistro setting • Ettores.com
The Kitchen 2225 Hurley Way 568-7171
Iron Grill B L $ Wine/Beer Southwestern fare in a casual diner setting
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13th Street and Broadway 737-5115 L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Upscale neighborhood steakhouse • Ironsteaks.com
D $$$ Wine/Beer Five-course gourmet demonstration dinner by reservation only • Thekitchenrestaurant.com
La Rosa Blanca Taqueria 2813 Fulton Ave. 484-6104
Jamie’s Bar and Grill 427 Broadway 442-4044
L D Full Bar $$-$$ Fresh Mexican food served in a colorful family-friendly setting
B L D $ Deli sandwiches, salads & BBQ made fresh. Large selection of craft Beer • roxiedeli.com
L D $ Full Bar Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. Dine in or take out since 1986
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Riverside Clubhouse
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B L D $-$$ Full neighborhood bar serving dinner nightly. Open at 11am daily. Weekend breakfast. • bellabrucafe.com
B L D $$ Wine/Beer High quality handcrafted food to eat in or take out, bakery, wine bar • sellands.com
L D $$ Full Bar Upscale American cuisine served in a contemporary setting • Riversideclubhouse.com
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OBO Italian L D Full Bar $$ The rustic, seasonal, and nourishing flavors of Italy. Counter service • oboitalian.com
La Venadita
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5723 Folsom Blvd. 457-3679 L D Full Bar $$ Classic Italian cuisine served in a traditional family-style atmosphere
Evan’s Kitchen 855 57th St. 452-3896 B L D Wine/Beer $$ Eclectic California cuisine served in a family-friendly atmosphere • Chefevan.com
Formoli’s Bistro 3839 J St. 448-5699 B L D Wine/Beer $$-$$$ Mediterranean influenced cuisine in a stylish neighborhood setting • formolisbistro.com
Hawks Public House 1525 Alhambra Blvd. 558-4440 L D $$-$$$ Familiar classics combined with specialty ingredients by chefs Molly Hawks and Mike Fagnoni • hawkspublichouse.com
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L D $$ Full Bar Authentic Mexican cuisine with simple tasty menu in a colorful historic setting • lavenaditasac.com
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Vibe Health Bar 3515 Broadway B L D $-$$ Clean, lean & healthy snacks. Acai bowls are speciality. Kombucha on tap • vibehealthbar.com
L D Beer/Wine $$ Neighborhood gathering place for pizza, pasta and grill dishes
2924 Freeport Boulevard 443-5154 D $$$ Wine/Beer Dinner served Wed. through Saturday. Reservations suggested but walk-ins welcome.
Willie’s Burgers 2415 16th St. 444-2006 L D $ Great burgers and more. Open until 3 on Friday and Saturday • williesburgers.com
The Mandarin Restaurant 4321 Arden Way 488-47794 D $$-$$$ Full Bar Gourmet Chineses food for 32 years • Dine in and take out
Roxy 2381 Fair Oaks Blvd. 489-2000 B L D $$-$$$ Full Bar American cuisine with a Western touch in a creative upscale atmosphere •
3514 Broadway L D $$ Full Bar Award-winning beers and a creative pub-style menu in an historic setting • opbrewco.com
Matteo’s Pizza 5132 Fair Oaks. Blvd. 779-0727
Taylor’s Kitchen
3145 Folsom Blvd.
5026 Fair Oaks Blvd. 485-2883
ARDEN AREA Bella Bru Café 5038 Fair Oaks Blvd. 485-2883 B L D $-$$ Full bar, casual, locally owned European style café with table service from 5 pm and patio dining • bellabrucafe.com
Cafe Bernardo Pavilions Shopping Center B L D $$ Full Bar Outdoor Patio Seasonal, European-influenced comfort food • Paragarys.com
Sam’s Hof Brau 2500 Watt 482-2175 L D $$ Wine/Beer Fresh quality meats roasted daily • thehofbrau.com
Thai House 427 Munroe in Loehmann’s 485-3888 L D $$ Wine/Beer Featuring the great taste of Thai traditional specialties • sacthaihouse.com
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