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EAST SACRAMENTO LIVING This charming 3 bedroom 2 bath home is conveniently located in the heart of Sacramento. Updated kitchen, oversize 2-car garage and generous bedrooms makes this home a wonderful ¿nd. Close to shopping, schools, parks, freeways, UCDMC, and more! Perfect for an investor. $489,000 CHERYL NIGHTINGALE 849-1220, CHRISTINE BALESTERI 996-2244

STATELY ENGLISH TUDOR One of a kind with beautiful stone/wood exterior details and exquisite interior ¿nishes, it’s breathtaking! Large dining, living and family rooms with high ceilings. 4 or 5 bedrooms, 2½ baths, oversized master suite, 2 walk-in closets and sitting area. In the heart of the Fab 40’s. $1,395,000 DAVID KIRRENE 531-7495, ROZ LEVY-WEINTRAUB 952-6602

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CHARMINNG EAST SACRAMENTO 3 bedrooms 2½ baths, fabulous amenities incluuding hardwood Àoors; chef’s kitchen, Jenn-Air 6 burner gas cook top and custom hood, double ovens and warming drawer. Master bedroom has walk-in closet and custom built-ins. Partial basement has lots of possibilities. Backyard has a Covered patio area. $699,000 TIM COLLOM 247-8048

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BEAUTIFUL EAST SACRAMENTO STREET Outstanding 2-story modi¿ed bungalow on tree-lined East Sac street. 4 bedrooms, 2½ baths. Large master suite, handy of¿ce, big basement with lots of storage, hardwood and tile Àoors. Extra-large garage. acre lot with ambient lighting. Immaculate condition, one of the most admired homes in East Sac. Gazebo has fan and lighting. $1,350,000 JERRY KIRRENE 455-1001

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ADORABLE HOME 3 bedroom 2 bath home near Tahoe Park and Elmhurst! Spacious open layout, remodeled kitchen with granite counters and stainless appliances, wood Àoors, big bedrooms, large master suite with large walk-in closet. Dual pane windows, shutters, central heat and air. Large landscaped backyard, detached garage / bonus room. $599,000 ERIN STUMPF 342-1372

CLASSIC TAHOE PARK Enjoy this 2 bedroom house in the HEART OF TAHOE PARK. The owners have maintained the original charm of the house including a welcoming front porch, hardwood Àoors, wood windows and ¿replace. Updated kitchen and bath. Backyard includes a free standing patio cover, storage shed and raised beds for gardening. $315,000 PATRICK VOGELI 207-4515

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EAST PORTAL PARK CLOSE You are going to love this 2 bed home located just one block from the park in this special East Sac neighborhood. Also close to Trader Joe’s and neighborhood bistros, bicycle distance to the university and downtown without getting on a freeway. Updated kitchen, a 2+ car garage and a deep private yard. $429,000 CHRISTINE BALESTERI 996-2244, CHERYL NIGHTINGALE 849-1220

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MIDTOWN DUPLEX Perfect duplex for owner occupied or high demand rental in great midtown location. 2 bedroom 2 bath units, tastefully updated while keeping all the old world charm of coved ceilings, built-in hutches with leaded glass, original inlaid hardwood Àoors and original pocket doors. Spacious updated kitchens. $850,000 NATHAN SHERMAN 696-7379

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TALAC VILLAGE COTTAGE Welcome home! Quaint 3 bedrooms. Very clean, freshly painted, with new carpet, it is move in ready. Enjoy central heat/air, but save on utilities during the hot summer months by opening a window or two and turning on the whole house fan! This home is conveniently located, with all the essentials nearby. $249,000 MADELINE SPITZ 769-0935

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A Shocking Theft INSPIRATIONAL SCULPTURE WAS STOLEN IN PLAIN DAYLIGHT

or last month’s column, I wrote about how the nonprofit group Friends of East Sacramento restored Clunie Community Center, home to McKinley Library, and McKinley Rose Garden. The group (which I helped found) still manages the center and the garden using a lot of volunteer labor. Before the column was even printed, we were shocked by a brazen and heartbreaking theft at Clunie. On the afternoon of May 24, a 50-inch-tall bronze sculpture titled “Journeys of the Imagination” by Gary Lee Price, was stolen from Clunie’s lobby outside the library. The piece, a whimsical depiction of an adventurous boy balancing on a paper airplane, was bolted to a console table in the center of the lobby. Also stolen was a moving cart stored in the nearby kitchen. We heard a report that two men wearing “official-looking” vests had been seen in the lobby around the time of the theft. Lisa Schmidt, one of the founders of Friends of East Sacramento, was at the community center at the time, but she had stepped into the library for about 20 minutes to speak to McKinley librarian Bridget Laws. When she walked back into the lobby, the sculpture was gone.

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been monitoring eBay and Craigslist. Our only hope is someone sees it in a yard or house and lets the new owner know it was stolen.

The Clunie statue is part of a limited-edition series created by the Gary Lee Price Studios in Springville, Utah.

The "Journeys of the Imagination" statue was stolen from the lobby at the Clunie Community Center in late May. The sculpture was purchased for the center in 2008 for $6,995, using funds Lisa and I had raised by holding East Sacramento home remodeling tours. The sculpture’s sentimental value is even greater than its monetary value. On many occasions, we have seen little children headed for the library stop and touch the statue with wonder and delight. The piece reflects the charm of the historic library and the reason why

the community fought so hard to keep it open. Lisa and I had never worried about theft in the lobby because the space is so used so much. There are always people around. I suspect the thieves may have seen the sculpture and identified its value on the artist’s website, then arranged for a buyer before stealing it. Sheriff Scott Jones put out a bulletin to all the Northern California metal scrap yards. I’ve

Sadly, we experienced another high-profile theft last year when a large metal trellis disappeared from McKinley Rose Garden. The trellis was recovered after it appeared in a photo on the thief’s Facebook page. Richard Hengeveld admitted to stealing the trellis and transporting it to his niece’s wedding in Natomas. He pleaded no contest to the theft and was sentenced to one year in county jail. The Clunie statue is part of a limited-edition series created by the Gary Lee Price Studios in Springville, Utah. Of the 150 versions of this statue that have been sold, this is the first one to be stolen. It will cost nearly $10,000 to replace the art piece, including a security camera. If you have seen the statue or know anything about its whereabouts, please call 452-8011 or email friendsofeastsac@aol.com. TO page 12

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The American River Parkway is rated as the region's most appreciated amenity. FROM page 11 Fundraising efforts for the statueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s replacement have already begun. Developer Phil Angelides gave $500 to kick off the campaign. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve donated 100 copies of our book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Inside Sacramento: The Most Interesting Neighborhood Places in Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Farm-to-Fork Capital,â&#x20AC;? to raise $2,500. A copy of

the book will be given as a thankyou gift for each $25 donation to FOES. Books are available at the Clunie office and McKinley Library. Donations can be made online at friendsofeastsacramento.org or by check mailed to FOES, 3014 O Street #222, Sac., CA 95816.

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Hip Hip Hooray! RIVER PARK PARADE WILL CELEBRATE FOURTH OF JULY

iver Park Neighborhood Association will hold its annual Fourth of July Festival on Tuesday, July 4. The event begins at 8 a.m. with the Buffalo Chips Running Club’s 5-mile fun run and children’s half-mile fun run. At 9:30 a.m., a classic car parade will begin at Ciavarella Field and wind its way to Glenn Hall Park. The children’s bike parade will follow, beginning at 10 a.m. Kids of all ages are invited to deck out their scooters, bikes and wagons in red, white and blue and meet at the corner of Camellia Avenue and Carlson Drive by 9:30 a.m.

The children’s bike parade will follow, beginning at 10 a.m. Kids of all ages are invited. After the parades, stay at Glenn Hall Park to enjoy the festival, which runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be inflatable obstacle course, a dunk tank, carnival games

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Kids and adults get patriotic at the annual Fourth of July parade in River Park. Stop by Glenn Hall Park for more fun and games after the parade. and prizes, handmade art for sale, and information booths. Food trucks and an ice cream truck will be on site with food for purchase. For more information, go to riverparkneighborhood.net. The 41st and 42nd Street Parade will begin at 11 a.m. at the corner of 41st and M streets in East Sacramento. The parade is open to everyone, including children on decorated bikes and dogs. It's reported to be the longest-running annual parade west of the Mississippi.

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Sacramento’s favorite establishments, as well as a raffle and live music. Tickets are $50 before July 1, $60 after July 1 and $70 at the door. Tickets may be purchased in advance at Selland’s Market-Cafe and online at tasteofeastsac.com. Proceeds support Pops in the Park and other chamber-sponsored events. For more information, go to eastsacchamber.org.

ORCHID AND ONION AWARDS In June, East Sacramento Improvement Association announced the winners of the 2017 Orchid and Onion Awards. The Sidney Pope Memorial Orchid Award recognizes people or businesses that have made positive contributions to the community. The winner, announced during the June 17 Pops in the Park concert at McKinley Park, was Inside East Sacramento. For more than 20 years, the locally written and published monthly newspaper has been delivered to residents’ doorsteps for free. Inside East Sacramento covers special events, important updates, meaningful stories and local issues, said president Paul Noble. The Onion Award is given each year to encourage improvement in areas that detract from the neighborhood. This year’s Onion went to the Japanese-German auto “boneyard” on Elvas Avenue.

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Inside East Sacramento publisher Cecily Hastings accepts the Sidney Pope Memorial Orchid Award from Paul Noble, East Sacramento Improvement Association president. to noon each day. The camp is open to children 4 years old through fifth grade. Kids will enjoy crafts, outdoor games and snacks each day. Tuition is $40 per child for the week. To register, visit fremontpres.org/kids.

Fremont Presbyterian Church will host a Vacation Bible School the week of July 10–14 from 9 a.m.

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TASTE OF EAST SACRAMENTO 2017 The East Sacramento Chamber of Commerce will host the ninth annual Taste of East Sacramento on Saturday, July 22, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church on Alhambra Boulevard. The event features wine, beer and food tastings courtesy of East

On Thursday, July 20, the 38th Street Blood Drive returns for its ninth year of helping local hospitals meet patient needs. Located outside a private home at 1141 38th Street, this is Sacramento’s only neighborhood blood drive. The event will run from 3 to 7 p.m. To make an appointment, call organizer Alice McAuliffe at 451-5507.

RACING FOR A CURE The ninth annual Fab 40s 5k Run/ Walk will be held on Saturday, July 29, beginning and ending at East Lawn Memorial Park. Race-day registration begins at 7 a.m. Young runners can join the fun in the kids’ quarter-mile race, for ages 5 and under, or half-mile, for kids 6–10. TO page 18

Enjoy food and drinks at the annual Taste of East Sacramento on July 22.

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THE PRETTIEST LATTE The fourth annual Sacramento Public Latte Art Tournament (SPLAT) began on June 29 and will continue every Thursday in July at local coffee shops. Hosts include Naked Coffee, Identity Coffees and Insight Coffee Roasters.

Baristas who wish to participate can sign up at the hosting coffee shop in advance for $5 and at the door of the event for $10. SPLAT is open to the public. Baristas who wish to participate can sign up at the hosting coffee shop in advance for $5 and at the door of the event for $10. For more information on the tournament, go to splatsac.com or email splatsac916@gmail.com.

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MCKINLEY PARK MOVIE NIGHT On Saturday, July 1, join your neighbors for movie night in McKinley Park. The event begins with live music performed by Funk Shui Band at 6:30 p.m. The Jim Henson movie “Labyrinth,” starring David Bowie, will begin at dusk. Free snacks, refreshments and popcorn will be available.

STOLEN STATUE On Wednesday, May 24, between 1:50 and 2:15 p.m. the statue bolted to the table in the lobby of Clunie Community Center was stolen. The art piece, “Journeys of the Imagination,” was purchased with funds raised by the East Sac Remodeled Home Tour and is dearly missed. Please email friendsofeastsac@aol.com with any information that could lead to its recovery.

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Sacramento Public Library’s Summer Reading program continues from June 1 through Aug. 15. The program is for people of all ages, from pre-readers through adults. Participants who have read 25 books or more will win a Summer Reading Medal. There are programs all summer long and prizes for everyone. For more information, visit saclibrary. org.

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The statue “Journeys of the Imagination" was stolen from the Clunie Community Center in May.

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The Simple Life FOR CHEF RICK MAHAN, GOOD FOOD DOESN’T HAVE TO BE FANCY

acramento may be synonymous with farm to fork, but this wasn’t always the case. Rick Mahan, chef and owner of two restaurants, The Waterboy in Midtown and OneSpeed Pizza in East Sac, is considered a progenitor of Sacramento’s farm-to-fork movement, but he says that’s just how cooking should be done. “We’re the farm-to-fork capital, whatever that means,” he says with a laugh, “but it’s one of those things that we used to pay attention to long before the phrase came around. Now it’s grown into its own thing.” The Waterboy is now in its 21st year, and Mahan, who grew up in Carmichael, has come a long way from washing dishes at a family restaurant during high school. “I ended up cooking and loved it. They inspired in me a real sense of pride, and I decided from that point forward to be a chef,” explains Mahan. At 19, Mahan moved to San Francisco to apprentice as a chef at the St. Francis Hotel, after which he was offered a position at a hotel in Boston. “But when I was done with my apprenticeship, the hotel was about six months out from being built,” says Mahan. He moved back to Sacramento, where he found a job and

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“My favorite restaurant on the planet always will be Chez Panisse in Berkeley. I’ve probably eaten there 50 or 60 times, and I’ve learned more from that restaurant than any other,” he says. At the time, a Chez Panisse chef was hosting culinary-inspired tours of the Bordeaux region of France. Mahan went on one.

“At the end of the day, the only thing I want now is for people to come in, to have a good time and be acknowledged.”

Rick Mahan is the chef and owner of The Waterboy Restaurant and OneSpeed Pizza. met a woman. As it so often happens, he decided to stay. After stints at several restaurants, Mahan became chef at Paragary’s, where in 1985 he bought his first box of organic produce. “We established a relationship with a farmer,” says Mahan. “He would call and say what he had and we’d take what we needed. It was impressive to my young eyes what

he could bring versus a conventional supplier. At the time, this just wasn’t happening, but it made so much sense. This was how they do it in Europe. From that point forward, I made a commitment to support our local farmers as much as I could.” After Paragary’s, Mahan and a partner successfully opened two restaurants and planned a third, until Mahan opted for a different course.

“Going to France changed my life. “Something happened. I decided that this is the kind of life I want to live. I like the idea of taking a nap in the afternoon, or having a glass of rosé with lunch,” he says. Drawn to what he calls the simplicity of life (“the no-BS atmosphere, the lack of pretense”), Mahan returned wanting to cook in a similar spirit. So he sold his interest in the restaurants and took six months to regenerate before opening The Waterboy. Though a seasoned chef and restaurateur, Mahan admits this venture was unexpectedly difficult. “Midtown was nothing like it is now,” he explains. “It was a lonely place in the evening, and I totally

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Streetcar Fix DEVELOPERS EMBOLDEN CITY OFFICIALS TO DEFY VOTERS

ith the news last month that the Regional Transit board of directors had approved spending $25 million of scarce RT capital improvement dollars on the proposed Sacramento streetcar, backers of the streetcar received a major boost for their dream of bringing clanging streetcars back to Sacramento after an absence of 70 years. Is the political steamroller that is driving Sacramento’s streetcar project poised to finally prevail over streetcar skeptics? It’s still too early to tell. There are chapters still to be written in the saga of Sacramento’s modern streetcar proposal.

STREETCAR JOURNAL As an active participant in the public debate over the streetcar proposal, allow me to share with you my perspectives on it. I see the streetcar project as another example of our city government ignoring the expressed will of the people, as well as objective evidence of how modern streetcars impact American cities that choose to build them. Two years ago, the city held a special election of Downtown and Midtown voters near the route of the proposed streetcar. Voters were asked whether they would approve a 30-year

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tax on property in the area to cover part of the projected $150 million cost of the streetcar project. Proponents argued that the streetcar would increase the value of their properties. But voters were unconvinced, and the measure failed by nearly 20 percent. City officials didn’t miss a beat: The very next day, Councilmember Steve Hansen announced that the city was working on “Plan B,” an alternative way to finance the streetcar. Our city leaders couldn’t care less that the very people who were supposed to

benefit the most from the streetcar had soundly rejected a measure to partially pay for it. Elected officials were hellbent on working around the wishes of uncooperative voters—the people they’d sworn to represent.

ANTI-DEMOCRATIC ATTITUDES It is a common theme among senior city officials these days: We know what’s best for you, even if you don’t like it, don’t want it and actually

vote to oppose it. We saw the same attitude at play in the city’s successful efforts three years ago to abort the initiative measure that would have required a public vote on the $330 million of taxpayer subsidies that city officials sought to give to owners of the Sacramento Kings to build Golden 1 Center, even though initiative sponsors submitted more than enough verified petition signatures to qualify the measure for the ballot. The attitude was also evident in the byzantine legal jujitsu (including an

artificially constructed sale/leaseback transaction) the city used to exempt the arena bond issuances from the California Constitution’s clear requirement that city voters must approve a city’s issuance of long-term debt. The city also employed artful legal fictions to overcome a state law that clearly prohibits the use of parking meter revenues for purposes other than maintaining public streets, a provision designed to prevent local governments from jacking up meter revenues to fund other government functions (i.e., like an arena). Viola! Sacramento’s rapidly escalating parking meter revenues are now being used to fund debt-service payments on the city’s $300 million arena bonds.

ESCALATING OPERATING LOSSES The city’s Plan B was a new financing plan to build the streetcar that relied heavily on additional pots of money from Regional Transit ($25 million), state government ($30 million) and the Federal Transit Administration (a total of $100 million, up from $75 million). Local officials dropped their effort to tax Sacramento property owners to fund a portion of the construction costs. Now, the city needs to raise money to fund the streetcar’s ever-escalating projected operating losses. Officials initially claimed that the streetcar would lose $2 million a year. That estimate was then increased to $3 million, then to $5.1 million. Professor Emeritus Gregory Thompson of Florida State University, a nationally recognized expert on transit matters and vice chair of Eye on Sacramento’s Transportation Committee, has studied the matter and estimates that the streetcar will actually lose between $6 million and $8 million annually, or approximately $175 million over the next 25 years. To qualify for federal funding, local officials must show that it has the funding in place to cover the streetcar’s expected operating losses. (All streetcars lose money; some lose gobs of it.) West Sacramento has committed to contributing $2 million annually. Proponents claim

that streetcar fares, advertising and sponsorships will bring in another $2.1 million annually. But EOS has obtained a copy of an internal memorandum, dated Nov. 22, 2016, between executives of engineering consultant HDR, the nation’s most prolific builder of streetcar systems, which candidly reveals that HDR executives believe the Sacramento streetcar can be expected to bring in only $300,000 a year in fare revenues and a paltry $13,000 a year in advertising revenues—$1.9 million less than the $2.1 million revenue estimate that local officials are peddling to the public, property owners and federal officials. Has this splash of cold water caused local officials to reassess the streetcar project or to adjust their official loss estimates upward? Of course not. In late May, the city launched another tax election, this one focused on raising $2 million each year from Downtown and Midtown property owners to cover a portion of the streetcar’s annual operating losses. But are the voting property owners the same voters who turned down the streetcar tax in 2015? Nope. The city has cynically gerrymandered the new tax district to exclude all owners and residents of residential property (who voted against the 2015 tax) and to include only commercial property owners (who were more favorably disposed to the tax). It has also created a nonsensical checkerboard of voting commercial properties in the district, skipping some parcels while including others. In one case, an included property is located two blocks away from the nearest included property, with all properties in between omitted. Why? Well, back in early 2015, the city conducted a straw vote of property owners several months before the actual tax election held a few months later. The voting preference of each property owner who participated in the straw poll was tallied and made public. Did city officials use their knowledge of the voting preferences of each property owner from the straw poll to select the commercial properties to be included in the new tax district, thereby assuring that

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the new tax proposal receives the two-thirds majority needed to pass it? Almost certainly. This is hardly democracy. In fact, it’s a corruption of democracy designed to defeat the will of the voters. The results of the new tax election weren’t available by our publication date, but it’s not difficult to predict its outcome. The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association has taken note of the city’s manipulation of this latest Mello-Roos tax election. In an April 20 letter, HJLA warned city officials that if the streetcar tax proposal received less than a unanimous vote of property owners, any property owner voting against the tax could successfully sue to have the tax declared illegal. The city hasn’t even bother to respond to the HJTA letter. Even if the streetcar tax were found to be legal, the current plan for funding the streetcar’s annual losses would likely leave the system chronically short of operating cash. Professor Thompson puts the shortfall at between $22.5 million and $72.5 million over the next 25 years.

The RT board has declared that RT won’t fund a dime of the streetcar’s annual losses. That would leave it up to the cities of Sacramento and West Sacramento to decide whether to spend their own funds to cover the streetcar’s unbudgeted operating losses. The most likely scenario is that streetcar operating deficits will be closed by reducing the operational tempo of the streetcar, which would lengthen the time interval between arriving cars from the currently projected 15 minutes to, perhaps, 30 minutes. In West Sacramento, where the interval is already projected to be 30 minutes, it could lengthen to 60 minutes. Who is likely to wait 30 to 60 minutes to board a streetcar to travel a distance of a mile or less at an effective speed of just over 6 mph, particularly as an average person can walk such a distance in 15 minutes or less?

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MAKING THE PROJECT ‘BIGGER’ When the Obama administration announced it was increasing the amount of “New Starts” money available for streetcar projects from $75 million to $100 million, Sacramento officials jumped at the opportunity to increase the size of the project from $150 million to $200 million. Hansen candidly told the media at the time: “We didn’t want to

leave money on the table. If we want to ask for more, we have to show a bigger project.” And so the project got bigger. First, officials decided to move light rail trains off K Street and shift them to H Street to make room for the streetcar to travel down K. (Cost: $25 million.) Never mind that it would inconvenience state workers who mostly work south of K Street. The shift would supposedly address the concerns of K Street merchants who

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consider the elevated access ramps for disabled passengers unsightly. However, some civil rights groups and advocates have shared with EOS their suspicious that the real motivation for moving light rail off K is to reduce the number of young people, mostly of color, who like to use light rail to travel to Downtown from their homes in South Sacramento. That raises the specter of a claim against the city and RT under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination by any government project financed with federal funds. (Light rail was built with substantial federal funding.) Next, the proponents managed to make the project “bigger” by moving the planned maintenance barn for the streetcar from its originally conceived location under the W/X freeway (which would be easily accessible by the streetcar by using existing light rail tracks) to a new barn location under the I-80 Pioneer Bridge on the West Sac side of the river, which

would require the laying of an additional mile of track. (Cost: $25 million.) Why would streetcar boosters want to add an unnecessary—and expensive—mile of additional track from Tower Bridge to I-80 in West Sacramento? Because there’s a great deal of undeveloped land along that route owned by influential West Sac developers and land speculators whose holdings can be expected to increase in value if a streetcar line is built adjacent to them and—best of all—at no additional cost to themselves, since Sacramento RT and federal taxpayers are picking up the tab for the $50 million increase in the project’s costs. So why did the RT board, made up of elected officials from throughout the county, vote unanimously last month to spend its $25 million in high-speed rail funds on the streetcar? RT staff provided the board with an extensive list of high-priority light rail projects on which the $25 million

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could have been spent, including a major purchase of light rail rolling stock to replace cars that have reached the end of their useful lives. RT estimates that it will need nearly $170 million in the near future to replace its fleet of aged light rail cars. If the $25 million of RT’s highspeed rail funds were matched with $25 million of eligible federal funding, RT could have made major headway toward addressing this looming liability. Instead, local elected officials will almost certainly use the looming cost of replacing light rail cars as political justification for a new “Son of Measure B” tax-hike proposal, following the narrow defeat last year of Measure B, which would have doubled the county’s existing onehalf-percent transportation sales tax. (Full disclosure: I chaired the No on Measure B campaign committee.) RT directors bought the argument that the streetcar would be a driver of economic development in Downtown and Midtown, a decision that is likely

to have lasting consequences for the future of RT, as well as Sacramento taxpayers. Next month, I’ll address the economic development justification for the streetcar and review the impact it would likely have on transportation in Sacramento. I’ll also handicap how the streetcar is likely to fare with the Trump administration and the GOP-controlled Congress.

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Publisher's note: We asked Councilmember Steve Hansen, whose district includes the propsed streetcar route, to submit an opposing viewpoint article to run in this issue. While it was not submitted as scheduled, we hope to run it in a future month. 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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Tax Me LOCAL RESIDENTS APPEAR WILLING TO KEEP MEASURE U

acramento residents are unique in many ways, but especially when it comes to taxes. They like to pay them. In fact, they wish taxes were higher. They want to pay even more. In news that must have delighted City Council members and top bureaucrats in the city manager’s office, a poll by the public opinion firm FM3 indicated voters love the half-cent sales tax called Measure U. FM3 pollsters questioned 500 registered voters who live in the city. Questions concerned quality of life, the economy, public services and the city’s budget. The poll was designed to help guide city manager Howard Chan and Mayor Darrell Steinberg when they put together the new budget. The budget belongs among Chan’s responsibilities, but the mayor takes a leadership role. Chan’s budget can’t become law until the City Council approves it. Practically everybody does polling these days, and many polls don’t mean much. They should be read with an awareness of the motivations behind the poll. Years ago, a wise old political pro told me, “The first question you should ask when anyone shows you polling is: Who paid for it?” There are no exceptions to that rule. Even the most objective and respected pollsters like to have a reasonable idea

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Reducing homelessness is important to Sacramento voters. about what conclusions their clients hope to see. In the case of the city’s poll by FM3, the answer to the question of who paid is straightforward: The city paid. And sure enough, City Hall received some highly encouraging answers for its money. Measure U was sold to voters in 2012 as a temporary emergency measure to restore services wiped out by the recession. But that storyline quickly evolved into something more eternal. Back in 2012, police officers were being laid off and some fire stations closed on a rotating basis. Park maintenance was chopped to minimum

levels and weeds grew wild. Measure U raised about $30 million per year to help restore services and balance the budget. Every City Councilmember knew Measure U was a windfall that, in a perfect world, would continue forever. But the law was written to sunset in 2019. Councilmembers immediately began thinking of ways to extend it and pay for other things, including city pensions. They talked constantly about the benefits and stabilities brought about by Measure U. They figured city residents wouldn’t notice the half-cent sales tax but would appreciate the $30 million budget assistance plan. And

they were right. The FM3 poll suggests voters are eager to pay even higher sales taxes. The polling company asked voters if they would support making Measure U permanent and raising it to threequarters of a penny or even to one full penny. Seventy-three percent said yes to the three-quarter-cent raise. Astonishingly, 76 percent said they preferred a full one-cent sales tax. Voters were also fine with keeping Measure U at one-half cent but making it permanent—72 percent said sure, go ahead. What they didn’t like as much was another extension. Only 65 percent said yes to extending the one-half-cent rate to 2025. The results mean Sacramento voters are all but certain to see a permanent one-cent sales tax on the ballot in 2018. Don’t bet against its passage. The poll produced several other interesting conclusions. Reducing homelessness has become a top priority for voters. The poll indicates 72 percent of voters consider the homeless problem “most or very important.” That’s up from 58 percent in February 2015. Steinberg may have influenced the numbers with his emphasis on homelessness. He’s made indigent housing a cornerstone of his administration. But the number of homeless people on downtown streets appears to be multiplying, especially around X and 13th streets and under freeways. Voter anxiety over Sacramento’s homeless issue is reflected in the poll. “I’m not surprised the constituents’ interest in homelessness has risen,” TO page 29

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Rebecca Garrison THE HEALING ARTS VOLUNTEER

ebecca Garrison, an appointed member of the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission, reflects on her journey from gallerist to volunteer arts volunteer advocate. How did you first get involved with SMAC? The arts commission played a role in my gallery days long before I totally appreciated its role in the larger community. (Garrison ran the Sacramento Temporary Contemporary Gallery from 2009 to 2014.) As a new gallerist with no experience, getting insurance to cover artwork was a challenge. Through SMAC’s nonprofit arm, I was able to purchase insurance for several months until a private insurance company was comfortable with the risk. Then-County Supervisor Roberta MacGlashen approached me about serving on the commission as her representative. I was elected co-chair in 2014, just as I was closing the gallery. Taking on those new responsibilities at SMAC was a good bridge for staying engaged with the arts community. Why do you think SMAC is so important? I’ve come to value the role of the commission in more than just the arts community. Last year, we hosted a public meeting to help guide

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the eye of the beholder, but there’s no denying that art has critical value to a community, to a society. It adds to our enjoyment. It helps us cope. It prompts critical thinking. It helps us connect with each other.

There’s no denying that art has critical value to a community, to a society.

Rebecca Garrison our race and cultural equity policy development. One gentleman from the audience said something to the effect of, “Art heals, and my community needs to be healed.” That hit me over the head about the need to make the arts accessible to everyone, in every part of the city and county. On a good day, the commission’s role can be somewhat invisible—quietly providing a steady foundation of support and access. We’re celebrating our 40th year of existence this year, and in the last 40 years, the county’s population has doubled. The commission’s public arts collection is now worth more than $25 million, and the arts and culture sector is a

more than $100 million industry in Sacramento County. But in the past decade, we’ve seen arts education suffer in our public schools. SMAC’s overall budget has decreased and our grant program has been reduced from $700,000 to $422,000. As needs have increased, our resources have decreased significantly. Clearly, this needs attention. What does art mean to you? I’ve given up trying to define “the arts.” Art is certainly found at the Crocker Art Museum, but it’s also a crayon drawing on a refrigerator. It’s a philharmonic performance and a busker on the street. I guess art is in

How do we support the arts? The first step is to be and stay aware of the value of the arts. Once your mindset is on the power of the arts (however you define them), I think you will know how you personally can support the arts, whether it’s to become a season ticket holder to a theater company, tip a street musician or drop off art supplies at a senior center. Now more than ever, there’s an economic reason for supporting and nurturing the arts. Those cool places that we compete with for jobs—places like Austin, Texas, and Portland—are investing more in their artist communities than we are. Per capita, Austin invests around $9 in the arts. In Portland, it’s around $6. In Sacramento, it’s less than a dollar. We’ve got to do better, and we’ve got to do better in a regional way. For more information about the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission, visit sacmetroarts.org. n

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or anyone who knows Ruthie McRonald, hearing that she finally realized her dream of opening a shop—the charming Haberdasherie at J and 23rd streets— is anything but surprising. “I’ve talked about opening a shop for years,” says McRonald, who went from stay-at-home mom to wine industry expert when she wrote a letter to the late Patty Bogle of Bogle Vineyards offering her help in whatever customer service roles the winery might have available. Bogle hired her on the spot and McRonald went on to manage tasting rooms and wine clubs in Napa and Amador counties before opening Haberdasherie in April. “I have a love of beautiful things in my house, so the store is a collection of anything I find that I myself would love to have,” she says. “Nothing goes in the store if I don’t love it.” McRonald loves to shop, which she says she does “all day long” looking for interesting items to add to her shelves. Her best friend, who works next door at Mojo Salon and helped McRonald find the space for Haberdasherie, also enjoys the thrill of the hunt. The pair spent three days in February perusing the 14 floors of a popular Los Angeles market to buy the store’s starting inventory. The result is an eclectic mix of items

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men’s hats, then men’s clothing. In my mind, it means anything you want. Plus, it’s fun to say.” Haberdasherie is at 2318 J Street. For more information, visit haberdasherie.net.

AS THE SPARROW FLIES When I catch up with Cynthia Lou on the phone, she apologizes if she sounds out of breath. “I’m just doing one final sweep to make sure everything’s clean,” she explains. Lou is the owner of Sparrow Gallery, an artistic venture that was born three years ago this month on K Street and that just moved to a new location on R Street below fellow gallery ARTHOUSE. Hence the cleaning spree.

You get a living legacy of someone who made that artwork with their hands. Ruthie McRonald is the owner of Haberdasherie in Midtown. including candles, hostess gifts, napkins, pillows, tea towels, throws, vases, products from Oakland-based artist Rae Dunn, tea sets, beach bags and more. It seems only fitting that the ever-shifting inventory should bear a name as whimsical as Haberdasherie.

“The word ‘haberdashery’ was traditionally used in Europe for sewing notions,” McRonald explains. “It then morphed into Europe’s version of a five-and-dime in the 13th century, then into an apothecary, then into a store that sold hats, then

Though Lou hails from New York, she graduated from McClatchy High School (after living in Asia for some of high school) and from Sacramento State University with a degree in studio art with a concentration in watercolor. “I actually haven’t done much art since I started working,” Lou admits. “Once I came to the gallery

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side, talking to artists and educating clients became my art.” The mission of Sparrow Gallery is to give Northern California artists a place to show their work—a niche Lou thought was missing as she came up through the gallery scene. “There are so many good artists here who don’t have a chance to get shown because other galleries look outside of Sacramento for artists,” Lou says. “Once I opened, people started introducing me to friends of friends who were doing exciting or different things—styles and thematics that should be shown. So that’s been my main focus.” With the recent move to R Street into a space that’s double the size of the old location, Sparrow will be able to accommodate more artists, including a permanent, rotating exhibit of Robert-Jean Ray’s micro art. She also plans to widen the gallery’s geographical reach to include artists from up and down the West Coast. Lou is excited to be on the front lines of the artistic renaissance

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that’s occurring along the R Street Corridor. “It’s really exciting to see the art environment evolve,” she says. “It was a stagnant, party-town atmosphere during Second Saturday for a few years. But I think in the last three years it’s started to revert back to where it began—to people who want to see art. There’s a new pool of young art collectors, and it’s the gallery’s job to educate them. Sure, you can buy something from Ikea or Pier 1, but if you buy from a gallery, you can support someone who’s local. You get a living legacy of someone who made that artwork with their hands. I want people to understand that you don’t have to spend a lot on art. You can spend less than $500 on regional art and it will be good.” But most of all, Lou wants the climate of arts positivity to continue to grow. “All of us in the arts community have to look out for each other,” she says.

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Zoo Babe A NEW MONGOOSE LEMUR IS BORN

he Sacramento Zoo’s pair of critically endangered mongoose lemurs, Catherina and Elmo, welcomed their fifth offspring on April 13. The zoo participates in the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Mongoose Lemur Species Survival Plans, a cooperative breeding and conservation program designed to maintain genetically viable populations of animals in human care. (Mongoose lemurs are critically endangered because of forest destruction in their native Madagascar.) You’ll have to look closely if you want to catch a glimpse of the new arrival: Mongoose lemurs carry their infants across their abdomen like a fanny pack until the infant is older and more mobile. The sex of the baby will not be known for a few months. Its throat will stay white if it’s a female, but will change to rust brown if it’s a male. Keep an eye on him or her at the zoo, located at 3930 W. Land Park Drive. For more information, call 808-5888 or visit saczoo.org.

DID SOMEONE SAY BRUNCH? Hook & Ladder Manufacturing Company recently began serving brunch seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Mongoose lemur baby at Sacramento Zoo. New menu items include Hangover Stew, Carnitas Chimichanga, Chicken Taco Salad and the vegetarian Falafel Wraptor, as well as several new twists on classic brunch cocktails: There Will Be Blood, a Bloody Mary made with bacon, gin and tequila, Rosé All Day (two different types of rosé wine, hibiscus, lemon, Aperol and soda) and the Health Nut (gin, a healthy green juice blend, mint and soda). “Brunch has the potential to be more than just a meal,” says executive chef Matt Masera. “It appeals to everyone, especially industry people who don’t often have the opportunity to have brunch on the weekends.” For more information, visit hookandladder916.com. Hook & Ladder Manufacturing Company is at 1630 S Street.

GROWING TOGETHER AT THE NBNA On April 27, Newton Booth Neighborhoods Association honored Preservation Sacramento and Ryan and Carolyn Becker with its sixth annual 2017 Growing Together Awards. Each year, NBNA recognizes individuals or entities from within the Newton Booth neighborhoods— Poverty Ridge, Newton Booth and the Alhambra Triangle—for contributing to the betterment of the community. Past recipients include developers Indie Capital and Tapestri Square, as well as Temple Coffee’s Sean Kohmescher and Gina Genshlea of Revolution Wines.

“As the Central City continues to blossom at this time of urban renaissance, it is especially important to encourage and strengthen new and existing bonds of community with the individuals who invest in maintaining the quality of life in our historic neighborhoods,” says Sean Manwaring, NBNA’s communications officer. This year, Poverty Ridge residents Ryan and Carolyn Becker were honored for their rehabilitation of the historic A. A. Merkley Mansion from boardinghouse to stunning singlefamily home. Preservation Sacramento (formerly known as Sacramento Old City Association) was awarded for its extensive contributions to historic preservation and adaptive reuse throughout the area, including overseeing a survey in 2013 that resulted in the designation of the Newton Booth Historic District.

PARTY IN THE PARK The city’s favorite free outdoor music festival, Concerts in the Park, continues Fridays from 5 to 9 p.m. through July 21 at Cesar Chavez Plaza. Downtown Sacramento Partnership’s annual event brings together local and national music acts to wow a crowd that can reach 6,000 by summer’s end. Don’t miss it before it disappears until next May. For more information, visit godowntownsac.com. Cesar Chavez Plaza is at 910 I Street.

www.seniorcareco.net • 3902 J Street IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK The Wide Open Walls mural festival will take place Aug. 10–20. The festival is an offshoot of the wildly popular Sacramento Mural Festival, which was founded last year by event specialist David Sobon. Sobon wanted to expand the ambitious mural festival to include more artists from around the world to help activate the city’s alleys. Artists will travel to Sacramento from the United Kingdom, France, New Zealand, Russia, Australia, Germany and Italy as well as U.S. cities like Philadelphia and New York to make their mark on walls in Midtown and beyond. “We’re at such a partisan crossroads right now in our country,” Sobon says. “I can’t think of a better place than Sacramento to celebrate diversity and culture through art.” For more information, go to wow916.com.

WELCOME TO COUNTRY DAY Sacramento Country Day School recently announced that two local eighth-graders (from West Sacramento’s Westmore Oaks and Leonardo de Vinci in the Sacramento Unified School District) will receive four-year high school scholarships for the coming academic year. The scholarships are funded in part by a grant from the Elliott Family Foundation and include tuition, textbooks, class trips, oneon-one college counseling, an SAT preparation course and a school-

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The Wide Open Walls mural festival will take place in August. issued laptop computer for both students. The goal of the Scholars Program is to provide exceptional students from diverse backgrounds an opportunity to study at Country Day “who may not have the financial resources to access the college preparatory curriculum,” says head of school Lee Thomsen. For more information about the school, visit saccds.org.

KUDOS TO THE CROCKER After a year of rigorous review by the American Alliance of Museums, Crocker Art Museum was awarded reaccreditation in May. Only 1,065 museums are currently accredited out of the estimated 33,000 in the United States. Receiving accreditation (or reaccreditation, in the case of the Crocker, which has been accredited since 1975) means that the museum has passed a battery of self-assessments, as well as a series

of reviews and inspections by a team of nationally recognized peers to rate the institution’s achievements in public trust and accountability, mission and planning, collections stewardship, education and interpretation, financial stability and facilities and risk management. The Crocker didn’t just pass—in many categories, it exceeded the alliance’s ratings for museum standards and best practices, placing the Crocker in the top 3 percent of U.S. museums awarded this distinction. “Reaccreditation is a marker of excellence in the field,” says Lial Jones, the museum’s director and CEO. “I am very proud of the museum staff, co-trustees and other volunteers. Our reaccreditation would not be possible without all of them striving to make the Crocker essential to the vitality of the Sacramento region on a daily basis.”

The Urban Hive—the hip coworking space founded eight years ago on H Street by husband-and-wife PR team Brandon and Molly Weber—is expanding to a 14,000-square-foot space in developer Mark Friedman’s upcoming tech campus The Cannery off Alhambra Boulevard. The Webers were ahead of the curve when they opened their first location—a start-up super space that offers shared work spaces, private offices, meeting and conference rooms as well as regular classes, workshops and networking opportunities to some 200 budding business owners. The idea proved so popular that The Urban Hive outgrew its Midtown location. So the Webers signed a lease at Friedman’s tech park earlier this year and plan to be in by September. (They’ll maintain their H Street space as well.) Weber says the “sophisticated, industrial modern space”—designed by HGA Architects and furnished by local Herman Miller supplier MTA—will include offices, meeting rooms and a bar as well as an “experience team” to provide coffee, beer, breakfast, kombucha, meditation groups, weekly massages and yoga and a partnership with local restaurants and food trucks for lunch. For more information, visit theurbanhive.com. The Urban Hive is at 1931 H Street. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. n

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Creative Force IT TAKES PASSION TO CREATE THRIVING RESTAURANTS

rnesto Delgado is the creative force behind three local restaurants that have taken Mexican cuisine to new heights. His signature restaurant is K Street’s Tequila Museo Mayahuel, which he named after his daughter Maya. Last year, he opened Mesa Mercado at Milagro Centre in Carmichael. He recently added to his restaurant portfolio with La Cosecha in Cesar Chavez Plaza, serving workers from City Hall across the street, neighboring employees in the US Bank building and other nearby businesses. Each of Delgado’s restaurants has its own unique personality. Mayahuel is rich in art and murals, including some of Delgado’s own mural designs. The food is authentic regional Mexican, inspired by his mother’s home cooking. The restaurant also offers a wide selection of tequilas. Mesa Mercado serves casual taqueria fare.

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La Cosecha features a walk-up taco bar, ample outdoor seating and a menu inspired by Mexico and Sacramento. “I like to design restaurants based on the location itself, who we serve and the overall surroundings,” says Delgado. “Basically, restaurants have a short life span. It’s the experience that can make it over the long term.” To that end, Delgado is always looking to refine the experience based on customer feedback. He’s changed Mayahuel’s menu and its tequila bar into a taco bar. Delgado gets excited when talking about his three restaurants. Continued enhancement of the customer experience is always top of mind. He’s happy to have La Cosecha open. He worked hard to be open by Cinco de Mayo. “We’re rockin’ and rollin’ now, and since we opened, it’s been great,” he says. “Overall response is really enthusiastic. We’re still finalizing construction, but we should have that finalized soon.” Delgado admits that building a restaurant is tough. He’s taken on the challenge of complex builds for each of his three sites. Each one came with complexities of design, permitting and construction. And since he

Ernesto Delgado at his newest restaurant, La Consecha, in Cesar Chavez Park.

loves unique spaces and finely tuned details, the process isn’t routine in any way. “I’m at it all day, every day,” he says. “I like to inspire myself creatively, pay attention to the details and see the vision unfold. I look at a restaurant like a canvas and need to apply art, food, systems, licenses, customer service and more than 58 employees to create the experience.” Delgado had this zeal from a very young age. Growing up in Napa, he was inspired by the food created by his mom in their home kitchen, and he fell in love with the cultural connection to food. As a young boy, he dabbled in design and photography.

At 14 years old, he started working in some of the Napa area’s notable restaurants including Chanterelle. He started as a dishwasher, moved up to busboy and did some food prep and a little cooking. “I liked the work,” says Delgado. “I was wearing pressed pants, white shirts and shined shoes. If I worked hard, there were the older ladies and others that would drop me a $20 tip. That was nice.” Delgado moved to Sacramento in 1993 to attend Sacramento State. He waffled a bit in deciding what to study and found his way into graphic design under the mentorship of TO page 36

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for me. We would meet every day at 6 a.m. to discuss plans.â&#x20AC;? Later, Delgado partnered with a friend to open El Patron on Folsom Boulevard, east of 65th Street. It was a challenging time and a learning experience, but the concept didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work. While it was a low point in his life, Delgadoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entrepreneurial spirit didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t dim and he embarked on his signature Mayahuel restaurant. At 46, Delgado is working nonstop but always has time for his 13-yearold daughter and a few vacation breaks. His attention remains on the details of each of his restaurants. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find him greeting guests, refolding napkins and making sure the flowers on the table are fresh. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All my senses are going all the time,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I care and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll jump in to help. Good is not good enough. It has to be right. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re making a statement about our quality and the customer experience. That inspires me every day.â&#x20AC;? Scot Crocker can be reached at scot@crockercrocker.com. n

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These fast-growing squash are low in calories, contain no saturated fats or cholesterol, and are a good source of protein, vitamin A and other vitamins. To eat: Slice horizontally, brush with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper and grill over a hot fire.

Pears are packed with dietary fiber, antioxidants, minerals and vitamins. They are low in calories, too! To eat: Slice, top with a dollop of blue cheese and wrap with prosciutto for an elegant hors d’oeuvre.

Related to peaches, these delicious stone fruits are full of antioxidants and provide some B-complex vitamins and minerals. To eat: Combine with raspberries to make a summery crumble or cobbler.

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This low-calorie vegetable has a surprisingly high amount of vitamin K. The peel is a great source of dietary fiber. To eat: Peel and seed, then chop coarsely and combine with yogurt, garlic and lemon juice to make the zingy Greek dip known as tzatziki.

This summer treat—practically synonymous with Sacramento!—contains massive amounts of lycopene. According to a study from The University of Montreal, a diet rich in tomatoes may help reduce the risk of pancreatic cancer. To eat: Slice, drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt and pepper for the perfect summer salad.

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River Cats are hard to beat, and an

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entertainment bargain.

but the game’s true age is

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owners and the players’ union agreed

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to modest changes. No longer must

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a pitcher throw four outside balls

baseball.

to intentionally walk a batter. Now,

But there’s general consensus

managers just signal the umpire

about how long people are playing

and the batter trots to first base.

today: too long.

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this change. Imagine the excitement if

laptops, smartphones, tablets, social

an intentionally walked batter could

media and video games compete with

start on second or third.)

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And they quickened the replay

attention spans, baseball is losing

system. Managers have only 30

ground. Each game that drags past 3

seconds to decide to challenge a call.

1/2 hours risks losing fans who may

If they do register a challenge, the

never return.

replay officials have two minutes to

This year, baseball tried to address

review. (A better time saver would be

the slow-motion problem by tinkering

to eliminate replay reviews. Life has

with the rules. To see whether the

no replays.)

adjustments are making a positive

“We’ve instituted the new rules but

difference, I checked in with the River

haven’t seen any significant changes

Cats and watched a couple of games.

in games or the length of games,”

I figured Sacramento’s Triple-A

says River Cats spokesman Robert

team would be a good barometer

Barsanti. “It hasn’t been a big deal.”

because they follow major league

The River Cats may not be as

rules at Raley Field. But the River

sensitive to lengthy games as their

Cats aren’t burdened with the TV

big league siblings. Fans aren’t as

commercials that get crammed

invested, financially or emotionally.

between innings at Oakland Coliseum

Raley Field is a social and cultural

or AT&T Park in San Francisco.

phenomenon, a place to go for fun, a

And I’ve always preferred

communal experience, fresh air and

attending games in West Sacramento

baseball, in that order.

over the bigger stadiums along the

If the game drags on too long, many

bay. River Cats tickets are cheaper,

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people go home before the final pitch,

River Cats manager Dave Brundage, players and fans adjust to the new rules of the game.

not caring about the score. Fans who come for postgame fireworks shows boo late-inning pitching changes that

the seats better, the weather warmer

League Baseball wants fans to believe.

and the beer just as cold.

The difference between Triple-A

As for distinctions between talent levels, it’s not as great as Major

players and most big leaguers is a very thin slice. For the price, the

delay the aerial excitement. “We’ve never had a lot of complaints about games being too long,” Barsanti says. “I think most

facebook.com/nepheshpilates fans understand and like the pace of

can’t hurt. Games averaged 3 hours, 5

the game.”

minutes in the majors last year.

Pitching changes are baseball’s

There are ways to speed up

biggest time waster. There has been

baseball without changing any rules.

talk about limiting the number of

A no-nonsense umpire can refuse

pitchers a manager can use in one

to allow players to call timeouts—a

inning or game, but relief pitching is

delaying tactic used by many batters

such an essential part of baseball that

after every pitch.

limitations are unlikely.

Candlestick Park in 1993, umpire

are trained to make pitchers throw

Mark Hirschbeck ordered Giants

more, to work the count and leave

pitcher Rod Beck to keep throwing

the batter’s box to adjust themselves,

even after Atlanta’s Ron Gant

which devours time.

stepped outside the batter’s box. Gant be automatically honored. Hirschbeck

a pitching change. Everyone who

had other ideas. The umpire kept the

attends business or staff meetings

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can be. There’s no reason to believe

empty plate. Gant jumped back into

baseball mound gatherings are any

position and popped up to end the

more productive.

game, a 1–0 San Francisco victory.

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Callista Polhemus

Let Them Eat Cake FOOD MARKETER HAS THE SWEET TASTE OF SUCCESS

allista Polhemus is a restaurant marketing consultant with a “side hustle” (as she calls it) that, ironically, she hasn’t had to market. Through word-of-mouth, her business

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is rising. She bakes uniquely dramatic gourmet cakes as a hobby that’s quickly becoming a paid gig. Her creations are, quite literally, picture perfect. Envision a “naked” cardamom blood-orange cake with soft green pistachio mascarpone buttercream sweeping across the top with contrasting pink blood-orange cream stacked two layers high, alive with fresh camellia blossoms dancing along the bottom. This cake radiates. It creates pause. It beckons. It is art.

This was the cake Polhemus made two years ago for her best friend, John Schuller. It was the first cake she ever made, and she felt compelled to do it, inspired by her friendship. Polhemus, who is also a food photographer, posted a photo of the cake on Facebook, and it became an immediate social media hit with 101 “likes.” At the time, that was a lot for her. Since that first experiment, Polhemus has continued making cakes for friends, growing more

confident in her techniques in both baking and decorating. Every time she creates a new piece, she posts the striking photo on social media. Online, her popularity spread. (A recent photo garnered 221 “likes.”) Cake requests stream in from friends and acquaintances. Recently, she made a cake to celebrate the birthdays of her former employers and mentors, chef Kurt Spataro and restaurateur Stacy Paragary. Polhemus served as marketing director at Paragary

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drip, dance, spin, climb and wow. Like Polhemus herself, they’re tasteful, elegant and creative. You won’t catch her making a basic chocolate cake or adding cartoon characters, but you will find props. A recent cake for Midtown Business Association’s executive director, Emily Baime Michaels, featured a wooden honey dipper reaching from the top of the cake, sunk into a small pool of honey, surrounded by lavender and wildflowers. Baime Michaels was enthusiastic about the cake she ordered. “[The] cakes are made custom with attention to every detail. For our beehive party, she made a poppy seed lavender cake with honey frosting. It was beautiful,” she says. Spataro agrees. “I was amazed at how beautiful it was. It was striking, like a small piece of art,” he says. From her photos, Polhemus’ cakes look too good to eat. Starting at $150, they’re visually stunning masterpieces. However, Polhemus proudly asserts that they really are made for eating. “Every single person has told me it tastes better than it looks,” she says. “I want that wow factor, because I get a lot of personal satisfaction that it looks good, but I get even more when it tastes good.”

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t some point, we’ve all probably related to the lyrics from the 1995 hit “I Wish” by rapper Skee-Lo. Who hasn’t wished to be a little bit taller, a little more baller? Well, by the end of this year, select Sacramentans will have the opportunity to be both, and literally. The Residences at The Sawyer, 45 luxury condos perched atop a

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16-story boutique hotel, are part of the tallest residential development in Sacramento, and they offer what some might consider a baller lifestyle, both for their amenities and proximity to the home of the Kings, Golden 1 Center. Located on the southeast corner of J and 5th streets, The Sawyer is a joint development by JMA Ventures and the Sacramento Kings, which will occupy the entire fourth floor of the building. The San Francisco-based Kimpton hotel group will operate 250 rooms out of The Sawyer, while The Residences will occupy the top five floors of the building. “This is an offering unlike anything Sacramento has ever seen,” says Christopher Miller, director of sales

for The Residences at The Sawyer, which are expected to open by the end of the year. “I think people are drawn to that carefree lifestyle: lock and leave, everything taken care of for you,” says Miller, explaining the allure of living atop a hotel. “Drive up, the valet takes your car, you’re greeted by your doorman, you enter through your residential-only lobby. If you have groceries, the doorman will take them up for you. There’s also a concierge and 24-hour room service.” Miller adds that, thanks to partnership with the Kings, owners of The Residences will be able to buy tickets to sold-out Kings’ games and other select events, with preferred rates and underground access to the

arena via tunnel between residential parking and the club level of Golden 1 Center. The Sawyer’s third floor will include shared amenities with Kimpton guests: a fitness facility, bar and lounge, plus a terrace-level swimming pool overlooking Golden 1 Center’s plaza. The Sawyer is named after Sacramento icon Lorenzo Sawyer, a California chief justice known for the Sawyer Decision of 1884, which ended the use of hydraulic mining in California, one of the country’s first environmental controversies. In allusions to Sacramento as the City of Trees and the capital of the Golden State, the walls of the

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Adventurous Spirit DON’T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT

n 1992, I dragged my family from our California-dreamin’ home to Houston, where I accepted my first job as a hospital chaplain. Within a few short months, changes were afoot when the Baptist denomination asked us to represent them in active military chaplaincy. In the early interviews, my wife was asked, “Becky, are you willing to follow your husband anywhere the Air Force assigns you?” Without missing a beat, my wife said, “Well, I followed him to Texas, didn’t I?”

While we couldn’t bring everything, there were some things we never left home without. I’m fortunate enough to be married to a woman who follows me, even when we downsized into a dilapidated mobile home two years ago. Since I first wrote about our move to the

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rougher side of town, many readers continue to ask what it’s been like. Well, just beyond our park security gates sit commercial neighbors like the Siemens rail technology plant, an adult continuation school and convenience stores. Not far away are the payday loan stores. The saving grace in the community comes from the winery conveniently available to the communicants of the nearby Catholic church. Yet honestly, nothing about our last two years has been difficult,

unless you count how our shower sinks a few inches every time I load it with my 185-pound self—so low, it feels like I’ll fall through into the crawlspace. Sure, we lock the door when we hear the Sacramento police helicopter broadcasting its be-on-thelookout warnings. Then there is the occasional boom that sounds much like a shotgun, but I’m still hoping it’s just leftover fireworks from the thunderous Chinese New Year celebrations.

Our neighbors are real people— working folks—and very friendly. We talk about gardens, dogs, the weather and, as you might expect, we complain about the park management. When I ask myself how it is that Becky and I have been so resilient in our moves, I think it’s because we didn’t short ourselves of those things that make our house into our home— besides our beds, art, favorite chairs, family photos, golf clubs and holiday decorations.

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Faux Real THIS DECORATIVE PAINTER PUTS THE ACCURACY IN FAUX FINISHES

heryl Leamer’s business name could very well describe her whole life. Working Artist Decorating, the residential and commercial decorative painting business Leamer started in 2002, was named for a line in an article about the late, great playwright Wendy Wasserstein. “The article was talking about how Wendy had a woman come in to help her decorate her apartment,” Leamer recalls. “She was described as a ‘working artist,’ and I thought, ‘That’s just like me.’ Something about that phrase really appealed to me.” Leamer has been an artist at work for most of her life. (She admits to being “that kid in the back of the classroom drawing horses instead of paying attention.”) In the 1980s, the Connecticut native discovered her passion for the “faux marbre” painting trend, in which an artist makes a plain wall appear to be made of stone, particularly marble. She quickly made it her niche. “I was stunned at the transformative power of paint,” Leamer says. “So I grabbed it and ran with it.” Leamer went to The Isabel O’Neil Studio Workshop in New York, where she studied painted finishes in 1986, and to Silvermine Arts Center in New Canaan, Conn. In 1987, she started

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“I like the variety,” says Leamer, who moved to California in 2008 to get away from the snow and cold of Connecticut. “Each job is totally different and exciting, so I bring what I know to it. And yet there’s always some peculiar little twist you have to figure out. I talk to the client to get as much detail as possible and then start a computer file for them. Thank God for Google Images search. I pick images that speak to me that will accomplish what I want. Then, I go to pencil and paper and draw up a scale sketch of each wall to figure out what’s going where.”

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Artist Sheryl Leamer painted a large mural at St. Francis of Assisi Elementary School. her first business, Fofo—a clever take on the word “faux.” Leamer met interior designers who loved her work and hired her for increasingly challenging commissions, proving to Leamer that she was definitely up to the task. “They stretched me, and as I gained more confidence, I started stretching myself,” she says.

Though Fofo eventually, as Leamer puts it, “went the way of all flesh,” she didn’t stop painting. On the contrary, she was more prolific than ever and found that, in addition to beautifying interior and exterior walls with her large-scale murals, she had an eye for interior design. Hence Working Artist Decorating was born.

Leamer puts her clients’ desires first. “Artists tend to be thought of as effete,” Leamer says. “Artist statements make me want to hurl. I’m not ‘expressing my vision.’ I’m talking to my clients to find out what they want. I try to involve them in the process from start to finish.” Clients clearly appreciate her process, considering Leamer’s been quite busy since landing in Sacramento almost eight years ago. (She lives on the cusp of Curtis Park and Land Park.) In that time, she’s

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A ‘Salt of the Earth’ House RETURNING A FORMER BOARDINGHOUSE TO ITS 1904 GLORY

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he last single-family home on 10th Street before downtown’s law offices and commercial buildings take over the landscape belongs to Mark Merin and Cathleen Williams. When the couple purchased the building 40 years ago, it was being used as a boardinghouse. Even in its rough condition, they appreciated the original Honduran mahogany paneling, box-beam ceilings, hardwood floors with intricate border patterns, airy upstairs and doublehung windows. Over the decades, the pair completed numerous upgrades to the 1904 Foursquare house, but they retained many of the Craftsman design elements that were blended into the original design. Foursquare homes were extremely popular in America from 1895 to 1930. As the Antique Home Style website explains, “It wouldn’t have hurt that it was a square house of dependable proportions and solid, honest construction in a country where a square deal was offered by then President Theodore Roosevelt.” These houses generally had two or two-and-a-half stories. The simple floor plan was two rooms deep by two rooms wide on each floor. Hipped roofs often had a dormer window or a dormer on each plane of the roof. Full or partial front porches gave growing families a bit more space, while large windows on the front of the house offered a street view of the neighborhood. Often, Craftsman or Prairie design elements were added to the homes. Rooms were generally large, with built-in cabinetry, window seats and buffets. Merin and Williams purchased the house for $35,000. Their sensibilities matched the feeling of

the neighborhood. According to Williams, having both grown up in cities, they appreciated the “salt of the earth” population. “We also felt the neighborhood was our place. Neither of us had grown up in suburbs. We related immediately to the vibe of the neighborhood,” she says. Before moving in, they made a few small but important changes. The floors were worn and the beautiful woodwork paneling had taken a beating. The kitchen hadn’t been revamped in decades. Merin enlisted the help of his dad to refresh the home. “The first was a quickie,” Merin says. “We painted and patched up the walls. We redid the kitchen, which needed a new dishwasher and a reasonable stove. And then we moved in.” As the family grew over the years, so did their needs. During the 1980s, the kitchen received a face-lift, including new cabinets, fixtures and an island. The dining room walls were faux painted. Many of the original windows upstairs were replaced with double insulated ones, which open up and pull out for easier cleaning. In the 1990s, another major kitchen redo reoriented the kitchen to the backyard. Counters were topped with elegant white Corian. Adding a family room with French doors brought more light into the back of the house. “Before, the kitchen had been dreary. The side wall had frosted glass windows, and there was no sense of the outdoors,” says Williams. A modern heater replaced the asbestos-wrapped boiler in the basement. Air conditioning installed upstairs made the second floor comfy during Sacramento’s summers. In the 2000s, the pair again enlisted their favorite local architect, Donald Fugina of Donald Joseph Inc., who had designed their other projects. “He can see within minutes how to do something,” Merin says. “He understands what people want.”

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They wanted a major remodel upstairs. The master bathroom received marble and new fixtures. A small space that had been a screened sleeping porch off the bedroom became a cozy reading area. A balcony on the south side offers a treetop view. The home’s many little spaces and nooks are perfect for reading, writing or contemplation. The house is decorated with art and items from the couple’s travels. The full basement is home to Merin’s photographic and stained-glass projects. A wine cellar and a pingpong table provide relaxation and fun. The house has been a haven for many activists. The front porch is a safe place for those seeking shelter. “We see our house as a resource and are proud that various hardworking activists have shared the house for a year or more,” Williams says. “Though we are surrounded by parking lots and continuous droning from cars on Highway 5, the house has given solidity and context to our lives 10 blocks from the river.” The Merin-Williams home will be featured on Preservation Sacramento’s 42nd annual Historic Home Tour on Sunday, Sept. 17. The tour will showcase Sacramento’s oldest existing residential neighborhood, Alkali Flat. Tickets are $30 in advance, $35 on the day of the tour. For the most discounted price ($10), volunteer for a two-hour shift. To volunteer, send an email with “volunteer” as the subject to preservation.sacramento@gmail.com. For tickets or more information, go to PreservationSacramento.org/hometour. If you know of a home you think should be featured in Inside Publications, contact Julie Foster at foster.julie91@yahoo.com. n

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Wrangling Electrons HOW ELECTRIC POWER GETS INTO YOUR HOME

reviously in this column, I’ve written about complex engineering systems that we generally take for granted until they fail, things like sewage treatment, traffic signals and flood protection. This month, as I sit at my computer in a brightly lit, air-conditioned room, I ask, what about electricity? Staggering complexity lies behind the simple act of flipping a light switch. Some of that complexity is managed every second of every day in Folsom at the California Independent System Operator, or ISO. It’s a bland name for an extraordinary place that

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I had never heard of until I took a tour organized by Capital Science Communicators. The ISO is an independent organization, not a government entity overseen by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. ISO manages the flow of electricity across most of California through the high-voltage transmission network—what some people call “the grid.” This is not your neighborhood utility. (For most of you reading this, that’s SMUD.) This is the big stuff, 500 kilovolt power lines that make your hair stand on end if you get close. About 26,000 circuit miles of these power lines crisscross the state, connecting more than 1,900 generation units in California to substations from which local utilities distribute electricity to consumers. ISO does not own or physically maintain any of the infrastructure. In the words of Steven Dale Greenlee,

an ISO public information officer, ISO’s job is like “air traffic control for electrons.” ISO controls how much electricity enters the grid, from which power plants, and the route by which it flows to consumers. This is a lot harder than it sounds. The supply of electricity in the grid must be constantly matched with the demand. At any instant, the amount of electricity being generated and put into the grid (the load) must equal the amount of electricity being pulled out by consumers (demand). If the load is too great, a power surge leads to power outages. Likewise, if the load is insufficient to meet demand, not all customers will get the power they need. To keep the balance (and the lights on for everyone), ISO adjusts the load every five seconds. How? A team of 10 operators, mostly electrical engineers, work 12-hour

shifts monitoring a massive amount of data about the status of the grid. Visitors are not allowed on the control room floor, where a dazzling, curved wall of video screens 80 feet long and subdivided into 100 panels gives form and color to this data. ISO designed a custom “geospatial data presentation” scheme to make it easy for the engineers on duty to see exactly what’s happening on the grid at a glance. Interweaving red and blue lines like a circuit diagram from a sci-fi movie illustrate the status of substations and circuit breakers and transmission paths across the state. The engineers’ job is essentially to solve a puzzle. At any given moment, consumers are using a certain amount of electricity. That electricity comes from a range of generators located all over the West. The electrons have to travel from generator to consumer over the grid. But just like pipes,

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the load 24 hours in advance. Power plants come online early, in anticipation of demand. If the demand forecast is wrong (for example, the weather turns out hotter than predicted and air-conditioning units are running long and hard), ISO has to figure out where to get the extra power and how to carry it to consumers across transmission lines that may already be at capacity. In a pinch, ISO calls a Flex Alert. This is a voluntary request for people to conserve electricity and relieve some of the pressure on the grid. Renewable power sources, especially solar and wind, are contributing more and more of our electricity. Next month, I’ll tell you how ISO is managing these variable sources and discuss the changing relationship between our local utility (SMUD) and ISO.

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Changes Afoot DRIVERLESS, ELECTRIC AND SHARED CARS ARE OUR FUTURE

hese are heady times for news junkies, especially for a transportation wonk like me. While transportation happenings garner far less attention than politics, changes in the air will fundamentally affect our lives. There will be profound impacts on how we get around, how much our mobility costs and what happens to the environment.

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A UC Davis report calls the transportation changes revolutionary. It says there are actually three revolutions. One is self-driving cars, which the report dubs automated vehicles. Another is a switch from gas-fueled to electric-powered vehicles. The third is shared mobility, which goes beyond Uber and Lyft ride-hailing services to vehicles with multiple occupants A summary of the report says, “Three transportation revolutions … could help reduce traffic, improve livability, eventually save trillions of dollars each year and reduce urban transportation carbon dioxide emissions by 80 percent or more worldwide by 2050.”

We’re still in the early days of these revolutions, so it’s perilous predicting outcomes. It’s like envisioning Facebook, Google or Amazon at the start of the internet. How transportation plays out will be affected by the complicated interactions of the revolutions. Outcomes will also be influenced by how fast technology advances, by government policy decisions and by consumer desires. The report concludes that the full benefits of the transportation revolutions won’t come without shared mobility. Automated vehicles by themselves could increase miles traveled and congestion. For example, driverless cars could be on

the road without any passengers. Or commuters, able to devote full attention to work or other productive tasks while in the car, might be more willing to embrace long commutes. Vehicle electrification is also a key. Without clean electric power, carbon dioxide emissions might not decrease at all. Besides the mix of revolutions, there are many competing financial interests. Companies are battling for future transportation market domination and potential profits. There’s a Wild West atmosphere with private firms playing decidedly highstakes poker. The current field of play involves three major groups. First are the

auto manufacturers, including upstart electric vehicle maker Tesla. Buoyed by speculators, Tesla’s market valuation is greater than that of giants General Motors and Ford, despite its spotty record of profitability. Second are technology companies, including Google and Apple, working on self-driving hardware and software. Third, there are the car-sharing companies, such as perennially pugnacious Uber. There are others in the game, too. Software designers, mapmakers, sensor builders, private transit companies, public transit agencies and the trucking industry have critical interests. We’re all involved in the social and environmental ramifications. The private sector is a bewildering, constantly changing melange of friend and foe. Alliances and partnerships have formed. GM has invested half a billion dollars in Lyft. Big companies have gobbled up smaller ones. Uber bought Otto, a self-driving truck firm. GM bought software maker Cruise Automation. The competition is fierce

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and frenetic, including a major legal battle between Google’s self-driving car offshoot, Waymo, and Uber. Almost every day, there’s breaking transportation news: new autonomous Chevy Bolts to be tested in Boston; tests of French-made driverless buses; San Francisco accusing Uber and Lyft of being public nuisances; Boeing talking about pilotless airplanes. What’s next? Right now, there are many more questions than answers about the future of transportation. Many industry experts predict there will be less individual car ownership and more shared use. Raquel Urtasun, head of Uber’s Advanced Technology Group, told the East Bay Times that 10 percent of Uber riders under 30 say they are giving up their car or no longer planning on buying a new car. Will new car sales plummet? Will autonomous cars mean more driving or less? Will cheap trips via robotaxis mean people will abandon walking and biking for short trips? On the other hand, will safer, less polluted streets cause more people to walk or bike? Will for-profit transit (with driverless vehicles and cherrypicked routes) be able to out-compete public transit? Consumers and businesses will be making choices. In some cases, they may, like Betamax tape player buyers of old, pick a technology that never becomes the standard. Government policy decisions, including how public transit agencies react, will certainly shape the transportation revolutions and outcomes. In the 1950s, the federal government’s decision to build the Interstate Highway System, a decision made based on defense needs, tilted the transportation playing field toward automobile use. The interstates promoted and abetted sprawl. Building urban freeways demolished neighborhoods and separated others and heralded 60-plus years of auto-oriented city design. We’re on the cusp of similar decisions—decisions that will have monumental and long-lasting consequences. Walt Seifert is executive director of Sacramento Trailnet, an organization devoted to promoting greenways with paved trails. He can be reached at bikeguy@surewest.net. n

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From Field to Doorstep THIS CAPAY FARM IS REINVENTING THE CSA BOX

Capay Organic Farm. Photo courtesy of Bill Goidell.

ears ago, my venture into buying CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), which came in the form of a heavy wooden box filled with produce and delivered by a handsome (ruggedly so, of course) farmer in a beat-up truck, wasn’t particularly successful. I didn’t know what to do with most of the vegetables that arrived every week— kohlrabi, fennel and daikon were not standard fare in our house then—but I liked supporting a local farm. My taste buds, along with CSA’s skills in marketing and production, have evolved over time. Computers do a lot of the heavy lifting now, managing and processing huge amounts of information for farmers, and the internet has revolutionized the way people buy and consume produce from local farms. Today, customers can choose what they want in their CSA boxes, including artisan products like honey, a bouquet of flowers, organic milk and eggs. Log

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into your account and you can add and delete items, set your delivery frequency, learn about the farm and the farmers, and find recipes. Box types are as varied as the produce they contain, ranging from traditional CSA to organic snack packs. “Our company has broken the mold of the old production chain and [it has been] able to deliver something different,” says Thaddeus Barsotti. “We’re going to make it really easy for you to support local agriculture.” He’s one of the co-owners and the co-CEO and chief farmer at Capay Organic and Farm Fresh to You, a CSA and home delivery service. With his

brothers Noah Barnes and Freeman Barsotti, Thaddeus has grown their mother’s tiny CSA in Capay Valley into a produce powerhouse, delivering to thousands of customers throughout California. (Farm Fresh to You partners with Suzie’s Farm to deliver local produce in Southern California.) Twenty-five years ago, Kathleen Barsotti began packing produce grown on her farm into boxes and delivering them locally. The farm, Capay Organic, was founded by Kathleen and her then-husband, Martin Barnes. Thaddeus—their middle child, who was born in the family’s farmhouse—remembers

helping with chores when he was growing up, including selling produce at farmers markets and filling CSA boxes. Today, bustling workers, with assistance from sophisticated software, large computer monitors, an efficient assembly line and forklifts, handle the packing duties in a clean, climate-controlled warehouse in West Sacramento. Delivery trucks rush the freshly packed boxes to distribution hubs and local porches. Rows of customer service agents, facing computer screens, field calls in the office. Here’s a simplified version of the way it works. If your box is set for delivery on Wednesday in the Sacramento region, most of the produce will be picked in Capay Valley on Monday. Some produce, onions and potatoes, for example, is picked ahead of time and stored. On Monday night, the produce travels to the facility in West Sac. On Tuesday, workers pack it into boxes, sorting everything and putting it on trucks. On Tuesday evening, a delivery driver quietly places the box on your doorstep. On Wednesday morning, open the door and there’s your box. It’s like Christmas and your birthday rolled into one—minus a ruggedly handsome farmer in a beat-up truck.

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with breast cancer nine years earlier. I asked Thaddeus what she would think about how much her tiny CSA has changed and grown. “Disbelief,” he says, adding that she struggled at times to keep the lights on in the house. “She wasn’t a drop in the bucket [then],” he says. “We are still relatively small. I think we are at least a drop in the bucket now.” For more information, go to farmfreshtoyou.com. n

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teacher and professional dancer Nicole McKeever, but that would underestimate the amount of blood, sweat and tears that have gone into her career. The performer and instructor— whose McKeever School of Irish Dance found a permanent home in the E. Claire Raley Studios (CLARA) last year—fell in love with Irish dance as a kid in Columbus, Ohio.

“My family dates back to the late 1800s in Ireland,” McKeever says. “I grew up listening to Irish music, and we would go to events and see the Irish dancers. I wanted to dance so badly.” When her family moved to New Jersey when McKeever was 12, she enrolled at DeNogla School of Irish Dance, an hour and a half each way on the New Jersey Turnpike.

“The year I signed up for lessons, Riverdance came out,” McKeever recalls. “That summer, while I was waiting to start lessons, I rented the video of the show and watched it every day. It became my life.” McKeever quickly moved up the ranks of international Irish dance competition. She became an Open Champion, achieving the top three standings at the Regional TO page 62

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continents and 26 countries, and we traveled the circumference of the globe in one year on a bus. I got to see places I thought I’d never get to go and got everything I ever wanted from Riverdance.” But the demanding schedule eventually caught up with her.

is mentally and physically taxing. A lot of people don’t realize what the dancers go through when they see tours come through town. I was on an intense tour of China as I was turning 30, and I reached a point where I could see that I was missing some important things in my life. I wanted to build something for myself.” McKeever left Riverdance in 2013, returned briefly to New Jersey and then moved to Sacramento. She held odd jobs and taught art while renting studio space by the hour to teach Irish dance with the goal of opening her own school. On the first day of class at McKeever School of Irish Dance—Oct. 15, 2013—no one came. “It’s so physically exhausting to McKeever told herself to be patient, tour. It has a shelf life,” McKeever that people would find her if she says. “You spend up to 11 hours on a stayed true to herself and kept going. bus and go straight into a show, which Now, McKeever now has a school of

“I grew up listening to Irish music, and we would go to events and see the Irish dancers. I wanted to dance so badly.”

150 students who come to her with the same dreams as that starry-eyed 12-year-old kid in Columbus. “I’m forming a culture and a brand,” says McKeever, who’s now 34. “The kids in the studio have goals of becoming champions. I want to allow every dancer to have an opportunity to become what they want. My mission is to train dancers, athletes and artists and make Irish dance accessible to all people. I have what I always wanted.” McKeever School of Irish Dance is at 2420 N St. For more information, go to mckeeverdance.com. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. n

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uly is to Sacramento gardeners what January is to gardeners back East. It’s not the cold that keeps us inside; it’s the heat. In the winter, East Coast gardeners snuggle by the fire, study seed catalogs and dream of summer flowers and vegetables. In the summer,

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Sacramento gardeners stretch out by the air conditioner, study bulb catalogs and dream of spring bloom. Fall is the time to plant spring bulbs, when air and soil temperatures cool in late October or early November. They aren’t yet in local nurseries, but mail order companies are already taking orders for shipping later this year. Don’t wait if you want to secure more unusual varieties. Think beyond the usual statuesque tulips and yellow trumpet-flowered yellow daffodils, which may not last more than a season or two in our growing conditions. There is an

astonishing array of bulbs bearing flowers, in many shapes, colors and sizes, that grow well in our warmsummer, mild-winter climate. Bulbs have an embryonic flower and leaves nestled inside, ready to sprout and bloom. Once the flowers have faded, leaves feed the bulb until they wither and die. Then, bulbs await winter chill to signal that it is time to grow anew. Many bulbs need colder weather than we have in Sacramento. For best results, look for varieties that are rated for USDA zone 9 or higher.

While tulips will grow in any climate zone, tulip hybrids are usually grown as annuals. Even in the Netherlands, tulips are one-hit wonders, dug up and replanted every year. The exceptions are species tulips, which tend to be smaller and daintier and can persist for years. Reliable, interesting choices include T. bakeri ‘Lilac Wonder,’ with large rose-lilac petals and yellow centers, T. sylvestris, with yellow fragrant flowers, and any of the T. clusiana varieties, including ‘Lady Jane,’ with red and white striped flowers, and ‘Cynthia,’ which has pointed flowers

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of yellow and red. Chill tulip bulbs in the refrigerator for 10 to 12 weeks before planting, keeping them away from pears or apples, which emit harmful ethylene gas. Prepare the planting bed before removing the bulbs from refrigeration and plant them immediately so that they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t warm up. According to bulb supplier Van Engelen Inc., cooled bulbs donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t grow well in containers because their roots may get too warm. There are more than 13,000 varieties of daffodils, also called narcissus or jonquils. There are 13 divisions recognized by daffodil experts, including the familiar trumpet varieties and others that bear flowers in fragrant clusters. Daffodil bulbs may rot if planted in poorly drained areas that get summer irrigation. You can dig them after their foliage dies down and store the cleaned bulbs in net bags or stockings in a well-ventilated, cool place until itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to plant in the fall. Since varieties from the Tazetta division are more tolerant of summer moisture, they are good choices for naturalizing. Varieties from the

Triandrus and Jonquilla divisions are also recommended for zone 9. In my garden, Tazetta â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Soleil dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Or,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; which bears clusters of fragrant yellow, orange-centered flowers, has gradually spread underneath the flowering pear trees. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve also had good luck with cute miniature yellow â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Tete a Tete,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; which have bloomed happily along my garden path for a decade. In the Sacramento Historic City Cemetery, plantings of Tazetta â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Constantinopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; blooms early every winter. This heirloom bulb is also known as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;scrambled eggs daffodilâ&#x20AC;? but fortunately smells much better. Many other types of bulbs grow and persist readily here. One of my favorites is the summer snowflake, or Leucojum. Its bell-shaped white flowers have little green dots at the tip of each petal. I like to cut them and put them on the shelf by my kitchen sink so that I can enjoy their delicate detailing up close. I grow the larger variety, L. aestivum â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Gravetye Giant.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve also had good luck with Spanish bluebells, Hyacinthoides hispanica. Each stem bears a dozen

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The Calamari Sisters will be at Sierra 2 Center this month.

“Cooking With the Calamari Sisters” Playhouse Productions Through July 23 24th Street Theatre, 2791 24th St. playhouseinfo.com Bring your appetite for big laughs as the two larger-than-life Calamari sisters—stars of a fictional cable television show—take you on a tour-de-force of pop, show tunes, Italian songs, and cuisine as they sing, dance and tell jokes through a cooking lesson you’ll never forget.

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American Arts Auction Witherell’s Auction House Preview July 6, 1–5 p.m. (auction closes July 11) Witherell’s Annex, 1925 C St. witherells.com Don’t miss the chance to get your hands on a newly discovered Dale Nichols painting from the 1940s and rare Queen Anne furniture from the 1750s. The July auction covers the spectrum of American arts, including an elaborately carved wood desk and chair from the House of Representatives that belonged to Congressman George W. McCrary, which was recently featured on “Antiques Roadshow.”

This newly discovered 1940s Dale Nichols painting is one of the items up for sale at Witherell's.

Classical Concert: Anyssa Neumann Crocker Art Museum July 9, 3 p.m. 216 O St. crockerart.org World-renowned pianist Anyssa Neumann will return to her hometown to present a program of Central European composers from the 19th and early 20th centuries, including pieces by Richard Strauss, Leos Janacek, Nikolai Medtner and Ernst von Dohnanyi.

Wild Games Sacramento Zoo July 29, 5–8 p.m.

Pianist Anyssa Neumann is performing.

3930 W. Land Park Drive saczoo.org Do all the fun activities you miss from childhood at this new zoo event: Ride the carousel, jump for joy in an inflatable bounce house, play-fight as sumo wrestlers, compete in giant beer pong and other lawn games, learn how to hula hoop with Resolute Circles, get your face painted and much more. Ticket includes all activities and one drink. (You must be 21 or older.) Food and beverages will be available for purchase.

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Celebrate all things tomato at the SacraTomato Festival.

Cat & the Fiddle Music Festival Fairytale Town July 29–30, 11 a.m.–2:15 p.m.

Don't miss the International Celebration at Fairytale Town.

3901 Land Park Drive fairytaletown.org “Hey, diddle diddle!” Rock out to this two-day music festival on the Mother Goose Stage. Bring a blanket or lawn chair and relax as you listen to a variety of family-friendly musical acts—check the website for a full list of performances. All concerts are free with paid park admission.

International Celebration Fairytale Town July 2, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. 3901 Land Park Drive fairytaletown.org Kick up your heels for a day of international dance on the outdoor Mother Goose Stage. Enjoy back-to-back performances of ballet folklorico, Cambodian ballet and more. The program is free with paid park admission.

“On the Town” Music Circus July 11–16 Wells Fargo Pavilion, 1416 H St. californiamusicaltheatre.com This upbeat classic musical based on choreographer Jerome Robbins’ 1944 ballet “Fancy Free” tells the tale of three sailors on a 24-hour shore leave in New York City and the three wild women who join them on an unforgettable adventure. You might recognize a few of these Leonard Bernstein tunes—this is the show that brought you “New York, New York.” California State Fair takes place at Cal Expo this month. Photo courtesy of CAState Fair.

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Seven Sounds Band Sohini Sangeet Academy July 22, 6 p.m. Jean Runyon Little Theater at Memorial Auditorium, 1515 J St. sacramentomemorialauditorium.com Lend your ears to bandleader Binay Pathak and his new Seven Sounds Band—part of Pathak’s renowned music school, Sohini Sangeet Academy—as they perform songs from the Bollywood Golden Years, classic ghazals (a rhyming poetic form similar to a sonnet) and more.

SacraTomato Week and Festival Sutter District July 17–22 Midtown between Sutter’s Fort and Marshall Park exploremidtown.org It’s that time of year again—time to celebrate the tomato! Visit Midtown’s vibrant Sutter District all week long and enjoy local restaurants’, bars’ and nightclubs’ take on Sacramento’s iconic agricultural staple in creative tomato-inspired dishes and drink specials. The week of festivities culminates on Saturday, July 22, from 4 to 8 p.m. at a family-friendly festival at Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park featuring chef demonstrations, handson children’s activities, live music and more.

Jazz Night at the Crocker: Sandy Cressman Crocker Art Museum July 20, 6:30 p.m. 216 O St. crockerart.org The exotic sounds of singer Sandy Cressman will have you grooving all evening to a repertoire of contemporary Brazilian jazz songs sung in Portugese as part of Sacramento’s longestrunning summer jazz series. For the best seat in the house, bring your own chair.

Sandy Cressman will perform at the Crocker.

California State Fair July 14–30 Cal Expo, 1600 Exposition Blvd. castatefair.org It wouldn’t be summer in Sacramento without the California State Fair: free concerts, horse racing, midway rides, champion livestock, hands-on exhibits, more than 70 food vendors (you know you wanna try the deep-fried Snickers) and more. The biggest carnival in Northern California is the best place for fun in the sun.

“Hand to God” B Street Theatre Through July 23 2711 B St. bstreettheatre.org This irreverent comedy—about a possessed Christian-ministry hand puppet—has brought playwright Robert Askins plenty of accolades (the play was nominated for five Tony Awards when it debuted on Broadway in 2015), but it’s the story’s darkly hilarious honesty that makes it a show not to miss.

Sactown Wings Festival July 30, 2–6 p.m. Southside Park, 2115 6th St. sactownwings.com For the fourth year in a row, this annual festival will serve up more than 40,000 chicken wings prepared by chefs from Barwest, Blue Cue, Logan’s Roadhouse, Adamo’s, Kupros Craft House, Chicago Fire and Flaming Grill Cafe. Guests can enjoy a wing-eating contest, craft beer from local breweries—proceeds will benefit Habitat for Humanity—face painting, bounce houses, live music and lots of family-friendly fun.

Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. The comedy "Hand to God" will play at B Street Theatre.

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THEATRE GUIDE Three Penny Theatre Thru 9 1723 25th St, 606-5050 Ovationstage.com As a blizzard rages outside a remote cabin in the wilds of Alaska, a lonely figure, Henry Harry, lies sleeping under a heap of blankets. Suddenly, he is awakened by the insistent knocking of an unexpected visitor, Rosannah DeLuce, a distraught young woman who has fled all the way from Arizona to escape her impending marriage. In the end their very isolation proves to be the catalyst that allows them to break through the web of old griefs and bitter feelings that beset them both and to reach out for the solace and sanctuary that only hard-won understanding, self-awareness and c ompassion for the plight of others can bestow.

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B Street Theatre Thru July 23 2711 B St, Sac 443-5300 Bstreettheatre.org Robert Askins’ play finds a Fundamentalist Christian congregation reckoning with a hand puppet named Tyrone that’s possessed by the devil. “In Askins vision, deviance and debauchery aren’t that different from fervent piety, deep faith, the longing for purity and goodness… a point that makes every joke, every scandalous sight gag land with extra bite…” — San Francisco Chronicle

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SACRAMENTO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL at William Land Park The Sacramento tradition returns to William Land Park this summer. Throughout the festival, actors will be performing two plays:

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The Comedy of Errors

7/1, 7/9, 7/14, 7/16, 7/22, 7/27, 7/29 The Comedy of Errors tells the story of two sets of identical twins that were accidentally separated at birth. Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant, Dromio of Syracuse, arrive in Ephesus, which turns out to be the home of their twin brothers, Antipholus of Ephesus and his servant, Dromio of Ephesus. When the Syracusans encounter the friends and families of their twins, a series of wild mishaps based on mistaken identities lead to wrongful all sorts of shenanigans.

All’s Well That Ends Well

7/7, 7/8, 7/13, 7/15, 7/21, 7/23, 7/28, 7/30 All’s Well That Ends Well concerns Helena, a beautiful woman, and her pursuit of a man of higher social position than herself in the French court of Rousillon.

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Three sailors on a 24-hour shore leave in New York City find three high-spirited women in an unforgettable adventure. The soaring score by Leonard Bernstein features “Lonely Town” and “New York, New York.”

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Art Preview GALLERY ART SHOWS IN JULY

Tim Collom Gallery’s second annual summer group exhibit runs through Aug. 3, with more than 20 local artists sharing their images of summer. Participating artists include Tim Collom, Cameron Walker, Deborah Ashley, Jill Allyn Stafford, Anthony Montanino, Shirley Hazlett, Keith Bachmann, Bob Miller and Patris. Shown above: “Lake Natoma Inlet #2” by Sue Chapman. 915 20th St.; timcollomgallery.com

WAL Public Market Gallery shows the work of Oak Park’s Sarah Golden in July. A concurrent exhibit will take place at Oak Park Brewing Company. Shown above: a group of her colorful paintings. WAL, 1104 R St.; Oak Park Brewing Company, 3514 Broadway

Through Sept. 1, Sparrow Gallery presents “Dissent,” a group show featuring the work of Laurie Stevens, Nadine Robbins and other nationally known artists. Sparrow’s new microART gallery features the work of Nicky Ruxton through Aug. 4. Shown above: Ruxton’s creative-reuse work, which fuses collage and jewelry design with found-object assemblage. 1021 R St.; sparrowgallerysacramento.com

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Elliott Fouts Gallery presents a one-man show of the work of Micah Crandall-Bear through the end of July. Shown above: “Bios II.” 1831 P St.; efgallery.com

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Localis Stays Vibrant THIS RESTAURANT OFFERS BEAUTIFUL FLAVORS AND GORGEOUS VISUALS

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Ten years ago, chef Adam Pechal opened Tuli Bistro, a lively culinary enterprise that pushed amazing flavors and upscale cuisine in a relaxed atmosphere. Throughout its short stint on the corner, it garnered its fair share of fans, me included. Due to marketing miscues and bad timing, two more restaurants came and went. At some point, the Broderick group, owners of Broderick Roadhouse in West Sacramento and Broderick Midtown, came on board as owners of the space. They hired a young,

passionate chef to create a locally sourced, fine-dining menu. The result was Localis. Just six months ago, that same chef, Christopher BarnumDann, took over full ownership of the restaurant. Localis is a thoroughly Northern California expression of dining. Each plate embraces the Sacramento ethos of farm-to-fork dining and local sourcing. But Barnum-Dann eschews the rustic charm of farm-to-table presentation. Instead, he treats every dish like a work of art.

The dishes at Localis are visually stunning. Even a simple salad is raised to high art, combining the freshest, most meticulously sourced ingredients with thoughtful preparation. Each farm and farmer is promoted to the level of superstar. If you’re lucky enough to reserve a seat at the long, high counter at Localis, you’ll see the busy, expert kitchen at work. This is the type of dining experience in which kitchen staffers—saucing, sautéing, and conversing with guests—provide as

much entertainment as a Broadway show. This is not modernist cuisine. The plates are not dominated by foams and emulsions. You will find a few of the techniques associated with molecular gastronomy. For example, Barnum-Dann adds beet “dust” to his complex, lovely beet salad. Showcasing beets in multiple ways, the dish features ruby red and golden beets roasted, smoked and pickled with a light sifting of ingenuously engineered beet “dust.” Rather than highlighting technique, the dust is there for an additional smattering of flavor and visual texture.

The chef’s tasting menu is where the big guns come out. Other dishes satisfy with homey flavors and equally gorgeous plating. A small plate of roasted octopus could not be more divine. Perched on a smear of root vegetable puree and delicately garnished with pickled cherries, it’s a plate not to be missed. Simple fish-of-the-day and meatand-potato dishes hit home with deceptively simple ingredient lists and complex flavors. A healthy chunk of Wagyu beef with mashed potatoes is a gorgeous thing accompanied by morels and asparagus and some restrained yet powerful saucing. A lovely hunk of halibut sings over a joltingly spicy raft of coconut curry risotto. Dessert is no less a thing of beauty. On my last visit, the menu featured a strawberry bread pudding with buttermilk ice cream that was the best thing I’d put in my mouth this year. Guests are welcome to pick and choose from the small but wellcurated menu, but the chef’s tasting menu is where the big guns come out. A five-course, roughly $80 selection of always-changing dishes shows off the talents of Barnum-Dann and his kitchen.

Prices for small plates are in the mid- to high teens, entrees in the high 20 to mid-30. Portions are small, and the well-chosen wine list doesn’t have many bargain choices. Expect to pay between $150 and $250 for dinner for two. But this will be an exceptional culinary experience, not just another weeknight dinner. If you care to dip your toe in without the high price tag, “Local Hour” offers discounts on drinks and small plates from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Or try Sunday brunch. The serving staff shows care and delicacy in their suggestions, their attentiveness and their presentation. During my dinner at Localis, I felt taken care of, not pandered to, nor rushed through. Reservations are a must. Given the small confines of the restaurant and the languid pace of service, Localis can accommodate a limited number of diners. This is experiential eating. This is delicate eating. This is engagement with artistic vitality. Come with an open mind and expectations of a full evening spent surrounded by culinary creativity. Localis is at 2031 S Street; 737-7699; localissacramento.com. Greg Sabin can be reached at gregsabin@hotmail.com. n

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5530 H St. 452-8226 B L $ Wine/Beer Southwestern fare in a casual diner setting

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

Selland’s Market Cafe 5340 H St. 736-3333 B L D $$ Wine/Beer High quality handcrafted food to eat in or take out, bakery, wine bar • sellands.com

DOWNTOWN

Formoli’s Bistro

Cafeteria 15L

3839 J St. 448-5699

116 15th Street 551-1559

B L D Wine/Beer $$-$$$ Mediterranean inﬂuenced cuisine in a stylish neighborhood setting • formolisbistro.com

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

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DeVere’s Pub

Grange

1521 L Street

926 J Street • 492-4450

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

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

Downtown & Vine

Hock Farm Craft & Provision

1200 K Street #8 228-4518

1415 L St. 440-8888

Educational tasting experience of wines by the taste, ﬂight or glass • downtownandvine.com

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

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

Firestone Public House 1132 16th Street L D $$ Full Bar Sports bar with a classical american menu• ﬁrestonepublichouse.com

Frank Fat’s 806 L St. 442-7092 L D Full Bar $$-$$$ Chinese favorites in an elegant setting • Fatsrestaurants.com

Ma Jong’s 1431 L Street L D $-$$ Beer/Wine Cuisine from Japan, Thailand, China ad Vietnam. • majongs.com

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

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

Rio City Cafe 1110 Front Street 442-8226 L D Wine/Beer $$ Bistro favorites with a distinctively Sacramento feeling in a riverfront setting • riocitycafe.com

The Firehouse Restaurant 1112 Second St. 442-4772 L D $$$ Full Bar Global and California cuisine in an upscale historic Old Sac setting • Firehouseoldsac.com

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Mon-Thu: 11 to 10, Fri-Sun: 11 to 10:30

Ten 22

Fish Face Poke Bar

1022 Second St. 441-2211

1104 R Street Suite 100

L D Wine/Beer $$ American bistro favorites with a modern twist in a casual, Old Sac setting • ten22oldsac.com

Willie’s Burgers 110 K Street L D $ Great burgers and more. • williesburgers.com

R STREET Café Bernardo 1431 R St. 930-9191 B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Casual California cuisine with counter service

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

4920 Folsom Blvd • 452-5516 • 10am-9pm Centro Cocina Mexicana 2730 J St. 442-2552 L D $$ Full Bar Patio Regional Mexican cooking served in a casual atmosphere • Paragarys.com

Easy on I 1725 I Street 469-9574 L D $-$$ Bar & grill with American eats, including BBQ, local brews & weekend brunch • easyoni.com

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Sacramento’s Oldest Restaurant

ESPAÑOL Since 1923

ITALIAN RESTAURANT

$10 OFF Total DINNER food order of $50 or more

With coupon. Cannot be combined with other discounts. Expires 7/31/17.

$5 OFF

Total LUNCH or DINNER food order of $25 or more With coupon. Cannot be combined with other discounts. Expires 7/31/17.

5723 Folsom Boulevard 457-1936 Dine In & Take Out • Cocktail Lounge • Banquet Room Seats 35 Lunch 11-4 pm • Dinner 4-9 pm Sundays • 11:30-9 pm • Closed Mondays

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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

Shoki Ramen House 1201 R Street L D $$ Japanese ﬁne dining using the best local ingredients • sshokiramenhouse.com

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

Federalist Public House 2009 N Street L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Wood-ﬁred pizzas in an inventive urban alley setting • federalistpublichouse.com

Magpie Cafe 1601 16th Street

Tapa The World

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

Hot Italian 1627 16th Street 444-3000 L D Full Bar $$ Authentic hand-crafted pizzas with inventive ingredients, Gelato• hotitalian.net

OAK PARK La Venadita 3501 Thurd Ave. 4000-4676

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

Red Rabbit 2718 J Street

L D $$ Full Bar Authentic Mexican cuisine with simple tasty menu in a colorful historic setting • lavenaditasac.com

Oak Park Brewing Company 3514 Broadway L D $$ Full Bar Award-winning beers and a creative pub-style menu in an historic setting • opbrewco.com

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

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

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

3515 Broadway

Paragary’s Bar & Oven

Biba Ristorante

L D $$ Full Bar Fabulous Outdoor Patio, California cuisine with a French touch • Paragarys.com

Revolution Wines 2831 S Street L D $-$$ Beer/Wine Urban winery and tasting room with a creative menu using local sources • rwwinery. com

2315 K Street D $$ Inventive Japansese-inspired seafood dishes • skoolonkstreet.com

2801 Capitol Ave. 455-2422 L D $$$ Full Bar Upscale Northern Italian cuisine

Suzie Burger

served a la carte • Biba-restaurant.com

29th and P. Sts. 455-3300

Café Bernardo 2726 Capitol Ave. 443-1180 B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Casual California cuisine with counter service

B L D $-$$ Clean, lean & healthy snacks. Acai bowls are speciality. Kombucha on tap • vibehealthbar.com

1401 28th St. 457-5737

Skool

MIDTOWN

Vibe Health Bar

L D $ Classic burgers, cheesesteaks, shakes, chili dogs, and other tasty treats • suzieburger.com

LAND PARK 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 2966 Freeport Blvd. 442-4256 B L $ Award-winning baked goods and cakes for eat in or take out • Freeportbakery.com

Iron Grill 13th Street and Broadway 737-5115 L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Upscale neighborhood steakhouse • Ironsteaks.com

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Jamie’s Bar and Grill

Café Vinoteca

427 Broadway 442-4044

3535 Fair Oaks Blvd. 487-1331

L D $ Full Bar Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. Dine in or take out since 1986

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

Riverside Clubhouse 2633 Riverside Drive 448-9988 L D $$ Full Bar Upscale American cuisine served in a contemporary setting • Riversideclubhouse.com

Taylor’s Kitchen 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

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 D $$$ Wine/Beer Five-course gourmet demonstration dinner by reservation only • Thekitchenrestaurant.com

La Rosa Blanca Taqueria

L D $ Great burgers and more. Open until 3 on Friday and Saturday • williesburgers.com

2813 Fulton Ave. 484-6104

ARDEN AREA

Luna Lounge

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

L D Full Bar $$-$$ Fresh Mexican food served in a colorful family-friendly setting

“...Shortly after returning from Italy, we thought we had never come home.” - Gourmet

5026 Fair Oaks Blvd. 485-2883 B L D $-$$ Full neighborhood bar serving dinner nightly. Open at 11am daily. Weekend breakfast. • bellabrucafe.com

Matteo’s Pizza 5132 Fair Oaks. Blvd. 779-0727

Cafe Bernardo Pavilions Shopping Center B L D $$ Full Bar Outdoor Patio Seasonal, European-inﬂuenced comfort food • Paragarys.com

L D Beer/Wine $$ Neighborhood gathering place for pizza, pasta and grill dishes

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 •

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

Willie’s Burgers 5050 Fair Oaks Blvd. 488-5050 L D $ Great burgers and more • williesburgers.com n

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Carmichael Parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 45th summer concert season offers free musical performances on weekends in July and August. Carmichael-based John Skinner Band has performed for the entire 45 seasons. The veteran ensemble will perform classic rock and popular dance tunes on Sunday, Aug. 6. Picnickers are welcome at all events; designated areas will accommodate dogs. For more information, visit carmichaelpark.com.

John Skinner Band offers a variety concert on Aug.6.

On Air presents a classic rock lineup on Aug. 26.

Tom Seaton will lead River City Concert Band on Aug. 27.

The Latin Touch ensemble entertains on Aug. 12.

Saturday, July 8: Dennis Johnson & the Mississippi Ramblers (rock)

Sunday, Aug. 6: John Skinner Band (variety dance)

Sunday, July 9: Carmichael Kiwanis Big Band (swing)

Saturday, Aug. 12: Latin Touch (Latin funk)

Saturday, July 15: Jackson Stone Band (Southern rock)

Saturday, Aug. 19: Mumbo Gumbo (Americana)

Saturday; July 22: HowellDevine (country blues)

Saturday Aug. 26: On Air (classic rock)

Saturday July 29: The Golden Cadillacs (country rock)

Sunday, Aug. 27: River City Concert Band (symphonic)

Saturday, Aug. 5: Dave Russell Band (country favorites) The Saturday concerts begin at 6:30 p.m., the Sunday concerts at 5 p.m.

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