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MIDTOWN BUNGALOW Completely remodeled 2 bedroom 2 bath in the heart of Midtown! Large open airy Àoor plan that is perfect for entertaining. This home includes a gourmet kitchen, hardwood Àoors, high cowlings, charming built ins, an of¿ce nook, and a ton of light! Walking distance to all the new restaurants, minutes to the capitol, and walk to the park! $524,000 TIM COLLOM 916-247-8048 DRE-01304855

FABULOUS 40’s NEW CONSTRUCTION This grand home features 4 bedrooms 3½ baths, 3,126 square feet in an artfully designed open concept. With formal living and dining rooms, a huge kitchen that opens up to the family room, a mini master bedroom downstairs and a spacious master bedroom upstairs, 444 square foot ¿nished basement and covered outdoor living spaces. $1,999,500 NATHAN SHERMAN 916-969-7379 DRE-01875980

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McKINLEY PARK VIEWS! This 3 or 4 bedroom, 3½ bath home has been professionally remodeled with no detail left untouched. A view of the park from nearly every room in the house with three outdoor living areas to enjoy. Master bedroom with a stunning en suite, along with a 2nd bedroom with en suite are downstairs. A bedroom, bathroom and loft are upstairs. $1,250,000 TINA SUTER 916-247-9262 DRE-01972926

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CLASSIC ELMHURST HOME Enjoy this 3 bedroom, 1½ bath house with 2208 sq ft and 2-car garage, located directly across the street from the renown Julia Morgan House at the entrance of the T Street Parkway. This house includes updated kitchen and bath, hardwood Àoors central heat and air, spacious living room with ¿replace, formal dining area and bonus/of¿ce area. $699,000 PATRICK VOGELI 916-207-4515 DRE-01229115

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EAST SACRAMENTO DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH Ready for a new owner to come in and polish it into a real gem! This 1,365 square foot home is on a quiet block perfectly located between McKinley Park, Compton’s Market and all the wonderful dining on J Street. The owner planned to expand, so the plans are included with the sale. Bring your imagination! $575,000 NATHAN SHERMAN 916-969-7379 DRE-01875980

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ON McKINLEY Updated home with remodeled kitchen featuring Wolf oven, Miele dishwasher and soft close drawers. Downstairs master suite, of¿ce with outside access and 3 bedrooms upstairs. Fireplace in living room and double French doors in family/dining room make this home an entertainers delight. 1/4 basement and 2 car-garage and outdoor spaces. $799,000 NATHAN SHERMAN 916-969-7379

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MODERN LIVING IN CLASSIC EAST SACRAMENTO Completely remodeled, turnkey property with 2 bedroom and 2 full bathrooms and an open Àoorplan to maximize space. Kitchen offers a large island with built in microwave, quartz countertops, newer appliances and windows overlooking the backyard. Indoor laundry area is tucked in off the kitchen. The living room features an Onyx slab ¿replace. $589,900 TINA SUTER 916-247-9262 DRE-01972926

OAK PARK BUNGALOW Here’s your chance to be part of the historic Oak Park renaissance with this 4 bedroom bungalow on a meandering street dotted with homes of character. Originally built in 1923, this little gem has been remodeled to create open, inviting living spaces perfect for intimate gatherings. Kitchen features marble counter tops, center island. $379,000 STEPHANIE GALLAGHER 916-342-2288 DRE-017052598

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PRIME RIVER PARK LOCATION! Fall in love with the this 1956 classic on beautiful tree-lined Sandburg Drive. Featuring 3 spacious bedrooms and 2 bathrooms with vintage, mid-century tile and vanities. Original hardwood Àooring, eat-in kitchen and open, bright living room with large picture window. Center courtyard creates additional living space that leads to yard. $575,000 STEPHANIE GALLAGHER 916-342-2288 DRE-017052598

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Is Sacramento Dying?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

HOME SWEET HOME The final collection of urban residences recently debuted at McKinley Village. The New Home Company has

added Cedar, a neighborhood of 40 single-family detached residences, to the heart of the master-planned community. Cedar is the sixth and final neighborhood at McKinley Village. The two-story contemporary homes range from 1,589 to 2,082 square feet with up to four bedrooms and three and a half baths. The homes are situated near the McKinley Village Clubhouse and community parks. Prices start from the mid $500,000s. “Cedar represents McKinley Village’s next innovative living concept that provides new housing opportunities that are close to jobs, schools, restaurants, shopping and services,” says Kevin Carson, Northern California president for New Home. For more information, visit mckinleyvillage.com.

ROSE GARDEN PHOTO CONTEST Get out your cameras—it’s time for the Friends of East Sacramento’s seventh annual McKinley Rose Garden photography contest. The contest is open to both amateur and professional photographers. The only rule is that photos must be taken during the month of May. “We’re looking for some general overall shots of the garden showing the variety of beds,” says Lisa Schmidt, cofounder of Friends of East Sacramento. “We’re also looking for close-up portraits of individual roses and the other plants in the garden.” The rose garden—a popular wedding spot—was renovated in 2012 and is maintained by volunteers and managed by Friends of East Sacramento. It’s located in McKinley Park at the corner of H and 33rd streets. High-resolution photo entries should be emailed to friendsofeastsac@aol.com

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three complimentary informational presentations this month. The 25-minute sessions will be held Thursday, May 9, at 11:30 a.m. at East Lawn Memorial Park & East Sacramento Mortuary, 4300 Folsom Blvd.; Wednesday, May 15, at 11:30 a.m. at East Lawn Elk Grove Memorial Park, 9189 East Stockton Boulevard; and Wednesday, May 15, at 11:30 a.m. at Sierra Hills Memorial Park & East Lawn Mortuary, 5757 Greenback Lane. Reservations are required and seating is limited. To RSVP for May 9, call (916) 269-9290; for May 15, call (916) 269-9291. A complimentary meal

will be served. For more information, visit eastlawn.com.

NEW BREW AT J.J. PFISTER DISTILLERY J.J. Pfister—the only organic distillery in Sacramento—just introduced a unique spirit that you’ll want to get your hands on. Drakas, a fermented honey spirit imbibed by the Vikings 1,000 years ago, is the work of master distiller and cofounder Brian Keck, and fellow distillers and cofounders Chris Johnson and Mike Moore.

Cedar, featuring 40 new single-family homes, is the sixth and ﬁnal neighborhood at McKinley Village. Image by McKinley Village. by June 1. No more than three photos per person. Winners will be featured in Inside East Sacramento and displayed in the lobby of Clunie Community Center.

EAST LAWN EXPANDS East Lawn is expanding its offerings at the Folsom Boulevard location, having obtained a license to provide mortuary services in an effort to better serve the needs of grieving families. Now both a cemetery and funeral home, the new combination facility will provide families with everything they need under one roof. “In the past, when a family wanted us to provide burial and funeral home services, we had to refer them to a local funeral home,” says East Lawn

president Josh Tuttle. “That required them to set a separate appointment and oftentimes travel to another location. Now we can take care of all needs at one location, which is much more convenient—especially after a loss.” To provide the expanded services, East Lawn has appointed industry veteran Craig Peterson as the managing funeral director, as well as added additional staff and office space. For more information, visit eastlawn.com.

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FROM BAGEL TO BAO Cookbook author and Sacramento Bee food writer Elaine Corn will present “From Bagel to Bao” at the Confucius Institute's new lecture series Saturday, May 4, from 2–3 p.m. at the International Center in Davis. Corn will present her observations of Chinese cuisine from the viewpoint of a Jewish food editor who married a Cantonese chef. “It's about my life in Chinese food,” Corn says, beginning with her father in Kunming, China, during World War II and ending with marrying “a Chinese chef who revealed the techniques, secrets and spiritual compass of the cuisine.” Corn will include the JewishChinese food connection, including family outings in New York with her kosher grandmother. “As to the contentious topic of chop suey, get ready for a firm opinion about its origin,” Corn says. For more information, visit confucius. ucdavis.edu/events/bageltobao.

Bronze sculptures by Mexican artist Jorge Marín are on display Downtown. “As Norse myth speaks to the scholarly power of the ‘mead of poetry,’ we offer our distilled honey to enlighten the minds of our customers,” says Keck, who holds advanced degrees in viticulture and enology from UC Davis. The team was selecting specialty molasses for the brand’s Navy-strength rum (launching soon) when they started to contemplate distilling honey like whiskey. Drakas’ honey and floral notes blossomed after resting for almost two months in neutral oak barrels—which previously held Napa Valley red wine— and it’s now available in the tasting room. For more information, visit jjpfister. com. J.J. Pfister is located at 9819 Business Park Drive.

SUTTER LAWN TENNIS TURNS 100 A century ago this month, a group of local tennis enthusiasts broke ground at what is now Sutter Lawn Tennis Club, tucked away on 39th and N streets. Some of the best players in the world—including Arthur Ashe and Bjorn Borg—have graced the courts throughout the years, “as have some outstanding local toddlers,” says Joe Riehl, chair of the Centennial Committee. Riehl is working with fellow committee members Molly Wiese,

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Tracey Reginato, John Stefanki and John Rodriguez, board liaison Michelle Krebaum and centennial historian Jim Andres. They are donating copious amounts of time and energy to put on two commemorative events and prepare Sutter Lawn to make a case for its inclusion in the Association of Centenary Tennis Clubs. The Commemorative GroundBreaking Cocktail Party (members only) will take place Thursday, May 2. The Centennial Black Tie & Tennies Gala (open to the public) will take place in September. To contribute your memories or buy tickets, contact Riehl at (916) 719-5125 or email joe@capitolbarricade.com.

BIKE ROUTE SACRAMENTO Merge your love of bikes and the River City with Bike Route Sacramento, a new board game by South Land Park resident Peter Hansell, which is raising money on Kickstarter this month to celebrate Bike Month. “Bike Route is for people who love bikes, love games and love Sacramento,” says Hansell, who’s been working on a prototype for two years and road testing it with family, friends and community members. “I realized that the game could also bring back that great sense of place that’s getting lost. Google guides

BRONZE AGE us from place to place without any context or sense of relationship. Yes, you can turn left and turn right, but where are you?” In the game, players build bike routes around the city to win community rewards. The first player to get seven points wins. The game board includes exquisite paintings by Hansell—also an accomplished artist—of local landmarks past, present and future. After the Kickstarter campaign, Hansell hopes to get the game manufactured in time for Christmas or early 2020. To contribute, visit kickstarter.com and search “Bike Route Sacramento.”

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

Take a stroll down Capitol Mall between now and November and you’ll be treated to nine beautiful bronze sculptures by renowned Mexican artist Jorge Marín as part of a temporary art installation from Mexico City called “Wings of the City.” The sculptures, standing as high as 11 feet, symbolize cultural exchange and have been designed to evoke thoughts related to the spiritual virtues of humankind. “These bronzes allow Capitol Mall visitors to interact with art, take selfies and learn more about one of Mexico’s best-known contemporary figurative artists,” Councilmember Steve Hansen says. “We are proud to host this beautiful art with the Mexican Consulate and thank them for their help making this project take flight.” The nine bronze sculptures—which have been on display across the globe since 2013—incorporate Baroque and Renaissance elements with a modern twist. They can be seen along Capitol Mall between 8th and 9th streets and on 11th Street between J and L streets. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. Submissions are due six weeks prior to the publication month. n

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CITY SCHOOLS FLUNK FISCAL TEST, PRAY FOR HELP

othing is more important to Sacramento and its future than the education of our children. If Sacramento City Unified School District is in crisis, our city is in crisis. We cannot attract or retain highpaying jobs and growing businesses if our schools are in shambles. And if we fail to prepare our young people to compete in a competitive world, we consign them to substandard lives and eclipsed prospects. Most residents are aware that Sac City Unified produces kids who are

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comparatively poor performers on California standardized tests. What many people may not realize is that a fiscal crisis at the school district is about to kneecap the already compromised futures of our children. A possible state takeover of the school district this November will do severe harm to public education in Sacramento. The harm will reverberate for decades. If the crisis is not averted by dramatic financial reforms, two things will occur. First, the state will make an emergency loan to Sac City Unified. Second, the Sacramento County Office of Education will appoint a receiver with dictatorial powers over city schools. The receiver will have one directive: slash spending, programs, jobs, salaries, benefits, budgets, facilities and school sites to repay the emergency loan, with interest, as fast as possible. Based on the experiences of nine California school districts taken into state receivership in recent decades, we

should expect the process to last about 10 years. Good luck hiring or retaining quality teachers while the district is in the hands of a receiver bent on slashing spending. Local input into how city schools operate will be effectively nil. And the stigma of being a failed school district will likely linger for years after receivership ends, which may impact the district’s ability to attract teachers and students, and secure bond financing. The flight of students to private schools, charters and suburban districts will accelerate and drain city schools of state revenue based on average daily attendance. Sac City Unified has suffered declining enrollment for years. Those declines will become a tidal wave. This unprecedented crisis screams out for intervention by Sacramento’s civic, political, business, labor and religious leaders, and—most importantly—the public. Presently, our leaders are snoozing.

HOW BAD IS IT? The state Department of Education sent a Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team to review the district’s financial condition. The team found past mismanagement, communication failures, inexperienced staff unable to maintain and analyze data, deficit spending, inadequate reserves and imprudent approval of a 2017 labor agreement with the Sacramento City Teachers Association—a deal negotiated by Mayor Darrell Steinberg that included a 7-percent pay raise, plus a disputed extra raise for mid-career teachers. According to Sac City Unified, the district must cut $35 million out of next year’s budget and make a further $35 million cut the following year. Officials have identified about $11 million in cuts as of press time. While the local teachers’ union blames the financial problems on excessive hiring of administrators over

the past two years, management places blame on high health care costs for current and retired teachers. The district’s unfunded liability for retiree health care amounts to an astonishing $726 million, outpacing the unfunded pension liability at $468 million. District officials claim annual health care costs per pupil at Sac City Unified are the highest in the state at $2,476 each year. That’s $500 higher than gigantic Los Angeles Unified. In addition to facing a cash-flow crisis, the district faces an upside-down balance sheet. The most recent financial statement reports Sac City Unified shows assets of $919 million, dwarfed by liabilities of $1.867 billion. By any normal reckoning, city schools are bankrupt. A report on school district finances by state Sen. John Moorlach (R-Costa Mesa) placed negative equity at Sac City Unified sixth from the bottom in California, out of 944 school districts.

IS LABOR PLAYING GAMES TO AVOID CUTS? There is a chance the teachers’ union is avoiding the bargaining table, and even threatening to strike, as part of a high-stakes game of chicken. Under this theory, the union’s considerable political influence over the state Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom will force approval of a special state grant to bail out Sac City Unified and save the union from making concessions on its generous health care benefits. The grant would take the place of an emergency state loan and mandated receivership. While there are only whispers around the Capitol about the possibility of a state grant, there are signs that a political bid for free money may be forthcoming. First, the Legislature last year broke precedent and authorized grants to two troubled California school districts: Oakland Unified, which was under state receivership as recently as 2008, and Inglewood Unified, which is currently in receivership. The grants would be in addition to emergency loans these districts required. State grants to Oakland and Inglewood were severely criticized in a December report by the Legislative Analyst’s Office. Such gifts would make school districts and labor unions far less willing to make spending cuts and contract concessions to close massive deficits. Why cut spending or make

concessions if California taxpayers bail you out? Another sign of a possible push for a taxpayer lifeline to Sac City Unified is the move by Sacramento Assemblymember Kevin McCarty to secure approval to direct the State Auditor to conduct a five-year forensic audit of Sac City Unified. The audit would determine what went wrong and who is responsible—a move strongly supported by the teachers’ union. The state audit was unanimously ordered in March. (Disclosure: I testified in favor of the audit on behalf of Eye On Sacramento.) It’s important to note that McCarty’s wife, Letitia Garcia, was elected to the Sac City Unified board of education last November. The audit likely won’t be completed until after the deadline for Sac City Unified to solve its deficit or face a state takeover. One Capitol observer theorized that McCarty, a longtime ally of teachers’ unions, would join the all-powerful California Teachers Association to pressure the Legislature and Newsom to approve an “interim” grant to Sac City Unified, pending completion of the state audit. The gift would postpone, if not entirely avoid, a state loan and takeover. If the local teachers’ union believes a state handout is possible, there is little reason to accept a reduction in generous health care benefits. But if the union is wrong, the miscalculation could push Sac City Unified into a destructive receivership. One reason to be dubious of a state handout is the dangerous precedent it would set for a bailout of LA Unified, which has a negative equity of well over $10 billion. What can you do? Eye On Sacramento is forming an “Eye On Sacramento Schools” unit to address problems such as the ones facing Sac City Unified. If you would like to have a role in bringing change and reform to our city’s schools, please contact me. In my next column, I’ll outline some solutions we are recommending to solve the crisis at Sac City Unified. We could use your help. Craig Powell is a retired attorney, businessman, community activist and president of Eye On Sacramento, a civic watchdog and policy group. He can be reach at craig@eyeonsacramento.org or (916) 718-3030. n

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SUTTER’S FORT VOLUNTEER MAKES HISTORY COME TO LIFE

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

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

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

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

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strongly believe that when people walk into a gallery, they deserve to see themselves reflected in the art,” Michael Misha Kennedy says. Over the past two decades, Kennedy has made it his life’s work as both an artist and a gallery owner to make sure everyone in the Sacramento community—especially women, people of color and members of the LGBTQI community—has a place to be seen. His eponymous Kennedy Gallery has been in operation for 13 years—and has called the stately Victorian on L Street (which once housed B-Bop Costumes) home for the past seven years. “My gallery is proudly one of the few minority-based galleries in the region,” says Kennedy, who moved to Sacramento from Portland in 2000. He immediately entrenched himself in the arts community as an art agent, managing rotating exhibits at several locations including the iconic (and now defunct) coffeeshop Butch N Nellie’s. “We have over 20 resident artists, half of whom are women and half of whom are persons of color and LGBTQI,” he says of Kennedy Gallery. Kennedy sites “art mom” Joanie Ferry (founder of the 20th Street Art Gallery) as one of his most important early influences while finding his footing in the local arts community. “She took me under her wing,” he says. In 2006, an opportunity for the painter and art agent to open his own brickand-mortar gallery came calling. Not only was Kennedy going to have a place to call his own, but, even more thrilling, he was alive to see it happen.

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Michael Misha Kennedy

MICHAEL MISHA KENNEDY GIVES MINORITY ARTISTS A PLACE TO BE SEEN One year prior, an infection under a metal tooth filling landed him in a coma for more than six weeks followed by six months of recovery at Sutter. During that time, friends encouraged him to continue making art—collage and pencil works—in bed to help defer the costs of his medical care. “Art gave me something to hold on to,” Kennedy says. Not long after the gallery opened in its first Midtown home at 21st and

K, the owner of Faces nightclub approached Kennedy about taking over some of the space at 20th and K next door to Head Hunters dance club (now Mango’s Sacramento). Kennedy initially agreed to take the front half— roughly 600 square feet—but his stable of artists were so enthusiastic about the move that they entreated him to take over the entire 3,000-square-foot space. During the first Second Saturday in the new location, Kennedy was shocked to

find that nearly 3,000 people had gone through his gallery. “We clearly had a hit on our hands,” Kennedy says. Now long considered “the Jewel of Midtown,” the Kennedy Gallery has enjoyed immense success from its supportive network of artists and arts patrons who value its impressive roster of talent and highly anticipated annual exhibits. Every March, Kennedy hosts a show of his own abstract works, and every May, he hosts the prestigious “20/20 Show.” For this annual exhibit, a holdover from the 20th Street Art Gallery, 20 artists produce 8-by-8-inch pieces, each based on a single theme. The gallery also regularly partners with local charities to host mini concerts to raise money for nonprofits (an event last year raised $5,000 in one night for Sierra Forever Families). “Paying it forward is part of the Kennedy family spirit,” he says. Kennedy also happens to be one of the most titled female impersonators in the world. As drag performer Misha Rockafeller, Kennedy has won many competitions, including LaFemme Magnifique International, the world title for drag queens. But despite the prestige, Kennedy’s main goal has always been to represent his community with pride. “We deserve to be able to tell our story,” Kennedy says. “Being who I am and the struggles I’ve gone through inform my artwork—we always have a sense of hopefulness in our identity. We’re colorful, we’re tenacious and we just don’t stop. I’ve built this gallery because we deserve to be seen and heard.” The “20/20 Show” is now on exhibit at the Kennedy Gallery at 1931 L St. For more information, visit kennedygallerysac.com. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. n

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Forbidden Food

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

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

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

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

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auren Lundsten, called Lonnie by his friends, can explain why a $188 Hawaiian shirt is worth every penny. “The design is from the Kahala company archives. Look at the rich colors. The printing is done in Kyoto on special rayon filament from a Japanese company that’s been making

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this fabric since the 1950s,” he says. “The tailoring is done in Hawaii. It’s engineered so the pattern lines up perfectly when you button it. You can’t even see the threads.” Lundsten has only a few special-edition shirts, and will let one go for $150, a steal. Nobody in Sacramento can sell Hawaiian culture better than Lundsten. He has been providing customers with shirts, hats, sandals, books, music and Tiki mugs for 23 years at his island-style boutique Swanberg’s on J near 24th Street, and an earlier shop in Curtis Park. He has withstood relentless economic assaults, including the Great Recession, internet, Amazon and the city’s J Street bike-lane installation that barricaded his business for weeks and cost $5,000 in sales. Today, as he savors the onset of another summer, the perfect season for

a Hawaiian shirt merchant, Lundsten is thinking about sunsets. “I’ve been doing this a long time,” he says. “The store is going pretty good. I’d like to work another two years, and sell it to someone. That would give me 25 years, which is something I’d be proud of when I retire.” Swanberg’s is a rarity among Sacramento landmarks—a retail fulfillment of one man’s dream that evolved into a viable business. Lonnie’s style is relaxed, humble and softspoken, which exactly describes his shop. He sells Hawaiian shirts because he likes them. He also likes baseball. Prominent among the racks are vintage baseball hats and Major League Baseball team logo Hawaiian shirts designed by the legendary Honolulu firm Reyn Spooner. The marriage of baseball and aloha hits a grand slam at Swanberg’s. “The Hawaiian baseball shirts are really popular,” Lundsten says. “Reyn does new editions each year for the Giants, Dodgers, Angels, Yankees and Cubs. There’s a new shirt for the A’s this year.” Lundsten is no slave to fashion. Nothing goes out of style at Swanberg’s. Even now, his bestseller is the Tom Selleck “Magnum P.I.” Jungle Bird Red shirt by Paradise Found, a relic from the 1980s. It’s always in

stock. Hairy chests are not required for purchase. And the store’s back wall is a jungle of vintage joy, with more than 400 secondhand Hawaiian shirts that sell for a fraction of their original price. “A lot of restaurant and bar people come in and buy those,” Lundsten says. “If they get them messed up on the job, it’s OK, they’re not worth too much.” Each time he makes a sale, Lundsten turns to his ultimate old-school device—a towering 1970s manual cash register liberated from a concession stand at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. He bought the machine for $100 at a West Sacramento warehouse. It carries a sticker from the concessionaire Harry M. Stevens as proof of provenance. “I had a modern cash register, but it broke,” Lundsten says. “This one never breaks.” As he gazes toward retirement and waits for someone to buy his shop, Lundsten can consider himself an honorable merchant in Midtown’s evolving retail narrative. He doesn’t have a website—too much trouble. He pays a homeless guy to keep the storefront clean. Lundsten was hip before the town became hip, and he never noticed. R.E. Graswich can be reached at reg@graswich.com. n

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

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

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

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

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Despite remaining relatively quiet on the project’s appearance, the city and UCD have high hopes for this incubator, innovation hub, residency and retail location. The project is expected to advance technology and create economic opportunities, especially within Oak Park. In December 2017, Steinberg and May appointed a work group, which produced a 35-page study identifying one of the project’s goals to “contribute to community building and community health by expanding access to Sacramento’s innovation economy for all communities, businesses and individuals with an emphasis on making investments in talent development, career pipelines and opportunities for underserved communities.” “Here at the city of Sacramento, we are focused on creating an economy that benefits residents of all of our neighborhoods,” Steinberg says. “Partnering with UC Davis on Aggie Square will help us leverage the strengths of this great research institution to create good paying jobs for young people from all of our neighborhoods. Our kids from Oak Park should be first in line for these jobs.” While the work group promotes job creation and economic opportunity

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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‘Tis the Season

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Lisa Dobeck paints a mural with the students.

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

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

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

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

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

paper while the teacher reads aloud from a book about penguins. Dobeck demonstrates science experiments, watching a fourth-grader carefully turn the pages of a science book. There’s a break in her voice as she tells me later, “Many Hondurans are proud of their country. They want to make a living wage, raise a family. They don’t want to migrate. Books broaden their world, open their eyes and let them travel to many different times and places.” As the week draws to a close, everyone gathers in the courtyard where children dazzle us with a cultural dance in swirling dress. They unfurl a banner spelling out their gratitude: “Thank you for making our school a better place to learn.” The banner is bracketed with two U.S. flags. Why do we make this trip? Deny our fears and push against the worrisome odds? Dobeck suggests that, “You never know how touching someone’s life will change them, but you do the right thing because that’s what your heart tells you to do.” She adds a benedictory thought as she considers the colorful murals we have painted. “These children have no idea the life they will lead outside the school walls, nor would I want them to know. All that matters now is that they can be a kid, sit on the floor and read a book. ‘Peppa the Pig’ won’t save them, but who knows where she may lead them.” Join the Chispa Project for the 2020 trip March 8–15. To donate, visit chispaproject.org/thechaplain or send a check to 10566 Combie Road, Suite 6643, Auburn, Calif., 95602. Norris Burkes can be reached at comment@thechaplain.net. n

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Honest Introspection

s far as local artist Salvatore Victor is concerned, artistic success comes from getting comfortable with being uncomfortable. “For most people, making art can be difficult, because there’s a lot of emotional baggage there,” says the Tampa-born artist who has lived in Sacramento for nearly 30 years. Victor tries to apply the discipline he learned while studying martial arts as a youth to his artistic process. “I always sit with it, be with it, understand it, learn from it, keep moving, and that comes out in the work,” he says. His drawings are stark yet intricate, a mix of chaos and careful detail, and they are mostly created in charcoal shades of grey and black. Honest introspection is a key facet of Victor’s work. To that end, he has produced nearly 1,000 self-portraits over the years. “Part of this is being able to sit and be uncomfortable,” he says. “If you can’t stand being uncomfortable, you’re not going to go anywhere.” Victor’s journey started in central Florida, where he played sports and copied cartoon characters as a child. “I wound up being that kid that could draw a little bit,” he says. After studying business at Florida State University, Victor enrolled in art school in Sarasota, Fla. That’s where he met professor and artist Joe Traina, a major influence on his work, alongside old masters ranging from da Vinci to Magritte to Dali to Wyeth. After spending his early years in Florida, Victor moved to California in 1990, continuing to produce his art while working in local restaurants. He inherited some money after his parents passed away in 1998 and began to pursue his art full time, while augmenting

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his income by taking teaching gigs at local charter schools and arts centers. “It forced me to understand my own process,” he says about teaching. “I had to verbalize that process.” It was around that time that Victor began to embrace charcoal, a medium he never worked in during his art school studies. “I was always afraid of charcoal because it’s a tough medium when you first start out,” he says. “Then it clicked for me, and now I can do anything with it.” Victor prefers the intimate and tactile feel of drawing with charcoal. “I’m all about seeing, but seeing with the idea of feeling, hearing, smelling— and I like my hands on the paper,” he says. “You never really master it, but once you move through it and you’re present to what you’re doing, the drawing essentially draws itself.” An extremely prolific artist, Victor tends to work on large series and bodies of work, including his extensive collection of self-portraits. A huge Rembrandt fan, Victor once tested himself by creating 50 self-portraits in 50 days. “It’s a little game I play, chasing Rembrandt,” he says. “It’s also an opportunity for me to check in, to see where I’m at.”

He recently finished a series of nearly 200 drawings of rabbits, a project that took him almost three years to complete. “When I put them all together, they’re all sort of self-evaluating,” he says. “When you really start to look, and you learn to really see, your observation opens up a whole new world.” Victor frequently compares the act of creating art to a conversation—a discussion not with a person but with the drawing, with the subject and with himself. “When I’m doing the drawings, the code is telling me what to do, and if I’m present to the work then it will show up on the paper. As soon as you break that relationship, you’re done.” Victor has participated in group shows for decades, held solo exhibits and shown his work in Boston, but his goal is to have national recognition within the next five years. “I’m not sure of the route, but that’s one of my goals.” To learn more about Victor, go to salvatorevictor.com. Daniel Barnes can be reached at danielebarnes@hotmail.com. n

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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EAST SAC 33rd Street Bistro Food inspired by the Paciﬁc Northwest 3301 Folsom Blvd. • 916.455.2233 33rdstreetbistro.com

Burr’s Fountain Fountain-style diner serving sandwiches, soup and ice cream specialties 4920 Folsom Blvd. • (916) 452-5516

Allora Exquisite Italian-inspired seafood & exceptional wines in a jewel box setting 5215 Folsom Blvd. • 916.538.6434 allorasacramento.com

The Kitchen Restaurant 5-course prix ﬁxe seasonal dinner menu 2225 Hurley Way • 916.568.7171 thekitchenrestaurant.com

Kru Contemporary Japanese A unique and imaginative culinary experience 3145 Folsom Boulevard • 916.551.1559 krurestaurant.com

Nopalitos Southwestern Café Southwestern cooking for breakfast & lunch 5530 H Street • 916.452.8226 nopalitoscafe.com

OBO’ Italian Table & Bar

Canon East Sacramento

The simple, nourishing ﬂavors of Italy 3145 Folsom Blvd. • 916.822-8720 oboitalian.com

A creative menu in a re-imagined warehouse 1719 34th Street • 916.469.2433 canoneastsac.com

OneSpeed

Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters

Bike-themed neighborhood pizza cafe 4818 Folsom Blvd. • 916.706.1748 onespeedpizza.com

Award-winning roasters 4749 Folsom Blvd. • 916.451.5181 chocolateﬁshcoffee.com

Opa! Opa!

Clubhouse 56 American. HD sports, kid’s menu, breakfast weekends, late night dining 723 56th Street • 916.454.5656 ch56sports.com

Corti Brothers The legendary food source by Darrell Corti 5810 Folsom Blvd. • 916.736.3800 cortibrothers.com

Español Italian Restaurant Classic Italian cuisine served in a traditional familystyle atmosphere 5723 Folsom Blvd. • 916.457.1936 espanol-italian.com

Classic Mediterranean dishes 5644 J Street • 916.451.4000 eatatopa.com

EAT. DRINK. SPORTS. Full bar, top-notch food and family friendly! Clubhouse 56 features two movie theater screens, numerous HD TVs, a state-of-the-art sound system, and all major DIRECTV sports packages. Daily Specials. Happy Hour: Mon - Fri 3 - 6pm 723 56th Street

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Selland’s Market-Café Family-friendly neighborhood café 5340 H Street • 916.736.3333 sellands.com

V. Miller Meats Traditional butcher shop - nose to tail! 4801 Folsom Blvd. #2 • 916.400.4127 vmillermeats.com

The Wienery The humble dog at its ﬁnest. 715 56th Street • 916.455.0497 thewienersysacramento.com

Hawks Provisions & Public House

Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters Award-winning roasters 3rd and Q Sts. • chocolateﬁshcoffee.com

de Vere’s Irish Pub A lively and authentic Irish family pub 1521 L Street • 916.231.9947 deverespub.com

Downtown & Vine Taste and compare the region’s best wines 1200 K Street, #8 • 916.228.4518 downtownandvine.com

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Thai

Classic American dishes with millennial ﬂavor 1116 15th Street • 916.492.1960 cafeteria15l.com

47th St

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Vibe

DOWNTOWN

Salon

A locally-inspired creative menu by Molly Hawks 1525 Alhambra Blvd. • 916.588.4440 hawkspublichouse.com

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Ella Dining Room & Bar New American farm-to-fork cuisine 1131 K Street • 916.443.3772 elladiningroomandbar.com

Mayahuel

Willie’s Burgers

Shoki Ramen House

Mexican cuisine with a wide-ranging tequila menu 1200 K Street • 916.441.7200 experiencemayahuel.com

A quirky burger joint 110 K Street • 916.444.2006 williesburgers.com

Ramen becomes a culinary art form 1201 R Street • 916.441.0011 shokiramenhouse.com

Esquire Grill

Old Soul

R STREET

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Classic dishes in a sleek urban design setting 1213 K Street • 916.448.8900 paragarys.com

Firestone Public House Hip and happy sports bar with great food 1132 16th Street • 916.446.0888 ﬁrestonepublichouse.com

Frank Fat’s Fine Chinese dining in an elegant interior 806 L Street • 916.442.7092 frankfats.com

Grange Restaurant & Bar The city’s quintessential dining destination 926 J St. • 916.492.4450 grangesacramento.com

Hot Italian Remarkable pizza in modern Italian setting 1627 16th Street • 916.492.4450 hotitalian.net

La Cosecha by Mayahuel Casual Mexican in a lovely park setting 917 9th Street • 916.970.5354 lacosechasacramento.com

Ma Jong Asian Diner A colorful & casual spot for all food Asian 1431 L Street • 916.442.7555 majongs.com

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Artisan pastries and roasted coffee 555 Capitol Mall • oldsoulco.com

Preservation & Company Preserving delicious produce from local farms 1717 19th Street #B • 916.706.1044 preservationandco.com

Solomon’s Delicatessen Opening summer of 2018 730 K Street • Solomonsdelicatessen.com

South Timeless traditions of Southern cooking 2005 11th Street • 916.382.9722 weheartfriedchicken.com

Café Bernardo

Unmatched sweet sophistication 1801 L Street, #60 • 916.706.1738 gingerelizabeth.com

Fish Face Poke Bar

Mulvaney’s Building & Loan

Humble Hawaiian poke breaks free 1104 R St. #100 • 916.706.0605 ﬁshfacepokebar.com

Farm-fresh New American cuisine 1215 19th Street • 916.441.6022 mulvaneysbl.com

Hook & Ladder Co.

Old Soul

Hearty food and drink in an old ﬁrehouse setting 1630 S Street • 916. 442.4885 hookandladder916.com

Iron Horse Tavern

OLD SAC Fat City Bar & Cafe American cuisine served in a casual historic Old Sac location 1001 Front Street • 916.446.6768 fatsrestaurants.com

The Firehouse Restaurant The premiere dining destination in historic setting 1112 2nd Street • 916.442.4772 ﬁrehouseoldsac.com

Rio City Café California-inspired menu on the riverfront 1110 Front Street • 916.442.8226 riocitycafe.com

Ginger Elizabeth Chocolates

European inspired casual café 1431 R Street • 916.930.9191 paragarys.com

Gastropub menu in an industrial setting 1800 15th Street • 916.448.4488 ironhorsetavern.net

Localis Local sourcing becomes a culinary art form 2031 S Street • 916.737.7699 localissacramento.com

Magpie Café Seasonal menus, locally sourced ingredients 1601 16th Street • 916.452.7594 magpiecafe.com

Artisan pastries and roasted coffee 1716 L Street (rear alley) • oldsoulco.com

The Rind A cheese-centric food and wine bar 1801 L Street # 40 • 916.441.7463 therindsacramento.com

Zocolo Tastes inspired by the town square of Mexico City 1801 Capitol Avenue • 916.441.0303 zocalosacramento.com

MIDTOWN Biba Ristorante Italiano Legendary chef, cookbook author Biba Caggiano 2801 Capitol Avenue • 916.455.2422 biba-restaurant.com

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Block Butcher Bar

The Waterboy

Specializing in housemade salumi and cocktails 1050 20th Street • 916.476.6306 blockbutcherbar.com

Classic European with locally sourced ingredients 2000 Capitol Ave. • 916.498.9891 waterboyrestaurant.com

Centro Cocina Mexicana

OAK PARK

Mexican cuisine in a festive, colorful setting 2730 J Street • 916.442.2552 paragarys.com

Federalist Public House Signature woodﬁred pizzas and local craft beers 2009 Matsui Alley • 916.661.6134 federalistpublichouse.com

Lowbrau Bierhalle

La Venadita Hot spot for creative Mexican cuisine 3501 3rd Avenue • 916.400.4676 lavenaditasac.com

Oakhaus A modern take on a traditional hof brau 3413 Broadway • 916.376.7694 • oakhaussac.com

Modern-rustic German beer hall 1050 20th Street • 916.452.7594 lowbrausacramento.com

Old Soul

Old Soul at The Weatherstone

Vibe Health Bar

Artisan pastries and roasted coffee 812 21st Street • oldsoulco.com

Artisan pastries and roasted coffee 3434 Broadway • oldsoulco.com

Clean, lean and healthy breakfast and snacks 3515 Broadway • 916.382.9723 vibehealthbar.com

Paragary’s French inspired bistro in chic new environment 1401 28th Street • 916.457.5737 • paragarys.com

The Red Rabbit Kitchen & Bar

LAND PARK Casa Garden Restaurant

A focus on all things local 2718 J Street • 916.706.2275 • theredrabbit.net

Outstanding dining in a garden setting 2760 Sutterville Rd. • 916.452.2809 casagardenrestaurant.org

Revolution Wines

Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters

Urban winery and kitchen 2831 S Street • 916.444.7711 • rev.wine

2940 Freeport Blvd. chocolateﬁshcoffee.com

Sac Natural Foods Co-Op

Freeport Bakery

Omnivore, vegan, raw, paleo, organic, glutenfree and carnivore sustenance 2820 R Street • 916.455.2667 • sac.coop

Award-winning neighborhood bakery 2966 Freeport Blvd. • 916.442.4256 freeportbakery.com

Sun & Soil Juice Company

Iron Grill

Raw, organic nutrition from local farms 1912 P Street • 916.341.0327 • sunandsoiljuice.com

Suzie Burger Burgers, cheesesteaks and other delights 2820 P Street • 916.455.3500 • suzieburger.com

Tapa the World Traditional Spanish & world cuisine 2115 J Street • 916.442.4353 tapatheworld.com

Temple Coffee Roasters 2200 K Street • 2829 S Street 1010 9th Street • templecoffee.com

A mecca to hearty eating 2422 13th Street • 916.737.5115 irongrillsacramento.com

Riverside Clubhouse Traditional Amercian classic menu 2633 Riverside Blvd. • 916.448.9988 riversideclubhouse.com

Selland’s Market-Café Family-friendly neighborhood café 915 Broadway • 916. 732.3390 sellands.com

Taylor’s Market & Kitchen A reputation for service & quality 2900 & 2924 Freeport Blvd • 916.443.5154 taylorsmarket.com

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Vic’s Ice Cream & Café Family owned since 1947 3199 Riverside Blvd. • 916.448.0892 vicsicecream.com

Willie’s Burgers A quirky burger joint 2415 16th Street • 916.444.2006 williesburgers.com

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

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

Café Vinoteca

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

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

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

Roxy Restaurant & Bar 2381 Fair Oaks Blvd. • (916) 489-2000 B L D $$-$$$ Full Bar American cuisine with a Western touch in a creative upscale atmosphere • roxyrestaurantandbar.com

Sam’s Hof Brau 2500 Watt Ave. • (916) 482-2175

3535 Fair Oaks Blvd. • (916) 487-1331

L D $$ Wine/Beer Fresh quality meats roasted daily • originalsamshofbrau.com

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

Wildwood Kitchen & Bar

Ettore’s Bakery & Cafe 2376 Fair Oaks Blvd. • (916) 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

556 Pavilions Lane • (916) 922.2858 L D $$-$$$ Wine/Beer Featuring the creative ﬂavors of California • Weekend Brunch & Patio Dining • wildwoodpavilions.com n

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

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

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

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

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THE RESIDENCES AT THE SAWYER! Only a few luxury condos remain! Above Kimpton Sawyer Hotel at Downtown Commons. TheSawyerResidences.com $1,087,000 MICHAEL ONSTEAD 916.601.5699 CalRE#: 01222608 L STREET LOFTS – LARGEST CONDO ON MARKET! 2 bed/ 2.5 bath, 2 balconies, wood koors, 1875 Sq ft, 2 garage parking places. $1,195,000 MICHAEL ONSTEAD 916.601.5699 CalRE#: 01222608 PENTHOUSES AT CAPITOL PARK Fantastic views-corner 2bd/2ba penthouse atop Marriott Residence Inn. Hotel amenities. Private entrance. $1,069,600 MICHAEL ONSTEAD 916.601.5699 CalRE#: 01222608

FAB FORTIES MID-CENTURY MODERN! 4 bed/ 2.5 bath reminiscent of old Hollywood style. Rare double lot. $1,790,000 WOOLFORD GROUP 916.834.6900 CalRE#: 01778361/006799593/00680069

ICONIC L STREET LOFTS 2-story penthouse loft with expansive views & deck. Huge wall of windows, granite Kitchen, 2 baths. Doorman. $789,800 MICHAEL ONSTEAD 916.601.5699 CalRE#: 01222608 EAST SAC COTTAGE! Quaint gabled cottage in the heart of East Sac with pool! 4 bed / 2 bath, 2597 sf/ft. $1,350,000 RICH CAZNEAUX 916.212.4444 CalRE#: 01447558

COZY, CLOSE, CONVENIENT! La riviera 2bd/2ba halfplex, newer windows, roof, appliances. Close to CSUS & Hwy 50 $259,000 SABRA SANCHEZ 916.508.5313 CalRE#: 01820635

TIME-HONORED HOME IN EAST SAC! 5bd/3ba hm w/early 1900 details married w/modern conveniences. $824,000 WOOLFORD GROUP 916.502.2120 CalRE#: 01778361/006799593/00680069

PENDING CAMPUS COMMONS BEAUTY! 3br/2.5 ba home in desirable location. Move in ready & recently updated w/fresh paint. $390,000 ANGELA HEINZER 916.212.1881 CalRE#: 01004189

STYLISHLY UPDATED! Gorgeous 3 bed, 2.5 bath, 2874 sq/ft, home w/updated kitchen & a family room. That looks onto the backyard w/sparkling pool. $1,129,950 RICH CAZNEAUX 916.212.4444 CalRE#: 01447558

L STREET LOFTS CONDO Located in midtown! 5th koor unit, modern amenities, close to shopping, restaurants & entertainment! $529,000 MIKE OWNBEY 916.616.1607 CalRE#: 01146313 PENDING DESIRABLE CAMPUS COMMONS! 2 bd/2 ba single story hm w/ den, liv/din rm combo w/ vault ceiling, jreplace & bar area. $519,000 SUE OLSON 916.601.8834 CalRE#: 00784986

THE BEST OF RIVER PARK! 3/3 w/rare large 150+/-sf basemt not included in sf. Hdwd krs, DP windows, new plumbing. $719,000 TOM LEONARD 916.834.1681 CalRE#: 01714895

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MEDITERRANEAN IN EAST SAC! Beautiful 4 bed/3 bath, 2524 SF home built in 2004. Luxurious marble entry & a guest house & pool w/waterfall. RICH CAZNEAUX 916.212.4444 CalRE#: 01447558

BEAUTIFUL HOME! 4 bd/ 2.5 bath w/breakfast nook, dining/family room combo. $675,000 TOM LEONARD 916.934.1681 CalRE#: 01714895 TWO HOUSES ON ONE LOT! Main house 3bd/2ba Tudor style w/hdwd krs, frml din, kit & 2nd home approx. 1100+/- sf w/kitchen & full bath. PALOMA BEGIN 916.628.8561 CalRE#: 01254423

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