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PHENOMENAL TUDOR Phenomenal 3 bedroom Tudor on a very popular tree-lined street! Updated kitchen, living room with cozy ¿replace, arch doorway to the formal dining room. Convenient layout and plenty of space for entertaining. Fully landscaped backyard with gorgeous tree. Quarter basement. $595,000 TIM COLLOM 247-8048

WONDERFUL RIVER PARK Desirable 3 bedrooms, remodeled bath, hardwood Àoors and more. The updated kitchen is complete with granite counters, gas cooktop, stainless steel appliances and soft closure cabinets. The large backyard has great shade trees and is very private. The beautiful swimming pool Too! $419,900 CHRISTINE BALESTERI 966-2244

FABULOUS McKINLEY PARK 4 bedrooms 2½ baths; spacious Àoor plan for entertaining. Beautiful hardwood Àoors with walnut inlay, updated kitchen, and partial basement with wine storage. Master suite sitting area with a very large master bath and walk-in closet. Private backyard with custom lighting. $835,000 TIM COLLOM 247-8048, PAM VANDERFORD 799-7234

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OUTSTANDING CRAFTSMAN Outstanding Craftsman style home in a terri¿c location. 2 or 3 bedroom home with gleaming hardwood Àoors, spacious living and dining rooms, lots of natural light throughout and a two car garage. Retreat like back yard with stone pathway through lush low maintenance landscaping. $429,500 RICHARD KITOWSKI 261-0811

REMODELED MEDITERRANEAN 3 bedrooms 2 baths with Old World charm. Spacious living room with beamed ceilings and surround sound. Hardwood Àoors. Updated kitchen with stainless appliances and Aga stove. High quality bathrooms remodeled down to studs. Jetted tub. Outdoor kitchen, 2 fountains. $799,000 COLLEEN WIFVAT 719-2324

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FABULOUS EAST SACRAMENTO This 45th Street home has been meticulously renovated ... incorporating vintage charm with modern convenience. 3 bedrooms 2 baths, a master ensuite with 2 walk-in closets! New kitchen features shaker cabinets, quartz counters and upgraded appliances. Large corner lot could be fabulous garden! $724,900 JAMIE RICH 612-4000

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CLASSIC EAST SACRAMENTO East Sac charmer with vaulted ceilings and exposed beams in the living room, great hardwood Àoors with inlays and leaded glass throughout this amazing home. Updated kitchen, walk in closet. Converted garage a charming 225 square foot guest cottage/home of¿ce with full bathroom. $449,000 NATHAN SHERMAN 969-7379

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BRIDGEWAY TOWER PENTHOUSE Enjoy the best of downtown living! Completely remodeled with stunning kitchen and baths. 3rd bedroom now a formal dining room. Living, dining and bedrooms access the full length balcony, walls of glass for amazing views off the 15th Àoor. Walk to Kings Arena, restaurants. $719,000 NATHAN SHERMAN 969-7379

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MIDTOWN VICTORIAN Beautiful Victorian home with a dream kitchen, renovated with subway tile, granite counters, high end cabinets and stainless steel appliances. Tankless water heater, new roof and fresh paint make this house shine. It even has a full basement. Easy walk to retail, restaurants and all midtown has to offer! $355,000 ALEXIS JONES 715-0237

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EXQUISITE LAND PARK SPANISH COLONIAL! This elegant Spanish Colonial home has been impressively renovated while preserving the original character. This 4 bedroom, 3 bath property boasts formal Living and Dining rooms with hand-carved beams, and a Gourmet Kitchen that opens to a Great Room. The home has been thoroughly remodeled to include new plumbing, electrical, HVAC, and windows. $1,565,000

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LIVE IN TAHOE PARK! Located near restaurants and shops, this 3 bedroom, 2 bath home presents an opportunity to own in Tahoe Park! This 1537 square foot property offers a formal Living room and formal Dining area, a galley Kitchen, and a spacious Family room with a brick Àreplace. The wellmaintained backyard offers an inviting pool, covered patio, and lawn area. $349,950

This 1159 square foot River Park cottage is ready for you to call “Home”! Located in heart of River Park, this 3 bedroom, 1 bath home offers a formal Living and Dining room combination, and an updated Kitchen with a gas range and granite countertops. The spacious backyard presents room to roam with a patio, lawn area, and an expansive garden. Other amenities include hardwood Áoors, an indoor laundry room, dual pane windows and a two-car garage

Nestled near East Sac shops and coffee houses, this 2 bedroom, 1 bath East Sac cottage is dripping with charm! This darling home presents a formal Living room with a cozy Àreplace, a formal Dining room, and a Galley Kitchen. The backyard is a gardener’s delight with incredibly lush foliage that has been well-maintained. Other amenities include hardwood Áoors, indoor laundry room, and charm abound! $469,950

INVITING SPANISH MEDITERRANEAN COTTAGE! Located within

steps of McKinley Park, this 2 bedroom, 1 bath Spanish Mediterranean cottage boasts welcoming character! This 1190 square foot home offers a formal Living room with a cozy Àreplace, a formal Dining room with charming built-ins, and a galley Kitchen. Other amenities include reÀnished hardwood Áoors, fresh interior and exterior paint, and an indoor laundry area! $389,000

TAHOE PARK TREASURE!

This 2 bedroom, 2 bath home, located near Tahoe Park and neighborhood restaurants, combines modern living with appealing charm. This 1450 square foot home boasts a formal Living room, and a Great Room concept: the updated Kitchen, complete with an island, looks onto both the Dining area and Family area. Other amenities include fresh interior paint, an indoor laundry area, and dual pane windows. $289,950

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COVER ARTIST Kathy Dana Kathy Dana is a painter focused on landscapes, cityscapes and still life. She lives in East Sacramento and works in her East Sac studio. This painting is titled Sidewalk Moment. The original of this painting wil be on display this month at the special events room of the 33rd Street Bistro.

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The Most Interesting Places BOOK WILL CELEBRATE SACRAMENTO’S LOCAL TREASURES

seven neighborhoods. Each place is described with a small write-up, but more importantly by a large collage of beautiful photos. After coming home, I could not stop thinking about the book and the visual impression it left on me. In my heart, I knew that Sacramento desperately needed something like this to help tell the story of our wonderful locally owned businesses and historic places.

BY CECILY HASTINGS PUBLISHER’S DESK

he job of defining a city in order to share its joys with others is a really tall task. Places have been attempting to do this for decades as they market themselves in an attempt to shape the perceptions of their particular locations. Just thumb through any number of travel magazines and you’ll see cities large and small pitching themselves as attractive places to visit. Sacramento is no different. A recent branding as America’s Farmto-Fork Capital was a much-welcome focal point to changing the perception of Sacramento to one in tune with its rich agricultural heritage. Ideas like this sometimes come from expensive marketing consultants. But this one came gratis from my friend Josh Nelson, CEO of Selland Family Restaurants, who presented the idea to the city’s visitors bureau. I loved the idea from the get-go. Last year, we decided to feature a monthly column to help tell the local stories behind the farm-tofork movement. Earlier this year, I visited the Ferry Building in San Francisco, a

As corporate downtown development takes off so, must the businesses of our creative local entrepreneurs who are the heart and soul of our city.

Jessica Laskey is the project manager of a new book on Sacramento's local treasures. She is holding the book that inspired our efforts.

farm-to-fork mecca in the Bay Area. The historic building at the foot of Market Street features artisan shops and restaurants that celebrate food in all its forms. Out of the corner of my eye, I spotted a book on a merchant’s table called “This Is Oakland: A Guide to the City's Most Interesting Places.” I flipped through it, then went on my way to meet my husband for lunch. All through lunch, I was distracted by what I had seen. Jim sensed it and

finally asked what I was thinking. I told him about the book, and he suggested I buy it to take home. “This Is Oakland” is a gorgeous, photo-driven, paper-bound book created last year by two pros: a public relations agent and a photographer, both very passionate about the city they call home. The book profiles 90 of the most interesting places to visit in their city—from cafes to boutiques— and the entrepreneurs who own them. The places are organized by

The timing is perfect for this effort. With our dramatic downtown development in full swing, so is the opportunity to change the perception of our city—not only for tourists visiting from out of town but also of our own residents. Our publications, and others, regularly feature interesting places in our city to visit. But what struck me about the “This Is Oakland” book is that they are all assembled in one place. The sheer magnitude is most impressive! And that, I believe, is the power to dramatically change perceptions. PUBLISHER page 13

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An example of a photo collage that will be the created for each individual place featured in our new book "This Is Sacramento: The Most Interesting Places in America's Farm-to-Fork Capital." These photographs are from various places we've recently covered in our publications.

PUBLISHER FROM page 11 Once I was convinced that no one else was tackling such a project, I worked with my staff on a plan to publish such a book about Sacramento. A few months ago, “This Is Sacramento: The Most Interesting Places in America’s Farm-to-Fork Capital” was born. Based upon the Oakland book model, we have been busy curating selections for our own city insider’s guide. We have identified more than 150 places and will soon whittle the list to a select 90. This is the part that is the most challenging, and it’s likely some places we chose may not want to participate for their own reasons. We are also organizing the book around the city neighborhoods of Downtown, Old Sac, Midtown, R Street, Land and Curtis Parks, Oak Park and East Sacramento. While there are plenty of qualifying places beyond these boundaries, we just do not have room in this book to include them.

In my own experience living and publishing here, there is no doubt that the best part of Sacramento is our distinctive neighborhoods. But Sacramento has never been marketed from this perspective and that, in my opinion, needs to change. Our longtime writer, Jessica Laskey, is managing the project for us. She’s young and excited and busy contacting businesses we’ve chosen and writing the copy. Our food writer, Greg Sabin, is advising on our food-related selections, which will be a major part of our book. Our staff photographers, Linda Smolek, Michael McFarland and Aniko Kiezel, are hard at work capturing the best visuals of our selected places. The final design will be evolving as we begin to see the unique Sacramento story our photographs tell. In order to have the freedom to curate a credible collection and not be financially influenced, places in the book do not pay to be featured in the book. They only need to agree to

be part of our distribution strategy and resell a small number of books at their locations when it is published early next year. We will also have them available at regional shops and bookstores, and make them available to hotels. We plan an initial print run of 4,000 books. We are also working on a plan to distribute the book content to a much wider audience. And with rapidly unfolding development downtown, especially around our new arena, we plan to update the contents in subsequent editions. Costs to produce and manage a book of this quality are fairly high, so we are approaching sponsors to help defray the cost. We’ve found there are many civic and business organizations and private companies that will benefit from an enhanced perception of Sacramento as a place with a unique collection of both historic and new, trendier places. Folks we’ve talked with already love the idea and want to be part of this endeavor.

But as was the case with the Oakland book, the book isn’t just for locals wanting a deep understanding of what their city has to offer. The book will also be for anyone visiting our city who wants to know where to go to for food, shopping or experiences. It won’t matter if they are from the East Coast or Roseville; we are certain our book will give them a never-before-seen glimpse inside our city. After 20 years of publishing the best of local people, places and things each month, I feel that spearheading this book is my civic obligation, given this unique time in our city’s stage of growth and development. As corporate downtown development takes off, so must the businesses of our creative local entrepreneurs who are the heart and soul of our city. Even though it is a tall task, all of us working at Inside on this project consider it an honor. Cecily Hastings can be reached at publisher@insidepublications.com n

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Always Prepared LOCAL BOY SCOUT SHINES IN A CRISIS

(first place), $250 (second place) and $100 (third place). Winners will be announced Nov. 14 at the restaurant’s 20th anniversary party and will appear in Inside Publications in December. The show will be displayed in the restaurant’s special events room through the end of the year. All works will be available for sale, with all proceeds going to the artists. Submit your artworks at the restaurant, located at 3301 Folsom Blvd. For more information, stop by the bistro or email publisher@ insidepublications.com.

BY RACHEL MATUSKEY EAST SACRAMENTO LIFE

ocal Boy Scout Aidan Cline put his scouting skills to the test on Aug. 16, when a family friend suffered a minor seizure and fell 8 feet from a ladder onto the concrete floor of the Clines’ garage. Cline, 12, ran for the phone, then returned with pillows to elevate the woman’s feet and prevent her from going into shock. He spoke with the injured woman, keeping her awake and alert. When the ambulance arrived, he guided the paramedics to the garage and cleared a path for the gurney. The paramedics praised his actions, saying that without Cline, the outcome could have been much more serious, and that he’d taken all the right steps. The woman, who received staples in her head as a result of the fall, was ultimately found to have broken a bone in her spine. Cline’s father Brian, himself an Eagle Scout, credits his son’s Boy Scout training for his ability to handle the emergency calmly and effectively. “To see the knowledge that the Boy Scouts taught me still being passed

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Local Boy Scout, Aidan Cline, put his scouting skills to the test on Aug. 16, when a family friend suffered a minor seizure and fell 8 feet from a ladder onto the concrete floor

on, and being relevant, is extremely gratifying,” he said. “We’re very proud of Aidan.” Cline is a member of Boy Scout Troop 1, which encompasses the entire East Sac area. The first merit badge every Troop 1 scout is required to earn is the first aid merit badge. Cline has also taken a Red Cross-certified 12-hour course for CPR and AED (automated external defibrillator) certification. His goal is to become an Eagle Scout. Troop 1 celebrates its 100th anniversary next year. It is the

oldest Boy Scout troop west of the Mississippi.

ART CONTEST CELEBRATES EAST SAC In celebration of its 20th anniversary, 33rd Street Bistro is sponsoring an art contest. Artists can submit paintings, drawings or sculptures depicting their favorite East Sacramento scenes from Nov. 1 to 7. Inside publisher Cecily Hastings will assist with the judging. Three awards will be given: $500

East Sacramento residents Don and Colleen Thompson are the winners of the 2015 Eat & Drink East Sacramento drawing. Eat & Drink East Sac is a program sponsored by the East Sacramento Chamber of Commerce that celebrates the neighborhood’s food and beverage purveyors. “We wanted to encourage people to check out all the wonderful restaurants, bars and coffeehouses right here in our community,” said chamber board member Sean Jones of Haven Lending. The chamber created a passport that people like the Thompsons carried with them when they visited participating establishments in August. Each venue stamped the passport, and each passport with 15 stamps or more was eligible for the end-of-month drawing. The Thompsons were the lucky winners of a $1,000 spending spree at 20 participating local businesses. EAST SAC LIFE page 16

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EAST SAC LIFE FROM page 14 “We figured this would be an easy challenge, because we go to most of these places already and thought it would be fun to try some new ones,” said Colleen Thompson. “It’s so nice that, living in the city, we have such a variety of high-quality places that we can walk to.” The Thompsons, who have a “family Friday fun night” tradition, used the contest as an excuse to visit some old favorites like Hoppy Brewing Company and 33rd Street Bistro, and to venture into a few new-to-them spots like Pine Cove Tavern and Club Raven, both of which Colleen said were “very friendly, neighborhood places.” With so many options, where will the Thompsons go for their celebratory meal? “I’d have to go with Cabana Winery,” Colleen said. “We had a wonderful brunch there.”

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FINE DINING IN THE GARDEN The Theodore Judah PTA will partner with Saint John’s Program for Real Change to host a dinner in the garden at Plates Cafe on Sunday, Oct. 25, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Tickets are $75. Guests will enjoy drinks and seasonal dishes crafted by local chefs Rick Mahan of The Waterboy and Ian MacBride of Lucca, as well as live music by Darbytown. “We’re expanding our vision,” says Judah PTA president Rob Ferrera. “How can we further benefit our community and model compassionate behavior for our children? We saw the opportunity for a powerful partnership with Saint John’s when we were scouting a venue for our annual Garden Dinner. This year, the Garden Dinner is built around Judah families teaming with the mothers and children of Saint John’s to complete a series of community service projects.” The months before the dinner have involved revitalizing the raised beds

Don, Emma and Colleen Thompson are the winners of the Eat & Drink East Sac promotion sponsored by the East Sacrmento Chamber of Commerce

at Plates Cafe in order to create a sustainable garden. Judah students and community partners have also helped provide food literacy education to the mothers and children of Saint John’s. At the dinner, art created by children from both organizations will be on display and available for purchase. “Our goal with this partnership is to combine community service and education and inspire the parents and children from both organizations to nurture their minds and their bodies,” Ferrera says. Saint John’s is the largest shelter in Northern California. The 18-month program helps transition mothers and children from crisis situations to sustainable independence. The Garden Dinner is sponsored by Gonsalves Real Estate and American Pacific Mortgage. Proceeds will provide equal support to St. John’s and the Theodore Judah PTA. All members of the community are invited to attend.

Theodore Judah Elementary School's third annual garden dinner will take place on Sunday, October 25

Plates Cafe is at 14 Business Park Way. To purchase tickets, go to theodorejudahpta.org

FOOD TRUCKS IN THE PARK ONE LAST TIME The last Food Truck Mania events of the year happen this month in McKinley and Tahoe Parks. The McKinley Park event, sponsored by Councilmember Jeff Harris, will be held Friday, Oct. 9, from 5 to 8 p.m. This month’s vendors will include Gameday Grill, Smokers Wild, Chandos Tacos, Hefty Gyros, BaconMania and Happy Cow. Food trucks will park between the baseball field and the playground. The Tahoe Park event, sponsored by Councilmember Eric Guerra, County Supervisor Phil Serna and Tahoe Park Neighborhood Association, happens Friday, Oct. 23, from 5 to 9 p.m. Vendors will include Krush Burger, Drewski’s Hot Rod, Sweet Spot and Buckhorn Grill. Trucks will park near 60th Street and 8th Avenue.

SHEPARD CENTER FALL SALE Shepard Garden and Arts Center will hold its fall sale the weekend of Oct. 3 and 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. More than 20 clubs and 18 craft vendors will participate, selling a variety of plants, pottery, garden decor, jewelry and craft items. Refreshments will also be available for purchase. Admission is free. All proceeds support Shepard Garden and Arts Center, which is at 3330 McKinley Blvd. For more information, contact Therese Ruth at tgrcom@aol. com or 457-0822.

PICKING UP STEAM David Lubin Elementary will host a community forum on Tuesday, Oct. 27, to discuss plans to make Lubin a STEAM school. The STEAM curriculum focuses on science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics. The community forum is an opportunity for school representatives to hear the opinions of Lubin parents and other families and business owners in the school’s boundaries, which span from East Sacramento to Elmhurst and Oak Park. Guest speakers will discuss ideas for the school’s future. Food will be available, and student work will be

on display. All community members are welcome. For information on time and location, call 277-6271.

MAD SCIENCE HALLOWEEN LABORATORY Calling all budding mad scientists! McKinley Library presents a Halloween science extravaganza on Friday, Oct. 23, at 3:30 p.m. If you’ve always wanted to dissect a slime brain, create and animate your own Frankenworm, or transform yourself into a monster or zombie (complete EAST SAC LIFE page 18

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EAST SAC LIFE FROM page 17 with self-made makeup and zombie skin), this is the event for you. At the end of the hour, participants can make their own Halloween treats, including library-brewed dry-ice root beer. All ages are welcome.

OKTOBERFEST AT TURN VEREIN Oktoberfest is back! Raise a stein and experience a taste of Munich in East Sacramento at Sacramento Turn Verein’s 48th annual celebration of German culture. The festival includes beer, wine and German delicacies, as well as live music, kid-friendly activities, German music and dancing, a kaffeehaus and an outdoor biergarten. The festival will begin with a traditional keg-tapping ritual and grand flag march. The Gruber Family Band will play in the main hall on both nights, and the Alpentanzer Schuhplattler will perform traditional dances in the evening. Wandering

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Raise a stein and experience a taste of Munich in East Sacramento at Sacramento Turn Verein’s 48th annual celebration of German culture

accordionists will entertain the crowds with German folk music. Oktoberfest runs Friday, Oct. 9, from 6 to 11 p.m., and Saturday, Oct.10, from 3 to 11 p.m. Admission is $20 for ages 12 and up, $5 for

ages 6 to 12. Children under 6 are free. Parking is available at Sutter Middle School. Sacramento Turn Verein is at 3349 J St. For more information, call 442-7360 or visit sacramentoturnverein.com

NIGHT OF THE BIKING DEAD On Friday, Oct. 2, dress in your undead best and ride over to 28th and B Skate Park at Sutter’s Landing

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John Ellis Garage for Bike Party Sacramento’s Zombie Bike-alypse. Joe’s American Classics will be serving food starting at 7 p.m. The ride will begin at about 7:30 p.m., winding through the streets of Sacramento with one or two stops for dancing, zombie slaying and general merriment. This event is for adults 21 and over. Children may ride along, but only with adult supervision. Bike Party happens the first Friday of every month. For information on this and other upcoming rides, visit facebook.com/BikePartySacramento

TRUNK OR TREAT Fremont Presbyterian Church will host its annual free Halloween party on Saturday, Oct. 31, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Children can enjoy games and a bounce house and trick-or-treat at decorated car trunks. Food will be available for purchase. Fremont Presbyterian is at 5770 Carlson Drive. For more information, call 452-7132.

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FALL FESTIVAL AT SACRED HEART Sacred Heart School and Parish will host its 74th annual fall festival on Saturday, Oct. 3, from 11 a.m. until dusk. Admission is free, and the festival is open to the public. The old-fashioned neighborhood carnival features children’s games, live entertainment and a craft fair. There will also be a bounce house, slides, food for purchase and a beer and wine garden. The festival takes place on the school playground at 856 39th St. For more information, call 456-1576.

FESTIVE FRIENDRAISER AT DAVID LUBIN David Lubin sixth-graders will hold their annual Haunted House and Movie Night Friend-raiser on Friday, Oct. 23. Dress in your spookiest or silliest costume and join area families and friends for an evening of pizza, cookie-decorating, and games. The sixth-grade classes will open up the

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haunted house they designed with resident artist Ms. Jane. The early haunted house tours will be fun for younger children—but the later tours are designed to scare! The evening will conclude with a movie in the cafeteria. Proceeds from this community-building event help fund the sixth-grade trip to Redwood Alliance and enrichment activities for Lubin students. For more information and details, go to davidlubinptg.org.

HARVEST FESTIVAL AT JUDAH Theodore Judah’s yearly Harvest Festival is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 23, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., in the back of the school. The family-friendly event is open to the community. Festivities include carnival-style booths created by each class, a pumpkin-carving contest, a cake walk, a photo booth and pony rides. An array of food trucks will be on location.

Unlimited wristbands and individual tickets will be available for purchase in advance at theodorejudahpta.org or via the school’s new smartphone app. All proceeds from the festival go directly to Judah teachers for use toward supplies and field trips.

MCKINLEY VILLAGE UPDATE Work continues on the McKinley Village development this month. Sidewalks and fire hydrants are in place, as well as the utilities and underground infrastructure. The streets are ready for paving, and concrete has been poured for some of the courtyard units. Construction has begun on the 40th Street underpass. This is a lengthy process that will continue throughout the winter months. Work has also begun on the recreation center, a 4000-square-foot building with indoor and outdoor clubhouses. Model homes are expected EAST SAC LIFE page 20

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MERCY GENERAL CONSTRUCTION UPDATE Preliminary work has begun on the eventual removal of the East Wing of Mercy General. Most of the initial activity will be on the interior of the building and may not be noticeable to neighbors. Coordinators are pleased that the work is beginning about three months earlier than anticipated. At the Oct. 27 Neighborhood Advisory Committee meeting, the project’s contractor, Swinerton, as well as members of the hospital and Dignity Health Corporate Real Estate, will be present to walk the neighborhood through the process and timeline of the removal of the East Wing. Neighbors are encouraged to attend.

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Initial work will also begin near the 41st Street property line to prepare for construction of the 8-foot wall that will separate the hospital from the homes on 41st between H and J streets. The hospital and contractor are working with the city to ensure that the wall’s height is approved at 8 feet rather than the originally planned 6 feet. The final green light is expected no later than Oct. 27.

CALLING ALL CRAFTERS The Theodore Judah PTA seeks vendors for its annual holiday event, Santa’s East Sac Adventure & Holiday Boutique, happening Saturday, Dec. 5, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Whatever your specialty, there’s a space for you at this community event, which prides itself on showcasing local artisans. Past boutiques have included screen-printed clothing, succulents, children’s toys, jewelry, olive oil and other edibles. The vendor fee is $40 and benefits PTA programming. To book a space online, visit theodorejudahpta.org or email

the event chair, Paige Schulte, at hellotjpta@gmail.com.

GATHER IN OAK PARK Enjoy a night of community and culinary adventure at the last Gather of the season on Thursday, Oct. 8, from 5 to 9 p.m. Event organizers Unseen Heroes and Oak Park Business Association teamed with Crocker Art Museum to add an art activation tent to this year’s series of communal dinners and street parties. There are expanded kids’ and lounge areas, thanks to the annex of an additional lot for the gathering space. Food and drink will be available for purchase from a variety of vendors, including Passione Pizza, which will debut its food truck at the October event. The night will also feature food demos, local designers and music courtesy of Element Brass Band and DJ El Indio. Gather happens on 3rd Avenue between Broadway and 34th Street. Admission is free.

ESP SPEAKER SERIES On Tuesday, Oct. 20, East Sacramento Preservation will host a talk and bouquet demonstration by Twiggs owner Wes Green. As an international buyer and awardwinning designer, Green has traveled the world gathering inspiration for his unique floral creations and home accessories. “I look at floral design as an art form and an avenue to study and imitate nature,” he says. “I tell clients to expect the unexpected.” A raffle winner will go home with a free bouquet. The talk will be at Clunie Community Center from 6 to 7 p.m.

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FEAST OF ST. FRANCIS Celebrate St. Francis High School’s 75th anniversary at a community event on Saturday, Oct. 3, from 3:30 to 8 p.m. There will be live music

by Clean Slate, a no-host beer and wine garden, a barbecue, and games and activities for the whole family. Former, current and future families and friends are welcome. Admission is free. St. Francis is at 5900 Elvas Ave. To RSVP, go to stfrancishs.org/rsvp75 The deadline for inclusion of items in this column is the fifth of the month preceding the month of publication. Rachel Matuskey can be reached at insideeastsac@gmail.com n

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The Treegator Team KEEPING OUR PARK TREES BEAUTIFUL

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e need trees to grow big and strong so we can have flowers and bees to make a beautiful world,” says 9-year old Kate Jones. Two mornings a week, Kate, along with her brothers Luke, 11, and Charlie, 7, and their friend Emma Axtell, 11, help make sure that at least the trees in McKinley Park have a chance to grow big and strong. Age and disease have claimed 15 of the large heritage trees in McKinley Park during the past few years. After the rebuilding of the children’s playground, 20 young trees were planted around the playground and in front of Clunie Community Center. When Dutch elm disease killed four large elm trees near Shepard Garden and Arts Center last year, Friends of East Sacramento raised funds to plant a grove of nine trees at the corner of 33rd Street and Parkway. Earlier this year, after the city cut back on watering the grass in the park, the young trees began showing signs of distress. Jim Hastings of Friends of East Sacramento offered to hand water the almost 30 young trees in McKinley Park. Hastings, who quickly learned that watering each tree individually with a hose was an all-day project, recommended that the Friends group purchase Treegators for the new trees. He had seen the 20 gallon slow-release watering bags irrigating trees in

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Ben Jones (standing on the right) and his family help water the young trees in McKinley Park. He is joined each week by his children and Brad Louie.

other cities and thought they might work well in McKinley Park. On a 100-degree day in July, the Jones children and their father, Ben Jones, owner of East Sac’s Sierra Valley Chiropractic, were on their way to McKinley Library when they saw Hastings setting up the Treegators and filling them with water. The children wanted to learn more about what Hastings was doing and offered to help.

“The best thing was watching Jim so carefully explain to the kids what was wrong with the current watering program and how they were going to fix it. He then explained how to set up the Treegators and how to fold them up,” says Ben. Since that day in July, Jones’ three children and their friend Emma have gone to the park one morning a week to set up Treegators on the 20 trees by the playground. Other

volunteers, including Hastings, East Sac Hardware owner Rich Johnston and Brad Louie, fill the bags with water. The following morning, the four youngsters return to remove the empty bags. “Even though it is such a simple job, taking just 15 minutes over two days, it really is a huge help for the grown-ups,” says Ben. The kids enjoy their work. “It feels good to help,” says Luke. “The bags look like alligators, so people stop to ask us what we are doing.” Says Ben, “It’s been rewarding for the children to see trees that were distressed and dropping brown leaves now turning green. We would need to do a lot more than just water trees to give back to McKinley Park. We constantly use the library and the playground, and the kids love to make sure the trees are healthy.” Volunteers including River Park resident Lee Ruth water the new tree grove by Shepard Garden and Arts Center. According to Hastings, more volunteers are always needed for both locations. “It’s easy to forget how little it takes to volunteer and how much others appreciate it,” says Ben. McKinley Park visitors are already appreciating the “beautiful world” Luke, Emma, Kate, Charlie and the other Treegator volunteers are creating in East Sacramento. To volunteer to water trees at McKinley Park or other neighborhood parks, call 452-8011or email friendsofeastsac@aol.com. To suggest someone for a volunteer profile, call 441-7026 or email eastsaclife@aol.com n

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n the face of a tepid economic recovery and a sky-high youth unemployment rate, particularly for minority youth, the Sacramento city council is poised to take a step through the looking glass by adopting the first and only municipal minimum wage in the Central Valley. A top priority for unions and progressives, the effort to adopt minimum wage laws has, until now, been successful in highcost and politically progressive cities like Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles and a smattering of smaller cities in the Bay Area and coastal Southern California. Sacramento, by comparison, is a low-cost town, and no one really knows what impacts a proposed 39 percent hike in the local minimum wage, from $9 an hour now to $12.50 an hour by 2020, would have on jobs, prices, businesses and new efforts to attract and retain businesses. Here’s what we do know. Following Mayor Kevin Johnson’s election as president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors early last year, he created a national income inequality task force and tapped uber-progressive New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to chair the effort. To no one’s surprise, the de Blasio task force

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called upon American cities to adopt their own minimum wage laws, a matter that has historically been dealt with under state and federal laws. Following his task force’s clarion call, Mayor Johnson announced during his State of the City address earlier this year his intention to form a similar task force in Sacramento, an action he finally took on June 22, appointing a 15-member task force of councilmembers and prominent business, labor, minority and other community leaders. Long before Johnson formed his local task force, the movement to “raise the wage” was picking up steam nationally and locally. Johnson even joined an SEIU street demonstration in September 2014 at a local McDonald’s that called on the firm to raise its workers’ pay to $15 an hour. The California Endowment, a progressive-led $3 billion nonprofit foundation created in 2000 when nonprofit health insurer Blue Cross converted to for-profit status, launched a $200,000 local PR campaign of radio ads, billboards and bus shelter ads advocating for a city minimum wage. It urged people to “do the math” on raising the minimum wage by comparing the current $9 minimum wage to “median CEO pay” of $5,048 per hour—a pay gap of more than 500 to 1. But the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the nation’s 21,800 CEOs have an actual median income of $212,570, compared to the $10 million-plus figure the endowment uses, for an actual pay gap of just 12 to 1 (amounting to just one-third of the $773,336 salary paid to California Endowment CEO Robert K. Ross). The local “Fight for $15” movement is being led by a coalition of Raise the Wage and Organize

Sacramento, headed up by savvy labor organizer Tamie Dramer. In the six months before the local task force was appointed, two councilmembers, Allen Warren and Jay Schenirer, publicly declared their support for a city minimum wage. A labor-sponsored poll found that 58 percent of Sacramento voters would support a ballot measure calling for a $15-per-hour minimum wage, while a poll sponsored by Region Builders found that only 49 percent of voters would vote for such a hike. Joshua Wood, executive director of Region Builders and a task force member, announced in early June that Region Builders plans to sponsor a ballot measure to counteract a city minimum wage of $15, asserting that raising the wage for the lowest paid workers in Sacramento to more than 50 percent above the pay in surrounding communities would “erect an economic wall” around Sacramento and would cause many local businesses to close or move. According to Sacramento Metro Chamber, 91 percent of its members are strongly opposed a city minimum wage. So as the mayor’s task force began meeting this summer, it was confronted with widely divergent business and labor positions, conflicting opinion polls, the threat of competing ballot measures if one side or the other were unhappy with the result and, as the early task force meetings demonstrated, a contest between sharply divided economists’ opinions on the likely impacts of a city minimum wage. Labor’s position was backed by economists from UC Berkeley’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE), which has a long record of alignment with labor causes. The business community relied upon

economic analysis provided by Beacon Economics. The two groups of economists also faced off against one another earlier this year in hearings before the Los Angeles city council on a minimum wage hike proposal. (The council, on a 14-1 vote, approved a hike to $15 a year by 2020.)

The city’s independent budget analyst reported to the task force that the proposed hike would impose $2 million in higher costs on the city, a cost item not included in city’s current long-range budget forecasts. The IRLE study results were pretty predictable: A hike in the minimum wage would have negligible impact on current jobs or future job growth, while it would significantly increase incomes of those directly impacted by the hike. While the Beacon study agreed that the hike wouldn’t likely have a significant impact on current job levels, it claimed that it would have a very negative impact on future job growth and public revenues over the next five years. Chris Thornberg of Beacon argued that raising the minimum wage is also a very poor

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CITY HALL FROM page 24 and inefficient way to help the needy, since more than half of those receiving the minimum wage live in households with incomes higher than the median income for the area. The result: Less than $1 in $5 paid out in higher wages actually reaches households in need. Further, he found that city businesses hit with the minimum wage will be less able to pass along the hike in their labor costs to customers through higher prices due to price competition from businesses in adjoining jurisdictions. Elk Grove, West Sacramento, Rancho Cordova, Citrus Heights, Folsom and the unincorporated area of Sacramento County aren’t likely to follow suit and impose a matching wage hike burden on businesses in their jurisdictions. And if businesses are restrained by nearby competition from raising their prices, their options will be limited to reducing employee hours, laying off workers, moving to another jurisdiction or, in some cases, closing their doors. Thornberg also found that many companies that would

consider opening or expanding in the region will naturally locate outside of Sacramento city borders to avoid higher labor costs. Sacramento, he asserts, would become an “island.” Wood of Region Builders calls the proposal to create a minimum wage in Sacramento a “West Sacramento job creation act,” as it will incentivize businesses to set up shop across the river to escape the city minimum wage. If the city council approves a major wage hike, he expects nearby jurisdictions to gear up marketing efforts to lure Sacramento-based businesses to move to their cities. Last month, the mayor’s task force, after a series of public and closed-door meetings, announced that it had come to a compromise proposal to raise the minimum wage to $12.50 an hour by 2020. Given the widely divergent starting positions of the stakeholders, this was no small feat and a testament to the diplomatic skills of task force chair Schenirer. Compromise was also driven by fear of future ballot measures either mandating a higher wage (sponsored by labor) or reining in a higher wage (sponsored by business).

But given critical comments made by several task force members following the announcement of the compromise, it is not at all clear that the consensus will hold. Metro Chamber CEO Peter Tateishi was quoted in Sacramento Business Journal as saying, “I can’t say we endorse it, I can’t say we oppose it … there are still some concerns we’re hoping to communicate.” Fabrizio Sasso, the new executive director of the Sacramento Central Labor Council (successor to legendary labor leader Bill Camp), said the proposal was “unfair” and declined to comment on whether unions would pursue a ballot measure for a higher wage if the task force’s plan is approved by the city council. Some opponents were more voluble. When the recommendations were announced in the city council chambers, angry workers and union members started chanting , demanding a $15 minimum wage and yelling “shame” before storming out in a staged protest. Police briefly put the chambers on lockdown.

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CITY HALL FROM page 26 With current state law poised to increase the state minimum wage from $9 to $10 per hour on Jan. 1, the task force recommended increasing the city minimum wage in yearly increments: to $10.50 in 2017, $11 in 2018, $11.75 in 2019 and $12.50 in 2020. After 2020, increases in the minimum wage would be tied to increases in the Consumer Price Index. The task force included several exemptions. The wage wouldn’t apply to those 18 and younger. An employer that provides fringe benefits like health, dental and vision care would receive a $1.50-an-hour credit if it pays at least $2 per hour toward such benefits, reducing the minimum to as low as $11. Employees in training programs would be exempt, as would nonprofits that accept workers from federal programs. In a nod to the restaurant industry, tipped employees (i.e., front-of-the house restaurant workers) would be exempt if employers can establish that employees already receive

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at least $15 an hour including tip income. Labor unions claim such an arrangement would violate a provision of state law. Given legal uncertainty on the issue, a court challenge to the provision is likely. Overlooked in the media coverage of the task force’s recommendations is the impact of the proposed $12.50 minimum wage on the city’s general fund budget. The city employs a great many seasonal employees within its Parks and Recreation Department at minimum wage, concentrated in its recreation programs. The city’s independent budget analyst reported to the task force that the proposed hike would impose $2 million in higher costs on the city, a cost item not included in city’s current longrange budget forecasts, which already project a major fiscal cliff by 2019. The taxpayers would also bear the cost of the city’s enforcement of a new minimum wage ordinance. There are two possible enforcement approaches: One would be complaintdriven, with code enforcement

officers investigating businesses only upon receipt of complaints of noncompliance. This approach is recommended by Region Builders. The other approach would be for the city to monitor and randomly audit businesses to determine if they’re in compliance with the wage requirement. Los Angeles has adopted such an activist approach and has reportedly hired 25 staffers to oversee compliance, which has made city unions quite happy. If Sacramento, with an eighth of LA’s population, hires four employees to oversee compliance with the wage law, it would likely add a further $500,000 cost burden on the city’s general fund, for a total cost burden of around $2.5 million, the equivalent of hiring 25 new city police officers. I’m sure city businesses will be thrilled at the prospect of being subject to random audits by city inspectors. So the public and the city council have a choice to make: Is it a higher civic priority to adopt a $12.50 city minimum wage, with the benefits,

costs and uncertain economic impacts such an action would entail? Or is it is a higher priority to employ 25 additional cops to protect Sacramentans from recent significant increases in violent crime? Given the complexities of the proposal, uncertain enforcement mechanisms and a number of unresolved questions, we would ordinarily expect the city attorney to take several months to draft proposed ordinance provisions, for stakeholders to work through remaining issues and for the public to digest the proposals and weigh in on them. But Mayor Johnson wants to bring the entire package up for a council vote this month, bypassing the normal procedure of first vetting the proposal through the council’s own Law and Legislation Committee. Craig Powell is a local attorney, businessman, community activist and president of Eye on Sacramento, a civic watchdog and policy group. He can be reached at craig@ eyeonsacramento.org or 718-3030. n

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hen Englishman Oliver Cheney looked across the pond for a site for the first U.S. Meristem campus, he considered the obvious places: the East Coast, Seattle, other large metropolitan areas. What he ended up with was the perfect location: Fair Oaks. Meristem, on the grounds of Rudolf Steiner College on Fair Oaks Boulevard, is a unique postsecondary transition program for young adults on the autism spectrum. It is the culmination of more than 30 years of educational research and collaboration in the United Kingdom by the Ruskin Mill Trust under the guidance of founder Aonghus Gordon. The seed of the program was a threestudent college in southwest England that spawned seven colleges across England and Wales with a staff of 950 and an annual operating budget of $15 million, all dedicated to teaching students on the spectrum how to engage with the world at large. Cheney, Meristem’s president, had worked in the health system in England and had seen the difficulties of placing developmentally challenged adults in independent living. He believed there had to be a better

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ince she first stepped onstage, River Park native Julie Soto knew she’d found a second home. And whether she’s in the spotlight or behind the scenes, writing scripts or reading them, she’s made the stage her life’s pursuit. At the age of 6, after seeing a performance of “Fiddler on the Roof,” Soto thought to herself: I want to do that. Her parents enrolled her in River City Theatre Company, an amateur children’s theater group, and for more than a decade, Soto dedicated six months a year between two productions. “Basically, I grew up there,” says Soto. By her early teens, she decided to make theater a career. Soto describes her early teens as both rough and formative. “The inbetween years,” she calls them, when child actors are “too old for the young stuff, and too young for the old stuff.” To address the lack of leadership roles for children her age, Soto and fellow RCTC member Ryan Warren began their own theater company, Flying Monkey Productions. She was 14; he was 13. Soto and Warren invited friends and RCTC members to tryouts, held rehearsals in parents’ garages and self-produced their first show, “Seussical the Musical,” in 2003. “I was choreographing and vocal directing,” says Soto. “No place in town would let a 14-year-old conduct a group of kids like that.” After “Seussical,” FMP took off. Between RCTC and FMP productions, Soto found herself on or near the stage around the clock. During her

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Julie Soto and RyanWarren of Flying Monkey Productions

freshman year of high school, Soto was involved in five productions in six months. That still didn’t deter Soto from pursuing a theater arts degree once she completed high school. But before she received her bachelor’s degree from Sacramento State in 2013, Soto was already FMP’s working artistic director. When FMP filed for 501(c)3 nonprofit status in 2009, Soto was only 21. Now 27 and with a degree under her belt, Soto realizes she’s no longer a teen among peers: She’s the adult. “It’s very odd,” she laughs, “but I’m still a grown-up teenager.” She’s also a little older, a little wiser. FMP outgrew parents’

garages, and now the full-fledged theater company is in the business of developing actors, no matter their age. “We like to create working actors,” says Soto, “but we have never looked at a 13-year-old and said, ‘You’re too young.’” In fact, some of Soto’s “kids” have been with FMP since they were 5. It’s no surprise that she is, for them, a cross between teacher, peer and parent. Having watched them grow up, Soto feels a kind of responsibility for her actors. “We try to be people that the kids can go to,” Soto explains. “We’re just grown-up teenagers, so much closer to their age … [and we’re] able to talk to them about their social lives in

the ways that maybe their parents or friends can’t.” Some of those conversations with students inspired Soto to write a musical about them and for them: a show for teenagers played by teenagers. Soto’s musical, “Generation ME,” pulls back the veil that covers high school life. “It’s about kids and how they experience things like drugs and alcohol and depression,” Soto explains. The plot loosely revolves around a student’s suicide, the impact it has on the lives of his peers, and the questions it raises. “A lot of the characters find out in the show that if they had spoken up … then

maybe they could have prevented the suicide,” says Soto. “I knew people with depression in high school, but they couldn’t name it, because it was so secret,” says Soto. She wanted “Generation ME” to highlight the importance of “finding your own voice,” she adds.

Now 27 and with a degree under her belt, Soto realizes she’s no longer a teen among peers: She’s the adult. While “Generation ME” artistically portrays real problems that face her students, Soto believes FMP offers understanding and support. Inclusion is the word she uses to describe the company. “It’s such a loving, supportive community … and if high school isn’t going so great, then here’s this hobby,” she says. “Generation ME” opened in Sacramento in 2013, but soon thereafter Soto moved to New York, where she attended a collaborative arts project called CAP21. “I got my feet wet,” she says, auditioning for shows, living the actor’s life. “But there was always something tugging me back here,” she admits. “I tried to stay [in N.Y.], but ‘Generation ME’ wasn’t emotionally finished for me.”

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s if finding a place to park in downtown Sacramento isn’t tough enough, the city wants to completely revamp its parking program. City parking officials are looking at several options, including an increase in parking fees, extending the days and hours when metered parking is in effect and allowing drivers to pay for parking in new ways. The proposed changes are the result of a multiyear analysis of how to better utilize city parking while opening street parking to visitors and business patrons. City parking officials and Councilmembers Steve Hansen and Jeff Harris have been holding community meetings to build awareness about the proposals and solicit input from residents. The parking options are scheduled to go before the city council sometime in this fall. “This is really about greater flexibility,” says Harris, “and ultimately could lower costs for parking. I’m a consumer, and I’ve had more than several parking tickets. That’s cost me a lot of money.” The city wants to move long-term parking off the streets and into parking garages, particularly during

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the evening, when city garages are often nearly empty. That would open up more street parking to people who patronize local restaurants and stores. “There’s a perception issue,” says Matt Eierman, Sacramento’s parking

manager. “People who look for street parking between 6 and 9 p.m. don’t think there’s any parking.” Altering that perception will require some changes. Some will be popular, others not.

One of the big changes going before the city council will be an increase in the cost of metered parking, which hasn’t been raised since 2008. The council will consider a 40 percent increase, from $1.25 per hour to $1.75 per hour. Eierman says the increase is needed to offset the cost of labor, maintenance, credit card fees and new technology. New city meters now accept credit cards in addition to coins. The city is about to test a program called SPOTZone (Special Parking Over Time) metering. This new technology allows drivers to add payments to a parking meter through their smartphone or other mobile device from a remote location. Drivers will be able to continue with their activities, whether they are in a meeting, eating or shopping, without having to run to feed the meter or face a parking ticket. The city may also increase metered parking rates for special events and other activities. It’s likely that parking rates around Golden 1 Center will be higher during Kings games and events. Under one option, there could be three different parking zones around the arena. The closer you park to the arena, the more it will cost. Higher parking costs could also apply to the areas around Memorial Auditorium and Wells Fargo Pavilion, home to Music Circus. As Eierman explains, the goal is to use cost as a means of controlling traffic and parking congestion and ensuring that parking is dispersed throughout city garages and other key locations. He points to East End Garage on 17th Street between Capitol Avenue and L Street to show DOWNTOWN page 39

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or a guy who knows how to fix air conditioners, you’d think that’s all you need to run a business,” says Todd Baltzley, owner of A&P Heating and Cooling Inc., one of East Sacramento’s most trusted full-service HVAC companies. But Baltzley has discovered that he needs to be adept with more than just appliances in his 10 years at the helm. “I really like people to be happy, but that’s not always the right approach. You also have to keep them accountable,” Baltzley says. “The biggest thing for our staff is to remember that people need us to show up on time. That’s why we’re big into customer service. “I never understood East Sac until six months before I bought the company, but I discovered that people in this area like to shop local, which means that some of the heart of who we are is that we feel like a small company and a big family.” For Baltzley, heating and cooling quite literally run in his family. His uncle and grandfather started a heating and air business called Buckley—which is still in business, in fact—in Carmichael in the 1970s. It inadvertently set Baltzley on his current career path. “As a kid, I watched their company growing in my grandfather’s backyard,” Baltzley recalls. “My grandfather was a heating and air guy. He was really into refrigeration and also worked at Crystal Creamery. When I was in high school at Victory Christian and had a car and needed money, I would work for him and my uncle on weekends. I realized I could make twice as much doing hard work on weekends than I could

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Steve Carruth and Todd Baltzley of A & P Heating & Cooling

at McDonald’s, so I kept working summers even after I went to college. “Right before my last semester, I didn’t have quite enough money to finish classes, so my uncle said, ‘Why not be a service technician?’ ” Baltzley did just that in January 1987 and stuck with it for five years before branching out into other areas of service, including sales, for heating and air companies all over the region. But it was finally his job as an inside salesman for Western Air Systems that introduced him to the possibility of owning his own destiny. “It was in that job that I met Larry, who had started A&P in 1963,” Baltzley says. “It was a good old

company, I really liked Larry and I really liked East Sac, so eventually I went to work for him. Then, in 2005, when Larry was supposed to be gone on cruise, I was stopping in every couple days to check on everyone when Larry was suddenly there. “It turns out he’d gotten on the cruise for one day but then got a call that his brother was in the hospital and then passed away. Larry, who’d owned A&P for 43 years, turned to me and said, ‘I never anticipated being in this business my whole life. Do you want to buy a business?’ ” Baltzley was floored, but enticed. “I thought about it over the next week or two,” he says. “I thought, of

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Call Me Today! 698-1961 3rd Generation East Sac Resident DOWNTOWN FROM page 36 how the city can reduce street parking congestion. For a flat $2, drivers can park in the 600-space garage after 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and all day Saturday and Sunday. “It’s affordable and convenient,” Eierman says. “It’s only a few blocks from the Wells Fargo Pavilion. We hope restaurant and store employees will use the garage and leave street parking for customers.” City officials have been meeting with business organizations like Sacramento Downtown Partnership and Midtown Business Association regarding the proposed parking changes. Individual business reaction has been mixed. “I hear a lot of complaints from my customers who drive around and around and can’t find a place to park,” says Felicia Strati, who owns a high-end women’s boutique by the same name at the corner of 19th Street and Capitol Avenue. Strati hopes any changes will improve the parking situation as a whole. She has a couple of off-street parking spots. But the property owner plans to build in those spots, and Strati will lose them when she renews her lease. She leases a spot about a block away on the train tracks for $50 per month and expects to use that when her off-street parking is gone. “I’m hoping this is going to be a win-win for businesses and their customers,” says Strati. “But I could be completely wrong. We just don’t know. I’m concerned about any increase in parking costs. I don’t mind if they extend metered hours, but they should really keep Sunday free.” During the nine years she’s been in Midtown, Strati has seen the

neighborhood grow. “There are some nice restaurants by my business,” she says. “Parking is hard to find. I know there are employees parking in unmetered spots who simply move their car every two hours. I’ll be happy if we can free up parking for customers.” City parking officials are considering other changes to parking in the central city, including more parking meters, different time limits for nonmetered parking, new permit parking and turning some loading zones to parking zones. “It doesn’t mean we will be putting meters all over town,” says Eierman. “But there could be some meters added and other changes when new retail or residential development is constructed that change street parking conditions.” The city could shorten the free parking times for metered areas. Currently, parking is free Monday through Friday after 6 p.m. and on Sundays and holidays. The city could extend metered parking to 10 p.m. or later and eliminate free parking on Sundays and holidays. In Old Sacramento, paid meter parking has already been extended to 8 p.m. all week long, and parking is free on only some holidays. “We need a functional system,” says Harris. “We’re changing. There’s a lot more vibrancy and a lot to think about. It’s not just the arena. We have more than 60 different construction projects going on (in the city) right now. Parking is one thing, but we need to discourage people from driving their car and look to public transportation, riding bikes and using alternative transportation.” Scot Crocker can be reached at scot@crockercrocker.com. n

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“When I took over, the shop looked

BY JESSICA LASKEY

like a shop used to look, which makes

SHOPTALK

sense because the previous owners were older and from a different time.

or someone who’s wanted

But now, things have to be organized.

his own auto repair shop

“I want to clean up the image

since fifth grade, things have

and make us more productive. You

worked out pretty well for Miguel

shouldn’t have to scout the shop for a

Frias.

mop or a piece of equipment. A clean

The owner of John Ellis & Son

and productive shop is a profitable

Garage in midtown, the oldest

shop, so what John Ellis really needs

independent auto repair shop

is management.”

in Sacramento, as well as Smog

Luckily, management is Frias’s

Diagnostic Specialists in Natomas has

strong suit, which he made sure of by

clearly made the most of his childhood

putting himself through a doctorate

dream.

in automotive business management

“I got introduced to the automotive

in Southern California.

industry at age 10 by my uncle,”

“That’s how I’m able to run this

Frias says. “I started doing odds

shop and my other one,” he says.

and ends for him in his home garage

“I don’t have to put in the hours

and I became very passionate about

at Smog Diagnostic that I do here.

learning the theory of how the

It’s taken me years to get that crew

automobile operated.

together there, so they took charge

“I was very blessed as a kid, I knew

and are taking really good care of the

I wanted to have my own shop by the

business.

age of 26—it happened by 27, which

“Here, my goal is to create a good

isn’t bad—and I’ve achieved almost

running team where everybody knows

every goal I’ve ever set in my life,

what they’re doing. I felt like I was at

large or small.” Frias put himself through six years

John Ellis owner Miguel Frias

of the automotive technician training program at Cosumnes River College

sells us parts,” Frias says. “The guy

managing to bring it into the 21st

and went to work at several local auto

selling it, who had been a technician

century presented a unique challenge

shops and car dealerships to hone his

there before he took it over, wouldn’t

for Frias, but, if you can’t already tell,

skills before opening Smog Diagnostic

have anybody else. He wanted to

that was music to his ears.

Specialists in 2003. But the drive to

make sure the right person was there

succeed still plagued Frias, so in June

to take care of their customers. I’m

so I don’t set any limitations,” Frias

of this year he decided to test his

only the fourth owner of John Ellis

says (He’s answering questions

skills further and take over John Ellis

since it opened in 1927.”

and finding parts as we speak on

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ur legacy football team turned 61 this season but doesn’t look its age. The years have been kind. The squad is fast and strong and lean and filled with youthful energies that ripple across the landscape each Saturday. Which makes me wonder why it’s always been such a hard sell. After all, no sports team in town—not the Kings, not the River Cats—can match Sacramento State Hornets football for market longevity and potential fan base. But life is never easy in the ticket booths at 6000 J St. Despite years of history, despite being surrounded by generations of Sac State alumni members, despite instant name recognition among sports fans spread over six counties, filling seats at Hornet Stadium is tough. Same as it was in 1954. “Nothing beats winning,” says Markus Jennings, the Sac State associate athletic director whose job is to sell those tickets. Winning—the magic elixir that turns indifferent sports fans into T-shirt buying, flag-waving bandwagon jumpers—has always

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been elusive for Sac State’s football program. The 1954 team, coached by Dave Strong, lost all seven games that inaugural season. The schedule was

not exactly creampuff: Opponents included ringers from Naval Air Stations at San Diego and Alameda, plus Chico State and San Francisco State, two schools that eventually

abandoned football. In a rivalry that endures today, UC Davis beat the Hornets 14-0. From those uninspired beginnings (Sac State won just one game in 1955 and didn’t have a winning season until 1957), the Hornets have returned each year with high hopes, only to see them collapse in the mad scramble that follows fumbles and interceptions and missed tackles. Such disappointments have made it difficult to build alumni support, much less attract ticket buyers from the community. While the product can be immensely entertaining (few games are more spirited that college football), we remain a community of front-runners. Everybody loves a winner. Or, as John F. Kennedy put it, victory has 100 fathers and defeat is an orphan. “What people really want is a plan. They want to know what we’re doing to promote Sac State football,” says Jennings, who joined Sac State’s front-office athletics staff last year from Valparaiso University. He previously worked at Kent State. Jennings has a plan. He began by talking to various department leaders on campus, taking measurements of what was being done—or not—to market and sell the football team to its most immediate audience: current students, faculty and staff and their families. His next step, presently underway this season, is to spread the gospel across the Sacramento region among the legion of Sac State alumni members. From there in future years,

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“This is a hard pill to swallow. But I’ve looked at every other scenario, and without it, I don’t know how you can address homelessness for this population that is so chronically ill.” Before the VI-SPDAT program, it wasn’t impossible for higherfunctioning people to be matched with services that exceeded their need. With VI-SPDAT, navigators connect people directly with services that best suit their specific needs. Plus, Loofbourrow says, the program “is very data driven, so I’ll get my first report in September” based off the interviews conducted by navigators. “It will give me a snapshot of recidivism rates, and who is accessing our system and who is not accessing our care, and most importantly, what compilation of housing and services we need to develop to match the need of this population.” By cooperating with different agencies and programs, and by continually adapting to the specific needs of the homeless population, by assessing data gathered through the VI-SPDAT, SSF ultimately wants to put itself out of business: It hopes to end homelessness in Sacramento by 2021. While the acronyms and standardized tests might make the system seem somewhat bureaucratic, don’t doubt that Sacramento Steps Forward is operating like a village, with a place for every resident. Says Loofbourrow, “This is where businesses, PBIDS, law enforcement, social services, churches and faithbased community fit into a solution.” But ultimately, “a system is only as good as the one contact you make with one person.” Jordan Venema can be reached at jordan.venema@gmail.com n

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the gluttony and audaciousness of suburban materialism. Reality is now testing our idealistic resolve. For instance, while it’s a decent home, it’s a strong candidate for urban renewal. Unlike the surrounding homes wrapped with insulating wood, ours retains its original tin skin. Our air conditioner runs nearly 24/7 trying to cool the tin box, and I fear our electric bill will double while cooling only half the space of our previous home. Large sections of the skirt are rusted over. Our thin plate windows are no match for the Sacramento heat, much less the barking Chihuahuas of my unemployed neighbors. After three weeks of fruitless waiting for keyed access to our community pool, Mrs. Chaplain loses her cool. She slams the drooping and misaligned kitchen drawers and says, “These things don’t work! And neither does the dishwasher. When is your friend going to fix this stuff?”

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I thought he was “our” friend, but hey, I get the picture, so I relay her message to our landlord. Then I grab my honey-do list and head out our unlockable back door on a mission to find the hardware to fix drawers, hang curtains and position pictures on our panel walls.

We can easily buy our way back into the suburbs. And maybe we will, but for now I will settle down for the journey, write about it and strive to live content with what we have. At the local Stuff-Mart, I browse the aisles, keenly aware that I’m no longer part of the home-owning haves. I’m now an official have-not. I don’t own a home, so I won’t be buying much here. My landlord won’t reimburse me for improvements, so it’s not necessary to fill my cart with a dining room chandelier or a bas-relief garden fountain. I return home where Becky and I start our nonreimbursable enhancements in the master bathroom. Becky’s job is to line the rickety cabinet shelves with contact paper and unbox a standing toiletpaper dispenser.

While she’s busy with the paper work, I step into the bathtub to install a new showerhead and feel the thinning tub floor sink an inch beneath my feet. After finishing our repairs, I ask for privacy so I can initiate our toilet. A few minutes later, I frantically call for a plunger when the aging porcelain coughs up brown debris. To cite an over-quoted Oz-ism, we really aren’t in Kansas anymore. We’ve crossed the proverbial tracks. I fully realize this the next morning when I chirp my car lock twice and startle a homeless man camping a few parking spots away. I can’t help but think how the bearded young man resembles Sunday school depictions of Jesus as a homeless man healing the sick and helping the poor. It’s a comparison Jesus himself made when he selfidentified as “the son of man who has no place to lay his head.” We aren’t near homeless; we are only houseless. We live among the poor, but we aren’t even close to being poor. We can easily buy our way back into the suburbs. And maybe we will, but for now I will settle down for the journey, write about it and strive to live content with what we have. Norris Burkes is a chaplain, syndicated columnist, national speaker and author of the book “Hero’s Highway,” about his experiences as a hospital chaplain in Iraq. He can be reached at ask@ TheChaplain.net. To download a free chapter from “Hero’s Highway,” go to thechaplain.net n

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Small Is Beautiful BUILDING OUT, NOT UP, WAS THE ANSWER FOR THIS FAMILY-FRIENDLY HOUSE

BY JULIE FOSTER HOME INSIGHT

small redecorating budget didn’t stand in the way of a stylish remodel for Amy Muraki and her husband, Douglas. In 2010, the East Sacramento couple felt their 1,000-square-foot home needed freshening up. Built in the 1970s as an infill project, the house sits on a deep, narrow lot. “We had a limited budget, so first we only redid the kitchen, main bath and repainted,” says Muraki. “We

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“It’s all about using the space you have to get the storage you need.” tried to do everything we could to make it nice and not be house poor.” While her husband gutted the kitchen, Muraki assembled the white

IKEA cabinets, which have a glossy finish to hide fingerprints. They added white subway tiles, installed new appliances and changed the

layout just a bit. Built-in seating near the front window saves space and adds additional storage. The couple removed a wall near the front door, carving out enough space for a charming entryway and opening up the front of the house. “It’s all about using the space you have to get the storage you need,” Muraki explains. “And minimalizing the stuff you have.”

“Apparently pregnancy makes me want to redo things,” she says. Muraki designed the addition herself, hiring a draftsman so that her plans would meet city code. Not wanting any additional loan payments, the couple opted for building out rather than up. That meant incorporating the existing pool house, which earlier had been converted from a detached two-car garage.

“I spent many nights trying to figure out how to make this space work.” Muraki, a bargain hunter, favors a clean, modern look with vintage accessories. The result is a refreshingly stylish and uncluttered family-friendly home.

“There aren’t any rules,” she says. “Do what makes you happy and you will love your end result.” The couple completed the project when Muraki was pregnant with their

first child. When their second child was on the way, the “redo bug” hit Muraki again. This time around, the pair decided to add 850 square feet to the house.

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in the kitchen, which Muraki transformed into a walk-in pantry. Colorful flowered wallpaper lines the walls, while a built-in drying rack Muraki found online saves space and adds convenience. Custom-made cabinets keep the space neat and tidy.

The window-lined hallway leading to the master bedroom suite provides a full view of the children’s play area. The durable polished-concrete floor is heated, keeping toes toasty all winter. (It also cools the home during Sacramento summers.)

Muraki divided the master bedroom by installing a floating wall behind the bed to create an additional 14 feet of storage area. “I spent many nights trying to figure out how to make this space work,” she says. “You can’t just put

a bed against a wall and have a huge open space. Dividing it up makes it cozy.”

“We love the community, riding our bikes to dinner or coffee, our neighborhood market, Compton’s, and our neighbors too much to leave.” The sumptuous master bath boasts two sinks, a dressing table and a super-sized shower. Illuminated with a skylight, it’s large enough for the entire family. Gleaming white Calacatta marble with gold streaks

tops the custom cabinets by Marc Foster. Redoing the backyard meant enlisting the help of a landscaping professional, Donna Dowson of Dowson Design, whose work can be seen on the television show “Yard Crashers.” “I had no idea what to do with plants back here,” Muraki says. “I am not a gardener, so everything we did was low maintenance and low water.” They resurfaced the pool and converted it to saltwater. They removed the grass and replaced it with a patio, stonework and decomposed granite. Cabinets in the built-in kitchen and dining area were constructed from reclaimed wood. Muraki’s husband built a shed with a living roof of grasses and succulents. An intimate amphitheater with a fire pit is the perfect spot for visiting with friends. The couple once considered leaving East Sacramento, even entering into a contract on a Sierra Oaks home.

“But there is something about East Sac that we just couldn’t leave behind,” Muraki says. “We love the community, riding our bikes to dinner or coffee, our neighborhood market, Compton’s, and our neighbors too much to leave.”

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Sweet Success FOR THIS FARMER, GROWING SUGAR CANE IS A FAMILY AFFAIR

BY GWEN SCHOEN FARM TO FORK

ugar cane was not on my shopping list when I strolled through the Sacramento farmers market under the freeway. And yet, there was David Thao standing next to a huge pile of canes, explaining what it was to shoppers at the Sunday market. “What do you do with sugar cane?” I wanted to know. “Chew it,” he said. “Just chew it.” Well, that didn’t seem very dainty. I mean, a strand of lemon grass, maybe. But a cane the size of a fat cigar didn’t seem like the kind of thing you’d want to stick in your mouth and walk around with in public. Thao laughed. “Kids love it,” he said. “Do you grow this here?” I asked. “Sure,” he said, sounding as though he were surprised I asked. I’ve seen sugar cane growing in Hawaii, but it never occurred to me that it could be grown in Northern California. Plus, there’s the question of why? As a kid growing up in North Sacramento, I was all too familiar with the odors of sugar beet

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David Thao of Thao Farm in Elk Grove. The Thao family grows a variety of vegetables in addition to sugar cane and flowers.

processing. Thankfully, that no longer seems to be an issue. But I don’t recall sugar cane refineries in Hawaii having an odor problem. So if it’s possible to grow sugar cane here instead of sugar beets, why wouldn’t farmers have done that? I had a lot of questions, so I took a drive out to Elk Grove to visit Thao Farm. Thao is 34. His family has been farming as long as anyone can remember. “Generations, stemming back to the old country,” said Thao. “My grandparents were immigrant refugees who came here after the

Vietnam War. My parents and my auntie worked as farm laborers.” Thao, however, had other plans. He left the farm after high school in pursuit of a career as a pharmacy tech. “I don’t know what happened,” he said. “One day, I realized how bored I was. So I left school and came home. I’ve been here ever since.” The family farm is 23 acres. They have moved four times since 1987. Each time they were pushed out of the way of urban development. Now, five family members work the land:

Thao, his parents, his auntie and a brother. So, back to the sugar cane: What’s the story? “Well, my grandmother wanted to grow it because it reminded her of home,” Thao explained. “It grows wild in Vietnam. When my brother and I were kids, Grandmother used to cut canes and give them to us to chew. But my brother and I were fans of Bruce Lee movies so we’d use it for fighting.” So it’s sentimental then? “I guess so,” he said. “But we’re going to start juicing it next year.

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They were chatting and laughing while they worked. It was easy to see why Thao dropped out of pharmacy school and returned home. As we said our goodbyes, far out in a field Thao’s mother and auntie were on their knees planting winter squash. They were chatting and laughing while they worked. It was easy to see why Thao dropped out of pharmacy school and returned home. After all this, I did what anyone else would do: I searched YouTube for instructions on how to juice and eat sugar cane. Juicing requires some sort of extracting machine. I found ones ranging from industrial contraptions costing a lot of money to converted, old-fashioned washing machine rollers. Neither seemed like an option I wanted to explore. Eating it, though, is fairly simple. You just cut off the woody covering to reveal the fibrous inside. Chew the fibers until they are no longer sweet, then spit them out. (Definitely not dainty.)

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We think people who are looking for natural sweeteners will really like it. We’re still experimenting at this point.” For now, they have an acre and a half planted in sugar cane. That produces nearly 20,000 pounds of cane a year. According to Thao, sugar cane doesn’t require a lot of water, so the drought hasn’t been an issue. It is labor intensive. Harvesting is done by hand with a machete. Maybe that’s what made sugar beets a better crop for mass production here. Meanwhile, the family grows acres of flowers for cutting. Thao’s parents began working on a flower farm in Oregon when they first immigrated. They loved growing flowers, and the farmer there got them started with their own plantings. When they moved to Elk Grove, the first things they planted were zinnias, sunflowers and eucalyptus, which they sell at farmers markets. “We keep rotating crops all year,” said Thao. “That way, we always have something to sell. Tomatoes, summer

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No Accident WE SHOULD CHANGE THE WAY WE TALK ABOUT CAR CRASHES

BY WALT SEIFERT GETTING THERE

ne reason the public is so blasé about traffic deaths, injuries and property damage is because vehicle crashes are perceived as inevitable. There are so many cars on the road with so many bad drivers doing so many unwise things. Collectively, we throw up our hands and believe that’s just the way it is. There’s nothing we can do about it. That perception of helplessness and inevitability is part of the problem. When we describe a vehicle crash as an “accident,” we are reinforcing the notion of inevitability. The thought is: Accidents happen and always will happen. They simply can’t be avoided. While traffic crashes may be unintended, they are preventable. (It’s true the literal, dictionary definition of accident mentions only lack of intent, but over time the word accident has come to suggest something that is not preventable.) Crashes may be unintended and unpredictable in time and place, but they are the logical, predictable consequence of people’s actions. They are also far more serious than dropping a plate while doing the dishes or stepping on someone’s toe.

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When vehicle crashes are described as accidents, it diminishes the impetus to search for a precise cause. Without accurately identifying a cause, it’s impossible to make the right response to prevent reoccurrences. Use of the term accident suggests all parties involved are blameless—no one is responsible. To call the results of a drunk driver going the wrong way on a freeway and then running headon into another vehicle an “accident” ameliorates blame and responsibility. If a driver speeds down a residential street at 50 mph and hits a child, is that an “accident”? When a driver takes his or her eyes off the road and looks down at a cell phone to answer

a text and then rear ends another car, is that really an “accident”? Drivers and bicyclists should be responsible for their choices—and they should feel guilty when those choices harm others. When bicyclists or pedestrians are the victims of crashes, you can be sure motorists’ defense attorneys (in the somewhat unlikely event a motorist is actually charged) will describe the incident as an accident that could happen to anyone. Most insidiously, the use of the word accident influences policy. There are many ways to prevent vehicle crashes. But if crashes are deemed accidents and are viewed as a regular result of daily life, lawmakers and government officials will be less likely

to lower speed limits, further restrict drunk driving, ensure drivers are not distracted or increase enforcement. Others have noted that aircraft crashes aren’t called accidents. Collapses of construction cranes aren’t called accidents. These events are rigorously investigated so they don’t happen again. Fatal incidents are not shrugged off as a routine part of life due to a pilot’s bad day or a worker’s wrong estimate of the weight of a crane load. In 1997, the National Highway Traffic Safety Agency decided to discontinue the use of the term accident for traffic crashes. The British Medical Journal followed suit and no longer uses the term.

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Most people, I believe, still use the word accident in everyday conversation. I hope you think about whether that is accurate or appropriate. I hope that politicians and government staff discontinue use of the word. I hope the Sacramento police change their reportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name. Ultimately, I hope we prevent crashes. Changing the way we think and talk about them would help.

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Defeating Weeds GET YOUR NEW LANDSCAPE OFF TO A GOOD START

BY ANITA CLEVENGER GARDEN JABBER

purred by the drought and financial incentives, an increasing number of our

neighbors are tearing out their lawns and installing less thirsty alternatives. I’ve watched with great interest. Some of the new front yards promise to be beautiful when the plants grow bigger. Unfortunately, not all have been a success. Spring and summer are difficult times to establish new plants in our climate, and it shows. Many of the plants have struggled or died. Often, the replaced lawns were mostly Bermuda grass. Unless it was killed completely, Bermuda grass quickly grew through the mulch, turning the new landscapes into a weedy mess. If you haven’t yet planted a water-efficient landscape, how do you avoid these problems? Fall is the best time of the year to plant in our Mediterranean climate. With luck, we will get winter rains that will help new plants to get established. While many plants slow down or stop growth in the winter, roots continue to grow. By the time spring arrives, your new landscape will have a much better chance at survival.

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Donating Blood IT’S THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING

BY DR. AMY ROGERS SCIENCE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

n a quiet room at the corner of Morse Avenue and Fair Oaks Boulevard, ordinary people sip juice and munch on cookies. For this snack, they paid in blood. This month of the year when vampires and other bloodthirsty creatures of legend get so much attention, it’s good to be reminded that human blood really is a magic potion. According to Alexander Sigua of BloodSource, our region’s largest blood bank, every two seconds someone in the United States needs a transfusion. Blood and medicines made from blood save lives. There is no artificial substitute for human blood. Scientists have experimented with “growing” human blood in genetically engineered pigs, but for the foreseeable future, the only source of this vital substance is the generous people who are blood donors. While donors do earn “points” that can be redeemed for prizes, blood donation in Sacramento is just that: a donation freely given with nothing in return. So far this year, more than 2,500 of these everyday heroes have passed

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through the doors of BloodSource’s Sierra Oaks donor center. Most healthy people 16 years or older, who weigh at least 110 pounds and aren’t pregnant, are eligible to donate blood. The majority of donations come from committed, repeat donors. But because the need for blood products is ongoing, recruiting new donors is always important. BloodSource works with the community to run mobile blood drives that reach out to new donors. “A lot of first-time donors came out for the Sacramento Kings blood drive,” says Sigua. “They wanted to donate on the court

at Sleep Train Arena—and they got free tickets to a Kings game.” Another successful event is the annual Causeway Classic blood drive, a competition between UC Davis and Sacramento State University. Publicspirited Aggies and Hornets compete for a trophy awarded at the football game of the same name. Blood collected at the Sierra Oaks location and elsewhere in the Sacramento region is used locally, with much of the donated blood products going to help patients at Mercy, Sutter and UC Davis hospitals. In cases of special need, BloodSource

shares with other blood banks. “We were called on 9/11,” says Sigua, “and after the movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colo.” Blood banks also collaborate with a kind of library of hard-tofind donation types. For example, a Sacramento donor might have an unusual profile of certain red blood cell proteins. BloodSource will freeze that unique donation and record it in its “catalog.” If a patient in another part of the country needs that particular blood product, his or her blood bank can request it. SCIENCE page 66

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SCIENCE FROM page 64 Most donations are of whole blood. Drawing a “unit” (roughly 2 cups) of blood takes about 10 minutes. Normally, blood clots outside the body, so the sterile collection bag contains an anticoagulant. Whole blood is a complex mixture of red and white blood cells, a protein-rich liquid called plasma, and platelets, tiny cells whose job is to stop bleeding. Each of these components has a particular medical use. Because not every patient needs red cells, plasma and platelets, a single donation can be separated into these parts and distributed to help more than one recipient. Plasma taken from whole blood donations is sent to a special manufacturer to turn it into medicines that treat hemophiliacs and people who don’t make enough antibodies. In Sacramento, BloodSource can use special techniques to take only plasma or only platelets from a donor. Because these blood components are replaced in the body faster than red

blood cells are, platelet and plasma donors can donate more frequently. The technique, called apheresis, involves drawing blood and spinning, or centrifuging, the blood to separate the components by density. The desired fraction is removed, and the rest of the blood is continuously returned to the donor.

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Alek Skarlatos (above left), Airman First Class Spencer Stone and Anthony Sadler board a hero-mobile and travel Capitol Mall in a hail of confetti. Bands and boosters escorted the pageant.

After receiving keys to the city from Mayor Kevin Johnson, the heroes rejoin their families. CSUS student Anthony Sadler embraces his father, Anthony Sadler Sr.

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2804 F ST 3129 CARLY WAY 620 23RD ST 537 38TH ST 732 36TH ST 2500 H ST 3151 I ST 1300 35TH ST 363 33RD ST 3566 C ST 1617 28TH ST

95817 TAHOE PARK, ELMHURST 3338 41ST ST 4041 V ST 3441 33RD ST 3011 4TH AVE 3653 3RD AVE 2738 60TH ST 3456 38 3916 MILLER WAY 2611 41ST ST 2975 KROY WAY 4424 U ST 2342 33RD ST 2763 63RD ST 3972 2ND AVE 3330 10TH AVE

95818 LAND PARK, CURTIS PARK 1612 3RD AVE 1008 FREMONT WAY 581 SWANSTON DR 2220-2220 1/2 19TH ST 2959 17TH ST 1804 COMMERCIAL WAY 2620 U ST 2629 16TH ST 940 VALLEJO WAY 2021 U ST 3220 24TH ST 1273 8TH AVE 2841 CASTRO WAY 2733 COLEMAN WAY 1360 VALLEJO WAY 2809 LAND PARK DR 2256 9TH AVE 2605 16TH ST 2942 24TH ST 2864 2ND AVE 2649 13TH ST 956 VALLEJO WAY 1738 3RD AVE 1160 ROBERTSON WAY 3435 LAND PARK DR 2801 FREEPORT BLVD 2010 BURNETT WAY

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1315 42ND ST 5050 TEICHERT AVE 5847 O ST 1047 56TH ST 1733 40TH ST 1430 52ND ST 274 36TH WAY 1130 47TH ST 5911 NEWMAN CT #5 1740 40TH ST 4425 I ST 1704 50TH ST 560 45TH ST 4317 F

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3712 THORNWOOD DR $270,000 3524 VALWOOD CT $399,000 2540 ANDRADE WAY $305,000 3049 MONTCLAIRE ST $281,300 2830 STAFFORD WAY $400,000 3709 GRATIA AVE $225,000 3000 SANDHURST CT $227,000 4261 ANNETTE ST $270,000 3221 FIELDCREST DR $595,000 2531 FULTON SQUARE LN #30$104,500 2377 RAINBOW $222,500 4324 MARLEY DR $365,000 2551 FULTON SQUARE LN #52$106,000 3445 LERWICK RD $160,000 4270 DE COSTA AVE $310,000 2924 LETA LN $399,000 2852 VERNA WAY $205,000 2908 EDISON AVE $200,000 4200 BOONE LN $252,000 3214 NORRIS AVE $335,000 3532 LARCHMONT SQ LN $130,000 3708 MERRILY WAY $259,000 4020 HILLSWOOD DR $321,000 4320 RIO VISTA AVE $323,500 4094 NORRIS AVE $485,000 2106 MEADOWLARK LN $110,000 2134 JULIESSE AVE $180,000 2348 SAINT FRANCIS DR $267,000 4101 HORGAN WAY $265,000 3200 CARNELIAN CT $435,000 2571 FULTON SQ LANE #63 $94,000 3805 WHITNEY $221,000 3333 POPE AV $575,000 4321 LOCKWOOD WAY $400,000 3005 LETA LN $415,000

95822 SOUTH LAND PARK 7366 22ND ST 2031 MANGRUM AVE 51 PETRILLI CIR 1721 POTRERO WAY 4625 CABANA WAY 2457 26TH AVE 67 QUASAR CIR 1601 BELINDA WAY 1380 42ND AVE 6079 13TH ST 2300 67TH AVE 5012 MONTEREY WAY 5657 CAZADERO WAY 5604 NORMAN WAY 2212 20TH AVE 2112 STOVER WAY 1916 MEER WAY

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1930 MATSON DR 7329 BENBOW ST 7501 21ST ST 1511 AKRON WAY 7374 21ST ST 819 SEAMAS AVE 6140 VENTURA ST 95 QUASAR CIR 1830 HARIAN WAY 4444 PARKRIDGE RD 4230 EUCLID AVE 7201 TAMOSHANTER WAY 7290 AMHERST ST 2362 67TH AVE 1048 WOODSHIRE WAY 1525 TIVERTON AVE 1521 WAKEFIELD WAY 7422 19TH ST 5644 DANA WAY 2301 KNIGHT WAY 1940 65TH AVE 4511 CUSTIS AVE 2120 22ND AVE 5401 ROSITA WAY 1125 25TH AVE 7489 24TH ST 7711 ADDISON WAY 4109 LOTUS AVE 3200 69TH AVE 1530 GLIDDEN AVE 2436 BRENTLEY DR 1271 35TH AVE

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95831 GREENHAVEN, SOUTH LAND PARK 1190 56TH AVE 111 ROUNDTREE CT 717 MELANIE WAY 123 PARKSHORE CIR 58 HERITAGE WOOD CIR 6244 RIVERSIDE BLVD 6508 BENHAM WAY 809 HARVEY WAY 7315 RUSH RIVER DR

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3624 CODY WAY 1901 EASTERN AVE 670 LAKE WILHAGGIN DR 1332 SHADOWGLEN RD 1342 GLENWOOD RD 2029 CERES WAY 2347 CATALINA DR 310 CLAYDON WAY 1840 MARYAL DR 2105 EDITH ST 4416 ARDEN WAY 4636 AMERICAN RIVER DR 605 REGENCY CIR 4361 ASHTON DR 848 PICCADILLY CIR 4067 CRESTA WAY 1600 LA SIERRA DR 3124 ARDENRIDGE 4513 OXBOW DR 3845 LAGUNA WAY 1281 LOS MOLINOS 2804 ROXBURGH LN 3824 ARDEN WAY 3309 WEMBERLEY 412 CLAYDON WAY 3720 LUSK DR 1329 GREENHILLS RD 1301 SHADOWGLEN RD 2921 SIERRA MILLS LN 1131 RIVARA CIR 1804 NEPTUNE WAY 3001 BERKSHIRE WAY 714 N WATT AVE 2740 MAISON WAY 2904 LATHAM DR 1720 MERCURY WAY 4625 MORPHEUS LN 1821 MERCURY WAY 1737 ORION WAY 804 LAKE OAK CT 3630 MAPLEWOOD LN

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A Focus on Youth DA’S OFFICE OFFERS PROGRAMS TO KEEP TEENS SAFE

BY ANNE MARIE SCHUBERT COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY

ince I took office in January, my priority has been to both prosecute offenders and implement innovative programs that work to prevent crime and better our community. I remain guided by my belief that the blueprint to public safety is prosecution, prevention and innovation. Since the formation of our new Community & Government Relations (CGR) Unit, we have expanded our prevention and education outreach efforts, increased accessibility and community engagement, and improved communication between our office and the citizens we serve. With a focus on early intervention and education, CGR has worked with law enforcement agencies, schools and community organizations to implement three new youth programs. As a community, there is much more we can do to keep our kids safe today and encourage them to think about their future. As a new school year begins, I’d like to share information about several programs we have available to high school students and youth groups in our county.

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OVERVIEW OF YOUTH PROGRAMS While our programs cover a range of issues, they are all designed to deter criminal activity among students, educate them on the criminal justice system and motivate them to pursue career opportunities in public safety. Gun Violence Information for Teens (GIFT): GIFT educates teens about the lifetime legal consequences of gun possession, gun use and gun-related violence. The program is a collaboration between the District Attorney’s Office, the Public Defender’s Office and the Probation Department. This interactive

presentation utilizes slides, photos, case scenarios, personal stories and group discussions. Presenters talk about the laws and penalties that apply to unlawful possession of a weapon, assault, manslaughter and murder. The curriculum encourages teens to consider other options and make positive choices to prevent their involvement with guns. Real DUI Court in Schools: The District Attorney’s Office, in partnership with the Law Enforcement Chaplaincy of Sacramento and the Sacramento Superior Court, brings real-life DUI court hearings to local high school campuses. This program conducts

sentencing hearings with a judge, prosecutor, defendant and defense counsel. The hearing is followed by a number of speakers including the judge, prosecutor and a representative from Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Real DUI Court in Schools is part of the District Attorney’s Alcohol and Drug Impaired Driver Vertical Prosecution Program. Funding for this program is provided by the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Parents Against Chronic Truancy (PACT): The District Attorney’s Office, in partnership with the Juvenile Court, Public Defender,

Department of Human Assistance and Sacramento County school districts, organized PACT to help parents of chronic truants understand why they must keep their children in school. Parents of chronically truant students are invited by the DA to attend a PACT meeting, where they learn the legal requirements of school attendance and how the lack of an education impacts a student’s future. Schools also provide resources at the meeting, including counseling services, mentoring programs, parenting classes and school nurses. PACT has received national and state recognition for its cost efficiency, effectiveness and innovation. Luther Burbank Youth Academy: The District Attorney’s Office continues to partner with Sacramento City Unified School District to bring a Youth Academy course to Luther Burbank High School. Derived from the District Attorney’s Citizens Academy for adults, the Youth Academy provides an overview of the criminal justice system, increases understanding and improves relationships between students and members of the criminal justice system. This year, the academy will also include several of our prevention programs, including GIFT, Before the Impact and social media safety. There are a number of in-class speakers from various public safety agencies and several field trips. District Attorney Youth Academy: In partnership with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department and Sacramento Police Department, the District Attorney’s Office created a new Youth Academy program for all high school students throughout the county. This program will be offered at two locations in the evenings starting in October. Like the Luther Burbank program, students will learn about the criminal justice system, hear from our criminal justice partners and engage in open communication with law enforcement concerning issues that affect youth. Topics include anatomy of a criminal case, race as a factor in the criminal justice system, law enforcement use of force, gun violence, gangs, dating

violence, stalking, human trafficking, marijuana and the law, Laboratory of Forensic Services, crime scene investigation (CSI) and distracted driving. There is also an optional one-day field trip to the Sacramento Superior Court. Criminal Justice Youth Shadow Day: The Criminal Justice Shadow Day is a new program that gives high school students a unique opportunity to job shadow professionals from various criminal justice agencies. Based on their area of interest, students are paired with prosecuting attorneys, defense attorneys, probation officers, investigators and judges to get a firsthand look at the criminal justice process and the different roles within the system. Students also have an opportunity to learn about the District Attorney’s Laboratory of Forensic Services. Launched in June, the program was a great success with more than 75 students in attendance. #iSMART (Internet, Social Media Awareness Resources & Tips): #iSMART addresses how the Internet age and the rise of social media have created new challenges, risks and threats for students in their homes, at school and online. This interactive presentation uses video clips and common scenarios, with questions posed to students throughout the unfolding of each scenario. Students will take an active role in the presentation and guide much of the discussion and learning process. Scenarios include sexting, cyberbullying, online predators, sextortion and online gang activity.

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Artistic Experimenter ARRESTING WORKS OF ART USING DISCARDS AND EVERYDAY OBJECTS

BY JESSICA LASKEY ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

ou always hear that less is more—what about more is more?” This is only one of sculptor Robert Ortbal’s many artistic philosophies. But that’s not to say that Ortbal takes himself too seriously. On the contrary, his ability to constantly question and challenge himself and his notions of artistic media makes him one of the region’s most fascinating artists.

Ortbal is nothing if not a compelling storyteller with his artwork. “When you’re going after challenging subject matter, you’re always grasping for the best way to go about conveying thoughts about intangible, ineffable things,” says Ortbal, an associate professor at Sacramento State. “Instead of a linear thought process, it’s more of an elliptical orbit around a core. There are times when you’re closer and times when you’re further away. It depends on where you’re at philosophically, but I’m of the belief that there’s something before language. It’s a never-ending thing, asking, ‘What is it?’ I think that’s the privilege and responsibility of being an artist: cultivating a real sense of curiosity and living a considered life.”

Sculptor Robert Ortbal in his Land Park studio. Several other of his creative sculptures are shown.

Ortbal has done just that his entire career, even as a young man growing up in the small Bay Area city of Campbell. “My parents were raised during the Depression, so the option of being an artist was not really available to me,” Ortbal recalls. “None of our neighbors were artists. My parents were from workingclass backgrounds. My dad picked cotton in the South and then went to work for the ARTIST page 74

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raised Catholic, so I couldn’t allow myself the indulgence. I thought if I substituted song for light, I could make it happen. Well, be careful when you get an idea. I figured if I was going to make a chandelier, I’d have to understand them in context, so I got a residency and grant to go to Europe, did all this research, came back and built a huge piece. It was one of the first times I’d ever taken on a research project for myself.” It wasn’t long before he was experimenting with other artistic forms. “There was a shift after ‘February’s Song’ when I started making work that incorporates materials that you’re taking through a metamorphosis,” Ortbal says. “I use domestic materials from the hardware store, but I also shop at thrift and dollar stores, discards from consumer culture that I give a second or third life.”

airlines. We never went camping because sleeping outdoors was not for fun. But I was very fortunate to be in California at that time, because the public school system was still very much intact. You could still pay your own way without getting into too much trouble.”

It wasn’t long before he was experimenting with other artistic forms. So that’s exactly what Ortbal did, making his way from community college to San Francisco State to UC Davis while still managing to develop his artwork. “I took two years off after undergrad,” Ortbal says, “and moved back home to save for grad school. I

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was young and very passionate, so I got myself a full-time job and a studio. I think it was during that time that my father came to appreciate the energy, effort and commitment I put into my work.” His father’s job with the airlines contributed to Ortbal’s early artistic education.

“One of the things that my parents instilled in me was a sense of travel,” he says. “I got to do lots of trips with the airline, and that’s a huge education for being an artist. It opens your eyes to the fact that, whether you’re consciously aware of it or not, there’s another story being told where you are.” Ortbal is nothing if not a compelling storyteller with his artwork. Take his large-scale chandelier piece entitled “February’s Song,” a feat of artistic engineering incorporating animated songbirds that was displayed at Berkeley Art Museum in 2005. “I’d always wanted to create a chandelier,” says Ortbal. “But I was

His father’s job with the airlines contributed to Ortbal’s early artistic education. His visually arresting art pieces have caught the eye of galleries: He shows both in the Bay Area and locally at JAYJAY on Elvas Avenue. Recently, he received a grant from the Leff-Davis Fund for Visual Artists to help support two simultaneous solo shows at JayJay this month and at Beatnik Studios in September. “I’m super excited about bringing work into and out of the spaces,” Ortbal says. “There will be an interesting dialogue between the two shows: the large and expansive Beatnik space versus the intimate gallery. It’s exciting and terrifying.” Jay Jay Gallery is presenting a show of Ortbal’s work called "Musical Chairs" that runs through Oct. 24. Jay Jay Gallery is at 5520 Elvas Ave. Go to jayjayart.com for more information. n

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Cultural Jam EVENT-PACKED PARTY TO RAISE FUNDS FOR ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS

BY JESSICA LASKEY RIVER CITY PREVIEWS

re you ready to “pARTy” with the Friends of the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission? Boogey down and raise funds for local art education programs at “Art Jam: A Modern pARTy” from 6 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3, at an industrial warehouse at 14th and C streets. This eclectic evening is guaranteed to entertain. Attendees will be treated to interactive art, artisanal food and drinks, pop-up art installations and live music to help you dance the night away. But having fun is only part of the event’s aim. More importantly, all proceeds from the night will go to funding arts education, which is sorely lacking in Sacramento County. According to SMAC, only five of our 13 school districts currently have an arts lead—an administrative staff person whose job it is to develop and coordinate arts learning for the district. Without an arts lead, there is often no one person in the district charged with ensuring that students have access to art classes. One of the goals of the Friends of SMAC nonprofit is to advocate for an arts lead in every school district

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Sacramento Ballet’s first production of the 2015-16 season is “Snap Shots,” which runs Oct. 9-24

and to help find ways to fund those positions. In the meantime, SMAC provides arts residencies and exposure experiences using regional artists and arts organizations. We’ll raise a glass to that! For tickets and more information, go to friendsofsmac.org Art Jam will take place at 1401 C St.

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Since this season marks the ballet’s historic move from its studios at 1631 “Dracula.” “Carmen.” “A Streetcar K St. to its new permanent home at Named Desire.” “Etosha.” If any the E. Claire Raley Studios for the of these titles conjure an image of Performing Arts, this month also breathtaking ballet, you’ve got Ron heralds a bright new era of artistic Cunningham, co-artistic director of expression and unparalleled audience the Sacramento Ballet, to thank. Take access. The ballet will transform its a look at some of his most brilliant studio space into a theater with raised choreography to date during the seating, which will allow audiences ballet’s first production of their 2015a better chance to catch the dynamic 16 season, “Snap Shots,” running Oct. dancers over multi-week runs. 9-24 at its K Street studios. PREVIEWS page 78

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GALLERY ART SHOWS IN OCTOBER

Atelier 20 presents “The Crow Show” featuring local artist’s interpretation of cows. Shown above: “Crow Theivery” by Abigail Van Cannon. Atelier 20 is at 915 20th St.

B. Sagato Garo Gallery presents a retrospective show of the work of sculptor Peter VandenBerge. The show opens Oct.6 and runs through Oct. 31. Shown above: VandenBerge and his work. 923 20th St.; bsakatagaro.com

Red Dot Gallery presents Common Threads: Variations on the Landscape with new work by Timothy Mulligan, Susan Ballenger and Abigail VanCannon. Shown right: “River Road” by Tim Mulligan. The show runs through Oct. 31. 2231 J St.; reddotgallery.com

Elliott Fouts Gallery features new work by painter by Samantha Buller. Shown above: “Holy Guacamole” by Buller. The show runs through Nov. 5. 1831 P St.; efgallery.com

Tim Collom Gallery presents Craig Martinez: New Works, a collection of mixed media sculptures through Nov. 7. Shown right: “Horse” by Martinez. 915 20th St.; timcollomgallery.com

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says NCJW board member Claire Lipschultz, who was instrumental in bringing this hard-hitting play to Sacramento. The work of local organizations serving women facing violence and disempowerment will be highlighted at the event, which will include a post-performance discussion and reception featuring one of SEVEN’s contributing playwrights, Paula Cizmar. For tickets and more information, go to ncjwsac.org/seven The Center at Twenty-Three Hundred is at 2300 Sierra Blvd.

The aptly named “Snap Shots” will include curated snapshots from Cunningham’s most compelling work over his decades of direction, as well as intimate personal dance solos specially choreographed for each of the ballet’s star dancers by Darrell Grand Moultrie, a Julliard-educated Broadway dancer-cum-choreographer who’s created dances for the likes of Beyoncé as well as American Repertory Theater, Dance Theatre of Harlem and Smuin Ballet, among many others. For tickets and more information, call 552-5800, ext. 2 or go to sacballet. org

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DORA, TE ADORO Surely you’ve heard of Pablo Picasso, but have you ever heard of Dora Maar, his lover, muse and model who was a talented artist herself? Let KOLT Run Creations’ production of playwright Lojo Simon’s play “Adoration of Dora,” playing Oct. 23 through Nov. 14 at the Sierra 2 Center for the Arts and Community, let you into the fascinating, fractured and sometimes frightening world of Dora Maar. Already an accomplished photographer when she met Picasso in 1936, Maar is perhaps best known for posing for Picasso’s “Weeping Woman,” the subject of numerous portraits painted during and after the Spanish Civil War. Maar also photographed Picasso’s progress as he painted his anti-war masterpiece, “Guernica,” but Maar’s own accomplishments are mostly overshadowed by her prolific lover’s. The play, which won the Kennedy Center ACTF David Mark Cohen Playwriting Award, uses an all-female cast, including KOLT co-founder Kelley Ogden, and is directed by KOLT Associate Artist Kellie Yvonne Raines. Due to nudity, lewdness, profanity, smoking, violence, alcohol, fascism, surrealism, hedonism and interest in the scatological, this show is only for audience members 18 and over. For tickets and more information, go to koltruncreations.com

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Let KOLT Run Creations’ production of playwright Lojo Simon’s play “Adoration of Dora,” playing Oct. 23 through Nov. 14 at the Sierra 2 Center, let you into the fascinating, fractured and sometimes frightening world of Dora Maar

Whether they have rescued girls from human trafficking in Cambodia, protected others from domestic violence in Russia, given voice to the WONDER WOMEN poor in Guatemala, fostered peace in If you missed the sold-out premiere Northern Ireland, empowered women in rural Afghanistan and Nigeria, or of “SEVEN,” the groundbreaking documentary theater piece celebrating educated women in Pakistan, these remarkable women prevailed to tell the power of women, in February, don’t miss your second chance to take their stories in the face of seemingly it in at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 4 at the impossible odds. The National Council of Jewish Center at Twenty-Three Hundred on Women Sacramento, which is Sierra Boulevard. sponsoring this reprise performance, The play, which has been chose to remount “SEVEN” in translated into 25 languages and observance of October’s Domestic performed all across the United Violence Awareness month. States, is a collaboration of seven “The global concerns (“SEVEN”) acclaimed playwrights who have addresses are reflected in local issues woven together the words of of concern to our organization, which seven women who have faced lifeis dedicated to improving the lives threatening obstacles to bring about of women, children and families,” change in their native countries.

The Sierra 2 Center for the Arts and Community is at 2791 24th St.

Have you been feeling out of sorts lately, or inexplicably down? Let the Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra (SCSO) lift your spirits with its performance of John Rutter’s “Requiem,” A Message of Hope and Comfort at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24 at Fremont Presbyterian Church. Let your soul soar while listening to Rachel Laurin’s “Fantasy for Organ and Harp,” performed by harpist Beverly Wesner-Hoehn, organist Ryan Enright, soprano Beth Ann Homoleski and the SCSO Chamber Ensemble. For tickets and more information, call 536-9065 or go to sacramentochoral.com Fremont Presbyterian Church is at 5774 Carlson Drive.

TIE AND TAILS Help Fifi and Fido raise funds while gallivanting in your most elegant get-up at the Sacramento SPCA’s Black and White Fur-Ball from 6 to 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17 at the SSPCA campus. The animal rescue organization’s annual fundraising gala will get the fur flying with food and wine tastings, a live and silent auction, live music and eye-popping entertainment courtesy of Circosphere. You’ll even be able to meet and greet some of the SSCPA’s cutest residents and get a sneak peek of the organizations plans for the not-too-distant future. PREVIEWS page 80

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WEAPONS OF MASS INSTRUCTION See the divine juxtaposed with the destructive in the Crocker Art Museum’s newest exhibition, “Divine Ammunition: The Sculpture of Al Farrow,” on display Oct. 10 through Jan. 3.

Using guns and ammunition, Farrow creates sculptures of reliquaries, cathedrals, synagogues, mosques, mausoleums and other devotional objects.

Help Fifi and Fido raise funds while gallivanting in your most elegant get-up at the Sacramento SPCA’s Black and White Fur-Ball

PREVIEWS FROM page 78 For tickets and more information, go to sspca.org/furball or email events@sspca.org The Sacramento SPCA is at 6201 Florin-Perkins Road.

AUDIO BOOKS Hear the words on the page come alive at Stories on Stage Sacramento at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30 at the Sacramento Poetry Center, featuring excerpts from Davis resident Naomi Williams’ debut novel “Landfalls.” Williams, who earned a master’s degree in creative writing at UC Davis, was born in Japan and spoke no English until she was 6 years old. After receiving a Pushcart Prize and a Best American Honorable Mention in 2009 for her short fiction, Williams’ first novel, “Landfalls,” a fictionalized account of the 18th century Lapérouse expedition, was published by Farrar,

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Straus & Giroux in August. She’s already hard at work on her second book, a novel about the early 20th century Japanese poet Yosano Akiko. Sharing the stage with Williams’ work will be a short story from emerging writer Elise Winn, whose stories have been published in American Short Fiction, the Indiana Review, Granta Online and elsewhere. The Missouri native was a writer-in-residence at Hedgebrook in April 2014 and she now lives in California, where she’s at work on a collection of short stories and a novel. Now in its sixth season, Stories on Stage Sacramento continues to bring the best in literary fiction to life by having it read by talented local actors. To get in on the action, visit storiesonstagesacramento.wordpress. com The Sacramento Poetry Center is at 1719 25th St.

Using guns and ammunition, Farrow creates sculptures of reliquaries, cathedrals, synagogues, mosques, mausoleums and other devotional objects. The surprising inventiveness and technical tour de force of his craftsmanship are exactingly realized, perfectly scaled and just as fascinatingly jarring as they sound. For the softer side of artistic expression, don’t miss “Back to Life: Bay Area Figurative Drawings,” featuring the work of David Park, Elmer Bischoff, Richard Diebenkorn, James Weeks, William Theophilius Brown, Paul Wonner, Frank Lobdell, Nathan Oliveira, Manuel Neri, Joan Brown and Wayne Thiebaud on display Oct. 10 through May 1, 2016. In 1953, Park, Bischoff and Diebenkorn began meeting weekly in a Berkeley studio to draw from live models. Who knew they would inspire the Bay Area Figuration movement, an offshoot of Abstract Expressionism, with their paintings of figures, still lifes and landscapes? In this collection of 30 drawings, see the evolution of Bay Area Figuration and why the work of this particular group of artists is still so influential. Ready to have your mind blown? Hit up Neo-Crocker from 8 p.m. to

2 a.m. (yes, you read that right) on Saturday, Oct. 10 for an epic evening of supersensory, mind-blowing, high-volume entertainment featuring performance art, live bands, an absinthe bar, DJs and lots of dancing. Tickets are for $40 for museum members and $55 for nonmembers. Calm your throbbing head the next day with the soothing sounds of the Classical Concert featuring the Mirror Visions Ensemble at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 11. The program will include the the voices of soprano Vira Slywotsky, tenor Scott Murphree and baritone Jesse Blumberg (accompanied by pianist Grant Wenaus). Tickets are $6 for museum members, $10 for students, youths and Capital Public Radio members, and $12 for nonmembers. Your toes might already be tapping in anticipation of the Calidanza Dance Company’s presentation of “¡Mi Mexico!” from 7 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 22. Led by their award-winning executive and artistic director Steven Valencia, the 20-member troupe’s performance will include live music by the trio Orgullo Regional and a restaging of “Noche de Muertos,” Valencia’s modernistic piece commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony in celebration of Dia de los Muertos. Tickets are $12 for museum members, $14 for students and youths, and $16 for nonmembers. Tickets for all Crocker events can be purchased by phone at 808-1182 or online at crockerartmuseum.org The Crocker Art Museum is at 216 O St.

LEAD BY EXAMPLE Calling all professionals! The Center of Innovation for Leaders will be hosting its annual interactive personal leadership conference for business owners and their teams from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17 at the Guild Theater. Ten speakers, including writer Michael Bianco-Splann, entrepreneur Laura Hansen, culture expert Rajkumari Neogy and empowerment coach Billy Wroe, will each take on an PREVIEWS page 82

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PREVIEWS FROM page 80 essential part of personal leadership and help hopefuls thrive. “We sincerely want to help the 70 percent of professionals who, according to a 2013 Gallup report, are unhappy in their job,” says Mooniek Seebregts, the director of the Center of Innovation for Leaders and the event’s organizer. That dissatisfaction “influences businesses and organizations negatively.

“Learning more about leadership skills and leadership qualities is the key to feeling more engaged..” “Learning more about leadership skills and leadership qualities is the key to feeling more engaged. This conference will give business owners great ideas and easy takeaways for themselves and their teams to implement immediately.” For tickets and more information, call 812-8012 or go to centerofinnovationforleaders.com The Guild Theater is at 2828 35th St.

SERIOUS FUN It might sound contradictory, but the Sacramento Symphonic Winds are into serious fun, which is in fact the title of their concert at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 18 at Crowne Plaza Sacramento Northeast. The 60-piece adult symphonic band will perform selections from Malcolm Arnold, Camille Saint-Saëns, Thomas Kahelin and more with guest conductor Timothy M. Smith, as well as euphonium soloist George Preston. Get in on the fun (and get tickets) by calling 489-2576 or going to sacwinds.org Crowne Plaza Sacramento Northeast is at 5321 Date Ave.

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Roy Tatman's most recent show, “Shapes in Balance,” will be on display at artSpace 1616 on Del Paso Boulevard through Oct. 31

OFF-KILTER If you tell artist Roy Tatman that he’s imbalanced, he just might take that as a compliment. His most recent show, “Shapes in Balance,” will be on display at artSpace 1616 on Del Paso Boulevard through Oct. 31. Tatman’s repurposed steel sculptures feature a mix of natural steel, rust patinas and odd-colored pieces welded together to form whimsical structures that are purposefully off-kilter. For more information, call 8491127 or visit artSpace 1616 in person at 1616 Del Paso Blvd.

SONGS FOR THE SUBURBS You don’t have to drive downtown or pay for parking to experience the joys of live music. The River City Chorale brings the tunes to you in the neighborhoods of Fair Oaks, Carmichael, Greenhaven and other suburban areas of Sacramento.

The 60-voice chorale has been performing an eclectic selection of sacred and secular music for 38 years, including classical, jazz, Broadway, folk and more, under the musical direction of Richard Morrissey. Upcoming concerts include the Holiday Concert, the ever-popular Cabaret in March and the outstanding piano accompaniment of Kathleen Earl Midgley at the Spring Concert. Hoping to add your voice to the chorale? Membership is by audition and is open to experienced choral singers. Visit rivercitychorale.org for more information both on how to join and how to buy tickets for their exciting upcoming season; season ticket holders receive a 20 percent discount!

HERE’S TO YOU, MR. ALBERTSON In memory of longtime Sacramento artist Jim Albertson, Gallery 2110 is presenting a group exhibition from

Oct. 7 through Nov. 7 featuring the works of Albertson, his wife, Julia Stagg, and a mix of relatives from both sides of the family aptly titled “It’s All Relative.” Albertson (1944-2015) was known for his irreverent narrative paintings that pushed the boundaries of social norms. Armed with a wicked sense of humor and a plethora of paintbrushes, Albertson tackled taboo subjects with the glee of a kid left alone in a candy store. There was never a subject that was sacrosanct. His art was humorous, satirical, intelligent and refreshing, and he will be sorely missed. During the month-long show, visitors will be able to color pages on an interactive coloring book set up on a laptop in the gallery. Colored pages will be judged and the winner will receive a free “It’s All Relative” coloring book. In addition, Gallery 2110 will be offering a very limited “Jim Albertson Memorial Coloring Book,” consisting of Albertson’s beautiful black and white drawings. A percentage of the proceeds from all sales will go to local nonprofit arts group Fenix Drum and Dance Company, which will perform at the gallery at 7 p.m. on Oct. 7. For more information, call 9333493 or go to gallery2110.com Gallery 2110 is at 1023 Del Paso Blvd.

FACE OFF If the eyes are the window to the soul, does that make the face the home screen of the brain? Regardless, see the beautifully wrought faces caught on canvas at ARTHOUSE on R’s current exhibition of work by Margarita Chaplinska and Rod Williams entitled “Faces,” on display Oct. 10 through Nov. 7. Ukrainian-born Chaplinska works and teaches in Roseville and studied at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Kiev. Her paintings are found in private collections in the United States, Canada, Spain, Italy, Russia and Ukraine. Williams graduated from the University of Washington Fine Art in PREVIEWS page 84

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FIRST FRIDAY You’ve been to Second Saturday, but are you ready for First Friday? Beginning this month from 5 to 8 p.m. on Oct. 2, the R Street Arts District will host an exciting new event, the monthly First Friday Art Walk. Artists and galleries located in the historic R Street Arts District will invite the art-loving public to peruse galleries and open studios including Raphael Delgado (1200 S St.), 1810 Gallery (1810 12th St.), WAL Public Market (1108 R St.), ARTHOUSE on

R (1021 R St.), Beatnik Studios (723 S St.) and more. Like Second Saturday, this event offers an opportunity to enjoy and/or purchase all of the amazing art the R Street Corridor has to offer. For more information, visit the galleries’ and artists’ websites directly, though a joint website for the event is coming soon.

TALKING SHOP You may remember reading about artist Robert Ortbal in these pages a few months ago. Well, the sitespecific sculptural project he alluded to, “Musical Chairs,” has finally come to fruition and is now on display at Beatnik Studios and Jay Jay Gallery. Hear Ortbal discuss his eclectic process and inspiration at a special Artist Talk at Beatnik Studios at 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 2. See why The Sacramento Bee’s Victoria Dalkey called his work “elegant, enigmatic and elusive” at these tandem shows that can PREVIEWS page 84

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PREVIEWS FROM page 83 barely contain the work that was too immense to be shown in one space. For more information, go to beatnik-studios.com or jayjayart.com Beatnik Studios is at 723 S St., and Jay Jay Gallery is at 5520 Elvas Ave.

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ig changes have come to R Street in Sacramento’s downtown. What once was a rather janky strip pinned in by unattractive state buildings and warehouses is now a destination entertainment district with bars, restaurants, lofts and shops. And this is just the start. Development on R Street will continue for years as many of the players who developed and shaped Midtown put their stamp on this growing district. The behemoth that was Crystal Ice & Cold Storage has been a quirky yet derelict hulk on the corner of 16th for decades. Developer Mike Heller, who also spearheaded the MARRS Building project on 20th Street between J and K, has grand plans for the green-tinged monolith. Suffice it to say, within the next five years, R Street between 10th and 17th streets will be transformed. Getting in on the rush, some of the capital region’s more successful nightclub and restaurant owners, the Wong brothers, have staked a claim on R Street with a 6,000-squarefoot enterprise called Iron Horse Tavern. (You might know their other locations near Capitol and L streets: Cafeteria 15L, Mix Downtown and Ma Jong’s.) Iron Horse is like the Wongs’ other establishments: fun, loud and slightly irreverent, serving oversized portions with face-punching flavors. The decor leans toward a throwback/vintage vibe (Iron Horse refers to the locomotives that used to rumble up R Street every

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day), with padded leather banquettes and a bar sheathed in copper. Blackand-white photos of classic train scenes dot the walls. A large outdoor dining space allows diners to enjoy the weather and remove themselves from the happy bar noises and ubiquitous flat-screen televisions that nearly encircle the bar. Given the constant action and entertainment to be had on this block of R Street, people watching is a particularly enjoyable pastime. The dining room, done in dark woods and even darker leather, feels like a space from another age. Heavy lamps emit the smallest amount of light from above, giving the room a cozy feel that belies the restaurant’s size and open dimensions. It’s a

shame, then, that the designer went through all this work to create an impression, only to have it get completely crushed by the multiple flat-screen TVs placed throughout the dining room. Televisions in the bar area I understand. Cramming them into a space that had been given so much design thought and attention seems like overkill. The menu uses some recipes and cocktails from the Wongs’ other establishments while offering new creations more closely tied to Iron Horse’s throwback/over-the-top sensibilities. You’ll find dishes like Asian street tacos and brandy fried chicken nuggets, basic party foods with a nod towards the Wongs’

Chinese-inspired menus at several of their restaurants. The popular plate of chicken and waffles from Cafeteria 15L gets a small tweak at Iron Horse, transforming into Chicken ’n’ Pancakes, served with pecan butter and bourbon-jalapeno syrup. The tuna poke featured on the menus of Cafeteria 15L and Firestone Public House also makes its way onto the Iron Horse menu. Served with onions, avocado, tomatoes and three sauces, all over wonton chips, it’s a massive plate of party food. Diverging from the Wongs’ other enterprises, Iron Horse Tavern is open for breakfast all week long and for brunch on weekends. Many of the RESTAURANT page 86

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RESTAURANT FROM page 85 items on the menu truly shine in the morning, since some of the best food at the tavern comes from the pastry side of the kitchen. Don’t miss the freshly made biscuits and jam, and be sure to sample the beignets, some of the best you’ll have in the area. Try as well a few gut-busting morning treats like Steak, Eggs ’n’ Cakes, a skillet full of cornmeal pancakes, flank steak, onion rings and eggs all topped with chimichurri. Or sample the loco moco, nearly a half pound of ground beef topped with gravy and eggs and served over griddle-fried rice. At the bar, the cocktails and mocktails are made with flavor and precision. Watermelon Fizz is as delicious a soft drink as you can

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imagine, while the Dark and Dirty Mojito hits the spot. The large leather booths that run up one side of the bar are a perfect place for an informal party of five or six people to gather and celebrate happy hour. If you’re looking for a place to have a raucous good time, where the party gets served for three meals a day, and where the flavors are in your face, check out Iron Horse Tavern and experience the new tastes R Street has to offer. Iron Horse Tavern is at 1800 15th St.; 448-4488; ironhorsetavern.net. Greg Sabin can be reached at gregsabin@hotmail.com. n

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B L D $ No table service at this coffee roaster and bakery, also serving creative artisanal sandwiches

2730 J St. 442-2552

L D $$ Full Bar Patio Regional Mexican cooking served in a casual atmosphere • Paragarys.com

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2416 J St. 443-0440

D $$ Full Bar Chicago-style pizza, salads wings served in a family-friendly atmosphere • Chicagofirerestaurant.com

Crepeville

1730 L St. 444-1100

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Paragary’s Bar & Oven 1401 28th St. 457-5737

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

Suzie Burger

Ernesto’s Mexican Food

Tapa The World

B L D $-$$ Full Bar Outdoor Dining Fresh Mexican food served in an upscale, yet family-friendly setting • Ernestosmexicanfood.com

L D $-$$ Wine/Beer/Sangria Spanish/world cuisine in a casual authentic atmosphere, live flamenco music - tapathewworld.com

58 Degrees & Holding Co.

Thai Basil Café

1901 16th St. 441-5850

1217 18th St. 442-5858

L D $$$ Wine/Beer California cuisine served in a chic, upscale setting • 58degrees.com

B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer English Pub favorites in an historic setting • Foxandgoose.com

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L D $$ Gourmet pizza, pasta, salads in casual setting • Paesanos.biz

29th and P Sts. 455-3300

1001 R St. 443-8825

BREAKFAST

1806 Capitol Ave. 447-8646

B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Outdoor Dining Crepes, omelets, salads, soups and sandwiches served in a casual setting

Fox & Goose Public House

served Saturday & Sunday 9am-12pm Try our 3 Egg Breakfast only $5.95 add bacon $2 $10 Bottomless Mimosas with breakfast order. Served till 1pm

Paesano’s Pizzeria

Harlow’s Restaurant 2708 J Street 441-4693

L D $$ Full Bar Modern Italian/California cuisine with Asian inspirations • Harlows.com

Italian Importing Company 1827 J Street 442-6678

B L $ Italian food in a casual grocery setting

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

2115 J St. 442-4353

2431 J St. 442-7690

L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Patio Housemade curries among their authentic Thai specialties Thaibasilrestaurant.com

The Coconut Midtown

2502 J Street 440-1088 Lunch Delivery M-F and Happy Hour 4-6

L D $-$$ Beer/Wine Food with Thai Food Flair

The Waterboy

2000 Capitol Ave. 498-9891

L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Patio Fine South of France and northern Italian cuisine in a chic neighborhood setting • waterboyrestaurant.com

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A LOOK AT WHATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S IN SEASON AT LOCAL FARMERS MARKETS IN OCTOBER

BUTTERNUT SQUASH

QUINCE

This long squash is one of the tastiest winter squashes, with a subtle flavor similar to pumpkin. Eat it: Roast the flesh and use in a simple risotto.

This knobby golden fruit looks like a pear and is generally too hard and sour to eat raw. Eat it: Stew in water or wine, then bake in a tart.

SUNCHOKE

HEIRLOOM TOMATO

BLOOMSDALE SPINACH

Also known as a Jerusalem artichoke, this tuber has a fresh, nutty taste. Eat it: Roast in the oven with other vegetables, or puree for a soup.

Summer may be over, but you can still find heirloom tomatoes at the farmers market. They come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors. Eat it: Slice and drizzle with olive oil, salt and pepper.

This old spinach variety (from the 19th century) has a crinkled leaf and a deep, interesting flavor. Eat it: Sautee in olive oil with garlic and hot red pepper flakes.

ARUGULA

This leafy green can be used as an herb, a salad or a vegetable. It has a peppery, spicy flavor. Eat it: Dress lightly with fresh lemon juice and serve on top of grilled steak or chicken Milanese.

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Zocolo

La Trattoria Bohemia

L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Patio Regional Mexican cuisine served in an authentic artistic setting • zocolosacramento.com

L D Wine/Beer $-$$ Italian and Czech specialties in a neighborhood bistro setting

1801 Capitol Ave. 441-0303

EAST SAC

3649 J St. 455-7803

Les Baux

5090 Folsom Blvd. 739-1348

33rd Street Bistro

BLD $ Wine/Beer Unique boulangerie, café & bistro serving affordable delicious food/drinks all day long • lesbauxbakery.com

B L D $$ Full Bar Patio Pacific Northwest cuisine in a casual bistro setting • 33rdstreetbistro.com

Opa! Opa!

3301 Folsom Blvd. 455-2233

Burr's Fountain 4920 Folsom Blvd. 452-5516

B L D $ Fountain-style diner serving burgers, sandwiches, soup and ice cream specialties

Cabana Winery & Bistro 5610 Elvas 476-5492

LD $$ Wine tasting and paired entrees. Sunday Brunch 10 - 2. • cabanawine.com

Clubhouse 56

5644 J St. 451-4000

L D Wine/Beer $ Fresh Greek cuisine in a chic, casual setting, counter service

Nopalitos

5530 H St. 452-8226

B L $ Wine/Beer Southwestern fare in a casual diner setting

Selland's Market Cafe 5340 H St. 473-3333

B L D $$-$$$ Wine/Beer High quality handcrafted food to eat in or take out, wine bar

723 56th. Street 454-5656

Star Ginger

BLD Full Bar $$ American. HD sports, kid's menu, breakfast weekends, Late night dining

3101 Folsom Blvd. 231-8888 L D $$ Asian Grill and Noodle Bar

Español

DOWNTOWN

5723 Folsom Blvd. 457-3679

L D Full Bar $-$$ Classic Italian cuisine served in a traditional family-style atmosphere

Evan’s Kitchen

Foundation

400 L St. 321-9522

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L D $$ Full Bar American cooking in an historic atmosphere • foundationsacramento.com

855 57th St. 452-3896

B L D Wine/Beer $$ Eclectic California cuisine served in a family-friendly atmosphere, Kid’s menu, winemaker dinners, daily lunch specials, community table for single diners • Chefevan. com

Chops Steak Seafood & Bar

Formoli's Bistro

Claim Jumper

B L D Wine/Beer Patio $$ Mediterranean influenced cuisine in a neighborhood setting •

L D $$ Full Bar Upscale American in a clubby atmosphere

3839 J St. 448-5699

Hot City Pizza

5642 J St. 731-8888

L D $ Pizza for Dine In or Take Out or Delivery 100 Beers on tap • eastsacpizza.com

1117 11th St. 447-8900

L D $$$ Full Bar Steakhouse serving dry-aged prime beef in an upscale club atmosphere

1111 J St. 442-8200

Downtown & Vine 1200 K Street #8 228-4518

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

Ella Dining Room & Bar

2966 Freeport Boulevard

442-4256

freeportbakery.com

1131 K St. 443-3772

L D $$$ Full Bar Modern American cuisine served family-style in a chic, upscale space Elladiningroomandbar.com

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HeavenLy’s Yogurt

5535 H Street 11 to 10:30 pm Daily

Esquire Grill

427 Broadway 442-4044

L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Outdoor Dining Upscale American fare served in an elegant setting • Paragarys.com

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

Estelle's Patisserie

Riverside Clubhouse

901 K St. 916-551-1500 L D $$-$$$ French-inspired Bakery serving fresh pastry & desserts, artisan breads and handcrafted sandwiches • EstellesPatisserie.com

2633 Riverside Drive 448-9988

Fat City Bar & Cafe

Taylor's Kitchen

1001 Front St. 446-6768

D $$-$$$ Full Bar American cuisine served in a casual historic Old Sac location • Fatsrestaurants.com

The Firehouse Restaurant 1112 Second St. 442-4772

L D $$$ Full Bar Global and California cuisine in an upscale historic Old Sac setting • Firehouseoldsac.com

ESPAÑOL Since 1923

ITALIAN

RESTAURANT

$10 OFF Total DINNER food order of $40 or more

With coupon. Cannot be combined with other discounts. Expires 10/31/15.

$5 OFF

Total LUNCH or DINNER food order of $25 or more With coupon. Cannot be combined with other discounts. Expires 10/31/15.

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

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L D $$ Full Bar Upscale American cuisine served in a contemporary setting • Riversideclubhouse.com

2924 Freeport Boulevard 443-5154

601 Munroe St. 486-4891

Tower Café

Matteo's Pizza

B L D $$ Wine/Beer International cuisine with dessert specialties in a casual setting

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

1518 Broadway 441-0222

Willie's Burgers

L D Full Bar $$-$$$ Chinese favorites in an elegant setting • Fatsrestaurants.com

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

806 L St. 442-7092

Il Fornaio

400 Capitol Mall 446-4100

L D Full Bar $$$ Fine Northern Italian cuisine in a chic, upscale atmosphere • Ilfornaio.com

Grange

926 J Street • 492-4450

Lemon Grass Restaurant

D $$$ Wine/Beer Dinner served Wed. through Saturday. Reservations suggested but walk-ins welcome.

Frank Fat’s

2415 16th St. 444-2006

ARDENCARMICHAEL Bella Bru Café

5038 Fair Oaks Blvd. 485-2883

L D $$ Full Bar Patio Vietnamese and Thai cuisine in a casual yet elegant setting

5132 Fair Oaks. Blvd. 779-0727

The Mandarin Restaurant 4321 Arden Way 488-47794

D $$-$$$ Full Bar Gourmet Chineses food for 32 years • Dine in and take out

Roxy

2381 Fair Oaks Blvd. 489-2000

B L D $$-$$$ Full Bar American cuisine with a Western touch in a creative upscale atmosphere •

Ristorante Piatti

B L D $-$$ Full Bar Espresso, omelettes, salads, table service from 5 -9 p.m. • bellabrucafe.com

571 Pavilions Lane 649-8885

Hock Farm Craft & Provision

Café Vinoteca

Sam's Hof Brau

L D $$-$$ Full Bar Celebration of the region's rich history and bountiful terrain • Paragarys.com

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

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

1415 L St. 440-8888

Sacramento’s Oldest Restaurant

Jamie's Bar and Grill

1213 K St. 448-8900

Mikuni Japanese Restaurant and Sushi Bar

3535 Fair Oaks Blvd. 487-1331

Ettore’s

2376 Fair Oaks Blvd. 482-0708

L D $$ Full Bar Contemporary Italian cuisine in a casually elegant setting • piatti.com

2500 Watt 482-2175 L D $$ Wine/Beer Fresh quality meats roasted daily • thehofbrau.com

Thai House

427 Munroe in Loehmann's 485-3888

L D Full Bar $$-$$$ Japanese cuisine served in an upscale setting • Mikunisushi.com

B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Patio European-style gourmet café with salads, soup, spit-roasted chicken, and desserts in a bistro setting • Ettores.com

Ten 22

Jackson Dining

Willie's Burgers

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

L D $$ Wine/Beer Creative cuisine in a casual setting • Jacksoncateringevents.com

L D $ Great burgers and more • williesburgers.com n

1530 J St. 447-2112

1022 Second St. 441-2211

1120 Fulton Ave. 483-7300

Jack’s Urban Eats

LAND PARK Casa Garden Restaurant 2760 Sutterville Road 452-2809

L D $$ • D with minimum diners call to inquire $$ Wine/Beer. American cuisine. Operated by volunteers to benefit Sacramento Children's Home. Small and large groups. casagardenrestaurant.org

Freeport Bakery

2966 Freeport Blvd. 442-4256

B L $ Award-winning baked goods and cakes for eat in or take out • Freeportbakery.com

2535 Fair Oaks Blvd. 481-5225

L D $ Full Bar Made-to-order comfort food in a casual setting • Jacksurbaneats.com

The Kitchen

2225 Hurley Way 568-7171

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

La Rosa Blanca Taqueria 3032 Auburn Blvd. 484-0139 2813 Fulton Ave. 484-6104

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

Iron Grill

Leatherby’s Family Creamery

13th Street and Broadway 737-5115

2333 Arden Way 920-8382

L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Upscale neighborhood steakhouse • Ironsteaks.com

L D $ House-made ice cream and specialties, soups and sandwiches

L D $$ Wine/Beer Featuring the great taste of Thai traditional specialties • sacthaihouse.com

5050 Fair Oaks Blvd. 488-5050

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