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MILES HERMANN Born in Los Angeles, educated in San Francisco and now based in Sacramento, Hermann’s paintings blur the boundaries of Realism and Expressionism, and often feature the beauty of the Golden State. His work will be featured in “20/20 Vision” at the Tim Collom Gallery at 915 20th Street from September 10 through October 3. Shown in detail: “Mythic California,” 36 inches by 48 inches, oil on canvas. Visit timcollomgallery.com and mileshermann.com.

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SEPTEMBER 2019 VOL. 24 • ISSUE 8 12 16 20 24 26 30 32 34 36 38 40 44 46 48 50 52 56 62 64

Publisher's Desk Out & About East Sac City Politics Giving Back Meet Your Neighbor City Beat Building Our Future 'Not Humane' United By Differences A Separate Peace Open House Farm To Fork Garden Jabber Spirit Matters Pets & Their People Getting There Open Studio Restaurant Insider To Do

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How to Build Community IT’S EASIER THAN YOU THINK WITH THESE IDEAS

rowsing in a gift shop recently, I came across a lovely poster with the headline, “How to Build Community.” Given that building our community has been my mission for almost 30 years, I was naturally attracted to the message. The poster listed dozens of suggestions. Here they are, with some thoughts along the way. And I’d love to hear your ideas— email me and we’ll publish them in an upcoming edition. Turn off your TV: I gave up watching local news two decades ago, preferring to read and write about local news, watch council meetings, and get involved in local activities and projects. Leave your house: It’s easy to find solace in your own nest. But connecting with others is a vital part of our human condition. Know your neighbors: Neighborhood Watch programs started

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a couple decades ago to help improve safety, security and communications. Knowing who lives around us should be everyone’s goal. Sit on your front porch: A simple activity that provides endless opportunities to better know your neighbors and understand your surroundings. Make sure your porch is clean and inviting for visitors who might stop by. Plant flowers: Even a few colorful touches will uplift your mood and brighten the day for people walking by. Look up when walking: With smartphones dominating our lives, this one act might save your life! Use your library: Libraries are far more than depositories for books. They are the center of neighborhood activities and programs for learning. Play together: Good advice for adults too. I’m not as playful as I’d like, so this will be my own challenge. Buy from local merchants: Those who advertise with Inside Sacramento offer the best in local products. In a world of Amazon and Google, always try to buy from merchants you know. The largest retail and tech companies in the world suck retail dollars from our neighborhoods and give nothing back.

Share what you have: We’ve never had more than three children in our home. But bigger families always manage to make do with less. I value the lessons kids learn from sharing. Help a lost dog: A friend who loves dogs told me to always carry a bag in the car with a leash and some treats. This can help you catch that stray dog you might encounter. Take children to the park: Even if you don’t have kids or grandkids, find someone else’s to join you and savor the joy of children at play. Garden together: Our nonprofit Friends of East Sacramento manages hundreds of volunteer gardeners each season. We have found group volunteer workdays are some of the most productive times in the garden. People learn from each other. Support neighborhood schools: Schools everywhere—especially in tougher neighborhoods—can use all the help they can get. Always say “yes” to kids raising money for schools. Fix it even if you didn’t break it: My husband can fix many things. There was a time when he could fix anything. And he cheerfully did when anyone approached him for help. Have potlucks: Whenever I invite folks for dinner, they always ask what

to bring. Take them up on it. You can enjoy meals with guests more often. Honor elders: My husband is 90, and tells me with age he has often felt ignored or invisible. Always reach out to greet and help the elderly and infirm in your life. Pick up litter: This is easy if you are prepared. I have a friend who loves to clean up public spaces. Gloves and plastic bags in his car mean he’s always prepared. Read stories aloud: We did this with our kids. But now my husband and I read a spiritual message every morning. It sparks wonderful conversations. Dance in the park: Or do yoga. Or take a nap on a towel. Or layout and just enjoy the weather. Talk to the mail carrier: My sonin-law is a postal carrier. He says many people hardly make eye contact with him on his daily route. Listen for the birds: Our cool mornings—even in the hot summer— are perfect for keeping our bedroom windows open. The best time is before anyone else is up. Put up a swing: I’m planning a new home design and landscape. I’ll work in a place for this relaxing activity.

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3901 Land Park Drive, Sacramento · fairytaletown.org · (916) 808-5233 Help carry something heavy: Two sets of hands are better than one. Most injuries occur when carrying or lifting something. Barter for your goods: Bartering is as old as humanity, and relies on positive relationships rather than anonymous purchasing. Not everyone appreciates it, but it doesn’t hurt to ask nicely. Start a tradition: It can be anything you enjoy and want to repeat with others. Monthly dinners. Weekly walks. Your favorite food at special times. Get creative and make plans. Ask a question: I love to “interview” people. It helps break the ice, especially with shy folks. People love to talk about themselves or things they know. Hire young people for jobs: I started working as a babysitter when I was 12. Every job I had until after college helped prepare me for my adult and professional life. Look around and find a youngster who can assist with a task or small job. Carry cash: You never know when it might come in handy to satisfy a generous impulse! Organize a block party: When a young neighbor family moved next door 20 years ago, they started BBQ

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block parties around their pool. When they moved away, we took over this job for a decade. Our neighbors knew and appreciated each other best during those years. Make extra and share: Items you cook or make are perfect for sharing, as are fresh fruits and veggies from the garden or farmers market. Ask for help when you need it: My husband Jim struggles with this the most! I tell him it’s a way for others to feel useful and helpful—it’s a blessing to others. Open your shades: Energy conservation is good, but so is a neighborhood filled with life and activities inside every home. Sing together: My favorite part of going to church each week is singing while surrounded by other congregants. It’s the only time I sing anymore and it always feels cathartic. Christmas concerts are a great place to sing. Share your skills: With a long publishing and nonprofit career behind me, I often get asked for advice. I don’t have time for every request. But when I help, I never regret the time it took. What skill could you share? Take back the night: Every August the nation celebrates National Night Out. Make sure you do something

outside with neighbors at least once a year. Turn up the music: But not so loud that your neighbors can hear something they’d rather not! Support your local churches: Sadly, church attendance has been dropping. But I know how much churches strengthen the fabric of our communities. They care for our needs from birth to death and every stage in between. Listen before you react to anger: We’ve all known folks who do this and how hurtful it can be. When I suspect somebody might respond with anger, I say “I’ve got something to say that might upset you. Can you hear me through and then we can calmly discuss it?” Mediate a conflict: I’ve tried this a few times and it worked out well. A neutral outsider can bring perspective. Seek to understand: I recently heard this is much easier if you strive for true understanding—rather than agreement—as a goal. Learn from new and uncomfortable angles: Getting

outside of our ingrained thinking is tough, especially as we age. Working on the development of our new website this year was a huge challenge for me mentally. It was like being forced to learn Norwegian at age 63! Do something nice and unexpected: My husband walked by the ice cream counter at Rite Aid the other day and saw a grandma and her 11 grandchildren. She was trying to figure out if she could afford one cone for each child. When she came up short, Jim heard her disappointment, stepped in and handed the clerk a $20 bill. Grandma and the kids were thrilled. Jim said he had the best day as a result! Our motto at Inside is simple: Every day is a good day to make your neighborhood a better place. So please, let’s all get at it! Cecily Hastings can be reached at publisher@insidepublications.com. Previous columns can be found and shared at the all-new InsideSacramento. com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @insidesacramento. n

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Flower Power MCKINLEY ROSE GARDEN PHOTO CONTEST CONTINUES TO BLOOM

Deborah A. Lee’s winning photo in the Friends of East Sacramento’s annual contest shows the beauty of each individual ﬂower in the McKinley Rose Garden.

ince Friends of East Sacramento took over the restoration and management of the McKinley Rose Garden in 2013, the nonprofit has sponsored an annual photo contest of pictures taken during the peak bloom month of May. The contest is open to the public, and attracts both amateur and professional photographers. “We had 317 photos submitted this year from more than 100 people,” says contest judge Aniko Kiezel, who shoots for Inside Sacramento and whose work is featured in “Inside Sacramento: The Most Interesting Neighborhood Places in America’s Farm-to-Fork Capital.” Kiezel says every year the quality of the photos gets better, making it difficult to select a limited number of winners. “This year one of our volunteers, Frank Matanzo, told us that his son-inlaw was a winner,” garden manager Lyn Pitts reports. “His family members were

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visiting and snapping photos one day and I got to meet them.” Kiezel awarded nine honorable mentions and three top prize winners, which are published in this month’s Inside Sacramento and online at InsideSacramento.com.

RESTORATION PROJECT Visitors to the McKinley Rose Garden may have noticed that a weedabatement project is underway. Friends of East Sacramento has been working for six years to restore and manage the garden. “When we inherited the garden in 2013, we had a similar, and probably worse, weed situation,” FOES founder and volunteer manager Lisa Schmidt says. “At the time we raised $12,000 from private donations and hired our landscape company to dig up the weeds and roots in the top soil, lay down landscape fabric and cover it all in mulch. And then every year we raised funds to replenish the mulch. “It looked great until early 2018 and then it started to quickly disintegrate. The life of the fabric we installed was just five years so we got all we could out

of it. We removed it all using volunteers in late 2018.” With the winter rains the past two years the weed growth has been far greater than during the drought. “This spring the weeds went wild on us!” Schmidt says. “We have a two-part strategy to cope with the situation,” co-founder Cecily Hastings adds. “On a temporary basis, our hardworking volunteers are using weed whackers to cut down the tall Bermuda grass. Our goal is to get it looking better before the next wedding.” As a more permanent solution, FOES has selected the same contractor to repeat what it did in 2013 with fabric and mulch. “The quotes are coming in around $20,000 and more,” Hastings says. “We are trying to raise private funds for this but it is a huge amount.” “We just ask our neighbors and visitors to be patient as we work through this serious challenge,” Schmidt says. “And, of course, we could always use more volunteers!”

To donate to FOES for this effort, email friendsofeastsac@aol.com or visit mckinleyparkcenter.com.

HONORING BELOVED BALLET COUPLE The next time you’re Downtown, stop by Capital Athletic Club and check out the wall along P Street for a brand-new mural installed last month during Wide Open Walls. The mural by Stephanie Taylor depicts two of Sacramento’s most wellloved artists—former Sacramento Ballet co-artistic directors and married couple Ron Cunningham and Carinne Binda.

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A new mural pays tribute to (from right) former Sacramento Ballet co-artistic directors Carinne Binda and Ron Cunningham. Joining them are Alexandra Cunningham (far left), ballet dancer and daughter to Cunningham and Binda, and mural artist Stephanie Taylor. The image depicts the two having a tĂŞte-Ă -tĂŞte while dancers rehearse in the background. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We developed a wonderful relationship with the Capital Athletic Club approximately 28 years ago,â&#x20AC;? says Cunningham, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still choreographing all over the country. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We did an annual spring performance in their gym every year in exchange for our dancers having the ability to use the gym. Our dancers benefited and the CAC membership loved seeing our beautiful dancers gracefully working out. The annual performances always culminated with standing ovations.â&#x20AC;?

WOODLAKE HOME TOUR The first-ever home tour of Sacramentoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Woodlake neighborhood

will take place Sunday, Sept. 15, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., as part of Preservation Sacramentoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 44th annual Historic Home Tour. Woodlake was developed in the 1920s by North Sacramento Land Company founder Carl Johnston and is beloved for its Tudor Revival cottages and mature trees, including many heritage oaks. The neighborhood is tucked away between Highway 160 and Arden Way. Preservation Sacramento, formerly known as the Sacramento Old City Association, is a nonprofit dedicated to protecting Sacramentoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historic places and encouraging quality urban design through advocacy, outreach and activism. Preservation Sacramentoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual home tour is the longest running home tour in Sacramento. Begin this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s self-guided tour at the ticket booth in Woodlake Park at the corner of Woodlake Drive and Forrest Street. Once youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve completed

the tour, stick around and peruse the street fair of local nonprofit groups. For tickets, visit preservationsacramento.org/hometour. Tickets are $30 in advance or $35 on the day of the event.

CHURCH MONUMENT The Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation Sacramento and Annunciation Senior League recently dedicated a monument honoring the original location of the church at 620 N St. Titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Following in the Footsteps of Our Ancestors,â&#x20AC;? the monument is

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Preservation Sacramentoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Historic Home Tour will take guests through Tudor Revival cottages in the Woodlake neighborhood.

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oldest Greek Orthodox parishes located between the San Francisco Bay Area and Salt Lake City. In 1920, about 50 Greek community leaders formed an Orthodox parish and bought the property on N Street. In 1921, the first full-time priest was assigned to the community and the first sanctuary began. The church is now located at 600 Alhambra Blvd.

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The California Arts Council has awarded a $16,200 grant to Sacramento Theatre Company, one of 244 grantees for this year’s Youth Arts Action program. Youth Arts Action supports projects for youth, from infancy through age 24, that operate outside of school time in artistic venues and community settings, as well as on school sites. STC will use the grant funds to provide a free afterschool theater program to students at Martin Luther King Jr. and William Land elementary schools, each culminating in a production. “Theater encompasses all the arts modalities,” Michele Hillen-Noufer, STC education and school of the arts director, says. “Through this grant, students participating in STC’s School Partnership Program will have exposure to all those art forms.” For more information, visit arts. ca.gov or sactheatre.org.

Seven Sacramento-area museums are participating in Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, Department of Defense and more than 2,000 museums across America. Free admission is available to all active-duty military personnel and their families now through Labor Day, Sept. 2. The seven local museums participating in Blue Star Museums are the Aerospace Museum of California, California Automobile Museum, California Museum, Crocker Art Museum, Fairytale Town, Powerhouse Science Center and Sacramento History Museum. The free admission program is available for those currently serving in the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, as well as members of the Reserves, National Guard, U.S. Public Health Commissioned Corps, NOAA Commissioned Corps, and up to five family members. Qualified members must show identification cards for entrance. For more information, visit arts. gov/national/blue-star-museums or sacmuseums.org.

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NEW AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM DIRECTOR The California Automobile Museum has hired Mark Steigerwald as its new executive director. Previously a member of Cornell University’s Alumni Affairs and Development team, Steigerwald is also past director of the International Motor Racing Research Center in New York. “I’m thrilled to accept this role with the museum at a stage of significant growth,” Steigerwald says. “With a dedicated board of directors, talented staff and passionate volunteers, the museum is poised for prominence as a destination for automotive enthusiasts in the greater Sacramento area and beyond.” Located Downtown on Front Street, the privately funded, nonprofit automobile museum opened in May 1987 as the Towe Auto Museum (the name changed to California Automobile Museum in 2009). The museum collection boasts 130 cars on regular display, as well as a rotating monthly exhibit of autos from local car clubs. For

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POSITIVE NOTE FOR SAC BALLET When the Dance Data Project released its annual report about gender representation in choreography presented by the nation’s top 50 ballet companies, the Sacramento Ballet received special notice. Sac Ballet was cited as one of five companies with the most works by women in both the 20182019 and 2019-2020 seasons. “Our research shows often the most noteworthy and inclusive work is staged by smaller, regional companies,” DDP director of research Isabelle Vail says. “This should incite critics to travel outside of the big cities and report on regional programming.” The report mentions the Sac Ballet as a “positive example” for commissioning

the only full-length, main-stage, world premiere by a woman in the 2018-2019 season (artistic director Amy Seiwert’s reimagining of “The Nutcracker”). “While our research shows only 19 percent of works will be choreographed by women this season, there are reasons to be hopeful,” DDP founder and president Liza Yntema says. “It can be done, and we need to see more opportunities like this for women in the ballet.” For more information, visit dancedataproject.com. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. Submissions are due six weeks prior to the publication month. Previous columns can be found and shared at the all-new InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ insidesacramento. n

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Long Day’s Journey FROM TOKYO TO PARIS, TEAR GAS INCLUDED

s astute readers may have noticed, I have been missing in action. After nine years of writing a monthly column for Inside Sacramento, without missing a month, I decided to take the family on an extended vacation. I took my notepad to capture some observations for you, particularly as they relate to Sacramento.

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chuckled when I thought of folks who think Sacramento taxpayers should fork over $1 billion to $2 billion to extend Regional Transit’s light-rail system to Sacramento International Airport to avoid a rarely congested 10-minute drive from Downtown to the airport. A light-rail trip to the airport from Downtown would likely take an hour, as it would no doubt make eight stops at stations in South and North Natomas. The population density of Tokyo (with 14 million people) makes rail travel a necessity, compared to Sacramento’s low-density suburbs. The number of homeless people in Sacramento County is now 5,570. Roughly one of every 250 Sacramento County residents is homeless. Tokyo has an estimated 5,000 homeless persons with a population 10 times greater than Sacramento County. Walking around Shinjuku one afternoon, I came across an orderly pack of personal belongings under an elevated roadway. It seems Tokyo’s homeless pack up their belongings

each night so as not to be a nuisance to pedestrians during the day. Japanese are willing to give money to homeless people, but they rarely ask for handouts. Their dignity doesn’t allow it.

HONG KONG We saw massive numbers of worried residents marching to protect Hong Kong’s liberty and democracy, legacies established by the British who formerly ruled Hong Kong. The protesters oppose communist Chinese government efforts to impose a law that would allow extradition of Hong Kong residents to the mainland for criminal prosecution. The fear is China would use such power to further suppress free speech and punish dissidents. These are courageous people confronting an immensely powerful foe. They are appealing to world opinion to moderate China’s instinct to violently repress political opposition. Protestors conducted a measured attack on the parliament building during our visit.

The resulting traffic jam didn’t bother us. I resisted the urge to join the protesters. With a population of 7.4 million, Hong Kong has a homeless population of just 1,127. I observed a multifloor homeless shelter in Kowloon packed to the rafters with bunk beds. Ironically, such a living arrangement is not dissimilar to how many Hong Kongers live in one of the most densely populated places on earth.

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or Melinda Carson, relationships are key. Whether in her former capacity as executive director of the Sacramento and Northeastern California Make-A-Wish Foundation or as current volunteer extraordinaire for the Albie Aware Breast Cancer Foundation, Carson knows that

connecting with the community is crucial. “Relationships open doors,” says Carson, who has worked with Albie Aware since its inception in 2004 when her husband Doug founded the organization in memory of his late wife Albie, who lost her battle with breast cancer on July 4, 2002.

“Making connections in the community can help you raise money, certainly, but it can also provide an opportunity to do something really special for survivors and their families.” Carson says that when she and Doug first got together, she was very aware that Albie was going to remain an integral part of their lives. “I was coming into someone’s life after many years of a wonderful marriage,” she explains. “Her family was becoming mine.” Carson jumped in right away, helping build up the board and selling tickets to events that provide funds for lifesaving services. Albie Aware is aptly named—it aims to make men and women more aware of cancer-prevention methods and diagnostic tests. (Had Albie received a positron-emission tomography scan, it could have detected her recurrence more quickly, giving her medical team a better chance to treat the cancer that eventually claimed her life.) The organization also encourages early detection through self-examination and annual mammograms beginning at age 40—earlier if there is a strong family history—and provides financial assistance as well as advocacy when testing isn’t covered by insurance. Always full of ideas, Carson started new fundraising campaigns, such as Survivor of the Year (which has since morphed into Albie Champions) in which businesses, organizations, families and individuals form teams in honor of their chosen breast cancer “champions” to see who can collect the most donations. In 2020, Carson and her husband will co-chair the Rose Awards, which have historically honored outstanding volunteers but now recognize people in the community connected with Albie Aware to help share their stories. This year’s recipient will be breast cancer survivor Jim Bowman.

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hen you step inside The Ballroom of Sacramento, you have stepped into a bygone era. The spacious ballroom floor is roughly the size and color of a basketball court. Throughout the mirror-walled dance floor, strings of tiny lights snake up 20 feet of support beams. Fred Astaire wearing a top hat and tails would feel right at home. Imagine what The Ballroom looked like two decades ago, back before social

media replaced most other forms of social engagement. “In the old days, when we were basically the only ballroom other than Arthur Murray, there were a lot of people dancing,” says Linda Infante, owner of The Ballroom. “We’d have 400 people here on the weekends for dances.” These days, The Ballroom is half as big as when it opened in 1996 on Folsom Boulevard in East Sacramento. “It started out with seven owners,

and little by little, they either died or wanted out,” says Infante, who took over ownership in January 2009. However, The Ballroom shimmies on, still holding dance parties on the weekends, as well as group classes and private lessons all week. Although The Ballroom still offers ballroom dancing lessons, those classes have significantly lower attendance compared to “social dance” classes like salsa and West Coast swing. Infante blames the high costs of competitive ballroom dancing, as well as disinterest among the younger generation. “Sacramento is very much a social dance town,” she says. “It used to be that a lot of people competed. But a lot of those people have gotten older and quit, and the new people just don’t want to do it.” A Washington native, Infante moved to Sacramento from Fresno following a divorce. She started attending country dances in Sacramento, and became a DJ in 1986, working national dance contests around the country, moving from country dance to West Coast swing to ballroom. After a decade on the road, she got tired of living out of a suitcase and started working at The Ballroom in 1997. Infante gave up dancing long ago because of bad knees and feet, but she still DJs once a week at The Ballroom. She also serves as the in-house plumber, electrician and air-conditioning repairwoman. “All these things you have to learn to do because there’s nobody else,” she says, stressing that owning The Ballroom is a 24/7 job. “I’m always here. Even when I’m not here, I’m here.” Keeping a place for people to dance inspires Infante to keep doing the work. “All the time, people say, ‘Thank goodness for The Ballroom,’” she says. Customers feel comfortable coming to The Ballroom because no alcohol is served, while Infante and

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A decade later, Mayor Darrell Steinberg has become a prisoner to the movement inspired by tent city. He scrambles to find solutions to homelessness, but the city’s booming unsheltered population demonstrates the quicksand nature of his task. Steinberg has come up with a novel strategy. He wants to provide a shelter bed for every homeless person in Sacramento—5,570 at last count, well above Oakland’s record-busting number of 4,071. When it comes to homelessness, we are world class. But Steinberg added a brilliant twist. Under his shelter-for-all plan, sleeping outside won’t be tolerated. When beds are available, homeless people will not be allowed to camp under the stars or sleep in doorways. While the mayor’s plan is courageous, he hasn’t explained how to enforce or pay for it. There will be opposition— many homeless people believe it’s their right to camp wherever they please. Steinberg will have to fight. For generations, Sacramento was immune to the sights, sounds and smells of derelicts passed out along Front or Second streets. When Interstate 5 was built and the West End rebranded as

Old Sacramento, candy shops replaced skid-row saloons. The rummies moved up J and K streets. Some dug in along the American River. As long as they didn’t bother anyone, bums were left alone. Oprah shattered the narrative. Her video suggested our tent city was populated not with alcoholics, schizophrenics and junkies, but with honest, hardworking people crushed by economic turbulence and evictions. While homeless families and children sadly do exist, their presence was greatly exaggerated by Oprah and Ling. There were about 2,800 homeless people in Sacramento in 2009, a number that declined by 200 or 300 over the next six years as the economy improved and jobs returned. The folks who stayed homeless were spiritual descendants of West End bums. Today, the mantra is “housing first,” which prioritizes giving homeless people a roof before foundational factors such as alcoholism, drug addiction and mental illness are addressed. California law mandates “housing first.” Steinberg knows all this. He’s an expert in homelessness. Much of his career has been devoted to allocating money for mental illness, addiction

and vagrancy. If he can deliver on his plan to shelter every homeless person and eliminate camping, he will have succeeded where his predecessors fell short. Like Steinberg, other mayors tried: Joe Serna and Heather Fargo created homeless programs with local service providers. Kevin Johnson invented Sacramento Steps Forward, a publicprivate partnership that housed 1,675 people in one year. Before the recession, Sacramento County spent $29 million annually on homeless programs. In 2011, the homeless count fell to 2,358. When Oprah’s crew arrived, the recession was blamed for Sacramento’s homeless crisis. Today, it’s the opposite—unfair economic prosperity and gentrification are blamed. The true major causes are addiction and mental illness. They are not conjured by economics. Even West End rummies knew that. Good luck, Mayor Steinberg. R.E. Graswich can be reached at regraswich@icloud.com. Previous columns can be found and shared at the all-new InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @insidesacramento.com. n

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he Tsakopoulos name is prominent on some admired Downtown landmarks, with good reason. A gift from Angelo Tsakopoulos in his wife’s honor closed a financing gap at The Sofia B Street Theatre complex on Capitol Avenue. Not far away, he helped

fund the Tsakopoulos Library Galleria on I Street. But another member of the family, Angelo’s nephew Sotiris Kolokotronis, who freely admits he moved from his native Greece to Sacramento because the California capital seemed like a

good place to make money, has had more to do with shaping Downtown’s renaissance than just about anyone. For the irrepressibly upbeat and optimistic Kolokotronis—he took a hard fall in the last recession when the market wasn’t as enthusiastic as he was—his recent success is as sweet as a slice of baklava. “You never know how things come together,” the 60-year-old developer said during a recent interview at a Midtown restaurant. “You throw different things at the wall and something will stick. But as far as rediscovering the urban core, someone else said, you need to go through hell to get to heaven. I use that comment all the time. You really need to hit rock bottom sometimes for things to come back together, and it looks like we’re getting there.” That is probably an understatement for the city’s core and for Kolokotronis himself. When he made headlines a few years ago, the news was all about financial setbacks and dashed plans. Now he is proudly showing off new apartment buildings, lofts, visionary urban infill, big ideas for future projects and an energetic vision for the city’s core. As City Councilmember Steve Hansen, whose district includes Downtown and Midtown, put it, “Sotiris has been the most consequential and prolific developer of infill housing in the central city, not only because of his buildings, but also because he’s inspired others to tackle complicated and ambitious projects, too. The sum of his impact can be seen in the increased vibrancy and quality of life in Midtown, 16th Street and the eastern R Street corridor.” Factor in the impact of his wife— Matina Kolokotronis is chief operating officer for the Sacramento Kings and was heavily involved in planning Golden 1 Center—the Kolokotronis legacy is even more impressive.

After a development career that started in Sacramento’s sprawling suburbs in Folsom and Laguna, Kolokotronis and his partners have brought to the center city 501 residential units and 31,400 square feet of retail, with another 467 residential units and 9,000 square feet of retail under construction. Finished projects include the Fremont Building, Capitol Park Homes, lofts at 1801 L Street, Q19 apartments and much more. His apartment building on the Q Street site of The Sacramento Bee’s old parking garage will be the city’s biggest. And he’s been deeply involved with the special assessment districts that pay for a variety of Downtown amenities and services, making it impossible to walk 100 yards with Kolokotronis and not be stopped by well-wishers, friends, colleagues and people who seem to love the guy and his big-hearted personality. His SKK Developments has other big projects in the works. While Kolokotronis is quick to credit city planners and fellow developers, such as Michael Heller and Mark Friedman for their positive impact on Downtown, no one has done more to build the housing needed to serve people and attract restaurants and other commerce.

Go Downtown on just about any night and you’ll find people enjoying the amenities, walking around, socializing, spending money and giving the city a sense of place it didn’t always have. It’s a far cry from the time Kolokotronis first brought his future wife to Sacramento after proposing to her in 1986. When she asked where Downtown was after a trip to Natomas, he told her, “We just passed it.” For Kolokotronis, Downtown started on its current revival in the early 2000s, when the state built its massive East End office complex near the Capitol. The monolithic project was a missed opportunity to bring a more pedestrianscaled ambience to the core. But by collecting thousands of state workers in one general area and getting rid of many run-down buildings, Downtown began its transformation. The outgoing developer has been riding this latest wave for more than a few years and shows no signs of slowing down. His good fortune has been the city’s good fortune as well. Gary Delsohn can be reached at gdelsohn@gmail.com. Previous columns can be found and shared at the all-new InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ insidesacramento. n

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‘Not Humane’ WHY CAN’T STATE HELP MENTALLY ILL HOMELESS?

BY JOHN M.W. MOORLACH

he homelessness problem keeps getting worse. A survey released June 26 found Sacramento County’s homeless count jumped 52 percent the past two years, to an estimated 5,570. A study released three weeks earlier found Los Angeles County’s homeless population rose 12 percent in the past year, to almost 59,000—despite massive new spending to combat the crisis.

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California is home to almost 25 percent of the nation’s homeless population, yet makes up only 12 percent of the total population. Obviously, California’s homeless need more housing. That’s why in 2018 I coauthored Senate Bill 1206, the No Place Like Home Act, with then-Sen. Kevin de Leon (D-Los Angeles). The bill resulted in Proposition 2, last November’s successful ballot measure. It provided $2 billion in funding for housing mentally ill homeless people.

But housing is just a part of the answer. Another major problem is mental illness, which drives many homeless people to live on the street. Why are they allowed to stay there? The problem stems from civil commitment reforms created in the late 1960s that made it too difficult to care for individuals with serious mental illnesses if they refused treatment. As a result, many institutions that involuntarily housed mentally ill people were closed. Reforms began with the 1967 Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, written as a reaction to abuses occurring at the time. The LPS Act changed our civil commitment process in California. The result? Mentally ill individuals migrated to the streets, then often to county jails. Then and now, the outcome is not humane. In April, Dr. Drew Pinsky, a noted psychiatrist with many years of clinical practice, explained the situation to me on his radio show. “Psychiatric symptoms are given privileged positions in the law,” he said. “Not just the pathology, but the actual symptoms themselves are being privileged over the well-being of the individual displaying those symptoms, the safety of that individual, our ability to render care to them and the safety and sanitation of the surrounding community.” Basically, our society has decided that someone shouting aimlessly on the street and eating out of garbage cans is not cause to treat him or her involuntarily for mental health issues. I was on Pinsky’s show to advance SB 640, which I authored at the doctor’s suggestion. SB 640 sought to clarify the definition of “gravely disabled” and tie in an individual’s capacity to make informed decisions about his or her personal well-being. The bill was shelved this year, but these definitional changes would have expanded treatment opportunities for our most vulnerable, put them into conservatorships and housing involuntarily, and helped diminish the inhumane neglect they currently suffer. My office is putting together research for when the Senate reconsiders SB 640 next year. In January, an audit of the 1967 LPS Act should be finished. Let’s hope the State Auditor provides recommendations to help the Legislature reassess what the state must do. Cost is another concern. As an accountant, I take money seriously. Currently, under Section 5150 of the state Welfare and Institutions Code, a

person can be held involuntarily for up to 72 hours “for assessment, evaluation, and crisis intervention, or placement for evaluation and treatment in a facility designated by the county.” If that period of holding is extended, hospitals are concerned their costs will rise. So it’s imperative to locate funding sources. Private charities are crucial. In Orange County, where I was a county supervisor from 2006 to 2014, Mind OC and Be Well OC help find beds for those who need special assistance. And the county is one of the few that has a county-operated health system and is using CalOptima dollars to provide solutions. Another source could be the Mental Health Services Act, passed by voters in 2004 as Proposition 63, which imposed a 1-percent tax on incomes of $1 million or greater. While an Orange County supervisor in 2013, I worked with then-State Sen. Darrell Steinberg to pass SB 585. It allowed money from the Mental Health Services Act to fund Laura’s Law, a 2002 state law that created “an assisted outpatient treatment program for any person who is suffering from a mental disorder and meets certain criteria.” Resources are available, but the problem always returns to the purported civil rights issue—that mentally ill homeless people have a right to refuse all treatment. As Pinsky said, this is “privileging pathology over wellness.” From his clinical experience, he explained, when people finally get treated for their mental condition, “They’re furious when that happens. They go, ‘People left me in that condition? And look how good I am now? Who did that?’” We don’t let our seniors with dementia fend for themselves. Why would we do the same with our severely mentally ill? Homelessness clearly needs a two-pronged solution: first, more involuntary housing; second, reform of the 1967 LPS Act. I’ll be working to improve the language in SB 640. The public has to understand that stranding people with serious mental illnesses on our streets is crueler than housing and treating them against their will. As homelessness keeps getting worse, the need for this solution will become more obvious. Sen. John M.W. Moorlach (R-Costa Mesa) represents the 37th District in the California State Senate. His Sacramento office phone number is (916) 651-4037. n

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United by Differences COUPLE FINDS FRIENDSHIPS WITHOUT BORDERS BY DALE DODSON

s a 74-year-old white male, I sometimes fear being profiled by my appearance and lumped into a demographic group. In reality, my experience is exactly the opposite. Every day, I am reminded of the gifts that come from getting to know people of different religions and cultures. For me and my wife, Margaret, our global family began 17 years ago. That’s when Rasha, a young woman from Sudan who had recently completed a graduate degree at Sacramento State University, came into our lives. We met through a mutual friend, and Rasha quickly became a part of our family. When her mother, Nour, arrived from Sudan to visit, she thanked my wife for being a “second mother” to Rasha. When Rasha and her husband Ed traveled to Sudan for a visit, Margaret accepted Nour’s invitation to join them for two weeks. The hospitality she received was warm and loving. Six years ago, we met Amit and Renu, a young Sikh couple living a block down the street from us. Renu was completing residency at UC Davis Medical Center. Amit had relocated from Detroit to be with his fiancé. Learning of Amit’s love of fresh California produce, I invited them over to harvest plums from our tree. Despite an age difference of some 40 years and our different religious and cultural backgrounds, we discovered a kinship. When Margaret was abroad and I was immobilized by a leg injury, Amit was first to help me. He took me to the hospital and spent the night to make sure I was OK. Many Sikh men wear turbans and have beards. Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, some people have ignorantly regarded Sikhs as terrorist threats, even though the Sikh religion is based on tolerance, service and compassion. Amit was working as a consultant and traveling in the East Coast and Midwest after 9/11. He told me of the threats and intimidation he faced. Such conversations open doors of understanding.

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(Back row, from left) Sayed Ashraf Mansur, Amit Singh, Dale Dodson, Sayed Assad Hatami (Ashraf’s father), Ed Vasconcellos (Rasha’s husband). (Front row, from left) Rahima Faizi (Ashraf’s mother), Margaret Dodson holding Sahej Singh, Renu Rehal (Amit’s wife, Sahej’s mother) and Rasha Salama. I was honored to serve as a groomsman at Amit and Renu’s wedding at the Sikh temple, or Gurdwara, in West Sacramento. My head was wrapped in 16½ feet of fabric to form a turban. When Amit and Renu became parents, we were delighted to receive the titles of “Babaji” and “Beeji” to signify our relationship to their baby boy. More cultural opportunities have come from my work as a volunteer instructor at Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services. I teach English as a Second Language to students from Mexico, El Salvador, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Columbia, Honduras, Afghanistan, Iran, Morocco, Japan, China, Vietnam, South Korea, Moldava, Ukraine, Pakistan and Madagascar. The students bond quickly,

thanks to their common goal of learning a new language and adapting to life in Sacramento. I offered to provide individual tutoring to one student, Ali, an accomplished journalist, author and musician from Iran. He lives with his wife Maryam, who is working on a graduate degree in psychology, and their daughter Zara. At tutoring sessions we watched scenes from the classic film “Casablanca,” which we both love. The dialog was a springboard for vocabulary and discussion. Over time, our families became friends. One day I received a call from Roger Jones, pastor of the Unitarian Universalist Society of Sacramento. A young man, Sayed Ashraf Mansur,

had arrived in town from Afghanistan and appeared at Roger’s office door. The young man had been advised to find a Unitarian church because the denomination welcomes all faiths. Ashraf explained his family had won a U.S. Diversity Visa Lottery that allows recipients, spouses and children under 21 years of age to immigrate to this country. His first priority was to find a job and provide for the family. His second goal was to obtain a driver’s license and car. Finally, he wanted to enroll in school. Within weeks, Ashraf interviewed for a job at the Apple warehouse in Elk Grove. He was accepted and quickly figured out the best bus route to work. He acquired his driver’s license and saved money to purchase a car. He supplemented his income by driving for Lyft on weekends in San Francisco. Ashraf was ready to enroll in a summer English class at Cosumnes River College, but the out-of-state tuition was more than $800. When Ashraf visited our home to update us on his progress, another friend stopped by. This friend was so impressed by Ashraf’s motivation and focus that he offered to pay the $800 tuition. Ashraf’s education was launched—thanks to a friend who happens to be Jewish, helping a young man who happens to be Muslim. Ashraf is completing his second year of general education at the college. He hopes for acceptance in a nursing program and works part-time as an office assistant at a medical practice. Each of the people I’ve mentioned has a cultural perspective that values tradition, hard work, persistence, hospitality and kindness. They love poetry and music. Our lives have been enriched by these relationships. We shared our hearts and received the same. Dale Dodson is a volunteer English as a Second Language teacher at Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services. He can be reached at ddodson@surewest.net. n

New Holistic Senior Living Community Coming Soon THE WOODLAKE OFFERS INDIVIDUALIZED APPROACH TO ASSISTED LIVING AND MEMORY CARE By Cecily Hastings

cheduled to open in early 2020, excitement is building for the area’s newest option in senior housing—The Woodlake. Managed by Leisure Care, a nationally recognized leader in the senior housing industry for more than four decades, The Woodlake brings to Sacramento’s Woodlake neighborhood a unique and refreshing approach to senior living…and a whole lotta heart. “We enjoy a wonderful reputation from our 35 years of industry experience,” says Michelle Swearingen, Woodlake’s general manager. “Our employees are passionate and knowledgeable about creating a healthy and fun environment for our residents.” The Woodlake offers assisted living, but it’s a bit more personalized and flexible. Services include help with bathing, medication management, mobility and escort assistance, care coordination and more, and they are always delivered with warmth, compassion and a smile. “We are committed to delivering quality care with a generous heart,” says Melissa Cannone, health & wellness director, with more than seven years’ experience in assisted living. For those with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, The Woodlake offers Opal, Leisure Care’s signature memory-care program. Touching on seven pillars of wellness (physical, social, experiential, emotional and spiritual, creativity, therapeutic and sensory), Opal allows care staff to get to know each resident personally, drawing on his or her life story and providing programming and experiences that give meaning and purpose to each day. “We develop a personalized and comprehensive care plan to elevate the quality of life and promote independence safely,” says Cannone. In addition to providing excellent care, The Woodlake offers residents plenty of opportunity for socialization, engagement and fun. Onsite amenities include everything from dining venues, including a bistro, to a theater, PrimeFit gym, Health & Wellness Center, spa and salon, game and activity spaces, and more. But life at The Woodlake extends far beyond the front doors. Residents enjoy activities such as trips to the theater, outings to the ballpark and excursions to farmers markets. The Woodlake also offers residents and their family members access to Travel by Leisure Care, where personal travel agents are on hand to plan everything from a family member visiting from out of town to a Caribbean cruise. “Our programing is designed to help you live as independently as possible, with a person-centered, holistic approach, so your golden years can be your best years,” says Stephanie Dodds, sales manager.

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The Woodlake is on schedule to open in early 2020 and is now taking reservations for its Priority Waitlist. In addition, the first 50 people to move into the community will become members of the Trailblazer Club and receive priority apartment selection and an amazing move-in package that includes up to $3,000 off their first month’s rent, among other perks. Qualification details apply, so please call (916) 415-8097 or visit thewoodlake.com today to learn more. You can also visit The Woodlake at its Information Center, which is now open at 500 Leisure Lane. Stop by today and let The Woodlake introduce you to assisted living and memory care with a whole lotta heart. n

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A Separate Peace BETTER ANGELS BRINGS CIVILITY TO POLITICS

BY TAB BERG

merica is binging on outrage because liberals are arrogant elitists recklessly opening our borders and bankrupting the country, while conservatives are hateful bigots bent on destroying the environment and oppressing poor people. Neither statement is true, but both stereotypes feed the outrage addiction that has become the default narrative of public dialogue. For far too many Americans, political discussions have devolved into attacking the “other side” with troll-inspired slams and belittling tweets—where scoring a “burn” on a political opponent is valued more than finding solutions or even being truthful. There is a better way. Instead of forcing Americans to choose between warring ideological tribes, we can engage the “better angels of our nature” by acknowledging our differences and embracing our similarities. Rather than escalating the fight, we can depolarize America. Depolarization sounds like a Madison Avenue word, but it simply means we can learn to listen respectfully to people with different political views and engage honestly and civilly with those with whom we disagree. Better Angels is not another summit of academics or a photo-op for politicians. It is citizen-to-citizen advocacy focused on breaking the cycle of political retribution and partisanship at the grassroots level.

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Unlike efforts to assign blame or browbeat people, Better Angels embraces ideological differences and focuses on returning civility to political disagreement. The program is based on the premise that there is value in honest, civil debate. We may even find that when partisan anger and recrimination are washed away, there is more that unites than divides us. And it’s working. More than 1,000 “Red-Blue” workshops across the country have helped thousands of citizens listen without fear and speak without rebuke. Sacramento’s Better Angels Alliance has become a leading force in this national movement, cohosting the National Convention and spearheading new efforts and programing. But we have a long way to go and need a lot more people to join the effort. Better Angels Sacramento provides something that has become rare: a place where both conservatives and liberals can come together and realize it’s OK to disagree. On May 17, in living rooms, community halls and churches across America, Better Angels premiered a documentary film of the first “Red-Blue” workshop held weeks after the 2016 election. Seven Republicans who supported Donald Trump and seven Democrats who supported Hillary Clinton got together to talk. At the start, none of the participants believed it was possible to have a rational discussion with the other side. After the Better Angels workshop, they told a different story.

The documentary proves people can find humanity in others. Even those who see the world differently are still patriotic Americans. That success has been repeated hundreds of times, and we’re now showing the documentary in churches, community centers and theaters across the Sacramento region. These “Red-Blue” workshops are the cornerstone of the Better Angels movement. More than 400 Sacramento citizens have participated. We’re taking the lessons learned in the workshops to further bridge the divide. Skills workshops teach progressives how to talk with conservatives and vice versa. Better Angels is hosting debates to demonstrate that issues the media label “divisive” can be discussed without rancor. The first debate was held in Carmichael in May, where more than 50 residents met for a parliamentary debate on Sanctuary Cities. After the event many participants said they gained a better understanding of how “the other side” felt. Few changed their position, but the goal was not to change minds or beat the other side into submission. The goal was to strengthen civic bonds and prove we can discuss difficult issues. Better Angels is not a political panacea. It’s not designed to solve all of our problems. Instead, we’re focused on the premise that division and polarization make it difficult to have a discussion about the challenges facing America. Public engagement is vital for democracy, but we are displacing engagement with gladiatorial politics.

We’ve allowed politicians and the media to stick us into bunkers and goad us into waging war against each other—or disengage from politics (and each other) altogether. Yet, studies show most Americans believe the bonds that bind us together are stronger than the divisions that tear us apart. We can strengthen those bonds and solve real problems by engaging the better angels of our nature—or we can continue to feed the worst impulses of our demons and continue to tear the country apart. For information on Better Angels Sacramento, visit betterangelssacramento.org. Join Better Angels Sacramento for a Debate on Healthcare in America, Sunday, Sept. 8, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the North Highlands-Antelope Library in Antelope. Unlike traditional debates where people compete to win, these are structured conversations where everyone thinks and listens together to grapple with a difficult issue. Participants are encouraged to express their views, while behaving respectfully toward one another. To register or for more information on Better Angels debates and other events, visit betterangelssacramento.org/events-1. Tab Berg is a political consultant in Sacramento and owner of TABcommunications. He can be reached at betterangelssacramento@gmail.com. n

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What’s Old Is New Again COUPLE PUTS MODERN SPIN ON TRADITIONAL EAST SAC HOME

allpaper on the ceiling? Why not? “This is probably my favorite,” says homeowner Tracy Skinner, looking up at the black and white linen-like wallpaper above her head. Because the first paper she chose was very dark, Skinner considered covering only one wall. But Sacramento interior designer Cheryl Holben dissuaded her.

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“Cheryl said, ‘That is totally trendy. You can’t do one wall.’” They found a more modern paper with a floral pop that was “perfect because it’s light and bright,” Skinner adds. “But it was super expensive. So Cheryl said, ‘Let’s do the ceiling.’ “Ninety percent of this house is Cheryl. Cheryl got me out of my box.” Skinner and her husband Russ purchased the two-story East Sac home in the Fab 40s in 2017, and went to work on a complete remodel. Keeping the same basic footprint with some reconfiguring, the couple added a fourth bedroom and a shower for three full baths. Working with Holben and Kristy Lingner with River City Builders, the Skinners wanted to keep the classic look of the older home, but give it a modern update. “We loved it because it has a traditional footprint,” Skinner says of

the 2,650-square-foot home. “But there is not one surface that has not been touched. We made everything new.” The fully remodeled kitchen features an inventive island created from an old wooden printer’s cabinet that Skinner found online at an antique store in the east and had shipped to Sacramento. A local woodworker removed the top half, fashioned deeper drawers and repurposed the typeset inserts as wall décor in the renovated basement. “We were specifically looking for something old—something super original and unique,” Skinner explains. The new white kitchen cabinets are recessed for an “old-style” look. Quartzite countertops resemble marble. “We had marble in the past and I love how it looks,” Skinner says. “But after a while I just didn’t want to worry about it.”

The couple kept the original built-in buffet in the dining room, but relocated the living room buffet to the downstairs bedroom, which is now used as an office. They also saved the original door between the kitchen and dining room, telephone nook in the hallway and staircase banister. A stunning crystal chandelier was refurbished and moved from the living room to the dining room. “I love all my lighting,” Skinner says, crediting Holben for helping choose the just-right light fixtures, including an intricate Kartell sphere hanging in the entryway that the family assembled on their dining room table. “All these little pieces came in a box,” Skinner points out, noting that the company is famous for its faux-crystal fixtures made of plastic. The old double-hung, single-paned windows, which were painted shut,

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were refurbished. All the doors are new except the striking front door featuring beveled glass. Straying from the old style, the couple used “penny tile” in the downstairs guest bathroom, not just on the floor but up the walls as well. “It is such a small bathroom, I wanted it to have something that looked cool,” Skinner notes. A contemporary floating toilet was required for its clearance in the tiny space. “That’s what this house has—some old and some modern.” The fireplace was probably refashioned in the 1980s with “an ugly brown tile,” Skinner says. For a facelift, the tile was stripped off and the surface stuccoed and painted. Upstairs, the Skinners converted a linen closet into a laundry room, and reconfigured the oddly large and awkward master bathroom to create a bigger walk-in closet. Modern lighting, Carrera marble tile and a skylight create an updated master bath. As an unexpected twist, the Skinners chose a Dutch half door from the house to the backyard to allow in a cool breeze when the top half is open. Small hexagon tiles on the back porch spell out the home’s address. “The backyard was horrific,” Skinner emphasizes. “They had a koi pond and broken-up cement. And a privet tree hovering over our house that was about ready to fall.” The all-new landscaping includes a gas fireplace and swimming pool.

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Were there frustrations or surprises typically encountered with full remodels? “It all went smoothly,” Skinner says, giving kudos to Holben and Lingner. “It was really the three of us that worked together collaboratively on this house and that made it easy. They thought of everything—things I would never have thought of.” To recommend a home or garden for Open House, contact Cathryn Rakich at crakich@surewest.net. More photography and previous columns can be found and shared at the all-new InsideSacramento. com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ insidesacramento. n

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David Baker (left) and John Boyer pick up from Sun & Soil twice a week.

Cycle of Life RESOIL HELPS BRING THE FORK BACK TO THE FARM

s the farm-to-fork capital, Sacramento is devoted to fresh, local, sustainable farming and food. But what happens after the “farm” reaches the “fork?” To bring

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the fork back to the farm and complete the natural cycle of composting, David Baker developed ReSoil Sacramento. Baker moved to Sacramento from the Bay Area and started working at Selland’s Market Cafe as a wine steward. While in the Bay Area, Baker noticed others taking restaurant food scraps and sending them back to a farm to be used as compost. Being an earth-minded individual, he decided to start a similar project in Sacramento. After a sundry of unfruitful attempts, Baker started his own program, ReSoil Sacramento, through the educational

nonprofit Green Restaurants Alliance Sacramento. ReSoil Sacramento is a community compost network that partners with local restaurants, schools and businesses to bring farm to fork back to the farm. Since its development in 2014, ReSoil has diverted an impressive 1 million pounds of food waste from landfills and returned it to Sacramento soils. California law mandates that all counties divert organic waste from landfills to reduce greenhouse gases. Food and other organic waste produce methane, which is particularly harmful

to the environment. Composting is one of the simplest and best ways to reduce the potential harm of food and organic waste. “Community composting is one way that communities can act to reduce greenhouse gases and build healthy, climate-resilient neighborhoods,” Baker says. After the food waste is collected from a restaurant or business, Baker and his team bring the compost to wherever it’s needed in the city. That could be a Midtown community garden, edible schoolyard, urban farm, private and public landscapes, or the International

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Persephone as long as she had eaten nothing during her captivity. Alas, she had eaten a few pomegranate seeds. The gods made a deal. Persephone would return to Hades for several months every year, and then come back to earth. During her absence, Demeter grieved and the earth turned cold and dark. When Persephone returned, Demeter rejoiced and plants began to grow again. Garden writer Eliot Coleman calls the short days of winter “Persephone Days.” He recommends early planting to ensure that plants are at least 75-percent mature before days shorten to less than 10 hours. In Sacramento, shorter days begin Nov. 19. While greens will grow slowly throughout our mild winters, many other cool-season vegetables require 60 to 90 days to mature and should be planted no later than mid-September to early October. So this is a good time to plant cool-season crops. Even in a greenhouse, plant growth will slow unless you provide supplemental light. On Jan. 23, when days are once again 10 hours long, plants will return to active growth. I’m from Ohio where nobody has an outside winter garden because it’s too frigid. My attempts at Sacramento winter vegetable gardening have had mixed success, which I attribute to the

weather. I learned about “Persephone Days” in a Napa County Master Gardener blog last year, and realized that the winter gardens I planted earlier always did better no matter what the temperatures or rainfall. Winter annual flowers, such as violas and stock, also bloom better throughout the winter if you get them in the ground while the days are longer. This is also the best time of year to plant trees, woody ornamentals, hardy perennials, seeds and bulbs for springblooming plants. In our mild climate, roots continue to grow underground even if top growth is dormant. Persephone will soon return to the underworld. Sacramento isn’t as hot as Hades, and our winters are fairly mild. We can harvest from our winter gardens, pick citrus off our trees, enjoy green grass and flowers, and eat as many pomegranate seeds as we like. The next Open Garden, which will include information on preparing a winter vegetable garden, will be Saturday, Sept. 14, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center, 11549 Fair Oaks Blvd. in Fair Oaks. Anita Clevenger is a platinum Sacramento County Master Gardener. For a vegetable planting calendar and answers to gardening questions, visit

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attention immediately went to their medium-sized labradoodle, a furball of cuteness they introduced as Chewy. Poor Chewy was towing an exhausted family of three children, a mom and a grandmother. I noticed the group posing for the obligatory waterfall picture, so I volunteered to snap the photo. Afterward I stroked Chewy while the kids took long draws from their water bottles, their mom wondering aloud what route to take back to their car. Should they return through the tree-lined creek trail or would they elect for the faster return up the sunbaked gravel road? Without being asked, I advised Chewy’s companions that the gravel road would be faster, but I preferred the cooler creek road. They were tired, and this was Chewy’s first hike, so they heard “faster.” The woman studied the road. One direction crossed a bridge, and the other headed up a steep hill and out of sight. “Which way toward the parking lot?” she asked. I pointed up the hill. Becky seconded my motion. Just before they set off, I made a promise. “If we don’t see you in the parking lot, we’ll send a search party.” They responded from the distance with soft chuckles. Ten minutes later, we were still at the lookout point when I caught the eye of a passing ranger.

I pointed up the hill, Chewy and company long out of sight. “Does that road lead to the parking lot?” I asked him. “Nope. Not at all. That’s a 9-mile hike into backcountry.” “Ruh-roh. I just sent a family with limited water on an endless hike.” My unsolicited advice was not too unlike the instructions people will sometimes impose on others concerning faith. They preach certitudes proclaiming their road is the only detour around a fiery damnation. As a chaplain who’s definitely not a navigator, I can tell you that pushing people into a particular brand of faith rarely ends well. Even if you see the convert through the baptistry waters, they’ll often backslide because it was never really their choice to begin with. The best approach in sharing your faith is to first wait until someone is truly seeking your advice. Then I suggest helping folks explore their options, not dictating your ultimatum. Look for ways to journey with them, seeking the answers together. This strategy echoes the advice of Teddy Roosevelt who said, “Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.” When someone seeks your wisdom about faith or any other path, I suggest you consider the attitude conveyed in phrases like “May I share my experience?” “The best advice I ever received was….” “Can we explore your

questions together until we find what you are looking for?” As a chaplain, I’ve discovered there is frequently little value in the navigator approach, telling people where to go and how to get there. As for Chewy’s party of five, the ranger jumped into his pickup and drove up the hill. Ten minutes later the family came clopping back toward us. “Let’s get out of here,” my wife said. “I don’t want to have to explain my husband.” Without hesitation, I grabbed my daypack and scrambled down the path toward the car. I know good advice when I hear it. Join my wife and me on a trip to Honduras, March 8–15, 2020. We will be taking 16 readers with us to help support the Chispa Project, a nonprofit working to create school libraries and spark a passion for learning. For more information, visit chispaproject.org, or contact me at norris@thechaplain.net or (843) 608-9715. Norris Burkes can be reached at comment@thechaplain.net. Previous columns can be found and shared at the all-new InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @insidesacramento. Burkes is available for public speaking at civic organizations, places of worship, veterans groups and more. For details and fees, visit thechaplain.net. n

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But, of course, like a toddler fighting nap time, Buttercup would rather stay. “She knows we are walking home. What would normally take about 8 minutes will take 20,” Rabinovitz says. The longest walk home took a full 40 minutes— mostly because the 7-year-old pooch would not budge. “She would lay down. That day was fun. People were honking and pointing and laughing. “I finally said, ‘Do you want some cheese,’” Rabinovitz says with a smile. And that got the pup moving. Buttercup is one lucky bulldog. She was only 6 months old when Rabinovitz rescued her from an abusive home. “She was in a really bad situation,” Rabinovitz says. “We spent a lot of time on the floor with her. She would cower. You couldn’t stick your hand out toward her. She was really fearful.”

But Rabinovitz does not like to dwell on Buttercup’s unfortunate past. “She was very traumatized. But she’s really happy now. We worked with her. We live here in Midtown so she’s around a lot of people. “The most rewarding thing is that we’ve seen her blossom into this amazing dog. She is able to trust again, which makes my heart happy.” Buttercup also has bonded with Rabinovitz’s husband. “Every morning and every night—I see them silly and ridiculous together. It’s nice to see that she’s healthy and happy. She’s a good girl.” Rabinovitz grew up with bulldogs and boxers, so she has a special place in her heart for canines with “smooshy faces,” as she puts it. “They’re good family dogs. Both breeds are hilarious. You cannot take yourself too seriously when you have those breeds.”

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shelters, tree wells, construction scaffolding, etc. Shared electric bikes and scooters are the most recent additions. Next to arrive will be robotic delivery devices— now a common sight in Berkeley and something San Francisco has already regulated. E-scooters have especially disrupted the public. Pedestrians see their refuge threatened. It didn’t help that the initial strategy of some scooter companies was to dump thousands of scooters on city streets without permission. As a result, San Francisco banned all scooters while it formulated rules. Nashville’s mayor ended the city’s pilot scooter program. After a fatality, he banished the 4,000 scooters owned by seven different companies. Scooter clutter (scooters blocking sidewalks, either while parked or when knocked over) irritates pedestrians and business owners. (Oddly, cars cluttering streets doesn’t engender the same hostility, though cars take up far more public space and pose incredibly more danger to pedestrians.)

Sacramento was a bit late to the game. It hasn’t had the large volume of scooters and bikes of other cities, but the numbers continue to grow. The Bee reports JUMP is permitted 1,170 bikes and scooters. Lime added 250 scooters in July. The city expects more vendors to enter the market soon. Shared bike and scooter users don’t exercise the same care bike owners do when they finish rides. Though terms of use say the devices should be locked and out of the way, they are often left unlocked in the middle of sidewalks. Bike owners want their bikes ready when they return, so they tend to be scrupulous about locking them to a rack, if available, or some fixed out-ofthe-way object. It’s my observation that shared bike users tend to be worse scofflaws than bike owners and car drivers. They, and scooter users, ride on sidewalks, even when bike lanes are available or the law says they shouldn’t. They ride the wrong way on streets. They ride through red lights. They are cavalier about where they abandon their devices.

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Brick by Brick LEGO ARTIST TURNS TOYS INTO ART

David Truman Tracy

poster of Wonder Woman hangs on the wall next to a colorful lamp. But look closer—these aren’t ordinary objects. They’re composed of thousands of tiny LEGO bricks and they’re the masterwork of Sacramento native David Truman Tracy. “I couldn’t tell you how many times I built LEGO sets as a kid,” says Tracy, whose work is on display at Archival Gallery this month in “Sacramento Superheroes,” alongside work by the late Mel Ramos, Carrie Cottini, Robert Bowen, Corey Okada and GB Hettrick. “My biggest frustration was always that once I had finished a model of, say, a Star Wars X Wing, what was I going to do with it? I would put it on the mantle for an hour and then destroy it. With a LEGO lamp, it’s a cool, functional thing

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that you can display. It has entertainment value and use value.” Tracy returned to his childhood love of LEGO as a freshman studying architecture at UCLA after his mom showed him photos of LEGO furniture in an issue of Architectural Digest. Intrigued, he visited a LEGO store to see what was new and was delighted to find clear bricks—which immediately made him brainstorm ways to play with light. A lamp seemed the most “direct and relatable way” to experiment. Soon after, his first LEGO lamp was born. “I wanted to do something that wasn’t too ‘out there,’” says Tracy, who has since exhibited his LEGO lamps, furniture and sculptures at Google’s San Francisco offices, the Forest Lawn Museum in Glendale and Sacramento’s Lumens Light and Living. “LEGO is already pretty out there. So many of my pieces are pretty simple concepts. The nature of the material is unexpected, so I try to simplify. If it gets too complicated, you’re layering crazy on top of crazy. Crazy squared doesn’t work that well.” The 29-year-old seems to have found the sweet spot between crazy and cool, with commissions taking off after exhibiting at Lumens and having a lamp accepted into the 2010 KVIE Art Auction. He now has an agent in Florida and his artwork is owned by Warner Bros. (which produced “The LEGO Movie”) in Los Angeles, tech companies, interior designers and collectors across the country. Though Tracy didn’t pursue art full-time after graduation—he worked in investment banking and corporate finance for Universal and he’s now pursuing an MBA at the University of Chicago—he still found time to spread his love of LEGO through teaching. He worked with an after-school program located near a LEGO factory in Nyíregyháza, Hungary, where he taught students how to build his now-iconic lamp that was being displayed at the country’s national museum. While Tracy loved teaching, his time in Hungary led to an even more incredible opportunity—collaborating with Hungary-based Wonder Woman illustrator Judit Tondora. Tracy

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suggested a professional collaboration and the results will be on display at Archival. Replicas of Tondora’s illustrations done entirely in LEGO bricks depicting Wonder Woman’s character evolution from the 1940s through the ‘70s, ‘90s and 2010s. “We didn’t want to just do standard illustrations or a ton of pieces,” Tracy says. “We settled on chronicling the development of the character since its inception. It’s an interesting mash-up.” When Tracy isn’t studying, traveling, building or exhibiting, he’s working on his newest project, a DIY kit of his colorful ball lamp that will be sold online to LEGO enthusiasts and artists alike who have taken a shining to Tracy’s reimagining of every kid’s favorite building material—no disassembly required. For more information, visit davidtrumantracy. com and kitcosets.com. “Sacramento Superheroes” will be on display Sept. 5–28 at Archival Gallery at 3223 Folsom Blvd. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@ gmail.com. Previous profiles can be found and shared at the all-new InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @insidesacramento. n

A Place Called Home FORMER SACRAMENTO STUDENT REFLECTS ON WHAT THE CITY MEANS TO HER

ast summer, Grace Mellberg, 17, moved with her family from Arden Park to Arizona where she is now a junior at Salpointe Catholic High School in Tucson. Leaving Sacramento was bittersweet for Grace, who attended Sacred Heart Parish School and St. Francis High School for her freshman and sophomore years. She has a love of the arts, both written and visual. This semester, Grace received an assignment at her new high school to write a poem. Inside Publications was inspired by how the words capture life in Sacramento through the eyes of a teenage girl—and we are pleased to share the poem with our readers.

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WHAT IS SACRAMENTO TO ME? BY GRACE MELLBERG It’s my favorite candy; first it’s sour, then it’s sweet. It’s Tupelo Coffee and Roasting—-a place that acted as a sacred temple to high school students in the days leading up to finals. It’s the friend who picks me up at the crack of dawn—no questions asked—because I need her to. It’s the snow cone with cherry syrup that cooled kids off on hot, sweaty, chaotic, Fourth of July celebrations on the streets of East Sacramento. It’s Mr. Chen—the locally famous tutor who lifted up both my math grade and my school spirit. It’s Ladybird, a movie and love letter to my hometown that had Sacramentans beaming with pride as the film was nominated for five Oscars. It’s holding my friend’s hand as we did what is a right of passage for teenagers in Sacramento—jumping off a bridge into the American River. It's cookie-cutter decorations lining the streets of the Fabulous 40s during Christmastime. It’s Eighth Hole, a mythical party location that always produced Monday morning gossip. It’s coming home to a house filled with laughter from my big sister and her friends, a group of girls who were like a pack of wolves that would defend me from bullies. It’s the anticipated victory every year of the Jesuit High School football team at Holy Bowl. It’s my final brunch at Cafe Bernardo with one of my best friends before I moved. It’s Tim Collom, a man who has sold most of Sacramento their homes and the paintings to go inside them! It’s Tower Bridge, an emblem of the City of Trees, whose golden hue blinds spectators as the sun shines upon it. It’s the rainbow-colored lightshow you see as you drive through the tunnel into McKinley Village. It’s East Portal Park, a place for a first kiss, ice cream and heartbreak. It’s a spread of green-checked fields with two meandering rivers sparkling in the California sun. It’s a place I used to call home. n

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Seeing Double 2 LOCAL HOT SPOTS OFFER DIFFERENT TAKES ON PIZZA

izza, to use a modern phrase, is trending. Wood-fired, gas-oven, deep-dish, Neapolitan, thin-crust, Sicilian, New York. Think of a pizza style, from Connecticut to California, and you’ll find a sample of it at a Sacramento restaurant.

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Marvin Maldonado, local restaurateur, has two different pizza spots focusing on two completely different styles. Federalist Public House features Neapolitan thin-crust pizza fired in the Federalist’s potent wood oven. His new East Sacramento outlet, The Neighborhood Pizzeria, features a style with a plethora of regional names. Some call it “Detroit-style,” others call it “Sicilian.” You’ll even hear it referred to as “Grandma” pizza every now and then. This Motor City/Mediterranean/ maternal treat features deep, focaccialike crust topped with cheese, then

sauce and then a wide array of ingredients. Most notable might be that this style is cooked in rectangular pans and served by the square. These two pizza styles, the Neapolitan at Federalist and the Grandma pie at Neighborhood couldn’t be more different. The same can also be said for the restaurants’ atmospheres. Opened in April, The Neighborhood Pizzeria sits snugly and casually on H Street, looking more like a residence than a neighborhood pizza spot. The homey exterior belies a modern, minimal interior and a delightfully inviting patio. It’s an order-at-the-

counter place where your table number might be written on a vintage baseball card. This and other cheeky elements give the place that touch of fun that tells you the minimalist space is more blank canvas than serious artistic expression. While the pizzeria features the Detroit/Sicilian-style square pies, you’ll also find round pies offered with a modified, but still satisfyingly puffy and gorgeously crispy crust. The standard Detroit/Sicilian pizza, as mentioned above, has a crust influenced by the best Italian focaccia. The flavor, chew and fluffiness of the crust makes these

pies stand out. And the doughy beauty is only heightened by the cheesy, crispy exterior. The “Abuelita” (Spanish for grandmother) is a square slice with just the basics: mozzarella, oregano, tomato sauce, basil and parmesan. The “Fresh Prince” (a sly reference to Prince Street Pizza, a New York pizzeria that specializes in the Sicilian style) goes for the simple American combo of pepperoni and cheese. At $4 and $5 a slice, respectively, they are a filling treat for a solid price. Being in the pizza and beer business has its perks, Maldonado told me. One of those perks is getting to go on research trips to places like Italy and New York. While on a recent trip he and his wife fell in love with the beers coming out of Brooklyn Brewery. Their flagship Brooklyn Lager is a staple at bars and restaurants up and down the Eastern Seaboard, but doesn’t make it out to California much. Fortunately for Maldonado, a western push in distribution for Brooklyn Brewery lined up with the opening of his new restaurant. So now Brooklyn Brewery beers are, for lack of a better description, the official beers of the neighborhood pizzeria. You’ll find several on tap at any time, and plenty of bottles and cans to go. Federalist Public House is one of the more innovative spaces in town. Maldonado’s background in architecture came into play to create a space that utilizes a series of shipping containers as its frame. It works as an indoor/outdoor space built for the long Sacramento summers and briefer winters. The restaurant focuses on craft beer, wood-fired pizza and bocce ball. The faux grass bocce court attached to the informal dining room acts as a magnet for casual and competitive bocce players.

The beer lineup features a tap list of mostly local brews with a heavy consideration for the season and the number on the thermometer. The pizza oven steals the show, however, putting out thin-crust Neapolitan pies that range from traditional to inventive. On the traditional end, the “Formaggio” hits the spot with a simple combination of crushed tomato, cheese, oregano and olive oil. The tender, fire-kissed crust pulls just enough when offering that first bite. Its flavor shows smart decisions in dough making and flour sourcing. On the innovative side, the “Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy” features ingredients more frequently found in a Cubano sandwich: roast pork, ham and pickles. The clever pizza doesn’t pull punches with a heavy dusting of fresh dill and “Cubano sauce.” The unapologetic flavors really sing. You might not pick this one off the menu at first glance, but it’s definitely worth a second look. Whether you’re a fan of a big slice or small slice, deep dish or thin crust, red sauce or white sauce, you’ll find pizza to your liking at these two pizzerias. If variety be the spice of life, eat on!

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Zimei Chinese Culture & Art Academy Saturday, Sept. 14, 6–8 p.m. The Theater at Sierra 2 Center, 2791 24th St. • zccaa.org This concert will feature award-winning artist and musician Zimei performing Chinese Guzheng, song, contemporary dance and Chinese ribbon dance with a live band. Tickets are $25; $15 for 12 and younger.

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Pueblo Dynasties: Master Potters from Matriarchs to Contemporaries Crocker Art Museum Sept. 22–Jan. 5 216 O St. • crockerart.org Featuring approximately 200 pieces by premier American Indian potters from the Southwest, this exhibition focuses on legendary matriarchs Nampeyo, Maria Martinez and Margaret Tafoya, as well as their descendants.

A Taste of Land Park Land Park Community Association Sunday, Sept. 22, 4–7 p.m. 10th Avenue between 13th and 11th streets • landpark.org This annual event is back featuring dozens of Land Park eateries, regional wineries and breweries, live music and art to raise money for LPCA. Must be 21 or older to attend. Tickets are $45 in advance; $50 at the door.

Crocker Art Museum Sunday, Sept. 8, 3 p.m. 216 O St. crockerart.org With its combination of harpsichord and baroque violin, the Laudami Ensemble (Michael Peterson and Laura Rubinstein-Salzedo) brings history to life through music with a concert of German composers and the Italians who inspired them. Tickets are $10 for museum members and students/youth; $20 for nonmembers.

Dinner in the Park: Carmichael Gourmet Dinner & Auction Carmichael Parks Foundation Saturday, Sept. 7, 5–8:30 p.m. Sutter-Jensen Community Park and Jensen Botanical Garden • carmichaelparksfoundation.org This annual fundraiser will feature appetizers, a family-style gourmet dinner catered by Bella Bru Cafe and blues-and-rock band Wasted Space. Find parking and shuttles at Carmichael Elementary School on Sutter Avenue. Proceeds benefit youth scholarships and park beautification. Tickets are $125.

Sac Open Studios Verge Center for the Arts Sept. 14–15 and Sept. 21–22 Various locations • vergeart.org The region’s oldest, largest and most prestigious artist studio tour returns with more than 250 participating artists. The 2019 tour is dedicated to Burnett Miller in recognition of his decades-long support of contemporary art in the Sacramento region.

American Indian pottery at Crocker Art Museum’s Pueblo Dynasties.

West Coast Jam with jazz musician Peter White.

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Fresh fruit and beverages at A Taste of Land Park.

West Coast Jam TunesWork Saturday, Sept. 7, 7:30 p.m. The Hanger at McClellan Park, 5411 Luce Ave. • tuneswork.org Part of HuskyShows’ Summer Jazz Series, this concert features contemporary jazz stars Peter White, Richard Elliot and DW3 to raise money for TunesWork, which provides customized therapeutic music for those with Alzheimer’s and others throughout Sacramento.

Laura Rubinstein-Salzedo of Laudami Ensemble at Crocker Art Museum.

Ian Harvey’s mixed media on mulberry paper at JAYJAY Gallery.

31st Annual Wines of Clarksburg Friends of the Clarksburg Library Sunday, Sept. 15, 1–4 p.m. Heringer Estates, 37375 Netherlands Road, Clarksburg • clarksburglibraryfriends.org Enjoy an elegant afternoon of gourmet food samplings, local wines, live music, gift basket auction and fine art auction. Proceeds benefit the Clarksburg Library—the only community-owned public library in California. Must be 21 or older to attend. Tickets are $50 in advance; $65 at the door.

Hermann/Collom: 20/20 Tim Collom Gallery Sept. 10–Oct. 3 915 20th St. • timcollomgallery.com This exhibition brings together new works by Sacramento artists Miles Hermann and Tim Collom, friends and colleagues who know and experience Sacramento in their own unique ways. The show features 20 paintings each, from figurative to landscape, including pieces on which they have collaborated.

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Where Hallucinations are Important Questions: New Work by Ian Harvey JAYJAY Gallery Sept. 12–Oct. 26 5524 B Elvas Ave. • jayjayart.com Ian Harvey’s large-scale paintings and drawings are a shot of adrenaline that stimulate the eyes, mind and body as the viewer is transported into worlds where there is no room for hopeless emptiness.

River City Toy Train Show Sacramento Valley Division of the Toy Train Operating Society Saturday, Sept. 28, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Scottish Rite Center, 6151 H St. • ttos-sv.org Check out toy train accessories, parts and supplies, plus operating train layouts and demonstrations, door prizes, refreshments and more. Tickets are $5; $9 for families; kids 12 and younger free with an adult.

19th Amendment centennial celebration commemorating women’s suffrage.

“Black Cat” by Mel Ramos at Archival Gallery.

Groundbreakers Q&A: UC Davis Chancellor Gary May California Groundbreakers Monday, Sept. 9, 6:30–8 p.m. Antiquité, 2114 P St. • californiagroundbreakers.org Listen in as Chancellor Gary May talks about his life and career as an engineer and innovator, his vision and goals for UC Davis and the Sacramento region, and his take on the state of higher education today. Appetizers will be offered with drinks available for purchase. Tickets are $10.

Historic Home Tour: Woodlake Preservation Sacramento Sunday, Sept. 15, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Corner of Woodlake Drive and Forrest Street • preservationsacramento.org The first-ever home tour of the Woodlake neighborhood offers a self-guided look at the area’s charming Tudor Revival homes and gardens. Following the tour enjoy a street fair with representatives from nonprofit organizations. Tickets are $30 in advance; $35 on day of the event. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. Submissions are due six weeks prior to the publication month. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @insidesacramento. n

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

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

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

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

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616 Alhambra Blvd Friday 11am - 10pm (free entry 11-3) Saturday 12pm - 10pm Sunday 12pm - 8pm

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Ma Jong Asian Diner

Rio City Café

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

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Mayahuel

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Vibe Health Bar Clean, lean and healthy breakfast and snacks 3515 Broadway â&#x20AC;˘ 916.382.9723 vibehealthbar.com

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Iron Grill A mecca to hearty eating 2422 13th Street â&#x20AC;˘ 916.737.5115 irongrillsacramento.com

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

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

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

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

Woodlake Tavern 1431 Del Paso Blvd • 916.514.0405 woodlaketavern.com

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

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

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

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

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B L D $$ Full Bar Outdoor Patio Seasonal, European-inﬂuenced comfort food • paragarys.com

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

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

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

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