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Matt Bult is a Sacramento artist living in Land Park whose work is in collections both locally and beyond. Elliott Fouts Gallery recently featured Bult’s work in a one-man show called “The Pond Series.” Shown: “Untitled #9”; 18 inches by 25 inches; acrylic, graphite and watercolor on paper.

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Winning Formula INSIDE HITS 24 WITH RARE MODEL THAT STILL WORKS

s we enter the 24th year of our publishing business, I am reminded how grateful we are to the hundreds of advertisers who pay 100 percent of the cost to bring our readers the most interesting local news each month. Cumulatively, ad revenues over the years have probably totaled more than $20 million! But in 24 years, the media landscape has not only changed— it has been radically disrupted. To think we are still in basically the same business we were in 1995 is astounding. Our model is simple. We contract with local small businesses to pay for advertising to reach their local audiences. We use the proceeds to pay local writers and photographers for content. We design an attractive and easy-to-read format. Finally, we print the magazine and mail it to more than 80,000 homes each month—at no cost to our readers. We organize these elements and manage the business relationships with our advertisers by providing marketing and advertising expertise gained over the decades. And we’ve been able to do it by never having a greater ad-to-editorial ratio of more than 50/50. On average our content is about 35 percent ads to 65 percent editorial content.

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Those are the details of our business. But they don’t answer the more important question—why we publish Inside. Twenty-four years ago, my husband and I didn’t start our business as a way to make a living. There are far easier ways to earn money than in publishing. Instead, we were—and still are—motivated to create stronger bonds within our neighborhoods and communities. We had been active in our East Sacramento neighborhood and were surprised as newcomers how little connection people had to each other and to civic and neighborhood issues. My mother was a lifelong connector of people. I grew up seeing the importance of meaningful

connections in people’s lives. That was our inspiration. This past year, I read two books that opened my mind to the disruption that has swept the media world. “World Without Mind” by Franklin Foer is a fascinating biography of the biggest players in big tech—a handful of humans that, through their decisions, govern the lives of 7 billion tech consumers. Foer details how big tech monopolized the means of distribution, and then proceeded to systematically demonetize and degrade the written word. I found it very interesting but also quite sad. Tim Wu’s “The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble To Get Inside Our Heads” describes the rise of electronic media and how

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the entire industry has grown and developed to feed on human attention. From the first paid advertising in newspapers in the 19th century, every new medium, from radio to television, has attained commercial viability by turning itself into an advertising platform.

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The result is the dramatic collapse of paid subscriptions to traditional print media. As a result, ad clutter—which allows platforms to provide “free” services—has taken over our lives. Newspapers that once considered their front page sacrosanct now routinely feature ads there. YouTube features full-length ads, skip-able ads, lower-screen ad banners and display ads on the page alongside every video. Advertising on traditional news websites includes display ads, sponsored or paid content along with real news stories, and pop-up ads. Any ad you digitally touch (on purpose or accidentally) follows you in your web browsing. Major league sports come with tremendous ad clutter, from multiple location stadium banners to ad images on TV screen scoreboards. When there is a delay in the game, ads pop up. The NBA sells “sponsorships” on players’ uniforms. The NFL alone generates an estimated $4.35 billion in ad revenue during its regular 17-week season. As watching on digital video recorders surpassed live TV viewing, advertisers had to cope with the fact that folks fast-forward through commercials. Technological innovation found a solution. Soon we will see popup ads when we pause to fast-forward through a commercial on live TV. I enjoy listening to talk radio, where ads are u usually interspersed t throughout the hour o bunched up at the or b beginning of each o hour. Podcasts of a often free or are a available for a nominal p price. Once podcasts w were promoted as co commercial-free. Many po popular podcasts now fe feature commercials. The end result is that wh while we may have been sav saved the cost of quality con content we once paid for, we must now live with ap permanently cluttered me media landscape. II’m not sure the trad tradeoff has been worth it it. T The more ad clutter we are subjected to each day, the more we learn to tune it out. And the more we tune it out, the more the attention merchants ramp up their efforts to get inside our heads. We experience more anxiety as a result. We also must

EACH YEAR THIS MONTH WE PUBLISH WHAT WE CALL OUR HALL OF FAME TO RECOGNIZE OUR LOYAL LONG-TERM ADVERTISERS. consider the devastating impacts that the intentional blurring of real news versus what has been bought and paid for has had on our society. At Inside Publications, we will remain true to the model that has served readers and small businesses in our communities for the last two decades. We are developing a new website, but will always be extremely sensitive to the reader experience. A few months ago, I had a nice lunch with Robert Nelsen, Sacramento State University’s dynamic president. He told me that every month he sits down with a cup of coffee at home and reads our publication cover to cover. He noted that he and his wife enjoy our local advertising. “When I am finished, all is well with me and I feel good about our community. Where else can I get that kind of satisfaction?” he said.

GRATITUDE A reader named Alana Herrera sent us the following note last month: “Please convey my gratitude to Tim Collom for having thought up a wonderful and effective way to help the Paradise fire victims by donating cash to the California Professional Firefighters organization. In the face of the staggering disaster—I’m a Paradise fire survivor—it was an unexpected and welcome surprise to be given a card with $250 of buying power on it! “Please thank him on behalf of everyone who was given a card. I’m sure the victims will never know his act of kindness and generosity. I am staying with my daughter in Sacramento while my new senior apartment is readied for me. On the course of finding things to do here, I’ve begun visiting the McKinley Library, where I came across your lovely and heartfelt publication.” Cecily Hastings can be reached at publisher@insidepublications.com. n

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election—the most ambitious effort yet—26 locations were open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Election Day. Friends of the Sacramento Public Library members lent their assistance to library staff by accepting ballots, directing traffic and emptying ballot boxes. In addition, teen volunteers manned pre-registration tables at various branches to encourage voter participation. The libraries took in 139,475 ballots, which was more than 21 percent of all ballots collected for Sacramento County. Teens preregistered 257 voters at six branches. orming Arts Gala will be held Feb. 2. Perf and al Visu ol’s Scho High y latch To become a Friend of the McC C.K. Sacramento Public Library, go to saclibrary.org.

.K. McClatchy High School’s Visual and Performing Arts Program will hold its second annual Gala on Saturday, Feb. 2, in the school’s 800-seat, stateof-the-art theater. The evening will feature a 1940s theme—uniforms and era-appropriate attire encouraged—and showcase student performances in music, theater

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and dance. Proceeds from a special auction item will be donated to the USO. Doors open at 6 p.m. for dessert and a silent auction, and performances begin at 7:15 p.m. Admission is free for veterans or active-service members. General admission is $35; student and teacher admission is $20. Tickets are available at ckmvapa.eventbee.com. For more information, email ckmgala@ gmail.com.

LET’S PLAY! St. Francis of Assisi Elementary School on K Street received a $15,000 Let’s Play Community Construction Grant last year from Keurig Dr. Pepper and the national nonprofit KaBOOM! to replace the school’s 20-year-old play structure. The new playground opened to students last month. “Our school resides in an urban setting where there is limited access to safe and quality parks,” says school principal Ivan Hrga. “Not only will the students of St. Francis of Assisi Elementary School benefit from the new play structure, children from our neighborhood and parish church will also have a safe place to play.” Approximately 30 people—parents, grandparents, staff and students—met

BALLOTS AND BOOKS The Sacramento Public Library—an active participant in voter engagement since 2012—embraced its role in the latest election with all library locations serving as ballot drop-off sites and voter service centers. For the Nov. 6 general

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in November to demolish the old structures and install new equipment purchased with the grant. The finishing touch was added at the beginning of January and students were able to enjoy the new playground upon their return from winter break. Through Let’s Play, KDP partners with KaBOOM! and Good Sports to

build and improve playgrounds in underserved communities and provide grants for sports equipment. Visit letsplay.com for more information.

ROAD TRIPPIN’ Running through Feb. 25, the California Automobile Museum’s

“Hitting the Road: Road Trippin’ Through the Years” lets guests explore the historic American pastime of traveling with family and friends during the heyday of road trips in the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s. Depending on the travelers’ age, race and financial status, road trips could be dramatically different. Also on display are a number of iconic cars, including a 1955 Harley-Davidson Panhead, 1964 Ford Falcon Deluxe Wagon, 1972 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser Wagon and 1976 BMW R100/7. The exhibit is free with museum admission ($10 for adults, $5 for youth 5-17) and free for children 4 and younger. For more information, visit calautomuseum.org.

FIGHTING COLON CANCER The eighth annual Sacramento Undy RunWalk will be held Saturday, Feb. 16, at William Land Park. This “fun twist

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Go Ask Alice LIBRARY VOLUNTEER KNOWS HOW TO GET THINGS DONE

Alice Levine

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lice Levine’s favorite projects are those that “get built and have a long public purpose.” A city planner by training, the Poverty Ridge resident has put her schooling to good use during her 32 years in Sacramento by helping to save the Ella K. McClatchy Library when it was on the brink of closing— including refurbishing the upstairs to host art shows and other community gatherings—and to reopen the Southside Park public pool. “I feel like Sacramento is the city that doesn’t know how,” Levine says, referring to the city’s penchant for trying—yet often failing—to make improvements to infrastructure. “That gives people like me an opportunity to get involved.” Levine had just moved into the neighborhood in 1995 when she received notice that the Sacramento Public Library’s McClatchy branch, around the corner from her house, was going to close. The library was former home to the owner and editor of The Sacramento Bee, Charles McClatchy, and his wife Ella. Built in the early 1900s at 22nd and U streets, the home was converted into a library in 1940. Determined to save the historic site, Levine and other concerned citizens met and formed the nonprofit Ella K. McClatchy Friends to raise funds to keep the library open. Levine was voted the group’s first president—a position she held for 19 years. The Friends sponsored and oversaw a significant renovation in 2013, as well as the opening of the library’s second floor for the first time since 1969. “The original idea was to use it as a cultural center,” says Levine, who has also volunteered extensively for her daughter’s schools and youth theater productions (her daughter studied opera and now works in marketing in the Bay Area). “We thought the community could use the room to host salons, art shows, discussions, cultural events, political events, meetings for the neighborhood association— anything you can imagine.”

Levine and two other women, Nancy Gotthart and Lynn Eder—both of whom served on the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission’s nowdefunct public art committee—formed a committee to organize quarterly art shows and talks upstairs. The library’s umbrella organization offered a matching grant for the first year of shows (exhibiting artists receive an honorarium and an opening reception) and the group just celebrated its fifth year of exhibitions. “It’s wonderful seeing how busy the library is now,” Levine says. “I almost wept with joy on Election Day seeing so many people dropping off their ballots and standing in line to vote. Volunteers brought candy and cookies, and waved a flag if it was someone’s first time voting. The entire neighborhood turned out—2,000 votes came out of our library.” All of that activity largely can be attributed to the work of volunteers like Levine who use their extensive expertise to get things done. In Levine’s case, she used her ability to navigate bureaucracy to arrange the library’s renovation with the city manager and her power of persuasion to convince the YMCA to take over operation of the Southside pool instead of shutting it down. “It’s been a surprisingly wild ride,” Levine admits. “I’ve had to use everything I learned in city planning school—it’s all about figuring out who you need to convince and how.” Though Levine is planning a move to Santa Cruz within the next year (her husband just retired and they’re craving beach time), she’s committed to making sure the library is set for the future. “To be a democracy, we must have an educated citizenry,” Levine says. “The key to that education is public schools and libraries. We have to keep that idea in the front of our minds—a reminder to make space for knowledge and awareness, as well as community activities.” Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. n

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he most fiercely debated issue in the political fight over Measure U was how would the Sacramento City Council spend its nearly $100 million annual take from the 1-cent permanent addition to local sales taxes. Now the focus has shifted to City Hall, where council members have moved quickly to organize a Measure U Citizens Advisory Committee, which is

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supposed to advise the council on how to spend the money. The threshold issue, however, is: Will anyone really have much say in how the bulk of Measure U money is spent? You see, the city is haunted by the growing demands of a very big and unforgiving creditor, the California Public Employees Retirement System, whose claims against City Hall will effectively double over the next four to five years, increasing by $62 million annually, according to both CalPERS and city estimates. The problem is complicated by the fact that our city government has over the past five years grown increasingly reliant on the nearly $50 million that the original, supposedly temporary, Measure U generated. The city’s spending of such funds is already largely

“baked” into the annual budget, leaving the council only $50 million in “new” money from Measure U to spend. The smart move would be for the city to bank a large chunk of the new money over the next three to four years. A savings account would provide some running room and critically needed time to bring down other spending and grow Sacramento’s revenue sources before mega-invoices from CalPERS overwhelm the budget. For example, the city could build up a $100 million reserve of Measure U money and reduce current baseline spending by $30 million each year. Then Sacramento can spread out the burden (and fiscal pain) of paying dramatically higher CalPERS bills until other revenues (hopefully) grow to handle the pension obligations.

Of course, if a recession strikes, all bets are off. City tax revenues would melt while the CalPERS stock portfolio nosedives, which would drive up the city’s unfunded pension debt and trigger calls for even higher pension contributions. Most pension experts expect California cities to face even higher annual pension bills than are now forecast—without a recession. Why? Because CalPERS habitually overestimates the rate of return projected for its asset portfolio. Sometimes, reality really bites. There is one hopeful sign. In October, the City Council directed the city auditor to hire an outside consulting firm to identify 10 to 20 costsavings opportunities to bring down city spending in the face of looming CalPERS rate hikes.

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The city ordered a similar consulting report in 2009. In 2010, Management Partners delivered 49 recommendations, only a handful of which were ever acted upon. But hope springs eternal, right? The council might want to peruse Eye on Sacramento’s budget report “Blueprint for a Post-Measure U Sacramento,” issued during the Measure U campaign (see eyeonsacramento.org). It identifies 22 cost-savings measures the city could implement to reduce its general-fund spending by more than $125 million per year—without cutting core public service levels. But let’s get real for a moment. Mayor Darrell Steinberg didn’t press city voters to approve a sales tax hike so he could set up a fat reserve to protect the city from looming CalPERS bills. He and his council mates are going to spend the money, probably every penny. Steinberg even has plans to borrow against the new revenues to build new housing.

Nor is the mayor or council majority inclined to trim much of the city’s wasteful, inefficient spending, as that would upset their most demanding political backers, the city’s highly influential public employee unions. So, what’s likely to occur is that the City Council will launch a dozen new programs and initiatives with the Measure U windfall, only to cancel them when the big bills from CalPERS come due or the city’s economy sinks into recession, whichever comes first. And I really am trying to be optimistic.

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Craig Powell is a retired attorney, community activist and the president of Eye on Sacramento, the local government watchdog and policy advisory organization. Powell served as chair of the No on Measure U campaign committee. He can be reached at craig@eyeonsacramento.org or (916) 718-3030. n

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t’s a clever maneuver to help solve a problem that has bedeviled Sacramento politicians for decades. Struggling to make good on a 2016 campaign promise to end the scourge of homelessness, Mayor Darrell Steinberg has widened the field and press-ganged the Sacramento City Council into action. From Pocket to North Natomas, Steinberg wants to spread the homeless pain. “I have asked my eight colleagues on the City Council to all commit to providing at least a minimum of 100 additional beds for triage shelters for the homeless in each of their districts,” Steinberg said at a City Hall press conference.

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The callout shows why Steinberg is the smartest politician in town. Three years ago, he based his mayoral campaign on his Capitol experience and ability to navigate the complexities of the city’s economy. And he vowed to rid the streets of vagrants and bums— though he didn’t use those words. Bob Slobe, whose family donated much of the land for the American River Parkway, vigorously uses those words. He has spent his life battling vagrants and bums along the North Sacramento riverfront. For years Slobe asked other neighborhoods to share his burden. “About 20 years ago, I offered a free tent and sanitary toilets for every bum removed from the parkway,” he says. “There was a caveat. The tents and toilets could only go in East Portal Park, Curtis Park, McKinley Park or Land Park. No surprise, I have yet to spend a dime on a tent or toilet.” Steinberg made good on his promise to inject octane into the city’s finances. He convinced voters to permanently add 1 cent to local sales taxes. As for making homeless problems vanish, he’s had less luck. The City Council was happy to watch Steinberg march out alone and search for solutions to homelessness. The mayor sucked up the oxygen.

While Steinberg took ownership of homelessness, the council could focus on other matters. The same thing happened 10 years ago, when newly arrived Mayor Kevin Johnson decided to tackle the homeless plague. He spent a highly publicized night in a homeless camp. He created a nonprofit to find temporary housing for vagrants. And the problem worsened. Today there are more homeless people on the streets than ever—more than 3,700 by last count. Experts say at least half of our derelicts don’t want services. The city calls them “service resistant guests.” Now Steinberg, humbled by his thankless job as homeless savant, has dragged his council mates into the frame. Politically, they can’t refuse. This month, council members are searching for sites to host homeless

shelters, either in big tents or warehouses. Good luck finding old warehouses that haven’t been converted for cannabis production. And good luck finding new, previously undiscovered land. Publicly, council members agree with Steinberg about spreading the homeless freight. Privately, they are plotting workarounds. But in eight council districts, neighbors are worried whether they will receive a 100-bed shelter, courtesy of City Hall. Bob Slobe thinks North Sacramento, which houses the city’s shelter on Railroad Drive, should be exempt from Steinberg’s pledge. He says, “We have borne the burden too long and it’s the rich folks' turn to share.” Fair point. Welcome to his world. R.E. Graswich can be reached at reg@graswich.com. n

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hen I catch up with Elizabeth-Rose Mandalou by phone, she apologizes if I hear weird noises. The restaurateur is busy delivering wine to the local eateries—Woodlake Tavern and Uptown Pizza on Del Paso Boulevard, and Allora on Folsom Boulevard—which she owns with husband Deneb Williams. “I like to multitask,” she says as boxes scrape in the background. Mandalou’s ability to do many things at once has been a hallmark of her meteoric rise through the local food scene. The Citrus Heights native was introduced to cooking by her father, a chef whose father was also a chef. She was taught to bake by her mother. At age 18, Mandalou got her first serving job at Olive Garden. Not long after, she took an additional job at The Firehouse Restaurant in Old Sacramento to learn more about wine. After finding herself in a romantic relationship with Williams (then The Firehouse’s executive chef), Mandalou decided to forge her own path. She went to work for Cafeteria 15L, a project of prolific restaurateur brothers Alan, Mason and Curtis Wong, that was just opening. But while Mandalou was working in the industry that had captivated her since childhood, she felt like something was missing. “I started getting emotions,” Mandalou says. “I thought I wasn’t doing anything with my life. I wasn’t going to college and I wasn’t sure what I wanted to be.” Mandalou briefly toyed with the idea of going into criminal justice and working for the California Highway Patrol. She passed the written and physical exams, and was scheduled for an interview when she realized she couldn’t imagine doing the job longterm. She briefly left hospitality to work in radio sales, but missed family time with her husband and two stepdaughters. So back to hospitality she went. Alan Wong welcomed her back at Cafeteria 15L, but

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Mandalou still believed she needed to challenge herself. “My personality is not satisfied with doing the bare minimum,” she says. “I’m driven and competitive with myself. I want to be really good at whatever I’m doing.” After taking a job at the fine-dining establishment Ella, Mandalou noticed that almost every one of her fellow servers wore a pin on their lapel. Ella’s sommelier and general manager Joseph Vaccaro informed Mandalou the pin indicated the wearer was a sommelier—a trained wine steward who specializes in all aspects of wine service, as well as wine and food pairing. Never one to lag behind, Mandalou was determined to become a sommelier. She took classes from mentors at The Firehouse and Ella, and studied flash cards every spare moment. In 2012, she passed her first exam at the Court of Master Sommeliers. In July 2017, she passed the advanced exam, becoming the region’s only female advanced sommelier. She was named one of Wine & Spirits magazine’s “Best New Sommeliers of 2018” in October. Being a driven person, Mandalou couldn’t simply study for the exam. She studied while preparing to open Woodlake Tavern in January 2017 and Uptown Pizza in March 2017 in the former home of Cask & Barrel (owned by her business partner David Hardie). And she recovered from a herniated disc. At the same time, she was drawing plans for Allora, the wine-driven, modern-Italian seafood restaurant inspired by Williams’ upbringing on San Juan Island in Washington and Mandalou’s expertise in new world wines. Allora opened last February. “If I could spend the rest of my life studying Greek and Italian wines, I’d be so happy,” Mandalou says. “My goal is to sit for my master (sommelier) exam in 2020. I’m so excited to invest in this knowledge for my restaurant and to share that knowledge with guests and staff. Sommeliers are humble servants, guiding guests to new experiences.” With a palate this perfected and a spirit this driven, Mandalou is the best guide a Sacramento diner could hope for. Allora is located at 5215 Folsom Blvd. For more information, visit allorasacramento.com. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. n

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courage over the next six months. That day, the team signed William “Dolly” King, a 6-foot-4-inch and 217-pound forward from Brooklyn, N.Y., to a contract. King was remarkable for many reasons. One fact stood out: he was African-American. In those days, the Kings played as the Rochester Royals in upstate New York. The NBA had not been invented. The Royals were the best team in the country, playing in the National Basketball League. And the NBL had no black players. The Royals were owned and coached by Lester Harrison, who needed a powerful rebounder to defend his 1946 championship. Harrison decided King, 30, could do the job. Race didn’t matter to Harrison. He cared about character, winning and ticket sales. He paid King the equivalent of about $85,000 today, which matched the salaries of the league’s top white players. And Harrison convinced the Buffalo Bisons to sign William “Pop” Gates, giving the league two black professionals.

Les Harrison (left) and brother Jack Harrison (center) sign Dolly King in 1946. Barry Martin, a retired Sacramento attorney, is an expert on the Royals’ early days. His book about guard Bob Davies, “Bob Davies: A Basketball Legend,” includes a definitive examination of King’s season with Rochester. King joined the Royals six months before Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Not only were the Royals first, they were serious about integration—far more compassionate than the Dodgers. While the Dodgers brought Robinson onto the field, they did not eat dinner or lodge with him on the road. Robinson ate alone. By contrast, the Royals embraced King as a teammate. The team’s behavior was the hallmark of sportsmanship, still impressive 73 years later. King lived at Rochester’s Hotel Seneca with two colleagues, Red Holzman and Fuzzy Levane. He roomed with Davies on the road. Away from Rochester, King was taunted by racist fans and opposing

players. Indiana was especially ugly. When the Claypool Hotel in Indianapolis refused to serve King a meal, the other Royals took their lunch into the kitchen next to the garbage cans. They ate with King. In Fort Wayne, the team walked out of a hotel and restaurant when King was denied services. “Holzman was Jewish. Levane was Italian. Davies was an amazing guy, a true role model. With Dolly in that group, they all respected each other,” Martin says. King played just one season for the Royals. But the team’s courage should inspire the Kings and their fans today, especially in February, Black History Month. After basketball, Dolly King became a community college coach in New York City. He died in 1969 of a heart attack. He was 52. R.E. Graswich can be reached at reg@graswich.com. n

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n this age of Home Depot and other impersonal big-box behemoths, it is refreshing—one might even say illuminating—that there are still small business venues that offer one-onone customer service, nearly 60 years’ worth of expertise, and a family-owned enterprise that enhances both customer needs and community profile. Lofings Lighting has been a J Street fixture since 1961. Its owner Roy Lofing is one of those tough, crusty, salt-of-theearth Sacramentans you might run into at a Rotary Club meeting—if Lofing had time for such endeavors. “We hit the ground running 57 years ago, and it’s been a non-stop marathon from the start,” he says. “To survive, to handle the competition, needs constant vigilance. It’s been hectic and invigorating, and the fact that we’ve kept it in the immediate family all these years fills me with pride.” Lofing, his three siblings and their parents came to Sacramento from Colorado in 1924 when Roy was 2 years old. Five more siblings were born after the family’s arrival. Lofing spent two years at Stanford Junior High, then transferred to McClatchy High School. A McClatchy shop teacher became Lofing’s mentor, recognizing his agility working with metal, wood, electrical and photographic materials. One of Lofing's proudest moments was winning a medal at the California State Fair in 1939 for crafting a metal desk he still displays at home. He graduated from McClatchy in 1940, with ceremonies at Sacramento Memorial Auditorium. The young student never forgot something his shop teacher said to him: “Roy, my boy, only fools comment on unfinished work.” The aphorism stayed with Lofing his entire life, and he attributes his perfectionism as a craftsman to the quote. To help his parents feed their large family, Lofing got his first job working for 35 cents an hour at a Downtown store specializing in lighting fixtures. There he gained an appreciation for mixing electrical knowledge with stylish lamp furnishings and home decor. In 1942, Roy married his sweetheart Barbara and they were soon dispatched to Mare Island Naval Base in Vallejo for military duty. Lofing worked in the sheet metal shop on the island and, as a side job, repaired TVs and radios. After returning to Sacramento and raising two children, the couple opened Lofings Lighting in 1961 at 2121 J St. where the store still thrives today. Lighting styles and designs have evolved tremendously and frantically since 1961, and Lofings has done its best

to keep up with the changes. But the store also has reverence for the past. Lofings has been called on to service lighting needs at the State Capitol, Hearst Castle, Winchester Mystery House, Memorial Auditorium and governor’s home when the Reagans lived in the Fab 40s. Restoration work at the State Capitol is painstaking—each lampshade, chandelier and wall fixture is marked with a specific number and code that demand exact replacements. And it’s not just the ever-evolving light fixtures displayed on the sprawling floor of the store. Lofing says his best retail memories have to do with requests for customized work. He laughs heartily when he describes how a woman brought a naked female mannequin into the store and asked him to convert it into a floor lamp. “She was a jewelry nut, and wanted something well lit to display all her accessories to make her fashion choices for the day much easier. I have also crafted countless abalone shell lamps for Sacramentans returning from the coast. Nowadays, abalones themselves cost more than the lighting apparatus! “I lost count of how many table lamps I have designed with sheepskin shades, as well as coffee grinders turned into antique lamps. One time, a hunter dragged in a gunnysack filled with deer horns, and asked me to connect the antlers with various forms of creative lighting.” Shortly after opening in 1961, the business became almost immediately a 24/7 venture for the couple. “Without Barbara’s partnership and nonstop dedication, it would’ve been impossible,” he says of his late wife who passed in 2003 after 61 years of marriage. “So, right at the outset, we brought in son Don who still runs the business today, along with his children Max Lofing and Wendy Lofing-Rossotti, my grandkids. I could not be more proud, as all three are consummate professionals with growing reputations for dependability and what a monster store like Amazon might call ‘customer fulfillment.’ “See, the thing that’s so important about small businesses remaining as the mainstay of community commerce is that one-on-one customer service is a lost art, which is a shame because it has always ranked as the highest priority in business.” So, then, you are not afraid of a big box like Home Depot running you out of town? Without hesitation, Lofing replies with grim determination, sounding every bit like a stolid Sacramentan: “Not gonna happen.” n

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Smarter, Not Deeper TAKE CARE TO DIG THE RIGHT HOLE FOR THE JOB

acramento gardeners will be digging a lot of holes in the next few months. You may think there is nothing simpler than grabbing a shovel and digging a hole. However, even an old gardener can benefit from learning a few new tricks and paying attention before plunging a shovel into the ground. Winter and spring are great times to plant trees and woody ornamentals, but what if the ground is soggy? You run the risk of compacting the soil and ruining its structure. Quentin Young, manager of the Fair Oaks Boulevard Nursery, says it’s a “Catch-22.” You want to get plants into the ground, but you also “don’t want to mess around with the soil when it’s wet.”

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Soils vary throughout Sacramento. In my East Sacramento garden, heavy clay soil holds moisture for a long time. Sandier soil in the south area drains quickly. When in doubt, take a handful of soil and squeeze. If the soil forms a solid ball, or water drips or runs out of it, wait. If the soil is crumbly, go ahead and dig. Bare-root trees and roses have arrived at area nurseries and are ready to plant. Some nurseries put them in fiber pulp pots with potting soil so you don’t have to rush to plant them. These pots are designed to rot so you can put them directly in the ground. To give plants a better start, cut off the top rim of the pot until it is even with the root ball, score an “x” through the bottom of the pot and cut a vertical slice on each side. Other nurseries sell bare-root plants without any surrounding soil, wrapping their roots in a bag for you to take home. Untangle the roots, cut off any that are damaged and soak them in a bucket of water for several hours before planting. If you can’t plant immediately, put the plant in a pot temporarily to keep the roots moist. If you are not buying a bare-root tree, it has likely been in its container for some time. Remove the soil before

planting so you can straighten out or cut off any circling roots. The ideal planting hole is no deeper than the root ball. Your goal is to have the root ball rest on firm ground with a plant’s crown (where the trunk meets the roots) at or slightly above grade. This ensures the plant doesn’t sink down and develop root rot. In my experience, it’s hard to stop digging soon enough. In the Historic Rose Garden, where I volunteer, we now mark a stick to the desired depth and use it as a reference. Holes should be at least two times wider than the root ball. Resist mixing in compost or other organic materials because studies have shown that roots won’t venture out further than the amended soil. Excess soil can be used to create a watering basin around the edge of the planting hole. If you have a layer of mulch where you are planting, scrape it aside and put the soil that you excavate onto a tarp or into a container. When you finish planting and filling the hole, spread at least three inches of mulch over the surface, ensuring that it is about 6 inches from the trunk. I’ve been putting a shovel to the soil since I was a little girl when my mother would send me and my brother out to

“dig a hole to China” just to burn off excess energy. I recently learned some new techniques from my landscaping contractor, Jessy Parker. He first makes sure that he has located any in-ground irrigation so that he doesn’t damage it. He uses a narrow spade shovel, twisting it to loosen the soil two times wider than the root ball. He then creates an opening just big enough for the plant. He packs the soil in tightly next to the roots to ensure that water will spread to the roots rather than being stopped by air pockets. This step is critical to keep a plant from drying out. As he says, “Easy peasy!” There’s an old garden saying, “Dig a $50 hole for a $5 plant.” Taking care while planting ensures that the money, time and love you invest in your plants will pay off in the long term. Dig smarter, not deeper. Anita Clevenger is a Lifetime Sacramento County Master Gardener. For answers to gardening questions, contact the UC Master Gardeners at (916) 876-5338 or mgsacramento@ ucanr.edu, or visit sacmg.ucanr.edu. The next Open Garden will be held Feb. 9 from 9 a.m.–noon at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center, 11549 Fair Oaks Blvd. in Fair Oaks. n

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HSUS state director Crystal Moreland pitches in to care for the animals. Images by Eric Kayne/ AP Images for HSUS.

Out of the Ashes ANIMAL RESCUE TEAM SETS UP SAFE HAVEN FOR BUTTE COUNTY FIRE VICTIMS

robust round-bellied pit bull, weighing a solid 60 pounds, lays contently annihilating a chew toy in his four-sided wire enclosure, a temporary pen he could easily push over. This big boy, named Hauk, is one of several pets remaining at a temporary shelter—a warehouse between Gridley and Chico off Highway 99—set up to house animal victims of November’s Butte County Camp Fire, the most destructive fire in California history. By noon, the friendly canine and his compadres will be transferred to a shelter in Oroville to await their owners. By 6 p.m., this short-term sanctuary will be dismantled. The volunteers and staff will hug each other goodbye. Many will never see each other again. I arrive at 7 a.m. to volunteer on this last day—demobilization day. Hauk looks up to greet me from a prone position on his blanket in the reception area. About 10 more dogs are in kennels scattered around the cavernous warehouse. A couple dozen felines are in cages in smaller

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rooms, awaiting transport to the Oroville shelter. The bunnies and birds have already moved on. Two dozen or so volunteers (including a group of young men and women from the San Jose Conservation Corps) and eight staff members from the Humane Society of the United States spend the next 10 hours breaking down kennels and cages, dumping litter boxes, cleaning, sanitizing, sweeping, packing and organizing. “It was amazing to see so many dedicated people doing what needed to be done,” says volunteer Lizzie Cutler, who flew in from Oregon. For 37 days—Nov. 16 to Dec. 22—the HSUS Animal Rescue Team operated this temporary haven to provide relief to the overburdened shelters in the region. Before HSUS stepped in, the nonprofit North

Valley Animal Disaster Group established a shortterm shelter at the Chico Municipal Airport. But nearly 2,000 animals found refuge there, and the numbers proved overwhelming. The 334 pets—147 dogs, 132 cats, 27 rabbits and 28 birds (an African grey parrot, cockatoos, finches, parakeets)—housed at the HSUS shelter either had an identified owner or “were highly likely to be owned,” says Crystal Moreland, California state director for HSUS. “For instance, a firefighter or neighbor pulled the animal out of a backyard with a specific address that went with it,” she notes. The warehouse-turnedshelter was a safe place for the pets to stay until their families could care for them again.

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“The HSUS team was amazing to watch,” Cutler says. “They are some of the most dedicated, caring human beings I’ve worked with.” The past year, filled with fires, earthquakes, hurricanes and floods, “was incredibly busy for us,” Moreland says. “We had a number of cruelty cases, including puppy mills. We were on the ground for Hurricane Michael and Florence, and in Butte County.” Moreland emphasizes the importance of creating a disaster plan for animals. “Everyone should be doing that no matter where you live. There is always a good chance a natural disaster could strike.” For a pet-disaster preparedness kit, visit humanesociety.org and search “disaster preparedness.” Dismantling the temporary animal shelter was backbreaking work on cold concrete floors in an unheated warehouse in December. But the challenges were irrelevant. “I really love volunteering and feeling that I’m doing some good in the world,” Cutler says. “To be able to work with such fun and dedicated people makes it all worth it, not to mention the families who are so grateful for the love and care that their animals received.”

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Of those companion animals, 71 percent were returned to their owners by the time the shelter demobilized. The remaining pets— like Hauk—were transferred to other area shelters for continued efforts to reunite them with families or find new permanent homes. “The first reunion I got to see was of a mother who came in with her two little kids,” volunteer Cutler says. “The look on the kids’ faces when they brought out their cat was priceless. The boy was clapping his hands and jumping up and down. He was so excited.” HSUS provided owners with the necessary provisions to make the reunion with their pets easier. “Anything that folks needed, whether it was a dog bed, crate, food, leashes— if we had it on hand and they needed it, we let them take it to get back on their feet,” Moreland says. Major donors and community members provided most of the supplies. However, HSUS— headquartered in Washington, D.C., with field offices in Los Angles and Gaithersburg, Md.—maintains a supply of items, including vaccines, that were shipped in. “We have a stockpile at our fingertips for the Animal Rescue Team,” Moreland says. The Animal Rescue Team for the Butte County Camp Fire was comprised of HSUS staff from all over the country, including Florida, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, South Carolina, Maryland, Tennessee and New Hampshire.

To volunteer for the HSUS Animal Rescue Team, go to humanesociety. org/resources/volunteer-animal-rescueteam. Cathryn Rakich can be reached at crakich@surewest.net. n

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No Place Like Home ON MANY CORNERS, A GOVERNOR ONCE LIVED

hey lived in hotels, rentals and even a private club. They refused to move into sumptuous homes built to their delight. For Sacramento, putting a roof over a governor’s head has never been easy. The latest governor to stir uncertainty about his sleeping quarters is the new boss, Gavin Newsom. The former San Francisco mayor bought a cozy home in the Marin County enclave of Kentfield in 2011. During eight years as lieutenant governor, Newsom made it clear he would rather conduct business almost anywhere but Sacramento. From the time California joined the union in 1850, through multiple mansions and prideful abodes, the one consistent theme about the state’s chief executive lodgings has been inconsistency. Sacramento is littered with addresses that once housed governors. Gov. J. Neely Johnson (1856-58) resided on N Street, between Sixth and Seventh streets. Gov. John B. Weller (1858-60) took residence at 11th and F. Gov. John G. Downey (1860-62) stayed in the Latham Building on J Street. Some early governors didn’t need housing. They already owned impressive spreads in Sacramento. Leland Stanford became governor in 1862 and had a mansion at Eighth and N, now a California State Historic Park. The next governor, Frederick Low (1863-67), liked Stanford’s place so much he moved in. The residence was large enough for parties with more than 700 guests. A purpose-built governor’s mansion was constructed on the Capitol grounds at 15th and L in 1872 for about $70,000. Like Stanford, Gov. Newton Booth (1871-75) already owned an elaborate residence on the second floor of his business on Front Street in what is now Old Sacramento. Booth refused to move into the Capitol Park mansion. The empty house served as the state printing plant until 1922 when it was demolished—a 50-year press run. In 1875, Gov. Romualdo Pacheco was ensconced in the Golden Eagle Hotel at

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are left. The neighborhood surrounding the Governor’s Mansion had several stunning homes, most with elaborate gardens. Gov. William D. Stephens (191723) was asleep when the mansion was bombed in 1917. The explosion was blamed on radical leftists who perpetrated other bombings around California. No injuries resulted from the Sacramento attack. By 1967, Gov. Ronald Reagan decided the mansion and neighborhood were too run down. The first family moved into a rented home on 45th Street. Reagan supporters raised money for a new mansion in Carmichael, but no governor moved in. The Reagans headed to Washington and Gov. Jerry Brown refused to live in the suburbs, preferring an apartment at 14th and N. Brown’s successors, Govs. George Deukmejian, Pete Wilson and Gray Davis, didn’t mind the suburbs. They resided in a rented house in Wilhaggin. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger didn’t need a house—he flew most days between Sacramento and Los Angeles on his personally owned jet. He maintained a hotel suite at the Hyatt Regency, just in case.

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Completing the circle, late in his fourth and final term, Gov. Jerry Brown moved back into the mansion on H Street, where he lived as a young man when his father was governor. The home was renovated with funds from the sale of the rejected Carmichael palace. Across the alley, the state acquired an early 20th century brick building as the Governor’s Mansion Education Center. The former auto dealership is

planned for a museum and will include a shop and rental space for events to help support the mansion. Gov. Newsom and his family are living in the mansion temporarily until their new $3.7 million Fair Oaks home is renovated to suit their family. Rick Stevenson is a fifth generation Sacramentan and former president of the Sacramento County Historical Society. He can be reached at stevensonrichard@sbcglobal.net. n

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components to create really high-quality wine grapes.” Salengo gets her wine grapes from Coble Ranch, a former Winters ram ranch purchased and converted to vineyards in 1998 by Berryessa Gap co-founders Dan Martinez Jr. and Santiago Moreno. This allows Salengo to monitor the grapes all the way from soil to bottle. To fully capture the unique terroir of the region she never blends varietals or sources fruit from other vineyards. “It’s important for me to stay true to the variety,” she says. “A lot of people haven’t had wines from our region.” According to Salengo, the unique Winters terroir is best reflected in the Berryessa Gap Zinfandel. “I personally feel that zinfandel is one of those special varieties that really shows the ground that it’s grown on,” she says. “I try to make what the vineyard is giving us, instead of manipulating it into something it’s not. What our vineyard

gives us is this very beautiful, elegant, not too heavy, very fruit forward, savory wine with a nice mineral finish.” Over the last couple of decades, walnuts have become the favored crop for Winters farmers, but the area has a rich agricultural legacy. “It’s historically known to have a lot of microclimates,” Salengo says. “Winters is special because it’s always been an early ripening area.” She also cites soil diversity, good drainage and favorable weather conditions as the main reasons that wine grapes grow well in the Winters soil. “We have Lake Berryessa, which is a manmade lake about 10 miles outside of town,” Salengo notes. “The strong winds that come through the gap pick up cooling capabilities from the lake, and they continue on to our little area. There is so much soil diversity, it’s wonderful.” Although Salengo did not set out to become a winemaker, initially moving

to California from the East Coast to attend grad school at UC Davis, she recalls having an early obsession with beverages. “I remember being a kid and having three drinks at the table,” she says. “I’ve always been into blending and combining flavors.” After moving out West, Salengo got a job at a Davis wine shop and was promoted to wine buyer within six months, sparking a passion that eventually led her to study winemaking. “I was lucky enough to be exposed to really beautiful and varied wines early on, and I think that helped develop my palate,” she says. “I’ve also had people tell me that I couldn’t be a winemaker. I’m a very hardheaded person, so if someone is going to tell me that, it’s going to push me harder to prove them wrong.” Salengo was hired as head winemaker at Berryessa Gap in 2013, and she believes the wines have improved every year as she has honed her craft,

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decisions. It’s really a test of your ability to make wine.” Another challenge for Salengo comes from sharing the same building with Berryessa Brewing Co. The aromas from the brewery interfere with her ability to smell and taste the wine through the various stages of fermentation, but her main concern is sanitation. “There’s a lot of bacterial issues,” she says, referencing the wine-spoiling powers of certain brewing yeasts. "I love having the brewery over there, but from a winemaking perspective it certainly adds stress.” More than anything, Salengo is eager to see more grapes planted in Winters and excited to help grow the local wine scene. “I have seen enough to truly know that we can grow high-quality fruit here,” she says. “We need some good winemakers to come into the area. We need some wineries to open and just move forward with it.” Daniel Barnes can be reached at danielebarnes@hotmail.com. n

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3313 DULLANTY WAY $818,026 2619 R ST $412,500 3230-MCKINLEY DEFOREST WAY $610,000 2210 D ST $510,000

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3262 DULLANTY WAY 3205 FORNEY WAY 3254 DULLANTY WAY 1302 38TH ST 3151 FORNEY WAY 3143 FORNEY WAY 2117 S ST #205

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3427 7TH AVE 2545 34TH ST 2735 63RD ST 3125 2ND AVE 3962 12TH AVE 3262 10TH AVE 3817 7TH AVE 5301 U ST

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2217 25TH ST 1832 COMMERCIAL WAY 2001 SLOAT WAY 2824 RIVERSIDE BLVD 2575 FREEPORT BLVD 2221 17TH ST 2721 CASTRO WAY 1811 BIDWELL WAY 2724 17TH ST 2201 2ND AVE 2529 28TH ST 2040 BIDWELL WAY 2431 V ST 2682 14TH ST 2733 HARKNESS ST 2840 3RD AVE 820 7TH AVE 3573 CROCKER DR 2600 CLEAT LN 3620 CUTTER WAY 1530 10TH AVE

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916 47TH ST 5320 N ST 3800 MODDISON AVE 5317 T ST 1300 62ND ST 96 COLOMA WAY 4225 C ST 60 FALLON LN 929 SONOMA WAY 4701 M ST 1856 52ND ST 3739 ERLEWINE CIR 913 50TH ST 5631 SHEPARD AVE 3729 ERLEWINE CIR 5508 CAMELLIA AVE

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5018 23RD ST 2241 MANGRUM AVE 5674 EL ARADO WAY 5655 EL ARADO WAY 4912 HELEN WAY 1590 BELINDA WAY 5636 HELEN WAY 2113 16TH AVE 2981 TRENTWOOD WAY 5811 14TH 2165 STACIA WAY 2506 47TH AVE 5512 PARKFIELD CT 2201 23RD AVE 7464 STELLA WAY 2261 68TH AVE 1428 COOLBRITH ST 2818 53RD AVE 1165 35TH AVE 7489 24TH ST 7404 BALFOUR WAY 5600 NOLDER WAY 2355 25TH AVE 7511 EDDYLEE WAY 1687 WAKEFIELD WAY 2150 SARAZEN AVE 1548 38TH AVE 2143 62ND AVE 2060 MONIFIETH WAY 4711 CRESTWOOD WAY 7475 TISDALE WAY 6228 HERMOSA ST 4645 MARION CT 6460 ROMACK CIR 2520 47TH AVE 2109 16TH AVE 2158 55TH AVE 6743 GOLF VIEW DR 7525 SCHREINER ST 7039 DEMARET DR 1108 ROSA DEL RIO WAY

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1019 DORNAJO WAY #121 $131,500 2113 VIOLET ST $150,000 2225 WOODSIDE LN #3 $200,000 284 HARTNELL PL $393,500 2004 DELMA WAY $265,000 535 WOODSIDE OAKS #8 $172,500 3029 EL PRADO WAY $324,000 2282 WOODSIDE LN #4 $257,000 790 WOODSIDE LN #6 $200,000 2319 AMERICAN RIVER DR $530,000 2280 HURLEY WAY #44 $199,900 2005 BOWLING GREEN DR $280,000 1019 DORNAJO WAY #229 $169,000 2308 BRUNTON WAY $320,000

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501 ROUNDTREE CT $200,000 819 PORTUGAL WAY $295,000 7326 CAMINO DEL REY ST $420,000 7416 DURFEE WAY $279,000 96 MOONLIT CIR $385,000 745 RIVERCREST DR $429,000 7627 RUSH RIVER DR $430,000 400 SAILWIND WAY $370,000 1335 TUGGLE WAY $595,000 1272 GRAND RIVER DR $539,000 6204 FENNWOOD CT $375,000 6823 COACHLITE WAY $439,900 7759 EL RITO WAY $535,000 1296 BRANWOOD WAY $350,000 1168 ROSE TREE WAY $370,000 480 SAILWIND WAY $470,000 PARK RIVER OAK CIR $329,000 7448 SPICEWOOD DR $395,000 6588 GLORIA DR $465,000 6360 SURFSIDE WAY $420,000 18 CHICORY BEND CT $658,000 7725 EL DOURO DR $510,000 320 BAY RIVER $435,000 7960 COLLINS ISLE LANE $455,000 SUNWIND WAY $482,000

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2679 AMERICAN RIVER DR $755,000 3031 AMERICAN RIVER DR $593,500 2059 MARYAL DR $332,500 2713 SHIELDS CT $858,000 3501 WINDING CREEK RD$1,225,000 2037 VENUS DR $406,100 130 BRECKENWOOD WAY $780,000 2011 MAPLE GLEN RD $1,200,000 2804 BERKSHIRE WAY $253,000 2729 VIA VILLAGGIO $349,000 2930 HURLEY WAY $180,000 3631 SAN YSIDRO WAY $421,000 2847 SEVILLA LN $815,000 3433 WINDSOR DR $245,000 3337 WEMBERLEY DR $250,000 3500 KERSEY LN $426,000 3821 LYNWOOD WAY $445,000 2675 LATHAM DR $635,000

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Leading Together

MARRIAGE CAN THRIVE THROUGH LOVE AND MUTUAL RESPECT

here is no scripture verse in the entire Bible that has given marriages more trouble than Ephesians 5:22. The words come from a seemingly clueless Apostle Paul who says, “Wives submit yourselves to your husbands.” My first run-in with the mandate came in the home of our deacon who had invited me, his 26-year-old pastor, and my wife, Becky, for dinner after church. Our deacon, Dan, was a 40ish-yearold family man with three daughters who hung on his every word. But a few hours into our meal, it was his wife, Joanne, who was making the biggest impression on us.

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Joanne was an incredibly personable woman who exuded confidence in everything she did. Nevertheless, with Dan, she seemed almost subservient. She waited on him hand-and-foot, bringing him what he needed before he’d ask. As Joanne served dessert, Becky dared a nervous laugh at how Joanne fawned over Dan. The deacon’s wife responded to Becky’s ribbing with the submission verse, telling us it was her Christian duty to serve Dan. With lips pursed, we nodded in feigned agreement, even though our first impressions told us that the arrangement seemed more like servile compliance than a Christian marriage. On our drive home to the parsonage, my young bride made a few declarations. “I hope you’re not expecting our marriage to be like that. I’ll be your wife, but I won’t be your maid or your waitress.” Of course, this was no major development. I knew I’d married a product of the women’s movement. On

our wedding day, Becky veered away from traditional roles by refusing to be “given away” by her father. Instead, both our parents began the ceremony by announcing their affirmation of the marriage. After our wedding, Becky spent the next four years supporting us through my seminary education. Now that she was ready to start her teaching career and plan our family, she wanted to be sure I knew that I would be doing an equal share of home upkeep, diaper duty and cooking. Of course I wanted to keep this girl, so I always nodded in perfect agreement. I remained with the church for four and a half years, just long enough to realize that Joanne wasn’t the mousy subservient wife we first mistook her for. Her marriage wasn’t so easily dismissed. Actually, I was privileged to witness how she and Dan built a marriage of great love and mutual respect. I saw many moments in which Dan also submitted to Joanne’s wishes and lavished her with every bit of love he could muster.

Bottom line was that their marriage worked for them and I had no call to judge. I met up with Dan and Joanne a few years back and I can tell you that Dan achieved a wonderful life—not by misusing the verse to domineer Joanne, but by cherishing her. Joanne achieved a wonderful marriage, not by losing who she was in Dan’s shadow, but by honoring the man God made Dan to be. Together, they found the secret that precedes the noisy one about the wives submitting. Ephesians 5:21 makes it clear that both the husband and wife must “submit to one another.” That simply means that couples must work it out. No one can be the head all the time. Mostly we lead together. As for our marriage, I don’t think Becky will tell you that our marriage has always been equal because I know it hasn’t. But I also know that submitting to one another continues to work for us. Norris Burkes can be reached at comment@thechaplain.net. n

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Tiny Transit Won’t Fly MINIBUSES BRING BIG COST, SMALL BENEFIT

t sounds like common sense: Small buses that provide on-demand service to neighborhoods should be cheap to operate and responsive to residents. These mini-shuttles, in the past called “dial-a-ride,” now use updated technology, such as smartphone apps and routing by computer algorithm. The technology has given rise to a new term: microtransit. What could be more appealing than door-to-door service, when you want it, at an affordable price? Microtransit might not have the privacy of an Uber or Lyft ride, but ideally it would be nearly as convenient at considerably less cost. Public transit consultant Jarrett Walker asserts microtransit is a hollow promise, at least for the nonautomated present. In a pointed critique of microtransit in The Atlantic, the Portland, Ore.-based expert says it simply cannot be efficient. The key issues are labor costs and boardings per hour (the rate of passenger pickups). Labor accounts for 70 percent of the cost of operating passenger transports.

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That’s why transit agencies own and run the biggest bus they need during a shift. Little buses save little money. Walker cites an Eno Center for Transportation report about microtransit in several cities. In no city did boardings exceed four an hour. The reason: Buses have to navigate less dense neighborhoods and drivers have to wait while customers gather their possessions. Kansas City ended its yearlong pilot microtransit program with costs reaching roughly an astonishing $1,000 per ride. While microtransit may be a mix of Uber and transit, we have to remember that Uber is able to provide its taxi-like service at a lower cost by not owning the vehicles nor having drivers who are employees. Usually door-to-door service comes at a much higher cost. A local example is Sacramento Paratransit. In 2008, trips in assistance to disabled people cost $43.52 each. With fixed-route systems, customers gather at stops mostly by walking. Buses can travel straighter direct routes while picking up many more passengers than possible with more customized and circuitous microtransit. Walker says, “The best way to get the most people around a city efficiently and cheaply isn’t nearly as sexy or hightech (as microtransit): It’s fixed-route buses.” He adds, “walking is the key to it.” He continues, “The microtransit promise of ‘service to your door’ is a promise to abolish walking, and yet

walking is the essence of how people share precious space.” For that reason, some microtransit systems don’t provide all pickups at the door and ask riders to walk a bit to designated points. West Sacramento has started a pilot microtransit program in partnership with the Via rideshare company. You can use a smartphone app (or call if you don’t have a smartphone) to schedule a ride anywhere in the city. A Mercedes van will pick you up “in just minutes.” The cost is $3.50 for a one-way trip and half that for seniors and those with disabilities.

Sacramento Regional Transit offers its pilot SmaRT Ride services around Citrus Heights (including to Kaiser Roseville and the Historic Folsom light rail station) and in the Franklin/South Sacramento area. Small “neighborhood friendly buses” seating 12–14 passengers are used. When you make your service request via app, by calling or going online, you’ll receive an estimated pickup time. Pickup and drop-off locations must be in the defined service area. Costs are $2.50 per trip or $1.25 for seniors and the disabled, and $1.35 for students in high school or younger. Groups of five

Chariot Loses Race The end of the road for Chariot proves it’s not easy to make money providing microtransit services. Chariot announced it would cease operations Feb. 1, keeping some employer-based services alive for another month. San Francisco-based Chariot operated in the Bay Area and in relatively densely populated cities, including Chicago, Denver, Detroit and London. Two other microtransit providers, Leap Transit and Bridj, previously stopped shuttle services. Leap folded after three months in 2015. Bridj ended American operations in 2017, but still runs in Sydney, Australia. Chariot started in 2014. It was purchased by Ford Motor Company in 2016 for $65 million as part of Ford’s efforts to transform itself from an auto manufacturer into a mobility company. In an increasingly crowded marketplace, Chariot’s 14-seat vans could not successfully compete with cars, public transit, ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft, bike-share and electric scooters. San Francisco Mayor London Breed is offering Muni bus driver jobs to all of the nearly 300 Bay Area Chariot shuttle drivers. n

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or more can travel free if they have the same origin and destination. The service area coverage that microtransit provides comes at the expense of more frequent trips and higher ridership in places where lots of people will ride. Finding the balance between coverage and ridership is a tricky task that every transit provider has to ponder. Walker sums up by saying, “If cities want to move people faster than walking while allowing them to take up only their fair share of space, two options arise. One is to use a vehicle that’s not much bigger than the human body, such as bicycles and scooters. Those tools work well for certain people in particular circumstances, but not for everyone. “The other option is to share the ride in a vehicle. If space is really scarce, that vehicle will have to carry lots of people. In most cases, riders will have to share a vehicle with strangers, people who are not traveling for the same purposes or even to the same places. That’s what public transit is.” Walt Seifert is executive director of Sacramento Trailnet, an organization devoted to promoting greenways with paved trails. He can be reached at bikeguy@surewest.net. n

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Getting Creative

Matt Bult

MULTITALENTED ARTIST TACKLES ALL KINDS OF MEDIUMS

JL By Jessica Laskey Artist Spotlight

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ou can learn a lot about Matt Bult by looking around his studio. Sprawled out on the top floor of the Wayne Thiebaud Foundation on X Street, Bult’s studio doubles as a display space for his myriad talents. Large ink-on-foam-core paintings share wall space with realistic

portraiture. Wooden birdhouses encrusted with found objects are displayed on a shelf below a series of diorama-like boxes inspired by Joseph Cornell. A twisted metal sculpture sits on the floor across from a wall hanging created from a deconstructed wooden pallet found outside of Taylor’s Market.

Bult has created every single one of these pieces. Though the styles differ drastically, they all share a common appreciation of color and a boldness that speaks to Bult’s fearless creativity. “I like to do something different every time,” says Bult, seated on a couch in the middle of the studio

BULT HELPED CREATE THE WAYNE THIEBAUD FOUNDATION, WHICH IS HOUSED BELOW BULT’S STUDIO IN THE SLEEK, MODERN BUILDING THAT PAUL THIEBAUD DESIGNED. that doubles as a chic sitting area and office space. Toward the back of the room in front of a large picture window sits his easel and a table lined with tubes of paint at the ready. “I like to work on lots of things simultaneously because it keeps me interested and stimulated. If something’s too successful, I automatically want to abandon it.” The 62-year-old has certainly found his share of success. Bult is the stepson of celebrated painter Wayne Thiebaud (Thiebaud married Bult’s mother when Bult was 3). He attributes early exposure to art—from painting with Thiebaud as a kid to “being dragged” to art galleries, museums and dinner parties with art world dignitaries—as one of the reasons for his interest in the field. But make no mistake: Bult has always made his own way. “I’ve never gone into a gallery and said, ‘Wayne Thiebaud is my dad, you should give me a show,’” Bult says with an easy laugh. “I’ve always been determined to make it on my own merits.” To that end, Bult honed his skills with an AA degree from Sacramento City College and a bachelor’s degree in art history from UC Davis. (Because he knew he was going to “paint my whole life anyway,” he decided against pursuing a studio art degree and instead focused on learning the history of who and what came before him.) He’s exhibited professionally since 1983 all over the country—including at a San Francisco gallery owned by his late half-brother, Paul Thiebaud, and locally at Archival Gallery and Elliott Fouts Gallery. Bult says his parents have always been supportive—his mom made a point to buy a piece at every one of his shows. Because the family has always been close, Bult soon joined “the family business,” helping his stepfather manage the logistics of

his international career out of the Thiebauds’ home office in Land Park. (Bult and his wife live just a block away and their two sons live in the neighborhood.) Four years ago, Bult helped create the Wayne Thiebaud Foundation, which is housed below Bult’s studio in the sleek, modern building that Paul Thiebaud designed. The bright white space contains drawers upon drawers of Thiebaud’s artwork, newspaper clippings and other media that are used when an exhibitor— like the Museum Voorlinden in Holland, which presented Thiebaud’s first-ever European retrospective— needs information for an upcoming exhibition. “It’s great to have everything in one place,” says Bult, who manages to coordinate everything as the president of the foundation—with the help of his eldest son Alex, who also works for Thiebaud—without owning a personal cellphone, wearing a watch (though he’s exceedingly punctual) or knowing how to use a computer. “I’m a total luddite,” he admits, “but I don’t really need any of those things. People know how to reach me and Alex helps with the computer.” And when he’s not working, creativity is just steps away. “Any free time I have, I walk upstairs and get to work,” says Bult, who also writes “short snippets” in the style of David Sedaris and plays music. He used to play in a band, and a beautiful vintage drum set and several Fender electric guitars take up a chunk of studio space. “The medium supplies the direction—it’s all about making choices.” Looking around his colorful studio, it looks like Bult has made all the right choices. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. n

THEATRE GUIDE 20th Annual Sacramento Jewish Film Festival Crest Theater March 7, 9 and 10 1013 K Street, Sac Crestsacramento.com JewishSac.org/sjff

The Sacramento Jewish Film Festival is thrilled to be celebrating its 20th year in 2019. Once again, the festival will bring the community together for exciting films, music, food, and discussions at the Crest Theater for three days: Opening Night Thurs 3/7 Film Festival opens with a Violin Program, consisting of the academy-award nominated short-subject film, Joe’s Violin; an on-stage performance by a young violinist and her accompanist, and the documentary film, Itzhak. Sat 3/10 There will be a pre-program reception on Saturday, March 9, with the band KlezMeerKats, followed by Havdalah, and then the documentary Sammy Davis Jr: I’ve Gotta Be Me. Sun 3/11 10:00 am film, The Samuel Project, geared to our young people. Admission will be free for students, teachers, and teacher aides. Programming also includes the documentary Chasing Portraits, with an introduction by and a post-film discussion led by filmmaker Elizabeth Ryncecki. Festival is closing with a brand-new film by Israeli film maker, Avi Nesher. The Other Story has been a smash hit in Israel – it broke records when more than 200,000 Israelis saw the film in its first two weeks. VISIT jewishsac.org/sjff for details and ticket purchase.

SLOWGIRL

Capital Stage Jan 23 – Feb 24 2215 J St, Sac (916) 995-5464 Capstage.org Slowgirl is the story of a teenager who flees the United States to her reclusive uncle’s retreat in the Costa Rican jungle to escape the aftermath of a horrific accident. The week they spend together forces them both to confront who they are as well as what it is they are running from. “…the skillful pace of the revelations keeps the action engrossing and thought-provoking as it moves from the initial awkwardness into increasingly tense, emotional terrain, exploring questions of character and fate, the many ways tragedy can unmoor a life and the power of family to both wound and heal.” The Los Angeles Times “[A] haunting two-hander…a genuine thrill.” Variety

MURDER FOR TWO

Sacramento Theatre Company Jan 2 – Feb 10 1419 H St, Sac (916) 443-6722 SacTheatre.org Who killed Arthur Whitney? Having lost his life on the night of his surprise birthday party, each of the guests—made up of a zany assortment of past and present loves, friends, and family—has a motive. One actor investigates the crime, the other plays all the suspects, and they both play the piano! Murder for Two will keep you guessing in this winking musical murder mystery that puts the laughter in manslaughter.

ABOLITION

Celebration Arts Jan 17 – Feb 3 2727 B St, Sac Reservations (916) 455-2787 Celebrationarts.net Before there could be Martin Luther King Jr. there was Frederick Douglass. Before there could be Malcolm X there was John Brown. There is an age-old struggle between the use of violence to conquer

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Big Idea Theatre Jan 11 – Feb 9 1616 Del Paso Blvd, Sac (916) 960-3036 BigIdeaTheatre.org Vivian Bearing, Ph.D., a renowned professor of English who has spent years studying and teaching the brilliant and difficult metaphysical sonnets of John Donne, has been diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. Her approach to the study of Donne: aggressively probing, intensely rational. But during the course of her illness—and her stint as a prize patient in an experimental chemotherapy program at a major teaching hospital—Vivian comes to reassess her life and her work with a profundity and humor that are transformative both for her and the audience. **2019 4-Show FLEX PASS Gives you the opportunity for a discount and flexibility and freedom to create the theatre experience that works best for you. The 4-Show Flex Pass is good for (4) credits to be used for ANY performance during the 2019 Season for $65. 2019 Season: W;T, Reborning, Ugly Lies The bones, Jasper, Thinner Than Water, Skelton Crew and The Clean House.

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CORAZON Archival Gallery and Royal Chicano Air Force Feb. 1–28 Second Saturday Reception: Feb. 9, 6 p.m.

Rudy Cuellar's "Poema Azteca," mixed media, at Archival Gallery.

3223 Folsom Blvd. • archivalgallery.com This exhibition will feature work from local art collective Royal Chicano Air Force, founded in 1970 by José Montoya and Esteban Villa.

Hamlet

Artist Spotlight Featuring Kristi Taylor

Sacramento Ballet Feb. 15–17

Artists’ Collaborative Gallery Saturday, Feb. 9, 3–6 p.m.

Community Center Theater, 1301 L St. • sacballet.org Choreography by Stephen Mills and music by Phillip Glass bring Shakespeare’s most dramatic play to life in this world-renowned ballet. Tickets are $30–$75.

129 K St. • artcollab.com Kristi Taylor—designer and owner of celebrity-favorite jewelry brand Got Sparkles—will offer special designs using gemstones, freshwater pearls and Swarovski crystals during the Second Saturday Art Walk in Old Sac.

Visual and Performing Arts Gala C.K. McClatchy High School Saturday, Feb. 2, 6 p.m. 3066 Freeport Blvd. • ckmvapa.eventbee.com Student performances in music, theater and dance will headline a 1940s-theme gala, also featuring a silent auction and dessert bar. Tickets are $20–$35. Admission is free for veterans and active-service members.

jL By Jessica Laskey Sacramento Ballet's "Hamlet." Image by Atlanta Ballet.

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Jewelry designer Kristi Taylor.

Black History Month festival at Crocker Art Museum.

Nuts & Berries Raffle

Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition Blue Line Arts Through Feb. 23 405 Vernon St., Roseville • bluelinearts.org Blue Line Arts continues this juried show with this year’s exhibition featuring 80 works chosen by juror David Pagel of Los Angeles.

Wildlife Care Association Sunday, Feb. 17, noon–3 p.m. Fair Oaks Community Clubhouse, 7997 California Ave. • wildlifecareassociation.com Nuts & Berries features a chance to win $12,000 worth of prizes—including a 10-day cruise to Alaska—to raise money for the nonprofit that saves thousands of small animals and birds each year. Purchase at least one raffle ticket and get into the event for free.

Black History Month: A Free Family Festival Crocker Art Museum Sunday, Feb. 17, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. 216 O St. • crockerart.org Sacramento’s largest Black History Month event will feature live performances, art activities, film shorts, mini-talks and the return of The Black & Beautiful Artisans Marketplace followed by a special film screening presented by CineSoul Sacramento Black Film Festival.

The Savannah Sipping Society Theatre in the Heights Through Feb. 10 8215 Auburn Blvd. • theatreintheheights.com In this delightful comedy, four unique Southern women are drawn together by fate— and an impromptu happy hour—and decide it’s high time to reclaim their enthusiasm for life. Tickets are $15.

Milk & Cookies Reading with author J. Scott Coatsworth.

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(From left) Liza Seipel, Janine La Forge, Lindy Mallonee and Cheri Fortin in "The Savannah Sipping Society."

Milk & Cookies Reading Queer Sacramento Authors Collective Friday, Feb. 22, 7–9 p.m. Lavender Library, 1414 21st St. • qsac.rocks Join QSAC for this quarterly event of sweet treats, milk and lots of great stories by local authors.

Mendelssohn Mania!

Maxine Solomon's "Holding the Void," oil on canvas, at Tim Collom Gallery.

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Sunday, Feb. 10, 2 p.m. 1430 J St. • stpaulssacramento.org Celebrate the 210th birthday of composer Felix Mendelssohn with works for organ, piano and voices performed by Marian Metson, Nancy Metzger, Aerial Wernecke, Valerie Loera and Paige Kelly. A $10 donation is suggested.

Rhapsody in Blue

A Passionate Muse and The Roaming Eye

Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera Saturday, Feb. 23, 8 p.m.

Crocker Art Museum Feb. 17–May 12

Community Center Theater, 1301 L St. • sacphilopera.org Enjoy the iconic music of George Gershwin (“An American in Paris,” “Rhapsody in Blue”), Loren Loiacono and Steven Stucky conducted by David Alan Miller with Kevin Cole on piano. Tickets are $18–$52.

216 O St. • crockerart.org The first exhibition features works by sculptor, printmaker and illustrator Leonard Baskin. The second features more than 70 photographs by street photographers from the collection of Lois and Dr. Barry Ramer.

Early American Settlement Patterns

Beyond Silence: Maxine Solomon

Genealogical Association of Sacramento Wednesday, Feb. 20, noon–2 p.m.

Tim Collom Gallery Feb. 5–28 Opening Reception: Saturday, Feb. 9, 5:30–8:30 p.m.

Belle Cooledge Library, 5600 South Land Park Drive • gensac.org Speaker Kathryn Marshall will enlighten attendees about how our ancestors migrated. The meeting is free and open to the public.

915 20th St. • timcollomgallery.com Bay Area artist Maxine Solomon uses active brush strokes and quiet glazes to depict landscapes surrounded by abstract imagery.

House on Haunted Hill—The Comedy

Trinity Cathedral Music Series: Bernadette Mondok Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Saturday, Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m. 2620 Capitol Ave. • trinitycathedral.org Award-winning soprano and Trinity Cathedral Choral Scholar Bernadette Mondok will present “Celestial Beings,” a program of multiple genres of art song, opera arias and musical theater accompanied by pianists Jennifer Reason and Canon David Link.

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B Street Theatre Through Feb. 17 SOFIA Mainstage, 2700 Capitol Ave. • bstreettheatre.org B Street regular David Pierini adapted the classic 1959 horror film starring Vincent Price into a hilarious romp featuring all your favorite company members. Tickets are $28–$47; $9 for Student Rush. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. Submissions are due six weeks prior to the publication month. n

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What’s In a Name? DRAKE’S BARN OFFERS UNIQUE GATHERING PLACE FOR FOOD AND DRINK

here are these things called restaurants. We are pretty familiar with them. They typically have four walls, maybe an order counter, a smattering of tables and booths, and a kitchen. When we walk into one, we recognize it immediately for what it is and have no problem identifying the major components.

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There also are bars where the primary focus is on drink. Food is secondary, if present at all. Again, we know it when we see it, from barstools to well racks, from highballs to hightops. What, then, is Drake’s BARN? Is there food? Yes. Quite good food, actually. Both a full pizza-focused restaurant and a food truck dishing out tri-tip. So is it a restaurant? Not quite. Is there drink? Yes, both inside and out, featuring dozens of taps, wine and cocktails. But while there is a bar at which to sit, no one would sit there and call the Barn a bar. Let’s dig deeper. If you are not familiar with Drake’s Brewing Co., you should be. Started in 1989 in San Leandro, Drake’s has been a major player in Northern California brewing for a few decades. The beers are hugely popular and bar-setting for West Coast styles. Drake’s expanded beyond just its own barrel room in 2015 when it opened the Dealership in downtown Oakland. The converted auto dealership was creatively turned into a restaurant and beer garden, and quickly gave the Drake’s team a reputation as operators of creative spaces. Speaking of creative spaces ... the Barn, on the banks of the Sacramento River in West Sacramento, was a private/public endeavor completed in 2017. It’s an architecturally stunning

structure (you would not call it a “building” exactly). Covered in cedar shingles and rising effortlessly from the woods and meadows surrounding it, the Barn looks nothing like a restaurant and nothing like a brewery. In fact, it looks nothing like anything you have seen. The grounds of the Barn are substantial, featuring a seating area with fire pits, an outdoor bar, outdoor game area and large meadow with a performance stage at one end. It’s an impressive spread. Also interesting to note is that the partnership between the city of West Sacramento and Drake’s did not come around until after the structure was finished. The Barn was built as a gathering place from the beginning, not as a specific structure for a specific resident. With Drake’s history of using creative spaces, taking over the Barn seemed like a positive

partnership. And, from firsthand experience, that partnership is both wonderful to observe and only has room to grow. The northern end of the Barn is now taken up with PizzaSmith, a pizza and small-bites restaurant led by local chef Bryan Widener. You might recognize Widener from his dearly departed doughnut shop called Doughbot. And his knowledge of the dough definitely comes in handy when turning out highquality pies. Widener told me that the pizza he is aiming for is “New Haven style,”

further influenced by his California roots. For Californians who are not aware that the Connecticut town has a style of pizza all its own, you are not alone. The cracker-crust, pecorinocheese-heavy pies of New Haven are fantastic—some consider them the best in the U.S. It’s obvious that Widener puts a lot of thought into his menu and his pies. Ranging from delicate to face-meltingly spicy, his pizzas are beautifully turned and fantastically paired with Drake’s brews. The small plates, from a complex house-made hummus to a gorgeous grain salad, show clever use of seasonal ingredients along with a curious eye for eclectic styles. There is a good handful of indoor seating, with an equal number of shaded tables under the swooping cover of the shingled structure. A dozen yards or so away, a large exterior bar serves more than 20 handles of beer and allows the drinker to order treats from the YO?LO! food truck, which is permanently on site but only firing up tri-tip and sides on the weekends for now. So what is Drake’s BARN you ask? It’s an experience. It’s a gathering place. It’s a grand idea. It’s lovely space in which to while away a spring evening or summer’s day. It’s a place to catch a concert. In short, it’s a place to eat, drink and be merry. And what more, after all, can you ask for? Drake’s BARN is at 985 Riverfront St., West Sacramento; (510) 568-2739 ext. 60; drinkdrakes.com/barn. Greg Sabin can be reached at gregsabin@hotmail.com. n

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DOWNTOWN Grange Restaurant & Bar 926 J St. • (916) 492-4450 B L D $$$ Full Bar Simple, seasonal, soulful • grangesacramento.com

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

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

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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

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

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Skool Japanese Gastropub Inventive, Japanese-nuanced seafood 2319 K Street • 916.737.5767 skoolonkstreet.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

LAND PARK Casa Garden Restaurant Outstanding dining in a garden setting 2760 Sutterville Rd. • 916.452.2809 casagardenrestaurant.org

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