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COVER ARTIST Jose Di Gregorio Jose Di Gregorio is one of the 40 artists participating in the Wide Open Walls mural festival August 10-20. Visit wideopenwalls916.com or josedigregorio.com. 3104 O Street #120, Sac. CA 95816 (Mail Only)

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Concrete Canvas EXPANDED MURAL FESTIVAL WILL LITERALLY PAINT THE TOWN

rt supporters, including me,

paint and other materials provided to

are excited at the direction

them. Artists arriving from out of the

our city is now taking to

country will have accommodations

become a leader in the arts. I’m

and airfare covered, said Sobon.

convinced that we certainly have

Sobon said funding for the event

the talent locally. But what we have

is provided by dozens of public and

lacked is the right apparatus to

private sponsors.

showcase that talent we have here,

Recognizing the ability to draw

both to our local residents and to

people to town, Visit Sacramento

attract visitors from the region and

signed on as the event’s presenting

beyond.

sponsor and provided a significant

Last summer’s inaugural

contribution to the event.

Sacramento Mural Festival was a

Our publications have signed on

great success, bringing on 11 artists

as a major sponsor, and you’ll see

to paint mural locations throughout

on the adjoining pages a listing of

the Grid’s urban core. The celebration

artists and mural locations, along

captivated the city for eight days last

with recognition of the sponsors

August, and visitors flocked to watch

that contributed funds to help make

the artists in action as they completed

it a success. We are also producing

their large-scale projects. The event

a special festival program, called

concluded with a creative-themed

“Inside Wide Open Walls,” that

street party called Art Jam that raised

will include artist biographies and

funds for arts education in local

statements. Pick one up at each of the

schools.

40 mural locations and learn more

This year, the event has taken on

David Sobon

a new identity—it’s now called Wide Open Walls—and has a new organizer

about the artistic talent at work. This year’s conclusion event is called The Wall Ball, an outside-the-

in arts fundraiser and auctioneer

broadened the festival to include more

of them to showcase for this month’s

lines creative party that will be held

David Sobon. The event runs Aug.

than 50 artists and 40 locations, with

cover art.)

on Saturday, Aug. 19, to benefit local

10–20. I know and like David (he’s

spots well beyond the Grid, including

a fellow Sacramento Metropolitan

Natomas, South Sac, Del Paso

to include activities for the public

Arts Commissioner) and definitely

Heights and Oak Park.

to engage with the artists, many

Sobon is also expanding the festival

arts education. Tickets are $100 each and available at wow916.com. In July, I saw an ad for the Artown

of them modeled after ones that

festival held each summer in Reno.

consider him a “big thinker.” His

About three dozen of the artists

energetic approach—fueled by his

are local, including Bryan Valenzuela,

formed spontaneously last summer.

It’s been going on since 1996 and now

personal passion for the arts—has

Jose Di Gregorio, Maren Conrad,

This includes walking tours, pop-up

includes more than 500 arts-related

Micah Crandall-Bear and Stephanie

exhibits, gallery openings, busker

events during the month of July, with

Taylor, all of whom have had their

performances and more. There will

more than 70 percent of the events

work featured on our covers. The

even be a mural-finding phone app.

free to the public. I have friends who

All mural artists will have had

live there and they love attending all

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remaining artists represent 12 countries including Australia, China,

their mural designs approved by

the events. They say a great many

France, Germany, New Zealand and

owners of the buildings where they’ll

folks visit that month just for the

the U.K. (To honor some of the local

appear. The artists also receive a

festival.

artists who are participating in the

stipend for participating and have

mural festival, we have chosen five

Scenes from last year's mural fest.

Nothing against Reno, but it

art and provide the public with the

is hardly known as an art town,

unique opportunity to watch artists

especially compared to Sacramento.

as they create these large-scale works

As I’ve written previously, as a city

of art. David told me that with this

we need to step up our game to

much diversity of talent there are

showcase our local art talent to our

bound to be favorites and not-so-

own residents, and at the same time

favorites depending on the viewpoint

attract new visitors. This mural

of the artist. I can hardly wait …

festival is a great place for us to start

don’t miss it!

and build on in future years. The festival is planned to celebrate the relevancy and diversity of street

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Meet ‘The Soﬁa’ NEW B STREET THEATRE GETS FUNDS AND A NEW NAME

f you’ve driven by the corner of 27th Street and Capitol Avenue in the past several months, you’ve no doubt seen the construction of the new $29 million B Street Theatre complex. After more than a decade of fundraising, a final $3 million contribution from the Tsakopoulos family and Sutter Health Community Benefit will allow B Street to complete the project. To honor the family’s generosity, the 48,000-square-foot complex now boasts a new name: the Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts (“The Sofia” for short), named for Angelo K. Tsakopoulos’ art-loving wife. The complex is expected to open in February 2018 and will include a 365-seat children’s theater that will host B Street’s Family and B3 series as well as other events, a 250-seat Mainstage theater, and a lobby, fullservice restaurant, open-air courtyard and rooftop deck. For more information, visit bstreettheatre.org.

GOING APE The Sacramento Zoo recently participated in an eight-day seminar at Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo in China to discuss the management

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Guests celebrate the namining of The Soﬁa, home of the B Street Theatre. Photo courtesy of Rudy Meyers Photography. of orangutans and chimpanzees in Chinese zoos. Janine Steele, the zoo’s lead primate keeper, was one of four great ape experts from the United States at the January seminar. “We toured the zoo, talked to the director, vice directors, horticulturist, vets and keepers,” says Steele, who’s worked at the Sacramento Zoo for 15 years. “They were interested in every aspect of what we do in Western zoos. They were looking at what we do compared to what they do.” Steele says the seminar was crucial to connecting primate experts from all over the globe to discuss the common

goal of improving care for these endangered and critically endangered species. Steele joined keepers from zoos in Shanghai and Hangzhou for discussions on research, nutrition, exhibit design, behavioral management, animal welfare, primate communication, training, primate social groups and enrichment. “I just love primates,” says Steel, who has contributed to the Chineselanguage “Orangutan Husbandry Manual” as an author and reviewer. “They’re always challenging me. They’re very intelligent and complex. They keep you on your toes.”

Visit the primates at the Sacramento Zoo at 3930 W. Land Park Drive. For more information, go to saczoo.org.

NO MORE LUNCH AT KRU Kru Contemporary Japanese Cuisine announced in June it would stop its lunch service. The East Sac restaurant is now open Monday through Sunday for small bites and cocktails at 4 p.m. Full dinner service begins at 5 p.m. “Here at Kru, we have always prided ourselves on pushing culinary

boundaries and offering exceptional food and service,” the Kru team said in a statement. “After 11 years at our previous location, we realized that we had outgrown our beloved little restaurant and that it was time for an upgrade. Through this transition, we also found ourselves wandering down divergent paths. On one hand, we wanted to continue to elevate our offerings; on the other hand, we were trying to figure out exactly how best to serve our new neighborhood.” The masterminds behind Kru (owner Billy Ngo and talented chefs Ricky Yap and Tyler Bond) quickly realized upon opening their new space on Folsom Boulevard that the East Sac lunch crowd was “extremely pressed for time” at midday, which prompted a slimmed-down menu to speed up lunch service.

When that didn’t work, they composed an entirely new lunch menu that could be executed more quickly, but the internal challenges it presented made it unfeasible for the long haul. “We threw around lots of ideas and one thing became clear,” the statement read. “We need to streamline our systems … and we need to provide our chefs the time and opportunity to cook the food they really want to cook with the passion that landed them at Kru in the first place.” Kru is at 3135 Folsom Blvd. For more information, visit krurestaurant.com.

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A STREETCAR NAMED QUAGMIRE Earlier this summer, Sacramento Regional Transit agreed to put $25 million into a construction fund for the Sacramento streetcar project. The funds will be contributed toward the project’s $200 million budget. Proponents include Mayor Darrell Steinberg and Sacramento Congresswoman Doris Matsui. And in June, major downtown businesses— including the Sacramento Kings, Macy’s and 300 commercial property owners—voted to tax themselves at least $50 million over the next 25 years to pay for some of the streetcar’s operating costs. But the project has its fair share of detractors—namely, those who believe that SacRT funds should be invested elsewhere. “If the RT board wastes the $25 million of available capital on the streetcar project instead of spending it on light rail car replacement, RT will have no funds available to begin

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purchasing replacement light rail cars that it desperately needs to maintain reliable light rail service,” warns Craig Powell, president of civic watchdog group Eye on Sacramento. “Who, then, will end up bearing the projected $160 million-plus cost of replacing RT’s collection of 30-yearold light rail cars? Sacramento taxpayers.” Traffic is also of grave concern, according to Powell. Part of the latest plan involves shifting light rail’s Blue Line to H Street to allow the streetcar to operate on K Street. “Multiple RT sources have reported that the shift will result in jamming four transit lines onto a single street, which is certain to cause major light rail service delays throughout the county,” Powell says. For more information, visit sacrt. com.

Front Street Embarcadero renovation project is now underway after a “boardbreaking” ceremony in late June. Mayor Darrell Steinberg, Councilmember Steve Hansen and representatives from Downtown Sacramento Partnership, Old Sacramento and California State Parks were in attendance to kick off the riverfront revitalization effort between J Street and Neasham Circle, west of Front Street. To allow visitors and commerce to continue to flow in Old Sacramento, construction began in June and will be completed in phases to keep businesses open. The project should be completed by November.

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OAKHAUS BRINGS THE BRATS

The talented duo behind Oak Park’s popular Mexican eatery La Venadita recently opened a new—and entirely different—outpost in the neighborhood: Oakhaus, a Bavarianinspired restaurant. The Schnetz brothers and chef Matthew Ridgeway created a hofbrauthemed menu that includes pastrami and roast beef sandwiches, bratwurst, potato salad, meatloaf and ciderbraised red cabbage. Oakhaus is at 3413 Broadway. For more information, visit oakhaussac. com.

LOVE YOU A LATTE If you love coffee, get thee to the Sacramento Public Latte Art Tournament on the last Thursday of each month through October. Founded in 2014 with the help of Edie and Andy Baker (co-owners of Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters), SPLAT is the perfect place for baristas to exercise their latte-making mojo.

Kru chefs Ricky Yap, Tyler Bond and Billy Ngo This year’s tournament will feature up to 48 top baristas per event competing for coffee art domination at local coffeehouses. The event kicked off on June 29 at Old Soul Co. on Capitol Mall and continues at 7 p.m. on the last Thursday of each month. SPLAT will take place at Naked Coffee (3527 Broadway) on July 27, Identity Coffees (1430 28th St.) on Aug. 31 and Insight Coffee Roasters (1901 8th St.) on Sept. 28. The grand finale—co-sponsored by Temple

Coffee & Tea and Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters—will take place at The Vintage Monkey (400 N. 16th St.) on Saturday, Oct. 21, at the end of Specialty Coffee Week Sacramento. Three professional barista judges will score each round’s latte art on contrast, texture and symmetry. Competitors accumulate points throughout the events to vie for the title of Sacramento’s Top Barista. The top three competitors in each round will be awarded prizes and money, including an AeroPress coffee

Sacramento Public Latte Art Tournament is the last Thursday of each month. Photo courtesy of Josh Corrigan.

and espresso maker. The grand prize, valued at more than $7,000, will go to the barista with the most cumulative points. For more information, visit splatsac.com.

WELL-DRESSED AT DOCO The Sacramento Kings and JMA Ventures recently announced that Urban Outfitters—the quirky lifestyle retailer—is confirmed as one of the newest residents of Downtown Commons (DOCO) across from Golden 1 Center. Urban Outfitters will be located on the ground floor of the 16-story mixed-use Sawyer hotel tower in a 10,300-square-foot retail space. The brand offers men’s and women’s clothing and accessories, home decor, music and more. “Adding a premier retailer like Urban Outfitters showcases the global attention on DOCO and Sacramento,” Kings President Chris Granger said in a statement. “We’re excited to grow

our retail portfolio with a leading lifestyle retailer.” Urban Outfitters joins the list of 10 tenants that DOCO has announced so far for its 1.8 million square feet of retail, dining, accommodations and entertainment anchored by Golden 1 Center. For more information, visit docosacramento.com. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. n

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Rethinking Homelessness WILL WE LEARN FROM PAST FAILURES?

t’s hard to overstate how bad the homeless problem has become in Sacramento. A newly released survey conducted on Jan. 25 reports a 38 percent increase in the number of homeless people living in Sacramento in the past two years—a total of 3,665 people. But the real shocker was the reported 85 percent increase in the number of homeless people living unsheltered in Sacramento, now up to 2,052 souls. And the consensus among specialists in homelessness is that this latest count, commissioned by Sacramento Steps Forward, the

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lead agency responsible for solving Sacramento’s homeless problem, likely undercounted Sacramento’s population of homeless people. How effective has Sacramento Steps Forward, the local collector and dispenser of federal homeless dollars, been at its mission of reducing homelessness? Apparently not very, despite a 150 percent increase in funding over the past two years. The nonprofit (launched by Kevin Johnson in 2009) will reportedly dispense nearly $20 million in grants this year, an almost 50 percent increase over last year. But compensation paid out to SSF employees in 2015 increased 270 percent over the previous year, according to its most recently available tax filing. SSF’s chief executive officer, Ryan Loofbourrow, has a degree in communications studies from Sacramento State University. Its board is chaired by a land-use lawyer and includes a developer, hospital

representatives, foundation officials, the clergy, a corporate government affairs director and Cassandra Jennings, the CEO of the Greater Sacramento Urban League. She is a former assistant Sacramento city manager and housing/redevelopment official and wife of councilmember Rick Jennings—and the only SSF director with any apparent experience in dealing with homelessness. As a nonprofit, SSF is not subject to state laws mandating public board meetings or public access to its records. Does it make any sense for the lead agency responsible for leading Sacramento’s response to the homelessness crisis—and clearly failing at that mission—to operate in the dark, without public meetings and without public access to its records? And how can the SSF board—fine people all, but with little collective experience in dealing with issues of homelessness—be expected to hold its

management accountable for doing an effective job? Obviously, they can’t and haven’t been. Meanwhile, Sacramento county government has been spending more than $40 million annually to address the needs of homeless people and their impacts on the community, while city government, according to a 2015 study, has been spending about $14 million annually to address homelessness. SSF, county and city governments, collectively, are currently spending about $75 million annually on the homeless. But if Mayor Darrell Steinberg has his way, the real spending has only just begun.

HARMFUL IMPACTS ON DOWNTOWN AND MIDTOWN I recently called a colleague with offices on K Street and arranged to visit him to pick up some papers. He

gave me the number of his secretary. I asked him why I needed it. He said I’d have to call her to gain access to his office because problems generated by increasing numbers of homeless people in Downtown have become so severe that he’s forced to lock his office doors at all times. He described daily urination and defecation at both his front door and in his alley. He recounted how he’d recently pulled his car out of his building’s garage and interrupted a homeless man who was urinating. Upset at being interrupted, the man proceeded to chase his car out into the alley in a determined effort to pee on his car. How can businesses thrive in such an environment? And who’d want to live in close proximity to such conditions? The homeless people who live on the streets and alleys of Downtown aren’t merely a social nuisance. Their growing presence is a threat to present and proposed major public and private investments along the J, K and L Street corridors and beyond. The central business district will never reach its potential as a vibrant commercial hub and an attractive residential area so long as large numbers of homeless people occupy Downtown. Acute problems have spread to Cesar Chavez Park, Central Library, City Hall, Gordon D. Schaber County Courthouse and several other Downtown locations. The library spends $25,000 annually to clean its bathrooms of the messes left by homeless people. The public safety committee of the Sacramento Superior Court was finally able to corral the law enforcement support it needed to remove people who were living under the eaves of the courthouse, which required daily cleaning to remove urine and excrement. If you drive down I or J Streets at night, you can’t miss the large numbers of homeless people clustered in the doorways of office buildings and other facilities. The problem has spread into Midtown, where unattended garages are frequently taken over by homeless squatters, who’ve been known to move in household furniture. But the biggest concern has been the increasing number of violent

incidents in Midtown involving homeless people as both perpetrators and victims. One homeless man shot another homeless man in late June a block from City Hall. Three hours later, another homeless man fatally stabbed yet another homeless man near 13th and S streets in Midtown. Councilmember Steve Hansen reports receiving almost daily complaints from constituents of harassing and assaultive behavior by homeless people in the central city. Last month, he convened a community meeting on the issue and called on the police to step up law enforcement in Midtown. (Councilmember Jay Schenirer made a similar call for stepped-up police presence in Oak Park following two recent murders.) As bad as the homelessness problem has become in Downtown Sacramento, things could get worse, as LA is experiencing. Of the more than 50,000 homeless people living on the streets of LA, a reported 10,000 are now living in thousands of tents tightly clustered along the 54 blocks of LA’s Skid Row, located in the shadow of downtown office buildings and hotels. LA county and city governments collectively spend an astonishing $1.1 billion annually on the costs of dealing with its growing homeless population. Two years ago, LA joined Seattle, Portland, Tacoma and the state of Hawaii in declaring a state of emergency to address its growing homelessness crisis. LA voters, who have a seemingly unquenchable thirst for higher taxes, last November approved both a $1 billion bond to construct homeless housing and a $355 million annual sales-tax hike for 10 years to fund homeless programs. In the past two years, the homelessness problem in Sacramento has metastasized, with more and more homeless people seeking refuge in Sacramento’s older suburbs: Fair Oaks, Carmichael, Rancho Cordova, Orangevale, Citrus Heights and Folsom. The homelessness issue played a major role in last November’s county supervisorial election in District 4 (Orangevale, Antelope, Citrus Heights, Folsom), TO page 16

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THE AMERICAN RIVER PARKWAY The American River Parkway has long been a haven for homeless people, due in large part to its close proximity to regular meals and other services offered by Loaves & Fishes in the Richards Boulevard area. The presence of homeless people in the parkway has brought endless complaints from nearby residents and regular parkway users over mountains of garbage, human waste and hypodermic needles. But in recent years, the number of homeless people and their negative impacts in the parkway have increased dramatically. One bike rider was hospitalized after being attacked by two off-leash dogs. In another incident, three cyclists were injured by rocks thrown by men believed to be homeless. There

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also has been a major increase in parkway fires believed to be caused by homeless people. Meanwhile, park rangers issued only half the number of camping citations in 2016 as they did the year before, a clear sign that county officials have dialed back enforcement of the camping ban. (Camping citations can be issued as either infractions or misdemeanors. While homeless campers often can and do ignore infraction citations they receive for camping, ignoring misdemeanor citations carries more serious consequences.)

THE “WHACK-A-MOLE” DILEMMA In the first serious effort in years to arrest the deterioration of the parkway, county Supervisor Phil Serna has launched a proposal for the county to spend about $4 million to hire 37 new park rangers, animal control officers and maintenance workers to clean up the parkway,

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divided into six patrol teams that would include both social service workers and county prosecutors. County Supervisor Susan Peters is worried that actually enforcing the camping ban in the parkway would push homeless people into nearby neighborhoods, the so-called “whack-a-mole” argument against reasserting public control of the parkway. The board of supervisors has deferred taking action on Serna’s proposal until later this month when firmer budget numbers will be available. In my recent interview with Steinberg, he gave short shrift to the point that a fairly substantial number of homeless people can and do migrate. Human nature tells us that people gravitate away from places where they’re uncomfortable and to areas where they are more comfortable. Surveys fairly consistently show that about one-third of the homeless are from elsewhere. But proponents of massive new homelessness interventions, like the mayor, almost invariably ignore such findings. They resist an inconvenient truth: that if a community provides more extensive and accommodating services to homeless people than other accessible communities, such communities will attract greater numbers of homeless people.

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It’s a Mod, Mod World ASSESSING THE CITY’S STOCK OF MIDCENTURY-MODERN HOMES

his summer, the city of Sacramento and the nonprofit organization Sacramento Modern partnered with volunteers to preserve a part of Sacramento’s not-so-remote architectural and cultural history: midcentury-modern development.

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Characterized by clean, sharp lines and the interplay of interior and exterior, midcentury modern became prominent in American architecture following World War II and dominated development in the late 1940s, ’50s and ’60s. According to Carson Anderson, the city’s senior planner and preservation director, these homes and developments are at risk. “The reason we want to showcase these homes,” says Anderson, “is that most people don’t look at things from the late ’40s, ’50s and ’60s as being possible historic resources, and a lot of demolitions and alterations

can occur without people really understanding what they’re doing.” The hope is that people who want to renovate or modernize these buildings can learn to do so sympathetically. “That’s a conversation we have regularly,” says Anderson. “But before we can even get there, we need to know what’s out there.” And as they’ve discovered, there’s a lot out there. According to Anderson, there are roughly 48,000 properties developed in Sacramento between the late ’40s and the late ’60s. In order to locate and identify these homes, and perhaps

even designate them as historic landmarks, the city and Sacramento Modern created a volunteer program to survey Sacramento neighborhoods for midcentury-modern architecture and development. Sure, many of those 48,000 homes are junk, admits Anderson, “made cheaply and built quickly—maybe 85 percent of it. But it’s the 15 percent that we’re looking at, while focusing on who designed them and what sort of stories they tell about the development of the city in the postwar period.” The value of these homes is recognized by the California Office of

Midcentury-modern buildings can be found all over town and are both private residences and commercial structures. Historic Preservation, which provided a grant to fund the program. Volunteers attended three-hour workshops hosted by the city on April 29 and May 6. They received training on how to identify the hallmarks of midcentury-modern architecture and how to input those findings into a mobile application that would provide the city with live updates. Richmond resident Joann Pavlinec volunteered for the program, driving to Sacramento once a week, and says identifying the homes wasn’t as easy as it might sound. “It’s tricky because it’s not just one style,” says Pavlinec, a former city planner for the city of Berkeley

and a historic preservationist who sits on Richmond’s Historic Preservation Commission. “It’s a simplified style with clean lines, but the different characteristics between substyles is not that easy to detect.” Pavlinec loves midcentury-modern design. “It’s the simplicity of it,” she says. “It definitely exposes the structure of a building, and modernism, especially in housing, is so simple and has very clean lines. But you don’t realize how special that is until you’re on the inside. So it’s deceiving to a lot of people, because it’s the flow of space, the floor plan, the openness and how the inside of the house relates to the

outside. There’s an interaction with its environment.” Pavlinec says there is a bias against midcentury modern. “Look at a Victorian: the detail on the outside, and the articulation of the design elements,” she says. “If you look for that on a midcentury-modern home, you won’t find that much of a distinction.” In other words, she says, midcentury-modern homes aren’t as flashy as Victorians. “But people hated Victorians and used to strip them. Historically, it just takes a lot of time to appreciate newer styles,” she concludes. “So it’s good to get these homes marked so people at least know they’re midcentury

modern and work with somebody who knows how to retain those elements if they want to remodel.” The volunteer program, which wrapped up in July, identified significant midcentury-modern tracts and hot spots in Sacramento, especially in South Land Park and some areas of Land Park. According to Anderson, there is a group of homes along South Land Park Drive that were designed by the famed California architect Joseph Eichler, “and that grouping of buildings likely merits a historic district designation,” he says. TO page 21

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Rescue Work A DOG LOVER ON BECOMING A FOSTER PET PARENT

BY CATHRYN RAKICH

My husband and I live in Sacramento, and we have fostered

shelter worker greets me in the reception area and leads me to the back office. I am at Yolo County Animal Services to pick up a dog. It’s a scenario I have come to know well in my five-plus years of fostering homeless canines for a Sacramento-area animal rescue group. “Who have you come to pick up today?” the woman asks. His name is Bubba. He is a 10-pound muddled mess of Chihuahua, dachshund and terrier. Approximately 1 year old, Bubba was found as a stray in Woodland and no one claimed him.

more than 30 homeless dogs and countless cats and kittens. When I fi rst began volunteering in the animal rescue world, I was happy to help in any area, from planning fundraising events to cleaning cages. But I did not want to foster. I assumed I would get too attached and would not be able to let the animals go, especially to complete strangers. Then one day I was faced with a decision. A dog needed rescue from one of the local shelters and there were no open foster homes. If my husband, Mark, and I did not take her, she would become a statistic: one of the 3 million pets euthanized in the United States each year.

I have learned patience, understanding and a kind of love that does not ﬁt into any other category. Cathryn Rakich with the foster dogs she ended up keeping. I follow the shelter worker outside to another building where the dogs that are not ready for adoption

Some of the kennels hold two canines, but most house only one. We pass through another door into

“If you are going to keep one-third of the pets we foster, you cannot foster anymore.”

Bubba did not pass the shelter’s behavior test because he was “fearful

I quickly conquered my fear

in the shelter environment.” He

of fostering. I discovered it is a

(or never will be) are housed. The

an area designated for smaller dogs.

resisted being handled and was

mindset. With each new foster, I tell

cement floors have just been hosed

“Here he is,” the worker says. Bubba

nervous and wide-eyed, an indication

myself that this little creature is just

down, and a damp chill hangs in

is huddled in the far back corner of

of anxiety and possibly aggression.

passing through. I am only a stop

the air. We walk past row after row

his cage. “He’s really scared,” she

So while Bubba would not go up

along his or her way to a better life.

of kennels, each decorated with a

tells me. “Shut down. But let’s see if

for adoption to the public, he was

My job is to socialize, potty train

smattering of blankets, beds and

I can get the leash on him.”

deemed eligible for rescue, which is

and, if necessary (which it usually

water bowls. Barking is nonstop.

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adoption events, screen applicants

bones.

and inspect potential new homes. It

This is not to say that Mark and

may take days, but usually weeks

I are not “failed” foster parents. As

or even months, before the right

much as I hate to admit it, our fi rst

adopter comes along.

attempt at fostering dogs failed. In

Bringing a strange animal

other words, we kept our first foster

into your home—a pet that has

pooch … and a second, and a third,

been documented to be less than

and finally a fourth (which I am

desirable—can be nerve-racking.

quick to point out is the legal limit

Bubba hid under the dresser in our

for dog ownership in Sacramento

den and would not let me touch him

County). It was not until my husband

for two days. But eventually, each of

said, in the most loving way possible,

our wayward fosters blossomed into

“If you are going to keep one-third of

a sweet, lovable mutt. All it took was

the pets we foster, you cannot foster

a place where they felt safe, away

anymore.” Got it.

from the noise and confusion of the

Fostering dogs (or cats) is not for

shelter environment. A soft bed, good

everyone. It helps to have hardwood

food, plenty of tummy rubs and a

and/or tile floors. (We have torn

little patience do the trick.

out every inch of carpeting in our

In the years I have been fostering

home.) Depending on which shelter

unwanted dogs and cats, I have

or rescue group you foster for, you

learned patience, understanding and

may be required to take the pet

a kind of love that does not fit into

to a veterinarian for vaccinations,

any other category.

spaying/neutering and other medical services. The dog may need socializing or obedience training. You may have to take the foster to

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Which is ultimately one of the goals of the program. Developments like this, says Anderson, “are part of the cultural and architectural history of the city.” Furthermore, the program broadens the definition of preservation in Sacramento. “What is historic? What does that even mean? Does it just mean Victorian architecture, which Sacramento obviously has, or does it also mean Craftsman bungalows? Or does it include buildings from the recent past that tell equally compelling stories about the cultural development of the history of the United States and Sacramento in particular?” asks Anderson. Thanks to the work of local volunteers, the city of Sacramento and Sacramento Modern are in a better place to begin answering these questions. Jordan Venema can be reached at jordan.venema@gmail.com. n

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Cannabis Czar NEW CITY OFFICIAL CRACKS DOWN ON CRIMINAL ‘GROW HOUSES’

ess politicized than Oakland, better regulated than Los Angeles, Sacramento has built a profitable relationship with legalized cannabis. But a major problem haunts the city’s biggest growth industry. Thirty dispensaries in Sacramento generate millions of dollars in sales taxes. They have provoked no upswing in neighborhood crime since becoming regulated in 2010. About 70 cultivators have applied to City Hall for commercial indoor growing permits. The trouble comes from outlaw growers who ignore regulations and have no interest in legalizing their businesses. In neighborhoods across the city, an estimated 1,000 private homes have been turned into illegal cultivation sites, filled with ramshackle wiring, holes cut through walls and fire hazards everywhere. “If we had capacity to bust three of these houses a day, and no new ones popped up, we would have to work a full year, seven days a week, to eradicate them all,” says Joe Devlin, the city’s new chief of cannabis policy and enforcement. “I could spend all day on this.” Devlin, who served seven years as chief of staff for City Councilmember Jay Schenirer, doesn’t have all day to kick in doors at suspected illegal cultivation houses. The city’s cannabis office is busy with many chores. There’s the

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murders occurred during a botched home invasion robbery. “They are simply unsafe for a number of reasons,” Devlin says. “Nothing is up to code. There’s lots of electrical work that’s unsafe and unpermitted.”

Sacramento is blazing a leadership trail, helping legitimate cultivators, manufacturers and retailers get their product to market.

Joe Devlin is chief of cannabis policy and enforcement. alignment of city ordinances with new state laws on adult-use retail sales, delivery services, distribution and transportation regulations. There’s testing and conditional-use permits for commercial cultivation and manufacturing facilities. The rules are complex. The task list is long. But illegal grow houses have become a preoccupation with Devlin, if only because of the danger they present to Sacramento neighborhoods. “These are not mom-and-pop operations with a few plants,” he

says. “There’s an organized element to this. They go in and they purchase or lease multiple homes, and they go inside and gut them and turn them into what are commercial cannabis production facilities.” Illegal cultivation sites are inevitably dangerous, with hazards that extend beyond sloppy construction. In April, Sacramento police investigated a double homicide at a suspected grow house in South Sacramento. Authorities believe the

Sacramento attracts criminal cultivators for three primary reasons, Devlin believes. Homes can be obtained here at relatively cheap prices, at least compared to the Bay Area, San Diego and Los Angeles. Easy freeway access allows cartel growers to quickly get their product beyond California, as most illegally grown marijuana is destined for other states. And there’s SMUD, the publicly owned utility that provides power at economical prices. Every indoor cannabis farmer—legal and otherwise—requires significant jolts of electricity to drive the lighting systems that stimulate the crop’s growing cycles. “SMUD is a great utility provider,” Devlin says. “A grower can do the

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Responsible growers and dispensary operators pay permit fees and sales taxes to fund the city’s enforcement activities. The city doesn’t have a cap on commercial grow permits, but the high investment costs for regulated indoor farming should limit the competition. “I hope that money will allow us to eradicate the illegal cultivation,” Devlin says. Regulation and compliance take time. Nineteen years after the Compassionate Use Act was approved by voters in 1996, the State Legislature finally passed laws to oversee medical cannabis. Recreational cannabis was approved last year. Cities and counties are presently working to create regulations that will align with new state rules, which take effect Jan. 1. Sacramento is blazing a leadership trail, helping legitimate cultivators, manufacturers and retailers get their product to market. And telling illegal growers to move somewhere else. R.E. Graswich can be reached at reg@graswich.com. n

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Sharon Gillum GIVING OTHERS A LEG UP

hen Sharon Gillum joined the Assistance League of Sacramento—the all-

volunteer organization that funds philanthropic programs in the Sacramento area—she discovered not only a great group of like-minded women, but also 280 future friends. “One of my colleagues at Rio Americano High School joined Assistance League after retiring,” Gillum says. She had also retired from Rio after teaching a variety of subjects and directing the school’s renowned political studies program, Academia Civitas. “June told me it was an organization I would really enjoy. When I joined in 2010, I found out that I already knew a lot of people. There were several members whose children had been my students as well as some of my neighbors. Even with those I’d never met, I found something in common: We all want to serve the community. We come from varied backgrounds, but our lives have overlapped. I’ve had the most rewarding friendships with these women.” Assistance League volunteers like Gillum oversee 10 philanthropic programs that serve approximately 16,000 people each year. Operation School Bell provides school clothing, uniforms, shoes, backpacks, hygiene kits and underwear to elementary

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Assistance League of Sacramento volunteers Sharon Gillum (center) and Ann Billington chat with a customer. schoolchildren. “Children learn better

anti-bullying at regional elementary

for people with a “hurdle” to getting

if they feel comfortable,” Gillum

schools. “That’s for those of our

on with life.

explains. “And a lot of that has to

members with a dramatic bent,”

do with clothes.” The Governor’s

Gillum says.

Mansion History program gives

This September will mark

“Maybe they’ve been through a rehab program through drug court and have a job lined up, but they

local fourth-graders a peek at the

Assistance League of Sacramento’s

don’t have steel-toed shoes,” Gillum

past with History in a Trunk, with

50th year of service, a landmark it

says. “We can give them those shoes.

costumed Assistance League docents

is celebrating by introducing still

Maybe someone can get a job but

bringing 19th-century artifacts to the

more philanthropic programs. One is

can’t drive legally because of a traffic

classroom for a hands-on learning

Fresh Start, which is designed to help

warrant. We can pay that warrant.”

experience about California history.

people transitioning into their own

Kids on the Block is a Muppet-style

housing by supplying them with goods

for Assistance League of Sacramento

puppet show that presents topical

like towels and dishes. The second,

so rewarding for people like Gillum

performances on personal safety and

Reaching Out, is making a difference

Part of what makes volunteering

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need.

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“This work changes the

“The resale store is essentially our

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saying, ‘We know you’re ready; let us

programs, so it’s incredibly important.

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And Ann is amazing at running it—

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she manages 175 volunteers.”

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“little leg up” they need. “We’re helping all across the board, not just the neediest,” Gillum says. “Sometimes the middle group gets forgotten, but it’s like teaching high school: You have to invest in the middle kids. They’re often the ones who carry it forward.” To volunteer with Assistance League of Sacramento, go to assistanceleague.org. Fabulous Finds on Fulton is at 2751 Fulton Ave. n

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Home Again AFTER MOVING AWAY, A LAND PARK COUPLE RETURNS

JF By Julie Foster Home Insight

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elocating to a larger home is a common enough occurrence for growing families. But how often have you heard about a family moving in and out of the same house several times? Bill Parks and Lorrie Valvo purchased their Land Park home in 1983. After living there for 10 years, the couple moved to Nevada City, opting to keep the house as a rental. In 2001, they returned for a year. They then built a large home with an open floor plan on five acres outside

of Nevada City. That translated into spaciousness inside and out for their two sons, two dogs and a kitty. But as their sons grew, they expressed an interest in attending Jesuit High School in Sacramento. That required a return to Sacramento. The couple realized that their one-story, 1,447-square-foot, threebedroom, one-bath house in Land Park would be a tight fit with two teenage boys, two dogs and a kitty. In 2014, they drove through various neighborhoods searching for a new

home. It didn’t work out. “I really didn’t see anything I liked,” Valvo explains. During one trip to Sacramento, the pair visited a Land Park neighbor who suggested they get in touch with local architect Michael Malinowski of Applied Architecture Inc. It was a perfect match. Malinowski has a 30-year track record of taking a “neighborhood-considerate” approach to his projects. For Malinowski, success is when you can’t tell from the

street whether the second story was always there or added later. “Mike was so simpatico with our goal of trying to keep the original look of the house and make it fit into the neighborhood,” says Parks. By the beginning of 2015, plans were completed; construction began in April. The family moved into the two-story 2,410-square-foot, fivebedroom, two-bath house the day after Thanksgiving. As the boys grew older, Valvo says, she began to understand the privacy

“

TRULY IT WAS PROVIDENCE THAT EVERYTHING FELL INTO PLACE.

benefits distinct rooms have over open floor plans. One bedroom is used as an office; another serves as the boys’ TV room. The house’s original footprint changed little except for a 6-foot addition off the back of the house. The kitchen received a major rehab and was enlarged, which facilitated the pleasing placement of the new staircase. The new upstairs master bath is a showstopper, with an oversized shower and travertine floor tile. The charmingly petite window in the

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TO RETAIN THE COTTAGEY LOOK OF THE PARK/VALVO HOME, HE WORKED FROM THE OUTSIDE IN

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shower (where the roof lines come together) illustrates Malinowski’s genius for solving the biggest conundrum of the project. According to Malinowski, the exterior appearance of a house is his starting point. To retain the cottagey look of the Park/Valvo home, he worked from the outside in, effectively using what might have been seen as wasted space. “The biggest challenge was to fit the interior design into the exterior shell,” he says. “The shower is a great example of how well that worked out.” Malinowski suggests homeowners consider shifting the way they think about adding a second story to their

home. Instead of an addition, he says, think of it as a conversion. “We don’t want to visually drop something on top of a house,” he explains. “Rather, we want to convert a one-story house into the character, flow and function that would have been there if the house was originally built as a twostory home.” The backyard was once home to a large landmark tree recognized by the Sacramento Tree Foundation. When it had to be removed, the house became much warmer in the summer, and much of the vegetation died off. Recently, the front and back yards were revitalized by The Garden Tutors.

Parks and Valvo had no idea when they attended an open house at Jesuit High School years ago that the family would one day be back living in their first home. They love Land Park and are so pleased with the results of the remodel, which retained the character and charm of the house. “It’s good to be home again,” says Valvo, “this time with our two teenage boys, who will be in ninth and 11th grades at Jesuit. Truly it was providence that everything fell into place.” If you know of a home you think should be featured in Inside Publications, contact Julie Foster at foster.julie91@yahoo.com. n

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The Summer of 1915 NEW BOOK LOOKS AT SACRAMENTO’S ELIMINATION LEAGUE

ou never know what might turn up when a retired math teacher digs into microfilm and ancestry records and learns about a long-ago summer and a baseball stadium built over a garbage dump at Riverside and Broadway. The math teacher is Tom Crisp. The stadium was called Buffalo Park. The deeper Crisp dug, the more he learned. Eventually, he excavated a fascinating story about a cutthroat professional baseball experiment based at Buffalo Park in 1915. When Crisp unearthed the forgotten tale that links Sacramento to its sports legends and legacies, he did the natural thing. He wrote a book. The book is called “The $1,000 Elimination League: A 1915 Sacramento Valley Baseball Experiment.” Crisp, who taught at Winters High School, admits he’s no genius at marketing his work. “I’m selling it out of my trunk,” he says. Sacramento was a passionate baseball town 103 years ago. But in late 1914, the city suddenly found itself without a professional team. The Sacramento Senators, drowning in the Pacific Coast League basement, decided to move to San Francisco. “That left Sacramento without a professional baseball team,” Crisp says. “The Chamber of Commerce president, Daniel Carmichael, thought

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Math teacher Tom Crisp has written a book about baseball in Sacramento.

it was bad for business to have the ballpark empty for a season. So he and some of the city’s baseball guys came up with the idea of an elimination tournament.”

Led by Carmichael, chamber members put up $1,000—all of which would go to the winner. The second- through fourth-place finishers would receive cash from ticket sales.

Play began with 22 teams, 13 from Sacramento, nine from around the countryside. They had evocative names. There were the Oroville Olives, Orland Oranges and Chico Colts. A team from Lodi was called the Peltier Orientals, with players of Japanese and Chinese ancestry. Sacramento teams included Arata Brothers, the Milton Haneys, the Patterson Hatters and Sacramento Giants, an African-American team. Crisp figured out the youngest player was 16. The eldest was George “Farmer” Waite from Willows, still running bases at 35. “The Elimination League was integrated, with African-American and Asian players who would not have been allowed to play in the major leagues or Pacific Coast League,” Crisp says. The men on the Giants were blacksmiths, hotel porters, mail carriers. Members of the Peltier Orientals mostly worked on farms. Many had degrees from universities in Japan and Hong Kong. After explaining the league structure and introducing the teams, Crisp takes readers on a week-byweek tour through the Sacramento summer of 1915. He starts on April 11 and wanders through July 5, when the clubs reached the championship round. Along the way, Crisp sprinkles newsy tidbits across his narrative, introducing context to the summer and letting readers know he was distracted by nonbaseball headlines while reading century-old copies of The Sacramento Bee, The Sacramento Union and the Bee’s evening rival, The Sacramento Star.

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held about 5,000 fans. Riverside and Broadway (then called 11th and Y streets) was a strategic location. Just beyond the city limits, teams could sell beer there without police interference. The name reflected the intent. Buffalo Park was named for Buffalo Brewery in Midtown. The championship game was between two rural teams, the Woodland Oaks and Winters Giants. But the final match exposed a fracture in the Elimination League’s structure. Woodland and Winters went on strike halfway into the first inning. They demanded a bigger share of the ticket sales. League officials bowed to the extortion, then asked for their money back the next day, after Woodland won 4–0. The league’s plans for 1916 collapsed amid the bickering, but the concept of professional “town baseball” continued with a new alignment called the Trolley League. That’s a story for another day. R.E. Graswich can be reached at reg@graswich.com. n

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‘Geek Things’ A PLACE TO ENJOY A CUP OF COFFEE AND A COMIC BOOK

riends and fellow geeks Neil Estaris and Laura Benson won Downtown Sacramento Partnership’s 2016 Calling All Dreamers contest for their retail concept, a comic book shop and coffeehouse called Oblivion Comics & Coffee. Estaris fills us in on going from winner to business owner.

We really want to build a community and be a geek hot spot in Sacramento. How did you and Laura first come up with the idea for Oblivion? Laura and I both have geek backgrounds. We met at the Art Institute of Sacramento when I was studying graphic design and Laura was studying web design. So we would always get together to see the new Marvel movies. We’d see the midnight premieres but never had a place to go after the fact. Coffee shops don’t stay open that late and comic book shops aren’t really set up for people— especially over-30-year-olds—to hang

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Oblivion Comics & Coffee owners Laura Benson and Neil Estaris out. We kept saying that it would be cool if there was a place for us to go to talk about geek things. And coffee is the ideal conduit for conversation. When did you decide to enter the Calling All Dreamers contest? Laura had heard about the contest two years ago when she was working for a marketing agency, and it seemed like the perfect fit. We’d already done as much as we could on our own. We’d made a business plan and done research, but it came to a point where

we hit a wall. No one wanted to invest in the business because we were new and inexperienced. It was hard to get people to take us seriously. We actually tried to get into the contest the year before but decided we weren’t ready. We spent the next year refining and solidifying our research and focusing our idea. Being that prepared is the best thing we could have done and it really paid off. Clearly! As the 2016 winners, you were awarded a business

service prize package that included financial planning, store design, marketing, graphic design, legal services, accounting, permit process assistance and more. How did it feel making your dream a reality? After winning, it was a bit of “hurry up and wait.” We wanted to get things open quickly, but there were a lot of legal things that we had to get done as a new business. It took almost a whole year from start to finish for the buildout and the

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grew up on an Ohio farm, where my exposure to herbs, other than a sprig of parsley garnishing a plate, was nonexistent. They weren’t in my mother’s kitchen, and they were certainly not in the garden. I remember when I was in college being given a spice rack and opening the bottles cautiously as I sniffed and sampled them. Which things were spices and which were herbs? How should I use them? It was a mystery. Shortly after coming to California 40 years ago, I planted herbs in my garden. Chives, rosemary, oregano, tarragon and mint are attractive and drought-tolerant, and they reliably survive year after year. These, along

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with an annual planting of sweet basil, are the extent of my herbal adventures. A recent talk by Daisy Mah at the Sacramento Perennial Plant Club inspired me and other seasoned gardeners to think of planting more types of herbs and using them more boldly. One of the mysteries that Daisy cleared up was why we Americans don’t pronounce the “h” in “herb.” It’s a French word, and that’s how it’s said there. English speakers elsewhere scorn such Franco-frippery and defiantly pronounce the “h.” Some of us weren’t exactly sure what Daisy meant by “herbs,” because instead of using just a pinch or teaspoon at a time, she likes to make a meal of them. Herbs don’t just go into salad dressing—they are the salad. She grows and eats so many herbs that she’s begun calling her home garden “Daisy’s Herb Farm.” To a botanist, an herbaceous plant is any seed-bearing plant that doesn’t

have a woody stem and that dies back after flowering. Daisy limits herbs, however, to the usual definition of edible leaves, flowers and stems from plants that are used for medicinal, aromatic or savory qualities. She uses them generously in every meal.

If you can’t ﬁnd what you want in a local nursery, order seed and grow your own. In order to make herbs a regular ingredient, they need to be accessible, she advises. “Don’t put them out in the back 40,” she says. One of the nice things about growing herbs is that you can harvest them when they are in optimal condition, not dried out

and flavorless in a bottle. She keeps a colander in the garden, cuts herbs into it and rinses them off whenever she prepares a meal. Many of us have had the experience of mint spreading uncontrollably through a planting bed. If you cut it often enough, Daisy says, that won’t be a problem. Frequent cutting also keeps basil compact and producing tender new leaves. Parsley and coriander bolt, sending up seed heads, when they feel stressed by hot weather. Trimming them often, and growing them in partial shade, may prolong their life. You don’t have to limit yourself to a few familiar herbs. If you can’t find what you want in a local nursery, order seed and grow your own. Lemon basil, winter savory, unusual oreganos and bronze fennel are but a few decorative and delicious herbs that she recommends. Daisy has been experimenting with growing her own microgreens. She sows seeds in a flat, keeps them moist and cuts the

baby herbs above the first leaves that emerge (called the cotyledon) so that they generate new growth. The little seedlings are delicious sprinkled onto foods, but you have to be vigilant against slugs and snails, which also love the tender, tasty sprouts. Larger herbs can be cut into strips to scatter across food using a preparation called “chiffonade.” Stack the leaves, roll them like a cigar and slice across the bundles to create long, thin strips. “It’s an easy way to impress your guests,” Daisy says. While it’s fun to nibble in the garden, not every plant is edible or to your taste, Daisy warns. Anything in the mint family, identifiable by their square stems and strong scents, can be eaten. Herb flowers are often delicious, she has found. Herb blossoms attract bees and butterflies to the garden. They especially like fennel’s flat clusters of flowers. African blue basil is a sterile hybrid that will bloom throughout the season without setting seed. Herb seeds are sometimes used as spices. Cilantro seeds are called

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The Matchmaker SHE MATCHES FOREIGN STUDENTS WITH LOCAL HOST FAMILIES

ahoe Park resident Lindsay Zimmerman is a local coordinator for CCI Greenheart, a nonprofit that connects Americans with international students through cultural exchange programs. Here, Zimmerman describes what it takes to coordinate visitors from all over the world and place them with host families in the greater Sacramento area. What got you interested in working with CCI Greenheart? I had always traveled abroad for much of my life. I lived in Spain as a college student and taught English in Japan in 2008. When I got married and moved from Arizona to California, I wanted to keep my international connections. I decided to bring the world to me and Googled “working with exchange students.” I found CCI Greenheart and got an interview with Lori Tibbett (the executive regional director of the western region, who lives in Curtis Park). I feel really lucky that it’s turned out to be such a great organization. You’ve been a local coordinator for seven years. What does that entail? We’re the middlemen between the students, the host families and family members back home. We monitor the students as required

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Lindsay Zimmerman (left) with exchange students Adomas Gatelis from Lithuania, Leonardo Venturino from Italy, and Lori Tibbett. by the Department of State. There are new requirements every year for how best to keep kids and families safe, so we get recertified through the Department of State every year. CCI Greenheart receives applications from kids all over the world at their Chicago headquarters. Then they send those applications out to their field offices to match applicants with local families. Once we place a student with a host family, we do an initial home visit and then a second home visit about a month after the student arrives. And we have an email, inperson or phone visit once a month and at least one in-person visit per semester.

What’s the hardest part of the job? My biggest challenge is finding a family willing to take on a student for a 10-month academic year and then finding them space at a school. McClatchy is one of the schools with the most exchange students because of its HISP (Humanities and International Studies) program, but it’s a tricky process to place students there because the school is so impacted. (Two of Zimmerman’s charges are attending McClatchy this year: Leo, a senior from Italy living with an empty-nester family in Curtis Park, and Adam, a junior from Lithuania living with a family with teens in East Sacramento.) Placing

students early is helpful, so it’s first come, first served. Once we’ve fully vetted the family and international student and everything is in place (shots, records, testing, etc.), we supply the information to the school, and whoever gets the spot first gets to come. What are the benefits of participating in a foreign exchange program? Lots of people have a desire to travel, but it’s hard when you’re highschool age. Many of our participants are leaders in their home countries, so this is a way to follow through with that. It’s also a great way to work on their English. Learning in immersion

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Right Under Your Nose YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’VE GOT TILL IT’S GONE

n the early 1990s, I worked at a Tower Books store in Sacramento. One day we hosted an author event for Alexandra Stoddard, an interior designer and “lifestyle guru.” Stoddard has authored such books as “Living a Beautiful Life,” “Creating a Beautiful Home” and “Daring To Be Yourself.” Back then, she appeared to be in her mid-40s and was quite lovely and glamorous looking. She arrived at our store in the company of her husband, Peter, who appeared to be in his 70s. He was fit and trim and had ruddy cheeks. He was dressed in what appeared to be the uniform of some upper-crust yacht club: a blue blazer with a gold anchor embroidered on the breast pocket, casual blue slacks, deck shoes. I seem to recall Stoddard referring to him as “The Commodore,” though it is possible I mentally assigned that nickname to him myself because of his attire. When the event was about to begin, Stoddard asked me if I would look after her husband while she engaged with her assembled fans. I told her I’d be happy to. Alas, I was a rather shallow youth at the time and, because of the wide gap in their ages, I assumed that The Commodore was some wealthy sugar daddy that Stoddard had married in order to finance her career as a budding lifestyle guru. (Wikipedia describes her as a “lifestyle

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philosopher.”) While showing him around the store, I made a weak effort to engage The Commodore in conversation, but I likely had a tone of condescension in my voice as I did so. The Commodore was perfectly polite to me, but we didn’t really click, probably because he sensed my condescension. That night, sitting at the dinner table with my wife, I described my encounter with The Commodore as though it had been a comic adventure: the doddering old man, dressed in the kind of outfit rich little boys used to wear in the movies, wandering the bookstore at my side while his muchyounger wife flirted with her fandom. But even as I made a joke of the whole encounter, a voice in my head told me that The Commodore was probably 10 times the man I’d ever be. But this was back before I’d ever heard of the internet and before the advent

of smartphones, so I did no further research into the matter. More than 20 years later, I was watching an episode of “How I Met Your Mother” (a sign of how shallow I remain) when I was jolted by the shock of recognition. The episode was called “Natural History.” It featured Kyle MacLachlan as a 50-something millionaire who dresses like a yachtsman and insists on being called The Captain. The Captain is married to a smoking-hot woman at least 25 years his junior. Watching the episode, I suddenly found myself transported back mentally to my encounter with The Commodore. I took out my smartphone and attempted to find out more about the man I had met all those years ago at the bookstore. Sadly, the first thing I found online was his obituary. His full name was Peter Megargee Brown, and he died on Sept. 25, 2014, at the

age of 92, “with his wife of 40 years at his side.” The obituary described an amazingly accomplished man. He had been the head of litigation and ethics at a major New York City law firm for more than 30 years. In the 1950s, he had served as an assistant U.S. Attorney in New York. He had served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was the author of numerous books, including several that are considered classic legal texts. He argued dozens of cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. He was a past president of the Episcopal Church Foundation and a trustee of half a dozen other charitable organizations. He had graduated from Yale University and its School of Law. He had been the recipient of the Yale Class of 1944’s Distinguished Service Award, as well as awards from several state bar associations. He was an avid reader who took up painting seascapes in old age, when his eyesight began to fail. Twenty-two years before his death, I could have had an amazing conversation with a man who had led one of the most fascinating lives of the 20th century, but I was too determined to see him as a pathetic figure of fun because I had made snap judgments about him based on the way he dressed and the youthfulness of his wife. In the summer of 1999, I attended the Sewanee Writers Conference in Tennessee. My first night there, I found myself seated across the dining table from a guy who looked to be about 20 years older than I was. His face and hands were rough and raw-looking. He seemed shy and wouldn’t make eye contact with me.

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I made the acquaintance of Alan Dankman, the guy who would become my computer guru for the next 13 years. When I found out that he fixed computers, I mentioned a problem I was having with mine. A few days later, he drove up to Placerville and spent several hours troubleshooting my PC. To show my gratitude, I gave him a citrus press he had admired in my kitchen. Our relationship deepened when I moved to Sacramento in 2004. My wife, Julie, and I accompanied him to restaurants all over town as he showed us his favorite Sacramento dining places. Although we paid him for his technical assistance, he never seemed to charge us enough for his services, so we found other ways to show our gratitude. Julie once painted oil portraits of his two dogs, River and Ruby. I loved Alan, but he was a volatile guy, and occasionally he’d give me or Julie a tongue-lashing for allowing our computer to languish without a tune-up for far too long. Last summer, he gave me so much grief about my computer’s wretched condition that I swore I was going to find a new tech guru. We usually talked at least once every month or so, but I decided to give him the silent treatment. Months went by, during which I refused to be the one to affect a rapprochement. Meanwhile, my computer grew slow and balky. Finally, in May of this year, I decided to swallow my pride and drive out to Alan’s house. He seemed to prefer unannounced drop-bys to scheduled appointments. I hadn’t been to his house in so long that I had to look up the street number online. When I typed his

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Presented by Resurrection Theatre At Wilkerson Theatre August 11 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; September 2 1723 25th St, Sac 916-491-0940 Resurrectiontheatre.com In this play, written by Johnna Adams, directed by Steve Buri and starring Eliza Webb and Margaret Morneau, a parent/ teacher conference is the backdrop for which a grieving mother and an emotionally overwhelmed primary school teacher have a fraught conversation about the tragic suicide of the motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son. Gideon may have been severely bullied or he may have been the abuser. As his story is slowly uncovered, the women try to reconstruct a satisfying explanation for Gidionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s act and come to terms with excruciating feelings of culpability.

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Presented by Free Fall Stage At Chautauqua Playhouse August 4 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; August 20 5325 Engle Rd, Carmichael 916-207-4420 Freefallstage.com SCREWTAPE is about a mid-level satanic bureaucrat, Screwtape, who is training a young demon, Wormwood, to lure his first soul, Mike Green (aka â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Patientâ&#x20AC;?), into their â&#x20AC;&#x153;Father Belowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sâ&#x20AC;? pit. Mike has very recently become acquainted with Christianity, but is still ignorant of its meaning and authority, a fact which Wormwood and Screwtape take advantage of as they attempt to get him back to his old ways of life. The demons seek to trip Mike up by way of his overprotective mother, a new boss, a demon possessed co-worker, as well as a new love interest, who comes with her own temptress. All sorts of havoc ensue as the demons do anything and everything to pop their patient into the pit.

SISTER ACT

Music Circus-Wells Fargo Pavillion August 22 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; August 27 1419 H St, Sac 916-557-1999 Californiamusicaltheatre.com Based on the hit 1992 film, this uplifting musical comedy is a sparkling tribute to the universal power of sisterhood, with a score by Tony and Oscar-winning composer Alan Menken. This music is sponsored by Blue Diamond Almonds.

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How Much Is Enough? THE RETIREMENT QUESTION EVERYONE SHOULD ASK

n answer to a reader’s question, I paraphrased Mark Twain to say, “The rumor of my retirement has been greatly exaggerated.” “I will definitely keep writing my column,” I assured her. “I retired only from two of my three jobs. In 2014, I retired from the Air National Guard, and last month I retired from health care chaplaincy.” But she wasn’t the only one asking questions. Many of my hospice colleagues and friends were surprised I was retiring, just shy of 60 years old. “How can you retire early?” they asked. “Don’t get your financial advice from a chaplain,” I told them. “However, I can help you with two spiritual questions I asked myself about retirement.” The first thing I grappled with was: Are you living within your means? While it sounds like a question from your financial adviser, it really gets at the spiritual issue of greed. If greed prevents you from reducing your spending, you’ll have a problem since retirement will often cut one’s income nearly in half. That’s why we began preparing two years ago by cutting our employment to half-time hours. My wife split a prekindergarten teaching position and I took a per-diem chaplain job working only 25 hours a week. We

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sold our suburban home and moved into a double-wide mobile home at half the cost of the old two-story McMansion. As the months passed, the numbers proved workable. Any greedy impulses that remained began to subside. Honestly, it wasn’t that hard to do. We were ready. Our kids were out of the nest and finished with their schooling. However, we couldn’t have addressed the first question if we had not answered the bigger spiritual question: How much is enough? Most financial planners will tell you that you can never save too much. You need to save 15 percent of your annual income toward retirement, but since most of us don’t do that, we’re advised to save every dime. Take a second job, they say. Delay taking Social Security and work until you’re 70. And if you have to, rent a room in Norris’ double-wide.

Don’t consider any of these options until you first decide how much is enough. I know a rich man who’s saving so he can retire with $11,000 a month in pension income. He’s killing himself over the anxiety that he won’t be able to keep his mansion and his big toys. I’m not like him, and you probably aren’t either. But there are ways in which we bear a resemblance. In retirement, and perhaps long before, we need to ask whether we really need two cars. Do we honestly need the latest cellphone or greatest big-screen TV? Can we find refreshing social connections in libraries, churches and service organizations? Or does our self-image rely on fashion-store clothing and expensive gyms, restaurants and country clubs. How much does one need to possess before one can claim, “I’m good enough” or “I’ve made it”? Must we collect more and more to feel that

we are worthy? Is it all about feeling better than someone else? If it is, then I suggest we’ve likely made the transition from ownership to slavery. At the end of the day, my wife and I decided that our lives are full. We have enough, not just in future finances, but also in terms of happiness now. Next week, we’re ditching the double-wide to travel worldwide. However, as I assured my reader, I will continue to write as long as my editors will allow. The reader seemed happy with my decision to keep writing. Stay tuned, however—sometimes my wife changes her mind. Recently retired chaplain Norris Burkes is a syndicated columnist, national speaker and book author. He can be reached at norris@thechaplain. net. n

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FROM page 40 city from a street perspective, not just from overhead. That study was done by researchers at MIT, working with the World Economic Forum. They created Treepedia, a website that measures and compares cities’ foliage using Google Street View data. “As it turns out,” says Van Donsel, “Sacramento ranks third in the world, just behind Vancouver and Singapore. And Paris actually ranked much lower.” The importance of so much green isn’t just its beauty. Advocates of urban forestry have done many studies to determine the impact trees and greenery have on the human condition. According to this research, green space reduces health complaints, allowing people to live longer lives. Trees filter pollutants from the air to reduce asthma and other respiratory conditions. Studies also show trees reduce stress in people and can reduce anger and aggressiveness. Studies of workers who have office plants and window views often show improved productivity, job satisfaction and attentiveness. Studies also show that patients in hospitals who can see trees recover faster. Streets lined with trees are safer because drivers tend to slow down. Neighborhoods are often safer because people will be outside in shade-covered yards and sidewalks. It’s proven that crime rates are lower in neighborhoods with trees and greenery. Trees also lower noise levels because of their sound-buffering abilities.

Finally, trees shade people from the sun, screening away harmful UV radiation, and keep surrounding areas cooler. This is the one benefit everyone wants and sees. For Van Donsel, the urban forest can’t be taken for granted. “We need to plan how we are going to take care of our public street trees,” he says. “When developers and city planners are doing their work, trees and green space can’t just be an afterthought.” Van Donsel thinks developers and city planners have a shared feeling that the urban forest enhances new and existing developments in the city. “Really, we all want more walkable and shaded space,” he says. “The city’s new tree ordinance is a good step in the right direction.” The ordinance, which was approved in 2016, was designed to provide clarity and accountability for those managing the urban forest by replacing existing laws that were out of date and didn’t adequately address new challenges of development, disease and replacement. “One of the big problems we see is the fact that many streets in the city are lined with trees of a similar species and age,” says Van Donsel. “That’s a problem. We have an aging canopy, and we need some sort of succession planning to ensure that our urban forest remains healthy.” While the city has its new ordinance, the Sacramento Tree Foundation is focused on a regional framework to grow and manage the best urban forest. Called

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Insurance Accepted! Greenprint, it guides the growth of, and investments in, urban forest initiatives. “Our goal for the region is to plant 5 million new trees,” says Van Donsel. “We also want to look at the tree canopy to be equitable. So we are looking at areas like Del Paso Heights and South Sacramento.” To that end, 1 million of the planned trees are destined for under-resourced, low-tree-canopy neighborhoods. The other 4 million are for the development community to meet expected growth and additional 290,000 homes that could be built by 2035. Big developments like the Railyards will need to have a seamless tree canopy coming from the adjacent Downtown corridor. Keeping the tree canopy healthy will be a challenge even as local government and nonprofits plan for the future. With most of the trees on private property, property owners and homeowners will have to play a vital role.

The Sacramento Tree Foundation’s mission is to educate people about pruning and watering new trees and the older trees lining some of Sacramento’s most beautiful neighborhoods. If the trees are not properly cared for, they could easily die or be susceptible to disease. Drought makes it difficult for people to water their trees. That problem is only compounded by strong storms and rain, like those we had this past winter, which downed weakened trees and overly saturated the ground. There are a lot of issues to battle over in Sacramento. Trees may be a source of contention, but mostly they are source of cooperation. Regardless of city branding, trees represent a vital part of Sacramento’s identity and a cherished resource that adds to our health, comfort and quality of life. Scot Crocker can be reached at scot@crockercrocker.com. n

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3721 ORANGERIE WAY $340,000 5539 NORTH AVE $356,000 5424 BENTLEY WAY $685,000 2330 SEABLER PL $695,000 1625 MCCLAREN DR $727,000 5028 VERDANT LN $263,000 5118 ROBANDER ST $310,000 2916 MARCO WAY $527,000 7008 GRANT AVE $470,000 5908 CASA ALEGRE $205,000 3009 CALIFORNIA AVE $283,000 3142 CABRIOLET CT $300,000 5111 WALNUT POINTE LN $330,000 6323 HILLTOP DR $385,000 6308 HILLRISE DR $399,000 1561 ELSDON CIR $830,000 5109 WHISPER OAKS LANE $455,000 4216 BARRETT RD $422,500 4539 STONEY WAY $460,000 4905 OLYMPIA CT $605,000 2915 CALIFORNIA AVE $935,000 6040 GRANT AVE $200,000 6218 VIA CASITAS $175,000 2316 VIA CAMINO AVE $225,000 2724 MISSION AVE $345,000 7118 COMPADRE CT $440,000 7036 GRANT AVE $1,695,000 4988 SAN MARQUE CIR $345,000 2909 EASY WAY $349,000 2531 CALIFORNIA AVE $440,000 4218 JOSH CT $485,000 4140 PROSPECT DR $499,000 5536 MANZANITA AVE $228,000 4824 SCHUYLER DR $320,000 5263 HERITAGE DR $389,000 2623 GUNN RD $557,109 5709 RIVER OAK WAY $611,000 6048 SHIRLEY AVE $233,000 4701 MELVIN DR $325,000 4721 TALUS WAY $360,000 6406 ROLLING WAY $380,000 4524 ONYX WAY $385,000 6051 RANGER WAY $405,000 5321 LANA STREET $448,888 4023 JANE CT $260,000 3984 PARK CIRCLE LN $300,100 5801 NORTH AVE $330,000 5135 OLEANDER DR $360,000 5529 NORTH AVE $429,500 1548 MENLO AVE $998,000 5247 KENNETH AVE $350,000 3871 MAUDRAY WAY $463,000 75 COVERED BRIDGE RD $550,000 4410 MAPEL LN $600,000 6442 DORINDA WAY $386,875 4807 MARIETTA WAY $439,900 6035 GLENBROOK LN $440,000 3611 NICOLETTE WAY $465,000 2504 CALIFORNIA (PVT. LANE) AVE $1,430,000

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3118 N ST 418 25TH ST 3271 B ST 1015 SANTA YNEZ WAY 2418 C ST 2600 D ST 1311 38TH ST

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$385,000

3763 MILLER WAY 4133 3RD AVE 3457 V ST 2825 38TH ST 2405 36TH ST 3332 TRUCKEE WAY 3073 37TH ST 2863 58TH ST 2601 52ND ST 2516 52ND STREET 5861 LORRAINE CT 6161 TAHOE WAY 2301 50TH ST 3500 SAN JOSE WAY 3859 7TH AVE 3262 10TH AVE 3401 36TH ST 2978 43RD ST 2817 57TH ST 2975 42ND ST 3511 44TH ST 3249 7TH AVE 3326 40TH ST

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841 7TH AVE 2665 HARKNESS 2650 DONNER WAY 2120 MARKHAM WAY 2825 14TH ST 3325 CUTTER WAY 2527 2ND AVE 2300 3RD AVE 1178 4TH AVE 3221 19TH ST 2649 PORTOLA WAY 1812 11TH AVE 1301 11TH AVE 1770 7TH AVE 3148 16TH ST 1857 4TH AVE 2917 MUIR WAY 3324 CUTTER WAY 954 PERKINS WAY 1231 TENEIGHTH WAY 518 FREMONT WAY 2410 7TH AVE 2551 FREEPORT BLVD 1809 2ND AVE 2154 3RD AVE

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1505 CHRISTOPHER WAY 117 43RD ST 5632 STATE AVE 5340 S ST 1352 61ST ST 5416 CALEB AVE 4200 B ST 5013 TEICHERT AVE 1620 51ST ST 535 55TH ST 1618 54TH ST 741 53RD ST 1641 53RD ST 5512 MONALEE AVE 5824 N ST 5724 J ST 112 FALLON LN 5601 SHEPARD AVE 641 51ST STREET 5728 MODDISON AVE

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4817 LIPPITT LN 5121 ALCOTT DR 4205 33RD ST

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4891 7TH AVE 5205 PRISCILLA LANE 5310 73RD 4831 CABRILLO WAY 5080 MENDOCINO BLVD 4923 62 STREET 4810 17TH AVE 4034 NORTON WAY 4933 62ND ST 3936 33RD ST 3813 23RD AVE 4628 61ST ST 2871 26TH AVE 5510 SAN FRANCISCO BLVD 3940 17TH AVE 3931 69TH ST 2473 18TH 5860 BRANDON WAY 4313 23RD AVE 5820 12TH AVE 4255 14TH AVE 5346 15TH 6806 BENDER CT 2713 18TH AVE 3471 KROY WAY 3831 58TH ST 5405 56TH ST 3154 53RD ST 4300 13TH AVE 5410 ETHEL WAY 2901 ATLAS AVE 5841 MARK TWAIN AVE 5630 8TH AVE 4731 BAKER AVE 7920 28TH AVE 5209 14TH AVE 5301 MORENA WAY 4824 62ND ST 5361 64TH ST 6351 11TH AVE

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3921 EL CAMINO AVE 4617 ROBERTSON AVE 3917 ROSEMARY CIR 3143 CLAIRIDGE WAY 4313 WILLARA WAY 3306 HORSESHOE DR 4537 EDISON AVE 2109 EDISON AVE 2821 ALAMITOS WAY 2541 AVALON DR 3805 WOODCREST RD 3813 PASADENA AVE #42 2101 BLUEBIRD LN 3818 PAYTON ST 3261 MORSE AVE 2881 HERBERT WAY 2480 VALLEY 4213 ANNETTE ST 3820 JO ANN DR 4000 LAS NINAS CT 3135 COWAN CIR 3671 WEST WAY 3300 BLUEGRASS RD 3825 LASUEN DRIVE 2917 GREENWOOD AVE 3624 WOODCREST RD 4125 ZEPHYR WAY 2531 FULTON SQUARE LN #13 4124 WHEAT ST 3816 ANNADALE LN 3717 MENDEZ WAY 2596 ROSLYN WAY 2836 LIENO LN

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2541 LOCK AVE 5320 HELEN WAY 7541 THORPE WAY 2170 51ST AVE 2444 38TH AVE 3900 BARTLEY DR 27 LUNDY CT 2000 NEWPORT AVE 6354 HERMOSA STREET 2125 63RD AVE 6783 MIDDLECOFF WAY 5638 CAPSTAN WAY 4116 CANBY WAY 3835 BARTLEY DR 7043 DEMARET DR 7308 AMHERST ST 1504 FRUITRIDGE RD 2064 FLORIN (FRONTAGE) RD 7567 TWILIGHT DR 5842 BELLEAU WOOD LN 5872 ANNRUD WAY 950 CASILADA WAY 2208 MURIETA WAY 4761 MEAD AVE 2625 57TH AVE 7464 RED WILLOW ST 4912 VIRGINIA WAY 4820 CRESTWOOD WAY 4900 CRESTWOOD WAY 1437 FRUITRIDGE RD 2240 MATSON DR 1413 68TH AVE 5321 25TH ST 2780 UTAH AVE 135 PULSAR CIR 2160 FLORIN RD 2163 MONTECITO WAY 1901 68TH AVE 2629 FERNANDEZ DR

$260,000 $400,000 $219,000 $222,000 $253,000 $730,000 $316,000 $185,000 $185,000 $235,000 $255,000 $399,000 $490,000 $595,000 $235,000 $260,000 $329,000 $225,000 $269,900 $280,000 $449,300 $480,000 $376,000 $700,000 $185,000 $202,000 $412,000 $571,000 $707,410 $339,900 $210,000 $245,000 $230,000 $290,000 $146,400 $210,000 $230,000 $264,000 $309,900

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2236 WOODSIDE LN #12 $135,000 17 COLBY CT $355,000 1203 VANDERBILT WAY $422,500 903 DUNBARTON CIR $410,000 1385 HOOD RD $125,500 2280 HURLEY WAY #3 $186,000 2348 ESTRELLITA WAY $283,000 611 DUNBARTON CIR $384,000 715 DUNBARTON CIR $340,000 508 ELMHURST CIR $425,000 841 WOODSIDE LN #E #1 $200,000 1403 COMMONS DR $475,000 2990 ANDERSON WAY $442,500 1019 DORNAJO WAY #246 $170,000 1929 FLOWERS ST $421,000 2414 LARKSPUR LN #237 $130,000 863 E WOODSIDE LN #10 $180,000 2225 WOODSIDE LN #1 $194,000 3270 VIA GRANDE $215,000 2307 PARKWOOD DR $274,000 1318 COMMONS DR $315,000 1019 DORNAJO WAY #248 $168,900 1528 HESKET WAY $299,900 2416 LARKSPUR LN #233 $155,000 3203 CASITAS BONITO $220,000 218 PALISADES SIERRA OAKS LANE $747,752 10 COLBY CT $279,000 324 ELMHURST CIR $390,225 2398 LARKSPUR LN #269 $127,000

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614 RIVERCREST DR 6386 HAVENSIDE DR 805 STILL BREEZE WAY 5 SOUTHCREST CT 929 SHELLWOOD WAY 305 RIVER ISLE WAY 1115 RIO CIDADE WAY 911 GREEN MOSS DR 30 LOS GATOS CIR 6255 FORDHAM WAY 807 ROUNDTREE CT 1241 EL ENCANTO WAY 424 SPINNAKER WAY 6860 TRUDY WAY 7418 MOONCREST WAY 7306 PEYTONA WAY 6714 BENHAM WAY 6966 BOBOLINK WAY 701 BELL RUSSELL WAY 1285 GRAND RIVER DR 6379 NORTH POINT WAY 975 COBBLE SHORES DR 444 FLORIN RD 6570 LONGRIDGE WAY 7606 NORTHLAND DR 1 DE SART CT 350 RIVERGATE WAY 7261 LONG RIVER DR 1118 FAY CIR 773 HARVEY WAY 1023 SILVER LAKE DR 6816 HARMON DR

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4200 NORTH RIVER WAY 2330 CATALINA DR 500 CROCKER RD 3425 HUMBOLDT WAY 144 RIVER CHASE 854 PICCADILLY CIR 3301 MAYFAIR DR 4230 AVILA LN 3201 SOMERSET RD 3956 LA VERNE WAY 3820 LYNWOOD WAY 2510 AMERICAN RIVER DR 2707 LATHAM DR 4461 ASHTON DR 3452 WINDSOR DR 2419 VERNA WAY 1705 DEVONSHIRE RD 3120 WEMBERLEY DR 3740 EL RICON WAY 1028 LA SALLE DR 3700 DUBAC WAY 2120 EDITH ST 4084 CRESTA WAY 3705 DUBAC WAY 1807 CERES WAY 3860 AMERICAN RIVER DR 2320 BRIDLE PATH LN 1720 PLUTO WAY 921 PATRICIA WAY 1813 MERCURY WAY 3916 LA VERNE WAY 3333 WELLINGTON DR 3105 MAYFAIR DR 3370 BARBERRY LN 570 ASHTON PARK LN 1337 SEBASTIAN WAY 1951 WINDEMERE LN 1030 EL SUR WAY 1312 GLENWOOD RD 4420 ULYSSES DR 4364 ULYSSES DR 2917 ROYCE WAY

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it were the only one around. Its actual name is the Jedediah Smith Memorial Bicycle Trail. That’s a mouthful that few utter, so it’s understandable people use a shorter term. But the formal name provides a connection to our past. Jedediah Smith was a frontiersman who explored the American River in 1827. The name also distinguishes it from other trails. While the Jed Smith trail is gorgeous, remarkably long at 32 miles and very well used, it’s not the only trail in or near Sacramento. Even in the American River Parkway, there’s a second trail, the Two Rivers Trail,

which runs along the river’s south bank. It starts at the confluence of the Sacramento and American rivers. Planned extensions will take it nearly all the way to Rancho Cordova. There are other area trails and structures, with colorful names that offer links to geography and history. Roseville has the Miners Ravine and Secret Ravine trails. Folsom has the HumbugWillow Creek Trail and the Johnny Cash Trail and bike/pedestrian bridge with towers mimicking Folsom Prison. Those are names with panache.

In the city of Sacramento, the Sacramento Northern Bike Trail follows the path of the Sacramento Northern Railway, an interurban line with passenger service from Oakland to Chico until 1941. There’s another 10-mile-long multipurpose trail in the Ueda Parkway. It runs atop a levee paralleling Steelhead Creek and languishes in relative obscurity. The Sacramento River Trail, if all goes well, will one day be much longer than today and fully connect riverbanks both north and south of Downtown. Another rail trail, the Del Rio, is planned for the southern part

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decision at every intersection of two trails. How can someone unfamiliar with a trail know which fork to take if there are no signs? Users need to make decisions where a trail crosses a road as well. Even in the GPS era, trail users can confirm where they are with street-name signs. Two years ago, I rode my bike to the grand opening of a new segment of the Jackrabbit Trail. Unbeknownst to me, my route took me past the south end of the trail. It was inconspicuous and completely

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unsigned. I rode right by it, not noticing it. I went considerably out of my way to get to the event site. Why not a sign post with name signs for Jackrabbit Trail and Airport Road? Names have meaning. Let’s use them and post them for the world to see. 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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Farmers Market to Fork YOU SHOP WITH A CHEF, THEN EAT WHAT HE PREPARES

t’s Wednesday on a temperate morning in mid-May. I’m with a group waiting to tour the farmers market at Cesar Chavez Plaza with executive chef Oliver Ridgeway—part of Grange Restaurant’s Follow the Chef event. After a quick introduction, we fall into a haphazard line and follow Ridgeway across J Street to the market. Three waitresses, wearing long aprons and black shirts, accompany us. The air is scented with smoke from food trucks and pop-up vendors. Music comes courtesy of a man with a blaring boom box. The plaza is crowded with professionals wearing skirts and suits, taking a break from their air-conditioned offices. “Let’s have a walkabout,” says Ridgeway. He’s tall, or does he just seem tall? He looks even taller dressed in his white chef’s jacket. He dons a pair of cool sunglasses, and there’s more than a hint of Sussex in his accent (he’s originally from England), which increases his cool factor. But I digress. Vendors are already selling stone fruit, even though it seems early in the season. We stop at a stall to sample peaches. I admit to feeling guilty if I don’t buy produce after I’ve sampled it, but here’s a tip from the chef: Sample before you buy. Here’s another: Don’t buy produce before it’s ripe.

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Grange's executive chef Oliver Ridgeway leads a tour of the farmers market on a recent Wednesday. “The beauty of a farmers market is you can try [the produce],” Ridgeway says. He touched, smelled and sampled nearly everything. At Loving Nature Farm, we tried lovage, which tasted like overly intense celery, and at Gotelli Farms we ate dark, sweet Brooks cherries. We didn’t sample kohlrabi, but Ridgeway picked one up and recommended marinating slices in olive oil, lemon and dill. We didn’t

try the asparagus, either (he called it “Sacramento grass”), but here are two more of chef Ridgeway’s tips: He likes thicker asparagus stalks earlier in the season; he buys thinner ones later, when they get woody. Albion-variety strawberries from V&M Farms were a hit with our group. (Chef tip: Do not wash strawberries until you’re ready to eat them. It clogs their pores. Put them in a sealed container lined with

paper towels until ready to use.) And cheese? We sampled lots of cheese. I worried I wouldn’t be able to eat lunch. Did I mention lunch is part of the Follow the Chef event? There are three courses, inspired by seasonal produce, prepared by Ridgeway and his crew. Ridgeway said he had purchased 30 pounds of blueberries earlier that morning because they were beautiful, tasty and he got a great deal. Those

blueberries might make it into a gin sauce, which would be served with duck, or he might dip them in egg whites, coat them with sugar and allow them to dry for a garnish. I could almost see the chef’s wheels turning inside his head. “Chefs don’t have time,” he explains, to shop at farmers markets every day. It’s a romantic idea but it’s not practical. He shops at the farmers market on Wednesdays; it’s a quick trip with his cart. He also visits a farmers market on Sundays, when he shops for his family. “I go out to farms and visit them,” he says. “I’ve never lived and worked in an environment like [Sacramento].” Ridgeway keeps his menus fluid so he can adapt based on what comes in. He says, “I have a farmer who calls me and says, ‘I’m picking today.’” That’s the level of service and freshness he likes. “Food doesn’t have to be complicated. It has to make sense.” Back at Grange, we sipped refreshing spritzers made with blueberries (oh, yes, those blueberries), rhubarb, lemon and club soda. Our group consisted of Deshon Gyamfi, who lives in Lodi; Jennifer Ware; Jennifer’s husband, Jeremy; and Joelle, the couple’s almost-3-yearold daughter. Deshon and Jennifer are sisters; the Wares were visiting the area from New Mexico. They signed up for Follow the Chef, the first event this year, because they couldn’t get reservations at The French Laundry, a dining destination for food lovers. Everyone at our table was a foodie, even the 3-year-old. Ridgeway came by to introduce dishes. The first course was a salad

made with dark cherries (oh, yes, those cherries), peas, arugula and whipped ricotta. The main course was Skuna Bay salmon served with shaved asparagus and tzatziki made with Straus yogurt. Ridgeway had previously visited Skuna Bay’s fish farms located around Vancouver Island; the veteran chef features the company’s salmon on Grange’s menu. He and Jennifer discussed buying farmed versus wild-caught fish. No matter where you stand on that issue, the salmon was satisfyingly crispy on top and moist inside. He had seared it in a hot cast-iron skillet, skin side down, for about two minutes, popped it in the oven to finish, and sprinkled a bit of sea salt over it at the end—one of the best and least complicated pieces of salmon I’ve had. Dessert was panna cotta, with fresh fruit and pistachio dust, served in a Mason jar. I was almost too full to walk to my car and drive home. Follow the Chef takes place every other Wednesday until October. For information and reservations, go to grangesacramento.com. Angela Knight can be reached at knight@mcn.org. n

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TO DO THIS MONTH'S CULTURE & ENTERTAINMENT HIGHLIGHTS

Capital Dance Project will perform "Behind the Barre: Made In Sacramento " in August.

“Behind the Barre: Made in Sacramento” Capital Dance Project Aug. 25–27 Crest Theatre, 1013 K St. capitaldanceproject.org Capital Dance Project, a local professional dance collective, presents its summer dance series. On Aug. 25 at 6 p.m., CDP will partner with the Sacramento Kings and Kings Foundation for a sensory-friendly dance performance, with fewer loud sounds and flashing lights for the benefit of individuals with autism and other sensory disabilities. On Aug. 26 and 27, CDP will present nine world premieres of works by its resident choreographers, who collaborated with visual artists and musicians on multidisciplinary works.

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Don't miss the Fire Spectacular this month. Photo courtesy of Cedric Sims Photography.

10th Annual Fire Spectacular Obsidian Butterﬂy and Sacred Fire Dance Company Saturday, Aug. 12, 11 a.m. Land Park Amphitheater, 3901 Land Park Drive sacredﬁredance.com Celebrate a decade of stunning fire performance from the founder of the Sacramento “fire scene,” Obsidian Butterfly. The event promises eye-catching dance, music and, of course, fire and LED light entertainment.

"Come Back to the Five & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean." Photo courtesy of Jeremy Meehan with Day Forty-One Photography.

“Come Back to the Five & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean” Errant Phoenix Productions Aug. 4–20 Mesa Verde Performing Arts Center, 7501 Carriage Dr., Citrus Heights errantphoenix.com The year is 1976. The place is Marfa, Texas, where James Dean’s famous movie “Giant” was filmed in the 1950s. This dramatic comedy drops the audience into the 20th reunion of the Disciples of James Dean in West Texas, where the arrival of a stranger ignites conflict, controversy and more than a little soul searching.

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Jazz Night at the Crocker: Ray Obiedo Crocker Art Museum Thursday, Aug. 17, 6:30 p.m. 216 O St. crockerart.org Cool down and chill out to the smooth Latin sounds of Ray Obiedo, Capital Public Radio’s jazz music director Gary Vercelli’s pick for this installment of Sacramento’s longest-running summer jazz series. The Bay Area-based contemporary jazz composer and guitarist Obiedo will offer an eclectic evening of multiethnic rhythms.

“Love’s Labour’s Lost” Theatre in the Heights Through August 6 8215 Auburn Blvd., Citrus Heights theatreintheheights.com In one of Shakespeare’s classic comedic masterpieces, King Ferdinand imposes a ban on women in court to focus on his studies but forgets that he’s due to receive the princess of France. Insulted by the ban, the princess sets up camp in front of the court to exact revenge, while the court fool Costard gets involved in a merry mix-up of love letters, punishments and mistaken identities.

Ray Obiedo will perform at the Crocker jazz night.

Tales & Ales Brewfest Fairytale Town Saturday, Aug. 26, 5–9 p.m. 3901 Land Park Drive fairytaletown.org Happy 58th birthday, Fairytale Town! To celebrate the play park’s special day, check out this family-friendly fundraiser featuring beer tastings from local craft breweries, food trucks and live music by AKAlive on the Mother Goose Stage. Proceeds will support Fairytale Town’s education programs and park improvements.

“Miss Saigon” Young Actors Stage July 28–Aug. 6 24th Street Theatre, 2791 24th St. youngactorsstage.com Local talents Alexi Ishida and Alex Greenlee star in the school edition of the smash Broadway musical “Miss Saigon.” Ishida, who studies drama at UC Irvine, portrays Kim, a 17-year-old barmaid who, in the waning days of the Vietnam War, falls in love with an American GI named Chris, played by Greenlee. Both earned raves for their work last summer in a local production of “Les Miserables.”

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Classical duo Stephanie and Saar will perform at the Crocker on Aug. 13.

There will be plenty of cold treats at Sacramento Zoo's annual Ice Cream Safari on Aug. 19.

33rd Annual Ice Cream Safari Sacramento Zoo Saturday, Aug. 19, 4–8 p.m. Alex Greenlee and Alexi Ishida, who play the roles of Chris and Kim in the Young Actors Stage production of "Miss Saigon."

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Bring your appetite and your sweet tooth for the zoo’s coolest event of the year. All-you-can-eat ice cream stations throughout the 14-acre zoo will offer cones, sundaes, floats and unlimited Coca-Cola drinks. Enjoy a scoop while you scope out the wildlife!

Saturday, Aug. 26 Cesar Chavez Plaza, 910 I St. sactownnachos.com The first nachos festival in Sacramento will take the city by storm. The festival will feature 40 varieties of nachos¬, from traditional to Oreochos (yes, Oreo cookie nachos), by local chefs. There will also be a beer garden, performances by the Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera and a personal appearance by Kings point guard Ty Lawson, who’s sponsoring the event. A large portion of the proceeds will be donated to the local nonprofit Project Optimism, which benefits children, the homeless and individuals diagnosed with cancer.

“Stephanie and Saar: one piano, four hands” Crocker Art Museum Sunday, Aug. 13, 3 p.m. 216 O St. crockerart.org Pianists Stephanie Ho and Saar Ahuvia will perform Bach’s intriguing composition “The Art of Fugue”—the very last fugue Bach ever wrote, and one that he mysteriously left unfinished. Of further intrigue? The pair will play the composition together on a single piano.

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Portrait of an Artist BRINGING SCULPTOR TONY NATSOULAS TO LIFE ON THE SCREEN

BY RACHEL MATUSKEY ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

hen Benjamin Fargen stopped by Rick’s Dessert Diner one evening in 2016, all he had on his mind was a towering slice of German chocolate cake. But a chance meeting with an old friend would open the door of possibility, propelling the composer and filmmaker (after he finished his cake) into a yearlong journey of professional growth and artistic exploration. Fargen, a Sacramento native who lives in Carmichael, always had an affinity for writing and recording music. He began playing guitar at age 12. After years of playing in bands, he added bass keyboard and vocals to his repertoire and gradually built a career as a serious composer. His music has appeared in numerous television shows, including “Duck Dynasty” and “Leah Remini: It’s All Relative.” Fargen also owns Exclusive Amps, a guitar amplifier company, and in order to generate promotional content for his products he began teaching himself the basics of videography and editing. He spent 15 years casually honing these skills, eventually realizing that he had become, in his words, “fairly competent” at editing. Then one day, after watching a documentary that left him unimpressed, he found himself thinking he could do better. The more he thought about it, the more he was intrigued by the artistic challenge of directing a film and scoring it with his own original compositions. The only question that remained, Fargen says, was “who or what would be a worthy or interesting subject?”

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Benjamin Fargen Enter ceramic sculptor Tony Natsoulas, who just happened to be sitting inside Rick’s that fateful evening. Fargen and Natsoulas first became acquainted when they shared a studio space in Midtown in the early 1990s—Fargen making music and Natsoulas working with clay, molding it into his now-iconic forms. At times, the two collaborated, with Fargen providing raw materials like old guitar strings and tubes that Natsoulas would then incorporate into his colorful, campy work. “When I ran into him again at Rick’s,” Fargen says, “a light bulb went off. I realized that Tony’s story was the

perfect one for me to tell. It’s a pretty uncommon one among local artists in terms of reach and success. He’s very respected in the ceramic art community, and his larger-than-life subjects and characters have been shown around the world.” The self-funded film weaves interviews, photographs and voiceover narration to give viewers an intimate look at Natsoulas’ unique style and the humor that resonates in his work. “One of my biggest challenges was to find a way to show this underlying humor while also emphasizing the incredible hard work and dedication Tony has put

into his craft throughout the years,” Fargen says. The story focuses on Natsoulas’s early childhood, as well as his art education at UC Davis, where he earned a master’s in fine art. Production wound its way across Northern California, capturing various pivotal moments in Natsoulas’ life and 30-year career. Along the way, Fargen found that he liked everything about the filmmaking process. “I was surprised at how smooth and enjoyable the one-on-one interviews were,” he says. “Everyone in the film has their own unique story that pertains to some part of Tony’s history as an artist.

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law office of brian d.wyatt ,PC I also really loved reconnecting with Tony and learning so much more about the rich history of our local ceramic art and artists.” At its heart, the film’s message is inspirational, says Fargen. “Tony’s story shows that when passion, dedication and hard work are applied to your craft, anything is possible.”

“I was surprised at how smooth and enjoyable the one-on-one interviews were.” Fargen titled his film “A Face in the Crowd,” referring back to Natsoulas’ focus on sculptures depicting large-scale human forms and exaggerated personalities. Examples of his work can be seen locally at Bing Maloney Golf Course, Tahoe Tallac Little League Park and Granite Regional Park. One

large, gravity-defying sculpture of a teetering man struggling to hold too many objects—a metaphor for modern life, entitled “Balancing Act”— stands on Freeport Boulevard near Sacramento City College. “I thought the film’s title was also appropriate in terms of Tony’s work as a whole,” Fargen says. “I visualized his work lined up alongside other artists’ work and thought that it would always stand out as a unique ‘face in the crowd,’ literally and metaphorically.” Fargen says he will continue making documentaries. With Natsoulas as collaborator, he plans to focus his next film on artist and UC Davis professor Robert Arneson, who was Natsoulas’ mentor and one of the catalysts behind the California Funk art movement of the 1970s. “A Face in the Crowd” premiered Feb. 25 at UC Davis’ Shrem Museum of Art. It is will be screened this fall at Crocker Art Museum. To view the trailer, go to vimeo.com/201584718. For updates on Benjamin Fargen’s future film projects, go to everymanproductions.us. n

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Bright New Light SELLAND’S OPENS ON THE EMERGING BROADWAY DISTRICT

roadway used to be more of a

That Broadway is no more, of

“broadway” than it is today.

course. The ballpark burned down,

It used to be the highfalutin,

and in its place is now a Target. The

its length and you’ll see construction,

strutting thoroughfare of town.

restaurants and clubs slipped down a

upgrades and redevelopment on

The movie house, the bars, the

rung in their grandeur. The cemetery

restaurants, even the ballpark used to

fell into a bit of disrepair. One of

be on Broadway.

Sacramento’s greatest brands, Tower

Riding one of the many streetcars rolling up and down its length, the

Records, came and went. Now, however, as large and

Sacramentans of the early 20th

midsized cities all around the country

century could get their shopping

start to rediscover their neglected

done, see a show or ballgame and

urban cores, Broadway emerges as a

take a stroll in the elegant cemetery

great boulevard of opportunity.

(a popular distraction at the time), all without leaving the Broadway stretch.

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alive with some of the most popular restaurants in town.

Well, it appears that Broadway is the place to be once again.

Well, it appears that Broadway is the place to be once again. Drive along

nearly every block. One of the first to get in on the revitalization is Randall Selland with his new Selland’s Market-Cafe. While most Sacramento residents might know the Selland group by the fine-dining standouts Ella and The Kitchen, it’s probably Selland’s

A host of top-notch international

Market-Cafe that actually turns

restaurants moved in over the decades

the most tickets. It’s affordable,

there. The Tower Theatre still

as well. While some less familiar with

convenient, quick and, for the most

stands, its beautifully garish neon

the neighborhood might drive right

part, delicious.

prominence jutting out into the sky.

on by, the locals (I include myself in

What makes Selland’s work is its

The Old City Cemetery remains

that description, having lived just a

casual, order-at-the-counter system

a beautiful city landmark, well

few blocks from Broadway for many

and seemingly endless list of special

maintained by a cadre of dedicated

years) knew that they could find

events, deals and offers. The menu, a

volunteers. Smart and dedicated

some of the city’s best Indian cuisine

combo of soups, sandwiches, pizza and

restaurateurs like Jim Seyman, owner

(Kathmandu Kitchen), Ethiopian food

prepared hot dishes, hasn’t changed

of Tower Cafe, and recently passed

(Queen Sheba) and Vietnamese fare

much in the 17 years since the first

and sorely missed Jamie Bunnell of

(Viet Ha Noodles & Grill) all on the

Selland’s Market-Cafe opened in East

Jamie’s Broadway Grill kept the flame

same street.

Sacramento. But seasonal specials

Some of the old bones are still

and weekly offers keep curious diners coming through the front door without nudging out the favorite dishes that keep the neighbors coming in week after week.

The hot and cold cases overﬂow with offerings not unfamiliar to the frequenter of Randall Selland’s other fastcasual spots. This new Broadway outlet is a large, spacious hall with a high, noisebouncing roof and a flood of light coming through the floor-to-ceiling

time. The chicken breasts smothered

($17.25) are both totally solid and

itself. Make sure to check the website

windows. Like each of the other

in mushroom gravy ($8.75) rarely

without flaw.

to see the offerings each week. Odds

locations, the kitchen is wide-open

disappoint, offering a slightly more

The dessert case is a thing of

and on full display. Where the original

muscled-up American version of the

beauty. Don’t miss what might be

East Sac location is cozy and the El

classic chicken marsala. Paired with a

the best carrot cake in town or the

Dorado Hills outlet is quaint, this

side of hand-mashed potatoes ($3.25)

delightfully light and playful seasonal

new Broadway space is modern and

or potatoes au gratin ($3.75), it’s a

strawberry cupcake. Well-made

industrial.

hearty way to go. Meatloaf, teriyaki

cookies and perfect lemon squares are

chicken thighs and salmon fillets also

also available.

The hot and cold cases overflow with offerings not unfamiliar to

hit the spot with rigid dependability.

the frequenter of Randall Selland’s

Standout sandwiches include the crab

special of two entrees and a bottle of

other fast-casual spots. The menu

cake po’ boy ($13.75) and the citrus-

wine for $25 is well worth the trip in

is synonymous with those of the

curry turkey dip ($10.75).

restaurant’s other locations. Of the classics, it’s hard to choose

Selland’s weekly and rotating

are, even if you’re not a local, you’ll become one pretty soon. Selland’s Market-Cafe is at 915 Broadway; (916) 732-3390; sellands. com. Greg Sabin can be reached at gregsabin@hotmail.com. n

The pizza oven turns out sturdily delicious pies of high quality and up-

a favorite. Selland’s busy kitchen

front flavor. The simple Margherita

has figured out a range of simple,

($15) and the very American combo

hearty dishes that hit the spot every

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

THE HANDLE The Rind 1801 L Street #40 441-7463 L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Cheese-centric menu paired with select wine and beer • therindsacramento.com

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

Paragary’s Bar & Oven 1401 28th St. 457-5737 L D $$ Full Bar Fabulous Outdoor Patio, California cuisine with a French touch • Paragarys.com

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

Skool 2315 K Street

MIDTOWN Biba Ristorante 2801 Capitol Ave. 455-2422 L D $$$ Full Bar Upscale Northern Italian cuisine served a la carte • Biba-restaurant.com

Café Bernardo

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

Suzie Burger 29th and P. Sts. 455-3300 L D $ Classic burgers, cheesesteaks, shakes, chili dogs, and other tasty treats • suzieburger.com

2726 Capitol Ave. 443-1180

Tapa The World

B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Casual California cuisine with counter service

2115 J St. 442-4353

Centro Cocina Mexicana 2730 J St. 442-2552 L D $$ Full Bar Patio Regional Mexican cooking served in a casual atmosphere • Paragarys.com

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

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

Thai Basil Café 2431 J St. 442-7690 L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Patio Housemade curries among their authentic Thai specialties Thaibasilrestaurant.com

The Waterboy

2009 N Street

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

L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Wood-ﬁred pizzas in an inventive urban alley setting • federalistpublichouse.com

LAND PARK Casa Garden Restaurant

Hot Italian

2760 Sutterville Road 452-2809

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

L D $$ • D with minimum diners call to inquire Wine/Beer. Operated by volunteers to beneﬁt Sacramento Children’s Home. • casagardenrestaurant.org

Mulvaney’s Building & Loan

Freeport Bakery

1215 19th St. 441-6022 L D Full Bar $$$ Modern American cuisine in an upscale historic setting

Red Rabbit 2718 J Street L D $$ Full Bar All things local contribute to a sophisticated urban menu • theredrabbit.net

NOW CLOSED SATURDAYS FOR LUNCH

427 Broadway 442-4044 L D $ Full Bar Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. Dine in or take out since 1986

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

Taylor’s Kitchen 2924 Freeport Boulevard 443-5154 D $$$ Wine/Beer Dinner served Wed. through Saturday. Reservations suggested but walk-ins welcome.

2415 16th St. 444-2006 L D $ Great burgers and more. Open until 3 on Friday and Saturday • williesburgers.com

CURTIS PARK 2700 24th St. 451-2200 B L D $$ Beer /Wine Outdoor Patio Seasonal menu features crepes and more in a colorful setting • cafedantorels.com

Pangaea Bier Café 2743 Franklin Blvd. 454-4942

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

ITALIAN RESTAURANT

$10 OFF With coupon. Cannot be combined with other discounts. Expires 8/31/17.

$5 OFF

Total LUNCH or DINNER food order of $25 or more

Café Dantorele

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

ESPAÑOL

Total DINNER food order of $50 or more

Willie’s Burgers

2966 Freeport Blvd. 442-4256

Sacramento’s Oldest Restaurant

Since 1923

Riverside Clubhouse 2633 Riverside Drive 448-9988

2000 Capitol Ave. 498-9891

Federalist Public House

Jamie’s Bar and Grill

L D Sunday Brunch $$ Beer /Wine Outdoor Patio A curated tap list dedicated to only the ﬁnest of brews • pangaeabiercafe.com

With coupon. Cannot be combined with other discounts. Expires 8/31/17.

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

www.Espanol-Italian.com

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Art Preview GALLERY ART SHOWS IN AUGUST

“Fields of Grain: The Art Collection of the California Rice Commission” will be on display at the Robert T. Matsui Gallery in Sacramento City Hall. Shown right: “Summer Rice Fields, Colusa County” by Phil Gross. The show runs through Nov. 14. 915 I St.

Archival Gallery presents the collage paintings of Maureen Hood and the collage sculpture of Sean Royal through Sept. 4. Shown right: “Dead Valley” by Royal. 3223 Folsom Blvd.; archivalgallery.com

Tim Collom Gallery welcomes Richard Stein for a solo exhibition titled “New Fields” through Sept. 1. Shown above: “Garden Farms.” 915 20th St.; timcollomgallery.com

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Sacramento Fine Arts Center presents “Celebrating the Figure,” featuring drawings, paintings and sculpture by the Friday Morning Figure Drawing Group. The show runs through Aug. 15. Shown above: “Time Vectors” by Steve Memering. 5330 Gibbons Drive; sacﬁnearts.org

Shoki Ramen House 2530 21st Street 905-1911 L D $$ Beer/Wine Japanese ﬁne dining using the best local ingredients • shokiramenhouse.com

Gunther’s Ice Cream 2801 Franklin Blvd. 457-6646 Long-standing landmark with retro decor supplying homemade ice cream in a variety of ﬂavors • gunthersicecream.com

Opa! Opa! 5644 J St. 451-4000 L D Wine/Beer $ Fresh Greek cuisine in a chic, casual setting, counter service

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

Roxie Deli & Barbeque 3340 C St. 443-5402

EAST SAC

B L D $ Deli sandwiches, salads & BBQ made fresh. Large selection of craft Beer • roxiedeli.com

33rd Street Bistro

3301 Folsom Blvd. 455-2233 B L D $$ Full Bar Patio Paciﬁc Northwest cuisine in a casual bistro setting • 33rdstreetbistro.com

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

Burr’s Fountain

4920 Folsom Blvd. 452-5516 B L D $ Fountain-style diner serving burgers, sandwiches, soup and ice cream specialties

OAK PARK La Venadita

Cabana Winery & Bistro 5610 Elvas 476-5492 LD $$ Wine tasting and paired entrees. Sunday Brunch 10 - 2. • cabanawine.com

Clubhouse 56 723 56th. St. 454-5656 BLD Full Bar $$ American. HD sports, kid's menu, breakfast weekends, Late night dining

OBO Italian 3145 Folsom Blvd. L D Full Bar $$ The rustic, seasonal, and nourishing ﬂavors of Italy. Counter service and patio • oboitalian. com

Español

3501 Thurd Ave. 4000-4676 L D $$ Full Bar Authentic Mexican cuisine with simple tasty menu in a colorful historic setting • lavenaditasac.com

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

Vibe Health Bar 3515 Broadway B L D $-$$ Clean, lean & healthy snacks. Acai bowls are speciality. Kombucha on tap • vibehealthbar.com

ARDEN AREA

5723 Folsom Blvd. 457-3679

Bella Bru Café

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

5038 Fair Oaks Blvd. 485-2883

Evan’s Kitchen 855 57th St. 452-3896 B L D Wine/Beer $$ Eclectic California cuisine served in a family-friendly atmosphere, community table for single diners • Chefevan.com

Formoli’s Bistro

B L D $-$$ Full bar, casual, locally owned European style café with table service from 5 pm and patio dining • bellabrucafe.com

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

3839 J St. 448-5699 B L D Wine/Beer $$-$$$ Mediterranean inﬂuenced cuisine in a stylish neighborhood setting • formolisbistro.com

Hawks Public House 1525 Alhambra Blvd. 558-4440 L D $$-$$$ Familiar classics combined with specialty ingredients by chefs Molly Hawks and Mike Fagnoni • hawkspublichouse.com

Kru

Café Vinoteca 3535 Fair Oaks Blvd. 487-1331 L D $$ Full Bar Italian bistro in a casual setting • Cafevinoteca.com

Ettore’s 2376 Fair Oaks Blvd. 482-0708 B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer European-style gourmet café with salads, soup, and desserts in a bistro setting • Ettores.com

3145 Folsom Blvd. 551-1559

The Kitchen

L D $-$$ Beer/Wine Raw and reﬁned, traditional Japanese cuisine and sushi • krurestaurant.com

2225 Hurley Way 568-7171

La Trattoria Bohemia 3649 J St. 455-7803 L D Wine/Beer $-$$ Italian and Czech specialties in a neighborhood bistro setting

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

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

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