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FANTASTIC REMODELED HOME Fall in Love at ¿rst sight with this completely remodeled mid-century ranch home located in South Land Park Hills. 3 bedrooms 3 baths, close to renovated Bel Air shopping center, gym and more! Move-in ready featuring new kitchen with Samsung appliances, quartz counter tops and maple shaker-style cabinets, hickory hardwood Àoors and ceramic tile! $549,000 LES LOCKREM 916-835-0383

SOUTH LAND PARK HILLS Wonderfully maintained 4 bedroom 2½ bath single story home in the hills of South Land Park. Conveniently located within an easy walk of Alice Birney School. Dual paned windows, hard wood Àoors, living room ¿replace and whole house fan! A spacious 1781 sf with inside laundry, covered patio and easy care yard. $410,000 MONA GEREGEN 916-247-9555

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‘PIZZAZ’ S Land Park Terrace 4 bedrooms 2½ baths, you’ll feel your heart skip a beat when the front door swings open and your senses feast on a blend of stylish contemporary and mid-century tradition. You’ll be awestruck by the walls of glass, angular rooms, and a voluminous library that doubles as a quick getaway or an entertainer’s dream. $655,000 SHEILA VAN NOY 916-505-5395

BEAUTIFUL TREE LINED STREET Beautiful 3 bedroom 2 bath home close to Crocker Riverside Elementary. Updated features include new HVAC, new electrical, restored original front door, Granite kitchen countertops and stainless steel appliances. Upstairs master suite has a comfortable bath, balcony and loft. Backyard is an entertainer’s delight with built-in BBQ and gas ¿re pit. $719,000 KIM SQUAGLIA 916-205-2681

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ADORABLE HOLLYWOOD PARK Classic features paired with modern amenities: wood Àoors, spacious living room with cozy ¿replace, formal dining room, and updated kitchen with tile counters, remodeled bathroom, and neat loft upstairs could make for a 3rd bedroom or the perfect home of¿ce! Enclosed rear sun room area and front patio deck offer more spaces to hang out! $330,000 ERIN STUMPF 916-342-1372

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SOUTH LAND PARK TERRACE LOVE at ¿rst sight when you enter this SUNNY mid-century ranch home. It’s located in fantastic South Land Park Terrace. There are loads of updates including hardwood Àoors and all new appliances in the kitchen, 2 updated bathrooms, re¿nished hardwood Àoors, pretty molding, newer roof, dual pane windows and a deep backyard. $449,000 SHEILA VAN NOY 916-505-5395

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WHAT A GEM! Move right in! This fantastic 2 bedroom home is located within Crocker Riverside Elementary School boundaries. Kitchen and bathroom have been beautifully updated with great taste and loving care. Family room with ¿replace, hardwood Àoors, new carpet, fresh paint, granite counters, new appliances, new windows, fresh landscaping, 2-car garage. $448,000 KELLIE SWAYNE 916-206-1458

CURTIS PARK BEAUTY Beautiful 3 bedroom, 2 bath in Curtis Park is move-in ready! This charming and spacious home has original hardwood Àoors and built ins. Modern amenities include updated kitchen, baths, bonus area off of kitchen and hot tub. Don’t miss the massive storage above garage, 1/4 basement, lovely yard, secure gates and great curb appeal! $559,900 JAMIE RICH 916-612-4000

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HEART OF HOLLYWOOD PARK This gem of a home has everything you need and want. Step inside to enjoy the inviting living room ¿replace, complete with beautiful hardwood Àoors and plenty of natural light. Entertain in your large, updated kitchen with granite counters, dining bar, Travertine Àoors, double ovens and relaxed dining space. Large family room, wood burning ¿replace! $400,000 KELLIE SWAYNE 916-206-1458

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Call or Text Me...916-698-1961 /LWWOH5(6 FRP + 6WUHHW FROM page 7 active in the Renaissance Society at Sacramento State University for 15 years. “But over time, folks usually discover that these activities alone aren’t enough to keep their minds engaged.� Thirty-two years ago, a handful of seniors approached Sac State’s thenpresident, Don Gerth, about creating an organization to keep retired folks learning and growing. “He was well aware that there was a growing thirst for meaningful existence in retirement,� said Doris Keller, the group’s current president. The organization was based upon an annual membership model. It has developed tremendously over the three decades. It started with a dozen members in 1986 and grew to more than 2,100 this year. The program has two basic aspects. The first is Friday seminars that run on the traditional 12-week fall- and spring-semester schedules. The other provides partnerships with some university departments and programs, which includes volunteering opportunities for members. Each member pays dues of $80 annually, along with $20 for a parking pass. Each semester, members select from dozens of seminar options. The subject matter is diverse, including history, reading, sports, travel, crafts, music, current events and more. The Friday schedule includes a morning session, lunch on campus and an afternoon seminar. Later in the afternoon, the classes convene in a forum setting to hear from a guest speaker.

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Seminars range from as few as 12 students to more than 50. A few classes are offered on Saturdays, and there are single-session symposiums held off-campus in residential and community centers. “Classes are held in unused classrooms on campus, and most take advantage of the school’s ‘smart’ classrooms, utilizing the latest in

the Big History course, which explores the nearly 14 billion years of human evolution. “Our primary goal has been to provide a lively educational environment for our members,� says John Walker, the group’s former president. “But our commitment to Sac State is also to offer support and expand the number of partnerships

THIRTY-TWO YEARS AGO, A HANDFUL OF SENIORS APPROACHED SAC STATE’S THENPRESIDENT, DON GERTH, ABOSUT CREATING AN ORGANIZATION TO KEEP RETIRED FOLKS LEARNING AND GROWING.

audiovisual technology,� says Keller. Most seminar leaders are volunteers from within the organization. “We have members who have an interest in a subject, do their research and then present a course syllabus to the group’s seminar committee for approval,� Keller says. “Once a year, we have a leadership course for our members to learn how to put together and present a seminar.� “We were also the first learning-inretirement program to adopt the Bill Gates-inspired Big History education project,� says Taylor. Over the past two years, 800 members have taken

we’ve established with the university’s education units.� “Each year, several thousand volunteer hours are provided to the university by the group’s members,� says Taylor. In the past year, 123 members provided nearly 900 volunteer hours of service to the Department of Gerontology. Volunteers helped students in their elder mentor, assessment, chronic disease and physical therapy evaluation programs. Classical-music seminar participants also help provide support to the university’s School of Music.

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Over the past nine years, members have contributed more than $10,000 in scholarships to university music programs. “We also provided 184 usher volunteer hours for six university theater and dance department productions,� Keller says. “Over the past two years, our members have supplied more than 700 hours of volunteer time to these programs.� “In the past year, we also expanded our priority scholarship program to outstanding Sac State students,� says Taylor. “Since 1993, our organization has provided $143,000 to 76 deserving students, including six new $3,000 scholarships awarded last May.� Taylor says members of the Renaissance Society used to consider themselves “guests� on the campus. “But recently, Sac State president Robert Nelsen told us we are no longer guests. Instead, we have proven to be a vital and active part of campus life. “The desire to keep learning is key for our members,� Taylor continues. “We want to find out what is happening both here and around the world. People are thirsty to find a meaningful existence in retirement, and we have found a great way to help them find it.� To join the Renaissance Society, go to csus.edu/org/rensoc, email rensoc@ csus.edu or call (916) 278-7834. An orientation session for the spring semester will be held Friday, Jan. 26, at 9 a.m. Seminar listings are available on the website. Cecily Hastings can be reached at publisher@insidepublications.com. n

The best things in life never miss a beat. Learn hands-only CPR and more at our heart health event. All life’s gifts depend on the beating of your heart. But each year, over 350,000 people have an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, often at home where loved ones have a chance to provide aid. So this February—American Heart Month—come learn how two simple steps can turn your hands into lifesavers. At our uplifting heart health event, you will: t &OKPZ IFBMUIZ BOE EFMJDJPVT GPPE t 4FF B EFNPOTUSBUJPO BOE QSBDUJDF IBOET POMZ $13 DIFTU DPNQSFTTJPOT t )FBS GSPN EPDUPST BOE DBSEJBD FYQFSUT BCPVU IPX UP LFFQ ZPV BOE ZPVS MPWFE ones heart healthy Join us and find life-saving inspiration. To register or learn more, visit DignityHealth.org/HeartShaped.

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complete with pajamas, a schoolwide pancake breakfast, snow cones and an early dismissal to get a jump on the midwinter break,” says Lee Thomsen, the head of school. The school’s annual fundraising campaign ends on Jan. 23. For more information, go to saccds. org.

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s Skool Restaurant in Midtown approached its two-year anniversary, its owners decided it was time for a change. Rebranded in December as Skool Japanese Gastropub, the popular eatery features a new kitschy, colorful interior and an updated menu. “The menu is clearly Japanese now—no fusion confusion,” says coowner Andy Mirabell. The restaurant also features an expanded cocktail menu with trendy chuhi cocktails, made with fruity soda water and shochu, a spirit similar to vodka. Skool has also bulked up its sake program. “Overall, we want a casual dining spot for locals and visitors where they can eat amazing, affordable, sharable Japanese dishes and have great drinks to match,” says Mirabell. “Our goal was to create the best version of Skool we can for Sacramento.” Skool serves Sacramento’s only Japanese-inspired weekend brunch from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Happy hour is all night Tuesdays from 3 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday through Sunday from 3 to 6 p.m. Dinner is served nightly from 5 p.m.

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Skool is at 2319 K St. For more information, go to skoolonkstreet.com.

LEARNING THROUGH PLAY You can touch the art at Crocker Art Museum’s new kid-friendly Art Spot installation, “Wingding,” open through March 4. The Crocker’s Art Spots program features immersive installations designed for children 5 and younger and their caregivers. Each Art Spot is created by a different artist or team of artists, who spend up to a year participating in the Crocker’s earlychildhood program. On Nov. 6, local artist and teacher Sonja White took up residence in the Crocker’s Weborg Gallery to construct “Wingding” in time for its public opening on Nov. 19. The installation is composed of hundreds of wooden shapes—ranging from 1 foot to 8 feet across—that children can build, stack and spin to create their own 3-D patterns on the walls. White even placed mirrors on the ceiling to let kids experience their art from another angle. “Children have many different types of learning styles,” White explains. “Some are true creators, some are

builders and some are kinetic learners who need to move through something to understand it. While ‘Wingding’ is designed to appeal to individual types of learners, it also brings them together as they communicate using the universal language of geometry.” Crocker Art Museum is at 216 O St. For more information, go to crockerart.org.

LET IT SNOW Sacramento Country Day School will hold a “snow day” in February if every school family contributes to the Annual Fund. “If we reach 100-percent parent participation in the Annual Fund, I’m scheduling a snow day on Feb. 16,

At Courtyard School in Midtown, chef Matt Kramer is offering healthful, tasty meals to go. Kramer, formerly of Magpie Cafe, sells the fresh, restaurant-style meals from Cafe Courtyard on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 3 to 6 p.m. (The schedule is expected to expand this year.) The weekly rotating menu features convenient meals as well as vegetarian options and a children’s menu. Courtyard is at 205 24th St. For more information, go to courtyard.org.

TRAINING AFTER HIGH SCHOOL C.K. McClatchy High School will hold an informational session on career training and technical education programs on Monday, Jan. 22, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the school’s library. Hear from potential employers and get information on apprenticeship programs in construction, government and other fields. For information, email Consuelo Hernandez at hdezconsuelo@ sbcglobal.net. McClatchy High School is at 3066 Freeport Blvd.

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Relles Florist "Petal it forward"

PETAL IT FORWARD On Oct. 11, Relles Florist filled Sacramento streets with thousands of flowers as part of Petal It Forward, a program designed to boost happiness with the sharing of blooms. In partnership with the Society of American Florists, Relles Florist gave away more than 5,000 stems of flowers (approximately 1,500 bouquets) to 750 people. Each person received two bouquets: one to keep and one to “petal it forward” by giving it to a stranger, co-worker, neighbor or friend. Why the shower of flowers? According to a survey conducted by the Society of American Florists, 88 percent of Americans report that giving flowers makes them feel happy, and 80 percent report that receiving flowers makes them feel happy. In fact, even being around flowers improves your mood: 76 percent of Americans agree that having flowers in their home or office makes them happier. Relles Florist is at 2400 J St. For more information, go to rellesflorist. com.

WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE This month, Sacramento Zoo welcomes a new director and CEO, Jason Jacobs.

Chosen from a competitive pool of 38 prospects and five finalists, Jacobs impressed the board with his proven track record as the director of Reid Park Zoo in Tucson, Ariz. In grade school, Jacobs interned, volunteered and ran education programs at Florida’s Zoo Miami. He went on to earn dual bachelor’s degrees in environmental science and English from Florida International University, and he worked at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park, Potawatomi Zoo in South Bend, Ind., Los Angeles Zoo and, for the past four and a half years, Reid Park Zoo. “Jason clearly shares our vision for reimagining the future Sacramento Zoo,” says Jeff Raimundo, president of the Sacramento Zoological Society’s board of trustees, “providing the best possible environment for the animals in our care, a focus on animal conservation in the wild and creating new and exciting experiences for our half-million visitors a year.” For more information, go to saczoo. org.

The exhibit, which opened Dec. 2, profiles a series of influential people who have been involved in the Northern California racing scene, including drivers, builders and more. A few highlights include Angelique Bell, a biracial woman currently racing sprint cars; Bill McAnally, a former NASCAR driver who owns and manages a successful West Coast NASCAR team; and Don Racine, a

pillar in the unique world of MINI Cooper racing. The exhibit also features stunning race cars. “NorCal’s Fastest” will remain on display through March 12. The museum is at 2200 Front St. For more information, go to calautomuseum.org. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. n

ZOOM ZOOM Like fast cars? Then the California Automobile Museum’s newest exhibit, “NorCal’s Fastest: From Grassroots to the Professional” is sure to get your motor running.

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overestimated revenues by more than $1 billion. Yes, that’s billion with a B. During much of that time, the board’s spending decisions also failed to take into account potentially hundreds of millions of dollars of STA debt-service payments on bonds the authority has been issuing to accelerate the construction of local transportation projects. In other words, the board has been spending Measure A taxes blindly, oblivious to the fact that tax revenues were falling far short of projections and that debt-service payments were eating into its cash flow. The revenue projections that are at the heart of the fiscal nightmare were apparently prepared by STA consultants before the onset of the Great Recession and were never

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updated. For 15 long years, staffers never bothered to compare actual revenues to projected revenues. Consequently, what started out as relatively small differences between actual and presumed revenues in the early years telescoped into a huge gap over the 35-year duration of the Measure A tax. This wouldn’t have mattered much if the board had been making spending and borrowing decisions based on STA’s actual revenues. But the board has been spending and borrowing based almost entirely on increasingly bogus revenue projections, which has led to massive overspending. That fundamental error, coupled with STA’s longstanding practice of accelerating the construction of transportation

projects by borrowing heavily against future Measure A revenues, has put STA into a fiscal vice that will likely choke off funding for most future transportation projects in Sacramento County while starving local governments of the Measure A monies they’ve been counting on for road maintenance. If that weren’t bad enough, the financing vehicle that the board has been using to accelerate transportation projects—nonamortizing, interest-only bonds—has been substantially increasing its interest costs, further slamming STA’s cash flows. STA collects two types of Measure A taxes: the one-half-percent sales tax (its primary source) and a transportation “mitigation” fee that it

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collects from builders and developers. At STA’s December board meeting, interim executive director Norm Hom explained that revenue projections have been assuming that Measure A sales-tax revenues would grow at an average annual rate of 5 percent over its 35-year existence. But according to Hom, Measure A’s actual sales-tax revenues have averaged 3.3 percent growth. Mitigation-fee revenue was projected to grow at an annual rate of 8.59 percent but actually grew at an average rate of 3 percent. This wouldn’t have been a problem had STA periodically compared its projected results to its actual results and adjusted accordingly, as any sane business enterprise or government agency would do. According to STA officials, it will take them “most of next year” to unravel the mess and get a full handle on the extent of the authority’s overspending and the planned projects that likely will be ditched because of it.

EYE ON SACRAMENTO’S WARNINGS Last year, Sacramento County voters narrowly rejected Measure B, which would have doubled the onehalf-percent Measure A sales tax. I chaired the Don’t Double the Tax, No on Measure B campaign committee. In the run-up to the November 2016 vote, Eye on Sacramento (the civic watchdog group I head) issued a report on Measure A spending and its implications for Measure B. While we had no idea at the time that the STA board and staff were relying on false, badly out-of-date revenue projections in their spending and borrowing decisions, we did know about and reported on STA’s overspending and wasteful borrowing practices. In our summary of findings, we warned that “STA is engaged in an alarmingly rapid escalation of credit-fueled spending on capital projects, with its outstanding bond debt increasing from $180 million in 2009 to an expected level of over $450 million in 2017—a 243 percent anticipated increase in debt.”

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implore Sacramento County leaders to take action. “We urge Sacramento County to retain an independent financial adviser to assess the sustainability of the current pace of STA’s capital spending, its portfolio of outstanding bonds, and its borrowing practices, and to recommend prudent changes in STA’s borrowing practices and in the pace of its future capital spending,” we wrote. Local government leaders ignored the report’s recommendations. A longtime STA board member, Folsom City Councilmember Kerri Howell, dismissed the report and was quoted as saying it was “full of errors.”

UNACCOUNTABILITY OF JOINT POWERS AUTHORITIES The STA is one of hundreds of special districts in Sacramento County. It is organized as a joint powers authority, which is the government equivalent of a joint venture between private parties. TO page 14

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The constituent members that make up a JPA are the local governments that agree to act jointly with one another on some project or function. Each participating government appoints representatives to the JPA’s government board, usually elected officials of the constituent members. The problem is that our local elected officials serve on way too many JPAs, boards, commissions, etc., to be able to provide effective fiduciary oversight over any of them. Sacramento councilmembers typically serve on close to 20 of them. County supervisors can serve on as many as 30. With elected officials spread so thin, the staffers who run a JPA on a daily basis end up operating with zero effective oversight. If we’re lucky, the JPA managers will be excellent. But too often, unsupervised JPA managers turn out to be outof-control JPA managers. STA is a textbook case of the problem. Additionally, very few elected officials are experts in municipal finance, municipal bonds or complex construction projects. What they’re good at is getting elected (and reelected) and setting broad policy goals. The solution is fairly obvious: Elected officials need to clear off of JPA boards like STA and Regional Transit and appoint in their place proven business leaders and agency administrators who have extensive hands-on experience in running and overseeing large, complex organizations, as well as the time to serve as true fiduciary overseers.

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It’s clear that STA staffers cannot and should not be entrusted with the job of unraveling their own mess. It’s imperative that a forensic audit be conducted as soon as possible by an independent party. Given the gravity of the problem and the stakes each constituent member of the STA has in the outcome of the review, no member government of the STA should be put in charge of auditing its books. For example, we’ve uncovered a problem with STA’s handling of its

development mitigation fees revenue. Under Measure A, STA is supposed to hand over such fees ($32 million since 2009) to the local jurisdiction in which such development takes place. But because STA doesn’t bother to track where its mitigation fees come from, it hasn’t been complying with the law. The city of Sacramento appears to be the local government most prejudiced by STA’s failure to obey the law. To eliminate any potential conflicts of interest, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors should submit a request to the state controller that his office audit STA and issue a public report, including recommendations for changes in STA governance and policies. EOS is filing a complaint this month with the Sacramento County Grand Jury asking it to investigate the matter. At the end of the day, the most prudent action may be to dissolve the STA and for Sacramento County to assume STA’s role of distributing Measure A revenues. That way an elected body—the Board of Supervisors—would be directly accountable for the functions performed by STA. That would also get STA out of the business of issuing bonds, which has been the source of much of its troubles. Local governments can decide for themselves whether they want to spend their allotment of Measure A taxes on a pay-as-you-go basis or borrow against their future allotment of Measure A cash, risking a repeat of STA’s disastrous experience. Until these problems are fully resolved, Sacramento voters would have to be crazy to approve any hike in the countywide transportation sales tax that ends up in the hands of STA. To read Eye on Sacramento’s report on Measures A and B, go to eyeonsacramento.org. For a list of Sacramento Transportation Authority members, along with their contact information, go to sacta.org. Craig Powell is a retired attorney, businessman, community activist and president of Eye on Sacramento, a civic watchdog and policy group. He can be reached at craig@eyeonsacramento.org or (916) 718-3030. n

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A Win for the Arts O

WITH GRANTS, THE CITY PUTS ITS MONEY WHERE ITS MOUTH IS

Local artist Eben Burgoon received a Creative Economy microgrant.

n Nov. 6, the city of Sacramento announced the recipients of its Creative Economy Pilot Project, awarding grants worth between $5,000 and $25,000 to 57 art, food and tech-related projects, an investment the city hopes will generate economic development in Sacramento neighborhoods. Speaking outside Oak Park’s Brickhouse Gallery to an audience of mostly artists and grantees, Mayor Darrell Steinberg conceded that “the arts have been traditionally underfunded.” He then gave a number that shed some light on how important an economic driver the arts can be. “Art and culture in Sacramento led to $167 million of economic activity in 2015,” he said. Steinberg called the grantees “the present and future of this city.” Steinberg’s comments were well received by an audience that reflected Sacramento’s diversity. That diversity was also reflected in the panelists who awarded the grants. “We felt it was necessary that our panelists represent the

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between the lines of its funding reveals an even more significant shift on the city’s behalf. The City Council unanimously approved $500,000 for the Creative Economy Pilot Project in January 2017, only weeks into Steinberg’s term. The money came from the city’s $10 million Innovation and Growth Fund, which was approved by the council in 2016 under Mayor Kevin Johnson, with the explicit intent to lure tech companies to Sacramento. While the word “tech” was mentioned in the description of the Creative Economy Pilot Project, the parameters were widened to include experimental arts and food initiatives. So while $500,000 might seem like a drop in the city’s overall budget, it represents a subtle shift to funding the arts—a shift that means the difference between what is possible and impossible for many artists. “It’s really big deal,” said Herine Thoroughly, 21, a promoter of allages concerts through Peach House Presents. For Thoroughly, the $5,000 microgrant she received more than doubled Peach House’s 2016 budget.

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The city’s gesture “shows that artists are important,” said Thoroughly, adding that the grant money will go back into the community, “and in places where it’s not always put.” What was Thoroughly’s first reaction to the news that Peach House had received $5,000? “Honestly, that I’m going to make my rent and be able to pay people what they deserve.” It’s obvious how even a $5,000 grant can make a difference for small nonprofits like Peach House Presents. But it is also true for larger, long-established nonprofits like Sacramento’s Fairytale Town. These grants will make it possible to expand projects like Sacramento Adventure Playground, a free-form outdoor play space built by Fairytale Town at Maple Neighborhood Center in South Sacramento. Steve Caudle, the play manager at Adventure Playground, described it as “kids playing in a junkyard—true free play.” Recipient of a $25,000 grant, the relatively unknown Sacramento Adventure Playground will now bring

pop-up events to local libraries, “so kids can play unencumbered,” said Caudle. Without the grant, he added, “this would not have happened. We’re working hard to keep Adventure Playground up and running, but the $25,000, although wonderful, is not continuous.” Not yet anyway, but the city has verbally committed to continuing the Creative Economy grant program, especially since only 12 percent of applicants received funding this round. “I hope the city continues it,” said Wallace. “Mayor Steinberg says he wants to do it again, but he will need the council’s approval, and I think we need to demonstrate the value to the council in order to do it again. I think we could see a year where we don’t see a bump in funding, but we’ll see what we learn.” For a list of grantees, go to cityofsac.forms.fm/creative-economy. Jordan Venema can be reached at jordan.venema@gmail.com. n

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Instant Hotels WITH AIRBNBS POPPING UP, WHAT’S A NEIGHBORHOOD TO DO?

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he East Sacramento home was lovely. When the longtime owners decided to sell, multiple offers stacked up. In the end, the biggest consideration wasn’t money. The winner stood out thanks to a heartfelt letter. The letter described a young family moving to Sacramento from the Pacific Northwest, eager to join a welcoming community, a place with friendly neighbors, where kids played on sidewalks and folks carved pumpkins every Halloween. But once escrow closed and the keys changed hands, a different reality emerged. The new owners made brief appearances but never really moved in. Instead, the place went up on Airbnb.

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Overnight, the owners introduced the cozy neighborhood to the shortterm-rental commerce that flourishes with loose sanctions and minimal oversight. “The sellers had been a big part of the fabric of the neighborhood for years, and they chose these buyers because they thought they would be the best fit for the block,” says Sharon Huntsman, whose family has lived on the street for 17 years. “Now they feel sick about what happened.” What happened is something worse than the broken trust represented by a manipulative letter sent to a trusting seller. By taking over singlefamily homes in quiet neighborhoods and transforming them into shortstay hotels and party houses, Airbnb entrepreneurs wreck community bonds. They erase housing stock from the market and exploit weaknesses in our zoning laws. In Sacramento, mini hotels have sprouted across the city. The owners are supposed to get a short-term rental permit. They are supposed to limit guests to six per night. And if they live elsewhere, they must limit

rentals to 90 days per year. After 90 days, they must secure a conditional use permit—a big obligation. The permits are used to collect taxes. But many owners ignore the requirements. A recent search through Airbnb showed about 150 houses available for daily rentals in Sacramento. City officials believe the total number is around 400. There’s no easy way to track how many reach the 90-day limit and leave the market. Cynthia Smith of the city’s Revenue Division would not release data without a public records request, but officials told me only about 70 shortterm permits have been issued. “I know the city has bigger fish to fry,” Huntsman says. “But everyone knows Sacramento has a big problem when it comes to housing inventory, and prices keep going up. These hotels remove inventory from residential neighborhoods where families could live. And they erode the togetherness of the community. That’s the last thing we should want to do.” In Huntsman’s case, the problems caused by the neighborhood’s instant hotel have been more annoying than cataclysmic. Every two or three days, new guests arrive. The adventure begins again. Sometimes the blow-ins are quiet. Others are too obvious, like the 13 Berkeley students who partied

and frolicked in the pool until nearly dawn. Or the bachelorette contingent: women eager for a blast of indiscretion before celebrating the vows of domesticity. One weekend, some guests were undetectable until their cannabis smoke wafted into nearby homes. “I’m sure most people who rent from Airbnb are nice,” Huntsman says. “But when they travel, they get a little carried away. People on vacation don’t stop to think about the impact on neighbors.” Like any reasonable homeowner faced with a disruptive neighbor, Huntsman tried to bring her concerns to the hotel owner. He shows up about once a month for a day or two. He lives 800 miles away and operates several Airbnb homes. “At first there was all this talk about why can’t we all just get along,” she says. “Then he got nasty, threatening to sue us. He’s just running a business, and there’s a lot of money in it.” A few months ago, Huntsman brought her complaints to City Hall. She testified before the City Council and was respectfully received. Several councilmembers told their own Airbnb horror stories. Deeper solutions have been elusive. TO page 20

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FROM page 18 Councilmember Jeff Harris represents East Sacramento. Harris is pushing for tighter rules—especially on absentee landlords. “Despite our best intentions, we have rules that are extremely hard to enforce,” he says. “And we have transferred the enforcement action over to neighbors like Sharon Huntsman. That’s not good policy.” Harris has decided to explore options for prohibiting Airbnb-type operations where the owner doesn’t live in the house full time. “With off-site operators, do we even want to support that kind of business?” Harris asks. For Huntsman, one long-term solution to short-term rentals is something she hates to consider. It would mean selling the home she loves and moving away. R.E. Graswich can be reached at reg@graswich.com. n

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Yoga for All SHE FINDS PEACE TEACHING YOGA AT SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND

Samantha Adams teaches yoga at Society for the Blind.

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amantha Adams doesn’t give up. The Gold River resident was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa—a genetic disorder that causes loss of vision—at age 12, was declared legally blind at 19, and from age 40 on has been “mostly a total,” as she puts it, which means she can only perceive light. “I instinctively knew all along tthat my vision was off,” Adams ssays. “The condition starts with n no night vision—I’d never seen sstars. I was always tripping o over the vacuum and the dog. I couldn’t catch a ball in the o outfield. At 14, I stopped riding m my bike because I was hitting p parked cars.” But that didn’t stop her ffrom moving from Canada to C California, working as a defense llawyer and prosecutor, or ccompleting 200 hours of training tto become a volunteer yoga iinstructor. For most of her youth, Adams cconsidered herself “someone who jjust couldn’t see very well.” She g got through high school using llarge-print books that she would h hide from her classmates. When h her vision was reassessed after a year as an exchange student iin Brazil, she could see less than 1 10 degrees peripherally—“like llooking though an empty pen ccanister,” she says. She was cclassified as legally blind. As an a attorney, she adapted as she w went, reading with magnifiers o or memorizing text that her ccomputer read aloud to repeat in ccourt. But after meeting her husband a at guide school in San Rafael in 2 2003 and moving to Sacramento, A Adams suddenly found herself in h her toughest situation yet. “We had a blended family, which is nothing like the Brady Bunch,” Adams says with a laugh. “Nobody told me what to expect. It was chaos.” Luckily for Adams, she walked into her local gym on a whim one day in 2005 and “fumbled my way” through a yoga class. As difficult as it was to keep

pace with a teacher doing moves she’d never heard of, much less seen demonstrated, Adams felt something shift within her. “Yoga is what grounded me and got me through,” she says. “It brought me much-needed peace.” The manager of Adams’ club gave her three hours of private lessons so she could learn the technique. In one-on-one sessions with an instructor, Adams “got hooked” on yoga. When she found out three years ago that the same instructor was offering teacher training, Adams decided to take another leap of faith and joined the teaching program in fall 2015. After completing her training, Adams decided she should do something with her newly earned skills and called Society for the Blind to see if they were in need of some yoga. Adams has volunteered her time to teach hours of classes to staff members and clients who find the practice as freeing as Adams. “Half of the society is instructional,” says Adams, which includes classes in Braille, technology, life skills and mobility to help clients re-enter the workforce. “The other half is the Senior Impact Program. There’s ever-increasing blindness in the senior population, and the society helps them adapt to that loss of vision instead of isolating themselves.” Adams’ oldest student is a 101-year-old woman she met at a senior retreat. Clients in their 80s and 90s benefit from her chair yoga classes, a scaled-back version of the practice that anyone can do at home. “The hardest part of teaching as a blind person is you don’t know if your students will know how to listen,” says Adams, who hopes to teach at fitness facilities in the future. “But knowing how much I want to share my practice with others keeps me going.” For more information on the Society for the Blind, go to societyfortheblind.org. n

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Staying Put INSTEAD OF MOVING, THIS COUPLE REMODELED

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hen Jeff and Deanna Johnston purchased their East Sacramento home five years ago, they thought it was perfect. Built in 1914, it’s an eclectic, stylish mix of Craftsman, American Foursquare and Prairie style. But over time and with daily use, they began contemplating making a few changes. The kitchen felt isolated from the rest of the 2,150-square-foot house. The laundry room was on the first floor; they preferred one on the second floor. Getting to the basement

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required navigating a clunky external featured in the book “Images of outdoor staircase. America: East Sacramento.” While They vacillated, thinking it might the house was being built, the Mellors be prudent to move rather than lived in a shack in the backyard. remodel. “It was going to be a lot There, Rose Mellor was born. She of money to sink into a house that lived in the family home for 91 years, is over 100 years old,” says Jeff. from 1911 to 2002. The shack still But after weighing their stands, now serving as options, they decided to Deanna’s home office. stay, recognizing that it Once they decided to would be difficult to find stay, the Johnstons began another house with the poring over magazines same look and feel. and attending open By Julie Foster Built by the Mellor houses for remodeling Home Insight family, the house is ideas. Their first project

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was revamping the living room fireplace. “It was one big wall of unattractive used brick that had been added sometime over the years,” Jeff says. The insert was old, and there wasn’t a mantel. They sanded down the bricks and applied drywall, tile and a granite hearth. Jeff designed the new mantel and surround. “The goal was to make it look authentic but also make it somewhat modern looking,” he explains. Later, with a recommendation from Deanna’s parents, they enlisted the help of William E. Carter Company,

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BUILT BY THE MELLOR FAMILY IN 1914, THE HOUSE IS FEATURED IN THE BOOK “IMAGES OF AMERICA: EAST SACRAMENTO.”

a local design/build firm. Jeff and Deanna planned on staying in the house during construction but soon changed their minds. “Once they started tearing into the plaster, it was so dusty,” says Deanna. “We had a 2-year-old. It was just too much.” Construction took nine months and involved adding 300 square feet to the back of the house. Though the kitchen was the main focus of the project,

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numerous upgrades were added as the project progressed. The couple eliminated the outdoor staircase to the basement and installed a trap door in the kitchen floor. They added a water filtration system, replaced the upstairs flooring and put the laundry room on the second floor, using repurposed cabinets from the kitchen. They also added a spacious walkin closet in the master bedroom and

gave the master bathroom a partial makeover. “Our big thing was we wanted double sinks in here,” says Jeff. The couple entertains frequently, and the new kitchen reflects their passion. A large pantry keeps staples stashed out of sight. Two sinks and under-counter lighting make meal prep a snap. A microwave is tucked discreetly under the counter in its own cabinet. The stellar lineup of appliances includes a Wolf range, a Sub-Zero refrigerator and a nifty Miele steam/ convection oven that produces magazine-perfect meals. “I am still figuring out how to use all the settings,” Jeff says. A creative at heart, Jeff had plenty of input on the remodel. “I have a technical job and love to implement creative ideas,” he says.

The backyard also received a major facelift. The patio was enlarged, and there’s an outdoor kitchen with a barbecue, refrigerator and sink. A new metal arbor defines the space and offers a respite from Sacramento’s summer heat. “It looks natural and is shady all summer long,” says Jeff. Guests now easily navigate between the house and backyard for food, drinks and conversation. “You just open the doors and it turns into one great big outdoor space,” he explains. Jeff and Deanna are happy with their decision to stay put. “We love the neighbors and the neighborhood,” says Jeff. “There is not one thing I would change.” If you know of a home you think should be featured in Inside Publications, contact Cathryn Rakich at crakich@surewest.net. n

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A Winning Wager HARNESS RACING IS A GOOD BET AT CAL EXPO

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arl is a middle-aged man wearing sweats, Converse high-tops and a baby-blue por porkpie hat. He’s watching a TV mo monitor, and he’s not happy. Wi With a low, gravelly voice, he sta starts to beg. “Please don’t, please don’t, pl please don’t,” he says. He repeats the words again an and again, maybe a dozen ti times before he goes silent. E Earl is pleading with Battle o of Midway, a 3-year-old colt, a and Flavien Prat, a French jo jockey. Horse and rider pay no a attention from their parallel u universe. While Earl begs, Battle o of Midway and Prat gallop jjust north of San Diego at a racetrack called Del Mar. Earl is seated along the windows at the Cal Expo satellite wag wagering center, a two-story betting parlor with more than 100 TV screens connected to racetracks around the world: Del Mar, Golden Gate Fields, Churchill Downs, tracks in Korea and Australia and beyond. For people who enjoy horses and gambling, there’s no better place to spend an afternoon or evening than the Cal Expo wagering center. The facility is bright and clean and lively. It draws a special kind of audience, people who like the action and atmosphere of the racetrack. The crowd is several hundred strong and overwhelmingly male. It’s a gambling crowd that doesn’t mind working hard for success.

Horseplayers are the hardestworking gamblers on the planet. They are patient. They don’t idly predict the future; they discern it from objective facts. Horseplayers interpret track conditions, speed ratings, jockey changes, bloodlines, distances and a dozen other components— chunks of evidence reduced to tiny print in the Daily Racing Form, a $10 newspaper as complex and indecipherable as Vedic Sanskrit. Compared to the intricacies of horse betting, some mindless, passive types of gambling—say, slot machines—have no place at Cal Expo. But that’s a problem. Many racetracks beyond California have found that a terrific way to boost attendance and revenue is to deploy slots that attract people dumber or lazier than horseplayers. Unfortunately, slot machines are illegal at California tracks, thanks to an agreement among the governor, Legislature and tribal casinos. The tribes pay the state for slot-machine monopolies. “The inability to have slot machines has a huge negative impact on racing in California, whether you’re talking about quarter horses at Los Alamitos, harness at Cal Expo or even the Thoroughbreds at Golden Gate Fields and the Southern California tracks,” says Chris Schick, who runs the harness program at Cal Expo. Harness racing, which has been a Sacramento tradition for nearly 50 years, brings another

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NARI of Sacramento’s most award-winning remodeling company! dimension to the satellite wagering center. It allows bettors to move into the third dimension, to smell the action and focus on something real, not just a TV screen. There are about 400 harness horses stabled at Cal Expo. They bunk along the backstretch, in refurbished stalls where winter passes comfortably. Most come from Minnesota and Canada, which means the coldest Sacramento January night is more toasty than what they would face back home. They run—or, more accurately, pace and trot—each Friday and Saturday night from late October to early May. For sports fans, harness races are an extraordinary bargain. Parking at Cal Expo is free. Track admission is free. The satellite center normally charges $4 at the door during the day, but the turnstiles spin freely after 4:30 p.m. All harness people ask is

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that fans take the money they save on parking and entry fees and use it to gamble. “We have a strong market in Sacramento,� Schick says. “Running two days a week, we still rank fifth in wagering out of 55 harness tracks. But in terms of purses paid to the horsemen, we’re 45th. That’s because they have slots at tracks east of the Mississippi, which generate purse money.� California tracks are blocked from slot-machine revenue, but they still have hopes for other forms of gambling, like sports betting and internet poker. New wagering options would require legislation. Tribal casinos would complain, but Cal Expo would thrive. “That’s been our dream,� Schick says. “If a little something would happen, it would be a game changer.� Without other forms of wagering, the satellite center and racetrack are the preserve of that rarest of sports fan: the horseplayer. People like Earl, who stands up, tosses down his Daily Racing Form and heads for the exit after Battle of Midway steals the $1 million Las Vegas Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile at Del Mar. Battle of Midway pays $30.40 to win on a $2 bet. “I thought he was too cheap to win,� Earl says. And there’s always another race.

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Finding Their Voices THROUGH 916 INK, YOUNG PEOPLE BECOME HEROES OF THEIR OWN LIVES

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hen you first step into 916 Ink’s Imaginarium on 37th Avenue, you may mistake it for an old-time apothecary shop—an entire wall filled floor to ceiling with glass jars, animal skulls, antiques and books. But the jars aren’t filled with medicines or mysterious substances. Instead, you will find an assortment of old keys, marbles and seashells. These knickknacks serve as writing prompts for the kids who come to 916 Ink to become storytellers. “What 916 Ink does is give young people an opportunity to know that their voice matters, to know that they can create meaning in the world by the way in which they tell stories and how they listen to stories,” says Katie McCleary, the founding executive director of 916 Ink. For McCleary, 916 Ink’s story started long before the organization’s founding in 2011. When she was growing up in rural Idaho, the local library was her sanctuary, an escape from a childhood with parents whose marriage was a constant struggle and a sister who was blind and developmentally disabled. Eventually, McCleary wrote about her childhood experiences, culminating in a book she considers less memoir and more biomythography—a blend of myth,

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history and biography. Chronicling her early life with a sister who was “sort of like the town freak show” and the emotional impact the townspeople’s unabashed pity had on her growing up, the book is on the path to being published in 2018. “I’m really open about the fact that I’ve had a lot of depression in my life. At the end of the day, the only way for me to really tackle that is to write it,” says McCleary. She found that fictionalizing what happened in her life helped to give her some distance and an element of control. “I think that’s where the magic happens. It is in being able to write about your life, step back from it and look at it from the realm of possibilities.”

Having experienced the power of fiction and writing in her own life, McCleary began to see how this could benefit young people. She was especially aware of high-risk youth, like those she had worked with as the director of mentoring services at Grant Joint Union High School District nearly two decades ago. “What really stuck with me from that job was that for kids from really high-risk neighborhoods who face a lot of obstacles in their lives, there’s not a lot of opportunity for them to have joy or to experience some sort of whimsy and wonder about life,” she says. In 2011, McCleary teamed up with Michael Spurgeon, an English

professor at American River College, to create a literacy program that would empower youth and give them a creative outlet in the local community. Inspired by the success of the 826 Valencia writing center in San Francisco and the techniques taught by an international organization called Amherst Writers & Artists, 916 Ink offers several creative-writing programs targeted at different age groups. With the goal of becoming a sanctuary and a safe place for young people to put their stories to paper, 916 Ink partners with local schools to offer on-campus programs during or after the school day. 916 Ink also TO page 35

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Take Control HOW TO OVERCOME OVERGROWTH IN YOUR GARDEN

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hen is a plant or garden overgrown? Before we throw ourselves into a January frenzy of pruning and winter cleanup, we should think about what that term really means. Is there an objective definition that says that a plant has grown too big for its own good? Certainly, if you can’t walk down a path, things have gotten out of hand. But how big and densely should plants be allowed to grow?

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Stephen Scanniello, a renowned pruning expert who is curator of the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden in the New York Botanical Garden, deals with this question constantly in the public and private gardens he manages. “Overgrown is in the eye of the beholder,” he says. “It really is a personal choice.” What is your aesthetic? Do you prefer a romantic garden, with large plants overlapping, or bare ground between each plant? It’s up to you. Only occasionally is a plant too big for its own health. Generally, the problem is that it doesn’t perform as you like. Plants need to fit into the space allotted for them, bloom or bear fruit as you wish, and look the way that you want. Scanniello, like most plant experts, is a proponent of putting the right plant into the right place, where it “can do its thing.” You

need to learn about the mature size that a plant will achieve and consider that Sacramento’s mild climate may make it grow bigger than the label indicates. Plan ahead when you plant. Sometimes, however, despite your best efforts, a plant is too big for its spot. Try to find a better location or take control and give it “tough love.” Says Scanniello, “Sometimes you need to be firm with the pruner.” While rose pruning is his specialty, he uses pruning techniques that every gardener should know: thinning out growth to encourage air circulation and to allow sunlight to reach a plant’s interior, and heading back branches to encourage branching. When Scanniello begins work on a rose, the first thing that he does is “clear out the congestion.” A plant that is densely growing in the center looks bulky. “A plant that is

thinned out looks better,” he says. He advocates leaving enough space between branches so that you can put your hand through easily. He also thins any climbing rose that grows on a structure. “It should decorate the fence or trellis, not overwhelm it.” He cuts back cane tips to encourage flowering growth all over the plant. Many people believe that all roses should be annually pruned knee-high or lower, despite guidance by “The New Sunset Western Garden Book” to prune conservatively, removing no more than one fourth to one third of the previous year’s growth. Scanniello specializes in heritage roses, which often grow to majestic sizes. For maximum display and a rose’s health, you should not prune too hard. Scanniello has found that “too much pruning can shorten a plant’s life. Sometimes it’s best to be left alone.”

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Although constant whacking may not be good, sometimes you can rejuvenate a plant by cutting out selected old, unproductive branches to encourage new, vigorous ones to grow. With roses and many other woody plants, it’s best to do that in stages over several years. You can take a more drastic approach on plants such as spirea, hydrangea, hypericum and lilac, cutting them to the ground so that they totally regenerate with new growth. Since some plants have already set their spring flowering buds, or only bloom on last year’s wood, you may need to wait until after they bloom unless you are willing to sacrifice this year’s display. Gardens themselves can become overgrown. Every year, I find that some plants in my garden are being crowded out by overly exuberant neighbors. I clear out space for them or move them to a better spot, making hollow promises to keep better track of them next season. If you aren’t sure what to do with your plants, arm yourself first with knowledge and think about what you want to achieve. There are great

resources online about pruning, and Sunset magazine’s pruning books are clear and specific. You can also attend pruning workshops. On Wednesday, Jan. 13, at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., Stephen Scanniello will teach rose pruning in the Historic Rose Garden in the Sacramento Historic Cemetery at 1000 Broadway. The morning session focuses on climbing roses, and the afternoon on other types of heritage roses. On Saturday, Jan. 20, from 9 a.m. to noon, Sacramento County Master Gardeners will teach how to prune “just about anything,� including fruit and landscape trees, berries and grapes. Then, arm yourself with pruners and take control. Anita Clevenger is a lifetime Sacramento County UC Master Gardener and curator of the Historic Rose Garden. For answers to gardening questions, call the Master Gardeners at (916) 876-5338 or go to sacmg.ucanr.edu. Details about Stephen Scanniello’s workshops are at cemeteryrose.org. n

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FROM page 32 offers Word Squad, an after-school creative-writing club. Students learn how to write about their life through the lens of the “hero’s journey.� They are also taught to be active listeners and offer positive feedback when other students read their writing, whether their chosen genre is poetry, fiction or creative nonfiction. More than 3,000 students have found their voice and published 85 books to date. McCleary says the program continues to teach her about the importance of storytelling. “Narratives can change and inform ideologies and institutions,� she says. “Narrative and story for me is everything. It is how humans make meaning of the world.� For more information about 916 Ink, go to 916ink.org. n

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Stepping Into the Future THREE FOOD PROJECTS TO WATCH IN 2018

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and wine sommelier, respectively, they have teamed up to express this passion in their new restaurant, Allora, set to open this winter in the former Rust Florist building at 5215 Folsom Blvd. in East Sacramento. During their travels in Italy, Williams and Mandalou kept hearing the word “allora,” which translates to “then” in English. In daily Italian use, A FOOD INCUBATOR the term is a richer expression that one might use, for instance, when Andrea Lepore, the owner of handing someone a gift. the Hot Italian pizza restaurant in Williams, the former executive Midtown, believes the most important chef at The Firehouse Restaurant, thing missing in America’s Farmdescribes Allora as a modern Italian to-Fork Capital is small-business seafood restaurant. But he points out incubation. Incubators are popping that the food won’t drive the menu. up all across the country. According Mandalou is the sole female Level 3 to an industry report, the number of advanced sommelier in Sacramento. such facilities has increased by more than 50 percent nationally in the past (Only two others hold that title four years. Lepore wants to bring the locally—and they’re men.) At Allora, the couple plans to build every meal concept to Sacramento. She’s calling around the wine—a concept that her incubator The Food Factory. turns typical food-forward dining on According to Lepore, it’s “a food its head. incubator for small food businesses “The sommelier will direct us in focused on healthy and functional the kitchen, and then we’ll create foods.” The project will help culinary food that will go with that wine,” says entrepreneurs get access to space (she has already secured a warehouse Williams, adding that Mandalou, not the chefs, will be the star of the show at 1425 C St.), equipment, investors at Allora. and assistance with marketing and Customers will find a 22-foot-tall distribution. Lepore wants to see more healthful, custom wine cellar as they enter the space. Herbs and vegetables for the affordable food produced locally. She restaurant will be grown on the patio. is partnering with SMUD to create what she claims will be the country’s most sustainable facility, and she’s A FARM IN THE meeting with investors to get the BACKYARD project off the ground. In November, the city awarded Randy Stannard and Sarah The Food Factory a $25,000 grant McCamman want to be farmers, and to produce a series of design they want to do it in the city. charrettes (professionally facilitated This past fall, the couple purchased brainstorming sessions) that will a home in Oak Park. They quickly culminate in a project concept ready planted 30 fruit trees on the 1-acre for launch. The meetings will begin property, and they plan to install a with local food-industry experts, greenhouse and produce-washing and the draft project model will be stall. presented to the public for input on Stannard served on the Sacramento Feb. 10 at The Food Factory. For Urban Agriculture Coalition, which more information or to get involved, helped pass a city ordinance in 2015 follow The Food Factory on Facebook. to allow expanded farming on urban

A WINE-DRIVEN RESTAURANT Deneb Williams and Elizabeth-Rose Mandalou love Italian culture—the cuisine, wine and language. As a chef

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arlene von FriederichsFitzwater was no stranger to the repercussions of a cancer diagnosis—nor to the feeling of isolation that comes along with it. But when she met Anna, a homeless woman who had been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, she realized that the sense of isolation dug even more deeply into terminally ill people who had no home or family. So von Friederichs-Fitzwater created Joshua’s House, a hospice house for terminally ill people who are homeless. She named it after her grandson Joshua, who died while homeless in 2014. When she first entered the professional workforce, von

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Friederichs-Fitzwater worked as a reporter for the Los Angeles Times and then as a publicist for Walt Disney Studios before starting her own publishing company. She was then approached by Westminster College to develop a course on writing articles for magazines. But with only a bachelor’s degree, she knew that teaching would mean going back to school. She applied to the University of Nebraska Omaha, thinking that she would continue studying journalism and mass media. “In my first semester, I had what I thought was a routine doctor’s appointment and discovered I had advanced cervical cancer,” she says. It was the late 1970s, and she was a single mother of four sons. “The nurses and doctors started pulling away,” she recalls. “It became a very isolating experience. I thought, why is that? These people are trained. They know people die. They should be comfortable if that is the prognosis. As a reporter, it fascinated me. I made a deal that if I survived, not only would I do something to give back to

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really trying to help cancer patients get through that journey and have support so they didn’t feel isolated like I had.” She spent the next 10 years developing patient education and cancer support programs, including a cancer peer navigator program that trains survivors to be cancer coaches for newly diagnosed patients. This is when she met Anna and became aware of the needs of homeless individuals facing terminal illnesses. “If you were homeless and diagnosed with cancer, you might be able to get treatment, but they had no option but to discharge you back on the street,” says von FriederichsFitzwater. “That just stunned me.” This realization came at the same time her grandson lost his life on the streets at the age of 34. She knew she needed to focus on finding a solution. “That’s Joshua’s House,” she explains. Von Friederichs-Fitzwater and her advisory board drew up a floor plan and held a kickoff fundraiser in 2016. She hopes to raise $1 million and to

“PROVIDING A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN DIE WITH LOVE AND DIGNITY AND RESPECT IS IMPORTANT.” open Joshua’s House with 10 beds on the Loaves & Fishes campus. In addition to housing and hospice care, von Friederichs-Fitzwater also wants Joshua’s House to provide art and music therapy programs. “One of the issues the homeless have is that being homeless makes them feel invisible. Their greatest fear is dying on the street and just being forgotten,” von Friederichs-Fitzwater says. “Providing a place where they can die with love and dignity and respect is important. But also through art therapy and writing, they may be able to leave something for others to learn about them and their lives.” For more information about Joshua’s House, go to thehcri.org. n

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A Holistic Approach NEW PROGRAM WANTS TO TARGET ROOT CAUSES OF POVERTY

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hen Sacramentans think of their city, they think of farmers markets, farmto-fork restaurants or the American River Bike Trail. Perhaps one of the last things people think of is the lifelong effect poverty can have on local schoolchildren. As president and CEO of United Way California Capital Region, Stephanie Bray is looking to bring about change through the new Square One Project. “We believe that you can end poverty starting in schools,” says Bray. “Education is the one thing that can determine whether or not you live in poverty. The more education you have, the less likely it is that you’re going to be poor.” According to Bray, it isn’t enough to simply graduate from high school. Instead, she stresses the importance of making sure students are prepared to take the next step toward higher education or a sustainable career after high school in order to overcome the cycle of poverty. This idea is the basis of the Square One Project, which aims to support students from kindergarten through high school graduation. The project has four goals: keep kids in school, keep them on track with grade-level

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milestones, set high expectations and create a strong support system. Bray worked with the family court system as a case manager for children who were placed outside of their homes, so she is no stranger to the lasting impact a less-than-ideal childhood can have on a child. Paired with her extensive experience in fundraising, this knowledge helps guide the work she does with United Way California Capital Region, which serves more than 2.1 million people throughout Sacramento, Yolo, Placer, El Dorado and Amador counties. With a focus on Title I schools (those with a large percentage of the student body coming from lowincome families), the Square One Project aims to connect resources and providers with those who need it most. United Way serves as a middleman of sorts, identifying areas of need and seeking out organizations that can help. “The Square One Project grew out of a relationship that we had been building with the Robla School District and through work that we have been doing regionally,” says Bray. Previously, United Way California Capital Region partnered with nonprofit organizations to make improvements in three areas: education, financial stability and health. “What we found was that in many cases, we were working with the same children and families even though we were siloed in these three areas,” she says. “So we thought, instead of doing it that way, why don’t we put children and families in the center and then wrap those services around them?”

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Within each of the four areas the Square One Project focuses on, United Way tries to address the crux of the problem, rather than the symptoms of it. For example, there can be many reasons a child doesn’t go to school, from health issues to hunger. If you don’t first address those underlying factors, says Bray, it doesn’t matter how many resources you pour into correcting the effects of poor attendance. Through Square One, steps are being taken to combat some of these issues, such as serving meals in after-school programs and providing literacy support. Bray admits that Square One, only in its first year, has a lot of growing

to do in order to accomplish its goals for the next two decades and beyond. She hopes to soon expand the program from the Robla School District to other school districts. But for now, she recognizes that it is important to build trust with the community she is serving. “Because we don’t provide direct services, we’re not really visible,” says Bray. “We know that we have to build trust. People need to know who we are and why we’re there.” For more information about United Way Capital Region’s Square One Project, go to yourlocalunitedway.org. n

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y wife and I frequently visit a thrift store that sells used T-shirts for a dollar or two. On every visit I grab a couple of these shirts. I’m always looking for interesting color combinations, obscure logos, arresting artwork and intriguing messages. I don’t like wearing shirts that advertise a well-known product (Coca-Cola), place (Hawaii), university (Notre Dame) or performer (Bruce Springsteen). I don’t want to be one of thousands of Sacramentans walking around in a shirt that says “Kings” or “Giants” or

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“Raiders” or “A’s” on it. I prefer a bit more originality in my T-shirts. As a result, I have accumulated a collection of shirts whose origins are mysterious and whose messages often mean little or nothing to me. Once I bought a T-shirt emblazoned with the logo of the Dancing Elk Condors. The fire-enginered shirt sported a bright-yellow-bird logo (presumably a condor) atop a set of antlers (presumably an elk’s). I figured there must be a town somewhere in deepest Montana called Dancing Elk, whose high-school teams were known as the Condors. I wore the shirt to work one night and two different customers pointed to my chest, smiled and said “Juneau!” I was so nonplussed by the comment that I merely smiled stupidly and nodded my head. Not until the second customer had left the bookstore did it occur to me that she might have

been referring to my T-shirt. I went online and googled “Dancing Elk Condors,” expecting to discover that Dancing Elk was a suburb of Juneau, Ala. Instead, I discovered that my shirt was a piece of merchandise tied to the 2007 film “Juno.” Apparently, actor Michael Cera’s character wears an identical shirt in the film. (It even appears on the film’s official poster.) I bought the T-shirt because it seemed obscure to me, only to discover that it is connected with a huge hit motion picture. (Juno earned nearly 40 times its production budget at the box office.) Another evening while working at the bookstore, I complimented a young woman on her AC/DC T-shirt. “Thanks,” she said. “I’m on my way to yoga class and my roommate told me I should change my shirt, because AC/DC doesn’t exactly scream ‘namaste.’ But I decided to keep it on.

It represents how I feel after work sometimes—like I’m on the highway to hell.” I pointed to my own shirt, a blue, short-sleeved tee with an illustration of a horse on it and the words “REACH Pony Club.” I told my customer, “After I bought this shirt, my wife warned me that the REACH Pony Club was probably an organization for teenage equestriennes. ‘Do you want people thinking you stole your shirt from a 14-year-old girl?’ she teased me. But I don’t really care what they think. I like the shirt, and I’m going to wear it.” The customer took out her smartphone, tapped the screen for a few seconds and informed me that the REACH Pony Club was a Waco, Texas, charitable organization whose mission was to “improve the health, increase the confidence and promote

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2620 21st Street, Suite A, Sacramento • 916-453-3333 the independence of persons with special needs through the use of hippotherapy (or horseback riding).” I was happy to hear this, happy to be a walking billboard for such a worthwhile organization. I have a bright-red T-shirt that just says “Cajuns” across the chest. Many times I’ve been asked what sports team it advertises. The truth is I have no idea. There must be sports teams all across Louisiana called Cajuns. I have no way of finding out which team I’m promoting. Heck, for all I know, Cajuns might even be the name of a chain of barbecue restaurants in New Jersey. I bought the shirt because I liked the colors. I have a yellow-and-brown T-shirt that has “KHS Academic Team” emblazoned on the front. Presumably the words refer to a high school, but I have no idea which one. There must be thousands of high schools across the United States whose initials are KHS. My only clue to the school’s identity is a logo on the shirt. It shows the profile of an American Indian wearing a headdress and resembling

the image on the obverse side of a buffalo nickel. I googled “KHS Indians” and discovered that Kennett High School in Kennett, Mo., has sports teams known as the Indians. But the same is true of Keller High School in Texas. Of course, the team in question could also be the Warriors or the Braves or the Chiefs or the Comanches or any one of dozens of variations on the theme. I bought the shirt not for the Indian logo but for two other reasons. The shirt is old and faded and looks like something an old man like me might have gotten in high school and hung onto for years afterwards. I occasionally wear it when I compete in pub trivia contests, in the hope that the words “Academic Team” will intimidate my competitors. Even cooler, though, is the fact that on the back of the shirt, above the number 42, where an athlete’s name would appear on a sports uniform, it reads “C.S. Lewis.” Whether this is the name of an actual KHS student, or whether the members of the KHS Academic Team all took the name

of their favorite author, I can’t say. I’m not a huge C.S. Lewis fan, but the quizmaster at my favorite pub is. He occasionally asks Narnia-related questions, which makes my mystery T-shirt doubly relevant on quiz night. I own all kinds of T-shirts whose messages bear no relevance to my own travels, product preferences or educational history. I once bought a T-shirt that said “Avenged SevenFold” across the chest. Only later did I discover that I was promoting a heavy-metal band. I bought another with the words “Sul Ross” on the chest. I later learned that Sul Ross is a state university in Texas named for a Confederate general. (My favorite thrift store seems to get a lot of its merchandise from Texas, for some reason.) I bought these shirts simply because I liked something about the way they looked. I have learned over the years that unusual T-shirts are great icebreakers. No one ever asks you about a T-shirt that says “Coca-Cola” on it. Every sentient creature on the planet knows what Coca-Cola is. But

ever since I began wearing offbeat T-shirts, I’ve felt a bit like Marilyn Monroe: People are always staring at my chest. The other night, at the bookstore, I was wearing a T-shirt that promoted Hog’s Breath Saloon of Key West, Fla. A woman came into the store, saw my shirt and beamed a brilliant smile at me. “I love Hog’s Breath Saloon!” she said, and then she began to rhapsodize about its world-famous hot dog and its amazing chocolatedipped Key lime pie. I’ve never been within 100 miles of Key West, but the woman seemed so happy to have found a fellow Hog’s Breath Saloon fan that I couldn’t bear to disappoint her. When it was my turn to talk, all I could think of to say was, “Yep, I love me some world-famous hot dogs!” Thanks to the T-shirt, we are now kindred spirits. Not bad for an investment of $1.95. Kevin Mims lives in Land Park. He can be reached at kevinmims@ sbcglobal.net. n

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Teachable Moment A PASTOR LEARNS WHAT TO PRAY FOR

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ome years ago, I was sitting in my chaplain’s office at the VA hospital in Sacramento when a local pastor stopped by to introduce himself. “I’m Brother So-and-So,” he said, giving me a hand-pumping shake. “I’m spirit-filled.” If you are unfamiliar with church language, “spirit-filled” is a term broadly used by charismatic Christians. Loosely speaking, this adjective describes a higher step beyond “born-again.” Truthfully, I have lots of wonderful charismatic friends. And most of them will tell you that if a person demonstrates the traits of “spiritfilled,” there’s no need to self-identify.

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Suffice it to say, I wished Mr. Brother-Pastor had kept walking down the hall. But instead, the tall, broad and aging man sat down and proceeded to recite his resume. He talked about the prison ministry he ran and boasted of the meals he delivered to the homeless. He buzzed about the radio preaching he did in Fresno and the television ministry he ran in Bakersfield. In between each story, he paused to wait for my “amen,” but alas, I offered only a polite nod. He talked so long and so fast, I was having trouble hearing the spirit. He added endless details about the many years he served as a pastor and the hospital visits he did. He confessed that he pitied me because “we both know government chaplains can’t talk about God as freely as a pastor.” And somewhere in the midst of his pontification, he told me he was praying that God would make him “teachable.” If he noticed my smirk when he spoke the word “teachable,”

he didn’t say. Instead, he abruptly assumed a kneeling position and told me he was going to pray for me. That’s when I decided to answer his prayer and offer him a teachable moment. “Wait just a minute,” I said, motioning him off his knees. “How do you know what to pray for?” “Huh?” he responded. I asked him this because he seemed to be offering his prayer not so much as a gift but as a way to establish his authority. Pastor Pray4U seemed ready to thank God for blessing me by his visit. I continued. “Well, a few minutes ago you mentioned you were praying God would make you teachable, so let me share something with you.” He gave me a glassy stare, as clueless as a calf lookin’ at a new gate. “When I visit patients, I always ask them how I can pray for them. I ask them what they want me to pray for. Would you like to know what you can pray for me?”

With that, he leaned back in his chair and spread his hands open on his lap. “You’re right, chaplain,” he said. “What should I pray?” I asked him to pray for my new supervisor, and then asked that he pray for God to comfort the families of the two hospital employees who’d unexpectedly died the previous week. He shook his head, unsure what to say. However, he eventually prayed, just not in the tone I’d expected. In the face of real needs, his prayer became much less pretentious, his tone much more humble and contrite. But most of all, his personal prayer was also answered. This “spiritfilled” pastor had become much more “teachable.” Recently retired chaplain Norris Burkes is a syndicated columnist, national speaker and book author. He can be reached at comment@ thechaplain.net. n

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SWEET POTATO This large, starchy, sweettasting root vegetable is a great source of betacarotene. To eat: Roast the flesh and use instead of pumpkin for a delicious Southern pie.

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This small citrus fruit has few seeds and a loose, puffy orange skin that peel, making it a popular addition to children’s lunchboxes. is easy to p Eat it: Peel and enjoy.

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This leafy green-, purple or white-colored plant is low in calories and can be pickled, fermented, steamed, stewed, braised or eaten raw. To eat: For a fresh slaw, slice thinly and toss with poppy seed dressing.

BROCCOLI MEYER LEMON

This healthful cruciferous vegetable is available much of the year, from September through June. It’s a member of the cabbage family. To eat: Steam or roast at high heat in the oven with olive oil and salt.

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1110 SHERBURN AVE 5609 JOHNS DR 30 MIRANDA CT 7346 CRANSTON WAY 2797 65TH AVE 1640 60TH AVE 4989 VIRGINIA WAY 1624 65TH AVE 2368 IRVIN WAY 1536 38TH AVE 2824 51ST AVE 2517 S 69TH AVE 1404 WACKER WAY 1421 MOON 2253 68TH AVE 2031 STOVER WAY 7421 CANDLEWOOD WAY 5936 MCLAREN AVENUE 2125 47TH AVE 1133 GLENN HOLLY WAY 2108 MURIETA WAY 2201 63RD AVE 2129 STACIA WAY 5221 DEL RIO RD 2331 WORSHAM AVE 5689 NORMAN WAY 4936 23RD STREET 4758 NORM CIR 5330 25TH ST 1448 65TH AVE 7451 WINKLEY WAY 1429 32ND AVE 1901 OREGON DR 1451 OAKHURST WAY 7572 COSGROVE WAY 3020 LOMA VERDE WAY 4680 LARSON WAY 5895 13TH ST 4941 HELEN WAY

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10 MARK RIVER CT 7665 WINDBRIDGE DR 664 CASTLE RIVER WAY 6573 S. LAND PARK DR 1212 58TH AVE 929 GLIDE FERRY WAY 894 LAKE FRONT DR 1 WINDUBEY CIR 7737 POCKET RD 1208 56TH AVENUE 827 FLORIN RD 7471 SUMMERWIND WAY 7015 RIVERBOAT WAY 1 JENNEY CT 6414 14TH ST 6500 CHETWOOD WAY 6 MARK RIVER CT 91 LAS POSITAS CIR 548 RIVERGATE WAY 1300 LYNETTE WAY 10 LAGUNA SECA CT 22 LAKE VISTA CT 1369 LAS LOMITAS CIR 6716 BREAKWATER WAY 6793 FRATES WAY 6510 13TH ST 1008 ROUNDTREE CT 6747 FREEHAVEN DR 7489 DELTAWIND DR 1182 SILVER RIDGE WAY 6930 GLORIA DR 6685 FORDHAM WAY 778 SKYLAKE WAY

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Yielding to Reality IT’S TIME TO REFORM A TRAFFIC LAW THAT DOESN’T MAKE SENSE

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t shouldn’t be illegal to do something that causes no harm. But it’s against the law for bicyclists to do something that is safe and sensible: slowing and yielding rather than coming to a complete stop at stop signs. For more than 35 years, everyone riding a bike in Idaho has been allowed to treat stop signs as yields. After determining it is safe, bicyclists in Boise can coast through stops without losing momentum or their

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balance. Idaho was the only state that permitted this commonsense behavior until last year, when Delaware legalized it. (Some cities in Colorado also allow it.) Is California next to change the law? An unusual bipartisan bike bill (AB 1103) would permit the “Idaho stop” here. Idaho and Delaware are fine states, but California is the nation’s most populous and arguably most influential. A change in California would create a powerful precedent for reform across the country. Other states have tried but failed to enact similar legislation. Oregon, Arizona, Colorado, Minnesota, Arkansas, Utah, Oklahoma and Montana all have made attempts. That’s an indication that rolling through stops is not confined to a few places. It’s certainly not rare

behavior. A DePaul University study done in Chicago found that 96 percent of bike riders didn’t come to a total stop at stop signs. Millions of times a day across the United States, riders treat stops as yields without catastrophic results. In Idaho, injury collisions actually decreased after the law was changed and have remained at low levels since. The California bill’s proponents cite a litany of benefits. They suggest existing law is less safe for bike riders since it increases riders’ exposure time to cross traffic. It impedes traffic flow by making everyone wait. Coming to a complete stop makes trips by bike more arduous (it requires expending 25 percent more energy than rolling through) and more time consuming. That makes bike trips less likely.

Current stop-sign law turns bike riders into scofflaws. While the law is rarely enforced, it is subject to arbitrary or unreasonable enforcement, including the possibility of racial profiling. Fines for riders on 20-pound bikes are the same as for motorists in 2-ton SUVs, though the danger created is far less. The bill faces serious opposition. Despite the decades of positive experience in Idaho, the League of California Cities, California Police Chiefs Association, AAA, the Teamsters and members of the disability community all worry about a different outcome in California. They argue that interactions at intersections need to be predictable, not based on subjective decisions by bicyclists. Blind pedestrians recount close calls with bicyclists and worry about getting hit by a rider ignoring

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There are already different laws for different road users based on operational characteristics, such as different speed and weight limits for trucks, and bus- only lanes. Some differences in traffic law are based entirely on environmental concerns. HOV lanes may be used by specific vehicles: those with passengers and, in California, those powered by alternative fuels. Bicycling should be encouraged precisely because it is different— better for the environment and public health. Bike riders are also uniquely able to judge conditions at intersections and to react because of their low approach speeds, position at the front of their “vehicle,” unobstructed vision, unimpeded ability to hear and ability to stop quickly. Simple justice dictates that current law should be reformed. One principle of traffic law is that most people act reasonably and with care for their own safety and the safety of others. Principles of all laws are that they should protect the public from unreasonable behavior and that

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enforcement can’t be effective without voluntary compliance by the public majority. Clearly, it’s unsafe when bicyclists arrogantly blow through stop signs without regard for others. That behavior must remain illegal. But the overwhelming majority of bicyclists safely yield at stop signs. That reasonable, careful behavior should be legal. Says California Bicycle Coalition executive director Dave Snyder, “It makes sense to let traffic flow, make bike riding safer and easier, and lift a cloud of illegality from something that virtually everyone does without a problem.” Assembly Bill 1103 will be heard by the Assembly Transportation Committee in early January, most likely Jan. 8. 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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the floor could use a scrub. Steps to make macaroni and cheese, with a potato chip topping, are printed on a whiteboard. Three former students— the entrepreneurs behind Sangre del Dragon—carry in boxes filled with hot sauce and sit down to a meal from Carl’s Jr. Over the PA system, someone announces free pizza in the library. A student wanders in from another classroom in search of warm water. Other students come and go. This is Karen Henderson’s classroom, and she takes the messiness in stride. She’s the director of Edible Sac High, a successful

businesswoman and winner of Food Network’s “Cupcake Wars.” Henderson teases the fast-food-eating entrepreneurs (“You brought Carl’s Jr. into my classroom?”), jokes about competing with pepperoni pizza and chili cheese fries, and encourages me to talk to Alves. (“She has a great voice.”) Henderson warmly greets everyone who comes through her door. When she started with the program in 2016, she was “the crazy lady on the bike, with the hat,” she says. Now, students call her Miss Karen and

treat her like a beloved teacher and mentor. She’s an honorary Sac High Dragon, even though she graduated from rival McClatchy High School. Sacramento High School graduate and former mayor Kevin Johnson, along with Alice Waters, owner of Chez Panisse in Berkeley, started Edible Sac High in 2012. It provides “students with a transformational experience,” according to the program’s website, and gives them “skills, tools and confidence to make intelligent choices about the food they choose to fuel their bodies, while simultaneously providing the

Karen Henderson serves food to students in the Edible Sac High program.

opportunity for teens to develop realworld business skills and acumen.” Sixty students scratched Edible Sac High’s garden out of hardpan soil about six years ago. The garden is located a few steps from Henderson’s classroom, next to the school’s old auditorium. At almost half an acre, the plot holds 20 beds bursting with artichokes, okra, eggplant and lavender, a wood-fired pizza oven, greenhouse, orchard trees and an ever-growing compost pile. “The program doesn’t fit into a tidy box,” Henderson explains. “Sometimes it takes a mess to make something beautiful.” Beauty, it turns out, can be found in that compost pile and a bottle of hot sauce. Sangre del Dragon started as a regular class assignment for former seniors Leo Lopez, Benny Peréz and Angel Roque. Under Henderson’s tutelage, theoretical met transformational when the students turned the assignment into hot

(very hot) sauce. She hasn’t curbed their fondness for Carl’s Jr., but she doesn’t judge. Beauty also comes in the form of Alves, who is the program’s garden leader. She recalls that when she attended Sac High, “Seeing progress [in the garden] made the school seem bigger.” Alves plans to make eating healthy food “a lifestyle choice.” The program is not integrated into the school’s curriculum and is not an elective. That’s one of Henderson’s goals—one of 62 she came up with when she took over. She had to whittle her list a bit, but she remains optimistic. “I hope that down the road, we can get two or three classes per day,” she says. For now, Edible Sac High primarily functions as an after-school program and drop-in spot for students. There’s garden club on Tuesday and Thursday, and cooking club on Wednesday. Henderson creates samples—like lemon-grass tea—for students in the classroom’s

kitchen, which is less a kitchen and more a culinary challenge. Henderson thrives in challenging circumstances. She attended Sacramento State University on a full scholarship and played NCAA volleyball as a setter for the Hornets while earning a degree in environmental studies. Henderson founded Lila & Sage, a cake and catering company, in 2005, and later opened Cupcake Shop in downtown Murphys. She estimates she made 1,000 wedding cakes over the 10 years she was in business and once made a cake in less than two hours. At 47, she looks like, and has the energy of, an athlete. One student recently told her, “If Mother Nature needed a break, she’d call you.” Henderson won “Cupcake Wars” in 2012 based on recipes she keeps in her head. This “born baker” knows her way around a commercial kitchen. So why did she give up a successful business and move back to

Sacramento? “I want to wake up and feel like I don’t have an elephant on my chest,” she says. Stress and health issues prompted the change. She also wanted to come home. “I can enjoy what I do without the pressure,” she says. “I can sleep at night.” Edible Sac High is funded through donations, grants and fundraising. The annual Seeds of HOPE Harvest Dinner takes place in August and raises about $45,000 to $60,000. Still, Henderson is on a tight budget. On the last Saturday in January, the program will host SacTown VegFest, with food vendors, a petting zoo and likely a sweet treat handmade by Miss Karen. For more information about Edible Sac High, go to ediblesachigh.org. Angela Knight can be reached at knight@mcn.org. n

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TO DO THIS MONTH'S CULTURE & ENTERTAINMENT HIGHLIGHTS

“Drag Dinner: A Night of Drag and Comedy” LoLGBT Sunday, Jan. 28, 7 p.m. Punch Line Sacramento, 2100 Arden Way • punchlinesac.com Get ready for some outrageous laughs as LoLGBT presents a night of comedy and drag hosted by local drag comedian Suzette Veneti. Local comics John Ross and Jason Bargert will share the stage with East Bay comedian Chelsea Bearce and celebrated drag queens Apple Adams, Mercury Rising, Mae Heffiman and more. Come in drag for a chance to win a prize, enjoy a themed menu and stay afterward for priceless photo-ops.

Mercury Rising willl perform at Punch Line on Jan. 28.

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jL By Jessica Laskey

“E. Charlton Fortune: The Colorful Spirit” Crocker Art Museum Jan. 28–April 22 216 O St. • crockerart.org This new exhibition features plein-air landscapes from California artist E. Charlton Fortune (1885–1969), who came of age during a time when women began to redefine their roles in society.

“Little Stones” National Council of Jewish Women Sacramento Sunday, Jan. 7, 1 p.m. Kashenberg Ostrow Hayward Library and Cultural Center 2300 Sierra Blvd. • ncjwsac.org The award-winning documentary film “Little Stones”— directed and produced by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Sophia Kruz—follows Brazilian graffiti artist Panmela Castro, Senegalese rap singer Sister Fa, Indian dance therapist Sohini Chakraborty and fashion designer Anna Taylor as they use their art to combat violence against women.

Author Mark Noce will be at The Avid Reader this month.

Author Mark Noce in Conversation The Avid Reader Saturday, Jan. 13, 5 p.m. 1945 Broadway • avidreaderonbroadway.com The author of historical fiction novel “Between Two Fires” returns to Sacramento to discuss his recently released sequel, “Dark Winds Rising.”

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The documentary "Little Stones" will play at the Kashenberg Ostrow Hayward Library and Cultural Center. Photo courtesy of Sophia Kru.

VAPA Gala

Classical Concert: TriMusica

C.K. McClatchy High School Saturday, Jan. 20, 6 p.m.

Crocker Art Museum Sunday, Jan. 14, 3 p.m.

3066 Freeport Blvd. • ckmvapa.org Celebrate the opening of C.K. McClatchy High School’s new 800-seat, state-of-the-art theater and Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) wing at this black-tie event featuring food and drink (no alcohol), performances, art shows, a silent auction and commemorative swag.

216 O St. • crockerart.org Clarinetist Sandra McPherson, cellist Susan Lamb Cook and pianist John Cozza will perform classical music from the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries, featuring works by Mozart, Brahms and Russian-born Swiss composer Paul Juon.

James Baker on Autosomal DNA Genealogical Association of Sacramento Wednesday, Jan. 17, 12:15 p.m. Belle Cooledge Library, 5600 South Land Park Drive • gensac.org The GAS monthly meeting will feature speaker James Baker, who will explain autosomal DNA. It is, as he describes it, “so good, you can hardly believe it.” The meeting is free and open to the public.

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“The Nether” Capital Stage Jan. 24–Feb. 25 2215 J St. • capstage.org This award-winning new play by American playwright Jennifer Haley is a sci-fi crime drama set in the near future.

THEATRE GUIDE SOMETHING ROTTEN

Community Center Theater Jan 3 – Jan 7 1301 L St, Sac 808-5181 SCCBOTtickets@cityofsacramento.org With 10 Tony® nominations including Best Musical, Something Rotten! is “Broadway’s big, fat hit!” (NY Post). Set in 1595, this hilarious smash tells the story of two brothers who set out to write the world’s very first musical! With its heart on its ruffled sleeve and sequins in its soul, it’s “The Producers + Spamalot + The Book of Mormon. Squared!” (New York Magazine).

MOTOWN THE MUSICAL

Harpsichordist and organist Nancy Metzger will perform at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.

Organ & Harpsichord Recital St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Sunday, Jan. 28, 2 p.m. 1430 J St. • stpaulssacramento.org Listen in as Nancy Metzger, St. Paul’s music director, plays a handmade copy of a historic Flemish instrument. The pipe organ at St. Paul’s is one of the oldest on the West Coast. A donation of $10 is suggested. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. n

Harris Center for the Arts Jan 5 – Jan 7 10 College Pkwy, Folsom 608-6888 HarrisCenter.net It began as one man’s story…became everyone’s music…and is now Broadway’s musical. Motown the Musical is the true American dream story of Motown founder Berry Gordy’s journey from featherweight boxer to the heavyweight music mogul who launched the careers of Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Smokey Robinson and many more. Motown shattered barriers; shaped our lives and made us all move to the same beat. Featuring classic songs such as “My Girl” and “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” experience the story behind the music in the record-breaking hit, Motown the Musical!

WALKIN’ AFTER MIDNIGHT: BROADWAY LOVES COUNTRY Sacramento Theatre Company Jan 18 – Jan 21 1419 H St, Sac 443-6722 SacTheatre.org

THE WHITE ROSE

Pamela Trokanski Performing Arts Theatre Jan 4 – Jan 21 2720 Del Rio Place, Davis (484) 735-2494 AcmeTheatre.net It’s 1942. In Germany, dissent is forbidden and the Gestapo stands ready to execute those who resist the Nazis. And yet, a handful of college students calling themselves the White Rose are circulating pamphlets that criticize the Führer. When 21-year-old Sophie Scholl is arrested in Munich with her brother Hans, a local policeman investigating the case of the White Rose has to determine if they are confused children, dangerous rebels, or idealistic patriots.

CIRCA: CANIVAL OF THE ANIMALS Mondavi Center – Jackson Hall Jan 28 501 Alumni Ln, Davis (530) 754-2787 MondaviArts.org

Feathers, fur and fins—oh my! Circa’s fanciful production features creatures of both land and sea, who tumble, fly, leap and spin their way through the many wondrous worlds of the animal kingdom. Inspired by Camille Saint-Saëns’ beloved musical suite, Carnival of the Animals whisks audiences away on a thrilling circus escapade through the talents of seven acrobats, two singers, four musicians and delightful animations that bring to life juggling zebras, street-smart elephants and somersaulting kangaroos.

Broadway takes inspiration from many popular genres, and country music is no exception. In STC’s first tribute to this unique musical sound, enjoy showtunes influenced by honky-tonk, bluegrass, Americana, gospel, and contemporary rock from musicals like Big River, 9 to 5, Bright Star, Million Dollar Quartet, and many more. The atmosphere is intimate and relaxing. Beer and wine is available, as are light appetizers of fruit, cheese, and desserts. Parental Guidance: Appropriate for Middle School & Up

California artist E. Charlton Fortune will be on exhibit at Crocker Art Museum.

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Heavy Metal Man SCULPTOR TACKLES A PROJECT CLOSE TO HOME BY DANIEL BARNES ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

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or a man famed for his work with heavy metal, Joe Scarpa doesn’t much look or act like a rock star. Out of his home workshop and driveway in Land Park, the thoughtful, soft-spoken Scarpa has produced some of the most recognizable, beloved and ostentatiously enormous public sculptures in and near the Sacramento area, including the alien spaceship in Southside Park, the giant dog collars at BarkleyVille Dog Park at Feather River Park in Stockton and the “Authors of Our Own Destiny” triptych at North Natomas Library. Scarpa works with all types of materials, but he is best known for his metal sculptures, the product of an early interest in armor and blacksmithing. “Armor making was the height of art and technology in the pre-Renaissance,” says Scarpa from his workshop, a covered area teeming with tools, including some

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of his own design. “The way they manipulated metal was beyond what anyone else was doing.” A giant hunk of repurposed metal sits at the heart of Scarpa’s most famous work, the Airstream trailer turned alien spacecraft placed next to the playground in Southside Park, a piece known as “Port of Call: Earth.” “I think that’s a pretty good window into who I am, combining a little bit of found object, a little bit of humor,” says Scarpa, who considers it his signature work. “Port of Call: Earth” is filled with Easter egg details, from the neon lights that simulate the rocket engines to the miniature aliens crawling all over the craft. There were moving pieces before vandals defaced the sculpture, but it remains a masterwork of oversized whimsy. “It’s just so big and outrageous,” says Scarpa’s friend and mentor, artist Tony Natsoulas. “He could have done a halfway job, and he went all the

way. It’s pretty fabulous, especially before it got vandalized.” Intentional “vandalization” is the central concept behind another notable Scarpa installation, the “Authors of Our Own Destiny” triptych at North Natomas Library. The two key pieces of the triptych sit on Del Paso Boulevard: an enormous open book and a detached metal eye scanning the pages from above. Scarpa conceived a dynamic interactive element for the piece, permitting anyone to repaint the pages at any time. “If you’re driving by that every day, if it was something static, you would see it once and never look at it again,” says Scarpa. “But making it a public graffiti wall, now you see something different.” It took a while for the public to catch on, and two weeks after installation, the pages remained blank. Scarpa brought in a friend to spray-paint some designs, and panicked library officials called

him with the “bad” news. “I told them, ‘That’s exactly what it’s for. Everybody should be tagging it.’” While Scarpa customarily works for competitive commissions, his latest work is a labor of love. Leonardo da Vinci Middle School in Hollywood Park, the alma mater for both of his children, needed a new security fence, and the school was familiar to Scarpa from his volunteer work. “I love the school, so I really wanted to do something nice for them,” says Scarpa. “They gave me free rein to do whatever I wanted.” Scarpa designed the security fence to reflect the school’s model of integrated thematic instruction, dividing it into three themed panels (science and technology; the tree of life; and art and architecture) attached to a giant gate filled with da Vinci’s drawings. “There are so many pieces in that fence, so many designs, you won’t see everything the first time,” says Scarpa.

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www.PalomaBegin.com As for his own education, Scarpa entered the art world without any formal training. “He’s a very wellread person, which is sometimes unusual for artists, and he comes from a science background,” says Natsoulas. “He knows a lot more than just the regular art stuff.” Scarpa worked as an environmental chemist

during the Superfund boom of the 1980s, but the industry had dried up by the late 1990s. By then, Scarpa had made enough connections to quit his day job, and the rest is art history. Although Scarpa doesn’t have any major pieces under construction at the moment, he is always working on something, either assisting another

The "Port of Call: Earth" sculpture hovers near Southside Park playground.

artist or stretching his own limits. In one corner of his workshop sits a halffinished personal project, a giant clock decked with colorful kitchen timers, and in another sit broken shards of ceramic, the products of a failed experiment. More than anything, Scarpa credits his family for his success.

“It’s hard to be a successful artist without the support of someone else,” says Scarpa, who raised the kids and pursued his art while his wife worked during the day. “You need the support of friends and family, no matter what level you’re at.” To see examples of Joe Scarpa’s work, go to jscarpa.com. n

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Family Style AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE, EVAN’S KITCHEN STILL SATISFIES

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he term “family restaurant” does not come with many positive connotations. When I hear the term, I think of national chains that do more reheating than cooking. I think of places that serve conspicuously inexpensive steaks, consider chopped iceberg lettuce a salad and have a signature sauce that is invariably one ingredient away from Thousand Island dressing. I don’t disparage these places, mind you. They have their place on the dining scene. They’re cheap, accessible and nearly always open. They’re safe bets for the pickiest eater in your family, and they’ll usually serve you more food than you can eat at one sitting. But when I hear a restaurant with a long and considerable reputation referred to as a family restaurant, it gives me pause. Am I being too judgmental? Should I widen my expectations of what a family restaurant can be? Or is the description just not applicable? When it comes to Evan’s Kitchen and Catering, the answer might be “yes” to all three questions. The restaurant, opened in 2004 by local chef Evan Elsberry, sets new standards for what a family restaurant can be. Located in a nondescript storefront in East Sacramento’s 57th Street Antique Mall, it looks simple from the outside, but the food is delivered with skill, care and a touch of panache. The most popular items on the menu are familiar American dishes without pretension. They’re served on plain white dishes alongside sturdy, simple flatware. The napkins are cloth. Let’s start with breakfast. If you like anything smothered in gravy, get it. The gravy is made from scratch and undeniably bad for your health. Unlike most short-order places that

“craft” their gravy from a powdered mix, Evan’s Kitchen serves layered, fennel-rich sausage gravy that you’ll remember. Or grab a stack of pancakes with real maple syrup. No fake stuff here. Want something a little different? Try Lauren’s Southwestern Benny, a pumped-up eggs Benedict featuring corncakes, roasted pasilla chile and chipotle hollandaise. Each house-made component is a spot-on execution. There’s no doubt that the folks in the kitchen know what they’re doing and care enough to do it. For lunch, there are no surprises. Sandwiches, burgers and salads dominate the menu. But each offering is, again, much better than you expect. A grilled seafood salad with prawns, scallops and salmon for $14.75 is not only a good value but a lovely lunch. A burger topped with a bucket-load of fried onion strings is probably big enough for two. The steak sandwich and prime rib sandwich both belong in the pantheon of local steak sandos. Evan’s offerings stand toe to toe with those of local favorites Jamie’s Broadway Grille and Club Pheasant. In fact, these restaurants share more than just a good sandwich; they feel like they’re cut from the same cloth.

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The dinner menu spans three pages and includes more choices than you can comfortably get your head around. But the midweek prime rib special has to be the best dining bargain in town. For $19.99, you get soup or salad to start, a petite slice of prime rib with sides of indulgent sour cream mashed potatoes and vegetables, and dessert. Each element of the meal is skillfully handled and satisfyingly old-fashioned. If prime rib isn’t your style, then a host of pasta dishes, including impressive seafood pasta, might work for you. Or if you skipped breakfast and don’t plan on eating again this year, the chicken-fried steak smothered in gravy might be right up your alley. Rare finds like Italian pot roast and prosciutto-wrapped scallops also

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hit the mark. As with all the entrees, portions are hearty and won’t leave you wanting. If you somehow have room, desserts are also simple and excellent. Evan’s Kitchen puts out some of the best apple pie this side of Apple Hill. And lastly, if you happen to be at Evan’s on Friday, the weekly clam chowder is one of the best in town and shouldn’t be missed. Whether you call it a family restaurant or not, whether you’re looking for something upscale or down-home, Evan’s will hit you in the right spot: the stomach. Evan’s Kitchen and Catering is at 855 57th St.; (916) 452-3896; chefevan.com. Greg Sabin can be reached at gregsabin@hotmail.com. n

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Zocolo

Thai Basil

1801 Capitol Ave. • (916) 441-0303

2431 J St. • (916) 442-7690

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

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

MIDTOWN

The Waterboy

Biba Ristorante

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

2000 Capitol Ave. • (916) 498-9891

2801 Capitol Ave. • (916) 455-2422 L D $$$ Full Bar Upscale Northern Italian cuisine served a la carte • biba-restaurant.com

DOWNTOWN

OLD SAC

Cafeteria 15L

Fat City Bar & Cafe

1116 15th St. • (916) 492-1960

1001 Front St. • (916) 446-6768

L D $$ Full Bar Classic American lunch counter with a millennial vibe • cafeteria15l.com

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

Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters

Rio City Cafe

400 P St. • (916) 400-4204

1110 Front St. • (916) 442-8226

Small-batch coffees brewed from beans harvested within the past 12 months • chocolatefishcoffee.com

L D $$ Full Bar Bistro favorites with a distinctively Sacramento feeling in a riverfront setting • riocitycafe.com

de Vere’s Irish Pub 1521 L St. • (916) 231-9947

The Firehouse Restaurant

L D $$ Full Bar Family-run authentic Irish pub with a classic menu to match • deverespub.com

1112 Second St. • (916) 442-4772

Downtown & Vine 1200 K St. #8 • (916) 228-4518 L D $$ Educational tasting experience of wines by the taste, flight or glass with tapas and small plates • downtownandvine.com

Ella Dining Room & Bar 1131 K St. • (916) 443-3772 L D $$$ Full Bar Modern American cuisine served family-style in a chic, upscale space • elladiningroomandbar.com

Esquire Grill 1213 K St. • (916) 448-8900 L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Outdoor Dining Upscale American fare served in an elegant setting • paragarys.com • esquiregrill.com

Firestone Public House

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

Ten22 1022 Second St. • (916) 441-2211 L D $$ Full Bar American bistro favorites with a modern twist in a casual Old Sac setting • ten22oldsac.com

Willie’s Burgers 110 K St. • (916) 573-3897

2726 Capitol Ave. • (916) 443-1180

Casa Garden Restaurant

B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Casual California cuisine with counter service • cafebernardo.com

2760 Sutterville Rd. • (916) 452-2809

Centro Cocina Mexicana 2730 J St. • (916) 442-2552 L D $$ Full Bar Patio Regional Mexican cooking served in a casual atmosphere • paragarys.com • centrococina.com

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Fish Face Poke Bar

L D $$ Full Bar Sports bar with a classical American menu • firestonepublichouse.com

1104 R St. Suite 100 • (916) 706-6605 L D $$ Beer/Sake Humble Hawaiian poke breaks free • fishfacepokebar.com

2966 Freeport Blvd. • (916) 442-4256 $ Award-winning baked goods and cakes for eat in or take out • freeportbakery.com

Iron Grill 13th St. and Broadway • (916) 737-5115

Federalist Public House

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

2009 N St. • (916) 661-6134

Jamie’s Broadway Grille

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

427 Broadway • (916) 442-4044

Hot Italian

L D $$ Full Bar Featured on Diners, DriveIns and Dives. Dine in or take out since 1986 • jamiesbroadwaygrille.com

1627 16th St. • (916) 444-3000

Riverside Clubhouse

L D $$ Full Bar Authentic hand-crafted pizzas with inventive ingredients, gelato • hotitalian.net

2633 Riverside Blvd. • (916) 448-9988 L D $$ Full Bar Upscale American cuisine served in a contemporary setting • riversideclubhouse.com

1215 19th St. • (916) 441-6022

Taylor’s Kitchen

L D $$$ Full Bar Modern American cuisine in an upscale historic setting

2924 Freeport Blvd. • (916) 443-5154

1431 R St. • (916) 930-9191 B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Casual California cuisine with counter service • cafebernardo.com

Freeport Bakery

L D $-$$ Full Bar American eats, including BBQ, local brews & weekend brunch • easyoni.com

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L $$ Wine/Beer • Lunch menu varies weekly. Operated by volunteers to benefit Sacramento Children’s Home. • casagarden.org

1725 I St. • (916) 469-9574

L D $ Great burgers and more • williesburgers.com

1132 16th St. • (916) 446-0888

Frank Fat’s

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The Red Rabbit 2718 J St. • (916) 706-2275 L D $$ Full Bar All things local contribute to a sophisticated urban menu • theredrabbit.net

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

Willie’s Burgers 2415 16th St. • (916) 444-2006 L D $ Great burgers and more. Open until 2:30 am on Friday and Saturday • williesburgers.com

Paragary’s 1401 28th St. • (916) 457-5737 L D $$ Full Bar Fabulous Outdoor Patio.,California cuisine with a French touch • paragarys.com

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L D $-$$ Full Bar Gastro-pub cuisine in a stylish industrial setting • ironhorsetavern.net

Revolution Wines

2700 24th St. • (916) 451-2200

1431 L St. • (916) 442-7555

Magpie Cafe

L D $-$$ Beer/Wine Cuisine from Japan, Thailand, China ad Vietnam. • majongs.com

1601 16th St. • (916) 452-7594

L D $-$$ Beer/Wine Urban winery and tasting room with a creative menu using local sources • revolution-wines.com

806 L St. • (916) 442-7092

Iron Horse Tavern

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

1800 15th St. • (916) 448-4488

Ma Jong’s Asian Diner

Grange Restaurant & Bar

L D $$-$$$ Wine/Beer Seasonal menu using the best local ingredients • magpiecafe.com

926 J St. • (916) 492-4450

Shoki Ramen House

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

1201 R St. • (916) 441-0011 L D $$ Beer/Wine Japanese fine dining using the best local ingredients • shokiramenhouse.com

Hock Farm Craft & Provision 1415 L St. • (916) 440-8888 L D $$-$$ Full Bar Celebration of the region’s rich history and bountiful terrain • hockfarm.com

2831 S St. • (916) 444-7711

The Rind

2319 K St. • (916) 737-5767 L D $$ Beer/Sake Inventive Japansese-inspired seafood dishes • skoolonkstreet.com

South 2005 11th St. • (916) 382-9722 L D $-$$ Beer/Wine Timeless traditional Southern cuisine, counter service • weheartfriedchicken.com

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

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Suzie Burger

2530 21st St. • (916) 454-2411

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

L D $$ Beer/Wine Japanese fine dining using the best local ingredients • shokiramenhouse.com

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Art Preview GALLERY ART SHOWS IN JANUARY

“(WAL)PAPER” is a solo show of paintings by Tyson Anthony Roberts. It runs Jan. 5 to 31 at WAL Public Market Gallery. 1104 R St.

Sparrow Gallery presents “Moments in Time,” featuring works of mixed-media artist Kerri Warner, from Jan. 10 to Feb. 2. Shown above: “Tea Time,” a mixedmedia collage. 1021 R St.; sparrowgallerysacramento.com

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The 13th edition of “Animal House,” an exhibit of animal-themed art, runs Jan. 3 to 28 at Sacramento Fine Arts Center. The show includes paintings, drawings, photography and sculpture selected from hundreds of works submitted from across the country. Shown above: “Hollywood Star” by Sandy Lindblad. 5330 Gibbons Drive; sacfinearts.org

ARTHOUSE on R presents “Invocation,” featuring the works of interdisciplinary artist Steph Rue, from Jan.12 to Feb. 6. The show is a series of drawings and books exploring contemplative prayer practices in the Christian tradition. Shown above: “Invocations 9.” 1021 R St.; arthouseonr.com

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

Cabana Winery & Bistro 5610 Elvas Ave. • (916) 476-5492 L D $$ Wine/Beer Wine tasting and paired entrees. Sunday Brunch 10 - 2 • cabanawinery.com

Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters 48th St. & Folsom Blvd. • (916) 451-5181

Kru 3135 Folsom Blvd. • (916) 551-1559 L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Raw and refined, traditional Japanese cuisine and sushi • krurestaurant.com

La Trattoria Bohemia 3649 J St. • (916) 455-7803 L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Italian and Czech specialties in a neighborhood bistro setting • latrattoriabohemia. com

Nopalitos Southwestern Café 5530 H St. • (916) 452-8226 B L $ Wine/Beer Southwestern fare in a casual diner setting • nopalitoscafe.com

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OBO Italian Table & Bar 3145 Folsom Blvd. • (916) 822-8720 L D $$ Full Bar The rustic, seasonal and nourishing flavors of Italy. Counter service • oboitalian.com

Español Italian Restaurant 5723 Folsom Blvd. • (916) 457-1936 L D $$ Full Bar Classic Italian cuisine served in a traditional family-style atmosphere • espanol-italian. com

Evan’s Kitchen and Catering 855 57th St. • (916) 452-3896 B L D $$ Wine/Beer Eclectic California cuisine served in a family-friendly atmosphere • chefevan. com

Formoli’s Bistro 3839 J St. • (916) 448-5699 L D $$-$$$ Wine/Beer Mediterranean influenced cuisine in a stylish neighborhood setting • formolisbistro.com

Hawks Public House 1525 Alhambra Blvd. • (916) 558-4440 L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Familiar classics combined with specialty ingredients by chefs Molly Hawks and Mike Fagnoni • hawkspublichouse.com

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Selland’s Market Cafe 5340 H St. • (916) 736-3333 B L D $$ Wine/Beer High-quality hand-crafted food to eat in or take out, bakery, wine bar, Sunday brunch• sellands.com

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3501 Third Ave. • (916) 400-4676 L D $$ Full Bar Authentic Mexican cuisine with simple tasty menu in a colorful historic setting • lavenaditasac.com

Oak Park Brewing Company 3514 Broadway • (916) 660-2723 L D $$ Full Bar Award-winning beers and a creative pub-style menu in an historic setting • opbrewco.com

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