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his month celebrates a milestone: 1,000 Inside editions in 25 years of publishing. Each edition has featured an original piece of local art on the cover. It’s fair to say we have circulated and promoted more art than anyone in Sacramento history. When our quarter-century press run is added up, more than 20 million impressions of art have been shared since 1996! I am honored to serve as Inside’s cover art curator-in-chief. It’s by far the best part of my job. At first, when we published one edition, I worried we’d never find enough art for 12 covers a year. I knew

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a watercolorist who painted house portraits. She had a portfolio of a dozen pieces. That got me started. Over the next few months, I visited galleries and reached out to artists. For technical print reasons at the time, I could only use watercolors. But as artists began to read our publications, they sent me photos of their work or invited me to their studios. Over the years, my photographic skills and the printing process improved. Today, we publish acrylics, oils, drawings, mosaics and even sculptures. In the early 2000s, the internet changed everything. Art galleries posted art online in addition to displaying originals. Artists learned to design personal websites to showcase their work. High-resolution cameras on cell phones made professional art photography possible without expensive and complex cameras and lights. In 2016—our 20th anniversary—we hosted an art show at the 33rd Street Bistro (now closed, sadly). I contacted 25 artists whose works appeared on our covers and asked them to show the original work. We displayed a wall of covers. The show wasn’t comprehensive

because most of the works had been sold—another huge benefit to the artists from the exposure we provide. Wayne Thiebaud is the most famous artist to grace our covers. Most local artists are more modest in reputation, but highly talented and active in the art community. Artists send me images every week. Some simply send an image, while others provide context of their experience. I tend to judge works more on how they appear as color compositions and whether they fit our horizontal format. I prefer to feature local scenes, still lifes, abstract images and portraits, excluding non-local scenes. Our cover art space is 9.2 inches by 7.8 inches, so almost every image needs cropping to fit. We refer to that as showing a “detail” of the full image. We’ve developed many community arts partnerships. We’ve helped promote special art exhibits at the Crocker Art Museum by featuring relevant works. In 2010, the California State Fair asked me to judge its fine art competition. I selected several images for our covers to run the month of the State Fair. The fair named it the “Inside Publisher’s

Award.” I’ve selected winning artworks every year since for our covers. When the Wide Open Walls mural festival began, I chose artwork by several local muralists the month the festival took place. Sacramento Photography Month debuted in April 2018. I selected local photographs for all four covers that month to raise visibility for the event. Each fall we help the KVIE Art Auction by featuring artwork from their fundraising event. And I do my best to feature cover art from artists who have gallery shows each month. Artists often send several examples of their work. If I choose one, the rest are kept on file. I estimate we have more than 2,000 art images from hundreds of artists. Yet we only need 48 art images a year with four monthly publications. I’ve been blessed to get to know an amazing number of local artists. And I’ve bought three originals for my home. Each first appeared on our cover. In 1996, watercolorist David Lobenberg submitted a number of great paintings. He kept submitting for years. He was excited because, he says, “If a collector like (the late) Russ Soloman buys one of my pieces, it sits in a house

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and is seen by only a handful of people. But when my art is on an Inside cover, it is exposed to thousands of folks!” I met artist Jill Estroff a year after her first cover art ran in 2014. She introduced herself at a fundraising event and told me how much the cover experience meant. She had battled cancer and the return to painting helped her recover. The painting we published was the first she produced post-recovery. At that moment, she helped me understand what it must be like to have your art reach so many people. “Sacramento has so many wonderful artists to choose from, so it is always a thrill when my art is selected for an Inside cover!” Estroff says. “As an emerging artist in 2014, that first cover and each one since have inspired me to keep painting.” Kathy Lemke Waste is an accomplished local artist whose watercolors have been featured many times. “Every day in our city a thousand acts of community come together to make Sacramento the kind of socially sustainable city where people thrive,” she says. “Inside Sacramento has always been about building community by profiling people who are the heart and soul of

our hometown. And because not every story can be told in words, readers have been able to discover the work of local artists in full and glorious color on every cover of every issue for the past quarter century! That’s an extraordinary commitment, not just to the artists whose work is represented, but to the creative zeitgeist that makes our valley town such a vital and vibrant place to work and live,” she adds. Watercolor artist Elaine Bowers says, “It’s always a thrill to see my art on the cover of Inside Sacramento, especially when it arrives in the mail, and I see it on the corner newsstand! I love that it’s an opportunity to share my art and that a publisher values art enough to feature it on the cover!” Throughout this year, I’m going to select my favorite 25 covers that have run during 25 years. This month, we are featuring the art of Jill Estroff, Kathy Lemke Waste and Elaine Bowers. Cecily Hastings can be reached at publisher@insidepublictions.com. Previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @insidesacramento n

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or the 22nd year, the Jewish Federation of the Sacramento Region will present the Sacramento Jewish Film Festival, virtually this year, from March 3–24. The festival includes 24 films in genres such as comedy, dramedy, drama and documentary from a variety of countries, including Israel, Canada, Norway, Germany, Slovakia, Italy, UK, Ireland, Morocco and U.S. Viewers will have the chance to participate in live Zoom chats with filmmakers and community forums. Festival highlights include two Northern California premieres. “Tango Shalom” is the story of a down-onhis-luck rabbi who discovers a love for

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dance—without being allowed to touch his dance partner (played by “Dancing with the Stars” pro Karina Smirnoff). “Maverick Modigliani,” a documentary about the Jewish avant-garde painter, marks the 100th anniversary of his death. Two documentaries with local ties also will be presented. “Surviving the Silence” is a love story of two women surviving the oppression of a closeted military career. “Stranger/Sister” is a documentary about cities like Sacramento that have built Jewish and Muslim women’s chapters to overcome distrust between their two religions. All films will be available to stream for two to three days each. For a complete list of films, trailers, tickets, scheduling and more, visit jewishsac.org/sjff.

cost of $25,000. It's crucial that the cage is replaced by early April to accommodate the growing spring bird population. “Our busy baby season is just weeks ahead so getting this test flight aviary rebuilt is a critical need,” says Rick Reed with WCA. Last year, WCA helped a record 6,700 animals, most of them birds. WCA rescues, rehabilitates and releases injured, orphaned and displaced birds and small animals in our region. To volunteer to help with constructing the new flight cage, email volunteer@wildlifecareassociation.com. To donate, visit wildlifecareassociation. com.

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Speaking of the Wildlife Care Association, this year’s winner of the 6th Annual Fall Photo Contest is Jody Reese of Fair Oaks who won for her beautiful picture of a red-shouldered hawk. The annual photo contest takes place from October through December to promote outdoor activities and appreciation for our avian neighbors, as well as to raise funds for WCA.

The Wildlife Care Association is in the process of replacing its aviary flight cage that was damaged in a storm earlier this year. The cage is a crucial part of rehabbing thousands of birds to test their flight readiness before being released back into the wild. The damage was a huge unexpected hit on the volunteer-run nonprofit’s budget, with an estimated replacement

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PATRIOTS PARK PLAYGROUND The popular multi-faceted playground at Patriots Park in Fair Oaks has given local kids joy for more than 12 years. In dire need of maintenance, the playground recently received repairs from parks staff that involved some extra legwork. After the Carmichael Recreation and Park District developed the 3-acre park and accompanying playground in 2008, the company that manufactured the playground equipment went out of business. To complete repairs,

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Addie Estrada-Huerta, a bilingual outreach youth services librarian at the Sacramento Public Library, has been named one of 10 national winners of the American Library Association’s “I Love My Librarian Award.” Estrada-Huerta was selected from 1,865 nominations for her outstanding service to Spanish-speaking families, which includes her development of an innovative model that allows librarians to offer storytimes in languages, like Spanish and Russian, they don’t speak. She also helped the library adapt its programming to a virtual format due to the pandemic.

“Equal parts creative, technologically savvy, keenly knowledgeable of cultural trends, a generous mentor, evaluator and analyst, and community convener, Adilene has raised up not just Spanish language services, but also helped so many others throughout this library system to be impactful with their work,” her nominator wrote. “She shows up each day for families and co-workers, ready to bring to reality the best promises of excellent library services.”

STUDENT ART In lieu of in-person classes, Sutter Middle School art instructor Kelly O’Neill has moved her gallery of student artwork online for the entire community to enjoy. “With school closures and no access to walls to showcase the students’ wonderful work, it made the most sense to create the website,” says O’Neill, who’s taught at Sutter for 20 years. “I love that the website can be seen by anyone, anywhere, giving the kids a greater sense of motivation and pride.” Check out the gallery at sites.google. com/scusd.edu/ms-oneill-art/home.

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NEW TRASH DAYS Your trash pickup day may have changed as of Feb. 1. The Recycling and Solid Waste Division is undertaking a citywide collection reroute to be more efficient, accommodate city growth, and get ready for food waste collection and recycling in 2022. To see if your collection day has changed, check your address on the Public Works page at cityofsacramento. org/public-works/rsw. More than 60 percent of customers will have a new trash day and/or a new recycle week. You can also sign up for text reminders by downloading the free SacRecycle app.

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Instead of hosting its usual classes and seminars on the Sac State campus, the society has made all of its programming virtual for safe participation. To view the spring catalog and register for upcoming events, search “Renaissance Society” on Sac State’s website at csus.edu.

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ZERO-EMISSION GRANT The city of Sacramento recently received a $1.8 million grant from the California Energy Commission to bring electric-vehicle programs to community centers and libraries to help Sacramento

achieve its goal of becoming the “zeroemission vehicle capital of California.” The grant will fund electric-vehicle charger installation at seven city community centers, car- and bikeshare programs, and public art to

EDGE OF ELEGANCE The Crocker Art Museum will present “The Edge of Elegance: Porcelains by Elsa Rady” from March 21 through Nov. 1. The exhibition of more than 45 objects is the late American artist’s first solo show in more than a decade. It will explore Rady’s transition from producing functional objects to sleek sculptural vessels she is best known for today. For more information, visit crockerart.org/exhibitions/the-edgeof-elegance. Due to changing health orders, check the Crocker website before visiting to ensure the museum is open.

Glazed porcelain vessels by Elsa Rady are on display at Crocker Art Museum.

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CLARA CAMP Though summer may seem like a faraway dream, camps are already filling up. Save 10 percent on your tuition to CLARA Performing Arts Summer Camp by registering by March 15. CLARA’s two-week camps offer an extensive range of artistic activities, such as dance, music and theater, for campers ages 11–18. Classes are offered in two sessions, June 21 to July 2 and July 26 to Aug. 6. CLARA also is introducing a one-week Performing Arts Junior Camp for kids ages 6–10 from July 19–23. Tuition includes daily snacks and lunch, class and performance materials, a reusable water bottle and T-shirt. All camps take place at CLARA at 1425 24th St. CLARA has a digital camp contingency plan should local health orders prohibit in-person activities. To register, visit claramidtown.org/camp.

DRIVE-THRU PARTY Beloved former teacher, personal trainer and veteran Richard Commins wasn’t going to let the pandemic get in the way of celebrating his 94th birthday. So he and his wife Rona, a vocal instructor and professional singer, hosted a drive-through birthday party at their Arden-Arcade home. A Marine veteran, Commins served in World War II at age 18. “I thought I would die for sure, but good luck got me through,” he wrote in his birthday invitation. “I don’t know if I will make

it to 100, so I’m doing it right now at 94.” Dozens of friends and family showed up to celebrate the nonagenarian who also taught middle school, won a regional gold medal for weightlifting in the Senior Olympics and worked as a personal trainer into his 80s. Not a bad way to ring in your 10th decade!

PARTNERSHIP FOR THE BLIND Sacramento’s Society for the Blind and Colorado-based Blind Institute of Technology have joined forces to create a new pathway to employment for people living with blindness or visual impairment. The Society for the Blind is the region’s only comprehensive training and rehabilitation center serving people with BVI. The nonprofit offers services like the Core Blindness Skills program, Low Vision Clinic and other supportive programs to nearly 6,000 people in 27 counties. In 2018, the group established the CareersPLUS program to address high unemployment rates among people with vision loss. In the past three years, more than 65 people have found employment or pursued college and vocational training through CareersPLUS. The Blind Institute of Technology focuses on employing BVI professionals in corporate America, placing them in positions through networking, education and workforce development. “It is so important for blindness organizations like Society for the Blind to be creative and really make a difference in the employment opportunities for people living with low vision and blindness,” says Shari Roeseler, Society for the Blind’s

Richard Commins celebrates his 94th birthday with wife Rona. executive director. “I believe that collaborations allow us all to do more and be more effective, and that is why I am thrilled to be partnering with BIT.” To learn more, visit societyfortheblind.org.

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Sacramento Self-Help Housing and HARTS Together (Homeless Assistance Resource Teams) have opened five additional local respite centers for needy individuals and families. The two nonprofits work together to assist those who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless by providing needed services, as well as helping clients find and retain stable and affordable housing. Respite centers are open to adults age 18 and older (pets are welcome) and offer a variety of free services that vary

United Way California Capital Region’s Free Tax Prep program is offering households earning $65,000 or less throughout the Sacramento region free virtual help preparing taxes and claiming credits. Qualified households can upload documents online and a United Way IRS-certified volunteer will call them to help claim the maximum tax credits for which they are eligible, including the federal and state Earned Income Tax Credit.

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McKinley Village dedicates new park to Tower Records founder Russ Solomon.

SOLOMON PARK AT MCKINLEY VILLAGE Donated coats are available for the homeless at ﬁve new respite centers. The Arden and Carmichael areas have a higher-than-average number of households that are eligible for CalEITC. This year, more people than ever are eligible to receive these credits thanks to Assembly Bill 1876. Households may be eligible for CalEITC if the taxpayer is at least 18 years old and the household earned less than $30,000 in 2020. “After a year where many people lost employment and income, it’s more important than ever for households in our region to take advantage of this program that helps people save money on tax-preparation fees and ensures they apply for the maximum refund and credits for which they are eligible,” says Stephanie Bray, president/CEO of United Way California Capital Region. To learn more, visit yourfreetaxprep. org.

COMPUTER SCIENCE DIVERSITY AWARD Sacramento Country Day School has earned the 2020 College Board AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award for achieving high female representation in advanced placement computer science. The private K-12 school was one of 232 schools recognized in the category out of 20,000 institutions worldwide that offer AP computer science courses. “During an unprecedented year, Country Day’s female students have demonstrated perseverance and dedication in their study of AP

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computer science,” says Country Day’s IT director and computer science teacher Shelley Hinson. “We could not be more proud of these young ladies for staking their claim as the next generation of STEM and computer science professionals.” For more information, visit saccds. org.

SUTTER’S LANDING A new wildlife habitat and the extension of Two Rivers Bike Trail is in the works after the city of Sacramento recently agreed to acquire two areas of land near Sutter’s Landing Park at 20 28th St. “We’re going to add about 30 acres to Sutter’s Landing Park and secure a section of the American River Parkway … for the future inhabitants of the railyards and River District,” District 3 Councilmember Jeff Harris says. The land is made up of roughly 17 acres acquired from the California Almond Growers Exchange (also known as Blue Diamond) and 16 acres of former landfill transferred to the city by SMUD. City staff also are planning to extend the park’s Two Rivers Bike Trail to connect to the nearby Sacramento Northern Bikeway and American River Parkway. The park also features basketball courts, bocce courts, a dog park and skate park.

McKinley Village recently dedicated—sans ceremony due to COVID-19—its westernmost park to late community leader and Tower Records founder Russ Solomon as part of its McKinley Village Art Walk project. The 0.68-acre park, located at 3111 McKinley Village Way in East Sacramento, was completed last October and is now open to the public. The park contains two turf areas, beautiful plantings, a concrete ping pong table, benches and chairs, and public art specifically designed for the park, including Brenda Louie’s “The Ring,” which is marked with the words “Cheers Russ,” based on Solomon’s signature signoff.

CERAMICS & OILS Archival Gallery presents work by Gary Dinnen and Leslie McCarron from March 4–27. The show will feature Dinnen’s raku ceramics and his popular paintings of dogs and cats alongside McCarron’s large oil paintings of landscapes and still-life florals based on her popular “31 Days” series. Visitors are welcome during normal business hours, no appointment needed. Masks are required at all times. Archival Gallery is located at 3223 Folsom Blvd. More info is at archivalgallery.com. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. Submissions are due six weeks prior to the publication month. Previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @insidesacramento. n

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Wulf and his wife Barbara, who have been married 70 years, live in Wilhaggin. Over the past several decades, they have collected meaningful quotes and words of wisdom and collated them into three booklets—one for teens, one about marriage and one on success. The couple distribute the booklets throughout the community for free as a way of “giving back and thanking God.” Now 91, Wulf estimates they’ve collected close to 12,000 sayings from all kinds of sources: the Bible, philosophers, poets, writers, motivational speakers, presidents, diplomats and more. The wisdom runs the gamut, from how to have a happy marriage (“Never, never, never criticize”) to how to stay motivated (“Your attitude more than anything else determines what happens to you”). But by far, what is the most important piece of advice according to Wulf? “List chess as a hobby on all applications and resumes,” he says. Wulf started playing chess in grade school in Minnesota and he thoroughly believes it helped him get into college, obtain a full scholarship to Harvard Business School and enjoy a successful 36-year career in marketing with Shell Oil. “If you can play chess, you’re telling the person looking at your application that you’re intelligent, that you can plan ahead, strategize, concentrate and make decisions,” Wulf says. Wulf encourages kids to start a chess club or play online, which helps develop skills in creativity and leadership, as well as lifelong friendships regardless of age, gender, nationality or physical ability. Wulf has made it a point to teach the game to each generation of his family—four children, nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren—and he proudly reports that two of his chess-playing grandsons have gone on to successful military careers via West Point. The Wulfs have distributed more than 700 booklets, 1,000 one-page handouts and more than 400 business cards with Don’s Instagram account, @grandpa_don_wows, over the past several years. Each booklet contains checklists, inspiring stories, song lyrics, worksheets and even comics that encourage readers to discover the “Joy of an Extraordinary Life,” a concept Wulf developed while living in Seattle 60 years ago. Wulf details six areas of life—mental, physical, spiritual, family/home, friends/social and financial/career—that must be in balance to live a fulfilling life. “The whole purpose of these booklets is to pass on this information and help people live better, happier, healthier lives,” says Wulf, who’s never accepted “a penny” for any of his work. When Wulf isn’t compiling his next booklet or posting daily words of wisdom on Instagram, he’s Zooming with his far-flung family members, spending time with his high school sweetheart Barbara—and, of course, playing chess. For more information, check out @grandpa_don_wows on Instagram.

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Waiting Game ROUGH ROAD FOR COUNTY VACCINE ROLLOUT

or better or worse, the coronavirus inoculation process has been an opportunity for California’s county health departments to show their strengths and efficiencies. Unfortunately, it’s also been a time when counties may come up short. With more COVID-19 vaccine doses becoming available, the California Department of Public Health placed individual counties in charge of their own vaccination rollouts. The state advised residents to look to their local county health departments for information. That put pressure on Sacramento County Public Health to ramp up to speed. In the early going, local residents wanting to be vaccinated didn’t have

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an easy time. When shots first became available, vaccine supplies were limited due to weekly releases by the state. County Public Health officials were still working on plans. Another challenge involved the prioritization of worker groups. Primary frontline health care staff and first responders were at the head of the line. But protocols became confused when Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the process would also be based on age eligibility. Yolo County used up nearly all of its vaccine supply by mid-January. At the same time, Sac County still had 1,235 doses to administer. In Stockton, nearly 2,500 doses were given out over a weekend around that time. Sacramento County Public Health Officer Dr. Olivia Kasirye describes the state allocation process as “unpredictable.” She asks for patience as her team navigates what she calls a “rapidly changing landscape of vaccination best practices and availability.” While Kasirye received an early inoculation, the public must wait its turn for the needle.

Blame may fall upon the state, which has prioritized vaccines for “equitable distribution” to everyone in California who wants one. State authorities say there should be enough supplies to vaccinate most Californians in all 58 counties by summer. Other counties have restricted vaccinations to residents only. Kasirye opened Sacramento’s process to anyone because many people work here but don’t live here. Meantime, people rallied to the defense of Sac County Public Health in phone calls to the Board of Supervisors. Many calls cite heavy workload, the need for more resources and more contracted services in underserved communities. Some of the calls sounded orchestrated, given the consistency of their content.

SERNA’S DEAD LETTER The passage of a few weeks hasn’t cooled the anger generated by County Supervisor Phil Serna when he opened his personal Facebook page and typed the words, “If you are a supporter of Donald Trump, you’re dead to me.

You don’t matter. You are irrelevant. You are a traitor. Hope that’s clear.” With that, Serna basically wrote off 259,405 Sacramento County residents (36 percent) who voted to re-elect the former president. The Sacramento County Deputy Sheriffs’ Association found Serna’s comments derogatory. The group filed a discrimination complaint and requested an investigation by the county’s Equal Employment Opportunity Office. The words written by Serna could impact labor negotiations with 1,500 deputies, sergeants and non-sworn sheriff’s personnel. Union president Kevin Mickelson, a publicly proud Trump supporter, is deeply involved in the negotiations. Serna will be expected to vote on any contract agreement, along with his colleagues on the Board of Supervisors. The union contends the comments by Serna violate County Code 61, which states, “No person in the classified or unclassified service, or seeking admission thereto shall be … discriminated against because of his race, color, creed, sex, national origin, political affiliation, age or physical or mental handicap.”

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Cursed Gate HOW EVERYTHING WENT WRONG WITH A FENCE

ere is why people should not build fences to block the Sacramento River Parkway levee. When the city tried to build a small fence and gate across an old marina service road at Riverside Boulevard and 35th Avenue in 2019, everything went bad. The project was cursed. The small fence and gate—maybe 35 feet of wrought iron—cost city taxpayers $11,900. Almost instantly, the gate became a lightning rod for problems. The city was in a hurry to erect the gate, driven by political pressure from a City Council member. The pressure flowed downhill from the councilman to the parks department to the fence contractors, who rushed the job and botched it.

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The builders worked without a property line survey. They eyeballed the site. They guessed where the posts should go. They guessed wrong and built part of the fence on someone’s private property next to the marina access road. The property owner complained. Before the contractors could fix the mistake, vandals arrived. They bent and cut the gate’s vertical bars. The vandals served notice: This gate is a bad idea. A little later, workers from the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency began a five-year project to repair the levee. The old marina road was an entry point for construction crews. One day, the crews accidentally rammed the gate with a truck. Like most busy construction teams, they didn’t stop to fix the damage. Instead, they pulled the gate off its hinges, set it aside and continued their work. The City Council member who forced the city to build the gate was Steve Hansen. He was determined to erect the gate—to the point of obsession. To justify his compulsion, Hansen said homeless people were entering the marina road, chopping down trees and starting fires. A gate was needed to stop them. The city produced no evidence of this, but Hansen stuck to his story.

The wrought iron gate helped destroy Hansen’s political career. The gate was symbolic of his resolve to stop public access to the river. His arrogance created an opportunity for Katie Valenzuela, a young neighborhood activist. She trounced Hansen in last year’s election. The service road Hansen blocked was an ancient track, wide enough for one vehicle. The road hadn’t been publicly used since the early 1980s, when it led to a river café and boat dock called Da Rosa Marina. Before the marina closed, its operators went to dramatic lengths to stay open. They built an outdoor theater and produced cheesy musicals in what they described as “the old California style.” A show called “A Way, Way Out West” was performed weekends in July 1981, accompanied by the Nick Davis Band. The show drew few fans. The marina folded. The abandoned site—dock, small café and trailer—rotted away, drowned by high waters, neglect and tax liens. The state took ownership and gave the land to the city, which ignored it. When the marina closed, a horizontal pipe gate blocked the old access road at Riverside at 35th Avenue. The pipe gate was perfect—authorities could swing it open to check the levee, residents could

walk around it to enjoy the evocative beauty of city-owned waterfront. The old marina property, also known as Wheeler’s Landing, is one of the most magical spots in Sacramento. It’s a raw, unique environment where nature reclaims history. In October 1956, a small restaurant opened at Wheeler’s Landing. It was called the Aloha Room. A newspaper ad celebrated chef Kam Hoy Loo as “direct from the Island of Oahu with the latest innovations of the island dishes.” Free orchids were given to women customers. Chef Loo’s creations failed to sway appetites. Two years later, the restaurant switched to Italian cuisine. In the late 1960s, Wheeler’s Landing became the Riverside Marina. The café was reduced to beer and sandwiches. The property was christened Da Rosa Marina around 1970. Al Powell ran it until his death in 1978. Such a rare and wonderful place should be savored. That’s why people should not build fences along the river. R.E. Graswich can be reached at regraswich@icloud.com. Previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ insidesacramento. n

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WRONG WAY MAYOR’S HOMELESS PLAN MISSES THE POINT: JOBS

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ike a truck speeding downhill with imbalanced brakes, the plan by Mayor Darrell Steinberg to cure homelessness by giving a roof to every unsheltered person is poised to jackknife and skid out of control. The rubber is already starting to burn. The Steinberg plan, revealed in January, rests on three cornerstones. First, the proposal requires all eight City Council districts to identify and prepare shelter sites for homeless people. This expectation spreads the pain and creates a veneer of egalitarian sacrifice. Second, the proposal is designed to limit neighborhood objection. Sure, City Hall is conducting outreach. But Steinberg envisions one decisive City

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Council vote in June to launch his $100 million housing balloon. It’s all or nothing. Third, while the mayor’s plan makes vague reference to support services for the many homeless people who struggle with addiction and mental illness, the focus is elsewhere. The emphasis is on building shelters for people at city expense, with no accountability, expectations or messy strings attached. It’s a massive handout. With workshops and community meetings underway, the Steinberg proposal is gaining momentum. The sad part is, the plan is already outdated and obsolete. It embraces a concept designed for 2019, when the principle of “housing first” enlightened many politicians. Housing first means you eradicate homelessness by creating more homes. It’s optimistic but doomed to fail. Here’s why: It’s far easier to create a homeless person than build a house for one. In 2021, as the world emerges from COVID-19, the homeless crisis is excruciatingly worse than it was two years ago. The new incubator of homelessness isn’t the familiar

scourge of addiction and mental illness. And the solution isn’t a fantasy of council districts churning out taxpayer-funded housing units— sheds, tiny houses, trailers, homeless hotels, safe ground campsites and special parking lots where people can live in vehicles. The solution is jobs. Don’t take my word for it. Earlier this year, the Economic Roundtable of Los Angeles published an exhaustive, data-driven report called “Locked Out.” It’s sober reading. “Locked Out” says California will soon experience a rush of Pandemic Recession homelessness. The COVID-19 economic crash will expand the state’s homeless numbers by 68 percent through 2023. Los Angeles will be tragically impacted, with chronic homelessness increasing by 86 percent. Sacramento may not suffer quite so awfully, but the city will tremble. Academic researchers and policy experts who prepared “Locked Out” say the catastrophe will be propelled by key factors: unemployment, low wages, evictions, housing barriers

caused by high rents and expensive real estate. The newly homeless will not be the drug addled, mentally ill guy we see screaming to silent demons at 12th and J streets. They will be cooks and hair stylists and store clerks and custodians. Many will be Black or Latino and female. The authors urge city, county and state leaders to invest in methods to restore the marginally homeless to self-sufficiency—jobs programs, higher minimum wages and rules requiring stable work conditions. Local governments can hire economically at-risk workers for childcare, tutoring, building repairs, construction, transportation and infrastructure projects. Opportunities abound. Imagine the impact if the City Council invested $100 million in jobs for people made under-employed by the pandemic, rather than $100 million for homeless shelters. In its current form, the mayor’s plan offers no mechanism for creating jobs. The invisibility of jobs in the Steinberg proposal is no accident. In modern discussions about the homeless crisis, to link the words

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kitchen that opens to a generous great room. Ceilings soar to 10 and 12 feet throughout. A heavy wrought-iron gate, accented with Spanish tiles, leads to a spacious entryway courtyard complete with a gas fireplace and outdoor heaters. A raised planter box enhanced with colorful custom-made tiles is center stage with an extra-wide cast-stone top for sitting. An array of succulents, two large vase-like water features and an elaborate tile mural decorate the outdoor gathering space.

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ou’ve heard the myths. Pit bulls have locking jaws. They are unpredictable, stronger and more aggressive than other dogs. Here to debunk these misconceptions is Dawn Capp, director and founder of Chako Pit Bull Rescue in Sacramento. “These are all myths,” she says. “No dog breed has locking jaws. Their jaw strength is not any more powerful than other breeds their size,” adds Capp, citing a National Geographic study that measured the strength of dog bites in pit bulls, German

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shepherds and rottweilers. Pit bulls came in last. The pit bull—a term used loosely to describe bulky-head canines—is a hybrid of the bulldog and terrier. The breed falls into a broad category that includes American pit bull terriers, American Staffordshire terriers and Staffordshire bull terriers. “Because you have this mix, pit bulls have a wider range of both physical appearance and personalities, depending on which side of the heritage is emphasized genetically,” Capp says. “That’s why there is so much confusion on identifying pit bulls. They are a bit more diverse than, say, your golden retriever.” Pit bulls were bred in 19th century England to fight bears and other animals for human entertainment. When this cruel sport was outlawed in the late 1800s, unscrupulous owners turned their canines on each

other. The combination of terrier and bulldog produced swift, agile mutts with the strength and enthusiasm for fighting. While some pit bulls were selected and bred for fighting, others were bred for work and companionship. In the U.S., by the early 1900s, the pit bull was often chosen as a family pet, sometimes referred to as a “nanny dog” for its intelligence, gentleness and loyalty. Perception changed with the Animal Welfare Act of 1976, which criminalized dog fighting. Resulting media coverage shined a light on the vicious sport and the dogs involved, mainly pit bulls, casting a dark shadow on the breed that still follows them today. Capp founded Chako Pit Bull Rescue, named after a childhood bulky-head companion, in 1997 during grad school in Texas. She visited a shelter to adopt a pit bull and was told the breed, even puppies, was automatically euthanized. “They looked at me and said, ‘Why do you want a pit bull. Only drug dealers want pit bulls.’” Little did she know the encounter would change her life. “I had this image of my dog Chako that I grew up with,” she says. “What if he ended up in a shelter and was euthanized just because he was a pit bull?” Chako Pit Bull Rescue was born. Capp bought a house, put some kennels in the backyard and began fostering two or three dogs at a time. “After I graduated, I came back here and Chako came with me.” Chako’s goal is to alleviate the persecution of pit bulls. The volunteer group fosters and places the breed in good homes, promotes responsible dog ownership, offers free and low-cost training classes, and fights breed discrimination.

“I think we’ve made a little headway in getting the public to understand pit bulls better,” says Capp, an attorney. “But not a lot of progress in the plight of the breed.” For example, “it’s really hard to find a place to accept your pit bull if you rent.” Many insurance companies have breed blacklists. “A blacklist is breed discrimination by private insurance companies that say we will not issue you a policy if you have a pit bull,” Capp says. “Now you have to turn your dog into a shelter because you can’t find a place to live. If we got rid of insurance blacklists and just looked at the behavior and history of that individual dog—Does it have a bite history? Has it taken an obedience class?—we would make milestones in helping pit bulls stay out of the shelters.” Pit bulls dominate our local shelters. In 2020, the county’s Bradshaw Animal Shelter took in 655 dogs identified as pit bulls. In 2019, prior to decreased intakes due to COVID, the county shelter received 1,154 of the breed. In 2020, the city’s Front Street Animal Shelter took in 714 pit bulls; in 2019, it received 1,240. In addition to Capp’s efforts to end breed blacklists, she gives safety presentations at schools and community groups, provides expert testimony when issues related to pit bulls arise and lobbies lawmakers to fight breed-specific legislation. “I don’t like discriminating against any one breed of dog,” she says. “I think the law should apply equally to all dogs and all dog owners. And it should emphasize responsible dog ownership all around.” The American SPCA agrees: “All dogs, including pit bulls, are individuals. Treating them as such,

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he federal government’s approach to transportation will be far different under President Biden than under former President Trump. How much of that new approach is implemented remains to be seen. As with any president, Biden confronts many competing interests and a Congress that may not cooperate. What the federal government does filters down to the local level. Transportation policies will impact our region, neighborhoods and daily lives. Ultimately, we can expect to see more electric vehicles, along with more emphasis on active transportation (walking and biking), public transit, intercity rail, and maintenance of roads and bridges. Primary among Biden’s transportation initiatives is the promise to address climate change and the environment. The transportation sector accounts for nearly 30 percent of greenhouse gases in the United States (for California, it’s more than 40 percent). It’s not feasible to solve global warming without changing how we get around.

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Here’s a look at some local possibilities over the next four years as Biden attempts to decarbonize transportation.

ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION As a bike advocate, it was heartwarming for me to see Biden bicycling during the campaign. John Kerry, the Biden choice for international climate change envoy, is another cyclist. Will bike sympathy translate into better conditions for bicycling in Sacramento? Imagine having a 70-mile American River/Dry Creek/Ueda Parkway offstreet trail loop. Funding might be available for the Sacramento River Parkway trail through Pocket and many miles north into Natomas on the new levee along Garden Highway. Think about streets closed to auto traffic, or with bike lanes physically segregated from cars instead of separated by a 6-inch stripe of white paint. Crucial bicycle and pedestrian bridges over the Sacramento and American rivers could be built, creating new access for neighborhoods.

more than 100,000. That means it might be possible for Sacramento Regional Transit to finally extend light rail to the airport, extend the southern Blue Line to Elk Grove Boulevard, and start Bus Rapid Transit routes on Stockton Boulevard, Florin Road, Sunrise Boulevard, Arden Way and Watt Avenue. Bus RT uses street designs and signal preemption to provide speedier, rail-like bus service.

RAIL You can bet Amtrak Joe, who as a senator commuted by train between Delaware and Washington, will support rail, including intercity rail. Locally, money could go to the Capitol Corridor, which runs between Sacramento and the Bay Area, to improve its current 45 mph average speed and make travel times more competitive than driving on congested freeways. Part of that effort would likely be electrification of the corridor locomotives to replace slower, dirtier diesels. Sacramento is an end point for California’s high-speed rail. That long-awaited system may get a boost from the feds instead of the back of the hand.

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Infrastructure projects that were promised but never materialized during Trump’s term may be realized. It’s

one area where bipartisan agreement seems possible. How much funding goes to maintenance versus creating new highway capacity will be a key. The pressure to build new roads and add lane miles on freeways may be reduced due to lingering effects of the pandemic and a long-term shift to work from home. Electric vehicles appear to be central to the new administration’s transportation and climate strategy. Monumental investments in electric power generation and the grid will be needed to speed the shift away from fossil fuels. People like me contend that a move to active transportation and public transit would be less costly and more effective in cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Overreliance on singleoccupant vehicles, even if powered by electricity, has serious environmental consequences. How this all gets sorted out in coming years will be interesting. 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. Previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ insidesacramento. n

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t started with quiche. The year was 2015 and Arden-Arcade resident Sarah Thompson suffered from postpartum depression after giving birth to her daughter. An avid cook, she was chopping and baking her sorrows out when she decided to see if her kitchen skills might help someone else. She put out a call on Facebook, offering to make a quiche for anyone who needed “an extra measure of kindness.” A connection came from a woman recently diagnosed with cancer. The experience was so gratifying that Thompson made more than 1,000 “kindness quiches” under the moniker Sarah’s Kitchen for people all over Sacramento who were hungry or hurting. When Thompson realized how much need there was—and that it would take more than quiche to fill the void—she founded the Sacramento Kindness Campaign. “We identify gaps, fill them while they exist and then the campaign changes,” Thompson says. In 2016, Thompson was dismayed by the way the U.S. was beginning to fracture prior to the presidential election. She decided to do something about anti-immigrant rhetoric. She connected with Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services to help host an event to benefit refugees. The collaboration furnished six homes for families who had recently immigrated to the area. In 2017, SKC furnished 700 more homes and tutored more than 100 immigrant women and children in English. The campaign partnered with educational nonprofit Inspire Girls to offer science, technology, engineering,

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arts and math classes to young Afghan women who had not been able to attend school in their native country. The group donated vehicles, supplies and money to underserved women, youth and homeless families. In 2018, Thompson needed help. She and her daughter escaped domestic abuse, and SKC was put on hold. But when the Camp Fire blazed through Butte County, Thompson swung into action to provide survival items, meals and holiday decorations. In 2019, SKC helped more than 600 people access trauma recovery services. With the pandemic, Thompson says, “The gap became very clear—there were so many people affected by hunger.” She called the president of the Sacramento City Unified school board to ask how SKC could help. Thompson was connected to Oak Ridge Elementary School in Oak Park. The call led to the creation of Food For Families, a campaign that delivers weekly meal kits and other support to schools in neighborhoods with high poverty. By the end of last year, SKC had fed approximately 87,000 people. For 2021, the Kindness Campaign is partnering with San Juan Unified School District and Oak Ridge Elementary to provide COVID care

packs and meal kits to homeless and insecurely housed children and families. “Families who get COVID often have to choose between buying food and buying cleaning products,” Thompson says. “COVID kits aren’t the sexiest, but I think there’s nothing sexier than a clean space.” SKC launched the Bridge Program, where social workers and volunteers donate time to help people find services or fill out forms. SKC will also serve as a field agency for upper-level social work students at Sacramento State this fall. “Everybody has something they can contribute,” Thompson says. “People can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel right now. We want to hold that light and help people find that path so lives aren’t lost because of lost hope. We’ll get through this together.” None of SKC’s success could happen without an extensive network of volunteers. For more information or to get involved, visit sackindnesscampaign. org. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. Previous profiles can be read and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ insidesacramento. n

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Good Neighbor Policy ZONING CHANGES TO MOVE CITY FORWARD

e humans tend to resist change, especially when we fear it may lower our property values. For those fortunate enough to own a home in a state rapidly making it too expensive for our children to buy one, change is coming whether we like it or not. California’s economy

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cannot sustain itself with a residential real estate market off limits to whole generations. We have to think differently about housing. Sacramento is considering a bold move on that front. The city is thinking about eliminating zoning designations that prohibit multi-unit homes on single-family lots. The way some people are reacting, you might think Mayor Darrell Steinberg and the City Council want to force residents to rent spare bedrooms to all comers. “No one will have the ability to live in lower-density neighborhoods,” one neighborhood activist warns. Mitch Rohrer, president of the Land Park Community Association, suggests allowing up to four dwelling units per

lot could turn his neighborhood into Midtown or, worse yet, San Francisco. He insists opposition to multi-unit housing doesn’t represent a classic Not In My Backyard attitude. “That’s not what we’re doing,” he says. “We all worked hard to build and work our way up.” The East Sacramento Improvement Association, one of the city’s oldest neighborhood groups, takes a measured approach. Recognizing the need for diverse and affordable housing options, Tricia Stevens, the group’s president, expressed support but urged the city to protect height, bulk and design standards for new multi-family units. Steinberg and council members agree.

“Consider a focused implementation that considers key locations where this strategy might work the best in order to address both the need for rental housing and more affordable for-sale housing,” Stevens wrote to the council. She offers some practical recommendations for multi-family units: Put them on collector streets, corner lots, near grocery stores, medical facilities and parks. Stage them where lots can be assembled for townhomes, bungalow courts, or small lot or cluster homes. And consider vacant or underused commercial, office and warehouse areas that can be repurposed. This is an old story. Many cities celebrate neighborhoods that are eclectic, mixed-use and diverse. People

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drive less, walk more and are more likely to interact with neighbors. Done well, residential neighborhoods can be more interesting, lively, diverse and resilient. Liberals—I place myself somewhere left of center—lament how our country is divided and polarized. But we often do little more than pay lip service to positive change when it hits close to home. Phil Ochs, the iconic 1960s folk singer, defined liberals as “an outspoken group on many subjects—10 degrees to the left of center in good times, 10 degrees to the right of center if it affects them personally.” If Ochs were alive today, he’d have plenty of material. Allowing thoughtfully planned and designed duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes in single-family zoned residential neighborhoods such as Land Park is a good idea. City Council member Angelique Ashby was correct when she said anyone who thinks a quadplex is inevitably ugly should consider some of the “beautiful quadplexes” along J Street. Some of those gems would make any neighborhood proud. Steinberg and the City Council have expressed strong support for the zoning changes, which would be part of the

city’s 2040 General Plan and voted on sometime in the next year. If approved, we could see new multi-family units in about two years. This will not solve our housing crisis. But it will provide more affordable and flexible options for people whose families and living arrangements don’t fit neatly into cookie-cutter, homogeneous neighborhoods designed decades ago. Other cities and states are moving in this direction. It doesn’t mean an end to the world. “Everybody should have the opportunity to not only play in Land Park but to live in Land Park,” Steinberg says. “That’s the Sacramento that we all uphold, that we love, that we value, and you better believe this drive for inclusion and equity is the driving force of our city and it is going to continue well beyond my tenure here.” Flexible zoning is what Sacramento needs if we really support equity, inclusion, diversity, affordability and breaking down barriers that divide us. Gary Delsohn can be reached at gdelsohn@gmail.com. Previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ insidesacramento. n

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arcia Eymann is very proud of the collection she oversees as the city historian at the Center for Sacramento History—and she wants her fellow Sacramentans to be proud too. CSH is the official repository and research center for Sacramento city and county historic collections, which includes public documents, manuscripts, objects, millions of feet of film and more than 7 million photographs that reflect the social, political, geographic and cultural history of the Sacramento region. “Residents should be proud that we’ve preserved these things,” says Eymann, whose career started with dual degrees in history and art history from Michigan State, followed by a master’s degree in history from San Francisco State and jobs at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Oakland Museum of California and now CSH. “No other city in California has retained

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its historic collections like Sacramento. Our records document everyone who ever lived here, who owned what, when and how. This is everyone’s history.” CSH grew out of local preservation efforts that began in 1953 when the city established the Historic Landmark Commission, which oversaw the opening and administration of a local history museum. Through many iterations and locations, the Sacramento History Museum (now housed at 101 I St.) is run by the nonprofit Sacramento History Alliance in partnership with the city and county. CSH provides all the content for museum exhibits and acts as the collection agency for artifacts and stories. (Eymann describes the museum as “front of house,” where the public interacts with content, and CSH as “back of house,” which provides that content.) Lest you think a historian just sits in a room researching all day, Eymann’s varied schedule proves otherwise. As the city’s staff liaison to the museum, she monitors the collection, and plans and designs all exhibits, tours and programs. She helps the preservation department conduct historical research. She consults on mitigation for local redevelopment and on projects like the restoration of the City Cemetery. She’s helping oversee the digitization of CSH’s film collection, which provides footage for documentary

filmmakers. She’s even helping document the resurgence of local Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebrations that started in the 1960s. “It’s not a traditional historian job,” Eymann explains. “I’m not an academic—it’s not ‘publish or perish.’ I’m more of a public historian. Academics get sabbaticals. I work yearround.” Eymann hasn’t gotten any less busy with the pandemic forcing the temporary closure of the museum and CSH to the public. Digitization of the collection is ongoing and very time consuming. CSH holds millions of feet of film that document California history, like the advent of local TV (the KCRA-TV film collection was donated in 1978) and the Free Speech and Chicano Movements, as well as people like César Chavez, Ronald Reagan, Dolores Huerta, Dorothea Puente and members of the Black Panther Party. There is even film of concerts like the 1969 Altamont Speedway Free Festival. CSH fields requests from film companies daily (Eymann reports they get as many requests for material as the famed UCLA Film & Television Archive). In response to the pandemic, CSH started posting “Historians at Home” virtual interviews on its YouTube channel, featuring staff picks from the

film collection on its website. Eymann and her staff are also putting the finishing touches on an exhibit about the legacy of the McClatchy family that was due to open prior to the pandemic (Eleanor McClatchy’s huge collection of California artifacts has been housed at CSH since 1982). The organization has also been actively soliciting COVID-19 stories and artifacts from the public to mark this moment in time. “We need to remember these things because they can happen again,” Eymann says. During the 1918 flu pandemic “they struggled with the same things we are—mask wearing, it was an election year, health care was a discussion point. These are historic times with COVID, but also with social unrest—there are changes happening in this country on a daily basis. The center is a resource for those things. Telling the broader story of the community has always been our goal.” For more information, visit centerforsacramentohistory.org. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. Previous profiles can be found and shared at the all-new InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @insidesacramento. n

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4320 - 12TH AVE 3317 - 42ND ST 3962 - 12TH AVE 3801 Y ST 3822 - 6TH AVE 4017 - 3RD AVE 6118 - 1ST AVE 4033 - 3RD AVE 3983 - 4TH AVE 2481 - 41ST ST 3400 - 44TH ST 3040 - 10TH AVE 3949 Y ST

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415 LUG LN 2716 FLORENCE PL 260 BOX LN 341 CRATE AVE 421 CRATE AVE 737 MCCLATCHY WAY 2685 - 26TH ST 734 - 7TH AVE 1021 YALE ST 2601 HARKNESS ST 1325 - 1ST AVE 2746 LAND PARK DR 1916 - 5TH AVE 1957 VALLEJO WAY 901 SWANSTON DR 1740 - 4TH AVE 2509 MONTGOMERY WAY 2221 - 5TH AVE

$310,000 $325,000 $367,000 $380,000 $384,000 $402,000 $410,000 $499,990

$515,000 $550,000 $575,000 $579,000 $628,800 $630,000 $635,000 $665,000 $680,000 $710,000 $849,500 $864,800 $900,000

$280,000 $287,000 $303,000 $370,000 $380,000 $415,000 $439,000 $440,000 $440,000 $510,000 $525,000 $571,000 $615,000

$375,000 $409,500 $422,000 $470,000 $472,000 $490,000 $500,000 $552,000 $555,000 $585,000 $585,000 $650,000 $650,000 $672,500 $680,000 $685,000 $701,685 $726,163

2616 - 3RD AVE 2220 PIERCE ARROW LN 2244 PIERCE ARROW LN 2245 - 5TH AVE 1624 - 8TH AVE

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5347 M ST 3970 BREUNER AVE 5624 ELVAS AVE 5286 MINERVA AVE 523 - 54TH ST 1848 - 51ST ST 5517 E ST 1300 - 56TH ST 83 PRIMROSE WAY 5705 MCADOO AVE 901 SONOMA WAY 200 MEISTER WAY 231 - 40TH ST 5716 CALLISTER AVE 925 - 43RD ST 5712 MCADOO AVE 338 LAGOMARSINO WAY 901 - 56TH ST 1055 - 57TH ST 1617 - 40TH ST 1309 - 40TH ST 1373 - 57TH ST 5130 E ST 500 - 45TH ST 1137 - 46TH ST

$740,000 $851,690 $855,755 $964,644 $1,095,000

5028 DIXON LINE WAY 2853 CALLE VISTA WAY 2831 RHONDA WAY 3221 MORSE AVE

95822 $470,000 $495,000 $540,000 $549,000 $555,000 $559,000 $576,000 $585,000 $589,900 $655,000 $660,000 $676,000 $701,000 $710,000 $712,000 $750,000 $815,000 $825,000 $850,000 $880,000 $1,000,000 $1,070,000 $1,190,000 $1,210,000 $1,800,000

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3552 LARCHMONT SQUARE LN$224,000 2545 DARWIN ST $265,000 2009 EDISON AVE $276,000 2077 JANICE AVE $288,000 3813 PASADENA AVE $289,000 2331 TAMARACK WAY $315,000 2531 WATSON ST $331,900 2817 LA PAZ WAY $340,000 2655 BALL WAY $342,000 2731 BELL ST $365,000 2640 WATSON ST $370,000 3805 WEST WAY $370,000 3932 LORETO WAY $399,000 3116 KERRIA WAY $401,500 2815 BARBARELL WAY $410,000 2541 ANDRADE WAY $415,000 4308 DENNIS WAY $417,000 3819 BROWNSON ST $430,000 2508 BORICA WAY $439,000 4101 HILLCREST WAY $440,000 3413 CLUB LN $454,000 2319 RALSTON RD $470,000 4133 HORGAN WAY $470,000 4423 HAZELWOOD AVE $494,900

2210 MANGRUM AVE 2192 KIRK WAY 7321 BENBOW ST 7220 AMHERST ST 2137 ONEIL WAY 1932 - 65TH AVE 7534 LOMA VERDE WAY 2441 - 40TH AVE 2318 - 50TH AVE 5617 NOLDER WAY 2131 MONIFIETH WAY 2300 TURNESA AVE 6821 - 27TH ST 5849 GLORIA DR 1639 WAKEFIELD WAY 2405 - 40TH AVE 2367 - 25TH AVE 6951 - 21ST ST 6810 - 21ST ST 2180 IRVIN WAY 2306 - 25TH AVE 5629 RICKEY DR 5880 WYMORE WAY 5030 GILGUNN WAY 1124 LA JOLLA WAY

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1019 DORNAJO WAY #126 1019 DORNAJO WAY #106 1019 DORNAJO WAY #251 887 WOODSIDE LN #6 887 WOODSIDE LN #5 740 WOODSIDE LN #1 1019 DORNAJO WAY #135 2208 WOODSIDE LN #5 630 WOODSIDE SIERRA #4 621 WOODSIDE SIERRA #5 512 WOODSIDE OAKS #8 1019 DORNAJO WAY #210 608 WOODSIDE SIERRA #1 2406 LARKSPUR LN #252 633 WOODSIDE SIERRA #3 2112 BELL ST 2270 SIERRA BLVD #B 1531 BELL ST 2254 MONTE CASSINO LN 1511 HESKET WAY 229 HARTNELL PL 2243 MONTE CASSINO LN 632 COMMONS DR 1213 VANDERBILT WAY 2041 WOODSTOCK WAY

$550,000 $555,000 $670,000 $885,000

$300,000 $305,000 $315,000 $322,000 $325,000 $325,000 $333,200 $333,700 $339,900 $340,000 $350,000 $350,000 $350,000 $355,000 $362,000 $380,000 $388,000 $390,000 $391,000 $425,000 $430,000 $450,000 $525,000 $550,000 $596,000

$135,000 $139,900 $150,000 $152,000 $155,000 $165,000 $171,000 $185,000 $188,000 $200,000 $200,500 $210,000 $226,900 $240,000 $295,000 $300,000 $304,000 $345,500 $361,000 $365,000 $385,000 $386,000 $395,000 $410,000 $412,000

740 COMMONS DR 411 RIO DEL ORO LN 13 ADELPHI CT 3016 EL PRADO WAY 1176 VANDERBILT WAY 2918 MERRYWOOD DR 356 RIO DEL ORO LN 809 COMMONS DR 107 DUNBARTON CIR 3 COLBY CT 558 HARTNELL PL 503 DUNBARTON CIR 1013 DUNBARTON CIR 609 ELMHURST CIR 603 COMMONS DR 2430 PAVILIONS PLACE LN

$413,500 $417,000 $419,000 $435,000 $438,000 $439,750 $440,000 $440,000 $449,900 $459,500 $463,000 $472,500 $528,000 $550,000 $565,000 $600,000

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6250 HAVENSIDE DR 7736 GEORGE RIVER LN 31 STANISLAUS CIR 6228 FENNWOOD CT 48 RIO VIALE CT 812 HARVEY WAY 7342 GLORIA DR 7249 GLORIA DR 7366 PERERA CIR 87 PARKLITE CIR 824 KLEIN WAY 6785 S LAND PARK DR 6601 - 14TH ST 7750 OAK SHORE DR

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3409 NORTHROP AVE 1120 HAMPTON RD 1437 WATT AVE 3304 WEMBERLEY DR 3224 HURLEY WAY 1373 ROWENA WAY 2749 VIA VILLAGGIO 3433 BARRINGTON RD 680 EL ENCINO WAY 2120 VENUS DR 2734 HURLEY WAY 1701 DEVONSHIRE RD 9 PARK SIERRA LN 3848 EL RICON WAY 2750 LATHAM DR 840 WIXFORD WAY 3781 SAN YSIDRO WAY 4130 LOS COCHES WAY 810 MORRIS WAY 710 CORONADO BLVD 3410 ADAMS RD

$197,000 $355,000 $435,000 $497,000 $499,000 $510,000 $511,000 $545,000 $549,000 $554,800 $600,088 $630,000 $662,000 $870,000

$325,000 $325,000 $326,000 $335,000 $380,000 $402,500 $410,000 $431,000 $525,000 $530,000 $535,000 $538,000 $575,000 $641,200 $759,000 $939,000 $1,099,000 $1,200,000 $1,250,000 $1,325,000 $1,670,000

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You Say Tomato ALMOST TIME TO PLANT

dmit it, you’re longing for big, bodacious tomatoes. We’re not talking about commercially grown processing tomatoes—those thick-skinned orbs that escape trucks and bounce down Interstate 5. Great tomatoes are home grown. And Sacramento’s long, warm growing season is ripe for the tastiest tomatoes on the planet. Tomatoes are the most popular home garden vegetable in the country. The bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich, featuring thick slabs of fresh-plucked tomato, is reason enough for the popularity. But BLTs aren’t the only perk. Packed inside a homegrown tomato’s soft “dad bod” are vitamins C and A and the powerful antioxidant lycopene. A medium-sized tomato has a mere 35 calories. Its versatility in the kitchen is the stuff of culinary legend. Tomatoes can be eaten raw, juiced, pickled,

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OUR FAVORITE, UH, FRUIT

stewed, baked, canned, dehydrated, sun-dried and fried. Even people who find tomatoes distasteful often love them in spaghetti sauce, salsa, ketchup or slathered atop pizza. Botanically speaking, the tomato is a fruit because it has seeds and develops from the flower’s ovary. Legally, tomatoes are a vegetable because the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled it so for tax and tariff purposes in 1893. “Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad,” said British journalist Miles Kington. Sacramento enjoys an abundance of warm, sunny days and tomatoes require at least eight hours of daily sunlight to thrive and produce. If your garden is shaded by trees or buildings most of the day, a farmer’s market or community garden plot may be a viable alternative. Soil means everything to edible gardens. A soil test will reveal shortcomings that should be addressed. If you know your soil, amend it with a two-inch layer of compost, an organic fertilizer or nutrient-rich worm castings (worm poop). Worm castings are expensive, but you can learn to build and maintain your own home “worm farm” by visiting sacmg.ucanr.edu/ composting. Shopping local pays off when it’s time to buy tomato plants. Gardeners will be rewarded with healthier and a much

wider selection of plants from locally owned nurseries than at box stores and in front of grocery stores. Neighborhood nurseries are selling plants now, though it may be too early to plant. Select stocky, leafy plants and buy early in the season for best selection. If plants outgrow the nursery container, replant in larger pots, prior to planting in the garden. As the shape-shifter of the plant world, tomatoes are available in small, medium or large. They are shaped like grapes, pears and cherries, round (hybrids) or warty and disfigured (old variety heirlooms). The best performing varieties for Sacramento can be found at sacmg.ucanr.edu/vegetable_trials. Favorite tomato variety is an endless and winless discussion, much like favorite ribs, hamburger and pizza. My current favorites are Juliet, Big Beef, Cherokee Purple, Park’s Whopper Improved, Black Cherry and Super Fantastic. Early Girl is an excellent hybrid tomato and Sun Gold is a cherry tomato coveted by gardeners with a sweet tooth. Our spring weather has been warmer and drier in recent years, allowing earlier planting of tomatoes. Raised beds offer early planting because the soil warms faster than in-ground gardens. April is traditionally Sacramento’s optimal tomato planting

month, but some gardeners roll the dice and plant in mid-to-late March. Pinch off the lower leaves and leave two or three sets of leaves. Plant deep. Tomatoes develop roots all along the buried stem. The more roots, the healthier the plant. Support tomatoes by tying to stakes or using cages made from cattle fencing or concrete reinforcing wire. Avoid the common conical wire cages. They are too short for a Sacramento-grown tomato. Use them for peppers. Newly planted tomatoes require regular watering and always benefit from a layer of mulch around the plants. Straw and shredded leaves are excellent vegetable mulches. Once the early season’s heavy lifting is finished, the most difficult chore will be waiting for the first ripe tomato. Dan Vierria is a University of California Cooperative Extension Master Gardener for Sacramento County and former Home & Garden writer for The Sacramento Bee. He can be reached at masterg29@gmail.com. For answers to gardening questions, contact the UCCE Master Gardeners at (916) 8765338, email mgsacramento@ucanr. edu or visit sacmg.ucanr.edu. Previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ insidesacramento. n

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Labeling Beef

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HERE’S WHY GRASS-FED IS YOUR BEST BET

he “grass-fed beef” label may inspire scenes of happy cows roaming across open pastures while grazing on lush green grasses. But with complicated food labeling and misuse of definitions, that may not always be the truth. SunFed Ranch was co-founded by ranchers Chris Donati and Matt Byrne. Based in Woodland, SunFed Ranch produces hormone-free, grass-fed beef on multiple ranches across Northern California. Byrne points out some labels on beef are misleading, so it’s important to trust the brand and understand what the labels mean. Labels may indicate the product is organic, but what does

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that mean for the life and health of the animal? “Organic versus all-natural, choice versus select, grass-fed and pastureraised are just some of the terms you may stumble upon when choosing your beef,” Byrne says. How can consumers be certain that juicy burger on their plate came from a purely grass-fed cow? The proof is in the label. Food labeling is complicated and beef is no exception. In 2016, the U.S. Department of Agriculture revoked its definition of grass-fed standards for livestock and meat marketing. In a notice in the Federal Register, the USDA acknowledged the confusion, announcing its grass-fed label “does not facilitate the marketing of agricultural products in a manner that is useful to stakeholders or consumers.” And yet, the USDA still regulates the labeling process for grass-fed beef products. Labels with animal-raising claims are required to be submitted with specific documentation to support all claims. According to the USDA, documentation typically needed to support the claims of “grass fed,”

“raised without antibiotics” or “raised without the use of hormones” include: “A written description explaining the controls used for ensuring that the raising claim is valid from birth to harvest; a signed and dated document describing how the animals are raised ... to support that the specific claim made is truthful and not misleading; a written description of the product tracing and segregation mechanism from time of slaughter or further processing through packaging and wholesale or retail distribution; and a written description for the identification, control, and segregation of non-conforming animals/ product.” The American Grassfed Association works with legislators and the USDA to establish farm policy that supports American grass-fed producers and family farms. To qualify for certification with AGA, cattle must meet certain standards: 100-percent grass-fed diet from birth until harvest, raised in a pasture without confinement, no hormones or antibiotics, and a family farm origin in America. AGA-certified producers are inspected at least every

15 months by independent third parties to ensure compliance. So it’s not a simple process, but labels that read “100-Percent Grass Fed & Finished” are most likely from the happiest and healthiest cows. There is a downside, however. The time it takes to raise grassfed cattle is quite a bit longer than conventional beef. This contributes more methane to the atmosphere and fuels global warming. Typical American cattle finish a 16- to 20-month life on a feedlot, where they get fattened on corn and other grains and routine doses of antibiotics and synthetic hormones to speed the process, according to food reporter Deena Shanker at Bloomberg. Grass-fed cattle like those from SunFed Ranch don’t get help from grains, antibiotics or added hormones. They need approximately 24 months to reach market weight, Donati says. Many farmers who raise chickens, pigs and cows for meat inject their animals with antibiotics to treat and prevent illnesses. The overuse of antibiotics in animals can contribute to the development and spread of drugresistant bacteria in humans, Byrne

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says. This is a potential risk to public health. “At SunFed Ranch, we believe that grass-fed beef production that uses regenerative and holistic grazing methods is good for human health and the environment,” Byrne says. Whether it’s “100-Percent Grass Fed & Finished” or any other sticker, it’s important to understand the definition

behind the label to make a happy and healthy decision. Tessa Marguerite Outland can be reached at tessa.m.outland@gmail.com. Previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @insidesacramento. n

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GRASS-FED MISCONCEPTIONS Grass-fed beef is easy to misunderstand. Here are some misconceptions:

IT’S TOUGH Due to its leaner cut, grass-fed beef does cook faster than conventional beef. However, when seared on high heat and served medium rare, it’s just as tender as conventional. A perfectly medium-rare, grass-fed filet mignon melts in your mouth.

INCONSISTENT FLAVOR It’s possible this idea stems from the naturally lower fat content of grass-fed beef. Quality beef that meets the standards of grass-fed will have a consistent, rich flavor.

HARD TO FIND Many consumers are concerned with the origins of their food. Now items like grass-fed beef can be found at almost any store in Sacramento, including Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op, Nugget Markets, Raley’s and Safeway.

SMELLS LIKE GRASS This one is sometimes true! A light, grassy smell is normal and proves that your beef was genuinely fed grass. A grass diet has a different nutrient profile compared to a grain, hay and silage diet. This changes the micronutrients in the beef fat, which determine how the beef fat tastes and smells. n

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Victory

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HER ANTI-SHOT BELIEFS CUT IT TOO CLOSE orking for a small county hospice in rural Northern California, I’ve been privileged to get my first COVID-19 vaccine. The “Victory Vax,” as I call it, emboldened my wife to send me out for a haircut. “The peach fuzz around your collar is beginning to bear fruit,” she says. I set course for the discount barber. This is the place where a man cites his

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preferred size of clipper guard (No. 2 on the sides, No. 4 on the top) and receives a facsimile of his old Air Force haircut with a half-inch top. I’m not a big talker in the barber’s chair, but my 20-something stylist soon has us talking about vaccines in muffled tones from under our masks. “Will you get one?” I ask her. “No,” she answers, as if broadcasting to her manager pacing outside on a smoke break. “I don’t trust vaccines. I’ve even heard that some nurses are refusing them.” “Maybe that’s because they know how to wear a mask,” I mumble. “What?” she asks, shutting off the clippers. “Yes, um, I’ve heard that too,” I say. When she stoops to cover my knees with an apron, I notice tattoos cover her arms. She obviously has no fear of needles, so I press her to say more. “I have a great immune system. I never get sick.”

Funny, I didn’t see a Superman tattoo. “I’ll do what’s required,” she says. “I’ll wear a mask, do the distance, but no shots.” Like some in my foothill community, she was no-vax to the max. At such a young age, she’d built up her personal knowledge base and had no room for more. Her thoughts remind me of a heresy that troubled the early church called Gnosticism. The “g” is silent, giving us our word “knowledge.” Gnostics distrusted the world, believing all earthly authority was corrupt. They believed salvation came only through the acquisition of secret understanding. Subversive in nature, Gnostics whispered a “clandestine truth” by which only a small group of elite knowers had the ability to see through the so-called shams. Sadly, this group was self-satisfied in the belief that opponents would be banished to a clueless hell.

I’m sure you recognize this thinking among some of today’s intolerant churches. But have you noticed the thinking isn’t exclusive to them? Anti-vaxxers, like most conspiracy theorists, share the same quasi-religious sensibility as the Gnostics. In this secular age, they use their secrets and exclusive discoveries as a substitute for faith. The world is full of these secretkeepers of health and philosophy. They’ll gladly share their secrets if only you’ll buy their merchandise or books. They’ll only share their remaining secrets when you bring your family into the pyramid scheme. So, what could I say to my barber? Should I tell her that, in service to my country, I’d taken every vaccine the military required of me? Should I mention that I restrained my small children while they took the same? Should I tell her my brother had just expelled his last breath expressing his faith in this bat guano pseudoscience? No. Instead, I calm myself and share the moldy old joke about the woman who sat on her rooftop as the floodwaters rose around her. Soon a man pulled up in a small motorboat and offered to rescue her. “No thank you,” she replied. “I’m waiting on the Lord to save me.” Not long after that, a woman repelled from a helicopter offering to save her. She said, “No thank you. I’m waiting on the Lord to save me.” Eventually, the floodwaters rose above her home and she drowned. While standing at the Pearly Gates she asked, “Oh Lord, why didn’t you save me?” The Lord replied, “I sent you a boat. I sent you a helicopter. What else did you want?” The barber gives a hiccup laugh, telling me she understands my meaning. Properly worn, the CDC-approved mask is our rescue boat. Properly tested, the vaccine can be our helicopter. Take the Victory Vax, people. My barber made me aware there will be at least one extra dose out there.

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Fish Story IS OLD MOE STILL OUT THERE? YOU BET

reshwater fishermen know the best time to catch a sturgeon in the Sacramento River is right about now, early March, when white sturgeon run upstream to spawn. The big fish search for rocky substrate in the river bottom. They love fastmoving, cold water clouded by dirt. I’m no fisherman. But I hope to wake up one morning and open an email from a Sacramento angler who, in the hunt for sturgeon, has sighted an awesome beast that defies belief, an ancient sturgeon of supreme size and weight whose emergence from the muddy depths can resemble a submarine breaking the surface. I’m talking about Old Moe. For about 30 years, Old Moe was a big deal. Every bait and tackle proprietor from Isleton to Knights Landing knew somebody who had seen the massive sturgeon. Countless local fishermen did something better than

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witness Old Moe. They tied into her (or maybe him). Sacramento newspapers once employed writers who covered fishing. They published stories about epic battles with Old Moe. Accounts describe four-hour fights, reeling the hooked fish in near the boat, close enough to reach out and touch. Inevitably, the tale ends as Moe issues a mighty and conclusive thrash, snaps the rod, straightens the barb and swims away. Estimates varied as to Old Moe’s true dimensions. Since the fish never held still for a tape measure and always slipped past dockside scales, estimates were dreamy. One Sacramento marina manager placed Moe’s length at 31 feet. This speculation was based on a 1973 fishing trip. Silently and suddenly, a monster sturgeon eased alongside the boat, which was licensed at 36 feet. The fish was about 5 feet shorter than the vessel. The marina boss swore it was Old Moe, having seen the same classic whitemottled exterior several times between Freeport and the Tower Bridge. As for weight, assumptions were even more fantastic. One fisherman insisted Old Moe weighed 800 pounds. Others believed the sturgeon was somewhat leaner, closer to 500 pounds. The

arguments were left unsettled. Split the difference and Moe is still one amazing fish. Old Moe escaped capture, but her fishy talent for generating publicity expired in the 1980s. After starring as Sacramento’s most famous sturgeon for more than a generation, Moe became a has-been. The media moved onto other thrills—for one thing, the Kings came to town—and fish stories were suddenly regarded as unworthy and lacking sophistication by editors of local fish wraps. But a media blackout doesn’t mean Old Moe is dead and buried. Sturgeon can live 100 or more years. Moe could easily be active today, approaching the age of maximum Social Security benefits in sturgeon years. I checked with Mike Rasmussen, a professional fishing and hunting guide who bewitches every bend in the river from Knights Landing to Colusa in the chase for sturgeon. He isn’t familiar with Old Moe, but has no problem swallowing the legend. “I’ve heard stories of old boys using a whole chicken for bait, and light cable or rope for line,” he says. Rasmussen knows senior anglers who encountered big sturgeon on the Sacramento River and “generally describe the fight of the

giant fish as similar to hooking into a truck as it drives away.” Our expert outdoorsman believes California’s largest white sturgeon are probably imprisoned behind Shasta Dam. Sturgeon historically swam up the Sacramento River to spawn in the Pitt River. Conditions were perfect. The huge dam blocked the confluence in the early 1940s. Rasmussen says the biggest sturgeon found in Lake Shasta run about 9 feet and 300 pounds. “I personally feel, knowing what I know, that the possibility exists that there could be sturgeon twice as big as the ones known to exist in Lake Shasta, trapped since the dam’s construction,” he says. Old Moe preferred cozy Sacramento. And I believe still does. To hook a line from “Moby Dick”: “In maritime life, far more than in that of terra firma, wild rumors abound, wherever there is any adequate reality for them to cling to.” R.E. Graswich can be reached at regraswich@icloud.com. Previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ insidesacramento. n

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Ciel is the Limit VISUAL STORYTELLER TACKLES ISSUES WITH ART

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t seems like a happy coincidence that Jessa Ciel’s last name means “sky” in French. The sky is truly the limit for this creative force who is a photographer, filmmaker, professor, activist, Black Artists Fund board member, and owner and founder of visual storytelling agency IAMCIEL. And she’s just getting started. “I often feel like I’m a late bloomer,” admits Ciel, 36, who went back to school at age 30 to earn her MFA in photography from the

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prestigious Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. “But I want to have the time to come to the choices that I come to and know that they’re mine. That I’m not doing it for somebody else. I’m doing it for me.” Ciel was raised in Boulevard Park (three blocks away from her current home) in what she calls a “matriarchal household.” Both her mother and grandmother were poets who instilled in Ciel a love of words and the social conscience that guides much of her work. The two women founded one of Sacramento’s earliest poetry open mic series in the 1990s at Carol’s Books and Things on Freeport Boulevard. Much of their work dealt with issues such as incarceration and Black men being shot in the streets— poems that Ciel points out could have been written today. “What’s happening right now is not surprising. It’s the outcome of anger and injustice in our country that’s boiled over,” Ciel says. “For non-Black people, this is something

they’re just starting to be cognizant of. For a lot of us in the Black community, we’ve been in this space of mourning our Black brothers and sisters for our entire lives—it’s a normal part of what it is to be Black in America. “For me, what’s interesting about this particular moment is to try and see it through other people’s eyes. Everyone is still not on the same page, so we keep coming back. It’s a circular narrative. We have to confront that this is not how humanity should operate. That we deserve better.” It took Ciel some time to figure out her own narrative. After graduating with her BA in film from Cal State Los Angeles and finding work at a documentary film studio, Ciel realized that her dream of making blockbusters at Sony Pictures might not be what she wanted after all. She found the film industry toxic and unwelcoming to her voice as a Black female artist, so she left LA and decided to regroup in Sacramento.

Through a photography class at American River College (where she now teaches as an adjunct professor), Ciel met professor Jodie Hooker, who gave her the advice that would prove to be a turning point. “Jodie said that I have a really strong voice, but that I need to channel it into things I care about,” Ciel says. “That’s when I started to learn to express issues I care about visually, and people really responded to it.” After freelancing for a while, Ciel decided to further hone her skills at art school—which proved to be yet another turning point. Cranbrook Academy of Art is located in Bloomfield Hills, one of the wealthiest suburbs in the country just north of Detroit, one of the most economically depressed cities in the country. The culture shock of overt racism and classism Ciel encountered there strengthened her resolve to carve out her artistic identity. When Ciel returned to Sacramento in 2016, her visual storytelling agency IAMCIEL was born. The one-woman company produces all kinds of projects, including documentaries, videos and visual art installations, live streaming and social media content. One such project—a livestream conversation series called Lift Every Voice—introduced Ciel to Faith McKinnie, founder of the Black Artists Fund, who tapped Ciel to sit on the advisory board of the organization that raises money on GoFundMe to support local Black artists. “Now I approach every project by asking, where can I be of most service?” Ciel says. “You can decide what your life is going to be. The less you’re attached to other people’s visions and outcomes for you, the more you can have the life you want. It’s worth it.” For more information, visit iamciel. com. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. Previous profiles can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ insidesacramento. n

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Rare Pair Sacramento’s bald eagles prepare for parenthood, again Among nature’s great architects, an American River bald eagle couple recently rebuilt their eyrie in preparation for a fifth breeding season. Considered the closest nesting couple of their species to Sacramento in recorded history, the rare pair demonstrate avian homemaking on a grand scale. Their winter relays deliver branches snapped from parkway trees. The 6-foot cradle is lined with pine needles and grasses. The activity is a re-bonding process for the parents. The nursery also provides a courting platform before the raptors mate in February. Their eggs will hatch in March; 2021 eaglets will fledge in June.

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Back in Business CAFE BERNARDO THRIVES IN NEW FORT SUTTER HOTEL

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idtown is a special place. Ask anyone who’s lived, visited or worked there. It’s a fun, funky, homey, bustling village. It’s got abundant history and a bright future. But ask a handful of long-time Sacramentans what that history is, or what the future looks like, and you’re likely to get several different answers. Local historian William Burg can talk about colorful characters, crime

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and architecture. Brian Crall, founder of Sacramento Comedy Spot, has run a successful arts organization in the heart of Midtown for a decade. He can describe the joys and challenges of trying to succeed in the part of town that many outsiders treat as a “party house.” This is all to say anything new in Midtown is regarded with equal parts interest and skepticism. And no project has been as interesting in the past year as Fort Sutter Hotel. Built on the corner of Capitol Avenue and 28th Street, the new hotel belongs to longtime Sacramento restaurateur Randy Paragary. Its proximity to Sutter Medical Center makes it useful for friends, families and even patients who visit the hospital from distant points. Sharing the block with The Sofia B Street Theatre venue, the hotel is convenient for theatergoers. Anchoring the corner of the hotel is a new Cafe Bernardo. It’s the fourth Cafe Bernardo in the region, and stands more or less on the footprint of the original Bernardo.

This new Cafe Bernardo shares many hallmarks with its siblings: casual, order-at-the-counter service, approachable sandwich and entree menu, unfussy aesthetic with simple colors and comfortable design. What sets this location apart is its Sutter District location and guests from Fort Sutter Hotel. Sure, every restaurant and hotel today is somewhat aspirational, with pandemic shutdowns having created a brutal economic environment. But as we look forward, Cafe Bernardo and Fort Sutter Hotel seem destined for a bright future. I popped my head into the new location the second week of operation and found the service and food already on point. Of course, I’d expect nothing less from a Paragary establishment, but it’s still impressive. Beef stroganoff with hand-cut noodles is a perfect winter meal. Savory, well-seasoned sauce, tender mushrooms and beautiful bites of beef make this version as good as my mother-in-law’s (please don’t tell her).

A solid Cubano sandwich with tender roast pork, ham, Jarlsberg and traditional fixings does not disappoint. The addition of chipotle mayo, not common in Miami but a fixture of California causal fare, tops the dish with flair. The well-loved Bernardo salads— think Thai noodle, kale Caesar or the legendary mushroom and Jarlsberg— are fixtures of the Sacramento dining scene. The Paragary Bakery bread is an added pleasure. It’s too soon to say whether the evening crowd will enjoy a robust selection of wine and beers at the cozy booths and communal tables at Cafe Bernardo, or adjourn to the Four Palms bar down the hall. But as social normality resumes, guests will be well served. At press time, outdoor dining had barely returned to the city. The virus and winter weather handcuffed most restaurants. But if you squint and peer into the future, this new Cafe Bernardo, reborn from fond memories of the original Bernardo, looks to be filled with happy diners from morning to night. I

can hear the laughter and chatter mixed with clinking glasses and silverware. Let’s all hope this vision is just beyond the horizon. Cafe Bernardo is at 2730 Capitol Ave.; (916) 603-2304; cafebernardo.com.

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Call to Action MLK STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST SHINES LIGHT ON INJUSTICE

he Martin Luther King, Jr., Sacramento Region Essay Contest was created to engage youth in King’s legacy, vision and leadership. Reflecting on Congressman John Lewis’ fight for civil rights through peaceful protests, youth writers were asked to (with COVID-19 health guidelines in mind) “describe an injustice that you see in today’s society and what you can do to address the issue and advancement of John Lewis’ call to action.” The contest was open to middle and high school students in Sacramento, Yolo, Placer, El Dorado and Sutter counties. Inside Sacramento is pleased to publish the top two winning essays:

FIRST PLACE (HIGH SCHOOL CATEGORY) By Hang Trinh In today’s society, adults often experience various forms of injustice at work and in public. Likewise, children also undergo injustice in the form of bullying at school. In the case of bullying, an individual with more power unfairly harms one who is more vulnerable. In primary school, while waiting for my parents, I witnessed a scenario where an older student picked on a younger student. Witnessing the unjust act, I told myself that I could not remain silent even if it meant involving myself in trouble. Thus, I intervened and explained to the older boy how his actions could profoundly hurt the younger boy. Taking in my words, the older boy understood and quietly walked away. The younger boy then headed towards me with a relieved face, embraced, and thanked me. At home, I told my parents the story. Coming to my cousins’ house, I told them the same story and the injustice behind bullying. By talking to my cousins, I realized that I have the power to influence others to end such an act of injustice. From there, whenever witnessing bullying scenarios, I step in and intervene. When interacting with younger kids, I inform them about bullying and its consequences. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Congressman John Lewis selflessly risked their lives to advocate for equality. As I support their mission through the simple acts of continuing to intervene in bullying scenarios and spreading the word, I hope that you can join me in ending bullying as well as other acts of injustice. Amid this health crisis, remember to practice social distancing and put on your mask before taking action! Together, humanity can further Dr. King, John Lewis, and other heroic activists’ mission in promoting equality. May the end of injustice come in the near future. Hang Trinh is a ninth-grade student at West Campus High School in Sacramento.

FIRST PLACE (MIDDLE SCHOOL CATEGORY) By Jack Simon Since the importation of African slaves early in America’s history, an implicit bias of Black Americans was created. Currently, racism appears as violent killings of unarmed African American men and women. Additionally, the struggle to get necessary PPE to Black Americans to survive the COVID-19 pandemic safely is a symptom of racism. Racism has sparked mostly peaceful protests across our country like the Black Lives Matter movement. Today, racism continues to be an injustice, which is commonly fought within peaceful protests. The COVID-19 pandemic was just appearing in the U.S. when the news of the killing of Ahmaud Arbery surfaced. He was simply on a jog when he was shot by two white males in a pickup truck. In the summer, an iPhone video was released of three police officers on top of George Floyd, which resulted in his death. There were large marches to honor George Floyd and for people to voice their opinions about systemic racism in America. With COVID-19 roaring, the protests of George Floyd’s death against racism set an example of peaceful and safe protests. Many protestors wore masks and other PPE, setting an example for others to stand up for what is right, but also to protect fellow Americans. Just like MLK and John Lewis, peaceful and safe protests are the key to fixing what is wrong in our country. The legalization of gay marriage and other LGBTQ+ rights resulted from peaceful protests. What I can do to combat racism is to attend peaceful protests and other forums against racism. The countless protests against the killings of unarmed black men and women have led to laws being created to outlaw chokehold and no-knock warrants. Therefore, I should join peaceful and safe protests to combat racism in my community. Jack Simon is an eighth-grade student at a private school in Sacramento. n

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