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to handle the enormous problems. Too much reliance on the federal government, which itself was unprepared, made the disaster even worse in terms of loss of life and property damage. This year, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Florida Gov. Rick Scott and the local mayors all seemed to have a firm grasp on the emergencies as they unfolded. In 2017, social media made communications much easier and more efficient. One dramatic social media post showed a woman sitting in a chair at a retirement home with water up to her waist. Someone nearby saw the post and was there in an instant to pick her up and take her to dry land. When the call for small boats went out, regular people turned out to

help one another in a spontaneous, Dunkirk-style rescue. The self-styled Cajun Navy helped save people with boats, air mattresses and pool floats. Many boats came in from Louisiana, whose citizens Texas had taken in in huge numbers after Katrina. Our civic response to disasters is a remarkable microcosm of America. It is usually spontaneous and orderly and based upon the structure of our decentralized American society, which has become a model for the entire world. Alexis de Tocqueville was a French historian best known for his “Democracy in America” books, published in 1835 and 1840. The two books were his analysis of the sociological and political science patterns he observed in his American travels. They are considered one of

the most important commentaries on America. The following paragraph comes from the Townships section of one of the books and may best describe why Americans always seem to help in the aftermath of disasters: To the European, a public officer represents a superior force; to an American, he represents a right. In America, then, it may be said that no one renders obedience to man, but to justice and to law. If the opinion that the citizen entertains of himself is exaggerated, it is at least salutary; he unhesitatingly confides in his own powers, which appear to him to be all-sufficient. When a private individual meditates an undertaking, however directly connected it may be TO page 8

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organizations from seeking disasterrelief funding for damages to their own properties. I’m not sure we pause and reflect on the strong and good nature of our American citizenry often enough. Churches and synagogues of every denomination all over the country are hard at work partnering with local churches in disaster-hit areas to bring help where it is needed. Service groups across the nation, including Rotary, Kiwanis, Optimist, Soroptimist and Lions clubs, quickly kicked into gear to help their fellow clubs in hard-hit areas. We are the most charitable nation on earth. Our charity numbers are staggering compared to the rest of the world because we hew to the doctrine that every person holds a station of citizenship with their own resources. And most of us feel we are obliged by honor to use those resources when necessary for the good of the community. We are also the only country on earth where significant charity comes from ordinary people. In our country,

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most of us tend to feel responsible to help when something bad happens to others. We hold our fellow citizens in our hearts and prayers. And then we generously donate our own resources. Based upon past disasters, a national alliance of volunteer groups reported that about 80 percent of recovery efforts are led by nonprofits, the majority of which are faith-based. Yet FEMA bars many of those same organizations from seeking disasterrelief funding for damages to their own properties. Many say that this charitable urge goes back to the principles our country was built on. The first Americans left everything material behind and moved across the ocean to encounter frontier life. They brought with them every aspect of civilization while leaving behind the notion of aristocracy. Our country was developed on the principles of equality and freedom, and that our leaders are chosen by us and beholden to us. I love the American Soldier’s Creed. By reciting it, soldiers affirm

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Teaching Tolerance NEW UNITY CENTER OPENS AT CALIFORNIA MUSEUM

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n Aug. 26, the California Museum announced the official opening of the Unity Center, a new long-term exhibition that celebrates our state’s civil rights history. Originally conceived in 1999 as a response to a series of far-right white-supremacist hate crimes perpetrated in Northern California, the Unity Center inspires visitors to become “Unity Activists” through its interactive exhibits. “For 19 years, many of us have dreamt and worked for this day,” said Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg. “Many thousands of people, especially young people, will never forget what they experience here.” Shortly after the 1999 attacks, then-Mayor Joe Serna and a coalition of local civic leaders announced plans to build an institution dedicated to teaching tolerance. The recession in 2008 brought the project to a standstill. Efforts were revived in 2013 when the California Museum’s board of trustees approached Steinberg, a former member of the Unity Center’s board of directors, with the idea of bringing the center to the California Museum. With Steinberg’s support, the project moved to the California Museum in 2014, where it is now housed in a 4,000-square-foot gallery.

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The show took home the top award for best musical, along with seven awards of excellence, including outstanding book, outstanding performance in a leading role (Milo Manheim), outstanding ensemble, outstanding individual performances (Ian Ferrell, Julia Nightingale and Anabella Ronson-Benenati) and festival achievement in projection design (Kevan Loney). For more information, visit generationmethemusical.com.

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"Generation Me" won big at the New York Musical Festival Awards for Excellence. In addition to exhibits about hate crimes, racial profiling and religious freedom, immigration, civil rights, equality and gender identity, the museum offers gallery-based education programs like field-trip tours for elementary and high school students. Additional programs geared toward working professionals and the public are scheduled to begin next year. For more information on the Unity Center, visit californiamuseum.org/ unity. The California Museum is at 1020 O St.

‘GENERATION ME’ SWEEPS NEW YORK FESTIVAL Sacramento natives Julie Soto, Will Finan, Ryan Warren and Jacob Montoya were showered with recognition for their original musical, “Generation Me,” at the 2017 New York Musical Festival Awards for Excellence, which were held on Aug. 6 at Hudson Terrace in New York City. The piece was first produced in Sacramento and features a creative collaboration among Soto (book, lyrics and story), Finan (music), Warren (story and direction) and Montoya (choreography).

On Thursday, Oct. 19, the Albie Aware Breast Cancer Foundation will announce the winner of the title Albie Champions 2017. Four teams—Gypsy Souls, The Cook Realty Team, BC Warriors and We All Know Somebody—will meet at the Croatian American Cultural Center to find out which team raised the most money during this year’s contest, which included fundraising activities like spaghetti dinners, brunches, golf tournaments and parties to raise money for the foundation. The foundation was created in 2004 in memory of Alberta (Albie) Carson, a longtime resident of East Sacramento who lost her life to breast cancer because she wasn’t made aware of all the available technology to detect a recurrence of her breast cancer. The foundation’s mission is to provide assistance (financial and otherwise) for diagnostic testing, patient advocacy, prevention TO page 12

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FROM page 10 education and compassionate support for local individuals fighting breast cancer. There’s still time to donate for this year’s competition. Visit crowdrise. com/albiechampions2017 and click on the picture of the team you’d like to support. For tickets to the Oct. 19 event, call (916) 927-1592. For more information, go to albieaware.org.

STC GETS GRANT MONEY Sacramento Theatre Company recently received a $5,000 grant from the Dennis Mangers Fund for Young Performing Artists. The grant will support a semesterlong after-school theater program at Sol Aureus College Preparatory School under the auspices of STC’s School Partnership Program. The program sends STC’s professional teaching artists to local schools to meet with students three to four times a week for lessons in theater, music, dance/movement and stagecraft. “Our agency has seen tremendous growth with the School Partnership Program during the last six years,” says Michele Hillen-Noufer, STC’s education and School of the Arts director. “This grant will give us additional resources to expand our School Partnership Program and provide access for arts engagement to more students from underserved neighborhoods.”

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For more information, visit sactheatre.org.

COWORKING SPACE GETS A GRANT A Midtown coworking space called 210 Impact Hub received a grant for innovation earlier this year from the city of Sacramento. The business provides a workspace and gathering spot for social-minded entrepreneurs, businesses, nonprofits, churches and civic organizations. It offers free parking, high-speed Wi-Fi, conference rooms, workspace and a 3,600-square-foot event room.

Last month, Midtown’s Barwest relaunched its famous Sunday brunch in honor of the 2017-2018 NFL season. “We have over 20 TVs throughout the restaurant and patio to ensure that everyone has a good view of the games,” says Elliott Ames, Barwest’s marketing manager. “You can’t go wrong with a bloody mary and a breakfast burrito on a Sunday morning.” Barwest also confirmed that the Breast Cancer Research Stamp will be the featured nonprofit at its Community Table this month. All proceeds from the Community Table—an eight-person corner booth inside the restaurant—will go toward the purchase of Breast Cancer Research Stamps.

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WELCOME, ALEX GRAMBOW! The Sacramento Children’s Chorus has welcomed a new artistic director. Alex Grambow replaces founding director Lynn Stevens, who retired in June. While he was earning his bachelor of music degree at University of the Pacific, Grambow received the prestigious Presser Scholarship. He went on to teach at Harmony Stockton, an afternoon program for underprivileged students, before joining Twin Rivers Unified School District. There he ran two different music programs (at Foothill High School and Foothill Ranch Middle School), taught fifth through 12th grades and was in charge of four choirs and two bands. Grambow believes that music provides children with a unique way to learn about the world and a safe and nurturing opportunity for selfexpression. For more information, visit sacramentochildrenschorus.org. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. n

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first learned about Haven for Hope, a unique homeless facility in San Antonio, Texas, from a close friend, Jill McDonnell. Jill is a professional photographer in Sacramento who doubles as the official photographer of the Land Park Volunteer Corps. Jill rides “shotgun” with me on our monthly park work days in William Land Park. We distribute copious amounts of cold water to hardworking park volunteers and thank them for their indispensible help. Jill’s overriding passion, however, is capturing extraordinary images of Sacramento’s homeless people. Her photography is reminiscent of the remarkable work of Dorothea Lange, the photographer famous for chronicling the desperation on the faces of struggling migrants during the Great Depression. Jill’s photos of homeless people have been displayed in the photo gallery in the lobby at Sacramento City Hall and other local galleries. We occasionally display her work at the Corps’ Base Camp, a reminder to park volunteers of the struggles the homeless in our midst face. Her pictures of our park volunteers are often featured in this publication. Jill is no softheaded bleeding heart. She has a steely-eyed realist’s view of

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the complexity of human nature, both its positive and negative elements. She’s also closely attuned to the players, policies and politics involved with homeless issues in Sacramento. Because she has an abiding human compassion and innate common sense (an all-too-rare combination, I’ve found), I sought out her perspective when I began studying the city’s stumbling responses to the homelessness problem. She had one unwavering piece of advice: Go to San Antonio. What she meant was that I should visit Haven for Hope. Last month, I spent a week in the south Texas

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HAVEN’S TRANSFORMATIVE CAMPUS Haven for Hope is clear about its mission: to transform lives, not merely ameliorate the immediate problem of homelessness. Unlike most homeless programs, Haven is laser-focused on aggressively and comprehensively addressing the root causes of homelessness, which are as varied as the colors of the rainbow: drug addiction, alcoholism, mental illness, bad luck, medical crises, sudden joblessness, domestic abuse, domestic disintegration, the unique challenges facing disconnected LBGT youth, and the rebellious among us who choose a life of living off the grid. The heavy lifting of helping people work through the root causes of their homelessness takes place in its Transformational Campus, a series of renovated industrial warehouses housing 65 affiliated service agencies and nonprofits that implement the highly individualized care plans crafted by case managers for each new participant. An additional 85 referral partners provide services to Haven’s residents at their own sites. There are also typically 1,000 volunteers working on the campus each month in various capacities.

THE FIRST STEP: THE COURTYARD The typical entry point for most homeless people to Haven is through its outdoor Courtyard. It is a very large, open-air covered patio that typically has a count of 841 people during the day and 637 at night. It’s equipped with heavy-duty fans and misters to keep down ambient temperatures. Indoor facilities are made available to Courtyard occupants during periods of inclement weather. Only basic services are provided to those in the Courtyard: regular meals, laundry access, sleeping pads, health care triage and mental health care services, as well as lockers for personal belongings. Sobriety is not a requirement for entry into the Courtyard. It is

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a largely safe resting and sleeping place for those not yet ready to meet the requirements for entry into the Transformational Campus. Petty theft is a problem, but the Courtyard is heavily patrolled by both Haven security personnel and off-duty San Antonio police officers. For those willing to commit to sobriety and agree to comply with the Transformational Campus’ rules for participation, they are typically admitted to the Transformative Campus. Once admitted, they are closely monitored in their early days to ensure that they remain sober. Haven staffers acknowledge that slips are often a part of recovery and don’t result in summary dismissal from the program. Staffers are clearly committed to each resident’s success. More than 5,948 people have moved from the Courtyard to higher levels of residential care, including sobriety programs, mental health programs and other forms of supportive and/or permanent housing, since Haven’s opening in 2010. The contrast between the spartan Courtyard and the more supportive Transformational Campus provides a strong incentive for homeless people to transfer to the Campus.

SUCCESS IN ENDING HOMELESSNESS: EMPLOYMENT OF RESIDENTS The Transformational Campus currently houses 433 single men, 174 single women and 254 family members (including 152 children with an average age of 6), each housed in separate dormitories. It also houses 56 veterans. Since opening, 3,682 people have exited the Transformative Campus and moved to permanent housing. The average length of stay for the past 12 months was 162 days for single people and 134 days for families. After one year, 90 percent of people who exited with a housing placement did not return to homelessness, an extraordinary track record. More than 2,262 individuals have attained employment since Haven’s opening, typically through

the efforts of Haven’s staff and affiliates.

IMPACT ON RESIDENTS AND THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY How effective has Haven for Hope been in reducing homelessness in San Antonio? After Haven’s first year of operation, the annual January pointin-time count of homeless people in downtown San Antonio declined from 738 to 254, a drop of nearly two-thirds. In the most recent count in January of this year, the homeless count had dropped to 148.

After Haven’s first year of operation, the annual January point-in-time count of homeless people in downtown San Antonio declined from 738 to 254. Because Haven provides comprehensive health care to its residents (and nonresidents), including mental health programs, detox services and in-house recovery programs, it has become the care facility of choice for San Antonio police dealing with public inebriates. More than 50,000 people have received such potentially life-saving detox services at Haven’s Restoration Center since its inception, relieving city and county jails, emergency rooms and courtrooms of an estimated $97 million in taxpayer costs, according to Haven estimates. Haven’s In-House Recovery Program provides housing and support for those with drug and alcohol addictions. A total of 1,438 individuals have successfully completed the program, and many of its graduates were job-ready upon

completion. Since opening in October 2010, IHRP has had a success rate of 56 percent, which exceeds the average completion rate for such programs by 44 percent. Through its in-house mental health wellness programs, one for men and another for women, Haven has served 1,391 individuals, with a combined success rate of 44 percent. Haven has developed joint projects with the San Antonio Police Department, including Haven’s Jail Release Program and the Center for Health Care Services’ Jail Diversion Program, which has resulted in sharp drops in the number of jail bookings. Jail bookings dropped 3,300 in Haven’s first year, with recent drops of 800 and 1,700 in the past two years. Haven’s Restoration Center also allows police officers to quickly divert injured prisoners to the center’s onsite minor-emergency clinic instead of to hospital ERs, minimizing the time officers spend in emergency rooms. The city estimates that the value of getting those officers quickly back on the street is approximately $2 million annually. Most of the health clinics operating at Haven are open to the public free of charge; the public makes more than 40,000 visits to Haven for medical, dental and vision care services annually.

AN ENGAGED PRIVATE SECTOR FUNDED MOST OF DEVELOPMENT COSTS Haven for Hope was built at a cost of $100.5 million in 2010. Here’s a stunning fact: More than 60 percent of its construction cost was funded by private-sector sources. Its construction served to create 190 permanent new jobs at Haven and another 150 new jobs created by its affiliate nonprofits, as well as 465 construction jobs. Haven for Hope is still heavily supported by the private sector: 50 percent of its $18.6 million annual operating budget is funded by privatesector donors, 27 percent by the state, 16 percent by city government, 4 percent by county government and 3

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percent by the federal government. Of the private-sector sources of operations funding, the United Way contributes 8 percent, private contributions account for 21 percent and 21 percent is provided by two private foundations, one of which is largely funded by the extraordinary visionary who created Haven for Hope, William E. Greehey, a retired CEO of San Antonio-based Valero Energy.

BUSINESS COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP In 2005, Greehey, recently retired as Valero’s CEO, was having difficulty figuring out how to make a difference. According to an interview by the Los Angeles Times, Greehey said he was inspired by a local television report on homelessness. “What I saw was that all we were doing is recycling the homeless people that would go to jail, come out of jail, get sick, go to the emergency room, get treated, get back to the street. We weren’t doing anything to address the root cause of

why these people were homeless,” he said.

Most of the health clinics operating at Haven are open to the public free of charge. He spent the next five years developing his ambitious vision for Haven for Hope, a first-of-itskind facility in terms of its scope of services, size and degree of collaboration required by nonprofit and agency partners. He succeeded in bringing San Antonio’s mayor and city manager on board as strong early supporters. He also corralled major support from San Antonio’s business community and leaders, as well as those experienced in providing services to homeless populations. He used his deep experience in industrial development and executive leadership

skills to move his vision from dream to reality.

A MODEL SACRAMENTO SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER In my August column, I recounted the failure of homelessness policies in almost every major city on the West Coast, while public spending by West Coast cities to “solve” their homeless problem has been skyrocketing. In my September column, I chronicled the seemingly endless fights and disagreements in Sacramento over how to best deal with homeless issues, with Mayor Steinberg scrambling to spend money as quickly as possible on largely untested scattershot approaches to the problem. San Antonio’s model, Haven for Hope, is succeeding in transforming lives, dramatically reducing street homelessness, improving health outcomes for both the homeless and the public, moving people from homelessness into permanent

housing, increasing employment and dramatically reducing costs to taxpayers. I’m convinced that developing a Haven for Hope-type facility in Sacramento requires strong private-sector leadership, free of the political angles that color—and too often contaminate—the search for sound solutions to difficult public problems. In addition, privatesector capital is probably essential to bringing such a vision to life in Sacramento. The Sacramento business community has no shortage of visionary, talented business leaders. Here is a perfect opportunity for one of them to make a real difference. Craig Powell is a retired attorney, businessman, community activist and president of Eye on Sacramento, a civic watchdog and policy group. He can be reached at craig@ eyeonsacramento.org or (916) 7183030. n

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Gathering Spot OAK PARK TO GET ANOTHER HIP DEVELOPMENT

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n July, The Sacramento Bee described a proposed Oak Park development as a “mini startup campus.” Thanks to the city’s proximity to tech-friendly Silicon Valley and relatively affordable real estate (though that’s rising, too), Sacramento has become a viable destination for erstwhile Bay Area startups. But the developers behind the proposed Triangle Work Space Development at 34th Street and Broadway feel the word “startup” is misleading. “The original article was just pulled from the planning application,” guesses Sam Allen, co-owner of Grounded Real Estate, which owns the site of the proposed development. “Nobody even talked to us about this. It was portrayed as a startup, but the vision is different. This isn’t like a tech startup.” Grounded Real Estate and Sacramento architect Ron Vrilakas have partnered to design a three-story, mixed-use building made of shipping containers. Allen hopes it will appeal to local residents and retailers.

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It’s all here — the teachers, the traditions, the perfect class size, the all-girls setting. It’s St. Francis Catholic High School and it’s as amazing as the students themselves. “We could build a lot-line-to-lotline project here, and it would be way easier as a box with three empty stories, then lease it out to a tech company or some other big office,” Allen says. “But that’s not what needs to happen here. We’re trying to create a neighborhood that’s walkable, and where you can take care of all your basic needs within a couple blocks.” The basic needs of a neighborhood and then some. Allen says the inspiration for the project is Oakland’s eclectic Temescal Alley, a hodgepodge collection of curio shops, retailers and food purveyors. “That’s kind of the thought process behind this,” says Allen: to create a viable space for unique businesses with an artistic vibe. The two proposed buildings would include about 30 work and retail units, 160 square feet each, with retail on the ground floor and offices on the upper two stories. Thanks to the recent mural event, Wide Open Walls, and artist Waylon Horner, the façade of the lot’s neighboring building already boasts

a colorful mural on one side of what will a 20-foot alley created by the new development. In the space between the two buildings, Allen envisions “a little taproom, a coffeehouse or a small restaurant where people can sit outside and enjoy the weather.” The empty lot already has been integral to the revitalization of Oak Park as the site where food trucks park during Oak Park Gather, an event organized by Unseen Heroes and the Oak Park Business Association. “The whole reason of Gather is to promote local businesses,” says Allen. The Triangle Work Space Development should complement the event by providing retail space for new local businesses. Since the units will be relatively small, the threshold for entry should be manageable. Allen says he expects rents to be “less than or equal to the cost of a one-bedroom apartment. And you’re getting a retail space that has power and Internet included. There’s just a fixed cost you’ll have to cover.” Ultimately, this new development is a place where Allen himself wants

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to be. He lives only two blocks away, but since the lot is also adjacent to Grounded Real Estate’s office, you can bet he’s investing in a project he’s going to have to see daily. “You know, I moved to Oak Park in 2005 because that’s where I could find cheap rent. I used to walk down here, and at the time, I wouldn’t advise people to walk down here. But then I fell in love with the neighborhood,” he says. “We really want a community gathering space, and I want a place where I can take my kids, my family and just hang out.” The project is still in the planning phase. “We’re waiting for the first round of comments from the planning department, then a round of revisions,” says Allen. Still, he hopes the project will be finished by late summer or early fall 2018. “I’m hoping that this thing will be, if not complete, substantially on its way to completion this time next year.” Jordan Venema can be reached at jordan.venema@gmail.com. n

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Tools for Success HOLLYWOOD HARDWARE CELEBRATES TWO YEARS UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP

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his month marks Tom Tognetti’s second anniversary as the owner of Hollywood Hardware on Freeport Boulevard, but Tognetti is no newbie. He fell in love with the store in the late 1960s when he first called on it as a product salesman. “I’ve always loved this store and its people,” says Tognetti, who speaks incredibly fondly of Ted Messner, who founded the store in 1948, and Messner’s son, Denny, who sold Tognetti the store in 2015. “I could see a vision of what I could do with it.” Updating a store that’s been around for decades is something of a specialty for Tognetti. The busy businessman owns three other hardware stores in the Bay Area: Pagano’s Hardware Mart (which was 80 years old when Tognetti bought it in 1993) and Pagano’s Hardware Towne Center, both in Alameda, and Fredericksen Hardware & Paint in the Marina District of San Francisco, which has been around for more than 125 years. “This is a passion for me,” Tognetti says, his eyes lighting up. “I love taking a stale store and turning it around.” Tognetti lives in San Rafael and commutes to Sacramento two or more times a week. The energetic entrepreneur also owns Black Point

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with working lights, moving mini amusement-park rides and quaint seasonal scenes.

Tognetti is dedicated to the idea of his store being a place people go not just for utilitarian tool runs, but also for fun.

Tom Tognetti is is the owner of Hollywood Hardware. Products, an electrical equipment company he founded in 1985, and he attends eight or nine trade shows a year to find the inventory that makes Hollywood Hardware a local shopping destination. “Our motto is ‘So much more than a hardware store,’” Tognetti says. “We carry everything you can think of, from barbecues to bistro sets, hairbrushes to rubber mallets. It’s a one-stop shop.” Tognetti is dedicated to the idea of his store being a place people go not

just for utilitarian tool runs, but also for fun. “Alameda Magazine once took a survey about what readers like to do on the weekends, and the answer was ‘get a cup of coffee and see what’s new at Pagano’s,’” Tognetti says proudly. “That’s why I love finding unique things. If it exists and I think I can sell it, I’ll buy it.” Tognetti finds extra delight in the Christmas village he builds at the store every year, complete

“Don’t you just want to live in it?” Tognetti says, watching a video of last year’s setup with glee. “It’s mesmerizing.” Customers must agree. Tognetti says that many of them make a tradition of buying a new piece for their own personal village each year. It’s a fairly apt metaphor for how Hollywood Hardware fits into locals’ lives. “I feel like the customers have made me part of their families,” Tognetti says. “I keep pictures of Denny and his dad hanging over the door to watch me and make sure everything is going well.” They’re probably mighty proud. Looking for the right tool or the perfect gift? Stop by Hollywood Hardware at 5303 Freeport Blvd. For more information, go to the store’s Facebook page or call (916) 455-6488. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. n

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The Spirit Moved Them HOW OAK PARK GAINED ANOTHER CHURCH

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astor Mark Meeks and his friends at City Church of Sacramento knew the challenges they faced when they decided to move from North Land Park to Oak Park, a distance of about 35 blocks. They knew they were leaving a neighborhood that needs City Church, a neighborhood that includes the Marina Vista and Alder Grove housing projects and is underserved by other churches. And they knew there are no easy ways to move a church. Apart from physical manifestations, which can be relocated with strong backs and sweat, there’s the spiritual presence: the sense of place and mission. The spirit can be stubborn when it comes to moving.

“The goal was always to find our own church, a home to call our own.” Finally, there was Oak Park itself. When City Church was founded five years ago, its mission was to bring a

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building designed for ecumenical, not spiritual, learning. Each Sunday, they transformed a school auditorium into a church and filled the room with rapture, then turned out the lights and mailed a check to the school district. “The goal was always to find our own church, a home to call our own,” Meeks says. “But it’s not easy. We’re not a wealthy church, and there were no suitable buildings in the Broadway corridor or around Southside Park.” Meeks and his elders broadened their search eastward. The pastor purposely avoided Oak Park, where he had many friends and pastoral colleagues. He wanted to stay as close to Southside Park and Broadway as possible. Divine intervention changed everything. A City Church parishioner heard about a property possibly coming on the market at 39th Street and 4th Avenue. It was the old First English Lutheran Church, an intriguing facility with two sanctuaries, one built in Spanish Colonial style in 1931, the other a soaring A-frame constructed in 1956. Pastor Mark Meeks The chapels were linked by offices, meeting spaces, classrooms and a pure, nondenominational message— Still, Meeks and his fellow City kitchen. The larger church had a pipe love God and love others—to a corner Church leaders and parishioners faced organ that still worked. The church of the city that suffered from a a tough decision. They were thriving closed about 20 years ago. The owner, scarcity of organized religion. in North Land Park, bringing song St. John’s Lutheran Church at 17th That corner was not Oak Park, and inspiration to a place in the Grid and L streets, would occasionally which lacks for neither churches nor mostly silent on Sundays. But they unlock parts of the building for religion. Oak Park has a deep history were without a real home—a church community meetings such as of faith and is blessed with houses of without pride of ownership. Alcoholics Anonymous. worship on almost every block. There They rented space from The property was valuable. City are at least 20 churches between Sacramento City Unified School Church leaders estimated the site Broadway and 12th Avenue. District at Health Professions was worth about $1.5 million. That High. They conducted services in a was far more than City Church could

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Frank Espegren. “But we wanted the property to continue to be the blessing that it was for First English.� St. John’s leaders visited City Church in North Land Park and watched the congregation. Espegren says, “We saw they had a heart for service and a deep commitment to the community. We realized this was a church we could serve with in partnership.� City Church needed a significant price break to buy First English. Even with a steep discount, debt payment and repairs would put severe pressure on City Church’s budget. A bargain price was established. St. John’s took the question to its entire congregation for a vote. The sale was approved almost unanimously. “There were many reasons for both of us—St. John’s and City Church— not to do this deal,� Meeks says. “But in the end, we all understood it was the exactly right thing to do.� And from North Land Park to Oak Park, the spirit moved. R.E. Graswich can be reached at reg@graswich.com. n

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Living Proof DONATE LIFE AMBASSADOR RECEIVES GIFT OF LIFE THROUGH ORGAN DONATION

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hen Joseph Frizzi talks about the importance of organ donation as a Donate Life Ambassador volunteer for Sierra Donor Services, he knows what he’s talking about. Frizzi needed a liver transplant eight and a half years ago. An organ donor saved his life. “I first started showing symptoms in August 1988,” Frizzi recalls. “I went to the dermatologist because my skin was itching. I thought I just had something topical, so I was given some lotion and sent home.” Two years later, a routine cholesterol screening pointed to something much more serious. Frizzi’s abnormally high numbers turned out to be a classic sign of cirrhosis of the liver. Several doctor visits later, he was diagnosed with primary biliary cirrhosis, a rare autoimmune disease, in 1991. “When I was first diagnosed, I went home and started bawling,” the Del Paso Manor resident admits. “I thought I was going to die. In that moment, I said, ‘Jesus help me,’ which was very out of character for me at the time. But in that moment, I found faith.” Thanks to a complex medication regimen and the strength of his newfound faith, Frizzi lived a “pretty

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enough organs available. There’s an absolute shortage.” Frizzi is intent on changing that statistic. For the past seven and a half years, he and his wife have volunteered with Sierra Donor Services. They attend health fairs and cultural events to encourage people to sign up as organ and tissue donors.

“Every day, 22 people die who can’t get a transplant.”

Joseph Frizzi normal” life for the next 17 years. But in 2008, internal bleeding sent Frizzi to the hospital, where he discovered he needed a liver transplant—and quickly. He got placed on the waiting list as an active liver-transplant candidate and six months later— on Jan. 7, 2009—he received the lifesaving surgery.

While Frizzi’s story has a happy ending, he knows he’s one of the lucky ones. “Every day, 22 people die who can’t get a transplant,” says Frizzi, who wrote a book, “Faith Builder,” about his experience. “There are 120,000 people across the country waiting for an organ, and a third of those will die because there aren’t

“People are either ready to sign up or not,” says Frizzi, who included an appendix in “Faith Builder” that details the step-by-step process of donation to clear up myths and false information. “For lots of people, organ donation just isn’t on their radar. When you put information right in front of them, they sign up. That’s why we’re Ambassadors: Unless you have somebody in front of you telling you about it, you’re not going to sign up. And even with over 13.5 million registered donors in California, they’re not all going to be available at the same time. Only 1 percent will ever be in the optimal situation to be a donor, which is not a big number. We need more people signed up to make it more possible that somebody who needs it will get an organ.” According to Frizzi, the mostneeded organ is the kidney, due to the ongoing national epidemic of diabetes and hypertension. The fastest-growing liver disease requiring

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Mod in Mansion Flats INFILL DEVELOPMENT MARRIES MODERN DESIGN WITH NATURE

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t’s tricky pinpointing just when a neighborhood takes on a new life. But Erica Cunningham has observed changes in the Mansion Flats neighborhood where she and her husband, Nathan, recently completed four single-family homes. The couple, principals of Indie Capital LLC, began building the infill project last November. In the past year, Cunningham has seen people buying and restoring homes in Mansion Flats, becoming homeowners rather than investors and landlords. Hotels in the area are

expressing an interest in shifting to boutique-style accommodations. Entertainment options continue to blossom. Cunningham credits the increased activity to the neighborhood’s proximity to Golden 1 Center and The Railyards. “It was pretty sleepy down here a year ago,” she says. The only real issue the pair faced during construction of their Mansion Flats Modern development was the weather. “It began raining just after we poured the concrete, so we were on

hold for four months,” she explains. “Starting in April, we got a good push on the project and finished up.” The entry of each home boasts a demure patio just right for enjoying the street scene. Two rows of plants, one growing to 3 feet tall, the second 4 feet, have been planted. Once mature, the hedge will create a living fence, ensuring both a sense of privacy and a connection to the neighborhood. Each of the four homes has three bedrooms and two-and-a-half baths and almost 1,600 square feet of

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living space, with prices starting at $549,000. The first-floor layout is the same for all the homes, with slight differences on the second floor. Indie Capital homes routinely boast an impressive list of above-average standard features. A very abbreviated list of these perks includes Sierra Pacific aluminum-clad wood windows and doors; 9-foot ceilings; a kitchen island with waterfall end panels; frameless cabinetry with softclose doors and drawers; a Sharp microwave drawer and Samsung induction range; tiled bath floors and

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shower surrounds (no fiberglass); a smart thermostat; white oak hardwood flooring; and an electric-car charging outlet in the garage. The main level’s floor of polished concrete is delightfully smooth underfoot and surprisingly comfortable in the winter. “The thick slab is so well insulated that you don’t get any temperature transfer,” Cunningham explains. Pocket doors keep the lines of each room clean. Plenty of cabinets and shelves throughout the house ensure each room is free of clutter. Lots of casement windows bathe the rooms in natural light and allow views to the outside. In the backyard, trash enclosures are hidden away behind a door wrapped in siding material, essentially eliminating garbage from view and sensitive noses. All the landscaping is native and drought tolerant. The irrigation system communicates with a weather station, which increases or decreases the amount of water delivered depending upon the temperature. Cunningham notes there is a misconception regarding the outdoor space at the rear of each home. “Everyone thinks this is a common area, but actually everyone has their own yard,” she says. The backyards are based on the idea of creating a green space where everyone has their own defined space but can still connect with nature and their neighbors. Rather than fences dividing up the space, hedges were planted. Plans call for planting trees, hedges and tall grasses to create a lush greenbelt between the four existing homes and

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four more that will be built soon. Indie Capital successfully petitioned the city to block off both ends of the alley, so residents will gain additional outdoor space. “Nature will form the boundary instead of fences,” Cunningham says. “When we get this built out, it will be a sanctuary with green space that residents will be able to relax and enjoy.” Who does Cunningham envision taking up residence in these gems? The homes are for people who desire more than a condo with a balcony. Instead, these modern confections are a perfect fit for people who crave an urban home close to everything, but who also want a connection to the outdoors and bit of elbow room. “Homeowners will enjoy more light, ventilation and views and can more easily engage with neighbors when desired,” Cunningham says. “We are really happy with how these turned out.”

INDIE CAPITAL SUCCESSFULLY PETITIONED THE CITY TO BLOCK OFF BOTH ENDS OF THE ALLEY, SO RESIDENTS WILL GAIN ADDITIONAL OUTDOOR SPACE.

For more information about Indie Capital’s Mansion Flats Modern development, go to indie-capital.com. If you know of a home you think should be featured in Inside Publications, contact Julie Foster at foster.julie91@yahoo.com. n

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Row, Row, Row Your Boat SAC STATE AQUATIC CENTER IS A LURE FOR LOVERS OF WATER SPORTS

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nother summer is gone, but the boating crowd is still busy at Sacramento State Aquatic Center on Hazel Avenue. They paddle, kayak, row and sail pretty much all year round. They do their best to ignore the short days and cold, choppy waters of fall and winter. The center is a rare Sacramento treasure, a place that nurtured its legacy over decades and built a facility and programs that very few communities can equal. Just about every sport and recreational activity that can be practiced and perfected on water is taught and practiced at the aquatic center. “We have a lot of activities even when the seasons change,” says Cindi Dulgar, associate director of the center. “Once it starts getting dark earlier, we can’t stay out on the water as late, but we can move our training onto the land and still stay busy.” The center has an ideal location at the western edge of Lake Natoma, just south of the small dam that controls water flows on the Lower American River. The neighborhood is part of the Folsom Lake State Recreation Area, but the center operates separately from the park. With a backdrop of rugged bluffs overlooking the

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Cindi Dulgar is the associate director of the Sacramento State Aquatic Center. waterway, the location is beautiful— idyllic from summer to winter. A nonprofit called Associated Students, Inc., which serves Sacramento State students, runs the aquatic center. Fortunately, watersports enthusiasts and athletes need no Sac State affiliation to enjoy the facility. Sac State students get a discount on lessons and equipment rental, which is only fair because they help underwrite the program with student fees. Given the Sac State affiliation, education is an essential part of the center’s mission. The goal is to instruct and improve skills before

turning people loose in kayaks, keelboats, stand-up paddle boards, canoes and rowing shells. Hundreds of classes are offered throughout the year, though boating instruction tends to wind down in October. Rowers stay busy all year. Fall and winter are prime times for masters rowing programs, Sac State and high school crew teams. “We have high school students from all over the region participating in our Capital Crew rowing team,” Dulgar says. “We have students from Granite Bay High to River City High, plus schools in Folsom, Carmichael, Sacramento, Elk Grove, you name it.

A lot of students, especially girls, have realized that they can win college scholarships if they excel at rowing.” The aquatic center has an expansive layout with four docks and a sandy beach. Lined up along the docks are watercraft of various shapes and sizes available for rent. Some equipment can be borrowed without any presumption of skill: single and tandem kayaks, canoes, stand-up paddle boards and hydro bikes. More advanced gear, including river kayaks, sailboats and keelboats, require proof of expertise—typically a class certificate from the center.

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“We emphasize safety but don’t have too many requirements to rent equipment,� Dulgar says. “We’ll ask for a driver’s license and a set of car keys. The car keys are collateral, so the equipment doesn’t somehow end up on the back on someone’s truck in the parking lot. And we don’t want anyone to lose their car keys in the lake. If you lose your keys and can’t go home, we can’t go home.� There’s another reasonable requirement for water-sports rentals: Sacramento State Aquatic Center insists on sobriety. “For obvious reasons, we won’t rent equipment to people who are impaired, either on alcohol or something else,� Dulgar says. The center was established in 1981, but its early incarnation bore no resemblance to the hotel-resort atmosphere that exists today. The original center was a boathouse for aspiring Sac State rowers who dreamed of knifing through the water in varsity eight competition against West Coast schools with legendary crew histories,

such as Cal and Washington. Dulgar started at the center as a student in 1983. Sac State lacked the pedigree of famous crew programs, but it had an impressive asset: Lake Natoma. With a long straightaway that follows two bends west from Rainbow Bridge in Folsom, the narrow lake was naturally designed for rowing. Currents are controlled by two dams. Wind is blocked by the bluffs along the north shore. The lake is so perfect for crew that the national Intercollegiate Rowing Association and Pac-12 Conference hold championships on the waters above Nimbus Dam. It’s why people of all ages troop out to the aquatic center in winter to pull oars. But as the holiday season nears, rowers aren’t in extra danger of dropping car keys into the lake. On cold nights in November, December and January, they train indoors on exercise machines.

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alifornia is a place of extraordinary ecologic diversity. Habitats in our state range from frigid high-altitude Sierra slopes to the sizzling belowsea-level expanse of Death Valley, with grasslands, rivers, intertidal areas and forests. These many habitats host complex ecosystems of plants, animals, insects, birds, microorganisms and 40 million people. Those 40 million of us have altered the ecosystems to serve our needs. The changes we’ve made to our natural world affect our water

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quality, air quality, food production and health. Are we making the right choices? That’s a question of both science and values. Scientists in a variety of disciplines focus on the natural world and the effect of human activity. But should this be a question left only to professional scientists? If you have a passion for the natural world, you can get involved in stewardship of our resources by becoming a certified California naturalist. The California Naturalist Program is designed by the University of California and delivered by local environmental organizations. Participating adults study California’s unique ecology in a 40-plus-hour course that’s much more than just a science class. While there is a textbook and some lecture time, field experience, problem solving and community service are core parts of the curriculum.

The goal is to create a cadre of people with the knowledge and communication skills to participate in all kinds of citizen-level activities to help protect and restore California nature. According to the program organizers, certified California Naturalists participate in scientific research such as plant identification; environmental monitoring such as bird counts and invasive-species watches; habitat restoration or conservation such as seed collection; and, importantly, education to make science more accessible to others. The American River Natural History Association is one of the organizations that run the course around the state. ARNHA’s group meets at Effie Yeaw Nature Center in Carmichael, and about 20 Sacramentans are currently halfway toward certification. Their instructor embodies the values of the naturalist program. Mike Cardwell wasn’t a professional scientist. He’d worked in

Southern California law enforcement for decades when he completed a master’s degree in ecology. Since then, he’s gone from reading books to writing them and has spent lots of time out in nature, studying and engaging with wildlife. What kind of wildlife? Rattlesnakes. This makes education and science communication an important part of what Cardwell does. “My primary interest and expertise has always been wildlife that others unreasonably fear, particularly venomous animals and the injuries they sometimes cause,” he says. He’s currently running a multiyear study of the natural history of rattlesnakes at Effie Yeaw. Using surgically implanted miniature radio transmitters, he can track these elusive creatures and fill in some of the huge gaps in our understanding of how they actually live. “It’s difficult TO page 35

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Climb Carefully HOW TO BE SAFE WHILE SCALING A LADDER

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o you know how to use a ladder safely? More importantly, do you invariably do it? According to a Consumer Product Safety Commission report, more than 90,000 people receive emergency-room treatment each year from ladderrelated injuries, most of which happen at home. Other studies report double that number. That’s a lot of injuries, especially considering that every ladder fall is preventable. We are

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entering the time of year when people are climbing to harvest fruit, clean gutters, put up Christmas decorations or prune tall plants. Most of us have had a close call with a ladder or know somebody who was seriously hurt falling from one. Think before you climb. Ladder safety begins with choosing the right ladder for the job. Make sure that your ladder will support your weight and what you are carrying. If a ladder is too short, don’t climb too high or put it onto something to raise it up. Those stickers warning you not to climb above a certain step or onto the top step are there for a reason. Get another, taller ladder. Check your ladder to make sure that it is in good repair. If it’s loose or damaged, fix it before climbing or get a new one.

Place the ladder so that it is level. Make sure that folding ladders are fully open, and lock extension ladders evenly into position. Ladder feet must be in full contact with the ground and braced into position if possible. If the pavement is wet, get somebody to hold the ladder so that it doesn’t slip. A buddy system is a good idea whenever you use a ladder. A buddy can hold your ladder steady and hand tools to you so that your hands are free to climb. At the very least, make sure that somebody knows what you are doing. One of my co-workers lay on his driveway in the rain for a long time until his wife wondered where he was and discovered him with a broken jaw, fallen ladder by his side. When you climb, keep three points (feet and hands offer four) in contact with the rungs at all times.

Wear dry, rubber-soled, closed-toe shoes—no flip-flops! Keep your belt buckle between the upright supports. Reaching, even just a little, is a major reason that people fall. Know how many steps are left when you are climbing down. One of my frustrations is keeping my tools and equipment at hand when I’m up on a ladder. It’s good to wear a tool belt. I’ve taken to tying my tool bag onto the top of the ladder with a bungee cord. I don’t know what to do about constantly dropping gloves, other than taking multiple pairs along. I haven’t used mitten or glove clips since I was a kid, but maybe it’s time to try them in the garden. One of the best ways to avoid a fall from a ladder is to not climb on one at all. You can find long-handled tools with various accessories: baskets

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to harvest fruit, saws for pruning branches and pruning heads for trimming or deadheading roses, wisteria and other plants. Some of the pruning tools offer a “cut-and-hold” option that will grip trimmings until you release them. Many will let you rotate the head, making it easier to cut at difficult angles. Be very careful to stay away from electrical wires, wear safety glasses and don’t stand directly under a branch that you are cutting. You can shorten plants so that you can reach the top without climbing. It’s possible to cut back the size of fruit trees, for example, over a period of several years. You can replace toolarge plants with smaller varieties. Look over your yard and decide what to do to eliminate climbing hazards. At some point, my beloved wisteria and roses trained over archways will have to go. You can reduce the amount of leaf litter clogging drains by cutting branches away from roofs—a good way to protect your roof and to control rodents. Many companies market gutter guards.

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to dispel myths and folklore without credible, well-documented sources of alternative information,” Cardwell says. Students in Cardwell’s California Naturalist class learn how to keep field notebooks and participate in a capstone project that bridges the naturalist education of the course with community service or education. In the end, they will join more than 1,500 alumni of the certification program around the state and, as Cardwell says, be “part of an exciting and venerable tradition of naturalists throughout history.” If you’d like to become a certified California Naturalist, visit calnat. ucanr.edu. In addition to ARNHA, local course providers are Yolo Basin Foundation in Davis with a course beginning Oct. 11, and Tuleyome in Woodland with a course scheduled to start in February. To read an excerpt of Amy Rogers’ new science thriller novel, “The Han Agent,” go to amyrogers.com. n

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Niello Magic SACRAMENTANS HAVE PURCHASED CARS FROM THIS AUTOMOTIVE FAMILY FOR DECADES

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ho would have guessed that a 10-year-old boy fascinated by fixing cars would end up being the driving force behind one of the nation’s most respected automobile dealership conglomerates? Sacramento’s iconic Niello Company is nearly synonymous with luxurious cars, quality service, gleaming showrooms and super nice salespeople who even drive to your house to help program your garage. (It happened to me!) That 10-year-old boy was Louis Niello, the son of Italian immigrants who settled in San Francisco in the early 1900s. As a young man, he worked as a Packard mechanic in the Bay Area. During World War I, he took his machinist skills to San Diego’s Naval Air Station. After the war, Louis returned to his San Francisco job, this time as shop foreman. By 1921, he had opened an independent shop in San Francisco that specialized in Packard cars. Before long, it grew to feature the Pierce-Arrow luxury line of automobiles. Louis was on the road to bringing up four more generations of men in the car business. Next would come Richard Niello Sr., followed by three more Richards over the course of nine decades. (To be clear, the youngest, little Richie, is not in the car business

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keep it from sinking, all while Mom watched horrified from the shoreline. Graduating from UC Berkeley in 1943, then moving to Northwestern University, he served in the Navy in the South Pacific during WWII. He returned to work at General Motors, where he met Wes Lasher and Elmer Hubacher, two future partners who would take their automobile savvy to Sacramento. In 1955, Lasher and Richard Niello Sr. partnered to form the Volkswagen dealership in downtown Sacramento, while Hubacher went the Cadillac route. Lasher and Niello then formed separate Volkswagen dealerships.

To what else do they owe their success? “Developing the right product mix and the right company culture.”

Rick Niello just yet.) For good measure, there’s also Roger, the local politician, and David, who heads up the Bay Area arm of the family business. But for now, let’s start with Louis’ son, Richard. He’s 95, but he thinks, jokes and acts like a man 50 years younger.

“I feel great. I just hope I don’t fall asleep,” he says with a little twinkle. The natty dresser, complete with a crisp straw hat, jacket and tie, is quick to share stories about his days as a duck hunter, an avid skier and the one responsible for “teaching” his young boys to capsize a sailboat yet

Always looking for the next hot car, Richard added the Porsche franchise to his lineup the following year, creating what would become the longest-owned Porsche dealership in the country. Next he set his sights on the little-known Audi brand. In 1973, Niello brought yet another newcomer to Sacramento: BMW.

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The Niello family business started in 1921 and is still growing. FROM page 36 Meanwhile, revving their engines in the background were Richard’s three sons, Richard II (known as Rick), Roger and David, who all worked in the automobile industry in the 1970s but not yet for their father.

In 1969, Rick was a medic in the Army. “When you’re in the Army and away from home, you have a lot of opportunity to think,” Rick says. He figured out an age-old dilemma of the family business. “If I go to work for my father and do well, people will say, ‘Well, what did you expect? He’s

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the boss’ son.’ If I go to work for my father and don’t do well, they’ll say, ‘Well, what did you expect? He’s the boss’ son.’” Turning the no-win question over in his head, he decided to learn the ropes in San Francisco, not from his father but the hard way, at a car dealership altogether separate from the family name. Could he cut it on his own? The future would be the ultimate judge. After three years in sales at Carlson Volkswagen in the Bay Area, Rick moved home to Sacramento and began working for the Niello Company as a finance manager. His brother Roger would join him as general manager before he got the political bug. The family would then acquire Porsche Audi, Lincoln Mercury, Infiniti and Acura dealerships. In 1995, Rick would take the company wheel with David serving as vice president. When Roger stepped into politics, Rick stepped on the gas, going from zero to 60 in record time year after year and opening more luxury dealerships, which now include Niello Alfa Romeo, Niello Acura,

Niello Audi, Niello BMW Sacramento, Niello BMW Elk Grove, Niello Infiniti, Land Rover Rocklin, Land Rover Jaguar Sacramento, Niello Maserati, Niello MINI, Niello Porsche, Niello Volkswagen, Niello Volvo and the Niello Collision Center. Each year, Automotive News, the industry’s leading magazine, ranks the best places to work based on employee-satisfaction surveys. Out of 23,000 automobile dealers in the country, Niello has had three to seven dealerships in the top 100 every year since the ranking program began. “We never know anything about when the employees are being quizzed or how it happens. We just get the results,” says Rick. To what else do they owe their success? “Developing the right product mix and the right company culture,” says Rick. “It’s not any different than any other business. We’re focused on those two things. We’ve had a lot of growth opportunities and we’re still taking advantage of those.” Other keys to success might be the company’s customer-satisfaction policy, which includes a 700-mile buy-back program. (Rick took a call during this interview to arrange to swap out a new car to a recent buyer who had changed her mind.) Or possibly the company culture of generosity that led Sacramento Business Journal to rank the Niello Company as the community’s fourthlargest philanthropic contributor. Or maybe it’s something less tangible like the obvious busting-buttons pride of Richard Niello Sr., who beams when he rattles off not the number of dollars but the people numbers: three children, 14 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren, his late wife Ellen and dear friend Clarissa, the family that grew to more than 75 Niellos in the span of 100 years. This reporter thinks it’s all that and one more thing that dates back to the beginning, when Louis Niello starting fixing cars at age 10. According to legend, it was a spark plug. Louis just so happened to have the right one. Duffy Kelly can be reached at dk@ insidepublications.com. n

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Drawn to the Truth JACK OHMAN CARTOONS HIS WAY THROUGH STATE AND LOCAL POLITICS

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ive years ago this month, Jack Ohman said goodbye to The Oregonian in Portland to become the editorial cartoonist at The Sacramento Bee. That move opened another chapter in his life story—one that he readily admits has been a very good one. Before coming to Sacramento, Ohman had won just about every honor and award a political cartoonist can win. But it was in Sacramento that Ohman captured the pinnacle of all awards: the Pulitzer. He likes the award that eluded him for so long, an award won by his friends and contemporaries. But the Pulitzer is just icing on the cake. “I love Sacramento. It’s such an interesting place to live,” says Ohman, who lives in South Land Park. He grew up in Minnesota and started working as a cartoonist at age 17 for The Minnesota Daily, the University of Minnesota’s student newspaper. At 19, Ohman became the youngest cartoonist ever to be nationally syndicated. He went on to work in Columbus and Detroit before finding his way to Portland. Ohman lived most of his adult life in Oregon. At 51, he had passing thoughts of life outside of journalism. But all that changed when The Sacramento Bee’s political cartoonist,

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Jack Ohman is a political cartoonist at The Sacramento Bee.

Rex Babin, died of cancer in 2012. The Bee called Ohman and offered him Babin’s job. Ohman was ready to leave Portland. Here was his chance to follow in the footsteps of a close friend, dabble in California’s political waters and cover a state with an

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www.PalomaBegin.com to Sacramento and started enjoying the California weather and lifestyle. “For those not from California, we all got our impression of California early on from ‘The Brady Bunch,’ ‘The Rockford Files’ and ‘The Streets of San Francisco’ on TV,” says Ohman. “Here, we can play golf and tennis year-round. I tried golf in Oregon, but there doesn’t seem to be enough sunny days. Here, it’s different. The yard has palm trees, cactus and a swimming pool.” Ohman likes Sacramento’s diversity. “I think the country would work better if they shared Sacramento’s diversity,” he notes. “It’s amazingly functional as a result.” He finds California politics “absolutely amazing.” “To learn the stuff of California politics was like getting three master’s degrees in four years,” says Ohman, who is fascinated by Gov. Jerry Brown. “I was 14 years old when he first became California’s governor. Now I’m 57 years old, and he is still California’s governor.”

Brown has been the subject of many Ohman cartoons. So have Brown’s dogs, corgis Sutter Brown and Colusa “Lucy” Brown. When Sutter was dying, Ohman got a call from the Browns asking if he’d like to visit the dog. “I was really touched by that,” says Ohman.

“I consider myself a humorist and observer, and I look at issues objectively the best I can and interpret them.” Two months after he arrived in Sacramento, Ohman was invited for a five-minute chat with John Perez, then the speaker of the California Assembly.

REGISTER ONLINE AT: WWW.CBHS-SACRAMENTO.ORG “I got down to the office and noticed he had the same framed poster of Robert F. Kennedy as I did. We talked about that for a while,” Ohman recalls. “I recalled how I went to RFK’s funeral when I was 7 years old. Then we talked about animation and about the fact that Perez was a union organizer. After about an hour, I asked, ‘What’s this all about?’ Perez said that I’ve been drawing cartoons with him wearing green ties and he wanted to let me know that he never wears green ties. That was it.” Being a political cartoonist isn’t about being a nice guy. “I’m not trying to be a provocateur,” says Ohman. “I’d like everyone to like me, but I’ve gotten over the fact that I’ve offended people. I never wanted to offend anyone. I consider myself a humorist and observer, and I look at issues objectively the best I can and interpret them.” The move to Sacramento has worked out for Ohman. He has a loyal base of support in Sacramento. And then there’s the Pulitzer, which he won in 2016.

“When I heard I won, it’s about impossible to describe the sensation,” he says. “When it happens, it’s like hearing you just won the Powerball. I thought, ‘No, seriously.’ My wife was in shock. It’s an emotional moment. My dad and mom would ask when I was going to win. Unfortunately, my dad died before I won. It was all surreal.” Ohman likes the fact he has something in common with John F. Kennedy, who also won a Pulitzer. “Actually, it’s a great honor,” he says. “And I’m very proud to get this for The Sacramento Bee.” Ohman continues to draw political cartoons and enjoys seeing them appear in other newspapers around the state and country. He keeps up with technology and takes pride in having stayed in the business for such a long time. “My job is between me and a piece of paper,” he says. “The distance of 18 inches. That’s the distance between my eyeballs and my work.” Scot Crocker can be reached at scot@crockercrocker.com. n

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Food for Thought ZEN AND THE ART OF FROZEN BAKED GOODS

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his past summer I lost 50 pounds. I’m not bragging about it. In fact, it’s a bit embarrassing because this is the second time I’ve taken off 50 or more pounds in the past 15 years. You’d think that, having suffered through the experience once, I’d have been smart enough not to have put myself

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in the position of needing to do it again. But no. At the beginning of June, I weighed 225 pounds. By the end of August, I was down to 175. My pride in this accomplishment is tempered by my knowledge that I could easily be back up to 225 pounds by Christmas if I should become unmindful of my diet and once again start popping any old comfort food into my gullet. For me, the hardest thing about losing weight isn’t the treats I have had to give up: cakes, cookies, pies, cheeseburgers, fries, anything with chocolate in it, anything with bacon in it, etc. No, the hardest thing was

learning to cut back on one of my favorite household activities: baking. For years, baking has been for me what meditation is to a Zen Buddhist, or what prayer is to a devout deist, or what a 10-mile jog along the river is to a regular runner. Baking relaxes me. It takes me out of my worried mind and deposits me in a place of peace and contentment. When I am measuring out flour and baking powder and cornstarch, the cares of the day have a hard time penetrating my consciousness. When I am laminating croissant dough by folding it like a letter, rolling it into a long rectangle and then applying a book

fold to it before setting it into the refrigerator to rest for a few hours, I am damn near immune to negative thoughts. The problem, of course, is that the more I bake, the more I tend to eat. For years, this wasn’t too much of a problem. When I still had grandchildren in high school, there seemed to be a nearly endless array of volleyball tournaments and basketball fundraisers to bake for. But now those grandkids are out of school and scattered to the four winds, and I no longer have a regular supply of appreciative eaters at my disposal. I could, of course, bake

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tall woman in jeans and a light blouse greeted my wife and me with “Bonjour.” Around us, people welcomed one another with a noisy kiss on each cheek. By now, we knew we weren’t in Kansas anymore. We were standing at the information table inside LifePoint Church, on the fourth floor of a downtown office in Brussels, Belgium. The woman offered us a choice of coffee or tea as I explained how we’d be in Belgium through November. “When did you arrive in Brussels?” she asked. “Friday,” Becky replied. “And you came here first?” she asked. “Well, not literally ‘first,’” I qualified. “Technically, we took a shower first.” “Wow! Aren’t you exhausted?” she asked. I smiled, explaining how we’d made time to adjust to jet lag. We’d come from Sacramento via stops in New York and Iceland. We’d landed in Belgium less than 48 hours earlier. Our greeter wasn’t the first person to express surprise that we came to church so quickly after our arrival. Nevertheless, I was caught short in my answer, a bit surprised at myself. Am I really so “religious” that I must

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report to church first thing? I’d never thought so. The clarity came when Pat Hood stood to preach. Through a French translator, he explained that the Brussels church was a church plant, or franchise, of the mother LifePoint in Smyrna, Tenn. Hood is the senior pastor in Smyrna, but he helps to fill in while the Brussels campus searches for a French-speaking pastor. Hood directed the congregation of 70 to the words of the Apostle Paul in Hebrews 10:25. “Consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another.” It’s a great passage that inspires the church, but it was the phrase “one another” that had my attention. It’s used

more than 50 times in the New Testament to hearten people of faith to do such things as love one another, stop passing judgment on one another, honor one another, etc. Furthermore, we are told to speak, submit, love, honor, forgive, instruct and be kind—all commands qualified by the words “one another.” And where are we supposed to learn and practice those things? Apparently, the church is our laboratory or classroom. Paul tells us we aren’t to cut class or “give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing.” So yes, I found a church quickly. Not because I’m an ordained member of the clergy required to do some kind of professional check-in. I went because church is my practice field where I exercise love, honor, compassion and forgiveness. It’s here among people of like mind and faith that I am spurred

on to live out these one-another traits. After all, if I can’t find some success in a church, then I probably need to stay for extra practice before I head to the field of life. By the way, I’m having trouble with a few of these one-another directives. John 13 says we are to wash one another’s feet. Not sure I’m up to that one yet. Fortunately, I like the one-another way the French practice Romans 16:16, “Greet one another with a holy kiss.” Although I should say that Madame Chaplain isn’t quite as enthusiastic about it. C’est la vie. Until next month, kiss, kiss and au revoir. Recently retired chaplain Norris Burkes is a syndicated columnist, national speaker and book author. He can be reached at comment@ thechaplain.net. You can follow his travel blog at burkesbums.com. n

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5321 56TH ST 3800 15TH AVE 4207 W NICHOLS AVE 4508 13TH AVE 4910 ORTEGA ST 3646 63RD ST 4632 14TH AVE 4030 46TH ST 5140 14TH AVE 4968 TORONTO WAY 4281 65TH ST 5843 BROADWAY 4496 65TH ST 5829 MARK TWAIN AVE 4831 EMERSON RD 5820 MARK TWAIN AVE 3817 LISSETTA AVE 4961 76TH ST 3210 25TH AVE 5501 CABRILLO WAY 4909 12TH AVE 2458 18TH AVE 4809 10TH AVE 5941 18TH AVE 5939 14TH AVE 7600 25TH AVE 4631 76TH ST 4740 71ST ST 5240 CABRILLO WAY 3879 14TH AVE 4328 76TH ST 7261 20TH AVE 4221 51ST ST 7017 MAITA CIR 4007 E NICHOLS AVE 4791 65TH ST 3100 PERRYMAN WAY 5334 12TH AVE 3814 20TH AVE 4800 TRINITY CT 5890 19TH AVE 4425 60TH ST 5341 9TH AVE 4801 PERRY AVE

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1400 STODDARD ST 6893 CAL VALLEY WAY 2818 53RD AVE 5410 ASHLAND WAY 2384 HALDIS WAY 2354 KNIGHT WAY 5661 HAROLD WAY 845 SKIPPER CIR 961 ROEDER WAY 7481 COSGROVE WAY 2812 52ND AVE 7576 TWILIGHT DR 2421 52ND AVE 4278 WARREN AVE 1241 27TH AVE 1295 NOONAN DR 2155 56TH AVE 4803 MONTE WAY 6981 DEMARET DR 6848 DEMARET DR 2112 23RD AVE 1455 38TH AVE 7325 BENBOW ST 2225 62ND AVE 2618 50TH AVE 7607 ADDISON WAY 1521 CLAUDIA DR 1443 63RD AVE 1060 SAGAMORE WAY 3839 12TH ST 7574 SKELTON WAY 7400 TISDALE WAY 4726 CRESTWOOD WAY 2624 52ND AVE 34 PULSAR CIR 7520 LEMARSH WAY 2101 ARLISS WAY 7459 COSGROVE WAY 2520 48TH AVE 1733 63RD AVE 1811 60TH AVE 4912 HELEN WAY 1276 NEVIS CT

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1019 DORNAJO WAY #164 516 WOODSIDE OAKS #4 2280 HURLEY WAY #23 1019 DORNAJO WAY #133 2436 PARKWOOD DR 3114 ELLINGTON CIR 951 FULTON AVE #529 786 E WOODSIDE LN #8 3019 GERALD AVE 621 WOODSIDE SIERRA #7 613 ELMHURST CIR 2124 TEVIS RD 2904 CRESCENT COURT 639 WOODSIDE SIERRA #5 621 WOODSIDE SIERRA LN #4 2280 HURLEY WAY #6 1019 DORNAJO WAY #207 816 COMMONS DR 2251 SWARTHMORE DR 250 FAIRGATE RD 2112 EDWIN WAY 2436 GWEN DR 274 HARTNELL PL 2232 LANDON LANE 2430 LARKSPUR LN #281 2202 WOODSIDE LN #2 2454 LARKSPUR LN #330 2410 LARKSPUR LN #244 909 FULTON AVE #413 332 RIO DEL ORO LN 2515 EXETER SQUARE LN 1952 UNIVERSITY PARK DR. 943 COMMONS DR 661 WOODSIDE SIERRA #2 402 ELMHURST CIRCLE

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1296 BRANWOOD WAY 7378 ALMA VISTA WAY 669 HONEY WAY 19 SHADY RIVER CIR 55 FALLWIND CIR 314 BLACKBIRD LN 2 MILAN CT 6201 S LAND PARK DR 2 MEADOWMONT CT 788 SAO JORGE WAY 756 HARVEY WAY 10 AMARAL CT 2 FLORENCE CT 62 HERITAGE WOOD CIR 425 SPINNAKER WAY 15 LANYARD CT 7508 HIGHWIND WAY 919 GULFWIND WAY 6301 SURFSIDE WAY 923 SUNWOOD WAY 6517 FORDHAM WAY 7339 POCKET RD 7054 REICHMUTH WAY 6661 FORDHAM WAY 933 SHELLWOOD WAY 998 BRIARCREST WAY 6488 S LAND PARK DR 19 SAGE RIVER CIR 8032 LINDA ISLE LN 40 NORTHLITE CIR 6681 POCKET RD 1 GALLEY CT 1164 ROSE TREE WAY 7401 MOONCREST WAY 6913 GALLERY WAY 906 SUNWIND WAY 1147 FAY CIR

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rossroads by their nature have danger built in. They are places where the paths of vehicles, bikes and pedestrians must cross, upping the odds for collisions. The Carlson Drive crossings of J and H streets increase the usual crossing hazards multiple times. Carlson is the primary entryway to the River Park neighborhood and the Sacramento State campus. Carlson is used by joggers and bicyclists to reach the American River Parkway bike path. Carlson funnels heavy vehicle traffic headed east on H Street to one of the few bridges across the American River. Carlson has a busy, and sometimes chaotic, mix of bike, pedestrian and vehicle traffic. Much of that traffic has been on segments of J Street and H Street that resemble mini freeways, with on- and off-ramps that encourage high speeds. More complications include an odd driveway off Carlson leading to the fire station and a student parking lot, sidewalk bike paths, multiple traffic signals packed into a short distance and the highspeed, two-lane, one-way section of H Street. If that sounds like a recipe for confusion, disaster and even death, it was. Two bicyclists and a driver

were killed in crashes at Carlson and either H or J streets between 2010 and 2013. Those crashes, ensuing legal settlements and neighborhood concerns prompted the city to investigate the area and come up with a plan to make the Carlson crossroads safer. Some interim changes were made and now, six years and $1.7 million later, final fixes are in place. The city held a grand opening in August just before Sac State started its fall term. The finished project reduced the two-lane, one-way section of H Street next to the fire station to one lane and gave its bike lane more space by buffering it from vehicle traffic with striping. There are two new pedestrian crosswalks across previously impassable parts of J and H. There are audible pedestrian push buttons for all the crosswalks that issue stern “Wait” commands or tell you to walk. There are new traffic signals with red and green arrows for the right-turn ramps leading into and out of the Sac State campus. The Carlson project also includes three bike-related elements that are brand new to Sacramento. Though new here, they’ve been used with success elsewhere. One is a bicycle signal head. This traffic signal for bikes has red, yellow and green bike symbols instead of the usual round lenses. Its use is not entirely intuitive. Activated by a push button, it provides bike riders heading north into River Park or making a left turn onto H their own signal phase to get through

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refuges on J Street give them a secure place to wait for the needed second green light. The bike boxes, corner refuges and some additional bike lane segments sport bright-green paint to highlight spots where bike riders might be. There were some missed opportunities in the project. The new J Street crosswalk is a plus, but the Sac State campus does not have a sidewalk on that side of Esplanade, its entryway street, to meet it. The one-way buffered bike lane on H Street next to the fire station could have been a two-way bike path, offering a more direct way to get to the American River Parkway. The Elvas Avenue on- and off-ramps to and from J Street, slightly outside

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You Pick ’em THIS URBAN U-PICK FARM BRINGS FLOWERS FROM FIELD TO VASE

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he number of enthusiastic people who showed up in the sticky heat for Flourish Farm’s first U-pick event in West Sacramento a few months ago astonished owner Laurie Gates. She doesn’t know how many attended; she was busy handing out containers, reminding people to put their flowers in water and making change. Most people brought their own containers. Someone tucked flowers into a fish bowl. I used a bucket, which would have worked better had I added water before picking—proof that I’m a U-pick rookie. I ended up with a bucket’s worth of blooms for $20, which my husband arranged

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into a beautiful bouquet. One pair attended the event as part of a date, Gates says, earning them the cutestcouple-ever award. They’d bought new gloves, clippers and matching vases. U-pick or pick-it-yourself is a bonus feature at farm-to-fork events, but there aren’t a lot of U-picks happening in urban environments, making Flourish Farm unique. Direct interaction with people and flowers is exactly what Gates envisioned when she attended the farmer-training program at California Farm Academy and created a business plan. Her dream to start a flower farm was still on paper last winter. How did she go from bare ground to enough pictureperfect blooms to hold a U-pick event? Work. Lots of work. Gates grabbed a spot at one of West Sacramento’s urban farms and signed the lease for the land in January. West Sacramento supports smallscale farmers like Gates who want to farm in an urban environment by converting vacant lots into mini business incubators. “They’ve stepped

up to the plate” when it comes to urban farming, Gates says, and she likes the Chamber of Commerce’s slogan: “We don’t do boring.” The spot where Gates grows her flowers has its share of problems. There’s a large homeless population in the area. Gates recognizes that most people are struggling with mental illness and substance

abuse, and she tries to be kind and respectful, but confrontations can be uncomfortable, especially when she has to persuade folks not to sleep on the picnic bench. At first, she peddled her flowers at the farmers market at The Barn in West Sac. It takes her seven hours to cut the flowers, load them, set up the stall and break it down. One night she

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Flourish Farm, from planting to a profusion of flowers. made $5; she spent $3 on tomatoes from the stall next door, so her profit was a couple of bucks. U-pick events provided a solution to that business model. Gates grew up in Orange County and recalls being fascinated by the flower fields there. “[Flowers are] such a back-to-your-childhood thing,” she says. Before she started farming, she was a full-time English teacher, but she wanted to do something different, something with her hands. In 2004, she stopped teaching and studied landscape design, earning a certificate in landscape preservation and management. She has three, sometimes four or five jobs. She’s worked at UC Davis Student Farm for seven years. She is a substitute teacher. She runs her own landscape design business. And she’s completed a mystery novel. Flourish Farm takes up her remaining time. “I’m trying to piece it together financially to be able to farm,” she says. When she started working with plants, her long-term marriage had

recently ended. Her parents had died. She was physically not well. Farming was healing. “There’s nothing more therapeutic than pulling a weed,” she says. “When you’re out there working, you can solve small problems.” Work in today’s world isn’t always good or productive, but she feels like she is doing something “elemental.”

Gate's dream to start a flower farm was still on paper last winter. When bee colony collapse disorder was in the news, she asked herself, “What can I do?” The answer? “I could grow flowers.” She dreamed of pollinator flowers. Flourish Farm consists of only one-eighth of an acre (she shares the lot with another urban farmer), but Gates has poured sweat equity into that small space.

Her original business plan was to farm one-quarter acre, but she knows now that is too much farm for one person. Even though she has some help in the form of volunteers from the Center for Land-Based Learning, she barely keeps up. When we talked in August, she was starting to replant. In the fall, she’ll grow a cover crop of peas, beans and grass. Sweet peas will add nitrogen. She’s looking forward to having some downtime as well. In addition to U-pick events, people can visit Flourish Farm on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Gates hopes to hold a U-pick event or an open house in mid-October. Bring your own bucket or even a fish bowl. Flourish Farm is at 317 5th St. in West Sacramento. For more information, check out Flourish Farm’s Facebook page. Angela Knight can be reached at knight@mcn.org. n

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TO DO THIS MONTH'S CULTURE & ENTERTAINMENT HIGHLIGHTS

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Don’t miss the 18-member Calidanza Dance Company perform under the stars in Crocker Art Museum's courtyard.

“Noche de Muertos” Calidanza Dance Company Oct. 19, 7 p.m. Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St. crockerart.org The 18-member Calidanza Dance Company will perform a high-energy ballet folklorico program to commemorate the Day of the Dead. Excerpts will include “Noche de Muertos,” a modernistic piece commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony, and new choreography of “La Viejada.”

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“Richard Diebenkorn: Beginnings, 1942–1955” Crocker Art Museum Oct. 8–Jan. 7 216 O St. crockerart.org This exhibition will examine Richard Diebenkorn’s artistic evolution through 100 paintings and drawings.

“Exuberant Earth: Ceramics by Ruth Rippon” Crocker Art Museum Oct. 29–Feb. 4 216 O St. crockerart.org Ninety iconic pieces created from the 1950s to the 1990s by renowned ceramic artist and Sacramento native Ruth Rippon will be on display.

“Masters of Venice” Crocker Art Museum Oct. 29–Feb. 4 Joe Genshlea will perform his one-man show at Sacramento Theatre Company.

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216 O St. crockerart.org In this exhibition, 21 splendid drawings by the most famous father-andson draftsmen in 18th-century Venice, Giambattista and Domenico Tiepolo, will be on view alongside those of other Venetian artists.

Sacramento Theatre Company Oct. 28–29 1419 H St. sactheatre.org Trial lawyer and raconteur Joe Genshlea will perform his third one-man show about growing up in Sacramento. Genshlea’s two previous shows, “A Sense of Place” and “Son of ‘A Sense of Place,’” raised money for STC and Sierra Forever Families. Genshlea will discuss his experiences in the military, Catholic school and the “randomizing of art and architecture” in contemporary society. Proceeds will benefit STC.

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Celebrate your love of wine at the 25th annual Big Crush Harvest Festival.

Karen Burney Genealogical Association of Sacramento Oct. 18, 12:15 p.m. Belle Cooledge Library, 5600 South Land Park Drive gensac.org At its regular monthly meeting, the Genealogical Association of Sacramento will present speaker Karen Burney, an expert on searching Civil War records to help flesh out your family tree. The public is welcome.

Safe & Super Halloween in Space Fairytale Town Oct. 20–22, 5-9 p.m. 3901 Land Park Drive fairytaletown.org Take off to a galaxy far, far away for three nights of trick-or-treating and family fun. Enjoy 15 treat stations, photos with some of your favorite intergalactic characters, Jedi training, a costume parade, magic show and more. Richard Diebenkorn artwork will be on exhibit at Crocker Art Museum.

“Revelations of Love” Protected Path Camellia Waldorf School Oct. 28, 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. 7450 Pocket Road camelliawaldorf.org On the weekend before Halloween, Camellia Waldorf students from the early-childhood program through third grade are invited to walk a campus path lit by luminaria. They will meet friendly costumed characters like fairies, mermaids, magicians and cowboys. Designed for young children, Protected Path cultivates a sense of wonder with none of the scary elements often associated with Halloween.

Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra Oct. 21, 8 p.m. Fremont Presbyterian Church, 5770 Carlson Drive sacramentochoral.com This evening of inspired music for chorus, soloists, organ, strings and harp will feature mezzo soprano Hannah Penn and pieces including “O Love Divine” by Handel, “Dark Night of the Soul” by Ola Gjeilo, “Fern Hill” by John Corigliano and more. The concert is dedicated to the memory of Betty Graham (1936-2016).

25th Anniversary Big Crush Harvest Festival Amador Vintners Association Oct. 7–8, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Various locations (member wineries in Amador County) amadorwine.com Celebrate the yearly grape harvest at 45 member wineries from the Amador Vintners Association. Your ticket includes tours of the vineyards, grape harvest demonstrations, educational seminars, food-and-wine pairings, live music and family-friendly harvest activities.

San Francisco Munich Trio Crocker Art Museum Oct. 8, 3 p.m. 216 O St. crockerart.org In this classical concert, the famed San Francisco Munich Trio will showcase works by Mozart and Beethoven. The group features Munich-based duo Friedrich Edelmann on bassoon and Rebecca Rust on cello, as well as Northern California piano sensation Dmitriy Cogan.

Enjoy all things Greek at the annual Greek Festival on Oct. 6, 7 and 8.

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54th Annual Greek Festival Oct. 6–8 Greek Orthodox Church, 616 Alhambra Blvd. sacramentogreekfestival.com For more than 50 years, the Sacramento Greek Festival has brought Greek food, wine and culture to Sacramento. This year, the festival is moving back to where it all started on Alhambra Boulevard at the stunning new Greek Orthodox Church. The indoor/outdoor facility will feature a “panigiri” (a centuries-old tradition of live music and dancing under the stars). All proceeds support parish outreach, youth programs and local charities.

Magical Masquerade Ball Families on the Brink Oct. 21, 6-10:30 p.m. Resurrection Event Center, 6365 Douglas Blvd., Roseville eventbrite.com Help families in need while enjoying an evening of music, magic, dancing, live and silent auctions, dinner catered by Nevada City’s Lefty’s Grill and a talk by featured speaker Taro Arai, philanthropist and owner of Mikuni sushi restaurants. The nonprofit Families on the Brink helps renters during times of temporary financial hardship due to job loss, sudden death in the family, unexpected illness, premature birth, hospitalization and more.

“Fair Winds” Sacramento Symphonic Winds Oct. 15, 2:30 pm. Crowne Plaza Northeast, 5321 Date Ave. sacwinds.org Don’t miss the first concert of the Sacramento Symphonic Winds’ new season. The 60-piece adult symphonic band will present “Pastime (A Salute to Baseball)” by Jack Stamp, “Fantasia in G” (based on “Ode to Joy”) by Timothy Mahr, Leonard Bernstein’s “Symphonic Dances” from “West Side Story” and more.

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“Carter Sparks: Architect, Modernist, Friend” Sacramento Modern Oct. 4–25 Opening reception Oct. 11, 4:30–6:30 p.m. Gregory Kondos Gallery (Sacramento City College), 3835 Freeport Blvd. sacmod.org Sacramento Modern celebrates the life and career of Carter Sparks, one of Sacramento’s most recognized and beloved modernist architects. Best known for his work with Streng Bros. Homes, Sparks designed more than 3,000 residences in the region, as well as civic and commercial buildings. This exhibition includes the architect’s early drawings, renderings, photographs, models and ephemera dating from the early 1950s through the early 1990s.

Sacramento Choral Society will perform "Revelations of Love" on Oct. 21.

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Art Preview GALLERY ART SHOWS IN OCTOBER

ARTHOUSE on R presents “Celebration,” a solo art exhibit featuring the work of the late Zbigniew Richard Kozikowski, Oct. 13 through Nov. 7. Shown above: “Evening Promenade.” 1021 R St.; arthouseonr.com

Tim Collom Gallery in welcoming back Nichole Lauren Fry for her second solo exhibition called ”New Horizons.” The show runs Oct. 10 through Nov. 10. Shown above: “Sonoma Harvest” by Fry. 915 20th St.; timcollomgallery.com Through Nov. 3, Sparrow Gallery presents “Encounters,” with new paintings, collage art and prints by Margaret Woodcock. Shown right: “Grandmother” a mixed media by Woodcock. 1021 R St.; sparrowgallerysacramento.com

b. sakata garo will exhibit works by Jennifer Pochinski from Oct. 3 to Nov. 4. Shown left: “Love.” 923 20th St.; bsakatagaro.com Elliott Fouts Gallery features recent work by David Post. The show runs Oct. 7 to Nov. 2. Shown above: a landscape by Post. 1831 P St.; efgallery.com

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Carolyne Swayze

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ho could imagine that the playful musician’s maxim “Hum a few bars” could launch a career? It did just that for jazz singer Carolyne Swayze— founder of the recently formed Sacramento Jazz Cooperative—when she approached the bandstand at a California dinner house. “To this day, I don’t know what gave me the nerve,” Swayze says. Her singing voice had long been silenced by a bad case of stage fright as a child after auditioning for “Ted Mack and the Original Amateur Hour” in the mid-1960s. “I had recently relocated to California from Chicago and wandered into this dinner house. I walked up to the bandleader and asked, ‘Do you know this song?’ He said, ‘What key do you sing it in?’ I didn’t know what that meant, so he said, ‘Hum a few bars.’ I ended up performing with that group—the Dick Scudder Trio—for five years.” Growing up in a home with two sets of grandparents (one devoutly religious, one devoted to classical jazz), she heard both musical influences from an early age. In her teen years, Swayze decided she was going to be Nancy Wilson, a selfproclaimed “song stylist” with 70 albums and three Grammy Awards to her name. But it was after making herself part of the Fresno-based Dick

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Scudder Trio and working the San Francisco hotel and country club circuit as a singer that Swayze’s own personal style began to emerge. She eventually went to work for the city and county of San Francisco, and singing took a back seat. She moved to Sacramento in 1997 and retired a decade later. “I kept thinking maybe it was too late to go back to singing,” Swayze says. “But then I went to the Mondavi Center to hear a performance of the Wynton Marsalis Lincoln Center jazz band. They were so marvelous, and I started to look around the room. There were 1,800 people in that room and not one person I knew. I thought, ‘Who are all these people? How can I get this crowd to support what I want to do?’” So she started Sacramento Jazz Cooperative, a nonprofit designed to develop a greater understanding of jazz as an American art form and increase audience participation through education and performance. SJC hires local and touring talent to perform at least two Mondays a month at the E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts in Midtown. “There are a lot of opinions about what jazz is,” Swayze says. “If Dixieland and R&B are on opposite sides, we’re in the middle. We do mainstream classic jazz. All jazz is good, but there’s so much out there. Sacramento already has a traditional jazz society. We didn’t want to compete. We’re not trying to get the whole pie, just a slice of excellence. We want to do our thing and do it better than anyone else.” Since it began in September 2016, SJC has produced 16 performances

to ever-increasing audiences. Membership is also increasing, which is good news for the growth-minded Swayze. “I feel like we woke a sleeping giant,” she says. “The outpouring of acceptance from the community has been overwhelming. Now I have a sense of obligation to keep it going and make it everything it can be.” That includes educating not only current audiences but also future musicians. “I want to have our own building with a recording studio, a lounge and classrooms,” Swayze says. “There’s a lot of educating to be done. There’s more to this business than going to school and becoming a great stylist. I want to teach seminars about how to know your key and work with a band. Luckily, a great number of our members are educators in the CSU and UC systems. I didn’t know so many Ph.D.s could blow a saxophone!” No matter how grand her plans may be, Swayze is committed to keeping everything SJC does within reach for all patrons. Tickets have been $25 apiece. “Tickets are $25 no matter who we bring in, whether they’re local or a celebrity,” Swayze says. “That’s why we really need the support from the community. It costs much more to bring in a celebrity performer, but I don’t want to increase ticket prices. I want everyone to be able to be a part of it.” For more information about Sacramento Jazz Cooperative, visit sacramentojazzcoop.org. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey.com. n

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f you haven’t heard of Kru Contemporary Japanese Cuisine, it’s only because you haven’t been paying attention. Perennially on top-10 lists, frequently mentioned as a regional dining destination and consistently known as one of the best eating spots in the city, Kru is a shining light in Sacramento’s foodscape. In its new digs in East Sacramento (on Folsom Boulevard at 32nd Street), the restaurant is bigger and takes in a more diverse set of diners than it could in its previous cozy location. An accommodating sushi bar, a substantial drinking bar and a comfortably sized dining room are all under one roof. The new space covers a lot of ground, which provides plenty of opportunity for new flavors, but it also comes with its share of frictions. Kru tries to lubricate itself out of those frictions by presenting two faces simultaneously. This cognitive dissonance is, more or less, successful. The Jekyll-and-Hyde routine starts with the design of the place. The dining room and sushi bar whisper minimalist elegance, a fine comingling of Japanese and California influences. The wood beams of the ceiling and the natural—wood, stone, floral—decorations create a beautiful, calming room. Turn your head the right way, however, and you’ll see one full wall covered in an excitingly garish mural, more influenced by tattoo art than traditional Japanese painting.

Look next at the dishes coming out of the kitchen, in which some of the best cooking in the region can be found. An absolutely stunning small plate of lacquered game bird comes out, the delicate, perfectly cooked flesh of the dainty thing perfectly coated in a soy-yuzu glaze that gives a fine snap in the teeth and tang on the tongue. Compare that gorgeous execution and impressive restraint to the Sunshine Roll. This 11-ingredient sushi roll is a triumph in “party sushi” construction. Combining green apple, lemon, fried shrimp, spicy tuna, fried leeks, garlic sauce and five other ingredients, the dish is a baroque undertaking of flavors and textures. It’s a bit shocking to see this dish come out of the same kitchen. Swing the pendulum back with another sushi order, Sashimi Tapas. This epically beautiful plate features five separate fishes, mostly raw, with the most delicate accompaniments. The first bite is some of the finest, fattiest salmon you’ve ever put in your mouth. With just a simply dressed bed of seaweed underneath, it’s as expressive a bite as you can have. If some dishes let ingredients sing, then this one just opened at the Met. Or grab a plate of loco moco. This down-and-dirty Hawaiian favorite of hamburger patty and fried egg over rice and gravy gets the Kru treatment with the use of Wagyu beef for the patty and Japanese curry instead of brown gravy. The ingredients are

of the highest sourcing, the cooking expertly deft. But again, this feels like the product of another kitchen altogether, or at least of another menu planner. Perhaps what makes this twofaced culinary approach work is the one-faced approach to service. That face is excellence. Each dish, each water refill, each glass of wine, each cutlery reset is handled smartly and professionally. The team of servers, bussers and managers works together seamlessly. There’s also a distinct difference in price depending on what you choose to eat at Kru. The chef’s tasting menu will run you $75 per person, or $110 with drink pairings. The omakase, or chef’s sushi choice (served only at the sushi bar and with limited availability, so make a reservation) can run you $125 per person. A selection of small plates and sashimi or nigiri selections can add up to $60 to $80 per person with a drink.

On the other hand, the same menu offers you the option to make a meal out of sushi rolls and a pitcher of beer. That may come to about $30 per person, not much more than your local casual sushi joint. Of course, have a glass of one of Kru’s rare Japanese whiskies and you’ll double that bill. Kru is what you make of it. The food is consistently lovely, the preparation excellent, the service on point. You can have a fine-dining experience or a casual sushi fest. Just be ready for Japanese flavors with some clever Hawaiian and Californian influences coming out of Chef Billy Ngo’s kitchen no matter what kind of night you plan. Kru Contemporary Japanese Cuisine is at 3135 Folsom Blvd.; (916) 551-1559; krurestaurant.com. Greg Sabin can be reached at gregsabin@hotmail.com. n

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Firestone Public House 1132 16th Street L D $$ Full Bar Sports bar with a classical american menu• firestonepublichouse.com

Frank Fat’s 806 L Street • 916-442-7092 L D Full Bar $$-$$$ Chinese favorites in an elegant setting • Fatsrestaurants.com

1001 Front Street • 916-446-6768 D $$-$$$ Full Bar American cuisine served in a casual historic Old Sac location • Fatsrestaurants.com

Rio City Cafe 1110 Front Street • 916-442-8226 L D Wine/Beer $$ Bistro favorites with a distinctively Sacramento feeling in a riverfront setting • riocitycafe.com

The Firehouse Restaurant 1112 Second Street • 916-442-4772 L D $$$ Full Bar Global and California cuisine in an upscale historic Old Sac setting • Firehouseoldsac.com

Ten 22 1022 Second Street • 916-441-2211 L D Wine/Beer $$ American bistro favorites with a modern twist in a casual, Old Sac setting • ten22oldsac.com

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2718 J Street

Iron Horse Tavern 1116 15th Street L D $-$$ Full Bar Gastro-pub cuisine in a stylish industrial setting • ironhorsetavern.net

Magpie Cafe 1601 16th Street L D $$-$$$ Wine/Beer Seasonal menu using the best local ingredients • magpiecafe.com

Shoki Ramen House 1201 R Street

L D $$ Full Bar All things local contribute to a sophisticated urban menu • theredrabbit.net

Paragary’s Bar & Oven 1401 28th Street • 916-457-5737 L D $$ Full Bar Fabulous Outdoor Patio, California cuisine with a French touch • Paragarys.com

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

Skool

L D $$ Japanese fine dining using the best local ingredients • sshokiramenhouse.com

2315 K Street

THE HANDLE

Suzie Burger

The Rind

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

1801 L Street #40 • 916-441-7463 L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Cheese-centric menu paired with select wine and beer • therindsacramento.com

Zocolo 1801 Capitol Avenue • 916-441-0303 L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Patio Regional Mexican cuisine served in an authentic artistic setting • zocolosacramento.com

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

29th and P Streets • 916-455-3300

Tapa The World

Jamie’s Bar and Grill

Shoki Ramen House

2115 J Street • 916-442-4353

427 Broadway • 916-442-4044

2530 21st Street • 916-905-1911

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

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

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

Riverside Clubhouse

Gunther’s Ice Cream

Thai Basil Café 2431 J Street • 916-442-7690

Biba Ristorante

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

2801 Capitol Avenue • 916-455-2422 L D $$$ Full Bar Upscale Northern Italian cuisine

The Waterboy

MIDTOWN served a la carte • Biba-restaurant.com

Café Bernardo 2726 Capitol Avenue • 916-443-1180 B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Casual California cuisine with counter service

Centro Cocina Mexicana 2730 J Street • 916-442-2552 L D $$ Full Bar Patio Regional Mexican cooking served in a casual atmosphere • Paragarys.com

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

2000 Capitol Avenue • 916-498-9891 L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Patio Fine South of France and northern Italian cuisine in a chic neighborhood setting • waterboyrestaurant.com

LAND PARK Casa Garden Restaurant

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

2924 Freeport Boulevard • 916-443-5154 D $$$ Wine/Beer Dinner served Wed. through Saturday. Reservations suggested but walk-ins welcome.

Willie’s Burgers 2415 16th Street • 916-444-2006 L D $ Great burgers and more. Open until 3 on Friday and Saturday • williesburgers.com

2760 Sutterville Road • 916-452-2809 L D $$ • D with minimum diners call to inquire Wine/Beer. Operated by volunteers to benefit Sacramento Children’s Home. • casagardenrestaurant.org

2801 Franklin Boulevard • 916-457-6646 Long-standing landmark with retro decor supplying homemade ice cream in a variety of flavors • gunthersicecream.com

CURTIS PARK 2700 24th Street • 916-451-2200

Pangaea Bier Café 2743 Franklin Boulevard • 916-454-4942

13th Street and Broadway • 916-737-5115

3301 Folsom Boulevard • 916-455-2233 B L D $$ Full Bar Patio Pacific Northwest cuisine in a casual bistro setting • 33rdstreetbistro.com

Burr’s Fountain

Café Dantorele

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

Iron Grill

33rd Street Bistro

B L D $ Fountain-style diner serving burgers, sandwiches, soup and ice cream specialties

2966 Freeport Boulevard • 916-442-4256

Freeport Bakery

EAST SAC

4920 Folsom Boulevard • 916-452-5516

B L D $$ Beer /Wine Outdoor Patio Seasonal menu features crepes and more in a colorful setting • cafedantorels.com

Federalist Public House 2009 N Street

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

Taylor’s Kitchen

Easy on I 1725 I Street • 916-469-9574

2633 Riverside Drive • 916-448-9988

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

Cabana Winery & Bistro 5610 Elvas • 916-476-5492 LD $$ Wine tasting and paired entrees. Sunday Brunch 10 - 2. • cabanawine.com

Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters 48th Street & Folsom Boulevard • 916-451-5181 Small-batch coffees brewed from beans harvested within the past 12 months • chocolatefishcoffee.com

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

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Clubhouse 56

OBO Italian

723 56th. Street • 916-454-5656

3145 Folsom Boulevard

BLD Full Bar $$ American. HD sports, kid's menu, breakfast weekends, Late night dining

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

Español 5723 Folsom Boulevard • 916-457-3679 L D Full Bar $-$$ Classic Italian cuisine served in a traditional family-style atmosphere

Evan’s Kitchen

OneSpeed 4818 Folsom Boulevard • 916-706-1748 L D $-$$ Wine/Beer, Patio, Private Room. Artisan pizzas & seasonally inspired menu in a casual, neighborhood setting • onespeedpizza.com

855 57th Street • 916-452-3896 B L D Wine/Beer $$ Eclectic California cuisine served in a family-friendly atmosphere, community table for single diners • Chefevan.com

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

Hawks Public House 1525 Alhambra Boulevard • 916-558-4440

Opa! Opa! 5644 J Street • 916-451-4000 L D Wine/Beer $ Fresh Greek cuisine in a chic, casual setting, counter service

Nopalitos 5530 H Street • 916-452-8226 B L $ Wine/Beer Southwestern fare in a casual diner setting

Roxie Deli & Barbeque 3340 C Street • 916-443-5402

Kru

Selland’s Market Cafe

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

La Trattoria Bohemia 3649 J Street • 916-455-7803 L D Wine/Beer $-$$ Italian and Czech specialties in a neighborhood bistro setting

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HOLIDAY PARTIES Private Events + Catering

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OAK PARK La Venadita 3501 Third Avenue • 916-400-4676 L D $$ Full Bar Authentic Mexican cuisine with simple tasty menu in a colorful historic setting • lavenaditasac.com

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

5340 H Street • 916-736-3333 B L D $$ Wine/Beer High quality handcrafted food to eat in or take out, bakery, wine bar • sellands.com

Ettore’s 2376 Fair Oaks Boulevard • 916-482-0708 B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer European-style gourmet café with salads, soup, and desserts in a bistro setting • Ettores.com

The Kitchen 2225 Hurley Way • 916-568-7171

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

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

ARDEN AREA Bella Bru Café 5038 Fair Oaks Boulevard • 916-485-2883

L D $$-$$$ Familiar classics combined with specialty ingredients by chefs Molly Hawks and Mike Fagnoni • hawkspublichouse.com

3145 Folsom Boulevard • 916-551-1559

Now Booking

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

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

Café Vinoteca 3535 Fair Oaks Boulevard • 916-487-1331 L D $$ Full Bar Italian bistro in a casual setting • Cafevinoteca.com

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

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

BUTTERNUT SQUASH

SUNCHOKE

This long squash is one of the tastiest winter squashes, with a subtle flavor similar to pumpkin.

Also known as a Jerusalem artichoke, this tuber has a fresh, nutty taste. Eat it: Roast in the oven with other vegetables, or puree for a soup.

Eat it: Roast the flesh and use in a simple risotto.

ARUGULA

QUINCE

This leafy green can be used as an herb, a salad or a vegetable. It has a peppery, spicy flavor. Eat it: Dress lightly with fresh lemon juice and serve on top of grilled steak or chicken Milanese.

Monthly Market A LOOK AT WHAT’S IN SEASON AT LOCAL FARMERS MARKETS IN OCTOBER

BLOOOMSDALE SPINACH

This old spinach variety (from the 19th century) has a crinkled leaf and a deep, interesting flavor.

This knobby golden fruit looks like a pear and is generally too hard and sour to eat raw. Eat it: Stew in water or wine, then bake in a tart.

HEIRLOOM TOMATO

Summer may be over, but you can still find heirloom tomatoes at the farmers market. They come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors. Eat it: Slice and drizzle with olive oil, salt and pepper.

Eat it: Sautee in olive oil with garlic and hot red pepper flakes.

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