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MID CENTURY FLAIR Wonderful, spacious 4 bedroom, 3 full bath home on a great corner lot! Entryway leads to large bright living room and formal dining room with built-ins. Kitchen ith eating area, island and tons of cabinets. Large upstairs master suite. Roomy basement, 2-car garage. $699,000 CHARLENE SINGLEY 341-0305, SHEILA VAN NOY 505-5395

INCREDIBLE SLP PROPERTY You’ll have to look twice or three times at this fabulous property. The larger residence has 3 bedrooms, gourmet kitchen and 2 baths on the upper level. It has a lower level with kitchenette, living room, big bedroom and bath. PLUS a connected 2 Bed 2 bath, separate unit. $975,000 SHEILA VAN NOY 505-5395, CHRIS BRIGGS 834-6483

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FANTASTIC REMODEL 3 bedrooms 2 baths, gorgeous kitchen, laminate Àoors, updated bathrooms, quality carpet, quartz counter top, beautiful white cabinets, updated appliances, blinds and dual pane windows. Crown molding, baseboards, paint inside and out and much more. You will love it! $388,000 MONA GERGEN 247-9555

FABULOUS CRESTWOOD WAY HOME You’ll feel the love in this well-maintained mid-century ranch style home on the top of the hill in South Land Park Terrace. Spacious and warm 3 bedroom 2½ bath with a big back yard, huge patio for entertaining and an over-sized garage for all your projects. $550,000 SHEILA VAN NOY 505-5395

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SWEET SOUTH LAND PARK TERRACE Lovingly cared for original, feels like home. Open the front door and view the beautiful, spacious backyard through the large living room picture window. Wonderful quarter-round ¿replace is the feature of the family room. A 2 bedroom in a well-established neighborhood. $435,000 PAULA SWAYNE 425-9715

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MOVE-IN READY LAND PARK Darling 2 bedroom 1½ bath, nicely cared for with re¿nished hardwood Àoors, fresh paint inside and out. Living room is light and bright with a cozy ¿replace. Dining area is spacious and takes in the yard. Backyard is charming with a covered patio. $399,000 ANGELA HEINZER 212-1881

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CONVENIENT COMFORT Tucked away Jennywood Development, a must see to appreciate. Spacious, bright 2 story 3 bedroom 3½ bath home in a planned unit development on a quiet cul-de-sac. Huge wrap around yard with gazebo, ready for your personal touch. Plenty of storage space! $449,000 CHRIS BRIGGS 834-6483

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SOUTH LAND PARK TERRACE You’ll feel the warmth and love the minute you walk in! This is where dreams live and emotions are born. It is untouched by time and beautifully maintained. 3 bedrooms 1½ baths, random plank hardwood Àoors throughout the whole house PLUS super deep yard. $425,000 SHEILA VAN NOY 505-5395

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LOVELY HOLLYWOOD PARK All it needs is you! Hollywood Park cutie with 3 bedrooms, hardwood Àoors and a big backyard. Convenient location and close access to Land Park, Curtis Park & Midtown with all of their activities, sports, music & restaurants just minutes away - Fantastic! Move in...and enjoy! $319,000 SHEILA VAN NOY 505-5395

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A New Page That's The Spirit! Inside City Hall Heating Up All-Access Pass Make It Bigger Mary & Bill Kuyper Artful Addition Food For All Learning On The Links Green Neighbors Thirsty Trees Fraternal Filmmakers Writing Life Spirit Matters The Farm Next Door Lawyering With Real Meaning Getting There Science In The Neighborhood Artist Spotlight To Do Oak Park Culinary Delights

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A New Page WE’RE ABOUT TO PUBLISH OUR FIRST BOOK!

he tables are going to be turned on us in the next few months as we release our new book, “Inside Sacramento: The Most Interesting Neighborhood Places in America’s Farm-to-Fork Capital.” While usually it is our writers on our pages who tell our vital local stories, we will be reaching out to the rest of Sacramento’s media to help us promote the new book.

Honestly, I grew tired of Sacramento’s not getting the respect it deserves as a place to live or a destination to visit. One of the questions I’ll be asked to answer is why we published this book. Honestly, I grew tired of Sacramento’s not getting the respect it deserves as a place to live or a destination to visit. Sacramento hasn’t marketed itself especially well, especially the great neighborhood experiences our city offers. We rarely

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show up on lists of great places to live or visit in magazines or on websites. I’m convinced that is because there is nothing published that extols our virtues. A similar book, called “This Is Oakland” by Melissa Davis and Kristen Loken, inspired me. After seeing what they’d created for another underrated city, I knew Sacramento was ripe for a similar approach to help us create a new civic image. The Oakland book profiled 90 places in seven city neighborhoods. We identified eight city neighborhoods: Downtown, Old Sac, Midtown, R Street, The Handle, Oak Park, Land Park and East Sac. Originally, I thought we would be

able to find only 70 places to eat, shop and explore in those neighborhoods. But as we delved into the selection process, we quickly realized we would go well beyond 70 places. When we were done, we had tallied 101 great places! While a handful of places we selected were not available for photography or didn’t fit our photo

format, we quickly found other places that were worthy of inclusion. Creating this book was a challenge, but it was also greatly rewarding. PUBLISHER page 9

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That’s The Spirit! PARISH SCHOOL NURTURES GROWTH WITH TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM

he days of graham crackers and naptime are gone. Now, kids in kindergarten are expected to know basic sight words and math—a far cry from the easy entry into school life of yesteryear. Holy Spirit Parish School is offering a leg up to its youngest students with its new transitional kindergarten (TK) program, which begins this fall. “There is an overarching TK trend as policymakers look to make preschool and TK available to every child,” explains Matt Wells, director of parent engagement for Holy Spirit’s Catholic School Advisory Commission. “An April article in The Modesto Bee cites a study claiming that 70 percent of Stanislaus County 5-year-olds will begin behind.” This startling statistic, as well as a desire to bring its nearly 70-year-old school into the 21st century, has Holy Spirit looking at ways to offer even more educational opportunities for its students, many of whom are children of alumni. Holy’s Spirit’s TK program is designed to give children an additional academic year for those students who might need a little more time for maturing, building confidence in social situations, or for those who need to acquire academic skills. With a focus on the whole child, the program covers the areas of spiritual, social, academic and physical growth.

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Holy Spirit Parish School is offering transitional kindergarten starting this fall

If your student will be 4 years old by Sept. 1, enroll now to be part of the first class. You can drop by the Holy Spirit Parish School office at 3920 West Land Park Drive or call 448-5663. For more information, go to hs-ps.com/admissions/transitionalkindergarten.

PLAY’S THE THING This probably comes as no surprise to someone who has chased a toddler around a playground, but studies show that play is incredibly important for

child development. Find out just how important it is at the Sacramento Play Summit, hosted by Fairytale Town and the Sacramento Pubic Library from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10, at the Tsakopoulos Library Galleria. This fourth annual summit aims to highlight the importance of play, the many types of play, ways to incorporate play into daily and school life, and more. Keynote speakers include Lenore Skenazy, author, blogger and founder of Free Range

Kids; Jim Valley, award-winning musician; and Dr. Olivia Kasirye, public health officer for Sacramento County. For tickets and more information, call 808-7462. The Tsakopoulos Library Galleria is at 828 I St. Grandma and Grandpa can get in on the fairytale fun on Sunday, Sept. 11, when Fairytale Town hosts Grandparents Day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to celebrate National LIFE page 10

PUBLISHER FROM page 7 While our 20-plus years of publishing proved helpful, the book publishing business is different and required us to learn new skills. Creating a book like this takes a very talented team. I am blessed to have one. The fabulous work of our photographers, Aniko Kiezel and Rachel Valley, speaks for itself on every page. Jessica Laskey wrote the descriptions of each place and managed the relationships with the participants. Graphic designer Brian Burch helped guide me in creating the beautiful book design. Longtime book publisher Helen Sweetland, now of Left Coast Book Works here in Sacramento, was invaluable in helping me negotiate the world of book publishing, printing and distribution. And I am grateful to Bob Graswich for contributing his expert editing skills. My husband Jim deserves a great deal of credit for keeping our business and home life running smoothly while I took nearly a year away from both to create this book. And I am very grateful to my publication staff members Daniel Nardinelli, Cindy Fuller, Michael McFarland, Marybeth Bizjak, Linda Smolek, Lisa Schmidt and Lauren Hastings, who contributed design, photography, editing, distribution or web skills. I am also grateful to the smallbusiness owners who welcomed us into their places, shared their stories with us and helped us with book sales. They truly inspire us. Here is the introduction to the book so you can better understand why we pursued this project.

INTRODUCTION TO “INSIDE SACRAMENTO” Sacramento is known as America’s Farm-to-Fork Capital. No other major American city is more centrally located amid so many small, family-owned farms, ranches and vineyards—all producing year-round in our ideal Mediterranean climate. Sacramento adopted the Farm-to-Fork Capital designation through the efforts of civic and business leaders who wanted

to sing the praises of our local foodgrowing and food-making experience. Sacramento is also home to one of the largest farmers markets in the state: the famed Sunday farmers market downtown, an exciting marketplace of fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, flowers and artisanal products. In Sacramento, some 40 other farmers markets attract tens of thousands of people each week seeking the farm-tofork experience. Sacramento celebrates farm-to-fork culture each September with a festival and other events capped by a gala dinner, at which hundreds of diners enjoy a locally sourced meal on the magnificent Tower Bridge. Guests are treated to a feast highlighting the delicious collaboration between the Sacramento region’s farmers and chefs. The honored chefs selected to create the dinner are given a special green logo on their restaurant’s page in this book. But Sacramento doesn’t always get the respect it deserves. Even though it is the state capital, it’s often overshadowed by its larger and louder regional neighbors. The discovery of gold in the Sacramento Valley in early 1848 sparked the historic Gold Rush. But in recent years, another rush has occurred: the development of the city’s many diverse neighborhoods. People are attracted to these neighborhoods by the sheer number of interesting shops, restaurants, cafés and other commercial establishments. In addition, the new Golden 1 Center downtown has encouraged dozens of new developments that enrich the central city and beyond, bringing people from all over to dine, shop, explore and be entertained. Our book is a curated collection of Sacramento’s most interesting places. It’s designed to give readers an insider’s glimpse into the unique and exceptional Sacramento neighborhood experience. It’s not meant just for people who live in Sacramento, but also for visitors from all over the country who come on business or vacation or are considering moving here. The eight neighborhoods profiled in this book are among the city’s most pleasant to visit on foot and on bike. Sacramento is perfect for raising families so we have indicated the places that especially welcome them.

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LIFE FROM page 8 Grandparents Day. Grandparents receive free admission when accompanied with a child who is age 12 or younger. Plus, enjoy a family concert with musician Jim Valley at noon. Weekend admission is $5.75 per person. Children ages 1 and younger are free. Need a new read? Or fancy some family playtime? Don’t miss the ScholarShare Children’s Book Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 24 and 25. Enjoy readings and presentations by children’s book authors and illustrators, storytelling performances, hands-on literacy activities and more at the largest early childhood literacy festival in the region. Barbara Jean Hicks, author of “Frozen: A Sister Like Me,” will headline the two-day festival. Admission to Fairytale Town during the festival is free thanks to event sponsor ScholarShare College Savings Plan. For more information, call 808-7462 or go to fairytaletown.org. Fairytale Town is at 3901 Land Park Drive.

RAISE YOUR VOICE Hearty congratulations are in order for local choral group Vox Musica and its founder and music director, Daniel Paulson. In July, the group got word that it had been awarded the prestigious 2015-16 Award for Adventurous Programming from the American Society of Composers and Publishers. ASCAP, the first and leading U.S. performing rights organization representing the world’s largest repertory of more than 9 million copyrighted musical works from more than 500,000 songwriter, composer and music publisher members, and Chorus America present the Awards for Adventurous Programming each year to choirs that challenge audiences, help contribute new works to the choral repertoire and increase interest in contemporary music. With 10 years of adventurous concert programming under their belts, including collaborations with local and international poets,

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Choral group Vox Musica has been awarded the Award for Adventurous Programming

composers, musicians and American Indian tribes, the all-female Vox Musica is committed to excellence in performance of diverse and challenging choral literature for women’s voices and it is deeply dedicated to promoting new music. To that end, the group has performed more than 275 works by living composers, 60 of which were by local Sacramento composers. Under Daniel Paulson, who started the group in 2006, Vox Musica presents four concert projects and an educational outreach activity each season. For more information and tickets to concerts, go to voxmusica. net.

UP AND DOWN THE BOULEVARD If you live in Land Park and Freeport Boulevard is part of your daily drive, you’re probably well aware of the crazy construction going on along the neighborhood car artery. According to The Sacramento Bee’s “Back-Seat Driver” columnist Tony Bizjak, crews are well into a $2.3 million reconfiguration that will add bike lanes on both sides of the street between Fourth Avenue and Sutterville Road and change the two existing lanes in each direction to one lane with a center turn lane (except in the rail track area).

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The plan is to make the traffic flow more efficient, with fewer cars getting trapped behind those trying to turn left across oncoming traffic—welcome news to an area that’s usually choked by slow-downs, especially when McClatchy High School is in session. The increased parent and student traffic is in fact part of what inspired the project and what is driving its projected end date of mid-August.

GO, CATS! Swing, batter, batter! Grab your glove and a cold brew and watch the Sacramento River Cats take on the Fresno Grizzlies at the Sacramento River Cats Zoo Night at 7:05 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 3. It’s the last Saturday home game of the season and the players will be sporting special Red Panda jerseys that will be auctioned off to benefit the zoo. Purchase advance tickets and use the promo code “ZOO” and a portion of the sale will be donated to the zoo. Claws up! If you’re 55 or older but young at heart, the zoo’s Senior Tea & Tours from 9:30 a.m. to noon on two Mondays, Sept. 12 and 19, are sure to be your cup of tea (literally!). Your group will be met by docents for a special tour of the zoo, followed by a tea break featuring iced tea, lemonade and water, plus tea sandwiches, salad and cookies.

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Call Me Today! 698-1961 Everyone deserves the chance to experience the magic of the zoo, so don’t miss Deaf Awareness Day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17. NorCal Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing will host this special day for the deaf and hard of hearing community, with ASL interpreters on site to assist visitors. Do you love those roly-poly, redhaired fluff balls that look like foxraccoons? Then be sure to visit the zoo on Red Panda Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, September 10. The interactive and educational event aims to raise awareness about red panda conservation. Visitors can become “Red Panda Rangers” after stopping at the various Red Panda Stations and completing the panda activities. (If you became a ranger last year, complete this year’s activities to become a “Junior Forest Guardian.”) Purchase raffle tickets for red panda-themed artwork, décor and other keepsakes and know that proceeds will go to benefit the Red Panda Network, a conservation group working directly with communitybased organizations in Nepal. Are you a shutterfly in need of some wild inspiration? Hone your photography skills with staff from Mike’s Camera at the Photography Workshop & Safari on Sept. 22, 25 and 27. The workshop will include an evening class session, a morning visit to the zoo and an evening followup critique. The best part? Fifty percent of your tuition benefits the Sacramento Zoo. Get your little ones out and about with Nature Explorers from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24. Join the zoo and the Sacramento Library

in an open play environment where you’ll read stories, play and explore the wonders of the natural world. Activities are included with zoo admission. For more information about all zoo events, call 808-5888 or go to saczoo. org. The Sacramento Zoo is at 3930 West Land Park Drive.

BELLE OF ’EM ALL While temperatures are still soaring outside, check out the cool activities that Belle Cooledge Library has to offer this month, starting with ASL Storytime with Sacramento Signing Families at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 13 and 27. Parents with children ages 0-5 are invited to read well-loved children’s books in American Sign Language. This special story session takes place two evenings a month on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month and is facilitated by Sacramento Signing Families through the support of First 5 Sacramento. All children and their grownups are invited to attend. Curious where, and whom, you come from? Check out the Genealogical Research workshop at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 21, led by the Genealogical Association of Sacramento. The mission of the GAS is to encourage the research, publication and preservation of genealogical and historical material and to instruct and lend assistance to the membership and the public in modern methods of research. Whether you’re a beginner or a more experienced genealogist, there’s something for you to discover about your roots.

Trade your storybooks for lab coats at 9:30 and 11 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 29, for Science Storytime for Toddlers. All toddlers are invited to participate in hands-on art and science crafts emphasizing process-based learning that will engage creativity and expand curiosity. Toddlers ages 18-36 months are welcome to bring their grownups and make a mess. For more information, go to saclibrary.org. Belle Cooledge Library is at 5600 South Land Park Drive.

50TH REUNION FOR HIRAM STUDENTS Hiram Johnson High School’s Class of 1966 will hold its 50th reunion on Saturday, Oct. 1, at Sacramento Embassy Suites in Old Sacramento. Tickets are $75 per person. There will also be an informal meetand-greet on Friday, Sept. 30, at the hotel. For more information, go to hiramjohnson66.wix.com/50-years. The website includes a list of missing classmates. If you are in touch with any of the missing classmates, email Mary Just at mkjust1966@gmail.com. For more information, call Russell Silber at 456-3115.

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COMMUNITY MEETING ON THE ARTS The Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission will hold its Sept. 12 meeting at 2 p.m. in Clunie Community Center’s Alhambra Room. SMAC is a public agency devoted to supporting, promoting and advancing the arts in the region. Funded by the city and county, SMAC provides funding to local artists and arts groups; promotes the arts through marketing, outreach and education initiatives; provides resources to support and increase regional arts education activities; and serves as a community partner and resource. The agency is guided by 11 commissioners, including Inside Publications publisher Cecily Hastings. “While our second-Monday monthly meetings are always open the public at the city offices at 300 Richards Blvd., we wanted to occasionally hold meetings in community locations to make it easier for members of the public and the arts community to attend,” says Rebecca Garrison, chair of the commission. The meeting will also include a presentation on the public art for the new Golden 1 Center. Clunie Community Center is at 601 Alhambra Blvd. For more information, visit sacmetroarts.org. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com n

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Double the Tax? MEASURE B WOULD RAISE CITY SALES TAX TO 9 PERCENT

admit it. I’m a local government geek and spend entirely too much time keeping track of the machinations of dozens of local government units. But I confess that even a geek like me had never heard of the Sacramento Transportation Authority until earlier this year. So don’t feel ill informed if it’s never crossed your radar screen either.

We know it’s not unusual for city voters to approve tax measures by fairly large margins. Why am I mentioning it now? Well, it’s not to give you a remedial civics lesson, I assure you. The previously unknown authority has emerged as the promoter of the largest single tax increase in the history of local government in Sacramento County: Measure B, which will appear on the November ballot. What’s the proposal? To raise $3.6 billion from city and county residents and businesses over the next 30 years by doubling the current Measure A

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transportation sales tax from onehalf percent to a full 1 percent. If voters approve it, Measure B would increase our overall sales tax rate in the city from 8.5 percent to 9 percent and increase the county rate from 8 percent to 8.5 percent. (Our city rate is one-half percent higher than the county rate due to passage of a different Measure B in 2010.) Measure B, should it pass, would be layered on top of the current Measure A tax, which has another 24 years to run in its 30-year term. Measure A will likely raise nearly $3 billion in that time. So the combined take of Measures A and B would be close to $6.5 billion. As a “special tax” dedicated to transportation spending,

Measure B requires a two-thirds majority vote to pass. Frankly, I’m not used to bandying about billion-dollar figures. They make me a bit nervous. Yes, it cost the county an astonishing $1 billion (plus a whole lot of interest) to build the new airport terminal. The total city budget is closing in on $1 billion annually, while city debt is now almost $2.5 billion. But a $3.6 billion tax hike is way up in nosebleed territory.

THE POLITICS OF MEASURE B The transportation authority, controlled by a large board of local elected officials, has been polling for

years to see if voters would swallow such a humongous tax hike. Until this year, its polling showed little voter appetite for such a tax. But this year the authority’s pollster reported that a one-half percent hike in the transportation tax would capture 67 percent of the vote, the barest of margins needed for passage. Its polling also showed that if any organized group was formed to oppose the measure, voter support for it would quickly drop to 61 percent, six points short of passage. Well, organized opposition to Measure U has arrived. It goes by the name Don’t Double the Tax, No on Measure B. I have some familiarity with this CITY HALL page 14

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CITY HALL FROM page 12 campaign committee as I happen to serve as its chair. We know it’s not unusual for city voters to approve tax measures by fairly large margins. For example, the Measure U sales-tax hike, a general tax hike that required only a majority vote, garnered more than 6o percent support. But Measure B will be voted on by voters countywide. And in the unincorporated areas of the county and in our smaller cities, there are much larger concentrations

of a species that’s in fairly short supply in our city these days: fiscally conservative Republicans. And since county voters outnumber city voters by more than 2 to 1 and Republicans are in rough numeric parity with Democrats in the county, the challenge of securing a two-thirds majority vote in favor of the largest tax hike in county history is daunting, to say the least. Can proponents convince a sizable share of more conservative, tax-

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averse county voters to support a doubling of the transportation tax? It’s a tall order, particularly since median household income in all of Sacramento County, adjusted for inflation, fell a whopping 12 percent between 2007 and 2014 (the most recent year for which U.S. Census data are available). When people feel financial stress, they aren’t likely to have much appetite for approving a major tax hike. Also, a sales-tax hike is about the most regressive tax there is, falling heaviest on those with modest and fixed incomes whose budgets are already pretty much to the limit. Will such voters be in a mood to approve a tax hike that might bust their family budgets? It’s pretty doubtful.

THE ROLE OF RT Most objective observers acknowledge that the public’s perceptions of RT could have a pivotal impact on the electoral fortunes of Measure B. In one sense, that’s somewhat unfair, since public transit is slated to receive just under 30 percent of the tax proceeds if Measure B is approved by voters, with the remainder funneled through the authority to local governments to fund roadway improvements, fix potholes, widen roads and help build the “Southeast Connector” that will connect Elk Grove to eastern Sacramento County. The connector has been a major priority of the business community, but a bête noir of some environmentalist groups.

Such roadway expenditures are more popular with county voters looking for faster commutes and less roadway wear and tear on their cars. But they draw fire from environmentalists, who view them as encouraging suburban sprawl and higher greenhouse gas emissions. Most environmentalists would prefer see to a greater share of the tax earmarked for public transit investment. Make no mistake about it, RT has been a growing disaster zone in recent years. Years of deep service cuts, major fare hikes, falling ridership, unsafe and dirty light rail trains, slow service, notoriously poor connections between light rail and bus lines, galloping labor costs, poor performance ratings in national surveys, a chronic failure to build reserves and poor board governance have taken their toll on RT and the public’s perception of it. The canary in the coal mine was RT’s effort earlier this year to raise its fares to the highest transit fares in the nation, tied only with New York City. When the move led to a near revolt of transit riders at a packed RT board meeting, its board canceled a proposed 50-cent fare hike and approved a 25-cent hike instead, making RT’s fares merely the highest in California. But RT staff reacted by strongly recommended that the board approve a second 25-cent fare hike next year, which would put RT back in the running for highest fares in the nation. How could a transit system in relatively low-cost Sacramento end up CITY HALL page 16

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proposing the highest transit fare in the country? In an examination of how current Measure A taxes are being spent, Eye on Sacramento (the civic watchdog group I head) found multiple causes for RT’s acute fiscal problems, one of which is extraordinarily burdensome labor contracts. RT frequently pays overtime to drivers while they’re on vacation and then concurrently pays overtime to drivers who fill in for vacationing drivers. RT is prohibited under its labor deals from hiring part-time drivers, a work rule that reportedly costs RT more than $10 million per year in higher labor costs. We also found that RT misspent $45 million (of mostly Measure A funds) on constructing a currently useless 1.1-mile light rail line between downtown and Richards Boulevard, now known as The River District. It’s supposed to be the first stop on a future “Green Line” to Sacramento International Airport, a $1 billion project that would be funded, in significant part, by Measure B. But there is almost no current demand for rides to and from largely empty Richards Boulevard. So why did RT build it? Well, the politically connected developer of Township Nine wanted the track and the associated light rail station (built at an estimated cost of $5 million) to attract future tenants. And he got it. After RT spent $45 million of its money on its “train to nowhere,” it no longer had the cash on hand to fund the local match needed to qualify for federal funding of its next premature light rail expansion, this time an expensive extension of RT’s southern line from Meadowview to Cosumnes River College. So RT borrowed $75 million through a bond issuance to fund its share of the costs. Ridership numbers rose modestly when the line extension opened up, but the impact of the project on RT’s operating budget has been nothing short of catastrophic. Between higher operating costs and bond payments, the line extension has blown an unbudgeted $6 million annual hole in RT’s general fund.

The EOS report on these matters was authored by Gregory Thompson, who recently retired as a professor of urban planning at Florida State University. Thompson is the immediate past chair of the Transportation Research Board’s task force on light rail. He knows what he’s talking about. (You can view our reports on RT and Measure A spending at eyeonsacramento.org.)

CAN HENRY LI RESCUE REGIONAL TRANSIT? How willing is RT to change its ways? When EOS issued a report on RT’s financial condition and the proposed fare hikes earlier this year, it identified 15 ways RT could reduce its operating costs. The RT board and then-general manager Mike Wiley simply ignored all of EOS’s suggestions. But there is a new sheriff in town at RT. This spring, Wiley retired (and pocketed a substantial annual pension, generously augmented by the RT board), and the board promoted Henry Li to the general manager’s job. So how is Li doing as RT’s new leader? All reports are that he’s getting off to an excellent start. He is making a major push to repair relationships and operate in an open and transparent manner. He’s unafraid to publicly acknowledge RT’s significant shortcomings. In his first months on the job, he’s taken two important steps. First, he rejected a staff recommendation to save money by making further cuts to RT’s service levels. Li argued that the service cuts would only exacerbate the anticipated decline in ridership caused by RT’s July 1 10 percent fare hike. He also essentially dismissed RT’s entire planning staff, a smart move given RT’s need to avoid the kind of premature expansions of the light rail system that have been the source of many of RT’s financial problems. Both actions were among the list of reforms that EOS had recommended to RT earlier in the year. There are two important open questions. First, is Li willing to

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ny historian will tell you that

It was only last November when

“The project was a question mark.

we can’t really know where

the historic Crystal Ice building went

So we flew to Portland to refresh

we’re going unless we know

internal stairwells and 24-foot walls of glass.”

up in flames, essentially putting

and get a sense of what was going

The development is broken into

where we’ve already been. That

Heller Pacific’s project on ice. Despite

on in other cities that we hoped to

three blocks. The first will include

lesson can be applied fairly generally,

the fire, Ice Blocks, a seven-building

emulate,” he says. “We saw that

approximately 30,000 square feet

from politics to economics, and maybe

mixed-use project on R Street

heavy-timber construction was really

of retail and approximately 97,000

even particularly to development.

between 16th and 18th streets, is

leading the charge up there.” In

square feet of creative offices. The

Despite recent question marks, the

expected to be completed by the end

Portland, they toured redevelopment

second block will include 12,000

trajectory of Heller Pacific’s Ice

of 2017.

projects with high ceilings, natural

square feet of retail, as well as about

light, huge glass windowpanes,

145 market-rate apartments. The

Blocks development might be guessed

“We were approximately 85

at through comparisons to a previous

percent preleased on the office space

exposed beams—all things that the

third block is made up of three small

Heller Pacific project, the MARRS

upstairs, and then the fire destroyed

Crystal Ice building could provide.

buildings with multiple retail tenants

building on 20th Street.

the project altogether,” says Aaron

After the fire, Heller Pacific and

on the ground floor and offices on the

Marchand, vice president of Turton

local architect Stephen Guest of RMW

Commercial Real Estate. Marchand,

treated the project as “a blank slate,”

responsible for leasing office space in

says Marchand, “with efficient floor

pay tribute to R Street’s industrial

Ice Blocks, admits that the fire posed

plans and energy efficiency, while

history while creating a vibrant space

a challenge for the developers: how to

maintaining a cool, creative space.

where people can gather and socialize

keep momentum while redefining the

Now we can offer loft mezzanine-type

outside of home or work—the so-

project.

creative office environments, with

called “third place” of community

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second. Marchand says the new design will

building.

For those wondering what

Marchand expects that the creative

impact Ice Blocks may have on the

vibrancy of Ice Blocks will rely upon

Sacramento community, the MARRS

the diversity of its tenants, a synergy

building may be instructive.

that can’t be gauged until after those

In 2008, Heller Pacific redeveloped

tenants move in. In the meantime,

what Marchand describes as “an

Ice Blocks is appealing to everything

old concrete warehouse box,”

from “small consulting firms to large

transforming the half-block building

tech companies,” as well as to both

into what he says is now “a vibrant,

Sacramento businesses and national

pivotal piece of Midtown.” A short

clients.

drive along 20th Street between

“We can offer suites down to 1,200

J and K streets, from Peet’s to

square feet, which is unique for a new

LowBrau Bierhall, seems to confirm

development. Also, you can have a

this: The patio stretching the length

400-square-foot retailer all the way

of the block-long MARRS building

up to a 10,000-square-foot retailer,

is routinely packed with people.

even a 20,000-square-foot retailer,”

Marchand says Ice Blocks will be like

says Marchand.

the MARRS building on steroids. Though it’s only a single building,

While Ice Blocks lost some tenants after the fire, the leasing agent

MARRS seems larger. It was designed

has since entered new negotiations

to “activate” the public space along

with other potential tenants. “The

the length of its exterior, creating

momentum is picking back up,” says

a third-place environment that Ice

Marchand. One important tenant still

Blocks, as a seven-building project,

plans to move its main office to Ice

should only improve upon.

Blocks: Sacramento Republic FC. (It

As an example, says Marchand, “two buildings will be staggered,

also plans to open a storefront and event space.)

with a breezeway connecting the two, so that now you have eight possible corners instead of just four.”

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ou probably don’t know his name. But if you ever met him, he’d remember your name. And after that, you probably wouldn’t forget his. At 56, Randy Brink has spent a lifetime building relationships, working—for free—for many of Sacramento’s leading sports teams and community organizations. A volunteer for the Sacramento Kings for 31 years, he attends all the home games, holding the titles of chief sound engineer and certified stagehand. For the Sacramento River Cats, he’s assistant for stadium operations and fireworks safety officer. For the Sacramento Republic FC, he’s the director of pitch. “Randy has just always been here,” says Jeff Savage, president of the Sacramento River Cats. “I don’t know how he gets in or gets tickets, but he does. I’ll see him in the hallway, in the office or around the stadium.” Brink’s secret: He makes friends easily and at all levels inside an organization. He quickly learns people’s names and becomes part of the team. “He’s a fixture around the River Cats,” says Savage. “Most of the staff knows him.” “Everyone loves Randy,” says Warren Smith, a former River Cats executive and now president of Sacramento Republic. He and Brink

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Randy Brink with River Cats president Jeff Savage. Photo courtesy of Kaylee Creevan.

met in 1991, when Smith was working to bring the River Cats to Sacramento and get a stadium built in West Sacramento. “He just walked right up to me and said, ‘I’m going work for the River Cats,’” Smith recalls. “I said, ‘What do you want to do?’ Randy became fire marshal for the team and stadium.” Later, Brink followed Smith to the Sacramento Republic soccer team. At every home game, as director of pitch, Brink escorts officials and referees onto the field to start the game.

“Randy will walk around the rest of the game,” said Smith. “He’ll talk with staff and the people he knows. The players love him. Fans love him. He’s a special guy.” Kings and River Cats games and Republic matches aren’t the only places you’ll see Brink. That was him at this summer’s California State Fair, where he holds the title of state fair goodwill ambassador. He helps open every meeting of the fair’s board of directors, and he says an opening prayer at Sacramento Convention and Visitors Bureau board meetings.

From farm-to-fork events and firework shows to Junior Olympics and NCAA Track and Field Championships, Brink is there, with all-access passes around his neck and a title for every activity. Brink’s volunteer resume is long and varied: He announces the baseball games at McClatchy High School. He’s facilities manager at Crocker & Crocker, emergency response manager for the West Sacramento Fire Department, honorary fire marshal for the Sacramento Fire Department, handler

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and recreation department, Brink volunteered for the city. Thomas went on to be Sacramento’s city manager and Sacramento County chief executive. Their friendship paved the way to more volunteer jobs with the city.

He might be Sacramento’s number one volunteer. He’s certainly Sacramento’s number one cheerleader. May helped Brink get his Cal Expo gig and supplied him with a desk and business cards. As a Cal Expo volunteer, Brink has an email address and a bike.

“He’s part of the family,” says May. “It’s been a blessing. I think the reason Randy has been so successful is he’s not shy. He gets to know people and their families and asks about them.” Brink gets around by foot and local buses. His schedule is packed with places to be and things to do. How does he keep it all organized? Brink points to his head and simply says, “It’s all up here.” His favorite sports teams are the Kings, River Cats, Monarchs, San Francisco Giants, Oakland A’s, Oregon Ducks, 49ers and Raiders. “Oh, yeah, I liked the Mountain Lions when they were here. They were the kitty cats,” he says with a laugh. Dressed in sunglasses and distinctive colored sneakers, he’s a fixture at events sponsored by the Sacramento Convention and Visitors Bureau. “I think we all, at one point or another, forget to stop and enjoy the good things happening all around us,” says SCVB president Steve Hammond. “Randy’s positive attitude

is a reminder to all of us to look for the joy in our lives. He’s also living proof that if you give of yourself to your community, your community will give back in return.” As facilities manager at Crocker & Crocker, Brink handles company events. When he turned 50, Lucy Crocker and a team of Randy fans threw a birthday party attended by more than 200 local leaders, the Kings Dancers and other longtime friends. In 2001, the city honored him with a proclamation recognizing his “outstanding commitment to the City of Sacramento and neverending willingness to help in almost any capacity, extending our deepest gratitude and appreciation for all that he has done.” There will be more jobs and titles in Brink’s life. He might be Sacramento’s number one volunteer. He’s certainly Sacramento’s number one cheerleader. And with that, he has an all-access pass to everything Sacramento. Scot Crocker can be reached at scot@crockercrocker.com n

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arry Broome likes to see foundations being dug, concrete being poured and tower cranes working in the sky, hoisting iron for new office towers, warehouses, factories. Broome, president and CEO of the Greater Sacramento Area Economic Council, is delighted when the region builds stuff. New buildings mean investments and jobs. So why is Broome calling for a full stop on Sacramento’s plans to sink upward of $200 million into an expanded convention center and remodeled community center theater? Three reasons. First, the expanded convention center won’t be big enough to make a difference in the type of conventions the city attracts. Second, the theater should not be part of the convention center because it restricts the expansion footprint. And third, several key players whose input is critical to the expansion— the city manager, the mayor and the convention and visitors bureau chief—are either leaving office or nearing retirement. “These three key people who are responsible for the leadership in this project have done a great job, but there will be less accountability once they leave,” Broome says. “Unfortunately, the region will be left to deal with whatever they've done in

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President and CEO of the Greater Sacramento Area Economic Council Barry Broome

terms of the convention, tourism and hospitality platform.” Broome is intense and indelicate with his opinions. But over coffee at Peet’s on Capitol Mall, near offices

leased by the economic council in the Wells Fargo building, he’s passionate about the opportunities presented by a new convention center. He’s

fearful of what will happen if the city underestimates the stakes. “The convention center project is just as important as the new arena because of the economic impact it will bring to the region,” Broome says. “The convention, tourist and hospitality platform is huge, and it should represent the best marketing tools a city can offer. We haven't been able to capitalize because the performance of the convention center has been below market.” An expanded convention center and remodeled theater have been discussed for years at City Hall. This past May, the city council announced its intent to get serious about the project by paying $1.34 million to consultants and architects. The city plans to issue bonds and borrow money for the job, which will run about $200 million under current estimates—or about $600 million by the time the 30-year bonds are paid off. Broome believes those funds will be a waste of taxpayer money if the expansion is too modest. No decisions have been finalized, but city documents suggest the convention center renovation could expand the facility’s exhibit space from 134,000 feet to 200,000 feet. Not big enough, says Broome. The current convention center lags far behind in two other key convention magnets: meeting space and ballroom size. The center has only 20,700 square feet of meeting space—less than half the national average. And the center’s ballroom is 24,300 square feet, or 6,000 square feet smaller than average.

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Mary and Bill Kuyper THEY’RE VERY BUSY HELPING OTHERS

o say that Mary and Bill Kuyper have a full schedule is an understatement. How much of an understatement? Let’s start with their full-time jobs: Bill is an ornamental iron contractor who’s been commissioned by hospitals, hotels, restaurants and private residents. Mary is a facilities manager for the state with a background in interior design. But the East Sacramento couple also runs a busy side business: a wedding floral

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company called Garden Wishes. And they volunteer their time with local organizations, including Sacramento Event Crew, the Sacramento International Airport Ambassadors, the Sacramento Zoo and Friends of East Sacramento. “We like doing lots of different things,” says Bill, who just completed a stunning metal sculpture for Sutter Hospital as a memorial to a 12-yearold patient. “We volunteer and we travel,” Mary concurs. (They make a point to travel every six weeks or so.) This shared affinity for spending time helping others and exploring the world is something the Kuypers discovered early on in their 20-year marriage. On one of their first dates after meeting at the Sacramento Tall

Club, they scooped ice cream at the zoo’s annual Ice Cream Safari. That was more than 21 years ago, and the Kuypers still volunteer for the event every year. As Airport Ambassadors, the Kuypers help out at the airport information booth, telling travelers about local tourist attractions and answering questions. “We understand travel because we do it so often,” Bill explains. “People are tired and cranky because they’ve just gotten off a flight, so we like to help out.” “Then, when we’re at other airports as travelers ourselves, we like to stop by the information booth and chat with the volunteers,” Mary adds. “Talking to so many people is like studying psychology. You learn how to

interact with so many different kinds of people.” This love of conversation has served the couple well as volunteers at the California State Fair for the Sacramento County booth and at the California Grown Floral booth demonstrating how to make wedding bouquets. For the past four years, they have volunteered at McKinley Rose Garden through the nonprofit Friends of East Sac. They oversee the garden’s annual winter pruning, which brings nearly 100 volunteers together on a Saturday morning each January to prune 1,200 rosebushes. Bill has also lent his metal talents to the arbors decorating the perimeter, as well as to reinstalling the wrought-iron trellis

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Mary’s love of lending a hand can be traced back to her mother. The connection to their community includes Bill’s service on the East Sacramento Chamber of Commerce. (He was named Volunteer of the Year in 2015.) The couple created and donated centerpieces for the annual Taste of East Sacramento fundraiser, and they regularly donate blood, work at Farm-to-Fork events in September and are involved with Sacramento Event Crew, which posts volunteer opportunities on its website every month. “It’s great because you can decide to get involved in whatever comes

up,” Mary says. “You don’t have to be tied to one organization.” Mary’s love of lending a hand can be traced back to her mother, who often took Mary with her on volunteer outings and who still tries to help out—at the age of 95—at the skilled nursing facility where she lives. “She likes to feel useful for people who aren’t as able,” Bill says proudly. Mary’s mother’s love of doing good clearly rubbed off, and lucky for Mary, she found a companion who’s just as gung-ho about giving back. So no matter how busy life gets for the Kuypers, it appears there’s always room to spare for a good cause and a neighbor in need. For more information about volunteer opportunities, visit friendsofeastsacramento.org, saczoo.org, visitsacramento.com, saceventcrew.com or saccounty.net. To see Bill Kuyper’s metalwork, visit billkuyper.com. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com n

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Artful Addition

A CRAFTSMAN BUNGALOW IS TRANSFORMED WITH A NEW SECOND STORY

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hen Steve and Shellie Nast purchased their twobedroom, one-bath Elmhurst home 20 years ago, it was ideal for the couple. But when their

son was born 15 years later, they needed more living and storage space. So in 2012, they remodeled portions of the ground floor and added a second story. Other than the guest room upstairs and the formal

dining room, the family uses every added square inch of the home on a daily basis. Steve, a commercial architect, works from home. One of the bedrooms, with its own bathroom, is now his office.

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WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE DESIGN ELEMENTS STAYED CONSISTENT

AND COHESIVE FROM AN ARCHITECTURAL STANDPOINT.

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The original resident of this historic house was Mary Ruby Taylor Palmer, the widow of a mining engineer from Amador. Her husband, William A. Palmer, lived there from 1914 to 1916. The house was a modest bungalow typical of homes in the early 20th century. Later owners made numerous changes to house, culminating with the Nasts’ remodel, which added 1,000 square feet. The couple’s appreciation for the home’s architectural details meant they required a team experienced in working on older homes. Creative Eye Design + Build and Ted Smith Design fit the bill. “That was a top requirement, since we wanted to make sure the design elements stayed consistent and cohesive from an architectural standpoint,” says Shellie. Except for one small area that became the new laundry room, the footprint of the house wasn’t altered. The Nasts took their cues from the front room of the house, which in Craftsman homes is generally the most formal. New rooms received paneling, moldings, wainscoting and baseboards that matched the original dimensions. In the dining room, the builders created a stunning box beam ceiling that replicates the one in the living room. The couple chose historical paint colors, mostly grays, browns and blues. They painted Steve’s office copper red and added a Bradbury & Bradbury wallpaper frieze. Columns on the exterior of the house are tapered, so the newel posts on the staircase and corners of the kitchen island repeat the same design. The front door is situated at an angle, so the couple re-created the same angle pattern for the doorways in the upstairs hallway. “The idea was for the construction to be consistent. It was functional as well, since it would have been tight if we had used the traditional hallway concept,” Steve explains. The kitchen had been remodeled in the 1980s by a previous owner. The Nasts gutted the space, installing woven bamboo flooring and a farmhouse sink. A new laundry room off the kitchen replaced the inconvenient facility in the basement.

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THE NASTS TOOK THEIR CUES FROM THE FRONT ROOM OF THE HOUSE, WHICH IN CRAFTSMAN HOMES IS GENERALLY THE MOST FORMAL.

A beautiful staircase with cherry stair treads leads to the second-story addition with its three bedrooms and two baths. The railing is inset with two-sided hammered copper tiles in a rose pattern. Tiles are styled after the work of American artist Dard Hunter (1883-1966), who was active in the Arts & Crafts movement. In the bedroom occupied by couple’s son, Bradbury & Bradbury silk-screened wallpaper sports an airplane motif. A window seat provides extra storage. His bathroom boasts an oversized tub and blue penny round floor tiles. The master bath delights the senses with its basket-weave tile carpet runner and the shower’s mosaic tiles. Both bedrooms have awning-style windows. “We open these every night along with the windows over the stairwell during the summer, and the Delta breeze flows through the house,” says Shellie.

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“Everyone did such a great job on this house. It was all about the collaboration,” she says. We love this house. It’s a happy place to be.” I would like to thank Professor Catherine Turrill Lupi, chair of the art department at Sacramento State University, for help with this story. The Nast home will be featured on Preservation Sacramento’s Historic Home Tour on Sunday, Sept. 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets are $30 in advance, $35 on the day of the tour. To purchase tickets, go to PreservationSacramento.org/hometour. 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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Wild Bread LOCAL BAKERS ARE THE GO-TO SOURCE FOR GREAT SOURDOUGH

his is the story of something seemingly simple yet mysteriously complex: bread. But not just any bread. This bread is more than flour, water and salt. This is wild bread, or to put it more technically, naturally yeasted sourdough bread.

“Sourdough gives you a run for your money, kind of like raising kids. Eventually the reward is there.” Devout followers of this baking style set jars of flour and water outside to harvest natural yeasts from the air. This jar becomes alive with a growing bloom called a mother, which is used as the starting basis for each batch of bread. Some mothers are old, even ancient. They’re talked about and looked after like family members. Gin Yang, a local fan of fermented foods, keeps two mothers alive. One is supposedly a descendant of the original San Francisco sourdough.

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She believes that the other, which she calls Baked Alaska, dates back to the 1800s. Greg Berger, a Sacramento graphic designer, also has a mother with a colorful history. It was passed down from local chef Adam Pechal’s mom, who started it 55 years ago. Pechal gifted this yeast to Berger, who then mixed it with some wild yeast. To keep a sourdough mother alive, you occasionally toss out half of the old mother as you feed it with new flour and water. This process is what sets home-baked sourdough apart

explains Berger. “Tartine [the famed San Francisco bakery] does it, but it’s superselect. It’s only available certain hours, and you can only buy one.” So when you’re looking for a great loaf of sourdough bread, you’re better off making friends with home bakers like Berger and Yang. They are constantly perfecting their craft, which means there’s often leftover bread to share. Berger makes bread so often that he started “bread bombing” his friends, a term he made up to describe the act of showing up, unannounced,

from most commercial varieties. “It’s a level of commitment to keep the natural mother alive and difficult to do at a full-scale bakery,”

to deliver a beautiful sourdough loaf. “If I was going to charge you for the time and labor … is that my hourly rate, my graphic design rate?

That’ll be a $75 loaf of bread!” Berger declares, laughing. Luckily for his friends, it’s always free. He’s not doing this for the money. He’s chasing the challenge of the ultimate loaf, a journey he started in 2013. Yang also drops bread off to friends and neighbors. In the past four years, she’s made more than 1,000 loaves. Yet she’s by no means satisfied with her results. She says she’s still learning, and she expects to be for some time. “Sourdough gives you a run for your money, kind of like raising kids. Eventually the reward is there,” Yang says. “It’s a journey.”

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In the world of naturally yeasted sourdough, the journey is better traveled together. Many home bakers have formed online learning communities where they share tips and discoveries. This is where Berger and Yang met. In fact, the two have never met in person—or tasted each other’s breads. Yet they each claim that the other is making the best wild bread. They’re basing this on what they’ve learned from each other online. You can also tell a lot about a successful loaf of sourdough from appearance, so Facebook photos say a lot about a wild bread. Berger says he looks for a nice rounded top with a toasty brown color and tiny blisters from the steam. Berger also says the slash marks on top of the loaf should open up a bit and get crusty. Inside, the holes should be fairly uniform. This is a matter of function. “If the holes are too big, the butter will fall right through!” says Berger with a shudder.

Last year, Berger tested his talent at the California State Fair. He took home two blue ribbons for his bread. This year, he returned to defend his title and came home with second place. The judges didn’t like the burnt bottoms on his loaves. Berger’s response? “I like burnt bottoms and I cannot lie!” Yang would propose that this is precisely what makes Berger’s bread great. “A good loaf of sourdough bread is one that the baker enjoys,” she says. “When we’re making the best, we get stuck. We shouldn’t really get that close to that stuff.” Amber K. Stott is founder and chief food genius of the nonprofit Food Literacy Center, inspiring kids to eat their veggies. She’s a freelance food writer and has been named a Food Revolution Hero by Jamie Oliver Food Foundation, Food Tank’s 20 Innovators Protecting the Planet and a TEDx Sacramento Changemaker Fellow. She can be reached at amber. stott@gmail.com n

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Learning on the Links KIDS DEVELOP CHARACTER WHILE PLAYING GOLF

ichael Craft was raised in a middle-class home in South Sacramento, behind Executive Airport. His mother worked at McClellan Air Force Base. His father was the first African-American probation officer hired by Sacramento County. So it doesn’t automatically stand to reason that Craft’s youthful interests would gravitate toward the game of golf. But that’s exactly what happened.

Ultimately, focus and dedication are more important than raw talent, Craft says. Encouraged by his father Leon,

Michael Craft (second from left) among the One Swing golfers

young Michael fell hard for golf. He hustled over to Bing Maloney, the public course near his home, after classes at Christian Brothers High School and on weekends. He played well enough to earn a golf scholarship from a Texas university, Prairie View A&M. “The fact that I was able to use golf to save my family the burden of paying for college, that’s something

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amazing,” Craft says. “That’s the

youngsters gain proficiencies that will

devices must be stowed. Proper attire

message I try to bring to kids and

ideally lead to college scholarships.

is required. Parents are expected to

their parents today.” Craft, 51, followed his father’s

“It’s highly unrealistic for a

attend practices and support their

young person and their parents

kids. Craft underscores that he’s not a

pathway into law enforcement, joining

to believe that they can play golf

baby sitter.

the county probation department

professionally,” Craft says. “But it’s

a generation behind his dad. These

not all that unrealistic for a young

weekends at Bing Maloney, but One

days, he’s preparing to retire after 27

person to develop the skills that will

Swing youngsters are encouraged to

years of trying to keep offenders away

lead to college admission and some

practice during the week. Quizzes

from handcuffs and holding cells.

sort of scholarship. If they have the

may include questions about the

talent and discipline and believe in

most recent pro tour events. The

themselves, it can happen. I’m proof.”

self-motivation part of the program

One Swing Golf, which enrolls 17

is essential to show students how to

And while Craft doesn’t play golf like he once did, the game continues to beckon, delight and challenge.

Most of the teaching is done on

Craft has taken his love for the

or so young people each year, focuses

measure among themselves who will

sport and turned it into a teachable

on character as much as square face

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Craft says. Competition for college

how a place like Pebble Beach would

worked out arrangements with

Foursomes cost $380, while

entry and athletic scholarships is

inspire city kids from Sacramento. He

equipment companies to supply gear

individuals play for $95.

cutthroat, and only the hungry

established an annual rite of passage:

for his students. He basically asks

survive.

a field trip to Pebble Beach Golf Links

families to pay what they can afford.

in sports: One Swing golfers are not

and its neighbor, the Peter Hay nine-

He minimizes the overhead, sells One

restricted by gender, race or economic

a kid a scholarship to UCLA or Cal

hole course. The journey has become a

Swing logo gear (he designed the logo)

distinction. If the kids take the game

Berkeley,” he says. “Getting a golf

validation for One Swing golfers.

and seeks donations to fill budgetary

seriously and get noticed, that’s

gaps. The One Swing budget runs

enough.

“I’m not even talking about getting

scholarship to Sac State is a big deal,

“They are amazed and intimidated

and there’s nothing easy about it.

when they see the place, but I tell

My whole point is, there are many

them, ‘It’s a public course, and there’s

opportunities out there at different

no reason you can’t play here,’” he

benefit from a charity tournament

levels and colleges all across the

says. “I remember a line Clyde used:

Sept. 9 at Bartley Cavanaugh Golf

country.”

‘The grass is the same.’”

Course, called Swing Fore! Education.

There are few more worthy goals

about $1,500 per student. This month, One Swing will

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Craft deploys lessons he learned growing up under the mentorship of Clyde Daniels, a Sacramento golf legend who won several local amateur titles and served as teaching pro at Bing Maloney. In 2001 and 2002, Daniels briefly competed on the Senior PGA Tour. Craft was his

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Green Neighbors YOUNG URBAN FARMERS OPERATE A FARM STAND IN THEIR DRIVEWAY

sually when people buy a house, they look for a certain number of bedrooms, or an updated kitchen, or an open floor plan. Not Morgan Daily and Kyle Hagerty. When the couple moved from Pacific Grove to Sacramento so Hagerty could take a job with Metro Fire, they weren’t just looking for a place to live—they were looking for a lot with plenty of outdoor space. “We were looking for a yard more than a house,” says Daily, who with Hagerty, her boyfriend of four and a half years, runs East Sac Farms, an urban farmstead based in the backyard of the 56th Street home they moved into in 2014. With a 5,800-square-foot lot (only one-fifth of which is house), the East Sac couple found the perfect setting to plant their biggest garden yet. “Kyle and I share an interest in sustainable living,” says Daily, who is starting as a junior at UC Davis this fall to study sustainable agriculture and food systems. “He inspired me to build my first garden right after we met.” Hagerty had grown up with a green thumb thanks to his mother, who introduced him to a love of gardening early on—a love that’s continued to blossom over his 31 years. Though he holds down a full-time job as a firefighter, he and Daily dedicate a significant amount of time to their

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a stunning panoply of photos that features well-composed shots of produce, the photogenic Hagerty and Daily romping in the garden, the quaint chalkboard listing “Today’s Bounty,” a few shots of the farmstead suppers they’ve hosted in their backyard for family and friends, as well as some candid shots of their adorable border collie-Lab mix, Burdock. But when neighbors showed enthusiasm for their concept, the pair decided to spread the word on Nextdoor.com, a website that fields alerts and events for 10 neighborhoods in Sacramento. “At first we weren’t sure if we wanted to share it with everyone,” Daily admits. “But then it started to get so much attention. It was not really something we expected. We haven’t expected any of this, actually. It’s been very exciting.” Urban farms have been gaining in popularity and permanence. Last year, the city of Sacramento passed the

Morgan Daily and Kyle Hagerty

urban farm, which produces an abundance of seasonal goodies that the community-minded couple give away every other Tuesday. You read that right: They give it all away. “Our main goal is to inspire people to grow their own food or to buy responsibly and support local farmers,” says Daily, who explains that their open hours are designed to not interfere with other area farmers

markets, so they don’t compete with those who rely on the markets for their living. “You can also reduce waste by offering the excess from your own garden to trade.” When the urban farm first started up last year, Daily and Hagerty advertised it only through their Instagram, @urbanfarmstead. It’s

Urban Farm Ordinance, which allows people to sell produce they’ve grown in their own backyards—something Hagerty actually helped make happen. Daily and Hagerty have tapped into a growing desire to get closer to the source of our food, which is right up Daily’s alley. “I was originally studying culinary arts,” the 26-year-old says. “But I quickly realized that while I enjoy cooking, I didn’t want it as a career. I switched my major first to environmental science, then to sustainable agriculture, which combines the ideas of healthy eating and living and sustainability.” Maintaining an urban farm is hard work. Daily, who works as a nanny when she’s not studying, thoroughly enjoys working on the farm. So does Hagerty when he’s not fighting fires like the recent Sand Fire in Southern California. They work with Peaceful Valley Nursery in Grass Valley to obtain seeds and to follow how-tos on making the most out of their garden. Daily works in the garden in the mornings, and the pair spends one full day a week tending crops, fertilizing, pruning, checking for bugs and mildew,

tilling in compost and harvesting the bounty for their biweekly giveaways. They encourage visitors to bring produce from their own gardens to trade. They also accept monetary donations, which go right back into the garden or to local school programs that encourage healthy eating and education like the Food Literacy Center and Edible Sac High, where Daily regularly volunteers. “When I graduate, I want to run the farmstead and teach kids,” Daily says. “I want to help local schools encourage kids to know and love healthy food and to know how it’s grown.” They need only stop by East Sac Farms and see how it’s done—one yard plus one dedicated duo equals a beautiful bounty for all. Check out East Sac Farms’ photos on Instagram @urbanfarmstead or email eastsacfarms@gmail.com for more information. East Sac Farms will be featured on the Edible Garden Tour on Saturday, Sept. 10. For more information, go to soroptimistsacramento.com n

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Thirsty Trees STRESSED BY DROUGHT, THEY MAY NEED A DRINK

ur long, hot summer is nearly over. Days are getting shorter. Your landscape needs less irrigation as fall approaches. However, now is not the time to stop watering your trees. In fact, if you haven’t been watering them periodically and deeply, now is the time to start.

New trees require thorough and frequent irrigation. In my East Sacramento neighborhood, many people have been so eager to conserve water that they have turned off lawn sprinklers and let their grass die, or removed their turf altogether and replaced it with drought-tolerant plants, gravel, decomposed granite or pavement. In the middle of these arid landscapes, you will often see trees in shock: stressed, dying or dead from lack of water. Even in years with average or more winter rainfall, landscape trees need additional deep watering every few weeks during the summer. UC’s California Center for Urban Horticulture says, “Although mature

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trees can often survive one season with only one or two deep waterings during the spring and summer, two seasons without enough water can result in severe drought stress and even death. Drought-stressed trees can be more prone to damage from diseases and insects.” When winters have been dry, additional summer water is even more crucial. What constitutes deep watering? Water needs to be applied at a slow enough rate to soak at least 18 inches into the root zone, which can be 3 feet deep and extend two to three times the width of the canopy. Sacramento County Master Gardener Pam Bone illustrates how far feeder roots

extend by setting a wine glass onto a dinner plate. Feeder roots absorb water the best, so the area that the plate represents is where you should put a soaker hose, drip line or slowly oscillating sprinkler. How often should you water? Bone warns that there is no single answer. “You need to learn to bend over,” she says. “Check your soil. Take a 12-inch screwdriver and push it into the soil at the drip line of your tree. If it brings up moist soil, no water is needed. Otherwise, it’s time.” How long should you water? It depends on your soil. An inch of water will soak 12 inches down into sandy soil, but only 4 or 5 inches into

clay soil. Sandy soil dries out faster, so you will need to water it more often. The Center for Landscape and Urban Horticulture has a link to easy calculators for estimating landscape water use. UC also has directions for making and using a “rotary spray irrigation contraption,” which can be simply built for about $20 and distributes water from a hose end. New trees require thorough and frequent irrigation. Should we be planting them during a drought? Just as real estate agents will always tell you now is the time to buy, foresters will tell you fall is the time for planting, no matter the drought forecast. Trees are an investment

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weeds and encourages beneficial soil organisms. No wonder Bone calls mulch a magic elixir! Bark chips don’t decay readily, so it’s better to use chipped tree trimmings. Rocks can look nice in limited areas, but they serve as a heat sink and can kill micro-organisms in the soil. Not only does decomposed granite retain heat, it can block water and air movement. We take great pride in our City of Trees and enjoy the benefits that our urban forest canopy provides. Benassini calls them our “original air conditioners.” Not only can they reduce utility costs, a canopy of trees makes our neighborhoods more inviting and increases property values. Once lost, a mature tree will take decades to regrow. Use water where it matters most and keep our trees healthy. You can save water and save trees, too. Anita Clevenger is a lifetime Sacramento County UC Master Gardener. For answers to gardening questions, call 876-5338 or go to sacmg.ucanr.edu n

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rville and Wilbur Wright. The Marx brothers. Camille and Paul Claudel. Donny and Marie Osmond. The Andrews Sisters. All of these famous names ring a bell for most of us because they’re, well, famous. But what else do they all have in common? They’re siblings. Ask Sarah and Paul Kreutz, the duo behind Saul Films (a clever amalgamation of their names), what it’s like to work with your sibling and you get a couple of wry smiles followed by an immediate outpouring of respect for the other’s strengths. “Sarah is excellent at cutting the dross,” Paul says, referring to his sister’s editing skills as a writer and director. “Paul can build anything,” Sarah says, complimenting her brother’s ability to construct everything from homes (he’s a former contractor) to theatrical sets. It’s clear from spending just a few minutes with the Land Parkbased artists that they feed off each other’s energy and admire each other deeply—an amazing feat for most siblings, especially when you consider that they grew up two of six kids and 14 years apart in age. But lucky for them, that seems to work to their advantage. “We’re able to compare notes because we see things from different perspectives,” Sarah explains.

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gave the former model and wardrobe specialist a taste for more. “I’ve always loved film,” she says. “Paul and I would study Hitchcock films together and discuss every detail. ‘Gardner & Wells’ has tapped into our roots in pure cinema. It’s all about mood, style, architecture, color. Every drawing tells a story.”

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Sarah and Paul Kreutz, the duo behind Saul Films

They share an affinity for the spooky and the supernatural, as evidenced by their visually stunning web series “Gardner & Wells,” an animated gothic ghost story that launched on YouTube in 2015. It’s the product of years of work. After Sarah completed a full-length screenplay in 2003, they launched a Kickstarter campaign to make a live-action film. When that stalled out, the resourceful pair ended up creating an animated web series. “Gardner & Wells” manages to thrill without resorting to blood and gore. “I was very influenced by Disney’s Haunted Mansion,” says Paul, who has worked as an art director for films in the area as well

as a contractor, architect and finish carpenter. “Starting in junior high, I would build mechanical displays for Halloween outside our parents’ house in El Dorado Hills. The kids would come up to the house and say they didn’t want to be grabbed or scared, so I found a way to create things that were spooky, like a floating teapot that poured its own tea, instead of guts and gore. I like to create things that go bump in the night.” Paul’s knack for bringing beautiful if eerie ideas to fruition jibes well with his sister’s love of storytelling. In 2002, Sarah wrote, produced and directed the independent local film “Elsa Letterseed,” an experience that

When their attempts to raise money for a live-action feature-film version of “Gardner & Wells” didn’t pan out, the team decided to make a short animated series, putting the emphasis on drawn visuals instead of a spoken script. “We were watching a behindthe-scenes video about the Disney movie ‘Tangled,’” Paul recalls. “And we realized, instead of making a movie with people, why not make an animatic (animated storyboard)? I got the software and started experimenting with the images, figuring out how it should look and feel. The more I got into it, the more we realized there should be no talking.” Without any dialogue, the Kreutzes had to make sure that the story would come through—and that it wouldn’t be, in Sarah’s words, “a snoozefest.” The result is a lush visual landscape full of sharp lines, cool colors and

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Marriage 101 OVER THE LONG HAUL, CHANGE IS THE ONLY CONSTANT

he Atlantic magazine recently ran an article about a class at Northwestern University called Marriage 101, wherein students are given information designed to enhance the possibility that they will someday be happily married. The first lesson of this class is: There are no soul mates. The article points out that, in American popular culture, stories about love almost always focus on the protagonists’ search for a soul mate. But rarely do movies and romance novels focus on what to do once you’ve found the right person. “When Harry Met Sally,” “The Runaway Bride” and most fairy tales involving princesses end with the wedding, as if to say that all you need in order to be happily married is to find the right person. Marriage experts know this to be untrue. After finding the right person, you and your spouse need to learn how to go on being the right people for each other for another 50 years or so. This is the hard part of marriage, and pop culture rarely deals with it. My wife and I have been married for 36 years, but I wouldn’t say that we’ve been a married couple for that long. We have been many different married couples over the course of those 36 years. When we first got married, we used to attend any Gordon Lightfoot concert held within

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150 miles of us. We devotedly followed him from show to show the way Deadheads used to follow Jerry Garcia and his band mates. We subscribed to Country Living magazine and faithfully adhered to its decorating aesthetic, filling our house with rustic pie safes and Hoosier cabinets. Julie used her sewing machine to make us clothes that were a cross between the hippie attire of the 1960s and an Amish family’s Sunday best. She once made me a hippie shirt with long sleeves that flared out bell-bottom style toward the wrists. It had a V-neck, a floppy collar and flowers embroidered around the sleeve and neck openings. It was a masterpiece of sorts, but we both laugh about it these days whenever we recall it. Neither of us can imagine me wearing it any longer. In those days we owned goats and chickens, and I often used to sit out in the backyard and strum folk songs on a guitar while my older stepdaughter, Andrea, accompanied me on the flute. If you had seen us back then, you’d have assumed that the girls would grow up to be goat farmers and that Julie and I would wind up running a shop that sold tantric love potions and aromatherapy kits. A few years later, both Julie and I joined the rat race. We had jobs that required us both to drive all over Northern California doing title searches in various county courthouses. The girls had grown up and moved away. The house Julie and I lived in looked more like an office than a home, filled with fax machines, file cabinets and all the other accouterments of our profession. The guitar, the hippy attire, the Gordon Lightfoot concerts—all gone. We were

now focused on trying to get ahead financially. After our lives as freelance title searchers came to an abrupt end, we lived in Grass Valley for a year or two, during which time Julie became a hard-core horsewoman, spending part of nearly every day at a nearby stable where she quartered a horse. Back then, she could toss around 20-pound western saddles and 30-pound bags of feed with ease and aplomb. By this point, she hadn’t touched a sewing needle in five years and no longer owned a sewing machine. Next we moved to Auburn, where Julie continued her horsey ways at a different boarding stable. I joined a gym and became an enthusiastic weight lifter. At one point, I was bench-pressing 300 pounds. I kept my hair in a buzz cut that I administered myself, and I wore tight muscle shirts that made me look like a bouncer at an exclusive nightclub. People who had known me during my guitar-strumming hippie days wouldn’t have recognized me. I was working as a freelance writer for a bunch of publications including The

Sacramento Business Journal, The Suttertown News, The Northern California Real Estate Journal and Comstocks. In my spare time, I churned out cheesy fantasy and science-fiction stories that I mailed off to places like Amazing Stories and Weird Tales. For several years, Julie and I were hard-core runners. During this period, I completed one marathon and numerous half marathons. Julie completed multiple marathons. It was a rare weekend that didn’t find us both competing in some sort of organized run. If we didn’t run at least 6 miles per weekday and do a 10-mile run on the weekends, we just didn’t feel right about ourselves. We subscribed to several running and fitness magazines. For a year we were both vegetarians. For nearly 10 years, we lived on acreage in Placerville and made an effort to live the agrarian lifestyle we had dreamed of during our Country Living days. Julie worked full time as WRIITING page 47

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Pretty in Pink GETTING STOPPED SHORT AT SPIRITUAL CHECKPOINTS

hen I travel, I never leave home without my most important tool of resilience:

my pillow. Recently, I was rushing out of the house to catch a plane at zero dark thirty. I kissed my sleeping beauty and grabbed my trusty pillow. An hour later, I was running through the well-lit terminal and realized I’d grabbed my wife’s extra pillow—the one with the bright pink case. It’s not that I’m sexist. I truly think real men can wear pink, but a pink pillowcase crosses a manly boundary. And you should know that I have boundary issues. I suppose it’s surprising to some of you that a grown man who’d dare open-carry a pillow would be concerned about the color, but I was. I was in such a hurry to catch the plane that I not only grabbed the wrong pillow; I became that rude guy in such a rush that he sideswipes his way down the moving sidewalk. At one point, I passed a girl sucking her thumb and swinging her baby doll. The girl pointed to me, but her mother lowered the girl’s arm with whispered response. Was it my pillow? Was she making fun of it? Hmm. Maybe she wanted it. I quickened my pace. Hoping no one at the security checkpoint would notice the downy

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softness of my pillow, I slung it onto the conveyor belt. I suppose they wouldn’t have noticed it if I hadn’t walked off without it. “Wait,” the security lady yelled. “Is this your pink pillow?” Mortified, I turned toward her. She was beaming the sassy look of someone who’s got you in the crosshairs of humiliation. “You’ll need this to go night-night,” she said. I grabbed at the pillow, feeling her tugging grip just a second too long. I was sure she would demand to see my man card. The whole thing reminded me of those moments in life when we feel exposed by life’s little security checkpoints. You know what I mean. They’re the moments when someone calls our bluff, when someone calls us up short and strips us of our false importance. Just as in airport checkpoints where you lay aside the entrapments

of importance — cellphones, fat wallets, Rolex wannabes, designer shoes and, yes, even pink pillows — there are checkpoints where we encounter a divine presence that will thoroughly search our souls.

I truly think real men can wear pink. Life has a grand way of running us through these serendipitous checkpoints. They will often be places that strip us of our self-interest, our pride, our hardness, our excuses, our grudges. For instance, I find my checkpoints in the hospital chapel or in the quiet corner of the church sanctuary during communion. These are the places where I kneel and ask God to sound

an alarm if I’m carrying stuff that I shouldn’t be carrying. Sometimes I find these checkpoints on the beach when I’m walking at the water’s edge. At the crashing surf, I can almost hear the waves laughing at the grandiose images I’ve constructed of myself. Take a moment and ask God to put you through a checkpoint. Ask him what you are carrying that will either embarrass him or will keep you from being the image he has created you to be. But be warned. God isn’t shy about sounding the gawking buzz to tell us we’ve been found out. And with that humble bit of wisdom, I’ll pull my pink pillow up to my travel beard and say, “Nightnight, y’all.” Norris Burkes is a chaplain, syndicated columnist, national speaker and author. He can be reached at norris@thechaplain.net n

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WRITING FROM page 44 an escrow officer during this phase of our lives, but she spent nearly every spare moment she had nurturing a tiny family farm that provided us with most of our fruits and vegetables. By this time, I had turned up my nose at genre fiction and was publishing stories and poems exclusively in snooty literary magazines such as The Threepenny Review and Michigan Quarterly Review. I couldn’t have been more pretentious if I had smoked a pipe and worn a tweed coat with leather elbow patches. I was no longer a runner or a weightlifter, but I jumped rope every day in order to stay in shape. Julie didn’t need to exercise any more; backyard farming kept her fit and trim. We had no television reception in Placerville and thus watched no TV at home for nearly a decade. In 2004, we reluctantly gave up our Placerville acreage and moved to our current home in Land Park. Julie had attained a high-paying job in the escrow world, and for several

years we were about as avaricious as any yuppies in America. We ate out three or four times a week. We hired handymen to upgrade our bathroom, our floors, our lighting, our kitchen. We had the front and back yards professionally landscaped. When the financial crash of 2008 came, it brought our yuppie days to a halt. Julie lost her job and we almost lost our house. We rented a space in an antiques co-op and sold off the furnishings and collectibles we had acquired over our then-28 years of marriage. We found we liked being antique dealers and began hanging out at estate sales and flea markets, looking for stuff to stock our rented space with. Life had handed us lemons and we made lemonade. Alas, antique dealing became less and less profitable with time, so we gave it up and took part-time jobs in other industries. Julie now works three days a week arranging realestate signings. I work four evenings a week in a bookstore. Julie has recently become an enthusiastic knitter. Both of us have become heavily involved

in kayaking. I took up writing crime fiction a few years back and have since contributed to Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, probably the last two pulp crime publications in America. Julie has given up horses and goats and chickens, but she has built a pond in our backyard where she keeps koi and turtles. In the house, she has a domesticated rabbit. My wife and I have been about a dozen different married couples over the course of the past 36 years. We’ve been hippies and we’ve been yuppies. We’ve been parents and we’ve been empty nesters. We’ve been reasonably well off and we’ve been broke. We’ve been city dwellers and we’ve been country dwellers. We’ve been avid runners and we’ve been couch potatoes. We’ve been vegetarians and we’ve been carnivores. Although we now avidly stream shows such as “The Americans” and “The Good Wife,” we once lived for 10 years in a house with no TV reception. If I were asked to speak to the students in Northwestern University’s

Marriage 101 class, I would tell them this: “Your tastes and interests are likely to vary tremendously over the course of your life. Your financial situation is likely to experience lots of upheaval. Many of the things you’re obsessed with now will someday seem embarrassingly silly to you. Things that you have no interest in right now will someday become passions of yours. When considering whether someone might make a good spouse, don’t focus too intently on whether they currently share all of your own interests. Look for someone who is adventurous, who isn’t terrified of sudden changes and reversals of fortune. Don’t look for someone who might give you a good marriage. Look for someone who can give you a dozen different good marriages.” And then maybe I’d strum a few bars of Gordon Lightfoot’s “If You Could Read My Mind.” Kevin Mims lives in Land Park. He can be reached at kevinmims@ sbcglobal.net n

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The Farm Next Door EVERYTHING EDIBLE GROWS AT THIS BACKYARD URBAN FARM

uice from a just-picked orange threatens to run down my chin. My host, urban farmer Nina Prychodzko of Old World Farm in East Sacramento, says the fruit came from a tree her father planted more than 40 years ago. She urges me to sample a sun-warmed cherry tomato and a ripe fig—what she calls candy. I hesitate to pick an Asian pear. It looks like a green apple on steroids, but it is surprisingly sweet and I eat the whole thing. I wipe my sticky hands on my jeans and struggle with my flip-flops as I follow Prychodzko around the garden. She darts here and there while she fills a bag with fruits and vegetables, despite my protest that I can’t accept gifts. I’m almost too full to walk. Old World Farm is one of six urban gardens that will be featured on Soroptimist International of Sacramento’s Edible Gardens Tour on Sept. 10. Prychodzko and David Baker of Green Restaurants Alliance Sacramento will be on hand at Old World Farm. Along with other local gardeners, including Kristi and Mike Fitzgerald and East Sac Farms’ Morgan Daily and Kyle Hagerty, they will answer questions and offer watersaving tips and information to create your own edible garden. On this morning, Prychodzko is wearing cut-off sweatpants, a T-shirt and old running shoes, and her

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Old World Farm looks like every other house on 37th Street, albeit one with an abundance of figs and comfrey growing in the front yard. When Prychodzko opens the gates to her garden, you travel back in time. She practices farming techniques she learned from her parents, who were originally from Belarus and Poland and had a farm in Paraguay. They came to California in 1964 when Prychodzko was 5 years old. There are no drip-irrigation systems or equipment here. Prychodzko waters by hand and uses a pitchfork to till the soil. Her neighbors throw cardboard over her fence and leave pails of compost on her porch. The compost goes directly into the ground, and she covers it with carpet scraps and cardboard to keep the soil moist. Her parents bought the unassuming house and double lot for cash in 1973 and transformed it into a working farm. “My mom used to sell produce right off the front porch, 24/7,” she says. Customers knew to slide money through the mail slot on the door when the family wasn’t home. Guys knew her mother

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95819 E SAC, RIVER PARK 745 SAN ANTONIO WAY 1387 56TH ST 469 PALA WAY 1441 40TH ST. 1416 62ND ST 1033 56TH ST 5539 MODDISON AVE 5413 CALEB AVE 55 49TH ST 826 43RD ST 1900 DISCOVERY WAY 222 TIVOLI WAY 1362 50TH ST 5895 CAMELLIA AVE 112 ADA WAY 1200 44TH ST 1873 51ST ST 1361 54TH ST 5707 SPILMAN AVE 655 55TH ST 517 40TH ST 1517 40TH ST 400 41ST ST

95820 TAHOE PARK 6644 18TH AVE 5212 CABRILLO WAY 3025 53RD ST 5915 18TH AVE 6022 RAYMOND WAY 5 SUBURBAN CT 5020 59TH ST 4560 25TH AVE 4924 63RD ST 3101 PERRYMAN WAY 4204 57TH ST 3859 KROY WAY

$560,000 $580,000 $805,000 $2,250,000 $312,000 $370,000 $525,000 $600,000 $480,000 $655,000 $480,000 $754,500 $415,000 $499,000 $567,500 $876,000 $575,000 $465,000 $525,000 $510,000 $695,000 $592,000 $651,250 $203,000 $284,950 $337,000 $319,000 $339,500 $317,500 $230,000 $230,000 $251,000 $340,000 $297,000 $325,380

4865 10TH AVE 3119 63RD ST 5112 ORTEGA ST 3839 60TH ST 4145 56TH ST 5502 ESMERALDA ST 4817 61ST ST 5217 62ND ST 5301 60TH ST 4240 13TH AVE 201 BRADY CT 5701 8TH AVE 5201 8TH AVE. 4406 78TH ST 5114 ESMERALDA ST 4420 28TH AVE 5150 46TH STREET 3650 62ND ST 4301 71ST

$360,150 $315,000 $257,000 $281,000 $305,000 $225,000 $225,000 $250,000 $265,000 $230,000 $292,000 $309,950 $352,000 $260,000 $255,000 $205,000 $232,000 $301,000 $307,000

95821 ARDEN-ARCADE

2541 FULTON SQUARE LN #39 $95,900 2560 AVALON DR $265,500 2398 RAINBOW AVE $275,000 4126 EDISON AVE $275,000 3613 HILLCREST LN $334,000 2012 JANICE AVE $155,000 2670 WATSON ST $272,500 2440 CARLSBAD AVE $290,000 3613 MIAMI ST $330,000 3712 HUFF WAY $342,000 3857 TERRA VISTA WAY $390,000 3207 KENTFIELD DR $325,000 4100 DENA WAY $376,000 2466 TOWN CIR $210,839 3092 BERTIS DR $277,000 4601 ROBERTSON AVE $410,000 3116 KERRIA $267,000 4508 WYMAN DR $314,900 4419 MULFORD AVE $328,000 2624 EASTERN AVE $360,000 2803 EDISON AVE $166,000 2849 DARWIN ST $220,000 3058 YELLOWSTONE LN $379,950 4308 RIO VISTA AVE $429,000 3109 MIRAMAR RD $309,000 3416 HARGER CT $521,500 2800 TIOGA WAY $345,000 2501 FULTON SQUARE LN #2 $95,000 2561 FULTON SQUARE LN #57$125,000 2701 WATT AVE $245,000 3815 EDISON AVE $575,000 3832 WOODCREST RD $308,000 2401 LESLIE LN $265,000 3300 RUBICON WAY $295,000 2747 TIOGA WAY $379,000 3517 DOMICH WAY $273,000 4625 WYMAN DR $295,000 4500 N PARK DR $425,000 3837 DURAN CIR $315,000 3756 N EDGE DR $230,000 2611 GRANITE WAY $235,000 3601 FRENCH AVE $243,000 4111 BOONE LN $292,000 3533 CHADSWORTH WAY $340,000 3740 N EDGE DR $419,000

95822 SOUTH LAND PARK 7582 SAN FELICE CIR 7472 HENRIETTA DR 4437 EUCLID AVE

$225,000 $316,000 $500,000

7400 BALFOUR WAY 2540 FERNDALE AVE 7505 AMHERST ST 2345 CORK CIR 2101 57TH AVE 5210 CARMEN WAY 4900 CRESTWOOD WAY 5624 JACKS LN 2200 MURIETA WAY 2041 ARLISS WAY 5861 ANNRUD WAY 2251 MURIETA WAY 5641 LA CAMPANA WAY 1436 WACKER WAY 7519 HENRIETTA 1649 68TH AVE 5612 HAROLD WAY 5620 23RD ST 2385 ANITA AVE 6441 HOGAN DR 2125 62ND AVE 7013 AMHERST ST 2011 BERG AVE 2406 34TH AVE 1441 WENTWORTH AVE 5991 WYMORE WAY 7555 MUIRFIELD 2014 ONEIL WAY 2138 54TH AVE 7492 GEORGICA WAY 6068 ANNRUD WAY 7518 AMHERST ST 6811 DEMARET DR 6649 CARNATION AVE

$205,000 $210,000 $221,000 $241,000 $254,000 $357,000 $660,000 $279,000 $312,000 $280,000 $399,000 $450,000 $182,000 $215,000 $245,000 $251,500 $204,000 $254,500 $285,000 $306,000 $130,000 $285,000 $204,900 $220,400 $498,000 $571,000 $143,000 $197,900 $255,000 $275,000 $425,000 $215,000 $260,088 $205,000

95825 ARDEN

782 WOODSIDE LANE EAST #12 $90,000 2280 HURLEY WAY #31 $140,000 1528 HOOD RD #C $135,000 532 HARTNELL PL $342,000 1179 VANDERBILT WAY $350,000 2323 SWARTHMORE DR $355,000 2121 TRIMBLE WAY $357,000 961 FULTON AVE #539 $65,500 2212 WOODSIDE LN #1 $147,000 882 E WOODSIDE LN #2 $195,000 2112 JUANITA LN $275,000 2221 WOODSIDE LN #1 $189,500 3021 EL PRADO WAY $285,000 708 COMMONS DR $297,500 2290 WOODSIDE LN #6 $180,000 2025 RICHMOND ST $330,000 504 HARTNELL PL $310,000 1551 UNIVERSITY $445,000 1019 DORNAJO WAY #112 $96,250 1505 HOOD RD #B $130,000 2286 WOODSIDE LN #6 $137,100 606 WOODSIDE SIERRA #5 $110,000 973 FULTON AVE #482 $90,000 2280 HURLEY WAY #75 $160,000 2519 EXETER SQUARE LN $271,500 546 WOODSIDE OAKS #5 $101,000 704 ELMHURST CIR $365,000

95831 GREENHAVEN, SOUTH LAND PARK

6859 ANTIGUA WAY 6370 GRANGERS DAIRY DR 6241 RIVERSIDE BLVD #115 1164 SPRUCE TREE CIR

$375,000 $583,000 $140,000 $282,000

796 SAO JORGE WAY 7348 WILLOW LAKE WAY 7516 POCKET RD 415 NASCA WAY 1157 SPRUCE TREE CIR 804 ROYAL GARDEN AVE 540 VALIM WAY 805 ROUNDTREE CT 7457 WINDBRIDGE DR 7327 FARM DALE WAY 6960 FLINTWOOD WAY 39 SIX RIVERS CIR 930 TRESTLE GLEN WAY 1407 SAN CLEMENTE WAY 1207 SPRUCE TREE CIR 7 PARK VISTA CIR 60 SOUTHLITE CIR 7100 POCKET RD 8003 LINDA ISLE LN 6241 RIVERSIDE BLVD #111 575 DE MAR DR 6912 S LAND PARK DR 671 RIVERGATE WAY 703 BRIDGESIDE DR 15 STARGLOW CIR 6843 WATERVIEW WAY 1324 SAN AUGUSTINE WAY 418 ROUNDTREE CT 1211 SPRUCE TREE CIR 809 ROUNDTREE CT 45 LAS POSITAS CIR 7492 RIO MONDEGO DR

95864 ARDEN

3808 EL RICON WAY 4313 LAURELWOOD 2130 ROCKWOOD DR 4376 VULCAN DR 432 WYNDGATE RD 1613 LA PLAYA WAY 810 LARCH LN 2801 BERKSHIRE WAY 3440 MAYFAIR DR 1711 MERCURY WAY 1371 FITCH WAY 750 EL ENCINO WAY 4335 SIERRA MADRE DR 3021 SIERRA MILLS LN 2005 MARYAL DR 641 ESTATES DR 1337 KEENEY WAY 4340 VALMONTE DR 3220 MAYFAIR DR 1837 MARYAL DR 3320 CHURCHILL RD 3844 LYNWOOD WAY 4260 AVILA LN 2032 NEPTUNE WAY 4140 LAGUNITA CT 4373 VULCAN DR 4305 MORPHEUS LN 2584 MORLEY WAY 3304 SIERRA OAKS DR 1149 GREENHILLS RD 3670 LAS PASAS WAY 736 WHITEHALL WAY 4229 BURRELL WAY 1320 GREENHILLS RD 3120 HEMPSTEAD RD 2106 VENUS DR

$384,000 $425,000 $445,000 $565,000 $297,000 $351,000 $525,000 $135,000 $265,000 $350,000 $377,000 $395,000 $400,000 $455,000 $271,000 $340,000 $460,000 $355,000 $387,000 $154,750 $326,500 $465,000 $420,000 $460,000 $550,000 $445,000 $518,500 $154,500 $255,000 $154,500 $270,000 $540,000

$494,900 $369,000 $810,000 $332,400 $645,000 $780,000 $1,325,000 $219,000 $222,000 $384,000 $629,000 $720,000 $890,000 $408,000 $429,900 $1,800,000 $250,000 $615,000 $191,000 $320,000 $284,000 $290,000 $341,000 $394,000 $820,000 $324,000 $415,000 $637,500 $1,490,000 $225,000 $615,500 $749,000 $378,000 $177,000 $280,000 $385,000

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Lawyering With Real Meaning FOR BRIAN WYATT, A PRACTICE IN ESTATE PLANNING MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE

ow did you get started in law? I was born and raised in Sacramento and then went to law school at the University of California, Berkeley. After that, I clerked for a judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and went to work for a law firm in San Francisco. I liked the people I worked with, but I never got to meet clients faceto-face—I never got a sense that I was doing anything that made a difference, which is why I went to law school in the first place. I wanted to practice law in a way that mattered. Around this time, I talked to a friend who was an estate planner and I told him that I wasn’t accomplishing what I had set out to do. I thought that maybe there wasn’t anything left for me in a law career. He recommended that I open my own practice in estate planning, so I moved back to Sacramento and did just that. It’s been wonderful.

and used properly. We want these important people to live the fullest possible lives and, in the case of those with special needs, to have access to all the important care they can. Our clients love the peace of mind we provide them.

What does your practice specialize in? We focus on trusts, wills, probates, conservatorships and special needs planning. I’ve been practicing for more than 15 years and focusing exclusively on estate work for more than 10 years. Uniquely, more than half of our clients have loved ones

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with disabilities. It’s a great joy for my practice to be able to help all kinds of families; we’re the place their loved

ones turn to when Mom or Dad aren’t there anymore. We focus on making sure the estates left behind are protected

Why is estate planning so important? All clients care about how loved ones will inherit from them. A living trust can be useful because, if it’s done and managed correctly, it can save expensive trips to probate court, prevent fighting and eliminate unnecessary taxes. Plus, if your trust is designed to survive your passing, it may be possible to protect your beneficiaries from creditors, divorces, additional taxes and poor judgment for more than a generation. For those who have a loved one with disabilities, like many of my clients, we can include a special needs trust that provides an important system of management and care, so the person continues to qualify for important benefits and enjoys the highest quality life. The way I see it, we’re not only planning and drafting documents, we’re also thinking through issues and helping people make good choices. Then we make sure that those choices are carried out when our clients aren’t here anymore. A big part of our practice now is helping the next generation administer the wills and trusts their parents established. Family harmony and the welfare of the beneficiaries depends on the work being done well.

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855 57th Street (Between J & H Streets) Why would someone want to put their assets in a trust? You don’t have to have a lot to benefit from a good trust. Almost everyone in our neighborhood would save time, expense and hassle by having an up-to-date living trust that covers what happens if they get too sick to manage things or pass away. When people work with us, they also often discover that they have an opportunity to do something for their loved ones that will make a difference in their lives. This planning makes things easier for those you leave behind so no one ends up in court for a judge to figure everything out. That’s why I love to come alongside people early on. That way, they get years of peace of mind knowing that everything is well thought out. And then I have the opportunity to be there for their loved ones afterward. When you consider that this planning is in many ways how you’ll say. “I love you.” for the last time to the most important people in your life, its importance is hard to overstate. If things go well after

you’re gone, it can be a real blessing. Making sure that’s what happens for our clients and those they care about is what we do. Why do you enjoy practicing in Sacramento? My wife and I and our three kids used to live in Folsom, but we recently moved back to Sacramento to be closer to family, my wife’s job (she’s the chief administrative officer for the department of emergency medicine at the UC Davis Medical Center) and my practice on American River Drive. My parents are two minutes away and my oldest daughter now attends first grade at Sierra Oaks, the same elementary school that I attended. I love how everything has worked out. I wanted to be able to take care of people, and my practice has turned out to be everything I ever hoped a career in the law could provide. The Law Office of Brian D. Wyatt, PC, is located at 3406 American River Drive. Contact Wyatt at 273-9040 or visit wyattlegal.com n

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User Friendly? TRANSIT CUSTOMERS CAN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT THEY WANT

he New York-based TransitCenter foundation recently surveyed 3,000 transit riders across the country to find out what they wanted. Researchers also held focus groups with transit users to delve deeper into their transit desires. Unsurprisingly, it turns out transit users most prize transportation basics: frequent service, short trip times and stops you can get to by walking. (A local Sacramento concern, security on board transit vehicles, was not surveyed.) Those basic wants seem simple enough, but many times they aren’t met. Decision makers, who typically are not transit users themselves, may place more emphasis on serving a large geographic area than on frequent and fast service. Further, decision makers may have a distorted view of transit customers. TransitCenter found that the traditional concept of two rider types, well-heeled “choice” riders and transit-dependent “captive” riders, is wrong. Even supposedly captive riders do have other transportation options. Shoddy service will still drive them away. The customary transit system strategy of catering to commuters (a mix of choice and captive riders), yearning for more choice riders and virtually ignoring captive riders is misguided.

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TransitCenter breaks the transit market into three rider categories: occasional, commuters and all purpose. They recommend that transit providers vigorously target all-purpose riders—the riders who make the most transit trips. The goal, according to the foundation’s report, should be to “create conditions that

increase the number of people who can walk to useful transit.” In a number of ways, Sacramento’s approach to transit operations has been at odds with the market-oriented (and trip-maximizing) transportation system TransitCenter touts. Regional Transit has cut back service frequency. Based on user wants, reducing frequent service

is the worst long-term marketing strategy. Frequent transit service is the most valuable transit characteristic. Ideally, with service every 10 or 12 minutes, a rider may not have to bother checking a schedule. There’s a shorter wait if a bus or train is missed. RT’s buses typically run every half hour or even less frequently. That’s a problem. Riders want fast trip times, but RT has cut routes. That means slower trip times. Trips that used to be direct may require transfers, waiting, circuitous routes, taking buses that get stuck in traffic, and walking too far. TransitCenter suggests reducing trip times by creating dedicated rights of way for transit. Prepaid fare collection, “tap-and-go” fare cards and other methods can speed boarding. Designing (and redesigning) routes to be straight and direct is important. Streetcars earn special disdain in the TransitCenter report. A few streetcar systems have been successful by serving walkable neighborhoods and busy destinations. Most other systems have fallen far short of meeting ridership expectations. They’ve mainly been a development tool or tourist attraction, rather than a key transportation component. Streetcars operating in mixed-flow traffic (with cars), like the one Sacramento is planning, are slow, averaging 8 mph. Buses can go twice as fast. RT has 22 light rail park-andride stations. These stations are inherently not walkable and have no neighborhood feel or sense of place. They have 8,000-plus parking GETTING page 55

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After the Flush WHERE DOES YOUR WASTEWATER GO?

n September 2006, garbage collectors in Sacramento went on strike. For several weeks, homeowners’ trash piled up in driveways, yards and streets. It was a stinky, ugly inconvenience. Losing solid-waste pickup was nothing compared to what would happen if we lost our wastewater disposal system. Can you imagine two weeks without a flush? Wastewater treatment gets my vote for the most underappreciated science-based public utility. What it lacks in glamour it makes up in importance. The British Medical Journal named sanitation the greatest medical advance since 1840 for its role in reducing waterborne diseases. Without good sewage collection and treatment, a community’s drinking water cannot be safe. Prior to the federal Clean Water Act of 1972, the safety of Sacramento’s water supply was at risk. The region had 22 small wastewater treatment plants discharging directly into the Sacramento and American rivers. To protect local waterways and comply with the Clean Water Act, local leaders decided to “regionalize” wastewater treatment. Sacramento County, along with the cities of Sacramento and Folsom, joined together to form the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation

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District (now known as Regional San). Between 1976 and 1982, Regional San built a single massive wastewater treatment plant in Elk Grove that replaced the older plants and now serves about 1.4 million residents from Folsom to West Sacramento, Citrus Heights to Elk Grove. The Sacramento Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant operates 24 hours per day, 365 days per year, processing an average of 150 million gallons of sewage per day. Like most Sacramentans, I didn’t even know where this 3,000-plus-acre operation was located until I signed up for a public tour. Yes, a surprising

number of ordinary people want to walk around a wastewater treatment plant, and Regional San obliges with free, seasonal monthly tours. The plant’s site in Elk Grove was carefully chosen. First, it sits at a very low elevation (32 feet below sea level), which saves money because wastewater can flow to the plant by gravity (although some pumping is required in the conveyance system). Second, it is only about 2 miles from the Sacramento River, where the treated water leaving the plant (called effluent) is discharged. Whatever you flush or send down your sink or shower enters a colossal

underground system of pipes. Pipes with a diameter of 3 or 4 inches typically carry your wastewater from your home to a grid of larger main lines and trunk lines under the streets. That system of sewer pipelines is managed by your local collection district (such as the city of Sacramento or the Sacramento Area Sewer District). Local sewer collection pipes funnel into much larger “interceptor” pipelines that are managed by Regional San, analogous to the way local roads feed into interstate highways. Your utility bill reflects separate charges for the services of your local collection agency and Regional San. Regional San has about 177 miles of pipes compared to the local systems’ 6,000 or 7,000 miles, but Regional San’s interceptors are as large as 12 feet in diameter. The journey of wastewater from your home to the treatment plant takes time. Morning shower water from Citrus Heights arrives maybe 10 hours later; wastewater from Folsom may take a day. (Because of this, flows coming into the plant are generally lowest in the morning.) Along the route, Regional San controls odors at pump stations using chemical scrubbers. The plant itself was designed with hundreds of acres of open space around it. These “Bufferlands” protect Elk Grove residents from the stench. (I was lucky to visit on a windy day—the plant hardly smelled at all.) On the tour I saw a jar of influent (wastewater that enters the plant). It didn’t look like my idea of sewage. Influent is watery, cloudy, slightly yellow-gray in color and a bit sandy. It can, however, carry debris such as rocks and tree limbs that would

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wastewater through treatment and release. Next comes the actual wastewater treatment. How do they clean wastewater to meet legal standards for discharge into the river? With clever engineering, some chemistry and help from a lot of very little friends. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll tell you about it next month.

spots that either are free or cost a maximum of $1 a day. They primarily serve commuters, many of whom are motivated to use them to avoid paying higher parking rates downtown. Outside of peak commute hours, the stations are rarely used. Globally, the busiest transit stations are all-purpose, triporiented stations. Those are the stations that see use throughout the day. Stations need to be easily reached by walking and surrounded by mixed-use neighborhoods with many destinations. Eighty percent of frequent transit users get to stations by foot. TransitCenter urges concentrating on improving transit service in walkable neighborhoods. However, service to less dense, less walkable areas has been a hallmark of RTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s light rail system. RT chose light rail routes that saved on construction costs but shortchanged customers on convenience. Route alignments donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t directly serve prime destinations. The Watt line avoided Arden Fair mall and ends at Roseville Road and Watt stations that are in the middle of nowhere. McClellan Business Park, with thousands of jobs, is close by but not served. The Folsom line could have jogged over to Sac State but it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, and it runs through miles of sparsely developed land. In November, Sacramento County voters will be voting on another transportation sales tax. Instead of fixing it first and focusing solely on more frequent and faster transit service and needed maintenance, the measure includes light rail expansion to far-flung, less dense, less walkable areas. It includes an expensive streetcar line. Light rail expansions to Elk Grove and the airport will add some new customers, but they wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t provide what most transit customers want: frequent and fast service and walkable stations. In fact, the operating costs for the expansions will likely hamstring RTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to deliver what customers really desire.

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Sacramento’s Eye THIS PHOTOGRAPHER IS AT EVERY EVENT WORTH ATTENDING

BY TERRY KAUFMAN ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

hen the Sacramento Black Chamber of Commerce gave Tia Gemmell its 2015 small business of the year award, history was made. Gemmell, perennially behind the camera for every event of note in Sacramento, was finally forced to step in front of the cameras. Gemmell had been such a behindthe-scenes stalwart of the Black Chamber and every other chamber in the region that the moment was almost surreal. “I’m not a stage person,” she says. “I never get in front of a microphone. I’m always behind a camera.” She managed the moment the only way she knew how: “I walked onto the stage with a selfie stick, then I turned around and did a selfie with the audience.” She is creative, resourceful and dedicated. At a point in life when most people are looking at slowing down, this former educator resident is busier than ever. She started doing photography on the side while teaching art full time at a middle school in Lodi. For 27 years, she commuted daily from her Natomas home on Garden Highway to her teaching post. But toward the end, she was rushing the reverse commute so that she could make it to her photography gigs. That was when she rethought her professional life. Today, Gemmell is the resident photographer not only for the various local chambers but also for a range of print and online media outlets too numerous to mention. Well, let’s mention a few: Comstock’s. N Magazine. Sacramento Business Journal. The CBS13/CW31 website,

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where her snapshots of Sacramento life appear under “Eye on the City.” Any local celebrity who has not been photographed by Gemmell is merely a wannabe. She knows the routine so well that she’ll proactively edit a shoot to spare a politico the embarrassment of posing with a drink in hand. Her schedule is a moving target, with 24/7 availability for event coverage. Then the real work begins. “Editing takes the most time,” she says. “I can easily take 1,200 photos at one event. I recently downloaded 300,000 photos to an external hard drive.” Gemmell posts the best shots on websites, Facebook

pages and anywhere else they should be seen. When she began, it was all about referrals and self-marketing. Today, Gemmell is so well known in the event planning community that she can pick and choose her assignments. “I don’t market myself,” she says. “My name is out there. If you go to events, you see the same people. The community leaders all know me. They know how I work and they trust me to do their photography.” The decision to honor her was a no-brainer for the Black Chamber. “She was at the top of our list,” says

chamber president Azizza Davis Goines. “She’s extremely professional, she’s been able to grow and sustain her small business, and she’s a perfect example of how a small business should operate.” Goines notes that over her years at the chamber, she has never been to an event at which she did not see Gemmell. “She’s always on time, she knows what she’s doing, and she’s organized.” In 2015, Gemmell also received a Community Excellence award from City Councilmember Steve Hansen. “Tia was the perfect choice for this honor,” says Hansen, “because she exemplifies

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for Sacramento Crisis Nurseries. “She is so much a part of Sacramento that sometimes people just don’t appreciate what she does.” “I just do my thing,” says Gemmell with a laughs. “My passion has always been photography, and I feel blessed because of what I do. I can set my own hours. I can say no if I don’t want to take on a job. I always try to give more than the average photographer does.”

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TO DO THIS MONTH'S CULTURE & ENTERTAINMENT HIGHLIGHTS

Home Sweet Homes 41st annual Historic Home Tour Sunday, Sept. 11, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. preservationsacramento.org/hometour

This year’s highly anticipated Historic Home Tour, now in its 41st year, showcases the Elmhurst neighborhood for the very first time, with architectural gems such as the Julia Morgan House and other regal residences in the Mediterranean, Tudor Revival, Craftsman and Victorian styles. In conjunction with the home tour, a free street fair will include booths from local contractors, businesses, artists and nonprofit, advocacy and historic organizations. The neighborhood is bounded by Highway 50, Stockton Boulevard, V Street, Second Avenue and 59th Street, so start your tour at the Preservation Sacramento booth at the T Street median (between 40th and 42nd streets) to receive a program and a wristband for entry. Preservation Sacramento, formerly the Sacramento Old City Association, is a citywide nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving Sacramento’s irreplaceable historic places and encouraging quality urban design through advocacy, outreach and activism.

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Wales of a Tale “Between Two Fires” author event and book signing Saturday, Sept. 3, at 2 p.m. Avid Reader at Tower, 1600 Broadway marknoce.com

Escape to the exciting world of medieval Wales imagined by author Mark Noce in his debut historical ﬁction novel, “Between Two Fires,” the ﬁrst in a series published by Thomas Dunne Books (an imprint of St. Martin’s Press and Macmillan). The book was released on Aug. 23, but now is your chance to grab a copy from the author himself, hear him speak and get him to sign your book—and maybe even spill some secrets about the next installment in the series.

In the Studios Sac Open Studios Saturdays and Sundays, Sept. 10-11 and Sept. 17-18, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Weekend One: Studios west of Interstate 80 and Highway 99; Weekend Two: Studios east of I-80 and Highway 99 vergeart.com

Now in its 11th year, this two-weekend tour of 150 artist studios throughout Sacramento County will treat guests to a packed schedule of exhibits, activities, demonstrations and interactive events. Established in 2006 by the Center for Contemporary Art Sacramento and run in conjunction with Verge Center for the Arts since 2014, Sac Open Studios has grown to become the largest open-studio event in the county. Verge will kick off the tour with a launch party at its gallery and studio project at 625 S St. from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 8, with a preview exhibition, food and drink vendors, a DJ and hands-on kids activities. The party also serves as the official book launch and book signing for the new “Inside Sacramento: The Most Interesting Neighborhood Places in America’s Farm-toFork Capital,” a photo-driven guide to the city published by Cecily Hastings. Free special events will be going on during both weekends of the tour, so check out vergeart. com for more information and a full schedule of events and exhibitions.

Sac Open Studios offers tours of 150 open artist studios with exhibits and demonstrations on two Sept. weekends

Quantum Leap “Entanglement With Artiﬁcial Intelligence,” presented by Carmichael Quantum Mystics Friday, Sept. 16, 6:45-8:30 p.m. Carmichael Public Library, 5605 Marconi Ave. meetup.com

Do you ever wonder if robots are the future of human evolution? The Carmichael Quantum Mystics probes this hair-raising question in this free program that features a viewing of Season 4, Episode 7 of “Through the Wormhole” with Morgan Freeman, followed by a short presentation of the three evolutionary stages of artiﬁcial intelligence and discussion.

“Yay!” For JAYJAY Reboot: New Work from JAYJAY Artists Sept. 14 through Oct. 29 5524B Elvas Ave. 453-2999, artsy.net/jayjay

One of Sacramento’s favorite contemporary art galleries celebrates its 15th anniversary with the reveal of a newly remodeled exhibit space and an exciting opening show of all new work from the well-known JAYJAY stable of artists as well as artists who are new to the gallery. Founders Beth Jones and Lynda Jolley started JAYJAY (for Jones and Jolley, natch) in 2000 in a small storefront on Franklin Boulevard as an experiment, and clearly, the venture took off! Join the two J’s at their 15th anniversary celebration and grand opening reception from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 15, with music and refreshments.

No. 151, 30” x 90,” acrylic, gouache, enamel, oil, powdered pigment and shellac on three panels by Ian Harvey. Part of the Reboot: New Work from Jay Jay Artists

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All That Jazz Jazz Night at the Crocker Thursday, Sept. 15, at 5:30 p.m. (Shelley Burns & Avalon Swing) and 6:30 p.m. (Denise Perrier) Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St. crockerartmuseum.org

The Jazz Night at the Crocker series comes to a crescendo with Denise Perrier on the Crocker’s Main Stage. Described as “the voice with a heart,” Perrier’s rich, contralto voice delivers the standards but spices things up with blues and Latin. Avalon Swing will bring a swing sensibility to classic jazz on the Café Stage.

Cruise Fest on Fulton is back and features more than 500 classic and unique cars this year.

Super Fun Superheroes ArtMix Crocker-Con Thursday, Sept. 8, 5-9 p.m. Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St. crockerartmuseum.org

Bust out your cape and tights and get ready for a galactic good time at the Crocker’s fourth annual ArtMix Crocker-Con. Meet local comic book artists and writers, check out dozens of vendor booths, enjoy out-of-this-world live performances, sample the work of independent game designers and get down at the inaugural comics jam session. You can also do your best superhero impressions at character karaoke and challenge other caped crusaders at the ﬁrst-ever masquerade parade and dance-off. Enjoy food and drink discounts during happy hour (from 5 to 6 p.m.) and $5 drink specials all night.

Get Your Motor Running CruiseFest On Fulton Avenue (beneﬁtting the California Automobile Museum) Saturday, Sept. 10, 4-8:30 p.m. Fulton Avenue between Marconi Avenue and Cottage Way calautomuseum.org

Cruisin’ is back on Fulton Avenue, but this year, the cars aren’t just parked and pretty, they’re movin’ and cruisin’! More than 500 classic and unique cars will take over Fulton Avenue, including Gov. Jerry Brown’s ’74 Plymouth and re-creation “clone” cars provided by Tribute Team American Graffiti as seen in the movie “American Graffiti.” After the cruise from 4 to 6 p.m., the cars will all be parked along the route, where spectators will be able to get up close and personal with the cool classics, from a 1931 Model A to a 1938 Buick Special to a 1965 Suburban, as well as a variety of exotics such as Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Porsches and Maseratis. The festivities will also include six bands and a variety of food trucks, vendors, breweries and auto-related artisans. As always, CruiseFest is free to all spectators. CruiseFest On Fulton Avenue is a beneﬁt for the California Automobile Museum, located at 2200 Front St. in Old Sac.

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Pianist Catherine Miller performs at the Crocker

Girl Composer Power Crocker Classical Concert featuring soprano Carrie Hennessey and pianist Catherine Miller Sunday, Sept. 11, 3 p.m. Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St. crockerartmuseum.org

Acclaimed soprano Carrie Hennessey returns to the Crocker for a concert celebrating female composers throughout the eras, including works by Alma Mahler (wife of Gustav), Clara Schumann (wife of Robert) and Fanny Mendelssohn (sister of Felix), as well as contemporary composer Libby Larsen. Hennessey will be accompanied on piano by Sacramento native Catherine Miller, a graduate of John F. Kennedy High School and a former member of the Sacramento Youth Symphony. Miller has gone on to study at the Liszt Academy in Budapest, Hungary, as a Fulbright scholar, receive her master’s of music degree at the Juilliard School, and tour around the world as a vocal competition accompanist.

Oy Vey, Schmear! 39th annual Sacramento Jewish Food Faire Sunday, Sept. 18, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Traditional Jewish cuisine of all types is available at the Jewish Food Faire

Congregation Beth Shalom, 4746 El Camino Ave. 485-4478, jewishfoodfaire.com

The 39th annual Sacramento Jewish Food Faire is a chance for the community to come together to enjoy entertainment, arts and crafts vendors and, of course, food! Chow down on new and traditional Jewish cuisine such as corned beef, pastrami and brisket sandwiches, bagels and lox, blintzes, latkes, falafel, stuffed cabbage rolls, noodle kugel, matzo ball and vegetarian mushroom barley soups, falafel, homemade hummus and Israeli pickled vegetables. Have a sweet tooth? Check out the hard-to-ﬁnd homemade and imported baked pastries including rugellah, hamentashen, strudel, noodle kugel and much more. Highlighting the Faire’s “Generation to Generation” theme, many parents, children and grandchildren of the same family are participating in this year’s event by working together preparing foods, sharing recipes, performing and serving.

Going Once, Going Twice … 35th annual KVIE Art Auction Friday, Sept. 23, 7-10 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 24, and Sunday, Sept. 25, noon-10 p.m. kvie.org/artauction

Celebrating KVIE Public Television’s 35 years of creating an accessible venue to bring art into area homes, the 35th annual KVIE Art Auction will showcase more than 260 works of art by emerging, well-known and world-renowned Northern California artists selected by a distinguished panel of jurors overseen by KVIE art curator D. Neath. The live, threeday broadcast on Channel 6 will feature work that was culled from nearly 800 entries to make it to your TV screen—so get bidding! A complete list of artists as well as images and information on each piece up for bid is available on the KVIE website. Want a sneak peek? Don’t miss the Preview Gala on Monday, Sept. 19, from 5:30 to 8 p.m.

Twenty Shades of Ray Twenty Shades of Ray: 1996-2016, a 20-year survey of art by Robert-Jean Ray Sept. 10 through Oct. 1 DaDas Art Gallery Boutique, 3655 J St. 538-1082

See the beauty of two decades of creative creation when DaDas Art Gallery Boutique (in cooperation with microARTCollection) presents a 20-year survey of drawing, printmaking, collage, painting and mixed-media micro art by Robert-Jean Ray. Ray’s development was inﬂuenced by the graphic innovations of early 20thcentury modernism and, later, by post-modern abstract expressionism, arte povera and neo-expressionism. For more than 15 years, Ray’s goal has been to merge depictions of the human face with mixed-media collage compositions inspired by urban street graphics. His micro format drawings, collages and mixed media pieces have been exhibited in galleries throughout the United States and he has contributed illustrations to numerous publications, collaborated with other creatives, organized exhibitions for various art galleries and public institutions and is the founder/curator of microARTCollection. Meet him in person at the opening reception on Saturday, Sept. 10, from 3-5 p.m.

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GALLERY ART SHOWS IN SEPTEMBER

WASH Inc. Annual Open Watercolor Exhibition, “Go With The Flow 2016”, runs through Oct. 2. at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center.Shown above: “Whitewashed” by Diana Johnson,a 2015 Award Winner. 5330B Gibbons Drive.

Tim Collom Gallery will exhibit new works by Tim Collom through Sept. 28. On display will be a new collection of works in oil as well as selected limited edition giclees. Shown above: “Sunﬂowers”, 24”x24”, oil on birch panel, 2016 by Collom. 915 20th St.; timcollomgallery.com

Viewpoint Photographic Gallery presents a retrospective of photographer Francine Moskovitz through Oct. 1. Shown above: “Karen, Back View” by Moskovitz. 2015 J St.

The exhibition “Reboot” denotes the reset of JAYJAY on their 15th anniversary. This show celebrates their expanding stable of modern and contemporary artists and runs through Oct. 29. Shown above: Galaxy XVI by Joan Moment, 42” x 84” acrylic on canvas. 5520 Elvas Avenue; jayjayart.com ARTHOUSE on R presents “Ghost Genes”, works by Craig Martinez through Oct. 4. Shown left: “Apache Gahn” by Martinez. 1021 R Street; arthouseonr.com

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ak Park has been called “Sacramento’s first suburb.” More than a century old, Oak Park was a streetcar suburb, easily reachable by streetcars that were first drawn by horses and later ran on electricity. At the turn of the last century, the neighborhood was a thriving center for arts, culture,

shopping and dining. Throughout the 20th century, events conspired to bring Oak Park down, turning it into a neighborhood more known for crime and decay than for arts and culture. The freeway building boom of the ’50s and ’60s dealt a double blow to Oak Park, cutting it off from adjacent neighborhoods and allowing middle class and prosperous residents to move out to more remote suburbs farther from the city center. Much like other similar neighborhoods across the country, Oak Park has been

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a target for revitalization and redevelopment for decades, with progress coming in fits and starts, and sometimes not at all. Recent revitalization efforts, however, seem to be taking hold. A handful of businesses have staked their claim around the newly named Triangle District, and their fortunes seem to be on the rise. This isn’t luck or good timing, however. Many of the businesses nestled in the crook of the triangle, around 35th Street and Broadway, are putting out quality food and libations. They’re places that would be successful no matter where they set up shop. Two that stand out for their exemplary fare are Oak Park Brewing Company and La Venadita. The first is a thriving brewery/restaurant opened by a couple of local home brewers who wanted to share their passion with others. The second is a new venture by a successful Bay Area restaurateur who grew up in Sacramento. La Venadita (Spanish for the little deer, or doe) is a tongue-in-cheek taqueria. Owner Tom Schnetz grew up not far from Oak Park and now owns a house just a few blocks from his new restaurant. La Venadita’s logo is a portrait of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo with antlers coming out of her head.

You’ll find this kind of playfulness throughout the space and the menu. The queso fundido, usually a combo of molten cheese and chorizo, swaps out the standard Mexican sausage for shrimp, directly assaulting the noseafood-and-dairy “rule.” The mix is a gooey, satisfying treat. The carnitas taco is one of the best I’ve ever had. Fried in the shell, this beautiful combo of simmered pork, cheese and salsa takes a staple and elevates it to something extraordinary. Similarly, the Vampiro, an al pastor taco, is a sloppy feast of marinated pork, fried cheese, onions, cilantro and just a little bit of guilt. You won’t want to skip it. Unexpectedly, one of the standouts on the menu is a simple salad. A perfect combo of mixed greens, roasted red onions and red peppers, pumpkin seeds, queso fresco and cumin vinaigrette, it’s a beautiful summer salad. The flavors are on point and a blunt reminder to us carnivores how flavorful and rewarding a well-made salad can be. La Venadita’s interior is plucky and funky. One bright-pink wall dominates the space, looming over an open, exposed-brick-and-beam room flooded by light from two walls of windows. The service is light. It’s an order-at-the-counter kind of place, but orders are sent from the kitchen muy rapido.

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1001 Front Street • Old Sacramento • 916-446-6768 www.fatcitybarandcafe.com Just across the street, Oak Park Brewing Company holds down a secure spot in the new Oak Park. Open only two years, this brewery/ restaurant already seems like a fixture of the neighborhood, and a solid citizen in the ever-expanding Sacramento brewing scene. Oak Park Brewing offers a wide array of housemade and guest beers, including my favorite: the housemade Rope Swing Cream Ale. The food menu is varied, with some ambitious dishes. Culinary standouts include the Little Chicken Bucket, a Southernfried game hen served with an indulgent pile of cheese grits, collard

greens and chili honey glaze. This little dish is one of the finest Southern dishes in this here Western town. The shrimp and grits are also a great Southern plate, but pack enough heat to light a gas furnace, so be warned. The shrimp po’ boy, OP burger and spare ribs are worth eating as well. Everything is served on point by friendly waiters in the brewery’s elegant steampunk environs. If you haven’t dropped by some of the new eateries in Oak Park, you’re doing yourself a disservice. Check it out. It’s closer than you think, and it offers a new slice of Sacramento history. La Venadita is at 3501 3rd Ave.; 400-4676; lavenaditasac.com. Oak Park Brewing Company is at 3514 Broadway; 660-2723, opbrewco. com. Greg Sabin can be reached at gregsabin@hotmail.com n

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DOWNTOWN Cafeteria 15L 116 15th Street 551-1559 L D $$ Classic American lunch counter with a millennial vibe • cafeteria15l.com

DeVere’s Pub 1521 L Street L D Full Bar $$ Family-run authentic Irish pub with a classic menu to match • deverespub.com

OLD SAC Fat City Bar & Cafe 1001 Front St. 446-6768 D $$-$$$ Full Bar American cuisine served in a casual historic Old Sac location • Fatsrestaurants.com

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

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

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L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Outdoor Dining Upscale American fare served in an elegant setting • Paragarys.com

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Grange 926 J Street • 492-4450 B L D Full Bar $$$ Simple, seasonal, soulful • grangerestaurant.com

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

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

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Burr’s Fountain

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

L D Wine/Beer $-$$ Italian and Czech specialties in a neighborhood bistro setting

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

L D Wine/Beer $ Fresh Greek cuisine in a chic, casual setting, counter service

Nopalitos

Evan’s Kitchen

5530 H St. 452-8226

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

B L $ Wine/Beer Southwestern fare in a casual diner setting

Roxie Deli & Barbeque 3340 C St. 443-5402

Formoli’s Bistro

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

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

Hawks Public House

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

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

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

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Oak Park Brewing Company

The Kitchen

3514 Broadway

2225 Hurley Way 568-7171

L D $$ Full Bar Award-winning beers and a creative pub-style menu in an historic setting • opbrewco.com

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

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

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

Freeport Bakery

La Rosa Blanca Taqueria 2813 Fulton Ave. 484-6104 L D Full Bar $$-$$ Fresh Mexican food served in a colorful family-friendly setting

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

The Mandarin Restaurant 4321 Arden Way 488-47794 D $$-$$$ Full Bar Gourmet Chineses food for 32 years • Dine in and take out

2966 Freeport Blvd. 442-4256 B L $ Award-winning baked goods and cakes for eat in or take out • Freeportbakery.com

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

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

Roxy 2381 Fair Oaks Blvd. 489-2000 B L D $$-$$$ Full Bar American cuisine with a Western touch in a creative upscale atmosphere •

Sam’s Hof Brau 2500 Watt 482-2175 L D $$ Wine/Beer Fresh quality meats roasted daily • thehofbrau.com

Willie’s Burgers 5050 Fair Oaks Blvd. 488-5050 L D $ Great burgers and more • williesburgers.com n

Riverside Clubhouse 2633 Riverside Drive 448-9988 L D $$ Full Bar Upscale American cuisine served in a contemporary setting • Riversideclubhouse.com

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

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

ARDEN AREA Bella Bru Café 5038 Fair Oaks Blvd. 485-2883 B L D $-$$ Full bar, casual, locally owned European style café with table service from 5 pm and patio dining • bellabrucafe.com

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Old Soul Co.

4749 Folsom Blvd.

1716 L St.

B L D $$ Full Bar Outdoor Patio Seasonal, European-inﬂuenced comfort food • Paragarys.com

Cornﬂower Creamery 1013 L St. Crocker Art Museum Store

The Pink House

Café Vinoteca

216 O Street

28th & R Sts.

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Freeport Bakery 2966 Freeport Blvd. Hot Italian

Underground Books

627 16th St.

2601 J St.

Pavilions Shopping Center

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

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

1462 33rd St.

Sac. Natural Foods Co-op

2814 35th St.

University Art

1110 Front Street

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