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In the Know PRINT IS ONLY WAY TO PROVIDE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY IDENTITY
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he meaning of the word “community” has enlarged in recent years. Mostly this is due to social media moving to the virtual world what was once mostly just geographically oriented. More on this later. When we started publishing our first neighborhood publication in 1996, community was generally defined as a group whose members resided in a specific local area and shared a government. While planning what to cover in our newspaper, I drew up a list of things that create a neighborhood. Included in my
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list were local events for residents of all ages, places to eat and shop, recreation opportunities, schools, churches and, of course, the interesting people who live there. Also of note were the homes and gardens, and even the pets, of our neighbors. Over the years, I also became aware of the importance of the arts, land use and local government issues, and so I expanded our coverage to these areas. As our family’s volunteer activities grew, I came to realize how vital it was to celebrate volunteerism and encourage others to join in. While I live in and know best my own East Sacramento neighborhood, I try to reach out and talk to folks who live in the other neighborhoods we serve for feedback. Recently, through a mutual friend, I met a lovely woman named Carol Delzer. An attorney who has lived and worked in Arden for decades, she loves her neighborhood. She
told me that our Inside Arden publication helped create a positive sense of identity for her community. While there’s a number of smaller neighborhood groups in her area, she says there has never been a chamber of commerce or business association— despite a significant small-business community—to market the Arden area. We talked about Carmichael’s strong sense of community, thanks in part to its active chamber of commerce and the publishing many years ago of a beautiful book on Carmichael by Susan Maxwell Skinner, who writes and photographs for us. (We met her doing a story about her book and invited her to become a regular contributor.) I recently learned that Arden is finally getting its own chamber of commerce when I was asked to speak to the new group this month. I founded the East Sacramento
Chamber of Commerce 20 years ago, and they wanted me to share my experiences as a 20-year board member and volunteer and as publisher of Inside Arden. I look forward to helping them succeed in any way I can. Recently, a new Pocket resident contacted us about a part-time job with our company. He said he was so excited to receive our publication and said he instantly felt a part of the community he now calls home. TO page 8
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Detective Tina Mortenson, Officer Shaun McGovern, Sgt. Joe Bailey, Capt. James Beezley, Detective Chris Starr and Detective Jon Fan are responsible for the the return of "Journeys of the Imagination" bronze statue. FROM page 7
its neighborhoods if you are willing to put in the energy. Like Roger Klein, I I heard similar comments from a had lived in a number of places around newcomer to Land Park who sat next the country. We both agreed that to me at a concert a few weeks ago. most places are not nearly as easily I am grateful that similar accessible to civic involvement as comments like this get back to me on Sacramento. a regular basis. It still makes my day But you can get involved only if you to receive these comments because know what is going on and what there I know our team is succeeding in is to do in the community. That is why helping define and celebrate our local publications like ours remain lovely neighborhoods and their unique as vital as ever. Websites have their identities. function, as do social media pages and I just had lunch with a retired apps, but they all have very limited recording company executive named audiences. Roger Klein, who recently moved to The one experience that almost the Downtown grid from San Diego. everybody gets to share is the ability He wanted to involve himself in the to read our printed local publications arts community of his new home. He in the neighborhoods we serve. It is, was over the top in his enthusiasm in effect, the common denominator of for Sacramento and its potential. He useful local civic information you need had thought long and hard about to be in the know. the move and reached out to some of As recent as two decades ago The our top civic leaders before making Bee served the function of providing the decision. He was delighted they local citizens with a base of common took his calls and agreed to meet. He civic knowledge. But sadly we estimate said all were encouraging and upbeat that now only about 5 percent of our about his future here. readership gets the daily newspaper I like to talk to newcomers and delivered to their home. There is no hear about their recent experiences. doubt that less information is not good While Sacramento is a far more for our communities. interesting place than it was when Let me take a moment to go back I arrived here 28 years ago, one to my opening statement about social thing that has not changed is the media and community. In addition ability to easily immerse yourself to geographic communities, social into the civic fabric of our city and
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media have connected communities of people with shared interests all over the country and even the world. While virtual communities have contributed many positive things to people’s lives, it is still vital to connect with your geographic neighbors. We still need and benefit from knowing real people on our streets and in our
In late July, I received a call from Sacramento Police Capt. James Beezley. He was proud to report that detectives had located a beloved bronze statue that had been stolen from the lobby of Clunie Community Center two months earlier. The next week, “Journeys of the Imagination” was returned in near-perfect condition. We have now returned it to the lobby and hope it will never be stolen again. The police are still working on the case. We know that a photo of the statue had been found on a phone confiscated from a thief who had been picked up. This led police to the statue. While my Friends of East Sacramento nonprofit partner Lisa Schmidt and I love the statue dearly, we were happy to know that we weren’t the only ones shocked and saddened by the brazen theft. We’re all glad to have our little boy back! Cecily Hastings can be reached at publisher@insidepublications.com. n
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Welcoming Amy TALENTED CHOREOGRAPHER JOINS SAC BALLET
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he announcement this summer that Sacramento Ballet’s co-artistic directors, Ron Cunningham and Carinne Binda, would not return next season after 30 years of outstanding artistic leadership left hearts heavy. Hope was renewed, however, when the ballet announced the appointment of Amy Seiwert as the company’s artistic director for the 2018-19 season. Seiwert—who danced with Sacramento Ballet from 1991 to 1999—was selected from a candidate pool of more than 35 directors, choreographers and dancers from around the world to continue Cunningham and Binda’s legacy. “Ron and Carinne are part of my artistic DNA,” says Seiwert, who currently has a creative residency with the Joyce Foundation and served as the resident choreographer of Smuin Ballet for eight years. “The aesthetic choices that inform my choreographic style took root during my time with Sacramento Ballet.” Before she starts her tenure in Sacramento, Seiwert will take her company, Amy Seiwert Imagery, to Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Massachusetts and The Joyce Theater in New York City.
Funded in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and First 5 Sacramento, Art Spots are designed to prepare children age 5 and younger for school through installations created by artists who participated in the Crocker’s Early Childhood Initiative last year.
Art Spots are designed to prepare children age 5 and younger for school through installations.
Amy Seiwert will be artistic director for Sacramento Ballet for the 2018-19 season.
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“Amy is a natural choice to succeed Ron and Carinne,” says Barbara Crockett, the founder of Sacramento Ballet. “Her years of experience in Sacramento will serve as a solid foundation for her leadership of the ballet.” For more information, visit sacballet.org.
ART SPOTS DEBUT AT THE CROCKER In May, Crocker Art Museum debuted its first of four experiential Art Spot installations: Gato, an installation created by artists Michelle Lee and Darin Reyes, which allows children to step into the dream world of a giant toy cat.
The museum’s newest Art Spot, PL!NK, popped up in July. Created by two UC Davis professors of design, PL!NK is inspired by kaleidoscopic configurations and comprises more than 100 tetrahedron clusters made of mirrors and colorful Plexiglas. An experimentation station allows children to create their own shapebased, interlocking sculptural forms. “Kids love experimenting with art,” says PL!NK co-creator Glenda Drew, “and to nurture their creative development as human beings, we’re taking it one step farther.” PL!NK also features a real-time video playback effect, with tiny cameras in the artwork that capture and magnify visitors’ images, and a storytelling station where kids can voice-record tales. Gato and PL!NK will be on view through Oct. 29.
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Crocker Museum’s newest Art Spot, PL!NK, was designed for children 5 and younger. Crocker Art Museum is at 216 O St. For more information, visit crockerart.org.
ALL ABOUT PAUL If you love Paul McCartney and The Beatles, local music journalist Tony Conley’s new book, “Paul McCartney in The Beatles,” is right up your alley.
The book takes a comprehensive look at McCartney’s music and musicianship during his career with The Beatles. It’s tentatively slated for release in November. “This is a project that has been seven years in the making,” says Conley, who got inspired to write the book nearly 30 years ago when he met Denny Seiwell, who worked with TO page 12
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FROM page 11 McCartney in Wings, the first band McCartney put together post-Beatles. But Conley needs your help to bring his dream to fruition. The book’s local publisher, Good Mojo Press, launched a crowdfunding campaign through Indiegogo on July 24 to help cover publication costs. With your contribution, you
can pick from several perks at varying price points, including an original McCartney painting by Stephen Holland, original clay McCartney masks by local artist Tony Natsoulas, museum-quality lithographs of artwork by John Lennon, exclusive T-shirts featuring the work of renowned illustrator Thomas Fluharty, a Rickenbacker bass
autographed by Conley and Fluharty, first-edition autographed books, posters and more. To complement the book, Conley is creating playlists for all major music streaming sites that will serve as a musical guided tour to the book. “Paul McCartney in The Beatles” will be available for purchase through select retailers, Amazon and at goodmojopress.com.
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Multiple students from Robinson’s Taekwondo recently won at the USA Taekwondo Nationals 2017.
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Several students from Sacramento’s largest martial arts school, Robinson’s Taekwondo, recently reigned supreme at the USA Taekwondo Nationals 2017—the largest taekwondo competition in the country held in Detroit in June and July. Sacramento’s Philip El Chemali won the gold medal in mat competitions, which places him on the United States Association of Taekwondo National Team for a second consecutive year.
Elk Grove’s Cassie Berger also won gold in the women’s division, and black belt student Maria Lopez secured the women’s bronze medal. Less than a week later, Lopez won the bronze again at the Amateur Athletic Association Taekwondo National Championships in Fort Lauderdale. North Highlands resident Natalie Velasquez won the women’s silver and black belt student Lorenzo Ortega won the gold. For more information, visit robinsonstkd.com.
SEEING PINK This summer was an especially exciting one for the Sacramento Zoo: Six American flamingo chicks hatched, the first time flamingo eggs were laid and then successfully hatched at the zoo since 1999. The eggs hatched between June 28 and July 18 after they were collected from the flock and artificially incubated to ensure hatching success. The chicks are now being hand-reared behind the scenes with around-theclock care that includes feedings,
For the first time since 1999, flamingo eggs were successfully hatched at the Sacramento Zoo. health checks, growth monitoring and regular exercise to strengthen their delicate legs.
of the original eight flamingos still resides on the zoo’s lake. Visitors can catch a glimpse of one or more of the chicks daily at 10:30 a.m. at the zoo’s Dr. Murray E. Fowler Veterinary Hospital. The Sacramento Zoo is located at 3930 W. Land Park Drive. For more information, visit saczoo.com.
and talents that make every day special for our customers.” Married co-owners Walter and Marlene Goetzeler (who fell in love while he was tutoring her in German) bought Freeport Bakery in 1987. What started as a small operation of seven staff members has since doubled in size. The business moved into its 2,500-square-foot building
in 1991 and added the 2,100-squarefoot annex next door in 2016 to accommodate a cake decorating studio, tasting room and two full-time wedding cake consultants. Freeport Bakery is at 2966 Freeport Blvd. For more information, go to freeportbakery.com. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. n
Visitors can catch a glimpse of one or more of the chicks daily at 10:30 a.m. at the zoo’s THREE DECADES OF DECADENCE Dr. Murray E. Fowler Aug. 1 marked a sweet spot for Freeport Bakery: its 30th Veterinary Hospital. anniversary. The Sacramento Zoo has housed American flamingos since 1966 and is currently home to 36 adults. One
“This milestone is really a celebration of our employees,” says co-owner Marlene Goetzeler. “Our bakery runs 24 hours a day and it’s our employees’—all 62 of them—skills
Marlene and Walter Goetzeler celebrate Freeport Bakery's 30th anniversary.
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Endless Fighting SOLVING HOMELESSNESS DEFIES EASY ANSWERS
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n Sacramento, everyone seems to be fighting over the homeless—and the fighting is only intensifying. Homeless activists have been at the City Council almost every Tuesday night for more than a year with demands that the council approve a moratorium on enforcement of its anti-camping ordinance. Activists also claim that the city’s response to the challenge of sheltering the homeless has been halfhearted at best. One councilmember, Allen Warren, is pressing his colleagues to approve an emergency outside shelter in his
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North Sacramento district, both on humanitarian grounds and to ease the impacts of homelessness on the American River Parkway. Other members of the council, notably Mayor Darrell Steinberg, insist that the city’s focus should be on building “permanent supportive housing” for homeless people. When Steinberg recently announced his support for a new city policy that would permit Sacramento churches to house up to 20 homeless people a night throughout the year (not just on the coldest winter nights, as currently allowed), Sacramento’s leading business groups arose to strongly oppose the idea, arguing that the policy would lead to unanticipated negative impacts on neighborhoods and businesses already reeling under the impacts of increasing homelessness, particularly in the central city.
There are also fights over what to do—or not do—about the environmental degradation and physical dangers posed by the increasing number of homeless people camping in the American River Parkway. Those fights have pitted County Supervisor Phil Serna, an advocate of an energetic plan to remove homeless people from the parkway, against homeless advocates and other county supervisors who’ve expressed concerns that Serna’s plan would shift the homeless problem into adjoining residential neighborhoods.
THE FIGHTS BETWEEN CITY AND COUNTY Then there are the contentious fights between city leaders and county leaders over how to use federally funded Section 8 low-income housing vouchers, as well as the city’s application for—and receipt of—a
$32 million federally funded Whole Person Care grant. Sacramento is the only city in the state to receive such a grant. County government controls the great majority of Section 8 housing vouchers in Sacramento. Steinberg persuaded his council colleagues to go along with his plan to jettison the current long waiting list of lowincome, disabled and aged people who’ve been waiting (in some cases for years) for one of the city-controlled Section 8 rent-subsidy vouchers. In the future, the city will distribute vouchers principally to the homeless, based on the argument that they are in greater need of housing support. Steinberg publicly hammered county supervisors to adopt the same policy switch with respect to the county’s much larger inventory of Section 8 vouchers. County supervisors rebuffed Steinberg’s request.
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Call Me Today! 698-1961 The Whole Person Care grant program, funded by the federal government but administered by state government, is a highly ambitious pilot program to fund the integrated delivery of regular health care, behavioral health care and social services to those who are high users of local ERs and hospital rooms, which naturally includes a large number of homeless people. If successful, the program could reduce the high cost of ambulance rides, ER visits and hospitalizations. The city prepared a study two years ago that found that it spends about $12 million annually on services to the homeless, consisting mostly of the costs of responding to ambulance calls. In the city, the fire department dispatches both a fully staffed fire truck and an ambulance in response to almost every ambulance call, a glaring inefficiency that’s a discussion topic for another day. Our sources inform us that county government leaders took a long hard look at applying for a Whole Person Care grant but concluded that the county wouldn’t be able to comply with the program’s mandatory reporting requirements, which call for detailed disclosure of hospital and ER use by patients. Hospitals are forbidden by federal health care privacy laws from divulging such patient information to anyone, including local governments. The county’s concern was that, if it took the money but was unable to comply with the grant’s reporting rules, the federal government could demand that the county repay all of the funding. The county was unwilling to take that financial risk.
Meanwhile, Steinberg recruited a reported 13 local hospitals and health care systems to pony up the $32 million local match that the program required, attracted, no doubt, by the prospect that the program might reduce their own bills for providing high-cost, but often unreimbursed (or underreimbursed), ER care and hospitalizations for the indigent.
The ordinance would also outlaw panhandling at street intersections and median strips. But were Sacramento councilmembers briefed on the financial risk to the city treasury of participating in the program when the council accepted the grant? We didn’t spot public disclosure of the risk in any of the city staff reports prepared on the grant program. It would be prudent for the council to direct city auditor Jorge Oseguera to conduct an independent review of the city’s Whole Person Care grant agreements to assess and publicly report on the financial risks to the city. Meanwhile, The Sacramento Bee has run editorials criticizing county supervisors for taking a pass on the grant and not being sufficiently supportive of the mayor’s requests for county assistance in administering the grant funds. Why is the mayor
bothering to secure the county’s help in administering the grant? Because the city has zero experience in dealing with health care, behavioral health care or social services, while the county has been overseeing and running such programs for decades. The city has no facilities available to house the services it’s slated to provide under the grant. The City Council, however, did recently approve a four-year contract to pay a contractor $5 million to run the Whole Person Care program for the city.
MORE CONCERNS We are getting reports of smallerscale fights along the periphery of the homelessness issue. Some longtime homeless activists and volunteers are increasingly concerned over what they perceive to be poor management of two local homeless service agencies since they were taken over by Goodwill Industries. The two agencies—Wind Youth Services and Francis House—previously operated
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with independent boards and staff. I plan to report on the dispute more fully next month after Goodwill has a chance to respond to the allegations. The council is also trying to mediate a political (and potential legal) fight over its proposed ordinance to outlaw “aggressive and intrusive solicitation” (i.e., panhandling) by homeless people and others. Central city businesses and others are concerned that the behavior of overly aggressive panhandlers is scaring away customers and putting major investments in Downtown, Midtown and Township 9 in danger. The proposed ordinance would outlaw panhandling from “captive audiences” in areas near banks or ATMs and at locations like gas stations. The ordinance would also outlaw panhandling at street intersections and median strips. The problem the city faces with such a proposal is that the courts are all over the map on whether such regulations are lawful exercises TO page 16
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FROM page 15 of government’s police power or are illegal intrusions on the First Amendment rights of those asking for money. A recent Wall Street Journal article reported on the increasing number of U.S. cities that are repealing their panhandling ordinances to avoid looming threats of costly litigation. Given the great attention the issue has received from local homeless activists, it’s probably a good bet that the city will end up getting sued over any new panhandling regulations it adopts. The city’s panhandling proposal is expected to be taken up again by the council at its meeting on Aug. 29.
A BETTER WAY If it seems like Sacramento has been fighting over homeless issues for years, it’s because we have. For decades, Sacramento politicians have been unwilling to take a firm or coherent stand on homeless issues, leading to policy gridlock or, worse, policy schizophrenia. The most obvious example of this has been council decisions spanning four decades to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on repeated (and failed) efforts to revamp the K Street commercial corridor while it continues to support a city ordinance that keeps a minimum of 830 single-room occupancy hotel rooms operating near K Street. Those rooms are occupied by large numbers of down-on-theirluck alcoholics, a situation that has sabotaged the city’s efforts and massive taxpayer investments in K Street’s revitalization for years. When this issue arrives in your mailbox or local newsstand, I’ll be on a five-day trip to San Antonio, Texas, to attend the annual conference of the State Policy Network, a conclave of 5,000 think-tank professionals and policy wonks. During my stay, I’ll tour what is perhaps the largest and most acclaimed homeless facility in the country that’s transforming the lives of thousands of homeless people, the privately operated Haven for Hope. Its 37-acre campus, built at a cost of $103 million (half funded publicly and half privately), houses an astonishing
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80 service providers who provide fully integrated and highly customized care for its diverse homeless population. Its individual care plans are focused on transforming lives, not warehousing people. What has made San Antonio’s experience in developing Haven of Hope strikingly different from how Sacramento has struggled to cope with homelessness? The answer is twofold. First, Haven for Hope is the product of a high degree of community cohesion and consensus—not fighting –on how to best respond to its very significant homeless challenge. Second, the effort to develop Haven for Hope was led by energetic and visionary leaders in San Antonio’s highly engaged business community, from initial conception to design to financing to construction.
For decades, Sacramento politicians have been unwilling to take a firm or coherent stand on homeless issues, leading to policy gridlock or, worse, policy schizophrenia. You can view various materials on Haven for Hope by visiting Eye on Sacramento’s website at eyeonsacramento.org. I look forward to providing you with a complete inperson report on Haven for Hope in next month’s issue. Craig Powell is a retired attorney, businessman, community activist and president of Eye on Sacramento, a civic watchdog and policy group. He can be reached at craig@ eyeonsacramentp.org or (916) 7183030. n
Your Turn Ryan Loofbourrow responds to last month’s Inside City Hall column, “Rethinking Homelessness”:
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subsidized housing—there just isn’t enough. As such, Sacramento Steps Forward has been examining how we can use resources that are end. more abundant and accessible in It’s a juxtaposition that many society to house clients who don’t readers may find impossible to meet the threshold requirements believe, especially when given the salacious stories that feed on grim for federally subsidized housing. The result is a new intervention realities of everyday life, but it is strategy that we call Diversion. in fact the truth. Our community At its foundation, it is a strategy is more united than ever and we are working to find what works so by which we systematically work with a client to help them we can build on those successes. problem-solve their way out And we need not look far. In of homelessness. Last year, 2016, a coalition of homeless interventions similar to what we service providers, who are will offer through Diversion were collectively referred to as successful in helping 1,485 of the the Continuum of Care, used 2,232 individuals and families that $19,511,838 in federal housing funds to help 2,232 individuals and were housed by the continuum in Sacramento. If it is systematically families move out of emergency implemented as we intend, that shelters and off the street into number will grow. stable housing. Additionally, Even better, we are developing the continuum helped maintain a new training program housing for 2,111 individuals and around Diversion that will families who we helped move off harness the people power of the street and into housing years Sacramento to be more effective before. in ending homelessness locally. Collectively, only 11 percent of The program, called Ending families who were housed by the Homelessness Together, is Continuum of Care two years ago scheduled to launch in late 2017 have returned to homelessness. and will initially focus on training That’s a success that needs to be faith-based organizations that continued. support Sacramento’s Winter As the lead agency for the Sanctuary shelter program. Continuum of Care, Sacramento Combined, these strategies Steps Forward is collaborating build on what’s working and give with more than a dozen homeless us the opportunity to address an service providers who operate overwhelming crisis and work more than 30 programs to ensure toward its end. that Sacramento retains, and possibly increases, the federal Ryan Loofbourrow is CEO of grant that funds these services. Sacramento Steps Forward, a Without the subsidized housing nonprofit homeless service agency that the federal grant supports, working to end homelessness thousands of people who are currently housed will return to the through collaboration, innovation and connection to services. n street immediately. he homeless crisis in Sacramento is very real—but so too are efforts to find its
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Small But Mighty CREATING VILLAGES OF TINY HOUSES FOR HOMELESS
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his fall, the first in a series of tiny-home communities designed to house homeless people will open on land owned by a local church. The gated community of about 20 small houses will be constructed on the campus of St. Paul Church of God in Christ in the Del Paso neighborhood. St. Paul supplied the land for the project, and other local churches donated money for materials and helped build the small structures.
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It’s part of a new nonprofit program called Compassion Village. Eventually, similar tiny-home “villages” will be built on other church properties in the Sacramento region. Compassion Village is a partnership between Dan Axtell, the pastor of Restoration Life Church, and Tammy Vallejo, the founder of a nonprofit organization called e49, which works with organizations like Sacramento Steps Forward to provide housing, mentoring and employment for local homeless people.
Vallejo started e49, which is a reference to Ecclesiastes 4:9, seven years ago. The biblical verse “reads ‘two are better than one,’ and it’s about collaboration,” Vallejo explains. One goal of e49 was to get churches involved in providing long-term housing for the homeless. Most housing programs supply only temporary housing or housing subsidies. Vallejo began looking into a sustainable method of housing that churches could accommodate. Her idea was to create villages of tiny homes on underutilized church
properties. Other churches and individuals would pay for materials and supply the manpower to build the houses. “It’s an easy model that can happen fast,” says Vallejo. The first tiny houses are 160 square feet and 13 feet high and include a loft for sleeping, tables, chairs, a bench, storage and shelving. The homes are both insulated and powered by solar. An individual church pays $7,500 for materials for one house. Compassion Village provides somebody to help the church build
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This home for Compassion Village is nearly finished. It was built by volunteers. the home, which is then donated to the site. Some churches also provide continual funds to cover the resident’s rent. “Once on the site, the home operates like any other real estate,” says Vallejo, who is also a real estate broker. “We need the cash flow to make it sustainable, so that comes from $200 a month that comes from the resident themselves, or a rental subsidy from the agency or church that refers them.” The tiny houses do not include showers or restrooms, but each village will have water spigots, electrical outlets and a resource center that includes a kitchen, showers, refrigerators and additional services. The impact hubs, as these resource centers are called, “are there to build jobs and enterprise within that community, where individuals can work in those spaces,” says Vallejo. “The number one reason people don’t stay in housing is because they don’t have community.” Vallejo hopes that each site will create community and networking among the village’s residents.
The first Compassion Village, at St. Paul Church in the Del Paso neighborhood, is expected to be completed by October. Churches supplying financial assistance include Restoration Life, Fremont Presbyterian and Destiny Church in Rocklin. Though the program involves churches, residents are not required to attend religious services. They are asked to be clean and sober and to participate in community chores. Eventually, says Vallejo, she hopes organizations other than churches will participate in Compassion Village. “We will partner with as many people who want to be a part.” Ultimately, says Vallejo, “what we really want is for the community to get involved, because if people get involved and talk to a homeless person, I think their perceptions will change.”
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Helping the Forgotten SHE WANTS TO BUILD A HOSPICE FOR DYING HOMELESS PEOPLE
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arlene von FriederichsFitzwater was no stranger to the repercussions of a cancer diagnosis—nor to the feeling of isolation that comes along with it. But when she met Anna, a homeless woman who had been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, she realized that the sense of isolation dug even more deeply into terminally ill people who had no home or family. So von Friederichs-Fitzwater created Joshua’s House, a hospice house for terminally ill people who are homeless. She named it after her grandson Joshua, who died while homeless in 2014. When she first entered the professional workforce, von Friederichs-Fitzwater worked as a reporter for the Los Angeles Times and then as a publicist for Walt Disney Studios before starting her own publishing company. She was then approached by Westminster College to develop a course on writing articles for magazines. But with only a bachelor’s degree, she knew that teaching would mean going back to school. She applied to the University of Nebraska Omaha, thinking that she would continue studying journalism and mass media. “In my first semester, I had what I thought was a routine doctor’s
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Marlene von Friederichs-Fitzwater is the creator of Joshua is House. appointment and discovered I had advanced cervical cancer,” she says. It was the late 1970s, and she was a single mother of four sons.
“The nurses and doctors started pulling away,” she recalls. “It became a very isolating experience. I thought, ‘Why is that?' These people are trained. They know people die. They
should be comfortable if that is the prognosis. As a reporter, it fascinated me. I made a deal that if I survived, not only would I do something to give back to other cancer patients, but I would find out what the problem was.” When her health improved, she followed through with that promise. She studied health communications, focusing her graduate work on how doctors communicate with dying patients. She went on to earn a doctorate. “I wanted to teach medical students how to do better at communicating with patients,” says von FriederichsFitzwater, “particularly when they were seriously or terminally ill.” In 1985, she went to teach at Sacramento State University, where she helped develop a new minor in health communications. During her 20 years as a professor at Sac State, she also served as a volunteer clinical faculty member at UC Davis School of Medicine. After she retired from Sac State in 2005, she went to work at UC Davis to develop an outreach research education program for the Comprehensive Cancer Center. “Here was a chance to fulfill my other promise to give back to cancer patients,” she says. “I was really trying to help cancer patients get through that journey and have support so they didn’t feel isolated like I had.” She spent the next 10 years developing patient education and cancer support programs, including a cancer peer navigator program that trains survivors to be cancer coaches
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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Joshuaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s House,â&#x20AC;? she explains. Von Friederichs-Fitzwater and her advisory board drew up a floor plan and held a kickoff fundraiser in April. She hopes to raise $1 million by the end of 2017 and to open Joshuaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s House with 10 beds on the Loaves & Fishes campus in 2018. In addition to housing and hospice care, von Friederichs-Fitzwater also wants Joshuaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s House to provide art and music therapy programs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the issues the homeless have is that being homeless makes them feel invisible. Their greatest fear is dying on the street and just being forgotten,â&#x20AC;? von Friederichs-Fitzwater says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Providing a place where they can die with love and dignity and respect is important. But also through art therapy and writing, they may be able to leave something for others to learn about them and their lives.â&#x20AC;? For more information about Joshuaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s House, go to thehcri.org. n
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Stories of Sacramento FORMER REPORTER TELLS TALES IN NEW BOOK OF SHORT STORIES
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ob Sylva was a Sacramento newspaper and magazine reporter and writer for more than 40 years. He never ran out of true stories to tell. But when he left his job at The Sacramento Bee, he decided to try something different. He wandered around his familiar old beats, the backstreets and faded neighborhoods where he chronicled wonderfully common and majestically marginal people. And he let his imagination run free. He began to create stories that feel so plausible and intimate and exquisitely drawn that readers can see the characters blink, take deep breaths and figure out their next moves. Which is another way of saying Sylva did what he does best and made it fiction. To write fiction and make it smart, compelling and dimensional is a tough task, much harder than taking notes and reporting facts for a newspaper or magazine. Sylva was ready for the challenge. But he decided to make things even harder for himself. He started his own publishing company, an imprint to celebrate the beauty of ink on paper. He produced a book trimmed, scored, folded and bound in the traditional way, a way
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Bob Sylva has written a book, “The King of Karaoke and Other Stories,” set in Sacramento. that Twain, Steinbeck or Cheever might appreciate. Now, the marriage of these goals—a literary achievement and its binding—is moving through the machinery at J. Prassa Printers, a press and book bindery at 23rd and C streets, ready for public inspection and embrace. The book is called “The King of Karaoke and Other Stories.” The imprint is Encre sur papier, French for ink on paper. I’ve known Sylva for many years, worked with him for decades and consider him the best writer The Bee ever produced. So I
can’t exactly be objective. But I think he has produced a masterpiece. “The King of Karaoke” comprises six unique stories propelled by exquisitely contrived characters. There’s a restaurant busboy who loses an arm and whose prosthetic replacement consumes his personality. There’s a dreamy woman who picks up recyclables at soccer games, searching for cultural identity amid plastic water bottles and beer cans. There’s a mysterious man who sells bait to fishermen, dispenses wisdom and guards dark secrets. And there’s the King of Karaoke, a watch salesman who can sing like
Don Ho, maybe better, but not good enough. The stories unfold in Sacramento, but Sacramento never appears in the book. The word “Sacramento” is published just once, in reference to the river, not the city. Familiar locations—Southside Park, Broadway, Freeport, Oak Park, Alder Grove housing project, Wong Center apartments—are obvious in the background but obscured by new names, fig leaves to protect the innocent. The city’s diversity pulls the narrative thread. “I purposefully did not name Sacramento,” Sylva says. “I wanted
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the place to be generally California, Central Valley. Otherwise, the reader puts a map in his head.” One landmark is identified. A bar called The Torch Club takes a bow and serves as a spiritual twin to the likewise-named legendary establishment on 15th Street. The power of “The King of Karaoke” is the characters. The stories will resonate with readers in Los Angeles, New York, London or Sacramento because Sylva journalistically builds suspense and demands emotional investment. We despair at the loneliness of Li Chiu, an aged pingpong master. We want her to win. We want them all to win. Of Hiroshi Yamanaka, the King of Karaoke, Sylva writes, “He met Sachiko at a Macy’s. She worked the cosmetics counter. She was shy, demure, sheltered. He easily swept her off her feet. Despite her parents’ objections, the two married, had a son and daughter. Hiro did his best to lead a conventional life. To provide and behave honorably. He was not always successful.”
We become fascinated by the characters’ intrigues and challenges, guided by Sylva’s minimalist prose. There is no sex and barely a paragraph of violence, but Sylva is brilliant at making readers turn the pages. And they are physical pages, not downloads on e-readers or tablets. “The King of Karaoke” is being produced in a special limited edition. Sylva knows book sales require multiple platforms and e-formats, but he’s stubborn. He’s selling the book through his website, bobsylva. com, but the web portal is the only move away from ink on paper. The $17 cover price buys tactile heft, 206 pages of analog artistry. “All we did was print and bind the book,” says Nevin Gill at J. Prassa Printing. “The credit belongs to Bob Sylva. It’s his project from start to finish.” And it’s a Sacramento project. The city never reveals itself, but is present in every word. R.E. Graswich can be reached at reg@graswich.com. n
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Charlene Kinard SAVING FERAL CATS, ONE KITTY AT A TIME
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etiree Charlene Kinard hears the pitter-patter of little feet these days, and she couldn’t be happier. The Hollywood Park resident is the founder of KittyWits, a completely self-funded endeavor to spay and neuter cats and kittens, then place them into loving homes. “There’s an urgent need to keep the overpopulation of street kitties to a minimum,” Kinard says. “It’s a huge undertaking that takes educating the community about the high importance of spaying and neutering—pets as well as strays.”
“I commit to keeping the kitties until I find them the right home.” Kinard has always loved animals and would feed the feral cats that came to visit outside her office when she worked at PG&E. “My office was very near the levee, so I started feeding the kitties that came by,” says Kinard, who retired after 30 years at PG&E some years back. “Suddenly there were 14 babies
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coming around. I thought, ‘Oops! I didn’t think about this!’ That’s very common with people who feed strays. You don’t think it all the way through.” Kinard contacted Happy Tails Pet Sanctuary, which was then in its early stages of development. Through Happy Tails, she learned about the importance of spaying and neutering. So she began fixing the strays she was feeding before trying to find them homes with fellow cat lovers. “At the time, I didn’t have cats of my own—the dogs I had were not cat-friendly. So I was limited in how much I could help,” says Kinard, who volunteered with Happy Tails and Friends of the City Shelter while getting KittyWits going. “Once I retired from Charlene Kinard of KittyWits plays with a few of the kittens available for adoption. PG&E and I became an empty nester, I Kinard traps feral cats and kittens screen door so they could see. That’s had more time. My daughter’s room and gets them spayed or neutered at how the conversion of my house became the kitty foster room. I even the nonprofit Animal Spay and Neuter started.” replaced the bedroom door with a Clinic on Bradshaw Road. Then, she
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“It’s what I can do to help our community.” “I commit to keeping the kitties until I find them the right home,” Kinard says. (She also tests them for contagious diseases like feline leukemia and feline AIDS and vaccinates them. She even encourages adopters to bring their new cat back to her to complete the vaccination series.) “The two dogs I have now are kitty-friendly. So the cats all live in my house with me and my dogs so I can see how their social skills are developing, if they have house manners, how they get along with dogs. I get to know their personalities, so when people are looking to adopt, I can find them a good fit. It’s not ‘I
want orange kitty.’ It’s about how the cat interacts with your family.” KittyWits has been in operation for 15 years and has more than filled Kinard’s retiree time. She completed 57 adoptions last year and took in more than 230 cats and had them spayed or neutered—all out of pocket. (The modest $50 adoption fee covers about one third of the care it takes to get the adoptable cats ready for a new home.) “It’s what I can do to help our community,” Kinard says. “I want to take away the excuse for why people don’t fix their animals. What’s your excuse? You don’t have carrier? A car? You can’t afford it? I’ll come pick your cat up and bring it to the clinic, pay for the procedure and keep it safe during recovery. This work can be exhausting, but it’s also a big adventure.” For more information about KittyWits, contact Charlene Kinard at (916) 346-7452 or kittywits@comcast. net. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. n
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Urban Pioneer RESCUING A RUNDOWN GEM IN A HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD
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THE HOUSE WAS PROBABLY CONSTRUCTED FROM PATTERN BOOKS USED BY BUILDERS DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.
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n 1979, the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency had plans to demolish a group of homes the agency had purchased in the Alkali Flat neighborhood. The intention was to replace the homes with low-income housing. But the plan faltered. The homes ended up being resold to “pioneer urbanites” with lowinterest HUD loans. One home on the list captured Dan Hood’s trained eye. An architect, Hood saw hidden promise in a rundown Greek Revival house that had been converted into
rental units. Now, after years of work, Hood has returned the historically significant structure known as the J. Neely Johnson House back to a single-family home. A brochure written by Hood provides a brief overview of the structure’s history. Located on F Street, the house was built in the early 1850s by William Cozzens and purchased by state treasurer Selden McMeans in 1854. McMeans allowed Governor-elect John Neely Johnson to live in the house, and Johnson gave
a speech from its front balcony before his inauguration at the Capitol. In 1856, the Honorable David S. Terry, a founder of the Know-Nothing Party, purchased the house from McMeans and lived there during his term as a California Supreme Court justice. During that time, he dueled with U.S. Sen. David Broderick, who died three days after the encounter. In 1873, Henry Clay Kirk, of a prominent pharmacy-owning family, bought the house, living there until the 1920s. During the Kirk family’s tenure, indoor plumbing and
electricity were installed. During the Great Depression, the wealthy fled the neighborhood, and many homes were divided into rental units. “No architect of record has been discovered for the Neely Johnson House,” Hood wrote. The house was probably constructed from pattern books used by builders during that time period. Hood restored the house in stages. When he purchased the building, it was divided into nine rental units. There was no central kitchen, and only a few of the rental units had
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mini kitchens. His first project involved stabilizing the structure and converting it into a duplex. Hood lived on the premises while working on the house, then used it as a rental until 2010. From 2000 to 2005, Hood worked on the master bedroom and bath and restored the grand front porches. He refurbished and reinstalled some of the interior finishes, doing much of the work himself. From 2015 to 2017, Hood converted the house into a singlefamily dwelling. Today, the house has four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths and a new kitchen. To turn the space back into a single-family dwelling, Hood had to install new plumbing and combine the utilities from several accounts to one. “Other than that,” says Hood, “it was an easy conversion.” Next,
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Hood plans to build a carriage house on the property. For Hood, the most rewarding aspect of owning the house is the atmosphere it exudes. “The architecture is restful and soothing. People who have lived here agree there is a peaceful feeling,” he says. Hood has preserved a part of Sacramento history. “The street is an example of citizen advocacy to influence local government and redevelopment actions that could have destroyed this historic district,” Hood says. This month, the house will be featured on the 42nd annual Historic Home Tour. Visitors should note the original front door and handmade front porch columns. Walls in the home are true plaster with hand-split lathing. Two special pieces include
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the 1856 “Cocked Hat” grand piano by Chickering and an 1832 Empire bureau in the servant’s bedroom. Hood collected the remaining furnishings during trips around California. I want to thank Chris Weinstein, Catherine Turrill and Dan Hood for their help with my story. The J. Neely Johnson House will be featured on Preservation Sacramento’s 42nd annual Historic Home Tour on Sunday, Sept.17. The tour will showcase Sacramento’s oldest existing residential neighborhood, Alkali Flat. Tickets are $30 in advance, $35 on the day of the tour. For the most discounted price ($10), volunteer for a two-hour shift. To volunteer, send an email with “volunteer” as the subject to preservation.sacramento@gmail.com. For tickets or more information, go to preservationsacramento.org. If you know of a home you think should be featured in Inside Publications, contact Julie Foster at foster.julie91@yahoo.com. n
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The Parkway Problem HOW ONE SPORTSMAN TACKLES HOMELESSNESS
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ary Buzzini is the cyclist many people would like to be. He rides 30 to 35 miles three times each week, mostly along a winding river. Sometimes he starts at his home in Pocket and pedals north along the Sacramento River to Old Sacramento. Then he heads east through the American River Parkway to Sacramento State University. Sometimes he drives to Bradshaw Road, meets a friend and they ride to Folsom Lake, either Beals Point or Granite Bay, and back. “I like to get out and get some fresh air,” Buzzini says, making his mileage sound as normal as breathing. Buzzini has time and passion for cycling because he’s retired and has always been a guy who prefers action to lounge chairs. He was a chief with the Department of Forestry’s Cal Fire. When he’s not busy cycling, he hikes or paddles his canoe. He cares deeply about his community and doesn’t mind saying so. I came to know him about three years ago when he was fighting City Hall over two illegal fences built by residents near Pocket Road—private fences intended to keep the public away from the Sacramento River. First, Buzzini proved the fences were on public land. Then he asked the city to remove them. He got
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Gary Buzzini is an avid bike rider and can often be found on trails around the area.
nowhere for years but refused to give up. Eventually, the fences were moved and their gates opened for public use.
Now, Buzzini has latched onto a problem that impacts every sportsminded person in Sacramento who likes to get out and ride or walk
along the city’s grandest recreational attributes, the Sacramento and American River parkways. The problem is homeless people, hundreds strong, who intimidate and occasionally attack citizens trying to cycle, run or walk through the riverfront bike trails. Assaults by vagrants are nothing new, especially along the American River between Bercut Drive and North 10th Street. But over the past year, Buzzini has been documenting evidence of expanded and migratory homeless camps—garbage and flotsam—in unexpected places. He found homeless-camp trash scattered over a wide area south of the Freeport water intake facility near the city’s southern limit. Empty bottles. Bike tires. A red Radio Flyer wagon. Seat cushions. Clothing. All in an area prime for family recreation and cycling. “I’ve been yelled at by homeless people while riding my bike but never physically attacked,” Buzzini says. “You can tell they’re not tickled that you’re there.” The retired fire chief has cautioned women walking along the bike path to avoid the area or walk with friends, especially on the American River Parkway. His rides to Old Sacramento are depressing tours when Buzzini notices homeless people passed out on benches, trash strewn across pathways, trees neglected and dying. “It’s simply not safe,” he says. Not being the sort of person who sees a problem and does nothing, Buzzini has begun to wage a modest campaign on behalf of cyclists, runners and walkers along the
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riverfront. His campaign is built on exposure. Rather than pedal faster when he notices garbage from a homeless encampment, Buzzini stops and takes pictures. He notes the location and sends the photos to local politicians. Mayor Darrell Steinberg, City Councilmember Rick Jennings and County Supervisor Phil Serna have all received Buzzini’s photojournalism. His messages are pleasant and persistent. In June, he sent three photos of scattered trash to Jennings with a note that began, “Another day and another huge mess despoiling our beautiful river. I’m sorry I sound like a broken record. I’ll quit reporting when they quit dumping.” The responses are equally polite. Steinberg’s office advised Buzzini to call the city’s information hotline, 311, to report garbage dumped along the parkway. Buzzini isn’t a social worker. But he sympathizes with elected officials who are pulled between constituents who expect enforcement and organizations that advocate for homeless people.
“I think we’re at the point where the city needs to take an acre or two, fence it off, put in plumbing for water and sewage, maybe some shade barns, and let them stay there,” he says. “It’s a shame when you think about how beautiful the river area is in Sacramento. The city has let it run down.” City officials have worked without success for years to address the growing homeless problem along the riverfront bike paths and parkways. The more money authorities throw at the problem, the worse the problem gets. One alternative is to find another place to cycle, run and walk. But that would deprive the community of its premier recreational asset—the best place in Sacramento for active lifestyles. A better answer is more sportsmen like Gary Buzzini, who won’t be intimidated and takes photos. R.E. Graswich can be reached at reg@graswich.com. n
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Cafe Society SOCIAL EVENTS MAKE SCIENCE FUN
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aise your hand if you like to sit still in a lecture hall for an hour while a lecturer drones on, using specialized vocabulary you don’t understand. Sound like your memory of science class? Then it’s time to discover the new way to experience science: science cafes. Science cafes are part of a global movement to create informal, engaging conversations about science between an expert and a gathering of interested people who may or may not have expertise in science, all arranged in a casual, fun venue like a pub or coffeehouse. Think of it this way: Instead of going to school, you sit down for a beer with your favorite teacher and just talk. Like TED Talks, the science-cafe concept has really taken off. A lot of young people going into science these days appreciate the importance of scientific literacy in creating a climate of support for their work. They feel a responsibility to learn good science communication skills and to apply those skills in their local communities. They’re organizing science-cafe events like Cafe Scientifique in Silicon Valley, Nerd Nite in the East Bay, Science Buzz Cafe in Sebastopol and Science on Tap in Santa Cruz.
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Here in the Sacramento region, we’ve got a whopping three generalinterest science cafes, covering most Wednesday nights of the year. The most convenient for Inside Publications readers is Sac Science Distilled, launched one year ago thanks to the efforts of local biology students Bobby Castagna and Nicole Soltis. In partnership with Powerhouse Science Center, Capital Science Communicators and Davisbased Science Says, Sac Science Distilled brings together scientists and the public at Streets Pub & Grub
(1804 J St.) every third Wednesday at 6 p.m. “We started (the cafe) to give early career scientists—grad students, post-docs—a chance to present their research to a general audience and to practice talking about their work to the public,” says Soltis. Recent topics included microbes in space, ringtails in the Sutter Buttes and parasites. According to Soltis, Sac Science Distilled promises “short, idea-centered talks from local experts in the sciences” followed by “a lively
discussion that brings science into context for everyday life.” I had to check this out. The night I attended was a special event: the first Sac Science Idol, a speaker competition among a dozen young scientists who each had three minutes to wow the judges with their style and content. An enthusiastic audience filled the bar, swilling beers and cheering them on. The night’s winner, A.J. Slepian, dressed up as an electron-carrier molecule (well, sort of) and convinced us to watch for news about NAD+ and aging. Attendees played Science Idol bingo with squares like “bad microphone feedback” and “cancer” added to the fun. Soltis says they usually have some kind of hands-on feature like that to engage the crowd. For example, after a recent talk about microbes, the audience swabbed different locations in the bar and streaked petri dishes to see what would grow. At an animal behavior talk, each person got a card assigning them an animal identity. Then they had to act out a behavior that would help them find the right mate. A geek icebreaker and dating game all in one! If you’re willing to venture a little farther than Midtown, more science cafes await. Davis Science Cafe was started in 2012 by UC Davis chemist Dr. Jared Shaw. Shaw is still at the helm of this second-Wednesday gathering, currently at G Street WunderBar in Davis. Lodi joined the fun in 2014 when Nick Gray, the education program coordinator at Lodi’s World of Wonders (WOW) Science Museum, launched Science Night Live. SNL is held the first Wednesday of every month at 6 p.m. Though it’s held at the museum, not
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Simply Irresistible ATTRACTING HUMMINGBIRDS TO YOUR YARD
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ven though I see hummingbirds nearly every day, it’s always thrilling to hear that distinctive chirping sound and spot a hummer as it zooms, hovers, dives, dines or perches momentarily on a tree or wire. Hummingbirds are native only to the Americas. We may envy the English their gardens, but English gardeners envy our hummingbirds. Black-chinned hummingbirds spend the winter in warmer locations, returning to the Sacramento area in early spring to breed. Other species, including the bellicose Rufous hummingbird, pass through on their migratory paths. Anna’s hummingbirds reside here yearround.
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You are probably already growing a few plants that attract hummers. The birds are especially drawn to red, tubular flowers. My fondness for salvia means that hummingbirds often find something to sip in my yard, including bright-red pineapple sage, magenta Salvia spathacea “hummingbird sage” and other varieties in a rainbow of colors. Hummingbirds like bottlebrush, too, and penstemon, fuchsias, bee balm, orange trumpet vine, lion’s tail and a host of other nectar-bearing plants that add color to our gardens. California native plants are often hummingbird magnets. One of the most irresistible is California fuchsia, Epilobium canum, with profuse orange to red flowers during late summer and fall. In the spring, native columbine pulls in hummers. Wild currants, Ribes malvaceum, produce clusters of rosy-pink flowers in late fall and winter, a time when there are few other sources of nectar. You can find many of these plants on the UC Davis Arboretum All-Stars
and Garden Gems lists and buy them at arboretum plant sales or in local nurseries. Some previously unfamiliar plants on these lists are gaining popularity. Red yucca, Hesperaloe parviflora, with stiff, narrow leaves and long stalks of long-lasting red or salmon-colored flowers, is becoming a fixture in water-efficient landscapes, much to the delight of the hummers. Red-hot pokers, such as Kniphofia ‘Christmas Cheer,’ brighten up a winter garden and feed hummingbirds, as do Australian fuchsias, or Correa. Hummingbirds pollinate as they probe flower after flower for nectar. Hummingbirds cannot live on sweets alone, however. They get essential nutrients, including fats and proteins, from eating little insects and spiders. Their incredible speed, vision and agility make them formidable bug catchers. They “hawk” them out of the air or glean them from spider webs or other surfaces. You’ll never see a hummingbird chewing. They swallow their prey whole.
Spider webs are a preferred material for their exquisite little nests. They also use bottlebrush fibers and fuzzy seed heads. I’ve never spotted one of their nests, but every winter I watch the hummers industriously snatch tufts of fluff from Japanese anemone seed heads and flit off to some well-hidden spot.
Spider webs are a preferred material for their exquisite little nests. The thrill of seeing hummingbirds is not just how quickly they move and the sense of excitement that they bring. Their iridescent feathers shimmer in the sunlight like jewels. TO page 37
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From Judge to Playwright REAL-LIFE CASES INSPIRE HIS ONE-ACT PLAYS
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onald Tochterman understands the tactics and strategy of winning. He spent 44 years fighting and refereeing courtroom battles, some of which gained considerable notoriety. Now, at age 79, the retired judge and former prosecutor is waging the fight of his life since being diagnosed in early 2017 with an incurable form of leukemia. Doctors told him he was too old for conventional treatment regimens. He had two options: Go home and die or find a clinical trial. Tochterman chose the latter. “I had nothing to lose,” he says. After six months of treatment through UC Davis Medical Center, his cancer is in remission. “I have a life expectancy,” says the man who served as lead prosecutor in the 1979 trial of Sacramento serial killer Richard Trenton Chase. “I’m grateful.” Since his retirement in 2011, Tochterman has developed an interest in writing plays. He started writing short stories for his grandchildren, then graduated to adult fiction. He eventually turned several of his short stories into plays loosely based on his life in court. Seven of the plays, all one-acts, have been produced in cities other than Sacramento. Now, finally, the hometown gap is being rectified. Alan Truax, a Sacramento playwright and founder of Genesis Productions, is producing Tochterman’s “The Rules of Law: A Trial Trilogy,” three plays with common themes. Genesis was created by Truax in 2012 as a vehicle for production of original plays
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Ronald Tochterman by Sacramento-area playwrights, featuring local actors and directors. Tochterman’s legal career spanned 32 years as Superior Court judge, prosecutor and law professor. During that time, he was at the center of several headline-grabbing cases. As lead prosecutor, he sought the death penalty for Chase, the so-called “Vampire Killer,” in 1979. Chase was found guilty on six counts of murder and sentenced to death. Chase committed suicide on death row. In 2006, Judge Tochterman ordered Timothy Lee Boggs, a convicted child molester freed from custody, subject
to strict supervision after he had served his sentence and completed a years-long state hospital program. When the state failed to release Boggs after more than a year, citing its inability to find acceptable housing for him, Tochterman ordered that the felon be released and allowed to find his own housing. His controversial ruling elicited a public outcry. Three years later, the judge raised hackles among county prosecutors who accused Tochterman, once named California’s “Prosecutor of the Year,” of bias and called for his disqualification from criminal trials.
Tochterman retired from the bench in 2011. Despite the controversies, Tochterman professes the utmost respect for the law and its processes. “The most important aspect of a career in law is making the rule of law work,” he said. As for his work as a playwright, the judge welcomes public scrutiny. “I like the exposure and the audience feedback,” he says. “The Rules of Law” runs Sept. 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23 and 24 at William J. Geery Theater. To reserve tickets, call (916) 521-9959. n
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Encountering a hummingbird can be a startling experience. I’ve had them hover right in front of my face. Is it a challenge, greeting or just plain curiosity? My husband and I will never forget watching a hummingbird courtship in a narrow canyon in Utah’s Zion National Park, where the male flew high in the air and then plummeted toward the ground, pulling up just before crashing, repeating the cycle again and again. Hummingbird females choose their mate, so let’s hope that these aerobatics paid off for him. Want some extra color and excitement in your yard? Attract hummingbirds and enjoy the bling and the buzz. Anita Clevenger is a lifetime Platinum Sacramento County UC Master Gardener. For answers to gardening questions, call the Master Gardeners at (916) 876-5338, visit their website at sacmg.ucanr.edu or come to Open Garden at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Sept. 9, where you are bound to see some hummingbirds. The center is at 11549 Fair Oaks Blvd. n
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The Stars Return FOUR SACRAMENTANS TO BE HONORED WITH SIDEWALK MARKERS
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he second annual Sacramento Walk of Stars returns to the Handle District with four notable honorees from the region who have made a mark on the international stage and are proud to have lived or still live in Sacramento. This year’s honorees are bestselling author Nicholas Sparks; Russ Solomon, legendary entrepreneur and founder of Tower Records; Olympian and humanitarian Billy Mills; and Olympian and WNBA star Ruthie Bolton. On Sept. 28, the honorees will be at the unveiling of their sidewalk stars and a gala dinner at Memorial Auditorium. The public is invited to both events. “We are very thrilled to have such a diverse and accomplished group of honorees this year,” says Lucy Eidam Crocker, chairperson for the Sacramento Walk of Stars. “Last year was a huge success, and we are expecting this year’s event to be even better.” Sparks, who lived in Fair Oaks and graduated as valedictorian from Bella Vista High School, has written 20 novels, all of them New York Times best-sellers. He was only 28 when he wrote his best-known novel, “The Notebook,” in six months. It garnered numerous awards and gained a cult following.
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Sparks Foundation, which provides scholarships to at-risk youth. Sparks and the other honorees have sponsors who pay the cost of the sidewalk star installation. Sponsoring Sparks is Hallsten Corporation. “We are excited to be a sponsor again. The first-year gala was one of the best events Sacramento had last year,” says CEO Jeff Hallsten. “It was pure Sacramento. They told unbelievable stories about what Sacramento did to help them achieve the highest level of success and fame.”
At the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, Mills defied expectations with one of the biggest upsets in Olympic history.
Lucy Eidam Crocker, chairperson for the Sacramento Walk of Stars, with Patrick Harbison and Sotiris Kolokotronis. His books have sold more than 108 million copies worldwide and have been published in more than 50 languages. Many have been turned into movies, including “The Choice,” “The Longest Ride,” “The Best of Me,” “Safe Haven,” “The Lucky One,” “Message
in a Bottle,” “A Walk to Remember,” “Nights in Rodanthe,” “Dear John” and “The Last Song.” Sparks is a philanthropist who has donated millions of dollars to educational programs and schools, school facilities, scholarships and fellowships. He founded the Nicholas
Solomon, a lifelong Sacramentan, started selling records out of his dad’s drugstore when he was 16. He later founded Tower Records and built it into a global empire and an iconic brand with 150 locations in 20 counties. As his business grew to a $1 billion corporation, Solomon kept the headquarters in Sacramento and became a major employer and staple of local culture. Solomon revolutionized the music industry by giving underground and individual artists a place to merchandize their music. He kept his stores open late at night, creating destinations for the general public and musicians to gather. He was the
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subject of a 2015 documentary, “All Things Must Pass.” At the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, Mills defied expectations with one of the biggest upsets in Olympic history. Largely unknown in the world of track and field, Mills was the first American to take first place and win gold in the 10,000-meter race. A Lakota Sioux Native American, he was born in 1938 on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. An orphan by the age of 12, he was a talented runner who received a full scholarship to the University of Kansas. After competing in the ’64 Olympics with one of the best finishes in Olympic history, Mills moved to Sacramento with his wife and worked in the insurance industry. His passion has been working with Native American youth and for related causes. He has been honored many times for his humanitarian efforts, receiving a Presidential Citizens Medal from President Barack Obama in 2012. In 1983, his story was made into the movie “Running Brave,” starring Robby Benson. Born in Lucedale, Miss., in 1967, Bolton has made the Sacramento region home since she played women’s basketball with the Sacramento Monarchs. She played basketball for Auburn University and helped her team take gold at the World University Games. Bolton helped the U.S. team win gold at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and the 2000 Sydney Olympics. In 2005, she helped lead the Sacramento Monarchs to a championship win. Bolton’s community involvement is as impressive and inspiring as her athletic successes. She has coached
youth and women’s basketball and promoted female inclusion in sports. A domestic violence survivor, Bolton has shared her story to raise awareness of domestic violence. She was the subject of an ESPN feature, “Mighty Ruthie.”
the national and international stage, and construct an amenity on the streets of Sacramento for residents and visitors. In 2016, our first year, we honored Olympic swimmer and three-time gold medalist Debbie Meyer, worldrenowned artist Gregory Kondos, groundbreaking breast cancer surgeon Dr. Ernie Bodai, internationally celebrated actor and director LeVar Burton and rock legend Timothy B. Schmit of the Eagles. The project has received support from the city of Sacramento,
Sacramento Convention & Visitors Bureau, SMUD, Sacramento Magazine, Inside Publications, Marquee Media, The Handle District, Linda Geery of Gilbert Associates, Sotiris Kolokotronis of SKK Development, John Frisch of Newmark Cornish & Carey, Jeff Hallsten of Hallsten Corporation, Patrick Harbison of PHPR, Tom Kandris of PK1 Inc., Rick Nelson of Direct Technology, Friends of Russ Solomon, Sacramento Memorial Auditorium and Classique Catering.
Solomon, a lifelong Sacramentan, started selling records out of his dad’s drugstore when he was 16.
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The Place to Be. At the Sacramento Walk of Stars Gala Dinner, honorees will share their stories about what Sacramento has meant to them on their journey to national and international success and achievement. At 9 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 28, four new sidewalk stars will be unveiled on L Street between 18th and 19th streets on the south side of the street. The star unveiling is free. Tickets for that night’s gala dinner at Memorial Auditorium are $165 per person or $1,500 for a table of 10. They can be purchased at sacramentowalkofstars. com.
WRITER’S NOTE I helped start the Sacramento Walk of Stars with my wife, Lucy Eidam Crocker, along with a group of business and community leaders to help build civic pride, honor those from our community who achieved success on
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Our Fictional Sister City BUT POLITICAL CORRECTNESS KEEPS HIGH SCHOOLERS AWAY
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t the bookstore where I work part time, the season of the summer-reading list for high schoolers has just come to an end. All summer long (but mostly in the final few weeks of August), teenagers come into the store looking for books recommended by their schools’ English departments. Certain titles dominate these lists, and some of those titles have been staples of teenage reading since I was a high schooler back in the 1970s. Between the early 1950s and late 1960s, five books were published that would dominate school reading lists for the next half century or more: “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger; “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding; “A Separate Peace” by John Knowles; “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee; and “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton If I were compiling a list of books that high schoolers ought to read, only one of the above titles would appear on it. Another one of the above would make the list of my least favorite novels of all time. One strikes me as only the author’s third or fourth best book. One is painfully pedestrian in its prose and its characterizations and seems to have been inspired by TV movies rather than real life. Another is a perfectly fine novel that hasn’t aged all that
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well. I’ll let you figure out which is which. In my teenage years, the above list would have also included a sixth book, “Red Sky at Morning” by Richard Bradford. Published in 1968, it was hailed as an instant classic by numerous prominent reviewers and writers, including both Harper Lee (“a work of art”) and John Knowles (“not just very skillful entertainment but a novel of consequence”). Throughout the ’70s and ’80s, and even into the ’90s, Bradford’s novel was a fixture on high-school reading lists. But it hasn’t, to my knowledge, been included on any Sacramento-
area reading lists for at least a decade. I’ve never sold a copy of it at the store. We don’t stock it, and no one has ever requested it from me. And that is a shame, because it deals with issues that remain pertinent in today’s world, including bullying, alcoholism, teenage pregnancy, negotiating puberty and family dysfunction. Though set in a small town in New Mexico during World War II, the book has at least one quality that ought to resonate with contemporary Sacramentans. Numerous recent national surveys have listed Sacramento as one of the most racially and culturally diverse
cities in the country. A 2016 survey by WalletHub ranked 313 U.S. cities by racial diversity. Sacramento was number 10 on the list. A 2015 survey by Priceonomics rated Sacramento the most racially integrated city in America. Schools in Sacramento and its environs accommodate a student body that embraces more than 80 different native tongues. The small (and fictional) New Mexico town of Corazon Sagrado (Sacred Heart) is nowhere near as diverse as Sacramento. The town has a population of roughly 8,000, most of whom are either white, Native American or Hispanic. The book’s
narrator and protagonist is 17-yearold Josh Arnold, who has newly arrived in town from his birthplace of Mobile, Ala. On Josh’s first day of school, a student named William “Steenie” Stenopolous facetiously pretends to assume that Josh, because he is a white Southerner, must be a racist. He says, “There’s a Negro in school here, in the tenth grade. Are you going to lynch him?” Josh treats this bit of stereotyping with an equally facetious reply. But he admits to being confused when Steenie refers to the Negro student as an “Anglo,” at which point Steenie explains the town’s racial politics to Josh: “We only recognize three kinds of people in Sagrado: Anglos, Indians and Natives. You keep your categories straight and you’ll make out all right. Do you have anything against your sister marrying an Anglo?” “To tell you the truth, I don’t even have a sister.” “Now, you see that girl over there by the cottonwood tree? What would you say she was?” “She looks like a Creole,” I said. “Arnold, you have a lot of work ahead of you. She’s a Native. Her name’s Viola Lopez. She speaks Spanish and English, and she’s a Catholic. Don’t ever make the mistake of calling her a Mexican. Her brother will kill you. Of course, if you call her a Creole she’ll get confused as hell and think you mean she’s part Negro—that is, part dark-skinned Anglo—and her brother will kill you again. So think of her as a Native, unless you’re comparing her with an Indian. Then she’s ‘white,’ got it?” “I think so,” I said. “But what about the Negro?” “I already explained that to you. He’s an Anglo. That is, he’s an Anglo unless you’re differentiating him and an Indian. Then he’s ‘white.’ I admit he’s awfully dark to be white, but that’s the way it goes around here. You have to learn our little customs and folkways ...” That excerpt both captures some of the book’s irreverent humor and, possibly, explains why it doesn’t make a lot of high-school reading lists these days. The five certified teenage classics listed above include only one title that engages directly
with the subject of race, and that book, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” takes a fairly uncontroversial approach to the matter—i.e., racism is bad. “Red Sky at Morning,” in its own small way, deals with the types of identity issues that many Sacramento high schoolers face today. Who is a real American? What is the proper way to acknowledge racial differences? Is it possible to be colorblind in regard to race and ethnicity? Most Sacramento high schoolers mingle with a far more diverse array of classmates than Josh Arnold does in “Red Sky.” In addition to racial identity, today’s teens also have to negotiate the tricky subject of sexual identity. A teacher I know says he’s unclear on the difference between a transgender person and a transsexual person, and so he fears even using the terms. No doubt many of his students are equally confused. The identity issues in “Red Sky” aren’t nearly that complex, but they serve to illustrate that American high schoolers have been contending with issues of race and cultural identity since long before the current crop of students was even born. Unfortunately, Bradford was writing before the concept of “political correctness” came along and gave a bad name to anything written without the extreme sensitivity shown these days, particularly in the academic world, to matters of race and gender. And though his book takes an enlightened attitude toward racial diversity, his language, quite properly, reflects the era in which the story takes place. Thus, words now considered inappropriate—“Negro,” for instance—and jokes about lynching may be why some schools shy away from including it in the curriculum. Culturally, tiny Corazon Sagrado is primarily a mixture of Indian and Mexican influences. The food and the annual pageants all seem to stem from those cultures. The sheriff and many other local officials are of Mexican descent and speak English with an accent that may offend some contemporary readers, even though said sheriff is portrayed as smart, fair and incredibly brave. Because this town is viewed through the lens of a wealthy
white male, however, some may see the book as an act of cultural appropriation. This is unfair, because Bradford himself was no mere tourist in New Mexico. He spent nearly his entire adult life there and wrote about it like a native son. In fact, his book addresses the subject of cultural appropriation head-on (albeit humorously, as it addresses almost every subject). The school Josh and his friends attend, Helen De Crispin High, is named for a wealthy white woman from Boston who considers herself an expert on Native American culture because she “took up Indians as a hobby.” A local artist of Italian descent sums up Miss De Crispin to Josh like this: “When I first came here, she was extremely kind to me, under the impression that I was a Yavapai medicine man. She loaned me money and bought some of my pieces. Then I began to get bald, and she realized her error. Apparently Yavapais don’t get bald.” After that, Miss De Crispin lost all interest in him.
It wouldn’t be quite right to call “Red Sky at Morning” a forgotten novel. It has remained in print for 50 years and still has plenty of fans. But at Goodreads, the book has inspired a mere 190 reader reviews. Compare that with “To Kill a Mockingbird” (72,000 reader reviews) or even “The Outsiders” (22,500). From my admittedly limited perspective as a local bookseller, it seems that local teachers and librarians have shied away from the book. If so, this strikes me as a mistake. As small and as far removed in time and space from Sacramento as it is, Corazon Sagrado is a town that Sacramento high schoolers ought to intuitively recognize as a fictional sister city, a place where issues of race, identity and multiculturalism are powerfully present in everyday life. It would be a shame to let political correctness prevent them from visiting it. Kevin Mims lives in Land Park. He can be reached at kevinmims@ sbcglobal.net. n
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“Just a professional hazard,” he said with a shrug. He was right. I’ve met patients whose story begins with a simple visit to their family doctor. Suddenly, a specialist sends them to a surgeon, and hospice soon follows. When you see this much, it’s easy to wonder, as Hemingway did, when will the bell toll for thee? Confiding in the doctor, I unpacked some personal history. I described how I picked up a limp while running high school cross-country. The limp developed into a bone tumor and, at 17 years old, I was sure I’d lose a
leg to amputation. The tumor was benign. But most of all, my bag of fear transferred from a connecting flight with a friend’s story. In the early 1970s, I lived with my roommate Roger in an asbestos-packed flophouse on the edge of Baylor University. Despite a small fire in the house, we stayed in the damaged apartment an additional 18 months. Twenty years ago, Roger made a round of doctor visits and was diagnosed with neck and throat cancer. We never learned the cause of his cancer, but I’ve always suspected
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eople may or may not be careful with their diets, but most know that eating fruits and vegetables is better for them than chowing down on chips and guzzling sodas. People may or may not exercise, but most know that being sedentary is not the best way to get fit. Far fewer people are aware
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of all the health risks associated with traffic. Health problems related to traffic may develop slowly and have no acute short-term symptoms. Yet the health consequences are still real. Decisions about where we live, how far we travel and by what means we get around all affect health. We are blithely unaware of some negative traffic impacts on health. We tend to minimize or overlook others. There are likely more health impacts that haven’t been identified or researched. We do know that driving a car to work and merely living in a world immersed in traffic all can result in health problems.
In a 2014 article, Time magazine noted that the average American spent 25.5 minutes commuting each way. That works out to 51 minutes per day and more than 200 hours a year. For those who frequently encounter gridlock, it is much longer. We spend a lot of time in and around traffic. Time catalogued the physiological and psychological effects on commuters. Some were related only to driving and some only to longer commutes done either by driving or taking transit. This is what can happen to you: • Blood sugar level goes up, which can lead to prediabetes and diabetes.
• Cholesterol, related to heart disease, goes up. • Risks of depression, anxiety and social isolation increase. • Happiness and satisfaction with life decrease. • Blood pressure jumps, especially if you are late and driving in heavy traffic. • Blood pressure increases over the long term, increasing risk of heart disease and stroke. • Cardiovascular fitness declines. • Sleep quality suffers. • Incidence of back and neck pain goes up.
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Cool in the Kitchen THE WOMAN BEHIND TWO SUCCESSFUL RESTAURANTS
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rofessional chef Molly Hawks makes running two successful restaurants while raising three young children look effortless. A couple of months ago, we chatted about her culinary background, experience working in the highpressure restaurant world and future plans. I heard kids in the background. Children always know when you’re on the phone. Hawks is one half of the duo behind upscale eatery Hawks in Granite Bay and the slightly more relaxed Hawks Public House in East Sacramento. She and her husband, Michael Fagnoni, also a chef, have children ranging from 2 to 8 years old. Before the restaurants, Michael and children came along, Hawks attended California Culinary Academy in San Francisco. She liked being a boss in the kitchen, but she wanted to make sure she enjoyed the rest of the restaurant business as well. To do that, she worked jobs that exposed her to the front of the house and gave her a taste for the business side. A three-month externship at The Village Pub in Woodside—a premier Bay Area restaurant—gave her the opportunity to make her mark. There, she paid serious kitchen dues, working for nothing and doing whatever was demanded of her,
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Molly Hawks in her East Sacramento eatery Hawks Public House. usually tedious, detailed knife work. She eventually earned the title of cook. “I was honored to be there and delighted to be offered a position,” she says.
Fagnoni was a sous chef at The Village Pub when she was an extern. “He was one of my mentors,” she says. She eventually became a chef de cuisine, a title she shared with
Fagnoni. They worked side by side and were also responsible for the financial side of operations. “You should really open a restaurant in Granite Bay.” That’s what her parents told the couple. At the time, The Village Pub was scouting a location for a pizza place in Granite Bay, but the area cried out for a fine-dining restaurant. The couple opened the original Hawks, featuring traditional European and French cooking techniques, on Aug. 21, 2007. To Hawks, it seems like yesterday. “I feel like it’s still brand new,” she says. The work is demanding and time-consuming, but that doesn’t faze her. As she says, “This business is so crazy,” but it’s the kind of crazy she handles well. In December 2015, the couple opened Hawks Public House when their youngest child was only a few months old. The restaurant is more casual, but it’s retained some of the Hawks’ upscale design elements: cement floors, wood finishes and mohair upholstery. There’s a gastropub feel and fun, approachable food and drinks. “We wanted the dishes to be a little more simplified,” Hawks says, but they practice the same respect for ingredients and put the same love into the food. Dane Blom has taken over the reins as chef de cuisine, but Fagnoni and Hawks make the final call on menus. They buy produce from smaller, local farms and bring in regional products, but farm to fork is not a new concept to the couple. “That’s just how we grew up in the industry,” she says. When Hawks first opened, she recalls, people showed up at the back door
offering homegrown goods like bay leaves and Meyer lemons. What’s her day-to-day involvement with the restaurants? She works from her home office at least twice a week and spends another day and a half at the restaurants. When the couple first opened Hawks, they knew that one of them needed to be in the kitchen all the time. Hawks has stepped away from cooking and taken on behindthe-scenes tasks. Hawks and Fagnoni divvy up jobs at work and home. She handles the catering and private events; he handles the kitchen. She puts the kids to bed; he makes dinner. At times, she puts on her chef’s coat and gets out her knives. For an upcoming luau-themed event, she is planning on roasting a whole pig. In 2016, Allyson Harvie, chef de cuisine at The Kitchen, and Hawks were the first women to oversee the Tower Bridge Dinner, the annual fundraiser for the region’s Farm-to-Fork program. Why was that a big deal? As Hawks explains it, the feedback from the community was that women chefs
hadn’t been well represented at past events. “I never personally felt like I was in a position that I wasn’t treated fairly,” Hawks says when I asked if she’s ever been treated differently because she was working in what can be a macho environment. She’s not easily intimidated, having grown up with five brothers and one sister. “I had to push myself a little more, just to put myself out there,” she says. For example, one night she showed up for work and found out she had to handle the wood-fired grill station for the first time. “I had never really barbecued [before],” she admits. “You have to put your cool on. Make it happen.” For more information about Hawks restaurant and Hawks Public House, go to hawksrestaurant.com or hawkspublichouse.com. Angela Knight can be reached at knight@mcn.org. n
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THIS MONTH'S CULTURE & ENTERTAINMENT HIGHLIGHTS
By Jessica Laskey
Preservation Sacramento Historic Home Tour will take place Sunday, Sept. 17.
Historic Home Tour: Alkali Flat Neighborhood Preservation Sacramento Sunday, Sept. 17, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Begins at J. Neely Johnson Park, 516 11th St. preservationsacramento.org/hometour Check out the diverse architecture of one of Sacramento’s oldest neighborhoods on this annual home tour. Greek Revival, Victorian, Italianate, Craftsman, Eastlake, Colonial and Queen Anne style homes—some built between 1853 and the early 1900s—share space with repurposed industrial buildings and infill projects. When you’re done taking the tour, stop by the street fair, featuring local artisans, booths manned by nonprofits and live music.
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CIRCULATION MARKET OVERVIEW
TOTAL MONTHLY CIRCULATION
DIRECT MAILED TO HOMES
NEWSTAND DELIVERED
TOTAL MONTHLY READERS
AVERAGE INCOME
INSIDE EAST SACRAMENTO
18,700
17,200
1,500
37,000
$98,403
INSIDE LAND PARK
18,000
16,800
1,200
40,000
$97,042
INSIDE ARDEN
21,475
19,875
1,600
42,000
$112,420
INSIDE POCKET
16,800
15,500
1,300
34,000
$96,750
INSIDE THE GRID
7,300
500
6,800
12,000
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MONTHLY TOTALS
82,275
69,875
12,400
165,000
$104,563
*Average Household Income $54,800 in Sacramento County
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Sacramento Play Summit Fairytale Town Saturday, Sept. 9, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Tsakopoulos Library Galleria, 828 I St. fairytaletown.org The fifth annual Sacramento Play Summit will host informative talks on the importance of play in child development with keynote speakers Cathy Salit, author and CEO of Performance of a Lifetime; award-winning children’s musician and author Jim Gill, and Helen Hadani, Ph.D., head of research for the Center for Childhood Creativity. The event is presented by Fairytale Town, Sacramento Public Library and California State Library.
Beethoven & Friends Chamber Ensemble will perform at Pioneer Congregational Church.
40th Annual Sacramento Jewish Food Faire Congregation Beth Shalom Sunday, Sept. 10, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. Congregation Beth Shalom, 4746 El Camino Ave. jewishfoodfaire.com The Jewish Food Faire celebrates four decades of bringing the community together for traditional and modern Jewish cuisine, live entertainment, arts and crafts, and activities for all ages. The faire will feature favorites like corned beef, latkes, falafel, noodle kugel, matzo ball soup and an expanded menu of vegetarian and gluten-free options, as well as baked goods like rugelach, hamentashen, strudel, challah, schnecken and babka. Shop the frozen food section and check out samples from the eagerly anticipated Solomon’s Delicatessen.
Fair Oaks Theatre Festival presents "Shrew! A Jazz Age Musical Romp."
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ScholarShare Children’s Book Festival Fairytale Town Saturday, Sept. 16, and Sunday, Sept. 17, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. 3901 Land Park Drive fairytaletown.org This free annual event will include readings and presentations by children’s book authors and illustrators, storytelling performances, hands-on activities, booths from community organizations and family play time.
Jazz Night at the Crocker: Vivian Lee Camellia Waldorf's Michelmas Festival takes place Sept. 29.
Classical Concert: Christopher Atzinger Crocker Art Museum Sunday, Sept. 10, 3 p.m. 216 O St. crockerart.org Pianist Christopher Atzinger will explore the artistic connection between American impressionist painter Childe Hassam and 19th-century American composer John Knowles Paine, who spent summers together at Appledore Island off the coast of Maine. The program will also include work by Robert Schumann and John Alden Carpenter.
Beethoven & Friends Chamber Music Ensemble Pioneer Congregational Church Saturday, Sept. 9, 7 p.m. 2700 L St. beethovenandfriends.org
Crocker Art Museum Thursday, Sept. 21, 6:30 p.m. 216 O St. crockerart.org Award-winning singer and longtime jazz advocate Vivian Lee will grace Sacramento’s longest-running summer jazz series with her captivating performance and storytelling techniques, accompanied by an ensemble of regional musicians.
“I’ll Be Seeing You ... Soon” Valerie V Music Sunday, Sept. 24, 6 p.m. Nepenthe Clubhouse, 1131 Commons Drive valsvocals.com This intimate concert of jazz standards will feature chanteuse Valerie V’s sparkling vocals and the multitalented Chet Chwalik on piano, trumpet and flugelhorn. Light appetizers will be provided—bring your own wine—and a minimum $15 donation is requested at the door.
What do you get when you put a doctor, an attorney, a radio producer and the president of the Rancho Cordova Civic Light Orchestra in a room? Music magic! This ensemble will honor their favorite composer with a concert featuring pianist and soloist Linda Baron, violinist Lorraine Crozier, clarinetist Ed Lowry and cellist JoAnn Ross in Pioneer Congregational Church across from Sutter’s Fort.
“Shrew!” Fair Oaks Theatre Festival Through Sept. 17 Veterans Memorial Amphitheatre, 7991 California Ave. fairoakstheatrefestival.com Fair Oaks Theatre Festival’s “Shrew! A Jazz Age Musical Romp” reimagines Shakespeare’s iconic “Taming of the Shrew” in 1930s Paris against a backdrop of competing fashion houses and swinging jazz melodies. First conceived by the festival’s late artistic director, Bob Irvin, and completed by FOTF alumna and author Jennifer Longo, this musical is a testament to Irvin’s 30-year legacy at the festival.
Don't miss the ScholarShare Children's Book Festival at Fairytale Town.
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Black & Red Gala Sacramento Theatre Company Friday, Sept. 8, 6:30 p.m. 1419 H St. sactheatre.org This fundraiser will celebrate STC’s 2017-18 season, which includes “The Diary of Anne Frank,” “The Musical of Musicals—the Musical!,” “Macbeth,” “Mothers and Sons,” “Man of La Mancha” and the world premiere of “Kings of America.” There will be cocktails, wine, dinner on the STC Main Stage, a raffle and a live auction.
Michaelmas Festival Camellia Waldorf School Friday, Sept. 29 This Tarmo Pasto painting will be featured at Witherell's auction focused on artists of the Sacramento area.
Sacramento Arts Auction Witherell’s Preview Thursday, Sept. 14, 1–5 p.m. Online auction Sept. 13–27
7450 Pocket Road camelliawaldorf.org Michaelmas is a festival of courage—named after St. Michael, Conquerer of the Dragon—that marks the beginning of the darker time of year. It’s celebrated at Camellia Waldorf on the last Friday of September with processions, banners, class presentations, costumes and a pageant complete with puppets that portray the struggle between dark and light. After the pageant, students, friends and family can enjoy a picnic lunch, handmade cakes and games. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. n
Witherell’s Gallery, 300 20th St. witherells.com Pieces from local artists Irion Shields, Tarmo Pasto, Maija Peeples, Gregory Kondos and a rare John McQuarrie palette sketch for the 1931 Sacramento Train Station mural are featured in this tightly edited (less than 100 lots) online auction. “Antiques Roadshow” appraiser and Witherell’s COO Brian Witherell says of the sketch, “It’s not often you find even one sketch that still exists for a mural, but finding two is extraordinary. It’s such an interesting piece of art that documents unique Sacramento history.”
“The Beatles’ White Album” Sacramento Preparatory Music Academy Saturday, Sept. 30, 7:30 p.m. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St. sacprepmusic.com The Beatles released their iconic White Album in 1968—but never played any of the songs live. Sac Prep has painstakingly transcribed and arranged the entire album for rhythm section, strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion and choir. The concert will also feature special guests Kitty O’Neal from News Radio KFBK and her husband, chef Kurt Spataro, “Good Day Sacramento” cohost Ken Rudulph, Hans Eberbach from Joy and Madness/Sweet Vine, Gabe Nelson from Cake/Bellygunner, Dana Moret and Casey Lipka.
Valerie V is performing at Nepenthe Clubhouse.
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Art Preview GALLERY ART SHOWS IN SEPTEMBER
JayJay Gallery presents new work by Julia Couzens and John Yoyogi Fortes. Show runs Sept. 7 through Oct. 28. Shown above: a painting by Fortes. 5524 B Elvas Ave.; jayjayart.com
Tim Collom Gallery presents a solo exhibition of paintings by gallery founder Tim Collom on his fiveyear anniversary. Show runs Sept. 9 through Oct. 5. Shown above: “Sunset on the Farm.” 915 20th St.; timcollomgallery.com
Archival Gallery presents the recent sculptural works by Matt Bult and landscapes by Jay Welden through Oct. 4. Shown above: a sculpture by Bult. 3223 Folsom Blvd.; archivalgallery.com
Through Oct. 1, Sparrow Gallery presents “Reflections on Our World” with new works by Sandy Delehanty and Jill Allyn Stafford; microART features work by Robert-Jean Ray. Shown above: A travel collage by Stafford. 1021 R St.; sparrowgallerysacramento.com
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FINGERLING POTATOES
BLUE LAKE BEAN
This small, waxy potato gets its name from its long, narrow shape, which makes it look like a finger. It comes in a variety of colors and maintains its shape when cooked.
This popular bean, also known as a snap or string bean, is considered the gold standard of green beans. Mild and versatile, it has a darkgreen, cylindrical, stringless, firm, plump pod. To eat: Use for quick pickling or canning.
To eat: Slice in half vertically, toss with olive oil, salt and pepper and roast in a hot oven.
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Nearby Apple Hill supplies the apples in our local farmers markets. They come in numerous varieties: Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith and more. This popular autumn fruit can be used in a variety of ways, from salads to desserts. To eat: Bake in a pie with a lattice crust or crumb topping.
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This root vegetable looks like a top-heavy white carrot. It develops a rich, nutty flavor after cooking. Don’t try to eat it raw—it’s practically inedible. To eat: Add to soups and stews.
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This root vegetable comes in a rainbow of colors: red, gold, pink, white, even striped. It has a very high sugar content and is a unique source of phytonutrients called betalains. Its greens are edible, too: Prepare them similar to spinach or chard. To eat: Roast and serve in a salad with arugula, goat cheese and chopped walnuts.
Despite its name, this vegetable is not related to celery. A dense, fleshy white root vegetable, it is a flavorful source of vitamin C. It’s also known as celeriac. To eat: Use in salads and slaws.
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Andrew Patterson-Tutschka
Blurred Lines THIS ARTIST TRAVELS BY TRIKE LOOKING FOR PLACES TO PAINT
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f you see a young man riding around town with an easel strapped to a tricycle, chances are that’s Andrew Patterson-Tutschka. He is a visual artist with a keen eye for architecture and a love of history that takes him traveling by trike to capture landscapes all over the city. “I choose a place (to paint) by riding around and stopping when
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something strikes me,” he says. “Usually older buildings attract my attention the most. I’ve always been drawn to buildings. Places have real emotional power for me—little things about it affect you emotionally. By looking at a building, you can tell the class of the neighborhood, the way people live around it, how the economy is doing, and whether the area is being redeveloped or not.” Patterson-Tutschka’s interest in infrastructure stems from an early interest in math and science. He grew up in Wisconsin and was planning on becoming either an architect or an engineer before stumbling into a painting class during his first year at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
“It was really transformative for me,” says Patterson-Tutschka, who splits his time between Sacramento and Redding, where he teaches painting, drawing, art history and foundational design at Shasta College. “I come from an upper-middle-class background, so I went into the ‘artist thing’ somewhat blind to the struggle it would be (to make a living). Maybe that was a gift, because otherwise I might not have done it. But things have worked out well for me. I’m one of the fortunate ones.” Patterson-Tutschka earned a master’s in fine art at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and won a 2010 Josef and Anni Albers Foundation residency and a 2007 MFA Joan Mitchell Foundation grant. When his wife landed a teaching position at Sacramento State University, they relocated to the Central Valley. He completed a studio residency at Verge Center for the Arts in 2009, and his work is regularly shown at Elliott Fouts Gallery in Midtown. But there’s perhaps an even bigger benefit to the move to Sacramento that he didn’t anticipate. “The weather here is predictable,” Patterson-Tutschka says with a laugh. “In other cities, the clouds roll in and out—it’s maddening! Here in the Central Valley, we get roughly 300 days of sun a year, which means I can be outside most of the time.” That steady stream of sunshine means that wherever the mobile artist sets up his easel for a painting
session, he can usually return to the same location day after day to hone the piece. He works at the same time of day and in the same weather conditions every time he returns to a locale to make sure he’s capturing the scenery as consistently as possible. “The process is really slow,” he admits. “A camera can take a picture in a second, but I’m standing in front of a building for hours. The contrast is interesting.” Patterson-Tutschka practices a style called perceptual painting, which relies on color and shape rather than exact details. He creates dynamic, colorful pieces that look like you’re observing a building through the window of a moving car. “The blurriness and craziness is a rather new thing in the last year and a half,” PattersonTutschka says. “I think the sense of movement dovetails nicely with the reconstruction that’s been going on Downtown. The older buildings and new construction coupled with the slightly hectic style mirror one another. I’m also experimenting with layered surfaces—gouging out the paint on top to reveal the under layer, which reflects the history and transformation of the area as well. It’s all about the relationship between new and old.” History also plays a part in Patterson-Tutschka’s chosen medium of oil paint. “Oil is magical,” he says. “The author James Elkins likens oil
painting to alchemy. The early oil painters were thought to make colors from another realm. I still feel some of that magic. Things happen that I wouldn’t anticipate when using it. You can feel the thousands of years of history behind it, like you’re speaking to all the other artists who came before you.”
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A Tale of Two Cantinas NEW MEXICAN HANGOUTS BRING MEMORABLE FOOD AND DRINK TO THE GRID
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f the many embarrassments of culinary riches we have here in the Sacramento area, one of my favorites is the seemingly limitless supply of fantastic Mexican food. In nearly every part of town, you’ll find a bounty of dishes
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inspired by Mexico and its varied flavors. In just the past few months, the Downtown and Midtown areas each found themselves in possession of a new and truly excellent Mexican joint. The first, Chando’s Cantina, is a fully fleshed out restaurant built around the tacos served out of Chando’s original stand on Arden Way. The second is Midtown’s Cantina Alley, a colorful, brazen drinking spot with a standout bar and some culinary tricks up its sleeve. Many eaters around town are familiar with Chando’s Tacos. The
humble taco stand on Arden Way near Del Paso Boulevard may be the best purveyor of tacos in the region. It has parlayed its popularity into a near taco empire, with shops in Roseville and West Sacramento and at least a few food trucks prowling the city’s streets. The new establishment, officially called Chando’s Cantina and Gastronomia Callejera, is a moderately sized dining room on 15th Street across from Music Circus and Sacramento Theatre Company. The exterior is a bit plain, as are the heavy wood furnishings inside.
In this day of themes, hooks and gimmicks, the place seems a little bit underwhelming. But don’t come for the décor; instead, come for the stellar food. The menu is inspired by Mexican street food. (Gastronomia callejera very roughly translates as “street cuisine.”) Here, the street-food staple elote—corn on the cob slathered with mayonnaise, grated cheese, chili powder and lime juice—is served two ways, on the cob and off, and with your choice of chili powders. This is decadent eating, but it’s so uncomplicatedly steeped in the roots
Another specialty, mulitas, is a quesadilla on steroids. Cheesy and filled with meats, this small treat is a step up from the quesadilla found at snack bars the world over. My favorite dish on the menu, though, is the pambazo. This sandwich features bread that has been dipped in “Mom’s enchilada mole sauce,” then grilled, then stuffed
The drinks menu is special. Watermelon margaritas (served in watermelons!) take the cake for delightful boozy treats. The beer list sports many Mexican beers that are rare, difficult to find and wonderfully crafted. The highlight of the kitchen is the fish tacos. Cantina Alley’s fish tacos might be the best in town. Full stop. These gorgeously fried chunks of fish dolloped with crema and all the fixings work beautifully. The flavors, the heat, the crunch and the sauces blend together perfectly. If fish isn’t your thing, the crispy papa (potato) taco is a great example of the genre. Chando’s Cantina is at 805 15th St.; (916) 400-3929; chandoscantina. com. Midtown’s Cantina Alley is at 2320 Jazz Alley; (916) 970-5588; cantinaalley.com.
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It’s an indulgent treat not for the weak of stomach.
with all the fillings you’d ever want. It’s an indulgent treat not for the weak of stomach. In Midtown, another vibe altogether is happening at Midtown’s Cantina Alley. This new watering hole has been shoehorned into the alley between J and K streets (Jazz Alley officially) and between 23rd and 24th streets. The reasonably small confines barely contain the energy and vivacity that the place puts off. On a Thursday night, you’re likely to see tables jammed, the bar hopping, toasts raised and Mexican tunes blazing over the hi-fi. Every time I’ve been to Midtown’s Cantina Alley, it’s been a joy to just be there. With almost all outdoor seating, the restaurant makes the most of its space. The walls are garishly painted. Oversized artworks hang throughout the place, each one infused with a healthy dash of ironic self-awareness. The strings of lights hanging overhead bring the type of charm you wouldn’t think possible in an urban alleyway. It totally works.
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of Mexican street cooking that it feels like a light treat. Another standout from the street canon is sope, a petite base of masa topped with refried beans, meat or mole, salsa, crumbled cotija cheese and crema. Gorditas, made with similar ingredients but a different preparation of masa, hit the spot.
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DOWNTOWN Cafeteria 15L 116 15th Street • 916-551-1559 L D $$ Classic American lunch counter with a millennial vibe • cafeteria15l.com
Ma Jong’s 1431 L Street L D $-$$ Beer/Wine Cuisine from Japan, Thailand, China ad Vietnam. • majongs.com
Grange Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters 3rd & Q Streets • 916-400-4204 Small-batch coffees brewed from beans harvested within the past 12 months • chocolatefishcoffee.com
DeVere’s Pub 1521 L Street L D Full Bar $$ Family-run authentic Irish pub with a classic menu to match • deverespub.com
Downtown & Vine
926 J Street • 916-492-4450 B L D Full Bar $$$ Simple, seasonal, soulful • grangerestaurant.com
Hock Farm Craft & Provision 1415 L Street • 916-440-8888 L D $$-$$ Full Bar Celebration of the region’s rich history and bountiful terrain • Paragarys.com
South 2005 11th Street • 916-382-9722
Educational tasting experience of wines by the taste, flight or glass • downtownandvine.com
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1131 K Street • 916-443-3772
Fat City Bar & Cafe
1200 K Street #8 • 916-228-4518
L D $$$ Full Bar Modern American cuisine served family-style in a chic, upscale space Elladiningroomandbar.com
Esquire Grill 1213 K Street • 916-448-8900 L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Outdoor Dining Upscale American fare served in an elegant setting • Paragarys.com
Firestone Public House 1132 16th Street L D $$ Full Bar Sports bar with a classical american menu• firestonepublichouse.com
Frank Fat’s 806 L Street • 916-442-7092 L D Full Bar $$-$$$ Chinese favorites in an elegant setting • Fatsrestaurants.com
1001 Front Street • 916-446-6768 D $$-$$$ Full Bar American cuisine served in a casual historic Old Sac location • Fatsrestaurants.com
Rio City Cafe 1110 Front Street • 916-442-8226 L D Wine/Beer $$ Bistro favorites with a distinctively Sacramento feeling in a riverfront setting • riocitycafe.com
The Firehouse Restaurant 1112 Second Street • 916-442-4772 L D $$$ Full Bar Global and California cuisine in an upscale historic Old Sac setting • Firehouseoldsac.com
Ten 22 1022 Second Street • 916-441-2211 L D Wine/Beer $$ American bistro favorites with a modern twist in a casual, Old Sac setting • ten22oldsac.com
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110 K Street
1725 I Street • 916-469-9574
L D $ Great burgers and more. • williesburgers.com
L D $-$$ Bar & grill with American eats, including BBQ, local brews & weekend brunch • easyoni.com
R STREET Café Bernardo 1431 R Street • 916-930-9191
Federalist Public House 2009 N Street
B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Casual California cuisine with counter service
L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Wood-fired pizzas in an inventive urban alley setting • federalistpublichouse.com
Fish Face Poke Bar
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Iron Horse Tavern 1116 15th Street L D $-$$ Full Bar Gastro-pub cuisine in a stylish industrial setting • ironhorsetavern.net
Old Soul & Pullman Bar 12th & R Streets B L D $ Full-service cafe with artisan coffee roasts, bakery goods and sandwiches • oldsoulco.com
Magpie Cafe 1601 16th Street L D $$-$$$ Wine/Beer Seasonal menu using the best local ingredients • magpiecafe.com
Nido Bakery
1409 R Street Suite 102 L D $ Bakery treats and seasonal specialities • hellonido.com
Shoki Ramen House
1627 16th Street • 916-444-3000 L D Full Bar $$ Authentic hand-crafted pizzas with inventive ingredients, Gelato• hotitalian.net
Mulvaney’s Building & Loan 1215 19th Street • 916-441-6022 L D Full Bar $$$ Modern American cuisine in an upscale historic setting
Red Rabbit 2718 J Street L D $$ Full Bar All things local contribute to a sophisticated urban menu • theredrabbit.net
Paragary’s Bar & Oven 1401 28th Street • 916-457-5737 L D $$ Full Bar Fabulous Outdoor Patio, California cuisine with a French touch • Paragarys.com
Revolution Wines 2831 S Street L D $-$$ Beer/Wine Urban winery and tasting room with a creative menu using local sources • rwwinery. com
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The Rind 1801 L Street #40 • 916-441-7463 L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Cheese-centric menu paired with select wine and beer • therindsacramento.com
Zocolo 1801 Capitol Avenue • 916-441-0303 L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Patio Regional Mexican cuisine served in an authentic artistic setting • zocolosacramento.com
D $$ Inventive Japansese-inspired seafood dishes • skoolonkstreet.com
29th and P Streets • 916-455-3300 L D $ Classic burgers, cheesesteaks, shakes, chili dogs, and other tasty treats • suzieburger.com
Tapa The World 2115 J Street • 916-442-4353 L D $-$$ Wine/Beer/Sangria Spanish/world cuisine in a casual authentic atmosphere, live flamenco music - tapathewworld.com
Freeport Bakery
Riverside Clubhouse
2966 Freeport Boulevard • 916-442-4256
2633 Riverside Drive • 916-448-9988
B L $ Award-winning baked goods and cakes for eat in or take out • Freeportbakery.com
L D $$ Full Bar Upscale American cuisine served in a contemporary setting • Riversideclubhouse.com
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13th Street and Broadway • 916-737-5115
2924 Freeport Boulevard • 916-443-5154
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D $$$ Wine/Beer Dinner served Wed. through Saturday. Reservations suggested but walk-ins welcome.
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Willie’s Burgers
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2415 16th Street • 916-444-2006 L D $ Great burgers and more. Open until 3 on Friday and Saturday • williesburgers.com
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MIDTOWN Biba Ristorante 2801 Capitol Avenue • 916-455-2422 L D $$$ Full Bar Upscale Northern Italian cuisine served a la carte • Biba-restaurant.com
Café Bernardo 2726 Capitol Avenue • 916-443-1180 B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Casual California cuisine with counter service
2431 J Street • 916-442-7690 L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Patio Housemade curries among their authentic Thai specialties Thaibasilrestaurant.com
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The Waterboy 2000 Capitol Avenue • 916-498-9891 L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Patio Fine South of France and northern Italian cuisine in a chic neighborhood setting • waterboyrestaurant.com
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2730 J Street • 916-442-2552
2760 Sutterville Road • 916-452-2809
L D $$ Full Bar Patio Regional Mexican cooking served in a casual atmosphere • Paragarys.com
L D $$ • D with minimum diners call to inquire Wine/Beer. Operated by volunteers to benefit Sacramento Children’s Home. • casagardenrestaurant.org
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La Trattoria Bohemia 3649 J Street • 916-455-7803 L D Wine/Beer $-$$ Italian and Czech specialties in a neighborhood bistro setting
ARDEN AREA Bella Bru Café 5038 Fair Oaks Boulevard • 916-485-2883
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B L D $-$$ Full bar, casual, locally owned European style café with table service from 5 pm and patio dining • bellabrucafe.com
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LD $$ Wine tasting and paired entrees. Sunday Brunch 10 - 2. • cabanawine.com
2700 24th Street • 916-451-2200 B L D $$ Beer /Wine Outdoor Patio Seasonal menu features crepes and more in a colorful setting • cafedantorels.com
Pangaea Bier Café
5610 Elvas • 916-476-5492
Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters 48th Street & Folsom Boulevard • 916-451-5181 Small-batch coffees brewed from beans harvested within the past 12 months • chocolatefishcoffee.com
2743 Franklin Boulevard • 916-454-4942 L D Sunday Brunch $$ Beer /Wine Outdoor Patio A curated tap list dedicated to only the finest of brews • pangaeabiercafe.com
Shoki Ramen House 2530 21st Street • 916-905-1911 L D $$ Beer/Wine Japanese fine dining using the best local ingredients • shokiramenhouse.com
Gunther’s Ice Cream 2801 Franklin Boulevard • 916-457-6646 Long-standing landmark with retro decor supplying homemade ice cream in a variety of flavors • gunthersicecream.com
EAST SAC 33rd Street Bistro 3301 Folsom Boulevard • 916-455-2233 B L D $$ Full Bar Patio Pacific Northwest cuisine in a casual bistro setting • 33rdstreetbistro.com
Clubhouse 56 723 56th. Street • 916-454-5656 BLD Full Bar $$ American. HD sports, kid's menu, breakfast weekends, Late night dining
Español 5723 Folsom Boulevard • 916-457-3679 L D Full Bar $-$$ Classic Italian cuisine served in a traditional family-style atmosphere
Evan’s Kitchen 855 57th Street • 916-452-3896 B L D Wine/Beer $$ Eclectic California cuisine served in a family-friendly atmosphere, community table for single diners • Chefevan.com
Formoli’s Bistro 3839 J Street • 916-448-5699 B L D Wine/Beer $$-$$$ Mediterranean influenced cuisine in a stylish neighborhood setting • formolisbistro.com
Hawks Public House Burr’s Fountain 4920 Folsom Boulevard • 916-452-5516 B L D $ Fountain-style diner serving burgers, sandwiches, soup and ice cream specialties
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1525 Alhambra Boulevard • 916-558-4440 L D $$-$$$ Familiar classics combined with specialty ingredients by chefs Molly Hawks and Mike Fagnoni • hawkspublichouse.com
4818 Folsom Boulevard • 916-706-1748
B L D $$ Full Bar Outdoor Patio Seasonal, European-influenced comfort food • Paragarys.com
L D $-$$ Wine/Beer, Patio, Private Room. Artisan pizzas & seasonally inspired menu in a casual, neighborhood setting • onespeedpizza.com
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5644 J Street • 916-451-4000 L D Wine/Beer $ Fresh Greek cuisine in a chic, casual setting, counter service
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5530 H Street • 916-452-8226 B L $ Wine/Beer Southwestern fare in a casual diner setting
2376 Fair Oaks Boulevard • 916-482-0708
The Kitchen 2225 Hurley Way • 916-568-7171
Roxie Deli & Barbeque 3340 C Street • 916-443-5402 B L D $ Deli sandwiches, salads & BBQ made fresh. Large selection of craft Beer • roxiedeli.com
D $$$ Wine/Beer Five-course gourmet demonstration dinner by reservation only • Thekitchenrestaurant.com
Luna Lounge 5026 Fair Oaks Boulevard • 916-485-2883
Selland’s Market Cafe 5340 H Street • 916-736-3333 B L D $$ Wine/Beer High quality handcrafted food to eat in or take out, bakery, wine bar • sellands.com
OAK PARK La Venadita 3501 Third Avenue • 916-400-4676 L D $$ Full Bar Authentic Mexican cuisine with simple tasty menu in a colorful historic setting • lavenaditasac.com
Oak Park Brewing Company 3514 Broadway L D $$ Full Bar Award-winning beers and a creative pub-style menu in an historic setting • opbrewco.com
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