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SEARCH FOR ANSWERS REBRANDING HOMELESSNESS WON’T END CRISIS
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n May 2019, I wrote my first article on the tragedy of homeless people living on our streets. The column was titled “Is Sacramento Dying?” It was based on the documentary film “Seattle Is Dying.” The film was produced by Seattle TV station KOMO in 2018. It begins with a bold thesis: This is about an idea. For a city that has run out of them. What if Seattle is dying? Can it ever recover?
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The column was the most widely shared article on our website—shared thousands of times. Many readers feared our city was following Seattle’s course, driven by a lack of civic leadership. The response helped me recognize the inadequacy of Sacramento media coverage. Homeless problems were not being seriously discussed in 2019. At Inside, we vowed to publish news, viewpoints, ideas and solutions in every issue moving forward. To better understand why our streets were becoming crowded with tents and people living in vehicles, I read about the causes of homelessness and why current solutions fail to help and often make things worse. I spoke to elected officials and civic leaders. Sadly, I discovered the folly of some closed-minded elected officials and well-funded nonprofit executives. They were determined to follow the
same path that devastated other communities. Some of my questions: Why do people become homeless? Which interventions can prevent or resolve the problem? What strategies can address long-term, underlying causes? How do we protect neighborhoods and businesses? I learned the homeless population is heterogeneous. The easiest to help are the economically homeless—people evicted after losing jobs or family support. The hardest to help are drug addicts and people suffering mental health crises, often the result of drug use. Biennial efforts to count the local homeless population make it clear the numbers have exploded over the past decade, with no end in sight. As numbers increase, so do complexities. Some experts believe terminology can help clarify specific types of homelessness. People can experience
homelessness, but they are considered “sheltered” if they live in homeless shelters or transitional housing. I’ve noticed a shift in language, especially among progressives and advocates. Homeless people are called “the unhoused” or “persons without homes.” City Council member Katie Valenzuela recently referred to homeless people as her “unhoused constituents and neighbors.” In Western Europe, the word “homeless” is rarely used. Instead, people who live rough are called “street addicts.” Their encampments are “openair drug scenes.” This is important to note because Western Europe has been more successful in reducing its homeless problem than U.S. Pacific Coast cities. I recently read “San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities” by Michael Shellenberger. It should be required reading for anyone who cares about identifying the problems and finding
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real solutions. Shellenberger recently on to run for announced his decision governor against Gavin Newsom. Shellenberger skewers progressives for mishandling the crisis. “Progressives claimed they knew how to solve homelessness, inequality and crime.. But in cities they control, progressives made those problemss worse,” he said in a recent podcast. Shellenberger—a Bay Area resident for 30 years—has progressive roots. He advocated for thee decriminalization of drugs, affordable tives housing, and alternatives ut as to jail and prison. But nts homeless encampments spread and overdose deaths skyrocketed, he y into decided to look deeply the problem.
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He was shocked by what he discov discovered. “The problems had grown worse not despite but because of progre progressive policies,” he says. He explai how San Francisco and other explains West Coast cities—Los Angeles, Seattle P and Portland—went beyond tolerating homel homelessness, drug dealing and crime act to actively enabling them. The book reveals the underlying proble isn’t a lack of housing or problem mone for social programs. “The real money probl problem is an ideology that designates some people, by identity or experience, v as victims entitled to destructive beh behaviors,” he says. “The result is u an undermining of the values that ma cities, and civilization itself, make po possible.” Shellenberger cites what he ca San Francisco’s “pathological calls al altruism.” For example, the city s spent $61,000 per tent for homeless c campers. Such spending, combined w with the “sacralization of victims” and abandonment of equal treatment under law, has been a disaster. “Progressive victimology preaches these behaviors that are destructive of individuals and urban civilization are
definitionally caused by ‘systemic’ this or that—racism, oppression, etc. So, progressivism strips victims of agency but also defines them as ‘inherently good’ because they have been victimized,” he says. Shellenberger’s book details many facets of homelessness. They range from drug addiction, the failure of “Housing First” strategies, mental illness, crime, recovery, funding and leadership. He includes interviews with street people and city and nonprofit leaders. He describes a path forward. It’s something very different from what West Coast cities—Sacramento included—have done. In future months, I’ll examine the important issues Shellenberger raises about our city. And we will continue to bring Inside Sacramento readers the most comprehensive coverage of the homeless crisis. To read “Is Sacramento Dying?” from May 2019, visit insidesacramento.com/ is-sacramento-dying. All of our homeless articles and videos are available to read and share at insidesacramento.com/ columns/insidehomelessness. Cecily Hastings can be reached at publisher@insidepublications.com. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram: @insidesacramento. n
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pring is here and the days shine long and bright for local artist Teresa Carle. During the pandemic, she rediscovered her passion for painting. From a young age, Carle dreamt of becoming an artist. But life carried her down another path. She married, raised a family and had a successful career in accounting. Her dream of becoming an artist took a back seat. Today, she’s catching up, painting pet portraits and landscapes from road trips. Carle grew up in Clearlake amid acres of walnut trees. “My parents encouraged my sister and I to embrace a creative life,” she says. “Our home was always filled with art supplies.” Her father, a former superintendent of schools for Konocti Unified, dabbled in art and loved to build things from kits. Early projects were small, but eventually included a fiberglass houseboat and a geodesic home in Clearlake Oaks. Carle was introduced to the beauty of landscapes from the clouds through her
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mother, a private pilot. Carle’s sister Debbie is an accomplished quilter. “Art was my favorite subject in high school,” Carle says. “My teacher, Mr. Coats, introduced me to canvas oil painting. His daughter, Susan, lives in the Pocket and is one of my biggest supporters.” On a visit to Carle’s home, I noticed the animals and California landscapes adorning the walls. She dotes on her two Westie dogs, Romeo and Luzi. “I love painting pets and capturing their spirit on canvas. It’s so gratifying to see the joy it brings to people,” she says. Pocket resident Melody Koontz receives joy from Carle’s work. “When we unexpectedly lost our dog Penny, Teresa reached out,” Koontz says. “She offered us two paintings. Each one captured the personality and likeness of Penny. These gifts helped us through the grieving process.” I can relate. I met Carle a few months after my dachshund Freddie died from cancer at age 17. Carle looked at several dog photos on my phone. Two weeks later, she surprised me with a beautiful painting of Freddie. Carle and husband Dave just returned from a monthlong Airstream trip through the Southwest. Along the way, she drew and painted deserts, cactus, mountain sunrises and canyon sunsets. Some works are slated for donation to auctions at the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento SPCA and Triumph Cancer
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The Winners PARKWAY, JENNINGS EMERGE STRONG AT CITY HALL
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But mistakes in Meadowview and East Sac became a feast in Pocket and Greenhaven. The riverfront communities scored big with the new council maps. Pocket and Greenhaven are finally united with Land Park as one district. This means important matters common to residents along the Interstate 5 corridor are now represented by one voice at City Hall. Premier among the chores is completion of the Sacramento River Parkway bike trail, a gem promised by the city in 1975. Political cowardice and literal roadblocks stalled the project for five decades. The bike trail along the levee will give residents and visitors a recreational
treasure—an unbroken bike route that activates the city’s most beautiful geography from Freeport to Downtown. Rick Jennings, whose City Council term began eight years ago with a controversy over river access in South Pocket, turned the river bike trail into his legacy. He overcame objections from a handful of property owners along the river, built political support and found money to fund parkway development. With Jennings poised for a third term this year, the new map requires him to introduce himself to residents in Land Park and Curtis Park. He has a good story to tell. Jennings is the City Council member who fought for public access to the river and levee. He’s the elected official who resisted political threats to secure dollars to pave the trail, a coda expected once levee repairs are finished. He’s the guy who worked with police to figure out safety and security concerns along the river. I’d challenge any local politician to write a better victory speech. Pocket and Greenhaven were politically separate from Land Park and Downtown since 1971, when the city switched from at-large representation to local district councilmembers. Among the eight districts, Pocket and Greenhaven were linked to Valley Hi through Meadowview for five decades—a construct based on 1971 census tracts. The arrangement meant the riverfront neighborhoods of Pocket, Greenhaven, Little Pocket, South Land Park and Land Park were denied a common advocate at City Hall. Instead, Garcia Bend was attached to Cosumnes River College. Lynn Robie, Terry Kastanis and Robbie Waters represented Pocket for 31 years. They refused to prioritize the river parkway. Behind the scenes, they opposed it, influenced by people who lived along the river and saw the levee as their private playground.
The landscape changed in 2010, when Darrell Fong defeated Waters and became councilmember for Pocket and Greenhaven. Fong believed in the river parkway. He convinced City Hall colleagues to resurrect the levee bike trail. Jennings replaced Fong in 2014 but wasn’t sure how to follow Fong’s progress. Jennings was quickly bombarded with complaints from property owners near the levee, loudmouths who know every phone number at City Hall. But he soon realized property owners were a special-interest group without concern for the community. He couldn’t ignore them, but he refused to serve as their lobbyist. Jennings summed up the situation when he told me, “The city made a promise to build the river parkway in 1975. We need to keep that promise.” Political futures depend on that promise. Former Land Park Councilmember Steve Hansen ignored the city’s vow and refused to finish the levee parkway. He never explained why and paid the price. Hansen’s arrogance was highlighted in these pages two years ago. Newcomer Katie Valenzuela came along, embraced the parkway, and kicked Steve into retirement. Under the new map, Valenzuela represents Midtown and East Sac. Her focus is homelessness and housing. She now owns those issues. Finishing the parkway is much easier than solving the eternal puzzles of homelessness and housing. Valenzuela may soon miss her old district. Meantime, the big winners are Rick Jennings and those of us who love the river levee parkway. R.E. Graswich can be reached at regraswich@icloud.com. Previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ insidesacramento. n
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hotography Month Sacramento, an annual celebration of the art of photography, returns this month led by Viewpoint Photographic Art Center in Midtown. This annual event showcases the photographic arts by offering events and activities that reach across communities and bring people together. Participating museums, galleries, schools, libraries, businesses and more have created their own exhibits, lectures, workshops and other events at venues throughout Sacramento, Placer, Nevada and Yolo counties. A few highlights include two juried exhibits April 6 to May 7 at Viewpoint Photographic Art Center; a photo display at Pachamama Coffee’s Midtown café of a coffee grower in Veracruz, Mexico; and the ongoing “Planet or Plastic?” exhibit at the California Museum of 70 images organized by the National Geographic Society. Consumnes River College will present a photo exhibit, “Creatures of Light and Form: Topographical Exploration,” April 7 to 28 in the college’s art gallery, with an artist reception Thursday, April 7, from 4-8 p.m. For a complete list of events, visit photomonthsacramento.org.
The ceremony was held behind the shelter’s adoption center in a garden dedicated to rest and relaxation intended as “a space where each of you could take a moment for yourself,” SSPCA CEO Kenn Altine said. A memorial water fountain was unveiled to “honor what Kate exemplified and what all of our volunteers give of themselves.”
FOOD LITERACY The Food Literacy Center is celebrating 10 years of advocating for student health through hands-on, health-focused programs. In recognition of the milestone, the center received a resolution from Mayor Darrell Steinberg and the Sacramento City Council to “express our sincere
appreciation for their dedication to enriching lives and diets of students throughout the Sacramento region.” The Food Literacy Center began offering classes in cooking, nutrition, gardening and active play to 120 lowincome elementary school kids in Oak Park in 2012. Today, founder/CEO/ Chief Food Genius Amber Stott says they are “plum proud” to be serving 11,909 students in two school districts (the center added Robla School District in North Sacramento this spring). For more information, visit foodliteracycenter.org.
CALLING DREAMERS Federico Garcia of Gusto Gaucho has won this year’s Downtown Sacramento Foundation’s Calling All Dreamers
retail competition. The winning concept features flavors, including empanadas, pastries and chimichurri sauce, from Garcia’s native Argentina. “Opening a café in Downtown Sacramento will be a dream come true for me and confirmation of all the hard work I’ve put into the project over the years,” Garcia says. “Operating at various farmers markets in 2019, my customers really encouraged me to keep going because once they try my products, they keep coming back for more. I believe if you work hard, then little by little, amazing opportunities will follow.” Gusto Gaucho is looking for a permanent storefront. In the meantime, order delectable Argentine treats at gustogaucho.com.
REMEBERING KATE The Sacramento SPCA held a private ceremony earlier this year for shelter staff and volunteers to celebrate the life and contributions of 25-year volunteer Kate Tibbitts who was murdered in her Land Park home last year.
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Photography Month takes place at venues throughout Sacramento, Placer, Nevada and Yolo counties.
The foundation hired Schroepfer in 2019 as director of events and marketing. He then moved into the role of interim chief operating officer in 2021 and now replaces Cheryl Marcell as president/CEO to oversee a staff of 26. “Even as the pandemic still ruled much of our lives, Tim engineered the return of a sold-out Polar Express train after a two-year hiatus and quickly mastered the demands of running a fundraising and support organization for a world-class museum,” says Jim Houpt, foundation board chair. “Our board of directors expressed unanimous support for Tim’s advancement to his new role.” Sacramento native, Elk Grove resident and lifetime train enthusiast Schroepfer says, “With the museum entering its 41st year and Railtown entering its 51st year as a tourist railway, it is an incredibly exciting time to be with the foundation. It is an absolute honor and privilege to return home and help support our parks partners.”
AGGIE SQUARE The $1 billion Aggie Square innovation campus at Stockton Boulevard and Second Avenue has broken ground. The project includes office and lab space for UC Davis researchers and private-sector tenants, student housing, community spaces, classrooms and the Alice Waters Institute for Edible Education.
Mayor Darrell Steinberg and Councilmembers Eric Guerra and Jay Schenirer worked with the community, UC Davis leadership and project developer Wexford Science + Technology to create a Community Benefits Partnership Agreement to protect nearby residents with $50 million promised for affordable housing, including $10 million specifically to help residents stay in their homes. At least 20 percent of the 3,600 permanent jobs at Aggie Square will be filled by residents of surrounding ZIP codes who also will be offered job training. UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May says construction of all five buildings on the campus will begin in spring, with a completion date of late 2024.
JUNK PICKUP Appointments are available again for household junk pickup through the city of Sacramento Solid Waste and Recycling department. Residential customers are eligible for two free junk pickups a year for anything too large to fit in the curbside container. Extra appointments are available for an additional fee. Jesa David, the department’s media and communications specialist, encourages residents to plan ahead, citing a “wait of about two to three weeks.” To make an appointment, call City Customer Service at 311, use the free 311 app or go online at sac311.org.
Sacramento SPCA CEO Kenn Altine unveils a memorial fountain to honor volunteer Kate Tibbitts.
FRIENDSHIP WALK A Best Buddies Friendship Walk: Sacramento will be held Saturday, April 30, at North Natomas Regional Park. Best Buddies International is a nonprofit that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, leadership development and inclusive living for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Since 2009, more than 250,000 participants have walked in more than 60 cities and raised more than $24 million for Best Buddies. “Our Friendship Walks are one of Best Buddies’ most celebrated events, bringing communities together where they can experience our mission in action and engage with our program participants,” says Anthony Shriver,
founder/chair/CEO of Best Buddies International. Best Buddies Friendship Walk: Sacramento aims to meet—or surpass— the 2022 fundraising goal of $30,000 to support programming that reaches more than 350,000 people each year. Registration begins at 8 a.m. and the walk starts at 9 a.m. Following the walk, stick around for a day of fun, family, wellness and friendship. To register, visit bestbuddiesfriendshipwalk.org/ sacramento.
RAILROAD MUSEUM FOUNDATION CEO The California State Railroad Museum Foundation has named Tim Schroepfer as its new president/CEO.
Rocco (right) and a friend are “best buddies” for Sacramento’s Friendship Walk.
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Tim Schroepfer is the new president/CEO of the California State Railroad Museum Foundation.
UC Davis’ Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art is named a best museum building.
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In addition to household junk, customers can make an appliance or e-waste appointment for up to four e-waste items and two household appliances. For more information, visit cityofsacramento.org/public-works/rsw/ collection-services/garbage/householdjunk.
MUSEUM OF ART The Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art on the UC Davis campus has been named one of the 25 best museum buildings of the past 100 years by prestigious industry publication ARTnews. The Manetti Shrem Museum is one of just four museums in the United States, as well as the only California museum and only public university museum, selected to appear on a list that includes other revered museums such as the Louvre, Guggenheim and Centre Pompidou. The museum was designed to be “neither isolated nor exclusive, but open and permeable; not a static shrine, but a constantly evolving public event,” as described by lead architect Florian
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Idenburg at the museum’s opening in 2016. “We’re so proud the museum has been recognized not only for its exhibitions and programs but also for its magnificent architecture,” says Founding Director Rachel Teagle. “The Manetti Shrem Museum is quintessentially of its place and time: an integration of the indoors and outdoors that is horizontal, light-filled, porous and flexible.” For more information, visit manettishremmuseum.ucdavis.edu.
COMMUNITY HEROES Sacramento County Supervisor Rich Desmond is seeking to recognize outstanding District 3 community members who go above and beyond in helping to make Sacramento County a better place to live, work and play. To nominate a Community Hero of the Month, who will be featured in the district newsletter, email richdesmond@ saccounty.net or call (916) 874-5471.
The Sacramento County Department of Health Services Division of Behavioral Health Services’ “Mental Illness: It’s Not Always What You Think” project is celebrating 10 years of helping reduce stigma and discrimination surrounding mental illness. Funded by the Mental Health Services Act, the project provides mental health information, resources and support to individuals and families in Sacramento County. By educating the community, the project aims to eliminate barriers for people living with mental illness and provide a deeper understanding of mental health. Since launching in 2012, the project’s Stop Stigma Speakers Bureau has gained almost 200 volunteers who share their experiences living with mental illness in media interviews or at events. The project has also partnered with more than 120 community-based organizations. “We estimate that nearly 355,000 Sacramento County residents live with a mental illness, but only a third will seek professional help due to stigma and discrimination,” says Dr. Ryan Quist, director of behavioral health services. “Mental illness is a treatable and manageable condition that is unfairly stigmatized.” For more information, visit stopstigmasacramento.org.
MIDTOWN LOVE Look up the next time you’re walking in Lavender Heights—the Midtown Association has installed 10 vibrant new banners on 20th Street between
J and K streets in partnership with the Sacramento Rainbow Chamber of Commerce to celebrate Midtown Love, acceptance and inclusion. But that’s not all. “Love is in our roots” art wraps, part of Midtown’s continuing “Art in Unexpected Places” efforts, are on display on 21st Street at the intersections of J, K and L streets to showcase Midtown’s commitment to providing ongoing access to fresh food and locally made products at the Midtown Farmers Market and Wednesdays at Winn. Plus, 37 “I Love” banners will be installed along J Street between 20th and 27th streets. The banners will highlight the area’s various activities and amenities, including biking, fitness classes, coffee shops, retail stores and more.
WATER DISTRICT Jay Boatwright has been appointed to fill a vacant seat on the five-member Sacramento Suburban Water District Board of Directors. The 40-year district resident and recent retiree brings extensive experience as a project manager and executive in the commercial construction industry. He also served on the Arden-Arcade Community Planning Advisory Council and San Juan Unified School District’s facilities, transportation and finance committees. He’s a longtime member, past president and current treasurer of the Rotary Club of Carmichael. “I look forward to contributing my experience and knowledge to guiding SSWD over the coming years,” Boatwright says.
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La Familia Counseling Center has received a grant to help fund the Cultura de Salud program, which trains youth and community members in culturally responsive principles of community health and wellness. The grant is from Direct Relief’s Fund for Health Equity, which mobilizes financial resources for organizations focused on nonclinical interventions that affect “social determinants of health,” including a person’s physical, social, political, cultural and economic environment. “The inequities and unequal access to health care have played a significant role in why communities of color have been so significantly impacted by COVID,” says Rachel Rios, La Familia’s executive director. “As a result of this generous support, La Familia will be able to meet our community where they are at.” One of 49 awardees, La Familia is located in a Promise Zone in South Sacramento and has some of the region’s highest health disparities. For more information, visit lafcc.org.
The Sacramento Police Department has promoted three of its employees to serve as public information officers for a two-year term to manage communications with the public and act as media liaisons. “Clear communication is critical to keeping our communities safe and informed,” says Sgt. Zach Eaton, who’ll be assisted by Officer Chad Lewis and Officer Ryan Woo. “It is an honor to serve the city of Sacramento and its residents in this capacity.” Eaton has been with the department for 11 years, and has worked in patrol and served as a Gang Enforcement Team officer, Major Crimes detective, Criminal Intelligence Unit detective, patrol supervisor and Gang Enforcement Team supervisor. Lewis has worked in multiple positions, including as an officer on the North Gang Enforcement Team and a detective assigned to the Homicide Investigations Unit. Woo has worked for the department’s Mental Health Unit, Crisis Negotiation Team and Impact Team.
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New banners in Lavender Heights celebrate Midtown Love. Photo courtesy of Midtown Association
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SAC METRO CHAIR The Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce has named Bob Swanson of Boutin Jones Inc., one of Sacramento’s largest business law firms, as chair of the 2022 board of directors. During his prestigious 30-year legal career, Swanson has served on the boards of several nonprofits, including the YMCA of Greater Sacramento, Mission Aviation Fellowship (an international relief organization) and Elk Grove Rotary. As board chair, Swanson will work closely with chamber President/ CEO Amanda Blackwood to support initiatives such as identifying workable solutions for businesses navigating issues related to the homeless crisis, continuing to assist businesses to start and/or grow their operations, and expanding talent pipelines with a focus on recruitment and retention of the local workforce.
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Lambtrust.com FOOD BANK DONATION Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services recently received a $50,000 donation from Bank of America to address food insecurity in the region, which reached an unprecedented high during the pandemic. For every $1 donated, the organization can provide one meal to the community. Since March 2020, the food bank has seen a 90% increase in people needing food and services. “Pre-COVID, we were feeding about 150,000 people per month,” says Blake Young, president/ CEO of Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services. “Now, we’re feeding up to 280,000 people a month.” In addition to the cash donation, Bank of America donated more than 100,000 PPEs to the food bank to distribute to those in need. For more information or to donate, visit sacramentofoodbank.org. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. Submissions are due six weeks prior to the publication month. Previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @insidesacramento. n
Bob Swanson of Boutin Jones Inc. is the new Metro Chamber of Commerce board chair.
(From left) Officer Chad Lewis, Sgt. Zach Eaton and Officer Ryan Woo serve as SacPD public information officers.
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Chris Jones by the Sacramento River Photo by Aniko Kiezel
Hope For Homelessness SAN ANTONIO MAKES IT WORK, SO WHY NOT US? BY CHRIS JONES GUEST OPINION
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acramento is in trouble. In the past decade, the homeless population has expanded from 2,400 to an estimated 10,000. Local officials have tried to mitigate the crisis, but nothing seems to stick. Are we doomed to endure this escalating humanitarian crisis? The answer is no. There are cities that have made real, significant progress in reducing the number of unsheltered people. Let me tell you about one. As president of the nonprofit shelter organization Hope for Sacramento, I recently visited the Haven for Hope campus in San Antonio. I witnessed a successful program built on a commonsense approach to serving homeless people with complex needs. Accompanied by Hope for Sacramento board members, I toured the Texas facility with the Haven for Hope executive team of Terresa Smith, David Huete and Molly Biglori. I
returned confident the Haven for Hope model will thrive in Sacramento—if we find the will. Opened in 2010 on 22 acres, the Haven for Hope campus resulted from 18 months of research into what worked and what failed when it came to homeless services. The answer was a unified campus approach that brings service providers together under one roof and makes access simple. The campus is split into two main components, the courtyard and transformational campus. The courtyard is a low-barrier shelter for anyone who needs a place to stay, clean clothes and food. Drugs or weapons aren’t allowed, but the courtyard doesn’t impose sobriety requirements. Guests come and go and stay as long as they wish. There’s a food bank that serves 30,000 meals every month. The cafeteria doubles as indoor sleeping quarters at night. A rapid rehousing program helps people who aren’t suffering from mental health or substance-abuse disorders. The program provides security deposits and first month’s rent. About 400 people
benefited in the past year, reducing the average length of stay from approximately two years to three or four months. There’s a clinic for medical, dental and vision care that serves homeless residents and underserved people in the community. The transformational campus is where people go when they are ready to make a commitment to address the causes of their homelessness. Almost 70 organizations provide services. Another 80 accept referrals off site. Assistance includes drug and alcohol treatment, mental health counseling, job training and placement, ID recovery, legal and jail diversion, mail and more. Transformational campus guests work to make sustainable changes in their lives. They receive support from Haven for Hope staff. It really works. More than 5,900 people have exited the transformational campus into permanent housing, and 89 percent were still housed one year later. The Haven for Hope model can allow Sacramento to finally turn the
corner on our humanitarian crisis. By consolidating efforts among the city and county, local businesses and nonprofit service providers, we can increase the accessibility of services, increase housing retention and lower the number of people living on our streets. San Antonio has reduced its downtown homeless population by 77 percent since 2010—the opposite direction of Sacramento’s numbers. Nearly $100 million has been saved in San Antonio’s hospital, court and jail costs. Imagine what could Sacramento do with an extra $100 million. If we can find the political will to change what hasn’t worked and emulate what does work, we can find sensible, humanitarian solutions. We can keep people from entering the cycle of homelessness and help others begin productive lives. This isn’t a dream. The model awaits us. It works at Haven for Hope. Chris Jones is president of Hope for Sacramento and can be reached at (916) 335-7329. n
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‘Jobs, That’s What They Want’ CHANGING TIMES BRING A NEW CITY COUNCIL Old Sacramento circa 1965 from “The Marshes of Two Street” by Richard Simpson.
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was walking on Ninth Street near City Hall and passed a tiny homeless encampment burrowed into the porch of a vacant building. Empty wine bottles stood sentry around two people asleep. Garbage spilled across the sidewalk. The little hovel was sad and filthy and carried a stomach-churning stench. The scene triggered a memory. It made me think about a documentary film I saw two decades ago, “The Marshes of Two Street,” by Richard Simpson. “Marshes” is a profound statement about homelessness in Sacramento— the most eloquent statement I’ve ever seen, far more coherent and sensible than anything from City Hall. I
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wanted to track down the movie and watch it again. Simpson made “Marshes” in 1966. He carried his 16-millimeter camera, tripod and microphone into Old Sacramento, known as the West End, and focused on the rummies, barflies, derelicts, bums, tramps and vagrants who existed there. Simpson hung around the West End for weeks. He built trust. The idea was to give voice to forgotten people whose world was wiped out by redevelopment. In the background of many scenes, support scaffolds are visible under the new Interstate 5. The freeway delivered the birth of Old Sac and death of a skid row filled with hundreds of homeless people. I learned Simpson died in 2019 after a long struggle with dementia. I found his wife, Roxanne O’Brien, a chef and retired professor at American River College. She was nice enough to send me a DVD copy of “The Marshes of Two Street.” Sure enough, the film was as brilliant as I remembered—even
better with age. It’s more relevant today than when it was shown on KVIE Channel 6 more than 65 years ago. Simpson was a poet. The film’s introduction equates Second Street to a river. Bums who lay in the gutter are marshes that line the riverbank. The black and white cinematography uses brutal close-ups that emphasize glassy eyes, absent teeth, flattened noses and pockmarked faces. “Somebody will tell you, ‘My wife, she’s the cause that I’m down here, or my mother died.’ Everybody has a reason,” one man says. “This is just an escape, an escape from a man’s weaknesses.” Another says, “Now then, I don’t have to worry about nothing, not no more. I have to live a cheap life, but I can live it the way I like.” Simpson doesn’t identify anyone. He films people on doorsteps and street corners and in bars and rooming houses—Hotel Enterprise, Union Gospel Mission, Roma Café, Bank Exchange Café, Timber Club, Channel Restaurant.
People on Two Street are ravaged and broken and proud and articulate. One man reads a poem. Another sings. One recites a prayer. A man explains the word “empathy.” A puffy-faced woman sits on a barstool sipping a beer, her hair pulled back with bangs over her forehead. She talks about never wanting to be alone, about sleeping with women and men, about alcoholism. “I found out on skid row that nothing was expected of me,” she says. Several men describe the dangers of Two Street, muggings and beatings, sometimes by police. “The police are servants, and that’s what they should understand they are,” one says. Jobs are a major theme. “We have to find out somehow how to give jobs to these poor guys, tramps if you want to say so,” a man says. Another insists, “The majority of the people want jobs—jobs, that’s what they want.” And another: “Look at me, a Black man, I can’t get a goddamned job.” Watching “Marshes” made me think about the absurdity of the city’s approach to homelessness. Mayor Darrell Steinberg and his colleagues portray homelessness as something new and baffling. In fact, it’s been part of the city since 1848. The city didn’t allow tents in 1966. Bums slept in flop houses or fields or West End sidewalks. More than anything, they wanted jobs. Today, you can’t mention jobs—the idea of homeless people working is inconceivable. Today we treat homeless as wayward children. The men and women of Two Street would hear that and laugh. R.E. Graswich can be reached at regraswich@iclould.com. Previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ insidesacramento. n
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Visitors to Old Sacramento kicked up their heels and celebrated St. Patrick’s Day at this interactive and family-friendly event. The festival featured a leprechaun hunt, music, dancing and food in addition to the region’s largest St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
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Branching Out Lucy Sakaishi-Judd Photo by Linda Smolek
BONSAI CLUB PRESIDENT KEEPS SHARING TRADITION ALIVE
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hen people see a bonsai plant, they’re amazed and want to touch it to see if it’s real,” Lucy Sakaishi-Judd says. “They’re flabbergasted by how small it is. The viewing of it is to see the
beauty.” Sakaishi-Judd is president of the Sacramento and Sierra bonsai clubs and a member of the American Bonsai Association, Sacramento. She is also a member of Bonsai Sekiyukai and Satsuki Aikokai, which specialize in Japanese
Azaleas. She oversees one of the most impressive bonsai collections in California. Her Rocklin property is a labyrinth of greenery, with hundreds of bonsai plants crowded on workbenches, shelves and swiveling displays. She learned the artform from her parents, devoted bonsai practitioners in Lincoln. But the second-generation bonsai artist credits her late husband Gary with sparking the couple’s passion for the cultivation of diminutive potted plants. “Before we were married, we saw a bonsai display by the Sierra Bonsai Club at the Penryn food festival,” SakaishiJudd recalls. “When Gary saw the beauty of the trees, he said, ‘Someday I’ll do that.’ We were married in 1991 and my mother was doing bonsai at the time, so we started doing bonsai. At one time, we were involved in seven clubs—some in the Bay Area and four local ones.” Gary Judd led the Sacramento Bonsai Club—oldest in California, established in 1946—for 25 years. He established the Capital City Bonsai Association to bring the four Sacramento clubs together in support of the nonprofit Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt. When he died in 2019, his wife took over the presidency. “Even though people come from all over, bonsai is a small world of friends and people,” says Sakaishi-Judd, who travels to conventions around the country and teaches workshops at bonsai clubs, in her home studio and on YouTube and Zoom. “People are all so kind in the bonsai world. Everybody shares.” Sakaishi-Judd’s love of sharing information follows a career in education. She taught science, home economics and aerobics, and coached tennis, volleyball, and track and field in the Roseville Joint Union High School District for 25 years. She had an aerobics TV show on Roseville’s Channel 8 and taught disco dance. She and Gary were well matched. He was a teacher and coach who started bonsai clubs at high schools where he worked. The couple created team apparel for the Sacramento Bonsai Club. Other bonsai groups copied the idea. The pair cultivated the enormous collection of plants Sakaishi-Judd tends today. Some trees date back decades, including specimens from the 1960s nurtured by SakaishiJudd’s parents. A few “pre-war” trees come from a family in Penryn whose neighbor looked after the plants when Japanese Americans were interned under the notorious Executive Order 9066. The Judds were asked by the family’s son to take care of the surviving plants. They are now displayed with plaques amid hundreds of other beautiful and meaningful specimens. In addition to maintaining and propagating plants in her garden, Sakaishi-Judd explores new hobbies, including fly-fishing. She recruits club members to ensure the next generation of bonsai aficionados is ready. “We don’t own bonsai. We are the caretakers,” she says. The American Bonsai Association, Sacramento's 62nd Annual Spring Show will be April 9–10 at the Shepard Garden and Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd. For information, visit abasbonsai.org. For information about the Sacramento Bonsai Club, visit sacbonsaiclub.com. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail. com. Previous profiles can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @insidesacramento. n
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Wide Open Race SHERIFF’S CONTEST PITS TWO VETERAN COPS
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oters can choose between two experienced lawmen for Sacramento County sheriff this year, with Jim Cooper and Jim Barnes running for the office vacated by Scott Jones. Cooper and Barnes both claim deep connections to the sheriff’s department, but they have taken different paths to the June primary. The sheriff’s job is nonpartisan, but the campaign may evolve into a battle over political backgrounds and ideology. Cooper is giving up his state Assembly seat to run for sheriff. Barnes is the current chief deputy in
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Sacramento. He has the endorsement of Jones, who is running for Congress. The race has historical significance for Cooper. The former sheriff’s captain ran against Jones for the sheriff’s job in 2010 and lost by about 3,000 votes. Barnes is a 22-year sheriff’s veteran. He worked at many levels, including manager of north division covering Arden-Arcade and Carmichael. Twice he was selected as the department’s employee of the year for service as a sexual assault investigator and homicide supervisor. Cooper spent 30 years in law enforcement before his first Assembly victory in 2014. He was elected to the Elk Grove City Council when that municipality was formed in 2000 while still on the job with the sheriff’s department. In 2005, the county Grand Jury issued a report critical of Cooper involving conflict of interest on votes concerning Elk Grove’s contract with the sheriff’s department. The Grand Jury report said Cooper and a council colleague (also a sheriff’s deputy) “exhibited a pattern of knowingly
and willfully disregarding their responsibility to abide by the conflict of interest provisions of state law.” The Grand Jury criticized the sheriff’s department, led then by Lou Blanas. Blanas endorsed Cooper over Jones in 2010 and has endorsed Cooper over Barnes this year. Cooper announced his sheriff’s candidacy at the state Capitol surrounded by local politicians. He spoke about the need for homeless housing, and additional help for mentally ill people and individuals addicted to drugs and alcohol. Cooper said he has raised more than $1 million for the sheriff’s race. Barnes said the Capitol setting was fitting for Cooper, noting how the former deputy “has changed tremendously since he last wore the uniform.” Barnes added, “Cooper is
more politician than a law enforcement officer.” The Deputy Sheriffs’ Association agrees with Barnes. The labor group endorsed Barnes in November, three months before Cooper announced his decision to run for sheriff. The deputies supported Cooper over Jones in 2010. The race marks the first time the local sheriff’s election has been held without an incumbent in 12 years. Expect a close outcome. Howard Schmidt worked on federal, state and local levels of government, including 16 years for Sacramento County. He can be reached at howardschmidt218@aol.com. Previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ insidesacramento. n
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Heard It All Before 4 CLICHÉS WE COULD DO WITHOUT
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eople in my line of work get used to reruns. That’s not to say I’ve heard it all before, but stuff has a way of repeating itself when you’ve been a chaplain for a few decades. Another thing I get accustomed to: clichés, especially those derived from biblical passages. Some I love. Others, not so much. Here’s a list of several unhealthy clichés: 1. “Love the sinner, hate the sin.” Try something for me, will you? Repeat the phrase aloud as if it’s being said about you. Do you hear how the words create an Us vs. Them dynamic? The speaker becomes the righteous person looking down at the poor miserable “sinner.”
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“Hate” is the word that gives me the most trouble. Even if God hates, and I know some believe he does, he certainly didn’t delegate that job to us. The cliché seems roughly 10 percent love and 90 percent hate. Yet we haven’t a clue why it doesn’t work. How about we replace this one with the truism, “God loves you.” Has a certain biblical ring to it, right? 2. “God told me.” This one claims to have God in your pocket. Back when I was in clergy school, a few of my fellow ministerial students told their girlfriends, “God told me we should get married.” Even then I could hear the ulterior motives. My wife, Becky, told one of her early suitors, “Let’s just wait until God tells me too.” God stayed quiet. We needn’t make up what God tells us to do when we have 66 biblical books presenting some good decisions. 3. “Christianity isn’t a religion; it’s a relationship.” I applaud the second half of this cliché, but the first half of the saying is intellectually false. You can’t say Christianity isn’t a religion. But if you say Christianity is “a unique religion,” you are in good
company with Boston University professor Stephen Prothero. In his book “God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World—and Why Their Differences Matter,” he dismisses a related cliché often voiced by people opposed to religion. Namely, that all religions are the same. Prothero shows how each belief, including Christianity, meets the criteria of a religion. The difference he sees is each religion is vastly different with opposing goals. For instance, Christians uniquely focus on eternal life, sin and salvation. Jews, Muslims, Buddhists and Confucians either don’t believe in sin or don’t concentrate on it. Honestly, the untruth has undertones of: “My religion is the only true one.” And if you insert John 14:6 and proclaim Jesus is the only way to know God, then you might as well add the conversation-stopper that all those who follow other religions are going to hell. 4. “Let’s agree to disagree.” This one is often used in discussions of religion and politics. Unfortunately, it’s a cliché many of us use to grab the last word of any discussion.
It’s definitely the cliché I would be tempted to use if I ever meet Jeff Myers of the conservative Colorado Christian University. His bio tells me there is some doctrine we don’t share. Yet I was able to find inspiration for this column in his blog. “Clichés produce shame, not change,” he writes. “They seem powerful at first because people ooh and ahh and applaud when they hear them.” Those who disagree are left feeling unspiritual. How long will it take us to realize that such shame-inducing tactics are counterproductive? I could go on, but that’s enough for today. Don’t hesitate to email if you’ve got any clichés you’d like to discuss. I really mean it, no cliché. Norris Burkes can be reached at comment@thechaplain.net. Previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @insidesacramento. Burkes is available for public speaking at civic organizations, places of worship, veterans groups and more. For details and fees, visit thechaplain.net. n
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From The Wreckage CAN COVID CHAOS DELIVER A NEW FUTURE?
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hat a difference a pandemic makes. In spring 2019, a buoyant Mayor Darrell Steinberg, doing his best Daniel Burnham imitation to “make no little plans,” unveiled his big vision for Old Sacramento and Downtown. Sacramento would leverage more than $40 million in hotel taxes left from the Convention Center and Community Center Theatre renovation and jazz up the waterfront. New attractions would include an outdoor concert venue, rooftop bars and a barge docked so people could swim safely near the Tower Bridge in our namesake river. The central city had arrived. Downtown would finally get its mustsee family attraction. Construction cranes were everywhere. The future looked bright. Steinberg would have a legacy other than heartache over the growing homeless and housing crises. Two years into the pandemic, a still optimistic-sounding Steinberg
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told about 1,000 people at Downtown Sacramento Partnership’s annual State of Downtown breakfast in February what most of them already knew. The waterfront makeover isn’t happening. All those state and other office workers fueling Downtown’s resurgence are not likely to return anytime soon. “State, local and private sector workers have become accustomed to telecommuting—and they like it,” Steinberg told the audience. But as someone prone to turn lemons into lemonade, he added: “The reality poses either a threat or an opportunity, especially for mid-size and smaller office buildings.” Owners of restaurants and other businesses that closed when office workers left might not want to hear it, but Steinberg sees opportunity where others see gloom. For years, cities such as Sacramento advanced redevelopment projects through tax-increment financing. Bonds were sold based on expected tax growth in designated, often blighted areas. Millions of dollars were raised for various improvements. Over the decades, redevelopment’s record was mixed. There were notable successes, but plenty of waste and abuse. After the state Legislature dissolved local redevelopment agencies in 2012, it created a new version two years later. The so-called “Enhanced Infrastructure
Finance Districts” work similarly to redevelopment, but with more restrictions. West Sacramento was the first California city to create such a district. As Steinberg noted, the city projects it can generate $535 million for infrastructure and affordable housing. Steinberg now wants to convince his fellow City Council members to create one of these districts Downtown, floating bonds and leveraging capital to attract tens of millions of dollars more in state, federal and private funds for affordable housing, infrastructure and more of the mixed-used developments that give cities life around the clock. As he says: “Simply put, it’s an economic incentive. It says to business, if you invest in our central city, we will return a percentage of the increase in property values to the central city. It can be bonded. It can be used for infrastructure, climate and affordable housing. It’s a potential game changer for our central city.” Sacramento already has approved two such districts, one for the Downtown
railyards and another for UC Davis Aggie Square off Stockton Boulevard. As we look back over the last 24 months and take stock of the chaos, disappointment and uncertainty, it’s easy to feel worn down and worried about what’s next. Cities are no different. Lingering problems are exposed and grow worse. People are displaced. Good ideas blow away like smoke. It’s hard to feel secure and hopeful. But crisis brings opportunity. If a tax-increment finance plan can get more people living and spending time Downtown, who knows? Maybe the pandemic leads to a healthier, more vibrant and diverse community. This won’t pay off quickly. There are no guarantees. But like Steinberg, I feel better thinking it just might work. Gary Delsohn can be reached at gdelsohn@gmail.com. Previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ insidesacramento. n
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A New Direction DIRECTOR WANTS COMMUNITY TO THINK BRADSHAW
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building was cramped and dingy— where unwanted dogs and cats went to die. When the public’s attitude toward companion animals began to change, shelters across the country broadened their scope to promote spaying and neutering, encourage adoptions, and recruit donors and volunteers. In 1995, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors approved a new $23 million animal facility. The 39,000-square-foot complex on 7 acres along Bradshaw Road opened in 2009.
Today’s county shelter features large indoor and outdoor dog kennels, individual cat condos, “habitat rooms” with viewing windows, behavior evaluation space, laundry and food prep areas, a multi-purpose auditorium for meetings, public artwork and patio courtyards, a barn and pasture area, and a spacious public dog park. “People are much more educated these days about what services shelters provide the community,” says Annette Bedsworth, new director
of the Bradshaw Animal Shelter. Bedsworth stepped into the role Feb. 14, replacing David Dickinson who retired last year after more than 20 years with county Animal Care and Regulation. “One of my goals is to make the Bradshaw Animal Shelter stand out in the community,” says Bedsworth, who oversees 55 full-time employees and a facility that takes in 13,000 animals a year (pre-COVID), with an annual budget of nearly $11 million. “Get more community engagement and more community support.” Bedsworth comes to Sacramento with 33 years of public service in Stanislaus County. In 2008, she became executive director of the Stanislaus animal shelter in Modesto. “I’ve always loved animals,” says Bedsworth, who grew up on a farm in Ceres. “We had cows, goats, pigs, dogs, cats. But I did my homework before becoming director of Stanislaus Animal Services. I knew I had the expertise for the management part. But before I accepted the position, I had to watch a euthanasia.” At the time, Stanislaus was euthanizing a hundred cats and kittens a day, Bedsworth says. “There was no program—nothing. That’s how animal services were delivered. About the seventh time I watched a euthanasia, I decided, I can do this because we need to stop this. This cannot be the norm. That was the turning point for me. We needed to do something different in our community.” Living in Hughson—a small town 5 miles east of Modesto—and married one year, Bedsworth considered retiring this year to join her husband, who works for the state and lives in Elk Grove. “When this job became available, it seemed like a perfect fit,” says Bedsworth. She accepted the Bradshaw position and moved to Elk Grove. At the Stanislaus shelter, she implemented a dog license amnesty program, where 8,000 new licenses were issued in 30 days, plus free microchips. A community cat program increased the “live release rate” from 9 percent to more than 90 percent. Healthy adult cats were spayed
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“Once you get into working in animal welfare, life-saving becomes an addiction. I understand why people are so compassionate about animals, because they are our family.” For information on adopting, volunteering or donating, visit animalcare.saccounty.gov. Cathryn Rakich can be reached at crakich@surewest.net. Previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ insidesacramento. n
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he Woodside condominium complex in Arden is a hidden gem. It’s a gated community on Howe Avenue between Sierra Boulevard and Northrup Avenue, and features a park setting with mature trees and gardens. The 725-unit planned apartment complex was developed in the 1960s and converted to condominiums around 1980. Homeowner Lyn Efken has been a resident since 1982, when she purchased a Woodside townhouse. After she retired as a speech pathologist
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and program administrator, she managed other Woodside properties for homeowners who rented their units. In 2014, she purchased a larger two-story, three-bedroom, two-and-ahalf-bath townhouse. “The windows overlook mature trees and have Eastern light exposure most of the day. “I had been dreaming of this unit for years!” she says. “I loved that this unit was 1,215 square feet when my previous unit was only 725 square feet.” Her favorite feature was the garage. Most Woodside units come with carports. There was a catch. The larger home had been vacant for 20 years. It needed a complete renovation. Efken lived in her existing home and spent almost two years completing the work. “I didn’t want any stress with the remodeling,” she says. “I wanted it to be fun.” When the drywall came down to the studs for electrical and lighting upgrades, she realized she had the
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opportunity to open up what are normally boxy condo rooms. “Opening up doorways on both floors brought in more natural light and views. The spaces instantly felt much larger,” she says. “This unit has beautiful large patios and great views.” The once small and dark front entry now opens to the kitchen. Efken selected the finishes, including drywall with bullnose corners, walnut-stained wood floors and elegant cream carpets. Blue accents on the furnishings and accessories add a cool touch to the warmth of the wood. The kitchen features contemporary painted wood cabinets, sleek stainless-steel appliances, a metallic tile backsplash and dark stone counters. She removed a wall of cabinets on the dining side and made a large pass-through to the dining room. She tore out a small laundry room in the kitchen and transferred the appliances to the garage, just a few feet away. “This opened up the kitchen even larger,” Efken says.
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She replaced the living and dining room sliding doors with French doors to the patio. “I took out a wood-burning fireplace and installed an electric unit. Much cleaner and easier to use,” she says. Bathroom renovations introduced different color schemes that relate to other rooms for a cohesive design. Efken created small window openings to bring more natural light to her stairwell and master bath shower. The center of the three bedrooms upstairs was opened to create a generous library and office with access to the second-floor balcony patio. In addition to the renovations, Efken’s art and accessories reflect the interesting woman who lives there. “Everything in my home are things that I have chosen for myself,” Efken says. “They all have meaning to me.” Be they paintings she brought back from Hong Kong, Venice and Spain or the art objects she collects, everything has a story. “I think that’s why my house is so special to me, and why I love it so much,” she says. Cecily Hastings can be reached at publisher@insidepublications.com. To recommend a home or garden, contact editor@insidepublications. com. More photography and previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @insidesacramento. n
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Baseball Strikes Out GAME CAN’T KEEP UP WITH CHANGING TIMES
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y friend Bill Conlin would fill the room with unprintable words if he could hear what I’m about to say. But Bill is resting at St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery and not likely to notice. Bill was a baseball guy. The demise of baseball in Sacramento saddened him. He died two years before the River Cats arrived and never had the pleasure of wrapping his hands around a cold beer at Raley Field or Sutter Health Park. As a newspaper sports editor, he covered the burials of two Solons iterations, in 1961 and 1976. So I hope Bill’s spirit forgives me for saying it’s a good thing Sacramento isn’t a baseball town these days. Because baseball is dying. The theory that Sacramento was a baseball town for about 100 years is sacrosanct among old-timers and local history buffs. They point to black and white photos of Edmonds
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Field bleachers filled with fans in fedoras cheering the Solons. They cite an assembly line of youngsters who emigrated from area high schools to big league stardom. All that’s in the past. And while the River Cats still deliver a valued product and attract decent crowds, the sweet and subtle pull of baseball, the magnetic urgency that once upon a springtime compelled fans to tune into games on radios and study box scores in sports pages, is long gone, along with transistor radios and daily newspapers. Baseball is marching toward the graveyard, following Conlin’s two other favorite sports, prize fighting and horseracing. Baseball knows it’s dying and is desperate to slow if not reverse the slide. But it’s too late. Only fundamental change—radical surgery—can save the game, and even that’s questionable. Baseball’s appeal has always been its timelessness and indifference to cultural shifts. Fundamental change would transform baseball into a different product. The problems run deeper than labor disputes. They include sclerotic conditions of an ancient fan base, evolving consumer tastes, and digital competition for time and money. There are too many games. They extend too late into the night. Even customers
who appreciate baseball’s lazy pace are driven to the exits by endless pitching changes. Baseball owners see declining attendance but can’t respond. They talk about introducing a clock or changing the distance between the pitcher’s mound and home plate, but traditionalists won’t allow such manipulations. Instead, a dying game gets a haircut and manicure, with new rules to stop defensive shifts and pitchers who cheat by smearing sticky stuff on the ball. To understand baseball’s fate, study the response to its shameful history— the racist policies that prevented African Americans from playing in the majors. Jackie Robinson, who joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 as the first Black player, endured death threats, taunts and boycotts from Southern players, including his own teammates. Sacramento played a role in a workaround to baseball’s Jim Crow outrage. In 1946, the West Coast Baseball Association was formed. The league featured African American players banned from baseball because of race. Teams followed the Pacific Coast League and were based in San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, San Diego, Portland and Seattle.
Sacramento didn’t have a team. But the S.F. Sea Lions and Oakland Larks scheduled a dozen games at Edmonds Field, Riverside and Broadway. The Bee noted two Sea Lions stars, pitcher Art “Smokey” Demery, “a speedball righthander,” and Jesse Alexander, “the one-armed centerfielder.” Alexander “is in the Sea Lions outfield strictly on his merits,” the newspaper said, adding, “Regular Coast League prices will prevail” at the ticket booth. Gov. Earl Warren tossed the first pitch for the new league May 12 in San Francisco. Six days later, a crowd of 705 at Edmonds Field watched the Sea Lions defeat the L.A. White Sox 11-3. The league shut down two months later as the Dodgers prepared to finally end baseball’s segregation. Jackie Robinson towered above bigotry. He thrived without regard to the game’s racism and fear. Seventy-five years later, the problems are different. But a fatal stubbornness endures until the end. R.E. Graswich can be reached at regraswich@icloud.com. Previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ insidesacramento. n
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Growing Viral EDIBLES AND ORNAMENTALS ARE TRENDING HOT
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ads are fleeting. Remember steampunk, planking, selfie sticks, the ice bucket challenge and the Macarena? Social media platforms and marketing staffs predict and inflate fads. Eventually, the air escapes and we read about the next must-have product. Gardening has fads, often called trends. By definition, a fad arrives overnight and quickly disappears. Trends gradually evolve and may (or not) endure. Both are lumped into one category when predicting the most popular colors, plants and design choices for gardens and outdoor living areas. Garden Media Group, an influential public relations and marketing firm, releases an annual trend report. For 2022, it predicts growth in seed starting, container gardening and “organic and natural products.” Beginning gardening tools will be hot sellers, along with vegetable and herb gardening and the creation of outdoor “escape areas.” Similar to other trend reports, GMG predicts edible gardening will continue to gain strength with flower gardening to help ease our anxiety about food prices and pandemic chaos. National gardening predictions may be fun to peruse, but gardening is local. In Sacramento, we have our own unique “trendy fads” and tastes. We know what we like and so do our local nurseries that buy and stock based on your requests and buying habits. What are our neighbors buying from local nurseries?
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Julia Oldfield, co-owner of Big Oak Nursery in Elk Grove, says edibles continue in high demand. Inflation has intensified interest. “Prices of groceries and food insecurity are the reasons,” she says. “Every year groceries get more expensive. We are selling a lot of bare-root fruit trees, blueberries, figs. Staples, like tomatoes, peppers and eggplant, are the most popular summer choices.” Oldfield cites the “stay-at-home” movement for a bump in ornamentals. “They want their home to look good and increase in value. We have had lots of customers who are re-landscaping their entire yards.” Because more folks work at home, succulents and houseplants are favorites, according to Oldfield. “It looks nice with a houseplant in the background during your Zoom meeting.” “When you think Talini’s, you think tomatoes,” says Kevin Johnson, a nursery manager at Talini’s Nursery & Garden Center in East Sacramento. “We have all the tomato varieties, heirlooms and hybrids. We expect to sell lots of peppers and herbs, too.” Jill Franklin, Talini’s general manager and buyer, constantly orders
seed packets and cites herbs, vegetables, perennials, pottery and bagged soil amendments as hot sellers. Citrus trees are in demand at Talini’s, but stocking them is a challenge. “There are not a lot of citrus trees out there, for some reason,” Franklin says. “Some growers seemed to sell out of everything.” According to Johnson, Talini’s customers don’t seem too concerned about drought-tolerant varieties, but will take home “anything with color.” Drought-tolerant purchases are mostly succulents. “Succulents are increasing in popularity,” Johnson says. “Not only are they drought-efficient, but they are easy to grow and maintain and that makes them a hit with getting kids involved.” Quentyn Young, nursery manager at Fair Oaks Boulevard Nursery, says his customers have fallen in love with houseplants and anything edible, especially vegetables and fruit trees. “Everybody wants their home and home office to feel inviting and houseplants also help clean the air,” Young says. “Instagram really pushes the popularity of certain houseplant varieties.”
Take a picture with Inside and email a high-resolution copy to travel@insidepublications.com or submit directly from our website at InsideSacramento.com. Due to volume of submissions, we cannot guarantee all photos will be printed or posted. Find us on Facebook and Instagram: InsidePublications. Fruit trees and other edibles, especially vegetables, became even bigger sellers during the pandemic, he says. “People learned how easy it is to grow food the last two years.” Pottery and garden art are neighborhood favorites, too. “Garden art is selling well because it makes people happy to see their outside space reflect their personal vibe,” Young says. Customers ask for milkweed, the host plant for monarch butterfly egg-laying, pollinator seed mixes and droughttolerant plants at Fair Oaks Boulevard Nursery. “The average gardener knows we will always have water issues going forward,” Young says. Dan Vierria is a University of California Cooperative Extension Master Gardener for Sacramento County. He can be reached at masterg29@ gmail.com. For answers to gardening questions, contact the UCCE Master Gardeners at (916) 876-5338, email mgsacramento@ucanr.edu or visit sacmg.ucanr.edu. Previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @ insidesacramento. n
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‘We Are Here’
SCIENTIST-ARTIST PORTRAYS WOMEN OF COLOR IN STEM
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s she lists her proudest achievement, Semarhy Quiñones-Soto doesn’t mention her Ph.D. in microbiology or her published coloring book depicting diverse women in science, tech, engineering and math. She doesn’t even cite her job as a biological sciences lecturer at Sacramento State. Instead, she returns to when she was a teenager and her mother allowed her into a lab at the University of Puerto Rico and let the youngster
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clean the autoclave—an expensive sterilization machine. “My mother wouldn’t allow anyone to touch that autoclave, but she taught me how to clean it at 15,” Quiñones-Soto says. “I’m very proud of that particular achievement.” There’s no doubt that spending time in her parents’ labs as a child influenced Quiñones-Soto’s career path. But she notes her brother grew up in the same home and pursued a creative career. Quiñones-Soto has bridged the two: She’s a respected bacterial geneticist who earned her doctorate studying the origin of mutations under stressful conditions, and she’s an artist who uses digital illustrations to celebrate women of color in STEM. Her self-published coloring book, “Types of Scientists: A Coloring Book for All Ages,” has sold more than 1,100 copies on Amazon. “I made the book with the intention to increase visibility of women of color as STEM professionals,” says Quiñones-Soto, whose book
includes beautiful drawings and information about different types of scientists. “I hope this information helps younger adults or undergrads who are still exploring. When I taught a freshman seminar a few years ago, I asked my students what their career of interest was. Twenty-four out of 25 of them wanted to go into medicine. I asked why. They said, ‘That’s what we know.’ It’s not necessarily what they want, but they don’t know that they have all these other options that could potentially be of interest.” When Quiñones-Soto isn’t drawing or teaching, she works as associate project director for the California State University Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, which serves all 23 CSU campuses. She also serves as research coordinator for the Stokes Alliance and the Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement. She benefitted from similar programs as an undergraduate in Puerto Rico and wants Sac State students to have the same opportunities. The initiatives help underrepresented students obtain doctorate degrees, Quiñones-Soto explains, adding, “When I participated in those programs, they opened doors
for me and prepared me to apply to graduate programs.” Quiñones-Soto sees her artwork as another way to help underrepresented people enter the sciences. According to the National Science Foundation, Black women represent 12.2 percent of the U.S. female population but hold only 4.2 percent of doctoral degrees in science. Latinx women represent 13.7 percent of females but hold only 5.8 percent of science doctorates. Maybe a coloring book can help turn the tide. “When I was first posting the drawings online, women would say to me that they wish they’d had these as a kid, that, ‘I see myself in here,’” she says. “The message that I want to give is to let other women know that we are here as STEM workers and you can be too. It’s an affirmation that yes, we exist and you can join us. Even though we’re not portrayed as much, we are here. And we are working.”
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3 The Old Way SOME THINGS DON’T CHANGE ON THE WATERFRONT
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f you haven’t been to Old Sacramento recently, you may not know the historical district has undergone a rebrand. The dining scene remains varied and, like most tourist districts, fluid. But three local treasures—The Firehouse Restaurant, Rio City Cafe and Fanny Ann’s Saloon—have stayed the course. They offer novel dining experiences that
are quintessential Sacramento. The Old Sacramento Waterfront, as it’s now known, aims to draw tourists and locals with an interactive, playful take on the historic district. You’ll find Instagram-ready sculptures, amusement park rides and more candy than a dentist would recommend. You’ll also find food and drink worth a visit.
Rio City Cafe celebrated its 25th anniversary not long before COVID-19 shut down restaurants. It’s fully reopened and the spacious riverfront deck is still one of the most pleasant places in the city to grab a drink or meal. Rio City’s location on a wooden boardwalk jutting over the Sacramento River creates a
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sensation between time travel and timelessness. Locals know Rio City for weekend brunch. The crabcake Benedict and prime rib chilaquiles are both worth the visit. Go on a bright Sunday morning, sip a brunch cocktail and watch the boats go by. What some of us overlook is Rio City’s dinner menu, which features one of the area’s best clam chowders, an insanely indulgent sourdough cheese loaf and prime rib on weekends. Rio City Cafe walks the line between special occasion destination and casual local joint. You’ll see a Downtown business crowd having lunch next to a T-shirt and shorts party. It all works. The high-ceiling dining room, built to evoke the riverfront shipping warehouses of the 19th century, brings charm and comfort. Two streets away, you’ll find a nonstop party at Fanny Ann’s Saloon, a bar and restaurant that’s been serving up questionable fare to questionable patrons for nearly 50 years. (And I mean that in the nicest way.) Since 1973, Fanny Ann’s has been a 3 1/2-story funhouse filled with arcane
memorabilia of the city’s past alongside unexplainable bric-a-brac from around the world. It’s the kind of place where you’d expect the signature dish to be a hamburger smeared with peanut butter. You haven’t heard of the Jiffy Burger? A massive patty topped with bacon and jack cheese liberally doused with gooey peanut butter, the Jiffy might be Sacramento’s second-most famous burger after the Squeeze Inn’s Squeeze With Cheese. You’ll need a beverage to wash it down. Thankfully Fanny Ann’s has a sizable beer selection to accompany its version of “haute cuisine.” At the other end of the spectrum is The Firehouse, the grand dame of Sacramento dining. The sumptuous 19th century dining room feels like it hasn’t changed since 1870, but the modern Firehouse has been slinging the city’s most upscale hash since 1960. Under Executive Chef Stephen Ashley, the menu ranges from wild game to fresh-caught fish to decadent plates with ingredients from around the world. The chef’s tasting menu, an elegant tour of the season, is an evening’s entertainment, especially
when paired with wines from the legendary wine cellar. The Firehouse Courtyard remains one of the most serene outdoor dining spaces in town. If there’s not a wedding or political fundraiser underway, get a table beneath the trees and enjoy the warm Sacramento night. Among these three standouts, visitors and locals will find something to like. The history of our region is on display at the Old Sacramento Waterfront. We’re lucky our culinary history is on display as well.
Rio City Café is at 1110 Front St.; (916) 442-8226; riocitycafe.com. Fanny Ann’s Saloon is at 1023 Second St.; (916) 441-0505; fannyannssaloon. com. The Firehouse Restaurant is 1112 Second St.; (916) 442-4772; firehouseoldsac.com. Greg Sabin can be reached at gregsabin@hotmail.com. Our Inside Sacramento Restaurant Guide and previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @insidesacramento. n
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TO DO THIS MONTH'S CULTURE & ENTERTAINMENT HIGHLIGHTS
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“Bird on Fence” by Wagner at Archival Gallery
Staying Connected
Annual Bonsai Show & Sale
Archival Gallery Through April 30 Second Saturday Reception April 9, 5–8 p.m. 3223 Folsom Blvd. • archivalgallery.com This group exhibition, featuring works by artists impacted by Parkinson’s and related brain disorders, is dedicated to the memory of Tom Neath, husband of gallery owner D. Neath, who passed away Jan. 1. In partnership with the Parkinson Association of Northern California, a portion of proceeds will be donated to support enhancing the lives of people with Parkinson’s, their families and care partners. Featured artists include Russ Hood, Anthony Montanino and Wagner.
American Bonsai Association, Sacramento Saturday and Sunday, April 9 & 10, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Shepard Garden and Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd. • abasbonsai.org This free event features bonsai trees and bonsai-related items for sale. Portland bonsai artist Andrew Robson presents a demonstration each day at 1:30 p.m. with his demo trees included in a daily raffle. Check out the Beginner’s Workshop for $10 on Sunday from 10 a.m. to noon. To register, contact Renee Seely at (916) 929-2106 or breadcrust@comcast. net.
Sacramento Earth Day Environmental Council of Sacramento Sunday, April 24, 11 a.m.–4 p.m. 8th and T streets • ecosacramento.net Learn ways to reduce your ecological footprint at the largest Earth Day celebration in Sacramento. Exhibitors include local artists and makers of environmentally friendly products, city and county agencies, community groups and nonprofits. Enjoy a display of electric vehicles with free EV test drives, interactive educational games and a kids’ area, live music, plant-based cuisine and valet parking for bicycles.
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Stories on Stage Stories on Stage Sacramento Friday, April 22, 7 p.m. CLARA Auditorium, 2420 N St. • storiesonstagesacramento.com This award-winning literary performance series presents work from “All the Secrets of the World” by Steve Almond and “You Only Get Letters From Jail” by Jodi Angel, read aloud by professional actors followed by a Q&A with the authors. Tickets are a $10 suggested donation.
Ron Cunha Tribute Concert at Clubhouse Sports Bar & Grill
“Strawberry Stand” by David Peterson at R25 Arts Complex
Ron Cunha Tribute Concert Cunha Big Band Tuesday, April 5, 7 p.m. Clubhouse Sports Bar & Grill, 5150 Fair Oaks Blvd. • (916) 979-1422 Sacramento musicians honor the late jazz giant and bandleader Ron Cunha in this free concert featuring members of his 16-piece band, including Tim Taylor, Darius Babazadeh, Levi Saelua and Kurt Pearsall, with vocals by Susan Skinner. After an eminent career performing and teaching, the bandleader/trombonist died in January at age 64.
Second Saturday Art Festival Sacramento SPCA and California Stage Saturday, April 9, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. R25 Arts Complex, 1725 25th St. • calstage.org This free event benefitting the SSPCA and California Stage features work by local artists. As part of Music in the Courtyard, watercolorist David Peterson displays his work in the Courtyard Gallery to the tunes of Brazilian guitarist Felipe Ferraz.
On the Edge: Artworks by Ed Forrest PBS KVIE Gallery April 5 through June 3 2030 West El Camino Ave. • kvie.org East Sac resident Ed Forrest’s hard-edge abstract images, full of vivid layers of color and texture, won an award in the contemporary category in the 2021 PBS KVIE Art Auction. His former career restoring stone, marble and tile are evident in his juxtaposition of colorful shapes.
Doggy Dash Sacramento SPCA Saturday, April 23, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. William Land Park, 1702 Sutterville Road • sspca.org/dash Join Northern California’s largest 2k/5k walk to support the SSPCA and the more than 35,000 animals in need each year. Individual walkers can participate for $35. Create or join a team for $45. “The Summer Wind” by Ed Forrest at PBS KVIE Gallery
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Spring Eggstravaganza Fairytale Town Saturday & Sunday, April 16 & 17, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. 3901 Land Park Drive • fairytaletown.org Join Fairytale Town for an egg-citing weekend featuring egg hunts, prizes, spring-themed arts and crafts, and more. Redeem your eggs for a prize. Puppet Art Theater Company performs “Bunny Boot Camp” in the Children’s Theater at 12:30, 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $1 for members and $2 for non-members. Visit Peter Cottontail on the Mother Goose Stage where professional photos are available for $5 or take your own for free.
Annual Bonsai Show & Sale at Shepard Garden and Arts Center
Gold Country Book Tour Saturday, April 30 Various locations • goldcountrybooktour.com Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day by visiting stores throughout Sacramento, Folsom, Davis and Elk Grove to browse and buy books and exclusive merchandise. Ask for a passport at your first bookstore and win prizes by spending a minimum of $10 at each bookstore. For a list of participating stores, visit the event website.
Crystal Hermitage Tulip Garden Ananda Village April 1–30, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. 14618 Tyler Foote Road, Nevada City • crystalhermitage.org If you’re up for a drive for a truly special once-a-year experience, don’t miss tulip season. Crystal Hermitage is planted with more than 17,000 tulips and other spring flowers. Advance tickets are required. Adults 13 and older are $10 on weekdays and $12 on weekends; kids 3–12 are $1. Season passes for unlimited visits are $25.
Organ Recital with Lauma Akmene St. John's Lutheran Church Sunday, April 24, 4 p.m. 1701 L St.• stjohnslc.org This recital will feature Latvian organist Lauma Akmene, director of music at Davis Lutheran. General admission is $20; $15 for students, seniors and AGO members; free for children 12 and younger.
“Seven Special Garden Spaces” tour in River Park
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Seven Special Garden Spaces River Park Garden Club Saturday, April 23, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Various locations • (916) 454-5637 These self-guided tours of seven diverse River Park gardens include an entertainment paradise and an edible landscape. A Master Gardener answers questions from 11 a.m. to noon. A plant boutique has items for sale. Tickets are $5 and may be reserved by calling (916) 454-5637 or purchased on tour day at Carlson Drive and Camelia Avenue.
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Sacramento Autorama Rod Shows April 29–May 1 Cal Expo, 1600 Exposition Blvd. • hotrodshows.com/sacramento-autorama More than 500 of the finest custom cars, hot rods, motorcycles and lowriders are on display. Erik Estrada from “CHiPs” will sign autographs. Tickets are $20 for adults 13 and older; $10 for kids 6–12; free for kids 5 and younger.
Open Garden UC Master Gardeners of Sacramento County Wednesday, April 13, 9 a.m.–noon Fair Oak Horticulture Center, 11549 Fair Oaks Blvd. • sacmg.ucanr.edu Perennials are in full bloom, the orchard is ready for summer pruning, warm-season vegetables are off to a good start, berries are vigorously sprouting new canes and herbs are shooting up. Master Gardeners will be available to answer questions at this free event.
E Street Gallery April 9–30, Saturdays & Sundays, Noon–5 p.m. Second Saturday Reception April 9, 5–8 p.m. 1115 E Street • artbyfire.org Enjoy this free show of glass, metal and ceramic art—all made by fire—by experienced and upcoming regional artists.
Park and Garden Spring Fling Mirasol Village Community Garden and Park Saturday, April 23, 1–4 p.m. 1200-1232 Delta Street • Search “Mirasol” at eventbrite.com Activities at this free event include garden workshops, tree walks, community mural painting, garden and craft projects for kids, a seed/plant swap, tours and more.
Kalani Kafe: A Heavenly Island Dessert Diner Experience The Creative Space Friday, April 8, 5–9 p.m. 1525 U St. • Search “Kalani Kakes” at facebook.com Bring your appetite for Hawaiian cakes, cupcakes, mochi, jams, cookies, drinks and more by local bakery Kalani Kakes. Limited indoor and outdoor seating available.
New Paintings: Kevin McGovern Little Real Estate Services April 9–30 Second Saturday Reception April 9, 5:30–7:30 p.m. 855 57th St. • littleres.com Paintings, drawings and prints by Kevin McGovern are featured at the new offices of Little Real Estate Services. Many examples of McGovern’s California Coast, California Valley and Swimming Pool series are on display. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. Submissions are due six weeks prior to the publication month. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @insidesacramento. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. Submissions are due six weeks prior to the publication month. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @insidesacramento. n
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