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SCENIC VIEW OF SACRAMENTO RIVER Amazing home in highly desirable South Pocket neighborhood. Enjoy water front living in this 5 bed 3½ bath home, featuring grand entry, soaring ceilings and beautiful windows with lots of natural light throughout, gourmet kitchen with 2 sinks and walk-in pantry, outdoor kitchen w/ BBQ & huge 3-car garage. $949,500 MONA GERGEN 916-247-9555, JULIANNE PARK 916-541-8403

6 BEDROOM ELK GROVE Beautiful spacious home with many wonderful upgrades. Two bedrooms downstairs. Professionally landscaped yard with nice large covered patio. Amazing kitchen with pretty white quartz counter tops, huge island and pantry. Huge master suite with big walk-in closet. Large driveway with plenty of parking space. Shows like a model home! $538,000 MONA GERGEN 916-247-9555

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DESIRABLE PARK PLACE SOUTH Single story half plex home with $100,000 in seller improvements. 2 bedroom 2 bath, updated kitchen and baths. Master bath shower has glass tile wall. Four Velux remote control skylites and shades! Travertine tile Àoors, new carpet. New Trane HVAC with nest thermostat. HOA provides front yard care and the tennis/pickle ball courts. $365,000 CONNIE LANDSBERG 916-761-0411

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CUSTOM POCKET HOME High quality custom built 4 bedroom home just steps from the river. 3-car garage! Bed and bath downstairs! 2018 new designer carpet, paint in/out, fence, backyard landscape, lights and front door. 2013 High-end kitchen remodeled with custom cabinets, gas range, ss appliances. tile Àoors, large laundry room. Two ¿replaces. $535,000 MONA GERGEN 916-247-9555

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LAGUNA ESTATES ELK GROVE Gorgeous stone entry home! 4 bedrooms 4 baths in gated community with great schools. Bedroom and bath on 1st Àoor. Huge loft/bonus room. Corian type counters tops, upgraded cherry stain cabinets throughout, stainless steel appliances, kitchen pantry, dual ovens and two islands. Stamped patio & paths. 3-car tandem garage. $545,000 MONA GERGEN 916-247-9555

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GOREOUS ELK GROVE 4 bedroom 3 bath home, beautiful kitchen with cherry cabinets, island, granite counters, S.S. appliances. Of¿ce with custom bookcases, formal dining, family room with ¿replace and bonus loft upstairs. Amazing master suite and downstairs bedroom and full bath. Perfect backyard for entertaining. $625,000 NATHAN SHERMAN 916-969-7379 BETH SHERMAN 916-800-4343

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AMAZING POCKET AREA REMODEL 3 bedroom 2 bath. Gorgeous remodeled kitchen and bathrooms. Newer laminate Àoors. New stacked stone ¿replace, quartz in bathrooms, paint inside and out. Huge new cement patio and backyard landscaping. New microwave, lights, ¿xtures and entry tile Àoor. Walkin closet, separate living & family rooms & kitchen nook. What a great home! $475,000 MONA GERGEN 916-247-9555

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CONVENIENT ELK GROVE LOCATION Walk to parks, schools, shopping and restaurants. Single story 5 bedroom 2½ bath home boasts two family rooms, an updated kitchen with newer double ovens and cooktop. Tile Àoors. Dual pane windows and ceiling fans throughout. Solar/gas water heater. 2-car garage with workshop area, RV pad. Covered Patio, lush backyard! $430,000 CONNIE LANDSBERG 916-761-0411

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12 Days of Help and Hope ART PRINT SALES RAISE $151,520 FOR PARADISE FIRE VICTIMS

he “Twelve Days of Christmas” song is still fresh in my mind in early January. As every child knows, the festive tune tells the story of a series of gifts given to a loved one that grow in quantity each day. Local artist and gallery owner Tim Collom, who’s also an accomplished Realtor, experienced a similar joy when he set out to offer some signed giclee

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art prints to help raise funds for the Paradise fire victims. “Like everyone, I was just blown away at the devastation of this community. And I had no connection to that area at all. But the whole darn town had burned to the ground,” Collom says. In 2017, Collom created a large, colorful painting of the entire state of California. Previously, he specialized in landscapes common to the state’s major regions, including Tahoe, the Wine Country, the Capitol, beaches and the like. “Someone suggested I combine them into one painting,” Collom says. After selling hundreds of paintings over the years, he loved the California piece enough to keep it for himself. “The only one,” he adds.

But the image became iconic to Collom. He sold prints of all sizes, and generously donated prints to charity fundraisers. “This was the first image that came to mind when I thought I could raise funds. I chose it because it is the entire state that was so saddened by the two regional fires,” Collom says. Tim’s original goal was to raise $4,000 in print sales. He worked with local HFA Print Gallery to determine the cost of 100 prints, plus packing and shipping. The prints were sold for $40, plus tax. They promised delivery by Christmas. He and his gallery launched the fundraiser Nov. 12, using Collom’s extensive social media audience for his art business. And boy, did he underestimate the demand!

The first day brought $35,000 in orders after it went viral on social media. “We were blown away, yet very anxious that we could manage the demand,” Collom says. “We were worried that our website would crash, but thankfully it didn’t.” As sales grew every day, he began to worry about how the money would best directly benefit the victims. Gratefully, one of his Facebook fans introduced him to her husband, Brian Rice, president of California Professional Firefighters. Collom met with Rice and decided to donate the funds to the organization’s foundation after realizing that firefighters are literally the boots on the ground and know a community’s needs firsthand. “What I loved was that they issue $250 debit cards to each victim

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Brian Rice, president of California Professional Fireﬁghters, and real estate agent Tim Collom with the artist’s original painting of California. Tim Collom created the original painting of California in 2017. registered with FEMA. They can spend it on whatever they need,” Collom says. “It was the perfect solution. Onehundred percent went to victims.” Bay Area media coverage helped broaden the appeal. A social media post by U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris brought a fresh audience that kept the sales coming in. By Nov. 24, the campaign ended after reaching $150,000. “Everyone involved was exhausted, and this included me, my gallery staff and the printer. And we had reached the timeframe where Christmas delivery was not possible,” Collom says. But another twist came when they started planning for Collom to sign all 4,000 prints as promised. The signing—which was still not complete when I interviewed Collom in early

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December—took an enormous amount of his time, mostly at night. And this was despite a system to organize the process, including having a page-turner at his side. “I’m certainly not complaining, because this is my contribution, and a completely insignificant one after what the firefighters went through. Keep in mind that 55 of them lost their own homes.” Collom reports print sales came from around the world, but more than 75 percent came from California residents. It was a glorious day when Collom handed the California Professional Firefighters Foundation a check for $151,520 on Nov. 28. Brian Rice received the money at a local fire station. Collom brought the large

original painting along for folks to see. Sort of by accident, the firefighters started signing the back. “I was delighted when I saw them doing that,” he says. “I was totally blown away by the generosity and kindness of folks. I’m so proud to be a part of this wonderful community. I am grateful from the bottom of my heart for the support,” Collom adds. The experience was the highlight of Collom’s life so far. “No question!” he adds for emphasis. In fact, the United States is the most generous country on the planet, by far. Americans are moved to give large and small for those in need every day of the year.

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Boogie Night NOTHING BUT CLASSICS ON TAP AT ELKS

iss the good old days of rock ’n’ roll and Motown? The place to be is Elks Lodge No. 6 for a “Blast From The Past” dance Saturday, Jan. 19. No-host cocktails begin at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m. DJ Darryl Tatum will play music, including special requests, all night long. There will be a costume contest, so dust off those poodle skirts, minis, boots and tie-dyed attire. Tickets are $20 per person before Jan. 10 and $25 thereafter, and can be purchased at the lodge office or at the door.

MEMORY-CARE WORKSHOP An educational workshop and luncheon will take place Tuesday, Jan. 15, at the Revere Court Memory Care facility. Caregivers, family and loved ones are encouraged to visit and connect with each other. The workshop is scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon, with a lunch immediately

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following. For more information or to reserve a spot, contact Casey Simon at (916) 392-3510 by Jan. 12. Revere Court Memory Care, located at 7707 Rush River Drive, offers a day program, support-group meetings, respite and residential care for people with memory impairment.

BUILD A BURGER The Pocket neighborhood now has a “build your own burger” restaurant. Burgerim is designed as a “fast casual” place that lets customers customize each burger from a variety of buns, signature sauces and toppings. The new owners had a soft opening in late November and are now running at full speed. Sacramento’s newest Burgerim is in the Promenade Shopping Center.

COFFEE AND CONVERSATION Start off the New Year with great coffee and a chance to meet your neighbors. An informal community group meets every Wednesday between 7 and 10 a.m. at the family-owned restaurant Café Latte in the Riverlake Village Shopping Center.

INTRO TO IKEBANA The classic art of Japanese flower arranging, “Ikenobo Ikebana,” will be taught at ACC Senior Services on Jan. 7, 14 and 20 from 2 to 3 p.m. Students will learn the essential principles and techniques of Ikebana and create a unique arrangement in each class. Cost is $30 per class and preregistration is required. To register, contact Anna Su at (916) 393-9026, ext. 330. ACC Senior Services is at 7334 Park City Drive.

CHILI COOK-OFF Elks Lodge No. 6 will hold its eighth annual Chili Cook-Off on Sunday, Jan. 27, with the contest at 4 p.m. and dinner at 5 p.m. The chili-tasting fee is $10 per person and includes a bakedpotato bar with all the trimmings. Contest winners will be announced at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets to taste the Pocket’s best chili made by friends and neighbors are available at the lodge office. Act quickly because the cook-off, limited to 100 guests, is one of the most popular events of the year on Riverside Boulevard. There is a $5 entry fee (which includes a dinner ticket) for all contestants. For information on entering, contact Gina D’Arcangelo at (916) 601-8745 or ginadarcangelo@aol. com.

LIBRARY EVENTS The Robbie Waters PocketGreenhaven Library has several activities scheduled for January. The Book Discussion Group, Saturday, Jan. 5, at 1 p.m., will discuss “The Woman Next Door” by Yewande Omotoso. With humor and charm, this work of fiction depicts the collapse of a feud between two elderly neighbors, one white, one black, in a Cape Town, South Africa, suburb. Some reviewers have

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Concrete Mess At Kennedy SCHOOL RIPS OUT NEW SIDEWALKS, BUT PRICE IS RIGHT

alancing their budget has become a difficult assignment for administrators in the Sacramento City Unified School District. But city school leaders don’t mess around when it comes to lousy concrete work at Kennedy High School. Twice in recent months, the district contrived a three-year budget proposal that was short by $66.5 million. When I heard about newly poured concrete being ripped out at Kennedy, I wondered if there was a connection. Sometimes, a small problem—like poorly installed concrete—reflects larger incompetence, like millions of dollars in deficit spending.

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But it turns out Kennedy’s concrete scandal isn’t tied to the school district’s budget troubles. Sometimes, bad concrete is just bad concrete. The Sacramento County Office of Education flagged the Sac City Unified budget deficit. Many local school districts can’t be trusted to maintain balanced books without oversight. So the state requires county offices to make sure the pluses and minuses equal out. Mountains of taxpayer dollars are at stake. Thankfully, Sac City Unified makes no attempt to hide its imbalance. The school district’s website shows 2018-19 revenue and expenses misaligned by almost $28 million. The question is: why? The obvious answer—city schools blow more money than they take in— only goes so far. The devil lurks in the details. Pocket residents, always alert for follies that waste taxpayer dollars, noticed a curious series of expenditures

around Kennedy High over the past six months. They saw workers fence off sections of the campus, rip out old sidewalks, parking and landscaping, and pour hundreds of yards of fresh concrete to improve access and general appearance. The work was no folly. It was long overdue. Sac City schools communications chief Alex Barrios tells me concrete was replaced in front of the Kennedy campus, on a ramp near the cafeteria and in the gym courtyard. The parking lot was repaired to meet disability access requirements. But a few months after the concrete was poured, another group of workers showed up, erected fences and began ripping out the brand-new sidewalks. “Concrete work performed by the subcontractor was rejected as defective,” Barrios says, describing the problems as “missing control joints, uneven surfaces, crooked expansion joints, etc.” At this point, Sac City Unified entered a world familiar to many homeowners who run into trouble with

construction projects. The subcontractor declined to fix the mistakes. Delays ensued. A new subcontractor was hired. At last, removal of the bad concrete and replacement work began. The good news, Barrios says, is the concrete fix comes at “no cost” to the school district. Out of curiosity, I dug through the Sac City Unified budget to see where tax dollars were going. I learned Kennedy spent $30,000 at Office Depot for copy paper and supplies, plus another $435.21 for ink. I learned the school board gave $1 million to a law firm for legal advice. Paper, ink and legal fees don’t explain the budget problems at Sac City Unified. The district’s biggest expense is employees—about 80 percent of the budget. To balance the books, jobs will likely have to be cut. But it’s nice to know Kennedy has lovely concrete at last. R.E. Graswich can be reached at reg@graswich.com. n

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People Power HOW A CITIZENS GROUP CAN MUSCLE THE CITY COUNCIL

ost people can think of better ways to spend time than volunteering for a City Hall committee that promises hours of hair-splitting budget analysis and endless arguments over where to spend $100 million in taxpayer cash. And here’s another disincentive. The hours and energy might add up to absolutely nothing—a complete waste of time. Maybe the City Council will follow the volunteers’ recommendations. Or maybe it won’t. There are no obligations. That’s the cynical view. But there’s another, more enlightened way to look at the Measure U Community Advisory

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Committee to be formed in February by Sacramento’s political and civic leadership. With unity, clarity and purpose, the group can demand serious attention from the City Council—and get it. Since the Measure U tax hike passed with 56 percent voter approval in November, the city has been accepting applications for the public committee that will advise on where and how to spend the windfall. The measure doubles Sacramento’s special recession sales tax to one full penny and makes it permanent. The surcharge is expected to bring about $100 million into City Hall each year. While the law gives the City Council total discretion in spending the money, the campaign for passage highlighted the element of citizen input—a mandated public advisory committee. Deadline to sign up is Jan. 9 at 5 p.m. The application is available online at engagesac.org/measureu. The process is simple, requiring basic information, details about relevant experience and a statement explaining why you would make an absolutely perfect addition to the committee.

If you would like to apply but are out of practice with writing personal statements, ask any college freshman who successfully charmed his or her way into a decent university. There are books and counseling services to help. Better still, talk to your City Councilmember or Mayor Darrell Steinberg. They each get to pick one Measure U advisory committee member. The council’s Personnel and Public Employees Committee gets six additional picks, meaning 15 lucky Sacramento residents will comprise the final group. Populating citizen committees is a refined art at City Hall. When I worked for Mayor Kevin Johnson, I helped fill many seats on various public committees, from animal services to preservation and planning and design. And I watched how other City Council members handled the chore. Basically, it was a game of political payoff and expediency. Most councilmembers (including the mayor) cared little or nothing about the city’s numerous community committees. They dished out committee slots as rewards to supporters or eager folks hoping to

break into politics. If you are thinking about running for school board or City Council, a civic committee post is an excellent kick off. Most advisory committee jobs require only that the applicant live in the district overseen by the City Council member who makes the appointment. The Measure U committee comes with a few extra requirements. There’s one seat for a young person, age 16 to 24. There’s a seat for someone with experience in affordable housing. The committee will have one member from a taxpayer group, and one from the world of capitalism—a businessowner. The committee will need a trauma or mental health expert, and someone with public health or environmental justice experience, whatever that means. Clearly, the definitions are loose, giving the council room to maneuver. Nine remaining seats are open to anyone chosen by the council. Citizen committees typically do grunt work that helps set the stage for City Council action. They operate in the background. The public rarely knows or cares what happens in committee

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WITH UNITY, CLARITY AND PURPOSE, THE GROUP CAN DEMAND SERIOUS ATTENTION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL—AND GET IT. meetings. But the Measure U committee can be different. “This new advisory committee will help make sure tax dollars are being spent wisely and in ways that best serve our communities,” says city manager Howard Chan, who from my experience is one of the most honest and nononsense bureaucrats to step foot into City Hall. The key word in Chan’s statement is “help.” The City Council has no obligation to follow any advice from the new advisory committee. Under state law that allowed Measure U to pass with a simple majority, the money must be spent without earmarks—it goes wherever the City Council says. But no other advisory committee operates with a public mandate to watch over $100 million annually. If the council ignores the committee’s advice, a determined group of 15 citizens can shame the council and mayor. The committee can hold press conferences.

Measure U passed with a promise of transparency. With loudly proclaimed independence, the community advisory committee holds leverage over the City Council. Get your application in today. Two information sessions on the Measure U Community Advisory Committee will be held Thursday, Jan. 3, 6–7 p.m. The first at South Natomas Community Center, 2921 Truxel Road; the second at Sam and Bonnie Pannell Community Center, 2450 Meadowview Road. Another meeting will be held Monday, Jan. 7, 6–7 p.m., at Oak Park Community Center, 3425 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. For more information or to apply for the Measure U Community Advisory Committee, go to engagesac.org/ measureu. Craig Powell's column will return next month. R.E. Graswich can be reached at reg@graswich.com. n

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Conventional Thinking CITY PLUNGES INTO EXPANSION FOR GUESTS, ARTS

Rendering of Convention Center exterior. Courtesy of Populous.

n June 2018, Sacramento began the first phase of its C3 Project, the renovation and expansion of the Convention Center, Memorial Auditorium and Community Center Theater. The City Council unanimously approved the issuance of up to $350 million in bonds in September to pay for the project; however, according to City Councilmember Steve Hansen, who represents Downtown, some improvements have been under discussion for two decades. “C3 is the continuation of projects that have been in various stages of discussion, some of them for as long as 20 years,” says Hansen, referring specifically to the Community Center Theater. “It really is a time capsule from 1974. If you were to go backstage, you wouldn’t believe the wires running

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everywhere. It looks like the original Starship Enterprise. It just needed to be taken from midcentury into this century.” Hansen notes the city has been under court order to update the Community Center Theater’s federal disability access since the early 2000s. In addition to technical and aesthetic improvements, the city also expects the C3 Project to induce development, much like the Golden 1 Center. Since the arena’s construction, Hansen says

the city has seen more than $1 billion of ancillary development. C3, says Hansen, “should help rectify the shortage of about 2,000 hotel rooms Downtown that we need to compete for larger events.” The city hired the architectural firm Populous and contractor AECOM Hunt to carry out the $182 million in improvements specific to the Convention Center. Assistant project manager Sabrina Tefft says the renovation and expansion will create

Rendering of Convention Center interior. Courtesy of Populous.

new opportunities for the Convention Center to host more events. “The way the Convention Center currently is set up makes it very hard to host two events,” Tefft says. The current Convention Center design has only one lobby and entrance, effectively preventing the city from playing host to multiple events at the same time. “The biggest impact will be adding another lobby on the east side of the building,” she says. The city hopes to see a new hotel developed across the

Rendering of Community Center Theater lobby. Courtesy of DLR Group/Westlake Reed Leskosky.

street from the eastern lobby, connected to the expanded Convention Center via a skywalk. The renovation will improve the existing plaza between the Convention Center and Community Center Theater. “We’re hoping it will be a place where the community can gather, enjoy the space, and that the theater can utilize for outdoor performances in the summertime,” Tefft says. Improvements to the Community Center Theater, whose construction is scheduled from this May to September 2020, are estimated to cost $84 million. Plans by architectural firm DLR Group show the theater expanding its lobby to the edge of L Street. “Currently, the theater is set back away from the sidewalk and the street, and we are going to push it out to the sidewalk so that it’s right on the street, and it will have floor-to-ceiling glass,” Tefft says. The $16.2 million renovation of the Memorial Auditorium will provide additional seats and include acoustic, video and audio enhancements. Construction is underway and expected to be completed by May, coinciding with the start of construction of the Community Center Theater. “That’s kind of the purpose of the improvements to the Memorial Auditorium,” says Tefft, noting the refurbished auditorium will allow continued programming of arts events traditionally booked into the Community Center Theater. “We are

Rendering of Community Center Theater exterior. Courtesy of DLR Group/Westlake Reed Leskosky.

getting it set up now so we can move events over to the Memorial Auditorium while the Community Center Theater is being renovated.” The expanded Convention Center will feature new meeting rooms, exhibit halls and kitchen space, with Sacramento hotels paying $50 million to construct a new ballroom. The $350 million bonds approved by the City Council will not be repaid from the city’s general fund, but through the city’s Transient Occupancy Tax, a 12-percent tax on hotel and short-term rentals. Jordan Venema can be reached at jordan.venema@gmail.com. n

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Vets GUITAR LESSONS FOR VETERANS HIT A CHORD

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nything can be healed by music,” says Bill McAleavey, the Sacramento coordinator of Frets & Vets Six Strings Stronger, a guitar instruction program for veterans offered for free through the local VA. “It gives people a sense of purpose once they see what they can do.” A veteran of the Navy himself, McAleavey is also an accomplished guitar player—he used to play in a rock ‘n’ roll band that performed at weddings and parties, although he admits they “never made any money at it.” Now retired from a career in health care finance (he worked for major medical centers like Dignity Health and Stanford, and eventually traveled the country as a consultant), the Swallows Nest resident turned to teaching. After volunteering with a national nonprofit that McAleavey found wasn’t

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as supportive of the local community as he would have liked, he turned to the VA. The agency was enthusiastic about the idea of providing guitar instruction to local veterans as a positive creative outlet. “The lessons give the vets a reason to get out of the house,” McAleavey explains. Classes currently take place in a conference room at Mather, but there are plans to expand to McClellan and a veteran center in Citrus Heights once they recruit more instructors. “We require that vets commit to the 10-week course, but nothing else is clear cut. It’s not, ‘by week three, you must be able to do this.’ They move at their own pace.” To participate in the program, veterans must be referred by their health care provider and sign a contract that they will show up every week for 10 weeks

until graduating from the program. At that time, they are presented with a certificate, a new guitar and a “gig bag” carrying case loaded with all the “doodads” they could need, like picks and extra strings. McAleavey says that 90 percent of the participants referred to the program are veterans with “serviceconnected issues,” such as PTSD or physical injuries from tours in Afghanistan, Iraq, Vietnam and more. “Every war we’ve been in is represented,” he says. The program’s first two students graduated in November and McAleavey hopes, as they beef up their volunteer corps of instructors (they currently have five), they’ll be able to serve many more. In the meantime, McAleavey is content teaching those

he can as interest in the program grows. “I like hands-on volunteering,” says McAleavey, who also serves on the food line at Loaves & Fishes with his wife once a month. “The vets are kind of like a floating target—you never know the situation you’re dealing with, so you don’t want to say, ‘Tell me about what you’ve been through.’ But because I was in the military and speak the language, sometimes I can get them talking. But most of all, the music helps them see what they’re capable of. It’s very rewarding.” For more information, email fretsnvets6ss@gmail.com. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. n

Bikes Get Left Out LOOPHOLE LETS GOLDEN 1 CENTER FORGET CYCLISTS

or people interested in building barrooms, restaurants, bowling alleys, fraternity houses, hotels, motels, auto dealerships, poolhalls, retail shops, hospitals, nursing homes, batting cages, dog kennels, yoga studios, brewpubs, churches, theaters and cardrooms, Sacramento civic authorities publish a chart about bicycles. The chart proves how serious Sacramento is about bikes. It leaves nothing to chance. It explains exactly

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how much bike parking is required for each type of building and business. Bike spaces are broken into categories: long term for employees, short term for guests and customers. The requirements vary by neighborhood. Downtown demands more bike slots than suburban locations. A bowling alley Downtown needs one bike space for every two bowling lanes. In the suburbs, they can get away with one space for every four lanes. Assembly halls—defined as social and cultural gathering spots—must provide bike parking for 5 percent of their audience. At Golden 1 Center, which seats 17,608, the formula works out to 880 required bike spots. Yet the arena has posts for just 12 bikes at Fifth and L streets. How could this happen in a city serious about getting people to ride bicycles? Here’s how: The city doesn’t consider Golden 1 Center an assembly hall. It puts the arena in a category called

“Other.” Under city code, “Other” gets to work out private deals with City Hall. Regular rules don’t apply to “Other.” Special allowances for Golden 1 Center reveal a contradiction for a city that is justifiably proud of its efforts to promote cycling, walking and public transportation. For reasons both political and geographic, support for bikes evaporates at Downtown Commons. Sadly, it’s nothing new. For more than 60 years, the worship of cars brought destruction to lower K Street. Interstate 5 was installed along Third Street as an expressway for suburban traffic. It separated the city from the West End—the city’s original retail hub. Two generations of shopping centers were built on lower K Street to compete with suburban malls and their vast, free parking. Both were bulldozed. The city is on its third K Street mall iteration, this one branded DoCo. Bike access at DoCo is treacherous and nearly impossible.

Having suffered from the mistake of trying duplicate suburban experiences Downtown, Sacramento tried to make good with Golden 1 Center. No new garages were built for the arena. Instead, the city inventoried existing parking—streets and lots. The public was assured there were plenty of spaces for cars. Cyclists were left out in the cold. The city didn’t want to discuss bike parking at the arena, and referred me to the Kings. The Kings pointed me to their 12 bike stalls at Fifth and L. “The city realizes it has a problem,” says Jim Brown, executive director of Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates. “The goal is more and more people in the grid, so something has to be done to accommodate them without relying on cars.” While the city contemplates anti-auto accommodations Downtown, bikes ride alone. R.E. Graswich can be reached at reg@graswich.com. n

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Keeping it Simple Edie Lambert

KCRA-TV ANCHOR AND HER FAMILY CALL SACRAMENTO HOME

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f KCRA-TV anchor Edie Lambert ever decides to leave television, working for the Metro Chamber of Commerce could be a new career path. Lambert loves Sacramento. But don’t get your hopes up too high, chamber folks. Lambert is pretty smitten with her job. “I love my job and I love my city,” says Lambert, whose roots extend to both Orange County and the San Juan Islands, but who has called Sacramento home since 1995.

A political science major at UC Santa Barbara, Lambert was working for the ABC affiliate in Santa Barbara when a position as a morning anchor and reporter opened up at KCRA-TV in 1995. “I’ve always had an interest and passion in covering politics,” Lambert says. “So, when I was offered a job in Sacramento and could be in the heart of state politics, I jumped at it.” She has anchored the 5 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts for more than a decade.

Lambert lives a short drive from KCRA-TV’s Downtown studios in a 1935 two-story Dutch Colonial-style home in East Sacramento with her husband of 10 years, former state Assemblymember Lloyd Levine, and their daughters, Alise, 7, and Carlie, 4. Rounding out the family are Zeus, a 90-pound black lab chow mix; Bitsy, who Lambert and Levine bottle-fed after Lambert’s coworker found the kitten with her head stuck in a fence; and pet rabbit Simon, a gift to Alise and Carlie from Santa, who “may or may not have worked with the Sacramento House Rabbit Society,” reports Lambert. The couple moved into their house a little more than four years ago when Lambert was pregnant with Carlie. Lambert appreciates the history of her home and surroundings. A section of wrought-iron fence in her front yard is a gift from friend Patty Roberts, who lives on the Fabulous 40s property that Ronald Reagan and his family lived in while Reagan was serving as governor of California. The trees in Lambert’s backyard are more than 100 years old. “Truly, with some of these homes you feel like you are a caretaker for the time you are there,” she says. Lambert credits living in East Sac with making her life as it is possible. “Where I live is part of what enables me to have the career that I have. I am able TO page 23

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Cooperative Coffee SMALL-SCALE, FARMER-OWNED PACHAMAMA PRODUCES SUPERIOR PRODUCT

ith its spacious interior, exposed beams and brickand-wood aesthetic, the 6,000-square-foot Pachamama Roastery Coffeebar that opened in Midtown early last year resembles many other specialty coffeeshops around town and across the United States. However, no matter how similar it might seem to other so-called “third-wave” coffee roasters, Pachamama operates under the most unique business structure of any coffee company in the country. Launched in 2006, the Pachamama Coffee Cooperative of Small-Scale Coffee Producers is a fully farmer-owned and operated outfit. The company is the brainchild of co-founder and CEO Thaleon Tremain, who saw the subpar standard of living for coffee farmers firsthand while serving in the Peace Corps in Bolivia in the 1990s. Pachamama is essentially a cooperative of cooperatives representing more than 100,000 small farmers, with member organizations from Guatemala, Ethiopia, Mexico, Peru and Nicaragua sharing the equity and governance of the company.

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This business model flows more profits to small producers by cutting out the middlemen and purchasing beans directly from the farmers, resulting in a superior product. “When they have equity in the company, they’re more incentivized to send us their better coffee,” says Lauren Taber, communications manager for Pachamama. “Because they’re selling their own coffee, they want to have the best crop available, so they’re sending us their highest-quality coffee and that’s what we’re roasting and selling.” Not only are the farmers empowered by this arrangement, but the environment benefits as well. “Because we’re owned by small-scale farmers, they have more of an incentive to keep their own patch of land healthy and operating, and not just be looking to produce as much coffee as possible,” Taber says. All Pachamama products are USDA Certified Organic. The word Pachamama means “Mother Earth” in Quechua, an ancient Andean language. “It’s really a big part of the Andean worldview, this idea that Mother Earth gives to us so much, there needs to be a reciprocal relationship where we also give back in the form of sustainable production and honoring the Earth in everything that we do,” says Taber. “It just made sense in going back to the mission of why Pachamama was started, of having a more reciprocal relationship between coffee producers and coffee consumers.” Although Tremain is a native of Ohio and earned his MBA at the University of Texas, he elected to headquarter operations in Northern California. “He knew that the Sacramento area, with

Employees Daniel Milla (left) and Paul Lockett prepare coffee subscriptions for shipping.

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the agricultural hub that it is, would really appreciate the connection to farmers that traditionally have been left out of the conversation in the U.S.,” Taber says. “I think he knew that it would be the right market to understand exactly how important that connection is, as far as a seed-to-coffee enterprise.” Pachamama opened as an onlineonly business, roasting coffee in small batches and shipping directly to subscribers. The company’s farmerfocused mission made it a perfect fit for natural food stores and grocery cooperatives, so a robust wholesale operation was built. Those subscription and wholesale operations are still thriving (you can even buy Pachamama beans on Amazon), but the farmers that make up the Pachamama Board of Directors have recently focused on expanding the brick-and-mortar side of the business. “They wanted to be able to have control through every step of the process, and there was also the idea that a latte is the most value-added that you can put on coffee,” Taber says. “It was a way for them to capture even more of the retail value of the coffee that they’re growing, to sell it in a café setting.”

With the new Midtown location added to a smaller East Sacramento coffee bar last March, Pachamama has been able to raise its profile in the community. In addition, the larger building allows for onsite classes and concerts, including a November benefit for the Camp Fire victims. “It’s been a place for us to be a larger part of the Sacramento community in a more active way,” Taber says. Pachamama continued a breakthrough in 2018 by signing on as the official coffee sponsor of the Sacramento Farmto-Fork Festival and winning two Good Food Awards. As for the future of Pachamama, that’s in the hands of the farmers, although further expansion in the Sacramento area seems likely. “It’s really up to the what the board of directors wants to do,” Taber says. “Ultimately we’re just going to keep growing and roasting more and more coffee every month and getting out the story of what Pachamama is and why we do what we do.” Daniel Barnes can be reached at danielebarnes@hotmail.com. n

to come home and put my girls to bed every night.” But the short commute is not the only reason Lambert loves the neighborhood. “I can walk to so many of my friends’ homes in five minutes. We do some of our shopping on foot. We walk to Trader Joe’s. We can walk to restaurants. I love that we have such a nice neighborhood feel.” Two of those neighborhood friends are KCRA-TV co-anchor Kellie DeMarco and former KCRA-TV anchor/reporter Kristen Simoes. Alise and Simoes’ daughter, Gabriella, were born five weeks apart. Carlie and DeMarco’s daughter, Piper, were born 10 days apart. The two sets of girls have shared everything from nannies to clothes to books. The girls enjoy their time together while the moms are able to connect. Lambert relishes having close friends in her industry. “We all just get each other. We understand the demands. We understand the unique pressures of our schedules. I feel we can be there for each other in some really unique ways. I’m very grateful for my village and my tribe,” she says. Lambert’s hectic schedule—she doesn’t get home before midnight most

nights—makes having quality family time important. Fun family hot spots include Effie Yeaw Nature Center, Crocker Art Museum and lunch on the Delta King followed by a walk around Old Sacramento. “It’s fun to play tourist in your own hometown,” she says. When it comes to date nights, Lambert and Levine—who met on a Seattle-to-Sacramento Southwest flight in 2005—keep it simple. “We can always bank on date nights several times a year with our B Street [Theatre] tickets,” says Lambert. (Levine, who sits on the B Street Theatre’s board of directors, is president of the political consulting firm Filament Strategies, LLC, and a public policy fellow at UC Riverside.) “We Uber to dinner, then we can walk to the theater. Often we will walk somewhere after for a glass of wine before we come home.” Stay-at-home dates are popular, too. It’s not unusual to find the couple outside on the front porch, catching up with each other and saying hi to the neighbors. “Everyone is out walking their dogs or sitting on their front porches,” says Lambert, who sees herself retiring in Sacramento. “This is our home.” Elena M. Macaluso can be reached at elenamacaluso4@gmail.com. n

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Glory Days COUPLE BRINGS LIFE BACK TO PROMINENT POVERTY RIDGE HOME

acramento’s grand homes of yesteryear were places where family and friends gathered for merriment and good cheer. Stately mansions with flowing rooms, high ceilings and wide staircases accommodated a multitude of guests

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who enjoyed lavish banquets, drink and dance. When local real estate agent Ted Russert and his husband Matt Martinez purchased a historic two-story home in Midtown in 2016, grand gatherings were exactly what they had in mind. Following a yearlong renovation to bring the impressive old home back to its original glory, the couple threw a holiday open house attended by hundreds of friends, family and clients, as well as many people in the real estate community. “This is a great home for entertaining,” says Russert, who has been in the real estate business for more than two decades and is currently with RE/MAX Gold Midtown.

The distinguished home was designed by prominent Sacramento architect Rudolph Herold, who created Sacramento City Hall, the Masonic Temple on J Street, Mercy Hospital and Del Paso Country Club, among other landmarks. The Midtown home was a guesthouse for Sacramento Bee owner and editor Charles K. McClatchy and his wife Ella. The McClatchy family lived next door in what is now the Ella K. McClatchy Library. The guest home took three years to build—from 1910 to 1913—in the hilltop neighborhood of Poverty Ridge, and over the years became a temporary residence for visiting family and friends, and out-of-town newspaper reporters and musicians.

When Russert and Martinez purchased the historic home from the McClatchy family, they were committed to carefully and patiently resurrecting the original detail and architectural style of the home. “Thankfully, the place was all in original condition,” Martinez says. “It had not been updated. It needed a lot help, not only to bring the full glory back to life of the original architecture, but putting new systems in place for modern living.” The home’s architecture is a PrairieEgyptian Revival style with linear lines and art deco details. “Many of the homes, if not all the homes, in this area have a lot of architectural significance,” Martinez explains. Of particular note are the decorative plaster “faces” adorning the exterior and details in

the crown molding of the three front rooms. “We were told that the faces on the outside were a gift from William Randolph Hearst to the McClatchys.” The 3,960-square-foot home boasts 15 rooms, including four bedrooms, four baths, a music room, living room, entry, dining room, kitchen, butler’s pantry and laundry room (originally a servant’s quarters), plus an indoor/outdoor garden room and a third-story tower that leads to a flat roof. “We plan to put a nice roof deck up there because the views of Downtown are incredible,” Martinez says. The home has two staircases—a main staircase that leads to a stained-glass window made by Tiffany, and a servant’s staircase from the kitchen—as well as three fireplaces. The elaborate relief tile surrounding the dining room fireplace depicts pears, grapes, pomegranates and plums. Vintage andirons were purchased at the monthly Sacramento Antique Fair, which is in walking distance of the house. “We’ve acquired some really cool things there,” Russert says. The original red oak hardwood floors on both levels are accented with a mahogany inlay. The couple refurbished the double-hung windows throughout the home. “Every room has windows on two walls at least,” Martinez notes. “You get lots of light and never feel closed in.” The ceilings were repaired and re-plastered in every room, and most of the baseboards were rebuilt. For electrical outlets, “we used the baseboards to run wiring so we wouldn’t have to rip into the walls” Russert says. Light switches were replaced with old-style push buttons. The original chandeliers were removed long ago, so the couple chose all new light fixtures. Among them are an 1890s bronze chandelier in

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“WE WERE TOLD THAT THE FACES ON THE OUTSIDE WERE A GIFT FROM WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST TO THE MCCLATCHYS.”

the family room, a French bisque in the master bedroom and a stunning 1910 Parisian crystal chandelier in the entry. They added all new appliances and a custom-built island in the kitchen, but kept the black tile countertops and cabinets, which were probably added in the 1970s. “A true 1910 kitchen was empty,” Russert says. “We have a cemented room downstairs where they kept the ice.” “This area is experiencing a renaissance now,” Martinez says. “It’s not just in concert with the overall Midtown renaissance that’s happening—people are finally realizing these are great homes.” “To do it right is very laborious, time consuming and expensive,” adds Russert. “We could have taken shortcuts to make it easier, but you hesitate to take them when you have a special home.” To recommend a house or garden for Home Insight, contact Cathryn Rakich at crakich@surewest.net. n

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3839 MLK BLVD 5020 CABRILLO WAY 4431 ORINDA WAY 4650 79TH ST 4816 36TH ST 4501 78TH ST 4224 43RD ST 4409 55TH ST 3730 JEFFREY AVE 5310 BRADFORD DR 4200 58TH ST 4748 16TH AVE 3113 65TH ST 3646 19TH AVE 3447 57TH ST 4463 EL CERRITO WAY 5311 ARGO WAY 4928 8TH AVE 3801 52ND ST 5900 BRANDON WAY 5347 13TH AVE 4401 77TH ST 5465 LAWRENCE DR 2653 21ST AVE 5024 11TH AVE 3719 39TH ST 4911 71ST ST 4430 45TH ST 5314 14TH AVE 4028 39TH ST 4308 53RD ST 4240 60TH ST 5427 11TH AVE 4120 51ST ST 4312 E NICHOLS AVE 4423 52ND ST 4217 33RD ST 5330 10TH AVE 5500 8TH AVE

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3310 MARCONI AVE 3900 STONESIFER CT 3208 BACK CIR 2891 RUBICON WAY 2155 RED ROBIN LN 3045 BERTIS DR 2573 BUTANO DR 3812 WEST WAY 3922 DEBBIE LN 2544 ANNA WAY 3113 CREST HAVEN DR

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3541 LYNNE WAY 2543 CATALINA 4205 LYLE ST 2731 CARSON WAY 2856 CARRISA WAY 3101 POPE AVE 3701 MIRADERA ST 3554 LARCHMONT SQ LN 4510 PASADENA AVE 3525 MONTCLAIRE ST 2617 BALL WAY

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7437 TROON WAY 7572 EDDYLEE WAY 1423 POTRERO WAY 1161 DERICK WAY 2970 TRENTWOOD WAY 7018 TAMOSHANTER WAY 2521 33RD AVE 4651 LARSON WAY 6033 HOLSTEIN WAY 7011 24TH ST 2272 62ND AVE 2137 65TH AVE 1914 68TH AVE 1414 CLAUDIA DR 2180 IRVIN WAY 1625 68TH AVE 1225 42ND AVE 6950 DEMARET DR 2061 20TH AVE 7444 TAMOSHANTER WAY 1519 STERLING ST 2008 NEWPORT AVE 1847 68TH AVE 1180 25TH AVE 7533 TAMOSHANTER WAY 7273 MILFORD ST 1823 68TH AVE 2144 68TH AVE 5007 DEL RIO RD 2981 TRENTWOOD WAY 2170 MONIFIETH WAY 7031 DEMARET DR 2061 48TH AVE 1449 64TH AVE 5979 GLORIA DR

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1019 DORNAJO WAY #126 2456 LARKSPUR LN #334 2112 TEVIS RD 2208 WOODSIDE LN #8 2433 ETHAN WAY 1111 COMMONS DR 2080 UNIVERSITY PK DR 2505 VILLA TERRACE LN

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545 WOODSIDE OAKS #6 639 WOODSIDE SIERRA #2 2317 BARCELONA WAY 421 HARTNELL PL 2016 ROBERT WAY 1629 WAYLAND AVE 1055 VANDERBILT WAY 1019 DORNAJO WAY #231 1959 WRIGHT ST 2191 UNIVERSITY AVE 267 HARTNELL PL 2470 NORTHROP AVE #8

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784 SILLIMAN WAY $304,500 517 LITTLE RIVER WAY $398,500 7267 S LAND PARK DR $408,000 24 CAVALCADE CIR $499,900 347 LIGHT HOUSE WAY $310,000 31 WINTERMIST CT $459,900 1424 LOS PADRES $350,000 7500 POCKET RD $449,000 1000 GLOW CT $430,000 6214 ALLENPORT WAY $450,000 5 MOONLIT CIR $440,000 11 PARK VISTA CIR $490,000 15 MANTECA CT $619,000 36 SPRINGBROOK CIR $475,000 1408 SAN CLEMENTE WAY $562,000 821 WEST COVE WAY $1,265,000 7489 GRIGGS WAY $350,000 418 ROUNDTREE CT $190,000 7408 MYRTLE VISTA AVE $390,000 11 COVE CT $625,000 1048 E LANDING WAY $840,000 7197 REICHMUTH WAY $470,000 5 ANGEL ISLAND CIR $520,000

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3221 WINDSOR DR 4337 FIGWOOD WAY 4243 AVILA LN 1325 SHADOWGLEN RD 4548 OXBOW DR 1005 AMBERWOOD RD 1958 SANTA MARIA WAY 4620 CHANCERY WAY 4221 WINDING CREEK RD 1807 DEVONSHIRE RD 761 SAN RAMON WAY 1716 MERCURY WAY 416 CLAYDON WAY 3245 MAYFAIR DR 4010 AMERICAN RIVER DR 139 MERRITT WAY 3808 DUBAC WAY

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inning By Numbers

o see the biggest collection of athletes in Sacramento, the place to visit is 6000 J St. That would be Sacramento State University, whose name is not exactly synonymous with championship trophies. No matter, dear

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HOW SAC STATE CASHES IN ON SPORTS

old Sac State deserves some cheers. On any given day, there are about 470 varsity athletes enrolled at Sac State. They attend classes, train hard, wear the Hornet colors and play their best. Most have no hope of earning a living as professional athletes. They play because sports help pay for their education. And they love competition. Many of them even graduate—about 75 percent. It’s worth noting that most of Sac State’s 470 athletes are not competing in high-visibility games. They are not football or basketball players. The football team carries 95 players. Men’s basketball has 14. That leaves about 361 who compete in rowing, tennis, golf,

volleyball, track, gymnastics, soccer, softball and baseball. When it comes to athletic inclusion, Sac State is an equal-opportunity campus. The school has more women varsity athletes than men, 248 to 220, at last official count. This makes sense because there are about 3,100 more women than men enrolled fulltime at Sac State. “Women are a major part of our athletics program,” says Brian Berger, assistant athletic director. “They have been some of our most successful teams over the years, with championships in golf and volleyball.” Some things aren’t equal, especially coaching pay and opportunity. In 2017,

the people who coached Sac State men’s teams had average salaries of $125,370, against $69,727 for head coaches of women’s teams. Salary data require deeper consideration. Eight men were head coaches of women’s teams at Sac State. Only two women ran women’s teams (no women coached men’s teams). Every women’s team had one or two female assistant coaches. Improving coaching opportunities and the accompanying pay for women should be a priority at 6000 J St. Football is the big “revenue” sport at Sac State because it sells more tickets and attracts more dollars with advertising and sponsorships. Each

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These are grown locally year-round, but they are particularly crisp, juicy and mild in flavor when grown in cool weather. They come in multiple varieties, daikon, watermelon and white icicle. including daik To eat: Serve with butter and salt for a French-inspired hors d’oeuvre. d’oeuvre

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This citrus fruit is yellower and rounder than a regular lemon, and its flavor is much sweeter. To eat: Use the juice to make a sweet curd or a nicely flavored vinaigrette.

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The Most Anticipated Show of the Year

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LANDSCAPE SHOWCASE Featured Designers ł CreativeScapes Landscape Design and Construction ł Roberta Walker Landscape Design ł The Paver Company ł Professional Image Landscape

Gary Brown Enterprises, producers of the Northern California Home & Landscape Expo, has developed a reputation for not only having the best ‘home show’ but also the most landscaping for gardening enthusiasts to enjoy! You won’t want to miss this year’s beautiful landscape display gardens featuring the latest design trends. This is also the place to have your gardening questions answered and learn ways to enhance your own landscape.

Outdoor Living Workshops from top speakers include: EDUCATIONAL • INFORMATIVE • ENTERTAINING Drought Tolerant Landscapes and Designing for Small Backyards by Michael Glassman

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Walking Among the Wounded NURSES SACRIFICE PARTS OF THEIR OWN EXISTENCE TO HELP OTHERS

have a story I’ve never written. Not because I lost it or forgot about it, but because it’s so graphic I thought it needed a preliminary warning. In 1990, I left my work as a congregational pastor to begin a oneyear internship transitioning into a career as a hospital chaplain. During my internship at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, I worked four rotations in various parts of the hospital. The one I will never forget was the 13 weeks I spent working in the burn unit. The burn unit was a highly specialized assignment. While I dropped in a few times a day, nurses limited

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their care to only one patient during a 12-hour shift. I will never forget the patient I met there named Mr. Brown. His nurse explained to me how Brown’s condition was the tragic result of love scorned. His girlfriend had doused him with gasoline and set him afire as he lay in a drunken sleep. Due to his name, I was struck by the irony of Mr. Brown’s tragedy. He was African-American, but the fire altered his skin pigment, changing his face to an almost albino white. Honestly, I wanted to be anywhere else but in that burn unit. The patients were hard to look at through my inexperienced eyes. Mr. Brown was one who spoke so softly that I had to bring myself close enough to absorb his pain with all my senses—smell, sight and, yes, even touch through gloved hands for his protection. I spoke with him daily, but I had other patients to see, so I can’t tell you where I was in the hospital when I overheard the page: “Chaplain Burkes, to the burn unit, stat.”

A few minutes later, I stood at the washing station, prepping for my entrance. After donning gloves, mask and a gown, I punched an electric switch with my elbow and hurried through the unit’s opening doors. At the nurses’ station, I met Brown’s nurse who told me he’d passed away. “Where’s the family?” I asked. “They left an hour ago,” she said. After all my entry prep, I shot her a disappointing look. “They didn’t stay long,” she said. Youthful impatience percolated under my mask. I wanted to scold her for not calling me in time to meet the family. Instead, I began making feeble excuses to leave. Then, just as I turned to do so, I saw her tears slipping past her mask. I motioned her toward the nurses’ lounge, where we found a place to sit as she unfolded her story. She removed her gloves and dropped her mask. The nursing bravado was gone. “I spoke with him for hours every day,” she sobbed. “Now he’s gone.”

Our conversation was the first time I really thought about the fact that people who help people will get hurt. There’s no way they can walk among the wounded without leaving crumbling pieces of their hearts on the floor. It’s as if they sacrifice parts of their own existence to sustain a few more years of existence for others. That’s what nurses do. Today, in that same burn unit in Northern California, dedicated nurses are working around the clock to help the victims of the infamous Camp Fire. I ask you to pray for these nurses and others, to respect what they do and give to those who bravely stand in the gap between disaster and us. If you wish to contribute to a special fire-relief fund that will help several organizations, go to globalgiving.org under California Wildfire Relief Fund. Norris Burkes can be reached at comment@thechaplain.net. n

Winter Workout

GARDENING NOW WILL LAY FOUNDATION FOR MONTHS AHEAD

ven though it’s tempting to cocoon inside, winter is the time for Sacramento gardeners to pick up our tools and go outdoors. The work that we do in the next few months lays the foundation for the rest of the year. Winter is pruning season for roses, grapes and most deciduous fruit trees. Pruning encourages the growth of fruiting or flowering branches and controls a plant’s shape and size. Pruning can also improve a plant’s health by removing dead, diseased and damaged growth. Be sure to use sharp clean tools, review proper pruning

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techniques for each type of plant, and get the job done before buds begin to swell (mid to late February). Cherry and apricot trees are susceptible to disease if pruned in wet conditions, so prune them after fruit is harvested next summer. Wait to prune spring blooming shrubs and trees, such as spirea, lilac, azalea, camellia, forsythia and quince, until after they flower. Retain most old wood on onceblooming roses, although it’s good to cut off the tip of each cane on all types of roses. Sanitation is also an important winter gardening task. Clear out weeds where pests can harbor, remove leaves from rose bushes, pick up diseased leaves from under plants and dispose of any fallen fruit. Many types of weeds are busily germinating and growing. Remove them now while the soil is moist and before they have a chance to send down deep roots and go to seed. If you grow peaches, nectarines or apricots, control leaf curl with a

carefully timed dormant spray, avoiding rainy and windy days. Old growth on perennials should be cut back to where new growth is emerging at the base of the plant or on the stems. If a plant is somewhat tender, leave top growth to protect it from frost. As temperatures get milder, don’t be afraid to cut back hard to promote healthy, bushy growth and lots of flowers. Shear warm-season ornamental grasses to about four inches. Don’t dig, cultivate or walk on wet soil because you can readily compact it, slowing drainage and reducing soil aeration. A good layer of mulch on the surface of planting beds will reduce that risk and suppress weeds. As you clear out and prune your garden, consider what plants you should remove altogether or move to a better space when the soil is less wet. You may find that some plants are being crowded out, are growing too big or just aren’t performing as you’d like. Some judicious editing will make a garden easier to maintain and give you an opportunity to

plant something new. Don’t forget that bulbs and some perennials disappear altogether after they bloom or during the winter. Refer to photographs or garden maps to refresh your memory of what is planted where. Shaping up your garden now also shapes you up from the exercise, fresh air and much-needed natural light. It’s good for your soul too. Hummingbirds zip by, gathering bits of fluff to make their nests. Other birds feed on seeds and insects. You may even spot a rainbow. Much better than cocooning! Anita Clevenger is a Lifetime Sacramento County Master Gardener. For answers to gardening questions, contact the UC Master Gardeners at (916) 876-5338 or mgsacramento@ ucanr.edu, or visit sacmg.ucanr.edu. Noted rose expert Stephen Scanniello will conduct two pruning workshops Jan. 12 at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the Sacramento Historic Rose Garden, 1000 Broadway. For more information, go to cemeteryrose.org. n

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TO DO

THIS MONTH'S CULTURE & ENTERTAINMENT HIGHLIGHTS

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Embodiment—In Paradisum Samantics and Sacramento Contemporary Dance Theatre Jan. 11–12, 7:30 p.m.

Samantics and Sacramento Contemporary Dance Theatre's Embodiment.

Jill Solberg Performing Arts Theatre, Folsom High School, 1655 Iron Point Road • scdtheatre.org Samantics brings back its stunning original choral requiem by group leader Sam Schieber, accompanied by original dance choreography by local favorite Jacob Gutierrez-Montoya. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door.

32nd Annual Diocesan Choir Festival

How to Protect Your Cymbidiums

Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Saturday, Jan. 26, 4 p.m.

Sacramento Valley Cymbidium Society Wednesday, Jan. 23, 7–9 p.m.

2620 Capitol Ave. • trinitycathedral.org Organist and chorister master of Canterbury Cathedral, Dr. David Flood, will conduct singers invited from the Diocese of Northern California in traditional Choral Evensong.

Shepard Garden and Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd. • sgaac.org Learn how to keep your outdoor orchid plants (cymbidiums) safe during the wet winter months. Free to the public.

Cheesy Pies and Tarts Class C’est Le Cheese Saturday, Jan. 26, 11 a.m.–2 p.m. American River College Culinary Center, 4700 College Oak Drive • cestlecheese.com Learn to make luscious and velvety creations for appetizers, brunch, lunch or dinner with culinary professor Roxanne O’Brien. Class is limited to 16 students; fee is $60.

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TriMusica Crocker Classical Concert Sunday, Jan. 13, 3 p.m. 216 O St. • crockerart.org Clarinetist Sandra McPherson, cellist Susan Lamb Cook and pianist John Cozza will present an afternoon inspired by Crocker’s collection of European art. Tickets are $10 for museum members, $18 for students/youth/Capital Public Radio members and $20 for nonmembers.

David Fiveash's “The Nightmare,” mixed media, at Archival Gallery.

Brasil Brazil at Crocker Art Museum.

Introductions Archival Gallery Jan. 10–26 Second Saturday Reception: Jan. 12, 6 p.m. 3223 Folsom Blvd. • archivalgallery.com The gallery welcomes five new local artists with works in collage, fabric, watercolor, pastel, assemblage, oil and acrylics. The reception will include a book signing by author Ed Goldman.

Global Rhythms: Brasil Brazil Crocker Art Museum Thursday, Jan. 24, 6:30 p.m. 216 O St. • crockerart.org The energetic vocals and jazzy percussion of Brazilian natives Ana Gazzola and Sonia Santos create a musical experience of fervor and excitement. This is the first of four in Crocker's new Global Rhythms music series. Tickets are $10 for museum members, $20 for nonmembers and $30 for a member pass to all four concerts.

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Jacob Lawrence's "Forward Together," silkscreen on paper, at Crocker Art Museum.

History, Labor, Life: The Prints of Jacob Lawrence

Winter Garden

Crocker Art Museum Jan. 27–April 7

Tim Collom Gallery Jan. 9–31 Opening Reception: Saturday, Jan. 12, 5:30–8:30 p.m.

216 O St. • crockerart.org This exhibition provides a comprehensive overview of influential American artist Jacob Lawrence’s printmaking oeuvre, featuring more than 90 works produced from 1963 to 2000, exploring three major themes: history, labor and life.

915 20th St. • timcollomgallery.com Greet the New Year with two emerging artists and their work—found object art by Emily Swinsick and sculpture by Randy Won.

Connections: Small Works by Janice Nakashima Ella K. McClatchy Library Jan. 19–March 9 Opening Reception: Saturday, Jan. 19, 2–4 p.m. 2112 22nd St. • saclibrary.org This exhibit features local artist Janice Nakashima’s small-work watercolors, oil paintings and assemblages.

Janice Nakashima's “Couplet 3 2k,” oil on panel, at McClatchy Library.

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Emily Swinsick's "Reef," mixed media, at Tim Collom Gallery.

BLOOD ORANGE

This lovely orange has beautiful crimson flesh and a pitted skin. It makes a spectacular juice for drinking plain or adding to cocktails. To eat: Segment and use in a salad.

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BROCCOLI

This healthful cruciferous vegetable is available much of the year, from September through June. It’s a member of the cabbage family.

Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera’s Beethoven Festival.

To eat: Steam or roast at high heat in the oven with olive oil and salt.

Pruning Workshop UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County Saturday, Jan. 19, 9 a.m.–Noon Fair Oaks Horticulture Center, 11549 Fair Oaks Blvd. • sacmg.ucanr.edu Master gardeners will demonstrate winter pruning of deciduous fruit trees, blueberries, cane berries, grape vines and landscape trees in this free workshop. The 2019 Gardening and Preserving Guide and Calendar will be available for $10.

Beethoven Festival Parts I and II Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera Part I: Saturday, Jan. 19, 8 p.m. Part II: Saturday, Jan. 26, 8 p.m. Sacramento Community Center Theater, 1301 L St. • sacphilopera.org Part I will feature Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony and Fourth Concerto. Part II will feature Beethoven’s beloved Symphony No. 5 with Jeffery Kahane conducting the chorus with special guest soloists. Tickets are $21–$55. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. Submissions are due six weeks prior to the publication month. n

SWEET POTATO This large, starchy, sweettasting root vegetable is a great source of betacarotene.

To eat: Roast the flesh and use instead of pumpkin for a delicious Southern pie.

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Ancient Meets Modern CHINESE-BORN MASTER BRIDGES EAST AND WEST WITH HIS ART

Shimo

f you know where to look, you start to see Shimo everywhere. A Chinese-born, Sacramento-based “Eastern Neo-Expressionism” master, Shimo has created works that range from passionately colorful oil paintings to intricately beautiful porcelains. They can be found on display at the Sacramento Convention Center, Crocker Art Museum and his own Shimo Center for the Arts in Midtown. Shimo is practically a household name in China, where he recently

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helped set up a show for his good friend Gregory Kondos, but the path to international success was never easy. Like the lotus flowers that figure prominently in his work, Shimo emerged in a dark place, only to become a symbol of beauty. He was born in Shanghai, China, in 1962, just a few years before the outbreak of the Cultural Revolution in 1966. For the next decade, the Maoist government forcefully purged capitalist elements from Chinese society, and, as art became a propaganda tool, nonconforming artists were persecuted. Shimo’s family was considered wealthy, so their home and assets were seized, leaving the child in a precarious situation. “During that period for Chinese, we consider it a very dark period, because the government controlled all the things,” says Shimo’s wife Winly Chen, who helped translate during our interview (Shimo speaks

very limited English). Too young to be targeted as a subversive, Shimo initially turned to art as a means of survival. At the age of 5, Shimo was told, “If you want to survive, you need to be artist, learn to do artwork,” says Chen. From there on, Shimo would visit a park every day to work on his sketches. Shimo fell in love with art, building a foundation in classic Chinese water and ink painting before applying

to art school, where he learned oil painting and accrued influences from the West. “That’s the reason why from his painting you can feel a little Western and Eastern,” says Chen. An exhibition at the Beijing Embassy catapulted Shimo to prominence. He was eventually encouraged by the Chinese government to apply for a visa to live in America and promote his art. Once settled in Sacramento, Shimo realized

to his delight that the city was home to beloved artists like Kondos and Wayne Thiebaud, and the city’s slower pace allowed him to focus on his work. “Sacramento is a very quiet city,” says Chen. “Shanghai, it is an international city, very crowded. … Sacramento very calm.” The bridge between ancient Eastern technique and contemporary Western abstraction lies at the heart of Shimo’s work, and he even has favorite flowers for each hemisphere. In China, he focused on the lotus. “The lotus in China is a symbol of the sanctity of the people,” says Shimo through a translator app on his phone. But America inspires him to paint the calla lily. His flower paintings blend these influences like separate streams of water, as flowing lines and bold colors meld in perfect harmony. But perhaps nothing captures Shimo’s East-meets-West, ancientmeets-modern aesthetic better than his porcelains, which garnered him a solo show at the Crocker in 2015. Shimo worked tirelessly to master the high-quality clay found in Jingdezhen, the “porcelain capital” of China since

the 14th century, and he destroyed every piece that didn’t come out perfect. “He doesn’t want to have any defect, which means any bubble or something like that,” says Chen. “He doesn’t want people to see any mistake.” The surviving porcelains are indeed perfect, blemish-free and so thin that they are practically translucent, with a modernist shape that belies the ancient technique. After finishing the porcelain in the kiln, Shimo draws on the outside using blue cobalt oxide, another ancient technique that he subverts with the abstract shapes of his flowers, birds, landscapes and figures. Married since 1991, Shimo and Chen started the Shimo Center for the Arts on the ground floor of their Midtown home in 2012 to promote local artists. “My gallery is dedicated to providing an exchange platform for professional artists in our city,” says Shimo through the translator app. The couple used to hold a show every month or two, but they have scaled back in recent years as Shimo currently splits his time between creating art in Sacramento and

teaching art at Shanghai University in China. Although he has lived in the United States since 2003, he still gets a much different reception in China. “The Chinese people know his name much better than here, for American people still need to learn about him,” says Chen. “But in China, once you say his name, people know about

that.” To that end, Shimo plans to continue improving his art, from the oil paintings to the porcelains to the water and ink work. “I will create a series of works that show the American spirit,” says Shimo. Daniel Barnes can be reached at danielebarnes@hotmail.com. n

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Canon Fodder ONE YEAR IN AND EAST SAC EATERY IS AS AMBITIOUS AS EVER

anon has been open for slightly more than a year. In that period, the East Sacramento restaurant has played with format, menu, presentation and everything in between. A recent full menu overhaul and a whole new offering of adventurous plates means, in a way, starting anew.

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Owner Clay Nutting and chef Brad Cecchi, to put it simply, aren’t phoning it in. When Canon opened in October 2017, the first thing that told the casual observer that this would not be a run-of-the-mill establishment was the location. Tucked away on 34th Street, surrounded by industrial space and no other evening businesses open anywhere nearby, Canon’s presence alone spoke volumes. Nutting says the location was a small corner of Sacramento that most residents hadn’t traveled to. “When people drop in,” he says, “it’s almost like they’re a tourist in their own town.” The buildout was one of the more impressive in the recent restaurant boom. During an epoch where new restaurants are opening every day, and the “new thing in town” phase lasts

less than a week, Canon’s space was something to talk about. A high pine-paneled ceiling draws the eye up and crowns the room like some Viking hall. Dangling from that ceiling and studded on the walls are architecturally impossible light fixtures that seem like they’re from the future and the past at the same time. The walls are well adorned with modern art, including a chaotic and edgy beauty by local artist Nate Cordero, whose recent passing was quite a blow to the Sacramento art scene. It’s no surprise that the feeling and atmosphere of Canon are more than that of a simple dining hall. Nutting has had his hand in the local art scene for a while—he was a driving force behind the ArtStreet and Art Hotel projects— and is a bit notorious for championing

creative spaces that go beyond just being places and double as experiences. Cecchi leaves the creativity on the plate. His menu looks simple enough when given a cursory glance, but the ingredients and preparations are an intricate web, drawing from all over the world. Whether it’s the Japanese octopus on the pickle plate, or the Italian tonnato (a tuna-infused sauce) on the beef tartare, or the Tunisian harissa butter that tops the BBQ oysters, the multiple swipes through the global pantry definitely give depth and complexity to the dishes. Each sharable dish (small and large dishes are meant to be shared) brings a host of flavors, textures and visuals. Take, for example, the wonderfully playful smoked trout tart. Now, to start off, I’m a sucker for smoked fish. You could put smoked trout on a radial tire

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caraway seed, sneakily marinated apples, silken roe and, finally, with a stunning and insightful flourish, tops off the plate with a nasturtium leaf. I think I was aware that you could eat a nasturtium leaf, but I don’t think I ever

had. The flavor is earthy and luscious and perfectly cuts through the smoke the fish, the salt of the roe and the heat of the horseradish. All in all, a beautiful plate.

The rest of the menu is just as ambitious: crispy cauliflower with candied peanuts, squash with popcorn and brown butter, roasted beets with smoked blue cheese. Dishes like these don’t come without risk, however. The grilled short rib, unlike the typical preparation that is slow cooked and gravy laden, is served dry with the rather impressive beef rib alongside. The grilled preparation leaves a bit of work to be done by the diner in the chewing department, and might not be up everyone’s alley. The cocktail menu is a work of art with creative use of ingredients and flavors pushing the envelope of craft cocktailing. On one visit, my lovely wife chose not to drink alcohol and the bartender deftly put together a freakishly good “mocktail” without a second thought. It’s an impressive beverage experience. The minds behind Canon do not lack in ambition. Whether it’s the space, the menu or just the vision, this restaurant is a someplace. And you feel like a someone when you’re there. Canon is at 1719 34th St.; (916) 4692433; canoneastsac.com. Greg Sabin can be reached at gregsabin@hotmail.com. n

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French inspired bistro in chic new environment 1401 28th Street • 916.457.5737 • paragarys.com

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Artisan pastries and roasted coffee 812 21st Street • oldsoulco.com

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Biba Ristorante Italiano

American cuisine served in a casual historic Old Sac location 1001 Front Street • 916.446.6768 fatsrestaurants.com

Fine Chinese dining in an elegant interior 806 L Street • 916.442.7092 frankfats.com

Casa Garden Restaurant

Sac Natural Foods Co-Op

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OAK PARK La Venadita

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