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What viable arena plan?

It’s increasingly apparent that if there’s a slim chance for Sacramento to keep its Kings, 99.9 percent of all hope hinges on how much money taxpayers are willing to give up for a new downtown arena.

Or, in other words, how much dough the mayor, the NBA, Ron Burkle and Mark Mastrov can shake Sacramentans down for.

That seemed to be the game this past weekend, when Mayor Kevin Johnson was again at the NBA AllStar festivities, this time lobbying franchise owners. On Sunday, he tweeted that his main selling point to keep the Kings was that Sacto has a “viable arena plan.”

Wait, we have a viable arena plan?

Yes, there was last year’s “deal” with the Maloofs, but that was so soft and loose, it made Silly Putty jealous.

Anyway, this weekend the city arena-subsidy debate returned. Even mayoral henchman and Think Big Sacramento front guy R.E. Graswich was tweeting how “public money will no doubt be part of bid. … Work with parameters set in 2012.”

Hold on: Oft-rumored “whales” and possible Kings suitors Burkle and Mastrov have more personal wealth than the Cayman Islands’ GDP. Should Sacramentans still have to fork over a $300 million ransom?

Meanwhile, there’s a full court of unanswered hypothetical downtownarena questions: With last year’s rail-yards deal, the city would own the arena; won’t Burkle and Mastrov or the Downtown Plaza’s new boss, JMA Ventures, want to own it? Also, if we destroy Downtown Plaza, won’t the city lose parking revenue? And will the mayor still be able to cajole five votes out of the new-look council? (Probably, although I would hope that Steve Cohn, Darrell Fong, Steve Hansen, Kevin McCarty and Bonnie Pannell vote no to a Burkle-Mastrov arena subsidy.)

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Re “Chopping block” by Raheem F. Hosseini (SN&R Frontlines, February 14): I believe that the school-district leadership is between a deficit and a hard place. Demonizing administration is such an easy cop-out; we know some factions believe they prop up their desks with gold bars, and they hate teachers, parents and kids. But let’s move past the smoke and mirrors.

The fact is that no school community is going to step forward and support closure of their neighborhood school—no way, no how. It is like the classic question where someone in charge asks, “Whoever wants to volunteer, please step forward,” but everyone takes a step backward instead, except for some clueless doofus that is left standing alone in front, and now letter of has to solve the problem (administrators). the week Let’s face it: Even the board members step back with a smidge of political pressure. But the problem remains: There’s a deficit and nobody wants their ox gored. But those responsible for balancing the budget are never going to get help finding answers from those who think their responsibility is to protect territory if there’s a possibility someone is going to take a fork to their piece of the pie. No way, no how.

So, SN&R can decry the process until the district goes bankrupt or the cows come home, but I don’t believe that even Mother Teresa would be capable of putting together a school-closure process perceived as fair by those whose school, in the end, is going to be closed. Someone has to be an adult, take the heat, make the cuts and do something to balance the budget.

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Re “NYC to 916” by Dave Kempa (SN&R Feature Story, February 14): As someone that moved to Sacramento from New York City this past Labor Day weekend, I very much enjoyed your article.

Your opening line, “Why are you all so afraid of jaywalking?” was hammer-to-thehead-of-the-nail, dead-on accurate. What are they doing? I guess everyone around here has a lot of time to waste. I find it especially odd, considering that as I walk around Midtown, ... nearly every time I step off a curb to wait for the traffic to pass, it stops. That still boggles my mind.

Like you, I’m a little disappointed in Sacramento nightlife and had a major wakeup call regarding Sac after dark about three weeks after moving here. I was busy one evening and into the night. ... Once I had finished my project, I decided to go out and grab some carryout. What a joke. First, I got in my car, because, although I live in Midtown, there are no restaurants within blocks of my place. I then proceeded to drive all over Midtown looking for a place that I could pop into and grab something quick. I found nothing. Even Subway was closed. It was about 9:30 p.m. ... I ended up grabbing a can of soup and some chips at Rite Aid and making the best of it. I felt like a suburbanite.

I think that I’m nicer here, too, and I’m not sure that’s a compliment, either.

I’m still getting used to people that I don’t know saying hi to me as we pass on a sidewalk or from their porches. ... What’s wrong? Do I have a coffee stain on my fleece or something? I simply do not know the proper response.

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Re “They must be high?” by Nick Miller (SN&R Midtown&Down, February 14): I’ve always been mystified why developers believe that anyone would be attracted to the area currently proposed for use in the McKinley Village project.

The land is framed by a man-made bowl formed by a capped city dump to the northwest (... which has a history of leaking gases) and an elevated railroad line ... which is a 24-hour traffic corridor. All that bisected by Business 80. Never mind the community impacts; the project will bankrupt its developer.

Given the terrain and those two major transportation corridors, the air quality on the ground simply must be poor, and living with the cumulative noise profile of the freeway with the elevated railroad would be hideous to most of us as well. And since the rail line also serves as a major flood protection levy for East Sacramento, any tunnel dug underneath the tracks to handle traffic to and from the site connecting to the East Sacramento arteries would be an openly stupid thing to do.

At first blush, the site would appear to be most fit for commercial or light industrial development, although a big-box retail project has already failed to capture the zeal of our city parents. Yet we keep seeing proposals for dense residential use for the site anyway. ... If that’s the case, a far more feasible answer in a better fiscal environment would be a simple recreational facility, with a reconstruction of the A Street bridge over Business 80 to provide access. For example, the “bad-luck lowland” would provide a superb place to build a couple regulation

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‘Random dudes’ have rights, too Re “Legalize it, ban it” by Nick Miller (SN&R Midtown&Down, January 31): Why should bikes be prohibited from having stereos on them? Do you seriously think this creates more of a nuisance than, say, cars and motorcycles with overblown sound systems that are driving around Midtown rattling windows with their bad (bass) vibes? Sometimes I enjoy biking around with my phone (which can play music) in my pocket, terrorizing the public with weird noise and punk rock. ... It’s not particularly loud, but do you also think this daily practice of mine should be illegal?

Would it be better for bicyclists who want to listen to music to take the safety risk of wearing headphones just so your ears aren’t assaulted by us “random dudes”?

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John Sydow has a long, uncertain journey ahead of him. by The Sacramento County sheriff’s Raheem detective, who heads up the department’s F. Hosseini human-trafficking investigations in coordination with an FBI task force, is spending ra h e emh@ newsr evie w.c om the next eight-plus hours tracing down the California coast to interview a girl-turnedprostitute, who rabbited from a safe house in Sacramento and caught a probation violation. The girl, who made her escape along with two other rescued trafficking victims, was transported back to her originating county of Santa Barbara before Sydow had a chance to speak with her. Which is why his cruiser is now throttling down Highway 101’s desolate expanse toward Lompoc.

But that’s not the uncertain journey The Response, a we’re talking about.

Sydow works in a subfield of criminal conference on sex trafficking, takes justice that’s marked by how little is empiriplace on Friday, cally known about it.

February 22, and Ever since “human trafficking” caught Saturday, February 23, at William Jessup fire as a tear-jerking buzz term about University, 333 Sunset five years ago, it’s swept up people’s Boulevard in Rocklin. imaginations with images of Third World Find more information inhabitants crammed in cargo containers at www.courage worldwide.org. and non-English speakers chained up in garment factories.

But the legal definition casts a broader net; transporting a prostitute across county lines, for instance, is considered a form of trafficking.

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“I don’t know where those numbers come from, frankly. There’s some serious extrapolation going on,” he said. “We really are not sure how many victims of human trafficking there are.”

The local FBI task force says more than 250 children have been recovered in the Sacramento area over the past three years.

More than 90 percent of these kids were in some form of foster care.

Still, the dizzying guesswork has proven effective in whipping up a frenzy of interest and financial investment, especially for well-meaning community groups that aren’t always subject to formal monitoring.

“I’m sure there is some oversight to these groups,” Sydow said, before adding, “I hope there’s some oversight.”

But none of this would be happening without Williamson, a dynamo who could lead a marketing class of her own. Five years ago, no one outside of law enforcement was really talking about trafficking.

Then, Williamson came across the subject, started researching it online and reached out to law enforcement.

Williamson is frantically getting her “courage house” in order.

The Courage Worldwide founder and cheerleader (the group terms its safe houses “courage houses”) is busy prepping for a huge two-day summit on global sex trafficking that kicks off on Friday, February 22, at William Jessup University, a Christian college in Rocklin.

It’s set to feature dozens of speakers and panelists from the worlds of law enforcement, mental health, documentary filmmaking, community and religion. There will be expo booths, workshops on how to brand and market social justice, a seminar on the convergence of faith and policy, and a CD-release party headlined by alternative Christian group Jars of Clay.

“Maybe I talk a lot. I don’t know,” she laughed. “[I have] a passion for the issue.”

That’s an understatement.

In the few short years that her organization has been around, Courage Worldwide has rocketed to the forefront of the end-trafficking miniboom. The small, Rocklin-based nonprofit went from raising $570,000 in donations and grants in 2010 to $1.15 million the following year, according to Courage Worldwide’s 2011 income-tax returns (2012 figures weren’t available).

Most of that money has come in private donations from the faith-based community, Williamson said.

The sweet, savvy Williamson worked her fundraising magic in numerous television interviews, conveying her dream of

“I don’t know where those numbers come from, frankly. ... We really are not sure how many victims of human trafficking there are.”

John Sydow Sacramento County sheriff’s detective

a perfect home on a bucolic swath of land for recovered child prostitutes. Eighteen months ago, Williamson opened the doors to that rural dream house and welcomed her first six charges. She’s had a waiting list ever since.

Williamson, who speaks in a gentle, honey-dripping twang, is a believer who has a knack for making others believers as well.

One official at the Sacramento County District Attorney’s office referred questions on child sex trafficking to Williamson, and Courage Worldwide is currently partnered with the sheriff’s department on a $200,000 grant from the California Emergency Management Agency.

The grant is basically a re-up from 2010, when the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act carved out a chunk of government funds for human-trafficking proposals. Law-enforcement agencies who wanted to apply needed a community-based partner to split the funds with, Sydow explained. The sheriff’s department went with Courage Worldwide because it was one of the only victim-service providers that offered housing.

“Law enforcement was doing their job rescuing these kids, but the community didn’t realize we needed a home, so I just started talking about it,” Williamson recalled.

The approach worked. The sheriff’s department received $500,000 from the

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Governor’s energy czar and SMUD board member Michael Picker looks at Sacramento’s energy future Whitewater enthusiast Michael Picker uses his kayaking skills to navigate the rapids of Sacramento politics. by Elizabeth He is Gov. Jerry Brown’s point person McCarthy for growing the world of nonfossil-fuel-fired electricity, and for ensuring that 33 percent of the electricity powering California by 2020 comes from solar, wind and other alternative resources. This is no small feat.

“Working for a major policy decision maker is always hard water,” said Picker, who’s officially the governor’s senior energy consultant. There has been a lot of resistance from entrenched interests, particularly in the early years, including the well-funded, privately owned utilities. Infighting among California and out-of-state renewable-energy advocates also made for choppy waters.

In addition to being the governor’s renewables czar, Picker has the distinction of being former Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s green-energy adviser. And before being appointed by Schwarzenegger and reappointed by Brown, Picker worked as Democratic State Treasurer Phil Angelides’ deputy.

For seven years, Picker was also former Sacramento Mayor Joe Serna’s chief of staff.

He had his own consultant practice, and worked in the first Brown administration as a deputy assistant in the Department of Toxic Substances Control. In the late 1970s, he was a Stop Environmental Cancer organizer.

He is known to be a tough negotiator with a strong sense of fairness, according to some who have worked with him.

And, at the start of this year, he took on another new job: Picker was elected to the Sacramento Municipal Utility District Board of Directors and represents Ward 5. This is his first elected position.

Why now?

“Sacramento ratepayers need a strong advocate to help steer a clear path through enormous changes in the energy world,” said Picker, a Sacramento resident for more than 30 years.

Picker expects California to have 80 percent of its electricity powered by renewable resources by 2050.

This probably won’t occur via increasing the state’s 33 percent renewables-energy portfolio standard to 80 percent, he explained. The state’s current renewables standard legislation was loaded down with controversial requirements and complex methodologies, which has slowed the development process.

One hot topic is how to define bona fide imported green electricity power. The latter issue has been hotly contested because, in addition to curbing greenhouse gases, the state’s renewable mandate seeks to increase in-state green-power projects. Out-of-state

renewable advocates insist that power imports can come with lower price tags.

Picker acknowledges the route for growing the amount of nonfossil-fueled electricity has yet to be determined. “How are we going to integrate, get the juice flowing and keep carbon emissions out of electric market?” he asked.

Part of the answer is in energy-storage technologies that hold excess wind and solar power, so that the juice is available when needed. Wind and solar projects produce uneven flows of energy into the grid. For example, sometimes there is a lot of wind production at night when overall energy consumption drops off. The goal is to be able to store that excess so that it is available when lights, coffeemakers and office equipment power up.

Expansion of existing and emerging energy-storage development, however, is in limbo, because of concerns over the associated price tag, and debates over who should pay for it, plus the lack of a state policy.

“ There’ll be some disagreement.

But, eventually, it will be for the betterment of all our lives and an example to other utilities around the state.”

Michael Picker on meeting SMUD’s renewables goals “We know the price will come down,” Picker said of energy storage, particularly with the electrification of the transport industry.

Electric vehicles not only are charged by the grid, ideally at night when energy use is down, but they also can act as mini-energy storage units and send power into the grid.

Like the state, increasing the amount of renewables in SMUD’s 900-square-mile territory is no easy paddle. The utility expects to meet a 33 percent renewable level by 2020.

How to reach that goal while keeping a lid on utility bills is the crux of the matter.

“There’ll be some disagreement,” Picker said, “but, eventually, it will be for the betterment of all our lives and an example to other utilities around the state.” Ω

Bill me Proposed new laws at the state Capitol could offer relief for hungry, youth, poor Spring is coming in Sacramento, which means state politicians are emerging from their winter slumber with a first round of the new proposed legislation. Here’s a look at some of the bills by Dave Kempa sculpted with California’s tired, hungry and poor in mind. davek@ newsre view.c om

Deported parents, in-state university tuition

Foster care, no cigarettes

Introduced: February 13 If passed, Assembly Bill 352 would make it so any child in foster care is guaranteed a smoke-free living situation.

Minimum-wage bump

Introduced: December 3, 2012 If passed, Luis Alejo’s Assembly Bill 10 would increase the minimum wage incrementally over the next three years to $8.25 per hour in 2014, $8.75 in 2015 and $9.25 in 2016.

All-ages food stamps

Introduced: February 12 In an effort to ensure that unaccompanied homeless children and youths can receive food-stamp benefits, CalFresh, Holly Mitchell’s Assembly Bill 309 would affirm that there is no minimum age limit for those who wish to apply for the program.

Terrorism and civil liberties

Introduced: February 13 Assemblyman Tim Donnelly is taking the federal government head-on with Assembly Bill 351, or the California Liberty Preservation Act. This bill would reaffirm habeas corpus rights to California residents and fine or jail U.S. agents who happen to deny these rights to state citizens in the name of fighting terrorism.

Visit www.newsreview. com for information on additional new bills.

No sugar for you

Introduced: January 28 Almost a quarter of California’s population suffers from obesity, and CalFresh recipients are more likely to be obese than residents not in the program. This legislation, Senate Bill 134 by Michael J. Rubio, would remove any “sweetened beverages containing more than 10 calories per cup” from the list of drinks eligible for purchase through CalFresh.

Independent reporting for this story is funded by a grant from Sacramento Emergency Foodlink.

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federal government, $125,000 of which went to Williamson’s organization. By the time the Recovery Act funds dried up in September 2012, Cal EMA was doling out another $200,000.

“When it comes to the new grant, we didn’t have to go with Courage [Worldwide],” Sydow affirmed, but the department was “happy to continue on the same track.”

The $50,000 that Courage Worldwide received from this grant is paying the salary of a group-home administrator, Williamson said. It’s been a mostly hands-off partnership.

“How they run their program inside, I don’t know for sure,” Sydow said.

That’s not unusual.

Shortly after Recovery Act money first went out to the nation, the U.S. Government Accountability Office audited each state to see how that money was being spent. Though “audit” might be too strong a term for what actually happened.

“Although we interviewed Cal EMA, we did not conduct any audit work at the agency,” GAO spokesman Chuck Young said.

Indeed, what concerns are listed in that May 2010 “audit” are cribbed from a California State Auditor’s office report from the same month.

The latter knocks Cal EMA for not having policies or procedures in place to monitor the subgroups that were ending up with a piece of Recovery Act capital, groups like Courage Worldwide.

“As soon as possible, Cal EMA should execute subgrant agreements with subrecipients so California can more fully realize the benefits of Recovery Act funds,” the report recommended.

Almost three years later, it’s unclear whether this actually happened.

Margarita Fernández, public-affairs director at the auditor’s office, said the Legislature hasn’t asked for another audit of Cal EMA since then. The

latter is required to respond in 60-day, six-month and one-year increments, however. And according to Cal EMA’s last update in March 2012, it only partially implemented monitoring activities to make sure subrecipients administer its grants appropriately.

The State Auditor’s office maintained that Cal EMA needed to “better evaluate” use of remaining Recovery Act funds. But even that finding was more concerned with making sure all federal funds were spent before the upcoming February 28 expiration of the grant, and not with how the funds are spent.

“We are riding the wave of the soupe du jour, if you will, of social issues.

In five years, it’ll be something else.”

Jenny Williamson founder Courage Worldwide on the popularity of human-trafficking causes

Cal EMA media officials didn’t respond to multiple requests for information. But in a brief phone interview, the agency’s Grants Monitoring Division chief put the onus for overseeing how funds are spent on “pass-through entities,” like the sheriff’s department.

“It’s the sheriff’s department that’s responsible for monitoring,” said Catherine Lewis, the Cal EMA division chief.

She also called the state audit that dinged her agency for not monitoring sub-recipients “inaccurate.”

Despite her title, Lewis isn’t responsible for evaluating the grant application that resulted in money for the sheriff’s department. That would be the Children’s Justice Act Task Force, which is under the auspices of Cal EMA. According to the CJA Task Force’s meeting minutes from July 2011 (the last available)—as well as funding

Courage Worldwide, based in Rocklin, opened this property 18 months ago to house victims of human trafficking. So far, 28 women have been helped at this location, and another in Africa—but with little oversight over how federal grant money is spent.

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guidelines and progress reports—it’s up to law-enforcement agencies to self-report any issues.

But besides approving that grantrelated salary invoice, Sydow said the department doesn’t track what Courage Worldwide does with the money it raises separately.

If all this buck-passing sounds confusing, Sandi Snelgrove tries to offer some clarity.

“We’re governed, usually, specifically by our funding sources,” explained Snelgrove, executive director or Another Choice, Another Chance, which has provided substance-abuse and mental-health services to juveniles in Sacramento since 1987.

For community groups like ACAC, which is almost entirely funded by federal grants, that monitoring can be pretty robust.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which recently awarded ACAC a $400,000 trafficking-related grant covering a four-year period ending in 2016, performs regular site visits and requires multiple quarterly reports and status updates to an online database.

There are also client measurements, financial and program audits, independent formative evaluations, and the like. Snelgrove characterizes her job as 40 percent people work, 60 percent paperwork.

While most of ACAC’s money comes from federal sources, the group has gotten smaller grants and private donations that come with no strings attached or with only a small bit of self-reporting required.

Since a whopping 81 percent of California voters (more than 10 million people) approved Proposition 35, the Californians Against Sexual Exploitation Act, this past November, there’s potentially more money to come after.

The harsher sentencing law has been tied up in federal court on grounds that it violates registered sex offenders’ First Amendment rights, which is based on the initiative’s provision that all registered sex offenders turn over every Internet account, username and password to law enforcement. At a joint legislative public-safety committee hearing in August 2012, state lawmakers, civilliberty advocates and legal experts criticized the well-meaning legislation for unintended consequences, like making victimized sex workers less likely to report crimes to law enforcement and adding expenses to a depleted general fund.

Lia Moore was the Legislative Analyst’s Office analyst tasked with the unenviable job of explaining to lawmakers that much was unknowable about the law’s fiscal impacts.

Jenny Williamson, founder of local organization Courage Worldwide, has raised millions of private and public funds to help victims of human trafficking in just five years.

While Prop. 35 directs 70 percent of the money from increased offender fines to public agencies and service organizations, it doesn’t say how that money should be allocated or tracked.

“The initiative definitely doesn’t go into that detail,” Moore told SN&R. Courage Worldwide is 75 percent privately funded. But Williamson, a mother of three boys who claims no expertise on the subject of sexually trafficked girls, doesn’t duck the question of oversight.

“We made the decision as an organization to be a state-licensed home,” with all the regulatory requirements and surprise audits that comes with, she said. Then there are the compliance requirements of the various counties and states from which the girls originate. It adds up to a ton of paperwork, but Williamson calls all the regulation “a good thing.”

Sure, going the private route would have given her the latitude to preach her faith, but that would have been a bad choice, she said.

“What that would mean is there would be no accountability. I just didn’t think that’s smart,” Williamson told SN&R. “We model what I call Christian behavior, but we don’t teach religion.”

That’s not to say there aren’t references to religion on the organization’s website and elsewhere. There are. And it’s controversial evangelical leader, the Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, who will be

opening the summit’s closing seminar on Saturday.

Then again, Williamson did build her dream using what she knows.

Since opening 18 months ago, Courage Worldwide’s undisclosed safe houses in greater Sacramento and Tanzania have housed 28 girls.

Williamson’s about to break ground on a second cottage, which will double the local home’s six-bed capacity and has plans for 60 beds total. Girls who have come in unable to read or with no educational records whatsoever have gotten their GED certificates and gone on to college, she said. The business community is starting to notice.

“The faith-based community gives [money] to a dream, businesses need to see … a success story,” she said.

It’s been quite a story. When I bring up the inordinate amount of attention and financial resources child sex trafficking is getting compared to homelessness, poverty, hunger or any other stale social issue, Williamson is quick to agree.

“I can’t even imagine what it’s like to be working on something for 20 years and not being able to capture the community’s imagination like we have. I cannot explain it, except out of the favor of God,” she said.

“We are riding the wave of the soupe du jour, if you will, of social issues,” she added, noting that Halle Berry and Ashton Kutcher have embraced trafficking like Bono once embraced AIDS in Africa. “In five years, it’ll be something else.” Ω

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Government is more than just public works and patrol cars. It’s a bully pulpit, to use Teddy Roosevelt’s phrase. Government can chastise, comfort or, most righteously, convince that it’s cool to take a few baby steps away from self-interest and sidle up to the greater good.

Is Mayor Kevin Johnson’s full-court press going to keep the Kings in Sacramento? Even if he’s mostly inoculating himself against inevitable failure, there’s still a warm afterglow following those press conferences where he gets all googly-eyed and golden tongued about how epically awesome is the Eden of Sacramento.

Less flashy—but straight from the bully-pulpit playbook—is Jerry the Elder calling a special session of the Legislature to address implementation of the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act is the biggest change in the delivery of health care since the creation of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. That means there’s scads of likely chances for disaster or fiasco. Calling a special session to spotlight how to avoid waves of cataclysmic shit storms saves taxpayers heartburn and money.

Generally, government is good at responding to disasters. Even an all-world, grade-A pooch-screwing like the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Hurricane Katrina was a rolled newspaper to the nose that will help prevent debacles like this in the future. Bummer for New Orleans, though.

California now has cookie-cutter legislation ready for rapid introduction and passage that provide tax breaks, ease applications for relief, and hasten rebuilding for victims of famine, flood, fire, pestilence and rain o’ frogs.

There’s a place in this for former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s forte—striding purposefully with firefighters in his militaristic gubernatorial windbreaker, squinting stoically and pointing meaningfully to highlight the state’s response and the needs of victims.

Like government itself, it’s the less flashy but more effective that seldom receives notice. Shortly after Gov. George Pardee’s election in 1902, the only doctor to serve as California’s chief executive quietly began eradication of an outbreak of bubonic plague in San Francisco’s Chinatown. His predecessor had spent four years denying the outbreak, despite medical evidence to the contrary and at least 113 corpses.

When the San Francisco earthquake struck in 1906, Pardee and his staff moved to Oakland to better coordinate recovery efforts. All told, Pardee spearheaded the distribution of more than $4 million in food and supplies as well as $1 million in cash assistance.

Southern Pacific Railroad, which did the governor selecting in those days, didn’t think Pardee was slavish enough in his devotion and, despite the Republican governor’s skilled handling of the San Francisco disaster, anointed someone else to sit in the corner office, depriving Pardee of a second term.

Pardee moved back to Oakland and co-founded the Progressive Party, which swept into the statehouse in 1910 and created the initiative, referendum and recall, finally prying the greasy mitts of Southern Pacific from the throat of California government.

These century-old Progressive Party innovations are still referred to, rightly or wrongly, as “good government.� Ί

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On counting votes, the public-comment stopwatch and the Sac city school board losing public trust One person, one vote. It doesn’t get much more fundamental than that. Which is why Bites was perplexed by the decision by Sacramento County elections officials not to count a bag of mail-in ballots found in a warehouse last week. They won’t even open the envelopes.

When Bites first heard the news, it seemed certain that the smoking gun had ArVIn finally been found and that Angelique

by COSMO G Ashby’s effort to suppress turnout for cos mog@ n ewsrev iew.c om Measure M had been exposed.

Alas, it turned out to be only 400 votes, not enough to flip any election. The votes were in precincts (92 precincts in all) where all the races were decided by margins much wider than the handful of missing ballots. And that’s why Sacramento County elections officials have decided not to count the votes. “Election Code does not authorize me to recertify an election if the outcome does not change,” explained Jill LaVine, the county registrar of voters.

Bites has just one follow up question: So what? When did the basic idea shift from “everybody gets their vote counted” to “everybody gets their vote counted if it changes the outcome”? LaVine was nice enough to send Bites a list of election codes that formed the basis of the county’s decision. But there’s actually nothing in there that says we don’t get to see and count the votes.

Pressed, LaVine said, “We will be giving these voters credit for voting.” Which will surely come in handy—though Bites wonders if anyone will get enough credit to move up a letter grade.

It’s the little things. Like 407 votes. Or like a few nervous moments, speaking truth to the folks in power. In the last four years, those moments have even gotten fewer and more nervous—thanks to rules by the Sacramento City Council to limit public comment. They dropped the Tuesday-afternoon council meeting. Then, they shaved the time allowed for individual public comments during council meetings from three minutes to two minutes.

It doesn’t sound like a big change, but the two-minute rule is tough, forcing some speakers to rush their thoughts out in an anxious jumble. Public speaking is hard enough. Try tackling a complicated policy issue in two minutes while facing a blinking red light and a council member who’s ready to gavel you down when the clock hits zero. (Which is not that much of an exaggeration: Bites will never

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“We are concerned that this change in a decades-old rule, while well-intentioned, has served to seriously degrade the quality of public comments at council meetings and diminished the ability of citizens to have a meaningful impact on their own government,” said Craig Powell, with local watchdog group Eye on Sacramento.

Last week, the group put out a brief study showing that most all other cities in Sacramento County allow three minutes for public comment, except for Citrus Heights, where citizens can take five. Around the region, the median amount of time is three minutes, with a few fives here and there. In Auburn, according to EOS’s survey, the standard is “whatever is reasonable.”

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The plan is promised to save $2.5 million, not much money in exchange for closing one out of every five elementary campuses. And those savings will be completely wiped out if a relatively small number of students get lost in the shuffle and wind up going to charter schools or to schools out of the district.

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There hasn’t been a railroading like this in a long time.

Indeed, charter operators are already licking their chops over some prime school sites.

But there’s no analysis of this likely loss of enrollment—no analysis of a lot of things— among the superintendent’s cherry-picked numbers.

There hasn’t been a railroading like this in a long time. The closing of Sacramento High School comes to mind. In the past, Bites has talked at some length to school board members Patrick Kennedy and Jeff Cuneo about that experience, about how much public trust was lost in the process. Both know well how hard it is to undo a mistake like that once it’s made.

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State of the Union The battle for the future of America Last Tuesday night, I was at Head Hunters bar in Midtown Sacramento. Along with 100 Democratic activists, I watched President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. I was struck by how much things have changed over the last four years.

At Obama’s election four years ago, even though the county was in the worst recession since the Great Depression, there was such a sense of jubilation.

We were ecstatic that America had elected an African-American president. We were optimistic that he would be able to govern above the political L

by Jeff VonKaene fray. Many of us hoped that, just as America was able to come together to elect our first minority j e ffv @n e wsr e v ie w.c o m president, we could come together to solve our problems. Four years later, I have less hope but much more determination.

My hope was diminished when the Supreme Court, in its infinite wisdom, allowed corporations to spend as much as they wanted to buy an election. My hope was diminished as I observed two distinct criminal codes, one for most American citizens, and another one for hedge-fund operators. And my hope was diminished when a major political party nominated someone for commander in chief who found Four years later, nothing wrong with investing his wealth offshore to avoid I have less hope paying his fair share of taxes. this election felt less but much more likeSo, a celebration and more determination. like a continuation of gridlock.

The event at Head Hunters was organized by the Sacramento Mighty Oaks. It was one of 1,200 organized neighborhood events held across the country. It was inspiring to watch the State of the Union address with a supportive crowd. People clapped when they heard Obama speak about gun control, Watch the enhanced version of President demand an increase in the minimum wage and encourage us Barack Obama’s to work on global warming.

State of the Union Obama articulated a great vision for America. He address at described a government that would play an active role in http://tinyurl.com/ stateoftheunion helping all Americans. But sitting with the Mighty Oaks at video, or read Head Hunters, I think we all knew that that his proposals the transcript at would be “dead on arrival” at the Republican-majority http://tinyurl.com/ House of Representatives. stateoftheunion Shortly after his speech, Obama spoke by phone to more transcript. than 100,000 supporters around the country. Speaking of his political goals, he said, “We can’t finish the job without you. … To get it done, it’s going to require a big push from you guys.”

In other words, there’s no hope that Congress will come Jeff vonKaenel is the president, together on their own. The battle for the future of America CEO and will require a nationwide social movement, putting pressure majority owner of on the politicians. the News & Review But those of us who believe that America should take newspapers in Sacramento, care of all its citizens are not alone. We have reinforceChico and Reno. ments coming—the expanded Hispanic electorate, and a newly energized youth block, among others. The battle for the future of America will be fought in the trenches. That is the real state of the union. Ω

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It’s even destroying eco-friendly, smart-growth projects!

These critics are calling for changes, including sweeping exemptions to the law, to avoid project-killing lawsuits. The truth, however, is that CEQA works: It prevents environmentally unfriendly and “dumb-growth” development from breaking ground, and it seldom, if ever, The California stalls good projects.

Gov. Jerry Brown—who Environmental also wants to retool CEQA this year, calling the task “the Lord’s Quality Act ranked work”—should know CEQA isn’t twelfth on local the problem. In 2012, he commissioned his pet department, the government’s Office of Planning and Research, list of concerns. to ask local governments what they thought were the biggest obstacles to infill development.

The top responses included the economy, lack of financing and even the death of redevelopment. CEQA ranked twelfth on local government’s list of concerns.

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Among other things, Sacramento Assemblyman Roger Dickinson’s Assembly Bill 45 would ban “money bombs”—large, last-minute, secret campaign donations— from entering the realm during elections. Lest we forget, it was just last November when an anonymous $11 million “bomb” got dropped in favor of the No on Proposition 30/ Yes on Proposition 32 campaign less than a month before the election. (Note: If Gov. Jerry Brown’s Proposition 30 had failed, it would have triggered $6 billion in cuts to public schools.)

We learned back then that the $11 million came from an obscure Arizona nonprofit, Americans for Responsible Leadership, and was donated to a Sacramento-based PAC. But it took a subsequent California Fair Political Practices Commission investigation and litigation to find that three different nonprofits were actually part of the funneling of this anonymous money to California. No surprise, it all stemmed from a super PAC taking orders from Karl Rove.

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Count us among the many who will be thrilled to see A.B. 45 and similar bills finally make it through the Legislature and set into California law. Ω

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Last week,

during President Barack Obama’s State of the Union, he spoke of “common sense” fixes to America’s gun-control policies. Universal background checks, the banning of largeammunition magazines, bringing back the assault-weapons ban that expired in 2004—these are some of the ideas floating around Capitol Hill. Some have traction, others surely will be shot down by Republicans. But Obama put the heat on: “Each of these proposals deserves a

vote in Congress. If you want to vote no, that’s your choice. But these proposals deserve a vote.”

Here in Sacramento, it turns out we have some of the toughest gun laws in the nation (see sidebar, “Big shot” by Christopher Arns, page 19).

And these laws may soon get tougher, if Capitol Hill and City Hall leaders move through a slate of new gun-control proposals.

For now, however, a snapshot of firearms by the numbers in Sacramento and beyond:

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acramento has some of California’s toughest gun laws in a state already stingy when it comes to firearms.

Gun-control proponents say the city’s regulations help reduce violent crime and illegal firearms. Gun advocates, not surprisingly, think the rules suck. Either way, these laws may soon get even tougher.

Earlier this week, the city’s Law and Legislation Committee, which recommends new ordinances to city council, met to brainstorm ways to crack down on gun violence.

The committee discussed several proposals, including strict regulations for new gun shops and bans against owning certain kinds of high-powered ammunition.

If Sacramento doesn’t pass new gun-control measures, state lawmakers may do so anyway. California’s Legislature currently has several bills pending that would, among other things, slap a tax on ammunition and prohibit gun sales to anyone under 21.

Sacramento already has landmark restrictions on firearms. Gun dealers must electronically submit customer fingerprints and personal information to the police department. And city residents must report all lost or stolen firearms within 48 hours or risk facing a misdemeanor.

According to Councilman Kevin McCarty, who introduced those laws in 2007, the city’s tough stance on firearms has paid off. The ammunition ordinance has helped officers from the Sacramento Police Department seize 230 guns from people who shouldn’t have them—including convicted felons with violent records, gang members and sex offenders.

“It was all because our ammuni ammunition law gave the police the tools to go do these investigations,” he said.

Last year, McCarty also proposed rules that would require firearm dealers to buy liability insurance and obtain a special permit to operate within the city limits. He believes the city currently doesn’t have enough control over gun shops.

The council’s Law and Legislation Committee may vote on the proposal later this year.

“You could literally open a gun shop next door to a school, church or day-care facility, and there’s nothing in the city’s books to prohibit it,” said McCarty.

Gun-control advocates give a thumbs-up to the city’s strict rules, which they believe has contributed to lower crime rates. Sacramento had 36 homicides last year, down from 57 in 2006. Thirty of those 36 murder victims from 2012 were killed using a firearm. Compared with places like Fresno or Stockton—cities about the same size as the capital but with higher homicide rates—Sac has fewer incidents of deadly gun violence.

Amanda Wilcox, a leader with the Sacramento Valley Chapter of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, thinks the city’s ammunition law has been a huge factor in reducing gun-related crime.

“It was the best program in the state,” she said. “The data on that was pretty incredible, on how they were able to identify people illegally armed.”

Local opponents of gun control see things differently.

Sam Paredes, executive director for Gun Owners of California, thinks the city’s firearm and ammunition rules are “onerous for law-abiding citizens.” He also doubts whether those laws are effective.

“My understanding, from knowing a lot of people, is that they simply go outside of the city jurisdiction to buy their ammunition, because they don’t want to be registered by the government for anything,” said Paredes.

In fact, cops have seized fewer guns recently from enforcing the city ammunition ordinance. Based on his conversations with the police department, McCarty believes more criminals are avoiding Sac’s gun shops to head for cities with looser rules on buying ammo. “That, I think, trumpets the need to have other jurisdictions adopt the law or have a statewide law,” he said.

Paredes is much happier with Sacramento County’s gun policy, especially the amount of concealed-weapons permits issued by the sheriff’s department. According to Deputy Jason Ramos, the department approved between 90 to 95 percent of permit applications for concealed firearms last year.

“They tend to be a leader in freedom,” said Paredes.

“You have a sheriff who has given out more concealedweapon permits than any sheriff probably in the history of Sacramento, back until the Western days.”

“You could liTerallY open a gun shop nexT door To a school, church or daY-care faciliTY, and There’s noThing in The ciTY’s Books To prohiBiT iT.” sacramento city councilman kevin Mccarty Even if Sac’s tough laws are working, cops still struggle to reduce gun violence in the region. According to Officer Doug Morse, a police spokesman, cops seized 875 guns from criminals in Sacramento last year—but there’s no way to actually count how many illegal firearms exchange hands on city streets. And, apparently, Sacramento’s streets have plenty.

Graham Barlowe, local agent in charge for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said his office works with the police and sheriff’s departments to crack down on illicit firearms in the region through a program called Project Safe Neighborhoods. The task force has conducted sting operations to stop illegal gun purchases, and the results are sobering.

“We have been very successful at purchasing firearms [in Sacramento],” said Barlowe. “I think that is in large part due to the abundance of firearms floating around out there.” Ω

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City of promise

by Christopher Arns

Uninspired no more. By incorporating the region's history and natural charms, local designers, planners and architects strive to redefine Sacramento's urban identity.

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When Kimberly Garza entered a local urbandesign competition two years ago, she knew exactly what made Sacramento stand out.

Not the generic high-rise buildings around the state Capitol. And not the ribbons of concrete freeways encircling the grid.

Instead, Garza saw a forest of promise in the city’s trees. And so, along with a partner, she drafted a plan to expand Sacto’s distinctive urban canopy into Capitol Mall and onto the riverfront.

Garza’s entry won first place—and sparked a debate about the city’s identity. Some critics believed the competition’s jury should have chosen a design with more iconic architecture.

Others said Sacto should dream a little bigger and shed its reputation as an overgrown valley town.

Still, others agreed with Garza, who thinks the city’s urban designers should work with what they have.

“We were creating several spaces where people want to go, rather than a landmark,” said Garza, a Natomas native and landscape architect who now lives in Boston. “We were definitely playing up to what Sacramento is known for.”

But there’s just one question: What exactly is Sacramento known for?

On one hand, the city’s architecture has a reputation for being, frankly, a little drab.

Sacto’s skyline supposedly suffers from a dearth of sexy buildings, unlike bigger metros, such as San Francisco or Portland, Ore., that bristle with innovative high-rises. Sure, Sacramento has the California state Capitol—peeking from behind a glass and steel curtain of downtown office buildings—and the Tower Bridge, but few modern structures that really pop out.

“There aren’t many buildings in Sacramento that will make it into the history books,” said Simon Sadler, a professor of architectural and urban history at UC Davis.

Then again, Sadler and a few others think the city might be distinguished in other areas of urban design. History, the natural climate and surrounding landscape have all helped to create an urban identity that’s distinctly Sacramento— and yet, often goes unnoticed.

Sactown, underrated? In architecture, it just might be true.

Still, believe it or not, the grid’s architecture was pretty hip back in the day.

Between 1850 and the 1930s, Sacramento’s downtown neighborhoods sported a distinctive look. During the late 19th century, gold-rush pioneers built distinctive “high-water”—also called “Delta style”—Victorian homes and bungalows on raised foundations in case the American and Sacramento rivers flooded downtown. And early 20th-century architects also made use of local building materials, especially terra-cotta from the Lincoln-based clay manufacturer, Gladding, McBean. Especially during the Roaring ’20s, real-estate tycoons built hundreds of beautiful brick and terra-cotta structures in Sacramento, such as the Elks

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Sacramento’s skyline might seem a little bland, but the city certainly has a few standout structures (hello, state Capitol and Tower Bridge). Those landmarks are definitely unique to Sactown, but let’s be honest: They’re also fairly obvious. In fact, the city has a number of distinctive and historic buildings that seem to fly under the radar.

Gregory Bateson Building 1600 Ninth Street, Capitol area

Beyond the Tower Bridge What Sac’s skyline lacks in flash it makes up for in history, design and blue Popsicles

Tower Sacramento, City Hall, the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, the Sacramento City Library, Weinstock’s department store and the Southern Pacific Railroad station.

The city’s landscape of glamorous terracotta buildings and graceful Delta-style homes once made Sacto feel like a true metropolis.

And then, the city demolished hundreds of homes to build boring office towers and apartments along Capitol Mall.

“If you look at pictures of K Street before the second World War, it almost looks like Manhattan,” said Sadler.

Local flacks finally realized what they had, restoring Old Town in the late 1960s and passing a preservation law in 1975.

Jerry Brown also got elected. Riding a wave of 1970s counterculture, the governor packed the state architect’s office with mavericks to revamp the stagnant Capitol district.

One of those designers was Peter Calthorpe. In the world of architecture and urban design, Calthorpe is sort of a big deal.

Years after working in Sacramento, he wrote a book called The Next American Metropolis which became the bible for “New Urbanism,” a radical approach to sustainable development.

“If you look at the ingredients of New Urbanism,” Sadler said, “it’s about recovering the architecture of the past, like Victorian-looking houses; and it’s about building tree canopies and making walkable neighborhoods.”

Ring a bell, gridsters?

In fact, Sacto’s historic districts inspired Calthorpe’s designs in the 1970s. The

Built in the late ’70s, the Gregory Bateson Building was one of the country’s first energy-efficient office structures. From the outside it looks urbane and futuristic—at least maybe it did in the 1970s. The Bateson’s true genius is the massive atrium inside, which uses natural lighting and radical ventilation techniques to cut energy use by 75 percent.

designer realized that the city’s gold rush- and Victorian-era structures took advantage of the area’s mild climate by using basic ventilation techniques, lots of shade and denser building materials to stay more energy efficient. “These are all attributes that the historic buildings in Sacramento used to do,” Calthorpe said.

The architect eventually helped design some of the country’s first green office buildings right here in Sacramento.

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J. Neely Johnson House 1029 F Street, Mansion Flats

Built in 1853, this Greek Revival home is unofficially Sacto’s first governor’s mansion. One of California’s first chief executives, J. Neely Johnson, lived here in the late 1850s. Like many other large houses in Mansion Flats, the Johnson house has a slightly raised “Deltastyle” foundation to protect the home from flooding, which happened frequently during the 1850s.

Department of General Services Central Plant 625 Q Street, downtown

This new utility plant cools and heats 23 state office buildings, including the Capitol. Completed in 2010, the towering funnel-like structure glows at night like a bright-blue Popsicle. In keeping with Sacto’s history of pioneering green technology, the new thermal plant uses 90 percent less water than the old facility.

Sacramento River Water Intake Structure Sacramento River off Jibboom Street

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Nope—it’s the city’s modern waterintake facility on the Sacramento River, which pumps 160 million gallons each day into local homes and businesses. Pedestrians can even walk over a suspended concrete bridge into the facility and feel like they’re sailing on the Sacramento, just below the confluence with the American River.

Sacramento City Library (Carnegie Library) 828 I Street, downtown

About: It’s tough to tell because of the trees shading the library along I and Ninth streets, but this 1918 Italian Renaissance-style building has eye-popping examples of terra-cotta tiles adorning the exterior. As with many buildings in Sacramento, the terra-cotta came from Gladding, McBean in Lincoln, a famous clay-manufacturing plant 30 miles northeast of Sacramento that also provided tiling for buildings such as the Elks Tower Sacramento and The Citizen Hotel.

—C.A.

Is it a ship? A giant steel-and-glass butterfly landing on the river?

Sure, they’re modern and nice, but iconic? Nah. Sacramento’s contemporary structures haven’t done much to stand out from other cities, critics say.

Things could have been different. In 2007, a gaggle of local developers had at least four sexy projects floating around town, like the twin towers on Capitol Mall or the Manhattansized Capitol Grand Tower proposed for 12th and J streets.

Sacramento’s architecture has a reputation for being, frankly, a little drab.

“This was a pretty bold social experiment that was going on the in ’70s and ’80s,” said Sadler.

At the same time, downtown was starting to perk up. Victorian homes and eco-friendly buildings were starting to seem distinctly Sacto.

The skyline, on the other hand, still needed work.

To that end, local developers started building new midlevel high-rises in the 1980s. Most of these structures, like the U.S. Bank Tower on Capitol Mall, stand between 20 and 30 stories tall.

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“That would have sort of been a game changer,” said Sadler. “We’ve tanked completely on those.”

Developers scrapped those plans when the housing market crashed a few years back.

So the city’s visionaries rebooted and tried something else. In 2011, Sacramento hosted the Catalyst Capitol Mall Design Competition, a program to spice up the boring boulevard leading to California’s statehouse.

“It’s kind of been a no-man’s-land,” said Kris Barkley, a local architect who oversaw the design competition. “It’s just a big strip of grass. It’s not very usable for public events.”

More than 50 student designers from around the world entered the contest. Garza, the Natomas native, took first place with her urban-forest plan. “I think the city grid itself is very strong and distinct,” she said. “I think Sacramento, in that regard, is so pedestrianfriendly and walkable.”

Like Garza, Sadler also believes that Sacramento’s distinctive features include affordable and accessible urban design rather than towering steel skylines.

“It’s sort of in that sweet spot, insofar that it remains one of the nicest and affordable cities in California,” said Sadler.

Last October, local designers from the American Institute of Architects hosted the Central Valley Region Architecture Festival to encourage discussion about the capital’s buildings. The festival featured workshops and tours of the city’s vintage and modern landmarks, including the stately Elks Tower and two modern water facilities on the Sacramento River.

Kimberly Anderson, executive director of the Central Valley chapter of AIA, said they are planning another festival later this year and possibly a separate symposium on Sacto’s architectural identity. Meanwhile, Barkley wants to create a task force to brainstorm new urban designs for the city, using the most notable concepts—including Garza’s plan— from the Catalyst competition.

The overarching goal, Anderson said, is progress.

“I think you should always remember your roots, but you also have to think about moving forward.” Ω

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EXTREME COUPONING WORKSHOP: The Sacramento Public Library will provide money-saving tips at the supermarket. Adults can learn how to take full advantage of grocery discount coupons at the free program, presented by Golden 1 Credit Union. Th, 2/21, 7pm. Free.

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Kids’ Stuff BASICS OF BEES: Bees never sleep, work 24-hours-a-day, need sunshine to harvest nectar, and usually stay inside the hive at night. Bee behavior will be discussed and fun bee facts shared.

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I WEAR PAJAMA PANTS, BAGGY HOODIES AND UGLY WHITE TENNIS SHOES. IN PUBLIC.

In other words, I could probably benefit from professional style advice. Thankfully, Sacramento Fashion Week—which begins this Sunday, February 24, and lasts through Saturday, March 2—is full of people who are hella qualified to comment on sartorial matters.

Now in its seventh year, the annual soiree has grown from just a single event into a weeklong celebration showcasing local designers, models, modeling agencies, photographers, fine artists, and hair and makeup artists. Its mission is to encourage networking within the fashion and student communities, and also to stimulate the local “fashion economy.”

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Highlights include a forum with college students and industry professionals (6 p.m. on Monday, February 25; at Sacramento State University’s University Union, 6000 J Street); a hair-and-makeup workshop offering tips and showing off the latest trends (11 a.m. on Wednesday, February 27; at Allure Salon & Spa, 815 16th Street); and a pair of designer showcases featuring the works of 18 students and professionals, including Janelle Cardenas, Maisha Bahati and Monica Buo (7 p.m. on March 1, and March 2; at the Elks Tower Ballroom, 921 11th Street).

There’s also a launch party, after-parties, workshops, film showcases and VIP receptions.

Several events are free and open to the public, while others require paid admission. The whole thing benefits the Junior League of Sacramento, whose mission is to promote volunteerism among women in Sacramento. For more information, including a complete schedule and description of events, call (916) 572-6787, or visit www.sacfashionweek.com.

Sacramento’s first nonfiction reading series and open-mic. Each event will feature three readers and an open-mic. Anyone can sign up for the open-mic upon arrival, and as many people can read as time allows. Open-mic readings will be limited to five minutes.

Remember, it’s a nonfiction series, so stories must be true and they must be personal. Th, 2/21, 8pm;

Th, 4/25, 6pm; Th, 7/18, 7pm; Th, 10/17, 7pm. $5. Bows & Arrows, 1815 19th St.; (916) 822-5668; www.tellatruestory.com.

Now Playing NUBIAH: Presented by University Union Unique Programs in honor of Black History Month, check out an inspirational stage play musical that travels through African history. Th, 2/21, 7:30pm. Free.

Sacramento State University Union Ballroom, 6000 J St.; (916) 278-6997; www.sacstateunique.com.

Concerts ROBERT SCOTT AND THE LANGERS: Join Irish Night at the Delta King featuring Robert Scott and the Langers performing traditional Irish music. The Langers includes William Mylar and Ken Burnett.

Th, 2/21, 6-9pm. Free. Delta King, 1000 Front St.; (916) 441-4440; www.deltaking.com.

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DON’T MISS! WYNONNA AND THE BIG NOISE:

Five-time Grammy winner and country music superstar Wynonna and her band, the Big Noise, will perform all of her beloved hits and some rocking new covers. Wynonna’s journey as one half of legendary duo the Judds with her mother Naomi Judd provides one of the most fascinating stories in country music history. F, 2/22, 8pm. $65-$75. Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium, 255 South Auburn St. in Grass Valley; (530) 274-8384, ext. 14; www.thecenterfor thearts.org.

Special Events BUSINESS OUTLOOK & ECONOMIC FORECAST: This program presented by the Rancho Cordova Chamber of Commerce offers relevant and detailed analysis of the unique characteristics of markets within the region.

A panel of experts offers dynamic and entertaining views on national trends, statewide perspectives and regional indicators. Cost includes breakfast and program materials. F, 2/22, 7:30-10am. $30. Sunrise Event Center, 11167 Trade Center Dr. in Rancho Cordova; (916) 273-5688; www.ranchocordova.org.

Comedy FUSION FUN FRIDAY: Check out the comedy of Brad Bonar Jr. Bonar is a double entertainer: a talented close-up magician as well as a comic. He will be bringing some friends with him as well. The comedy is appropriate for ages 16 and older.

Every third F, 8pm through 12/31. $12-$15. Fusion International Arts Center, 501 Arden Way; (916) 538-4008; www.fusioniac.com.

Classes LIFE OF A TANTRIC YOGI: Douglas Veenhof, author of White Lama discusses the relevance of thousand-year-old spiritual technologies in our modern world. White Lama is the amazing, untold story of the man who brought yoga and Tibetan culture to America. Theos Bernard’s colorful, enigmatic and sometimes contradictory life captures an intersection of East and West that changed our world. F, 2/22, 6:30-8pm. $20. The Yoga Seed Collective, 1400 E St., Ste. B; (916) 947-2898; www.theyogaseed.org.

Film 5 BROKEN CAMERAS: A work of both cinematic and political activism, 5 Broken Cameras is a deeply personal, first-hand account of nonviolent resistance in Bil’in, a village in Palestine’s West Bank threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements and its so-called “separation barrier.” F, 2/22, 7pm. Free. The Little Theatre, 3835 Freeport Blvd.; (916) 558-2431.

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Who would have thought of cowhands in 10-gallon hats and high-stepping dance hall girls on the ballet stage except for George Balanchine? John Clifford shares insight into Mr. B’s delightful and sassy romp and the traditional American folk tunes of the Old West. F, 2/22, 6pm. $15.

The Sacramento Ballet Studios, 1631 K St.; (916) 552-5800, ext. 2; www.sacballet.org.

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FRENCH SHORT FILMS: The Sacramento French Film Festival presents an eclectic collection of premieres of the newest French short films and a selection of favorites from previous festivals. Films are presented in French with English subtitles. Hear French pop from DJ Christophe, eat free pizza and drink from a no-host wine bar. Sa, 2/23, 6:30pm. $7.

Verge Center for the Arts, 625 S St.; (916) 455-9390; www.sacramentofrench filmfestival.org.

RAINBOW FAMILY STORYTIME: All are welcome at this monthly storytime sponsored

by Sacramento Rainbow Families. Storytime begins at 10 a.m. Book discussion and crafting for school-age children begins at 11 a.m. This is an opportunity for LGBT parents and families to meet, spend time together and enjoy special activities highlighting Sacramento Rainbow Families. Fourth Sa of every

RONNIE MONTROSE REUNION BAND: This group was born from a shared history and love of the incredible music and legacy of Ronnie Montrose, and features the surviving members of the Ronnie Montrose Band, Dan McNay, Steve Brown, Randall Scoles, Tal Morris and Chuck Terpo. The band’s mission is to honor the legend and dear friend Ronnie Montrose as a player, a writer, and a force in the history of classic rock music. Sa, 2/23, 8pm. $22-$25.

Center for the Arts, 314 W. Main St. in Grass Valley; (530) 274-8384 ext. 14; www.thecenterforthearts.org.

Free. McKinley Library, 601 Alhambra Blvd.; (916) 498-8494; www.saclibrary.org.

Meetings & Groups UFO MEETING: With members of the Mutual UFO Network, explore common themes and insights cultivated from 50 years of UFO and ET encounters as to who our neighbors are and some insights into their cultures. The guest speaker this month is Rob States, a mechanical engineer and regular speaker at UFO meetings. Sa, 2/23, noon. Free.

Coco’s Family Restaurant, 1830 Arden Way; (916) 922-6741; www.mufonsacramento.org.

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Award nominee Robben Ford developed his reputation in the jazz and pop world of the 1970s and ’80s as a solo artist, a member of the groundbreaking fusion group L.A. Express and a sideman with musical mentors Joni Mitchell and Miles Davis. In subsequent years Ford performed with Bonnie Raitt, Bob Dylan, Phil Lesh and a host of others. Sa, 2/23, 7:30pm. $27.50.

Sacramento City College Performing Arts Center, 3835 Freeport Blvd.; (916) 558-2551.

HABITAT RESTORATION WORKDAY:

quilters and quilts, in celebration of Black History Month, Sisters Quilting Collective presents quilter and artist Alice Beasley. Beasley has been creating fabric portraits, quilts and wire sculptures in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1988.

She is a member of the African American Quilt Guild of Oakland and the Studio Art Quilters Association. Sa, 2/23, 1-3pm.

Free. 36th St., (916) 457-2502, www.brickhouseoakpark.com.

LITTLE RELICS BOUTIQUE & GALLERIA: Sacred Heart,

The Cosumnes River Preserve invites the public to connect with the local environment and help restore local habitats.

Wear closed toed shoes, longsleeve shirts, long pants, a hat and work gloves. Bring lunch, snacks and a reusable water bottle. Sa, 2/23, 9am-3:30pm.

Free. Cosumnes River Preserve Barn, 6500 Desmond Rd. in Galt; (916) 870-4317; www.cosumnes.org.

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Comedy KATHLEEN MADIGAN: In her 22-year career, comedian Kathleen Madigan has never been hotter. With her new Showtime special Gone Madigan in constant rotation and the DVD of the special topping the Amazon.com and iTunes charts, Madigan has the entire year booked with theater gigs across the country and numerous television appearances. Sa, 2/23, 8pm. $42. Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Hwy. 16 in Brooks; (888) 772-2243; www.cachecreek.com.

Kids’ Stuff BIRD ADOPTION FAIR: Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue is having a free bird adoption fair where you can meet and greet many of the birds that are available for adoption. If you’ve never had a bird before or already have some, this is a great way to see the birds and ask their foster parents about them. There will also be toys, toy-making supplies and information about caring for birds.

Sa, 2/23, 10:30am-1:30pm. Free.

During Black History Month, the Sacramento Area Black Caucus and The Black Group will present old-school afternoons at the movies, complete with popcorn and peanuts. SABC and TBG will pay tribute to black culture with three critically acclaimed films: Killer of Sheep, Daughters of the Dust and To Sleep With Anger. Su, 2/24, 2-7pm.

Free. Women’s Civic Improvement Center, 3555 Third Ave.; (916) 453-0665.

Concerts Frances Kayla and Sandra Dolores make up the duo Cover Girl, bringing you classic songs from the ’50s, ’60s, ’70s and more. Sa, 2/23, 8pm. Free.

Delta King, 1000 Front St.; (916) 441-4440; www.sandradolores.com.

HAWKS, YOLOS AND ANDERSON: I See Hawks in L.A. has been blowing away Americana fans for years now. Add Sacramento’s own Richie Lawrence and the Yolos and the Sierra Foothills’ Paige Anderson and the Fearless Kin and you have one hell of a musical party to attend. Sa, 2/23, 6:30pm. $18-$20. Auburn Event Center, 145 Elm Ave. in Auburn; (530) 823-8310; www.keepsmilinpromotions.com.

watch some of Sacramento’s most popular and successful men play basketball. There will also be a live band, entertainment, cheerleaders and more.

Coaches are former Oakland Raiders Super Bowl champion Rick Jennings and two-time Olympic gold medalist and former Sacramento Monarch Ruthie Bolton. Su, 2/24, 3-6pm. $3. John F Kennedy High School, 6715 Gloria Dr.; (916) 208-7638.

THE SCIENCE WIZARD: The engaging Science Wizard will inspire curiosity and spark young imaginations with silly putty, slime and magic potions.

Parents are welcome to stay to enjoy the fun or leave children in the care of staff. Su, 2/24, 10-11am. $30 per child; free for parents. Arden Hills Resort Club & Spa, 1220 Arden Hills Ln.; (916) 482-6111.

BAMBOO FLUTE ARTIST: Bamboo flute artist Shantala Subramanyam performs as part of Sacramento State University’s World Music Concerts. Subramanyam has toured extensively across South India, America and Europe. Su, 2/24, 7pm. $8-$15.

Sacramento State Music Recital Hall, 6000 J St.; (916) 278-5191; www.csus.edu/music.

SAC STATE HOSTS SATURDAY CLUB: Sacramento State University winners of the annual Sacramento Saturday Club Scholarships will perform. The Saturday Club was established in 1893 to promote and sustain classical music in Sacramento.

Su, 2/24, 2pm. Free. Sacramento State Music Recital Hall, 6000 J St.; (916) 278-5191; www.csus.edu/music.

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DON’T MISS! COOKING WITH BEER:

Celebrate Sacramento Beer Week by using it as a seasoning agent. In this class, Chef Gigi Warshawsky will show you how beer can turn any ordinary dish into an extraordinary one. A special guest from Sacramento’s own Ruhstaller Beer will lead a tasting of beers and share some of the history and lore of Sacramento’s brewing tradition. M, 2/25, 6-8:30pm. $35-$45.

Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op Community Learning Center & Cooking School, 1914 Alhambra Blvd.; (916) 868-6399; www.sacfoodcoop.com.

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Sacramento State University Music Recital Hall, 6000 J St.; (916) 278-5191; www.csus.edu/music.

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DON’T MISS! Jabbar, the National Basketball Association’s all-time leading scorer and best-selling author and historian, will speak at University of the Pacific as part of the 2013 Black History Month Celebration.

He will discuss lessons he learned as a professional athlete, his accomplishments since he retired from playing basketball and his love of history. Tu, 2/26, 7pm. Free. Faye Spanos Concert Hall at University of the Pacific, 3601 Pacific Ave. in Stockton; (209) 946-7707; http://go.pacific.edu/Kareem.

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AN EVENING WITH LISA FORD-BERRY: In her newly published compilation, Be B.R.A.V.E. – Say Something; Do Something, author Lisa Ford-Berry takes her readers through the tragedy and aftermath of losing a child to peer-abuse driven bullycide due to relentless cyber-bullying and the roadblocks she experienced from the school and law enforcement in trying to answer the question: Why? Tu, 2/26, 7-9pm. Free. Time Tested Books, 1114 21st St.; (916) 447-5696; www.bravesociety.org.

Germinated in the fertile soil of a Dartmouth College dance class in 1971, Pilobolus Dance Theatre remains a deeply

part of Sacramento State

Peña embodies both authenticity and innovation in flamenco; he is one of the few practitioners who has transformed how this archetypal Spanish art form is perceived. Named “Best Flamenco Guitarist of the Year” five years in a row by Guitar magazine, Peña is capable of dazzling an audience. M, 2/25, 7pm. $12-$39. Three Stages Peforming Arts Center, 10 College Pkwy. in Folsom; (916) 608-6888; www.threestages.net.

Literary Events

PILOBOLUS DANCE THEATRE:

NING AN TOPS SAC STATE PIANO FESTIVAL: Ning An performs as

PACO PEÑA FLAMENCO VIVO: Paco

Club presents the photography of Betty Sederquist in this event. Sederquist has been photographing and leading nature tours in Alaska for more than a decade. Come to see her beautiful images of wilderness and wildlife gathered from more than a decade of trip experiences. She has also taught photography at Folsom Lake College. Tu, 2/26, 7pm. Free. Auburn Library, 350 Nevada St. in Auburn; (916) 652-7005; www.mlc.sierraclub/placer.

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Sacramento Public Library provides useful research tips to discover your ancestors’ life stories at this workshop. Learn strategies to begin your family history research from experienced researcher and lecturer Kim von Aspern-Parker. Tools such as pedigree charts and family group sheets will be discussed, as well as census and other important records.

Su, 2/24, 1pm. Free. Sacramento Public Library (Central Branch), 828 I St.; (916) 264-2920; www.saclibrary.org.

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KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR LECTURE: Kareem Abdul-

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weaves vocal harmonies and rhythms from Eastern Europe, the Americas and beyond. This innovative trio explores the possibilities of cross-fertilization of different traditions with unlikely timbres connecting Bulgaria to the Bayou. Sa, 2/23, 7-9pm. $13-$15. Village Homes Community Center, 2661 Portage Bay East in Davis; (530) 867-1032; www.timnatalmusic.com.

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meet Rob-O and view his new fine-art pieces constructed of sugar. Sa, 2/23, 6-9pm. Free.

908 21st St., (916) 716-2319.

committed collaborative effort with three artistic directors and more than 25 full- and part-time dancers contributing to one the popular company. Su, 2/24, 3pm. $12.50-$49. Mondavi Center, 9399 Old Davis Rd. in Davis; (530) 754-2787; www.mondaviarts.org.

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Chang’s book Momofuku was one of my first introductions to the cuisine, despite years of lurking around Asian markets buying questionable condiments. Finally, I decided I’d better learn more about Korean food this year.

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Where to eat?

Here are a few recent reviews and regional recommendations by Becky Grunewald, Greg Lucas and Jonathan Mendick, updated regularly. Check out www.newsreview.com for more dining advice.

tables and light wooden chairs, there’s an airy atmosphere, casual and cozy. Estelle’s offers an espresso bar and a wide assortment of teas and muffins and rolls for the breakfast crowd as well as sweets, including DayGlo macarons. For the lunch-inclined, there are soups, salads, sandwiches and meat or meatless quiche. One of the authentic touches is the spare use of condiments. The smoked salmon is enlivened by dill and the flavor of its croissant. Its tomato bisque is thick and richly flavored, and, in a nice touch, a puff pastry floats in the tureen as accompaniment. There’s a lot to like about Estelle’s—except dinner. Doors close at 6pm. French. 901 K St., (916) 551-1500. Meal for one: $5-$10. HHH1⁄2 G.L.

Grange Restaurant & Bar You won’t find any “challenging” dishes on this menu—just delicious local and seasonal food such as the Green Curry & Pumpkin Soup, which has a Southeast-Asian flair. A spinach salad features ingredients that could be considered boring elsewhere: blue-cheese dressing, bacon, onion. But here, the sharply cheesy buttermilk dressing and the woodsy pine nuts make it a salad to remember. Grange’s brunch puts other local offerings to shame. The home fries are like marvelously crispy Spanish patatas bravas. A grilled-hamand-Gruyere sandwich is just buttery enough, and an eggwhite frittata is more than a

bone thrown to the cholesterolchallenged, it’s a worthy dish in its own right. American. 926 J St., (916) 492-4450. Dinner for one: $40-$60. HHHH B.G.

Midtown Firestone Public House A sports bar with a focus on craft beer isn’t exactly a groundbreaking concept, but two local and prominent restaurant families, the Wongs and the DeVere Whites, know what Sacramento wants: good beer; solid pub grub; and a casual, unpretentious atmosphere. Here, the bar is the centerpiece with a full stock of liquor and 60 beers on draught. The menu features savory appetizers—the tortilla soup with poached chicken, avocado and tomato is particularly noteworthy—and a selection of sandwiches and pizzas, including a simple pie with fresh mozzarella and tomato sauce.

American. 1132 16th St., (916) 446-0888. Dinner for one: $15-$20. HHH B.G.

Shady Lady Saloon So many bars try to do bar snacks, and so many fail.

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more like a groaning board, stocked with abundant regional meats and cheeses. The pickle plate looks like Peter Rabbit’s dream, all teeny turnips and tangy carrot chunks. Generally excellent, the saloon’s cocktail list veers from the classics with a list of bartender-created drinks with unusual, but wisely considered flavor combinations: cilantro and tequila, blackberry and thyme, and the surprisingly sublime mixture of celery and pineapple. American.

1409 R St., (916) 231-9121. Dinner for one: $10-$20. HHH1⁄2 B.G.

North Sac Asian Café Asian Café serves both Thai and Lao food, but go for the Lao specialties, which rely on flavoring staples such as fish sauce, lime juice, galangal and lemongrass, lots of herbs, and chilies. One of the most common dishes in Lao cuisine is larb, a dish of chopped meat laced with herbs, chilies and lime. At Asian Café, it adds optional offal add-ons—various organ meats, entrails, et al—to three versions of the dish: beef with tripe, chicken with gizzards, or pork with

pork skin. The beef salad offers a gentle respite from aggressive flavors, consisting of medium-thick chewy slices of eye of round with red bell pepper, chopped iceberg and hot raw jalapeño. The single best dish here is the nam kao tod, a crispy entree with ground pork that’s baked on the bottom of the pan with rice, then stirred and fried up fresh the next day with dried Thai chilies and scallions. Thai and Lao. 2827 Norwood Ave., (916) 641-5890. Dinner for one: $10-$15. HHHH B.G.

South Sac Bánh Xèo 46A Bánh Xèo 46A is named for its signature dish, a Vietnamese egg crepe. Each one completely fills an oval-shaped platter and is served shatteringly crisp on the outside and soft on the inside. Bánh Xèo also offers nem nuong, or grilled pork sausages on skewers, and chao tom, a grilled-shrimp dish that arrives as a flamingo-pink paste melded into a sausage shape around juicy sugarcane.

The staff is friendly and and a flat-screen TV emits a constant stream of saccharine

Better than Pliny Calm the hell down, you Pliny the Younger-coveting maniacs.

If you want some, you’ll find some this month. In the meantime, stop calling every bar and restaurant in town and cork it.

Because there are so many other just plain better things to drink during the 10-day keg blowout otherwise known as Sacramento Beer Week. Here are two: The second annual Sour Fest at Hot City Pizza (Friday, February 22, through Sunday, February 24; 5642 J Street; from noon to 10 p.m.) will have 16 funky brews on draft and five dozen more in bottles. Hot City’s owner says he’s been saving up sour brews for years for this throwdown; a special night, indeed. Pangaea Two Brews Cafe’s Shelton Brothers night (Wednesday, February 27; 2743 Franklin Boulevard; 5 p.m.) will be like Westvleteren on acid (a good thing). Hit up these two parties—then we’ll talk Pliny. www.sacramentobeerweek.com.

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Tacos & Beer This is one of the area’s best Michoacán restaurants. Of its regional dishes, the enchiladas Apatzingán are unusual, filled with only a smattering of sharp cheese and diced onion, soaked in a vinegary sauce, and smothered in very lightly pickled, shredded cabbage with raw hunks of radish and avocado slices. Another specialty is the morisqueta—the ultimate

comfort dish due to the unique texture of the white rice, which is as soft as an angel’s buttock. Diners also have the option to order hand-shaped, griddled-to-order tortillas.

They are warm, soft, taste like corn and barely resemble those cardboard things you get at the store. Mexican. 5701 Franklin Blvd., (916) 428-7844. Dinner for one: $10-$20. HHH1⁄2 B.G.

Arden/ Carmichael Famous Kabob It seems like if you’ve had one kebab, you’ve had them all. But as its name implies, Famous Kabob doesn’t disappoint. A skewer of juicy steak sports a nice chew to satisfy any craving. Another of ground beef is flavored with chopped onion and a hint of cinnamon. The braised lamb shank in a tomato-and-saffron sauce tastes best when the sauce has cooled a little bit and the lamb fat coats the meat like a silken sauce. With deft use of dried herbs and acidic flavors that brighten the dishes and stimulate the taste buds, these are meals that are quietly hearty and nourishing. Persian.

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Phaya Thai Thai places seem to define heat differently. At some, requesting “medium hot” still leaves lips tingling for many minutes afterward, while “hot” causes eyes to bleed and steam to gush from ears. Phaya is more circumspect in its application

of heat. Medium is barely so and hot is closer to medium.

Here, the tom kha gai coconut soup is a bit sugary but, in its vegetarian iteration, brimming with plenty of tofu, dried red peppers with seeds, mushrooms, tomato wedges, galanga and cilantro. Thai fried—as with Thai sweet and sour—is far less heavy than entrees of the same name offered by the region’s northern neighbor, China. Pleasantly provocative is the avocado curry—a panang curry featuring myriad slices of avocado. Portions are large here: The beef salad is enough for two and does have some heated heft. Another salad worth consideration is one featuring a sweet, chewy sausage with plenty of cucumbers, red onion and mint.

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They are nuanced. Brewed with artisanship. In some cases, for hundreds of years. There’s

Grub Shack encourages customers to pig out with menu items that include a catfish po’boy, steak options and several burgers. For vegetarians there’s the Porkless Bella Burger, a portobello mushroom and jack cheese sandwich with tomato and mixed greens. But who the hell wants steak and chicken and big-headed mushrooms at a place that so proudly promotes pork belly? Go whole hog with the Big Piggin. The first bite is salty and sweet with a rich beef patty, barbecue sauce, cheddar, a strong splash of garlic aioli and sliced pork belly. The Hot Mess is similar, sans pork belly burger and served on sourdough with a fried egg. This kind of hogwild legerdemain, mixing and matching items found elsewhere on the menu, is what elevates this grub shack to well beyond a simple sandwich place. American. 4261 Truxel Rd., (916) 285-6100. Dinner for one: $8-$12. HHHH G.L.

A little bit nuts If you enjoy nuts with your beer, take a break from Sacramento Beer Week and head over to the Capay Valley Almond Festival. It happens on Sunday, February 24, in the western Yolo County towns of Brooks, Capay, Esparto, Guinda, Madison and Rumsey—a.k.a. the Blossom Trail, which basically follows Highway 16 along a 21-mile route. Highlights of the festival include an almond baking contest, wine tastings, vendors, live entertainment, a farmers market, children’s activities, barbecue and, of course, almonds. There will also be special demonstrations on the process of harvesting almonds. But it’s not all just about nuts. This year’s festival includes tons of nonalmond related activities, such as a 10K fun run, a golf tournament and the Fastest Little Nut Diaper Derby, in which babies less than 12-months old crawl across a tarp. OK, that sounds a little bit nuts. For more information, visit www.capayvalleyalmondfestival.com.

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Forgive your mother for being herself, and forgive yourself for being like your mother. You both have a magical view of mortgages and money. Here’s the reality: A mortgage payment should be no more than 25 percent of your takehome (not pretax) income. That might not be what a mortgage broker will tell you, but it is what a savvy financial planner would recommend.

Your mother’s primary income is not enough to cover her mortgage, yet she has managed to make the required payments for years. You followed in her footsteps. Yes, I know she borrowed, begged and tutored to make ends meet. You have struggled, too, and resentment about that is partly why her request feels poisonous. Consider this: As long as your home is in your mother’s name, she will expect your support. So set a boundary by returning the $70,000 down payment. Can’t afford it? Pay your

mother’s property taxes in exchange for her signature on the legal documents required to put the house in your name. Taking deliberate action allows you both to grow toward financial maturity.

It’s overwhelming to imagine that your mother knew about the incest and did nothing to protect you. Your grief at being abused by those charged with your care is natural. But given the level of denial she exhibits about money, it’s possible that she never allowed herself to acknowledge the abuse. Or maybe she assuaged her conscience by buying you things. Money and sex symbolize power. Lying about money or sex reveals victimization, the descent into powerlessness. It’s time now to rise above that. Become who you were meant to be, not who circumstances trained you to be.

A friend left his girlfriend to be with me. He made a quick verbal commitment to be my boyfriend and then traveled to another state to visit family. He got stuck in Colorado, so I sent him money for the bus. Two weeks later, he announced his engagement on Facebook. I want to maintain the friendship, but it’s hard.

It’s difficult because you’re the only one holding the relationship together. That’s not a labor of love. There’s no love or friendship between you and this man. Friends bring out the best in each other, but he inspires stress. Friends are loyal and honest, but he lied about his availability. Friends share generously with each other and accept each other, but that doesn’t mean that you put up with someone taking advantage of you. A true friendship balances give-and-take so that over the course of the relationship and in various ways, it is equal. You don’t have that with this man. Let go. You deserve better. Ω

Meditation of the Week “The truth is everyone is going to hurt you. You just have to find the ones worth suffering for,” according to Bob Marley. Are you ready to stop worrying about loss and accept how much you have to gain by loving?

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The act of engraving one’s emotional and by Kel Munger psychological wounds on the body—known as “self-injury” or “self-harm” and often called “cutting”—isn’t to be dismissed as a mere cry for attention. You can do that with a T-shirt.

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We all know it: Peanuts is secretly the most depressing stuff that has ever graced the comic section of a newspaper. Charlie Brown usually loses, but in the end, learns a cute lesson about friendship or hope or whatever.

Screw all that kid stuff. Author Bert V. Royal had the idea of taking the characters of Charles M. Schulz’s masterwork and extrapolating what they would be like in high school. Under the direction of E. Hodge and Eason Donner, EMH Productions presents Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead.

CB/Charlie Brown’s (Kevin Frame) dog has just passed away—the character names here have been changed for copyright reasons—and he searches his high school for opinions on life, death and love from his longtime childhood friends.

This Peanuts world is filled with sex, drugs, violence and cursing; Van/Linus (Brennan Villados) has become a hopeless stoner (who smoked his blanket) and Matt/Pig-Pen (Jacob Vuksinich) is a coke-sniffing, germaphobic, gay-bashing closet queer.

The performances keep up with the craziness of the play. Villados possesses excellent timing as Van, especially with his occasional stoner “whoa” moments. Beethoven/Schroeder (Declan Gallagher) performs well, giving his character an empathetic quality.

But something is missing throughout, and it has to do with the script. While at times it’s interesting to see how each of these scarily insightful children would grow up, the play is more a vehicle for its anti-bullying message.

Ultimately, it’s a concept that seems slapped on for kitschy, shock-value effect. The message is important, but it’s like a poorly written chimera of Peanuts and Spring Awakening.

This play does get you thinking about the possibilities, however: About Beetle Bailey dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder or about Hi and Lois finding out Chip got a girl pregnant.

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No one knows that better than Ben Moroski, a UC Davis graduate who earned his stage chops with outstanding performances on local stages. Now, he’s returning to Sacramento with a well-received one-man show that tells the story of his own journey through self-harm—and explains the scars and wounds that some of us in his local audiences were previously too uncomfortable to ask about.

Winner of Best of Fringe at The Hollywood Fringe Festival in 2012, This Vicious Minute is not the one-man show Moroski initially had in mind. He wanted to do one, but was thinking of something fictional when a producer suggested he write about himself.

“I resisted that,” he said. “There’s a tendency to just be me up here talking about my problem or issue or addiction for an hour-anda-half while everyone listens politely.”

What he found instead was that “if you’re really honest and willing to dig deep, it’s a different process.”

The result is a show that has done well in Los Angeles, with rave reviews in the Southern California press. The production closes there on February 24; three days later, Sacramento’s KOLT Run Creations, where Moroski had an outstanding turn in Jean

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Moroski’s found that audiences respond to the authenticity. “Everyone has pain,” he said.

“Everyone has to find ways to cope with it.

Everyone has to find ways to live in the only moment we’ve got, which is the present one.”

“Even if it’s the most painful, vicious moment, it’s still the only one I’ve got.” Ω

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In Bless Me, Ultima the spiritualism is earthier, more covert, less trendy. There’s nothing that happens in Franklin’s movie that can’t be explained as the simple random workings of a natural and mundane universe. And yet, the movie, like Anaya’s novel, encourages us to see the struggle of good and evil lurking under the surface of things, between and even within individual human beings. In Bless Me, Ultima’s universe, there’s more intimation of the supernatural in the simple blink of an owl’s eye than in all the vampire glitter and demonic transformations that a battalion of visual-effects techs can whip up on their 4K CGI programs.

The movie is set in rural New Mexico in 1944, where 7-year-old Antonio Márez y Luna (Luke Ganalon) is just beginning to become aware of the world outside his own family: father Gabriel (Benito Martinez), mother Maria (Dolores Heredia) and two older sisters; three adult brothers are away at the war (it’s clear that the still-youthful Gabriel and Maria began their family when they were little more than teenagers).

Into the household comes Ultima (Miriam Colon) a local curandera, or healer. Some call her a bruja (witch), but she is loved and revered by Antonio’s parents as the midwife who brought all their children into the world.

Ultima says she has come to spend her last days among the Márez family, and she feels a special kinship with Antonio, “The last child I pulled from your womb.” Antonio is, in that sense, indeed the last—el último—just as Ultima is

the last of her kind, a curandera able to treat sickness, deliver babies, counter evil spells, and instruct a wide-eyed boy in the wonders and everyday magic of the world around him, all with the same serene, all-wise aplomb.

In the course of the story—the movie covers a year or two of Antonio’s young life —the boy sees more death than most children his age.

A local man back from the war who goes on a shooting spree prompted by post-traumatic stress and is himself shot down by a hastily assembled posse. An orphaned and sad classmate (Diego Miró) who drowns in what may have been an accident or a suicide. And more, before the story has run its course. Antonio also sees the black heart of Tenorio (Castulo Guerra), the barber and saloonkeeper in the hardscrabble little town who calls Ultima a witch, but whose own daughters Ultima accuses of being the ones casting evil spells and spreading their poison. Through it all, Antonio struggles to understand the world and his place in it, where good and evil lie, and to fit all this into the framework provided by the Catholic faith he was born into.

Franklin’s cast is made up of experienced unknowns. The closest thing to a star is Alfred Molina, the unseen narrator who tells the story in the voice of the adult Antonio. The names may be unknown, but many of the faces are familiar, and the faces confer their familiarity

In Bless Me, Ultima’s universe there’s more intimation of the supernatural in the simple blink of an owl’s eye than in all the vampire glitter a battalion of visual-effects techs can whip up. on Bless Me, Ultima, giving it the resonance of a folk tale. Even the occasional stiffness of some of the child actors—particularly those playing Antonio’s pals and schoolmates— underscores this resonance; it’s almost as if they’re delivering their recitations in a pageant presented by Ultima’s open-air Sunday school.

The symbolism of Bless Me, Ultima is seldom subtle—even the young hero’s name, literally “seas and moon,” is freighted with it, as is the name of the wise old heroine and the title, which can be read as “bless me, at last.” But as Ultima’s medicine makes clear in Antonio’s world, sometimes unsubtle symbols can be the most potent. Ω

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A Good Day to Die Hard

Tough cop John McClane (Bruce Willis) flies to Russia to check up on his son (Jai Courtney) who has landed in jail—only to learn that Junior is really CIA, and it’s all part of his mission to spirit a political prisoner (Sebastian Koch) out of the country. Now Daddy is in the middle of things and about to either ruin everything or save the day—or both. This series ran out of gas with the first sequel and has been on life support ever since; writer Skip Woods and director John Moore fail to revive it here, but they cram in all they can think of, with Willis and Courtney surviving concussions, broken bones, explosions and outrunning machine-gun bullets. Is Courtney being groomed to take over when Willis finally has enough?

What’s next? Never Say Die Hard? Do or Die Hard? Who cares? Die hard, already! J.L.

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When a Denver businessman’s (Jason Bateman) life and credit rating are destroyed by a Florida scam artist (Melissa McCarthy), he travels 2,000 miles to persuade her to come back to Colorado and clear his name.

How he buys a plane ticket or rents a car with no credit is never explained in Craig Mazin and Jerry Eeten’s imbecilic script; it’s just a contrivance so hilarity can supposedly ensue, but it never does. The movie is frustrating, nerve-wracking and infuriating, with a touchyfeely ending as insulting as it is false, but it’s never funny. Not once. Amanda Peet, John Cho, Jon Favreau, Robert Patrick and Morris Chestnut are all wasted in a two-person show.

Bateman has the name and stature to survive this fiasco, but McCarthy had better watch herself: She’s awfully close to wearing out her welcome. J.L.

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Les Misérables

The opera-lite smash from Victor Hugo’s novel comes to the screen, with ex-con Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman), his dogged pursuer Javert (Russell Crowe), the doomed Fantine (Anne Hathaway), her daughter Cosette (Amanda Seyfried) et al, under the direction of Tom Hooper. There is much to respect in the movie, and the show’s fans will no doubt be satisfied. But they may find it less stirring here than on the stage as Hooper does make an occasional hash of things: unimaginative staging, often sloppy editing and the much-vaunted live singing on the set is at best a mixed blessing. Still, the production is lavish, the casting (including Eddie Redmayne as Marius and Samantha Barks as Éponine) is spot-on. The highlight comes early on, with Hathaway’s searing rendition of the show’s most famous song, “I Dreamed a Dream.” J.L.

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When the leader of a million-dollar heist (Jason Statham) is double-crossed by his cohorts and left for dead, he trails them incognito to Palm Beach, Florida, where he enlists the unwitting aid of a struggling real-estate agent (Jennifer Lopez). Donald E. Westlake’s anithero makes a good fit for Statham (though it’s a mystery why the star’s hilariously clumsy Texas accent doesn’t blow his cover), and director Taylor Hackford and writer John J. McLaughlin do a creditable enough job with the material. True, Hackford lets the suspense go a little slack while he dawdles over the gorgeous scenery (courtesy of the Florida Film Commission and cinematographer J. Michael Muro), but the action is steady and the cast strong with Michael Chiklis as Statham’s antagonist, Nick Nolte as his mentor, Patti LuPone as Lopez’s soap-opera-addicted mother. J.L.

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From the elegantly pitiless Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke, here’s a chamber play of sorts about the most basic human stuff: love and death. (Significantly, love alone is what the title comes down to.) It stars Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva as an elderly Parisian couple coming to terms with the end of their life together, along with Haneke regular Isabelle Huppert as a vexed daughter. Maybe no other living filmmaker can so frankly—and, yes, compassionately—assay the buildup to bereavement, that universal terror of lost companionship and certainty and consolation. It’s not just because the leads are elderly that this movie makes so many others seem like trite juvenilia. J.K.

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A small-town teenager (Alden Ehrenreich) falls for the new girl in town (Alice Englert), even though the local Jesus freaks say she’s from a family of witches—and even though they’re right. It’s the Twilight legacy in action, but at least Ehrenreich and Englert are more interesting than the what’s-their-names in that other series; and at least writer-director Richard LaGravenese whips up the supernatural soufflé with some style; and at least he brings along a pedigreed supporting cast to sell it: Jeremy Irons, Emma Thompson, Viola Davis, Eileen Atkins, Emmy Rossum. Of course, the movie sports the usual Hollywood-liberal clueless contempt for the Deep South, but that may be inherent in Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl’s original novel. There are four such novels (so far), so we may be in for a series. Sigh. J.L.

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Safe Haven

A young woman on the run (Julianne Hough) lands in a small North Carolina town, where she tries to lie low but can’t help bonding with a widowed storekeeper (Josh Duhamel) and another newcomer (Cobie Smulders). Meanwhile, what she’s on the run from is a Boston cop (David Lyons) who won’t give up the chase, saying she’s a suspect in a murder case. The formula that has served author Nicholas Sparks so well—romance, secrets, heartache, beautiful young people and gorgeous Carolina beaches—works once again for writers Leslie Bohem and Dana Stevens and director Lasse Hallström, especially the “beautiful people” part: Cinematographer Terry Stacey’s camera virtually drools over Hough’s lissom legs and pert little behind. There’s a melodramatic climax and a twist ending that’s unnecessary but amusing. J.L.

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Drawing plot parallels between insider trading and drug-company greed, this tale of comfortable yet variously depressed Manhattanites seems at first to lean toward deadpan satire. Then come the shades of retro thriller noir, and the mind games between a well-meaning dupe and a foxy femme fatale.

As to the who’s who and what’s what, that’s best revealed by the movie itself, but it may help to know that key players include Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Also, the director is Steven Soderbergh at his coolly mercurial best and in that exciting middle ground between experiment and entertainment, where formal playfulness goes very well with great faces. Ultimately, this could be a movie that’s really only about the lethal dreamy beauty of its stars. Soderbergh says he’s quitting film after this, but he’s made similar threats before. Maybe he’s just depressed or hiding something. J.K.

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In a not-too-distant future, a zombie plague destroys civilization and divides humanity into the living and the undead. In this bleak world, zombie boy (Nicholas Hoult) meets human girl (Teresa Palmer). Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet gets reimagined by writerdirector Jonathan Levine (adapting Isaac Marion’s novel) in a landscape out of countless trashy movies, with generous dollops of Beauty and the Beast thrown in for good measure.

Levine maintains the novel’s delicate balance of horror, comedy and romance (with more comedy than Marion wrote), and he provides what could become breakout roles for Hoult and Palmer, after years of wallflower parts—good but unnoticed work in other people’s pictures.

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An account of justice delayed, denied and thoroughly disfigured, Amy Berg’s documentary reinvestigates the increasingly unwieldy story of the West Memphis Three, that trio of misfit Arkansas teenagers wrongly convicted of murdering three little boys in 1993. We see again how their case became what one participant calls “the first crowdsourced criminal investigation in history,” with celebrity support from the likes of Eddie Vedder and Henry Rollins, plus Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson in loyal service to Berg as both crusaders and producers. Acknowledging multiple previous documentaries about the same case, Berg’s film mounts its own prosecution, first sifting through all the attendant media hysteria, police misconduct and political maneuvering, then pointing an angry finger at one victim’s stepfather and calling him the killer.

It’s compelling evidence, but also deeply unsettling after so thorough a condemnation of false accusations. Giving off the queasy feeling that we’ll be awash in bogus-justice documentaries for years to come, this film is an endurance test, but as another participant says, so was the ordeal it depicts. J.K.

Unavoidably the movie of the year, Kathryn Bigelow’s controversial quasijournalistic thriller, dramatized from original reporting by screenwriter Mark Boal, surveys the decade-long quest to bring down Osama bin Laden. A taut procedural spun from the point of view of Jessica Chastain’s lone wolf CIA analyst, the film seems temperamentally more tenacious than triumphalist, and maybe therefore also as lucid an elaboration of the “war on terror” as we can ever hope to get from Hollywood. But has anyone asked why we should ever hope to get such a thing from Hollywood? Neither the Obama re-election commercial nor the torture apologia some blowhards feared it would be, Zero Dark Thirty certainly captures the cultural legacy of 9/11 and reveals the euphemized brutalities of recent American foreign policy. It’s also a superb example of contemporary political-thriller vernacular, all the way through to its methodical and disturbingly amazing night-vision climax.

If this endorses anything, it’s the opportunism of movies. J.K.

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Of course the jazz creeps in. Ford’s musical track record boasts stints with Miles Davis and Tom Scott & the L.A. Express. And those are Ford’s guitar licks on Joni Mitchell’s 1974 Miles of Aisles live album. A five-time Grammy Award nominee, Ford’s expansive blues style has also paired him with the likes of George Harrison, Bonnie Raitt, Bob Dylan, Gregg Allman and more.

For Back Home, Ford says he “looked at sources outside my library,” asking friends to send him music to help broaden his scope.

The results, he says, were inspiring.

“I listened to some blues compilations.

That’s where I found ‘Bird Nest [Bound],’ originally done by Charley Patton, but [I] changed the key to make it feel natural to me,” he explains.

Ford also gathered a “crazy good band” with organist Larry Goldings, trombonist Steve Baxter, drummer Harvey Mason and David Piltch on an upright, nonelectric bass.

“I wanted the album to have a rich sound and color, like you were in the same room with the musicians,” Ford says.

Ford’s take on Allen Toussaint’s “Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky” and “Trick Bag” by Earl King also add a New Orleans flavor to

the album, while his rendition of Willie West’s “Fairchild” injects an R&B influence.

Listeners will hear a touch of gospel, too.

“I played the Stanford Jazz Festival, and this kid from Stanford picked me up from the airport,” Ford recalls. “He was playing gospel music in the car, very funky, done on inexpensive gear in churches and revivals. … I really liked it.”

The kid gave him the CD, and the result is Ford’s instrumental rendition of the gospel tune “On That Morning.”

For the album, Ford also wrote “Oh, Virginia,” a Civil War-era styled ballad and “Travelers Waltz,” a three-quarter time ballad— the latter is the result of a collaboration with Ford’s wife, Anne Kerry Ford.

“My wife wrote a poem about my life on the road,” Ford says. “I was working with Michael McDonald and asked him, ‘What do you think of this?’ He started humming and playing, coming up with chords, then asked, ‘Where’d you get this?’ She nailed it on the head.”

Ford was born into music. He grew up in Ukiah, Calif., listening to his dad, Charles, sing and play guitar. His mom, Kathryn, played piano and sang, too. At 10, he picked up the saxophone but switched to the guitar at 13 when he heard Michael Bloomfield play guitar in the Paul Butterfield Blues Band.

“Something just clicked and resonated with me,” Ford says. “I wanted to play like him—I wanted to be him. Before I knew what I was doing, I’d cling to my guitar when I was overwhelmed, for a sense of security, a way to express myself. It was my raft of life in the sea.”

“ Before I knew what I was doing, I’d cling to my guitar when I was overwhelmed, for a sense of security, a way to express myself.”

Robben Ford When he’s not in the studio, the musician keeps busy with Robben Ford’s Guitar Dojo, a website on which he streams online micro lessons, each one tailored to a specific aspect of guitar playing. Ford’s also partnered with TrueFire to provide guitar lessons via online interactive videos.

For now, however, the 61-year-old artist is readying to hit the road. He’s looking forward, in particular, to playing songs from the new album.

“This record is more spiritual than any other I’ve done—a cut of nature, a life of twists and turns,” he says. “It turned out to be so full of joy to make—natural sounding, something that flows like water.” Ω

By about 10:45 p.m., Thomas Rhett still hasn’t started, but my sister and I are no longer able to avoid standing in line for the women’s bathroom, which has one stall. One. For a room with a capacity of 237. (Sketchy, right? Where are SN&R’s investigative journalists when you need them?) There are about 10 women ahead of us and five behind us, and the collective feeling in line is one of desperation.

At one point, a man affiliated with the venue comes over to the two blondes in front of us and asks if they’d like to come upstairs to use the restroom—Thomas Rhett is still up there; the meet-and-greet is over, but they can use the toilet.

The girls are young and this man is not, and they seem a little creeped out. I promptly volunteer my sister and I as replacements.

The man turns and gives us a once over. I’m looking pretty bookish, and my sister looking pretty comic bookish, and he’s markedly unexcited about this, but he walks us over to the stairs anyway.

We’re not allowed to go up, though, because at Finally, a moment on stage without Hayden Panettiere. that very moment, Rhett is in fact on his way down. A life-size cardboard Anyway. A few weeks back, cutout of three men in black cowboy Nashville featured a song of one hats is hastily placed in front of us— Thomas Rhett, who just so happens an act that can only be interpreted to be playing the Stoney Inn before as an effort to prevent a couple of he goes on tour with one Jason crazed fangirls from trying any funny Aldean, and while this isn’t exactly business on Mr. Rhett. the same as being on the set of Quick, heavy footsteps come down the show, it might sort-of maybe the stairs, and from the other side resemble it. of the cardboard cutout I hear some It’s also the case that anyone woman yell, “Thomas, I love you!” raised in Folsom harbors, if By the time we make it back out, secretly, a quiet desire to do cowboy Rhett is onstage donning a backward things, because we all spent every baseball cap and singing about Fourth of July at the Folsom Pro Jäger, but by now, any illusion that Rodeo. This is a fact. Plus, Rhett’s this would be a night at the Ryman website claims that his music is has been squelched by my traumatraditional country influenced by tized bladder. turn-of-the-century hip-hop; his bio We don’t stay long enough to cites influences such as Coolio and hear Rhett’s single, “Beer With Common. I am convinced that the Jesus,” which we’d been looking confluence of these circumstances forward to, if only to hear Rhett will result in an amusing evening. make a case for Jesus choosing The music starts at 8 p.m. There beer over wine. But on the upside, are three opening acts interspersed the night is still young, and there is with at least half the crowd line plenty of time for some Tina Fey. dancing to what I’m almost certain is a countryfied version of T-Pain’s —Deena Drewis deen ad @ne w s re v i e w . c o m “Apple Bottom Jeans.”

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My sister gives me a frown, an expression that reads: “I could be catching up on 30 Rock right now, and instead, I am doing this.”

We don’t especially belong here, and the reason that I have brought her to this place, to our first countrymusic show, is tenuous at best. I’m not, historically, a country-music listener. But I do watch Nashville.

Which maybe isn’t that great. But its star, Connie Britton, was on Friday Night Lights, and my lady crush that developed during that time persists in a serious way. (What moral fortitude! What hair!)

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Luna’s Café & Juice Bar, 8 p.m., $6

As part of the Shinkoskey Noon Concert series, Tod Brody will perform with pianist I-Hui Chen in a program called 19th-Century Sonatas Not CLASSICAL for Flute and Piano. Brody and Chen will perform Franz Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata, which has often been performed by cello or viola and piano. The pair will also perform César Franck’s Violin Sonata, also not originally composed for flute. When not usurping sonatas meant for other instruments, Brody is the principal flute for California Musical Theatre, San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, San Francisco Contemporary Music Players and Earplay, and he’s also a flute instructor and chamber-music coach at UC Davis. 9399 Old Davis Road in Davis, http://music.ucdavis.edu/ people/tod-brody.

Being a nondrinker does not disqualify a person from enjoying the honky-tonk sounds of the Dry County Drinkers. But some might argue that imbibing can connect the listener to the music the way a laser show draws you closer to Pink Floyd. I’ve seen the Drinkers deliver their countrified show in a number of locales and have yet to see the group phone in a performance. Bandleader JonEmery Iverson crafts songs in a voice and personality of his own while drawing lyrically from old-timers such as Jerry Reed and Hank HONKY-TONK Thompson. This is a CD-release show for One Drink, One Smoke, One Song. 1414 16th Street, www.drycountydrinkers.com.

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Mondavi Center, 8 p.m., $12.50-$64 Although slide guitar is traceble to 19thcentury Hawaii, the style became popular in African-American churches across the United States in the 1930s. Today, one of the most BLUES/ROCK famous “sacred steel” musicians is Robert Randolph, leader of Robert Randolph & the Family Band. His new project features the Slide Brothers (featuring Calvin Cooke, Chuck Campbell, Darick Campbell and Aubrey Ghent), masters of the sacred-steel style who also incorporate rock, blues and soul into the mix.

Last year, the group played a string of shows featuring all-Hendrix covers, and it released a self-titled debut album last week. 9399 Old Davis Road in Davis, www.slidebrothers.com.

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Blue Lamp, 9 p.m., $5 Mondo Deco is Sacramento’s best-dressed glam-rock and power-pop group led by vocalist and guitarist J. William Green.

Seriously, the four-piece wears retro suits.

Its first full-length album, Pleasurefaith, released in 2011, is recommended for all who love the Raconteurs, Supergrass or T.Rex. Thought the glam-rock scene was a thing of the past? Mondo Deco revives the old genre with a fresh perspective, working ROCK in female backup dancers to give live performances a little extra 1970s funk, à la Sly & the Family Stone. Also performing Friday are Los Angeles’ Golden Ghosts and local bluesy rockers the Carly DuHain Band. 1400 Alhambra Boulevard, www.mondodecomusic.com.

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There are certain singer-songwriters who soak up so many influences that they transcend genres. Artists such as Leonard Cohen, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young, for example. Blue Oaks, singer Brendan Stone’s band, exists in this realm, though its sound has a more rustic, natural quality about it.

Stone’s smooth baritone compliments the music’s tenderness like the wind rustles the leaves on a tree. It’s got elements of soul, blues and indie, but really, it’s not any of those; it’s just Stone singing his heart out BLUES/FOLK onstage for anyone who wants to listen.

He’s backed by drummer Cody Walker.

1400 E Street, http://blueoaks.bandcamp.com.

—Aaron Carnes

The term “gypsy rock” brings up all sorts of questions. For instance: What is it? And is the word “gypsy” even acceptable for use GYPSY ROCK by non-Romani people?

I will only attempt to answer the former: Originally from Croatia, Diego’s Umbrella is San Francisco’s selfdeclared ambassador of gypsy rock, playing over-the-top tunes that meld Eastern European music—replete with accordion and tambourines—with punk-rock guitars and vocals, plus a little cabaret thrown in for good measure. Think Gogol Bordello plus Social Distortion plus Liza Minnelli. This is not bashful music, and it’s probably best experienced with, say, some absinthe and a total loss of inhibition on the dance floor.

2708 J Street, www.diegosumbrella.com.

LowBrau, 7 p.m., no cover

Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub, 9 p.m., $32.50

Beer and music don’t really go together.

At all. So it’s a miracle of Zeus, Allah and Jah proportions that the top minds over at LowBrau decided to put on a night of local music and brew for Sacramento Beer Week.

Goddamn impressive. What’s next, reuniting Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski? Anyway, this Sunday’s party features the debut of LowBrau and Ruhstaller Beer’s collaboration, Exquisite Kolsch—a “California kölsch,” which BEER WEEK is some kind of West Coast spin on the gently hopped, pale-colored, light-bodied traditional German brew. It tastes like David Lee Roth meets Heidi Klum, or so I’m told. Add in some Exquisite Corps (pictured), and what you have is an exquisite evening. 1050 20th Street, www.lowbrausacramento.com.

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HBO’s Treme is an excellent window into the various subcultures in New Orleans—particularly the music scene. What’s great is how the show features real legends, like Dr. John, and even fictitious ones such as Harley FUNK Watt (played by Steve Earle)—all of whom are dripping with New Orleans’ unique musicality. New Orleansbased funk band Galactic has, of course, been on the show, too. Who better to represent modern NOLA flavor? The band members may not originally be from there, but are inspired by the city’s funky musical legacy—including the Meters and Professor Longhair—while still keeping it fresh. It’s even incorporated hip-hop and electronic sounds in recent years. 2708 J Street, www.galacticfunk.com.

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FRIDAY 2/22

1400 Alhambra, (916) 455-3400

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UNKNOWN RELATIVES, THEM HILLS, THE 77 CLUB; 8pm, $5-$8

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THE ALKALI FLATS, DJ Peter Stegall, 6pm Tu, no cover RONNIE MONTROSE REMEBRANCE BAND, 8pm, $22-$25

314 W. Main St., Grass Valley; (530) 274-8384

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MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 2/25-2/27

THE SWINGIN’ UTTERS, 8pm, call for cover

9426 Greenback Ln., Orangevale; (916) 988-9247 HIGHWAY 12, ANIMISM; 6:30pm, $10-$12

DAN BERN, 7:30pm W, $22-$25

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KB & THE SLINGTONES, THE VINTAGE VANDALS; 8pm, $8

TEMPEST, 8pm, $13-$15

DJs JB, Ted Hicks and Kennedy, 9pm, call for cover

DJ JB, DJ Nasty Nate, DJ Ricky V, 9pm, call for cover

Rock and Rhyme, live DJ and drummer, 9pm, call for cover

ELKHORN SALOON

STARTING SIX, 9pm W, call for cover

STEVE WALL, 6:30pm, no cover

18398 Old River Rd., West Sacramento; (916) 371-2277

FACES

Deejay dancing and karaoke, 9pm, $3

Hip-hop and Top 40 Deejay dancing, 9pm, $5-$10

Hip-hop and Top 40 Deejay dancing, 9pm, $5-$10

FOX & GOOSE

STEVE MCLANE, 8-11pm, no cover

QUINN HEDGES BAND, DELTA CITY RAMBLERS, LES TROIS COUPS; 9pm, $5

AMANDA HUGHEY, M. LOCKWOOD PORTER, AWKWARD LEMON; 9pm, $5

1001 R St., (916) 443-8825

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Queer Idol, 9pm M, no cover; Latin night, 9pm Tu, $5; DJ Alazzawi, 9pm W, $3

Dragalicious, 9pm, $5

Northern Soul night, 8pm W; Open-mic, 7:30pm M; Pub Quiz, 7pm Tu, no cover

THE BRODYS, 10pm-1:15am, no cover

228 G St., Davis; (530) 756-9227

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SUNDAY 2/24

HENNESSY, SOL, TASK1NE, MO BETTA, SNATCH’N GWAP; 9pm, $5

2000 K St., (916) 448-7798

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Sizzling Sirens Burlesque Experience w/ DJ Larry Rodriguez, 8pm, $10-$20

DEAN-O-HOLICS, 7pm, call for cover; RIZ, 10pm, call for cover

DIEGO’S UMBRELLA, 9pm, $12-$15

LUNA’S CAFÉ & JUICE BAR

Joe Montoya’s Poetry Unplugged, 8pm, $2

DRY COUNTY DRINKERS, TELL RIVER, ZACH KINCAID; 8pm, $6

DAVID HOUSTON & STRING THEORY, RAIL FLOWERS, PAPER DOLLS; 8pm, $6

Nebraska Mondays, 7:30pm M, $5-$20; Comedy night, 8pm W, $6

MARILYN’S ON K

“Rock On” Live Band Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

GORGEOUS GEORGE, RIOT MAKER; 9pm, $10

MIKE JAMES, GROOVE HEROES, STEPPING STONE; 8-11pm W, $5

MIX DOWNTOWN

DJs Eddie Edul and Peeti V, 9pm-2am, $10

DJ Elliott Estes, 8:30pm-2am, $15

DJ Mike Moss, 8pm-2am, $20

NAKED LOUNGE DOWNTOWN

ROB BRUNDAGE, SUNMONKS, JEREMY NEVIS; 8:30pm, $3

FREEBADGE SERENADERS, SOUTH SAC JOOKS, GIMMIE 5; 8:30pm, $5

THE GOLDEN CADILLACS, DELTA CITY RAMBLERS; 8:30pm, $5

Jazz session, 8:30pm M; GLOWBOX, CHELSEA HUGHES; 8:30pm W, $5

OLD IRONSIDES

1901 10th St., (916) 442-3504

Acoustic bluegrass jam, 7pm, no cover; DJ Micah J, 10pm, $3

SKIN OF SAINTS, BLOSSOM ROCK, WOLFHOUSE; 9pm, $5

DEKE DICKERSON, THE TWILIGHT DRIFTERS; 9pm, $12

THE NUANCE, 7:30pm M; Karaoke, 9pm Tu; Open-mic, 8:30pm W, no cover

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HUMAN FILTH, MINENWERFER, LYCEUM, BLASPHEMOUS CREATION; 8pm, $6

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LONESOME RIVER BAND, 8pm, $20

DIRK HAMILTON, 8pm, $20

2708 J St., (916) 441-4693 1414 16th St., (916) 441-3931 908 K St., (916) 446-4361 1531 L St., (916) 442-8899 1111 H St., (916) 443-1927

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TYRONE WELLS, GRAHAM COLTON, BRETT YOUNG; 6:30pm, call for cover

SALVADOR SANTANA, M; GALACTIC, Tu; GEORGE KAHUMOKU JR., 7pm W

DJs E-Rock, Gabe Xavier, Peeti V, 8:30pm-2am W, $10

DJ Gabe Xavier, 8:30pm-2am, $10

Open-mic comedy, 9pm, no cover

Karaoke, 9pm Tu, no cover

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DJ Scene, DJ Eddie Edul, 9pm-2am, $15

DJ Peeti V, 9pm, $15

Asylum Downtown: Gothic, industrial, EBM dancing, 9pm, call for cover

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Open-mic, 10pm-1am Tu, no cover; Trivia, 9-10pm W, no cover

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Karaoke, M; BURNIN’ WAVES, 9pm M, $3; DJ Alazzawi, DJ Rigatony, 10pm Tu Top 40 Night w/ DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9pm, $5

Rasar 6pm Thursday, no cover.

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Sunday Night Soul Party, 9pm, $5

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238 Vernon St., Roseville; (916) 773-7625

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Shticks, a comedy night, 8pm, $5

1400 E St., (916) 551-1400

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2574 21st St., (916) 832-0916

ROBIN REYES, GINO VIDECHE, RICHIE GOMES; 8pm, $5

WHISKEY & STITCHES, BLUE OAKS, LUCKY LASKOWSKI; 8pm, $5

Jazz jam w/ Jason Galbraith, 8pm Tu; Poetry with Bill Gainer, 7pm W

UNTOUCHABLE SELDOM SEEN, BAMMER BABI, COOLEY MAC’N; 6:30pm, $13

HOODINI, BAAGI, MANDEEP SETHI, RAS CEYLON, EL INDIO; 6pm, no cover

ANDRES FLORES Y EL CASCABEL, 6:30pm, $10-$20

Microphone Mondays, 6pm M, $1-$2

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BUCK FORD PURE COUNTRY BAND, 10pm, $5

Country dancing, 7:30pm, no cover, $5 after 8pm

Country dancing, 7:30pm, no cover, $5 after 8pm

Country dance party, 8pm, no cover

Comedy open-mic, 8pm M; Bluebird Lounge open-mic, 5pm Tu, no cover

TORCH CLUB

904 15th St., (916) 443-2797

X TRIO, 5pm, no cover; TONY HOLIDAY TRIO, 9pm, $5

PAILER AND FRATIS, 5:30-7:30pm; HOT MESS, JOY & MADNESS, 9pm, $10

JOHNNY KNOX, 5pm, no cover; MIND X, 9pm, $8

Blues jam, 4pm, no cover; JASON KING, 8pm, $5

ISLAND OF BLACK & WHITE, 5:30pm Tu, $5; HOWELL DEVINE, 9pm W, $5

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1517 21st St., (916) 613-7194

Open-mic, 9pm M; Grimey: dubstep and heavy-bass music, 9pm Tu, $10

DJs Fame Change and X-GVNR, 9pm, $5

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THE SUMMER SET, WE ARE THE INCROWD, GO RADIO; 6:30pm, $15

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the course

of her world travels, writer Jane Brunette has seen many wonderful things—as well as a lot of trash. The most beautiful litter, she says, is in Bali. She loves the “woven palm leaf offerings, colorful cloth left from a ceremony, and flowers that dry into exquisite wrinkles of color.” Even the shiny candy wrappers strewn by the side of the road are fun to behold. Your assignment, Aries, is to adopt a perceptual filter akin to Brunette’s. Is there any stuff other people regard as worthless or outworn that you might find useful, interesting or even charming? I’m speaking metaphorically as well as literally.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The Old

Testament tells the story of a man named Methuselah, who supposedly didn’t die until he was 969 years old. Some kabbalistic commentators suggest that he didn’t literally walk the Earth for almost 10 centuries.

Rather, he was extra skilled at the arts of living. His experiences were profoundly rich. He packed 969 years’ worth of meaningful adventures into a normal life span. I prefer that interpretation, and I’d like to invoke it as I assess your future. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, Taurus, you will have Methuselah’s talent in the coming weeks.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the coming weeks, I’m expecting your life to verge on being epic and majestic. There’s a betterthan-ever chance that you will do something heroic. You might finally activate a sleeping potential or tune in to your future power spot or learn what you’ve never been able to grasp before. And if you capitalize gracefully on the kaleidoscopic kismet that’s flowing your way, I bet you will make a discovery that will fuel you for the rest of your long life. In mythical terms, you will create a new grail or tame a troublesome dragon—or both.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Jackalopes

resemble jackrabbits, except that they have antlers like deer and tails like pheasants. They love whiskey, only have sex during storms and can mimic most sounds, even the human voice. The milk of the female has curative properties. Strictly speaking, however, the jackalope doesn’t actually exist. It’s a legendary beast, like the mermaid and unicorn. And yet Wyoming lawmakers have decided to honor it. Early this year, they began the process of making it the state’s official mythical creature. I bring this to your attention, Cancerian, because now would be an excellent time to select your own official mythical creature.

The evocative presence of this fantastic fantasy would inspire your imagination to work more freely and playfully, which is just what you need. What’ll it be? Dragon?

Sphinx? Phoenix? Here’s a list: http://tinyurl.com/mythiccritters.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The temptation to

hide what you’re feeling could be strong right now. You may wonder if you should protect yourself and others from the unruly truth. But according to my analysis, you will be most brilliant and effective if you’re cheerfully honest. That’s the strategy most likely to provide genuine healing, too—even if its initial effects are unsettling. Please remember that it won’t be enough merely to communicate the easy secrets with polite courage. You will have to tap into the deepest sources you know and unveil the whole story with buoyantly bold elegance.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The word

“chain” may refer to something that confines or restricts. But it can also mean a series of people who are linked together because of their common interests and their desire to create strength through unity. I believe that one of those two definitions will play an important role in your life during the coming weeks, Virgo. If you proceed with the intention to emphasize the second meaning, you will minimize and maybe even eliminate the first.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): People in

Sweden used to drive their cars on the lefthand side of the road. But a growing body of research revealed it would be better if everyone drove on the right-hand side. So on September 3, 1967, the law changed.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): When a

woman is pregnant, her womb stretches dramatically, getting bigger to accommodate the growing fetus. I suspect you’ll undergo a metaphorically similar process in the coming weeks. A new creation will be gestating, and you’ll have to expand as it ripens. How? Here’s one way: You’ll have to get smarter and more sensitive in order to give it the care it needs. Here’s another way: You’ll have to increase your capacity for love. Don’t worry: You won’t have to do it all at once. “Little by little” is your watchword.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Do

you floss your teeth while you’re meditating? Do you send text messages and shave or put on makeup as you drive? Do you simultaneously eat a meal, pay your bills, watch TV and exercise? If so, you are probably trying to move too fast and do too much. Even in normal times, that’s no good.

But in the coming week, it should be taboo.

You need to slowww waaay dowwwn, Sagittarius. You’ve got ... to compel yourself ... to do ... one thing ... at a time. I say this not just because your mental and physical and spiritual health depend on it. Certain crucial realizations about your future are on the verge of popping into your awareness—but they will only pop if you are immersed in a calm and unhurried state.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): To

make your part of the world a better place, stress-loving workaholics may need to collaborate with slow-moving underachievers.

Serious business might be best negotiated in places like bowling alleys or parking lots.

You should definitely consider seeking out curious synergies and unexpected alliances.

It’s an odd grace period, Capricorn. Don’t assume you already know how to captivate the imaginations of people whose influence you want in your life. Be willing to think thoughts and feel feelings you have rarely, if ever, entertained.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Gawker

came up with colorful ways to describe actress Zooey Deschanel. In a weird coincidence, their pithy phrases for her seem to fit the moods and experiences you will soon be having. I guess you could say you’re scheduled to have a Zooey Deschanel-according-to-Gawker kind of week. Here are some of the themes: 1. Novelty ukulele tune. 2. Overemphatic stage wink. 3. Sentient glitter cloud.

4. Over-iced Funfetti cupcake. 5. Meltedbead craft project. 6. Living Pinterest board. 7. Animated Hipstamatic photograph. 8. Bambi’s rabbit friend. 9. Satchel of fairy dust. 10. Hipster labradoodle.

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have heard the thundering exhortation, “Know thyself!” Its origin is ancient. More than 2,400 years ago, it was inscribed at the front of the Temple of Apollo in Delphi, Greece. As important as it is to obey this command, there is an equally crucial corollary: “Be thyself!” Don’t you agree? Is there any experience more painful than not being who you really are? Could there be any behavior more damaging to your long-term happiness than trying to be someone other than who you really are? If there is even the slightest gap, Pisces, now is an excellent time to start closing it. Cosmic forces will be aligned in your favor if you push hard to further identify the nature of your authentic self and then take aggressive steps to foster its full bloom.

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Interior insider If you’ve gone out to eat or drink in Midtown at any point in the last six years, chances are, you’ve been in the same room with Whitney Johnson.

After designing the interiors and helping oversee the launch of restaurants such as Shady Lady Saloon, Hook & Ladder Manufacturing Co., Bacon and Butter, and, most recently, LowBrau, she’s been known to pick up a few serving shifts in order to help with the execution of each restaurant’s overall vision. One-half of the design team Johnson & Ross (her partner, Tina Ross, handles the branding and print aspects of a project), Rocklinborn Johnson graduated from the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in San Francisco in 2006 and returned to Sacramento shortly thereafter. Since then, Johnson, 26, has proven herself to be an integral part of the burgeoning restaurant scene and hasn’t paused long enough to decorate her own apartment. She talked to SN&R about how Sacramento’s potential excites her, and why when she goes out, she focuses on a restaurant’s mashed potatoes rather than its wall color.

First things first. Tower Bridge: brilliant or terrible color selection?

Brilliant! It’s gold. It’s very pretty. Especially when the sun sets.

What made you decide to leave San Francisco and come back to Sacramento after graduating?

When I graduated, my mother handed me a piece of paper that said how much it cost to live there, and I immediately packed my bags and moved back (laughs). And I had friends that lived in Sacramento, and it kind of became the happy medium between the suburbs and the city.

You’ve been involved in quite a few of the hip spots that have opened in Midtown in the last few years. How’d these opportunities come about?

Jason Boggs [co-owner of the Shady Lady Saloon] was one of the first people I met when I moved back. We sat down at The Golden Bear and had this two-hour session about changing the world, and how we were going to take Sacramento by storm.

And then, he had the opportunity to work with Garrett [Van Vleck] and Alex [Origoni] as partners, and they brought me on. They were still working at other establishments [at the time], so I’d walk in with a magazine, and they’d come over to serve me water, and I’d open up [the magazine] and there’d

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be floor plans, and we’d circle something or cross it out. We kinda did that for a while until it was established enough for us to hit the ground running and get it open.

What’s your aesthetic?

We really listen to the vision of the owners and kind of the vision of the building, if it’s preexisting or new construction. And we make sure that the process is very well-executed but doesn’t lose that sense of being organic. If you can’t roll with the punches along the way, then you lose a lot of the great ideas. We don’t take ourselves too seriously. It’s important to ask that each place we open has soul.

So, Chez Whitney. How hard is it to work on your own living space?

Everything I own is in a 10-foot-by-11-foot storage unit (laughs). It’s not that I don’t want to [spend time on my own surroundings], it’s just hard. You have this Rolodex of stuff you love going through your head on a daily basis, and to pick that out for myself and to have to wake up next to it for the next six months is a little bit daunting.

And I like to move a lot. I like exploring new parts of town and different types of apartments. I have a suitcase collection that

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I enjoy doing it so much for other people that it satisfies that need, and so when I get home, all I really want is a glass of white wine and my dog and my good friends there.

When you go out, is it hard not to pick apart every aspect of the design? Like, when you walk into an Applebee’s, does it make you nauseous?

I’m not necessarily accusing you of going to Applebee’s.

You know what’s funny? Applebee’s has one of the best white-chocolate brownie desserts, so you know, how can you be mad at them?

When it comes to going out, there are two mind-sets: There’s exploring bars and restaurants for the sake of design, and exploring for food and libations. And, occasionally, I’ll be out, and somebody will say, “OK, what color should that be?” And then I go off. … I like to enjoy whatever I’m a part of. I can’t be cynical and sit in every restaurant and say, “What’s that?” Because then I miss out on how good the mashed potatoes are! Ω

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typical day on a beerand-bike-tour vacation in Belgium goes like this: You arise in the large-ish city where you’re staying, put your bike on the train and travel to a smaller city. From there, you ride your bike many kilometers through orchards, fields and dairy land on meandering country roads, then, finally, you arrive at a small, humble brewery. It will be filled with a local, ruddy-faced and cheery crowd. You are welcomed, probably by the brewer and his family, and poured the freshest, most delicious brews you’ve ever tasted, made all the sweeter by the journey and the atmosphere.

Here’s what it’s like to travel by bike to Berryessa Brewing Co. in nearby Winters: You arise in Sacramento, put your bike on the train and travel to Davis. From there, you ride about 16 miles through orchards, fields—well, you get the idea.

The experience is so disorientingly similar—and European in feel, and in a way that few experiences in America are—that on first visit, you might expect brewer Chris Miller, 34, to utter the strange, rounded vowels of Flemish rather than English.

But American he is, through and through—Northwestern, actually, which

explains his encyclopedic knowledge of hops.

Miller picked up his brewing skills young, starting with a job at a production brewery in Seattle, his hometown. Next stop, a brewpub in the Yakima Valley, an area which pumps out 75 percent of all U.S.-grown hops, due to its unique combination of desert climate and abundant access to irrigation.

Once a year during harvest, brewers from all over the world descend on the area like locusts, which gave him direct access to an unparalleled trove of brewing wisdom. Miller likens this post-harvest rush to a “brewing Olympics.”

His wife, Lori, who is a constant warm presence at their taproom bar, asserts that Miller is “modest” and therefore neglects to mention that the hops brokers and farmers loved him, and would bring in experimental hops for him to brew with.

“Very few people, especially at his age, know hops as well as he does,” she said.

This explains his deft touch with both Belgian beers (e.g., his yeasty, textbook saison), and decidedly American brews, such as his “Trendy the Triple” triple IPA. He must be doing something right, because in the six months the taproom has

been open, Lori says that each weekend has been busier than the last.

“Very few people know hops as well as he does.”

Lori Miller, on her husband Chris Miller of Berryessa Brewing Co. On a typical Saturday, the crowd brings a Northwest vibe by sporting fleece on top, flip-flops on the bottom. Beer nerd Pliny the Younger shirts are in effect, as well as a ton of Berryessa logo hoodies. Dogs and kids roam freely, adults play a ringtoss game, pleasantly mellow country tunes emanate from the three-piece band in the corner.

Food is provided by a food truck, or perhaps there’s a potluck. Strangers and friends chat as more and more customers roll up on bikes and motorcycles. Locals fill growlers and drink a pint for the road.

Miller’s low-key demeanor belies his driving ambition. He’s clearly a workaholic and recently expanded his production

capacity. Berryessa Brewing Co. will also begin bottling soon, notably, the dankly hoppy full-bodied house IPA and Common Sense, his “common” or “steam beer” style.

Astonishingly, he currently brews solo, although he is seeking an apprentice.

Clad in galoshes that are de rigueur for brewers, he proudly gestured to his two new steel tanks and gives a taste of a young barley wine, which hides its high alcohol-by-volume content excellently; he’ll barrel age it soon for “maybe six months, maybe a year.”

This is typical of his desire to keep things loose and playful, which may be difficult, given the skyrocketing local demand for his beer; distributors are howling at the door. But for now, he’s riding the wave.

“I don’t want people to get bored, and I don’t want to get bored,” Miller said.

“I’ve been brewing since my early 20s, and I’m still having fun. This is like Toys ‘R’ Us for me.” Ω Visit Berryessa Brewing Co.’s taproom on Fridays 3 to 8 p.m.; and Saturdays and Sundays noon to 6 p.m.; at 27260 Highway 128 in Winters. For more information, call (530) 795-3526, or visit www.berryessabrewingco.com.

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Well, polish those steins, beer lovers, and hoist a frothy pint of ale. Here’s your quick-and-dirty guide to 25 requisite activities during this fourth annual celebration of sudsy goodness from February 22 through March 3.

King of Beer Week

If it’s possible to anoint a reigning king of Sacramento Beer Week, it just might be Pangaea Two Brews Cafe. Who else has more premium brews? Touting a robust contribution to the week’s sudsy festivities, Pangaea looks to retain its crown with a lineup that includes a Rare Beer Night, on Saturday, February 23, and Sushi Night featuring Billy Ngo from Kru Contemporary Japanese Cuisine, on Tuesday, February 26. Find out more on its website. 2743 Franklin Boulevard, (916) 454-4942, www.pangaeatwoBrews.com.

Duke of Davis

Over the Yolo Causeway, the crew at the The Davis Beer Shoppe offers beer enthusiasts an astounding number of brews in its bottle shop, not to mention a constantly changing lineup on tap—and all affordably priced. And while it’s staying tight-lipped on their Beer Week offerings, it recently added six new taps to its original eight and one nitro, along with a barrel-aged option in frequent rotation.

211 g street in davis, (530) 756-5212, www.FaceBook.com/thedavisBeershoppe.

Me so Horne-y

If you feel like channeling your inner George Clinton, then head up to Folsom and tap into 16 funky offerings from the gang at Samuel Horne’s Tavern. The Funk N Sour festival rolls into Sacramento Beer Week on Saturday, February 23, and promises to be an all-day affair of sour brews from around the nation, including several local spots. 719 Sutter Street in FolSom, (916) 293-8207, http://SamhorneS.com.

Beer before wine, everything’s fine

Brew it yourself

Bows & Arrows is serving up a Home Brew Demo and Brunch with Track 7 Brewing Co. and the home-brew specialists from Brew Ferment Distill. HBD will furnish the hardware while Track 7 supplies the hops and grain. Get your grub on while witnessing the art of brew-making on Sunday, February 24, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. 1815 19th Street, (916) 822-5668, www. bowScollective.com.

Feel the beer flow—like the force

Get up close and personal at Clark’s Corner with a bona fide master brewer when Trumer Pils’ very own Yoda discusses the brewery’s centuries-old German-style pilsner on Friday, March 1, from 7 to 9 p.m. During the master’s visit, Trumer beer specials will be flowing. 5641 J Street, (916) 457-5600, www.clarkScornerbar.com.

Bier, ja

With deejay nights on the regular; a tasty selection of German, American and Belgian craft beers, plus a gourmet sausage kitchen, LowBrau is already one of the safest bests during Beer Week.

Although the bierhaus has only been tapping kegs since December, the newest resident of the MARRS building shows it can hang. 1050 20th Street, (916) 706-2636, www.lowbrauSacramento.com.

Brew on Broadway

After its official opening on February 15, the new kids on the brewing block at New Helvetia Brewing Company are looking to unleash a bevy of new bevvies for its first foray into Beer Week. The brewmasters plan to up the ante by introducing new varieties and expanded business hours. 1730 broadway, (916) 469-9889, www.newhelvetiabrew.com.

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If you’ve ever turned up your nose to those Pabst Blue Ribbon tall cans that have inexplicably flooded the local bar scene, you might want to put your inner beer snob in check and head over to Rubicon Brewing Company’s Craft in a Can Fest on Sunday, February 24. The all-day event promises icy-cold canned beer from craft brewers and proof that tall cans aren’t all bad. 2004 capitol avenue, (916) 448-7032, www.rubiconbrewing.com.

Bacon-and-beer affair

If you didn’t get your fill of the porky goodness that dominated the palates of Sacto swine lovers during last month’s Sacramento Bacon Fest, Dad’s Kitchen is serving up a pig roast on Monday, February 25, from 5 to 9 p.m. It’s an allyou-can-eat-and-drink affair with 11 breweries, including newcomers Track 7 and New Helvetia. 2968 Freeport boulevard, (916) 447-3237, www.ilovedadSkitchen.com.

Chef brewski

Did you know that beer is one of the world’s most versatile cooking agents?

From cheese spreads laced with beer to confections concocted out of chocolate and stout, on Monday, February 25, one of the Sacramento Natural Food Co-op’s instructors will lead participants in transforming ordinary dishes utilizing hoppy, liquid gold. Class starts at 6 p.m. Also on hand, a representative from Ruhstaller Beer will lead a tasting of its craft beers.

1900 alhambra boulevard, (916) 455-2667, www.SacFoodcoop.com.

World War beer

In the ultimate showdown, Beer Week transforms into beer wars when The Shack engages the enemy at the U.S. v. Belgium Beer Dinner on Thursday, February 28.

Be sure to bring your designated driver, however; the six-course meal, paired with a duo of six different beer varieties, one from Belgium and one from the United States, may leave you a wee bit soused.

5201 FolSom boulevard, (916) 457-5997, www.eaStSacShack.com.

Four-wheeled imbibe

Brews and souped-up rides don’t usually go together, but on Thursday, February 28, prepare to rev your engines at the California Automobile Museum. In conjunction with Auburn Alehouse, museum organizers promise beer, groovy cars, food, live music by the Bathtub Gins and demonstrations by

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Not to be left out of all of the boozy fun, Revolution Beer Week takes over the wine bar at Revolution Wines for the entire duration of Beer Week. Each day, the wine stewards will be pairing a selection of their favorite local suds with small plates from its bistro-style kitchen.

2831 S Street; (916) 444-7711, www.rwwinery.com.

Farmers Market Dinner with Beer Pairing on Friday, February 22, from 4 to 9 p.m.

Including garden-fresh ingredients from Sacramento’s farmers markets and prime cuts from Lucky Dog Ranch Beef, each of the three courses will feature a beer pairing. 1615 J Street, (916) 669-5300, www.luccareStaurant.com.

Saturday 2/23/2013 - Chocolate and Stouts “4” Monday 2/25/2013 - Beer Dinner - Great food paired with great beers Wednesday 2/27/2013 - Geeks and Beer - special “Beer Trivia” edition Thursday 2/28/2013 - Bites and Beer featuring Mad River and Lagunitas Brewery

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Drunk train

Take a page from 007’s love affair with traveling by train and hop on the Sacramento Beer Train for a three-hour train ride along the scenic Sacramento River on Sunday, March 3. Passengers will enjoy 10 tastings from four local Sacto breweries, a souvenir tasting glass and live tunes. 400 n. Harbor boulevard in weSt Sacramento, (800) 866-1690, www.Sacramentorivertrain.com.

Quaff, don’t chug

If you’ve ever wanted to tap into the mind of a true beer savant, then Enotria Restaurant Wine Bar’s dinner at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 2, might just be the answer to your amber-hued beverage dreams.

Internationally celebrated beer expert and professor of malting and brewing science, Charles Bamforth will explore the subtle nuances of some of his favorite malted-grain beverages. At $110 per plate, the custom prix fixe menu better impress. 1431 del PaSo boulevard, (916) 922-6792, www.enotria.com.

21 reasons

Celebrate the end of Prohibition 80 years after the failure of “dry movement” when Centro Cocina Mexicana presents its 21st

Amendment Beer Dinner on Wednesday, February 27, at 6 p.m. Dig in to a special five-course Latin-inspired tasting menu featuring suds from San Francisco-based brewhouse, 21st Amendment Brewery.

Emissaries from the brewery will be on hand to discuss their brew and production techniques. 2730 J Street, (916) 442-2552, www.centrococina.com.

Andiamo, birra

If you’re looking for a more active way to celebrate Beer Week, then tune up that fixie and pump up those tires for Brunch, Bikes and Beer on Sunday, February 24, at Hot Italian, and wash down that cloud of fluffy scrambled eggs with Bariani truffle oil with one of the eatery’s specialty brews on tap. 1627 16tH Street, (916) 444-3000, www.Hotitalian.net.

Knee-deep in suds

The ultimate collaboration arrives on the scene just as Beer Week winds to a close at Capitol Beer and Tap Room. The highly anticipated double Belgian IPA from the brewmasters at Knee Deep Brewing Co. and Track 7 will be flowing from the taps all night in celebration the release of their frothy alliance on Friday, March 1, at 5 p.m. 2222 Fair oakS boulevard, (916) 922-1745, www.caPitolbeer.com.

Grand finale

Hang up your beer stein in style and celebrate the close of Sacramento Beer Week at the third annual Capital Beerfest on Saturday, March 2, at Cal Expo, with more than 75 breweries, including every Sacramento-area brewery. Hailed as one of the largest beer festivals in Northern California, the event also supports a worthy cause: Proceeds benefits the Runnin’ for Rhett Scholarship and the R4R Youth Fitness Program.

Tickets are $5-$75. 1600 exPoSition boulevard, www.Sacramentobeerweek.com.

Ultimate sour note

Start Beer Week off on a sour note with Hot City Pizza, who delivers its weekend-long

Sour Fest to the thirsty masses beginning Friday, February 22. Pucker up for 16 barrelaged brews on tap, almost 60 more in bottles, cheese and chocolate pairings, as well as grub specials prepared with sour beer. 5642 J Street, (916) 731-8888, www.eaStSacPizza.com.

Game on

The Golden Bear’s got game—game animals, that is. TGB joins forces with Big Sky Brewing Co., the Montana company that produces Moose Drool Brown Ale and Scapegoat Pale Ale, to give folks a taste of the wild side on Wednesday, February 27, when Big Sky, Big Game night gallops into town. 2326 k Street, (916) 441-2242, www.goldenbear916.com.

World tour

Prepare for takeoff: Bonn Lair is taking you on a world tour of beers. Each day during Beer Week a different country will be explored, but be sure to secure your passport from the bar attendant: Only a stamp-filled passport earns you a commemorative mug for flying the Bonn Lair friendly skies. 3651 J Street, (916) 455-7155, www.bonnlair.com.

Burgers, brew—and a flash

The beer menu at Burgers and Brew already boasts a robust mix of locally and internationally brewed goodness. But during Beer Week, a series of tap takeovers by a cast of rotating breweries, including San Diego’s Green Flash Brewing Company on Sunday, February 24, whose Belgian-style ale won gold at the 2012 Great American Brew Festival, will augment an already hefty lineup. 1409 r Street, (916) 442-0900, www.burgerSbrew.com.

Beer pairing hookup

Hooking up with Berryessa Brewing Co., Hook & Ladder Manufacturing Co.’s dinner on Sunday, March 3, will marry four courses with four beers—a selection varying from the California Common Steam lager to the Roadhouse Amber ale. The limited-seating affair is $55 and guarantees a seat on the back patio and a bonus brew at the end.

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