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Wine-slushy slush fund I was 8 the first time I attended a state fair: My grandfather took me and some friends to Dallas where the State Fair of Texas takes place each summer. I remember the air was sticky hot, and the fairgrounds stank of manure.

We ate too much junk food and then rode the Zipper, after which I suffered a horrible stomachache and ended the day pouting over missed stuffed-animal opportunities.

In other words, I absolutely loved it.

Now, as an adult, I also love the California State Fair (see “Confesssions of a state fair addict,” page 16). Never mind that my grown-up stomach can’t really handle all that junk food or those rides. Never mind that my grown-up-budget sensibilities know better than to plunk down so much cash just to snag a cheap toy. Never mind all that commonsense tomfoolery, state fairs are a tradition that transcend maturity.

In fact, I’ve learned, one of the best things about being a grown-up is knowing exactly when to not act like one.

This year, I’m aiming for multiple visits. I’ll eat my favorite foods (corn on the cob with plenty of cayenne pepper, falafel, and ice cream). I’ll sit front row for Joan Jett & the Blackhearts on July 18, I’ll hog the photo booth, and I’ll wander the Cal Expo halls, gawking at all the magical products that promise to improve my life. Maybe I’ll even chuck common sense out its boring little window and take a spin on a ride that promises to tie my insides into a churning knot.

Whatever happens, I’ll be sure to visit the beer and wine garden repeatedly. So many wine slushies, so little time. I’m a grown-up lady person, I can do that if I want.

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ne of 21-year-old Marquez Anderson’s biggest dreams is to be able to point at the Sacramento Kings downtown arena and tell his friends and family that he had a part in helping build it.

Sacramento Urban League and Sacramento Employment and Training Agency in developing the program to ensure workers hired for the arena construction jobs leave with the skills needed to succeed after the project is completed.

The lifelong Kings fan is currently gaining valuable experience at Northern California Construction and Training. The school teaches basic construction skills to students in search of a trade. Anderson hopes it will help him land one of 70 initial construction jobs being offered through the Kings’ Priority Apprenticeship Program, which will recruit workers from lowincome neighborhoods around Sacramento.

Anderson, who lives in South Sacramento, will be applying for an apprenticeship after he graduates from the construction program.

“A lot of times these apprenticeship jobs don’t necessarily lead to full-time employment within the construction trade,” Rutherford says. “Those who are going to be providing the oversight into this program need to make sure that the residents are learning employment skills that make them more marketable to future employers.”

“I’m learning plumbing, framing, safety and how to work with others,” Anderson says.

“Before I wasn’t doing anything. I was just applying for jobs. Now, I’m learning skills that can help me get a career.”

While construction on the new arena is promising local jobs, the Sacramento Housing Alliance is advocating that the apprenticeship program provides the skills needed for a career in construction. The Sacramento Housing Alliance is a grantee of the Building Healthy Communities grant of The California Endowment.

Executive Director Darryl Rutherford says his organization has provided input and feedback to Sacramento Area Congregations Together,

“We Want to make sure these residents are leaving these apprenticeships With the skills they need to be successful in the long term.”

and how to be prepared,” Rutherford says.

“Initially, they may earn a good paycheck that benefits them in the short term, but we want to make sure these residents are leaving these apprenticeships with the skills they need to be successful in the long term.”

Construction on the Kings arena is tentatively scheduled to begin at the end of 2014. Until then, Anderson says he is glad he’s learning a new skill set because it will increase his chances of getting an apprenticeship.

“I want this to be a career for me,” Anderson says.

BuIldIng HEalTHy COmmunITIES In 2010, The California Endowment launched a 10-year, $1 billion plan to improve the health of 14 challenged communities across the state. Over the 10 years, residents, community-based organizations and public institutions will work together to address the socioeconomic and environmental challenges contributing to the poor health of their communities. marquez anderson is learning valuable skills from Jake meehan, an instructor at northern California Construction and Training. anderson hopes to secure a job helping build the new arena downtown.

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Rutherford adds that many of the residents who will participate will need training in a number of areas.

“They are going to need training in basic math. They will need training on how to communicate with others, how to work with others in a productive way and learn about work ethic — showing up to work on time

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“Too close for comfort was at an outing with my first fiancé and second fiancé.”

Asked at Sacramento State University:

When were you too close for comfort?

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With professors, they get too close and their breath is not up to par. When I ask for help, I know if they are the kind to get in my personal space, then I scooch back a little bit.

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People standing too close don’t bother me, especially if they have a good spirit. I just lost my father in December, so sometimes when I talk about it, it is uncomfortable.

So, yes, when someone gets close that way, I become emotional.

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Byron Miller

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When someone is standing too close to me, I usually just take a step back. They don’t always get the message. ... With little kids, though, they don’t recognize what is going on, and they get even closer. One hug is good, but not too many.

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Too close for comfort was at an outing with my first fiancé and second fiancé sitting in the backseat [of my car]. It was New Year’s Eve, and I couldn’t say no because we were going to meet friends. It caught me off guard. The ride was about 25 minutes, but it felt like two hours.

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Big Telecom is the problem Re “Your Internet is actually really slow” by Lien Hoang (SN&R News, July 3): As author Lien Hoang mentioned, Europe and Asia enjoy much faster and cheaper Internet connections than most communities in the United States.

Then, Ms. Hoang discussed how municipal fiber-optic letter of networks offer the best solution. But what she did not the week stress was how the telecom companies—Comcast, AT&T, etc.—have been fighting hard to restrict municipal broadband. Local or even statewide legislation, sponsored by the telecom companies, has already removed that option for many communities. In my view, such laws need to be changed. Big Telecom is the problem, and publicly funded fiber broadband is the only solution.

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Status quo at SCUSD

Re “Big arena shake-up” by Raheem F. Hosseini (SN&R Feature Story, July 3): For at least a year now, I’ve been reading in SN&R why the arena project is bad for Sacramento, how it’s the result of corrupt politicians and greedy billionaires, how it’s not going to work to bring economic vitality to the city, how it’s going to drain city coffers and hurt city services.

Now, along comes a story that says it will in essence work too well, that it will result in economic development that will hurt vulnerable populations, i.e., the poor and the hipsters, along with small business.

I could ask, which roadblock to the arena do you want to erect: It won’t create development, or it will? You can’t have both.

Frank Bruno Sacramento

Re “Head of the head of the class”

by Cosmo Garvin (SN&R Bites, June 26): As someone who works in the Sacramento City Unified School District, I am not surprised. SCUSD operates under this policy of only those who need to know know.

Now, of course, there are avenues, or should I say attempts, to collaborate and gather consensus. But by the time this happens, these attempts have transpired into signature collections to pass a predestined contract. As we see in this case of hiring a new superintendent.

Going from a superintendent with no education background to one whose two-year tenure is described as “short and rocky” proves this school district is not ready to get serious and take our students to the next level. So now what? Parents and staff members spend the next school year with principals and teachers being pulled out of their schools to go to meetings for new policies and procedure, all the while the fundamentals of educating our students falls by the wayside.

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Cohousing inspires Re “You have how many f@#king roommates?!” by Janelle Bitker (SN&R Feature Story, June 26): Janelle Bitker’s personal story of living in a commune is an inspiration for sustainability as well as community. As she mentions in her article, cohousing is another form of living in community.

Our cohousing group, Renaissance Village Homes, is seeking property that is within walking distance of shops and transit in Sacramento’s urban areas. We meet twice monthly to review progress of our working groups and make decisions. We hope to begin development in the fall. We invite interested people to join with us in this exciting venture. For more information, go to www.renaissancevillagehomes.org.

Anne Geraghty via email

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n 2005, the first cannabis dispensary opened in Sacramento. While it finally provided a place for patients to buy cannabis in a safe and controlled environment, the business was far from being sanctioned by the Sacramento City Council like it is today. Over the next two years, four more dispensaries opened for business. But the legality of dispensaries in Sacramento was still very murky, according to a Therapeutic alternative Manager Kimberly Cargile.

unless they are accompanied by an adult. While Cargile says she is happy with the ordinance, she hopes the city goes even further in the future by requiring dispensaries to test cannabis before it’s given to patients.

“There’s a long list of things we have to do to keep our permits, but it’s protecting consumers, and that’s a good thing,” Cargile says.

“The city knew we were there, but it was like the ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy,” Cargile says.

Cargile began working in the medical marijuana industry in 2007 and became an activist for regulation almost immediately. Cargile argued that regulation keeps patients safe by having the medicine tested regularly and requiring dispensaries to have adequate security and conduct background checks. She organized rallies, collected testimonials from patients and attended city council meetings in support of dispensary regulation in Sacramento. But it wasn’t until 2009 when the wheels started to turn. “after Obama became president, we went from five to 30 dispensaries almost overnight,” Cargile says. “The city put a moratorium on dispensaries and asked all of us to start the application process to register with the city.”

“there’s a long list of things we have to do to keep our permits, but it’s protecting consumers, and that’s a good thing.”

Kimberly Cargile, manager at A Therapeutic Alternative, says regulation of dispensaries helps protect consumers.

Kimberly Cargile, A Therapeutic Alternative manager Local dispensaries worked with city council and the community to come up with an ordinance, which the council approved in 2010. Cargile says she believes it still is the best dispensary-regulating ordinance in California. “The city council was just so compassionate and open-minded when they put it together,” Cargile says. But the ordinance suffered a setback in 2012 when the federal government raided several dispensaries in the county. Sacramento City Council suspended the application process.

Many dispensaries shut down permanently. Some shut down temporarily, including a Therapeutic alternative. But in 2013, the department of Justice released a statement saying they were no longer going to go after “legitimate cannabis dispensaries or patients.” Upon this news, city council allowed dispensaries to continue the application process. today, dispensaries in Sacramento are regulated by the city prohibiting cannabis use unless it is for medicinal purposes. patients are not allowed to use cannabis within 20 feet of a dispensary, and juveniles are not allowed to enter a dispensary

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Critics blast the oil industry’s increased use of trains as a move backward Millions of barrels of crude oil are passing through Sacramento on cargo trains destined for by the state’s refineries, mostly in the Bay Alastair Bland Area and near Los Angeles. Opposition to the escalating shipments is snowballing.

Meanwhile, rail companies are ramping up plans to deliver more and more oil by rail in the coming years. Much of the combustible cargo is coming via northern corridors, making the chance of a spill along the Sacramento River a very real danger.

“A spill could cripple the state’s economy,” said Suma Peesapati, a staff attorney with the group Earthjustice, based in San Francisco.

In more urban areas, the risk of explosion threatens millions of people. The Natural Resources Defense Council has estimated that in Northern California alone almost 4 million people live close enough to major train tracks that an explosion could injure or kill them.

While Gov. Jerry Brown, recognizing the new environmental threat, has set aside state funds to help with inland oil-spill cleanup efforts, some activists say leaders need to think more about spill prevention, not response.

Around the country, accidents involving oil trains are becoming more frequent, according to a state report titled “Oil by Rail Safety in California.” The most disastrous of these events was a year ago in the town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, where 47 people died when a train derailed and the oil it was carrying exploded, incinerating the town center.

This rise in accident rates parallels a sharp increase in oil-by-rail shipments.

Trains delivered about 50,000 barrels of crude oil into California in 2009 and 6 million barrels in 2013, according to the state’s report. In 2016, 150 million barrels— almost a quarter of the oil delivered to the state’s refineries each year—will arrive by train. The report also states that “industry is currently investing heavily in rail infrastructure and rail tank cars,” apparently as oil producers plan on moving more and more oil overland by train rather than pipeline.

To Diane Bailey, a senior scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council, this investment is a move in the wrong direction.

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oil shipments. Only after a huge, though Outdated and unsafe tank cars have also nondeadly, explosion occurred along a been the subject of much discussion. Most Virginia rail line in April did the U.S. oil is currently carried in DOT-111 legacy Department of Transportation order Much of the incoming crude-oil shipments tank cars, widely considered to be too thinare of a type called Bakken, which is railways to disclose information about hulled for carrying potentially explosive exceptionally pure and easier for refineries any Bakken oil shipments of more than a materials. The DOT-111 cars have been to treat. It is also more vaporous, however, million gallons to state emergency officials. called “soda cans on wheels” by critics which makes it extremely flammable and Still, the information is not easy to find; and are being phased out of use. A more potentially dangerous. Bakken oil, most it is available on some state websites but advanced car, the CPC-1232, is considered of it sourced by fracking in North Dakota, still under guard by rail companies. When an improvement over the DOT-111. The has been involved in the most publicized of contacted by SN&R, Lena Kent, spokesper- CPC-1232 car, however, was involved recent large explosions involving derailed son with BNSF, said she could not provide in the fiery explosion in Lynchburg, Va., oil trains. route information for security reasons. She in April. A newer, safer model has been also declined to provide information on introduced, but they are not required. what type of oil and how much of it BNSF As a preliminary defense move against “In an age when we’re is shipping. a rail-side oil spill, Gov. Brown recently trying to revert away But this is precisely the kind of signed a new budget that grants state emerinformation that must be shared to ensure gency crews access to a $55 million piggy from dirty fossil fuel safety, argues state Sen. Lois Wolk of bank that was previously reserved strictly use, we don’t think it Davis, who has co-authored legislation that for marine oil spills. Inland oil spills have historically required officials to work with makes sense to develop would require rail operators transporting hazardous materials to fund emergency limited resources and staffing, according the infrastructure to crew training and community preparation to Alexia Retallack, spokesperson with the for accidents involving spilled, possibly Department of Fish and Wildlife, the state move this oil.” burning, oil. Wolk told SN&R she believes branch responsible for leading oil-spill Diane Bailey more information must reach emergency cleanups.

Natural Resources Defense Council responders in communities through which “But the new source of funding will oil trains are passing. allow us to respond rapidly with a fast, Predictably, rail companies are “The people who come into contact vibrant cleanup effort,” Retallack said. downplaying the chances of serious with an accident need to have the equipRetallack says marine oil spills are accidents along their tracks. In a recent ment they need to address it, the right traingenerally easier to manage than inland risk assessment conducted for the city of ing and strong lines of communication,” ones, where steep terrain can impede Benicia, where plans are advancing to ramp Wolk said. crew access and moving river waters can up deliveries by train to the town’s Valero Activists have been quick to note that disperse spilled oil across large areas. refinery, it was calculated that just one tragedies and disasters are already occurring While the governor’s provision of cleanup oil train might derail every 111 years on a simply because of accidents, not terrorist funding is a gesture in the right direction, 69-mile length of tracks between Roseville activities.

Peesapati at Earthjustice feels that planning and Benicia. That calculation factors in “The train in Quebec was abandoned so far ahead is, in a sense, countereffective. two 50-car trains arriving every day and by the crew, and it rolled off down the “We need to talk about prevention, not includes spills as small as 100 gallons. hill,” said Daniel Barth, an independent cleanup,” she said. Ω Rail companies have also been environmental activist. “It’s not like they reluctant to publicize information about were guarding it from vandals.”

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Cashing in on the crop New law could lead to hemp grows and research at California universities Green, 20-foot-tall fields of research hemp might be waving in the breeze near UC Davis next year. by David Downs The California Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2013, combined with the 2014 federal farm bill, has unlocked the possibility of legally growing the ancient food, fuel and fiber crop. “It’s remarkable. I’m quite thrilled,” said longtime San Francisco hemp lawyer Patrick Goggin. “We had no idea it would come this fast, to be honest.”

Championed by state Sen. Mark Leno, the Hemp Farming Act authorized farming in California— but only if the federal government allowed it. When the bill passed last year, it seemed likely that hell would freeze over before the feds would ever legalize hemp farming.

Far-right Republican senators such as Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul voted for the hemp measure.

The federal government banned hemp along with its cousin marijuana in the 1930s, even though the plants differ in a number of key ways. Hemp, for example, has less than 1 percent of THC, the psychoactive molecule in cannabis, also called tetrahydrocannabinoid.

Modern marijuana, by contrast, can contain 15-22 percent THC. But law-enforcement officials have nonetheless fought to keep hemp illegal, arguing that cops can’t tell the difference between hemp and pot.

But this past February, hell froze over. A far-left, far-right contingent in Congress added an amendment to the massive U.S. farm bill exempting research hemp from the federal drug war if states also allowed hemp. California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a centrist and a longtime opponent of marijuana, opposed the amendment. But “she lost big time,” Goggin said.

Far-right Republican senators such as Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul voted for the measure.

“Hemp has strange bedfellows,” said Goggin. “I call it a wraparound coalition—you have a far-left and far-right, and their interests do coincide on some issues, and hemp is one of them. It’s very symbolic of these types of coalitions.”

When President Barack Obama signed the farm bill, it activated existing-but-dormant laws that allowed for the growing of hemp in about a dozen states. Then, on June 6, California Attorney General Kamala Harris issued a legal opinion on what the federal farm bill meant for Leno’s act.

She concluded that hemp could be grown for research.

In an interview, Leno said California needs to legalize commercial hemp, let farmers grow it, and create jobs and revenue now.

A research program could cost the state $20 million.

Thirty nations grow hemp, and it’s found in thousands of consumer products—including Converse sneakers and BMW interior panels.

“It’s apparently only illegal when it’s growing in the ground,” Leno said.

“Every one of our Western trading partners, plus China, grows it today.

What do we need to spend millions of research dollars to find out?”

Leno said additional hemp legalization measures won’t be passed this year in the state Legislature. As a result, California voters are going to have to step up and legalize hemp as a part of adult-use marijuana legalization in the 2016 election.

As for Feinstein’s claims that police can’t distinguish between hemp and a drug crop of marijuana, “I don’t know that [Feinstein] has ever seen a hemp field,” Leno said.

“Why can California farmers— especially in a time of drought, when they are desperate for a good, safe, drought-resistant cash crop— be denied the benefit of a national legal hemp trade? We should be growing it.” Ω

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Special court is in session for veterans who break the law A day before the nation’s birthday, four soldiers tested out a fledgling treatment program aimed at stemming their by trauma-fueled descent into crime and Raheem F. Hosseini addiction.

On July 3, presiding Judge Robert r aheemh@ C. Hight gaveled to order Sacramento newsreview.c om County’s first stab at a tribunal specifically for military veterans. The pilot program plucks law-breaking veterans from the crime-and-punishment assembly line and embeds them in treatment programs that include in-patient stays and drug testing and can last up to 18 months.

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Successful graduates can get their charges expunged or reduced, and jail sentences dismissed.

These propagating veterans’ courts speak to a belated recognition that crimes committed by ex-military often trace back to their service, especially in combat. “We still have a lot of Vietnam [War] vets in prison that probably wouldn’t be there if they had [veterans’ treatment court] programs,” averred Randy Smith of Stand Down Sacramento, which participates in an alternative-sentencing court for homeless veterans accused of misdemeanors.

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“So we’re going to do a better job with this group,” added assistant public defender Scott Franklin of the approximately 2 million men and women returning from Afghanistan and Iraq. “We lost a generation of Vietnam soldiers. We’re not going to lose these ones.”

Many of them have already been lost, according to groups that track suicide and homelessness rates among active and former military.

That grim inheritance, from soldier to soldier and war to war, most likely dates back centuries, said Judge Hight.

“But it wasn’t until recently, probably in the last 25 to 30 years, that there was ever an institutional acknowledgment that these problems were serious, they were severe and they were real,” he said during introductory remarks.

This latest attempt at salving the turmoil in an all-volunteer force follows veterans’ courts in 18 other California counties, and many others across the nation. At more than 98,000, Sacramento has the sixthmost veterans of any county in the state, according to Franklin. About 4.7 percent of them served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

It took two years—and several law-enforcement agencies and veterans groups—to put this court together, modest as it is.

Due to budgetary constraints, the program maxes out at 20 participants.

A request to fund a full-time probation officer to bump capacity to 50 participants will go before county supervisors this month. Even with its limited scope, getting veterans to self-identify at the time of arrest is a priority, said Doug Mitten of the Vietnam Veterans of America’s Sacramento Valley chapter.

Outside the courtroom last Thursday, in a corridor buzzing with nerves, Franklin gathered the inaugural class to sign their applications and probation agreements in the presence of a rounded-up notary. “All you guys are going to be my first graduates— you know that?” he assured.

Three of the four veterans were in their mid-to-late-20s, while the fourth had the clipped white hair of a man in his 50s. A fifth was in treatment on an excused absence.

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of child endangerment. Domestic crimes among returning soldiers aren’t unusual, Franklin explained.

“Their problem was that they were having emotional disturbances, and the person that was there was a child or a family member, and they struck them,” he said. “The programs they’re going to be in are going to deal with the [post-traumatic stress disorder] that they have, but also work on the family relationships they need to repair.”

One vet spent a year in the U.S. Air Force before diagnoses of anxiety and depression prompted his honorable discharge in 2001.

The other, a Marine, endured four combat deployments in Iraq and was discharged last year.

For pleading no contest to their charges, the young fathers were given four years of formal probation and ordered to comply with “no-strike” orders. Jail sentences of 90 and 30 days were suspended, but could be levied if they fail to complete the program or break any stipulations.

Besides completing the court program, a former Army specialist who served a 12-month tour in the Diyala Province during Operation Iraqi Freedom and was accused of misdemeanor vandalism will have to pay a restitution fine between $120 and $1,000 to have his 30-day jail sentence dismissed.

The older veteran, who had already spent 16 days in jail for assault, struck a chord of recognition with the judge, a ’70s-era Marine himself. “Those were some interesting years,” Hight recalled of his own service.

Before he left, he reflected on that hokey courtroom ritual of opening each hearing with the pledge of allegiance. “I’d just like to say … it had been a long time since I had the opportunity to do that, and it felt good,” he said.

Upon request by Franklin, the judge continued each matter to July 17, when the soldiers will be matched with one of nine mentors seated in the jury box—men and one woman who know what it’s like to serve everything and everyone but themselves. Whether they can help these veterans turn that tide stands as the greatest test of a life during wartime. Ω

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For young people who are detained for breaking the law and may need extended care, there is only one place to put them—the juvenile hall on Kiefer Boulevard.

Two treatment centers that provided long-term residential commitments and rehabilitation services closed in recent years due to budget cuts, though the grand jury found that the county Department of General Services “wasted” millions on maintaining the vacant properties.

Without the Warren E. Thornton Youth Center, closed in 2009, and the Sacramento County Boys Ranch, closed in 2010, “the Sacramento County Juvenile Court lost options, resources and facilities to house and treat long-term offenders,” the report states.

Detaining youths at juvenile hall or releasing them to home detention, formal probation or without any supervision provides “them little to no resources dedicated to long-term treatment and care,” the report continues.

Assistant chief probation officer Mike Shores said last week that the grand jury investigation would require the full analysis of a working group before any substantive responses could be made. The department has 90 days from the report’s June 28 issuance to file its replies to the findings and recommendations, which ask the county to lease or sell the Boys Ranch property and convene a task force to examine reopening the youth center.

Shores did say the department was committed to its juvenile population. “Whatever we do, we want to do it rightly … and through good public practices,” he told SN&R. Charlotte Siggins, who chaired the grand jury’s criminal and juvenile-justice committee and was lead author on the report, acknowledged the crippling economic realities that resulted in the loss of county-run programs for juveniles.

Between 2008 and 2011, probation reduced its staffing by 40 percent. “We did not feel that probation had been the culprit here at all,” she added. “The services they are able to offer are constrained considerably by not having these types of facilities.”

Siggins noted that juvenile hall—officially known as the youth-detention facility—was never intended to detain youths for more than 30 days. But the lack of alternative residential options has forced the way-station hall into acting as a penitentiary, with youths being incarcerated sometimes as long as three years. “Clearly these kids should be somewhere else,” she said, adding her belief that probation officials would say the same thing.

The jury’s critical report follows 14 years of constriction when it comes to alternative housing options for delinquent youth. In 2000, a 22-bed family-reunification center that had taken in minors for three decades turned into a privately run group home. A relentless era of funding problems shuttered an early intervention center for 8- to 17-year-olds in 2008, the 50-bed youth center in 2009 and the Boys Ranch a year later.

A community-based intervention program for first-time juvenile offenders became entirely volunteer-run in 2009.

All these changes and contractions only steered more at-risk youths to juvie, which has lost its own wing to budget cuts and never fully realized a planned unit for special-needs cases. “[W]ith just warehousing, these youths are destined to become the next generation of inmates serving time in adult correctional facilities,” the report predicts.

In a separate paper, the grand jury expressed concern over the probation department’s housing of suicidal juvenile-hall residents with nonsuicidal residents. The practice is apparently in place to have someone on hand to counsel a youth in crisis. Siggins said she understood the agency’s reasoning, but found the practice “risky.” (Raheem F. Hosseini)

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Bummer news: There were two robberies in Midtown on 22nd Street this past Saturday, July 5: The first was just after 2 a.m., on V and 22nd, where two armed suspects robbed two victims, then fled on foot, according to police reports. Then later, at 10 p.m., two subjects stole a purse from two victims near G Street. Police are investigating. Meanwhile, maybe stick to 21st Street, where there’s more traffic and lighting?

Former Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez called for a recount in the state controller’s race, which he failed to make the November runoff in by 481 votes.

In a statement, Pérez said it’s of the “utmost importance” to count every vote. The catch is that he’s only paying for the estimated $1 million recount in 15 counties where voters picked him over Ashley Swearengin and Betty Yee. Weak.

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“T HE FR ES HM Also: Since when does Sacramento : ” SACR AMEN TO actually have seasons? We thought SACR AM EN TO “IN SE AS ON , it was just “kinda warm” and “damn, it’s hot as hell out.”

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Scorekeeper’s fave local band Death Grips called it quits last week. The trio announced its disbanding via Facebook, with a farewell note inked on a napkin. SN&R investigators have yet to pinpoint which local eating establishment’s napkin proffered the inspiration. But as soon as we do, you know that shit will be “#breaking.”

Like most Sacramento Kings fans, we’re disappointed at what appears to be the inevitable loss of Isaiah “Pizza Guy” Thomas. And the roster downgrade that is the acquisition of point guard Darren Collison. It’s an upgrade on defense (maybe), but starting Collison at the point feels like a cheap move.

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Small money strikes back Media almost ignores 99Rise movement’s 47 arrests at Capitol, campaign-finance-reform message VINTAGE FURNITURE & HOUSEWARES STORE CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES Just before the Fourth of July weekend, while most of us were fixin’ to grill and drink and blow stuff up, other red-blooded Americans were down at the state Capitol getting arrested for democracy.

Forty-seven people were arrested in all, over nearly two weeks, for occupying the Capitol and demanding action on campaignfinance reform. The events were organized ARvin by a newish group called 99Rise, and

by CoSMo G many of its supporters had marched cosmog@ newsrev iew.c om nearly 500 miles from Los Angeles.

Different kinds of people: a teacher, a retired businessman, a homeless teen, a working mom. Bites watched the last few of those arrests, carried out by the California Highway Patrol beneath the Capitol dome.

They were peaceful and polite on everybody’s part. But any arrest is scary, and people who do it willingly do it because they really give a damn about something.

The march and the arrests got some media attention, but not a lot. Same with the legislative agenda 99Rise came to support: measures calling for a U.S. constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United, and a bill requiring more disclosure of big-money donors.

The latter, called the California Disclose Act, would require the three biggest funders of advertisements for state and local ballot measures to be plainly identified in political ads—whether in print, online or broadcast.

And it would require the names of the original donors to be disclosed, not just the money-laundering committees with the misleading names like Sacramentans for Jobs and Prosperity, or California Senior Advocates League. That bill is still winding through the statehouse after more than two years.

Assembly Joint Resolution No. 1, passed by the state Legislature late last month, asks the U.S. Congress to call a constitutional convention to overturn Citizens United, to declare that money is not speech, and limit corporate personhood for the purposes of campaignfinance law. The state of Vermont has done the same, 32 other states would need to follow suit to call a convention. Similarly, the Overturn Citizens United Act, Senate Bill 1272, would give California voters a chance to advise Congress on a constitutional amendment. That bill is on the governor’s desk.

How likely is a 28th Amendment on campaign finance, really? Probably best to have a backup plan.

That’s why the “small money” proposals for public funding of elections put forward

by Harvard Law School professor Lawrence Lessig are so intriguing. Lessig suggests government-matching funds for candidates who rely on small donors, as well as small individual “vouchers” for voters to give to the candidates of their choice. Lessig also launched the Mayday PAC, a Kickstarter-style BEFORE

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On July 4, the “super PAC to end all super PACs” had garnered 50,000 small donations and raised $5 million.

Public financing of elections is not a new idea or a radical one. The courts have held up public financing because it doesn’t limit anybody’s speech. It just gives candidates an alternative to dialing for dollars and courting big donors.

Sacramento actually has a public-financing law on the books, though you wouldn’t know it. More than a decade ago, the Sacramento City Council, pushed by groups like California Common Cause and the League of Women Voters, approved matching funds for city council candidates who agree to spending limits and a set of fair campaign practices.

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Thus protecting the system that worked for them, where only candidates supported by business and labor PACs and other big-money donors have a chance to win local office.

Public financing would help grass-roots candidates like Jeff Harris, who won last June’s primary for the District 3 city council seat, despite not taking any PAC money and being outspent 10-to-1 by his closest rival, Cyril Shah. Harris was really the only small-money candidate at the city or county level to have any kind of success this year.

But with the unusual seven-candidate scrum of a primary behind us, there’s a good chance that Shah will just bulldoze Harris in the runoff with his real-estate and building-trades PAC money.

Should Harris start dialing for dollars? Or just hope he can hang in without it? Right now, there aren’t many alternatives for the small-money candidate. Ω

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What should California do about water? I am not a water expert.

I do not have a Ph.D. in water management. I am not a lawyer specializing in water issues. But I did well in thirdgrade math. And, frankly, California’s water problems, despite much debate, come down to a problem that could be understood by a third grader.

Here is the situation. In California, we have two main sources of water: short-term storage of water in the snowpack and rivers, and long-term storage of water in the ground. Most years, we tap into our long-term reserves of groundwater. Farmers in the l

by Jeff VonKaene Central Valley reduce groundwater levels, on average, by about 1.5 million acre feet each year. This j e ffv @n e wsr e v ie w.c o m already has caused large areas in central California to sink. If these groundwater levels continue to drop, we risk losing our groundwater storage forever. This will be disastrous for our future.

In addition, there are plans to take Northern California water and ship it down to the more populous Southern California. This plan would allow salt water to infiltrate the California’s water Delta, destroying the delicate of this region. problems, despite ecosystems In a nutshell, we are using much debate, too much water.

Earlier this year, come down to a Gov. Jerry Brown declared problem that could a drought emergency and asked Californians to reduce be understood by a their water use by 20 percent. cut back 5 percent. As third grader. We I learned in third grade, 5 percent is not 20 percent.

The state recently mailed out 10,000 mandatory curtailment notices to California’s water-rights holders. But only 31 percent responded. These steps aren’t working. The State To learn more about water use Water Resources Control Board will have to take more seriin the state, ous measures to deal with the drought we are facing. read “Managing Two things need to happen. First, we should raise the California’s Water: cost of water. This will encourage innovation, conservation, From Conflict to Reconciliation,” reuse and reduce waste, just like when gas prices went up. a study from Some will say this is unfair, and that it will impact some the Public Policy more than others. That is probably true. But it is much Institute of more effective than simply begging water users to reduce California, at water use. The increased water fees can be used to support www.ppic.org/ main/policyarea. water conservation and reuse efforts and to help those with asp?i=15. limited incomes.

Secondly, we need to consolidate California’s fragmented water-management system and create a sustainable water-management plan for the state: A plan that starts banking groundwater, that maintains the Delta while providing adequate water for agricultural and urban uses. Current Jeff vonKaenel water rights may need to be set aside to accomplish our is the president, state’s more important goals.

CEO and We must stop using more water than we have. We must majority owner of create a sustainable water-management plan. It’s really not the News & Review newspapers in that complicated. When I was in third grade, I learned that Sacramento, I couldn’t take more money out of my piggy bank than I’d Chico and Reno. put in. California’s water problems stem from the same problem. Ω

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Boycott Amazon, save bookstores The book-and-everything-else-selling behemoth Amazon is edging ever closer to a final loss of public trust.

First, the sales-tax imbroglio, in which Amazon threatened to dump independent sellers in states with sales taxes rather than collecting the funds. This had a large impact in California, where a settlement was eventually negotiated, allowing Amazon to defer collection of sales taxes in exchange for building fulfillment centers here—and thus creating jobs for Californians.

Then, there is the ongoing issue of labor conditions in Amazon’s fulfillment centers, with workers complaining about the ever-increasing demands for speedups and ever-decreasing break time. In some cases, workers have been going at top-speed in hot warehouses without air conditioning or breaks. Amazon has promised to fix these problems.

Now, though, we have the book boycotts. In an ongoing dispute about pricing with publishing giant Hachette Book Group, Amazon has been refusing to sell books by the publisher. “Buy” buttons have disappeared from the website, and when We cannot afford the books are offered for sale, delivery dates can be weeks or the loss of privacy, months in the future.

Add to that the revelations the constant from a recent CNBC documendestruction of tary, Amazon Rising, which details how independent sellers small business on the site have found Amazon tracking their best-selling prod- and the end of ucts and making independent local bookstores. deals with manufacturers to offer those items at a lower cost, in effect undercutting the sales of their own partners.

This is all very bad business, especially when it becomes apparent that Amazon is not interested in making a profit on what it sells. Instead, Amazon functions as a massive data-collection center. It’s the information about consumers that’s valuable, and that makes Amazon something other than a retailer.

In this age of metadata and loss of privacy, Amazon is striking close to home. This is a hard choice, especially for readers who have become attached to the convenience of Amazon’s Kindle reading device, but now that the leviathan of retail is moving into phone sales, it’s time to stop. We cannot afford the loss of privacy, the constant destruction of small business and the end of local bookstores.

It’s time to go shopping with our feet instead of our smartphones, while that’s still an option. Ω

The job-killing app Clever apps can soothe life’s minor annoyances, but there’s displace some 233,000 cabbies and chauffeurs in always someone paying for our convenience. the United States. by And that’s a problem. Some of these annoyances Yes, relying on traditional taxis and hotels Jacob Waters are conscious consequences of protecting socisometimes leaves us rideless in the rain or in etal interests—not mere bugs to be squashed. bedbug-infested cheap motels. But larger interTake Uber. Instead of hailing a taxi, you can ests—in this case, protecting jobs—sometimes request, connect with and pay for a ride with trump individual inconvenience.

Jacob Waters is a your smartphone. The cars are numerous and This conflict isn’t new—indeed, debates political writer and clean. The drivers, who work part time on their on the merits of regulation center on this issue. sacramento newbie.

Should we accept inefficiency—and, thus, higher Follow him own schedules, are punctual and accountable. As costs—for a greater good? For @jacobwaters. described on its website, “Uber is evolving the example, early opponents of Larger interests— way the world moves.” establishing the minimum wage in this case, Or Airbnb, which argued “no,” just as Uber and turns individuals into Airbnb implicitly do today. protecting part-time hoteliers by Yet I think it’s fair to jobs—sometimes helping them rent out assume that most Uber riders their spare rooms. No and Airbnb guests support basic trump individual more getting stuck with labor protections. inconvenience. overpriced, smelly vacaSo what’s different? A tion accommodations. theory: The people who benefit Sounds great, right? Technology leads to from deregulation are 1. few, and 2. resemble efficiency, and consumers win.

Rich Uncle Pennybags from Monopoly. But But there’s a cost. Thousands of hotel workwith Uber and Airbnb, the spoils are literally ers may be out of work as Airbnb expands. at our fingertips. We get to try on Pennybags’ In Sacramento, newly adopted taxicab An online version of this monocle, and it’s hard to take it off. essay can be found at regulations will subject taxi drivers—many of Look, I’m not saying that we should www.newsreview.com/ whom are immigrants—to a language test and renounce technology. But it’s worth rememsacramento/ bering that the services we’ve so eagerly pageburner/blogs. dress code, among other requirements. Though drivers feel disrespected, their bosses feel this embraced—despite their immaculately clean is the only way regular taxis can compete with layout and functionality—can have messy Uber and similar services, which are primed to implications. Ω BEFORE

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xhilarating, blood-curdling amusement-park rides and photo booths. Frightfully giant stuffed animals.

Handcrafted quilts, hypnotists and Joan Jett. Adorable animals and an urban farm. Wine slushies and blue-ribbon pies. Deep-fried everything on a stick.

Their stories, memories and customs reveal a magical, obsessive world of wonder, one comprising commemorative oil paintings, gallons of chardonnay, pet chinchillas, impressively precise activity schedules and budgets, and decades’ worth of memories.

Is it any surprise people love the annual California State Fair? Actually, maybe “love” isn’t the right word. Try, instead, obsessed. Bonkers-devoted. Straight-up hooked.

These are people who plan all year for a two-week-plus event. They go multiple days, they drag unwilling friends in an effort to make new converts. It’s kind of cultlike, actually, and frankly, we’d be worried about their sanity— really, a commemorative oil painting?!—except we’re crazy-addicted, too.

This year, the state fair runs July 11-27, and to celebrate its launch, we asked local readers to share their favorite things about the summer tradition.

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“i have an oil painting of the state fair.”

You asked if I’m obsessed with the California State Fair.

Let’s just say that I have an oil painting of the state fair entrance in my dining room. It’s a memento from the time I organized a scavenger hunt at the fair for my birthday (July 27).

Not only am I obsessed, I am downright evangelical. For people who say they don’t like fairs or they don’t like the California State Fair, I ask, where else can you do all this in one place: Bet on ponies, pet a sturgeon, buy a microwave tortilla warmer (that actually works really, really well), hear En Vogue, learn the history of Sun-Maid raisins, check out the chickens and resolve to get some yourself, get a cartoon portrait of yourself drawn, sign up for Alhambra water delivery, ride the monorail during the fireworks, eat homemade corn dogs from a guy who came all the way from Humboldt County, take home a snow globe with a picture of you and your mom, get hypnotized, taste wine, get a free redwood tree sapling, see a prizewinning quilt and wonder if you should start quilting, watch mutton bustin’, make butter in a cup, eat freshly pulled mozzarella, rock out with Pat Benatar, get your picture taken with a monkey, ride the giant swing, pay $1 to see a 3,000-pound steer.

And more: Pet a chinchilla, marvel at how tall corn grows, see a dozen piglets nurse, buy a cinnamon roll that tastes as good as it smells, have your palm read, cheer for the county exhibit from where you were born (Sutter County) and where you were raised (Nevada County), learn about Huell Howser’s house in Palm Springs, buy a white fur-lined cowboy hat with blinking LED lights, see horses dance, get fake fingernails, dip pretzels into so many dips, take in the glory that is MC Hammer from the swan boats in the moat, compare bear scat to raccoon scat, watch a baby chick hatch, have a personalized wooden sign made.

I have done all of these things. There is no place like it. I’m obsessed, for sure.

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gone to the California State Fair nearly every year for 20 years running, and in that time have honed visits down to a routine so precise that it includes a route studded with booze stops, exhibit trips and bathroom breaks. OK, maybe it’s not that exact, but still, there are only so many hours in a day, and even though I try to visit at least twice in a season, there’s still no way I could take in everything the fair has to offer. Behold, my state fair bucket list. Someday, my friends, someday.

Buy a fair photo Every year, to the dismay of my husband, I insist on letting one of those fair photographers snap a picture of us as soon as we pass through the hallowed gates. And every year we end up spending tons of coin at the photo booth (black-and-white only, please) and pass on purchasing that professionally shot pic, available at a booth near the exit. The thing is, somehow they got my email address, and all year I get reminders about these photos (seriously, there’s one message about a photo that dates back several years). Maybe this year. Maybe.

Go under a spell You know that hypnotist who pulls people from the audience and gets them to act like chickens and dance with random strangers? One of these days, I’m going find out for myself if it’s total BS or not.

Ride with the swans It looks so blissfully idyllic, floating through the water on a giant, plastic swan. The reality, however, is that the water is smelly, and I’ll bet those birds are hot and uncomfortable. And yet, somehow, I still feel like I’m missing out.

Ride the Zipper OK, I have actually been on this ride—but not in years, because, unlike when I was younger, such rides now make me ill. As in, vomit-inducing, fair-ending, body-bruising, fun-killing sick.

But one of these summers I’m going to take some Dramamine, strap on a neck brace and relive my youth. Good times.

Go for a bungee jump Ha-ha—just kidding. I am totally never doing that. Ever.

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FiFty-Four years in a row On July 11, 2014, I will enter the California State Fair for the

54th straight year. I have a season pass, so I will attend all 17 great days.

My first years at the state fair were at the old location— Stockton Boulevard and Broadway. We all loved the old brick buildings, the flower-exhibit hall and many of the counties that exhibited year after year. My brother and I would come to the fair with our aunt, who worked at a food stand just behind the horse-racing grandstand.

It was decided that the state fair needed more room, so the state purchased land from a sheep-herding family in the area in which Cal Expo is located. I was there the year that Gov. Ronald Reagan cut the ribbon opening the new facility. It was first thought it would become a year-round facility—in fact, the first year it was open most of the 12 months.

For the last four years, including this year, I have purchased or received as a gift the annual pass, so for the last two years I have attended every day. Three years ago, I only attended 15 days. Each day is a different experience with something new to see and do.

Sometimes I attend the fair with my brother or some family members, but usually I go alone and meet lots of new people from all over the United States. I check the program to see what things are going on that might only be there for a few days, like the Splash Dogs.

On the first day of the fair, I check out the exhibit halls. I love the art buildings. Last year, I purchased three pieces of photo art. I love all the vendors selling their wares—it’s like a sideshow. I always have lunch and try to eat something different each day—things that you only eat at the state fair. I like to sit and relax and watch people from all walks of life. It’s a great snapshot of California life.

Yes, I am a state fair nerd.

— G a ry F r a ncis

as told to Jonathan Mendick

Zero limitations

“i budGet about $100 per day.”

Ira Skinner

I’m not a heavy drinker. I don’t drink at all most of the year.

But the fair is different. Those wine slushies are just the best things ever. I love the strawberry one made with chardonnay.

I end up drinking a lot of chardonnay during the fair, which is kind of weird. But you can buy a bottle for $14—it’s a way better deal than beer. The wine garden is also just the only cool outdoor space—it’s shaded with misters.

The California State Fair is like Disneyland. It’s an escape from reality. It’s only once a year, and you get to drink wine slushies, go on rides and see concerts. If it was a year-round thing, I would definitely go all the time.

I used to go when I was a kid. Then there was a period of maybe 10 years when I didn’t go at all. I was 22 when I went for the first time as an adult, and I’ve been back every year since. I’m 32 now. And for the past five years, it’s become a serious thing for me and my friends. I go four days a week— minimum. I have a season pass, so sometimes I’ll just pop in for a couple hours. I’ll grab dinner and get my fair fix.

Usually, about 10 of us will meet at the wine garden, then we’ll go to Raging Waters during the day, return to wine slushies, hit the animal exhibits, see a concert and then ride some rides. A good day ends underneath the fireworks.

There are great concerts, too. I’m really excited for Joan Jett this year. Last year, I flew down friends from Portland, BEFORE

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Ore., to see “Weird Al” Yankovic. There was also a great Michael Jackson tribute band with a Michael Jackson impersonator. He blew my mind—amazing performance.

The food definitely isn’t the healthiest, but it’s so good. I get the corn on the cob just about every day. The bloomingonion stand is one of my all-time favorites. It’s an onion that’s breaded, deep fried, sliced open and absolutely delicious.

All the exhibitions are amazing, like the Furs and Feathers display with rabbits and birds. It’s indoors, away from the heat and with cute, cuddly animals. The art shows are great, too, because they feature a lot of local, younger artists.

And this sounds weird, but one of the biggest thrills is seeing the animals. Maybe it’s because so many of us live in Midtown and didn’t grow up on farms. It’s just really cool to be with your friends and see a huge cow or a pig that just gave birth.

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favorite—you’re trapped in a cage and it’s superterrifying.

I feel like I see it broken down all the time, which just adds to the whole experience. I like the giant swing, too—it goes up way higher than it should. I saw a video once where a kid fell out of it, and I thought I’d never go on that ride. But then I did.

I save up for three months before the fair each year, and I budget about $100 per day so I can enjoy with zero limitations.

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Confessions of a 10-year-old I love the state fair because the animals there are so cute, and the rides are superfun. When we’re there,

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we like to go to the horse corrals and see the police horses. My personal favorite animals are the pigs.

I like the water ride that’s in the midway and the bumper cars and, well, everything else! The state fair is my favorite place to go during the summer besides the pool.

— e l e a nor smil e y

age 10 via e-mail

The state fair didn’t become religious the way we do it now until late high school. Before, it was just, “Let’s just

go, it’ll be fun.” But for the last four years, we’ve gone 10 or 12 days each summer. Not anyone can go. There’s an audition. It’s almost like we haze them.

What’s their endurance level? How long can they last during the day? How many drinks can they have during the day in the heat? We’re really like, “Well, let’s see if they can go.”

Now, we have a state fair group on Facebook, where we all kind of prep ourselves for those two weeks.

Everyone plans and updates the page with any deals that are coming up. We used to be so obsessive. We would plan details like, “What are you going to bring? Make sure you are going to bring this; don’t bring this.”

The Top 10 TasTy, possibly nasTy and definiTely weird Things To eaT and drink aT The sTaTe fair

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Thanksgiving in July

California State Fair isn’t a place for foodies to hang out, drink rare beer and brag about what’s in their fridge. But every once in a while, fairgoers come across vendors serving interesting things. Here are few exciting (and bizarre) offerings that I’ve discovered in the past. (You’ve been warned: Vendors change every year, so not all of these are necessarily going to be there this year.)

The state fair’s giant turkey leg is nothing like the typical Thanksgiving turkey. It’s smoked for a long time, giving it plenty of tenderness, plus it has a dry rub on the outside to give it flavor. Right before it’s served, the cooks throw it on an open flame to heat it up. It pairs quite well with papaya salad, actually.

‘Bad Boy Fire Stick’?

Near some of the county exhibits, there’s usually a jerky vendor serving an assortment of flavorful beef and venison. Last year, there were flavors such as black pepper, teriyaki and something called a “Bad Boy Fire Stick.”

21st-century ice cream Way back in the past, Dippin’ Dots claimed to be the “Ice Cream of the Future.” Well, it’s the future now, and the new ice cream of the future is something called spaghetti ice cream. This stringy, noodle-shape ice-cream concoction debuted at the fair last year.

State fair classic

A healthier reprieve Perhaps it’s been there for a while, but I was happy to find a Thai food truck at the fair last year. It had an affordable papaya salad in a bowl— half-spicy fishy strings of papaya and a bunch of plain lettuce. It’s a nice reprieve from the meat and fried-food-on-a-stick options.

We have a schedule: My friend Alexis and I, and my wife, Julie, are usually the first group to go. Whoever else wants to go in the first group can, but it’s usually just us three.

We plan our meals. It’s so funny to say out loud, because you don’t think about it until you actually do it. Alexis usually has a slice of pizza and I have a corn dog from the same place, the jumbo corn dog place. We get that out of the way. It’s like a checklist.

Then, we usually hit up the commercial buildings with all the stupid ShamWows and all that stuff. We’ll go and find the pretzeldipping station and try the new dips that it has, which is so stupid, but so awesome.

After that, it’s usually around 1 p.m., and that’s a good time to start going to the wine garden. And so we go to the wine garden, and that’s usually when friends who have taken a half-day will roll in. They’ll kind of catch us in the middle of a bottle of wine, and then they’ll get the next rounds. And usually we’ll try to leave the wine garden, but then someone else will show up and buy a bottle of wine, and we’ll have to stay.

So then, we leave the wine garden around 4 p.m., and we’ll probably hit up other stuff around it, like the petting zoo, which is awesome, and all the livestock and the horses.

And then we usually head back to the wine garden, and just get a whole bunch of food— everyone goes out and gets food and brings it back. And then we’ll end up riding the rides all night.

Two years ago, my wife—then girlfriend— saw that the wine-slushy machines were still running, but the whole wine area was closed, and we went back there and filled all of our

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This is an actual classic dessert that tastes pretty good and is hard to find in places other than the state fair (OK, maybe a few places in Old Sacramento have it, too). You can get a frozen banana dipped in chocolate and covered in peanuts, a refreshing treat for the inevitable 100-degree day at the fair.

souvenir cups with wine slushies. And as we were walking off, security ran up and didn’t kick us out, but did make us pour all of them out in front of him.

I’ve asked my friends to think about this question before, “Why do you love the state fair so much? What’s the deal with it?”

Some of it lies in new and old traditions, nostalgia, being back with the same group, creating new memories. Part of it’s just this weird, fun no-holds-barred thing. It’s kind of just a free-for-all fun place.

Once you’re in, it feels like I don’t think about anything else. Like, if I don’t have to work that night, I’m like, “I’m going to have a million drinks, I’m going to eat a bunch of junk, I’m going to ride a million rides.” It’s just I don’t think about anything else; it’s almost like escapism.

I really wish some state fair officials would get at me to deejay or throw a party at the fair this year. That would be awesome.

— Sh aun Sl augh t e r

as told to Jonathan Mendick

Bring a date The state fair is the best place to take a date.

You get to walk and talk and drink a bit and get to know the person you are with.

I went to the state fair five times one year, each time with a different woman. It was great, until the volunteers at the wine garden started recognizing me and talking to me. It got uncomfortable a few times.

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Another classic Much like the frozen banana, the frozen cheesecake on a stick is another great treat to help fairgoers through hot days.

‘Exotic’ meats, hmm Jungle George hasn’t been at the fair for a few years, but he made plenty of headlines in the past for cooking up racoon carcasses on a stick, maggot burgers and corn dogs stuffed with “exotic” meats.

Freebies!

This pick doesn’t refer to any particular sample, per se. Instead, it’s a shoutout to all the great samples in Cal Expo’s exposition buildings.

Oftentimes, there are gourmet olive oil, dips and soups.

Wino passport not needed Since Shaun Slaughter already disclosed one of the hidden gems of the fair (see page 20), it’s worth repeating that the Save Mart Supermarkets Wine Country area is one of the best places to eat and drink. Here, one can purchase reasonably priced bottles of wine, fruit and cheese, and sit on a shady patio hidden between exposition buildings.

Born-again addict Better than I’ve only lived here in Sacramento for a year, traveling the world but I’m a born-again state fair addict.

Floral exhibits are my forte. Last year’s rainforest habitat, with all the creatures and everything, was amazing and so very original. I don’t have kids, but if I did I would most certainly take them to the state fair; the exhibits are just so educational.

I just love the horse shows. When I was in junior high school, I’d go to horseback-riding camps and be in heaven. The precision riding is particularly spectacular.

And those cold drinks are so nice on a hot day. And, oh goodness, those deep-fried Twinkies. They really do have such an array of things to eat. I love the linguica, but you name it, and the fair has it. My husband is a corn-on-the-cob guy. My absolute favorite is when they mix chocolate with—oh gosh— something really unusual. I can’t remember right now. But everything is just wonderful.

Don’t go to lose weight, that’s for sure.

I don’t go on any of the rides anymore.

I used to, back in the day. My favorite was the one where you stand in this room and it spins, and you’re off the floor because of the centrifugal force. It sounds scary, but it’s not.

The others look quite exciting, but they’re not for me. Maybe if we had kids.

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as told to Janelle Bitker

— l a r ry Pil gr im

I am the ultimate California State Fair fanatic!

For 17 days each summer, I devote virtually every day to the state fair! What is it about the fair that prompts me to buy a season pass every year and to attend just about every single day?!

Am I crazy?

First of all, for only $29.99, I can see dozens of concerts, like Maroon 5, the Fab Four, the B-52s, Chicago and the list goes on. I can’t think of a better deal in town. No nosebleed seats, either.

Secondly, people watching is second to none at the fair! It’s fun to leave the familiarity of my neighborhood and the people I see every day and experience why Sacramento has been called the most diverse city in the United States!

Thirdly, where else can I experience the cultural immersion of viewing fascinating, unique artwork and just steps away, see an array of livestock, an Arabian horse dance, or people doing all sorts of amusing things under the spell of a hypnotist.

Fascinating stuff.

I’ve traveled the world, from Turkey to Tokyo, but our California State Fair in Sacramento never ceases to amaze, entertain, and entice me to return over and over again.

I’m already counting down the days.

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“I didn’t really save any time; it was he acT of grueling. I was writing for hours, thinkwriTing i s ing, writing and rewriting,” Long says o n e T h a T ' s now. “The joke was on me.” laborious. roll of the dice MenTally, A The genesis of Tiny Giants can actually e v e n p h y s i c a l l y be traced back 16 years, when Long entered an SN&R Flash Fiction Contest exhausTing. inviting writers to submit stories that Altogether time-consuming.

This is perhaps one reason why Jason Sinclair Long decided to try another way.

He and his wife had just welcomed their first son. All that writing he’d done in a prefatherhood life was now something of a luxury.

“I was lamenting the time [I] used to have in college to write. I used to write every day for years,” Long remembers.

And so he decided to get back into the game. But this time, Long reasoned, he’d try a more practical approach: Write short. Really short. Very, very short. As in 88-words-or-less short-stories short.

Great plan—except that, at least in this case, less turned out to be a lot more than Long bargained for.

The result is Tiny Giants: 101 Stories Under 101 Words (Ad Lumen Press, $14.95), but for the Auburn-based writer, filmmaker and performer (his résumé includes a stint with the Blue Man Group), the slim tome hardly represents an easy endeavor.

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totaled 59 words or less.

“I thought that [concept] was neat. I’d never written anything that short before,” said Long, who nabbed a third-place honor in 1998 for his story “Romeo and Juliet in the Trailer Park.”

Fast-foward to 2008, and Long decided to give microfiction another go. This time, he set his own rules: Each day, Long would take his cue from a pair of eightsided Dungeons & Dragons dice. The possible number combinations meant he’d write anywhere between 11-88 words daily.

Long then created a blog to make it Internet-official, and on January 1, 2009, he rolled an 86. The next day, the dice turned up a higher number. And then, three days in, Long rolled a 12.

“I found out really quickly just how hard this was going to be,” he said. “It’s tremendously hard to write in 88 words or less.”

In fact, he says, he probably spent as much time on those tiny handfuls of

words as he would have on any larger chunk of text. Revising. Tweaking.

Changing words here and there. Endlessly polishing.

Eventually, however, Long fell into a rhythm. Maybe it even became kind of easy—relatively speaking, because writing is hell, of course.

And then he changed the game.

Eleven months in, Long was invited to discuss the project on Capital Public Radio’s Insight program. After the show aired, Long suddenly had a bevy of new fans that migrated to his blog. One visitor had a suggestion: Take title ideas from readers and friends.

Long accepted the challenge—but not necessarily because he wanted to make the process less difficult. Just the opposite, actually.

“I [thought], ‘It’s becoming easier.

Let’s make it harder.’”

Long compares the endeavor to Lars von Trier’s 2003 documentary The Five Obstructions, for which the Danish filmmaker challenged his friend Jørgen Leth

to remake the latter filmmaker’s 1967 film The Perfect Human five times, each time following a new set of guidelines. “[Leth] keeps making a better [film], and Lars says, ‘Screw you, let’s make it harder,’” Long says. “He keeps putting in more obstructions, and the film just keeps getting better.”

That same concept helped him, Long says.

“There’s something about painting yourself into a corner, artistically speaking, and forcing yourself to rise to the challenge,” he says.

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Jason Sinclair Long says that “painting [myself] into a corner, artistically speaking,” forced him to reach new, creative heights.

One such title, “Hot Peppers,” for example, came via a longtime friend who drew upon a childhood experience they’d shared eating peppers harvested by Long’s father.

The resulting story takes a very different leap, ruminating that, at age 19, love felt like eating a mouthful of spicy ones: “You chose whether to eat, and once you did, only the strongest kept chewing.”

"I didn’t really save any time, it was grueling. … the joke was on me.”

Jason Sinclair Long author, Tiny Giants Tiny Giants is built on such sentences.

The storytelling is carved with precision, down to the barest, most telling details.

Some stories, such as “Housemates (All in the Timing)” are conveyed entirely in dialogue. Others, such as the ethereal “Warming,” capture a beautiful, surreal moment (“As the snowman began to melt back into the earth”), while stories such as “What Lies Ahead” are compellingly raw (“It wasn’t just the heroin. There were also other … misadventures.”).

Long’s friend, the Auburn-based writer Christian Kiefer, puts the work in its own genre: “super-Carver.” It’s a nod, of course, to Raymond Carver, the late master of short, BEFORE

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spare fiction, but Kiefer adds, the work also defies easy categorization. “[Long’s stories] are also very whimsical, which Carver doesn’t do,” Kiefer says. “He has the sparseness of language, which is very necessary for the genre and this project … but there’s also a breadth of imagination.”

And capturing that breadth in 88 words or less is a difficult task.

“I can’t even write a sentence that’s that short,” Kiefer says. “As a fellow writer, I’m amazed he could do that kind of magic.”

Kiefer names “Balancing Rack” as a favorite in the collection. The entry chronicles a pivotal moment in a couple’s relationship, told over a game of Scrabble, no less.

“That story truly transcends the limit of the word count, in a way that all really great lit does,” Kiefer says. “Even very long novels are greater than sum of word count. ‘Balancing Racks’ so fully transcends its own brevity, I find it utterly breathtaking.”

Out Of the blue Long completed his challenge on December 31, 2009, and then set about trying to find a publisher. But while many editors loved the book, Long says, most felt it too esoteric for their catalog. That’s when Kiefer suggested Ad Lumen Press, the imprint housed at American River College where both Kiefer and Long teach.

Signing on with Ad Lumen proved to be the easy part. From there, Long and an editor spent months figuring out the details: How many stories? And in what kind of order?

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The stories are so brief, so fleeting, Long explains, it felt like the book as a whole needed, in a sense, chapter breaks.

“I wanted it to have clues, I wanted a breath, something to [give the reader] a moment,” he says.

As a whole, Tiny Giants exudes a discernible rhythm—a fact that can be attributed, arguably, to Long’s stint with the Blue Man Group, the famed theatrical troupe comprising actor-musicians sporting bald caps and indigo body paint. Long, who majored in theater at UC Santa Cruz and received an MFA in fiction from UCLA, was teaching high school in Auburn in 2001 when his students dared him to try out for the group. Long accepted the challenge, got the part, moved to New York and spent the next several years drumming with the group.

That experience, he said, exerted an indirect impact on his writing.

“It’s a unique experience for any performer … not speaking for 90 minutes, just drumming and using your eyes, it changes your perspective on everything,” Long says. “It has changed how I write. If I write in first person, I’m inside the character, I harken back to that time in the Blue Man Group and seeing everything through Blue Man’s eyes. It’s cool

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and exciting and allows you to see things in a fresh and different way.”

Long’s theatrical side has had another noticeable effect on his life as an author.

Recently he invited readers to film themselves reading one of his stories and then upload it to his YouTube channel.

Long’s next book is a novel set in a small town and told via multiple points of view. Like Tiny Giants, it started out as a project—the writer had challenged himself to write one short story a week for a year. This time, however, the assignment didn’t work out quite as planned and Long shifted focus after a few months.

But, hey, that’s part of the fun, part of the game. Keeps things interesting.

“I like change,” Long says. Ω Jason Sinclair Long will read from Tiny Giants: 101 Stories Under 101 Words, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 10, at Time Tested Books, located at 1114 21st Street. The event is free.

Visit Long’s YouTube channel, and upload a video of yourself reading one of his stories at www.youtube.com/user/ sinnylong.

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SUMMER FUN

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COURTYARD CLASSIC FILM SERIES

SUMMER JAZZ SERIES

FOR FAMILIES

This summer’s Courtyard Classic Film Series brings you a patchwork of cinematic musicals. Each screening takes place in the Museum’s Courtyard, which opens at 7 PM for attendees to set up lawn chairs and blankets (seating is also provided).

This summer, the Jazz in the Courtyard series draws inspiration from the Smithsonian’s exhibition of African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond by celebrating the African American musical traditions and musicians who paved the way for modern music.

Beat the heat and keep the kids engaged at the Crocker’s creative and exciting summer programs.

Stormy Weather [1943, 78 MINUTES, NR]

MJ’s Brass Boppers

THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 8:30 PM

THURSDAY, JULY 17, 6 PM

Grease

Marcus Shelby

[1978, 110 MINUTES, PG-13]

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 8:30 PM

THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 6 PM

Family Fridays THROUGH AUGUST 8, 11 AM – 12:30 PM (Please note: No Family Friday on July 4)

Art Blast 2ND SATURDAYS, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Artful Tot 1 ST TUESDAYS, 10:30 AM – 12 PM

Garrett Perkins

Children 19 – 36 months old with caregivers

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 6 PM

Baby Loves Art 3 RD TUESDAYS, 10:30 AM

Kids & Company Gallery Adventure 1 ST & 3 RD SUNDAYS, 11:30 AM

Sketch It 4 TH SUNDAYS, 11 AM – 1 PM

Wee Wednesday WEDNESDAYS, 10:30 & 11:30 AM (beginning August 6) Children 3 – 5 years old with caregivers

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July picks by Shoka

Since sliced bread Ruth Santee gives a second thought to everyday items, like sliced bread.

Deconstructed piece by piece in a grid, the nuances of each slice elevates PAINTING the subject beyond a Wonder Bread afterthought. The artist, who is also the owner of Transmission Gallery in Oakland, paints raw meat, insects and puppets, too, and her light color palette calls to mind Thiebaud’s sweet desserts in their pastel rows; the more one thinks about it, an unglamorous slab of ground chuck seems to have a lot in common with a lineup of ice-cream cones. Double scoops.

Where: Red Dot Gallery, 2231 J Street, Suite 101; (916) 247-8026; www.reddotgalleryonj.com.

Second Saturday reception: July 12, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Through August 2.

Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

“The Processed Twenty” by Ruth Santee, oil on canvas, 2013.

Old halos, new paintings Contemporary art can be so confusing.

What does the golden Michael Jacksonplus-chimpanzee sculpture mean? Or why are these scribbles considered art and priced at thousands of dollars? In the early days of Christianity, art’s primary purpose was to GROUP SHOW promote the religion. Modern-day artist Melanie Marchant Meschery happens to really love painting iconic images from hundreds of years ago.

Yes, that includes those flat gold halos.

Her impetus to recreate classics was because pupils in her college art-history class lacked enthusiasm about the old works in their decayed state. Now, the Sacramento Fine Arts Center has tapped her as a judge for a group show dedicated to Old World art called In the Style of the Old Masters.

This show begins on Tuesday, July 15, and ends on Saturday, July 26, with a reception. But the SFAC will also be open on Second Saturday, hosting a reception for the Northern California Arts annual membership show, 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Where: Sacramento Fine Arts Center, 5330B Gibbons Drive in Carmichael; (916) 971-3713; www.sacfinearts.org.

Artists’ reception: Saturday, July 26, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

From July 15, through July 26.

Hours: Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Wednesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

“Krusty Prototype, Lamp #2” by Garry Knox Bennett; wood, powder-coated steel, Lucite paint, lamp parts, Burger King Simpsons figurines, brass; 2010.

Refined funkiness Found objects, weird shapes, beautiful construction.

Garry Knox Bennett’s furniture sculptures consist of unexpected curves and angles, and surprising textures. A lamp made out of SCULPTURE half of a silver orb and pyramid base, and a chair with a waffle back and curvy drawer under the seat—it’s refined funkiness.

Where: B. Sakata Garo, 923 20th Street; (916) 447-4276; www.bsakatagaro.com.

Second Saturday reception: July 12, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Through August 2.

Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 6 p.m.

“My Perugino” by Melanie Marchant Meschery, Prismacolor on rag board.

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15 MIDTOWN FRAMING & GALLERY 1005 22nd St., (916) 447-7558, www.midtownframing.com

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f you’ve made it this far in the paper, you probably already know that there’s something called the California State Fair happening (see “Confessions of a state fair addict,” SN&R Feature Story, page 16). And that it begins on Friday, July 11, through Sunday, July 27. What you might be missing, however, are the details: what to eat, what to drink, what to see, etc.

SN&R navigated the fair’s seemingly still-under-construction website (www.castatefair.org) to uncover a few fun things that you can look forward to this year. The following guide should help you eat, drink and play at the fair.

There’s not much to know about the fair food in advance until the various vendors release their menus. But we do know there will be fried foods, big foods and a few good eats, too (check out “Notorious F-O-O-D” on page 21 for a few of the crazy things that’ve been served in the past). Probably the most interesting foodrelated attraction this year is an exhibition called the Save Mart Supermarkets California Kitchen. It’s a place to watch cooking students compete in chef battles, get educated on grilling techniques, and learn about beer and wine. The part of the exhibition I’m most looking forward to is something called the Little Saigon Cooking Series, which will bring in chefs from Sacramento’s Little Saigon neighborhood to demonstrate Asian-cooking techniques.

Drinking is sort of an unofficial requirement at the state

fair (see “Did he mention there’s a wine garden?” by Shaun Slaughter on page 20 for a few secret tips). There’s a Whiskey Festival on the first day of the fair, for example.

From 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, July 11, fairgoers can head to the Miller Lite Grandstand to sample more than 40 whiskeys while playing casino games and listening to live music.

Tickets for the event cost $35 (VIP admission is available for $60). Then, there’s the fair’s Brewer’s Festival on Saturday, July 19, at 3 p.m., also at the Miller Lite Grandstand (of course). Tickets are $15-$20 for a wristband, which allows the wearer to sample 10 award-winning beers from the fair’s Commercial Craft Brew Competition.

Lastly, there’s playing, and then there’s watching other people play. Obviously, the midway is a great place to play midway games oneself, and either win gigantic stuffed animals or lose a bunch of money because of poor athletic skills and hand-eye coordination. For those who fall into the description of the latter, the good news is that there are also a bunch of spectating opportunities.

There’s a demolition derby (Sunday, July 20), dirt-bike racing (Saturday, July 26) and a bunch of Sacramento Republic FC games at Bonney Field inside Cal Expo during the fair (July 17, 19, 21, 25 and 27).

With soccer fever spreading throughout the nation— especially in Sacramento— those will probably sell out early, so make sure to buy tickets as soon as possible.

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California WorldFest Thursday, July 10, Through sunday, July 13 California is a globalized, diverse, multicultural place. That fact will be celebrated this weekend at California WorldFest. Just an hour east of Sacramento, the FESTIVAL outdoor festival offers music (Los Lonely Boys, Ozomatli, Delhi 2 Dublin), dancing, crafts, and even something called the Native People’s Village, hosted by the Tsi Akim Maidu tribe. $15-$185, various times at the Nevada County Fairgrounds, 11228 McCourtney Road in Grass Valley; (530) 891-4098; www.worldfest.net.

Photography Basics saTurday, July 12 With the ubiquity of camera phones these days, everyone’s a photographer. Stand out from all those feetselfie-on-the-beach noobs with this basics class that will provide you with a solid foundation whether you’re using a point-and-shoot, DSLR or even your camera phone.

PHOTOGRAPHY Free, 1:30 p.m. at the Franklin Community Library, 10055 Franklin High Road in Elk Grove; www.saclibrary.org/ locations/franklin.

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Trash Film Orgy saTurday, July 12, Through Friday, augusT 15 The Trash Film Orgy, returning for its 14th year, kicks off with a bang this Saturday. It starts at 5 p.m. with the Carnival FILM FESTIVAL of the Dead at Roosevelt Park (1615 Ninth Street) with food trucks, live music and makeup stations. That’s followed at 9 p.m. with the Zombie Walk, a parade over to the Crest Theatre.

At 10:30 p.m., TFO screens Dawn of the Dead. $9-$10 for the film, at the Crest Theatre, 1013 K Street; www.trashfilmorgy.com.

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Sacramento Bastille Day Walkabout Northern California–Hiking Inn to Inn Waiters’ Race sunday, July 13

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What does a French-style waiters’ race have to do with commemorating the start of the French Revolution? Not that much, but several American cities have put the two things together, and Sacto’s on its fifth year of pitting area servers against one another to speed walk with FRENCH water-bottle-laden trays for a $500 prize. Attendees will enjoy French music and food samples—c’est bon, no? Free, noon at 18th and L streets, http://sacramentobastilleday.com.

Hiking during the summer months is an essential Californian experience.

But do you know what’s better than sleeping in a tent after a long hike?

Sleeping in a bed. Guidebook author HIKING Tom Courtney will detail several inn-toinn hikes through the state so you can get all the benefits of traversing the landscape plus easy access to plumbing at night. Free, 7 p.m. at REI, 5757 Pacific Avenue, Suite A105 in Stockton; (209) 957-9479; www.rei.com/event/57916/ session/92790.

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Jason Azevedo, Mighty Tavern Aimal Formoli, Formoli’s Bistro Kelly Hogge, Magpie Cafe Rachel Kelly, Revolution Wines Brian Mizner, Hook & Ladder Manufacturing Co. Billy Ngo, Kru Contemporary Japanese Cuisine Ravin Patel, Ella Dining Room & Bar Oliver Ridgeway, Grange Restaurant & Bar Adam Schulze, The Waterboy Michael Thiemann, Mother

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Baguettes The Bread Store Bud’s Buffet Coast to Coast Sandwiches Corti Brothers Dad’s Sandwiches Duc Huong Sandwiches Huong Lan Sandwiches Juno’s Kitchen and Deli Magpie Cafe Muntean’s Sandwiches & Soups Roxie Deli and Grocery Sampino’s Towne Foods The Sandwich Spot Super Tortas Chilangas “El Abuelo” Thanh Huong Food to Go Tony’s Delicatessen & Catering Zia’s Delicatessen

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Estelle’s Patisserie Ettore’s European Bakery and Restaurant Freeport Bakery La Esperanza Bakery Les Baux Bakery Mahoroba Japanese Bakery New Roma Bakery Pushkin’s Bakery Rick’s Dessert Diner Starbread Bakery Sugar Plum Bakery Village Bakery Yellowbill

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Anatolian Table Cafe Europa Cafe Morocco Casablanca Moroccan Restaurant Crest Cafe Darna Famous Kabob FreshMed Mediterranean Cuisine The Kabob House Maalouf’s Taste of Lebanon Marrakech Moroccan Restaurant Opa! Opa! Petra Greek Pita Kitchen Plus Royal Kebab Shahrzad Fine Persian Cuisine

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524 Mexican Restaurant Azul Mexican Food & Tequila Bar Caballo Blanco Restaurante El Novillero El Papagayo Restaurant El Pollo Feliz La Flor De Michoacan Lalo’s Restaurant Nopalitos Southwestern Cafe Mayahuel Tequila Museo Rey Azteca Restaurant Bar Tres Hermanas Vallejo’s Restaurant Zocalo

Best tacos

Chando’s Tacos La Favorita Taqueria La Fiesta Taqueria La Rosa Meat Market La Soga Taqueria Taco Fresco Taqueria & Pupuseria Isabel Taqueria Garibaldi Taqueria Jalisco Taqueria Rincon Alteno El Herradero

Best new restaurant Block Butcher Bar Lou’s Sushi Mighty Tavern

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Aioli Bodega Espanola Dad’s Kitchen Der Biergarten Hook & Ladder Manufacturing Co. LowBrau Lucca Restaurant and Bar Mulvaney’s Building & Loan Revolution Wines Riverside Clubhouse The Shack Ten22 Tower Cafe

American River Brewing Co. Auburn Alehouse Brewery Berryessa Brewing Co. Bike Dog Brewing Company Device Brewing Co. Hoppy Brewing Company GoatHouse Brewing Co. Knee Deep Brewing Co. Loomis Basin Brewing Company Mraz Brewing Company New Glory Craft Brewery New Helvetia Brewing Co. Out of Bounds Brewing Co. River City Brewing Company Roseville Brewing Co. Rubicon Brewing Company Ruhstaller Beer Sudwerk Brewing Track 7 Brewing Co. Yolo Brewing Co.

Best pizza

1st Choice Pizza & Curry Chicago Fire Giovanni’s Old World New York Pizzeria Hook & Ladder Manufacturing Co. Hot City Pizza Hot Italian Il Pizzaiolo Linda’s Chicago Style Pizzeria Luigi’s Pizza Parlor Masullo OneSpeed Pizza Rock Sacramento Pieces Pizza by the Slice Roma’s Pizzeria Trademark Pizza Trick Pony Uncle Vito’s Slice of N.Y. Zelda’s Gourmet Pizza

Best BarBecue

A&K Barbecue Burgess Brothers’ Burgers Fahrenheit 250 Lucille’s Smokehouse Bar-B-Que MacQue’s Bar-B-Que MoMo’s Meat Market Sandra Dee’s Bar-B-Que & Seafood Tank House BBQ and Bar T&R Taste of Texas Barbecue

Best place to get a Beer Alley Katz Blackbird Kitchen & Beer Gallery Boneshaker Public House The Bonn Lair Burgers and Brew Capitol Beer & Tap Room Dad’s Kitchen de Vere’s Irish Pub The Fat Rabbit Public House Final Gravity Taproom & Bottleshop Firestone Public House Hot City Pizza LowBrau Pangaea Two Brews Cafe

Best Brunch

Bacon and Butter Cafe Bernardo Capital Dime Capitol Garage Dad’s Kitchen Early Toast Evan’s Kitchen Fox & Goose Hook & Ladder Manufacturing Co. Kupros Lido Cafe Magpie Cafe Mother Orphan Breakfast House

The Porch Restaurant and Bar The Shack Taylor’s Kitchen Tower Cafe

Best Burger

Bacon and Butter Broderick Roadhouse Burgess Brothers’ Barbecue Burger Junction Burgers and Brew Dad’s Kitchen Flaming Grill Cafe Hook & Ladder Manufacturing Co. Krush Burger Nationwide Freezer Meats Pangaea Two Brews Cafe Stevie Boy Burgers Skip’s Kitchen Squeeze Inn Whitey’s Jolly Kone Willie’s Burgers

Best coffee

Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters Insight Coffee Roasters The Mill Naked Coffee Old Soul Co. Pachamama Coffee Co-op Temple Coffee

Best dive Bar

Back Door Lounge Brownie’s Lounge Chambers Room Cheaters Sports Bar Club Raven Club 2 Me The Elixir Bar Flame Club Henry’s Lounge The Hideaway Bar & Grill Hilltop Tavern La Pantera Club Morgan’s Mercantile Saloon Mushroom Lounge Pocket Club Round Corner Tavern Swiss Buda The Stag Q Street Bar & Grill

Best cocktails

3 Fires Lounge Arthur Henry’s Supper Club & Ruby Room Blackbird Kitchen & Beer Gallery Block Butcher Bar Capital Dime Ella Dining Room & Bar Foundation The Golden Bear Grange Restaurant & Bar Hook & Ladder Manufacturing Co. Hot Italian LowBrau The Porch Restaurant and Bar Pour House The Press The Red Rabbit Kitchen & Bar Shady Lady Saloon

Asian Pearl 2009 Boba Cafe Dim Sum House Dumpling House Frank Fat’s Happy Garden Hoicin Cantonese Restaurant Hong Kong Islander King Palace Lam Kwong Market Macau Cafe New Canton Restaurant Tea Cup House Yang’s Noodles

Best frozen treats

Devine Gelateria & Cafe Gunther’s Ice Cream Shop Leatherby’s Family Creamery Osaka-Ya Vampire Penguin Vic’s Ice Cream Yogurtagogo

Best sushi

Aji Japanese Bistro Restaurant Akebono Japanese Cuisine & Sushi Bar Arigato Sushi Azukar Sushi Bento Box Blue Nami Sushi Crazy Sushi Jensai Sushi Ju Hachi by Taka’s Kru Contemporary Japanese Cuisine Lou’s Sushi Mikuni Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar Miyagi Bar & Sushi Nishiki Sushi Osaka Sushi Sushi Hook Sushi Paradiso Zen Sushi Yui Marlu

Best place for meat-free eats

Anna’s Cafe Andy Nguyen’s Vegetarian Restaurant Baagan Bodhi Bowl Cafe Capricho El Papagayo Restaurant The Green Boheme Loving Hut Mother Noble Vegetarian Restaurant The Plum Cafe & Bakery Queen Sheba Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op Sunflower Drive In

Best dumplings

Sweets and Sugars Tower Cafe

Shopping & Fashion Best Boutique

Article Consignment Boutique Cuffs Denim Spot Established Apparel Firefly Exchange Heart Clothing Boutique Identity Boutique Krazy Mary’s Boutique Ladybuggz Boutique Legacy Boutique Rack’s Boutique Rire Sequels Consignment Boutique Serendipity Boutique Sugar Shack Boutique

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Best place for something sweet

Andy’s Apothecary BAMBU Desserts & Drinks Estelle’s Patisserie Ettore’s European Bakery & Restaurant Freeport Bakery Ginger Elizabeth Chocolates Goodie Tuchews La Esperanza Bakery Rick’s Dessert Diner Sweeties

Bodhi Bowl Harry’s Cafe Kim’s Vietnamese Pho 54 Vietnamese Noodle House Pho Anh Dao Pho Bac Hoa Viet Pho Le Pho Lotus Vietnamese Restaurant Pho No. 1 Pho Saigon Bay Pho Viet Pho Xe Lua Quan Nem Ninh Hoa Saigon Restaurant Star Ginger Asian Grill & Noodle Bar Viet-Ha Vietnamese & Chinese Restaurant

Best place to Buy vintage

57th Street Antique Row Cuffs FreeStyle Clothing Exchange Mark Vintage Midway Antique Mall Racks Boutique Sacramento Antique Faire Scout Living YSJ Trading Co.

Best thrift store

American Cancer Society Discovery Shop

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Martin Rolke So my Texan companion and I couldn’t wait to go to Fahrenheit 250 BBQ, which opened at the end of March in the former Bisla’s Sports Bar. Owners Gino Sardo and Ray Lettini bought Bisla’s in 2013 and ran it for a few months before closing to revamp the space and menu.

They were lucky they kept chef Jacob Carriker, rating: who had the vision to transform the restaurant HHHH into a high-end barbecue joint.

At most Texas barbecues, customers order dinner for one: $10 - $15 at a counter and perch on a wooden bench or chair while waiting for barbecue euphoria.

Here, Fahrenheit 250 ups the ante with attentive table service, a bright remodel and high-end ingredients. Reclaimed wood and metal give the space a modern barn feel, but the restaurant is far from rustic.

Barbecue joints are all about the meat. In Texas, it’s brisket; North Carolina likes pulled pork; and other states stick to ribs. Carriker H Flawed offers all three, plus the very California addition of smoked tri-tip. There’s also chicken and HH trout—all smoked in a 7-foot hand-forged steel has moments behemoth imported from Texas.

HHH The brisket is well-smoked, with that appealing requisite pink ring under the dry rub. All the HHHH meats are dry rubbed and served without sauce, authoritative which can be added at the table from a choice HHHHH of four: house, spicy, Kentucky mustard-based epic and Carolina vinegar-based. The house sauce is also a bit vinegary, but not gloppy or sweet, like most bottled versions.

The pulled-pork sandwich is served on a hefty bun topped with coleslaw, à la Carolina’s best. It doesn’t need much sauce, although I added that state’s version for authenticity. The meat is moist, smoky and falling apart with tenderness.

Ribs are often greasy or drowned in sauce, but these are flavorful and moist, without being fatty. The half-chicken, from Mary’s Free Range brand, is a bit dry, but benefits from a shot of sauce.

Tri-tip is often overcelebrated, and here it’s Still hungry? search sn&r’s well-smoked, but not as good as the brisket. It “dining directory” is a very nice addition to the Market salad, with to find local restaurants by name baby greens, grilled zucchini and onions, and or by type of food. cornbread croutons. The shallot-poppy seed sushi, mexican, indian, vinaigrette adds a hint of sweetness. italian—discover it All entrees come with a choice of sides, and all in the “dining” section at there are many to sample. We loved the tradiwww.news tional collard greens that were still fresh-tasting review.com. and bright green. The mac ’n’ cheese is surprisingly spicy, and the grits are an unusual mix of large kernels and finely ground corn. They were cheesy and potentially addictive. Another winner is the garlic-tossed green beans.

Slightly sweet cornbread muffins come with honey butter. They suffer the issue of many a

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Blackbird is back with chefowner Carina Lampkin again at the helm. It’s located in its original space with a similar aesthetic, though with more focus on beer and bar food to better complement the seafood-inspired dinner menu.

A burger served with house pickles, seven-day house-cured bacon, cheddar and sweet ’n’ chivey “awesome sauce” make for one of the city’s best burgers, no question. Chowder fries, however, are nifty in theory— fries covered in bay shrimp, bacon and parsley, then doused with chowder. It’s a play on poutine, but a lack of acid and serious sogginess issues mar it from being a landmark dish.

Better yet? Fish tacos featuring fried pollock served with pickled cabbage and chipotle crema. These and a beer will remedy any bad day you’re having. American. 1015 Ninth St., (916) 498-9224. Dinner for one: $10-$30. HHH1/2 G.M.

Mother It’s no secret that Mother is a vegetarian-vegan restaurant, but this is not just a place that replaces the meat in a meal. Instead, Mother celebrates an endless array of fresh vegetables and grains.

The chile verde here comprises chunky potatoes, pinto beans and hominy for a “meaty” texture. Try it topped with a soft-poached egg, and stir the yolk into the zingy chile sauce.

Kale has been done almost to death, but Mother’s version is a take on the Waldorf salad that

makes eating your greens easy.

Lots of golden raisins, celery, walnuts and balls of apple with a bit of skin attached join dilled yogurt and baby kale. Dessert includes the now-legendary brown-butter and sea-salt cookies. Do yourself a favor and get some. Vegetarian.

1023 K St., (916) 594-9812.

Dinner for one: $10-$15.

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Midtown Block Butcher Bar This place serves the holy trinity of European cuisine: meat, cheese and alcoholic beverages. Most of its boards and plates are balanced using three basic tastes: salty (meats and cheeses), sweet (honey and jam) and sour (pickles and vinegar). The charcuterie boards impress visually and on the tongue. A recent selection included shaved almonds, neat piles of meat, mustard, pickled cauliflower and beets, served with small slices of bread. The ’njuda sandwich is startlingly spicy and salty, with rich melted cheese and ground meat spread between pressed slices of bread. Or try the pressed serrano ham, manchego cheese, arugula and salsa sandwich— it’s like a cross between a cubano, a breakfast panini and a torta. Elsewhere on the menu there are fine cocktails, an intimidating whiskey list, and a small but diverse selection of beer and wine, both regional

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1050 20th St., (916) 476-6306.

Dinner for one: $10-$20.

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Cafe Plan B This Midtown iteration of the popular Plan B Restaurant in Arden Arcade brings to mind old-school French dining. This should not be read as an insult. The menu runs with salads, sandwiches, mains and appetizers—however, the highlight is the generous array of mussels served in both modern and classic fashion.

The épicé mussels are served in a thick tomato sauce with a rumbling chili-garlic heat.

Coconut-broth mussels are sweet and tangy and worth a visit. A white-anchovy tartelette with shredded fennel and leek dazzles—it’s the sort of light food welcomed in tripledigit heat. The puff pastry it sits on is a means to an end.

Branzino cooked en papillote is also a thing of beauty: light, flaky and served with wisps of lemon and fennel. The wine selection is limited, however, the house white is affordable and welcome, pairing well with numerous dishes. French.

1226 20th St., (916) 447-3300.

Dinner for one: $25-$30.

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The Coconut Midtown The food here travels a path between standard and inventive. Creamcheese wontons, for example, aren’t the epitome of culinary Southeast Asian traditions, but damn it if they aren’t delightful. Soft cream cheese and chives in a crispy wrapper and served with a sweet chili sauce?

Nothing wrong with that. The chicken larb—a spicy mincedmeat salad—is fragrant and intense. Mint, chilies, basil and iceberg lettuce are drenched in a spicy lime dressing punctuated with a heavy hand of fish sauce. The Coconut has warnings in its menu about which dishes are spicy, but unless you’re a newborn kitten, trembling and mewling, you might not even be aware of the chilies in your food. Thai. 2502 J St., (916) 447-1855. Dinner for one: $10-$15. HHH1/2 G.M.

Der Biergarten This spot is a slightly quirky, low-key place with only nine food items on the menu: four appetizer-style options, four sandwich-type offerings and a sausage platter, plus about 30 cold ones on tap. Patrons order from a building that was built from a couple of cargo containers and dine outdoors on communal benches, traditional German biergarten style. The Derfinater Dog is a gussied-up hot dog, and despite its seemingly excessive number of toppings, everything served a tasteful purpose. The mayo and garlic sauce helped moisten a somewhat dry roll, and the bacon added saltiness, which balanced the sweetness of cream cheese and barbecue sauce. The pretzel disappointed by being a bit on the flaky and brittle side. The sausage platter was the best item on the menu: a pork sausage, chicken sausage, and a veal-and-pork sausage—much more plump, juicy and flavorful than the frankfurters—served alongside piles of sauerkraut and German

potato salad. German. 2332 K St., (916) 346-4572. Dinner for one: $5-$10. HHH J.M.

Strings Urban Kitchen This more upscale version of the Gold River-based Strings Italian Cafe chain lands in the Il Fornaio camp, but with a lower price point. Recommended options include the Bruschetta Rustico, with chunky toasts layered with seasoned cheese, grape tomatoes, basil and balsamic vinegar. With less garlic than many versions, it’s a delicious and date-friendly choice. Pizzas are offered at 7 or 16 inches, with lots of optional additions.

A small Pomodoro Mozzarella, with sliced tomatoes and marinara, was serviceable with medium-thick crust and plentiful toppings. A signature frutti di mare pie with shrimp, scallops, mussels and seafood sauce is a more unique take on the category. There are also quite a few vegetarian choices, including Vegetale de las Casa.

Eggplant, peppers, zucchini and other veg are sautéed in oil and tossed with Parmesan and Gorgonzola. For dessert, try the tiramisu, with sprightly ladyfinger sponge cake and an airy mascarpone topped with cocoa and cinnamon. If you’re feeling generous, order the caffè sospeso (“pending coffee”), in which you pay for a cup for the next guest. Italian. 1500 Seventh St., (916) 444-6500. Dinner for one: $10-$20. HHHH AMR

Tidbit Catering & Gelateria Chef Eric Lee has crafted an eclectic, bargain-friendly menu. Fried calamari are lightly seasoned

with a crispy exterior and served with a marinara-ish bland sauce. A carrot-andginger soup possesses a slow burn, and a chicken-lettuce wrap is sophisticated: a modest portion of food of moderate size that’s highlighted with slivers of cucumber and a shaking of vinegar. The frozen bits, however are the real winners. Gelato and sorbet are both available in astounding off-the-cuff flavors that mostly draw inspiration from Asian cuisines. A vanillaand-adzuki-bean gelato tastes sweet and earthy, with a flavor reminiscent to Chinese moon cakes. A nutty soy-based blacksesame-seed gelato is as rustic and charming as your favorite Instagram filter. American.

1907 Capitol Ave., (916) 442-7369.

Dinner for one: $5-$10.

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Land Park/ Curtis Park Pangaea Bier Cafe Just as European wines are made to be enjoyed with food rather than sipped alone, the current tsunami of European-style microbreweries feature drinks often best quaffed alongside a well-crafted meal. Pangaea Bier Cafe recently stepped up its food game to satisfy that need with a revamped menu that includes an ever-changing rotation of seasonal, slightly upscale pub food. Try the Buffalo wings: They’re deeply flavorful fried morsels with a thick glaze of goodness. The mac ’n’ cheese is creamy, with a bit of beer in the sauce and a crunchy topping

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South Sac Bodhi Bowl This Vietnamese eatery’s menu is all vegetarian and mostly vegan, with plenty of high notes. The Heavenly Noodle is a can’t-go-wrong salad comprising snow-white vermicelli noodles with cooling mint, cucumber slices, house-roasted peanuts and jagged pieces of faux beef. The “beef” actually is slightly sweet, plenty umami and pleasantly inoffensive, as far as fake meat goes. Nearly everything here has a faux-meat product or tofu element. So, sorry diners with soy allergies—it can’t even be escaped in the papaya salad. Not an issue?

Soldier on with the Hot & Sour soup, a not-too spicy sunsetorange broth that teems with a tomatoey and citrus flavor, chunks of pineapple, semicircles of trumpet mushrooms, cubes of fried tofu and slices of faux crab.

Or, try the stir-fried Eight Fold Path. It features al dente celery,

excellent counterpoints to the achingly sweet maple-bourbon glazed red onions. Fries-slashchips arrived pencil-thin and fiercely crispy. If you visit for brunch, don’t miss the signature bloody mary: a 32-ounce bloody mary that doesn’t skimp on the horseradish. It’s served with skewers of beet-pickled egg, sausage and bacon, tiger prawn, pickled veggies, and the most amazing slider. American.

1310 Fulton Ave., (916) 487-1045.

Dinner for one: $15-$25.

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red bell pepper and triangles of the most savory, salty, dense tofu perhaps ever. Vietnamese.

6511 Savings Place, Ste. 100; (916) 428-4160. Dinner for one: $10-$15. HHHH S.

Kansai Ramen & Sushi House This place serves its own take on ramen and sushi, with varying degrees of success. The kakuni ramen, which features three thick slices of braised pork belly in lieu of the house ramen’s thin slices of chashu, boasts a nice, sweet marinade; tender consistency; and copious flavor. Be sure to order noodles al dente, and it’ll make for a good option, even with its run-of-the-mill broth. Or amp it up with the spicy tan tan men, which uses a beefy and seafood-tinted soup base that teems with flavor.

The sushi rolls here are Western style—a.k.a. loaded with toppings. Try the Mufasa roll. With crab and avocado on the inside and salmon and sauce outside, it’s particularly tasty, seasoned in sesame oil and baked—a somewhat unusual technique for sushi. Japanese. 2992 65th St., Ste. 288; (916) 455-0288. Dinner for one: $10-$20. HHH J.M.

The Kitchen Diners here don’t receive a menu: They receive a program, divided into seven acts, and, yes, there’s an intermission. Guests all eat together, like a reservations-only giant dinner party, dining on seasonal dishes such as chilled, minty pea soup, served with creamy pea pudding, cured scallops and Sterling Caviar. The offerings, which include the likes of lamb, steak and pasta, change monthly, but the highlights are the chefs’ tasters—small bites scattered throughout the dining area. A recent visit included oyster, faux lasagna bites, citrusy duck, and “kettle corn” cones of puffed wild rice, amaranth and corn with black-truffle caramel, which tasted sweet, salty and positively deadly. American.

2225 Hurley Way, Ste. 101; (916) 568-7171. Dinner for one: $100-$300. HHHH J.B.

Arden/ Carmichael Field House American Sports Pub Launched by the same team that raised Shady Lady Saloon, this spot brings a bit more culinary hope to an often forgotten part of Sacramento. The whiskey burger is a mighty sammich of perfection with smoked Gouda cheese and bacon that serve as

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The sliders are gorgeous little mouthfuls with Tillamook cheddar and house-made pickles.

They leave you wanting more, which is exactly what you get with the main-course cheeseburger, one of the best we’ve had in ages. Made from a custom blend of brisket and chuck, this is a juicy patty that holds together, yet bursts with flavor. The locally made brioche bun bears up well, and the house pickles and cheddar simply gild the lily. American. 2743 Franklin Blvd., (916) 454-4942. Dinner for one: $10-$15. HHH1/2 AMR

American-style makizushi, but its mastery lies in Japanesestyle sushi and an assortment of other traditional fare. Here, the omakase was the pièce de résistance—one of those dishes that everyone stares at when it comes out of the kitchen. It looks like a flashy Dali-esque painting, with raw fish piled into small flower patterns atop scallop shells and a bed of microgreens, dollops of sauce, piles of ginger, slender slices of fried plantains sticking out upwards of 6 inches from the plate, and slices of lemon, radish and cucumber.

And it tastes as surreal as it looks: The fish is fresh, fleshy and flavorful. The Rainbow roll and the Linda roll are like most American-style rolls served locally, but better. Japanese.

6720 Madison Ave., Ste. 5 in Fair Oaks; (916) 966-5639. Dinner for one: $15-$30. HHHH1/2 J.M.

Fancy foods on the cheap

A few months ago, I went on a quick vacation to Europe, spending a week in Paris and a week in Rome. I’ve been craving truffle oil on almost everything since visiting Italy, but I didn’t think 20 euros for a bottle over there was worth it. So I started looking here after I got home and made a pretty great discovery: T.J.Maxx sells two kinds of truffle oil—one from Italy and one from Napa—for $5 a bottle. Usually, I’d never shop at a discount clothing store for groceries, but the oil was great, and I’ve been putting it on everything, including burgers, pizza and grilled veggie slices. Later on, I really craved good French dark chocolate, but again, I didn’t want to spend a ton of money. Luckily, this popped up in the unlikeliest of places, too: 99 Cents Only Stores. Yes, bars of Falize brand dark chocolate with sea salt crystals for just a buck—better prices than Paris!

Tasty Thai It’s hard to find a better lunch deal than the one offered here: Each one includes rice and a salad with an entree—and costs $11 or less. There are 23 options, plus daily specials. (The dinner menu is similar—only bigger). The Thai basil, served with green beans, onion, bell pepper and basil in a spicy garlic sauce, is cooked in a wok and has a nice smoky flavor with veggies cooked slightly al dente. The pad Thai and the pad see ew both impress, but the latter has just a bit more of that savoriness that make Asian noodle dishes ubercomforting. Service is friendly, even when it’s busy. Thai.

2598 Alta Arden Expy., (916) 977-3534. Dinner for one: $10-$20. HHHH J.M.

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• Queen Nation (Queen Tribute) Saturday, July 19

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• Trick Pony Saturday, July 26

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Located in the upper west side of california Building d is Blues & Brews.

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Find your niche something for everyone

Best Party Get your toes tappinG with music and more

covered. Throughout

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the fairgrounds, you’ll

At the honkeytonk Saloon in the east side of Building c, you can grab a frosty brew, eat some delicious barbecue and tap your foot along to some great modern country music.

find special designated areas where you can listen to the music you like, dance your heart out or just socialize. These areas offer unique experiences that allow you

ARE you A WINE-loVER?

to carve out your

Beneath the shade of trees and canopies at the south end of cal expo lies the Save Mart Supermarkets Wine country.

Take a load off your feet and relax in the beautifully landscaped area while tasting gold award-winning wines in the largest public tasting of wineries from the state.

own personal niche at the State Fair.

WANNA TRy youR luCK?

looKING FoR A FIESTA?

inside the clubhouse at the Miller Lite racetrack Grandstand through the West Gate at cal expo, you can watch several national high-stakes horse races and enjoy sporting events simultaneously on dozens of screens located throughout the venue. And, if you’re feeling lucky, you can place a few bets while cooling off in the air-conditioned Sports Bar.

Visitors seeking another way to beat the heat should be sure to check out hussong’s cantina located directly below expo center #1. The area features handshaken margaritas and Tecate served with live music from south of the border.

2014 State Fair Toyota Concert Series on the Golden 1 Stage

B E S T l o C A l E N T E R TA I N M E N T

• John Kay & Steppenwolf Friday, July 11

• Joan Jett & the Blackhearts Friday, July 18

• Blackjack Billy & Jana Kramer Wednesday, July 23

favorites including Cheeseballs, Mumbo Gumbo and

• Macy Gray Saturday, July 12

• Queen Nation (Queen Tribute) Saturday, July 19

• MercyMe Thursday, July 24

• Phil Vassar Sunday, July 13

• America Sunday, July 20

• The Whispers Friday, July 25

• Hinder Monday, July 14

• Bret Michaels Monday, July 21

• Trick Pony Saturday, July 26

• The Spinners Thursday, July 17

• Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo Tuesday, July 22

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The next time your roommate launches into a deep dive on her ex’s social life, or your buddy tries to ignite her emotions using you as the flame thrower, step out of the triangle. Leave them alone to battle the ghost of a dead relationship.

You can address your roommate’s fixation by repeating exactly the same three sentences every time she starts up. Try this: “If you’re still

Remind yourself you’re not her therapist; you’re her friend. Friends don’t let friends stay rooted in the past. obsessing about him, you’re not over him. If you’re not over him and the relationship is over, obsessing about him is a way of harming yourself. I won’t listen to that anymore.” If she protests, repeat the mantra again.

And again. Rinse (yourself of her drama) and repeat (the mantra). If necessary, add: “Have you considered talking to a therapist?” Then remind yourself you’re not her therapist, you’re her friend. Friends don’t let friends stay rooted in the past.

When your roommate’s ex-boyfriend shoots off about the women he’s hooking up with, say: “You’ve been talking a lot about hooking up since your breakup with (your roommate’s name here). It’s sounds like you’re stuck. You can’t really get over someone by getting with someone else. You know that, right? It’s your business, though,

Got a problem?

Write, email or leave a message for Joey at the News & Review.

Give your name, telephone number (for verification purposes only) and question—all correspondence will be kept strictly confidential.

Write Joey, 1124 Del Paso Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95815; call (916) 498-1234, ext. 3206; or email askjoey@ newsreview.com.

so I would never tell anyone else, especially not (your roommate’s name here).” When he protests, just stare at him. Then nod and say: “I will never tell anyone else the stuff you tell me. You aren’t trying to get me to gossip about you to her, are you? ’Cause that’s not cool.”

By the way, you should reach over your shoulder and pat yourself on the back. Most people, when caught in your situation, would listen for hours to a brokenhearted roommate instead of helping that person step into life in the present tense. Yeah, most people would dutifully repeat salacious sex tales, never noticing that they were manipulated into doing so.

Some people might even offer to jump into the ring and negotiate a truce. Your willingness to maintain healthy relationships with your roommate and your friend, while taking care of yourself, is admirable. Hopefully, they will realize what a good pal you are.

I cheated on my girlfriend two years ago. She’s forgiven me, but her family has not. I know I was stupid.

I also know that I would never hurt her again. Her family always acts suspicious around me. I want to ask my girlfriend to be my wife, but I think her family will talk her out of it. Any suggestions?

Take the risk to win what you truly desire: Being seen as the man you are now, ready to build a life with the woman you love. The concerns of your girlfriend’s protective family are not as important as her ability to choose the future her heart longs for. Trust that she is a discerning adult. After all, she forgave you and moved forward with you, right? In time, her family may grow to love you. If they don’t, love them, anyway. That’s life on the spiritual path. Ω

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A good argument for love Much Ado About Nothing, She Loves Me marketing and a bit of luck, this new venture will hopefully take root and become a summer tradition. Ω

There’s an ambitious new summer theater festival in Davis, and the project has launched with a polished pair of well-mounted shows.

The Davis Shakespeare Festival is staging by Jeff Hudson two indoor shows in repertory, with two Actors’ Equity Association professionals, plus conservatory-trained talent, well-chosen community actors and live music. It’s the kind of smart summer series—mixing Shakespeare with contemporary work—that I’ve been hoping to see locally for, oh, about 20 years.

Much Ado About Nothing Naturally, there’s a Shakespeare comedy, Much Ado About Nothing, with its verbal fencing between Benedick (Matt Edwards, who’s done Broadway shows, and offBroadway work) and Beatrice (Susanna Risser, a savvy actress with a master’s degree in fine arts who more than holds her own).

She Loves Me Director Rob Salas (who’s been an assistant director at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland) places the story in the Napa Valley in the late 1940s. Costumer Roxanne Femling provides crisp military uniforms and Doris Day-style dresses. Sacramento pro Matt K. Miller brightens several scenes as the clueless constable Dogberry. Composer Richard Chowenhill contributes clever incidental music.

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Much Ado About Nothing and She Loves Me alternate showtimes at 8 p.m.

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But we already knew this group could handle Shakespeare. The unanticipated bonus is the other show—a delightful chamber musical called She Loves Me (by the team that later penned Fiddler on the Roof). Like Much Ado, it’s a charming love story about verbal antagonists who fall in love, played by Laura Baronet (a recent B Street Theatre intern who is moving to London this fall to pursue a master’s degree) and Ian Hopps (a San Francisco State University grad who’s done independent films). It’s very nicely directed

by Gia Battista (who did an original show last year that workshopped in Ashland and won honors at the San Francisco Fringe Festival).

Together, these two shows make an auspicious debut for the fledgling fest. The quality is already present onstage. With the right

Like the Davis Shakespeare Festival, the 49th annual Sacramento Shakespeare Festival is opening with the same play, Much Ado About Nothing. The SSF version is a comedy with a bit of villainy, set in post-World War I England.

Unfortunately, that means that male performers are in what must be terribly hot British Army uniforms. Fortunately, that didn’t seem to inhibit the fun, even as temperatures were edging toward the triple digits.

Any production of Much Ado relies on the chops of the actors playing the sharp-tongued, sharp-witted Beatrice and Benedick, well-played here by Jackie Gailbreath and Russell Dow, respectively.

Their chemistry—they are obviously having a very good time—and willingness to hide behind very small potted plants makes for some outrageously funny bits.

The more serious—and seriously starcrossed—lovers, Hero (Brittany King) and Claudio (Tim Brown) are overwhelmingly earnest, while Don Pedro (Thomas Dean) and Leonato (James Roberts) are suitably upright. But as the villainous Don Joan (Don Pedro’s bastard sister, rather than the traditional brother), Samia LaVirgne dominates every scene she’s in.

This production, directed by Lori Ann Delappe-Grondin, also has a live musical ensemble, which adds some depth and texture to the play. Costume designer Nicole Sivell has done some excellent work, especially with the women’s colorful dresses, adding a lightness to the group scenes.

Even in hot weather, there’s a light breeze off the pond, and much of the amphitheater is shady. Bring a lawn chair or blanket, a cooler with dinner and drinks, and expect a relaxing and fun evening. Much Ado About Nothing will play in repertory with The Three Musketeers, which opens this weekend.

—Kel Munger

Much Ado About Nothing, 6 p.m. Sunday, July 13, and Sunday, July 20; 8 p.m. Friday, July 18; Saturday, July 26; Thursday, July 31; and Saturday, August 2; $15-$18. Sacramento Shakespeare Festival in the William A. Carroll Amphitheatre in William Land Park, 3901 Land Park Drive; (916) 558-2173 ; www.sacramentoshakespeare.net. Through August 2.

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Greg Alexander, Jason Kuykendall and John Lamb portray about a dozen characters in this irreverent makeover of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous Sherlock Holmes mystery. There are bad beards, strange accents and quick costume changes in this theatrical production. It’s madcap and slapstick, but starts to run out of steam, and the actors and the audience seem dog-tired by the end.

Tu 6:30pm; W 2pm & 6:30pm; Th, F

8pm, Sa 5pm & 9pm; Su 2pm. Through 8/10. $23-$35. B Street Theatre

Mainstage, 2711 B St.; (916) 443-5300, www.bstreetheatre.org. J.C.

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A high-powered modern married couple becomes disillusioned with the oppressive pressure of the 21st century and retreats to a gated community where the calendar always says 1955, and everyone is expected to live that time authentically. Stephanie Gularte and Wayne Lee are that couple; Jason Heil and Shannon Mahoney lead the ’50s colony, with Ryan Snyder the monkey

wrench in all their lives. W 7pm; Th, F, Sa 8pm; Su 2pm. Through 7/20. $24-$38.

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The B3 Series offers this world-premiere production of Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder’s play about the power of books, reading as necessity and obsession, and the relationships readers form over their favorite books. With Kristine David in a delightful performance as a beyond-quirky librarian isolated in a mountaintop library and Julia Brothers as the antiquarian in search of a rare volume who won’t leave her alone, this quiet story offers both humor and emotional punch. Directed by David Pierini, Provenance has a gorgeous set that bibliophiles will covet. Tu, W 7pm;

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This guy stops murders.

One-man firing squad Writer-actor-comedian Christopher Titus has made a living out of sharing his screwed-up life onstage and on screen: abusive, alcoholic, emotionally unavailable father; violent, suicidal mother; and himself a lost boy. Until he found comedy. “With the world moving as fast as it [does], if we weren’t dysfunctional, we couldn’t function,” Titus said about his family in a recent telephone interview with SN&R. The modern world is so frustrating, “we need comedy to get rid of our desire to kill.” Huh? “We have to get rid of the energy that’s building up inside us. It’s gotta go somewhere. If everybody went once a week to a comedy club and laughed, that would do it.” You heard the man: Don’t kill anyone. Instead, save a life and go see Titus at the Crest Theatre this Friday. Christopher Titus, $25-$35, 8 p.m. on Friday, July 11; at the Crest Theatre, 1013 K Street; (916) 442-7378; www.thecrest.com.

—Jim Carnes

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Writer-director Paul Haggis’ Third Person, like his 2005 Oscar-winner Crash, tells multiple stories, but this time they don’t intersect in the same obvious by Jim Lane way. They seem to run on parallel tracks, or even in parallel universes. Themes and visual touches link individual scenes, and sometimes we’re briefly disoriented at finding ourselves in one story when we thought we were in another.

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Watching. That’s one of the linking themes.

The movie’s first spoken line is “Watch me,” whispered by a child as Michael (Liam Neeson), a Pulitzer Prize novelist working on his latest book, sits at his laptop in his Paris hotel room.

Michael looks up. Did he hear that? Imagine it?

Was it one of his characters talking to him? The line, in varying readings—whispered, hissed, spat—recurs throughout the movie, exhorting someone to do something, reproaching them for something undone.

Michael is joined in Paris by Anna (Olivia Wilde), a New York journalist and his lover of the past two years. The two of them bicker, jab, cajole, caress, make love with wildcat desperation, all following some game plan they seem to be making up as they go along.

Then there’s Scott (Adrien Brody), in Rome on a mission of industrial espionage. He covertly buys the pilfered designs of Italian clothing designers, taking them back to the states to be counterfeited in sweatshops. Stopping in a bar for a drink, he becomes fascinated by Monika (Moran Atias), a Romanian woman waiting to be reunited with the 8-year-old daughter she hasn’t seen in two years, who is being brought into Italy by smugglers. When Monika loses the 5,000 euros she was supposed to pay the smugglers, Scott involves himself in her story out of some impulse he seems only dimly to understand.

Altruism? Or is it guilt? After all, he has a daughter about the same age as Monika’s whom he hasn’t seen in a while himself.

Finally, there’s Julia (Mila Kunis) in New York, leading the disordered, chaotic life of a

perpetual screwup—things are always somehow going wrong for her, and always her plaintive mantra is “This time it isn’t my fault!” She’s in an ugly fight for visitation rights with her son; Julia’s ex-husband Rick, a well-to-do artist (James Franco), has custody because of something Julia may or may not have done to hurt the boy. Julia’s lawyer (Maria Bello) regards her with barely controlled exasperation, wondering if Julia really deserves to see the boy at all. Julia, chronically unstable, is currently on her seventh job in less than a year, working as a hotel chambermaid, thanks to a man who seems to be one of her last remaining friends. Kunis plays Julia in a constant state of hyperventilating desperation, less than an inch from the end of her rope.

The movie’s title refers, at least on the surface, to the fact that Michael keeps his journal in the the third person: “He” did this, “he” saw or said that. But there’s another side to it as well.

In each of the three stories, there always seems to be a third person involved—Monika’s daughter, Julia’s son. In the Michael-Anna thread, there are a third and a fourth: Michael’s estranged wife Elaine (Kim Basinger) and Anna’s other lover, also in Paris.

Watching, we sense that Michael and Anna are the central story here. Maybe even the only one: Lines of dialogue in one story appear on Michael’s laptop, and we see evidence—indirect but unmistakeable—that Julia has been in Michael and Anna’s hotel rooms, even though they’re in Paris and she’s in New York.

Filmmaker Paul Haggis teases us and leaves us thinking up our own answers—which will no doubt alienate as many people as it tantalizes.

Michael says at one point that his new novel is “about a man who can only feel through the characters he creates.” Is that what’s going on here? Is Michael creating Scott and Monika?

Julia and Rick? For that matter, is he creating Anna, or is she creating him? Haggis teases us and leaves us thinking up our own answers— which will no doubt alienate as many people as it tantalizes.

Third Person ends with Haggis’ dedication: “To my father, Ted, who taught me to take risks.” Haggis takes risks here, and his dedication lends a metafictional resonance to the movie’s recurring line: “Watch me!” Ω

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Begin Again is director John Carney’s blatant attempt to recapture the magic of his 2006 surprise hit Once, and if it seems churlish to hold this shiny new product’s feet to that previous film’s lo-fi flame, blame Carney for continuously rubbing our noses in it. He practically begs for the comparison, but everything fresh and original about Once has been recycled and sanitized, and Begin Again is broad and excessive where Once was charming and concise.

The film has an irresistible concept and all the necessary elements to make it work, but instead of trusting that, Carney overloads the film with artifice and plot. Begin Again feels like it should work, but never does, and in that sense, it is a lot like one of those God-awful Rock and Roll Hall of Fame jam bands, where talented entertainers team up to create a tuneless cacophony. D.B.

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How to Train Your Dragon 2

The Viking teenager Hiccup (voice by Jay Baruchel) returns with his dragon pal Toothless, this time forced to deal with a wicked warlord (Djimon Hounsou) who is recruiting an army of dragons to feed his lust for conquest and destruction. The first movie back in 2010 was a delightful surprise; this sequel, not so much. With around 100 minutes of movie strung out over 25 minutes worth of plot, writer-director Dean DeBlois resorts to cribbing elements from other movies—the Harry Potter series, the Star Wars saga, Pirates of the Caribbean, Japanese monster movies and so on. The first movie satisfied itself with cribbing the Aesop fable about Androcles and the lion, and it was more fun that way. J.L.

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Obvious Child

An aspiring stand-up comic (Jenny Slate) has to grow up when she finds herself dumped by her boyfriend, fired from her day job and pregnant from a one-night stand. Writer-director Gillian Robespierre’s movie has an earnest indie sweetness that’s oddly winning. It’s pleasantly prickly and interesting, and Slate’s slacker angst is comical and touching by turns. Still, Robespierre can’t always conceal the formula we recognize from slicker, more upscale studio rom-coms: the stereotypical rat-bastard ex (Paul Brigante), the handsome nice guy who may offer true love (Jake Lacy), the wisecracking woman pal (Gaby Hoffmann), the gay best friend from Central Casting (Gabe Liedman) and so on. The movie’s raunchy-female-Woody Allen-from-the-1970s vibe rings an overfamiliar bell, but it goes down easily enough. J.L.

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The Rover

From the title card that reads “Ten years after the collapse” to the opening images of stark wastelands and Guy Pearce’s weathered face, David Michôd’s The Rover wants you to know that it is really, really dark. It would

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Romance blossoms between two teenage cancer patients (Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort). Directed by Josh Boone and adapted by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber from John Green’s wildly successful novel (124 weeks and counting on The New York Times Best Sellers list), the movie is Love Story for the 21st century—though that’s a bit unfair: Love Story— book and movie—was lousy. This one, book and movie, is artfully constructed—a dash of Holden Caulfield without the acid, enough character for good actors to sink their teeth into, yet generic enough to appeal to a maximum teen audience.

It’s essentially a two-character show: Elgort is handsome and appealing, while Woodley continues her steady progress to stardom. J.L.

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“RICHLY SATISFYING.”

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Earth to Echo

A handful of suburban kids (Teo Halm, Brian “Astro” Bradley, Reese Hartwig, Ella Wahlestedt) try to help an alien from another galaxy who has been stranded on Earth, even as the little fellow becomes the subject of an intense search by shadowy government agents. Sound familiar? Director Dave Green and writers Henry Gayden and Andrew Panay ransack the early career of Steven Spielberg— mostly E.T., of course, but with generous helpings of Close Encounters and The Goonies thrown in—giving it a contrived found-video look. The rip-off is so blatant that it makes any discussion of acting (pretty good), special effects (decent) or editing (fair) beside the point: This is the most shameless act of near-plagiarism since Star Trek cribbed that “The Trouble With Tribbles” episode from Robert A. Heinlein’s 1952 sci-fi novel The Rolling Stones. J.L.

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Conservative writer Dinesh D’Souza follows his 2012 documentary 2016: Obama’s America with an America of his own. Mixing documentary footage, interviews and re-enactments ranging from the American Revolution and the Lincoln-Douglas debates to the career of African-American cosmetics tycoon Madam C.J. Walker and Hillary Clinton’s high-school years, D’Souza offers a rightist critique of the leftist critique of American history, with a ringing endorsement of entrepreneurial capitalism. All in all, it’s a fairly lucid polemic— at least until D’Souza goes off on a tangent about “Obamacare”; at that point, your interest will rise or fall with your sympathies on that issue. Interestingly, D’Souza doesn’t gloss over his own conviction for campaign-finance violation— but he doesn’t spend a lot of time on it, either. J.L.

like to be a cerebral, “slow cinema” take on apocalyptic Aussie films like The Road Warrior and Wake in Fright, but The Rover isn’t cerebral, just slow, and feels like the work of a talented and ambitious filmmaker with nothing to say. The Australian native Michôd broke through in 2010 with the excellent crime drama Animal Kingdom, and he still shows a talent for dreamily unsettling images, shocking cuts, efficient storytelling and incoherent soundtrack selections. But when the gasoline-powered pursuit at the film’s center starts to stall, so does the story, and after a tense opening act, The Rover suddenly becomes enamored with its own navel. D.B.

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Snowpiercer

In the not-too-distant future of Joon-ho Bong’s meditative and thrilling Snowpiercer, a failed global-warming experiment has frozen the entire planet, rendering it uninhabitable. Eighteen years later, the remains of humanity live on a high-speed supertrain where a cruel class divide has developed, with the privileged class living up front, and the most destitute and exploitable people in the caboose. The setup may be high-concept times a thousand, but the obviousness of the symbolism (the train is the world, the passengers are humanity, and we’re done here) is so inextricably interwoven with the forward momentum of the plot and so well complemented by Joonho’s comic-book style and sick humor, you can’t help but buy in. Joon-ho previously made The Host, a monster movie that both satisfied and sabotaged the expectations of the genre, and he does the same thing with futuristic scifi in Snowpiercer. D.B.

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Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon

Talent agent Shep Gordon made his name by managing Alice Cooper and others to superstardom, but according to the documentary Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon, his most potent quality is a generous spirit that has endeared him to everyone, including Michael Douglas, Tom Arnold and the Dalai Lama. Actor Mike Myers co-directs Supermensch (along with Beth Aala), but he also appears onscreen to add to the litany of celebrity testimonials. When Myers calls his subject “the nicest person I’ve ever met,” and describes how Gordon nurtured him through a rough patch in his life, it’s a sure sign that we’re in the land of the puff piece. At least it’s a fast-paced and calorie-free puff piece with enough name-dropping to hold your attention, not unlike an Us Weekly magazine cover story, although it would have been more interesting to know how the sausage was made. D.B.

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Tammy

A fast-food worker (Melissa McCarthy) gets fired for being an unreliable slob, then comes home to find her husband having a romantic dinner with another woman (Toni Collette, shamefully wasted). At the end of her rope, she sets out with her alcoholic grandmother (Susan Sarandon) on a road trip to Niagara Falls. Co-written by McCarthy and her husband Ben Falcone (who also directed), the movie is as disorderly and obnoxious as its title character.

Meanwhile, a top-flight supporting cast (Allison Janney, Gary Cole, Kathy Bates, Sandra Oh, Dan Aykroyd) has little to do but stand watching the star thrash around, then line up at the end for an unconvincing group hug. McCarthy often shines as a supporting actress (remember Bridesmaids?), but as a star, her bag of tricks is beginning to look pretty shallow. J.L.

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Think Like a Man Too

The couples from 2012’s Think Like a Man (Michael Ealy and Taraji P. Henson, Romany Malco and Meagan Good, Jerry Ferrara and Gabriel Union, Terrence Jenkins and Regina Hall) hit Las Vegas for a wedding, with pal Kevin Hart organizing the bachelor party and Jenkins’ character’s mother (Jenifer Lewis) taking command of the bride and bridesmaids. Writers Keith Merryman and David A. Newman felt the need to write a sequel, but couldn’t come up with a story, so they recycled stale jokes from The Hangover, Last Vegas, etc., only cleaned up and toned down to preserve a PG-13 rating. Results are predictably lame and lamely predictable.

Director Tim Story, as usual, is hopelessly lost, and the heavy lifting falls to the appealing cast, who all deserve better material. Here’s one thing that happened in Vegas and should have stayed there. J.L.

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Transformers: Age of Extinction

Where to start? The American flag. “I just got picked up by Red Bull.” Magic hour on every point of the globe, all of the time, always.

“These alien guns kick ass!” Transformium.

“What we do here is science.” Monument Valley.

“Mission accomplished” and “cut and run.” Action scenes set in slums. King Arthur, high-school football and the Holocaust. “It’s sucking up metal and dropping it!” Creepy, daddy-daughter sex anxiety. “I’m a wicked warrior robot.”

Product placement for Bud Light and automatic weaponry. “Don’t bitch out on me! Are you gonna bitch out on me?” Mark Wahlberg wears glasses to pass as a scientist in this world, and it works.

“Algorithms! Math!” In short, this fourth installment of Michael Bay’s long-form paean to soullessness is better than some of its predecessors and worse than others, but God only knows which ones or why. D.B.

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Metal, money and markets Elk Grove bassist Michael Spencer talks about life with thrash-metal veterans Flotsam and Jetsam For the better part of two decades, Flotsam and Jetsam has maintained a stronghold in the thrash-metal scene. What started in 1981 isn’t slowing down by Eddie Jorgensen anytime soon. And while the Arizona-based band’s current lineup boasts just three of its five original members—drummer Kelly David Smith, singer Eric “A.K.” Knutson and guitarist Michael Gilbert—the current incarnation, rounded out by Steve Conley on guitar and Michael Spencer on bass, is its strongest yet.

touring band out there, has a minimum [guarantee] that we need to maintain that assures our bills are paid when we’re on the road away from our day jobs. Flotsam has been far more popular in Europe, the [United Kingdom] and Australia than [in the United States], so we may find that the U.S. market isn’t a profitable market for us. It’s definitely a different scene for the band here in the States compared to overseas.

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“We look angry and grim, but we’re actually quite jolly.

No, really.”

The band, currently on a West Coast tour that stops at The Boardwalk on Friday, July 11, just rereleased what is arguably its strongest album, 1988’s No Place for Disgrace.

Spencer, who played with the band for a few years in the mid-’80s and rejoined in 2013, now lives in Elk Grove and owns an airconditioning automation company. He recently chatted with SN&R about the band’s future, the state of the industry and why European touring beats stateside trips.

Catch Flotsam and Jetsam at 8 p.m. on Friday, July 11, at The Boardwalk, located at 9426 Greenback Lane in Orangevale. Tickets are $18 advance and $20 at the door.

Exmortus, Hatchet, Conceived in Chaos and Graveshadow are also on the bill. More about the band is at www.flotsam-andjetsam.com.

Most of the band lives in Arizona.

Any plans on moving, too?

No. I’m the only California guy in the band.

Everyone else in the band are lifelong Arizona boys. What’s been cool with me rejoining Flotsam was within a month after being back in the band, one of my clients based in San Francisco began contracting me to work at one of their largest Phoenix locations. So all my travel to rehearse for tours and record the last album was essentially paid for through my company’s relationship with a client.

How profitable is the touring circuit today as opposed to 20 years ago?

One of the issues with touring today is getting the income from the clubs or the headlining act to make it financially viable for the band. Flotsam, like every other

How has the downturn of the record industry affected the band? Do you still receive any royalties from previous albums?

Royalties still come in mostly from Internet plays and iTunes along with CD sales. Being on the road is how a band generates interest and gets CD and merchandise sales. With labels not offering [tour] support any longer, every midlevel band’s strategy has changed.

You left the band and then came back in 2013. Were you in touch with the members during that absence?

I was in touch with Michael Gilbert for a few months after originally leaving the band in 1987 after a short U.K.-Europe tour supporting Megadeth. ...

Somewhere around 2010, Kelly and I started speaking after I put out a limited run of No Place for Disgrace preproduction CDs. Will there be a new album this year?

Not with our current touring schedule. It looks like we’ll have a window in August to begin working on the preproduction for a new album. It looks more like a spring 2015 release.

“ With labels not offering [tour] support any longer, every midlevel band’s strategy has changed.”

Michael Spencer Flotsam and Jetsam Any plans for after the current tour?

After our European-U.K. festival run next month ... we’ll be getting back to the writing process for a couple of months, unless there’s an offer for a support slot for a tour either in Europe or the U.S. We’ve already had a few offers come our way, but we need to make sure it works for us. Ω

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—Janelle Bitker

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Don’t believe the hype man: Most fathers of a 6-week-old baby would probably choose to stick close to home to help their partner with feedings and diaper duty. But not rapper Future, who recently became a dad to baby Future Zahir Wilburn with pop star Ciara. In fact, he’s currently on tour to support his latest album, Honest, and stopped by Ace of Spades last week for a show.

Sales of the emo and uneven album have been lackluster despite buzz around the single “Move That Dope,” which, although it was arguably the song of spring (if there is such a thing), peaked at only No. 46 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. It’s a shame that it wasn’t a bigger hit because it features one of the best verses by Pharrell Williams ever, in which he wipes the floor with Future and Pusha T, who is also on the track.

The crowd certainly responded to that track as if it had hit No.1, but since Future appears on only on one verse, he just performed a snippet, which was pretty par for the course for the night. There were also snippets of club hits “Karate Chop,” “Covered N Money,” “Racks” and “Same Damn Time.”

Future’s signature sound is his Auto-Tuned croon, which can make his tracks seem very generic. Almost anyone could be singing the hooks, and his verses cover the standard topics of money, drugs and womenthemed litanies without much clever wordplay. He has songs that hint at a potential for a more creative direction like the spacey, “Gone to the Moon” and the banger “Sh&t.” The AutoTune wasn’t as prominent on the latter song, and Future sang in a staccato, yelping tone.

The enthusiastic crowd dutifully called out “Shit!” at the end of each chorus, and Future’s hype man proclaimed the Sacramento crowd to be one of the loudest of the tour so far, but the energy was still only medium-high. Compared to recent shows at Ace, Future’s was much better than the phoned-in disappointment of Riff Raff, but couldn’t even touch the off-the-hook lovefest that YG brought to the house in backto-back sold-out shows. If the hype man wanted to hear a loud crowd, he should have bought a ticket to that.

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Guitar virtuosos and trees: I was driving 8 miles per hour through the hilly camps of High Sierra Music Festival. A guy in dreadlocks and a tie-dye shirt didn’t immediately get out of my way.

“Whoa,” he said. “Slow your roll—there are children here.”

It took a while to settle into the High Sierra mood. Unlike Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival or other music gatherings I had been to before, no one is in a rush at the annual four-day Quincy affair that’s held each Fourth of July weekend.

The fairgrounds are gorgeous and green. Campers set up turntables in their tents for late-night grooving.

During this year’s fest, fire dancing took place every night and acroyoga every morning—I couldn’t believe I balanced a 60-year-old man with a long, gray ponytail on my feet.

And I relished in nearly nonstop, excellent music.

STS9, Beats Antique and the Polish Ambassador brought out the rave kids, wearing LED-lit clothing and inflatable animals on their backs. Smoke made the air so thick during STS9’s set that I felt like I was inside a Berlin nightclub. Beats Antique concluded with belly dancers surrounding a giant, inflated cyclops kitty. And Nevada City-based the Polish Ambassador was, as always, clad in a neon jumpsuit.

But I was actually most moved by Moon Hooch. With a drum set and two saxophones—sometimes swapped out for a contrabass clarinet—the three New Yorkers played an incredibly groovy, raw version of house music.

Emotionally, I was most moved by the Carolina Chocolate Drops. The North Carolina, old-timey string band sang of cornbread and slavery, but a traditional Scottish Gaelic tune was the true stunner.

The Travelin’ McCourys provided the ideal Fourth of July bluegrass set to a sunburned, beer-guzzling, raucous crowd, which got even more raucous when the Del McCoury graced the stage for one song.

The weekend was packed with similarly renowned guitarists: Bill Frisell, Ernest Ranglin, Fareed Haque, Bombino. At a more intimate, casual gathering, Haque and Bombino met for the first time and engaged in an improvisational, bluesy jam session.

The looks on their faces—especially Bombino of Niger—were of pure honor and gratitude.

Really, the whole festival was a thankful place. I don’t think I’ve ever heard so many fans shouting “Thank you for being here!” after sets or in

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Janiva Magness

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Chernobog is the name of a Slavic deity of evil: a hideous, shadowy figure that lurks at night. Plus, it has to be one of the best metal names of all time! The band, surprisingly, is not from some freezing Eastern European country, but in fact from sunny Sacramento.

It plays a combination of classic thrash, melodic metal and groove metal (and stays away from the metalcore and grindcore sounds that are increasingly taking over the METAL metal scene). Chernobog falls somewhere between Slayer and Hatebreed. It’s brutal and honest metal that keeps its intensity up whether pummeling through fast chords or slow, heavy breakdowns. 1400 Alhambra Boulevard, www.facebook.com/chernobog916.

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In 2009, The Blues Foundation named Janiva Magness the B.B. King Entertainer of the BLUES Year—marking only the second time a woman had won the award. That should give you a hint as to how talented Magness is. If that’s not enough, check out her just-released album, Original.

A bluesy vocalist in the truest sense of the word, she croons breathlessly to be given space in “Let Me Breathe”; and on “I Need a Man,” she injects this piece of rock and soul with enough sass and electricity to light up a city. Even on laid-back R&B cuts like “Everything Gonna Be Alright,” she sings with undeniable passion. 13 Main Street in Winters, www.janivamagness.com.

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—Aaron Carnes

Sacramento blues group Rick Estrin & the Nightcats puts on quite a show. That’s apparent with a listen to their new album You Asked For It...Live! The group’s first ever live recording, it’s a lively 13-track set that features Rick Estrin’s dynamic lead vocals and harmonica playing. The Nightcats—guitarist Kid Anderson, drummer J. Hansen, and bassist and multi-instrumentalist Lorenzo Farrell— provide an alternating funky, bluesy and rocking backdrop. Both Estrin BLUES and Anderson, on harmonica and guitar respectively, rip into extended solos. Anderson seems to channel the late Duane Allman with his fuzzy but bright tone.

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Witch Room, 8 p.m., $5 TV Girl’s first full-length album French Exit—released last month—is a backyard pool party in 12 tracks. It’s a breezy, 1960s-esque bedroom-pop record from a band that sounds like a mellow cousin to the Dandy Warhols. Lyrically, frontman INDIE POP and UC Davis graduate Brad Petering tucks a lot of bummer behind the music’s sunny disposition, with tracks like “Hate Yourself” and “Birds Don’t Sing.” It’s largely an album about love spurned and longing, but you’d never guess it by the music alone, which makes for a pleasing juxtaposition.

Brothertiger and Pregnant open for this Sunday-night show. 1815 19th Street, http://tvgirl.bandcamp.com.

—Deena Drewis

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The Dwarves started out as a Chicago-based garage-rock band, and notably one of Sub Pop Records’ first signings in the late ’80s.

PUNK But after the band issued a press release about its stabbed late guitarist who goes by the moniker HeWhoCannotBeNamed and then put out a tribute album, it was promptly dropped from Sub Pop. That hoax became typical for the Dwarves, notorious for both onstage violence as well as off-stage pranks. Musically, the now San Francisco-based band plays manic, loud and simple pop punk with absurd, usually perverted and offensive lyrics. Local bands the Secretions, Psychosomatic and Shove It are also on the bill. 1119 21st Street, www.thedwarves.com.

—Janelle Bitker

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Cafe Colonial, 9 p.m., $5

Damian Kulash Jr. studied visual art in school, so it’s not shocking that he and his band OK Go put a lot of effort into the group’s music videos. OK Go makes impossibly elaborate ideas successful, like the two-story-warehouse Rube Goldberg machine for “This Too Shall Pass.” Let’s not forget “Needing/Getting,” where the band stunt-drives a car to play the song through instruments arranged in the desert; the groundbreaking “All Is Not Lost”; or its latest optical-illusion vid for the ROCK heartbreaking “The Writing’s on the Wall.” But none of the band’s visual creativeness is a gimmick to overshadow the music, which is danceable and gorgeous altpop rock that sticks in your head like sweet molasses. 1000 K Street, www.okgo.net.

Assembly Music Hall, 7 p.m., $20

Although most of Cafe Colonial’s shows need little more than word of mouth and a few handbills to promote and fill up the tiny room, this midweek show featuring a trio ROCK known as Baus should be noted.

If you’re into off-kilter new wave and dirty post-punk, this trio (featuring Mike Morales of G. Green) is worth the drive down Stockton Boulevard. Fans of Erase Errata and gritty noise punk will appreciate short-but-sweet songs like “GOT3” and “Idle Minds.” Baus’ first print run of cassettes is sold-out already, but you can still buy a digital album online. This is an all-ages show also featuring Monster Treasure, Silver Spoons and Human Body. 3520 Stockton Boulevard, http://baus.bandcamp.com.

—Eddie Jorgensen

Emcee Phonte Coleman cut his teeth in North Carolina hip-hop group Little Brother while feeding his burgeoning friendship with Dutch deejay and record producer Nicolay. The duo self-released its 2004 soul-tronic debut Connected a year after Little Brother’s debut, The Listening. While his rap group’s fortunes have flagged, TFE’s still going strong, supporting its latest album, Love in Flying Colors. Half HIP-HOP its jazzy, dancey R&B tracks boast female guest vocalists, and the entire album skates across a buttery-smooth soul-pop veneer. Coleman’s lyricism and themes have grown increasingly insightful, delivered with a soft sell. That musically breezy, lyrically unhurried manner gives it growing appeal. 1000 K Street, www.theforeignexchangemusic.com.

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Radio Radio ’80s Dance Night, 9pm, $5

Get Down to the Champion Sound reggae night, 9pm-2am, $3

Open mic, 8pm M; DREADNOUGHT, WAYFARER; 8pm Tu, $8; Trivia, 8pm W

THE THREE WAY, ADAM ROTH; 9pm, no cover

HOT CITY, EMILY KOLLARS; 9pm Tu; CITY OF TREES BRASS BAND, 9pm W, no cover

Dragalicious, 9pm, $5

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

1400 Alhambra, (916) 455-3400

Funktion w/ DJs Step Rock and B. Vega, 9pm, $3

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1016 K St., (916) 737-5770

DJs Kronyak, Bphree and Vice Versa; 10pm, call for cover

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

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STEVE MCLANE, 8pm, no cover

MIKE BLANCHARD & THE CALIFORNIOS, CITY OF TREES BRASS BAND, 9pm, $5 THE F STREET STOMPERS; 9pm, $5

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DJ Shaun Slaughter, 10pm, call for cover

DJ Crook One, 10pm, call for cover

DJ Whores, 10pm, no cover

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ROGUE, 9pm-midnight, $5

AUTO REPLAY, 9pm-midnight, $5

Trivia night, 7:30-9pm Tu, no cover

HARLOW’S

ROBERT FRANCIS & THE NIGHT TIDE, 7pm, $12; FEVER THE GHOST; 10pm, $12

T.I.P. VICIOUS, BRODI NICHOLAS; 6pm, $8; JOY & MADNESS, 10pm, $8-$10

LITTLE TYBEE, M; INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS, Tu, $20; ERIC BIBB, 7pm W

1001 R St., (916) 443-8825 2326 K St., (916) 441-2252 5681 Lonetree Blvd., Rocklin; (916) 626-6366 2708 J St., (916) 441-4693

Open-mic, 7:30pm M; Pub Quiz, 7pm Tu; Northern Soul, 8pm W, no cover Industry Night, 9pm, call for cover

Trivia night, W, call for cover

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Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

LUNA’S CAFÉ & JUICE BAR

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

FLAMENCO DEL ORO, CERRO NEGRO; 8pm, $15

CALLING TEMPO, CHRISTOPHER FAIRMAN, ANA ACKERMAN; 8:30pm, $5

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RUBBIDY BUPPIDY, PETER HOLDEN, PRESSURE LOUNGE; 8pm, $5

STELLAR, ELEMENT OF SOUL; 9pm, call for cover

JUKEBOX JOHNNY, 9pm, $5

Marilyn’s Talent Showcase, 6pm, no cover

Karaoke, 9pm M, no cover; Greatest Stories Ever Told, 8pm Tu, no cover

MIDTOWN BARFLY

Panik: deejay dancing w/ Angels of Kaos, Deejay dancing, 9pm, no cover before 9pm-2am, $5 10pm; $5 after 10pm

The Drop, house and ’90s hip-hop w/ DJ Jonathan, Funktion, Phreed; 9pm, $3-$5

Goth, darkwave, industrial, electronic deejay dancing, 9pm-3am, call for cover

Swing lessons $6, 7:30pm Tu; Salsa lessons with Nicole Lazo, 7:30pmW, $5

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SCORES, GENRECIDE, 2ND SPOTLIGHT, AUSTIN AND CODY; 8:30pm, $5

TRAPDOOR SOCIAL, JULIET COMPANY, CHRISTIAN LEE HUTSON; 8:30pm, $5

2431 J St., (916) 448-8768

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SILVER SPOONS, FONTAINE CLASSIC, CORY BERRINGER; 8:30pm, $5

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THE BYE BYE BLACKBIRDS, BLUE SKIES FOR BLACK HEARTS; 9pm, $7

RACE TO THE BOTTOM, S.W.I.M., THE BAR FLY EFFECT; 9pm, $5

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Top 40, Mashups, 9pm, no cover

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PARADOX DRIVE, 9pm, $5

DANKA, 9pm, $5

13 Main St., Winters; (530) 795-1825 1116 15th St., (916) 442-7222

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Top 40, 9pm, no cover

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PJ’S ROADHOUSE

5461 Mother Lode, Placerville; (530) 626-0336

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ANIMISM, UNDERTOW, GENIUS ON DOPE; 8pm W, $5

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2030 P St., (916) 444-7914

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Top 40 w/ DJ Rue, 9pm, $5

Top 40 Night w/ DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9pm, $5

Sunday Night Soul Party, 9pm, $5

CUE22, GALAN & FORUM; 9:30pm Tu, no cover

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TYSON GRAF TRIO, 9pm, no cover

XD7, 9pm, no cover

GOLDEN CADILLACS, 9pm, no cover

EMILY KOLLARS, 9pm, no cover

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TV GIRL, BROTHERTIGER; 9pm, $5

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1517 21st St., (916) 706-0052

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LACE AND LEAD, 8pm, $5

SWABBIES

5871 Garden Hwy, (916) 920-8088

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X TRIO, 5pm, no cover; MIA DYSON, 9pm, $7

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BEFORE THE BRAVE, THE WESTWARDS, GROW AND TWINE; 6:30pm, $8

904 15th St., (916) 443-2797 1815 19th St., www.witchroomsac.com

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HERO’S LAST MISSION, CEMETERY SUN, ROYAL JELLY; 6pm-midnight, $5

Papasote’s Karaoke Explosion, 9pm W, call for cover

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

Country dance party, 8pm, no cover

STEELIN’ DAN, 6pm, $13

MR. DECEMBER, MILES SCHON BAND; 3pm, $8

BLUE COLLAR MEN, DOOBIE HITS; 2:30pm, call for cover

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THE STUFF, 5:30pm, no cover; LARA PRICE, 9pm, $10

Blues jam, 4pm, no cover; DIPPIN’ SAUCE, 8pm, $5

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

Acoustic open-mic, 5:30pm W, no cover; KERI CARR BAND, 9pm W, $6

TV GIRL, BROTHERTIGER, PREGNANT; 8pm, $5

Mia Dyson 9pm Thursday, $7.

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1417 R St., (916) 448-3300

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THE URBAN SHERPAS, DAVE LYNCH GROUP; 8pm, $5

1400 E St., (916) 551-1400

HANS & THE HOT MESS, THEM KIDS, HEARTBREAK TIME MACHINE; 8pm, $5

SONS OF N.W.A., CALI BEAR GANG, CHERRY RED, WEDDOJANSON; 7pm, $18

MKTO, ACTION ITEM, TIFFANY HOUGHTON; 7pm W, $17

SPANGLER, STEVE KOTAREK, JOSHUA WHALEN; 8pm, $5

Classical Revolution, 8pm M, $5; Open jazz jam, Tu; Open-mic, 7:30pm W

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I’m a middle-aged professional woman who started using cannabis a couple of years ago due to illness. I don’t get the crazy names for the medication. Chernobyl?

Romulan Grapefruit? Sour Diesel? Are the names referring to the type of high you’ll experience? Why don’t they refer to the healing effect? “Sleep Well”?

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He also said we should talk about taxing and regulating marijuana. California lawmakers Tom Ammiano and Mark Leno have been on the marijuana-law-reform bus for a while. And that’s about it. The entire Sacramento County Board of Supervisors hates marijuana. Sen. Dianne Feinstein really hates marijuana. We clearly need more propot politicians in the buildings of power. Vote. Ω

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Express your gratitude and bestow blessings on them. It’s the perfect time for you to summon an outpouring of generosity as you feed what feeds you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Why do

birds fly? First, that’s how they look for and procure food. Second, when seasons change and the weather grows cooler, they may migrate to warmer areas where there’s more to eat. Third, zipping around in mid-air is how birds locate the materials they need to build nests. Fourth, it’s quite helpful in avoiding predators. But ornithologists believe there is yet another reason: Birds fly because it’s fun. In fact, up to 30 percent of the time, that’s their main motivation. In accordance with the astrological omens, Taurus, I invite you to match the birds’ standard in the coming weeks. See if you can play and enjoy yourself and have a good time at least 30 percent of the time.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Is there

an important resource you don’t have in sufficient abundance? Are you suffering from the lack of an essential fuel or tool?

I’m not talking about a luxury it would be pleasant to have or a status symbol that would titillate your ego. Rather, I’m referring to an indispensable asset you need to create the next chapter of your life story.

Identify what this crucial treasure is, Gemini. Make or obtain an image of it, and put that image on a shrine in your sanctuary. Pray for it. Vividly visualize it for a few minutes several times a day. Sing little songs about it. The time has arrived for you to become much more serious and frisky about getting that valuable thing in your possession.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Since 1981,

Chinese law has stipulated that every healthy person between the ages of 11 and 60 should plant three to five trees per year. This would be a favorable week for Chinese Cancerians to carry out that duty. For that matter, now is an excellent time for all of you Cancerians, regardless of where you live, to plant trees, sow seeds, launch projects, or do anything that animates your fertility and creativity. You now have more power than you can imagine to initiate long-term growth.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The weeks

preceding your birthday are often an excellent time to engage the services of an exorcist. But there’s no need to hire a pricey priest with dubious credentials.

I can offer you my expert demon-banishing skills free of charge. Let’s begin.

I call on the spirits of the smart heroes you love best to be here with us right now. With the help of their inspirational power, I hereby dissolve any curse or spell that was ever placed on you, even if it was done inadvertently, and even if it was cast by yourself. Furthermore, the holy laughter I unleash as I carry out this purification serves to expunge any useless feelings, delusional desires, bad ideas or irrelevant dreams you may have grown attached to. Make it so! Amen and hallelujah!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You know

what it’s like to get your mind blown. And I’m sure that on more than one occasion you have had your heart stolen. But I am curious, Virgo, about whether you have ever had your mind stolen or your heart blown. And I also wonder if two rare events like that have ever happened around the same time. I’m predicting a comparable milestone sometime in the next three weeks. Have no fear! The changes these epiphanies set in motion will ultimately bring you blessings. Odd and unexpected blessings, probably, but blessings nonetheless. P.S.: I’m sure you are familiar with the tingling sensation that wells up in your elbow when you hit your funny bone. Well, imagine a phenomena like that rippling through your soul.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Since 2008,

Marvel Studios has produced nine movies

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based on characters from Marvel Comics.

They’re doing well. The Avengers earned $1.5 billion, making it the third-highestgrossing film of all time. Iron Man 3 brought in more than a billion dollars, too, and Thor: The Dark World grossed $644 million. Now Marvel executives are on schedule to release two movies every year through 2028. I’d love to see you be inspired by their example, Libra. Sound fun? To get started, dream and scheme about what you want to be doing in both the near future and the far future. Then formulate a flexible, invigorating master plan for the next 14 years.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): While in

Chicago to do a series of shows, comedian Groucho Marx was invited to participate in a séance. He decided to attend even though he was skeptical of the proceedings. Incense was burning. The lights were dim. The trance medium worked herself into a supernatural state until finally she announced, “I am in touch with the Other Side. Does anyone have a question?”

Groucho wasn’t shy. “What is the capital of North Dakota?” he asked. As amusing as his irreverence might be, I want to use it as an example of how you should not proceed in the coming week. If you get a chance to converse with higher powers or mysterious forces, I hope you seek information you would truly like to know.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

In one of her poems, Adrienne Rich addresses her lover: “That conversation we were always on the edge / of having, runs on in my head.” Is there a similar phenomenon in your own life, Sagittarius? Have you been longing to thoroughly discuss certain important issues with a loved one or ally, but haven’t found a way to do so?

If so, a breakthrough is potentially imminent. All of life will be conspiring for you to speak and hear the words that have not yet been spoken and heard but very much need to be.

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

would be a fun time for you to brainstorm about everything you have never been and will never be. I encourage you to fantasize freely about the goals you don’t want to accomplish and the qualities you will not cultivate and the kind of people you will never seek out as allies. I believe this exercise will have a healthy effect on your future development. It will discipline your willpower and hone your motivation as it eliminates extraneous desires. It will imprint your deep self with a passionate clarification of pursuits that are wastes of your precious energy and valuable time.

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

nothing even as you ask for everything. Rebel against tradition with witty compassion, not cynical rage. Is there a personal taboo that no longer needs to remain taboo? Break it with tender glee.

Do something playful, even prankish, in a building that has felt oppressive to you.

Everywhere you go, carry gifts with you just in case you encounter beautiful souls who aren’t lost in their own fantasies.

You know that old niche you got stuck in as a way to preserve the peace? Escape it. At least for now, live without experts and without leaders—with no teachers other than what life brings you moment by moment.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Every

year, the U.S. government spends $25,455 per capita on programs for senior citizens. Meanwhile, it allocates $3,822 for programs to help children. That’s only 15 percent as much as what the elders receive. In the coming weeks, Pisces, I believe your priorities should be reversed.

Give the majority of your energy and time and money to the young and innocent parts of your life. Devote less attention to the older and more mature aspects.

According to my reading of the astrological omens, you need to care intently for what’s growing most vigorously.

You can call rob Brezsny for your Expanded Weekly Horoscope: (900) 950-7700. $1.99 per minute. Must be 18+. Touchtone phone required. customer service (612) 373-9785. and don’t forget to check out rob’s website at www.realastrology.com.

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He can pickle that Spicy, sweet, tangy, crunchy—a great pickle is tough to beat. And in the realm of locally made artisanal pickles, look no further than Preservation and Co. More than three years ago, Jason Poole and co-owner Brad Peters began their foray into jarred goods. Just last week, they opened their first production facility and retail shop in Midtown. But even more than pickles, Preservation and Co. is best known for its bloody mary mix—the recipe took home the 2012 silver medal in Absolut Vodka’s national competition. Now, business is booming. The bloody mary mix is distributed to more than 100 places in California and served in about 30 bars and restaurants in Sacramento.

There’s massive opportunity to expand with the new facility—more than 3,000 square feet—and cooking classes may soon be on tap for fans.

Luckily for Poole, who also bartends at Pour House, the craft of pickling is only getting trendier.

What makes a good pickle?

Texture is one of the most crucial things.

If you bite into a real soft pickle, it’s gross and weird—that’s what you can buy out of a tin can at the corner store. And not overabusing the flavors of the produce— it should still taste like a cucumber, not like a converted product. Using the freshest produce you can find is going to help with the texture. And then just being creative.

If anyone is making pickles at home, don’t mess with the vinegar-to-water ratio— that’s how it stays safe. But when it comes to spices, adding garlic or other produce, that’s open. Whatever flavors you like, you can make it into a pickle.

Go-to flavors?

I’m a heat freak. I use a lot of ghost pepper. That’s actually why our Hellfire Sriracha is so hot. Mustard seed, too. I think it has a really great tang to it. Dill seed is obviously on the top of the list. For more of the exotic stuff, you can always use juniper—that’s a fun one.

Can anything not be pickled?

Yes. I believe on Portlandia they showed [18,000] jewel CD cases. I don’t recommend pickling that, even though they claim you can do it. Some things can’t be pickled safely with water-bath canning. You have to be careful with anything like meats that are low in pH and not high in acidity. Don’t think you can make your own canned tuna.

It will not be fine.

How much greater will your production be in this new space?

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whenever they’re not using it. Over there, we cook out of one pot, 50 quarts at a time. Over here, with two large steam kettles, we can actually make 140 gallons at a time. So it’s a pretty significant difference. ... In a year, my goal is to take the mix and hopefully some other pickled products to what I call the “West Coast L:” Washington, Oregon, California and down to Arizona and Colorado.

When did you start doing bloody marys?

The bloody mary was a really lucky fluke.

It was right when we were opening Pour House. ... Absolut Vodka does a bloody mary search every year, and I was asked to put a recipe in. So I submitted something with a bunch of ingredients that I liked and spent a little time making sure it was balanced. I ended up getting first place in California, so I flew to New York and got second place in the nation. That was actually the best. First place got to go to Sweden to the distillery and all that, but they trademarked that recipe. Second place got to come home, keep the recipe and get distributed.

You really didn’t slave over that recipe? It just came to you?

The honest truth is there are four ingredients that make it different: capers, Dijon mustard, balsamic reduction and pickling brine. Pickling brine was a given because I had tons of that stuff all the time; and Dijon, capers, balsamic reduction are just three things I absolutely love. Finding the balance took a little bit of work to make sure something wasn’t overpowering, that they all complement each other. Also finding the right viscosity to make sure your drink won’t be diluted by the time you get |

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You use Sriracha in that mix—were you worried over the big Sriracha scare when there were rumors the manufacturing plant might shut down?

No, for a couple reasons. When the big issue happened, it was right after their production, and they don’t actually start their next production until July. I thought they’d figure it out by then. And by that point, we were making our own sriracha. And I knew if we had to, we could produce more to make our bloody mary mix. The Sriracha scare was like the Twinkies scare—I think they were out of the stores for a week, and then they were back.

For those ghost peppers in your own sriracha, do you have safety precautions?

Yeah, actually. Where’s my gas mask?

I have to wear it whenever I make the Hellfire sauce. I made the mistake one time by not using a gas mask, and I will never make that mistake again. Basically, what we’re making is liquid pepper spray.

It’s hot. Pepper spray is essentially an aerosol or a sprayed version of a really hot pepper sauce. So when you start hitting it with water vapor or it starts boiling, that is basically pepper spray. I realized, OK, time to go online and get a riot-gear gas mask.

Gloves, too?

Double-layered latex gloves on those days. ... It’s a labor of love and pain. Ω

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