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Legislative changes in cannabis include everything from pot for pets to a series of bills that could have given veterans safe access to medical marijuana.

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In April, Joe Devlin, the city of Sacramento’s cannabis czar, wrote an essay for SN&R bragging about the success of the city’s “pragmatic approach” to legalization.

In May, he left his post as chief of cannabis policy and enforcement after a little more than two years.

And on July 2, Ikanik Farms announced Devlin as its senior vice president of new market development as it expands in California.

While it may appear that Devlin is cashing in on Big Cannabis, his move through the revolving door is perfectly legal.

Under Sacramento’s city code, there’s nothing to stop former employees from going to work in the same industry. They must, however, wait one year to appear before the City Council or top officials to represent clients on matters they were involved in while on the city payroll.

Devlin told me he doesn’t expect to be lobbying his former bosses and colleagues. He says he resigned the day before the city dismissed him and says he had felt “burned out for a while,” but had said no to previous offers before he “bumped into” Ikanik representatives in March or April.

What piqued his interest, he said, is that Ikanik is more of a startup, and it’s led by people from outside the cannabis industry who have global ambitions.

“I like the vision of the company. It’s much bigger than Sacramento. It’s bigger than California,” said Devlin, who when he talked to me on July 15 was still awaiting furniture for his small Midtown office.

It looks like a great hire for Ikanik to get someone who had been deep into the weeds of legalization. In a press release, Ikanik’s Canada-based parent company cited Devlin’s experience, saying that under his guidance, Sacramento had become a leader in cannabis regulation and its cannabis economy had attracted “hundreds of millions of dollars in investment.”

The release said that Devlin will help “solidify Ikanik’s competitive position in California” and oversee its entry into the Northeast U.S. as it seeks to become “the nation’s most iconic vertically integrated ‘seed-to-sale,’ multi-state cannabis operator.” Devlin will also lead its government and external affairs division, “intended to develop synergistic and meaningful civic partnerships.”

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his resume, taxpayers paid Devlin $140,375 a year in salary.

At City Hall, Devlin oversaw the transition to legal adult-use marijuana and city taxes and regulations on dispensaries and grows, and also helped launch a social equity program that is supposed to help people of color, women and those hurt by the war on drugs get a foothold in the industry.

“We did a lot of great things,” he said, also listing a training program for retail workers and a youth education and prevention program.

Devlin did make a difference, but it also appears he was looking for greener pastures months before his departure. In March, he sought permission from City Manager Howard Chan’s office to consult four hours a week for Conway Ranch, an industrial hemp company based in Yolo County. In his March 21 request that was approved April 4, Devlin pointed out that since hemp is not legally the same as cannabis, it would not violate the city code “nor would it present any potential moral, or ethical conflicts with my current duties.”

Joe Devlin left his position as the city of Sacramento’s chief of cannabis policy and enforcement to become vice president at Ikanik Farms.

I’m certainly not going to criticize anyone for taking a more lucrative job. Still, he did leave the city in something of a lurch. City Hall is just in the preliminary stages of finding his replacement.

Asked what advice he would give his successor, Devlin hesitated. “They can reach out and ask for it,” he said, then added: “The job is a lot.” □

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That’s why we—along with farmers, conservationists, urban water users, community groups and government agencies—are so excited about the Voluntary Agreements supported by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

These cooperative agreements between competing water interests will govern water use, utilizing new sciencebased management. They also include long-term funding from farmers and other water users for environmental projects.

Unfortunately, Senate Bill 1, as written, would throw the Voluntary Agreements out the window and return us to the old regulatory system that hasn’t worked. We hope California, and its legislators, will choose the collaborative future laid out by Lund. After all, “not changing is not an option.”

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A congressional candidate says he’s running on new principles In May, I began campaigning as a progressive for Congress in California’s 7th District to unseat the incumbent Democrat, Ami Bera. In that time, I’ve heard the same strategic advice from several wellmeaning politicos: “Focus only on the 4s and 5s.

Get them to come out and vote for you, and you can’t lose.”

That’s insider politics talk for citizens who have voted in four of the last five elections (the 4s), or five of the last five (the 5s). I don’t dismiss this advice completely. In lower-turnout primaries and with limited campaign resources, targeting 4s and 5s has been an efficient strategy.

However, this advice ignores how many recently defeated incumbents learned the opposite lesson: the peril of ignoring millennials and re-energized former voters of all ages. They represent the tip of a new spear piercing old-style politics and spreading a desire among even regular voters for substantive and principled political change.

I count myself among a new wave of candidates trying to lead and inspire through a principled agenda. This is why I created the “Good Campaign Oath.” A political version of the Ice Bucket Challenge, the oath challenges politicians to run campaigns of the highest ethics. This means avoiding distorting campaign practices, ensuring harassment-free campaign workplaces and quickly reporting unlawful or suspect campaign behavior, foreign or domestic.

This is also why my platform includes an election reform constitutional amendment designed to reverse the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, to end gerrymandering and to remove 80% of the corrupting money from our campaigns.

Yet the political class tells me, “Principles don’t pay on election day.” And most ridiculous of all, the veteran pols tell me, is my pledge to accept no donations from any source that can’t vote for me. This means no money 6

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elyssA iGoe high school student Jeff Burdick, who works for Caltrans public affairs and lives in Arden Arcade, is a candidate in the 7th Congressional District.

from PACs, no corporate donations and no money from rich outsiders—in stark contrast to Bera’s reliance on them.

The political insiders ask, “Why not just take money from the PACs and corporations you agree with?” They forget voters have heard too many candidates campaign one way, promise to govern another and never deliver.

Voters want candidates brave enough to walk their talk.

Critics also forget Bera is not my real opponent. It’s the money behind him we must target. For me to match his huge bucket of money ($2.9 million raised in 2018) would only strengthen the power donors who have been drowning out our voices for decades.

No, I stand for what so many millennials and re-energized voters believe in. It’s not how many consecutive elections you have voted in.

It’s how our principled protests helped preserve health care coverage for preexisting conditions.

It’s why our marches for sensible gun reform are finally starting to neutralize the National Rifle Association. It’s about how the women’s marches led to the blue wave in 2018 and may result in a 2020 sea-change.

The political experts are right they haven’t seen a campaign quite like mine, but that just means they won’t see us coming—again. □

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n an effort to educate California’s cannabis consumers, the state Bureau of Cannabis Control has launched a new information campaign called “Get #weedwise.” Using a website, social media, billboard ads and downloadable PowerPoint presentations, the BCC wants to alert people about the dangers of buying cannabis products on the black market, and the advantages of buying from licensed dispensaries.

“We’re all very excited about how well the campaign kicked off and what the response to it has been thus far,” said Alex Traverso, chief of communications at the BCC, who noted the Get #weedwise Twitter account had over 260,000 hits in the first day.

Although it is impossible to accurately estimate, state authorities know that California’s illegal cannabis market far exceeds the legal one. By steering consumers away from the black market, the BCC hopes to help sustain legal businesses who pay additional costs to remain compliant and sell legal, tested products.

“What’s in your weed shouldn’t be a mystery.”

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“What’s in your weed shouldn’t be a mystery,” reads one of the free downloadable advertisements on the Get #weedwise website. And in fact, black-market cannabis is not only untested for potency, it can contain any number of contaminants, like chemicals, molds and fecal matter.

California’s licensed dispensaries, on the other hand, offer the safest, most highly scrutinized cannabis products in the world. Tested for pesticides, fungicides, molds and heavy metals, compliant California cannabis comes in child-resistant, tamperevident packaging too.

we do this campaign right, we’re confident that we can continue to chip away at the problem.”

Get #weedwise joins the Greenout Movement, a group of legal California cannabis businesses who launched their own similar campaign, #ShopLegalShops, to convince consumers to buy from legal stores.

To verify the legal status of a particular cannabis business, use the search engine on Get #weedwise at www.Capotcheck.com.

The BCC also wants consumers who buy black-market cannabis, and the vendors who sell it, to know their stash is illegal. The Get #weedwise website warns that black-market cannabis can be confiscated by the authorities.

As for illegal vendors, including unlicensed storefronts, delivery services and sesh operators, Get #weedwise alerts them “about the need to be licensed and the consequences of continuing to operate without a license,” said Traverso, who admitted that achieving statewide compliance is a daunting challenge. “[But] if

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After the 2008 economic meltdown, Sacramento was one of the country’s worst metro areas for home foreclosures.

One out of every 63 households was in foreclosure in 2009.

Sacramento was also the place where Stanford professor Noelle Stout spent her childhood summers, living with her grandparents. So Sacramento was a natural choice for Stout’s social anthropology study on the impact of foreclosures in three different neighborhoods.

Stout’s interviews with numerous people from Oak Park, the Pocket and North Sacramento who lost their homes to foreclosure and then struggled through the government gauntlet of programs that were supposed to help them—along with interviews of Sacramento bank employees who were working at the loan adjustment call centers—provide a fascinating Sacramento perspective to the foreclosure crisis, in her new book Dispossessed: How Predatory Bureaucracy Foreclosed on the American Middle Class, published

by University of California Press.

Spoiler alert: The banks and the federal government, which gave massive amounts of money to the banks to fix the bank-led disaster, do not come out looking very good in Stout’s book. No surprise here. Much has been written about the 2008 housing crash and recession.

What is unique about Stout’s book, besides the Sacramento focus, are her interviews with people desperately trying to keep their homes using the federal government’s Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) and even more importantly, her interviews with the workers at the call centers.

In her book, Stout refers to the 2010 SN&R cover story by former editor Rachel Leibrock, telling how she and her husband unsuccessfully went through the painful, awful and ultimately unsuccessful process of trying to have their Coldwell Banker loan readjusted through HAMP.

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Stout’s interviews with the bank employees shed light on how the system was designed to mess with homeowners and to help the bottom line of the bank.

According to Stout, Leibrock did not know that HAMP was being administered by the same banks that created the problem. So Leibrock was sending her HAMP check to Coldwell Banker, the same company that managed her loan and that kept providing her with misinformation about the loan.

What Stout found out from employees at the call center administering HAMP was that they routinely gave out incorrect information that benefited that bank at the expense of the homeowner. The system was designed to fail. Deadlines were confusing, and when homeowners missed these deadlines, the process would have to start over again. This was marketed as an easy process, but in reality for most people, it was impossible.

Stout calls this process “predatory bureaucracy.” In a 2012 survey of counselors working at 50 nonprofit housing agencies, 88% reported that Bank of America “almost always delayed responses, lost documents, and gave homeowners inconsistent information.”

Bank of America was so bad that the U.S. Department of Justice “acted against the corporate giant for defrauding HAMP,” according to Stout.

Unfortunately Bank of America was not an outlier. The survey also found that JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, and Citibank had similar problems as well.

Stout concludes with a question: Why isn’t there more outrage at the banks and the federal government’s willingness to help the banks, at the expense of the average person?

Good question. Ω Jeff vonKaenel is the president, CEO and majority owner of the News & Review.

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A champion is more than a face and a coat—a champion has heart.

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Some pig Two days. Forty-seven competitors. One winner. The Open Cavy Competition at the California State Fair was a tense affair. Ears were examined, fur was brushed, noses inspected—but only one entry racked up enough points to take home the Golden Bear and claim the title of “Best in Show.”

The guinea pig in question—the terms “cavy” and “guinea pig” are interchangeable—is a lithe, cream-colored American boar with a cool, laid-back vibe. He doesn’t have a name, but that only makes him more mysterious.

Originally hailing from Texas, the winning cavy was purchased by Sacramento County resident Steven Belcher from his previous handler. Belcher, who in 2016 entered a guinea pig that took the same award, has been participating in cavy competitions for 10 years. He caught the guinea pig bug from his girlfriend, a cavy veteran he would accompany to different shows. One day, Belcher found himself in a Petco face-to-face with a guinea pig he couldn’t resist. The rest is history.

According to Belcher, judges follow the American Rabbit Breeders Association’s Standard of Perfection, which gives detailed descriptions for what each of 13 recognized breeds should look like, and the number of points assigned for each feature. Among many factors, the newly-crowned cavy likely won for his smooth, high-sheen coat and exquisite brow.

Next up for the state’s hottest cavy?

Reno, where cavies across the country will compete at a national ARBA convention in October. While Belcher isn’t fully confident they’ll take home first place, he believes that, at the very least, the cavy champ will be a contender.

SN&R caught the bold, bright-eyed competitor for a brief Q&A following the awards ceremony. The following interview actually transpired, and the responses are interpreted by SN&R as earnestly as possible.

How does it feel to be named the best guinea pig in the state of California?

The elegant, stately victor scrambles across the length of the table, nose twitching. The excitement

appears to affect him, but it’s hard to know for sure when he hasn’t even answered the question yet.

Just tell us what’s going through your head right now.

He continues to scurry along, seemingly aware that all eyes are on him. He may enjoy carrots, but it’s the limelight that feeds him. At least, that’s what he would probably say if he spoke.

What’s your secret to winning over a judge?

A flash of the rear indicates his potentially waning interest. There are people on the other side of the countertop who offer to pet him—and they don’t ask too many questions.

What does it take to be a fierce competitor?

The ivory-hued champ turns around, his shapely ears moving, only slightly.

Has there ever been a moment where a rival guinea pig got under your skin?

He seems to scoff at the question. “How could anyone get under a pelt this lustrous?” … is what he might say if he could scoff or speak.

How do you mentally prepare for a competition?

No response.

Any rituals? Superstitions?

The slender boar stops in his tracks. He lifts his head and sniffs the air cautiously.

Do you have a playlist you like to listen to beforehand, to pump you up?

His whiskers quiver—but to be fair, his whiskers quiver a lot, making it difficult to ascertain whether he understands the question.

How do you envision the future of cavy competitions?

His crimson eyes brighten under the warm light. Such curious orbs—they seem to harbor not only a passion for pageantry, but an infinite wisdom and mystical omniscience beyond human comprehension.

Congratulations on securing a win.

Anything else you’d like to add?

Another twitch of the nose indicates that this interview is pretty much over.

Thanks for your time. Good luck!

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Shireen Whitaker is a Davis-based reproductive health activist who co-founded Abortion Access Hackathon, meant to counteract the increasing political challenges to women’s right to choose.

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California state Sen. Connie Leyva had a sobering message for her colleagues and the swath of supporters who turned out to support her bill, the College Student Right to Access Act. “In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the due-process cause to the 14th Amendment of the Constitution provides a fundamental right to privacy that protects a woman’s right to choose,” the Chino Democrat told the Assembly Health Committee on June 11. “Now, almost a half-a-century later, people, groups and institutions have done everything they can think of to restrict access and to shame any woman who chooses to have an abortion.”

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In the age of Donald Trump, Leyva’s words aren’t hyperbole.

Since Roe v. Wade, anti-choice legislators have tried to dismantle abortion rights state by state and, since Trump’s election, politicians and activists have ramped up the assault.

In 2019 alone, more than a dozen states passed or attempted to pass legislation restricting abortions. Alabama and Georgia passed two of the nation’s stricter laws.

Georgia’s so-called heartbeat bill will make it illegal to perform an abortion upon detection of a fetal heartbeat. Alabama’s law goes one step further into Handmaid’s Tale territory, banning all abortions except

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in cases where the fetus would be stillborn or die shortly following birth, or when an abortion would “prevent serious health risk” to the mother.

Some of the laws serve a dual purpose.

States such as Alabama have passed legislation with a long-term goal in sight: taking the fight all the way to the conservative U.S. Supreme Court in hopes of overturning Roe v Wade.

Leyva’s Senate Bill 24 would require that public universities with on-campus student health centers offer students medication abortion. Otherwise known as the “abortion pill,” this is a two-step, non-surgical process to terminate a

pregnancy up to 10 weeks, using doses of mifepristone and misoprostol. “‘Right to choose’ isn’t just a slogan but rather a commitment to improve true access to abortions to Californians across our state,” Leyva said.

With other states chipping away at women’s rights, California is poised to be at the forefront of the reproductive rights justice movement. Its more progressive policies on abortion access, contraceptives and health care have also positioned it as a sanctuary state for women from other states seeking autonomy over their bodies.

But is it doing enough?

California’s previous governor, Jerry Brown, vetoed a similar medication abortion bill in 2018, but reproductive rights activists have found an ally in Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has made it a policy cornerstone.

On May 31, he issued the California Proclamation on Reproductive Freedom, vowing to preserve and expand reproductive health-care access and declaring it vital to “women’s autonomy and liberty and to ensuring

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This promise is significant because, while California may be progressive in its policies, the president has also targeted abortion providers at the federal level.

On July 16, Planned Parenthood announced it had stopped using Title X family planning funds after the Trump administration said it would enforce barring fund recipients from advising women on abortion.

California still requires private insurers and Medi-Cal to cover abortion services, meaning that, despite setbacks at the federal level, the state remains a safe haven, said Shannon Hovis, director for NARAL Pro-Choice California.

“We have very good laws in the books and abortion is protected in our Constitution,” she said.

So much so that activists in other, more conservative states often direct women here for care. Some activist groups say they’ve seen a spike in out-of-state calls for help, particularly from Nevada.

The trend will likely continue, says Gabriela Castillo, the hotline program director for the California-based ACCESS: Women’s Health Justice, a nonprofit that connects people to clinics through financial assistance and transportation.

“California goes up to 24 weeks on abortion and our surrounding states don’t go that far,” she said. “I can see that influx increasing.”

California isn’t without its weak spots.

Thousands of women struggle to obtain care. While larger cities, including Sacramento, may offer ample options, many in rural areas find it logistically difficult or too costly to obtain affordable birth control or find a clinic. Likewise, those with language barriers or who are afraid to seek prenatal care because of immigration status also face challenges.

“We still have a situation where 43% of [California] counties don’t have abortion clinics,” Hovis said. “The longest distance someone has to drive to get an abortion in California is approximately 180 miles.”

Five percent of California’s women live in those counties, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research and policy organization that advocates for sexual and reproductive health rights. Telemedicine is one option to bridge such distances. The practice, in which a doctor sees a patient via computer, has become more common.

“Everyone should have unfettered access to the full scope of reproductive

health-care services,” Hovis said. “We are charged because she’d allegedly started looking at the possibility for telehealth as a the fight that preceded the shooting. The solution.” charges were eventually dropped, but the But it’s not an option for everyone. The situation is a chilling reminder of what the practice is banned in 18 states, including future could hold.

Texas, Arizona and Alabama.

The continued need for underground “We’re seeing an increase in the impulse groups and other alternatives is telling. to punish women,” Hovis said. “Women are Laura Jimenez, executive director for looking online to order [the abortion pill] California Latinas for Reproductive Justice, and we’re seeing prosecutors go after this.” offers a grim assessment: If she were to Shireen Whitaker, a Davis-based activgrade the state’s progress, she said, it would ist, says California’s progressive policies only receive a “C-plus or B-minus.” may also give its residents a false “Just because something is legal sense of security and optimism. doesn’t mean there’s practical “The challenge is that we access,” she said.

“We’re don’t necessarily have it And “practical” isn’t as bad as other states,” just about transportation seeing an she said. or the number of clinics increase in the Specifically, available. Women of impulse to punish she said, because color, for example, are California’s reproducmore likely to be in women.” tive rights activists lower-paying jobs or Shannon Hovis aren’t used to dealing jobs with fewer health director, NARAL Prowith restrictions such benefits. Or undocuChoice California as Trump’s decision to mented immigrants may defund Title X programs, be fearful about seeking care, they may not be as prepared to while some barriers are inherently handle future attacks as well as activintertwined with the social stigmas ists in other states. surrounding abortion, Jimenez said.

Certainly, the internet can offer a “We have small towns in the Central wealth of resources, regardless of location.

Valley where you are trying to get birth Apps such as NURX (nurx.com) connect control in the pharmacy but everyone users to free or low-cost birth control, a knows your family,” she said. boon to those who live in an area where California won’t truly be a sanctuary a pharmacist may refuse to dispense it, or state for reproductive health care until it an employer denies coverage. It also sells addresses the needs of everyone, she added. inexpensive HPV-testing kits.

If it doesn’t, an influx from other states will Whitaker co-founded the Abortion only expose what’s not working here.

Access Hackathon, a nonprofit that provides Now, at least, California appears poised a platform for tech developers, law students, to remedy at least one gap from our past. designers and health-care professionals to The College Student Right to Access brainstorm digital tools and apps, many Act is now on its way to Gov. Newsom, specifically targeted to prevent harassment. who is expected to sign the bill, which There are “dark web” options, too, would go into effect in 2023. including digital networks connecting those Elena DeNecochea, who will study in need to underground providers who Gender Sexuality and Women’s Studies at induce abortions using herbal remedies— UC Davis in the fall, emphasized the need including some here in California. for SB 24 at its hearing.

“It’s very disheartening to go to the dark web and other unconventional the health center [only to] be denied or approaches may become increasingly referred off campus. It’s not affordable or necessary. convenient,” DeNecochea said in a later If Roe is overturned, women won’t interview. stop getting abortions, but it’s likely Politicians must do more, however, she many will no longer have access to safe, also said. medically supervised procedures. Other “Even in progressive states like scenarios, once seemingly unthinkable, California, there are barriers,” DeNecochea could also emerge. said. “It’s important legislators destigmatize Take, for example, an Alabama woman the abortions that people are already seekindicted by a grand jury for manslaughter. ing. We need to make it safe and easily Marshae Jones was five months pregnant accessible so that more people don’t die or when she was shot in the stomach. The face trouble.” Ω bullet killed the fetus and Jones was

California lawmakers are carrying the torch of the affordable Care act, even as the Trump administration tries to force more states to fail with it.

In mid-July, the state Senate Health Committee forwarded the latest bill to counteract white house efforts to gut the aCa and destabilize health insurance markets.

The most recent state-federal clash involved ACA’s individual mandate to have health insurance, which the administration’s Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Republican tax cut bill have effectively phased out. Recognizing the mandate as key in making the ACA and state health insurance exchanges function, California created its own state mandate through Senate Bill 78, which Gov. Gavin Newsom signed in June with exemptions for lowincome families.

On July 10, Assemblyman Rob Bonta appeared before the Senate Health Committee to present Assembly Bill 414, which would collect data on how many Californians get penalized for forgoing insurance and how much they pay.

“The federal government’s decision to zero-out the individual mandate penalty is projected to result in 150,000 to 400,000 additional Californians without health coverage by 2020,” Bonta noted.

The Oakland Democrat’s bill received support from a host of medical and patient advocacy groups, including the California Medical Association and the California Academy of Family Physicians. It ultimately passed the committee on a 5-1 vote.

During the hearing, M.J. Diaz of Health Access California told the committee that Bonta’s bill will help the state measure the effects of the state’s mandate. “[We] supported imposing a state-level mandate, especially when the penalty revenues were used to make individual coverage more affordable,” she said. (Scott Thomas Anderson)

More suMMer deaths Sacramento County’s two largest law enforcement agencies have investigated a half-dozen homicides since the opening weeks of summer.

On the morning of June 13, county sheriff’s deputies responded to a reported family disturbance in Orangevale and found a man in his early 20s suffering from a gunshot wound on Pershing Avenue.

The victim died at the hospital. Detectives believe he was shot by his girlfriend’s 17-year-old brother during a confrontation. The teenager was arrested and charged with murder.

Six days later, a man walking down Freeport Boulevard near Meadowview Road was jumped by three assailants in their mid20s. The attack left the victim unconscious with facial fractures. The next day, the victim checked into an emergency room. By July 23, he was dead. Police have announced no arrests.

June ended with the discovery of a body with traumatic injuries inside a green Ford Explorer parked on Coyle Avenue in Carmichael. The Sheriff’s Department is treating the case as a homicide.

On July 12, a call for “shots fired” brought police to a North Sacramento neighborhood, where they found a man dead at the scene. No motive has been established.

Before the week was out, a man was shot in his vehicle on Andalusian Drive south of the city limits. Sheriff’s detectives determined the man was driving with three friends when a round struck him. The victim lost control of his SUV before smashing into a SMUD power box. He was dead by the time deputies arrived. No arrests have been made.

And on July 21, a party in Fair Oaks turned deadly when a man was fatally shot around 1:30 a.m. Deputies said they arrived to find the victim bleeding in the middle of Fair Oaks Boulevard. (STA)

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The city of Sacramento’s tree maintenance workers are part of the union fighting for a cost-of-living increase.

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The price tag to live in California is one fewer people can afford—a reality that’s prompted rank-and-file city employees to demand a bigger cost-of-living increase.

Sacramento city officials canceled a round of negotiations scheduled for July 22 with IUOE Stationary Engineers, Local 39, a union that represents the bulk of the city’s employees who aren’t police officers or firefighters. With talks breaking down, a rally was planned the next day at City Hall to remind elected officials that the working-class women and men under their charge can get loud about their livelihoods.

While city officials have yet to seal their contract with firefighters, it’s their clash with Local 39 that’s moved into the public eye.

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and sanitation crews, tree trimmers, animal control officers, 311 operators, community center employees, customer service representatives and most of the city’s finance and information technology staff.

Members of Local 39 say it has been more than a decade since they received a significant wage adjustment—a 5% bump in 2006. City records show they also received a 4% increase in 2009.

Besides those instances, they’ve never received more than a 2.5% wage increase in any contract.

According to the city’s own internal documents, the cost of living in Sacramento has risen by more than 24% since 2009.

City Manager Howard Chan declined to discuss the negotiations with SN&R, though he did issue a statement that read:

“The people who work for the City of Sacramento are the City’s greatest assets.

I am proud of the work city employees do every day to serve our community.

The City’s labor relations staff continues to work in good faith with Local 39 in an effort to reach a negotiated agreement.”

But for Kevin Calhoun, a program coordinator at the Oak Park Community Center, Local 39 employees have shown plenty of good faith in recent years, including agreeing to voluntary furloughs at the height of the recession. Calhoun said that if the city is at its greatest financial strength in a decade and still won’t take cost of living seriously, then it’s hard to imagine any scenario in which its management will move on the issue.

“All we really want is a fair and equitable increase,” Calhoun said. “We’re not trying to get rich and we’re not trying to break the city. But in this economy

we’re getting left so far behind, and for some of us it’s becoming a struggle just to make it.”

Local 39 representative Laura Trapp says the cost-of-living element to the negotiations is vital because, while there have been other wage gains over time, her union members are now paying 8% of their wages toward pension contributions and dealing with rising medical premiums.

Equally daunting, says Trapp, is the magnitude of the city’s housing and rental crunch—what Mayor Darrell Steinberg recently called Sacramento’s “affordable crisis”—which has become a particular burden on blue-collar employees. According to numerous research firms, Sacramento has suffered some of the highest annual rent increases in the nation for three years in a row.

“The cost of living here goes up every year, the rent goes up, the garbage [collection cost] goes up, health care goes up—it’s just not cheap to live here,” Trapp said. “And yet, the city is putting zero dollars on the table for cost of living.”

Trapp added that some city employees in her union are even earning less than what California’s statewide minimum wage will rise to next year.

“If you make a six-figure salary, these percentages we’re talking about might not seem like a big deal, but when you’re making $15 an hour or $18 an hour, these negotiations become really important,” she said. “If you look at the city’s $1.2 billion budget, this is basically a drop in the bucket. So the city approach has been really disheartening.”

Based on employee feedback, most in her union want a 4.5% wage increase and have made it clear they won’t accept another 2% adjustment, Trapp said.

Fabrizio Sasso, executive director of the Sacramento Central Labor Council, said Local 39 includes the kind of workers that most city residents consider important to their quality of life.

“Many of them are the type of employees who are visible to the community,” Sasso said. “They’re not asking for a lot. They’re not even asking for an increase that would actually keep up with the cost of living.

Whatever gains they’ve made in their total wages recently has been offset by other things like the housing crisis.” Ω

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In a multimillion-dollar lawsuit filed last month, Tio Sessoms questions whether the city of Sacramento is training its police force to extract illegal confessions from suspects in their custody—like the one that put him in prison two decades ago.

The statements made by a then-19-year-old Sessoms in November 1999 led to a lifetime prison sentence that was overturned in 2015 by a federal appeals court. According to that ruling, the teenager invoked his right to a lawyer at least twice before Sacramento police detectives John Patrick Keller and Dick Woods continued interviewing him about a grisly trailer park murder.

While another man admitted stabbing an Oak Park pastor named Edward R. Sheriff, the statements Sessoms made in an Oklahoma City jail to detectives who traveled there to extradite him convinced a jury he was equally guilty of the robbery-homicide.

After the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned his conviction in 2015, Sessoms spent two years in jail waiting for the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office to decide whether to retry him. Sessoms, who told SN&R he played no role in the crime, won his freedom in October 2017 only by agreeing to accept a reduced manslaughter conviction.

Now 39, Sessoms filed a new civil lawsuit against the city in June seeking $21 million in damages. The amended complaint alleges that City Hall under then-Mayor Heather Fargo used a training program that taught police “how to unconstitutionally interrogate people suspected of a crime.”

Police spokesman Sgt. Vance Chandler said he had no information about the video in question. Fargo, who was elected to the first of her two terms as mayor in November 2000—a year after Sessom’s arrest and interrogation—also said the video rang no bells.

While the lawsuit is assertive in its claims, Sessoms’ attorney Dominick Welch acknowledged these are unproven allegations that his side hopes to get answers to as part of this process.

The training video was in wide circulation by the time Sessoms was questioned, however.

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In Sessoms’ case, a judge ruled that what he told detectives after they brushed aside his requests for an attorney could be used against him.

City spokesman Tim Swanson said the city has yet to receive the amended complaint and couldn’t comment on it.

Welch said the city is trying to argue that his client surrendered his right to sue when he accepted a plea in exchange for his freedom. “It’s so asinine,” Welch said. “What would you do if you’re sitting in jail for 18 years?”

Welch said he has a simple strategy for countering the city’s argument. He contends the manslaughter conviction only covers his client’s final two years in county jail, so Sessoms should be compensated for the 16 years he spent in prison for the overturned murder conviction.

If Sessoms gets anything close to what he’s seeking, it would represent another big financial blow to a city that’s paying out millions for its Police Department.

Last month, the city agreed to a $5.2 million settlement with the family of John Hernandez, who was left with permanent brain damage after officers tazed and struck him with a baton multiple times while responding to a March 2017 disturbance call. The city is also reportedly close to agreeing to a $20 million settlement with the family of Stephon Clark, an unarmed black man shot to death last year in his grandparents’ backyard. Ω

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About 600 Hmong from across generations and time zones packed the Hmong Palace Church in South Sacramento on May 5 to honor one of their heroes and greatest shamans, Xa Hou Lee, who died peacefully in his sleep in April at age 80.

All along the right wall of the church were poster-size photos showing Lee leading his people out of Laos ahead of the pursuing Pathet Lao across mountains and the treacherous Mekong River into Thailand.

The ceremony—which blended Christian and Hmong traditions—drew Hmong leaders from as far away as Minnesota to celebrate Lee, “Beloved Husband, Father, and Grandfather, Respected Leader and Shaman,” according to the program, written in English and Hmong. The eulogy was delivered by a younger member of the Lee clan, Elk Grove Mayor Steve Ly, one of the most prominent Hmong elected officials in the nation.

A decade ago, that eulogy would have been given by “The General,” Vang Pao, who led his people from Laos to Vietnam to safety in Thai refugee camps and finally to the United States, now home to some 350,000 Hmong refugees and their offspring.

But more than eight years after his death in Clovis from pneumonia and heart failure at 81, the next generation of Hmong leaders is struggling to find a new collective identity—and someone to emerge as their champion, godfather and guide.

“That is the most important question facing our Hmong people,” Ly said in an interview.

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‘The General’

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or centuries, Hmong have relied on powerful leaders, and Vang Pao has been called the greatest general of the Vietnam War by the American officers who served alongside him. He was an almost mythic figure, believed to be invulnerable to communist bullets.

He traveled California and the nation, lobbying public officials, visiting Hmong communities, settling disputes, attending weddings and funerals and promising his people a better future.

Every year around Thanksgiving, there were multiple Hmong New Year celebrations across California, Minnesota and Wisconsin to accommodate The General.

He led a secret jungle army of more than 10,000 guerillas, some as young as 12, who were paid about $4 a month by the CIA to battle the Vietnamese communists and Pathet Lao from 1961 to 1975. He helped unify the 18 Hmong family clans, including the influential Chang (or Cha), Ly (or Lee), Her, Moua, Thao, Vang and Xiong.

Since his passing on June 6, 2011—a date thousands of Hmong have committed to memory—the old Hmong clan councils have lost some of their power. Hmong in their 30s and 40s are retelling Hmong history through documentaries and online forums. Sacramento has emerged as the new Hmong capital of California, eclipsing Fresno, and several nonprofits are trying to provide new leadership and direction.

Vang Pao’s brother-in-law and right-hand man, Col. Ly Teng, and another brother-in-law, Dr. Touxa Lyfong, both spoke in Hmong at Xa Houa Lee’s funeral, along with one of Vang Pao’s sons, Ci Vang.

They noted that Xa Houa Lee protected his village of Fuesai for a decade, then was elected village chief (Naiban) and became known for his compassionate, fair, open-minded judgment.

A statue of the late Hmong leader, General Vang Pao, was unveiled in Chico in 2015.

Photo by Melissa Daugherty

“Houa Lee would want everyone who is living to love one another. That is the way it’s supposed to be for us to survive,” said Ly Teng. “He was a leader most of his life. A loving person and hardworking family man, and he would want the next generation to work even harder and go to school.”

Mayor Ly delivered a similar message, speaking passionately in Hmong and then English, since many Hmong under 30 aren’t fluent in their elders’ language.

“Today, we are sending home a hero,” Ly said. “For us to send him home, we must remember

his contributions to the Hmong community … and also American society by saving American lives during the Vietnam War… This is a story each of us children of the Hmong army should be proud of. This has earned us the right to be here.

“In this time and this nation, when people look at us, some say maybe we don’t belong here. I’ve heard it: ‘Maybe refugees shouldn’t be mayors, maybe we shouldn’t be here at all,’” Ly said.

“Your father and grandfather is more than just an elder, he kept his village safe and served as a village leader ... you young people, listen to my words.”

He is revered as “Uncle Ly” though he was too young to serve in the Secret Army alongside his father and uncles. Trained as a lawyer and youth counselor, Ly is also serving as a bridge between Hmong pot growers and law enforcement as far away as Siskiyou County.

But no single leader has emerged nationally.

According to 2017 Census Bureau figures, more than 101,000 Hmong live in California, the largest concentration in the U.S. Community leaders say those numbers don’t reflect thousands of Hmong who haven’t been counted, often because they—like their ancestors who moved from Siberia to China to Southeast Asia to the United States, France and Australia—are constantly on the move from city to city and state to state.

Some of Sacramento’s key Hmong leaders have moved to the “Hmong Paris,” Minneapolis-St. Paul, home to 81,260 Hmong. Several thousand more Hmong from the Central Valley moved to North Carolina and Alaska after the 2008 recession.

Xiong estimates there are as many as 40,000 Hmong living in the Sacramento metropolitan area, far more than the 31,000 reported in 2015 by the Pew Research Center using Census data. Fresno reported

34,000 and Chico 5,000, making it the ninth largest Hmong population center in the country.

During the Great Recession, thousands of Hmong from Sacramento and other Central Valley cities—struggling to feed their large families—moved to Alaska, where after a year’s residence, each family member qualified for the Alaska oil fund dividend, ranging from $1,500 to $3,000 per person per year, said community leader Prasat Lee. Hmong families, often 10 or more people, started receiving upwards of $20,000 a year.

Lee, 73, left Clovis and his security job in Fresno and in March 2008 founded the nonprofit Hmong Alaska Community in Anchorage with his wife Mai, who speaks fluent English.

At one point, “we had 6,000 Hmong in Alaska, but they go up and down, from California, Wisconsin and Minnesota,” Mai said. Hmong from Sacramento have found jobs working at Walmart, Target, McDonald’s and car rental agencies, and as janitors, housekeepers and sky caps, Lee said.

Lee, who served in Vang Pao’s guerrilla army for 10 years at $5 a month, remembers President Nixon’s promise in 1972: “Defend the Ho Chi Minh Trail and if you lose you can be Americans.”

Elk Grove Mayor Steve Ly, second from the left, is revered as “Uncle Ly” though he was too young to serve in the Secret Army alongside his father and uncles in the Vietnam War. Pictured above with his family.

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Both he and his wife revere Vang Pao. “After he died there is a problem, there is no leader,” Mai said. “Some people say we want to be the new leaders, and there’s another Hmong organization, representing the younger generation, wanting to compete with us.”

Hmong Center of Alaska Inc., also in Anchorage, has a website featuring eight young Hmong leaders promising to help new arrivals “bridge the gap” with state and local officials and provide translation services to deal with issues such as early pregnancy, school dropouts, domestic violence and suicide.

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acramento’s Vaming Xiong—considered the Hmong Martin Luther King Jr. just as Vang Pao was called the Hmong George Washington—said that since Pao’s death, “different clan leaders and heads of different organizations throughout the U.S. are proposing people to take over for V.P., a least someone who would have a voice that the majority would listen to, someone who would unify the Hmong people in the U.S. But there is no agreement, and there hasn’t even been an election.”

Xiong, 52, a career development coach in Sacramento, galvanized the largest protests ever at Sacramento’s federal building in June 2007, calling for the release of The General and the rest of the so-called Laotian 11, charged with terrorism for plotting the overthrow of communist Laos. Those nonviolent protests—drawing more than 10,000 Hmong at a time—led to Pao’s release. All charges were dropped.

“No matter what we do, we can’t replace V.P., we can’t even come up with an umbrella organization,” Xiong said. “The 18 clans used to be the Hmong International Council, but since V.P. died that council collapsed.

Now each clan has their own association. And V.P. himself said clans are only for marriages, not for governing.”

Without a unifying leader such as Vang Pao, competing Hmong organizations are now battling for control over the annual Hmong New Year celebrations, political representation and public funds to provide social services.

Sacramento, Fresno, Minneapolis-St. Paul and other Hmong enclaves often hold multiple New Year celebrations, where Hmong from across the state, nation and world come to reconnect with their clans and meet their future wives or husbands, Xiong said.

We as the children of refugees are reminded of the journey our parents or grandparents took.

It was not easy and their generations may never fully transition to life in America.

However, thanks to their efforts ... we are hopeful that one day a cadre of Hmong professionals will actively participate on issues impacting our community and successfully negotiate a path for positive change.

Project HMoNG Gala ProGraM at SacraMeNto State

“New Year has become a battleground over who gets the most money to put it on. The whole Hmong world used to come to New Year’s in Fresno, now the tradition is dissolving.”

Xiong’s wife, community leader Mycie Xiong, said that “an increasing number of people are saying, ‘We do not want to be a part of the in-fighting.’”

Indeed, Mycie Xiong sees a brighter future in the post-Pao era.

“There are many more Hmong entering the mainstream through political office all over the nation, from Sacramento to Washington, D.C., from Minnesota to Wisconsin to North Carolina,” she said.

Women like Xiong, who works with Hmong kids who have behavioral issues and belongs to the nonprofit Hmong International Culture Institute, are stepping into leadership roles and more Hmong women than men are graduating from college. Of the 326 Hmong who graduated from Sacramento State between 2012 and 2014, 62% were women.

Another female Hmong leader, Mai Vang, the oldest of 15 siblings, said she was elected to the Sacramento City Unified School District board in 2016 on a platform that calls for separating data on Asian students so all national backgrounds aren’t lumped together.

She supports an Early Identification and Intervention system for unique

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Hmong from around the country attended a memorial in south Sacramento on May 5 to honor shaman Xa Hou Lee.

Photo by StePhen Magagnini

Different clan leaders and heads of different organizations throughout the U.S. are proposing people to take over for [Vang Pao], at least someone who would have a voice that the majority would listen to, someone who would unify the Hmong people in the U.S. But there is no agreement.

Vaming Xiong, a Sacramento Hmong leader

cultural and social problems. “We have about 4,000 Hmong students in our district, and 70 percent are lowincome students,” she said.

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designed to foster Hmong academic success.

From fall 2005 to fall 2018, Hmong enrollment at Sac State jumped from 153 to 1,075, making them the second-largest Asian group on campus, said President Robert Nelsen.

But only about 2% of Hmong students graduate from Sac State in four years; 97% grew up speaking Hmong, 79% are first-generation college students.

Sac State has one of the largest Hmong student populations in

the nation, said one of the gala’s co-chairpersons, Kaying Hang of the Sierra Health Foundation.

“There is much to learn from the Hmong diaspora and their journey,” Nelsen said. “It’s a legacy of the Vietnam war ... but it is also a legacy of what our future will be.”

More than 350 people attended the gala, including Hmong educators and administrators, police and sheriffs, health care professionals, entrepreneurs and public officials.

The theme: “Threading the Needle of Hope Through Education.”

During the program, event co-chairpersons Danny Chao Vang of Sac State and Sac State student Andrew Yang noted that the median age of the Sacramento region’s Hmong is 19, many of them college-bound.

“While we serve as cultural brokers and straddlers, we as the children of refugees are reminded of the journey our parents or grandparents took. It was not easy and their generations may never fully transition to life in America,” said a Project HMONG statement in the gala program.

“However, thanks to their efforts ... we are hopeful that one day

a cadre of Hmong professionals will actively participate on issues impacting our community and successfully negotiate a path for positive change.”

The audience gave a standing ovation to the family who started it all, represented by Nhia Khang, whose dad and brother fought in Vang Pao’s guerilla army. The family escaped to a Thai refugee camp and then became the first Hmong to resettle in Sacramento in 1976, when Khang was 13.

“My dad found a job as a dishwasher, and we were living on $20 a week,” Khang recalled. He spoke no English and had almost no education.

He told CSUS senior writer Cynthia Hubert he’d carry a Hmong-English dictionary with him so he could learn his new language a few words at a time. But he went straight from middle school to American River College, got his associate degree and enrolled at Sac State.

In 1985, he became the first of thousands of Hmong students to graduate from Sac State. Khang also earned his master’s degree in social work at Sac State and worked for San Joaquin County children’s services until he retired in 2017. His mother, a

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Nhia Khang, right, the first Hmong to graduate from Sacramento State University, poses with Oakland City Councilwoman Sheng Tao at a gala on June 7.

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shaman in the mountains of Laos, inspired him to pursue a career in public service. Three of his children have also graduated from Sac State.

He advised the dozens of Hmong students in attendance to “know what you want in life and work as hard as you can for it. Do it as quickly as you can! Anyone can do it, but you need to put your heart into it.”

While the younger generation appreciates the sacrifices made by their elders, they are making their own music, starting their own businesses and winning on the academic front instead of the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Between fall 2008 and 2016 at Sac State, 2,950 Hmong graduated in health and human services; 2,091 in social sciences and interdisciplinary studies; 1,723 in natural sciences and math; 1,701 in business; and 1,177 in engineering and computer science, according to numbers compiled by Vang.

A gala scholarship winner, Mai Xiong, told a familiar story: “We moved to America in 1996 and me and my siblings missed classes to translate at my parents’ doctor’s

appointments after my mother suffered a stroke at 34.”

“My dad, a nurse’s assistant who worked for the Chao Fa [Hmong freedom fighters], got a job in construction. We lived in Willows, Chico and Sacramento.

For years, there were 11 of us crammed into a two-bedroom apartment infested with rodents.”

Now treasurer of the Sac State Hmong student association, she said her parents always put their education first.

“My dad walked through three villages in Laos to go to school,” she said. “He wanted me to be able to use my voice to help others.” Before her mom had a stroke, she would drive to her cousin’s house in the middle of the night so he could help Mai and her siblings with their homework.

“My parents taught me something very important—resilience,” she said. “Failure paralyzes you.

If you remember your motivation, you will bounce back stronger and better.” Ω

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The California Un-american activities Committee’s first red-baiting report, all 445 pages of it, was issued in 1943.

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ill Mabie wanted to know the biggest secret lying dormant inside of California’s archives collection.

It was 2015, and Mabie had recently joined the Office of the Secretary of State as its chief deputy. Along with administering elections, enforcing campaign rules and regulating business entities, the office also acts as the keeper of the California State Archives, a vast trove of time-weathered records, photographs and miscellanea stored in a polished white Mediterranean-style building on O Street.

In downtown Sacramento, history hides in plain sight, waiting for someone to visit.

Mabie had a plan to tweak that process for the 21st century.

“I wanted to digitize all of our exhibits so that anyone could go online and learn more about California,” he explained in an email.

A conversation with a state archivist tipped him to the densest mass of raw material that hadn’t yet been curated into an exhibit. It had to do with a sinistersounding body called the California Un-American Activities Committee, or CUAC. Mabie volunteered to take it on.

Four years later, his work is complete.

The result is California Witch Hunt, an engrossing digital exhibit made in concert with Google Arts & Culture. The three-part thriller chronicles CUAC’s shady first act, from its birth nearly 80 years ago with the United States on the verge of entering World War II, during a time of powder-keg paranoia and political opportunism. This was McCarthyism before McCarthyism, when false patriots such as CUAC Chairman Jack Tenney used the term “communist” to bludgeon enemies and scapegoat minority communities.

Told in a series of synopsized and mimeographed slides, the exhibit captures what it would feel like to descend into an online rabbit hole curated by conspiracynoir novelist James Ellroy, with an odious

central villain, power-hungry bit players, countless celebrity cameos and an unexpected redemption arc in the final act.

But while this saga may hopscotch from Sacramento to Los Angeles, it’s no Hollywoodconcocted delirium. In a statement from April, when the online exhibit first premiered, Secretary of State Alex Padilla—Mabie’s old boss—credited it with unearthing “a sordid period of California history,” one that almost stayed buried.

“The committee operated in the shadows for years, it spent hundreds of thousands of dollars, and it ruined the careers and lives of many California citizens—yet no one targeted by the committee was ever convicted of subversion,” Padilla said in the statement. “California Witch Hunt is a stark reminder of what happens when power goes unchecked.”

It’s a reminder we certainly need today.

CUAC both succeeded and paralleled congressional efforts to weed out so-called dissidents and enemy agents, starting in 1930 with the communismobsessed Fish Committee and culminating in 1945 with the granddaddy of paranoiac witch trials—the House Committee on Un-American Activities led by Sen. Joseph McCarthy.

Kathryn Olmsted, a UC Davis history professor and author of Real Enemies: Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, said there’s a reason these committees were more focused on communism than fascism—because their leaders were “right wingers.”

according to the California Department of Penology, the state was home to more than 70 communist organizations in 1934, though it acknowledged its information was “compiled from sources believed to be authentic.”

a 1942 poster of a Russian soldier, from the U.s. office of Facts and Figures, belies the U.s.-soviet tensions that preceded World War ii.

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By 1945, CUAC targeted a core group of screen actors and writers that became known as the Hollywood Ten, seen here protesting two years later.

Yorty soon provided Many Californians opposed the committee an outlet for Tenney’s and spoke out against it, often at great risk, but frustrations.

Tenney was at the height of his power. It would After an unsuccessful take Yorty, back from the battlefields of World mayoral run in Los Angeles, Yorty also split with War II, to bring down the tyrant he had helped the Communist Party, which didn’t endorse him create. as it did when he ran for the Assembly. Yorty received legislative approval to investigate alleged Mabie called the drama that unfolds in the communist infiltration of the exhibit’s third chapter “priceless,” and we State Relief Administration, won’t spoil it here. which distributed state and For Mabie, who skipped federal unemployment aid to lunches to play sleuth inside those battered by the Great the archives’ cream-colored Depression, and brought walls, the story told to him on Tenney as a committee by a web of scattered files, member. transcripts, reports, clippings The SRA hearing was a and 125,000 index cards circus, but didn’t help Yorty echoes across the decades. win a U.S. Senate seat in “Jack Tenney was not 1940. While Yorty’s political unlike Donald Trump,” Mabie fortunes faded, Tenney still reflected. “He persecuted and had his Assembly seat. He attacked people. He went out bill Mabie used it to leverage approval of his way to violate the civil curator, California Witch Hun t for a new committee in rights of those he targeted.

“Jack Tenney was not unlike Donald Trump. He persecuted and attacked people.”

Actor Katherine Hepburn was among the many high-profile Californians investigated by CUAC.

The speaking tours of Gerald K. Smith, founder of the America First Party, were seen by many Californians as fascist propaganda. CUAC Chairman Jack Tenney defended Smith.

“They used the threat of domestic communism as a cudgel to beat the left,” she added.

Tenney and Sam Yorty are the main figures in this tale. They both started their political lives as progressives, backing bills that supported unions and agricultural workers and made it easier to get divorced.

But the lawmakers soon found their values challenged—and quickly surrendered them for political gain.

In 1938, U.S. Rep. Martin Dies of Texas, whose committee was a precursor to McCarthy’s, accused the state assemblymen of being card-carrying communists.

Tenney at first laughed off the attack, telling the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League during

a rally in August 1938, “Fellow subversive elements, I have just heard that Mickey Mouse is conspiring with Shirley Temple to overthrow the government and that there is a witness who has seen the ‘Red’ card of Donald Duck.”

But Tenney’s inner compass drifted the following year, when he lost an altogether different race. Tenney, a one-hit composer behind the song “Mexicali Rose,” came up short in his reelection bid for president of Local 47 of the American Musicians Union, and blamed the union’s communist members for turning against him. The exhibit quotes historian Kevin Starr, who said Tenney “returned to Sacramento a bitter man.”

1941—the Joint Fact-Finding Committee on Un-American Activities in California, or what we now call CUAC. Where Tenney led the committee, Richard E. Combs acted as its enforcer, leading investigations, grilling witnesses and giving progress reports to other political bodies. The committee attracted people with axes to grind, including writer and disenchanted Communist Party member Rena Marie Vale, who supplied Tenney with a 53-page affidavit naming names and laying out recruitment practices.

Tenney also got back at Local 47, making five of its members the very first witnesses to be called to testify about supposed un-American activities and branding them agents of communism in his first report (even though it wouldn’t be illegal to identify as a communist for 15 more years). By the time Tenney jumped from the Assembly to the state Senate in 1942, he had navigated a different political transformation, the exhibit says, “from being a Democrat who had been accused of being a communist, to a Republican who accused others of being communists.”

Tenney never looked back.

Having vanquished the lefty musicians who spurned him, he found new liberal enemies to have infiltrated or staked out by undercover operatives. He became a stool pigeon for J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI and gathered dirt on the era’s biggest names. Filmmakers Orson Welles and Charlie Chaplin, actors Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn, singer Paul Robeson, poet Langston Hughes, author John Steinbeck, folk singer Woody Guthrie, writer Dorothy Parker, designer Frank Lloyd Wright and future California Gov. and President Ronald Reagan all fell under his voyeuristic gaze. And while Tenney’s committee subpoenaed dozens of celebs under the threat of blacklist, it did its most lasting damage as an agent of Japanese internment and increased hostility against Mexican-Americans.

He even personally involved himself in the deportation of Luisa Moreno, a prominent Latina activist. Tenney attempted to impose on Californians his own definition of Americanism.”

The idea of what’s un-American has gotten a lot of play in recent weeks. President Trump baked the concept into his racist attacks on Reps.

Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley, four American women of color he tweeted should “go back where [they] came from.” Trump’s virulent statements and nativist rallies in which he basked in the rabid approval of his supporters are fresh reminders of what the country looks like when its most powerful person is also its ugliest.

But Trump, who separated thousands of asylum-seeking children apprehended at the border, isn’t the first to use his political office as an instrument of spite. If anything, he’s a tumorous representation of the disease we’ve left unexamined for too long.

“This was a story that was in no hurry to be told,” said Mabie, who retired in December.

Its lessons, on the other hand …

CUAC festered for 30 years between 1941 and 1971. Even after Tenney’s downfall, the committee continued to blacklist people and intimidate progressives, but didn’t go after one fascist, Olmsted noted.

“It has a real baleful legacy,” she said.

CUAC ultimately dissolved, ironically, one year before President Richard Nixon’s black bag operation at the Watergate Hotel.

Some things you just can’t make up. Ω

Check out California Witch Hunt online at the California State Archives site, sos.ca.gov/archives/california-digital-archives.

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Take KARE of yourself With Dysphoria, KARE Collective explores “sustainable” self-care

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Check out KarE Collective’s record release 5 p.m monday, July 29 at Classy hippie tea Company, 3226-a broadway, Sacramento. tickets are $10. Follow KarE Collective at facebook.com/karecollective.

Armed with full trays of Perrier sparkling water and outfitted in matching white button-up shirts, waist-high aprons and bow ties in mid-July weather, dozens of servers lined up along L Street. A champagne bottle popped, and contestants began a speed-walk balancing act around the block between a model Eiffel Tower and surrounded by French flags and cheering spectators.

On July 14, the local restaurant workers competed in the 10th annual Bastille Day Waiters’ Race, hosted by the Handle District in partnership with Alliance Française de Sacramento and the Sacramento French Film Festival.

The tradition, which in part celebrates the turning point of the French Revolution, has grown from an event that drew about 50 attendees to a race that packs the street each year. It started with a few business owners who wanted to celebrate their wait staff, loosely based on the long-running Paris Waiters’ Race, said Seann Rooney, the

“It’s a chance to honor the French tradition, and make it a little bit our own.”

Seann Rooney event organizer and executive co-organizer, director of the Handle District Waiters’ Race association in Midtown.

“We all love food. We all appreciate the jobs that food servers do,” Rooney said. “It’s a chance to honor the French tradition, and make it a little bit our own.”

This year, Rooney worked with Patrick Mulvaney, owner of Mulvaney’s B&L on 19th Street, and introduced “I Got Your Back,” a campaign led by Mulvaney to improve mental health in the hospitality industry.

The winners earn a cash prize, medal and trophy so “it’s a little bit of bragging rights,” he said.

In 10 years, the first person to cross the finish line has never won because in competitive waiting, the cleanliness of their tray is also important, said Aziz Bellarbi-Salah, general manager of Brasserie Capitale on K Street.

“That first year, everyone was running, and glasses were flying everywhere. It was quite a s--t show, actually,” Bellarbi-Salah said. “Each year, it gets refined a little bit.”

Taking this year’s gold were Lisa Blue of Brasserie Capitale and Elijahn Ainsley of Paesanos restaurant.

“Last year I did more preparation, but this year, we’ve just been so busy at [Brasserie], I’ve just been practicing around the restaurant,” Blue said.

The secret to winning, Ainsley said: Focus on yourself, and keep an eye out to see if anyone is passing you with a dry tray.

“I’m actually super hungover right now, but it worked out,”

one of this year’s Bastille Day Waiters’ Ainsley said. race winners, elijahn Ainsley of Paesanos When asked if he sees restaurant. a future for himself in competitive waiting, Ainsley said no. “Maybe competitive speed-walking—a lot of money there,” he said.

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years as part of the arts co-op Sol Collective. Their workshops include topics such as meditation, therapeutic writing exercises and herbal healing.

From the band’s start in 2017, it has held live performances and self-care workshops. The members are Yisrael, his brother and rapper/poet Yeshahyah Yisrael, singer Diamond Key, videographer Demetrius Williams and photographer Kennet Rey. Yeshahyah says he was inspired by Salvin Chahal, an organizer at Sol Collective, whose mantra is: Find what your community is lacking. Then provide it.

The members of KAre Collective, left to right: Yeshahyah Yisrael, Diamond Key and Chazayah Yisrael. not pictured: “I saw that self-care was what Kennet rey and Demetrius Williams. they needed,” Yeshahyah says. “I found ways to best provide that through art, music or actually giving you the tools to take care of yourself.”

Dysphoria stays heavy. The song “Words Of The self-care movement can be guilty of looking too Wanting,” features a powerful spoken word perforsuperficial. Just search on YouTube: Quirky fonts, mance by Yeshahyah, who describes the emotional plastered smiles and cute dogs can sometimes be a aftermath when he and his girlfriend decided to get winning recipe for “My Sunday Routine” videos that an abortion when they were teens. Over solemn keys, grab thousands of clicks. electric guitar and pipe organ, he says: “I was Chazayah Yisrael agrees. His song born to be the thing that answered your “Ballroom” is a lyrical lesson on how prayers / But that’s not what you to navigate depression and anxiety wanted.” without hurting your romantic “Once you figure “That’s probably the most partner. He learned this the hard out your tools, you’ll vulnerable piece I’ve ever writway. ten in my life,” he says.

“You can’t hurt people because be ready to conquer With the grant money of what you’re going through. life.” and the new EP, Yeshahyah We’re all human, but it’s still not says KARE Collective hopes Yeshahyah Yisrael OK,” says the singer-producer to show a “self-sufficient” rapper/poet, who co-leads KARE Collective, and “sustainable” self-care that KARE Collective a Sacramento self-care project and doesn’t require people to spend hip-hop band. “Ballroom,” featured on money on temporary solutions. Its its debut EP, Dysphoria, is a particularly EP release performance will be paired powerful track, with Chazayah oscillating with herb bundling, planting dreams and between soaring heartfelt vocal melodies and straightaffirmation activities. forward hip-hop rhymes over a light beat with washes “We hope to inspire people to take care of of surreal synths. The EP releases July 29 with an themselves, because it’s a very complex and heavy event at Classy Hippie Tea Company. journey,” Yeshahyah says. “Once you figure out your “The EP is about being able to take care of tools, you’ll be ready to conquer life. Because those yourself when you’re feeling dysphoric,” Yisrael things are going to help you inside of your day-to-day says. “Each of the songs [tackle] an aspect of selfactivities.” Ω care that isn’t the glamorous side.”

Slow and steady

On the blues frontier Auburn rockers Shotgun Sawyer get raw and experimental on Bury the Hatchet

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“That sort of scenery was pivotal, I think, in all of our childhoods,” Sanders says.

Auburn is a hill town that hasn’t changed much since the Gold Rush, Jarman says. It’s not far from Grass Valley, where all three members attended Bear River High School. In January 2015, they started attempting Led Zeppelin covers at openmic nights.

The band’s turning point was a performance in Reno about two years ago. “Ever since then, This season’s yield consists of three fully grown rock we’ve just been like, ‘We need musicians: David lee (left), Dylan Jarman (center) and to play every show with that brett Sanders (right). much intensity and energy,’” Lee says. “And we have, I think.”

Fast forward to 2019, and Shotgun Sawyer On the surface, there aren’t many similarities has toured the West Coast in support of Bury the between progressive rock and the blues.

Hatchet, played shows in Europe and has been Progressive bands often become renowned for crowned the “loudest band ever” by Insight host technical proficiency, while traditional blues uses Beth Ruyak on Capital Public Radio. repetition for emotionally raw, musical catharsis.

Later this year, the trio will do their best ZZ But listen to Shotgun Sawyer, an Auburn-based Top impression at a Halloween show with local rock trio, and those seemingly dissonant styles can metal band Chrome Ghost and indie-rockers still work in tandem. They find genuine chemistry Vinnie Guidera & the Dead Birds. Jarman says the in their musical contradictions. Bassist Brett band has also shot two music videos that will Sanders finds inspiration in the bass-forward release at the end of 2019, and will band Yes and Geddy Lee of Rush, return to Europe next summer. while drummer David Lee cites Jarman values the “raw, Tool’s Danny Carey and Primus’ nervous live energy” of playTim Alexander.

“Ever since I was 16 ing to a crowd, and wants to And for Dylan Jarman—the make a live album in the or 17, I’ve listened a lot trio’s guitarist, vocalist and vein of Muddy Waters’ more to John Lee Hooker primary lyricist—it all goes record Fathers and Sons. back to the blues. and Muddy Waters than I do Shotgun Sawyer has “Ever since I was 16 or played around 200 shows, anybody else.”

17, I’ve listened a lot more to he says. Around 15 to 20 John Lee Hooker and Muddy Dylan Jarman were closer to home in Waters than I do anybody else,” frontman, Shotgun Sawyer Nevada City, where the band Jarman says. will return on July 26 to play Hear it all come together in at Cooper’s with Bay Area bands “(Let Me) Take You Home,” the Older Sun and War Cloud. second track off Shotgun Sawyer’s recently Shotgun Sawyer fans can expect to released sophomore record Bury the Hatchet. What hear new material, Jarman says. starts with a memorably fuzzy guitar riff and a “We have some stuff that hasn’t been recorded, slow-burn groove ends with a frenetic instrumental a couple of them that we have been playing for rush toward its final riff. awhile, and a couple of things that … don’t even The record’s next track introduces another have lyrics yet,” he says. □ important aspect of the band. They’re Auburn through and through, and “Backwoods Bear” proves it with lyrics such as: “With ginger ale and Bury the hatchet is available on cD, vinyl and digital streaming services. check out shotgun sawyer 9 p.m. friday, july 26 at cooper’s with War cloud some kerosene / You better wake up in the mornand older sun. tickets are $10; 235 commercial st. in nevada city. ing under evergreens.”

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When Monty Navarro learns his late mother was disinherited from the wealthy D’Ysquith family, he resolves to kill all eight heirs and become the Earl of Highhurst. This is a fastpaced, exuberant and truly funny musical. Fri 8pm, Sat

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A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder

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Celebration Arts’ latest is a rare, challenging drama about people in a far distant and different land than our own, but facing situations that are all too familiar. Director James Wheatley directs the play with an ear to the rhythm and accents of the protagonists, and elicits

It’s all fun and games until everyone falls in love with each other.

Twelfth Night

Proving that Shakespeare is timeless, the Sacramento Shakespeare Festival’s production of Twelfth Night is set in the 1960s with visual images from the ’60s and familiar music. The “set” itself consists of only two pieces—a chair and a bench, which are carried on and off through “Star Trek doors” throughout the play.

Directed by Christine Nicholson, Twelfth Night is that wonderful world of ridiculousness with separated twins, mixed up lovers, cross dressing and lots and lots of chasing and fighting. The monochromatic costumes (by Nicole Sivell) with splashes of color in pocket handkerchiefs make the outlandish costume of the pompous Malvolio (Luther Hanson) stand out all the more.

Heroine Viola (Katelyn Arata) is a shipwreck survivor mourning her brother Sebastian (Chris Scarberry), whom she believes was lost at sea.

(For once the actors look enough alike that they really could be twins). She disguises herself as a young man named Cesario and enters the service of Duke Orsino (Liam Worrell-Olson). She is tasked with wooing the reluctant Countess Olivia (Janey Pintar), who instead finds herself attracted to Cesario.

Outstanding characters are Sonny Alforque as Olivia’s uncle Toby Belch, Tim Sapunor as Toby’s friend Andrew Aguecheck and particularly Kevin Johnson as Feste, a jester who, in this production, performs several musical numbers with a small band. He’s a real audience-pleaser.

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Thu 8pm, Sat 8pm, Sun 2pm; Through 8/3; $15-$30; Davis

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Mamma Mia!

A spirited young woman invites three of her mother’s past lovers to her wedding in Greece in an attempt to discover which one is her father. This musical is bursting with fun, flair and all the best ABBA songs. Fri 7:30pm, Sat

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A struggling, penniless playwright named Will Shakespeare tries to overcome writer’s block, pay off debts and break into a newly established theater world. Not only is it fun to see how his work comes about, but also how his plots are affected by his own world. Fri

7:30pm, Sun 2pm; Through 7/28; $5-$25; Sacramento

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The Tenth Muse

Three young women who are admitted to a convent for their protection during the Mexican Inquisition discover the lost writings of

City College Main Auditorium, 3835 Freeport Boulevard; (916) 558-2228; sacramentoshakespeare. net. P.R.

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thu 7:30pm, sat 7:30pm. through 7/27; $5-$25; sacramento city college Main auditorium 3835 freeport Boulevard, (916) 558-2228, sacramentoshakespeare.net.

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5 Falling in love again Will Shakespeare is popping up on the local scene—actually many scenes, as the main character in playwright Lee Hall’s adaption of the movie Shakespeare in Love. This theatrical version is being staged concurrently by Sacramento Shakespeare Festival and now at Green Valley Theatre Company. It’s a coincidence that the two theater groups picked the same play for their summer season, but it does provide a unique opportunity to see how each approaches the same material.

The good news is the both companies are staging winning productions (see the July 11 review of Sacramento Shakespeare Festival’s version).

The story is both a love story and a tale of a struggling, unknown playwright named William Shakespeare, with hints on how moments and a muse make it into his plays.

Green Valley cleverly uses Roseville Tower Theater’s re-designed theater space to provide an intimate feel for the audience that surrounds the stage on three sides. This charming production delivers with gorgeous costumes, clever rolling wooden set pieces, a five-person live orchestra and a first-rate cast under the directorial finesse of Christopher Cook. Add in impressive sword fights, period-appropriate musical numbers and a cute dog, and you end up with a Shakespeare play where you not only understand the dialogue, but the plot as well.

—Patti RobeRts

shakespeare in love: fri 8pm, sat 8pm, sun 7pm; through 8/10; $20; roseville tower theater, 417 Vernon street in roseville; (916) 234-6981; greenvalleytheatre.com.

stage pick Improvisation and journaling are the bread and butter of devised theatre rehearsals.

Small theatre, big ideas Ever heard of the butterfly effect? In chaos theory, the concept explains how the smallest action can cause massive changes across space and time. On a similar note, this weekend will see the birth of Empire Arts Collective’s Tiny Lives, a “devised theatre event” and the product of collaborative writing and improvisation among cast members. Directed by Lily Tanner, the show is about the impact of everyday interactions and how they affect our relationships with others. Like that one time you accidentally stepped on your boyfriend’s pet butterfly. Everything changed after that one devastating moment. Fri, 7/26, 7pm; Sat, 7/27, 7pm; Through 7/27; Free admission; Oblivion Comics & Coffee, 1020 11th Street; (916) 329-8839; empireartscollective.com.

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For vegans, the prospect of a restaurant where we can eat everything on the menu is dizzying. In most places, we’re lucky if there’s one thing we can eat, whether it’s appealing or not (kick rocks, pasta primavera).

And for those of us who haven’t been veg since birth, a burger-and-fries joint can still evoke nostalgia.

While Burger Patch’s menu is all-vegan, it leans heavily on meat analogs, mimicking the vegetable-free wasteland that is traditional fast food. This isn’t bad, necessarily: If you’re looking for junky comfort food, Burger Patch is exactly the fake-meaty place you’ve been dreaming of.

My favorite burger was the BBQ Patch (Beyond patty, fake bacon, fake cheese, barbecue sauce). It’s sloppy and greasy-but-not-too-greasy—but at $12, it’s a stretch to imagine this being more than an occasional treat for most people. Its cheapest burger—the faux cheeseburger Patch—is a little less than $8. If you’re seeking a fake poultry vibe, the Ranch ($9) is what you’re looking for. It’s less messy than the BBQ Patch, but its slightly too-dry combo of fake chicken and bacon with vegan ranch dressing is tough to swallow. It’s very, very easy for one person to run up a $25 tab here.

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Food nostalgia is real. Food, especially comfort food, is often tied to positive memories, which can distort how we recall how things actually tasted. Was that corn dog better in the first grade than as an adult?

Anyway, during this year’s State Fair, I kept hearing about the “Original State Fair Taco.” Intrigued, I ordered some to see if indeed they were as tasty as described. Now, I love tacos. I often visit my favorite taco truck on El Camino, post up on my trunk and have parking lot picnics. But these rolled beef tacos ($3.25 each) were comparable to Taco Bell (and I really hate to say that).

Very finely ground beef, wilted lettuce and cheese rolled in a soft tortilla. Nothing special. They’re also quite salty.

Still, it didn’t stop the consistent line of fairgoers seeking to relive memories and re-taste this popular taco. Near the rodeo and Kids Zone at the California State Fair, 1600 Exposition Boulevard, castatefair.org. —sTEph rodriguEZ

unexciting faux-chicken tenders known as “A Bunch” costs $6. A small order of fries (“A Shovel of Spuds”) is $3.

Vegans know their French fries. All vegetarians— but especially vegans—are by necessity French fry connoisseurs. We’ve had every permutation of fry, and we know good from bad. So Burger Patch’s fries are a bit of a letdown. On both occasions, the fries came out room temperature and starchy. There was evidence of some kind of herb on the fries, but the taste didn’t come through, and there was no greasy, salty goodness to redeem them. I may pass on my next visit. The idea of a burger without fries makes my heart hurt.

Where Burger Patch really shines, though, is with its shakes: This is one place where a $6 price tag is completely warranted. The vanilla shake was absolutely perfect—it actually tasted like vanilla, as opposed to my memory of fast-food shakes where vanilla was code for yet-to-be-flavored frankenfood shake base. The chocolate is very good, too, with a flavor that reminds me of what I think Nestle Quik tasted like. I’d love to see how they do with a strawberry shake. These shakes are worth checking out regardless of how far you fall down the fake-meat rabbit hole.

Burger Patch’s burgers are Beyond, their ersatz chicken is Gardein and the fake bacon tastes suspiciously like the Sweet Earth brand. Why would you pay three-to-four times as much for what you’d microwave at home after a long day? The answer is nostalgia, and for that, they’ve got you covered. □

Earl Noir Kombucha, ZEal Kombucha The recently opened Savvy Coffee House in Elk Grove serves awesome specialty coffee, chai tea and Marin and Zeal Kombucha on tap. Earl Noir ($5.75 for a 16 ounce) by Zeal is a fantastically refreshing kombucha with black tea, bergamot, lemon verbena, grapefruit, basil, birch bark and vanilla. This swirl of sweet and citrus flavors makes it a particularly delicious, tangy summer drink. Sip it from a pint glass while enjoying the chill vibes at Savvy, or take it to go.

Zeal is a Sacramento-based company and brews its kombucha botanically using organic cane sugar in the fermenting process. 9630 Bruceville Road, Suite 104, zealkombucha.com.

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Ah, Pushkin’s it It’s not cool the way Pushkin’s makes me crave their scrambled tofu. Normally, I’m not lured by a restaurant’s tofu, but Pushkin’s scramble is especially good—abundant, seasoned well, a fluffy mystery. The Moroccan Scramble ($12) is one of my consistent go-tos and I always ask for avocado to step it up a notch.

The entire vegan menu is unique, flavorful and leaves nothing to be desired. The Vegan Scramble Sweet Potato ($12) is another fave—generous portions of sweet potato and scramble, and the mixed greens are a nice contrast. Those with sweet teeth can indulge in the many and varied assortment of vegan muffins, pastries and chocolate whatevers. There’s even an option to get a basket of vegan baked goods! Everything is glutenfree, of course, because Pushkin’s. Try to get there early as they can get very busy. 1813 Capitol Avenue, pushkinsbakery.com; Open 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., closed Mondays.

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From left to right: James, Meredith and Rebecca Campbell, Katie Snarski and Todd Trauman, invite patrons to join their Sac City Brews Neighborhood Tap House family.

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Voted “Best of Sacramento” 3 years in a row!

1315 21st St • Sacramento 916.441.7100

by Tessa MargueriTe OuTland

A neighborhood that drinks together stays together. And in Tahoe Park, Sac City Brews Neighborhood Tap House is doing its part to fortify the community.

“We call ourselves a neighborhood tap house, and that’s what we are through and through,” said co-owner and executive chef Rebecca Campbell.

She owns Sac City Brews with her husband James Campbell, Todd Trauman and his fiancée Katie Snarski.

Rebecca, James and Trauman have been friends since Golden Sierra High School in Garden Valley. After leaving for college, the friends reunited in Sacramento with aligning ambitions to own a business. They found a vacant space a few blocks from Trauman’s home in Tahoe Park and the tap house opened its doors last January.

“This area used to be the center of the community,” Rebecca said, referencing the Tallac Village Shopping Center. “The neighborhood was primed and ready for a place like this.”

Many customers live in the neighborhood and walk or bike over and bring their kids or dogs to enjoy some

bites and beers on the shaded outdoor patio. Inside, a large selection of swag and board games are available; paintings from local artists fill the walls on a rotating basis.

Rebecca Campbell said she designed the menu to offer “elevated pub grub” and works with four local farmers to serve fresh, seasonal and often organic dishes.

The Chicken Nachos ($9) are piled high with grilled chicken, pepper jack, cotija and mozzarella cheese, poblanos and jalapeno, black beans, chipotle crema, cilantro and onion.

(They’re also gluten free.) Then, there are the Beet—not beef—Sliders ($8) layered with thick, hot slices of beet, caramelized onions and horseradish on a fluffy, buttermilk bun. Another shareable appetizer: the Andouille Mac & Cheese Balls ($8.50), which are fried to a golden crisp, drizzled in chipotle crema and topped with crumbles of cotija. Other items feature tots, sausages, frequent specials and a simple Sunday brunch menu, too.

But what of the brews? Thirsty customers will find 16 rotating taps

from across the country. Trauman, the beer buyer and manager, picks which stouts, lagers, sours, IPAs and saisons are added to the menu. Recent tap favorites include Coconut Sombrero stout

by Clown Shoes Beer in Boston, Super Funkadelic sour by Dionysus Brewing Company in Bakersfield and Americana lager by Ol’ Republic Brewery in Nevada City.

Ciders, wine and nonalcoholic beverages are available for those feeling less hoppy. Customers can also pick up packaged beer to-go.

Sac City Brews is a welcoming space for friends, families and neighbors to chill and enjoy some quality eats and drinks. As Sacramento residents and friends themselves, the owners have worked to create a vibe that encourages local connections and a desire to give back to the community.

“I have a 4-year-old daughter, but this is my other baby and right now it needs a lot of attention,” Rebecca Campbell said, laughing. “We’re here a lot, but we love it.” □

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Holly Whitman’s garden at 28th and F streets will be featured on the Midtown Garden Tour.

While gardening in Midtown, you never know what you’ll dig up.

“These homes were built before they had regular garbage pickup,” explained Holly Whitman, who lives and gardens at 28th and F streets.

Quite often, early Sacramento residents just buried their trash, and it has turned to treasure. In her garden, Whitman displays a collection of bottles and jars pulled from her soil: an empty blue-green bottle of Davis Vegetable Pain Killer (an 1840s opiatelaced concoction), an antique perfume bottle from Paris and several milk-glass jars labeled “Ingram’s Milkweed Cream” (a popular 1920s sunburn remedy).

History mixes with gardening for residents of The Grid, who will open their green spaces to visitors on Saturday for the second Midtown Garden Tour.

Make that “Midtown gardens and friends,” said Whitman, one of the tour’s organizers. “We opened the tour to anyone who gardens The Grid, not just Midtown.”

For $10, patrons get to see how 15 different households bring home Sacramento’s farm-to-fork message. They squeeze food-producing plants into all sorts of tight spaces on their city-sized lots. Four homes also boast backyard chickens, and two have beehives.

Besides the food, there’s an abundance of pure beauty—ornamental oases amid booming construction in the city’s core.

“We wanted to focus on hands-on gardening,” Whitman said of the tour. “It’s less about fancy pools and landscapes, more about garden building. How do you make a garden out of nothing?”

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Whitman’s garden is a case in point; three years ago, it was a bare empty lot. Having gardening friends helps. “Gardeners are so generous,” she said. “We share everything.

During the tour, you’ll see some plants pop up in several different gardens. That’s because we passed some favorites around.”

Tickets are available at GardentheGrid. com, as well as New Era Community Garden on tour day. Proceeds benefit the Alchemist Community Development Corp., a local nonprofit focused on food access.

Highlighting the tour will be the private garden of Daisy Mah, best known for her wondrous perennial-packed WPA Rock Garden in William Land Park. Mah worked for decades for Sacramento’s parks department.

Now retired, she has more time to work on her own backyard.

“She’s a legend,” said Rebecca McDaniels, who also has her garden on the tour. “She opened her gate and our jaws dropped. She’s all about the pollinators.

Just sit still; her garden is constantly in motion.”

Each gardener brings their own unique style to this tour.

“What makes it nice, we really garden with a variety of people,” said Joe Robustelli, who’s devoted his landscape to food production. “I have a large lot and very, very old fruit trees. My apricot tree produced 800 pounds this year.”

The tour will include a demonstration by ReSoil Sacramento, a community compost network that recycles green waste from local restaurants. “About 1,200 pounds of food waste went into my yard,” Whitman said. “And look at it now; my garden is so healthy.”

Proving there’s still garden treasure in other people’s trash. Ω Photo courtesy of GardentheGrid.com

The Place section is expanding starting in August! In addition to the garden column, look out for new content provided by N&R Publications covering Real Estate, Design and more.

event details Midtown Garden tour 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, July 27 Start at New era community Garden, 204 26th St. Tickets: $10. Details: gardenthegrid.com.

debbie arrington, an award-winning garden writer and lifelong gardener, is co-creator of the sacramento digs Gardening blog and website.

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by maxfield morris

PoST eVeNTS oNLINe FoR FRee AT newsreview.com/sacramento

Music tHursdaY, 7/25 102.5 KSFm’S HeLLA SUmmeR: We’re smack dab in the middle of summer, so you may as well celebrate with a music festival. Check out this one, featuring such artists as YG, Tyga, Saweetie, Kid Ink, Bryce Vine and more. 7pm, $43.91-$115.41. Golden 1 Center, 500 David J. Stern Walk.

dAZe oFF: Madi Sipes & the Painted Blue are

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JAZZ NIGHT: The Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet is leading this evening of jazz music at the Crocker. Show up and enjoy some trombone, some Afro-Cuban music and much more fun. 5:30pm, $20. Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St.

SARAH SHooK ANd THe dISARmeRS: The North Carolinian and her band are coming to play some country music. They may end up “disarming” you with their sound.

Jon Emery will also perform. 7:30pm, $12.50. Goldfield Trading Post, 1630 J St.

fridaY, 7/26 BIG & RICH: The band Big & Rich is performing

Sacramento comedy Spot, variouS timeS, $15-$45 Comedians are still doing stand-up comedy and they’re still vying for recognition— guess that means it’s time Comedy for another installment of the Sacramento Stand-Up Competition.

This weekend, Sacramento Comedy Spot plays host to two dozen laugh-ranchers, comedy-farmers and giggle-diggers.

There’s some $1,750 in prize money up for grabs, the largest chunk going to the firstplace winner. Funny-ness is rewarded, and

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Comedy is each of the competing comics’ middle names.

keeping the vibes mellow, and they’re sharing the evening with RIVVRS, Animals in the Attic and Cugino. 8pm, $10$12. Harlow’s, 2708 J St.

the comics have come from all over the United States for a chance to grab the belt and the purse. Four judges will evaluate preliminary sets on Friday, leading into the five-person finals on Saturday. Show up for one round or all the rounds, and see if you can gauge who will win based on stage presence, originality and audience reaction. 1050 20th Street, Suite 130, saccomedyspot.com/competition.

call your lawyer. invite her to a show. she’s human too.

their classic, trademarked style of music.

You may know them from their song “Save a Horse [Ride a Cowboy]” or from somewhere else. They’ll be performing with Gone West, Colbie Caillat and Rachel Steele. 6:30pm, $39.95-$97.95. Thunder Valley Casino, 1200 Athens Ave. in Lincoln.

CBGB TRIBUTe SHoW: Come fund-raise and support Cafe Colonial at this tribute show for CBGB, the famous former music venue in New York. There will be the music of theRamones, Talking Heads, Joan Jett and more. 8pm, $10-$20. Cafe Colonial, 3520 Stockton Blvd.

CoNCeRTS IN THe PARK: Welcome to the final Concert in the Park of the summer. It’s still free, it’s still in the park, it’s just the last concert. It features Vista Kicks, ONOFF, For the Kids, A Summer Alive and DJ Nocturnal playing some disc jockey music. Show up for free and engage in some at-event purchases. 5pm, no cover. Cesar Chavez Plaza, 910 I St.

CRoWN THe emPIRe: Listen to the post-

J Boog The R&B singer with a fun-to-

say stage name is coming to town. Don’t miss the voice behind the 2011 hit “Let’s Do It Again” if you want. 8/25, 8pm, $35.50, on sale now. Ace of Spades, concerts. livenation.com.

Pat Benatar and neil giraldo Catch the two superstars

together at last. The two have worked together for a long while, and they’re still going strong as oxen on their tour. 10/15 & 10/16, 7:30pm, $52-$98, on sale now. Harris Center in Folsom, tickets.harriscenter.net.

todrick Hall Don’t miss the

choreographer, frequent collaborator with everyone you love (Taylor Swift,

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Beyonce and more), RuPaul judge and singer-rapper, Todrick Hall. He’s on his Haus Party tour. 10/24, 7:30pm, $22.50$131.50, on sale now. Crest Theatre, ticketfly.com.

cold War kids The indie rockers from Long Beach are touring and will make a resounding thunk as they stop in Sacramento. 11/18, 8pm, $38, on sale now. Ace of Spades, concerts. livenation.com.

Harris Center. He’s on his In Close-Up world tour, and he’s just dying to perform for you. 1/14, 7:30pm, $38-$72, on sale now. Harris Center in Folsom, tickets.harriscenter.net.

Black Violin The hip-hop

duo wielding duel violins is Kevin Sylvester and Wilner Baptiste.

Check them out in town. 3/1,

7:30pm, $39-$79, on sale 7/26 at 10am. Crest Theatre, ticketfly.com.

art garfunkel

Everyone’s favorite half of Simon & Garfunkel is walking on over to

Put a smile on our faces, Art.

hardcore music of Crown the Empire in their 10th year of operation and creating sounds. There’s guaranteed to be rock, so let the rock wash over you. 5pm, $25. Ace of Spades, 1417 R St.

dAVIS JAZZ NIGHT: Join in the free jazz fun at this monthly night of jazz. There are Davis jazz performers playing 12 instruments to really help you get your money’s worth from this free event. 7pm, no cover. John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st St in Davis.

IdeATeAm: Join the Ideateam music collective for a rambunctious, loud, and varied performance. They’re joined by What Rough Beast, The Big Poppies, Butterworth and Plum Anderson. 6:30pm, $10. Holy Diver, 1517 21st St.

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mARTy CoHeN ANd THe SIdeKICKS: Catch Marty Cohen & the Sidekicks for their performance on acoustic instruments outside of the Ettore’s bakery and restaurant. 6:30pm, no cover. Ettore’s Bakery and Restaurant, 2376 Fair Oaks Blvd.

NATHAN oWeNS: Join the Nathan Owens experience as he plays pop, rock and soul music. There will be tributes to Michael Jackson, Tina Turner, James Brown and Aretha Franklin. Catch the exhilarating music. 6pm, $9-$12. Swabbies Restaurant & Bar, 5871 Garden Highway.

SCHooL oF RoCK ALLSTARS: Catch this tour of the teenage rock stars who share their music across the country. They’ll be joined by other musicians who will perform with the group, ones from Elk Grove and Santa Rosa. 6:30pm, $10-$12. Harlow’s, 2708 J St.

SoUR dIeSeL: Catch this performance of self-described pot jazz group as they perform. 9pm, no cover. Shady Lady, 1409 R St.

saturdaY, 7/27 AmoNG THe FIRST: I’ll be among the first to tell you that Sacramento-based hard rocking group Among the First is going to be performing here soon. 6:30pm, $10. Holy Diver, 1517 21st St.

JANA KRAmeR: The former actor from One Tree Hill is headed to Sacramento to sing some country music. On the show, she played Alex Dupre—but in real life, she plays the vocal cords and the guitar. 7pm, $27.50. Ace of Spades, 1417 R St.

THe oTHeR PLACe: Join in the Red Museum fun as some ambience is created through music and musicians. There’s r beny, a Bay Area music maker; shipwreck detective, the project of Devanand Addison Bhat; Venetian Veil; and Yseulde. Join in the casual, calming beauty of the evening. 7pm, call for cover The Red Museum, 212 15th St.

sundaY, 7/28 THe BeTHS: Catch the New Zealanders as they play with some other musicians. They’ve got New Zealand accents, they’re from Auckland, and Girl View and Aerial View will also perform. 8pm, $12-$14. Harlow’s, 2708 J St.

GIRLS RoCK SACRAmeNTo: Join Girls Rock Sacramento for their Teen Camp Show.

It features Sad Girlz Club, Ruby Jaye and more, along with empowerment and musicality. 11am, $10. Ace of Spades, 1417 R St.

GRATeFUL SUNdAyS WITH Todd GARdNeR: The Grateful Sundays continue on this Sunday, featuring Todd Gardner, Mike Meagher, Neil Hampton, Jeff Stange and Kathryn Alves. 5pm, no cover. Two Rivers Cider, 4311 Attawa Ave., Suite 300.

GUITAR mASTeRS: Hear from Andy McKee, guitarist extraordinaire, as he plays some of his masterful guitar noises while using the instrument in ways you’ve only dreamed of.

Mike Dawes, Trevor Gordon Hall and Calum Graham will also be present at this guitar evening. 7pm, $40. Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts, 2700 Capitol Ave.

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Sacramento Regional Aeropress Competition camellia coffee RoasteRs, 6pm, no coveR

a full house. Sunday 7/28, 6:30pm. $12. 2700 Capitol Ave.

to participate in this week of tomato drinks on 28th Street. Different venues will have different tomato dishes for you to try and will also incorporate a Bloody Mary popup. 11pm, no cover. 28th St. (Between N St. and Neighbors Alley).

It’s a week for contests. By now, you may know who won the prestigious Sacramento Stand-Up Competition, and potentially the weekend standup paddle board race as well. Well, now it’s time to find out who’s the SPORTS & OUTDOORS best at making a cup of joe in an Aeropress.

Contestants can pay $10 to get their bag of beans and enter the deathly serious experiment, or they can remain onlookers and cheer on the competitor of their choosing. Either way, it’s more interesting than doing nothing. 1104 R Street, Suite 150, 615 9th Street, worldaeropresschampionship.com.

LAUGHS UNLIMITED COMEDY CLUB: Erik Knowles and James Schrader. Catch the 2016 champ of the comedy world series, Erik Knowles, along with James Schrader, who was the 2018 runner-up in the comedy world series— which is respectable. Friday 7/26, 8pm. $20. 1207 Front St.

TUESDAY, 7/30 SPEED DATING FOR BEER LOVERS: Do you love the structure of speed dating but find you often wind up paired with people who prefer ports to pilsners? This quick fricassee of hopeful romantics put beer aficionados in the driver’s seat. Show up to the Old Sacramento locale and spend six minutes chatting with other participants. 6:30pm, $27-$30. Hoppy’s Railyard Kitchen and Hopgarden, 1022 2nd St.

PUNCH LINE: Earthquake. There’s an Earthquake in Sacramento! The one and only Nathaniel Stroman, known professionally as Earthquake. Sorry if we caused a panic—but you probably shouldn’t get your natural disaster news from a weekly publication.

Catch the comedian while you can. Through 7/27. $25. 2100 Arden Way, Suite 225.

STAB! COMEDY THEATER: The Tonight Play. There are reruns and then there are reruns—this one is the latter. Catch Stephen Ferris’ presentation of a re-enactment of The Tonight Show from July 26, 1977. The guests were Fernando Lamas, Steve Martin, Kenny Rogers and Merie Earle. Friday 7/26, 9pm. $7. 1710 Broadway.

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HARRIS RUDMAN + LILLIAN FRANCES: Lillian Frances and Harris Rudman are playing some music at JMSEY’s. Catch them and catch the vibrant local music scene. 7pm, $10. Warehouse Artist Lofts, 1108 R St.

JON HATAMIYA SEPTET: Join the Midtown Vanguard Jazz Series as they help out the Jon Hatamiya Septet with their album pre-release show. There’s Jacam Manricks, Nick Lamb, Colin Cook, Yunus Iyriboz, Andy McCauley and Colin McDaniel, the six other musicians who, together with Hatamiya, form the titular septet. 6:30pm, $10$30. CLARA, 2420 N St.

MUSIC IN THE PARK: Sad that Concerts in the Park are over now? Don’t sweat it, just come check out Music in the Park at Curtis Park. There’s music from Dr. Rock and The Stuff as well as Mr. Cooper. Have some music in the great out-of-doors. 6pm, no cover. Curtis Park, 3349 W. Curtis Drive.

TUESDAY, 7/30 GRIZFOLK: They’re Swedish-American, they’re touring on their recently released album Rarest of Birds and they play rock music.

Join them. 7pm, $13. Holy Diver, 1517 21st St.

FESTIVALS THURSDAY, 7/25 STRAUSS FESTIVAL OF ELK GROVE: While there are many Strausses out there, there’s only one waltz king—Johann Strauss II. This annual festival is always different but always features the music of the Strausses and pairs it with new choreography. Catch the four-day affair in Elk Grove, and be sure to appreciate all the polkas while similarly enjoying the waltzes. 8:15pm, no cover. Elk Grove Regional Park, 9950 Elk Grove-Florin Road.

SATURDAY, 7/27 1ST WAVE FESTIVAL: Catch the 1st Wave Festival. It’s a festival that showcases music, film, art and much more. There are performances from ALFHA Records, Luix, Chuma, Nash Boogie and more. There’s a live mural, food and more fun things for you to take in your bi-monthly dose of artwork. 5:30pm, $10-$50. Colonial Theatre, 3522 Stockton Blvd.

AFRICAN STORYTELLING FESTIVAL: You won’t want to miss this African Storytelling

Festival. It features local storytellers, classic stories and lots more. There will be the Rosa Parks Bus from Regional Transit, a Sojourner Truth Museum exhibit and much more. 11am, $6. Fairytale Town, 3901 Land Park Drive.

SACRAMENTO SLIME TIME 2: Catch the second installment of the slimiest festival in the Sacramento area. The previous installment took place in January, but it’s time for part two. There’s all your favorite semi-famous slimers, plenty of hands-on experiences with slime and lots more slime activities. You’ll get to meet @glitter.slimes, @slimebyjacklyne, @ slimeyoda, @thebombslime, @slimecityb_ and more. Noon, $30-$50. Four Points by Sheraton Sacramento International Airport, 4900 Duckhorn Drive.

SACRAMENTO WATER WISE GARDEN SHOWCASE: Want to get your hands on a bit of water knowledge? Join some local experts as they walk you through the best ways to stay water savvy. You’ll learn about best practices, the types of plants you should be using, ways to direct water around your yard and more. There are vendors, plant fans and more. 10:30pm, no cover. Coloma Community Center, 4623 T St.

SACTOWN MICHELADA BASH: Join La Cosecha Sacramento and Alma West Entertainment for this one-of-a-kind Michelada celebration. You can check out a number of bars’ takes on the beer cocktails. There will be drinks from Maya, Mayahuel, Azul, Florez, Mesa Mercado, Cilantro’s and more. 1pm, $15-$50. Cesar Chavez Plaza, 910 I St.

UPTOWN MARKET ON THE BOULEVARD: Show up and take in some of the most local music around. There’s also art, local vendors, food and other refreshing things to do. Noon, no cover. Uptown Market, 1409 Del Paso Blvd.

SUNDAY, 7/28 COURTLAND PEAR FAIR: Want a fun new way to celebrate pear-shaped and pear-flavored things? Join in the fun at one of the most established pear-themed festivals around.

Have some food, taste some pears, do some arts and crafts, listen to some music and more—all in support of the Bartlett pear harvest. 9pm, no cover. Bates Elementary School, 180 Primasing Ave. in Courtland.

SACTOWN WINGS 2019: Last year’s Sactown Wings festival celebrated the wing-food we all love to eat—but as we pointed out last year, it’s still unclear what animal these wings come from. Scientists have

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been working around the clock but to little avail—they only know for certain that the wings don’t belong to fish. Show up and eat local businesses’ takes on wings, drink some beers and have some music played for you. Part of the proceeds go to the Front Street Animal Shelter. 2pm, $8$45. Southside Park, 2115 6th St.

FRIDAY, 7/26 POTTERFEST HARRY POTTER MOVIE NIGHTS: Watch Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 on the only screen that matters: the one inside this taproom. Bring a chair. 7pm, no cover. Jackrabbit Brewing Co., 1323 Terminal St. in West Sacramento.

SACRAMENTO COMEDY SPOT: Sacramento Stand-Up Competition. Catch the event highlight for this stand-up competition on page 28—there’s money on the line! 8pm.

Through 7/27. $12-$45. 1050 20th St., Suite 130.

DRIVE-IN MOVIE NIGHTS: Drive in to the

FOOD & DRINK SATURDAY, 7/27 SOIL BORN FARMS AMERICAN RIVER RANCH FARMSTAND: A farm is only as good as its farm stand, so come check out Soil Born Farms’ stand. There will be all kinds of produce, baked goods and coffee. 8pm, no cover. Soil Born Farms American River Ranch, 2140 Chase Drive in Rancho Cordova.

SUNDAY, 7/28 FARMER’S MARKET: There’s even more produce at this farmers market. Take in all of the fruits and vegetables you grew in Stardew Valley but couldn’t actually eat. 8pm, no cover. El Dorado Hills Town Center, 4364 Town Center Blvd Suite 310 in El Dorado Hills.

SACRATOMATO BAR ON THE BLOCK: Tomatoes are part of the nightshade family and are historically very Sacramento-ey fruits.

That means you’re contractually obligated

movies one more time with this showing of Homeward Bound, the story of three talking animals—voiced by Michael J. Fox, Sally Field and Don Ameche—on their journey to get back to their owners. 7:30pm, $5-$20. California Automobile Museum, 2200 Front St.

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SCREEN ON THE GREEN INTO THE SPIDERVERSE: Do you have spiders’ blood coursing through your veins? Hopefully not—but you can enjoy watching Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse either way. Come check it out on Friday at Glenn Hall Park and on Saturday at Gardenland Park. 8pm, no cover. Glenn Hall Park, 5415 Sandburg Drive.

COMEDY B STREET THEATRE: Maximum Occupancy.

Long-form improv comedy meets triangleform pizza, potentially, if enough people show up. It’s a match that could be made in heaven, or not, depending on whether it’s

Love’s Exile by Kurt McGinnis Brown. Grab your ticket and get ready to sip it—sip a mimosa and waffle, that is! Join the B Street crowd as they stage a reading of Kurt McGinnis Brown’s new work, Love’s Exile, and as you consume mimosas and waffles. Sunday 7/28, 10:30am. $12. 2700 Capitol Ave.

CLARA AUDITORIUM: Stories on Stage Sacramento. Join this evening featuring the work of Janet Fitch, along with the actual Fitch, Cap Radio’s Beth Ruyak and Carissa Meagher reading from Fitch’s new novel, Chimes of a Lost Cathedral. Friday 7/26, 7pm. $15-$40. 1425 24th St.

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Puppeteers for Fears Blacktop comedy, 8pm, $15-$20

In Cattle Mutilation: The Musical! a rash of cow mutilations has left one gentle giant the prime suspect for those ON STAGE mutilations: We’re talkin’ Bigfoot. There’s only one problem: Aliens are involved. Well, if that doesn’t pique your interest, they’re all puppets, they’re singing songs and it’s an R-rated puppetry palooza.

Catch the Josh Gross-written, Puppeteers for Tears production of the show on tour, with music played by Derek Deon and the Vaughns. 3101 Sunset Boulevard, Suite 6A in Rocklin, puppeteersforfears.com.

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Saturday, 7/27 CHiCas Latinas’ yoGa en eL CaPitoLio: Join

this play about the bard writing one of his most famous plays, this time from Green Valley Theatre Company. through 8/10. $20. Roseville Tower Theatre, 417 Vernon St. in Roseville.

obLivion ComiCs & CoFFee: Tiny Lives.

Catch this production from Empire Arts Collective. It’s a free, devised piece— which means that it doesn’t cost anything and that it was created spontaneously, improvisationally by this group. through 7/27. no cover. 1020 11th St.

stab! ComeDy tHeater: Fierce, Fresh & Fabulous!. Get yourself down to one of the draggiest drag revues this side of the Sacramento River, featuring Claire Doe, Blue and Pleather. Also, expect Yayah, Hellen Heels and Suzette Veneti. saturday 7/27, 7:30pm. $5. 1710 Broadway.

BooKS tHurSday, 7/25 wiLLiam burG Presents new booK “wiCKeD saCramento”: Don’t miss this presentation from local historian William Burg, sharing his new book, Wicked Sacramento. It explores Sacramento in the early 1900s, torn between jazz dancing, police and laws. 7pm, no cover. Time Tested Books, 1114 21st St.

SPortS & outdoorS tHurSday, 7/25 aDa 29 waLK: Celebrate the 29th year of the Americans with Disabilities Act at this walk bringing awareness about accessibility and more. 10:30pm, no cover. Farmers Market, Capitol Mall.

waterFront yoGa: There’s something fishy going on at the Old Sacramento Waterfront—and it’s not this free Waterfront Yoga series. It’s probably fish in the river. Get stretched out with this series from The Yoga Seed Collective. 6:30pm, no cover. Old Sacramento Waterfront, 1002 Front St.

Saturday, 7/27

California’s Day of Dance Crest theatre, 2pm, $8-$30

California only wants to do one thing this Saturday: get out and just dance, really dance.

Catch this one-of-a-kind performance with hops, skips and leaps from local favorites and professional dance troupes. There’s Studio T Urban Dance Academy, Blyuerose on staGe Dance Project, Celebration Arts and much more. Catch the dance fever with all styles of fancy footwork, and be sure to check out the seemingly separate Sacramento National Dance Day festivities at the state Capitol in the morning. 1013 K Street, californianationaldayofdance.com.

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Chicas Latinas de Sacramento for a fundraiser for the Starting Off on the Right Foot shoe drive. The ticket goes toward new shoes for students at Glenwood Elementary. 9am, $12. California State Capital Park, 1200 L St.

Fab 40s 5K run/waLK: Make your way through the Fab 40s and benefit the Alzheimer’s Association of Northern California while you’re at it. Run, walk, traverse the course somehow and make strides. 7am, $32-$40. East Lawn Memorial Park, 4300 Folsom Blvd.

saCramento nationaL DanCe Day: Catch some dance fever at the state Capitol for all kinds of dance. You’ll be participating in the yearly tradition, and there are a number of pop-ups throughout the city. 8:30am, no cover. California State Capitol, West Steps, 1315 10th St.

wiLDLiFe Care assoCiation owL reLease: Join Heringer Estates for some sweet release— owl release, that is. The Wildlife Care Association of Sacramento will be releasing some owls to nature at sunset. There will be educational activities, food, wine and more.

Register in advance. 4pm, $3-$10. Heringer Estates Vineyards, 37375 Netherlands Road in Clarksburg.

monday, 7/29 saCramento reGionaL aeroPress ComPetition: Catch this coffee brewing contest at Camellia Coffee Roasters—it’s featured on page 29. 6pm, $10. Camellia Coffee Roasters, 1104 R St.

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There’s a lot going on in the world of cannabis. Changes in legislation, whether big or small, are in constant flux from California to Capitol Hill. SN&R highlights some of the major shifts that could impact veterans who have served our country, our four-legged friends and more.

pets need to chill, too In May, the state Senate voted 33-0 for a bill to allow veterinarians to recommend cannabis medication for pets. Senate Bill 627 grants veterinarians the same protections as doctors who recommend marijuana for human patients. Pet owners must be at least 18 years old to purchase cannabisrelated products for their pets as long as they have a veterinarian’s recommendation.

The bill is now before the state Assembly.

Last September, former Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 2215, which gave vets the right to discuss

cannabis-related treatments with pet owners without legal repercussions since cannabis is still illegal under federal law.

Join the green rush On July 1, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 97, which includes a provision that allows anyone who had a temporary license expire before they could get a provisional license to have more time to get that approval. Basically, applicants are no longer required to hold or have held a temporary license to obtain a tentative commercial cannabis license. The change primarily benefits the California Department of Food and Agriculture as it issues far more cultivation licenses than any other license type, according to Alex Traverso, chief of communications for the state Bureau of Cannabis Control.

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Applicants can now submit a completed annual license application to the bureau with evidence that their business would be in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act and also local ordinances. If interested applicants have yet to submit an annual license application, register an account on the bureau’s online self-service portal. http://online.bcc.ca.gov/.

banking on cannabis On Tuesday, a U.S. Senate hearing was scheduled to discuss the details of the SAFE Banking Act, which would give cannabis-related businesses access to

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“This is something that is a ubiquitous problem throughout the cannabis industry,” said Morgan Fox, media relations director for the National Cannabis Industry Association, one of the bill’s backers. “It’s very expensive to be able to find a bank that is willing to work with you and they always charge exorbitant fees … That creates a serious hurdle for particularly marginalized communities to be able to enter the industry.”

Fox added that cannabis businesses with large amounts of cash on hand, including dispensaries and delivery services, create a public safety issue that could easily be resolved if these companies were allowed to have some form of banking.

“These businesses are not banks.

They’re not necessarily designed to be able to hold large amounts of cash,” Fox told SN&R in a phone interview.

With 30 cosponsors, the SAFE Banking Act appears to have some momentum, but it still has a ways to go through the legislative process. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has blocked previous cannabis reforms, will have to give his approval before the bill is sent to the Senate floor for a vote.

Veterans shut down A series of bills that would help veterans gain legal access to medical marijuana through their Veterans Affairs doctors were opposed in late April. As cannabis is still a federal controlled substance, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs came out against the bills.

Veterans organizations such as Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.

IAVA’s research director, Stephanie Mullen, testified about the need for more medical cannabis research. One of the three proposed bills, the VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act, would have required VA doctors to actually study cannabis. The other two bills: The Veterans Equal Access Act and the Veterans Cannabis Use for Safe Healing Act were also opposed. Now, VA doctors are only allowed to discuss medical marijuana with their patients and document it in medical records. Ω

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Dab as you wish How do I take the best dab hit?

Hmmm. The word “best” seems a bit subjective, no? I mean, back in the day, we used to just put some hash on top of a bowl, or add it to some weed and roll it into a joint, and that was pretty good. Does anyone remember “hash under glass?” It was a great method. Look it up.

Back then, the “best” way was to heat up two knives on a stove, press a chunk of hash between the two knives and inhale the vapors. The new rigs are the same concepts as hash and hot knives. It’s just the technology is a little different.

This is how they do it: Use a clean “rig”—A rig” is a bong outfitted with a “nail.” A “nail” is a special bowl designed for concentrates. Side note: I always feel weird saying “rig” in the context of cannabis, because words such as “rig” and “works” often remind me of heroin culture, and I don’t think heroin and cannabis should mix, but maybe that’s just me. Can we say “dab bong” instead of “rig”? No? OK. I like quartz nails as opposed to ceramic or titanium. Yeah, they are fragile, but they heat up fast and they probably give the cleanest hit. Using a heat source, heat the nail to at least 450 degrees Fahrenheit.

It used to be that folks would just get their nail as hot as possible, but they soon figured out that too high of a temperature will burn up all the terpenes and give you a sore throat.

Low-temp, high-flavor dabs are the new wave, so 450-600 degrees is optimal.

Also, don’t pay any attention to all the dab heads arguing about the best

temperature for dabbing. It’s worse than listening to baristas argue about the optimal serving temperature for a latte. Do you want to get high or do you want to argue? Exactly. Take a hit.

I like smaller hits because you can always smoke more weed, but you can’t unsmoke weed.

There is no need to hold in the smoke as long as possible. It just leads to lung irritation. Take a good inhale and let it out. Enjoy the flavor of the terpenes. Close your eyes and see what flavors you can detect.

Pinene? Myrcene?

Blueberries?

Wait a few minutes. See how you feel.

Wait a few more minutes.

Have another.

When you have achieved optimum balance, stop.

That’s probably the best way to do it if you are someplace where you can sit and enjoy a dab.

If you are running around, there are some good portable vaporizers that allow you to load your own wax or shatter. They’re cool, but they can be a bit messy to load if you don’t have good hand-eye coordination.

In conclusion, I would say that the best method is whatever works well for YOU. Have fun. Dab responsibly. □

Do you want to get high or do you want to argue?

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I’ve been dating a man for three months who is attractive, smart, has a great career, makes plans and follows through. however, while we were out with friends he had two hostile outbursts to minor things. his reaction surprised everyone. he left without telling anyone, which was very upsetting. he goes to therapy because he gets extremely upset with his co-workers for not doing a good job.

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Does that mean people cannot change?

No. You’re correct: People can work on their weaknesses. Small shifts in attitude and behavior often initiate meaningful transformation. Change is possible for when we spoke about the night out he said he was drunk and stressed. he everyone, except sociopaths, pedophiles, also said that he leaves when he feels ephebophiles and narcissists. But therapy like it and he was unsure where our alone doesn’t inspire change. Good relationship was at, so he therapy supports growth in selfwanted to see how I would awareness, and that, in turn, react to him leaving. I helps us be more open to said I won’t tolerate developing the resilience You are a someone who can’t and emotional stability communicate creature he can needed to heal our maturely, or who brokenness and become manipulate, analyze and abandons me when a better version of we’re out. I know control. He orchestrated ourselves. That’s not these are red an experiment to test where the man you’ve flags, but also that been dating has landed, you. That’s not people can work on not at the moment. We their weaknesses. acceptable. can’t yet know if he will Should I give him change. We can know that another chance? he is in therapy. What’s clear is No. A man who abandons that you deserve a change of heart. you so he could observe your Start here: When a man you’re dating reaction is dangerous. He isn’t treating shows you who he is, believe him. Doing you as someone to cherish. He doesn’t see you as an equal. You are a creature he so will nourish self-trust, a quality that will make letting go of unhealthy relationcan manipulate, analyze and control. He ships much easier in the future. Ω orchestrated an experiment to test you.

That’s not acceptable. End the relationship immediately. Do not keep in contact MedItAtIon oF the week for any reason. He may not cherish you, but you must cherish yourself. Stepping “The soul always knows away proves it. what to do to heal itself. The Let’s look at how to determine whether challenge is to silence the to stay or go when a new relationship skids mind,” says author Caroline into drama. What we tend to do is get Myss. Have you scheduled pure hooked on how perfect someone appears silence into every day of your to be on paper: a great career, attractive life? appearance and seemingly thoughtful habits. But stay woke. Don’t be distracted by what can be manufactured. It’s more important to notice whether a person’s Write, email or leave a message for behavior aligns with their words and your Joey at the News & Review. Give values. If you will not tolerate someone your name, telephone number who can’t communicate maturely or who (for verification purposes only) and question—all abandons you while out together, keep your correspondence will be kept strictly confidential.

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animal behavior, magnetic fluctuations, outbreaks of mayhem on Twitter and the position of the moon, a psychic has foretold that a moderate earthquake will rumble through the St. Louis area in the coming weeks. I don’t agree with her prophecy. But I have a prediction of my own. Using data about how cosmic forces are conspiring to amuse and titillate your rapture chakra, I predict a major lovequake for many Aries between now and Aug. 20. I suggest you start preparing immediately. How? Brainstorm about adventures and breakthroughs that will boost exciting togetherness. Get yourself in the frame of mind to seek out collaborative catharses that evoke both sensory delights and spiritual insights.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Tell me what you pay attention to and I will tell you who you are,” wrote Taurus philosopher José Ortega y Gasset. You could use that idea to achieve a finer grade of peace and grace in the coming weeks.

The navel-gazing phase of your yearly cycle has begun, which means you’ll be in closest alignment with cosmic rhythms if you get to know yourself much better. One of the best ways to do that is to analyze what you pay most attention to. Another excellent way is to expand and refine and tenderize your feelings for what you pay most attention to.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano wrote that in Havana, people refer to their friends as mi sangre, my blood, or mi tierra, my country. In Caracas, he reported, a friend might be called mi llave, my key, or mi pana, my bread. Since you are in the allianceboosting phase of your cycle, I trust that you will find good reasons to think of your comrades as your blood, your country, your key or your bread. It’s a favorable time for you to get closer, more personal and more intimate. The affectionate depths are calling to you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Your emotional intelligence is so strong right now that I bet you could alleviate the pain of a loved one even as you soothe a long-running ache of your own. You’re so spiritually alluring, I suspect you could arouse the sacred yearning of a guru, saint or bodhisattva. You’re so interesting, someone might write a poem or story about you. You’re so overflowing with a lust for life that you might lift people out of their ruts just by being in their presence.

You’re so smart you could come up with at least a partial solution to a riddle whose solution has evaded you for a long time.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The Queen of North America and Europe called me on the phone.

At least that’s how she identified herself. “I have a message for your Leo readers,” she told me. “Why Leo?” I asked. “Because I’m a Leo myself,” she replied, “and I know what my tribe needs to know right now.” I said, “OK. Give it to me.” “Tell Leos to always keep in mind the difference between healthy pride and debilitating hubris,” she said. “Tell them to be dazzlingly and daringly competent without becoming bossy and egomaniacal. They should disappear their arrogance but nourish their mandate to express leadership and serve as a role model. Be shiny and bright but not glaring and blinding. Be irresistible but not envy-inducing.”

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Congrats! You are beginning the denouement of your yearly cycle.

Anything you do to resolve lingering conflicts and finish up old business will yield fertile rewards. Fate will conspire benevolently in your behalf as you bid final goodbyes to the influences you’ll be smart not to drag along with you into the new cycle that will begin in a few weeks. To inspire your holy work, I give you this poem by Virgo poet Charles Wright: “Knot by knot I untie myself from the past / And let it rise away from me like a balloon. / What a small thing it becomes. / What a bright tweak at the vanishing point, blue on blue.”

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I predict that between

now and the end of the year, a Libran genetic engineer will create a new species of animal called a dat. A cross between a cat and a dog, it will have the grace, independence and vigilance of a Persian cat and the geniality, loyalty and ebullient strength of a golden retriever. Its stalking skills will synthesize the cat’s and dog’s different styles of hunting. I also predict that in the coming months, you will achieve greater harmony between the cat and dog aspects of your own nature, thereby acquiring some of the hybrid talents of the dat.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio poet Marianne Moore (1887-1972) won the Pulitzer Prize and several other prestigious awards. She was a rare poet who became a celebrity. That’s one of the reasons why the Ford car company asked her to dream up interesting names for a new model they were manufacturing. Alas, Ford decided the 43 possibilities she presented were too poetic, and rejected all of them. But some of Moore’s names are apt descriptors for the roles you could and should play in the phase you’re beginning, so I’m offering them for your use. Here they are: 1. Anticipator. 2. The Impeccable. 3. Tonnere Alifère (French term for “winged thunder”). 4. Tir á l’arc (French term for “bull’s eye”). 5. Regina-Rex (Latin terms for “queen” and “king”).

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): It’s conceivable that in one of your past lives you were a pioneer who made the rough 2,170-mile migration via wagon train from Missouri to Oregon in the 1830s. Or maybe you were a sailor who accompanied the Viking Leif Eriksson in his travels to the New World 500 years before Columbus. Is it possible you were part of the team assembled

by Italian diplomat Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, who journeyed from Rome to Mongolia in the 13th century? Here’s why I’m entertaining these thoughts, Sagittarius: I suspect that a similar itch to ramble and explore and seek adventure may rise up in you during the coming weeks. I won’t be surprised if you consider making a foray to the edge of your known world.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): When the dinosaurs died off 65 million years ago, the crocodiles didn’t. They were around for 135 million years before that era, and are still here now. Why? “They are extremely tough and robust,” says croc expert James Perran Ross. Their immune systems “are just incredible.” Maybe best of all, they “learn quickly and adapt to changes in their situation.” In accordance with the astrological omens, I’m naming the crocodile as your creature teacher for the coming weeks. I suspect you will be able to call on a comparable version of their will to thrive. (Read more about crocs: tinyurl.com/ToughAndRobust.)

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “My only hope is that one day I can love myself as much as I love you.”

Poet Mariah Gordon-Dyke wrote that to a lover, and now I’m offering it to you as you begin your Season of Self-Love. You’ve passed through other Seasons of Self-Love in the past, but none of them has ever had such rich potential to deepen and ripen your self-love. I bet you’ll discover new secrets about how to love yourself with the same intensity you have loved your most treasured allies.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Poems can bring comfort,” writes Piscean poet Jane Hirshfield.

“They let us know … that we are not alone—but they also unseat us and make us more susceptible, larger, elastic. They foment revolutions of awareness and allow the complex, uncertain, actual world to enter.” According to my understanding of upcoming astrological omens, life itself will soon be like the poems Hirshfield describes: unruly yet comforting; a source of solace but also a catalyst for transformation; bringing you healing and support but also asking you to rise up and reinvent yourself. Sounds like fun!

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