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Getting It Right ANOTHER VIEW ON COMMUNITY CENTER THEATER’S FUTURE

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he future of Sacramento’s Community Center Theater has been thoroughly studied and debated by a task force formed by the mayor to explore the dilemma. The group recently recommended that the city build a new theater. But funding sources still remain an enormous hurdle under this plan. The group also rejected a plan to refurbish rather than replace. The task force also rejected numerous alternate sites, citing the “ideal” location of the existing theater. The refurbishment plan, supported by some committee members, calls for dramatically upgrading the building’s exterior, expanding the lobby and adding dozens of rest rooms. New seating would be installed, and the venue’s acoustics would be significantly overhauled, employing state-of-the-art technology. The backstage area would be revamped with the addition of more dressing rooms, and technical capabilities upgraded to accommodate production demands into the future. Despite the committee’s recommendation it now appears that city staff, under the direction

of the Mayor Johnson, is turning its attention to renovation plans in the coming months. The shift has been a bitter disappointment for arts groups that have had their sights set on a sparkling performing arts palace to host Broadway plays, the symphony, opera and ballet. Task force member Rob Turner agreed with the committee’s conclusion and penned this thoughtful essay. I like Rob and his vision for our city and wanted to share his rationale with our readers.

TOSS OUT PLANS FOR THEATER RENOVATION By Rob Turner Last March, Jerry Seinfeld was performing at the Sacramento Community Center Theater. He joked (and I paraphrase), “What, you couldn’t even get Doritos to pony

up for naming rights here? C’mon, people.” It took Seinfeld only 10 seconds to sum up the sad state of Sacramento’s primary performing arts center. And in the coming months it may take only one city council meeting to lash this concrete behemoth to our ankles as we drown in a sea of missed opportunities. As early as March, the council may take critical steps toward refurbishing the Community Center Theater. Here’s why that’s a terrible deal for our city. Over the past decade, city officials have been wrestling with the civic embarrassment that is the CCT. Performers and audience members have long complained about the building, from the acoustics to the scarcity of women’s bathrooms. It wasn’t until 2008, however, when a lawsuit was filed for not providing wheelchair seating close

to the stage that a sense of urgency emerged regarding renovation. In 2010, the city considered a $40 million refurbishment plan, and by 2014, the number was as high as $52 million. And that wouldn’t have even fixed the acoustics—in a concert hall, of all places. At the time, I pointed out that the state-of-the-art Mondavi Center in Davis was built in 2002 for $61 million and argued that while a larger theater here would cost considerably more, it was critical that Sacramento build a new theater and regain the performing arts footing it has lost to Davis and Folsom. Sacramento has, by and large, ceded the majority of major performing arts events to the suburbs. Part of the problem has been that the theater was designed as a onesize-fits-all model. At 2,400 seats, it works perfectly for touring Broadway shows, but it’s too large—and expensive—for other arts groups like the ballet, philharmonic, opera and dozens more. That’s why one of the newest trends in modern theater design is a flexible-seating format with retractable chairs and walls. San Antonio chose this model, and its capacity can fluctuate between 1,750 and 2,100 seats. Another problem: Our city’s primary performing arts center is, arguably, the single ugliest building in town. Built in 1974, not only was the building constructed during the short-lived and now largely maligned architectural movement known as PUBLISHER page 13

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He’s Got a Lot of Heft REALTOR HAS MUSCLED UP FOR MORE THAN 200 RECORDS IN POWER LIFTING

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f you live in the Arden area, you’ve no doubt seen the red signs of Woods of California dotting the landscape over the past 15 years. You would have been right if you guessed that behind those signs is a heavy lifter in the residential real estate community. But that’s only part of the story. You might not guess just how heavy a lifter Jody Woods of Woods of California really is. Hold on to your biceps. This man has shattered more than 200 records in power lifting and is a worldwide champion for his age group in the deadlift. We’re talking about a man in his 50s who has been excelling at hoisting as much as 702 pounds in a single motion. Imagine blood streaming down your shins after the bar with over 350 pounds on each end is pulled up against them. Imagine the skin on your hands breaking open under the weight of the bar. That’s only part of the reality of Arden Park’s Jody Woods. He’s a heavy lifter in homes sales by trade, a goal-setting muscle man at heart. Woods and his wife, Loraine, opened their real estate firm in 2002 after Woods, a certified arborist,

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Jody Woods has broken a pile of records in the deadlift, lifting 702 pounds

successfully ran Davey Tree Company. The couple had two sons and chose to call Arden Park home because of its Mayberry feel. “Once you get in Arden Park, generations don’t leave. It’s like the twilight zone,” he says. As an adult man, Woods stayed in good shape and met one personal goal after another at the gym as he built his real estate career. But he wanted more out of life and decided to muscle up to the deadlift. “I didn’t have the genetics to have 20-inch arms, no matter how hard I tried. I didn’t have big calves or forearms, and I like the idea of lifting weights. I wanted an individual sport such as lifting because it’s just you. You go out there and compete. Good or bad, it’s you. It’s always the man in the mirror,” he says.

After a year of lifting, Woods broke his first record. He went on to break more than 200 state, national and world records. How, you ask. “You have to have goals,” he responds. And you have to take care of yourself all along the way. “A lot of guys blow their body parts when they are young. If you have a wild young life, you get injured so as you get older there are fewer competitors. It’s not if you get hurt. It’s when you get hurt. “Lifting heavy weights can harm you. I tore my pectoral minor and the whole side of my body was black and blue. There’s nothing you can do; it just has to heal. I couldn’t lift weights for six months.” Woods builds recovery time into his schedule. “When you lift weights when you get older, your ego has to go out

the door,” he says. “I lift relatively heavily only every three weeks. If I am bench pressing in the 400s, that’s pretty heavy. If I’m deadlifting 500 to 600 pounds during training, I can only compete about twice a year. I have been very blessed. I’m not being arrogant. It’s just that I’m competing against a thin crowd.” Woods is quick to explain the offbeat but good news for women who want to compete in these types of competitions. He says a woman in her 50s who competes in a bikini contest has a pretty good shot at medaling because she might only face two or three other women in her age group on the stage. Good to know! (There’s a fat chance there’ll be a chance of fat on that stage.) Similarly, there are not that many guys over age 50 who compete in the 700-pound record-breaking deadlift category. “Most go so far to a certain age and then back off,” he says. “But I say if you are not risking injury, you are not pushing. You are holding back and will never go beyond. The key is you have to know where your body limit is and then push just beyond that point. “The average person never goes there. I realize it makes no sense to do this. Why do you want to push your body this hard for a $5 medal? It makes no sense.” So why does he do it? “It’s fun to know you’re really good at something,” Woods says. “To know that there are very few people in the world who can do what you can do. “It has nothing to do with money because there’s no money in this sport. The fun thing is going to these ARDEN page 14

PUBLISHER FROM page 11 Brutalism (named for the “brutal” façades comprising the movement’s signature gray concrete walls), but it also defies every lesson we’ve learned about contemporary theater design since then. Today, modern performance facilities—including downtown’s new arena—employ steel and glass to open up these civic spaces to the cities surrounding them. These structures create a civic experience rather than simply doubling as dark boxes that don’t play well with others. Looks aside, the theater has also become a shell of its former self in terms of the number and quality of performances—the lifeblood of any performing arts center. In fact, Seinfeld is one of the increasingly rare major acts that even plays Sacramento anymore, thanks to the Mondavi Center and Folsom’s Harris Center, both of which boast extraordinary facilities as well as artspresenting organizations that fill their schedules.

refurbishment, which has risen from $40 million to nearly $80 million. And if you think Sacramento isn’t up to the task of building a new theater, then you have to wonder how other cities are doing it. Salt Lake City is currently building a 2,500-seat theater for $119 million

to throw the refurbishment plan out the window. Merely refurbishing the theater would be, in no uncertain terms, an admission of defeat. It would reign for decades as Sacramento’s ultimate monument to mediocrity. And time is running out to do something about it. As we speak, the city is sharpening its pencils to determine the cost of

C’mon, people. We can do this. Rob Turner is co-editor of Sactown

2014 at a cost of $203 million. In 2008, Austin opened a $77 million, 2,400-seat theater. Where would ours go? Certainly not where it’s at now. And by moving the theater from its current site, it frees up much-needed room for the convention center to expand. At the moment, the leading location is a parking lot on Capitol Mall known as Lot X, owned by the Sacramento Kings. Here, the new facility would be virtually adjacent to the Crocker Art Museum and only blocks from the arena. There are other sites with merit, but this one is closest to shovel-

philanthropists, visionaries and city builders in Sacramento to step forward, much in the same way Golden 1 Credit Union did with its 20year, $120 million naming-rights deal for the arena. A $20 million namingrights deal for a new theater would

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ARDEN FROM page 12 competitions where I see all these younger guys. I take it as a classroom and learn from what they do. What shoes are they wearing? What are they eating? Do they take the time to visualize their success? “The biggest thing I learned is the true competitors use visualization. It dawned on me the guys that don’t slap their faces and scream are the ones who mentally envision their lift hundreds of times before they actually do it. The more real you feel it, the more intense you make the real thing. “I love watching the best. There are a lot of peacocks in the gym, but they never go to competition. The real competitors are generally quiet. They are the doers.” Woods has been invited five times to the world’s biggest body-building show in the world, the United States Olympia Invitational. He has competed in four of those five and taken home the top prize each time. In the off-season, he’s generally quiet. Doing. Doing something like setting goals to sell houses. To see him in action, go to youtube. com and search for Jody Woods.

THE BEST MEDICINE FOR THE MIND As the life enrichment director at the Pocket area memory care facility, Revere Court, Christi Casillas takes care of residents with advanced Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. She knows all too well the vacant stares, the mumbling, the flat affect, the clenched fists. She sees and feels the sadness families endure when they realize their loved one looks right through them, doesn’t even see them, let alone recognize them. But she and all the folks at Revere Court are committed to trying everything to stir life back into those in their care. One of their biggest hopes came in the form of an iPod and the shape of a treble clef. Music. Could the sounds of favorite tunes from their past do what no pill or potion could? Could it awaken the sleeping minds of the memoryimpaired?

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The 140th annual Scottish Games and Festival is set for April 23-24

Revere Court became one of only three facilities in the region to become certified in a specialized program that provides residents with their own iPods customized with their favorite tunes. Memory-impaired residents who no longer engaged with the outside world, some who didn’t recognize their spouse of 40 years, began smiling, clapping, humming along, even tapping out tunes. Could it be music is one of the best medicines we can give to the memoryimpaired? Casillas and crew began collecting iPods and interviewing families to find out what their loved one’s favorite music was. She knew one resident particularly well. “This woman was bedridden for well over a year, on hospice services,” Casillas recalls. “Her husband came to visit her every single day, day in, day out, at lunchtime. He’d play her favorite Rod Stewart music for her from a CD. But an iPod would be different. The earphones would drown out all other sounds and the outside world. “This is a woman who only mumbled, didn’t talk, didn’t make eye contact with her husband. She was never sure if he was there or not. Then this one day with the iPod on, she scrunched her face like she’d eaten something really sour and over the course of the 45 minutes, she started making eye contact. Her hands had always been clutching her sheet, but she let go of the sheet

and slowly brought her hand out and grabbed mine. “The iPod drowned everything else out and all she had to focus. When her husband realized how it helped his wife, he started donating iPods to other residents and their families.” Casillas says that after taking the headphones off her resident, new challenges began. “She was suddenly alert,” Casillas says. “Now that we woke her up, what were we going to do with her? The music woke up her senses, so we knew we needed more sensory activities. We brought her a canvas and paintbrushes and she began to paint.” Casillas says she continues to witness firsthand how music is improving the quality of life for residents with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia at Revere Court. “These are people who were no longer able to participate in hands-on activities or make eye contact,” she says. “People in the beginning who were not able to speak a coherent sentence in months. The music made them more alert and brought them back to a place where they were able to look their loved ones in the eye and smile. “As the program went on we realized they were higher-functioning. For those in extreme pain, instead of increasing their pain medication, we gave them an iPod. It was better than any pain pill.”

Revere Court is becoming well known for its music program, offering it to its residents as well as to the facility’s day club visitors who still live at home but come to the facility during the day to participate in therapeutic activities. The day club also allows caregivers respite. Revere Court’s music program has caught the eye of leading gerontology researchers at California State University, Sacramento, and student intern Elaine Chan of Carmichael, who is dedicating her gerontology studies to thrice-weekly visits to Revere Court. Chan is creating a data bank to document the changes she and staff notice. “This is so exciting to know something so simple can change people’s lives,” she says. “We’re only just beginning to understand. The future applications are endless.” Revere Court is always looking for donations of iPods, or Apple gift cards, and volunteers. The facility offers residential care for up to 72 people. Its day club is open daily for those wanting to drop in. It can act as a bridge for those moving from home to an assisted-living facility. For more information, call 3923510.

SCOTTISH GAMES CELEBRATE 140 YEARS Whether you’re a full-blown Scotsman, just a quarter Scotch, love the drink or happen to admire a kicky tartan plaid, you’ll want to free up your calendar April 23-24 to take in the sights and sounds of our region’s 140th annual Scottish Games at the Yolo County Fairgrounds. And if you wonder why Arden area residents should care, then you should get to know your neighbors: Gordon and Susan Scott, who for 30 years running have been a big part of the success of our region’s internationally revered Scottish festival. The event draws some of the world’s most impassioned Scottish culture enthusiasts who spend the weekend or just a day taking in the sights and sounds of “friendly games,” things such as pipers piping, drummers drumming, haggis hurling, whiskey tasting and, of

course, highland dancers kicking up their kilts. There are even games for Scottish terriers and border collies (yes, they are both from Scotland!) And for the kids: Hopscotch, anyone? You don’t have to be Scottish to watch the games unfold. Just grab a plaid and root for your favorite piper, dancer, hurler, drummer or dog as they compete and entertain the masses. Nearly 20,000 people are expected to turn out on this weekend. Some are hard-core Scotsmen and women who travel there in support of their heritage. And some gamesgoers don’t have an ounce of Scottish coursing through their veins. Just in case you’re wondering about yourself, this year an on-site genealogist can trace your heritage to detect even a pinch of the good stuff that might be hiding in your blood. Never mind if they don’t find it, though. All are welcome. “We can look to your heritage and then you can show your clan loyalty by the tartan you wear,” says Susan Scott. “There are hundreds of clans and more than hundreds of tartans, so

if you are not associated with a family name, you might be associated with a city tartan or district tartan. Even the Irish have kilts.” Short of DNA swabbing (which is actually available online) this might just be the ticket to both your past and your future. Gordon and Susan Scott got the bug after attending a Scottish Games in San Francisco where they were recruited to be clan tent cavaliers for “Clan Scott,” meaning they traveled far and wide to festivals such as these where they set up a tent to recruit fellow members of Clan Scott. It works like this: If your last name is Scott or you’re married to one or somehow distantly related to one, of even if you just like a Scott, you too qualify for membership of Clan Scott. There are clans like this and therefore tents at the festival for all sorts of Scottish family lines. This is how the fun begins. This is where lifelong friendships are forged, says Susan Scott. The Scotts have taken on increasing roles in the Scottish

Games over the years, including announcing the athletic events, a role that requires them to know a thing or two about hurling, bagpipes and the like. They’ve been around to promote our Scottish Games to the public and to participants, even helping as the event became the first ever to host an international drum major competition. Die-hard “Scot-a-philes,” as Susan Scott calls them, follow worldwide competitors as they accrue points around the world in their event. “Most of the people who attend the games as spectators are from Northern California, particularly Sacramento, or they are Scot-a-philes who travel great distances to compete in or witness the games,” she says. This year’s competition is expected to be particularly fierce in Highland Dance. Fair Oaks resident Kyla Groeschel organized the event, which will be judged by internationally known judges. If you don’t have a kilt or sword, no worries. There are plenty for sale at the Scottish Games. You also will

encounter archery lessons and a beard competition. The festival begins at 9 a.m. both days at 1125 E. St. Tickets are available online or at the gate. For more information, go to SacramentoScotGames.org

POINT WEST ROTARY TO HELP FOSTER CHILDREN “Transforming the lives of children in foster care by building and nurturing permanent families.” That’s the mission of Sacramento’s Sierra Forever Families. It sounds simple: Match a child with a family who wants to adopt. But crack that concept open and you’ll find it’s not nearly as simple as it seems. Finding a family to adopt a foster child means more than finding a home for a week, a month, a year, even a few years. It means finding a “forever” home where both the child and the parents can thrive, grow and build a forever family together. A ARDEN page 16

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POETRY IS ALIVE IN SACRAMENTO Poets and lovers of poetry, take note! Arden’s Albert Einstein Residential Center in the Arcade area is now the venue for poetry readings

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co-sponsored by the Sacramento’s Poetry Center. Readings will feature some of the region’s best poets, including James Lee Jobe, Allegra Silberstein and Taylor Graham. In addition, the public is invited to share their poems via an open microphone. “There’s a thriving poetry community in Sacramento,” says Sandi Wassserman, who started the readings at the Albert Einstein center. “As large as our Sacramento poetry community is, there are currently no readings in this neighborhood. Our poets are well-known and mostly published poets from our poetry community.” The readings will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. at 1935 Wright St. on the first Sunday of each month. For more information about local poetry, go to sacramentopoetrycenter. org

ELECTRICITY IN THE AIR IN CARMICHAEL You can see it when you drive down Fair Oaks Boulevard, especially just past Oak Avenue. The streets look cleaner, the facades of strip malls look spiffier, signs are brighter, paint fresher and new businesses are popping up. Allan and the late Nancy Davis no doubt got the ball rolling with their impressive and much-anticipated Milagro Center, which is set to open near Marconi Avenue anytime now.

The center is fashioned after San Francisco’s Ferry Building (sans the nearby bay) and will feature upscale, trendy restaurants and markets. All sorts of folks have been inspired by the Davises’ project and commitment to pump pizzazz into Carmichael. Rey Azteca is remaining in its original location, but family members are opening another restaurant, a breakfast spot, just a few blocks north at the corner of Fair Oaks and Palm Drive. (The idea is to replace the Waffle Barn.) Bride to Be has moved in along Fair Oaks Boulevard. Flower shops are brightening the landscape. The chamber office is relocating to a concierge desk within the Milagro Center. And get ready for this: Carmichael now has some young, spunky, freshfaced ambassadors who are stirring up all sorts of excitement in the business community. The ambassadors are the brainchild of Carmichael Chamber of Commerce President Linda Melody. She toured area chambers to study what they were doing and decided Carmichael needed outreach enthusiasts. She and her board are charging the ambassadors with the job of personally connecting community businesses and residents to inspire more chamber memberships and involvement in the revitalization of the area. Lyon Realtor and longtime Carmichael resident Kim West

Newton, Heidi Standard with Aflac, Dom Anton of Crumley and Associates, CFP, and Rick Oster of the marketing firm ACE Biz are the chamber’s ambassadors. They are busy reaching out to an estimated 6,000 business owners and residents, asking them to get inspired and take pride in creating the new face of Carmichael. In short, the Carmichael chamber is not your grandpa’s chamber. “Typically the Carmichael Chamber has been known as the old people’s chamber,” Melody says. “It was tired. Now there’s a new infusion of energy from younger people. Membership is up, and there’s more value than ever to your membership. “Now are are seeing the young and old getting along. It’s not like you throw one out and keep the other; we are mentors of each other.” More and more the chamber is a resource for both homeowners and business leaders looking for answers about things such as county services, signage and ordinances. Since Carmichael is unincorporated, folks often don’t always know where to turn. “We might not be able to help, but we have resources,” Melody says. She wants to continue to provide those answers and continue the membership’s upward trend, bringing in the excitement of young professionals and new business owners while keeping the old— and connecting the upstarts with Carmichael’s seasoned professionals. “We are a welcoming and homey chamber. We know your name,” Melody says. The ambassadors have started an ambitious letter-writing campaign to reach out to potential members. “We are adding value to your chamber membership by offering more mixers, ribbon cuttings and marketing help for businesses that might not know exactly how to market themselves,” says Kim West Newton. The job involves making contacts with businesses all over Sacramento, not just those in the immediate area. For more information about the Carmichael Chamber, call 203-1681. Duffy Kelly can be reached at dk@ InsidePublications.com n

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n Saturday, March 5, I will resume holding “Office Hours,” which involves my setting up a table at various community events where residents can drop by and talk about items of interest with no appointment necessary. My first 2015 outing will be in Arden Arcade on that Saturday, March 5, at the annual trout fishing derby held in Howe Park, 2201 Cottage Way, being sponsored by the Fulton-El Camino Recreation and Park District. My “office” will be open from 10 to 11:30 a.m. during the angler event to meet with residents that morning on a “first come basis.” For more information about the fishing derby, call the Park District at 927-3802 or go to fecrecpark.com Later in the month I will hold another “Office Hours” at the Carmichael Egg Hunt between 9:30 and 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 26. The Egg Hunt starts at 10 a.m. sharp, rain or shine. In addition, there will be a pancake breakfast that runs from 7 to 11 a.m. The Carmichael Recreation and Park District along with the Kiwanis Club of Carmichael

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Sheriff Scott Jones unveiled his concept of “Intelligence Led Policing” at three community meetings in January held by Supervisor Susan Peters

are sponsoring the two activities at Carmichael Park, 5750 Grant Ave. For more information about the egg hunt, call the Park District at 4855322 or go to carmichaelpark.com I started holding “Office Hours” in 2005 and now it has become an annual tradition. This month I hope to see you at either event or both, and I’ll move my “office” to other locations throughout the year. Future dates will be posted on my webpage, which is accessible at bos.saccounty. net.

HELP FOR SENIOR HOMEOWNERS The nonprofit organization Rebuilding Together Sacramento wants to help low-income senior homeowners make their houses safe and energy-efficient. The installation of accessibility aids such as bathroom grab bars, shower stools, stair handrails, etc., can provide safety and improve the ability for older people to live independently at home. Minor home energy conservation measures such as

During January I held three community meetings throughout the Third District where Sheriff Scott Jones unveiled his concept of “Intelligence Led Policing,” which is being implemented in the North Division. The sessions drew large audiences in Arden Arcade at the Sacramento Suburban Water District’s Board Room, the Carmichael Park Clubhouse, and the Fair Oaks Water District’s Conference Room. A point emphasized by Jones is criminal activity, including suspicious behavior, needs to be reported so information can be entered and analyzed using sophisticated software that can identify trends in “real time” by geographic area, which better equips patrol deputies to be proactive. I will be holding more community meetings later this year on other SUPERVISOR page 20

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Thursdays, from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays, and from noon to 4:30 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Adoptions end 30 minutes before closing. For more information about pet adoptions and to view available animals, please go to animalcare. saccounty.net.

topics. Find a full listing of all the 2016 meeting dates on my webpage, which is accessible at bos.saccounty. net. I hope to see you at any one or all this year.

SHERIFF COMMUNITY MEETINGS The Sheriff’s Department holds regular community meetings to share information about trends in crime and recent activities. These sessions are open to the public and residents are encouraged to attend. The Arden Arcade meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 1, starting at 6 p.m. at Country Club Lanes in the Skyroom on the second floor, 2600 Watt Ave. (near El Camino Avenue). The Carmichael meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15, at the Del Campo High School Library, 4925 Dewey Drive. Becoming involved by participating in Neighborhood Watch, attending these meetings, and learning about recent criminal activities makes us all more cognizant about how to better secure our property and make our communities safer.

REGIONAL TRANSIT APP It seems like there are apps for your phone for everything, so it is no surprise that that Regional Transit has launched an app to improve the convenience of buying tickets and passes. The new “RideSacRT” mobile fare app allows customers to purchase, save and use fare for RT bus and light-rail trips directly from a smartphone. The free mobile app is a six-month pilot program that initially will offer basic and discount single ride and daily passes. An added benefit to using the mobile app is that single ride fare is valid for up to 90 minutes once activated, which means that an RT mobile ticket can be used to ride both bus and light-rail (however, the ticket must be valid for the duration of a light-rail trip). In addition, up to 10 RT tickets or passes can be purchased and stored

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Sacramento County’s Animal Shelter has teamed up in a public-private partnership with the Fair Oaks PETCO to operate a dog and cat adoption center

on the mobile app for later use until June 30. After the conclusion of the pilot program, RT will transition RideSacRT to a permanent mobile app with additional features. The mobile app is available for download at the App Store (iOS) and Google Play (Android). For more information, go to sacrt.com.

PLAY POKER AND HELP YOUTHS The Sheriff’s Community Impact Program works to lessen negative influences facing many youths in the Arden Arcade community so as to avoid juvenile delinquency and gang involvement. You can help the cause, and have fun playing poker, by participating in the Arden Arcade Rotary Club’s Horsepower and Hold’em Poker Tournament on Saturday, April 16. Here’s a chance to be a winner, have a seat at the table and be surrounded by luxury cars at Mercedes-Benz of Sacramento on Howe, the location of this exciting card playing contest. To play involves a donation of $150 or only $20 to be spectator at this high-stakes event. Various sponsorships also are available, ranging from having your company logo on the playing cards to being a table sponsor at the

tournament, signage at the table, program listing, etc. The big payout goes to the students in the Arden Arcade area from underprivileged neighborhoods who are involved in SCIP, which provides traditional police activities league programs as well as educational opportunities by working hand-inhand with school administrators and other community based organizations. SCIP members include retired and active law-enforcement personnel, school administrators, business and community members. Please visit sacscip.org for more information about tickets, sponsorships and this great community program.

ANIMAL ADOPTIONS AT FAIR OAKS PETCO The County Bradshaw Animal Shelter has teamed up with the Fair Oaks Petco, at 8840 Madison Ave., to operate a dog and cat adoption center. This public-private partnership will make it more convenient for potential adopters to connect with and adopt shelter animals. All available pets will be spayed/neutered, microchipped and vaccinated. The new adoption center is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. seven days a week. The county’s Bradshaw Animal Shelter is open from 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and

Applications are now being accepted for the 2016 Citizens Academy, a 10-week course designed to provide an overview of the criminal justice system. The program is sponsored by District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert and supported by Sheriff Scott Jones along with the Sacramento Police Department. The aim of the program is to improve relations and communication with diverse communities and members of the criminal justice system. The program involves weekly classes at the office of the Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs Association at 4000 Truxel Road. The academy begins April 5 and meets from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on 10 Tuesday. Participants must at least 18 years old and either live or work in Sacramento County. The deadline to submit an application is March 11. Go to sacda.org for more information or contact Erica Sevigny at 874-5251 or via email at vsevignyer@sacda.org.

YOUR SACRAMENTO AREA PARKS Spring is arriving, which means time to enjoy the great outdoors. Need quick access online to find specific recreational facilities such as dog parks, swimming pools (and lessons), community centers, trails, arts and culture, golf, horseback riding, tennis courts and much more? Yoursacparks.com is a one stop gateway to fun and recreation where you can reserve a facility for your next family or business function, make a tee time, sign up to volunteer,

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SPRING COMMUNITY CONCERT On Sunday, March 13, the Sacramento Symphonic Winds, a 60-piece concert orchestra, will be performing its spring concert entitled “Gershwin & Grainger!” at 2:30 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 5321 Date Ave. (just north on Madison and east of the Interstate 80 interchange). The community orchestra is conducted by Dr. Les Lehr, and this will be his last official performance. Selections will include “An American in Paris” by George Gershwin and “Irish Tune from County Derry” by Percy Grainger.

Tickets will be sold at the door. Children under 10 are admitted for free, students and seniors pay $5, and general admission is $15. For more information, go to visitsacwinds.org.

SUBURBAN HOMELESSNESS I want to conclude this column by discussing the presence of homeless individuals in our suburbs. The issue forces all of us to wrestle with the need to be compassionate for others but at the same time balance the need to feel safe and secure in our neighborhoods and places of business. Based upon recent news reports and eyewitness accounts, we need to be frank and acknowledge there is no simple solution to this social dilemma that is impacting all communities. The problem is complex and much of it is caused by the recent recession and economic downturn that contributed to home foreclosures and unemployment, plus there also have been changes to our criminal justice system that add to the problem.

Prisoner realignment imposed by the state of California has shifted sentencing of criminals from state prison to county jails to relieve prison overcrowding. That shift means less space in jail for those convicted of lower criminal offenses, pushing lower-level criminals onto the street. Additionally, the voters’ passage of Proposition 47 has decriminalized some crimes, which means more individuals who would otherwise be jailed are not. Those are some reasons, but as a sheriff’s deputy told me pointedly, the homeless have discovered the suburbs. The county continues to address unwelcomed transient behavior, but it gets challenged. When panhandling became more visible, the county passed an ordinance to restrict it only to be sued and that lawsuit was settled as was a suit about enforcing illegal camping on public property. Now the sheriff is required to give 48 hours’ notice to illegal campers. This has become a game of cat and mouse, chasing these individuals and restarting the notice process

once rediscovered by deputies in the creekbeds in our neighborhoods or park rangers when it occurs in the parkway. The problem with transients cannot be addressed solely by law enforcement or criminal prosecution. Being homeless is not illegal and we cannot make it a crime. Instead, Sacramento County is trying to get transients into services so they can get off the streets. But that is a challenge because you cannot compel someone to get help (including treatment for mental illness) unless the person is a danger to themselves or others. To get these individuals the help they need and to help relieve the burden they impose upon our neighborhoods, trained social workers are interacting with the homeless population to try to convince them to utilize services. This effort is being led by Sacramento Steps Forward (please go to sacramentostepsforward.com ), which is the lead nonprofit agency working with the county and city of Sacramento to address homelessness SUPERVISOR page 22

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by collaborating with the Sheriff’s Department and city police. As many of you know, our fellow suburbanites are generous people and we’ve all seen this as residents give money to panhandlers at intersections. Unfortunately, there’s no guarantee that money is being used for food as opposed to drugs and alcohol. Some transients also see our suburban business areas as easy pickings because buildings have unsecured electric outlets and unlocked dumpsters. At night it is not uncommon for transients to charge their cellphones and scavenge. If a business offers free WiFi, transients will gather after hours and often leave a mess for the business to clean up the next morning. We suggest businesses turn off their WiFi at closing. Vacant and unmonitored buildings can be targets for loitering or worse: being broken into by squatters. Private property owners bear responsibility. The sheriff cannot arbitrarily remove someone off private property unless the owner asserts there is trespassing. Neither the sheriff nor Code Enforcement can serve as someone’s property manager. If you know of such problem locations, they need to be reported and you can do that by calling 311. This year the Board of Supervisors increased its commitment to realign mental health services with a multifaceted approach to helping those in mental crises, which involves a significant percentage of the homeless

population (estimated as high as 60 percent). By increasing mental health spending by almost $28 million this year, the county is offering more-diversified services, including residential care facilities, greater access to the Crisis Stabilization Unit, and respite care. Mental health workers visit local hospitals to direct those in need to appropriate treatment to lessen the burden on emergency rooms. And mobile mental health teams are on the street working hand-in-hand with law enforcement to provide direct help when it is needed, where it is needed. The board also has allocated funding to address housing needs. Most recently, the board approved an additional $1 million to fund shelters and rapid rehousing paired with job training programs, a key strategy to helping people gain long-term self-sufficiency. This was in addition to $17 million already allocated to address housing and homeless transition services. I hope above the above is helpful in understanding this challenging and complex issue. Though unsettling, the presence of transients does not define our suburban communities. And by working together, monitoring and protecting one’s property and channeling human compassion into services rather than a cash handout, I think we can work toward positive results. Susan Peters represents the Third District on the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors. She can be reached at susanpeters@saccounty.net n

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Her Fur Kids Sustain Her REBOUNDING FROM TRAGEDY WITH NEW FAMILY, FOCUS

BY SUSAN MAXWELL SKINNER

“Honey was made for me,” explains

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her boss. “She pulls me upstairs and helps my stability; she helps my post-

n a summer night in 2012,

traumatic stress.

Gemily West lost her

“When I panic, she grabs my

boyfriend and the pets

attention and makes me focus on her.

she had mothered since girlhood.

I sit up close to her she calms me.

Returning from a walk in the old

My dogs fill my life with a joy I never

Garfield Elementary School grounds,

thought I’d have again. They do my

she and boyfriend Harison Long-

heart good; it’s like getting some of

Randall, and the four dogs she called

my family back.”

“fur kids,” were plowed down by a

More comfort has come from

drugged motorist.

fellow El Camino High graduate

Long-Randall’s leg was severed;

David Pierce. The restaurant worker

the lifeless bodies of Australian cattle

reconnected with West in painful

dogs Winry, Zury, Bindie and Evie

months after the accident.

were strewn across the road; West

“We were old sweethearts who’d

needed 42 metal pins and a steel rod

drifted apart,” she explains. “He came

to rebuild her right limb. “I wanted to heal to be there for Hari,” recalls West. “When he died after 13 days, I felt I’d lost everything.

Gemily West poses with pups Honey, Breezy and Kiry. The Australian cattle dogs have brought healing for the Carmichael heroine who lost her boyfriend and four beloved pets to a 2012 hit-and-run crime. She is still recovering from her own injuries.

The couple plan to marry when

the criminal trial of driver Paul

myriad medical, financial and legal

Walden (now imprisoned for life)

matters that haunt West’s recovery

and acrimonious estrangement from

are finally behind her. In the

Hari’s kin. She could not work or

meantime, Pierce has been adopted by

walk. After more than three years of

West family siblings and mom Sally.

surgeries and therapy, the 26-year-old

He helps with sister Lilleah’s costume

feels her life is now turned around.

business, Bear Cub Creations. He is

“I’m back on track because of my

also a father figure to three boisterous

new kids,” she considers. Acquired

fur kids.

from breeders, puppies Kiry, Breezy

“There is no replacing what I lost,”

and Honey resemble and share some

West says. But all these things have

bloodlines of the dogs she lost.

all helped me take back some of what

“New puppies are a distraction,”

was taken from me.”

she says with a smile. “It doesn’t

Indeed, Carmichael shared her

matter that you’re hobbling on

loss. West’s “fur kids” were part

crutches; they still need you. You

of community life. The oldest dog,

have to get up and take care of them.”

Winry, was a famed high-jumping

With the same skill that made

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helped look after the other animals again.”

Agony continued as she endured

trained Honey and Kiry as service

helping out. He mowed the lawns and I foster. We grew to love each other

There seemed no future.”

champions of her lost babies, West

by the house one day and started

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MEET FROM page 24 the champion suffered being dogged

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out in West’s old infant clothes at

On two separate occasions since the

Halloween.

accident, missing Australian cattle

“She saw into my soul,” recalls her

dogs mysteriously found their way

mistress. “We could communicate

to West’s yard. Still on crutches, she

with just our eyes. My dogs all had

caught the first dog.

their individual spirits, but there could never be another Winry.” West often senses Winry and the lost dogs as benevolent shades. “I couldn’t face the Engle

“She was red,” she says. “And for a fleeting second, I thought my precious Winry had come back to me.” An implanted chip allowed the dog’s owners to be traced. “She’d been

intersection (where the killings

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happened) for two years,” she says.

two years before,” West marvels. “I

“At last, David and I took the new

believe the spirits of my dogs guided

puppies to Garfield School where Hari

her safely to where she’d get help to

and I’d been exercising the dogs that

find her people. Her name was Tasha.

terrible night. On the playing field,

“When her owners came here to get

a fragment of old yellow police tape

her; it was like Tasha was back from

blew from nowhere and wrapped itself

the dead. I believe my dogs helped

around my feet. I felt Winry, Zurie,

her. They always loved being part of a

Bindie and Evie’s spirits were rushing

family.”

past me; like they were saying: ‘Hey mom, we’re happy you’re here. We’re all having fun again.’ ”

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Girl Power AMERICAN GIRLS FASHION SHOW WILL HELP CRISIS NURSERIES

BY TERRY KAUFMAN LOCAL HEROES

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hen Emma Sperber made her bat mitzvah two years ago, she thought long and hard about her “mitzvah project.” She wanted to do something meaningful for animals or children, but it had to be exactly right. With the help of her mother Maria, she narrowed down her choices, then zeroed in on Sacramento Crisis Nurseries. “She liked that it was about helping families out in times of crisis,” says Sperber. “The two of us served lunch at the north nursery, and we got to make bagel pizzas for little kids who were grateful to be in a safe place.” Emma went on to raise $3,500 in pledges by running a triathlon for the nurseries, and two years later her mom found herself serving as president of Friends of Sacramento Crisis Nurseries. “This is a safe place for kids whose families are in crisis,” says Maria. “It could be any number of things that are going on in their lives: unemployment, postpartum depression, caring for elderly parents. The focus is on child abuse prevention

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and providing these children with intact. Begun as an orphanage in large budget item, but we’re working security.” 1867, the home includes a residential toward child abuse prevention so The Crisis Nurseries—one in these children don’t end up in the the north, one in boys home. It’s a real dichotomy: the south area— They come from chaos into a are an auxiliary perfectly clean space that’s warm, of Sacramento welcoming and structured. It’s sort Children’s of an oasis in the middle of crisis.” Home. They It’s a tall order. The primary have served more source of money for the nurseries than 225,000 has been First 5 Sacramento children and funding, supplemented through had a significant additional grants and private impact on almost donations. But last year, the 15,000 families in Friends group struggled to the region. At the bridge a $365,000 budget deficit. nurseries, at-risk The need for services has not children from diminished. “Last year, we had infancy to age 5 are to turn away families because housed for up to there weren’t enough beds,” 30 days in a clean, says Sperber. nurturing space with This month, the group cribs, bedrooms, will raise money with an toys, artwork, American Girls fashion show healthy meals and featuring local runway talent. caring staff. There is On Friday, March 18, and a 24-hour phone help Saturday, March 19, 150 line for families in girls—mostly fourth- and crisis. The nurseries fifth-graders—will model provide transportation historic and contemporary to their facilities. fashions with their American When children arrive, Girl doll counterparts. The staffers examine them show is a labor of love for and develop an action organizer Kara Turner and plan. volunteers who devote hours The Children’s to unpacking eight crates Home provides of clothes, coordinating the additional resources talent for three shows in 24 an on g ttin pu e ar s for the families, hours and managing pintnto Crisis Nurserie ent. Friends of Sacrame ing local runway tal tur fea ow sh including parenting size egos. ion sh mell. American Girls fa otography/Tia Gem Ph ia ed M w vie er Riv classes, counseling and “This just fell into my Photos courtesy of residential treatment, lap,” says Turner, who to help break the cycle has always loved fashion. “I had program for at-risk boys. Says of crisis or abuse and keep families Sperber, “The Crisis Nurseries are a

no idea it was going to be a full-time job. I had lists and spreadsheets, and I was about to have a nervous breakdown last year when the other ladies showed up on my doorstep with lemonade and cookies and helped me get through it. This year has been so much easier.” Turner is a firm believer that “the right thing comes at the right time.” She had sold her KidAround magazine and her daughter was growing up, so she had more time on her hands. “The Crisis Nurseries really hit home for me,” she says. “I’ve been a mother. I’ve been in crisis. This is a place where no questions are asked. The kids are safe and loved.” The kids in the show know that they’re helping children in crisis. “They’re the most darling little girls,” says Turner. “They’re not self-conscious, and they have so much fun doing this.” Each girl takes on the name and history of her American Girl doll. Dolls and clothes are available for purchase at the event,

and girls in the audience are invited onto the stage at the end of the show to walk the runway and have their pictures taken. The models’ parents pay a fee for their participation. Those fees, and the ticket fees, will provide critical financial support for the Crisis Nurseries. Turner’s goal is to make the show bigger and more successful each year. “It organically manifests into a beautiful wave of enthusiasm,” she says. “What we do is really important. I love what I’m doing.” For more information, go to kidshome.org. Tickets for the American Girl fashion show can be purchased through the Events link at the site. Terry Kaufman can be reached at terry@1greatstory.com n

The American Girls fashion show will be on March 18 and 19. Photos courtesy of Riverview Media Photography/Tia Gemmell.

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Shining a Spotlight SACRAMENTO TO GET ITS OWN WALK OF STARS

notable stars that it’s a wonder we haven’t honored them sooner. The Sacramento Walk of Stars will do just that. It will provide educational, cultural and economic benefits. It will be fun. You’ll feel a sense of discovery as you stroll the Grid, discover stars embedded in the sidewalk and learn about where the

BY SCOT CROCKER

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people they honor came from and what they accomplished.

INSIDE DOWNTOWN

While Lucy and I started this,

or the past six months, I have

it’s a community collaboration. We

had the pleasure to write

first had to work with city staffers to

about the Grid, Midtown and

determine the permits and approval

downtown for Inside Publications.

process. We also formed a founding

Now I have the opportunity to write

committee to help shape the program.

about an exciting personal endeavor

And we needed approval from the city

that my wife, Lucy Eidam Crocker,

council.

and I are leading that we hope

Last August, the city council

will make a mark on Sacramento’s

gave its approval, and detailed

culture, entertainment and economic

planning began. Through social and

development for generations to come.

traditional media, we have received

Lucy and I own Crocker & Crocker,

numerous informal star nominations.

a marketing, branding and outreach

The community response has been

firm. We’ve served on dozens of

overwhelmingly positive.

nonprofit boards for business and

The criteria are straightforward:

arts organizations and groups that

To be a Sacramento star, the person

deal with youth development and the

must be significant nationally or

environment.

internationally; must have lived in

Now, after 30 years of community

the Sacramento region; and must

service and success in business,

have had a positive impact on the

we’ve decided to give back in a large,

Sacramento region in some way.

meaningful way. We’ve formed a

Stars will come from the following

nonprofit organization to honor some

categories: arts and entertainment,

of the Sacramento region’s best and

sports, news, business, and science

brightest, people who went on to

and technology. Honorees can be

national and international success.

Sotiris Kolokotonis and Lucy Eidam Crocker

The result? The Sacramento Walk of Stars. Many communities and cities around the country have a walk of fame or walk of stars. We want to recognize people from our region who took their talents to extraordinary

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heights. They are sons and daughters

We take pride when they make

of Sacramento, their talents forged

headlines, are written about in books

by the families, mentors, teachers,

or appear on TV or in the movies.

communities and neighborhoods we

The Sacramento region has so many

see every day.

living or dead. If you think hard, you can probably come up with many of the names that have already made the list. In sports: Dusty Baker, Ruthie Bolton, Debbie Meyer. In news: Lisa Ling, Joan DOWNTOWN page 33

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DOWNTOWN FROM page 30 Lunden, Lester Holt. In business:

The project has received the

Eleanor McClatchy, Charles Schwab,

full support of the city, along with

Russ Solomon. In the arts: Wayne

the commitment and involvement

Thiebaud, Gregory Kondos, Mark

of Michael Ault of Downtown

Twain. In entertainment: Timothy B.

Sacramento Partnership and Steve

Schmit, Jessica Chastain, Pat Morita.

Hammond of Sacramento Convention

The list goes on and on.

& Visitors Bureau. Other steering

A steering committee of community

committee members include business

members will choose new honorees

leaders Linda Geery of Gilbert

each year and find a location for their

Associates, John Frisch of Newmark

stars on a route that goes from 21st

Cornish & Carey, Jeff Hallsten of

Street in Midtown to the new Golden

Hallsten Corporation and Patrick

1 Center along the J, K and L Street

Harbison of Patrick Harbison Public

corridors.

Relations. Most members of the

The first year, stars will be placed

steering committee are sponsors,

in sidewalks on and near 1801 L

along with Lasher Auto Group of Elk

St., thanks to a sponsorship by SKK

Grove.

Developments. “This is an exciting

“We have a great group helping to

new attraction for Sacramento. SKK

get this off the ground, and I’m sure

Developments is pleased to a part

more will join our cause,” Lucy said.

of it, sponsoring the inaugural five

“Plus we are thrilled that Cecily and

stars,” said Sotiris K. Kolokotronis,

Jim Hastings of Inside Publications

owner of SKK Developments.

will promote the Sacramento Walk of

Each year, sites and stars will be selected and announced at a party

Stars as a sponsor!” The founding committee is raising

in the spring. In late summer, the

money to fund the stars and the

honorees will be celebrated with

events and is more than halfway to its

a sidewalk star installation event,

goal. The stars will be constructed of

followed by a gala dinner where they

terrazzo and brass. The public will be

can talk about what the Sacramento

invited to the gala dinner. The Sacramento Walk of Stars

region has meant to them. “Those who lived or grew up in the

will be a community project. Walk

Sacramento region were shaped by

of Stars social media lit up since

their family, friends and community,”

the announcement a few months

said my wife Lucy, Who is the CEO of

ago, showing that this project has

Crocker & Crocker and the project’s

community interest and support.

founder. “They took their talents

Some people say Sacramento has

and excelled on the national and

an inferiority complex. There’s a view

international stage. To say the least,

that the city is always battling: to

we are proud of them and want to

have and keep major league sports, to

honor them in a meaningful way.”

have first-rate professional cultural

and performing arts, for recognition

stars—like Lance Briggs and Colin

as a world-class city.

Hanks, the band Cake.

In the past year, it’s become clear that Sacramento is on its way to

opportunity to showcase the talented

something grand, something special.

people of and from Sacramento. Their

The Sacramento Walk of Stars is

contributions show how deep our

just one of many new and exciting

roots go in science, the arts, sports and entertainment. In a few short months, everyone will get to celebrate that.

additions to a vibrant downtown and Midtown. It’s a chance to showcase the stars of the past who got us here—people like Mark Twain, Morrie Turner and Joe Marty. It’s also a chance to shine a light on today’s

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Infesting in His Future PINNACLE PEST FOUNDER SEIZED OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND

BY JESSICA LASKEY SHOPTALK

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hen I catch up by phone with Jim Lopez, the president, founder and CEO of Pinnacle Pest, he’s nearly out of breath from the busy pace of his business. “Every two to three months, a cherry bomb lands in my lap,” the East Sacramento resident and single dad says. “I get stressed, but the outcome ends up better than I could have ever imagined.” This ability to see the light at the end of the tunnel is something the South Bay Area transplant has always possessed. After moving to Sacramento to attend California State University, Sacramento, and graduating with a business degree, Lopez found himself hard-up for employment, so he settled for a job at a pest control company. In true go-getter fashion, it didn’t take long for him to move up the ranks. He soon found himself traveling all over California to manage service departments and sell the brand, but Lopez was eager to start his own. When he settled back in Sacramento in 1997 to help the company solve some problems with a local branch, Lopez leapt at the chance to branch out. “I quit the other company and started going door-to-door selling pest control services,” Lopez says. “The business grew fast. We got our first warehouse, hired employees and, over the course of five years, went from making $0 to $2.7 million a year.” This rapid success was due in part to Lopez’s desire to give the people what they want, and what residents were overwhelmingly requesting was not just traditional pest control,

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Jim Lopez is the president, founder and CEO of Pinnacle Pest

but also termite inspection and remediation (repair). “When you buy or sell a house in Sacramento, lenders and buyers want the house inspected for termites,” Lopez says. “Inspection can find an array of problems, so we started pricing and fixing them for people.” Not surprisingly, these services took off during the “hot market” in 2007, but because they were so tied to real estate, the downturn the next year made Lopez’s business plummet. So what did he do? He diversified. “We started to seek brand recognition outside of East Sacramento (where most of his business had been),” Lopez says. “We started to market to midtown and Land Park, and in 2010 we expanded to the Pocket. We now have roughly

2,700 clients in the Sacramento area, with a focus on older neighborhoods.” Lopez also added additional services that have attracted both ecoand efficiency-minded consumers. “Three years ago, we introduced orange oil for termite control,” Lopez says. “You have two types of termites that can infest a home: One comes up from the ground, and one nests in the wood. When you have termites in the wood, it requires fumigation, which is a pain because people hate moving out of their houses, it’s expensive and inconvenient, and there are usually hidden costs. “I started researching other options and found this naturally derived orange oil product that you inject into the wall. Because it works so well, we offer the same guarantee

as fumigation, and the business has really grown because of it.” Not one to rest on his laurels, Lopez also recently introduced a game changer in the rodent ridding arena. “Traditionally, if you have a rat problem, a technician comes out and traps it—that’s it,” Lopez says. “When I worked for another company, people would call us and say that they still had rats a few months later. I hated it. “Then a light bulb went off. Now, I send out a rodent specialist who identifies the types of rodents, entry points into the house and the level of infestation and contamination, and then we go through four steps. “First, we trap, which can take between two and five visits. Then we send in a clean-up team to fog and deodorize the space to neutralize the

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“When the company went through hard times during the downturn, I realized I needed to hire better managers,” Lopez says. “By surrounding myself with people who are as smart or smarter than me, it allows me to grow. They put systems in place that I would have never thought of. And we’re the strongest we’ve ever been.” Pest problem? Call Lopez at Pinnacle Pest at 381-5793 or go to pinnaclepest. com. Pinnacle Pest is at 600 Broadway, Suite C. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com n

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Happy Trails to You COOPERATIVE EFFORT LEADS TO WALKWAY LINK

BY SUSAN MAXWELL SKINNER MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS

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ight years in execution, a link between Jensen Botanical Gardens and a community garden on Sutter Avenue was recently completed. The achievement is a triumph of cooperation among the county, community and Carmichael Park District.

Meandering through century-old olive trees, a new path provides picturesque interludes between two popular reserves. Meandering through century-old olive trees, a new path provides picturesque interludes between two popular reserves. Once a thistlethick obstacle course, the stroll is now easy for everyone and their dog. Indeed, after ribbon-cutting duties, Sacramento County Supervisor Susan Peters and schnauzer Ernie were was among the first to exploit the opportunity. “It’s a lovely walk on a lovely day,” Peters approved. The project has been long on the park district bucket list. Walkway and improved park access had a $100,000 price tag and early visions prescribed partial subdivision for funding. To the joy of neighbors, pared-down designs have required no land sacrifice.

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Neighbors join Carmichael Park District staff members in opening the Sutter-Jensen Park pathway. Community leader Sandy Helland and Supervisor Susan Peters assist with scissors.

Walkers quickly inaugurate the new route

In tradition with the district’s other recent park developments, half the cost ($50,000, including donations and volunteer service) was provided by residents and supporters. Even after concrete was poured, neighbors guarded hardening surfaces from vandalism and paw-prints. Their reward was a quarter-mile of pristine pavement from Sutter Avenue to Fair Oaks Boulevard. The combined Sutter/Jensen reserves now total 18 acres, including communal green-thumb lots at the Sutter entrance. Additions such as playgrounds and picnic areas await flusher times. The trail dedication crowned Carmichael Park District’s completion of four neighborhood parks in four economically challenging years. Each project—O’Donnell, Jan, Patriots and Sutter/Jensen Parks—employed shared financing. Sutter-Jensen activists’ efforts, recalled organizer Sandy Helland, were supported by brick sales, yard sales and art shows. “Like Duracell bunnies, we kept going for eight years,” she said. “Our area has a wide range of incomes. We called everyone and no one hung up on us. Together, we saved the park. And there’s so much potential to provide even more facilities here in years to come.” Project assistance also came from Carmichael Water District, Carmichael Creek Neighborhood Association, Carmichael Kiwanis and Sacramento Fine Arts Center. The park trail is accessible from 6917 Sutter Ave. Learn about ongoing fundraising, at preservesutterjensen.org

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To improve facilities at its anchor park, the Mission Oaks Recreation and Park District is building a $325,000 walking trail. A third of a mile long, the concrete path will circle 12 acres where pioneer poulterers once raised chicken for Carmichael pots. The old Sorenson family farm was acquired for parkland in the 1970s. Mission Oaks North Park now contains MORPD headquarters, picnic amenities and a children’s playground. For more than 40 years, the reserve has hosted “Camp Have-aLot-of-Fun” youth programs. Because park acres lie in a curve of the creek known as Chicken Ranch Slough, riparian flora and fauna have been preserved. Signs along the new walk will bear quotes from legendary observers. “In every walk with nature,” John Muir is quoted, “one receives far more than he seeks.” Albert Einstein’s wisdom is also channeled. “Look deep, deep into nature,” advises the physicist, “and

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then you will understand everything better.” One slough phenomenon is a century-old cottonwood tree whose tortured bough records generations of beaver grazing. Though those animals are seldom seen in the burbs these days, other wildlife abounds. Mature pines, redwoods, native oaks and sycamores grow near the artery; egrets, black phoebe, woodpeckers and robins call Chicken Ranch Slough home. To study such inhabitants, trail development will include outdoor classrooms.

“Our urban waterways are often places where we can escape the pressures of busy lives.” Hikers, dog-walkers and children cutting through to Winston Churchill Middle School are park regulars; the

The century-old “beaver tree” grows from a creek bank in Mission Oaks North Park. The cottonwood is among botanical features lining a new path at Mission Oaks North Park.

new trail will bless them with cleaner shoes. “Our urban waterways are often places where we can escape the pressures of busy lives,” approves Sacramento Area Creeks Council President Alta Tura. “Children using the new trail will have a safer and more educational walk to school. Any path that provides an alternative

to street sidewalks gets people to destinations more pleasantly.” The project will be finished before February. Half of its cost will be met by a California State Parks grant. MORPD will match these funds. Mission Oaks North Park is at 3344 Mission Ave., Carmichael. Susan Maxwell Skinner can be reached at sknrband@aol.com n

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Grand Plans B STREET WILL SOON BREAK GROUND ON $30 MILLION THEATER

BY JORDAN VENEMA BUILDING OUR FUTURE

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here’s an irony to theater: Although every play is a kind of onstage pageant, it needs

neither stage nor pageantry to be done well. Still, we judge our books by their covers, and hype alone can create a blockbuster from a bad script. But good theater, real theater, can spontaneously happen anywhere: in an alley, on the street, dressed down without all the pomp and circumstance. Bill Blake, managing director at B Street Theatre, is aware that visitors to Sacramento, and even some locals, have dismissed B Street merely for its appearance. “People are always going to pretty much judge the book by its

Rendering of the new B Street Theatre

cover,” he says. “And the cover here is like, what is this sulky, out-of-theway place?” What happens inside the building

Thanks to $3 million contribution from the city and a land donation from

is another story altogether. According

Sutter Medical Center worth

to Blake, after seeing a performance,

$6 million, B Street will soon

people usually become rabid fans. In

begin developing a nearly $30

fact, B Street boasts about 10,000

million facility at 27th Street

thousand subscribers, says Blake,

and Capitol Avenue.

calling them “the faithful patrons who keeping coming to our shows.”

Blake expects the location alone will improve the theater’s recognition here

moving to its current location and

visual delights in the productions

are some still unaware), Sacramento

in Sacramento. “The number of cars

offering plays for adults as well as

themselves, better seats, better

does have its own resident theater,

that happen to drive by our theater

children. The theater bought a second

sightlines, [and] the ability to do

hidden away in a quiet corner of

now is less than 50,000 a year,” says

warehouse to build an additional

theater magic and effects”—things

Midtown, housed in an old and

Blake. “At the new location it’s over 4

stage in ’02.

that weren’t available in the old

unassuming warehouse. There’s

million cars a year.”

For those unaware (and yes, there

not much thoroughfare in that

For the 30-year-old company, the

Since its current stages were built within the confines of pre-existing

space. Unlike the old stages and space,

neighborhood, other than residential

new building has been a long time

structures, the new theater will

this, says Blake, will be a purpose-

traffic, and the local theater often

coming. B Street ostensibly began in

provide B Street with more flexibility

built building, “a place that is

goes unnoticed—but not for long.

1986 as a traveling and educational

and capacity. According to Blake,

built for a quality, professional art

company performing in local schools.

the new structure will offer “more

experience.” He adds, “At our humble

This old book is getting a new

In ’91, B Street became sedentary,

cover.

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Even with a small increase to ticket prices, Blake expects the new purpose-built theater to yield

seat 200 and 100 audience members

dividends for the city. “It’s better

respectively. The new building will

for the community, better for the

accommodate 250 audience members

economy,” he says. Even if the new

for the main stage and 365 for the

theater doesn’t grow its attendance,

family-series stage.

which is unlikely, it will still bring

“While they’re certainly bigger than they are now,” says Blake,

businesses. Also, says Blake, a building like

which is what we like, our audience

this “raises the bar [for Sacramento]

likes, and our performers love it.”

and how we see the arts, how we feel about the whole community—the

new building to host other programs,

idea of living here—and that we have

partnering with the community to

places of quality.”

bring music, dance and speakers to

Blake expects construction for the

the space. These partnerships will

new theater to begin in March and

provide extra revenue to help finance

says the building should be completed

the building.

as soon as summer 2017. That may

The theater also intends to increase

…and J Just for f Kids! K

an additional 100,000 people to local

“they’re still very intimate spaces,

B Street Theatre intends to use the

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seem like a fast turnaround for a $30

ticket prices to help with financing.

million project, but there are actors

“Our prices are a really good value

who have been with the company

now,” says Blake, adding that the

since ’86. They’ve been waiting for a

new prices will be in line with market

stage like this for 30 years.

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Into the Ring FORMER BOXER HAS A NEW FIGHT ON HIS HANDS

BY R.E. GRASWICH

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ony Lopez is a whimsical man, but his good nature shouldn’t be mistaken for a lack of seriousness. As a world champion boxer, Lopez could frustrate opponents after a brutal exchange of punches. He used a maneuver of brazen whimsy. Suddenly dropping his hands and raising his chin and smiling, Lopez presented his face as a target. He dared the other man to hit him again, harder. This was dangerous behavior. The other man often had the skill, speed and power to kill Lopez, not just figuratively but cumulatively and literally. The move was whimsical. It demonstrated Lopez could somehow summon humor and lightheartedness at moments of desperate, primeval survival, when he was fighting for his life. I mention this because these days, Lopez is running for mayor of Sacramento. He is certainly an underdog, going up against two experienced politicians: former State Sen. Darrell Steinberg and City Councilmember Angelique Ashby. But Lopez’s candidacy shouldn’t be dismissed as a whimsical joke. He’s

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and one draw. He won three world championships. Along the way, he became the most popular boxer in Sacramento history, able to sell 15,000 tickets at Arco Arena. He was so popular that fighters refused to face him in Sacramento for fear the audience, screaming for its hometown champ, would frighten the judges into handing Lopez a biased victory. In one Arco Arena fight, Lopez was disqualified for punching Ramon Rico after Rico’s knee touched the canvas. It was a close call, Lopez’s first loss, and nearly caused a riot. Lopez’s popularity was not the unique result of his fighting skill, which was medieval in execution, all brute force and determination, with minimal reliance on finesse. More importantly, he had real charisma—elusive star power that elevates not just sports and show business careers but political careers. And while his boxing skills faded (he Tony "The Tiger" Lopez turned 53 in February), his charisma burns bright as ever. been thinking about city hall for a the bail bond business, and I go into From ringside to the cheapest long time. He may smile and drop his places where the kids are screaming seat at Arco Arena, fans connected hands and raise his chin, but he wants and there are dirty diapers laying to win. around and the father is gone and the with a sparkle in Lopez’s eye. They saw a man who loved what he was About four years ago, I bumped mom is on drugs, and I’m telling her doing, whimsical yet deadly serious, into Lopez and his wife Cathy at a to get her act together or I’m coming coffee shop near their bail bonds back with CPS. They know when I say supremely confident yet vulnerable, not unlike how they imagined agency, Tony “The Tiger” Bail Bonds. it, I mean it.” themselves in their dreams. They told me he was planning to run Not many people know what it’s If Lopez can figure out how to for mayor. I thought he was joking. like to fight for your life in close get himself in front of voters, that He was not. combat. Lopez did this professionally charisma will ignite and inspire “I’m the only guy who’s running for 16 years. In the 1980s and 1990s, people, and many will vote for for the real Sacramento,” Lopez says he stood toe to toe with the world’s him. They will believe he knows now. “I don’t care about a political toughest prizefighters, men such as career. I don’t have all the answers. Rocky Lockridge, Julio Cesar Chavez, their power, passion, failure and But I’m the only guy who knows Brian Mitchell and John John Molina. frustration. what’s really going on, because I’m in He fought 59 times, with 50 victories SPORTS page 43

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Vile Vermin IT’S TIME TO DECLARE WAR ON RATS

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ou’re probably not going to chat about this at a dinner party, but most people who live in Sacramento have a rat horror story. If you think that you don’t have rats, you are kidding yourself. According to Sacramento County Master Gardener coordinator Judy McClure, “Everybody has rats.”

Everybody may have rats, but we want to make sure that ours are just passing through. When I moved to our East Sacramento home nearly 40 years ago, I began to notice signs of these revolting rodents. At dusk, they scampered along the utility lines. I found hollowed-out oranges and lemons with the skin gnawed off. There were tooth marks on the fruit on my loquat tree. We saw a rat crawl into the ivy surrounding our swimming pool and found a dead rat in the bottom of it. One casually ate

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my cat’s kibble on the porch. Another ran out of the woodpile when we were getting firewood. Neighborhood cats frequented our yard, but they didn’t seem to hunt anything other than a sunny spot to lounge. When I asked my friends and neighbors about rats, some seemed rather blasé. “They are just roof rats,” they said, implying that they were less loathsome than larger ground-dwelling Norway rats. They aren’t. According to UC Davis, both kinds of rats “eat and contaminate food, damage structures and property, and transmit parasites and diseases to other animals and humans.” Roof rats or not, we declared war. We stopped leaving pet food outside. McClure advises that, if you

must feed your pets outdoors, you stand over them until they finish eating and then take the bowl inside. We didn’t like loquats anyway, so we removed the tree. We cleared out the ivy and overgrown blackberry bushes, and our next-door neighbor did the same. We removed weeds and junk from an area behind our garage. We converted to a gas fireplace and got rid of our woodpile. Rats will get into your home unless you have done everything possible to exclude them. We found droppings in our attic. My husband spent hours finding and plugging every little entry point into our house. It’s said that rats can squeeze through a hole no bigger than a quarter and under a door with only a half-inch gap.

They readily gnaw through wood or caulking, so it’s better to block openings with steel wool or metal sheathing. If cleaning up your property and excluding rats from your home aren’t enough, you can use traps and toxic baits to reduce the population. You can hire a professional exterminator or do it yourself. Trapping is the safest method— and highly effective if done right. Traditional snap traps are reusable, which makes them the least expensive method if you are willing to empty, clean and reset the trap after each use. Since I’m so squeamish about rats that I couldn’t watch Disney’s cute cartoon rats in “Ratatouille,” I prefer methods that let me keep my

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owns and runs Good Humus with her husband, Jeff, had come to my rescue. The first thing I asked Main was about her farm’s name. “Did I spell that correctly?” I asked. “It’s H-u-mu-s, not hummus?”

“It’s sort of like Christmas every week,” said Main. “You open the box and get a wonderful surprise.”

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ately I’ve been hearing a lot of good things about Good Humus Produce, a small, family-run farm in Capay, about 50 miles northwest of Sacramento. The farm first came to my attention when I met John Boyer, who runs a bicycle delivery service in Midtown. Boyer delivers many of Good Humus’ CSA boxes around town. CSA—community supported agriculture—is a subscription service for locally grown produce. Several farms in our area participate in CSAs, but Good Humus was one of the first. CSA works like this: Each week, fruits and vegetables are harvested in the morning. Then, boxes are packed with a variety of whatever happens to be in season at the farm. Boxes are loaded onto a truck and delivered to drop-off locations in Sacramento, Fair Oaks, Davis or San Francisco. Subscribers stop by the drop-off point in the afternoon to collect their box. One week, boxes might be filled with Brussels sprouts, lettuce, carrots, cauliflower and lemons. The next week, the box might contain cabbage, kale, mandarins and broccoli. Since I’m a believer in eating locally grown, in-season produce,

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Annie Main of Good Humus Organic Produce

the concept of CSA boxes intrigues me. So on a sunny February day, I took a drive out to Good Humus. Capay is a beautiful, peaceful, small-farm community filled with wide fields, orchards and vineyards. Deer, wild turkeys, hawks and even an occasional fox can be spotted along the two-lane county roads. It’s the sort of community where your closest neighbor is perhaps a quarter mile away. Some roads are paved, others just gravel. Posts at the end

of driveways mark “Bob’s Farm” or “Annie’s Garden” with an arrow pointing which way to turn. I pulled into the dirt driveway next to the house. As I cracked open the car door, two farm dogs shoved their way into my car. I wasn’t certain if they were official greeters or just looking for a ride, but they sure were happy for company. By the time I untangled myself from the seatbelt and the greeters, Annie Main, who

She laughed. “A lot of people get confused. Hummus is a Mediterranean chickpea dip. Humus is rich, fertile, organic material in soil, produced by decomposition. That’s why we named the farm Good Humus. Sometimes when school kids are here for a tour, we give them a baggie filled with humus so they know the difference.” The farm, which is certified organic, is 20 acres. It’s large for such a small crew: Annie and Jeff, their adult son Zachary and Francisco Montez, a full-time employee who came onboard in 1980. “We also have a few occasional workers—neighbors and friends who help out at certain times of the year,” said Main. “Francisco has been with us practically since the beginning. This farm is his creation as well as ours.” The Mains started farming in 1976 after graduating from UC Davis. Both

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are fourth-generation Californians with an extensive farming heritage. “Jeff graduated with a civil engineering degree, and I graduated with a bachelor of science in renewable natural resources,” said Main. “Originally, we started farming with three other families in the Woodland area. Eventually, each family started their own farm. We moved here 33 years ago.” In the beginning they sold what they grew to local grocery stores and tried their hand at farmers markets. “That was too unpredictable, and we spent a lot of time selling rather than growing,” said Jeff, who had climbed down from a high ladder where he’d been pruning peach trees. “Plus, we wanted to work more directly with consumers. Farmers markets didn’t work out for us because they took too much time away from working the farm, or we had to hire someone to run the market stands. Now we just participate in the Davis Farmers Market and concentrate on CSAs. That has developed into a really nice relationship with our customers.” Good Humus has nearly 200 weekly CSA subscribers. It’s a big commitment; the Mains have to make sure there are crops ready for harvest every week. Right now, they are planting summer crops, such as squash and tomatoes, into flats and giving them a head start in a warm greenhouse. “When we first started the CSAs, we discovered that people are really curious about what’s going on at the farm,” said Main. “So we began putting together a newsletter, adding

a lot of pictures and notes about what we’re doing. Sometimes, people would tell us they didn’t know what to do with things like kale or bok choy, so we started including recipes in the newsletter and the CSAs. “We also realized there’s a real need for education about agriculture. From that, we got involved with local school lunch programs and invited elementary schools to visit the farm. We host a peach party in August to teach people how to make salsa and jam. In the spring, we host a Hats and High Tea garden party.” As for the CSA boxes, there are several ways to go. One option is all vegetables, which should be enough for an average family of four to last a week. (A vegetarian family might need more.) You can add a fruit box, cut flowers or bread from a local bakery. You may not pick and choose what’s contained in the box. That depends on what’s available at the farm. Prices for a quarterly subscription range from $90 to $210. “It’s sort of like Christmas every week,” said Main. “You open the box and get a wonderful surprise.” The family welcomes visitors to the farm. You will find them at the Davis Farmers Market in Central Park on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. On March 16, the Davis Farmers Market will begin opening on Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Good Humus Produce is also sold through Davis Food Co-op and Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op. For more information about the farm’s CSA program, go to goodhumus.com. You can also find the farm on Facebook. Gwen Schoen can be reached at gwen.schoen@aol.com. n

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Painters, politicians, cultural and community activists took the spotlight in recent events. Here are some folks who got out and about.

State Sen. Jim Nielsen and Assemblyman Ken Cooley (above) joined Carmichael Boy Scouts at the 50th anniversary of Troop 386. Issac Hinman offered the Scouts’ cowbell mascot for homage.

years. The edy for five ne e th r fo food Carmichael has collected food items to x a 0 0 D ,0 n 5 o e er m m Ca ted so recently dona n Church food closet. 11-year-old ia er yt b es Pr

The Carmichael Chamber of Commerce board was appointed. Board members included Debi Morales, Barbara Safford, Fred Rivas, Julie Hubbs, Cathryn Snow, Gabrielle Rasi and Linda Melody. Virginia Stone (inset) is president.

Marianne Harris was among artists who immortalized pets at the Sacramento Fine Arts “Animal House” exhibit. Modeling was pooch Dakota.

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and compose your answer. Then come

you’ve been sold a bill of goods.

back to the column.

My remorseful feeling is somewhat

Of course, the options are too

She nodded. “Do you think I’ll know that I’m dead?” she asked. “I think you’ll know a loving presence,” I said.

related to what I thought I was

numerous to tabulate, but if you’re

sensing recently from a patient

among those who hear this as

the satisfying warmth of a setting

entering the end stage of her life.

opportunity to convert the woman, let

summer sun.

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me assure you that I didn’t take that tack. Why not, you ask. Take another

She returned my smile with

Her questions helped her to voice a healthy mixture of faith and doubt, but only because our visits had

At first, she tried dismissing me by

moment and consider what the

helped her to feel safe asking those

BY NORRIS BURKES

telling me she was a lifelong atheist.

woman was really saying.

questions.

SPIRIT MATTERS

However, something clicked between

ecently, I bought a 24-foot

Yes, it’s possible she was

I also know there are times when

us, and she invited me back for

remorseful for buying into atheism

you need direct answers, as when I

several more visits.

and was now hoping for a life raft to

called my RV dealer to ask when my repairs would be finished.

motor home from a dealer

Not unlike the book “Tuesdays

escape the Lake of Fire. Not likely,

specializing in the “gently

With Morrie,” we enjoyed some deep

though. She had too much integrity

used.” Before we drove it off the lot, a

conversations, and I came to know a

for that. My guess is that she was

adviser said. “We’re still waiting on

service technician walked us through

woman who showed little regret about

asking something much deeper.

some parts.”

to demonstrate that everything was

her life.

working properly.

She’d raised two loving daughters

However, when we got it home, we discovered a propane problem

My best guess is that she was saying, “I’ve seen a lot of people die

and made a good life for herself.

and I need to see a purpose.” Even

However, she grew up in Hitler’s

more likely, she was saying, “If there

that rendered all the appliances

Germany and claimed good reasons

is a God, will he be loving? Will he

unworkable: no heat, stove or

to doubt God’s existence. She’d seen

accept me the way I am, doubts and

generator.

the imprisonment of relatives and the

all?”

Now, two months later, I still have

death of countless Jews. She’d had

I smiled at the woman. “You know

no working generator, but I do have

a childhood harassed by hunger and

I believe there’s something after

a full-blown case of buyer’s remorse.

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“Good question,” the service

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Before the Deluge ARE WE SAFE FROM FLOODING?

BY DR. AMY ROGERS SCIENCE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

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n the winter of 1861-62, a megaflood hit California. Downtown Sacramento drowned under 10 feet of water. The state’s newly elected governor, Leland Stanford, traveled by boat to his January inauguration, and the California legislature decamped to San Francisco. The entire Central Valley became an inland sea. Onethird of all the property in the state was destroyed.

It seems strange to worry about flooding during a time of drought. Could it happen again? It seems strange to worry about flooding during a time of drought, but when it comes to water in the American West, the historical pattern is either feast or famine. The flood of 1862, which followed two decades of exceptionally dry

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weather, is a warning that the natural forces driving the water cycle in our region can surprise us with their ferocity—and overwhelm our defenses. “The 1986 flood was a wake-up call,” says Rick Johnson, executive director of the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, a joint powers agency formed in 1989 to address our vulnerability to catastrophic flooding. In the hundred years after the megaflood, Sacramento did a lot to protect itself. Downtown was raised by 10 to 15 feet; a system of levees was built to shield homes and farmland; Folsom Dam was designed to hold back storm water and melting snow. And yet, in 1986 the system came perilously close to failure. “If we’d had another four to six more hours of rain, the American River would’ve overtopped the levees,” Johnson says. So what (nearly) went wrong?

The first problem is Sacramento was built in a flood plain. The Sacramento and American Rivers collect rain and snowmelt from almost 30,000 square miles of Northern California (what we call the rivers’ watershed). All of that water passes right through Sacramento on its way to the Delta and the Pacific Ocean. We’ve constrained our rivers into fixed channels using levees, cutting them off from their natural flood plains. The American River was pinned between levees much narrower than its natural width. The reason? A hundred and fifty years ago, hydraulic gold mining swept massive amounts of debris down from the foothills, threatening to clog the river. By pinching the American into a narrow channel, the water would flow fast and hard, sweeping away debris and keeping the channel clear. This worked but created additional flooding risks.

Sacramento’s last levees were completed in 1958, and the city thought it was sitting pretty with “300-year flood” protection—that is, protection against a flood so big that statistically it was likely to happen only once every 300 years. Two things disrupted this cozy picture: Hurricane Katrina and a new understanding of our climate. The flooding after Katrina revealed that Sacramento faces a potent, previously underappreciated risk: levee failure due to underseepage. The more obvious type of levee failure is overtopping, when a river rises higher than the levee and spills over the top. Underseepage is a sneak attack from below, via buried riverbeds left from old river channels. When the river is at flood stage, pressure forces water under the levee, through these sand and gravel riverbeds. Generally this won’t be a huge amount of water, but the flow carries with it some of

the sand from underground. Where the sand used to be, supporting the weight of the levee above, a gap is created. At some point, the levee will crack or sink into the gap, and the river will breach it. This happened in New Orleans. Taking into account the risk of underseepage, Sacramento’s overall rating dropped to 100-year flood protection at best. According to Johnson, that makes us “the most at-risk urban area in the country for riverine flooding.� SAFCA took action. Through a complex web of financial, legislative and administrative arrangements, levee improvements began in the late 1990s. To prevent underseepage, a “slurry wall� of impermeable bentonite clay is built into a levee. This wall cuts off the underground flow of river water that might otherwise undermine it. Building such a wall is a massive project, as depending on the geology of a particular site, the wall might have to go as deep as 150 feet. A trench is dug

in the levee and filled with a slurry that solidifies to form the wall. A $300 million project to do this on the banks of the American River through Arden/ Carmichael (including levees around Jacob Lane and Howe Avenue) will be finished this year. Overall, about $4 billion will be spent to bring the Sacramento area to 250-year flood protection, with the goal of eventually reaching the 400- to 500-year level. Improving the levees is necessary but not sufficient. We’ve learned that peak flows in our local rivers can get a lot bigger than people thought when engineers designed the region’s flood control system in the 1950s. Managing those flows in the American River, and adjusting to the changing climate, is the job of Folsom Dam, which I’ll discuss next month. Amy Rogers is a novelist, scientist and educator. To invite her to speak at your book club or public event, contact her at Amy@AmyRogers.com n

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Ultimate Fan THAT RINGING IN YOUR EARS? IT’S ‘GRAMPA’ CHEERING

BY KELLI WHEELER MOMSERVATIONS

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irst, you will hear the cowbell. Next, you’ll hear a yell of encouragement through a homemade megaphone. Finally, you will see him with a camera or awash in team spirit wear. The only thing missing for this die-hard, dedicated fan is the face paint. If you’re looking for a prime frontrow seat, forget it. He took the best seat in the house to set up his oneman parade of encouragement before the visiting team pulled into the parking lot or the janitor set out the last auditorium chair. Don’t let the rabid fan fool you that a level of excellence beyond all others’ skill level is about to be witnessed. It’s just Grampa. He’s here to cheer on his grandkids. My dad, Ron “Grampa” Silveira, is a professional cheerleader. Professional in that in my 45 years there has never once been a time when he hasn’t been found in the grandstands of my life cheering me on. I found my cheerleader long before singer/songwriter Omi did. Now Dad has added my kids to his favorite team. And I’m going to tell you, I can see why celebrities have entourages. It’s pretty validating and reaffirming to have someone following you around, ready to be witness to anything you’re taking a go at. I’m not gonna lie:

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Grampa and Rosie are ready for the game

It feels pretty amazing to look into the crowd and know that what you have done—impressive, absolutely mediocre, or even an epic fail—always impresses at least one person on a regular basis just because you are you and you decided to give something a whirl. You know how little kids are always saying, “Mommy, look at me! Daddy, watch this! Mommy, Daddy, look what I can do!”? Parents get tired of that constant need to be seen, heard and applauded. Grandparents don’t. Or at least Grampa doesn’t.

Grampa understands that even though little kids grow out of the look-at-me phase, no one ever outgrows needing validation. He knows the power of love, support, and approval. It’s like giving water, sunshine, and nutrients to a plant. You give it what is essential for it to flourish and you will be rewarded with a magnificent bloom. Grampa is a validation rock star with one heck of green thumb in growing self-esteem. True story: I ran track as a little kid all the way through to college. My dad never missed a track meet—and

there were a lot of them. Win or lose he was there to cheer me on. Gutsy win or disappointing loss, he was there to witness it. I can tell you from experience, there is amazing developmental power in knowing someone is in the stands rooting for you. It gives you courage. It gives you strength. It gives you motivation. It gives you determination. It gives you joy. It calms your nerves. It lifts your spirits. It fills you with pride. It gives you purpose. It gives you validation. I always felt bad for the kids who didn’t have anyone in the stands cheering for them. Not surprisingly, they ended up being the teenagers who faded into the background of life, lost and off course. It is no coincidence that I grew up into a woman who believes she can do anything. Everything I have ever done in my life Dad has been there to clang his proverbial cowbell for me. Now he is giving this amazing gift of validation to my children. It doesn’t matter if it’s a sporting event, spelling bee, low-level promotion ceremony, day, night, weekend or holiday (or even the Super Bowl, which he missed to be the family representative at a volleyball tournament. (Who the heck schedules these things on Super Bowl Sunday?) Grampa would not miss it for the world. He is our ultimate fan, our biggest supporter, our No. 1 believer that if you want someone to do great things, being there to cheer them on is essential. But if you can’t handle cowbell, I wouldn’t sit next to him. Kelli Wheeler is an author, family columnist and freelance writer. For weekly Momservations or to contact her, visit Momservations.com n

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Your Bike Type WHAT KIND OF CYCLIST ARE YOU?

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o person should have to be ‘brave’ to ride a bicycle.” That’s how Roger Geller, bicycle coordinator for the city of Portland, introduced his breakdown of the types of bicyclists. Most people are deterred from bicycling by fear. Getting hit by a car is the primary and overwhelming fear. Based on his experience, about 10 years ago Geller theorized there are four types of bicyclists. He named them the Strong and Fearless, Enthusiastic and Confident, Interested but Concerned, and No Way No How. (More accurately, this last type is actually made up of noncyclists.) Using some reasonable deductions, he estimated the percentages of the adult population that fell into each category. Subsequent research by Portland State University’s Jennifer Dill and Nathan McNeil, first at the local level and more recently through a nationwide survey, has confirmed that Geller’s analysis was largely accurate. Strong and Fearless bicyclists are those who would bike under almost any conditions. Their numbers are small. Geller put bike messengers in this group, but he also suggested

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that the 1 percent or so of commuters who bike in major American cities should be included. At the time he was writing, few U.S. cities had invested much in the rudiments of bike infrastructure such as bike lanes or bike parking, so virtually anyone the Census Bureau counted as a

commuting cyclist was Strong and Fearless. Enthusiastic and Confident bicyclists make up another 7 to 10 percent of the population, at least in Portland. These folks feel comfortable riding on bike paths and in bike lanes, even when the bike lanes are on big, busy streets. They enjoy bicycling and

want to bike more, both for utilitarian trips and for recreation. Making up more than 50 percent of the population, the largest group is the Interested but Concerned. They may ride for recreation but generally don’t ride for transportation. They are OK with riding on bike paths, bike boulevards (usually streets with lower and slower traffic) and cycle tracks (on-street bike paths that are physically separated from vehicle traffic). They are not comfortable riding in bike lanes on major streets with multiple lanes of high-speed traffic. The last group’s name, No Way No How, is self-explanatory. About a third of the population, these people would never consider getting somewhere by bike. They are very uncomfortable riding even on bike paths away from all car traffic. Disability and age may play a part. Their location near hills or too far from common destinations may be an issue. Or they simply would never choose bicycling (or walking or taking transit, for that matter) over driving. Geller’s breakdown offers a guide to policies that could get more people out of cars and have them switch to healthy, active transportation for more trips. At least one of the implications of his typology is clear. Trying to change the No Way No How group is probably not worth the effort. Accommodating the Interested but Concerned, the largest group, has the most potential to change behavior. Their perceived needs are not being met. They are most comfortable on bike paths, bike boulevards and cycle tracks, the facilities that are most

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segregated from automobile traffic. Women are overrepresented in this group, so making bicycling female friendly, and family friendly, is important. Cities in Europe have adopted the strategy of building segregated facilities. There have been some astonishing results. In Amsterdam and Copenhagen, 40 percent of all trips are regularly made by bike. Those cities have worked hard and creatively to alleviate concerns and make cycling accessible to everyone who’s interested. Cycling is not viewed as dangerous. Just about everyone bikes: the young and old, the rich and poor, men and women. In our own region, Davis has made bicycling safe and common by concentrating on infrastructure. About 20 percent of trips there are made by bike. There are other ways to get more of the Interested but Concerned to bike besides providing physically separated facilities. Bicycle skills training can provide the confidence needed to move a person to a “higher” category. Enforcement of traffic laws provides safer streets. Encouragement through community events such as Bike to Work Day and May Is Bike Month boosts participation. Yet until the majority of the population perceives bicycling as a safe activity and not something for only the few who are brave and confident, most will drive. They will drive even when it’s healthier, cheaper and just as quick to bike. Walt Seifert is a bicyclist, driver and transportation writer. He can be reached at bikeguy@surewest.net n

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Step by Step A HOUSE MORPHS FROM BACHELOR PAD TO FAMILY HOME

BY JULIE FOSTER HOME INSIGHT

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hen Sarah and Jason Ellis married in 2001, they moved into his 1,100-square-foot East Sacramento bachelor home. Today, following a series of major renovations, it is a showcase for healthy 21st-century family life. Charming but dated, the 1927 house had only two bedrooms and one bath. Now, it is a twostory, four-bedroom, three-bath, Craftsman-inspired home with a detached studio. “My husband bought this house in 1997, and we keep transforming it,” says Sarah Ellis. The couple, both architects, first completed a major remodel on the kitchen in 2002. Then, in 2005, they built a detached garage/studio with a sleeping loft, a workspace and a small bathroom.

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“The house has grown and been adapted throughout the many stages of our lives.”

“We thought it would be nice,” says Ellis. “When guests came, they could have their own space.” When their second child arrived, the cozy home started to feel crowded. The pair contemplated moving but eventually decided to stay put for the neighborhood and the schools. “So we just jumped in and opted to do a bigger project,” Ellis says. “With the exception of the kitchen, we essentially tore the house down to the studs and rebuilt from scratch, with new electrical, plumbing, mechanical, paint, finishes, insulation, siding and roofing.” The project consisted of the addition of a second story and a large family room off the kitchen. While the house was under construction in 2014 and 2015, the family moved into the 450-square-

foot studio, with Ellis using part of the space for her office. “It was a good bonding experience,” Ellis says. “Once the construction was completed 13 months later, it took everyone a while to adjust to all the new space.” Living in the house for years before the remodel and being on-site during construction proved advantageous. “We walked around when it was being framed and made adjustments along the way,” she says. “If we had not been here and been a bit more detached from the process or had not lived in the house before, we would not have been able to do that.” The situation provided insight into the way her clients feel during remodeling. “It was a good experience,” she says. “Because now we have lived it, and I know what it’s like.”

In the original section of the home, the couple refinished the wood floors, retextured the walls and repainted with a neutral color scheme. “We once had a red room, a green room and a yellow room,” says Ellis. In addition to creating convenient access to the backyard, the new family room was built with the idea of having space for daily family life and for the children to hang out with friends. “We wanted a place where the kids could bring their friends when they get older,” Ellis says. “My husband’s home when he was growing up was always that house. Mine was just the opposite. I always went to someone else’s house.” When planning for the second-story addition, the couple wanted to capture as much square footage as possible by eliminating what would have been attic space. They kept the original slope of the roof but raised it up.

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HOME FROM page 61 “We also wanted it to not feel so massive from the street, although there is a precedent for twostory homes in the neighborhood,” Ellis explains. The couple designed a dramatic steel railing for the second floor and had it crafted by local artisan Marc Foster. At the top of the stairs is a children’s play loft complete with a gate, a ladder and a pulley-and-rope system for hauling up toys. The master bedroom’s loft is dedicated to a more utilitarian use: containing electrical and mechanical systems. Solar-powered skylights in the bedroom and above the stairway add extra daylight and ventilation. The exterior got its own facelift. The front yard was planted with low-water and native plants. Fiber cement siding replaced the original vinyl siding. “It holds paint well, resists moisture and is good for fire protection,” says Ellis. Once a cozy but underinsulated home with lead paint and asbestos, it is now an example of what a comfortable, efficient and modern family live/work space can be. “We focused on creating a healthy indoor environment with a super-insulated building envelope and high-efficiency mechanical system,” says Ellis. “The house has grown and been adapted throughout the many stages of our lives: bachelor’s first house, young couple’s first home, live/work home and family house for four.” If you know of a home you think should be featured in Inside Publications, contact Julie Foster at foster.julie91@yahoo.com n

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HAVE “INSIDE,” WILL TRAVEL 1. Janna Burkhalter in Positano, Italy 2. The Sacramento Master Singers were on a choir tour and sang the last concert at the St. Giles Cathedral near Edinburgh Castle in Edinburgh, Scotland 3. Dicksie Robberson and Sandy Carli at Machu Picchu, an Incan citadel set high in the Andes Mountains in Peru 4. Patty and Bill Waltermeyer on the walkway over the Hudson River in Poughkeepsie, New York 5. Dennis & Barbara Luther on vacation in Egypt 6. Cierra Price and Justin Langstroth, Audrey and Kit Langstroth at the top of Homewood Ski Resort in Homewood, California

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The Taxman Cometh LOCAL EFFORTS TO MAKE APRIL 15 LESS TAXING

BY TERRY KAUFMAN DOING GOOD

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f you thought the rains and cold weather were taxing, you haven’t yet filed your 1040. But not to worry: Help is available for those who need it. There are also a number of ways to jump-start your charitable giving for the next tax year. Read on.

TAX HELP Local households that earned $54,000 or less in 2015 can receive free tax help in person through the Sacramento Coalition for Working Families, an income tax assistance effort led by United Way.

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And local households that made $62,000 or less in 2015 can qualify to file their state and federal taxes online for free at MyFreeTaxes.com, thanks to a national partnership between United Way, Goodwill Industries and National Disability Institute. Both in-person and online filing opportunities are designed to help households receive the maximum earned income tax credits, now available federally and through the state. For more information, go to yourlocalunitedway.org or call 4981000.

STANFORD OPEN HOUSE On Wednesday, March 9, Stanford Youth Solutions will host an event called Open House: Taste & Tour at its headquarters at 8912 Volunteer Lane. This is an opportunity to learn about the nonprofit’s mission of empowering young people and their families to solve serious challenges together. Attendees will hear about its programs, people and dynamic culture

while they enjoy food, wine and beer, and live music. To learn more, go to youthsolutions.org.

WEST CAMPUS CRAB FEED The West Campus Crab Feed and Silent Auction will take place Saturday, March 19, from 5:30 to 10 p.m. at St. Mary Parish’s Giovanni Hall. The evening will feature fresh hot crab and rib-eye steak, an “Aloha” Hawaiian theme, live music from West Campus’ award-winning band, a raffle and silent auction. All proceeds will support student programs including the classes of 2016-2019, WCHS Marching Band and the West Campus Foundation for Excellence. Tickets for the crab feed are available at westcampus.scusd.edu or in the school office at 3022 58th St.

of United Way California Capital Region. VISTA was founded in 1965 as a national service program to fight poverty in America. It was incorporated into the AmeriCorps network of programs in 1993. VISTA supports community efforts to overcome poverty. Members make a yearlong, full-time commitment to serve on a specific project at a nonprofit or public agency. VISTA members will be placed at Communities and Health Professionals Together/UCD Pediatrics, Sacramento Regional Coalition to End Homelessness, United Way California Capital Region, Wellspring Women’s Center, WIND Youth Services, Women’s Empowerment and Woodland United Way. For more information about the local AmeriCorps VISTA program, visit yourlocalunitedway.org.

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The local AmeriCorps VISTA program, now under the umbrella of United Way California Capital Region, helps local nonprofits. Seventeen AmeriCorps VISTA members will spread out among Sacramentoarea nonprofits, providing services worth more than $381,000 to the community. “VISTA members are some of the most generous people in the nation, and we are honored that 17 will be joining us in Sacramento,” said Stephanie Bray, president and CEO

Sacramento Children’s Home and Friends of the Crisis Nurseries will hold an American Girl Fashion Show on Friday, March 18, at 6 p.m. and Saturday, March 19, at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. at The Center at Twenty-Three Hundred. The show will showcase historical and contemporary fashions modeled by more than 100 local girls and their dolls. Tickets are $25 to $40. Proceeds from the event will benefit Sacramento Crisis Nurseries. For tickets, go to kidshome.org/events.

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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF HAPPINESS The International Day of Happiness will be celebrated throughout the world on Sunday, March 20. Established by the United Nations General Assembly on June 28, 2012, it is being commemorated locally with a kickoff on Saturday, March 19, from 10 a.m. to noon with education, happiness exercises and tips to increase, sustain and spread happiness in the home, at work and in the community. “Let’s build a happier world,” says Edwin Edebiri, the “chief happiness officer” of the I Am Happy Project, who will oversee the event at the Center for Spiritual Awareness, 1275 Starboard Drive, West Sacramento. Space is limited. To register, go to happyday2016.eventbrite.com. Terry Kaufman can be reached at terry@1greatstory.com n

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On the Ball THIS SPORTS PAINTER GRAVITATES TO WINNERS

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ike Tate can describe his daily life as a sports painter in four words. “Painting, eating, sleeping, hustling,” he says from a coffee shop in Lake Tahoe, where he regularly travels by RV to sell his highly sought-after artwork depicting baseball, NASCAR and golf. “I’m always on the lookout for momentous moments in sports,” explains Tate, who got his start at age 15 painting signage and skating rink murals before he moved on to painting houses, warehouses and churches to support his young family. “Part of my philosophy is to capture an epic moment in time, the strength or the emotion of the player, not just another baseball painting.” Tate grew up a San Francisco Giants fan. Now in his mid-50s, he moved from Arizona to McClellan at age 1 and has been in Sacramento ever since. But it wasn’t until 2014 that he decided to combine his sports passion with painting. “I had just finished painting 30 townhomes in Jackson when I told my wife, ‘I’m going to do something different when I’m done with this project,’” Tate recalls. “My passion has always been fine art, so Carol said, ‘Do it.’ I made a promise to her that I would study the art market for one year before jumping in. I went after it the smart way.” After studying Internet art sales and social media marketing every morning for a year, Tate started the “hustling” phase of his four-word career. Today, he’s still going strong.

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Artist Mike Tate

“My work was up at five different Starbucks in town at one time,” Tate says. “In my first week, I sold seven originals. And wherever I go—coffee shops, bars—I always carry my portfolio and flip it open and wait to see what happens.” One such coffee shop selling session transformed Tate’s career. “In 2014, I was on a business trip in Reno and stopped at Jungle Java,” Tate says. “I had just grabbed my coffee when a very wealthy-looking businessman walked up and asked if he could look at my portfolio.

After he finished, he said, ‘I need to tell you something. At the expense of offending you, I want to tell you to quit painting all this other stuff (nature scenes like poppies and aspens) and go into sports work exclusively.’ In the very back of my portfolio, I had some paintings I’d done of Giants players Tim Lincecum, Buster Posey and Sergio Romo. He said, ‘You’re one of the best sports artists I’ve ever seen. You need to focus on that. There’s a big vacuum for work of this quality.’ He walked

away and then came back and said, ‘Don’t forget what I told you.’” This mysterious chance encounter stuck in Tate’s mind as he watched the Giants advance to the World Series later that year. “With the businessman’s voice in my head, I told my wife, ‘If the Giants win, I’m going into full-time sports art,’” Tate says. “That way, I could ride their coattails for at least a year and build my business.” When the team succeeded in clinching the championship, Tate kept his word and dedicated all of his

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Friday, March 18, 2016 6:30 p.m. Sierra 2 Center, 2791 24th Street Sacramento 95818 TICKETS: $35 per person www.sacramentochildrenschorus.org FEATURING fine wines, local beer and eateries, and a silent auction.

artistic energy to depicting the Giants on their march to victory, including a particularly striking portrait of Madison Bumgarner midthrow during the Game 7 pitching performance against the Kansas City Royals that helped win his team the title. Local media took notice of Tate’s work, and suddenly he found himself conducting four TV interviews in seven days, including a live, two-hour painting presentation on Channel 40 during the airing of the Giants parade. “I sold four prints of that piece when I was on TV while the paint was still wet,” Tate says, his voice still full of disbelief. A savvy self-promoter, Tate pitched his work to Tim Flannery, the Giants’ third-base coach (now retired), who asked the artist to bring a Bumgarner print to a charity concert Flannery was going to play with his band. “Halfway through the concert, I realized that I could probably sell the original painting to this crowd and put a price of $12,000 on it,” Tate says. “It sold, and I gave half of the

proceeds to the charity. I couldn’t think for two weeks. That was the most money I’d ever made in one night, and the most I’d ever given away.” This model of half profit, half donation is one that Tate now follows for most of his big-ticket paintings, helping raise funds for Make-AWish Foundation, the Bryan Stow Foundation, charities founded by Giants pitcher Jeremy Affeldt and retired Dodger Steve Sax, as well as local causes like a dog rescue and the Folsom High School football team. “Usually when you’re creative, you don’t want to be put in a box,” Tate says. “But people kept telling me to find my niche, which made me mad at first. But when that businessman told me to stop wasting my time, I realized there aren’t a lot of sports artists out there anymore. Now that I’ve disciplined myself to the niche, I love what I do.” To see Mike Tate’s work, go to squareup.com/market/miketatestudio n

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San Francisco Symphony E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial THU, MAR 24 • 7PM

Experience a magical pairing of Steven Spielberg’s cinematic masterpiece presented in HD on our large screen and John Williams’ iconic score brought to life by the San Francisco Symphony.

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Benoît Charest & Le Terrible Orchestre de Belleville

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Sarah Koenig and Julie Snyder

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Igudesman & Joo Combining classical music, comedy and pop culture for an evening of pure entertainment.

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Beer, Bach and Ballet TROUPE’S ANNUAL EVENT FOLLOWED BY CLASSICAL OFFERING

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t’s not too late to catch the imaginative and invigorating inventions of the Sacramento Ballet dancers. Their last few performances of “Beer and Ballet” run at the Art Court Theatre at Sacramento City College Feb. 2328. Since their earlier February performances sold out, don’t wait to snag the last few tickets. For more than two decades, the Sacramento Ballet dancers have astonished audiences by creating compelling, experimental works for “Beer and Ballet”—accompanied, of course, by delicious brews provided this year by Ruhstaller Beer Sacramento, including Test IPA 15.0, an experimental ale designed just for the 2016 edition of “Beer & Ballet”; 1881 Red Ale, Ruhstaller’s classic using 100 percent Sacramento-grown hops; Capt Blk IPA; and Exquisite Kolsch, half German-grown and half California-grown. Sacramento City College is at 3835 Freeport Blvd. If you’re planning on traipsing around midtown for Second Saturday this month on March 12, don’t miss the chance to visit the ballet’s new studio and performance space at the E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts. The company

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“Bach to Now and Beyond ” is performing March 17 through April 2. Photo is by Keith Sutter.

will be offering tours of the freshly retrofitted building, excerpts from upcoming programs and information about the children’s auditions for next year’s “Nutcracker.” To see the E. Claire Raley space in full swing, check out “Bach to Now and Beyond,” performing March 17 through April 2. The program will include George Balanchine’s undisputed masterpiece “Concerto Barocco” (performed to the brilliant Double Violin Concerto by Johann Sebastian Bach) which returns to the Sacramento Ballet for the first time since 2007. The internationally renowned Chinese choreographer Ma Cong will contribute “Blood Rush,” which features Cong’s signature

East/West style, and newcomer Ashley Walton will collaborate with local Sacramento artists to take choreography to the next level. For tickets and more information, call the ballet box office at 552-5800, ext. 2, or go to sacballet.org. The E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts is at 2420 N St.

‘MAMMOTH’ IDEA THEATER Big Idea Theatre continues its ninth season, entitled Unspeakable, this month with playwright Madeleine George’s moving and hilarious dramedy “7 Homeless Mammoths Wander New England.” In its

Sacramento premiere, the show will run March 4 through April 2 at BIT’s home on Del Paso Boulevard. Described by George as “a Shakespearean comedy in the form of a ‘Friends’ sitcom,” the story chronicles a controversy brewing on a northeastern college campus over the closing of a neglected natural history museum. Dean Wreen, a fiery college professor turned accommodating administrator, must deal with the public outcry as her private life faces its own challenges when her ailing exlover comes to stay with her and her current flame, an enthusiastic former student. Amid protests, bad press and even opinionated museum dioramas,

these three women must explore their personal connections and social relevance while facing their own eventual extinction. “‘Mammoths’ is a beautiful, sad, uncertain, funny play about life and death, love, loss, rediscovery and stories,” explains director and BIT company member Ruby Sketchley. “Friends and lovers come and go in our lives and we must all figure out how best to handle the changes, both the joyous and the difficult ones, just as our characters in ‘Mammoths’ must do. You can’t go wrong with that, really.” Performances are at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. For tickets and more information, call 960-3036 or go to bigideatheatre.org. Big Idea Theatre is at 1616 Del Paso Blvd.

take place on March 18-20 at Oak Park Community Center. The two-day show will feature unique quilts created by local and regional artists, lectures, children’s activities, raffles, wearable art and dolls to purchase, a country store, SQC’s 2016 Opportunity Quilt, a display of the creations of featured quilt and fiber artist Connie Horne of Elk Grove, and much more. Show hours are from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 18; from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 19; and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 20. For more information, call 484-5025. Oak Park Community Center is at 3425 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

WHAT DREAM MAY COME

You know him on sight, he of the crazy hair and bemused expression wrought in dots and splashes. You also know many of his more famous subjects: Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, a Campbell’s soup can. Andy Warhol: Portraits is on display at Crocker Art Museum from March 13 through June 19. Warhol’s lifelong fascination with celebrity and the art of portraiture is examined in this exhibition featuring 160 paintings, drawings and fashion sketches, photo-booth film strips, Polaroids, photographs and personal memorabilia. Featured portraits will include self-portraits and a broad sampling of the 20th-century luminaries who sat for him: fashion scion Yves Saint Laurent, playwright Tennessee Williams, Pulitzer Prize winner Truman Capote, artists Keith Haring, Robert Mapplethorpe and JeanMichel Basquiat, and actors Judy Garland, Jane Fonda and Sylvester Stallone. Get in on the artistic act and participate in Warhol’s Factory with the interactive opportunity to make your own “Screen Test.” Andy Warhol: Portraits is organized by the Andy Warhol Museum, one of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh.

Aristotle is quoted as saying, “Often when one is asleep, there is something in consciousness which declares that what then presents itself is but a dream,” which is a fitting concept for ARTHOUSE on R’s exhibition “Soñando … Into the Light (Dreaming Into the Light),” featuring works by Kristen Hoard and Ruben Briseno Reveles from March 12 through April 15. Kristen Hoard will be showing organic metal sculptures with LED lights that change colors and cast light patterns onto the walls, ceiling and floor (to achieve the proper effect, the lights will be dimmed in the gallery). Using various recycled metals, a plasma cutter, welding designs, grinding techniques, colored dyes and patinas and powder-coated finishes, Hoard transforms these discarded pieces of recycled metal into works of art. Ruben Reveles will be showing photographs on metal, glass, acrylic and stone backlit with ethereal lighting. Reveles captures imagery of trees, haunting Day of the Dead scenes from Mexico and dreamy landscapes, then manipulates the photos and “bends the pixels” to

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his will to transform the photo into dreams of serene timelessness. The Second Saturday opening reception will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. on March 12. For more information, call 212-4988 or go to arthouseonr.com. ARTHOUSE on R is at 1021 R St.

GERSHWIN IN SACRAMENTO Ring in spring with the Sacramento Symphonic Winds’ joyful concert “Gerwshin & Grainger” at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 13, at Crowne Plaza Sacramento Northeast. The whole family will enjoy selections from George Gershwin’s “An American in Paris” as well as “Irish Tune from County Derry” by Percy Grainger. Your toes will be tapping for sure! For tickets and more information, call 489-2576 or go to sacwinds.org. Crowne Plaza Sacramento Northeast is at 5321 Date Ave.

SHAMROCK’N! Keep your New Year’s resolution to get and stay fit with the help

of local athletic experts Fleet Feet Sports at the Blue Diamond Almonds Shamrock’n Half Marathon, Sacramento’s largest half-marathon, on Sunday, March 13. Or, if you’re just starting out on the path to pavement pounding, try the 5K the day before on Saturday, March 12. But you’d better hurry: The race is more than half sold. They don’t call the event “rock’n” for nothing. Participants will rock out to the beat of 14 bands during the race and will finish in front of a stadium of screaming fans at Raley Field. Stick around for the after party, where you’ll enjoy music by Mumbo Gumbo and (if you’re 21) free beer to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Register now at shamrocknhalf. com. For more information, go to fleetfeetsacramento.com.

QUILTS OF MANY COLORS The Sisters Quilting Collective has you covered for Women’s History Month. Its 2016 Quilt Show in celebration of Women’s History month, Quilts of Many Colors, will

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Has anyone ever asked you who you’d like to have a dream dinner with, alive or dead? If your answer is Andy Warhol, you’re in luck: Dinner With Andy, a farm-to-fork dinner by Supper Club and a tour of Andy Warhol: Portraits will take place on Thursday, March 17. Enjoy an exhibition tour at either 5:30 p.m. or 6:30 p.m., then revel in a four-course farm-to-fork dinner with locally sourced wine and beer pairings. For tickets and more information, call 808-1182. (Members receive 10 percent off the price of dinner if reservations are made at least seven days in advance.) Still wigging out over Warhol? Don’t miss the Twisted Sacratomato Salon: Warhol Edition from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, March 24. Test your flexibility with a drop-in game of Twister, test your brain with Warhol-related pub trivia and games of all kinds and test your limits with cocktails from the no-host bar. Tickets are free for museum members and $10 for nonmembers. For more information, go to crockerartmuseum.org. Crocker Art Museum is at 216 O St.

To celebrate Youth Art Month, the Crocker will partner with the California Art Education Association’s statewide program featuring the exhibition of student artwork from exceptional arts education programs at Sacramento-area schools and art organizations from March 3 through April 3.

Step right up to Vaudeville, one of the Crocker’s craziest Art Mix evenings. Step right up to Vaudeville, one of the Crocker’s craziest Art Mix evenings, from 5 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, March 10. Do you fancy burlesque? How about a bag of laughs? Perhaps a trick up your sleeve? Join the fun or just marvel at the spectacles to be seen, including Peter Petty and his Terpsichoreans, TUBE.Magazine’s world of freaky friends, food and drink discounts during happy hour from 5 to 6 p.m., and $5 drink specials all night. This event is for guests 21 and over and it’s free for museum members and free with general admission for non-members. For tickets, call 8081182. Take the weekend after Art Mix to recover with the soothing Classical Concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 13, featuring concert pianist Jason Sia performing Earl Wild’s piano transcriptions of popular Gershwin songs such as “Embraceable You,” “Summertime” and “The Man I Love” in honor of the opening day of the exhibition Andy Warhol: Portraits. The program will also include works by Frederic Chopin, Franz Liszt, Claude Debussy, Sergei Rachmaninoff and others. Tickets are $6 for museum members; $10 for students, youths and Capital Public Radio members; and $12 for nonmembers.

‘CARMINA’ AT THE SCSO

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There’s nothing quite like hearing Carl Orff’s magical “Carmina Burana” performed by a full orchestra, so don’t miss out when the Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra performs it and other impressive pieces at 8 p.m. on Saturday, March 5, at the Community Center Theater. The concert will feature “Burana” as well as the American premiere of Jonathan Dove’s “Psalms for Leo,” performed entirely in ancient Hebrew, as well as Karl Jenkins’s “Songs of Sanctuary” and Josef Suk’s “Towards a New Life.” Arrive early at 7 p.m. for a pre-concert talk by conductor Donald Kendrick. Do you know a public high school, charter high school, home school high school, music school or music program that would love to have a VIP experience? The Student VIP package includes group tickets for 10 or more plus a CD of the SCSO performing

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“Carmina Burana,” a special talk with Kendrick, commemorative name badges and the chance to attend a rehearsal. For group tickets, contact Charlene Black at 849-4371. For tickets and more information, call 808-5181 or go to sacramentochoral.com. The Community Center Theater is at 1301 L St.

Help the Sacramento Master Singers celebrate three decades of excellence in artistic direction by their beloved conductor Dr. Ralph Hughes with a special 30th anniversary concert, And I Can Sing, at 8 p.m. on March 12 and at 3 p.m. on March 13 at St. Francis of Assisi Church in midtown. (In fact, all three of their concerts this season are dedicated to Hughes.) The program will feature choral works by Eric Whitacre and Morten Lauridsen, contemporary spirituals and a first for the Master Singers: a fascinating fusion of poetry, song and rhythm entitled “Triptych,” by composer Tarik O’Regan, to be performed with the help of the Sacramento State Percussion Group. For tickets and more information, call 788-7464 or go to mastersingers. org. St. Francis of Assisi Church is at 1066 26th St.

THE PLUCK O’ THE IRISH Looking for a way to wow your friends and family with your floral prowess? Let Relles Florist lend a hand at this month’s DIY class from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 12, featuring a St. Patrick’s Day bouquet that would make even a leprechaun bloom with pride. The class is $35 per person and includes all materials, as well as instruction in bouquet construction and other design techniques. Advance registration is required, so give them a call at 441-1478. For more information, go to rellesflorist.com. Relles Florist is at 2400 J St.

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE— THE PLAY Surely you know the story of the five Bennet sisters and their quest for love, but have you seen Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” story taken on by 30 young actors from Sacramento City College? The play, adapted by Joseph Hanreddy and J.R. Sullivan and directed by Lori Ann DeLappeGrondin, runs through Sunday, March 20, at City Theatre. Marriage is an inevitable fact of life for Bennet sisters Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty and Lydia. With the family estate entailed to their closest male cousin, their only hope to advance in life is to find a rich and single man—and one has just arrived in the form of the very handsome (and very well-off) Charles Bingley. The kind-hearted and beautiful Jane seems poised to make a match, but must contend with her overzealous mother, Bingley’s

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snobbish sister and a slippery social ladder. The fire and wit of Jane Austen’s classic 1813 romance shines through in Hanreddy and Sullivan’s vibrant new adaptation. Performance times are at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and at 2 p.m. Sundays. For tickets and more information, go to citytheatre.net. Sacramento City College is at 3835 Freeport Blvd.

OH-LA-LALIQUE A rare Lalique vase, a Vonnoh bronze, a Newlyn School painting and a red 1961 Triumph TR3 roadster highlight Witherell’s current auction catalog, so don’t miss the preview from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 12, at Witherell’s gallery to see what you want to bid on. When Witherell’s chief operating officer and “Antiques Roadshow” appraiser Brian Witherell visited a family in Arbuckle to take a look at their collectibles, he was surprised to discover a rare Bacchante vase. The vase was originally introduced by the famed René Lalique in 1927 but

because it was part of the family’s treasures, it was locked away in a china cabinet for almost 90 years. “It’s rare to hear of business titans in the Central Valley, but there are many of them in the area who funded and ran great companies,” Witherell says. “This family was one of them.” (Which would explain the vase’s impressive though conservative valuation of $15,000 to $25,000.) If you’re an enthusiast of Bessie Potter Vonnoh, the bronze piece in this catalog is sure to make you swoon. This piece of Vonnoh’s “Enthroned” is only the third example of this legendary artwork to surface, found during a visit to a Carmel consignor. One model is displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the other sold at Christie’s in 1996 for nearly $30,000. For more information, call 4466490 or go to witherells.com. The Witherell’s preview gallery is at 300 20th St.

LIFE IS A CABARET Ready to take a sentimental journey? The River City Chorale presents its popular cabaret of the same name (Sentimental Journeys) at 4 and 6:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, March 5 and 6, at the Serbian Hall in Fair Oaks. Audience members will be transported back to the era of such songs as “Chattanooga Choo Choo,” “Meet Me in St. Louis,” “Route 66” and “On the Sunny Side of the Street” performed by small groups, soloists, a chamber choir and the entire chorale ensemble alongside a traditional jazz combo led by director Richard Morrissey. Pre-concert hors d’oeuvres will be served at your table—by the singers themselves, no less—and cabaret-goers can partake of libations at an open bar and purchase raffle tickets for one of four fun prizes, with winners to be announced at the end of the concert. As this is the chorale’s most popular concert of the year, it’s best to get your tickets early by PREVIEWS page 74

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MAIS OUI! Pretend you’re in Paris this spring without leaving your hometown when the Sacramento French Film Festival brings French cinema to Crest Theatre. On Saturday, March 5, the ninth Winter French Short Film Screening will feature a selection of short films nominated for a 2016 César award (the French equivalent of an American Academy Award) starting at 7 p.m. After the films, all of which will be subtitled in English, the audience will be invited to vote for the “Sacramento César Awards” and the results will be compared with those of the 40th César Ceremony, which will have been held a week earlier in France on Friday, Feb. 26 (no spoilers!). The evening will also include French pop

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with DJ Christophe as well as a nohost bar operated by Empress Tavern. For tickets and more information, call 455-9390, stop by the Crest Theatre box office or go to sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org or ticketfly.com. Crest Theatre is at 1013 K St.

CITY SLICKERS See a sextuplet of talented artists take the walls together at Beatnik Studios’ current exhibition Six From City, featuring the artwork of a longstanding critique group established by Chris Daubert at, you guessed it, Sacramento City College from March 22 through April 22. The artists featured include Laura Carpenter, Jill Estroff, Ed Forrest, Chris Markel, Christine Nicholson and Stephanie Fry Rallanka. While all vary widely in style, from expressionist landscape to geometric abstraction, the painters are unified by their expressive intensity and a concentration on surface and gesture. The opening reception will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. on First Friday, April 1. For more information, call 400-4281 or go to beatnik-studios. com. Beatnik Studios is at 723 S St.

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Lend your ears to the sweet strumming of Louisiana guitar slinger Sonny Landreth when he makes his Sacramento debut at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 31, at Harlow’s. Landreth’s new 2015 album, “Bound By The Blues,” marks a return to the slide guitarist’s musical roots. It presents a bold collection of recordings that climb to stratospheric heights of jazz-informed improvisation, with plenty of classicrock swagger while remaining deeply attached to the elemental emotional and compositional structures that are at the historic core of the blues. “Ever since ‘The Road We’re On’ (his Grammy-nominated 2003 release), fans have been asking me, ‘When are you going to do another blues album?’ ” Landreth explains. “After expanding my songs

Artwork by Stephanie Fry Rallanka will be on display at Beatnik Studios

for ‘Elemental Journey’ into an orchestral form, I thought I’d get back to the simple but powerful blues form. “The blues have been a big part of my journey for the past 40-plus years. Some of the numbers on this album are among the first I learned. I wrote ‘Where They Will’ about my relationship to blues—letting the music lead me to new sounds and improvisational passages and introduce me to things I haven’t played before.” To make dinner reservations prior to the concert, call 441-4693. For more information, go to harlows.com. Harlow’s is at 2708 J St.

THREE TENORS You might think that a concert named The Three Tenors (Who Can’t Sing) sounds like a joke—and you’d

be right. The concert is a mix of stand-up (and a sit down) with three “made men” of comedy that comes to Crest Theatre on March 18 as part of its 22-city national tour. The variety show stars comedians Vic DiBitetto, Richie Minervini and Fred Rubino and promises hysterical, family-friendly stand-up, improv and audience participation. Tickets range from $25 to $37.50. There’s a $20 VIP upgrade available that includes a meet and greet with the tenors and an autographed photo. For tickets and more information, call 475-3356 or go to ticketfly.com or crestsacramento.com. Crest Theatre is at 1013 K St. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. Please email items for consideration by the first of the month at least one month in advance of the event. n

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Sunday, June 5, 2016

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Loud Folks, Loud Flavors BRODERICK MIDTOWN IS AN IN-YOUR-FACE DINING EXPERIENCE

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ou might think the restaurant landscape is a bit too crowded already for yet another burger joint, another casual, kicked-upcomfort-food spot, another place where cheese and bacon smother every dish in their glistening fattiness. You might think that, but you’d be sorely mistaken as there is a near never-ending appetite in the marketplace for just this kind of food.

By the time we got to the table, we were more than a bit hungry, and the menu didn’t disappoint. Turn your television to any food channel at any time of day and it’s even money that you’ll be tuning into a show about diners, drive-ins and other greasy spoons, or watching a man tackle a 5-pound burrito or a 10-gallon hat filled with “atomic” chili. The show might be a nearly religious experience of bacon, or a cultlike indoctrination into cheeses of the world. These channels simply can’t miss with these shows. We love to watch them. Similarly, restaurateurs can typically find an audience for food that punches you in the face with bold flavors and smacks your posterior with fatty goodness. Don’t get me

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wrong: I love this stuff, too. Give me a bacon cheeseburger, a chili dog or a piece of deep-fried mac ’n’ cheese and I’m probably going to enjoy it.

So when a raucous burger joint opens up in Midtown, odds are that folks will gravitate toward it. And with the new Broderick Midtown, gravitating they are.

Located on the bustling block of L Street between 18th and 19th (already home to Ginger Elizabeth Chocolates, Buckhorn Grill, Aioli Bodega Española, Eatuscany plus a few places in the works), Broderick Midtown has set up camp where the action is. On a recent Friday, a small group joined me for a casual dinner there. It was truly hopping. Loud, energetic and intense, the dining room was packed with Midtowners, families, happy-hour hunters and folks just looking for a beer and a burger. The wait was nearly 30 minutes, but the time passed quickly as we grabbed beers from a decently sized and well-curated tap and bottle list, then proceeded to shout at one another in order to be heard. Did I mention it was loud? By the time we got to the table, we were more than a bit hungry, and the menu didn’t disappoint. Mostly made up of burgers and sandwiches, the menu goes from basic and hearty (standard cheeseburger and fries) to pretty darned substantial (barbecue bacon cheeseburger with add-ons like a fried egg and house chili) to indulgently ridiculous (a duck burger, topped with onion strings, pear/fig jam and a cheese skirt and served with a side of fries smothered in gravy). The indulgences were aplenty at our table, and our server was quick, friendly and efficient in helping meet our every calorie-filled desire. As busy and chaotic as the space seemed, the servers expertly handled diners’ needs for drinks, meals and special requests. Each patty was cooked to the exact doneness requested, each slice of

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21st and S streets. They also took over Capital Dime, the short-lived enterprise directly across the street from Broderick Midtown. They’ve shuttered the Dime temporarily and will be reopening and rebranding it as Saddle Rock, ostensibly a more Sacramento-focused food experience. Before the first Broderick opened, the people behind it started with a food truck called Wicked ’Wich that featured Pittsburgh-style sandwiches and had a loyal following of its own. Now that Team Broderick has put down roots, it has become one of the fastest-growing regional restaurant groups in the area. We look forward to the opening of Saddle Rock and hope it has the same bravado that has made Broderick’s other enterprises so successful. Broderick Midtown is at 1820 L St.; 469-9720, broderick1893.com. Greg Sabin can be reached at gregsabin@hotmail.com n

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Corned Beef & Cabbage Dine in or Carry out

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5026 Fair Oaks Blvd. 50 at Arden Way 916.485.2883

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Jack’s Urban Eats

2535 Fair Oaks Blvd. 481-5225 L D $ Full Bar Made-to-order comfort food in a casual setting • Jacksurbaneats.com

Andaloussia

1537 Howe Ave. 927-1014 L D $-$$ Authentic Moroccan cuisine, lunch & dinner specials, belly dancing weekends • bestmoroccanfood.com

Bandera

2232 Fair Oaks Blvd. 922-3524

D Full Bar $$-$$$ American Cooking served in an all-booth setting. • Houtons.com

Bella Bru Café

5038 Fair Oaks Blvd. 485-2883

B L D $-$$ Full bar, casual, locally owned European style café with table service from 5 pm and patio dining • bellabrucafe.com

Café Vinoteca

The Kitchen

2225 Hurley Way 568-7171

D $$$ Wine/Beer Five-course gourmet demonstration dinner by reservation only • Thekitchenrestaurant.com

La Rosa Blanca Taqueria 2813 Fulton Ave. 484-6104

L D Full Bar $$-$$ Fresh Mexican food served in a colorful family-friendly setting

L D $$ Full Bar Italian bistro in a casual setting • Cafevinoteca.com

Café Bernardo

Monday through Thursday only.

Leatherby’s Family Creamery 2333 Arden Way 920-8382

L D $ House-made ice cream and specialties, soups and sandwiches

Lemon Grass Restaurant

3535 Fair Oaks Blvd. 487-1331

If you have a JANUARY, FEBRUARY, OR MARCH birthday, bring your party of 2 or more to Fat City Bar & Cafe to celebrate anytime before March 31, 2016*. Buy one entrée and get a second entrée FREE! Plus, the birthday person gets a FREE slice of our famous banana cream pie!

*does not need to be on your actual birthday 1001 Front Street, Old Sacramento ~ 446.6768 www.lovemyfats.com

601 Munroe St. 486-4891

Proof of birthday required. Valid January 4 through March 31, 2016. Not valid Valentine’s Day or with any other offer. Maximum discount $15. Tax & gratuity not included.

L D $$ Full Bar Patio Vietnamese and Thai cuisine in a casual yet elegant setting

Luna Lounge

Pavilions Center

B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Patio Casual California cuisine • paragarys.com

Chinois City Café

3535 Fair Oaks Blvd. 485-8690

5026 Fair Oaks Blvd. 485-2883

B L D $-$$ Full neighborhood bar serving dinner nightly from 5 to 11 pm. Open at 11 am daily. Weekend breakfast from 8:30 am to 2 pm. • bellabrucafe.com

L D $$ Full Bar Asian-influenced cuisine in a casual setting • Chinoiscitycafe.com

The Mandarin Restaurant

Ettore’s

D $$-$$$ Full Bar Gourmet Chineses food for 32 years • Dine in and take out

2376 Fair Oaks Blvd. 482-0708

B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Patio European-style gourmet café with salads, soup, spit-roasted chicken, and desserts in a bistro setting • Ettores.com

4321 Arden Way 488-47794

Matteo's Pizza

5132 Fair Oaks. Blvd. 779-0727

L D Beer/Wine $$ Neighborhood gathering place for pizza, pasta and grill dishes

Jackson Catering & Events

Roma's Pizza & Pasta 6530 Fair Oaks Blvd. 488-9800

L D $$ Traditional Italian pizza & pasta Family Friendly Catering + Team Parties • romas-pizzaand-pasta.com

Sam's Hof Brau

2500 Watt 482-2175 L D $$ Wine/Beer Fresh quality meats roasted daily • thehofbrau.com

Thai House

Roxy

2381 Fair Oaks Blvd. 489-2000

527 A Munroe in Loehmann's 485-3888

B L D $$-$$$ Full Bar American cuisine with a Western touch in a creative upscale atmosphere

L D $$ Wine/Beer Featuring the great taste of Thai traditional specialties • sacthaihouse.com

Ristorante Piatti

Thai Chef's House

L D $$ Full Bar Contemporary Italian cuisine in a casually elegant setting

L D $$ Thai cusine in a friendly, casual setting

571 Pavilions Lane 649-8885

2851 Fulton Ave. 481-9500

Willie's Burgers

1120 Fulton Ave. 483-7300

5050 Fair Oaks Blvd. 488-5050

L D $$ Wine/Beer Creative cuisine in a casual setting • Jacksoncateringevents.com

L D $ Great burgers and more

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Free Breakfast

Free Lunch

buy one breakfast & 2 beverages get 2nd free up to $7

buy one lunch & 2 beverages get 2nd free up to $7

buy one dinner & 2 beverages get 2nd free up to $7

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At the old Marie Callender’s 3129 Arden Way

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Free Dinner

Open Daily 6:30 am – 9 pm

Restaurant

2813 Fulton Avenue • 484-6104 Live music Fridays

Folsom

402 Natoma Street, Folsom • 673-9085 Live music Fridays & Saturdays

FREE DINNER Buy 1 Dinner Plate at B Reg Regular Price & Get Second Dinner FREE With cou coupon. Up to $7 value. Must include 2 drinks. So Some restrictions apply. Exp. 3/31/16

“...Shortly after returning from Italy, we thought we had never come home.” - Gourmet

New Happy Hour! Monday – Friday 5 - 7 pm 2801 Capitol Av Avenue (916) 455-2422 www.biba-restaurant.com

EAST SAC

Formoli's Bistro

Star Ginger

3301 Folsom Blvd. 455-2233

B L D Wine/Beer Patio $$ Mediterranean influenced cuisine in a neighborhood setting

Asian Grill and Noodle Bar • starginger.com

33rd Street Bistro

B L D $$ Full Bar Patio Pacific Northwest cuisine in a casual bistro setting •

Burr's Fountain 4920 Folsom Blvd. 452-5516

B L D $ Fountain-style diner serving burgers, sandwiches, soup and ice cream specialties

3839 J St. 448-5699

Hot City Pizza 5642 J Street 731-8888

D $ Wine/Beer Fresh made to order pizza served in a cozy dining room; or to take out

3101 Folsom Blvd. 231-8888

DOWNTOWN Foundation

400 L St. 321-9522

L D $$ Full Bar American cooking in an historic atmosphere • foundationsacramento.com

La Trattoria Bohemia Cabana Winery & Bistro 5610 Elvas 476-5492

LD $$ Wine tasting and paired entrees. Sunday Brunch 10 - 2. • cabanawine.com

Clubhouse 56

723 56th. Street 454-5656

BLD Full Bar $$ American cuisine. HD sports, kid's menu, beakfast weekends

Evan’s Kitchen 855 57th St. 452-3896

B L D Wine/Beer $$ Eclectic California cuisine served in a family-friendly atmosphere, Kid’s menu, winemaker dinners, daily lunch specials, community table for single diners • Chefevan.com

Español 5723 Folsom Blvd. 457-3679

L D Full Bar $-$$ Classic Italian cuisine served in a traditional family-style atmosphere

3649 J St. 455-7803

L D Wine/Beer $-$$ Italian and Czech specialties in a neighborhood bistro setting

Les Baux

5090 Folsom Blvd. 739-1348

BLD $ Wine/Beer Unique boulangerie, café & bistro serving affordable delicious food/drinks all day long • lesbauxbakery.com

Opa! Opa!

5644 J St. 451-4000

L D Wine/Beer $ Fresh Greek cuisine in a chic, casual setting, counter service

Chops Steak Seafood & Bar 1117 11th St. 447-8900

L D $$$ Full Bar Steakhouse serving dry-aged prime beef and fresh seafood in an upscale club atmosphere • Chopssacramento.com

Claim Jumper

1111 J St. 442-8200

L D $$ Full Bar Upscale American in a clubby atmosphere

Downtown & Vine 1200 K Street #8 228-4518

Nopalitos

Wine Bar, Event Center & Retail Sales, 36 wines by the glass, beer on tap • downtownandvine.com

B L $ Wine/Beer Southwestern fare in a casual diner setting

Ella Dining Room & Bar

5530 H St. 452-8226

Selland's Market Cafe 5340 H St. 736-3333

B L D $$ Wine/Beer High quality handcrafted food to eat in or take out, wine bar

1131 K St. 443-3772

$4 off any large pizza $3 off any medium pizza Family owned and operated

Arden’s Best Neighborhood Pizza for 22 Years!

4215 Arden Way (Arden and Eastern)

482-1008

L D $$$ Full Bar Modern American cuisine served family-style in a chic, upscale space • Elladiningroomandbar.com

Open 7 days a week

Mon - Sat 11am-10pm; Sun 12-9 Dine in,Take Out or Delivery

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This Month at the Market

A LOOK AT WHAT’S IN SEASON AT LOCAL FARMERS MARKETS IN MARCH

ASPARAGUS

BROCCOLI

NANTES CARROTS

Asparagus plants are perennial; the edible spears are the new shoots that appear in spring. To eat: Steam, grill or roast them and serve with hollandaise or lemon vinaigrette.

California grows 80 percent of the nation’s crop. Broccoli is packed with vitamin C and dietary fiber. To eat: Boil, sauté, steam or stir-fry.

This French heirloom variety has an almost perfectly cylindrical shape, smooth skin, crisp texture and sweet taste. To eat: Use in stocks, soups, braises and salads.

FAVA GREENS

LEEKS

The leaves of the fava bean plant are mildly sweet and buttery. Early in the season, they are tender and can be eaten raw. Later in the season, it’s best to sauté or wilt them. To eat: Mix them into a salad or add to pasta or risotto.

This sweet, delicately flavored vegetable is from the onion family and is related to garlic, chives and scallions. Clean them well before using to remove grit between the leaves. To eat: Braise them whole or slice and sauté for a soup or stew.

CARNIVAL CAULIFLOWER

These multicolored cauliflowers come in vivid orange, green or purple. They are a great source of vitamins C and B6 and are high in folate and potassium. To eat: Boil the whole head briefly in salted water, then drizzle with olive oil and roast at high temp.

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916-966-7665 Esquire Grill 1213 K St. 448-8900

gopoolguy.com Parlaré Eurolounge 10th & J Sts. 448-8960

L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Outdoor Dining Upscale American fare served in an elegant setting • Paragarys.com

D $$ Full Bar Relax with drinks and dinner in this stylish downtown space

Estelle's Patisserie

1110 Front St. Old Sac 442-8226

901 K St. 916-551-1500 L D $$-$$$ French-inspired Bakery serving fresh pastry & desserts, artisan breads and handcrafted sandwiches. EstellesPatisserie.com

Fat City Bar & Cafe 1001 Front St. 446-6768

D $$-$$$ Full Bar American cuisine served in a casual historic Old Sac location • Fatsrestaurants. com

The Firehouse Restaurant 1112 Second St. 442-4772

L D $$$ Full Bar Global and California cuisine in an upscale historic Old Sac setting • Firehouseoldsac.com

Frank Fat’s

806 L St. 442-7092

L D Full Bar $$-$$$ Chinese favorites in an elegant setting • Fatsrestaurants.com

Il Fornaio

400 Capitol Mall 446-4100

L D Full Bar $$$ Fine Northern Italian cuisine in a chic, upscale atmosphere • Ilfornaio.com

Grange

926 J Street • 492-4450

B L D Full Bar $$$ Simple, seasonal, soulful • grangerestaurant.com

Hock Farm Craft & Provision

Rio City Café

L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Seasonal menu of favorites in a setting overlooking river • Riocitycafe.com

Ten 22

1022 Second St. 441-2211

L D Wine/Beer $$ American bistro favorites with a modern twist in a casual, Old Sac setting • ten22oldsac.com

LAND PARK 2966 Freeport Blvd. 442-4256

B L $ Award-winning baked goods and cakes for eat in or take out • Freeportbakery.com

13th Street and Broadway 737-5115

L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Upscale neighborhood steakhouse • Ironsteaks.com

Jamie's Bar and Grill

427 Broadway 442-4044

AWARD WINNING NEIGHBORHOOD ITALIAN BISTRO!

L D $ Full Bar Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. Dine in or take out since 1986

Riverside Clubhouse

2633 Riverside Drive 448-9988

L D $$ Full Bar Upscale American cuisine served in a contemporary setting • Riversideclubhouse.com

Join us for our classic

St. Patrick’s Day Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner on March 17th

Taylor's Kitchen

Easter Dinner Sunday, March 27th

2924 Freeport Boulevard 443-5154

Mikuni Restaurant and Sushi Bar

Tower Café

L D Full Bar $$-$$$ Japanese cuisine served in an upscale setting • Mikunisushi.com

B L D $$ Wine/Beer International cuisine with dessert specialties in a casual setting

L D $$ Full Bar Outdoor Patio California cuisine with a French touch • Paragarys.com

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Iron Grill

L D $$-$$ Full Bar Celebration of the region's rich history and bountiful terrain • Paragarys.com

1401 28th St. 457-5737

WWW.ELLA DINING ROOM AND BAR.COM

Freeport Bakery

D $$$ Wine/Beer Dinner served Wed. through Saturday. Reservations suggested but walk-ins welcome.

Paragary’s Bar & Oven

AND HAPPY HOUR SPECIALS

1131 K STREET DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO 916.443.3772

1415 L St. 440-8888

1530 J St. 447-2112

L U N C H,DI N N E R,

1518 Broadway 441-0222

Please call (916) 487-1331 to make your reservations.

Willie's Burgers

2415 16th St. 444-2006

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Coldwell Banker AMERICAN RIVER FRONT post & beam 3,458 sq ft Carmichael home w/4 beds/3 baths/ office on 1.24 awesome view acres. A rare and lovely offering. $1,545,000 JOHN GUDEBSKI 870-6016 CalBRE#0185449

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ANCIL HOFFMAN PARK animated home with jewel like finishes. 3,929 sq ft. 4 beds/3.5 baths/media-game room. Handsome main floor master suite. $1,295,000 JOHN GUDEBSKI 870-6017 CalBRE#01854491

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EXTRAORDINARY TRI-PLEX custom features throughout 2&3 bdrm units on a spacious lush landscaped lot opportunity for home plus income $799,000 PEGGY ADAMS 768-3176 CalBRE#00414765

FABULOUS SIERRA OAKS LOCATION Beautifully Upgraded, Designer Kitchen 3 BD/2.5 BA Ranch, Professionally landscaped, Quiet street. $785,000 DENISE CALKIN 803-3363 CalBRE#01472607 calkinrealestate.com

CARMICHAEL RANCH w/a contemporary flair. Walls of glass wrap around a central patio w/pool & spa a striking home $759,000 JONATHAN BAKER 837-4523 OR SANDY FOSTER 204-4513 CalBRE#00484212/00790863

DESIRABLE & CHARMING EAST SAC BUNGALOW Beautifully Updated inside and out 3bd 1ba, inside laundry, new wood windows. $575,000 DENISE CALKIN 803-3363 CalBRE#01472607 calkinrealestate.com

CARMICHAEL 4 bed + loft downstairs bedrm & full bath, updated granite counters in kitch w/stainless appliances cul-de-sac location large lot w/RV access $499,000 PEGGY ADAMS 768-3176 CalBRE#00414765

DESIRABLE ARDEN PARK VISTA CORNER DUPLEX 3bd, 2ba w/2 car att. garage & 2bd, 1ba w/1 car att. garage. Dual pane windows, newer roof 2007 $485,000 GEORGIA MIKACICH 947-6638 CalBRE#00570810

FREESTANDING 4400 PLAN Great location and nicely updated 2 beds plus den, 2 car attached garage and private patio. Call for an appointment today! $399,000 ANGELA HEINZER 212-1881 CalBRE#01004189

GORGEOUS CARMICHAEL 3b 2ba 2 car, RV possible, 1755 SQ.FT. .23 Acre, fruit trees, updated kitchen & bath, 2 fireplaces, newer CH/A. $345,000 LYNDA BEAVER 212-4808 CalBRE#004507955

SIERRA OAKS OFFICE 440 Drake Circle Sacramento, CA 95864 916.972.0212

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COLDWELL BANKER IS OPENING NEW DOORS IN SACRAMENTO-SIERRA OAKS Honoring Community, Pioneering the Future

#ThisIsHome Coldwell Banker is proud to announce the unveiling of its second Sacramento-Sierra Oaks location on Fair Oaks Boulevard in Spring 2016. As the #1 real estate company in Northern California and the trusted real estate choice of the Sacramento-Sierra Oaks community for generations representing thousands of buyers and sellers, Coldwell Banker looks forward to serving you in the future with even greater innovation, resources and continued success. For assistance with your real estate needs, contact Coldwell Banker today. 440 Drake Circle | 916.972.0212 2277 Fair Oaks Boulevard, Suite 440 Opening in Spring 2016

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