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ADORABLE COTTAGE Conveniently located Hollywood Park area 2 bedroom home. Along with hardwood Àoors, there are new granite kitchen counters, tile Àoor in laundry room, water heater and garage door opener. The covered patio is perfect for entertaining. Don’t miss this cutie! $224,900 KAREN SANDSTROM 803-0530

INCREDIBLE SLP PROPERTY You’ll have to look twice or three times at this fabulous property. The larger residence has 3 bedrooms, gourmet kitchen and 2 baths on the upper level. It has a lower level with kitchenette, living room, big bedroom and bath. PLUS a connected 2 Bed 2 bath, separate unit. $975,000 SHEILA VAN NOY 505-5395, CHRIS BRIGGS 834-6483

FANTASTIC REMODEL 3 bedrooms 2 baths, gorgeous kitchen, laminate Àoors, updated bathrooms, quality carpet, quartz counter top, beautiful white cabinets, updated appliances, blinds and dual pane windows. Crown molding, baseboards, paint inside and out and much more. You will love it! $405,000 MONA GERGEN 247-9555

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MID CENTURY FLAIR Wonderful, spacious 4 bedroom, 3 full bath home on a great corner lot! Entryway leads to large bright living room and formal dining room with built-ins. Kitchen ith eating area, island and tons of cabinets. Large upstairs master suite. Roomy basement, 2-car garage. $750,000 CHARLENE SINGLEY 341-0305, SHEILA VAN NOY 505-5395

WONDERFUL TUDOR Located on a quiet Land Park street with a great lot and tons of curb appeal! 3 bedroom 1½ baths, lovingly restored and maintained. Hardwood Àoors, newer windows and a garage that you can use! Beautiful living room with ¿replace, formal dining room. $625,000 DAVID KIRRENE 531-7495

SPACIOUS LAND PARK Hard to ¿nd in Land Park … 4 bedroom 2 full bath, 2-car garage home! Crown moldings, wood Àoors, plantation shutters, pretty ¿replace and more! Master bedroom suite with skylighted bath, sliding French doors open to spacious yard and brick patio. Conveniently located! $550,000 MONA GERGEN 247-9555

BEAUTIFUL BRIDGEWAY LAKES 4 beds, 2½ baths and over 3000 sf. You’ll love the pristine condition and fantastic Àoor plan. Spend time with friends and family in your open, inviting kitchen with island, eating area, granite counters, dining bar and gas range. Private covered patio with outdoor ¿replace. $459,000 KELLIE SWAYNE 206-1458

IRONWORKS IN W SAC Beautiful contemporary 2 bedroom 2½ bath home in Ironworks! Beautiful hardwood Àooring on the ¿rst Àoor and designer colors throughout. Upstairs loft perfect for of¿ce or study. Minutes from downtown Sacramento with lots of recreation at your ¿ngertips, walk to Rivercats game! $379,000 BETH SHERMAN 800-4343

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PRIVATE SECLUDED GARDENS Wonderfully unique nearly half acre S Land Park property with lush tranquil gardens and space! Two separate homes, 2 bedroom 2 bath and 2 bedroom 1 bath that share a connecting wall. Bring your imagination! RV access, workshop, carport, detached garage … Peaceful and secluded! $599,000 CHRIS BRIGGS 834-6483

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or the first time since my husband and I moved here in 1989, it seems that a full-throated civic renaissance is underway in Sacramento. Things have certainly improved in the 27 years we’ve lived here—but gradually and slowly, following the region’s economic peaks and valleys. The result is that our city is a much more vibrant and exciting place than when we arrived. Our main community focus has been being a part of the improvements of our older city residential neighborhoods, where we established and grew our publishing business starting in 1996. Twenty years ago, our neighborhoods were very different places than they are now. We have dramatically different options in terms of places to live, shop, get services and—most notably— dine. They’ve grown and redeveloped quite beautifully. It’s no surprise that these established neighborhoods now command the highest property values in the city and are the most desirable ones in which to live.

The central part of the city, bounded roughly by the freeways and the river, wasn’t always as desirable. Renters typically made up 80 percent of this area, with homeowners at 20 percent. In the established neighborhoods surrounding this part of the city, the percentages are reversed. Crime levels in the central city tend to be higher, along with greater levels of density and traffic congestion. And the sense of community has not always robust. Residential areas located close to dense commercial areas don’t always thrive. The total number of residents in the central city had been declining for many decades. Even the area’s only elementary school was closed a few years ago. But things are quickly changing. Thousands of new housing units have

been added as a result of market changes and a civic push to increase the number of residents in this central city. Real estate developments of all types are at an all-time high, in large part to the much-anticipated opening of Golden 1 Center this fall. (Please make sure to read our city development overview article this month.) Mayor-elect Darrell Steinberg— who will bring a wealth of political experience to office later this year— seems to have the solid support of a large majority of our residents as he leads our city for the next four years. And Midtown’s Washington Elementary School on 18th Street will reopen in the fall with a STEM focus. While our readership has been mostly outside the central city, it was pretty obvious that change was

in the air, and we found an exciting opportunity to serve our city. In June, we launched our fifth monthly community publication, Inside The Grid. While we have had limited distribution of our Land Park edition at central city newsstands for almost two decades, we will bring new design and content into a publication specifically for readers on the Grid. Look for design and content changes in all our publications starting this month, with more to come in the next few months. We plan to bring the most interesting things on the Grid to our neighborhood editions, too. Our target readers are neighborhood residents of the central city and people who work in the Midtown and downtown neighborhoods, plus those who visit.

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Tower of Power LANDMARK THEATER SOLD; NEW OWNERS VOW TO STAY THE CINEMATIC COURSE

BY JESSICA LASKEY

LIFE IN THE CITY

hen you drive through Land Park, it’s hard not to notice the 100-foot neon tower that brightens the corner of Broadway and Land Park Drive. The beacon of the art deco Tower Theatre is a friendly reminder of the presence of the historic hot spot for foreign and independent films, as well as adjacent businesses such as Tower Cafe and Joe Marty’s Bar and Grille. It’s hard to hear when negotiations are afoot to sell or otherwise alter the space, but thankfully, the recent sale of the Tower Theatre and its related operations to the Endowment Board, a Stockton-based organization that helps fund retired Methodist clergy members, will keep the stately Sacramento landmark up and running for years to come. “Because we are an endowment, we will be able to own and manage this property for decades—if not centuries,” Cory Parish, executive director of the Endowment Board, is reported as saying in a Sacramento Bee article from May 20. The group apparently plans to make only “minor” immediate improvements at the property but will be looking to upgrade parking and landscaping over the next three to five years, which is

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The iconic Tower Theatre was recently sold. Photo by Steve Harriman.

good news to anyone who grew up with the tower’s looming, lit presence and would hate to see it snuffed out prematurely. “It’s one of the few iconic pieces of real estate that was still owned by the family that built it,” says Ken Turton, the Sacramento broker who represented the sellers, the Blumenfeld family, in the sale. (Joseph Blumenfeld opened the Tower in late 1938 at the site of a one-time city dump.) “There are not too many of those out there and it’s a piece of property we don’t want to see go away. We all remember what happened to the Alhambra Theatre (it was razed in 1973, to the chagrin of

historians and locals alike) and now we don’t have to worry about that happening here.” So the next time you’re in the mood to take in a foreign film or catch the latest Sundance hit, the Tower Theatre will still be there with its 100 feet of historic, electric neon lighting the way. For more information about the Tower Theatre, call 442-0985 or swing by at 2508 Land Park Drive.

BAR STAR You can now say you’ve had a drink with a local legend. That is, if you’ve had a drink at Paragary’s prepared

by bartender Baron Stelling, who just won first place at the National Restaurant Association’s Star of the Bar Competition on May 22. Stelling was one of six finalists invited to compete in the national mixology competition in Chicago. The finalists were culled from a collection of regional winners from major culinary cities such as San Francisco, San Diego, Chicago, Boston, New York City—and Sacramento! The group was challenged to create the most innovative cocktail they could using Jägermeister. Stelling did just that with “The Stag Savior,” a concoction of Jägermeister, gin, lime, grenadine, apricot liquor, bitters and

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GYM FUNNIES Has baring skin this summer got you feeling less than awesome? Don’t sweat it, laugh about it when “WaistWatchers The Musical!” comes to the 24th Street Theatre from July 6-24. The cast can’t “weight” to make you laugh! After successful runs in Florida, Phoenix, San Diego, St. Louis and Philadelphia, Alan Jacobson’s “WaistWatchers The Musical!”— written with the same energetic, irreverent spirit as the regional hit “Menopause The Musical”—takes a hilarious and lighthearted look at four women “of a certain age” dealing

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PUBLISHER FROM page 7 What exactly is the Grid? It’s the area of the city made up of numbered and lettered streets. Since these streets extend into Land Park and East Sac, we are also distributing Inside The Grid to the adjoining Broadway and Alhambra Boulevard corridors, along with the Triangle District of Oak Park. Keep in mind that until the freeways were built, the original Sacramento grid of streets and avenues extended into East Sac, Land Park and Oak Park. During the planning for our upcoming book, “Inside Sacramento: The Most Interesting Neighborhood Bartender Baron Stelling Places in America’s Farm-to-Fork Capital,” we found the extent of the with body image, food, friendship, treasures in the Grid neighborhoods love, life and sex through 25 songs of downtown, Old Sac, The Handle, that will sound familiar, but with R Street and Midtown. Added to the parody lyrics that will split your sides terrific places in Oak Park, East Sac with laughter, plus plenty of “active” and Land Park, our book profiles 101 choreography. places with beautiful photography and For tickets and more information, stories. call (855) 448-7469 or go to Inside The Grid has a subheadline playhouseinfo.com. The 24th Street printed on every cover: The Most LIFE page 10 Interesting People, Places and

Culture in America’s Farm-to-Fork Capital. This reflects our intention to be the city’s premier free monthly publication. While we have some attractive paid-subscription magazines in our city, the market for a high-quality free publication has been completely untapped. We want to be the beautiful, useful and interesting face of our city to those who work, visit and live in the Grid. Watch as we grow along with our city as it undergoes an exciting metamorphosis in the coming years. You can read Inside The Grid online at insidepublications.com or find a list of city newsstand locations to pick up a print copy. Or you can subscribe to receive it by mail for a small cost. We welcome your feedback. Cecily Hastings can be reached at publisher@insidepublications.com n

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The heat might have you feeling like you’d prefer to take a dip in the

Theatre is at the Sierra 2 Center for the Arts and Community at 2791 24th St.

sea, so why not join Ariel and friends at the Fairytale Town Troupers’ presentation of “Disney’s The Little Mermaid” at noon and 1:30 p.m. on

LOVE IT OR LEAF IT Surely you’ve heard of a person being named a hero, but what about a tree? This odd-sounding occurance came to pass last month when the Sacramento Tree Foundation honored the centuries-old oak tree on the Sacramento Zoo grounds with a Legacy Award during its annual Tree Hero celebration, as reported by the Sacramento Bee on May 27. When William Land Park’s original 238 acres were purchased in 1918, this oak served as a landmark for placing attractions. But in recent years, due to plant disease and prolonged drought, this old tree nearly died before the dedicated folks of the Land Park Volunteer Corps stepped in to save the day. “In recent years, the tree was badly ailing from crypt gall and pit scale, as well as soil compaction from heavy use,” notes the Tree Foundation in its award proclamation. “Working with City Parks, the Land Park Volunteer Corps made arrangements to secure a series of disease treatments and specialized fertilization to save this magnificent tree.” Thanks to the efforts of the corps, zoo, city of Sacramento and Tree Care Inc., a Rancho Cordova tree service that provided the specialized treatments to fight the gall and scale diseases, the oak has been rescued so generations to come can be shaded by its leaves—from a distance, of course. “The area around the tree is now roped off to protect its roots,” Powell says. “Soil compaction really contributed to its poor health. Vehicles were driven over its roots and lots of special events were held under this tree. The zoo created these barriers so the tree now has room to live.” The oak may have been named the “tree of the year,” but it’s the Land Park Volunteer Corps who are the true heroes. To volunteer for the organization, which meets the first Saturday of the month to mulch,

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Saturdays and Sundays, July 16, 17, 23 and 24? Based on one of Hans Christian Andersen’s most beloved stories and the classic animated film, “Disney’s The Little Mermaid” is a beautiful love story for the ages with wellknown songs such as “Under the Sea,” “Kiss the Girl” and “Part of Your World.” Tickets are $2 for nonmembers in addition to paid park admission, and $1 for members. Did you know that Sacramento is going to have a new place in which to play pretty soon? Celebrate the future home of the Sacramento Adventure Playground at Pop-Up Adventure Play Day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 23, at the Maple Neighborhood Center, 3301 37th Ave. Children and adults will work together to create their own play structures and spaces by repurposing everyday items such as cardboard boxes, tubes, pipes, wood and magazines, plus household wares, natural elements and unexpected items such as colorful fabric and old computer keyboards. Admission is free. Families are Sacramento Tree Foundation honored this centuries-old oak tree at the Sacramento Zoo with the Legacy Award

requested to wear closed-toe shoes and clothes that can get messy. The event will take place rain or shine.

prune, rake and generally beautify the park, call Powell at 718-3030 or email ckpinsacto@aol.com. Donations are always welcome and can be sent to: Land Park Volunteer Corps, 3053 Freeport Blvd. #231, Sacramento, CA 95818. The corps’ base camp is located behind Fairytale Town at 3901 Land Park Drive.

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on the Mother Goose Stage each day featuring acts such as Mister Cooper, Drumsum, Musical Robot and Alphabet Rockers (who will perform on Saturday) and Drumsum, Asheba and The Hipwaders on Sunday. The concerts are free with paid park admission. For tickets and more information for all Fairytale Town events, call 808-7462 or go to fairytaletown.org. Fairytale Town is at 3901 Land Park Drive.

SLITHERING THROUGH THE STACKS Revel in the air conditioning while your little ones play up a storm at tons of fun events at the Sacramento Public Library branches all this month. At 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 23, at the Robbie Waters PocketGreenhaven Library, check out the “Wild Things: Live Animal Show” for some furry fun. Question: What do you call a lemur with a banana in each ear? Answer: Whatever you want—it can’t hear you!

Laugh at some jokes and learn some real facts about animals from around the world at this entertaining and educational presentation from Wild Things. Though they can’t guarantee that any particular animal will be in attendance, they always bring a variety of amazing creatures, so don’t miss out! The Robbie Waters Pocket-Greenhaven Library is at 7335 Gloria Drive. At 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 9, at the Ella K. McClatchy Library, get glowing with “Glow in the Dark Science Crafts” for ages 6-12. Participants will be making their very own glow-in-the-dark slime, glowin-the-dark sand, glow-in-the-dark bubbles and more! Then at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 23, lace up your sneakers for “Run with the Animals” with Tony Borders Puppets. What would happen if animals joined the Olympics? Come see magician and ventriloquist Tony Borders and his furry friends (including a kangaroo, a magic monkey, a dolphin who likes hide and seek and a baby zebra) to find out. The Ella K. McClatchy Library is at 2112 22nd St.

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Is your teen trying to figure out how to get volunteer hours, or just want to lend a hand? Don’t miss the Teen Volunteer Orientation at the Martin Luther King Jr. Library at 4 p.m. on Friday, July 1. Teens can apply online and then drop by for an interview and orientation. Do you have a stellar speller in your family in grades 1-8? Compete in the 14th annual Friends of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library Spelling Bee at 1 p.m. on July 13 and 14 and see who can spell the b-e-s-t. Lists and registration forms can be picked up inside the Martin Luther King Jr. Library at 7340 24th Street Bypass. Building a blanket fort might sound too warm in this weather, but when you’re basking in the air conditioning of the Belle Cooledge Library, you’ll be ready to start building in no time! At 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 9, join the Family Blanket-Fort Storytime event. Children will hear stories and songs and watch fingerplays and are welcome to stay and play afterward. A limited number of flashlights will be on hand, so if you have one, bring one!

Is magic more your kid’s cup of tea? Check out Magician Perry Yan at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, July 12, and delight in Yan’s tricks, humor and balloon twisting during this must-see performance for the whole family. Dance to the beat of a different drum when the Fenix Drum and Dance Company comes to Belle Cooledge at 4 p.m. on Friday, July 22. Fenix is a performing troupe specializing in dance and drumming from West Africa, the Congo and the Caribbean that highlights highenergy, multi-generational, multiethnic music and dance styles of the African Diaspora. Finish off the month with all things wild and wooly with “Jungle James Animal Adventures” at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 30. Celebrate the library’s Summer Reading program with animals crawling, slithering, jumping and sleeping in front of your very eyes! The Belle Cooledge Library is at 5600 South Land Park Drive. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com n

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Scandal at the City UTILITIES DEPARTMENT NEEDS AN OVERHAUL

BY CRAIG POWELL

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ast month came the blockbuster news that in 2013, two employees of the city’s Department of Utilities were caught engaging in sexual activities in the backseat of a city vehicle in a city park on city time. Both were married, but not to each other. City managers gave the couple what was effectively a slap on the wrist: temporary cut in pay, loss of some vacation time and a “no fraternization” order. But when a whistleblower complaint was filed almost two years later with the city auditor’s office, the full story started tumbling out. The two employees lied during the investigation of the original complaint, claiming that they had done no more than “kiss twice.” It turns out that they were actually spending up to three hours of their workdays in a city trailer having sex. City emails and interviews confirmed that they also bought, sold and used cocaine and alcohol while in the trailer. They admitted that it was “possible” that at least one of the employees drove city vehicles while under the influence of alcohol and cocaine. They also sometimes put

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in for overtime on days when they partied for hours in the trailer. They were dumb enough to exchange sexually explicit emails and pornographic pictures and videos with one another using city email accounts. One of them even had a practice of sending pornographic emails to other DOU employees, including highlevel DOU employees, none of whom apparently objected. Out of respect for their families’ privacy, I’ve chosen not to disclose their names. But since both held senior positions with major responsibilities before they resigned, it’s entirely fair to ask: Did their extended “extracurricular activities,” which apparently went undetected by oblivious senior DOU management

for at least two years, compromise public health and safety? One of them was a project manager in charge of managing city contracts with the contractors that have been installing water meters and tearing up our streets to move backyard water service to the streets in front of people’s homes, the source of much consternation, waste and dangerous construction practices in recent years.

THE FACTS The DOU has been criticized by the city auditor and local media for wasting millions of ratepayer dollars by tearing up city sidewalks to install water meters instead of simply installing meters in people’s

front yards. The DOU has also come under fire for abandoning backyard water mains without bothering to examine them to determine if they really needed replacing or if they had substantial remaining useful life, which some experts put at 50 years or more in many cases. In response to media stories (particularly in Sacramento News & Review), city manager John Shirey publicly announced that he was making major changes to the water meter/water main program, including a promise to start installing meters in front yards instead of in sidewalks. However, we’ve seen little evidence of a broad policy change. While some neighborhoods are now seeing their CITY HALL page 14

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Perhaps the project manager of the DOU’s water meter program was distracted. We have also been receiving anecdotal reports that the city is still choosing to abandon the majority of existing backyard water mains and paying the exorbitant cost of moving water service to the streets in front of people’s homes. Why has the city manager’s policy shift to leaving serviceable backyard water mains alone apparently not being implemented? Perhaps the project manager of the DOU’s water meter program was distracted. Over the past two years, we’ve seen DOU contractors on numerous occasions negligently break PG&E gas lines while digging up streets for the city’s water meter/water main project. DOU director Bill Busath professed ignorance of the gas line breaks when he was interviewed by a Channel 10 news team. How could he not know his contractors were breaking into gas lines? It indicates both a serious failure to monitor the grossly

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inappropriate manner. For example, adequate supervision should have detected inaccurate timekeeping for both [employees]. Further, high level employees were recipients of e-mails containing inappropriate content [pornography], which should have been brought to the attention of upper [DOU] management. Although the resignation of [the employees] resolves many of the concerns raised by this investigation, concerns remain regarding the circumstances and cultural environment that allowed for this behavior to go undetected. Department of Utilities should be careful not to create the perception that the department allows inappropriate behavior and that such behavior will go undisciplined [italics added].” DOU management is asleep at the switch and has been for years. Busath is an engineer by training, not a manager. Outside of the engineering and accounting divisions of the DOU, few of the senior managers and supervisors in the department have college degrees. Most began their careers as technical workers and moved up the chain of command without formal management training or experience. Based on multiple whistleblower reports that Eye on Sacramento (the civic watchdog group I founded) has received from current and former DOU employees in recent years, employee morale in the department is awful and staff operates in fear—not of being reported for their misconduct, but of retaliation from senior managers if they dare to report

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budget, the DOU is too big and too important to not be closely managed by the city manager and carefully monitored by both the council and the public. The city manager should appoint a full-time assistant city manager to oversee the DOU, while the city council should convert its current council ad hoc utilities committee into a full-fledged standing council committee, with regular meetings open to the public and fully subject to the state’s open-meetings law. Sacramento will have both a new mayor, Darrell Steinberg, and a new city manager by the end of this year. If they both want to sleep well at night without worrying about when the next scandal at DOU is going to blow up, they would both be well advised to follow this suggested plan for reforming the DOU. Craig Powell is a local attorney, businessman, community activist and president of Eye on Sacramento, a civic watchdog and policy group. He can be reached at craig@eyeonsacramento.org or 718-3030. n

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Karen Suhr VOLUNTEERING KEEPS HER BUSY IN RETIREMENT

BY JESSICA LASKEY VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT

waiting area and at the Medical

people. I get a lot of fulfillment from

volunteer each month,” Suhr

Plaza information desk. The Guild

it.”

says. “It’s amazing to see them so

also helps raise funds for specialized

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excited.”

or Karen Suhr, the habit

equipment for the hospital, provides

she just finished running the

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General Hospital Guild and

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“The Guild opportunity kind of fell into my lap ul and was a wonderful place to start.”

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knew I was going to need to be involved in something once I

“The students are delightful. I think they give me more than I give them.”

retired,” the Land Park resident says. “The Guild opportunity

for breast cancer patients, and awards

Drawing, a raffle that brought in

kind of fell into my lap and was a

scholarships to its junior volunteers,

$12,000. She also spends time with

high school seniors considering a

residents at the Mercy McMahon

of population,” Suhr says. “The

career in medicine.

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students are delightful. I think they

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give me more than I give them.”

wonderful place to start.” Mercy General Hospital Guild provides volunteer services to

“The Guild is such a nice group of

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patients and their families at Mercy

people,” says Suhr, who joined the

General Hospital. Volunteers serve

group in 2005 and has served as its

appreciative of the little prizes

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vice president for the past two years.

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Downtown Dreams DEVELOPERS SET SIGHTS ON TRANSFORMING THE CITY

BY JORDAN VENEMA BUILDING OUR FUTURE

ome October, the wait will finally be over. Golden 1 Center will be open for business, and the cranes can finally pack up and head home. Except not really. While the arena has been the highest-profile development in Sacramento’s recent history, there are plenty more projects that will wrap up in years to come, and more that have yet to break ground. Sacramento’s general hope is that projects like Golden 1 Center will stimulate the economy by attracting people—and their dollars—to the city center. But this isn’t the first time Sacramentans have had their hopes raised that development would put Sacramento on the map. In 1959, Sacramento bulldozed about 200 blocks east of the waterfront, a neighborhood known as West End, all in the name of progress. Little more than a decade

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later, the city constructed Downtown Plaza, an outdoor mall expected to attract the very people it had formerly pushed out. Hopes were so high, in fact, that Interstate 5 was moved from west to east of the Sacramento River to accommodate eager spenders with direct access to the downtown mall. But as Sacramentans know, Downtown Plaza failed to revitalize the city center, which over the years became characterized by urban blight. That was, however, another era, and this is a different level of development. Whether the new arena will attract newcomers, outof-towners or tourists is anybody’s guess. But one thing is certain: It already has attracted new development. In the immediate vicinity of the arena, nestled between 5th, 7th, K and L streets, multiple projects are currently underway. JMA Ventures, in conjunction with Sacramento Kings, has already begun construction on Downtown Commons. Known

as DoCo, it will replace Downtown Plaza with 28,000 square feet of retail, including the existing Macy’s. The project is currently more than halfway completed. Kimpton Plaza Tower, another joint Sacramento Kings-JMA Ventures project, is a 16-story mixeduse structure including office space, retail stores and condominiums, as well as a Kimpton hotel. Located across the arena on J Street, it should be completed next spring. Just east of the arena, CFY Development and D&S Development are rehabilitating the 700 block of K Street. The old buildings have been demolished, and the only thing that remains are their facades. In their place will be 137 mixed-income apartments and at least a dozen stores and restaurants from the owners of Shady Lady Saloon, Kru, Insight Coffee Roasters and The Red Rabbit. Construction should be completed in mid-2017.

Near the arena are two historic buildings whose fates are up in the air: Jade Apartments and Hotel Marshall. Plans to demolish the Jade and transform the Marshall into a 129-room Hyatt hotel have been approved by the city, though construction hasn’t yet begun. Developer Presidio Hotel Group plans to keep the Marshall’s façade intact while gutting the interior to make way for the new hotel. Even Kaiser Permanente has joined the mix, purchasing a six-story office building at 501 J St. It’s being remodeled to serve as an outpatient clinic. Some projects, like Vanir Tower at 601 J St., are still in the planning stages. If approved by the city, Vanir Tower could be the tallest tower in Sacramento. It would stand at least 26 stories and include six levels of parking as well as ground-level retail. Farther from the arena’s epicenter, dozens of projects pepper Midtown and the grid. Sacramento Natural

Foods Co-op is making the small hop, skip, and jump onto the grid at 2820 R St., a few blocks from its Alhambra location. And retail grocer Whole Foods should begin construction this spring at 2001/20125 L Street in the Lavender Heights neighborhood. Though construction has only just begun, B Street Theatre hopes by summer 2017 to make the move from its B Street warehouses to a larger, more sophisticated complex at the corner of 27th Street and Capitol, just a block west of the site of Randy Paragary’s approved 107-room hotel at 28th and Capitol. The development splash is also spilling over the waterfront of West Sacramento, where developer Fulcrum is completing construction of what looks like a modern capsized ark. The 8,000-square-foot event venue, called The Barn, should be completed this summer. Local landscape architect Kimberly Garza won a small grant for her project The Dune and hopes to install a semi-permanent platform and beachfront along the bank of the Sacramento River. While retail, restaurants, offices and entertainment offer a potential business boon, they’re as likely to go bust without complementing residential development. Structures like 16 Powerhouse (at 16th and P streets) and Warehouse Artist Lofts (1108 R St.) brought units to Midtown last year, and new residential development is adding to the pool: 118 units at EVIVA Midtown (16th and N streets), 150 units at 1717 S St., a joint CADA-CFY project with affordable units making up about a third of the development, and another 180 affordable units at Cannery Place Apartments (601 Cannery Ave.),

to name just a fraction of new housing development. Construction has also begun at The Ice Blocks (R Street between 16th and 18th streets), which will bring another 145 apartments to the budding R Street Corridor. While much of the new development is taking place on the grid, central Sacramento will extend its northern boundary beyond the B Street levee and into the long-defunct railyard. The renovation of Sacramento Valley Station, built in 1926, is nearing completion. Interior scaffolding has mostly come down, revealing the mural and terracotta trim of the historic depot. Expect vertical growth to begin by 2018. The city recently approved plans for a new soccer stadium whose construction potentially could begin in the next few years, once MLS grants Sacramento MLS expansion rights, and Kaiser Permanente has committed to an 18-acre, 1.2-millionsquare-foot facility in the northwest corner of the railyard, expected to be completed before 2030. Also, Powerhouse Science Center, an interactive educational museum, is raising money to construct a new campus at 400 Jibboom St., near the railyard’s waterfront. Between these projects and many more that haven’t been listed here, billions of dollars are being invested into central Sacramento’s redevelopment and renovation. The question now is whether those dollars will pay dividends by establishing urban vitality or if, like in 1959, we’ve just paved the way for another few decades of disappointment. That will probably be determined by how much people choose to interact with these new developments, which in turn will be determined by how accessible they are to the average Sacramentan. Jordan Venema can be reached at jordan. venema@gmail.com n

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Beer for Here RUHSTALLER IS BREWING UP A LOCAL SUCCESS STORY

BY SCOT CROCKER

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he ghost of Sacramento’s legacy beer brewing of the 1800s has re-emerged, making the region ground zero for a new craft beer phenomenon. And there’s no better poster child for this resurrection than Ruhstaller.

“We’re in a good spot. We love it here. Ruhstaller is Sacramento.” Ruhstaller general manager J-E Paino in the taproom downtown

Ruhstaller may not be the biggest craft brewer in Sacramento. But since it started five years ago, it has played

bears the name of the brewery that

growing of premium hops and barley.

An entrepreneur at heart, he

on a 100-year-old tradition of growing

was located there a long time ago:

In fact, the Sacramento region was

put together some investors and

beer, not just making it. General

Ruhstaller.

one of the largest hop-growing regions

resurrected the Ruhstaller brand with

in the country.

a focus on growing his own hops.

manager J-E Paino wanted to bring

Doing some research, he

“This was an opportunity not

back some of the original beer-making

learned that Ruhstaller was one of

techniques, including the use of

Sacramento’s original breweries at a

Frank Ruhstaller, a Swiss marksman

possible in San Diego, San Francisco,

locally grown hops.

time when the Sacramento grid was

who immigrated to Sacramento as

St. Louis or Austin,” Paino says. “We

home to 16 breweries. Ruhstaller laid

a young man. He got into the beer

could grow our own hops right here

working on the construction of The

claim to being the largest brewery

brewing business and, in 1881, opened

for our beer. We knew it would make

Citizen Hotel at the southwest corner

west of the Mississippi. The beer was

his third Sacramento brewery, The

a difference.”

of 9th and J streets. He’d walk by the

special. Fresh, snowmelt water was

Ruhstaller Brewery.

ornate four-story building, which still

plentiful, and the area’s rich soil and

It all started when Paino was

good climate were perfect for the

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The original brewer was Capt.

Paino was intrigued by the building with the Ruhstaller name.

After Paino got the idea to resurrect Ruhstaller, he learned about beer making at UC Davis. It

was Darrell Corti at Corti Brothers

Ruhstaller can’t use the farm

Market who challenged Paino to use

buildings for a taproom and other

local hops to produce the one and only

uses because the structures were

“Sacramento beer.”

neither permitted nor up to code.

Paino first made arrangements to lease land and grow hops in Winters, and later in Dixon.

(Ruhstaller still has a taproom in downtown Sacramento at 630 K St.) As Paino describes his vision, he

“We want to be more than just

says it’s not unlike the wine industry.

another brewery,” says Paino. “It’s

“It matters where the wine grapes are

not hard to set up a brewery in a

grown, not where they are crushed.

warehouse and use commercial hops

Or for cheese, where the milk comes

and product. We wanted more than

from is more important than where

just quantity; we wanted quality.”

it’s manufactured.” He envisions a

Eventually, he used set up a tasting

time when beer may have vintage

room at the farm in Dixon, so that

dating just like wines because where

people could visit the farm and see

and when the hops were grown will

hop production up close. However,

change the flavor.

that operation was closed down in a

Marvin Maldonado, owner of

dispute with Solano County earlier

Federalist Public House in Midtown,

this year. While farming can continue,

agrees.

“We opened with Ruhstaller beer,”

using their family name, so that’s an

explains Maldonado. “J-E has never

incentive not to screw it up,” Paino

shied away from putting in the effort.

says.

They’ve put in a lot of creativity,

According to Paino, his brewery

and when it comes to beer, they have

is profitable and continues to

raised the bar.”

experiment. It produces a new beer

For Paino, the Ruhstaller story

almost every month. Beer lovers have

included gaining rights to the name.

an insatiable appetite for new things,

Ruhstaller was a branded beer in

says Paino, and “Ruhstaller scratches

Sacramento since the 1880s. Capt.

that itch pretty well.”

Ruhstaller, and later his son, ran the

Currently, Ruhstaller is “growing”

brewery until Prohibition killed off

about 1,500 barrels a month.

the beer industry. Since the brand

Ruhstaller products can be found at

died, Paino had a legal right to use

20 to 30 restaurants in Sacramento

the name again for beer brewing.

and the Bay Area and at BevMo!,

“Later, I learned that some of the

Whole Foods, Raley’s, Nugget

Ruhstaller family are still around,”

Markets and stores throughout

Paino says. “Frank Ruhstaller III

California.

became a successful pediatrician in

“We’ve dabbled in other states,

Stockton, and his sons are actively

but we actually have a foothold in

involved in Stockton. One is a former

the United Kingdom because our

county supervisor.”

beer is affordable considering the

Interestingly, Paino and the

exchange rate between the dollar and

Ruhstaller family made contact

sterling,” says Paino. “We’re in a good

with each other after the brewery

spot. We love it here. Ruhstaller is

opened. In the end, the family had no

Sacramento.”

objections to seeing Ruhstaller beer back on the market. “I appreciate their support and recognize we are

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It Just Takes One A MIDTOWNER HELPS REVIVE HER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION

BY R.E. GRASWICH CITY BEAT

he has a methadone clinic next door and a bar across the street, but Angela Tillotson is fine with those neighbors. The real problem was a new breed of vagrant, menacing and aggressive, harassing Midtown residents around 21st Street. When several of these bad actors surrounded a neighbor on the sidewalk one night, Tillotson rushed in and drew the line. “I thought, hell no, this isn’t happening here right in front of my house,” she says. Tillotson managed to chase the men away, but the confrontation suggested a larger problem. When a neighborhood begins to suffer, how can one resident make a difference? In Midtown, Angela Tillotson found a solution. She became a case study in proactive, positive community action. “I literally had no idea how to handle the problem,” she says. “I didn’t know anything about city government or how the police work. I loved living in Midtown, but I seriously thought about moving out.” By coincidence, she noticed a poster promoting an upcoming “Cops & Coffee” session, where Sacramento

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Angela Tillotson is working to improve her neighborhood

police officers meet informally with citizens at coffee shops and discuss strategies for neighborhood safety. She met police officers and neighbors, homeless advocates and city staff. “Nobody pointed fingers,” she says. “Everybody’s attitude was, what’s going on? How can I help?” The cops told her to phone in every incident she witnessed. Many times, the police warned, the calls might be relegated to low priority, but collectively they would represent important data. Ultimately, the calls would improve the way the

police handled aggressive and confrontational vagrants in Midtown. “It was August last year, and I probably logged one call per day,” Tillotson says. “By September, it was half as many. In October, I made no calls.” That was her start in community activism, but there was much more to come. A police officer suggested Tillotson should attend a meeting of Newton Booth Neighborhoods Association. She doesn’t live in the Newton Booth neighborhood (she’s

about five blocks away), but the cop said it didn’t matter. At the meeting, she met more people, all helpful and working to solve problems. She decided to check out Midtown Neighborhood Association, which represents her part of town. She discovered an organization in the doldrums: inactive website, a couple of long-term, weary board members, minimal outreach. “The association is 25 years old, but it was in hibernation,” Tillotson

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“It’s about where you live and how you can create a better environment.” “We saw the power of it,” says Tillotson, who became the chairperson. “Everyone understood that we were all about solving problems, not creating them. Our age range is 24 to 65, our membership is half female, and renters and owners are almost equally represented. We have an architect, a couple of lawyers, a librarian, teachers. I’m a research writer for the state. We welcome everybody.” Despite its reinvigorated status, Midtown Neighborhood Association hasn’t embarked on any crusades yet. The organization is still finding its path internally, building a structure, recruiting more members, getting to know each other. The bylaws, which

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hadn’t been dusted off in years, are being modernized. A strategic plan is being formulated. “We all understand that this is about a community,” Tillotson says. “It’s about where you live and how you can create a better environment. And we also know we have to have some fun. It’s not just about dealing with bad stuff.” So far, the born-again Midtown Neighborhood Association has avoided the personality and political squabbles that have wrecked similar groups. Differences of opinion are respected and tolerated. Singular issues don’t dominate. The Midtown board hopes to become a best-practice example of diversity and common goals. “I’m hopeful that we can change the stereotype of the neighborhood association,” Tillotson says. “We’re not about being exclusive. We’re not NIMBYs.” In a neighborhood filled with an array of professionals and laborers and homeless people and houses and businesses and taverns and even the methadone clinic near Tillotson’s residence, an open mind and patience are essential to solving community problems. “It doesn’t have to be about all these little factions, homeowners versus renters, residents versus businesses,” she says. “I was a person just doing my own thing. I thought my voice didn’t matter. Then things started happening in my neighborhood, and the universe just kind of pushed me in this direction.” R.E. Graswich can be reached at reg@graswich.com n

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A Voice for Patients AFTER A DISFIGURING SURGERY, SHE BECAME ‘THE MEDICAL ERIN BROCKOVICH’

BY TERRY KAUFMAN LOCAL HEROES

hen Tina Minasian entered the hospital in 2002 for elective surgery, she didn’t plan for it to go, as she puts it, “awry big time.” When her surgeon talked her into having an additional procedure for which she wasn’t a candidate and that rendered her permanently disfigured, he didn’t plan to take on one of the most powerful patient rights advocates in the state of California. The oldest child of a SamoanChinese family, Minasian grew up strong. After raising her siblings, she lived in her car, married at 16 and had her first child at 20. Her dreams of being a doctor or lawyer were never realized because she had to put food on the table as a single mother. Until her nightmare surgery, Minasian didn’t know that she would become the voice for medical victims throughout California. Left with gaping holes in her abdomen and in excruciating pain, she called the surgeon’s office to learn that he had closed his practice. That was when she discovered that the doctor who had wielded the scalpel was part of a secret “diversion” program that allowed physicians throughout the

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state to continue practicing despite drug and alcohol abuse, sexual misconduct or overprescription of controlled substances. “The diversion program was a complete failure. Doctors gamed it,” says Minasian, who lives in Roseville. “My doctor had his office manager be his monitor. She said he was going to AA meetings because she was afraid of losing her job. He tested positive for alcohol right before my surgery.” Minasian tracked down every patient who had filed a complaint against the surgeon with the state medical board. “I used the internet to find them. I went to the last address listed for them. I knocked on doors. It

took months, but I found all of them.” She located more than two dozen from knocking and more than 100 online. Seven years after her surgery, the doctor’s license was revoked. She became known as the medical Erin Brockovich. Despite pain so severe that she was unable to drive, Minasian started going to medical board meetings and speaking out against the diversion program. She reached out to other victims of the surgeon, including a woman named Becky who was so badly injured that she later died, and began telling their stories. Minasian sent an email to every media outlet in the Sacramento

region telling them about the medical board’s diversion program. Only Kurtis Ming of CBS13 News responded, but that was enough. She was featured on “Call Kurtis,” where the public first learned about the 25-year-old diversion program, a program that had failed every audit. The Bureau of State Audits took notice. They hired a San Diego State University professor to serve as monitor and auditor; her 200-page report concluded that the program was endangering patients. When the medical board met in West Sacramento to discuss the report, Ming urged Minasian to go

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to apply for veterans benefits,” she says. “It’s against the law to charge for applying for benefits. I got her the money back.” With that, she became a chaplain for veterans as well as a senior care advocate. She joined Consumers Union, the legislative arm of Consumer Reports, further publicizing the diversion scandal. Thanks to Minasian, a notice telling patients how to contact the medical board now appears in every doctor’s office throughout the state. “As a Realtor, I’m subject to strict disclosure requirements,” she says. “There was nothing in doctors’ offices, and they’re dealing with people’s lives.” In May, Minasian testified at the state Capitol in support of SB 1033, a bill that would require doctors to disclose their probation status to patients. She wants to make sure that no one else becomes a victim. To learn more about SB 1033 and to hear Tina Minasian’s story, go to youtube.com and search for Tina Minasian. n

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Room for Everyone THREE GENERATIONS FIND THE PERFECT HOME

livia Darzell and her mother were intent upon finding just the right house: one that would accommodate Darzell, her husband, Richard Karp, their

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daughter and Darzell’s parents. “We had been looking at every house we could from Carmichael to Sacramento, thinking it would be great to find a family compound with a nice guesthouse,” Darzell explains. They found the perfect abode in Mariemont Estates tucked away in the Arden Arcade neighborhood. Built in the 1920s, the 2,600-square-foot adobe home included a guesthouse and a swimming pool. Originally a two-bedroom, one-bath house, the structure had undergone previous

renovations resulting in a new master bedroom, two bedrooms and a bath. Darzell, her husband and her parents purchased the house in 2011 and moved in two months after her mother was diagnosed with cancer. “We spent every weekend of that year with family barbecues and had friends over all the time,” she says. “And my daughter got to spend time with my parents.” Both her parents are now gone, and her daughter is 8 years old. Darzell felt it was a good time to remodel. With the help of designer Roxanne

Stellmacher, the home’s kitchen, dining room and family room now reflect the young family’s lifestyle while acknowledging Darzell’s parents. The interior was a collage of beige tones. Lighting was sparse, creating a cavelike atmosphere. The floors were dark parquet and faux Spanish tiles. A gas fireplace off the kitchen was never used. Storage in the kitchen was in short supply. The appliances were outdated. The biggest hurdle to creating a comfortable and convenient

kitchen /family room was a wall between the rooms that cut the space in half. “Lighter, brighter and upgrading the appliances were key components for me,” Darzell says. “And being able to marry the two rooms, which didn’t work as an openfloor-plan concept.” Renovations began in January. The family moved into the 961-square-foot guesthouse for three months during construction. Removing the obstructing wall and ripping up the old flooring made a huge difference. Darzell notes that once the floors were gone, the concrete slab and the beige adobe walls made the space look like an unfinished warehouse. “It looked pretty horrific at that point,” she says. Sleek engineered hardwood flooring replaced the original floor. The adobe walls were given a coat of warm gray, which unified the space. The unused fireplace became a commodious pantry. Removing the wall created enough space for a 5-by-9-foot island. HOME page 30

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ACCESSORIES AND KEEPSAKES FROM DARZELL’S MOTHER ARE WOVEN INTO THE DECORATING SCHEME.

FROM HOME page 29 Like the new counters, it is topped with creamy white marble. The couple introduced several small-scale innovations into the kitchen that allow their daughter to participate in preparing family meals. With the microwave tucked into a low cubby in the island, she can easily heat up food. Drawers have built-in pegs indicating the exact spot where dishes belong. Soft-close mechanisms on all cabinets and drawers alleviate any slamming sounds. “The only thing she can’t put away are glasses,” Darzell says. “She was really excited about the chores when I first told her about the idea of her helping out more. Now she’s not so thrilled.” The backsplash of white arabesque-shaped tiles highlights the new farmhouse sink. The faucet by Rohl is a small work of art. A dazzling modern brass chandelier, custom made in New Orleans, adds additional sparkle to the sumptuous space. Light pours in from a large skylight. Every one of Darzell’s friends comments on the new skylight. “Which is funny because the skylight has always been there,” Darzell explains. “Now it makes sense. Everything was so dim, and the skylight wasn’t highlighted like it is now.” Darzell kept the original yellow tiles surrounding the family room fireplace. “I am not a yellow person, but I wanted to keep them as a nod to the history of the house and the sort of bohemian look they have,” she says.

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The new mantle, custom-stained to harmonize with the new flooring and wall color, stylishly camouflages the wiring for the room’s media. “Our contractor, Joedy Zapara of JAZ Developments, spent a few days mixing and layering stains for the effect,” Darzell explains. With a mother who was an antiques dealer and having worked in real estate for 12 years, Darzell knows what she likes. But when it came to putting her wishes into a plan of action, she faltered. Stellmacher helped translate ideas into reality. Rejecting out-of-the-box Pottery Barn looks, Stellmacher believes in blending vintage, traditional and modern pieces to reflect her clients’ lives and interests. Accessories and keepsakes from Darzell’s mother are woven into the decorating scheme. Off the dining room, a nook holds books her mother collected. A portrait of her grandfather, who founded Camellia Symphony, hangs nearby. A painting in the dining room reflects his interest in music. “I wanted to marry designer functionality with comfort and livability for a young family,” Stellmacher says. “And make sure we paid tribute to family members.” 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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Turn Back Time THE RIVER CATS KNOW HOW TO DRAW CROWDS OF ALL AGES

BY R.E. GRASWICH SPORTS AUTHORITY

to the rule. One such exception is the River Cats, whose lovely little ballpark along the muddy western bank of the Sacramento River seems to have connected its pipes to the aquifer that feeds the fountain of youth. To attend a game at Raley Field is to step into a time warp and enter a place where the innocence of young people is validated in fashions and behaviors captivated by trends, immune to cynicism and

in baseball caps, their faces adorned with goatees that went out of style a few years ago, struggle to explain the infield fly rule to their youngsters born a few years ago. Some of this is probably coincidental, driven by Sacramento’s long-standing love affair with baseball, propelled by the accessibility and pleasurable surroundings of Raley Field. But from a strategic marketing standpoint, none of

o learn what young people are doing, do not go to a baseball stadium. When the numbers are crunched for baseball demographics, the data skew heavily toward gray hair, yellowed teeth, cardigan sweaters and belts worn high across the stomach.

“We are very much interested in appealingg to younger fans.” The Nielsen research organization n says men comprise 70 percent of l’s baseball’s audience. Among baseball’s es entire fan base, half of those devotees have celebrated their 55th birthday.. The baseball fan’s median age is 53.. an That’s 16 years older than the median age for people who cheer at NBA games. But as fascinating as demographics are, they sometimes can be jettisoned into the cheap seats by exceptions

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untouched by wrinkles. Teens cavort among the concession stands as if on prom night. Young couples canoodle. Men

this is accidental. In the sports promotion business, little is left to chance. The River Cats are deeply aware of baseball’s rocking-chair

demographics, and the team has been determined to slow the age clock, if not make it spin backward. “We are very much interested in appealing to younger fans,” says River Cats spokesman Robert Barsanti. “Instead of leaving the game on the field, we treat each game like a special destination. It’s more than just going to the ballpark. It’s an event.” Teen fans tend to be most obvious among y the youth brigades at Rale Field, though Raley thei presence may their seem enlarged because teen have attention teens span unsuited for the spans plod plodding grand old gam Sitting near a game. gro of teens while group try trying to watch the Riv Cats quickly River be becomes an exercise in standing and si sitting, exits and en entrances, food ru runs, bathroom b breaks and phone c chatter. I’ve been a attending games at R Raley Field since the team arrived in 2000, and the next teenager I see keeping score, the old-fashioned way with pencil and paper ground out 6-3 or paper, ith a backwards b struck out with “k,” will be the first. The River Cats say they love teens, but more reasonably they tolerate them, knowing how quickly

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they grow up. Once yesterdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teenagers become old enough to drink (responsibly), they enter the Raley Field sweet spot and become the ballparkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most cherished fans. The team exists to sell beer and hot dogs and nachos and peanuts to people in their mid-20s and 30s. A season of promotional activities is constructed around that demographic. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our biggest promotion this year is the Thirsty Thursday Trolley, which goes downtown and into Midtown and stops at three bars,â&#x20AC;? Barsanti says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been very popular.â&#x20AC;? The barsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Joe Martyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, de Vereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Irish Pub and Barwestâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;have become extensions of Raley Field, pulling fans who might not otherwise have populated their barstools on Thursday nights. Other popular promotions include free music nights and T-shirt giveaways, two inducements that would never motivate me to attend a baseball gameâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;because isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t baseball enough? No, unless youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re ancient. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Orange Friday, live music, Sac Town jerseys with a logo that focus on a younger demo: Those are all things

that are working well this year,â&#x20AC;? Barsanti says. The color orange has been of special interest to the River Cats since last year, when the team finalized its divorce from its long-term major league spouse, the Oakland Athletics, and ran away with the San Francisco Giants. Among U.S. big-league sports marketers, the Giants are the gold standard. They paint San Francisco orange, and the River Cats are determined to make that paint flow upriver. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To be honest, Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fans tended to be a little older,â&#x20AC;? Barsanti says. Given the River Catsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; embrace of all things youthful, they are the Giantsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; perfect Triple-A farm club. The River Cats are celebrating their 17th birthday this year, which means forever to some young fans. The Giants were born in 1883, closer to my age. We still have a few tricks to show the kids. R.E. Graswich can be reached at reg@graswich.com n

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Girl of Distinction WITH DROUGHT PROJECT, LOCAL TEEN WENT FOR THE GOLD

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to implement change in their own

iver Park teen Allison Kustic

outdoor spaces. She partnered with

was recognized in June at a

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private ceremony for local Girl

department at The Home Depot on Folsom Boulevard. Kustic created

Scout Gold Award winners.

signage that she installed at both

Created in 1916, the Gold Award is the highest honor a Girl Scout can

locations, directing customers

receive. To achieve Gold status, a

toward drought-tolerant plants and

candidate must complete a lasting,

providing information about the best

sustainable project that will have a

plant choices for drought-tolerant

broad influence within her community.

landscaping. The signage also directs

For Kustic, the award represented the

customers to the demonstration

culmination of more than a year of

garden, where they can view the

planning and work.

principles in action. Victoria Alvarez, Kustic’s project

Kustic’s project addressed California’s severe drought, focusing

adviser, has known Kustic since she

on methods to save water through

was 5. She speaks proudly of the

the introduction of drought-tolerant

teen’s efforts. “Allison always tries

landscaping. “The California drought

her hardest and shoots very high in

is no secret, so I began thinking of

everything she does—and always

ways to conserve water,” Kustic says.

comes through. This time is no

“Most people know the basics: to limit

different,” says Alvarez. “Allison has

shower times and turn off the water

worked long and hard on this project,

while brushing their teeth.” But she

and now her efforts are bearing

observed that when brainstorming

fruit.” Alvarez describes Kustic as

ways to reduce water usage, people

“respectful, thoughtful and a leader

often overlook the amount of water

amongst her peers. She is such a

dedicated to maintaining their home landscaping. “I looked into droughttolerant landscaping and found that it is affordable, easy to construct, and looks great. From there, I decided to create a demonstration garden to help

Allison Kustic received the Gold Award for her water-saving garden at the entrance to Glenn Hall Park in River Park

educate Sacramento homeowners.” Kustic’s demonstration garden is at

and add to my demonstration. There

the entrance to Glenn Hall Park, in the

are also a few perennials remaining

planter box surrounding the sign. For

in the planter that are not drought

the plantings, she chose lavender, ice

tolerant, but I chose to leave those in

plant, Mexican sage, lantana and rock

until they finish their seasons.”

rose. “I also left in a few other plants

Kustic’s goal is to inform

that were already in the box,” she says.

homeowners about the beauty and

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Kustic says she never had much

For Kustic and other children of

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the drought, water now seems like

design before she started her project.

a precious resource even in areas

Instead, concern over the drought and

where it’s plentiful. “I think most of

the future of water in California have

my peers realize the severity of the

deeply affected and motivated her.

drought and the role they play in

“I love our planet and the outdoors,”

helping the environment,” she says.

she says, “so the well-being of the

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me. Sometimes a drought comes, and

usage. Even when I was on a school

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world, too.”

She began in Girl Scouts as a Daisy

Kustic was in elementary school

Scout in kindergarten. She is now

when the most recent drought began.

at the highest level, Ambassadors.

She has lived almost a third of her life

Kustic plans to enter college in the

under drought conditions. “I think

fall of 2017. She hopes to attend a

most people in California have the

school that will allow her to pursue

drought in the back of their mind,”

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Sex and the Single Squash THE REPRODUCTIVE CHALLENGES OF PERPETUATING POLLINATION

BY ANITA CLEVENGER

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our garden is growing. Plants are healthy and blooming steadily. Yet for some reason, you don’t get a good crop of fruit. If all the conditions—sunlight, water, fertilizer—are right, what’s the problem? It’s possible that the flowers weren’t pollinated adequately. Just as babies are conceived when sperm and egg unite, most flowering plants require transfer of pollen from the male part of the flower (the stamen) to the female part (the pistil) to set fruit. A few hundred years ago, it was considered indecent to talk about plant sex. In the 18th century, a Swedish scientist named Carl Linnaeus developed a plant classification system that focused on the sexual parts of flowers. This was a highly controversial approach, not only because it was a radically different way to group plants, but also because he spoke frankly and poetically about flowers being a plant’s marital bed, populated with multiple husbands surrounding a single wife. Plant polygamy! Linnaeus and botanical illustrators of the time were decried as plant pornographers. Today, nothing seems too shocking when it comes to sex, and the fact

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that flowers have sexual parts is taught to elementary school children. Still, we may not always understand what is happening in our garden and how we can help things along. Plants can’t go out to a bar and buy a potential mate a beer or two. They rely on insect and animal pollinators or physical forces such as wind and gravity to put the pollen in the right place at the right time. Squash, cucumbers and melons pose a special reproductive challenge. They are members of the cucurbit family, unique in the vegetable family for bearing imperfect flowers. In

botanical terms, perfect flowers have both male and sexual parts. Cucurbits bear flowers that are either fully male or fully female. How do you tell the difference? The male flowers are smaller and tend to point up. The female flowers are bigger and more open, with an ovary at the base of the flower that looks like a miniature fruit. Unless it is fertilized through pollination, this ovary will turn yellow, wither and drop off the plant. Both sexes of squash flowers are borne singly, but melon and cucumber male flowers bloom in small clusters. Just as in human reproduction,

sometimes their timing is off. Male flowers often bloom prematurely. Female flowers are receptive to pollen only on the day that they open, so they must have a male flower nearby and bees (usually a honeybee) to bear the pollen to its center so that it can travel down the internal pollen tubes and fertilize the ovum. With the decline in honeybee population, problems with fruit set on cucurbits in home gardens are increasing. You can take matters into your own hands. A UC Davis publication describes how to physically transfer pollen yourself,

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daytime highs are above 90 degrees. UC Davis says that “pounding the stakes of staked tomatoes or tapping blossom stems three times per week in midday when flowers are open may help to set fruit.” I’ve read elsewhere that vibrating tomato plants with an electric toothbrush will help distribute pollen, but that doesn’t seem like a serious suggestion. If you’ve tried growing corn and have found that the ears fail to fill with kernels, it was because insufficient pollen fell from the tassels to the silks. It’s usually advised to plant in blocks of at least 16 plants, four rows across, in order to ensure full pollination. You could manually pollinate the ears, too, if you are really desperate to grow a small amount of corn. It’s not really a jungle out there in your garden. It’s a singles party! If you like, you can join in the fun. Anita Clevenger is a Sacramento County UC Master Gardener. For answers to gardening questions, call 876-5338 or go to sacmg.ucanr.edu n

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The founder and owner of Artisan Window and Sash Restoration, Henderson is always in motion,

About 90 percent of his business is done on homes built before the 1940s in Sacramento.

restoring windows with his mobile workshop. “After I left my position as the director of real estate for Raley’s, I tried to semi-retire but quickly realized I needed something to do,” says Henderson, who moved to Sacramento from Laguna Beach nearly four decades ago to pursue a career in commercial real estate after

“The process is completely green,”

working as an airline pilot.

Henderson says. “The historic,

Six years ago, looking for a way

original wood windows are retained—

to stay active and work with his

which means nothing gets thrown

hands, Henderson began to research

in the landfill—and you can save up

the window restoration trade. He

to 20 percent in annual energy costs

stumbled upon the Bi-Glass System, a

when all your windows are upgraded

window conversion method invented

with the Bi-Glass system.”

in Boston. The Bi-Glass system allows

In a city such as Sacramento, where

older homes to retain their authentic

Victorians and older vintage homes

wooden windows without sacrificing

abound, Henderson has no problem

energy efficiency.

staying busy. About 90 percent of his

“The patented Bi-Glass System has been used on the East Coast

business is done on homes built before Bob Henderson of Artisan Windows & Sash in his mobile workshop

for 25 years, but nobody was doing

the 1940s in Sacramento as well in San Francisco, Auburn, Placerville

it on the West Coast except for one

Glass tool is used to rout out the old

muntins, to remain intact and

guy in Portland,” Henderson says.

window putty and glass.

unchanged while Henderson installs a

But the expertise also comes in

custom-made matching muntin on the

handy for larger commercial projects,

So Henderson headed to Portland to

Next, the tool creates clearance

and the rest of the region.

learn the process and introduce it to

for the new, double-pane, Low-E

exterior to retain the authentic look

like the one Henderson recently

the Sacramento region.

glass – a low-emissive product, treated

of the original, single-glazed window.

completed for the Sacramento

with an invisible metal or metallic

The result is an energy-efficient

Children’s Home on Sutterville Road

this: the original window sashes are

oxide coating to create a surface that

update on a classic, without losing any

and the restoration he’s about to

removed from the window frame by a

reflects heat while allowing light to

historic appeal.

complete at the historic Ransohoff

specialist (that would be Henderson)

pass through.

The process works something like

and taken outside to a mobile workshop, where the patented Bi-

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The process allows the interior grillwork or glazing bars, called

After installing new balances and weather-stripping and insulating the window opening to eliminate drafts

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An Uncharitable Admission WHY I DON’T GIVE MONEY TO WORTHY CAUSES

BY KEVIN MIMS

WRITING LIFE

like to think of myself as a friend of the poor. I live and work in a part of Sacramento that is populated by a lot of homeless street people. They are drawn there, I imagine, by the area’s many retail establishments, most of which have public restrooms and almost all of which offer a respite from the blazing heat of summer and the cold and wet of winter. At the bookstore where I work, I have numerous interactions with homeless people. If they look to be suffering from the heat, I will fetch them a cup of water and encourage them to relax on the sofa. I’ve never thrown anyone out for merely loitering in the store, not even the homeless guy who regularly sprawls on the sofa, falls asleep and snores noisily for hours on end. I have escorted a few crazy homeless people from the store, but only because they were yelling or creating some sort of frightening disturbance. Homeless panhandlers routinely come in and ask me to change their collection of coins into dollar bills. The manager of the store has upbraided me repeatedly for doing this (it makes it difficult to count out

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the money in the register at the end of the night if the cash drawer is piled high with coins), but I largely ignore him in order to help out my homeless pals. I frequently bring homemade cookies to the store and offer them to anyone who looks hungry. I’ve done this so often that there are members of the homeless community who, when they see me away from the bookshop, will recognize me and say, “Hey, it’s the cookie guy!” At election time, I cast my votes for the candidates who I think will do the most to help the poor and underprivileged. I have cared about disadvantaged Americans for as long as I can recall, so you may be surprised to hear that I have never made a charitable donation in my life. That’s right: I’ve never given so much as a nickel to The Salvation Army or a dime to March of Dimes. What’s more, I never give monetary handouts to panhandlers, not even those who regularly visit the bookstore where I work. I am a 57-year-old bleedingheart liberal and I’ve never given a penny to the poor. Where cold, hard cash is concerned, I’m about as charitable as Ebenezer Scrooge. A few times a year, I haul some junk out of my garage and cart it off to the nearest Goodwill collection center, but I do this mainly just to clean my garage; charity has nothing to do with it. Likewise, I buy Thin Mints from the Girl Scouts every year at fundraiser time, but charity doesn’t enter into this transaction either. I do it because I love Thin Mints. I have participated in numerous 5K and 10K charity runs, but I did it because I thought it would be an enjoyable way of getting exercise and communing

with other runners (and also because I wanted the cool T-shirt that my entry fee entitled me to). You probably think I am a terrible hypocrite: a man who professes to be greatly concerned about the poor but never willingly gives them a dime of his money. There may be some truth to this characterization but, believe it or not, I continue to think of myself as a generous person. At restaurants, I generally leave a 20 percent tip, even for mediocre service. What’s more, when I leave a restaurant with leftovers in a doggie bag, I immediately begin looking around for a homeless person to give them to. All my life, I have been the kind of person who can be counted on to help a friend move his belongings from one house to another. I am frequently called upon to housesit for my friends, or to pet-sit for them. If some friend asks me about an intriguing book on my shelf or a DVD in my collection, I will encourage them to take it. Once I’ve loaned something to someone, I almost never try to get it back. My motto is: Don’t loan it unless you are willing to never see it again. For these and other reasons, I tend to think of myself as a very generous guy. And yet there remains the fact that I am approaching my seventh decade without once having made a true charitable donation. I rationalize this odd parsimony of mine by bearing a few things in mind. First of all, though I am not poor and homeless myself, I am far from rich and always have been. My wife and I are lifelong members of the working class. Throughout our 35 years of marriage, we have tended to lurch from one fiscal crisis to the

next. Yes, we do occasionally buy items that might qualify as luxuries. Recently I purchased a used kayak for $200. I suppose I could have given that money to the poor and made do with my old kayak but, hey, I’m not an ascetic. I like streaming films on Netflix, I like dining out occasionally, I like buying books and, yes, I like to go kayaking. Sure, I could afford to send $25 most months to the World Wildlife Fund or some local shelter for battered women, but my contribution would do little more than salve my conscience. I couldn’t make a big enough donation to really make a difference in the world. What’s more, nearly every charitable organization in the world has a CEO making a lot more money than I do. And since my contribution would help to pay this CEO’s salary, it seems perverse for me to make one. A lot of charities devote an alarmingly large portion of their fundraising receipts to noncharitable activities. The Susan G. Komen foundation, for instance, spends close to $1 million a year suing smaller charities that dare to use the slogan “for the cure.” A 2011 investigative report by an Atlanta television station revealed that the American Cancer Society paid its CEO more than $2.2 million, despite the fact that the organization made across-the-board cuts to the programs it funded that year. The report also noted that ACS’s obligation to its employee pension fund was roughly $600 million, or more than four times the amount of money it spent on cancer research that year. I don’t mind if a charity wants to use its money to pay lavish

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salaries to its management team or to fight smaller charities in court, but I don’t want them doing it with my money. Another factor discouraging charity on my part is my wife’s status as the household’s predominant breadwinner. For 30 years, she earned a decent salary as an escrow officer while I contributed a few bucks here and there with my freelance writing. Since I didn’t earn much of our money, I wouldn’t have gained any great psychic benefits from donating some of it to charity. It would have been like borrowing money from my parents in order to bestow it upon the World Wildlife Fund. It might have benefited the world’s wildlife, but it wouldn’t have taken any great sacrifice on my part. You can’t really give away what you never really earned in the first place. To be a non-breadwinner is to be painfully aware that just about every penny you spend was gained by the hard work of someone you love. That knowledge tends to dampen one’s enthusiasm for largesse.

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My wife occasionally uses our joint bank account to make a charitable donation to some worthy cause. I know this because, a few times a year, I’ll get an email or a postcard thanking me for a charitable donation I didn’t make. I, to the best of my knowledge, am a charity virgin. In my youth, I justified not making charitable donations by telling myself I would more than make up for it when I was old and wealthy. Well, I am old now but far from wealthy. I continue to consider myself a generous person who is a particular friend of the poor and disadvantaged. But for some reason, I can’t bring myself to donate a cent to any charity that actually helps the poor and the homeless. I will probably go to my grave without ever having made a monetary donation to the poor. Perhaps I’ll leave them a little something in my will. Kevin Mims can be reached at kevinmims@sbcglobal.net n

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Big DoG Winners LOCAL NONPROFITS SCORED DURING BIG DAY OF GIVING

BY TERRY KAUFMAN

DOING GOOD

acramentoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Big Day of Giving on May 3 was an unprecedented success, despite technical glitches that crippled online giving for Big Day events nationwide. The local organizer, Sacramento Region Community Foundation, had set an ambitious goal of $6 million in donations, up from $5.6 million in 2015. After glitches shut the donation website down for hours on May 3, the event was extended to the following day. The community stepped up and showed that it really cared. Sacramento raised a record $7,097,623 for its nonprofits! More than 500 nonprofits participated in the event. In addition to the donations they received from the public, a number of organizations were recognized with special awards. Here are some of the notables that are worth following this summer.

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transforms low-income students, ages 4 to 18, into published authors and confident writers, developing strong readers and inspired writers who lead a higher quality of life due to increased literacy skills and improved academics. The Big DoG gifts will help transform 800 low-income youth into published authors, confident writers and healthier humans who can express themselves professionally and creatively.

SINAG-TALA FILIPINO THEATER AND PERFORMING ARTS ASSOCIATION SFTPAA was awarded the Sacramento Arts Blast Off Challenge prize for first gift to an arts organization. The only FilipinoAmerican performing arts training organization of its kind north of the Bay Area, it works to train and promote theater and performing arts through the study, interpretation and staging of works of Filipino musical, dance, literary and cultural artists. Each year, the Theatrical Revue offers 12 weeks of free training in basic artistic and business aspects of the theater and performing arts. Participation is open to children, teens and adults of all backgrounds and skill levels Led by master artists, the training consists of workshops and rehearsals and culminates in a professionally staged annual theater production during the first weekend of December. The Revue involves some 100 singers, actors, dancers and musicians each year and a similar

number of production volunteers. Workshops and rehearsals will begin in late August. Visit sftpaa.org for more information.

THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER SACRAMENTO The First Tee won a prize for raising the most dollars during a particular period. The group works to enrich the lives of young people by providing educational programs that build character, instill life-enhancing values and promote healthy choices through the game of golf. First Teeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Funvitational tournament will be held Friday, July 29, at Haggin Oaks Golf Complex. The entry fee is $150 per player or $300 per team, which includes green fees, golf cart, tee prize, range balls and awards luncheon. Adult golfers may sign up individually, and they will be paired with a First Tee junior partner. To learn more or to register, visit thefirstteesacramento.org.

SACRAMENTO SPLASH Winner of a prize for most unique donors during a particular period, Sacramento Splash is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping local children understand and value their natural world through science education and outdoor exploration. Splash offers a variety of environmental science programs designed to introduce area kids to the wonders of science by teaching them about local habitats. The Splash Education Center is a private facility that houses Sacramento Splash and

the Sacramento Valley Conservancy. The building is located at Mather Field, facilitating exploration of more than 1,000 acres of high-quality vernal pool grasslands that surround it. Learn more at sacsplash.org.

CENTER FOR LANDBASED LEARNING This hourly-dollars winner is dedicated to creating the next generation of farmers, as well as teaching youth about the importance of agriculture and natural resource conservation. With 40 acres at the Farm on Putah Creek in Winters, the center holds education programs at the California Farm Academy. All field trip inquiries must be made via email. For field trips and educational programs, contact fopcfieldtrips@ gmail.com; to inquire about adult tours and farm visits, contact jen@ landbasedlearning.org.

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Lost and Found A TALE OF DOGGY REDEMPTION

BY NORRIS BURKES SPIRIT MATTERS

ast month, I went to Las Vegas to help my brother Milton after he lost his wife, Debbie. Making matters worse, his service dog, Buddy, ran off the next day. Buddy is the beautiful border collie that has comforted my brother for the past 13 years. He’d left within hours of Debbie’s death, presumably in search of her. My brother was twice heartbroken. Caring neighbors placed an ad in the paper and plastered the neighborhood with posters. A week later, someone called to say they’d detained Buddy in a strip mall parking lot. However, the caller told us, Buddy escaped their grasp with a quick lunge. The caller encouraged us to come quickly in hopes we’d find the dog. My brother and I searched the parking lot and several adjacent apartment complexes. Then, just as we were ready to give up, my brother heard something through his open passenger window. “Stop,” he said. “I heard something.” Milton got out to search behind the apartment fence. Nothing.

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“I thought I heard his chain rattle,” he said. I shrugged, not believing he could hear anything from a running car. Nevertheless, I suggested he look over the adjacent fence. He did. And there stood Buddy. My brother called his dog into the car, and the three of us rode off into the Vegas sunset, happier than any dog lover ought to be. Back in Milton’s neighborhood, a half-dozen friends greeted us, rejoicing in Buddy’s homecoming. Three volunteers washed Buddy with a water hose from my RV parked beside my brother’s mobile home. Buddy showed his appreciation with warm-tongued kisses on the faces of all who accepted. The next day, Milton’s neighbor, Eva, offered to watch Buddy while Milton had a checkup at the VA. Within minutes of arriving, a nurse

referred my brother to the emergency room for his high blood pressure. When I called Eva to tell her we’d be late, there was no answer. Three hours went by, more calls, no answer.

He’d lost his wife and now he’d twice lost his only remaining companion. Finally Eva called to say Buddy had leapt a 5-foot wall, likely searching for Milton and Debbie. There’s no way I can convey how hurt my brother was. He’d lost his wife and now he’d twice lost his only remaining companion.

My brother was admitted to the hospital. He’d been noncompliant for years with his lifesaving medications and nearly paid the price for it. After a week in the hospital, his lab numbers were normal. Now, my brother is physically cleaner and more clearheaded than he’s been in years. On the day before my brother was discharged, my phone rang. I reached for the phone, intending to send the unrecognized call to voicemail, but instead, I accidently answered it. “Have you lost a dog?” the caller asked. “Yes,” I say. “Yes.” “Well,” the woman said, “my name’s Mackenzie and I’d like to return your dog.” Mackenzie and I talked for 20 minutes. She offered to keep Buddy until Milton is able to care for Buddy. After I hung up, my brother and I

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When we come back, he rejoices. Then, when we wander off again, as we all do, God goes out and looks for us again. This he’ll do time after time. Because unlike the pet owner, God always knows where we are. Norris Burkes is a chaplain, syndicated columnist, national speaker and author. He can be reached at norris@thechaplain.net n

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95822 SOUTH LAND PARK 7501 GEORGICA WAY 2429 36TH AVE 1537 STERLING ST 1968 67TH AVE 2328 KNIGHT WAY 2131 VOLLAN WAY 2048 NIANTIC WAY 4805 S LAND PARK DR 1935 NIANTIC WAY 1436 ARVILLA DR 1708 POTRERO WAY

$228,000 $265,000 $168,000 $189,444 $225,000 $189,950 $225,000 $540,000 $185,000 $275,500 $455,000

2319 51ST AVE 7343 SPRINGMAN ST 4531 ATTAWA AVE 1609 65TH AVENUE 7412 TROON WAY 7513 COLLINGWOOD ST 1137 DERICK WAY 4716 NORM CIR 3269 WATER MILL WAY 5955 GLORIA DR 1127 CHARGENE WAY 937 ROEDER WAY 2331 S MANGRUM AVE 7508 E TAMOSHANTER WAY 6030 MCLAREN AVE 3261 TORRANCE AVE 7398 21ST ST 6739 FERRIER CT 7456 RED WILLOW ST 5621 DANA WAY 4622 JOAQUIN WAY 2224 22ND AVE 4240 WARREN AVE 7533 COSGROVE WAY 2174 60TH AVE 1832 63RD AVE 2152 22ND AVE 7019 REMO WAY 4401 CUSTIS AVE 4625 SUNSET DR

95825 ARDEN

$193,000 $201,000 $289,000 $262,000 $158,409 $273,000 $405,000 $469,000 $260,000 $355,000 $393,000 $462,000 $182,000 $199,000 $210,000 $250,000 $197,500 $205,000 $215,000 $285,000 $373,250 $399,000 $417,500 $208,000 $275,000 $275,000 $350,000 $157,500 $282,700 $575,000

3279 VIA GRANDE $159,000 2470 LARKSPUR LN #359 $144,000 792 WOODSIDE LANE EAST #9 $177,000 1523 HOOD RD #J $137,000 2430 PAVILIONS PLACE LN #605 $510,000 730 WOODSIDE LANE EAST #11 $104,000 2280 HURLEY WAY #24 $128,900 2470 NORTHROP AVE #4 $159,000 3229 CASITAS BONITOS $175,000 2430 PAVILIONS PLACE LN #308 $535,000 1326 OAK TERRACE CT #7 $116,000 1520 HOOD RD #F $140,000 1121 COMMONS DR $350,000 1236 COMMONS DR $450,000 987 FULTON AVE #474 $100,000 1519-D HOOD $125,000 2232 MEADOWBROOK RD $325,000 3173 ELLINGTON CIR $325,000 1519 HOOD RD #26E $125,000 2326 SWARTHMORE DR $350,000 1600 GANNON DR $155,000 2309 LANSING WAY $175,000 2455 SANDRINGHAM RD $193,000 2325 PENNLAND DR $314,000 707 ELMHURST $385,000 425 HARTNELL PL $470,000 2414 POST OAK $120,000 2443 MEADOWBROOK $320,000 811 DUNBARTON CIR $322,000 2212 LANDON LN $327,500 802 COMMONS DR $365,000 898 WOODSIDE E LN #4 $185,000 1613 GANNON DR $218,400 711 ELMHURST CIR $393,000 2236 WOODSIDE LN #12 $120,000

3286 VIA GRANDE 2543 EXETER SQUARE LN

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1174 CEDAR TREE WAY 385 MARINER POINT WAY 7262 CAMINO DEL REY ST 24 RIO VIALE CT 6970 WATERVIEW WAY 960 GREENSTAR WAY 11 TRIUMPH CT 18 HAVEN CT 353 LIGHT HOUSE WAY 7724 RIVER GROVE CIR 6985 WATERVIEW WAY 30 RIO VIALE CT 7107 POCKET RD 6308 SEASTONE WAY 810 PORTUGAL WAY 6360 HOLSTEIN WAY 9 ELLEN ROSE CT 976 SHELLWOOD WAY 7449 BRAERIDGE WAY 6850 WESTMORELAND WAY 711 ROUNDTREE CT 354 RIVERTREE WAY 6761 FREEHAVEN DR 37 SPRINGBROOK CIR 490 DE MAR DR 382 AQUAPHER WAY 753 HARVEY WAY 6160 WYCLIFFE WAY

95864 ARDEN

$185,000 $250,000

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1448 SEBASTIAN WAY $195,000 531 GROVESNOR CT $1,049,000 720 MORRIS $693,000 550 MORRIS WAY $1,190,000 3725 DUBAC WAY $313,000 1400 WATT AVE $332,000 4543 LAURELWOOD WAY $441,500 3420 BARRINGTON RD $165,000 2221 IONE ST $300,000 1864 VENUS DR $320,000 2033 CERES WAY $331,000 3635 LAS PASAS WAY $720,000 450 GAYLORD CT $810,000 1409 GLADSTONE DR $180,000 1401 WATT AVE $225,000 4450 CLYTIE $364,900 2600 HUNTINGTON ROAD $649,000 2151 ROCKWOOD DR $700,000 3840 LAS PASAS WAY $845,000 3008 HUNTINGTON RD $779,000 3337 NORTHROP AVE $240,000 69 SARATOGA CIR $525,000 2660 KADEMA DR $725,000 3341 MAYFAIR DR $189,000 3241 MAYFAIR DR $227,000 3710 LUSK DR $230,000 2431 CATALINA DR $290,000 4243 AVILA LN $324,900 437 SIERRA LN $618,900 3840 CRESTA WAY $649,000 3016 HUNTINGTON RD $751,000 1304 GLENWOOD RD $198,000 2401 ANDRADE WAY $267,500 4313 BAYWOOD WAY $375,500 900 WATT AVE $495,000

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Driving While Stoned IF POT IS LEGALIZED, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE ROAD?

and may follow farther behind other vehicles. This is distinctly different than the risky behavior of drunk drivers. Internet insurance company CEO James Shaffer has said, “Marijuana users often say that when they are high, they feel like they are driving 60 miles per hour but actually are only going 30 miles per hour. When somebody is drunk driving, on the other hand, they often feel like they are driving 30 miles per hour, but they are actually driving 80 miles per hour. This is what makes alcohol dangerous behind the wheel and marijuana safe.”

BY WALT SEIFERT GETTING THERE

ome November, in addition to choosing a president, Californians will vote on whether to legalize recreational marijuana. Polls show a majority in favor. If pot is legal, what will the effects be on driving safety? Can we expect millions of our fellow citizens soon to be like Cheech and Chong, spaced out in their smoke-filled van trying to figure out whether they are driving or parked? Despite years of experience with legal marijuana in Colorado, Washington state and the Netherlands, it’s unclear what the overall safety impacts on driving will be. Many drivers already have marijuana’s best-known active ingredient, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), in their systems. A National Highway Traffic Safety Administration survey of weekend nighttime drivers showed 12.6 percent tested positive for THC— more than the 8.3 percent who had alcohol in their systems. Access to marijuana, whether medically approved or illegal, is already high. Will more drivers be driving high

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after legalization? Maybe, but that’s an unknown. Further, while one might guess more drivers will have THC in their bodies, that doesn’t mean they are high and impaired. That’s because THC persists in the body for days and weeks, long after the high has come and gone. Being stoned and driving is problematic. NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) recommends against it, saying, “Responsible cannabis consumers never operate motor vehicles in an impaired condition.” Smoking pot affects psychomotor skills. The effects are dose related. People who are stoned have slower

reaction times and trouble making decisions in emergency situations. Driving impaired is never a good idea, whether the impairment is caused by weed, alcohol or prescription drugs. It is also illegal, something that won’t change with the new law. It should be noted that being high on medically approved marijuana is no excuse for driving with less than sober caution. The substantial DUI penalties still apply. If pot use has demonstrable negative physical and mental impacts on driving ability, why are the overall safety impacts less than clear? Studies indicate usual impacts are small, not dramatic, and that pot smokers typically compensate for their highs. They drive more slowly

The Adult Use of Marijuana Act will prohibit smoking while driving or being a passenger in a vehicle. It may not be accurate to describe marijuana as safe, but there is evidence that it is a safer drug than alcohol. If people substitute getting stoned for drinking, road danger could decrease. In fact, it has in some places. Fatal crashes have declined in states that allow medical marijuana. Still, keeping impaired drivers off the road and how to do that are issues. Colorado and Washington GETTING page 53

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The sculptures at the South Natomas Park honors past and present Sacramento Poets Laureate: Bob Stanley, Julia Connor, Jeff Knorr, Viola Weinberg, Dennis Schmitz and Jose Montoya. The artwork consists of six unique corten steel sculptures.

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Mosquito Menace WHAT WE’RE DOING TO FIGHT THE BITE

BY DR. AMY ROGERS SCIENCE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

n a 2014 blog post, Bill Gates asked, “What is the most dangerous animal on Earth?” Defined as the one that kills the most humans, the answer might surprise you: It’s mosquitoes. Mosquitoes cause the deaths of roughly 1 million people each year (most from malaria) because they’re vectors. A vector is an insect or animal that transmits a disease to other animals or humans. In Sacramento, mosquitoes spread West Nile virus, Western equine encephalomyelitis virus, St. Louis encephalitis virus and canine heartworm. In the early 1900s, malaria was also a serious local threat. Thanks to mosquito control efforts, the only malaria cases in our area occur in travelers returning from foreign lands. Zika transmission is not a concern at present; the types of mosquitoes that can carry Zika virus are not found in Sacramento or Yolo County. But new mosquito-borne viruses like Zika could emerge at any time. Mosquitoes are therefore more than a nuisance. They’re a threat to public health. In 1946, a mosquito abatement district was created by

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voters in the Sacramento region. Later, the renamed SacramentoYolo Mosquito and Vector Control District (MVCD) added ticks (vectors for Lyme disease) and wasps to its services. Like other California independent special districts, MVCD pools resources across city and county lines to provide a focused, essential service. It’s governed by a 12-member board of trustees appointed by the counties and incorporated cities in its jurisdiction. The district is funded by property taxes and has specific powers authorized by law. MVCD’s main job is to monitor mosquitoes and their diseases, and to take actions to “fight the bite”—to minimize mosquito populations and

their impacts on people. Six of more than 20 local species of mosquitoes are significant for public health. Each carries different diseases and has different feeding and breeding habits. Some species are most active in summer and fall, others in late winter through early spring. Some prefer to feed on mammals, others on birds. Some lay eggs in rice fields, others in tree holes, and another in foul water such as drainage basins. For all mosquitoes, the life cycle is the same. An adult lays a raft of eggs on the surface of water. Larvae hatch and turn into pupae just under the water’s surface. Adults emerge and fly away in as little as a week.

Mosquitoes will breed just about anywhere that still water collects. Agricultural sites (especially rice fields) and storm-water systems can yield a lot of mosquitoes. Urban sources include fish ponds, unmaintained swimming pools, containers, bird baths, blocked roof gutters, irrigated lawns, cemetery vases, pet dishes and abandoned tires. As part of a multipronged approach called integrated pest management, MVCD educates people about their role in mosquito control. The district encourages actions that deprive mosquitoes of breeding habitat, and actions to prevent mosquito bites, which spread disease. Here are their recommendations to the public, summarized as the “Seven D’s”: Drain any standing water on your property. Dawn and dusk are when mosquitoes are most active, so stay indoors. When outdoors, dress appropriately with long sleeves and pants. Defend yourself with insect repellent. Check door and window screens; repair any holes. If you have a problem or question, call the district. MVCD uses science-based surveillance and testing programs to measure vector activity. The district observes mosquito populations over time in all habitats of Sacramento and Yolo counties. They use traps with carbon dioxide as a lure to catch and count adult females, the only mosquitoes that bite and take a blood meal. (Males innocently dine on flower nectar.) Weekly mosquito counts are posted online. Collected females are also tested for viruses to see if there is disease in the population, and how prevalent it is.

In addition to looking directly at local mosquitoes, the district monitors birds, which are good indicators of mosquito-borne disease activity. Crows, jays and magpies are particularly sensitive to West Nile virus, so MVCD collects dead birds and sends them to a UC Davis laboratory for testing. Deadbird reports from the public are particularly important early in the season. If you find a dead bird, call (877)-968-2473. Furthermore, MVCD maintains four “sentinel” flocks of five chickens each at strategic locations in the area. If bitten by mosquitoes carrying a virus, the chickens do not get sick, but they will develop antibodies against the virus. Blood samples are taken from the chickens every other week during mosquito season (May to October) and tested for those antibodies. Do you know someone saved by an AED (defibrillator) in Sacramento? Email Amy@AmyRogers.com if you’re willing to share your story in Inside Publications. n

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GETTING FROM page 50 have established so-called per se rules that define legal impairment as having 5 nanograms or more of THC per milliliter of blood. Some of the 22 states that allow medical marijuana use have zero-tolerance laws, prohibiting driving with any detectable amount of marijuana in the blood. Critics say that’s unfair and unscientific. Though marijuana impairment may be observed, it really can’t be determined by blood or urine tests. It’s just not the same as blood alcohol content levels that have a high positive correlation to intoxication and impairment. Not only does THC persist in the body after impairment ends; individuals can build a tolerance to THC, so high levels in the blood may indicate little about driving ability. Colorado recognizes this by allowing drivers to dispute whether they were impaired even when their tested THC levels exceed the legal limit. What’s it all mean for Californians? The Adult Use of Marijuana Act will make driving with an open container or package of marijuana illegal. It will prohibit smoking while driving or being a passenger in a vehicle. Those seem like obvious prohibitions. For those who choose to have joint, simple practices can help stop them from endangering themselves and others on the road. Don’t drive, or wait to drive until you’re sober. There doesn’t appear to be a good rule of thumb for how long to wait. Some say at least three hours; others say overnight or 10 hours. By the way, the combination of marijuana and alcohol appears to be especially bad, and driving after consuming both definitely should be avoided. Will Californians be less safe on the road if recreational marijuana is legalized? Lack of extensive data about safety, along with some clouds of actual smoke, means we face a hazy future concerning marijuana use and driving in California. Walt Seifert is a bicyclist, driver and transportation writer. He can be reached at bikeguy@surewest.net n

THEATRE GUIDE A BRIGHT NEW BOISE

Thru July 17 Big Idea Theater 1616 Del Paso Blvd, Sac 960-3036 After escaping his rural hometown, Will, a new recruit at an Idaho outlet of the Hobby Lobby craft store chain, seeks answers and connection to a life he gave away years ago. This is a dark comedy of family dysfunction and enduring faith, and very different souls searching for meaning and order—in this life or the next.

THE REVOLUTIONARY MIND

Thru July 17 California Stage Theatre 2509 R St, Sac 451-5822 This play follows a rabid activist turned housewife Susan, down the rabbit hole when her daughter, a documentary filmmaker, is kidnapped. Forced to reconcile lofty ideals and promises made with the life she led, Susan must sound the dark depths of the human psyche in search of elusive answers. No stone is left unturned in this raw, unflinching odyssey of the mind.

THE TOTALITARIANS

Thru July 24 Capital Stage 2215 J St, Sac 478-3116 Channeling the subversive spirit of The Colbert Report, “The Totalitarians” is a viciously funny vivisection of the farcical frenzy that is American politics. When dopey Nebraska candidate (and former roller derby star) Penelope Easter surges in popularity following a go-for-broke speech, her adviser Francine embarks on a wild ride of professional and personal upheaval as she fights to push her client onto the national stage.

CONSTELLATIONS

Thru July 30 B Street Theatre – B3 Series 2711 B St, Sac 443-5300 In the beginning, Marianne and Roland meet at a party. They go for a drink, or perhaps they don’t. They fall madly in love and start dating, but eventually, they break up. After a chance encounter in a supermarket they get back together, or maybe they run into each other and Marianne reveals that she’s now engaged to someone else and that’s that. Or perhaps Roland is engaged. Maybe they get married, or maybe their time together will be tragically short.

TASTE OF HOPE: A PLAY IN 3 COURSES

July 14 – July 16 Warehouse Artist Lofts 1108 R St, Sac (530) 637-5808 Taste Of Hope, is a story that honors women of the Holocaust. The play follows seven women of three generationsweaving food traditions, fears of war, and expectations of miracles into a simple story of love. The audience eavesdrops on intimate conversations between women as they share recipes in an effort to give each other hope for an uncertain future. The recipes that are discussed in each act or “course” are served to the audience at each break as a “taste of hope.”

CLEVER LITTLE LIES

Thru July 31 B Street Theatre – Mainstage 2711 B St, Sac 443-5300 When Bill Sr.’s wife Alice notices that he is on edge after a tennis match with their son, she immediately springs into action. Determined to get to the bottom of her husband’s suspicious behavior, Alice organizes a family evening, inviting Bill Jr. and her daughter-in-law Jane over for drinks and dessert. The ill-fated evening quickly devolves into side-splitting chaos as unexpected secrets are revealed. Shocking and hilarious, Clever Little Lies is a story of love and marriage, for better and for worse.

AL & HOMER: THE DRONE PLAY

July 23 – Aug 21 California Stage Theatre 2509 R St, Sac 606-5050 Ovation Stage presents Al & Homer: The Drone Play by Jerry Fishman, directed by Penny Kline. What happens when a U.S. Predator Drone goes rogue and heads into India? The bigger question might be, could conflicting moral ideologies lead to WWIII?

WAISTWATCHERS: THE MUSICAL

July 6 – July 24 24th Street Theatre 2791 24th St, Sac 207-1226 WaistWatchers: The Musical is the tale of four women sharing stories about their battles with aging, weight, dieting, exercise, and their significant others. Set in a women’s gym, the show follows the women as they go through the ups and downs of survival in a weight and beauty obsessed world.

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Piano Man THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK IS HIS PASSION AND PROFESSION

BY SENA CHRISTIAN

buy vinyl records. Glazier found

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

his passion. He went on to earn

bachelor’s and master’s degrees in n April 2, 1975, a 12-year-

piano performance from Indiana

old boy from Indianapolis

University and a doctorate of musical

named Richard Glazier

arts from Cleveland Institute of

traveled to Beverly Hills to meet

Music.

legendary lyricist Ira Gershwin. Three

In 2001, he married Jan,

years earlier, the boy had written a

artistic director at PianoDisc, an

fan letter after watching the 1943 film

international company based in

“Girl Crazy,” which features a score

Sacramento that manufactures

by Ira and his brother, composer

electronic reproducing systems for

George Gershwin. The pair then

acoustic pianos. “The first time I

struck up a correspondence.

saw him (perform) I didn’t know

In the living room of the grown-up

him,” Jan Glazier says. “I thought

Glazier’s Sacramento home hangs

he was fabulous, and I still think so.”

a photo of his first meeting with Ira

The couple travels together and has

Gershwin, along with a framed yellow

collaborated on PBS shows featuring

sweater given to him last year. “Forty

Glazier. “We’re dedicated to this era,”

years later, I was given the sweater

she says. “We’re interested in the

that Ira wore on that day in Beverly

same things and passionate about this

Hills,” Gershwin explains.

music and history.”

Glazier, a famed pianist, did a

Glazier describes the music

show in San Francisco with Ira

he loves as a uniquely American

Gershwin’s wife’s nephew, the

genre. “I happen to believe that

trustee of his estate. They reminisced,

the American Dream is still alive

showed home movies and bantered.

and well in this country, and that’s

After taking their bows, the nephew

what this music represents,” he

surprised Glazier with a gift: the

says. “These composers were mostly

yellow sweater. “He said nobody

first-generation Americans whose

deserves this more than you for the

parents came to this country for a

devotion you have shown toward the

better life. They heard the melting

Gershwins and their era,” Glazier

pot of the many cultures that came

says, pausing a moment. “I get very

at the turn of the century, and it just

emotional just talking about it.”

Richard Glazier

Glazier, has learned to play the

fused together to create these songs that have woven their way into the

full Gershwin repertoire and the

accomplishments are his multimedia

Great American Songbook—popular

concerts, which incorporate music,

1960s, Glazier practiced on his

Gershwins, for example, were the

standards from the 1920s to the

vintage photographs, film clips and

family’s upright piano and started

children of Jewish immigrants from

1950s, penned by the likes of Cole

stories. He has performed these

taking lessons when he was 6. His

Russia.

Porter and Irving Berlin. He loves

programs in every U.S. state and at

Aunt Esther introduced him to the

jazz and Broadway musicals. “I’m

the United Nations, Smithsonian

Gershwins’ music, taking him to

memorabilia—concert programs,

an old soul,” he points out. “What

Institute and Carnegie Hall.

the public library to look through

autographed sheet music, signed

old sheet music and to Goodwill to

photographs, records, vintage movie

can I say?” Among his greatest

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As a child growing up in the

fabric of our American culture.” The

Glazier’s vast collection of

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posters, original movie scripts

This last summer, Glazier played a

and more—demonstrates his deep

show only three hours after learning

appreciation for the era. He speaks

his father had died. “The audience

excitedly when describing an item,

never knew,” he says. “I know the

such as a mint-condition Time

audience comes to hear me. I take

magazine from 1925 with George

that as a tremendous responsibility,

Gershwin on the cover, and signed

because the audience is saying, OK,

lithographs by caricaturist Al

we’re taking a couple hours out of

Hirschfeld. The artist drew Glazier,

our precious time to be entertained

his hair made of lots of tiny bass clefs,

by you, to feel good, to experience

his mouth and chin an upside-down

emotions, to forget ourselves and to

treble clef.

be transported into a magical world.”

Glazier has met and, in some

Glazier says his life has come full

cases, played the piano for, many

circle. As that 12-year-old boy, he

of the people who appear in his

played a song for Ira Gershwin on

memorabilia, including actor Mickey

George’s personal piano. When Ira

Rooney. He has surrounded himself

died in 1983, he left the piano to the

with mentors, such as composer Hugh

Library of Congress. A few years ago,

Martin, who wrote “Have Yourself a

Glazier was in Washington, D.C., for a

Merry Little Christmas” and other

show at the Smithsonian Institute. He

songs for Judy Garland in the 1944

visited the Library of Congress with

film “Meet Me in St. Louis.” These

the PBS NewsHour crew. On that

artists inspired him to always seek

piano, he performed “Embraceable

improvement. “Talent is not special,”

You”—the same piece he had played

he says. “You have it find it within

for Ira Gershwin so many years ago.

yourself. Once you find it, it’s what you do with it that makes it special.” This, he says, is passion. But he also has plenty of professionalism.

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THIS MONTH'S CULTURE & ENTERTAINMENT HIGHLIGHTS

Photographs & Works on Paper Opens Thursday, July 3 (artist reception on Saturday, July 9, 6-9:30 p.m.) Jon Stevenson Gallery, 2020 I St. facebook.com/JonStevensonGallery

The show of photographs by Jamil Hellu and works on paper by David King brings together two talented artists working in very different styles. David King’s work in recent years has focused on collage, but more recently on experimental drawing and painting techniques that he ﬁnds more immediate. Jamil Hellu is a San Francisco-based photographer whose recent series has documented the everyday moments of his long-term partnership. Exhibition runs through July 30.

"The Universe 2" by David King is a 36" square collage at the Jon Stephenson Gallery

Block Party

Art in the Community Saturday, July 9, noon-7 p.m.

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Colonial Heights Library, 4799 Stockton Blvd. 808-1059, crockerartmuseum.org

Say howdy to your neighbors at this month’s installment of the Crocker Art Museum’s new Block by Block program. In partnership with Sol Collective and Sojourner Truth Museum, each block party will celebrate the neighborhood in which it’s held by showcasing local artists, entertainers and vendors. “We really want to highlight the creativity that exists in Sacramento’s unique neighborhoods that often gets overlooked,” says Daphne Burgess, project manager of Block by Block. “There will be interactive art experiences, live music, visual arts, performing arts—and it might be your neighbor who’s performing.” July’s event will feature the artwork of Art + Impact grant recipient Gioia Fonda, whose “Give a Fork” sculpture raises awareness about food scarcity and is composed of household forks donated by local residents.

“The Totalitarians”

A play by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb Through July 24 Capital Stage, 2215 J St. 995-5464, capstage.org

Channeling the subversive spirit of “The Colbert Report,” “The Totalitarians” is a viciously funny vivisection of the farcical frenzy that is American politics. When dopey Nebraska candidate (and former roller derby star) Penelope Easter surges in popularity following a go-for-broke speech, her adviser Francine embarks on a wild ride of professional and personal upheaval as she ﬁghts to push her client onto the national stage.

America the Beautiful

Classical concert featuring Brennen Milton and Michael Dale Sunday, July 10, 3 p.m. Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St. 808-1182, crockerartmuseum.org

Listen in as clarinetist Milton and pianist Dale of the Sacramento Baroque Soloists celebrate the gusto of 20th-century American composers in a concert that will pay tribute to the musical geniuses of our fair nation. The program will include compositions from Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein, as well as Willson Osborne’s lyrically abstract “Rhapsody” and Cody Bennett’s compelling “Subconscious Re-animation.” Don’t miss the Prelude Tour preceding the concert at 1 and 2 p.m.

Brennen Milton performs at the Crocker

Three’s Company

“Interconnected,” featuring artwork by Laurelin Gilmore, Susan Silvester and Jill Allyn Stafford Saturday, July 9, 6-9 p.m. (opening reception) ARTHOUSE on R, 1021 R St. arthouseonr.com

Feel the connection among a trio of talented women when artists Gilmore, Silvester and Stafford blend their different styles to form a cohesive whole. Gilmore’s focus is on ﬁgurative fantasy, with a preference for creatures that cross species boundaries, while Silvester’s work features prints in oil, digital, oil on canvas and wood panel, and some mixed media. Stafford is a collage artist and her work for this show was created substantially from old prints, notes, paintings and sketches provided by her fellow comrades-in-smocks.

“Let Them Know” collage by Jill Allyn Stafford at ARTHOUSE on R

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Unbreakable

Glass for the New Millennium: Masterworks from the KaplanOstergaard Collection July 10 through Oct. 2 Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St. 808-1182, crockerartmuseum.org

What do you get when you put the work of more than 70 dynamic global artists pushing at the “glass” ceiling in one exhibition? A gleaming collection of modern glasswork from the likes of visionary artists Richard Marquis, Marvin Lipofsky, Dale Chihuly, Klaus Moje and others. This show is part of the Crocker’s Summer of Glass, inspired by the installation of Chihuly’s iconic “Golden Teal Chandelier” in the Teel Family Pavilion lobby earlier this year.

Life Is a Cabaret “Seussical” July 12-17 “Cabaret” July 26-31

Wells Fargo Pavilion, 1419 H St. 557-1999, californiamusicaltheatre.org

You know summer has come to Sacramento when Music Circus is in full swing under the air-conditioned big top. This month, explore the witty, wild and whimsical world of Dr. Seuss like you’ve never seen it before in “Seussical,” a delightfully zany musical for the whole family. Then hold onto your bowler hat for a chance of pace with the dark underbelly of Kander and Ebb’s “Cabaret.” Join the Emcee, Sally Bowles and a raucous ensemble inside Berlin’s infamous Kit Kat Klub as life outside in pre-WWII Germany grows more and more troubled.

Artmix “Reggae”

Thursday, July 14, 5-9 p.m. Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St. 808-1182, crockerartmuseum.org

Get hyped about the sights and sounds of reggae culture with Sacramento’s own Dee Jay Hype, a battle of bass guitars, awesome art and a bizarre bazaar. Enjoy food and drink discounts during happy hour from 5-6 p.m. and $5 drink specials all night (the event is for guests 21 and over). And don’t forget to take advantage of the free bike valet service for all ArtMix events through September!

King Hopeton will perform at Artmix "Reggae"

We Salute You Through Sept. 5 Blue Star Museums sacmuseums.org

"Exploration 168" by Steve Klein is part of Glass for the New Millennium at the Crocker

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Seven Sacramento area museums will honor active duty military personnel and their families by offering free admission through Labor Day as part of Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense and museums across the country. The seven local museums participating in Blue Star Museums are the Aerospace Museum of California, California Agriculture Museum, California Automobile Museum, California Museum, Crocker Art Museum, Fairytale Town and the Sacramento History Museum. The free admission program is available to any bearer of a Geneva Convention common access card (CAC), a DD Form 1173 ID card, or a DD Form 1173-1 ID card, which includes active duty military (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard), National Guard and Reserve members and up to ﬁve immediate family members. Before planning a visit, be sure to contact the individual museums for hours of operation.

Reflections of History

The Luster of Ages: Ancient Glass from the Marcy Friedman Collection July 17 through Oct. 16 Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St. 808-1182, crockerartmuseum.org

Can’t get enough of the shiny objects from the Crocker’s “Glass for the New Millennium” exhibition? Take a gander at glasswork from throughout history plucked from Friedman’s impressive personal collection. The ageless beauty of glass can be seen in examples from the sixth century B.C. to the period of Roman rule in the eastern Mediterranean. The collection’s 50 pieces, which include brightly colored miniature amphorae and lustrous perfume bottles, reﬂect the forms and inﬂuences of Greek, Roman and Phoenician cultures in the Holy Land.

Twisted Sacramento Salon game night at the Crocker

Twisted, Sister!

The Twisted Sacratomato Salon Thursday, July 28, 6-9 p.m. Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St. 808-1182, crockerartmuseum.org

Game night at the Crocker is back! In honor of Sacratomato Week, the Twisted Sacratomato Salon celebrates the art of play with pub trivia, strategy games, coloring books and plenty of gallery fun. Enjoy a no-host cash bar and docentled tours throughout the evening and enter to win raffle prizes.

Mais Oui!

“The French Connection” concert featuring vocalists Zachary Gordin and Carrie Hennessey Sunday, July 24, 2 p.m. St. John’s Lutheran Church, 1701 L St. 444-0874, stjohnslc.org

Hear the beautiful music the human voice can create when acclaimed vocalists Gordin and Hennessey perform the music of Reynaldo Hahn, Gabriel Faurè, Francis Poulenc, Jules Massenet and other French composers in collaboration with pianist Bryan Nies. Baritone and San Francisco native Gordin started his career as a boy soprano soloist in the Golden Gate Boys Choir and has since matured into lead roles at opera companies across the country and recitals around the world. Sacramento resident and shimmering soprano Hennessey has sung leading roles in world and regional premieres of theatrical opera pieces (she debuted as Blanche DuBois in André Previn’s “A Streetcar Named Desire” during the 2014-15 season) all over the United States and in classical repertoires here and in Europe.

"Angel in Adoration" by Jean Goodwin Ames is on display at the Crocker

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Art Preview

GALLERY ART SHOWS IN JULY

Tim Collom Gallery will exhibit a group show called “Summer” through July 30. Shown right: “Beach House” by by Tim Collom. 915 20th St.; timcollomgallery.com

Artspace1616 will exhibit “Back in the Ring: New work by Joy Bertinuson” through July 31. Shown above:. “Back in the Ring,” china marker on panel. 1616 Del Paso Boulevard; facebook/artspace1616

The Jon Stevenson Gallery presents a show of photographs by Jamil Hellu and works on paper by David King. Shown above: “Mexico” by Hellu. The exhibition runs through July 30. 2020 I St.; facebook.com/JonStevensonGallery ARTHOUSE on R presents “Interconnected” featuring works by Jill Allyn Stafford, Susan Silvester & Laurelin Gilmore through Aug. 9. Shown above: “Beauty and Her Beast” by Susan Silvester. 1021 R Street; arthouseonr.com Archival Gallery presents the sculpture of 2 dynamic, yet different artists during the month of July. Sean Royal (shown left) bends traditional art by using non-traditional materials and James Powers presents his whimsical welded animals made using old tools and found objects. 3223 Folsom Blvd.; archivalframe.com

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Gather Oak Park

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Visitors to the Gather event in Oak Park enjoyed an evening filled with food, drinks, shopping, art and music. Gather takes place every second Thursday from May to October at the corner of Broadway and 3rd Avenue in Oak Park. For more information, visit gathernights.com.

CONTRIBUTED BY ANIKO KIEZEL

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Lofty Ambition EAT, DRINK AND SHOP AT WAREHOUSE ARTIST LOFTS

BY GREG SABIN

fishermen as a way to snack on

RESTAURANT INSIDER

the bits and ends of freshly caught

few months ago, I wrote a

fish after the filleting was done.

piece on Fox & Goose Public

Traditional poke consists of raw,

House, that longtime anchor

cubed ahi tuna mixed with soy sauce,

of R Street. For more than four

sesame seeds, onions and whatever

decades, that convivial watering hole

other treats you have on hand. At

has held down the corner of 10th and

Fish Face, they’ve got a lot on hand.

R streets. Over the past few years,

Seriously, a lot. At the Fish Face counter, you

however, the rest of R Street has blossomed into a vibrant arts and

can create your own poke bowl from

entertainment district.

more than 25 ingredients, including ahi, salmon, mussels, sturgeon and

Smack dab in the center of that new and vibrant district is a multiuse,

shrimp. Sauces range from traditional

transit-friendly, mixed-income

sesame soy to the decidedly more

residential and retail building called

adventurous creamy cilantro pesto.

Warehouse Artist Lofts, known as

Other add-ins like cilantro, jalapenos,

WAL. Combining more than 100

rice crisps and chili flakes can also be

residential units with retail and

used to spice up your bowl. If you, like me, have a hard time

restaurant space, this thoughtful project was made possible by an

choosing which socks to wear in the

impressive combination of public and

morning, all these choices might be

private funds.

overwhelming. But have no fear.

The residential units cater almost

The knowledgeable staff will walk

exclusively to visual artists, musicians

you through the process or make

and dancers. Part of the rental

you something they’re pretty sure

application is actually a statement of

you’ll like. Most days, you can order

one’s artistic vision.

the special, an inventive mix of ingredients sure to titillate.

At one corner of WAL, you’ll find the novel Bottle & Barlow, part bar,

Lunch from Fish Face Poke Bar

On my last visit, the special poke was a beautiful mix of tuna, mussels,

part barbershop. The brainchild of high-profile barber Anthony Giannotti

But once it was all figured out, and a

handmade rugs and custom

cilantro, mango, macadamia nuts

and bar star Jayson Wilde, the unique

small hallway separated the barbers

handmade shoes.

and a few other flavors I couldn’t

joint pours excellent drinks in a

from the bartenders, it was full speed

decidedly art deco space, and clips

ahead at this standout spot.

hair in an equally vintage-styled tonsorial parlor. The unique setup flummoxed city

In the front of the Public Market

quite place. The textures were

are two small eateries: Fish Face

delightful and the flavors were spot

Poke Bar and Metro Kitchen +

on. Matched with a Japanese beer or

Bottle & Barlow, is WAL Public

Drinkery. The two kitchens offer

sake, it’s a perfect summer’s eve meal.

Market, a collection of eateries and

distinctly different dining experiences

Down the street, a few steps from

Facing Fish Face, Metro Kitchen

health inspectors for weeks as they

retail shops tucked into the first floor

and provide a fresh, vibrant take

+ Drinkery serves an American

tried to figure out how to evaluate

of the historic warehouse. There

on the kind of dishes perfect for a

menu of sandwiches and salads.

the place. Their main concern was

you’ll find storefronts specializing

Sacramento summer.

The food is colorful, fresh and local.

how to keep the hair out of the hair

in vintage records, vintage clothing,

of the dog, if you know what I mean.

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Fish Face specializes in Hawaiian poke. Poke was a dish favored by

Lunch-bucket favorites like pastrami and egg salad sandwiches sit on

Cooler Than Ever. Come visit us, get cool, and see our fresh, new look! Fish Face Poke Bar is one of many businesses located in WAL Public Market on R Street

the menu comfortably next to more

salad sandwich, the two eateries at

modern options like a portobello and

WAL Public Market have you covered.

chimichurri sandwich and a roasted

If the beer or sake doesn’t suit your

cauliflower, coconut-almond quinoa

fancy, just take your tray of food

and avocado bowl.

down to Bottle & Barlow and grab a

Much of the menu is either vegan

well-crafted cocktail. There’s a fine

or gluten-free or can be prepared

combination of taste and flavors at

that way if requested. The beet

Warehouse Artist Lofts.

1001 FRONT STREET, HISTORICAL OLD SACRAMENTO 916-446-6768 WWW.LOVEMYFATS.COM

salad, simple and straightforward, is a perfect bowl. The beets, blood red and still with a hint of chew, mix

WAL Public Market is at 1104 R St.; walpublicmarket.com

beautifully with a smattering of goat cheese and pumpkin seeds. Whether it’s a bowl of poke or

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quinoa, a Japanese hand roll or a tuna

JULY 23 2016 7 - 11 P M

4.2 & 8 Mile Bike Ride • Capitol Mall Presented by:

Family Fun Event with Pre/Post Ride Games & Entertainment

Benefiting

and other children’s cherities

For more info and to register

lunarlunacyride.org Lunar Lunacy

@lunarlunacybike

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INSIDE’S

MIDTOWN

Jack’s Urban Eats

1800 L St. 447-9440

L D $ Full Bar Made-to-order comfort food in a casual setting • Jacksurbaneats.com

Aioli Bodega Espanola L D $$ Full Bar Patio Andalusian cuisine served in a casual European atmosphere

2115 J St. 442-4388

cuisine served a la carte • Biba-restaurant.com

Lucca Restaurant & Bar

Buckhorn Grill

1801 L St. 446-3757

L D $$ Wine/Beer A counter service restaurant with high-quality chicken, char-roasted beef, salmon, and entrée salads

Café Bernardo

2726 Capitol Ave. 443-1180 1431 R St. 930-9191

Moxie

2028 H St. 443-7585

D $$-$$$ Eclectic menu in a boutique neighborhood setting

L D Full Bar $$$ Modern American cuisine in an upscale historic setting

1215 19th St. 441-6022

L D $$ Full Bar Patio Regional Mexican cooking served in a casual atmosphere • Paragarys.com

Old Soul Co.

Chicago Fire

B L D $ No table service at this coffee roaster and bakery, also serving creative artisanal sandwiches

2416 J St. 443-0440

D $$ Full Bar Chicago-style pizza, salads wings served in a family-friendly atmosphere • Chicagofirerestaurant.com

Crepeville

1730 L St. 444-1100

B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Outdoor Dining Crepes, omelets, salads, soups and sandwiches served in a casual setting

Ernesto’s Mexican Food 1901 16th St. 441-5850

1716 L St. 443-7685

Paesano’s Pizzeria

1806 Capitol Ave. 447-8646

L D $$ Gourmet pizza, pasta, salads in casual setting • Paesanos.biz

Paragary’s Bar & Oven 1401 28th St. 457-5737

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

Suzie Burger

B L D $-$$ Full Bar Outdoor Dining Fresh Mexican food served in an upscale, yet familyfriendly setting • Ernestosmexicanfood.com

29th and P Sts. 455-3300

58 Degrees & Holding Co.

The Streets of London Pub

L D $ Classic burgers, cheesesteaks, shakes, chili dogs, and other tasty treats • suzieburger.com

1217 18th St. 442-5858

1804 J St. 498-1388

L D $$$ Wine/Beer California cuisine served in a chic, upscale setting • 58degrees.com

L D $ Wine/Beer English Pub fare in an authentic casual atmosphere, 17 beers on tap

Fox & Goose Public House

Tapa The World

Harlow’s Restaurant 2708 J Street 441-4693

L D $$ Full Bar Modern Italian/California cuisine with Asian inspirations • Harlows.com

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L D Full Bar $$-$$$ Patio Mediterranean cuisine in a casual, chic atmosphere • Luccarestaurant.com

Centro Cocina Mexicana

B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer English Pub favorites in an historic setting • Foxandgoose.com

1615 J St. 669-5300

Mulvaney’s Building & Loan

1001 R St. 443-8825

VISIT insidepublications.com

D Full Bar $$ Middle Eastern cuisine in a Moroccan setting

B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Patio Casual California cuisine with counter service

2730 J St. 442-2552

a beautiful photo of your business seen by almost every neighbor surrounding your location every month. Remember they can only become your customer if they know about you. (And it is a big mistake to assume they do.)

Kasbah Lounge

Biba Ristorante

2801 Capitol Ave. 455-2422 L D $$$ Full Bar Upscale Northern Italian

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1230 20th St. 444-0307

Italian Importing Company 1827 J Street 442-6678

B L $ Italian food in a casual grocery setting

2115 J St. 442-4353

L D $-$$ Wine/Beer/Sangria Spanish/world cuisine in a casual authentic atmosphere, live flamenco music - tapathewworld.com

Thai Basil Café

2431 J St. 442-7690

L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Patio Housemade curries among their authentic Thai specialties Thaibasilrestaurant.com

The Coconut Midtown

Nopalitos

L D $-$$ Beer/Wine Food with Thai Food Flair

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

Roxie Deli & Barbeque

2000 Capitol Ave. 498-9891

3340 C St. 443-5402

L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Patio Fine South of France and northern Italian cuisine in a chic neighborhood setting • waterboyrestaurant.com

B L D $ Deli sandwiches, salads & BBQ made fresh. Large selection of Craft Beers and specialty sodas. Proudly owner operated. roxiedeli.com

Zocolo

Selland's Market Cafe

L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Patio Regional Mexican cuisine served in an authentic artistic setting • zocolosacramento.com

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

1801 Capitol Ave. 441-0303

EAST SAC 33rd Street Bistro

3301 Folsom Blvd. 455-2233

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

Cabana Winery & Bistro 5610 Elvas 476-5492

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

5340 H St. 736-3333

The Shack

5201 Folsom Blvd. 457-5997

B L D $-$$ Beer/Wine Dog friendly patio Family friendly neighborhood pub featuring housemade burgers, sandwiches, salads & inhouse smoked meats • www.eastsacshack.com

Star Ginger

3101 Folsom Blvd. 231-8888

Asian Grill and Noodle Bar • starginger.com

Thai Palace Restaurant 3262 J St. 446-5353

L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Authentic Thai cuisine in a casual setting

DOWNTOWN Foundation

400 L St. 321-9522

Clubhouse 56

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

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

Chops Steak Seafood & Bar

Fat City Bar & Cafe

1117 11th St. 447-8900

1001 Front St. 446-6768

Evan’s Kitchen

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

Claim Jumper

The Firehouse Restaurant

723 56th. Street 454-5656

855 57th St. 452-3896

B L D Wine/Beer $$ Eclectic California cuisine served in a family-friendly atmosphere, Kid’s menu, winemaker dinners • Chefevan.com

Español 5723 Folsom Blvd. 457-3679

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

Formoli's Bistro

3839 J St. 448-5699

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

La Trattoria Bohemia 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

1111 J St. 442-8200

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

Downtown & Vine 1200 K Street #8 228-4518

Educational tasting experience of wines by the taste, flight or glass • downtownandvine.com

Ella Dining Room & Bar 1131 K St. 443-3772

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

Esquire Grill 1213 K St. 448-8900

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

Estelle's Patisserie

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

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

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 1415 L St. 440-8888

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

Mikuni Japanese Restaurant and Sushi Bar

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The Waterboy

5530 H St. 452-8226

VISIT

2502 J Street 440-1088 Lunch Delivery M-F and Happy Hour 4-6

1530 J St. 447-2112

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

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This Month @ the Market

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

ZUCCHINI

PEARS

NECTARINES

These fast-growing squash are low in calories, contain no saturated fats or cholesterol, and are a good source of protein, vitamin A and other vitamins. To eat: Slice horizontally, brush with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper and grill over a hot fire.

Pears are packed with dietary fiber, antioxidants, minerals and vitamins. They are low in calories, too! To eat: Slice, top with a dollop of blue cheese and wrap with prosciutto for an elegant hors d’oeuvre.

Related to peaches, these delicious stone fruits are full of antioxidants and provide some B-complex vitamins and minerals. To eat: Combine with raspberries to make a summery crumble or cobbler.

CUCUMBERS

TOMATOES

WATERMELON

This low-calorie vegetable has a surprisingly high amount of vitamin K. The peel is a great source of dietary fiber. To eat: Peel and seed, then chop coarsely and combine with yogurt, garlic and lemon juice to make the zingy Greek dip known as tzatziki.

This summer treat—practically synonymous with Sacramento!—contains massive amounts of lycopene. According to a study from The University of Montreal, a diet rich in tomatoes may help reduce the risk of pancreatic cancer. To eat: Slice, drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt and pepper for the perfect summer salad.

Low in calories, watermelon contains dietary fiber, potassium, and vitamins C and A. Drink watermelon juice after a grueling workout. To eat: For a refreshing salad, serve with arugula and feta.

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Morton’s Steakhouse

621 Capitol Mall #100 442-50

D $$$ Full Bar Upscale American steakhouse • Mortons.com

Parlaré Eurolounge 10th & J Sts. 448-8960

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

Rio City Café

1110 Front St. Old Sac 442-8226

ARDENCARMICHAEL Andaloussia

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

Bella Bru Café

5038 Fair Oaks Blvd. 485-2883

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

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

Ten 22

Café Vinoteca

1022 Second St. 441-2211

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

3535 Fair Oaks Blvd. 487-1331

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

Chinois City Café

LAND PARK Casa Garden Restaurant 2760 Sutterville Road 452-2809

L D $$ • D with minimum diners call to inquire $$ Wine/Beer. Elegantly presented American cuisine. Operated by volunteers to benefit Sacramento Children's Home. Small and large groups. Reservations recommended • casagardenrestaurant.org

Freeport Bakery

2966 Freeport Blvd. 442-4256

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

Iron Grill 13th Street and Broadway 737-5115

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

Jamie's Bar and Grill

427 Broadway 442-4044

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

Taylor's Kitchen

2924 Freeport Boulevard 443-5154

D $$S Wine/Beer Dinner served Wed. through Saturday. Reservations suggested.

3535 Fair Oaks Blvd. 485-8690

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

Ettore’s

2376 Fair Oaks Blvd. 482-0708

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

1900 ALHAMBRA BLVD. & S OPEN DAILY TO EVERYONE 7AM -10PM • SACFOOD.COOP

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

The Kitchen

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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

Leatherby’s Family Creamery 2333 Arden Way 920-8382

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

Lemon Grass Restaurant 601 Munroe St. 486-4891

Roma's Pizzeria & Pasta

Sam's Hof Brau

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

L D $$ Wine/Beer Fresh quality meats roasted daily • thehofbrau.com

6530 Fair Oaks Blvd. 488-9800

2500 Watt 482-2175

Thai House

Roxy

427 Munroe in Loehmann's 485-3888

2381 Fair Oaks Blvd. 489-2000

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

Willie's Burgers

571 Pavilions Lane 649-8885

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

5050 Fair Oaks Blvd. 488-5050L D $ Great burgers and more n

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

Luna Lounge

5026 Fair Oaks Blvd. 485-2883

Tower Café

1518 Broadway 441-0222

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

Willie's Burgers

2415 16th St.444-2006

L D $ Great burgers and more. Open until 3 am weekends

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

Matteo's Pizza

5132 Fair Oaks Blvd. 779-0727

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

The Mandarin Restaurant 4321 Arden Way 488-47794

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

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