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House and home In general, I’m not much of a people person. This isn’t to say I don’t like other humans—I do (well, most of them, anyway).

Rather, it means that I’m pretty fond of alone time. And personal space. Especially personal space.

That’s just one reason why, up until this point, I’ve only had one roommate in my life who wasn’t also a family member or significant other.

And so I read, with great curiosity, SN&R staff writer Janelle Bitker’s inside look on what it’s like to live as part of a cohousing community (see “You have how many f@#king roommates?!,” SN&R Feature Story, page 19).

Cohousing, as in multiple roommates. Eleven in Bitker’s case, to be exact. Sharing four bathrooms. Whoa.

That’s a lot of togetherness. Initially the thought of such an arrangement gave me a shudder. So much human interaction, so little space!

But as I kept reading, I also recognized the inherent value in sharing one’s living quarters with a large group.

For one, as Bitker points out, we’re increasingly isolated as a society—this despite (or perhaps because of) our ability to stay constantly and relentlessly in touch via technology.

And there’s the money issue, too.

A house shared 12 ways is pretty damn cost-efficient.

Cohousing is a growing trend for seniors, and although I’d like to think I’m decades away from needing such a thing, it’s never too soon to think about smart, viable options. After all, my husband and I don’t have children, and as amazing as my four cats are, I don’t really expect them to offer any kind of practical (or monetary) support.

I’ve come to realize there may eventually come a time to redefine that personal space.

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ev. Dan Garza, 39, is the pastor of Ebenezer Christian Center in South Sacramento. The church provided him, his wife and three children with health benefits, but the premium was a hefty $1,500 a month.

After enrolling in Covered California, he was able to get a less expensive premium, saving the church $400 a month. Because of the savings, the church was able allocate more money to services such as their food bank.

But not all of his parishioners have been able to follow Pastor Dan’s example. About 40 percent of his congregation are undocumented and do not qualify for Covered California.

But even legal Latino residents face hurdles, technological and cultural, when signing up for health insurance.

One of the barriers to enrollment for legal residents is the inability to access the Covered California website. Not all Latinos have access to the Internet and not everyone is able to successfully navigate the website.

“It was tedious to sign up,” says Garza, the son of farmworkers in Washington state.

Although 305,106 Latinos enrolled in Covered California over the open enrollment period that ended in March, making up around 28 percent of total enrollees, the Latino demographic represents 60 percent of those

who are uninsured, according to the California HealthCare Foundation.

origin, where giving data to the government could put a person and their family at risk.

Annie Fox of Sacramento ACT says those who sign up for health insurance are often frustrated and overwhelmed by the lengthy application they have to complete.

Garza feels that more education about Covered California is needed. His church has helped people to access the health insurance marketplace and also partners with community agencies to provide information to his parishioners. Garza feels that to be successful in Latino communities, government agencies need to emphasize that enrollment will not cause personal information to be shared with other entities that they do not trust.

Latino men with families get enrolled with their wives and children, but single men are not likely to apply. Many men are apt to utilize home remedies passed down from their families. Fox says that men, especially single men, believe that they should just “suck it up” and endure any pain they are experiencing.

In 2010, The California Endowment launched a 10-year, $1 billion plan to improve the health of 14 challenged communities across the state. Over the 10 years, residents, community-based organizations and public institutions will work together to address the socioeconomic and environmental challenges contributing to the poor health of their communities.

Rev. dan garza of Ebenezer Christian Center signed up for Covered California and saved money, but says many other latinos may have hesitated to sign up for health insurance.

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legal latino residents face hurdles, technological and cultural, when signing up for health insurance.

“It is not in their nature for men to advocate for themselves,” she says.

Even if they are legal residents, men may be hesitant to share their information with government agencies. Garza says that many Latinos have what he calls, “The Great Suspicion.” This cultural belief is a remnant of the political unrest in their countries of

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I have never done a cleanse. The fact that I could start my body from the beginning again interests me, because we are full of different things.

You never know what is in your food anymore.

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Re “Expel away the gay� by Lien Hoang (SN&R News, June 19): This kid needs to move on. He wasn’t expelled for being gay, he was expelled because he got arrested for domestic violence. letter of Secondly, he choose to go to a Christian university. With the week a certain set of morals and beliefs. Glad he’s gone.

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by Sasha Abramsky (SN&R Feature Story, June 19): This story is a blatant lie. All the kids are under Medi-Cal, every single one: All the mothers get various types of health care related to the kids; the fathers are the ones having to go to the hospital emergency room for care where it is free just like Medi-Cal to the mothers and children. The only ones sucking it up are the taxpayers of Sacramento County, who do not believe they should be supporting the health care of 100,000 illegals, who should be on the first plane back to country of origin. If an illegal wants to buy health care, there are plenty of options that do not require a dime of taxpayer money.

What the writers and the illegals want is not health care, they want somebody else to pay for it.

Michael Fellion Carmichael

Terrible and rigged?

Re “Two worlds, one cup� by Nick Miller (SN&R Editor’s Note, June 19): I agree with Nick Miller that FIFA is terrible. However, I love soccer. Interestingly, according to The New York Times, there was a big referee-bribery scandal in 2010.

Hope it won’t affect the United States vs. Germany match.

Mark Rodriguez via email

Bicyclists in the crosshairs Re “Schoolteacher rams bicyclist� and “Another hit-and-run� by SN&R staff (SN&R Scorekeeper, June 19): The report of four bicyclists hit

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and immediately made a right turn in front of me. I was barely able to avoid a nasty collision with her as I laid on my brakes and screamed at the top of my voice. Her reaction was one of utter astonishment that I was there. Which proves the old saying: There are only two kinds of motorists in Sacramento, those that don’t see you and those that aim for you.

Kent Miller via email

Second Saturday lives!

Re “Second Saturday, still RIP� by Nick Miller (SN&R Editor’s Note, June 5): Nick Miller, I disagree! Second Saturday is alive with arts and energized with crazy creativeness, you just have to know where to go!

Arthouse on R Street, next to the Fox & Goose, has a lively Second Saturday. We had hundreds of artgoers come through last time. Maybe there has just been a shift in the arts area of Sacramento. I don’t know.

But if you are looking for Second Saturday art events, I invite you out!

Tj Lev Sacramento

Adios, Sacramento Re “Second Saturday, still RIP� by Nick Miller (SN&R Editor’s Note, June 5): Classic Sacramento, one step forward and three steps back.

Sacramento is the capital city of California, but you would never know that. A true city brings its inhabitants together all year long with numerous activities and celebrations, and the art walkSecond Saturday was a great way to showcase what downtown has to offer. Lessening this exposure is bad business and rotten PR. So are the parking-ticket-happy officers that spoil your good time. I lived in Sacramento for seven years, came on a promise of a city on the verge.

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Broken TRUST Sacramento man held illegally in county jail for entire weekend, nearly deported It was a Friday night after a long work week, and like many Sacramento guys Martin Del by Agua was hanging out in his garage: Nick Miller tooling on his car, sipping a beer, playing with his two children, listening to music. ni ck am@ newsr evie w.c om Suddenly, a bang on the garage door.

And then yelling. He opened it, and as it slid up, two Sacramento County sheriff deputies appeared. The duo yelled at Del Agua, telling him to turn off his music.

When he didn’t, the officers threw him against a trash can.

Del Agua lives in Rosemont, just southeast of downtown, where his neighbor called in a complaint about his loud music. What the deputies didn’t know that evening, February 7, was that, according to Del Agua’s lawyer Angela Chan, his family had a restraining order against the neighbor because of constant harassment. That’s why Del Agua didn’t turn off the music.

A police report says he tried to run from the law, which prompted the deputies to slam him against the garbage bin, then his truck. His children watched. “[The deputies] actually grabbed his cellphone and threw it,” Chan said.

Del Agua’s wife, Julie, emerged from the house and pleaded with the deputies to stop. That didn’t happen. In fact, according to Chan, they threatened to call Child Protective Services on the family. Finally, they arrested Del Agua, and without reading him his Miranda rights, according to an audio recording of the arrest.

All this was recording on video because, as it turns out, the Del Agua family installed security cameras in the garage because of their neighbor. But, again, deputies did not realize this, so that night, Del Agua was booked at the downtown jail for public intoxication (Chan says he had two beers “at most”). He was never given an exam, and charges eventually were dropped. That’s the good news.

The bad news is much, much worse: The sheriff’s department held Del Agua in jail the entire weekend under the threat of deportation back to Mexico.

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Martin Del Agua and his wife, Julie, and their two children outside of the Sacramento County building last month.

He spent a weekend in jail because the sheriff’s illegally detained him over his immigration status.

Last year, Gov. Jerry Brown signed the TRUST Act. This law only permits sheriffs to detain suspected illegal immigrants in cases of felonies: violent crimes or highlevel drug offenses. Playing music too loud doesn’t qualify.

But many counties, including Sacramento, have struggled to comply.

That’s why Del Agua spent two nights in county jail, February 7-9.

About 90 minutes later, the sergeant returned. “You’re right,” he told Morris.

Del Agua was released by 11 p.m.

Everyone was relieved. And with good reason. “Immigration would have come the next morning and would have separated him from his family,” Morris explained.

“The sheriff’s department was wrong in violating the TRUST Act,” Chan told the crowd.

Del Agua, a landscaper who’s lived in Sacramento for more than 13 years, was at the rally in a buttoned-up shirt and jeans. His wife, a U.S. citizen and local schoolteacher, spoke at the rally, explaining how upset her kids were when their dad was arrested. Del Agua cried at her words.

The two complaints are precursors to a possible lawsuit, explained assistant Jon Rodney, a communications manager with the California Immigrant Policy Center. Sheriff’s department spokeswoman Lisa Bowman said the department would not comment on the Mendoza and Del Agua cases because of the possible litigation. Last month, on May 15, the sheriff did announce that it would no longer honor ICE holds and intended to abide TRUST. But that doesn’t mean the department’s ceased cooperation with ICE. Critics point out that even though the county has changed its tune, it’s still being reimbursed by Immigration for holds and transfers. Activists like Alma Lopez want Sheriff Scott Jones to forge a total break in collaboration with U.S. Immigration. “If he really wants to build that trust with the Latino community,” she said. Ω

Morris knows this because it happened recently to another Sacramento man, Angel Mendoza.

California Highway Patrol pulled “[The deputies] actually Mendoza over on April 19 for littering. He was suspected of a DUI and was given a grabbed his cellphone test, which he passed. But he was taken to and threw it.” county jail anyway.

No charges were brought against Angela Chan Mendoza, but in less than a few hours, he attorney was detained under an ICE hold. When his family and kids finally figured out what Julie says that for nearly 72 hours, she had happened to him, they learned he’d and her 7- and 2-year-old kids agonized. been transferred to an ICE center in New Her children were confused—“Where’s Mexico.

Dad?”—and she was desperate for Sacramento County claims that it had solutions. nothing to do with Mendoza’s deportation.

She eventually got in touch with immiBecause he had been deported once before, gration attorney Raissa Morris, who emailed the arresting CHP officers triggered ICE, the sheriff to demand Del Agua’s release. the county claims. Critics, however, say that Law-enforcement agencies in California After receiving no reply, she showed up at Mendoza should never have been held at hold immigrants who lack proper docuthe jail on Sunday at around 9:30 p.m. with county jail in the first place, since he was mentation under what is called a U.S. documents prepared by herself and Chan. never charged with anything.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement Morris says the deputy at the front desk Mendoza and Del Agua’s cases hold, or ICE hold. Or at least they used to alerted the sergeant on duty, who told her were why activists gathered outside the be able to do this. Sacramento County had at that “ICE holds were mandatory.” She Sacramento County sheriff department’s been doing this for many years, but the urged him to look into this, explaining headquarters last month to protest its poliissue at hand for Del Agua was that ICE that the TRUST Act was now law of the cies. The rally was also occasion for Chan holds, as of January 2014, are now more or land, and that they were holding Del Agua to file formal tort complaints against the less illegal. without cause. sheriff and the county. | N E W S | F E A T U R E S T O R Y | A R T S & C U L T U R E | A F T E R | 06.26.14

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Law of the Delta Legal suit over fish species invites debate over future of flow For water-thirsty farmers and municipalities in the San Joaquin Valley, the Delta smelt is an easy victim to blame. by Alastair Bland For years, right-wing media pundits and water-district spokespeople have expressed outrage that farmers must, at times, sacrifice their irrigation privileges to protect the finger-sized fish, a resident of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

The Delta smelt is an endangered species just barely clinging to existence in a habitat that has deteriorated badly in the past four decades, largely, scientists say, because of increasing volumes of water getting pumped into the San Joaquin Valley for agricultural use.

But a lawsuit filed earlier this month aimed at stopping overuse of river water for farming is not focused on saving the Delta smelt. It is an effort to save the entire ecosystem, including chinook salmon, striped bass and sturgeon.

“The Delta smelt is just an indicator species for what is happening to all the species in this estuary,” said Bill Jennings, executive director of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, one of two plaintiffs in the lawsuit. “Whether you’re talking about striped bass or sturgeon or splittail or Delta smelt, they’re all down to historic low numbers.”

“If you could figure out how to bring the smelt back, you could figure out how to save the entire Delta.”

Steve Martarano U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service The lawsuit, filed June 10, in federal district court, alleges that the Bureau of Reclamation has failed to adequately assess the environmental impacts of delivering water from the Delta to farms in the San Joaquin Valley, where irrigation canals transport millions of acre-feet of Sacramento River water every year.

Barbara Vlamis of AquAlliance, the other plaintiff in the suit, said the huge demand for water in the orchards and vineyards south of Stockton does not just impact the Sacramento Valley, but also has indirect effects on Northern California groundwater supplies. That’s because farmers who sell their own river water allotments 10

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to buyers in the San Joaquin Valley, which lacks its own reliable source, frequently continue watering their fields using groundwater pumped to the surface via wells. This process, called groundwater transferring, has serious environmental consequences.

“When you overpump a groundwater basin, you lower your surface waters,” Vlamis explained. That means tributary creeks may vanish, and the overall flow of the Sacramento River will decline.

This summer, the Bureau of Reclamation plans to sell more than 175,000 acre-feet of water to an agricultural district in the San Joaquin Valley, according to the lawsuit.

Two-thirds of this volume could be met via groundwater transfers.

Vlamis said that the bureau failed to undertake an environmental-impact review of its water-use plans and instead, took a less-costly, less-timeconsuming route by declaring its actions to have no significant impacts on the environment—a conclusion the plaintiffs allege “was arbitrary and capricious.” The plaintiffs’ objective is to force a closer look at the impacts caused by chronic exporting of water from north to south and limit the volume to a sustainable amount.

The Bureau of Reclamation would not offer comment while the case is underway. The case will be heard by a judge in July.

Jennings said the Sacramento Delta ecosystem can probably sustain an annual diversion rate of about 3 million acre-feet. Normally, between 4 million and 6 million acre-feet of water are pumped from the Delta, and environmentalists worry that the Delta’s fisheries are on a path toward inevitable collapse unless water-use patterns change.

The lawsuit from AquAlliance and the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance is likely to arouse scorn against the Delta smelt. But Steve Martarano, a public-affairs specialist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, says criticism of the smelt amounts to a failure to look at the bigger ecological picture.

“These people don’t mention salmon, because the Delta smelt is an easy victim, whereas people care about salmon,” he said. “The Delta smelt was once one of the most abundant species in the Delta, and we like to say that if you could figure out how to bring the smelt back, you could figure out how to save the entire Delta.” Ω

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Sacramento Kings promise arena construction gigs to disadvantaged locals. Will that happen?

The wooden bones of a dwarf home stand on blocks inside of a warehouse dotting Fruitridge Road. Like the ones before by it, it will be disassembled, then Raheem F. Hosseini rebuilt again by a select group of trainees, now enrolled in a popular ra heemh@ apprenticeship program that could newsre view.c om soon lead to work on one of the region’s highest-profile construction projects: building a downtown arena for the Sacramento Kings.

If Sisyphus wanted a union gig, this is the kind of repetition he’d have to endure.

“This is the fourth miniature house that they’ve built,” nods David Semon, an assistant division chief at the Sacramento County Probation Department, which has a group of clients enrolled in Northern California Construction Training. As the name implies, the program primes students for careers in the trade-varied construction industry—carpentry, dry wall, concrete, electrical work, plumbing, landscaping, and heating and cooling among them—and gets them on to jobs where they can graduate from decently paid apprentices to OT-earning union members.

With construction of a new downtown arena approaching, NCCT and other organizations are lining up to get their clients hired to the 11,000-12,000 bandied construction positions.

It’s a competitive process.

In April, the Kings announced it was setting aside 70 priority apprenticeships for city residents who live in one of 11 ZIP codes, or those who are low-income or disadvantaged.

Construction on the new Sacramento Kings arena is imminent at the Downtown Plaza site.

Some workers vie for one of the 70 available apprenticeships.

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That’s on top of promises to hire 60 percent of all construction workers and 70 percent of all apprentices from the greater Sacramento area. As of June 5, the Sacramento Employment and Training Agency, or SETA, which is tracking outreach, tallied more than 1,700 calls to arena jobs hotlines.

Bob Erlenbusch, executive director of the Sacramento Regional Coalition to End Homelessness, said the process has been both thoughtful and frustrating. As of about a month ago, groups like Good Cause Inc.’s Men’s Empowerment, Lutheran Social Services of Northern California, Next Move and Women’s Empowerment—all of which represent low-income populations— weren’t getting their calls returned, he said. “The implementation, unless it’s improved, has been really disappointing,” Erlenbusch said.

Good Cause Inc.’s director of programs, Malcolm A. Johnson, told SN&R that all the people he’s sent to SETA were referred to the Greater Sacramento Urban League, also a partner in this process, and were told the jobs were taken.

According to a summary of a June 5 meeting of the SETA governing board, only three priority workers had been hired.

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be awarded before subcontractors can begin assembling their crews. But, he added, the arena’s main builder, Turner Construction Company, recently hosted a priority-apprenticeship event for the trade organizations that will be among the first ones to dynamite the downtown mall.

As one of three pre-apprenticeship programs for those wishing to get onto the priority list, NCCT instructor Nate De Marce said he’s gathered more than 60 eligible names, none of whom have gotten hired yet. “Some of them are right in the city of Sacramento,” he added.

On that list, about half live in the eligible ZIP codes, while the other half meet at least two conditions for being low-income or disadvantaged.

Scanning the names, De Marce said many were previous offenders and on some sort of public assistance.

He said it probably wouldn’t be until mid-July that NCCT met with stakeholders on filling those priority slots. By that time, demolition of the eastern half of the Downtown Plaza should be in progress, barring an injunction from one of two arenarelated lawsuits, one of which was due to be filed today, June 26.

Some graduates are even working on the new Santa Clara stadium for the San Francisco 49ers.

Since linking up with NCCT less than a year ago, the probation department has watched its most motivated, post-incarceration clients score decent, legal paychecks through the program.

Some graduates are even working on the new Santa Clara stadium for the San Francisco 49ers, De Marce said.

He said NCCT, which boasts an 85-percent success rate at placing grads in construction apprenticeships, attracts “anybody and everybody,” but added that most students come to the program out of work, on probation or parole, needing to obtain GED certificates or receiving public assistance.

Namely, the exact sort of people the Kings says it wants to employ as demolition nears.

“There’s a lot of work that’s going to be happening,” De Marce said.

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As SN&R reported last month, due to a Byzantine policy change that went unaddressed for nearly two decades, California is the only state in the nation to drastically underpay foster-care benefits to kids placed with extended family.

Many relatives are getting nearly $500 less a month per foster child than nonrelatives, even though child-welfare authorities and advocates say kids generally fare better in kinship placements. “Both the law and our agency values dictate that relatives, who are able to provide care, are the first priority when looking for a home for dependent children to live,” explained Laura McCasland, spokeswoman for Sacramento County’s Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees Child Protective Services.

The state budget signed by Gov. Jerry Brown includes $30 million to right this imbalance for the 36 percent of California foster children who are cared for by relatives, the Alliance for Children’s Rights announced last week.

The program, which goes into effect on January 1, 2015, will provide equitable payments to approved relative caregivers through CalWORKs in participating counties. For related caretakers, that could mean about $820 per month, compared to the $369 per month that CalWORKs had been paying.

Health and Human Services spokeswoman Samantha Mott said her department was encouraged by the news and is in discussions with state and local officials to learn the details. “We are also aware that our foster parents are in strong support of this program, and their input will factor into our decision,” she said.

Counties have until October 1 to opt into the program, which, the Alliance states, won’t cost them anything. At last count, Sacramento County placed a smaller percentage of foster children with relatives.

Nearly 60,000 children in the state are in foster care.

(Raheem F. Hosseini)

Steps Forward gets credit The biggest obstacle to Sacramento Steps Forward embracing its role as administrator of the county’s homelessness strategy was quietly ironed out earlier this month.

On June 10, county supervisors authorized a $750,000 line of credit to Steps Forward, so that it can float payments to providers waiting on already approved federal money. The revolving, no-interest loan will be available for a maximum of three years, the county Department of Human Assistance states in a staff report.

Homeless shelters, food banks, churches and other local “continuum of care” operators rely on U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grants, but those checks can take months to cut, longer during instances like last year’s government shutdown. While Steps Forward took over the county’s lead role in administering homelessness programs in 2011, it lack the deep pockets to prop up operators during wait times, threatening their existence in some cases.

“There are several programs within Lutheran Social Services [of Northern California] who are always impacted the most,” said Steps Forward executive director Ryan Loofbourrow. He explained that Lutheran Social Services’ HUD contracts begin every February, but checks aren’t received until July or August. “They, of course, must sustain longest without the necessary funds,” he added.

Last year, the need for such loans reached $1.05 million total, the highest since 2009, according to the county.

The line of credit will largely address that issue. Steps Forward, meanwhile, is “working with various lenders” to develop its own credit line within the next two to three years, the staff report notes. (RFH)

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We’re glad to see the owners of Broderick Roadhouse in West Sacramento taking over Midtown spots Capital Dime and Trick Pony.

It’ll be hard to overcome those names and the public perception thereof, but if anyone can do it, it’s the Broderick team.

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Local media also gets bigups for its obsession with the “handsome” Stockton felon. His mug was blasted on TV news for a good 24-hour cycle, just because he looked like the Tyrese of weapons charges. Nice.

Here’s one part of the state budget that should be applauded: It includes a $5 million, one-time increase to support the California Arts Council, a stage agency whose mission is “to advance California through the arts and creativity,” according to its website. This is the first time in more than a decade the general fund has increased support for the arts. The CAC had previously been averaging only about $1 million per year in general-fund support since having its monies cut by 94 percent in 2003.

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So who is José Banda? Seattle altweekly The Stranger described Banda’s twoyear tenure as “short and rocky.” Last year, when Seattle high-school teachers boycotted the district’s standardized tests in protest of excessive testing, Banda threatened the teachers with suspension, then backed off as the boycott garnered national attention and support.

Before Seattle, Banda was superintendent of the Anaheim City School District for four years.

His bio boasts 30 years in education, potentially an improvement over Sacramento’s last superintendent, reform-y businessman Jonathan P. Raymond, who had no real education background.

Banda told the Seattle press that he wasn’t looking for a job, but was approached by Sacramento’s hired headhunters and decided to take it in order to be closer to family in California. He also told Seattle public radio station KUOW, “As I near the latter part of my career, it’s an opportunity to get back into the retirement system that I spent almost my entire career in.” The district isn’t making his salary public yet; he earns $270,000 in Seattle.

It’s interesting to read coverage of Sacramento’s superintendent search by the Seattle daily media—since they feel no obligation to stick to SCUSD’s press releases. Here’s another snippet from KUOW: “Unlike Seattle’s public superintendent search processes, Sacramento was poised to vote on Banda’s contract on Thursday before even announcing that he was a finalist.”

Wait, why is that weird? You mean there is some other way to hire a school superintendent besides a completely closed-door process where the public isn’t told anything at all about the candidates before the decision is made?

Yes, in fact, when Banda was hired in Seattle, he was one of three finalists for the job who toured schools and did interviews with community groups and members of the media before being selected.

That’s basically the opposite of Sacramento’s process. Years ago, at least a few representatives of the Sacramento district’s employee unions were involved in superintendent hires, but that practice ended with Raymond’s hire.

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“What we’re doing here is not the way it has to be done,” says Nikki Milevsky, president of the Sacramento City Teachers Association. We take for granted Sac City Unified’s top-down approach. “But other districts manage to do things in a more open and transparent way,” she says.

She, of course, is wary because the union’s relationship with Raymond—also hired without public or teacher input—was such a disaster. But in fact, the district does all sorts of public business behind closed doors— whether it’s hiring a superintendent, or hashing out development deals, even controversial policy matters like school closures and the CORE waiver. Too much is decided in private meetings, out of the public eye.

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Despite the flawed process that led to his hire, Banda could help set a more collaborative tone.

Let’s hope that some of that Seattle transparency rubbed off on him during his brief stay. Let’s hope he isn’t trying to get away from it.

One more SCUSD item: The SCUSD board deserves kudos for approving a community-driven charter school at Joseph Bonnheim Elementary School. Bonnheim was one of the campuses shuttered in last year’s egregiously mishandled school-closure process, but neighborhood leaders and parents never gave up.

As one New Joseph Bonnheim supporter put it to the school board last week, “You guys have an opportunity to undo some of the broken trust that you created when you closed that school.”

Like many observers, Bites was fairly surprised the board gave NJB its blessing. The vote was 4-3, with Jay Hansen, who previously voted to close schools, switching sides and joining with anti-closure board members and give Bonnheim a second chance. Bites can’t help but notice that Hansen is the only one of the board members facing a competitive re-election bid this year. Ω

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Beaming like reformed alcoholics who have not had a drink in five years, the California Democratic leaders produced, and Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown signed, an on-time, no-drama state budget. Since the California budget now only needs a majority vote instead of two-thirds, the budget is determined by the Democratic legislators and Brown, who plays the part of the adult in the room.

The budget has many successes: A $1.6 billion rainy-day fund; more revenue for Welfare-to-Work, Medi-Cal and children’s programs; and some progl ress on pension liabilities.

by Jeff VonKaene This improved budget is also the result of a stronger j e ffv @n e wsr e v ie w.c o m economy and Proposition 30, which increased the state sales-tax rate and increased income tax on wealthy Californians. Prop. 30, passed when the state was going bankrupt, was an attempt to stop California’s government house from going up in flames.

But we need to do more than put out fires. We need a I was stunned new house. And recently, I read about a plan that could work. at how little has In his book, California Rising: The Life and Times changed in 55 years. of Pat Brown, journalist Ethan Rarick describes such a plan: “California should ban racial discrimination in hiring, limit consumer credit charges, expand publicly funded medical care for the poor, establish a minimum wage, improve campaign finance reporting, speed up the tabulation of votes on election night, streamline the state bureaucracy, offer treatment to drug addicts convicted of crimes, implement new training programs for prison inmates, improve the public schools, research the dangers of smog, and even fund an ongoing plan to discourage alcoholism and promote temperance.”

Read former This plan, which also included restructuring higher Gov. Edmund G. education and creating a water plan for the state, was not “Pat” Brown’s 1959 Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown Jr.’s, but his father’s. This inauguration speech at http://tinyurl. quote came from Gov. Edmund G. “Pat” Brown’s 1959 com/PatBrown1959. inaugural speech.

Reading this speech, I was stunned at how little has changed in 55 years. Almost all the same issues that were critical then are still critical now. But back then, 14 years after the end of World War II, the government was Jeff vonKaenel perceived differently. After all, it was the government that is the president, led the effort to win the war and end the Depression.

CEO and And only a sufficiently funded government can restore our majority owner of schools, fix our transportation system, preserve our environthe News & Review ment, develop good housing and restore income opportunities newspapers in Sacramento, for our poorer citizens. To accomplish these goals, there will Chico and Reno. be a cost, but the cost of inaction is much greater.

And while the budget can be passed with a simple majority, increased fees and taxes need the approval of two-thirds of the legislators. This will be a much more difficult task.

Once again, we need an adult in the governor’s seat.

Someone to face up to our problems and propose real solutions, to make the sacrifices necessary to build a solid, secure foundation for future generations. It is time to work on completing the work laid out in Pat Brown’s 1959 plan. Ω

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Danger on a train Imagine for a moment that the Army wants to transport explosives from a depot in Nevada to the Bay Area. And rather than transporting it in specially constructed safe containers with top security, they’re going to put it in empty milk jugs and trundle it down Interstate 80 tied down in the back of old pickups.

Those of us who live along the route wouldn’t be too pleased with that, even if we were willing to acknowledge the necessity of transporting such an item from one place to another.

But that is—even though it sounds extreme—a rough analogy of the process by which crude oil is transported from shale oil fields by rail to refineries in the Bay Area. According to recent news reports, two 50-car trains The Lac-Mégantic per day could be transiting rails derailment in Quebec in Sacramento and the suburbs as soon as the end of this year. was less than a year The Valero Refining ago: A 74-car train Company, for instance, plans to route trains through Roseville, derailed, exploded Sacramento, West Sacramento and and killed 47 people.

Davis. These trains would visit communities along the Interstate 80 corridor, then travel into downtown adjacent to the forthcoming McKinley Village neighborhood. Then, it would cruise parallel to B Street on the north edge of Midtown, past the River District, across the I Street Bridge, and finally through West Sac and Davis on its way to Benicia.

Some of these trains may contain what is called Bakken crude oil, which experts say is more unstable.

They also say most trains today aren’t ready to move this oil.

Last January, the National Transportation Safety Board issued guidelines that call for the tank cars used to transport this oil to be upgraded. The NTSB also called for route planning that would avoid populated and environmentally sensitive areas; requirements that carriers have adequate response abilities in the event of an accident, derailment or spill; and audit carriers to let the California ensure that shipments are properly labeled and that the Public Utilities carrier has appropriate plans in place in the event of an Commission public incident. adviser (public. advisor@cpuc.ca.gov) And there have been disasters. The Lac-Mégantic derailment in Quebec was less than a year ago: a 74-car and the national Transportation safety train derailed, exploded, and killed 47 people. It also Board (www.ntsb.gov/ destroyed a big chunk of that city’s downtown. about/contact.html) Since then, there have been similar incidents across how you feel about dangerous crude oil the country, including one in Lynchburg, Va., in April being transported via that dumped crude oil into the James River. rail through your We understand that the oil needs to get to the community. refineries and that rail is an efficient means of transportation. However, the current car stock is inadequate to the task. Even as federal regulators work to create new standards for the tank cars, dangerous crude oil is rolling over the rails in cars that are not up to snuff.

We also worry that California lawmakers and localgovernment leaders have been kept out of the loop.

That shouldn’t happen.

The risk is simply too great. We urge readers to contact the NTSB and the California Public Utilities Commission, which oversees rail safety, and tell them that rail shipments of crude oil be transported only in upgraded tank cars and at lower speeds to avoid accidents.

The likelihood of an accident may be small, but the consequences are catastrophic. Ω

If it greases the court As a poor journalist, I’m predisposed to dislike the Superior court officials say they need this Sacramento Superior Court’s decision to money to offset years of budget cuts and pay by charge people to access public information for the tech upgrades that will help improve Raheem online. other services, like digitizing the issuance F. Hosseini The court’s website has been a quick, of restraining orders. Additionally, judges reliable and free resource for ages, allowing said they will eventually be able to access anyone to search criminal court histories by information about families with separate cases defendants’ names, and research civil and in adult, juvenile and family courts to better probate cases. It’s also provided relief to a serve them. “It could allow us to be more records division that suffered staff cutbacks creative,” said Judge Alan G. Perkins. “At during the recession. some point, somebody has to Much of that is pay for it.”

Superior court going away. Starting Maybe so, but at such a July 1, the website will high markup? officials say they charge $1 a name, or Paladin Private Security need this money $2,500 a year for a yearvice president Matt Carroll long search subscription. to offset years of quibbles whether the expense Civil or probate filings was required in the first place. budget cuts. will cost a buck per He argues that the court went printed page, or a maxifrom hosting an open-source mum of $40 per document. website to adding credit-card authorization Meanwhile, a much larger, federal-court tools and other bells and whistles that don’t document database—Public Access to Court provide new services, just public blockades.

Electronic Records, or PACER—restricts itself “They’re creating a cost that was not there to charging a whopping 10 cents per page. last week,” he said. “Is that a cost recoup or a The California Public Records Act permits profit?” public agencies to recover only the costs of Court officials say they’re forbidden from duplicating a record or a modest statutory fee profiting, and will adjust fees if they prove set by the state Legislature. But the courts and to bring in more than the website needs. As Legislature are exempt from the act. for me, I’ll be spending a lot more quality time with my pals in the records office. Hope they’ve staffed up. Ω BEFORE

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A mere handful of Eye Street Co-op residents, including writer Janelle Bitker (third from left), are piled onto the “cuddle puddle.”

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“Bunch of dirty hippies.”

Whenever someone learns that I have 11 housemates, that’s the reaction I imagine. We share a big house in Midtown, along with meals, chores and regular hoopla. It’s called the Eye Street Co-op.

It’s not a cult or commune.

Promise. There is no engaging leader in a black robe. We split some costs, but we don’t merge incomes. We don’t have any creepy rituals—unless you count the occasional barefoot “compliment circle” around a fire pit.

But even those are few and casual. Our day-to-day lives are way too busy with totally normal stuff.

We range in age from 23 to 40 and work in lots of fields: politics, media, activism, yoga, massage, architecture.

We maintain a lovely garden full of kale, peppers, tomatoes and herbs.

And, yes, there’s an annual clothing-optional camping trip.

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The Eye Street Co-op residents always hang out like this.

It took a while to figure out the

chores, the best communication methods and why the hell we had so many kinds of milk.

Cow’s milk, almond milk, rice milk, soy milk, oat milk and kefir? Really?

Our living arrangement—one of shared space, cooperation and common values—is called an “intentional community.” These can take the form of a single house, like the Eye Street Co-op, or a multi-acre village of tepees.

The level of intensity and commitment varies from community to community. And there are a lot of them—nearly 2,500 intentional communities exist worldwide. In the Sacramento region, there are about a dozen. More are forming.

Why? People are still broke after the Great Recession and need affordable alternatives. Or they’re committed to the environment and living sustainably. But more than anything else, people are lonely and seeking human connection. The way most of us live—because of urban sprawl, societal expectations and assumed measures for success—increasingly isolates.

Christopher Ganson is my landlord, housemate and a huge believer in cooperative housing as a boon to both individuals and societies. He founded the Eye Street Co-op in 2006, as well as a co-op in Oak Park three years prior. He lived in co-ops as a student at UC Berkeley, fell in love and never stopped.

“I found myself searching for a way to recreate that level of community,” he says. “I think there’s a real hunger for that, and the hunger is much greater than the supply.”

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appropriate response to the materialism, alienation and homogenization of the mainstream. It appealed to my inner idealist—full of hope for a mini-utopia—as well my inner cynic toward larger institutions of power.

In summary: I discovered a fateful Craigslist ad, moved in January and have never been happier.

Me and My 11 rooMMates My co-op is by far the most homey, cozy place I’ve lived in. There’s funky furniture, colorful walls, two disco balls and succulents everywhere. The pantry is stacked with giant mason jars filled with alternative flours, obscure grains and beans. Couches line the front porch, a homemade cob oven fires up pizza in the backyard.

We have something called “the cuddle puddle.”

The compost pile, remarkably, doesn’t stink up the neighborhood.

I guess a certain vibe must be present, because on more than one occasion we have gotten this question: “Do you share everything?”

Goodness, no. We don’t share underwear or toothbrushes. We don’t even share bedrooms.

We do, however, agree to split weekly chores and cook everyone dinner twice a month. And once a month, we gather for a long, sometimes emotional house meeting.

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Those meetings ensure things run smoothly.

We sit around our living room with tea and move through agenda items, like food budgets, accountability and bathroom cleanliness. But we also take the time to plan big social events and vote on group purchases, like a projector for outdoor movie nights or a fancy new food processor.

Even though we are just 12 people, many larger intentional communities operate in a similar fashion.

Communes are the most intense—large groups of people sharing property and income, and sometimes operating a business together.

Cohousing is the least intense—individual houses forming a neighborhood, with community activities in a separate common house.

Ecovillages are similar to cohousing, but are specifically focused on being eco-friendly.

Those are the modern definitions, anyway.

Intentional communities can be traced all the way back to 1794, when a religious sect called the Shakers started a commune in Maine. It still exists today. In the early 1800s, hundreds of “utopian communities” cropped up, and when the Great Depression hit, student co-ops at universities began in the name of affordability.

Decades later, the 1960s brought the rise of hippie communes.

The very first American cohousing development was built 23 years ago, right here in Davis.

Inspired by similar setups in Denmark, Muir Commons was the answer to families who wanted community, but also private homes, careers and close proximity to urban centers.

Tucked away in suburbia, it feels like a small

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village—the 26 houses face inward, linked by winding paths and plenty of greenery. Children run around, snacking on pineapple guava from the orchard or popcorn from the communal kitchen.

Diane Kallas moved in 18 years ago, sold on the idea of an extended family.

“We were interested in a more free-range experience for our kids, without hovering parents,” she says. “My daughter literally ate dinner at every house here. If she got upset and ran away, she’d run to another house in the community.”

Davis is a hub of such intentional communities. N Street Cohousing began in 1986, when neighbors started tearing down backyard fences.

One at a time, the community grew to 19 homes.

UC Davis’ student co-ops were built in the ’60s and ’70s, and a couple off-campus housing co-ops followed in the ’80s. But the trend didn’t completely stop there. Another was built just three years ago.

How do these communities even form?

My house was relatively painless. Ganson bought the property, posted a Craigslist ad, and people quickly assembled. “It was like a big first date,” he says. “But also a brainstorming session for how the relationship would work.”

It was easy. And though only one original resident remains, Eye Street is still strong.

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“People are looking at the last 10, 15, 20 years of the their lives, and they’d like to be with their buddies. They want an environment that’s supportive of them when they’re infirm or disabled.”

David Mogavero local architect, on building cohousing for seniors

Anne Geraghty tends to her tomatoes. She wants to start a new cohousing project in urban Sacramento.

methods, where everything was and why the hell we had so many kinds of milk: cow’s milk, almond milk, rice milk, soy milk, oat milk and kefir? Really?

Luckily, the discomfort passed quickly, and I feel no qualms about sometimes going straight to my bedroom and not talking to anyone. I still can’t answer the milk question, though.

I moved into the house in January. A month prior, I saw the house’s extremely dense, specific Craigslist ad and excitedly sent off an equally dense email with carefully selected details about myself—my love for electro-swing, sour beer and so forth. Apparently it worked, because we scheduled an hourlong Skype interview, and the house unanimously voted me in that day. Of course it felt good—these cool people I had never actually met wanted me to be part of their community.

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they take years to plan. Once an initial group of people commit, they all have a say in the design of their homes.

Local architecture firm Mogavero Notestine Associates built the first cohousing development in Sacramento, Southside Park Cohousing, and principal David Mogavero remembers spending every Thursday night with that group of residents for four years.

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“I think more and more people want control of their own lives, as opposed to going into a retirement community that’s controlled by a corporation,” she says. “I like the idea that this is my community, and I am part of governing it.”

Senior cohousing is a fairly new, quickly growing sector of housing communities. Mogavero is looking to build two new cohousing developments in Sacramento, and one of those would be geared toward seniors.

“People are looking at the last 10, 15, 20 years of the their lives, and they’d like to be with their buddies,” Mogavero says. “They want an environment that’s supportive of them when they’re infirm or disabled.”

For Geraghty, it comes down to quality of life.

“What excites me most is creating a community of interesting, caring people, and just eating together and sharing our worlds,” she says.

That’s hard to do in most neighborhoods, and Geraghty is tired of watching people disappear into their garages.

People don’t really need people anymore. You have your job, which may or may not be in a cubicle. You buy what you need, which may or may not involve interacting with a cashier.

You eat alone in your one-bedroom apartment and go to sleep and do it all over again.

According to census data, the nuclear family is no longer the typical, expected housing arrangement. More and more people are living alone.

In 1950, about 4 million people lived by themselves—9 percent of all households. Now, 32 million people live alone—28 percent of all households. Sacramento follows the national trend, with 27 percent of households being a single person.

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Today, that figure has climbed to more than 40 percent.

How do we combat institutionalized loneliness? We move into communities.

“I was tired of living alone, of eating alone. It’s nice to always be around people,” says Eddie Risse, resident of Sunwise Co-op in Davis.

Risse moved into Sunwise just a few months ago. He’s 32 years old, had been working the same job for eight years and decided he needed a dramatic change. He quit, packed up his stuff, traveled through South America, worked on a farm with 15 people and found bliss. Now he’s settled in Davis and loving the vibrant home.

As Risse slowly chops onions and peppers, he tells me stories about house traditions, like gathering in a circle and holding hands before digging into dinner. He says one of his favorite things about cooperative living is the constant exposure to new things. One of his seven housemates walks in, and they discuss the evening’s menu, and he mentions they’re out of okra. She suggests he try mallow as a thickening agent instead.

Risse smiles. “See? Always learning.”

Not always utopia Walking through Muir Commons, Kallas points out enviable features: a hot tub, enormous garden, play structures, chickens, woodshop area.

Children’s laughter floats through the air, and she says it makes her feel like a beloved grandmother without having to exert any effort.

But the community isn’t as strong as it once was, Kallas says.

“Easily for 10 years, it was the most perfect way to live,” she says.

“I would have driven to San Jose at 2 a.m. to pick up a neighbor from the airport. For so many years, every sentence I said started with ‘My neighbor.’ Sadly, that ‘we’re going to be together forever’ feeling didn’t ring true.”

In the common house, a bulletin board holds announcements for events and communal dinners. The empty space feels significant, and sure enough, Kallas says there’s far less activity than there used to be. She, too, feels less motivated to contribute now that her kids have left for college.

“It’s interesting to be in an intimate relationship with people you didn’t choose,” she says. “You’re deeply committed to each other, but as soon as the reason for it leaves, it all goes away.”

People move out all the time—it’s a sad reminder that communities are temporary.

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At Eye Street Co-op, turnover has been pretty high over the past year. Some leave for jobs in other cities. Some are fixated on the idea of a nuclear family in a private home. Others just realize the lifestyle isn’t working for them.

“The choice to be in a co-op is really important,” Ganson says. “You have to decide to not be able to decide everything. People might hunger for community but might not be ready for it or have the collaborative skills.”

Skills like conflict resolution. Obviously, with more people sharing one space, the probability of conflict goes up. Some relationships are rife with disagreements over what kind of groceries to buy; others are strained from emotional histories.

“Since I’ve lived here, I’ve always known difficulties between people,” housemate Julie Bauer says. “But that doesn’t seem like a co-op thing, it seems like a life thing. The only difference is that when you’re in a co-op, you can’t avoid it.”

And it’s true, sometimes people aren’t pulling their weight when it comes to maintaining the house. Sometimes you wake up and the kitchen is an atrocity from someone else’s late-night party. Sometimes you need to clean up a small mess and realize the person who was supposed to wash the towels forgot that week.

Sometimes it’s really annoying.

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Someone who lived alone might come home from a busy day at work, totally exhausted, and need to cook dinner, only to find that the fridge is empty.

I don’t see myself going back to that lifestyle anytime soon. Even if I settle down, get married and have kids, I think I’ll long for community now that I’ve tasted it.

These days, I get to come home from a busy day at work, totally exhausted, to a kitchen full of delicious things to snack on, and a housemate cooking me dinner. I get to wake up, drink coffee and read the newspaper with lively company. I get to think I’m having a quiet Saturday night, and instead be part of a spontaneous, ecstatic dance party in the living room.

I get to plop down on the couch, super upset and stressed out, and be met with a hug. And, I’m sure if I asked nicely, 11 hugs.

The floor is sticky? Oh well. Worth it.

There Transforms The neighborhood Breaking bread is a common feature in intentional communities, and some argue a vital one.

It does oddly build intimacy—I have to trust my

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housemates to tell me when there’s spinach stuck in my teeth or rice inexplicably behind my ear. It’s like the childhood some of us never had—the whole family gathers around a home-cooked meal every night, phones and televisions turned off.

“The process of making a dinner together, or eating a dinner someone took time to cook for everyone, is a different experience than going out and buying food,” Reschke says.

“You’re really appreciating the effort.”

And it’s a serious effort. I adore cooking, but I definitely freaked out the first time I had to cook for 12 people by myself. After three hours of throwing together quinoa, beets, sweet potatoes and kale, something resembling hippie slop was served. I’ve gotten a handle on it, and sometimes, I dare say, manage elegance. But I can’t imagine cooking at a cohousing community. At Muir Commons, group dinners feed 50 people—preparation literally takes all day.

Another common co-op feature is affordability. Sunwise is a sweet deal for Risse, currently waiting tables as he plots his next career move.

It’s part of a Davis housing nonprofit that requires that all residents earn less than 80 percent of the city’s median income.

Eye Street Co-op isn’t quite so official, and rent isn’t quite so affordable. But considering we live in Midtown in a gorgeous house with high-speed Internet and a New York Times subscription, I argue it’s a steal. Splitting the costs of utilities, household appliances, food and toilet paper between 12 people really does help with monthly budgeting.

A few of my housemates barely clear $10,000 a year. In some fields, the job market is still brutal. But with this model, we can all afford a pretty rich life.

Part of that lifestyle ties to being as environmentally friendly as we can be. We compost, eat vegetarian and grow food, but we do a lot of environmentally friendly things without really trying.

Think about it: We are 12 people with four bathrooms, two refrigerators, one washing machine, one lawn mower, one blender and one lots-of-other-things. We consume so much less simply by living together.

Our house is on the same sized lot as a nearby apartment building with 12 one-bedroom units. That means it has 12 bathrooms, 12 kitchens, 12 washing machines and 12

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lots-of-other-things. And it has no communal space, while we have a huge garden, which the neighborhood cat adores, and a massive living room, where we regularly invite musicians to perform for friends.

I’ll stop bragging. Bauer says it better anyway: “Whether you believe it makes a tremendous environmental impact, you are living according to your values.”

Another appeal: living in a way that supports the city.

Mogavero maintains that intentional communities drop little seeds of activism into neighborhoods, with the potential to dramatically improve them. Southside Park Cohousing, completed in 1993, is a prime example.

“We know it transformed the whole Southside neighborhood—that was the home of prostitution and drug dealing in the central city,” Mogavero says. “Those 25 families had a value system of engagement in their community already. Cohousing attracts liberal, politically active people, bottom line.”

Our sister co-op in Oak Park, Casa San Carlos, didn’t have as tangible of an effect on its own, but Ganson says the house helped its immediate surroundings by quietly working with police whenever a big drug house moved in.

“When that happens, the neighborhood pulls in,” he says. “Everyone’s behind their chain-link fences, cowering. I think we helped our little block, our little corner come out and feel safer and know we were all there for each other.”

Plus, city centers need more people. In Sacramento, one of our biggest objectives is to intensify our urban core. We want more patrons for our local businesses. We don’t want people driving in from the suburbs. Why would we want four people in a big house when we could have 12 people in it?

And there’s a massive oversupply of these big houses. According to “The New California Dream,” a study by University of Utah professor Arthur C. Nelson, the state’s current supply of large-lot, single-family homes already far exceeds the expected demand for them in 2035.

“Somehow, we’re going to end up with multiple nuclear families or multiple groups of people having to occupy these extra houses together,” Ganson says.

“Obviously, I like the co-op model.”

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Demystifying the local scene with a little help from Sacramento musicians, promoters and venue owners

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t’s that time of year when the heat pours on, the Delta breeze kicks in at night and Sacramentans emerge from their air-conditioned abodes to hit up some live-music gigs. It’s a great opportunity to step back, grab a brew at the bar and take stock of the local music scene. I spoke with a handful of local live-music-venue owners to chat truth and reality when bands are on their stages.

What kind of music does sacto listen to?

It’s not just a pickup line. The answer defines us.

I’d always pegged Sacramento as a metal town. I grew up in the burbs, where shredding to the nth degree and “dropped” guitar riffs ruled the day. But the central-city grid was more punk, independent, experimental. The Cattle Club rocked, and West Coast Worldwide was hardcore. Hip-hop bands would play on the same bill as rock bands at bars such as The Distillery.

Cross-pollination was the word.

“I do not think there is one dominant genre,” agrees Eric Rushing. He’s been booking shows in Sacramento for years. You may know him as one of the guys in charge of live music at Ace of Spades and Assembly Music Hall, but you also might recall his days booking at The Boardwalk, when it was the premiere all-ages venue in the region.

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Over the past couple years, Ace and Assembly shows have been sold-out regularly.

The latter venue’s been a spark on K Street; all sorts of crowds line up to enter on any given night. “We have had tons of success with pop, rock, metal, hip-hop, country, reggae—and the list continues on,” he explains.

So, there you go. It’s not just all Juggalos and Autumn Sky groupies. But are all genres created equal?

The backbone of Rushing’s promotions over the years has been new hardcore-style rock bands. These louder, aggressive acts draw young crowds that will often queue on R Street outside Ace of Spades hours ahead of showtimes. Hip-hop and indie artists may be popular in Sacto, but these hardcore-scene kids own the day.

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Liz Liles has been in bands for years and now co-owns a venue, Witch Room, on 19th Street in Midtown. She understands both sides of the struggle: As an owner, she needs to make a dime to pay the bills, but as fan and bandmate, she also wants to keep things affordable so people can come to the shows. On top of that, she personally wants to be able to pay for interesting new bands to come to Sacramento.

It’s a quandary. Those interesting new bands require guaranteed pay, often up to a few

Liz Liles (left to right), Olivia Coelho and Liz Mahoney, the trio that recently opened the live-music venue Witch Room in Midtown, have found $8 to be the magic ticket-price number.

Assembly Music Hall (far right, top), located on K Street, books midsized acts and, ostensibly, adds some life to “The Kay” district. Meanwhile, it’s not uncommon to see a line wrapped around the block for Ace of Spades’ metal, punk and hip-hop shows.

thousand a night. Witch Room doesn’t have the coffers to fork out that kind of cheddar. And her audience likely will balk at paying for $15 a show, she says. “This causes a bit of a dilemma for independent venues trying their best to bring the best acts into town,” she explains.

So, what’s that magic cover-charge number for good local show on a Friday night?

“Eight dollars,” she says. “I know this will cause eye rolls, but that’s three bands that spend time and money to buy gear, practice and get to the show. Also, it’s Friday night! You will drink and have fun no matter what!”

Gabriell Garcia, who recently purchased Blue Lamp with her husband, Ben, agrees that the sweet spot these days is between $5 and $12.

“We have no partners, it is just Ben and [me], and at this time, we do not make any money,” Garcia says. “Sometimes I even use my tips when I bartend to tip out the bands.”

“We hope to build a great venue and bar that will pay off in the end,” Garcia says.

Speaking of pay: $10 for a Friday-night gig makes sense. If you can afford 10 bucks on beers and cigarettes, you can afford to pay up for local bands.

It’s helpful to look at the local music scene in three levels. First, there’s the big leagues, the Kanye West and the Black Keys-type acts. They sometimes pass through Sacramento, usually at the venue that will forever be known as Arco Arena, typically on the third iteration of a tour.

Proponents of the new Sacramento Kings arena argue that a downtown “entertainment and sports complex” will change this (more on that later).

Then there’s the low-level independent venues such as Witch Room. And, finally, the midlevel venue. That’s where Rushing comes in.

Ace of Spades boasts a 950-person capacity, and Assembly is a notch over 600. These size rooms drive the music scene: They’re small enough to keep the tickets well below the $85 Black Keys price, but large enough to draw top-selling talent such as rapper YG and singer Christina Perri.

“We actually are getting stuff that isn’t even going to the Bay Area these days,” Rushing says.

“On the other hand, there are still the occasional acts that skips over Sac.” But he says he’s in a unique position to begin recruiting these artists to this market. “Bands like Beats Antique, I bugged for three years until they recently booked a date in Sacramento and sold it out the very first time.”

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the all-ages music scene is dead

“That is very untrue!” says Rushing. With a bullet.

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story. Detractors pretty much thought I was an idiot for declaring the scene dead back then. Thankfully, I was wrong. It survived. (Somehow?)

“I feel like the music scene is on an upswing,” says Garcia. She attributes this to a healthy supply of venues that host gigs on a regular basis.

But what about the all-ages or 18-andover crowd? We’ve seen the demise of such strongholds as Luigi’s Fun Garden in recent months. Do spots like Witch Room, The Colony, Midtown BarFly, Naked Lounge Downtown and Shine ensure that the younger locals will have plenty of options for years to come?

Witch Room co-owner Olivia Coelho takes offense at the idea that the scene is dead. “Who are you talking to? What scene? There is an entire range of ‘scenes’ that are building, growing, flourishing,” she argues. “Does a scene have to be one type of music? The beauty of Witch Room is that there is a vacuum in Sacramento where bands are too tired of playing for free in someone’s basement, but they can’t yet book out Harlow’s or Assembly. We fill that vacuum.”

The ciTy loves To hassle musicians and venue owners What’s the hardest thing about live music?

“The rules,” says Liles.

She and other musicians like to point to the city’s rules for all-ages gigs.

Namely, that these shows for concertgoers under 21 years old need to be done by 10 p.m.

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streets, where they can get into all kinds of problems?

“But I wouldn’t say the city has it out for live music,” says Coelho, who’s worked with staff at City Hall and the police department for years as a venue owner in Sacramento. “I get the general feeling that they want us to exist, they realize that [music] makes the city more enticing and vibrant, and also brings in revenue to the coffers that is always desperately needed.”

The music scene is easy money Running a music venue isn’t like owning a coffee house or a bar.

Liles has a full-time job at B Street Theatre, along with Witch Room co-owner Liz Mahoney, who also does paint jobs on the side.

Garcia was a bartender for nearly 20 years, and her husband was in a touring band for almost a decade. Now, she likes to joke that she’s the owner, booking agent, bartender—and also the janitor, accountant and more at the new Blue Lamp.

And, of course, local bands aren’t making a living doing gigs. So why do they do this?

“Because it’s my passion,” Liles says.

“I don’t care if I ended up now working 100 hours a week. I love it and will continue to try my best to bring music in a legit manner to the city I was born and raised in and plan on dying in.”

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Witch Room is located at 1815 19th Street in Midtown. Check out its show calendar at www.witchroomsac.com.

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Downtown Sac venues Ace of Spades (1417 R Street) and Assembly Music Hall (1000 K Street) host concerts all week long. See their schedules at www.aceofspadessac.com and www.assembly musichall.com.

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the “entertainment and sports complex” without reason. They argue that after years of top-notch acts skipping Sacramento, we’ll be getting a taste of Beyoncé and Rolling Stones gigs.

I’m not here to debate that—the proof will be in the promoter’s pudding. But will the new arena usher in a more vibrant downtown music scene?

“I think the music scene in Sacramento is definitely changing and shifting back to a centralized downtown scene again like it was more then 10 years ago,” Rushing observes. Gone are the days of The Boardwalk ruling the young-kids scene.

Or even smaller bar-venue type spots like Fire Escape Bar and Grill in Citrus Heights. “Things have shifted.”

So much so that Rushing and his partners are opening a new spot, a countrymusic bar and venue on J Street called Goldfield Trading Post, next month.

“I think that there will be lots of surprises in the market, especially with a new arena and tons of redevelopment,” he says. “I just hope that it doesn’t become oversaturated.”

Oversaturation is years away, if it ever comes to fruition. Even with another rumored forthcoming venue on the 700 block of K Street, just next to the future arena, and old-school spots such as Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub and Marilyn’s on K, the city’s showgoers seem plentiful, eager—and growing. Ω

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“Are all French films like that?”

“Like what?”

“I don’t know. Bad.” No, that’s not the transcript of an old Andrew SarrisPauline Kael dustup, just an informal exchange overheard on 10th Street after a Sunday-night screening of Justine Triet’s Age of Panic, the last film to show on the first weekend of the Sacramento French Film Festival. Although the festival, now in its 13th year, is beloved to the point of venerability, the Gallic cinema of ennui, ambiguous endings and copious subtitles is still something of a hard sell.

Perhaps with an eye toward those dulled American tastes, executive and artistic director of the festival Cécile Downs and her programmers generally select their airiest cinematic fare for the Friday-night first course, and Lucas Belvaux’s festival opener Not My Type was no exception. It’s an opposites-attract, fish-out-of-water rom-com that could be refit for Jennifer Aniston with very few alterations, but at least it leaves more room for emotional honesty and cerebral intelligence than an Englishlanguage equivalent such as Words and Pictures.

The last 13 years have not exactly proven to be a historical high tide for French cinema, so through no fault of the festival, the daytime premieres on Saturday and Sunday were their usual mixed bag. Atilla Marcel, the The last 13 years first live-action feature from The Triplets of Belleville direchave not exactly tor Sylvain Chomet, was the proven to be a best of the bunch, a colorful and eccentric semimusical historical high grounded by the same dark tide for French whimsy that characterizes Chomet’s animation. cinema.

Age of Panic performed a slightly less successful balancing act, taking a banal family drama and plunking it guerrilla-style into the chaos of the 2012 Paris election rallies. Medium Cool it is not, but the film had me in its grip until an almost sadistically protracted third act. Camille Claudel 1915, starring Juliette Binoche as the institutionalized sculptress, was the weekend’s only unqualified failure— the opening crawl informs us that it’s based mostly on medical records, and what follows is just as dazzling as that premise suggests.

As expected, the selection of French classics offered most of the weekend’s profound moments. Queen Margot was originally released here in a heavily edited, nearly unintelligible form (Harvey Weinstein, you’re the best!), so the fully restored majesty of Patrice Chéreau’s 1994 historical-kink epic was a revelation. Even better were the electric Kool-Aid colors and lilting perversity of Jacques Demy’s Donkey Skin, a 1970 “children’s fantasy” about a beautiful princess (Catherine Deneuve) compelled to marry her father.

However, the highlight of the weekend was a new release, Alain Guiraudie’s quietly spellbinding Stranger by the Lake. This story of a young gay man inexorably drawn to the mustachioed cruiser he knows to be a killer is like Hitchcock distilled into his purest form. It was a transcendent cinematic experience, even though I watched it at home streaming on Netflix instead of falling asleep at the midnight screening. In my world, subtitles are a way of life, but staying up past 1 a.m. is still the hardest sell of all.

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History Happy Hour Thursday, June 26 Talk to any longtime Sacramentan, and chances are they have a pretty vivid sense of the city’s hisHISTORY tory. This happy hour is for the huge history nerds—with beer, wine and a trivia game. Museum exhibitions will be on display as well. $10, 6 p.m. at the Sacramento History Museum, 101 I Street; (916) 808-7059; www.historicoldsac.org.

—Jonathan Mendick

Johny Barbata Thursday, June 26 He may not be Ringo Starr, but he did meet the Beatles one time. The former drummer for the Turtles; Jefferson Airplane; and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young tells this and other stories in a book called BOOK SIGNING The Legendary Life of a Rock Star Drummer. Noon to 5:30 p.m. at Skip’s Music, 2740 Auburn Boulevard; (916) 484-7575; www.skipsmusic.com.

—Jonathan Mendick

Capital Public Radio Used Record & CD Sale Friday, June 27, Through sunday, June 29 Scour the selection of yesterday’s musical mediums in the form of used CDs and LPs, in addition to video games and DVDs. $10-$20 on Friday, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.; free on Saturday and Sunday, SALE 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Howe ’Bout Arden Shopping Center, 2100 Arden Way, Suite 172; (916) 278-8900; www.capradio.org/recordsale.

—Deena Drewis

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ummer can be a great season to spend time outdoors. But with Sacramento’s often oppressive heat, it’s sometimes better to spend summer days watching movies indoors.

However, this week, you won’t even have to choose between the two. That’s because a handful of outdoor film screenings will allow Sacramentans to enjoy watching films on a big screen outdoors (plus a bonus option for indoor moviegoing, in case it’s just too hot).

The Fulton-El Camino Recreation and Park District is hosting an event it’s calling Dive-in Movie Night, featuring swimming and a film at Cottage Pool (3097 Cottage Way; www.fecrecpark.com). The swimming pool will be open at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 27, and a screening of Despicable Me 2 begins at sundown, sometime around 9 p.m. Bringing food, blankets and lawn chairs is recommended; the concession stand only sells snacks, and seating is on a lawn. It’s $2.50 to swim, and free to see the movie. Another Dive-in Movie Night happens on August 8, with Frozen.

If you’ve ever wanted to watch Angels in the Outfield in an actual outfield, this is your chance. On Thursday, July 3, the Fulton-El Camino Recreation and Park District is hosting another outdoor movie night called

Movie at the Ballpark at Howe Park (2201 Cottage Way).

The screening is free and starts around 9 p.m. Again, picnic dinners are recommended, but concessions will be available for purchase.

Since it’s the day before Independence Day, there’s a patriotic film being screened at the Crocker Art Museum (located at 216 O Street; www.crockerart museum.org) also on July 3. As part of its Courtyard Classic Film Series, the Crocker will show Yankee Doodle Dandy, a musical film from 1942 starring James Cagney. The screening begins at 7 p.m. in the Crocker’s E. Kendell Davis Courtyard. Refreshments are available for purchase, but outside food and drink are not allowed. Tickets ($5 for members, $8 for nonmembers) include admission to the museum on the day of the film screening.

It’s also the last weekend to catch the Sacramento French Film Festival at the Crest Theatre (1013 K Street; www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org). Short films, classics, new releases and a gory late-night flick are all part of the program for the weekend. Following the final film on Sunday, June 29, is a closing-night party on with dessert from Mother, drinks and live music.

—Jonathan Mendick

Red Shoe Crawl sunday, June 29 Unless you take the drinking part of this culinary tour of Midtown too seriously, you’ll probably be walking, so go ahead and bust out the fOOd red kicks à la Ronald for this fifth annual benefit for the Ronald McDonald House Charities Northern California. $60-$80, 1 p.m. at The Citizen Hotel, 926 J Street; www.rmhcnc.org.

—Deena Drewis

Think You Got Bars?

Thursday, July 3 Sacramento has plenty of rappers, but not enough emcees. Thankfully, Conscious Vibes Presents is throwing a pretty cool competition called Think You Got Bars? that will pit freestyle emcees against each other. The winner gets $2,500 and the opportunity to open for hip-hop hero HIP-HOP Rakim. $15 to watch, $50 to compete; 6 p.m. at Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub, 2708 J Street; (916) 441-4693; www.harlows.com.

— Jonathan Mendick

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There was a time when French food was the epitome of the upscale restaurant experience. When white tablecloths, escargot and no less than three by Garrett forks at your place setting defined fine dining.

McCord Time went on, and we replaced steak frites with massaman curry, moved to glasses of locally brewed ciders instead of French wines, and strict culinary definitions started to blend like chalk drawings trapped under the rain.

Cafe Plan B, a Midtown iteration of the popular Plan B Restaurant in Arden Arcade, seems to be calling back to the kind of oldrating: school dining that our parents and grandparents HHHH adored. This should not be read as an insult.

Sure, the white tablecloths are gone, but the dinner for one: escargot is still on the menu, and precision $25 - $30 French food seems to be back with a bang.

The space, a hot dog joint I was sad to see go, is now serene and modern without being sterile. It’s small, but it doesn’t feel so, except for the effect levied by the dizzying pitch that even the most hushed conversation seems to carry—never mind the kitchen’s noise. Still, the ruckus gives the space a jaunty air.

H flawed The menu runs with salads, sandwiches, mains and appetizers—however the highlight HH haS momentS is the generous array of mussels served in both modern and classic fashion. The épicé HHH mussels are served in a thick tomato sauce with appealing a rumbling chili-garlic heat. Coconut-broth HHHH mussels are sweet and tangy and worth a visit. authoritative In addition, no closed bivalves made it to the HHHHH table, a crime that too many other restaurants epic seem to commit.

Strangely, duck confit is served as an appetizer, but it could easily be a whole meal, as it comes with flageolet beans. Reader, put down this paper and go chase down that bonesucking-good duck immediately. Exquisitely Still hungry? soft flesh, flavorful beans, and duck skin so Search Sn&r’s crisp it puts any potato chip to shame. “dining directory” A white-anchovy tartelette with shredded to find local fennel and leek will dazzle the senses. It’s the restaurants by name or by type of food. sort of light food welcomed in triple-digit heat.

Sushi, mexican, indian, The puff pastry it sits on is a means to an end. italian—discover it I think taking the extra step to put it on a flaky all in the “dining” tart crust would take it up a notch, but so be it. section at The steak frites were the true mystery at www.news review.com. our table. The steak arrived perfectly cooked, and the green-peppercorn sauce so buttery and piquant, I wanted to slather it on my husband’s naked body and lick it off. Unfortunately, all this matters squat if you start with a bad piece of meat. Rough, fibrous and simply without flavor, it seems like a lot of skill gone to waste.

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Overall, Plan B seems to be bringing French food back into style and luring Midtowners to food once thought to be too froufrou. It does seem a bit on the pricey side for a place that seems to hope for drop-ins, but then, The Waterboy, located nearby, doesn’t seem to stress about that.

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Here are a few recent reviews and regional recommendations by Janelle Bitker, Ann Martin Rolke, Garrett McCord, Jonathan Mendick and Shoka updated regularly.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dinner for one: $10-$15.

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

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

Der Biergarten This spot is a slightly quirky, low-key place with only nine food items on the menu: four appetizer-style options, four sandwich-type offerings and a sausage platter,

plus about 30 cold ones on tap.

Patrons order from a building that was built from a couple of cargo containers and dine outdoors on communal benches, traditional German biergarten style. The Derfinater Dog is a gussied-up hot dog, and despite its seemingly excessive number of toppings, everything served a tasteful purpose. The mayo and garlic sauce helped moisten a somewhat dry roll, and the bacon added saltiness, which balanced the sweetness of cream cheese and barbecue sauce. The pretzel disappointed by being a bit on the flaky and brittle side. The sausage platter was the best item on the menu: a pork sausage, chicken sausage, and a veal-and-pork sausage—much more plump, juicy and flavorful than the frankfurters—served alongside piles of sauerkraut and German potato salad. German.

2332 K St., (916) 346-4572.

Dinner for one: $5-$10.

HHH J.M.

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

A small Pomodoro Mozzarella, with sliced tomatoes and marinara, was serviceable

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

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

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

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

Dinner for one: $5-$10.

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Land Park/ Curtis Park Pangaea Bier Cafe Just as European wines are made to be enjoyed with food rather than sipped alone, the current tsunami of European-style microbreweries feature drinks often best quaffed alongside a well-crafted meal. Pangaea Bier Cafe recently stepped up its food game to satisfy that need with a revamped menu that includes an everchanging rotation of seasonal, slightly upscale pub food. Try the Buffalo wings: They’re deeply flavorful fried morsels with a thick glaze of goodness. The mac ’n’ cheese is creamy, with a bit of beer in the sauce and a crunchy topping of herb-flecked breadcrumbs. The sliders are gorgeous little mouthfuls with Tillamook cheddar and housemade pickles. They leave you wanting more, which is exactly what you get with the maincourse cheeseburger, one of the best we’ve had in ages. Made from a custom blend of brisket and chuck, this is a juicy patty that holds together, yet bursts with flavor. The locally made brioche bun bears up well, and the house pickles and cheddar simply gild the lily. American.

2743 Franklin Blvd., (916) 454-4942. Dinner for one: $10-$15. HHH1/2 AMR

Spice Kitchen The menu here has a few tangential dishes like pad thai, but it’s mostly focused on Japanese cuisine, with a side menu of Chinese-American favorites. Tasty options include the vegetable tempura, lightly fried with slices of Japanese sweet potato and yams. If you want ramen, the hot soup dish these days, try the red tonkotsu version: It’s served with lots of nicely chewy noodles, spinach and the requisite soft-boiled egg. Spice Kitchen also serves bento boxes in lunch and dinner portions for a good price. Here, diners get soup, rice, salad and tempura, as well as a meat of choice. Japanese. 1724 Broadway, (916) 492-2250. Dinner for one: $10-$15. HHH AMR

South Sac Bodhi Bowl This Vietnamese eatery’s menu is all vegetarian and mostly vegan, with plenty of high notes. The Heavenly Noodle is a can’t-go-wrong salad comprising snow-white vermicelli noodles with cooling mint, cucumber slices, house-roasted peanuts and jagged pieces of faux beef. The “beef” actually is slightly sweet, plenty umami and pleasantly inoffensive, as far as fake meat goes. Nearly everything here has a fauxmeat product or tofu element.

So, sorry diners with soy allergies—it can’t even be escaped in the papaya salad. Not an issue?

Soldier on with the Hot & Sour soup, a not-too spicy sunsetorange broth that teems with a tomatoey and citrus flavor, chunks of pineapple, semicircles

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

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

Arden/ Carmichael Field House American Sports Pub Launched by the same team that raised Shady Lady Saloon, this spot brings a bit more culinary hope to

an often forgotten part of Sacramento. The whiskey burger is a mighty sammich of perfection with smoked Gouda cheese and bacon that serve as excellent counterpoints to the achingly sweet maplebourbon glazed red onions.

Fries-slash-chips arrived pencil-thin and fiercely crispy.

If you visit for brunch, don’t miss the signature bloody mary: a 32-ounce bloody mary that doesn’t skimp on the horseradish. It’s served with skewers of beet-pickled egg, sausage and bacon, tiger prawn, pickled veggies, and the most amazing slider.

American. 1310 Fulton Ave., (916) 487-1045. Dinner for one: $15-$25. HHHH G.M.

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

2225 Hurley Way, Ste. 101;

(916) 568-7171. Dinner for one: $100-$300. HHHH J.B.

Fair Oaks Yui Marlu Yui Marlu serves up California rolls, plus other American-style makizushi, but its mastery lies in Japanesestyle sushi and an assortment of other traditional fare.

Here, the omakase was the pièce de résistance—one of those dishes that everyone stares at when it comes out of the kitchen. It looks like a flashy Dali-esque painting, with raw fish piled into small flower patterns atop scallop shells and a bed of microgreens, dollops of sauce, piles of ginger, slender slices of fried plantains sticking out upwards of 6 inches from the plate, and slices of lemon, radish and cucumber. And it tastes as surreal as it looks: The fish is fresh, fleshy and flavorful. The Rainbow roll and the Linda roll are like most American-style rolls served locally, but better. The sushi rice seems just a bit softer and less vinegary, and the fish slices taste fresher. Japanese.

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

Tasty Thai It’s hard to find a better lunch deal than the one offered here: Each one includes rice and a salad with an entree—and costs $11 or less. There are 23 options, plus daily specials. (The dinner menu is similar—only bigger).

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of trumpet mushrooms, cubes of fried tofu and slices of faux crab.

Or, try the stir-fried Eight Fold Path. It features al dente celery, red bell pepper and triangles of the most savory, salty, dense tofu perhaps ever. Vietnamese.

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

green beans, onion, bell pepper and basil in a spicy garlic sauce, is cooked in a wok and has a nice smoky flavor with veggies cooked slightly al dente. The pad Thai and the pad see ew both impress, but the latter has just a bit more of that savoriness that make Asian noodle dishes ubercomforting. Service is friendly, even when it’s busy. Thai.

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

Elk Grove 1st Choice Pizza & Curry This place serves a surprising mash-up of traditions that includes American and Indian pizzas on standard pizza dough.

The pizza crust is not quite deep-dish, but relatively thick; different options include butter chicken, chicken curry and malai paneer. All feature generous amounts of toppings, with moist chunks of chicken or paneer and vegetables—primarily bell peppers and onions. What really makes this place stand out, however, is its other Indian-food options, including a well-executed selection of chaat and entrees. Try the samosa chaat, comprising two fried pastries filled with spiced potatoes and peas, then smothered in a tomatoey sauce of chickpeas, red onions and cilantro. Indian. 9308 Elk Grove Blvd., Ste. 100 in Elk Grove; (916) 478-4444. Dinner for one: $10-$15. HHH AMR

Off the chain

Sacramento prides itself on keeping things local. In fact, three of my favorite area eateries that will be keeping me cool this summer with frozen treats have made the transition from chain to local—and either kept the same quality or got better.

There’s a former Dairy Queen in Carmichael that’s now called Dairy Star. The place (located at 4545 Manzanita Avenue) still runs a drive-thru, and serves up cold and tasty soft-serve ice cream with blended-in candy. Hagen’s Orange Freeze in Carmichael (2520 Walnut Avenue) was a Merlino’s Orange Freeze for a long time (which, to be fair was a local chain), but now Hagen’s pretty much serves up what tastes like the original recipe (Pro tip: Order a sour flavor, like lemon or orange, and add a shot of tequila at home—it’s basically an instant frozen margarita).

Boba Cafe (though the sign in Chinese says “Shan Dong,” located at 5131 Freeport Boulevard) used to be a Tapioca Express, and still serves up great cold teas with tapioca balls.

—Jonathan Mendick

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Glynn Phillips has been in the craft-brewery business for 20 years and owns Rubicon Brewing Company in Sacramento. He’s also the president of the Northern California Brewers Guild, which is presiding over the Homebrew and Commercial Craft Brew

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competitions at this year’s California State Fair.

What distinguishes a brewer as a craft brewer?

Glynn Phillips: A craft brewer, as established by the Brewers Association, is [one that produces] a million barrels or less a year. Now, if you want to talk philosophically, a craft brewer is someone that is very enthusiastic about their craft, and that’s what we like to think of ourselves as — beer enthusiasts.

Brew Are You? Find your FavoriteS at the brewerS’ FeStival

Fair cookS (and brewS) deliciouS StuFF For your belly From fresh California-grown produce to deep-fried everything on a stick, the California State Fair offers something to please every palate. Now, the Fair’s new Save Mart Supermarkets California Kitchen offers the opportunity to take your food appreciation to the next level.

Epic chef battles. Food Network junkies will enjoy watching from the sidelines as firefighters, postal workers, 4-H youths, rising stars from cooking schools and others go head-to-head in timed cooking competitions with surprise ingredients. And don’t miss local pros as they defend their street-cred in The Professional Chef Challenge.

Get your grill on. The Grill at The Farm is a shady outdoor demonstration kitchen just outside The Kitchen that brings the fork right to the farm. Here, you can pick up techniques for your own backyard culinary exploits. For foods that need no flame, sample fresh California produce at the new In the Raw tasting center.

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Bragging rights. Ah, yes. The panel of highly esteemed judges has a tough job to do, tasting their way through the state’s best homemade cookies, pies, preserves, sauces and more. Watch the judging events live — but do try not to drool.

NEW! Blue-ribbon secrets. Learn the recipes for top fair entries as home chefs demonstrate how to make their prizewinning treats.

NEW! Fermentation sensation. The Home Brew and Home Wine exhibits will introduce fair-goers to the time-honored tradition of home-crafted libations.

Offers tips on how to taste wine, interactive sensory experiences to hone your nose, innovative technologies and demonstrations on making beer.

NEW! Food with a view. “Close Encounters of the Culinary Kind” lets you get up close and personal, gathering around the demonstration space to learn inspiration for your own kitchen. Features pickle-making, five-minute marinades, pasta making, decorative food carving and more.

NEW! A taste of the East. The Little Saigon Cooking Series invites chefs from the famed Sacramento neighborhood to demonstrate Asian recipes and cooking techniques.

What can fairgoers expect from the craft brew competition?

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Fresh fruit at The Farm Shrimp ceviche tostada World’s hottest ice cream Maple and bacon funnel cake Footlong smoked sausage Roasted corn on the cob Steamed artichoke

GP: [In California] we make the best beer in the world. We

receive more awards for our beer on a national level than any other state in the United States and any other country in the world. So, if you’re living in California right now and drinking craft beer, you’re drinking some of the best beer worldwide.

I hear you also offer a special perk for the winner of the homebrew competition?

GP: Whomever wins the best of show, Rubicon is going to make a small batch of that beer and that brewer will be allowed to come in and brew with us. Everyone likes the bragging rights of that.

BEST BREW Taste California’s craft-brewing prowess at the Brewers’ Festival. With a wristband, enjoy 10 samples of craft beers from around California, including winners of the State Fair Commercial Craft Brew Competition, and take home a 5 - ounce souvenir mug. The event is located at the Grandstands, with live horse racing providing the entertainment as you knock back a few cold ones.

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2014 California State Fair Brewers’ Festival: 3- 6 p.m. Saturday, July 19

There are many more demonstrations and competitions, as well as booths and exhibits at the Save Mart Supermarkets California Kitchen every day of the Fair. Find it inside the California Buidling and visit www.CAStateFair. org for a schedule of events.

Where: The Grandstands at the California State Fair Tickets: $15 wristbands in advance. Available at www.

CAStateFair.org or the Cal Expo Box Office. $20 wristbands day of event. $5 for designated drivers.

(Age 21 and over. Fair admission required)

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Best Deal!

Save $2 on admission by purchasing tickets now at CAStateFair.org.

Or get your Family Fun Pack for just $44.95!

Glynn Phillips has been in the craft-brewery business for 20 years and owns Rubicon Brewing Company in Sacramento. He’s also the president of the Northern California Brewers Guild, which is presiding over the Homebrew and Commercial Craft Brew

Best Foodie Finds

competitions at this year’s California State Fair.

What distinguishes a brewer as a craft brewer?

Glynn Phillips: A craft brewer, as established by the Brewers Association, is [one that produces] a million barrels or less a year. Now, if you want to talk philosophically, a craft brewer is someone that is very enthusiastic about their craft, and that’s what we like to think of ourselves as — beer enthusiasts.

Brew Are You? Find your FavoriteS at the brewerS’ FeStival

Fair cookS (and brewS) deliciouS StuFF For your belly From fresh California-grown produce to deep-fried everything on a stick, the California State Fair offers something to please every palate. Now, the Fair’s new Save Mart Supermarkets California Kitchen offers the opportunity to take your food appreciation to the next level.

Epic chef battles. Food Network junkies will enjoy watching from the sidelines as firefighters, postal workers, 4-H youths, rising stars from cooking schools and others go head-to-head in timed cooking competitions with surprise ingredients. And don’t miss local pros as they defend their street-cred in The Professional Chef Challenge.

Get your grill on. The Grill at The Farm is a shady outdoor demonstration kitchen just outside The Kitchen that brings the fork right to the farm. Here, you can pick up techniques for your own backyard culinary exploits. For foods that need no flame, sample fresh California produce at the new In the Raw tasting center.

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Bragging rights. Ah, yes. The panel of highly esteemed judges has a tough job to do, tasting their way through the state’s best homemade cookies, pies, preserves, sauces and more. Watch the judging events live — but do try not to drool.

NEW! Blue-ribbon secrets. Learn the recipes for top fair entries as home chefs demonstrate how to make their prizewinning treats.

NEW! Fermentation sensation. The Home Brew and Home Wine exhibits will introduce fair-goers to the time-honored tradition of home-crafted libations.

Offers tips on how to taste wine, interactive sensory experiences to hone your nose, innovative technologies and demonstrations on making beer.

NEW! Food with a view. “Close Encounters of the Culinary Kind” lets you get up close and personal, gathering around the demonstration space to learn inspiration for your own kitchen. Features pickle-making, five-minute marinades, pasta making, decorative food carving and more.

NEW! A taste of the East. The Little Saigon Cooking Series invites chefs from the famed Sacramento neighborhood to demonstrate Asian recipes and cooking techniques.

What can fairgoers expect from the craft brew competition?

g o t tA -t r y- i t l i s t: » » » » » » »

Fresh fruit at The Farm Shrimp ceviche tostada World’s hottest ice cream Maple and bacon funnel cake Footlong smoked sausage Roasted corn on the cob Steamed artichoke

GP: [In California] we make the best beer in the world. We

receive more awards for our beer on a national level than any other state in the United States and any other country in the world. So, if you’re living in California right now and drinking craft beer, you’re drinking some of the best beer worldwide.

I hear you also offer a special perk for the winner of the homebrew competition?

GP: Whomever wins the best of show, Rubicon is going to make a small batch of that beer and that brewer will be allowed to come in and brew with us. Everyone likes the bragging rights of that.

BEST BREW Taste California’s craft-brewing prowess at the Brewers’ Festival. With a wristband, enjoy 10 samples of craft beers from around California, including winners of the State Fair Commercial Craft Brew Competition, and take home a 5 - ounce souvenir mug. The event is located at the Grandstands, with live horse racing providing the entertainment as you knock back a few cold ones.

BEST GASTRoNoMIC P l Ay G R o u N D

2014 California State Fair Brewers’ Festival: 3- 6 p.m. Saturday, July 19

There are many more demonstrations and competitions, as well as booths and exhibits at the Save Mart Supermarkets California Kitchen every day of the Fair. Find it inside the California Buidling and visit www.CAStateFair. org for a schedule of events.

Where: The Grandstands at the California State Fair Tickets: $15 wristbands in advance. Available at www.

CAStateFair.org or the Cal Expo Box Office. $20 wristbands day of event. $5 for designated drivers.

(Age 21 and over. Fair admission required)

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No matter how creeped out readers were by the short story “The Lottery,” its author Shirley Jackson probably wasn’t a murderer. Probably. Susan Scarf Merrell’s novel Shirley (Blue Rider Press, $25.95) does open up the possibility, though, taking two very real BOOK characters with very real foibles—Jackson and her husband, Stanley Edgar Hyman, a professor at Bennington College—and adding a fictional young married couple to their lives. In 1964, Fred and Rose Nemser come to stay with the pair. Fred’s a grad student working with Hyman, while the pregnant Rose spends her time with Jackson. As the heavy drinking—and in Jackson’s case, pill-popping—heats up, it becomes apparent that Jackson is upset by her husband’s womanizing. So is the missing coed just missing, or did Jackson kill her? Billed as a literary thriller, this is a fascinating book, but the real question is why bring real people—who had four children—into it?

—Kel Munger

Dangerously cool cocktail Mango soju cockTail If you’re jonesing for a great summer cocktail or just don’t like the taste of alcohol, check out the mango soju cocktail at Tako Korean BBQ. Soju is a Korean alcohol often made from rice, wheat, barley or other starches—and it tastes basically like the Korean version of vodka. In other words, it’s basically tasteless.

That’s the tricky thing about the mango soju cocktail: It has the consistency, coldness and DRINK flavor of a mango smoothie, but (danger alert!) there’s an undetermined amount of hard liquor in it. Thankfully, it pairs really well with Tako’s tacos.

—Jonathan Mendick

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—Rachel Leibrock

Bernice Bing wore many labels during her life: artist, activist, philosopher, feminist. So many ways to be pigeonholed, and yet FILM as a Chinese-American lesbian, Bing’s very existence rejected categorization and challenged deep-seated stereotypes and prejudices.

A new documentary, The Worlds of Bernice Bing, examines the late artist’s life and legacy. Born in San Francisco’s Chinatown district in 1936, Bing’s father died while in jail, and her waitress mother died when she was just 5. From there, Bing experienced a troubled childhood, moving from foster home to foster home. After high school, however, she used art as a means to a better life, activism and self-expression.

She received a scholarship to the California College of Arts and Crafts, where she studied with Richard Diebenkorn, the noted abstract expressionist painter. After college, Bing became well-known as an avant-garde artist and a fixture on the ’60s-era Beat movement.

Bing also helped establish San Francisco’s South of Market Cultural Center as a nonprofit and was a panelist on the National Endowment for the Arts Expansion Program.

Filmmaker Madeleine Lim directed the film, which was produced by the Asian American Women Artists Association and the Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project. The Crocker Art Museum will screen the documentary on Thursday, June 26, as part of its Pride Month program. Jen Banta Yoshida and Lenore Chinn, both of whom worked with Lim on the film, will be present for a post-screening Q-and-A. Free with museum admission ($5-$10), 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 26, at the Crocker Art Museum, 216 O Street; (916) 808-7000; www.crockerartmuseum.org.

—Rachel Leibrock

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Before my husband and I got married, sex was amazing. Now, he’s lazy. Either I’m on top, doing all the work, or I give him oral, and he falls asleep before reciprocating. He’s very defensive, so I need a strategy to bring this up in a way that won’t set him off. Any ideas?

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by Joey ga rcia has financial concerns related to your push for children. My a skj o ey @ n ewsreview.c om solution: Stop jumping up to go to the gym in the morning and linger in bed together.

Upend your highly scheduled lives and enjoy each other’s bodies in Joey the erotic, unexpected ways that is looking for praying you engaged in before marriage. mantises.

Don’t let ambition or a life plan erode sexual intimacy, or you may not have much of a marriage left to enjoy. Above all, don’t confuse laziness with exhaustion. Your husband is defensive, in part, because he’s trying to make you happy, and you’re still not satisfied (yes, I mean it both ways).

Don’t confuse laziness with exhaustion.

My co-workers often invite me to happy hour after work or to weekend events like wine tasting or Concerts in the Park. I usually say that I have plans already, even though it’s not true. It’s just that I would rather be at home doing nothing than out doing something. I recently realized that I’m actually lying. Would it be better to explain that my idea of work-life balance is just to chill at home when I’m not working?

You don’t have to justify to co-workers how you spend leisure time. It’s not kind to overexplain, either. So save your theory of work-life balance for a Tumblr post. Instead, if they invite you to grab drinks after work when you’d rather be home on the couch, say, “Aw, thanks! I have plans. Maybe next time?” Then wave cheerfully and add, “Have a blast!” That way, you are telling the truth, because you do have a plan. Resting at home is as valid an activity as warming a barstool.

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Every year my girlfriend’s family vacations together at their ranch.

The ranch is beautiful but in the middle of nowhere. After a few days, I feel trapped and start nitpicking. That inevitably leads to a fight. My girlfriend usually laughs it off, but her family gets wary.

How can I get through our vacation without fighting with her?

Go for long walks or bike rides alone. Read delicious books, take up acrylic painting, nap and watch films on your laptop. Your only real problem is an inability to manage the pressure of social interaction. So gift yourself with quiet time and solo activities. Use earplugs or headphones, if necessary. If you start nitpicking, admit it, apologize to your girlfriend, and ask for time alone. As you permit yourself the freedom to be yourself, the sense of being trapped will lessen. As it does, challenge yourself to spend more time with your girlfriend’s family. Try 10 minutes more, then 20 minutes and so on. During these extra chunks of time, find something sweet about the family members around you. Savor those characteristics until you are growing in love with each member of the family. At the end of this year’s vacation, or after a few more years of holidays, you will have matured into the kind of partner your girlfriend can trust around the people she loves. And that is a beautiful expression of your love for her. Ω

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Loved the production, had some problems with the story: That about sums up my thoughts on Maple & Vine, a dark fantasia of satire, nostalgia by Jim Carnes and melodrama now being performed at Capital Stage.

Katha (Stephanie Gularte) and Ryu (Wayne Lee) are a modern power couple. She is an editor at Random House, he’s an in-demand plastic surgeon who gives girls boobs and fixes noses. But they are unfulfilled, unable to get their lives back on track six months after a pregnancy ended tragically. Enter Dean (Jason Heil), a charismatic man from something called the SDO, the Society of Dynamic Obsolescence. It’s a community of 1950s re-enactors, people who choose to live today as if it were 1955, adhering to the clothing, language and mores of that time. There’s even an “authenticity committee” to ensure it.

Before long, Katha, now known as Kathy, and Ryu (despite their being a “mixedrace” couple) have joined Dean and his wife Ellen (Shannon Mahoney) in the nice neighborhood of SDO’s gated community.

Ryu is given a job in the box factory, but he senses something is a little off with the floor manager, Roger (Ryan Snyder). When he sees Roger and Dean together, he deduces— as the audience already has—the nature of their relationship.

The conceit of parallel universes in which the “past” coexists with the present is intriguing. But who you are is who you are, no matter when you are. The ’50s may have been a simpler time, but secrets and lies exist in all decades. Even when you’ve suspended disbelief, several plot points, when you think about them, become increasingly harder to believe. Also, how did the 1956 novel Peyton Place become the hot read of 1955 SDO? The real authenticity committee here is the cast and crew. You cannot fault the production. The actors are totally committed, inhabiting scenic designer Stephen C. Jones’ perfect

Music Circus kicked off this week—quite literally—with A Chorus Line, the classic 1979 inside look at the life of a Broadway dancer.

It’s directed by Stafford Arima, who helmed the excellent Music Circus 2007 production of A Little Night Music, and, more recently, the outstanding production of Spring Awakening at UC Davis last fall. A Chorus Line runs through June 29.

Mary Poppins, which makes its Music Circus debut this year as the second show in the series, ought to have families lining up like wannabe nannies for interviews with Mr. Banks.

Special $20 tickets for children ages 4-12 will make this production a particularly good way to introduce children to musical theater, and it should be great fun to see how the always creative California Musical Theatre producers make a woman drift through the air on an umbrella in their theater-in-the-round. Mary Poppins runs July 8-13.

One of the more serious of the Rodgers & Hammerstein canon, South Pacific, will be staged July 22-27. With familiar songs like “Some Enchanted Evening” and “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair,” the real heart is in the direct address of prejudice—and in the standard, “You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught.” This is one musical that truly deserves the sobriquet “classic.”

It’s followed by Brigadoon, a fantasy in which a pair of American tourists stumble into a Scottish town that only appears once every hundred years. Of course, there’s love, love lost, dancing—the Scottish sword dance is great fun—and a magical happy ending.

Brigadoon runs August 5-10.

And the rousing and racy La Cage aux Folles closes the season with an August 18-24 run. A popular play and film—in both the French version and the American adaptation, The Birdcage—La Cage is the now-familiar story of gay nightclub owner Georges and his “wife,” Albin. They’ve raised a wonderful son who’s about to marry the girl of his dreams— but, unfortunately, she’s the daughter of a conservative, right-wing politician. La Cage contains elements of traditional farce, but has its heart all over the true definition of family: They’re the people who love you as you are.

—Kel Munger Music Circus shows are at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday; 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Thursday; 7:30 p.m. Friday; 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sunday; $35-$65. Wells Fargo Pavilion, 1419 H Street; (916) 557-1999; www.californiamusicaltheatre.com.

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Shakespeare for kids Shakespeare was one of the wordiest writers who ever lived. His works are so linguistically complicated, they’re hard to understand sometimes—even for adults. So, how to get a kid interested in the Bard of Avon? At the A Midsummer Night’s Dream & Crystal Ice Cream Fantasy event at Fairytale Town, of course. At this A Midsummer Night’s Dream-themed event, kids are encouraged to dress up like fairies, enjoy all-you-can-eat ice cream, participate in hands-on activities, shop at an “enchanted” market and listen to music by Celtic rock band 1916.

There will also be performances of Pyramus and Thisbe (at 6 p.m., 7 p.m. and 8 p.m.) by Shakespeare Lite, the education and outreach limb of the Sacramento Shakespeare Festival, which presents condensed versions of the Bard’s plays to the Sacramento region. $15-$20 for adults; $5-$10 for children ages 2-12; 5 p.m. at Fairytale Town, 3901 Land Park Drive; (916) 808-7462; www.fairytaletown.org.

—Jonathan Mendick

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Writer-director Gillian Robespierre’s Obvious Child takes its title from the Paul Simon song, which makes a cameo appearance on the movie’s soundtrack. by Jim Lane Exactly what Simon’s song actually has to do with Robespierre’s story of a struggling stand-up comic who finds herself dumped, fired and pregnant (in that order) is hard to say; it could simply be that the movie’s heroine Donna Stern (Jenny Slate) has, even at the age of 28, some growing up to do.

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Donna’s regular job is as a clerk in a little Manhattan hole-in-the-wall bookstore, but her heart goes into her stand-up routines at a little hole-in-the-wall club. In fact, Donna seems to be living a hole-in-the-wall life. Her comedy is the kind that draws chuckles rather than laughs—and those come only because in such a small house nobody wants to risk standing out as the one who isn’t responding at all.

We first see Donna on the club’s tiny stage, making jokes about herself, her boyfriend Ryan (Paul Briganti) and their sex life. Then later, in the club’s unisex bathroom, as male and female patrons traipse in and out, Ryan breaks up with Donna, telling her that things have been “fucked up” between them for a long time, and that he’s been sleeping with a friend of hers. Getting dumped is bad enough; what makes it worse is Ryan’s staring at his smartphone during the whole conversation. “I don’t know where to look,” he tells her. Donna points at her face.

“This general area would be good.”

Donna’s best friend Nellie (Gaby Hoffmann) tells her she’s well rid of Ryan, but Donna doesn’t handle it well. She keeps calling him and leaving drunken voice mails wishing him luck with the HPV he’s getting from his new lover, then leaving even drunker voice mails apologizing for the voice mails she just left. Then her boss at the bookstore breaks the news that he’s lost his lease and has only a few weeks to pack up all the books and clear out.

Drunk again—or still drunk—she vents on the stage of her comedy club, in a routine that doesn’t even draw the polite chuckles she usually

gets, just a squirmy silence and averted eyes.

That’s the night she meets Max (Jake Lacy), a customer who showed up too late to catch her embarrassing herself onstage, which enables Donna and one of the other club comics, Joey (Gabe Liedman) to regale Max with tales of her triumph before he arrived. Donna and Max hit it off and hook up in a welter of drunken hilarity.

The next morning, hung over and rueful, she slinks out of his apartment without waking him.

When her period is a week late, Nellie grills her: Did she really have unprotected sex?

Donna isn’t sure: “I think I remember seeing a condom, but I’m not sure what it actually did.” Nothing, apparently: The test comes back positive, twice.

A visit to Planned Parenthood confirms it, and Donna decides to get an abortion. Meanwhile, to her astonishment, Max looks her up again, sober this time, and still interested. Donna’s interested, too, but there’s this awkward bit of news she has, and her life isn’t together enough for a moment ever to come up when she feels it’s the right time to tell him. Her divorced parents (Richard Kind, Polly Draper) are loving but little help; she can’t tell them, either.

Obvious Child has an earnest indie-movie sweetness that’s oddly winning, despite its unromantic crust of cheerful profanity. It’s pleasantly prickly and interesting, and Slate makes Donna’s slacker angst comical and touching by turns. At the same time, Robespierre can’t always conceal the formula she’s working from, one we know from slicker, more upscale studio rom-coms.

Obvious Child has an earnest indie-movie sweetness that’s oddly winning, despite its unromantic crust of cheerful profanity.

Hoffmann’s Nellie is little more than the standard wisecracking woman pal, while Liedman’s Joey is just another gay best friend from Central Casting. Briganti’s Ryan is a stereotypical ratbastard ex, and in many ways, Max is written to be no more than the anti-Ryan (Jake Lacy, like Slate, has an appealing presence that fills in the gaps written into the character).

There’s a raunchy, female Woody Allen-from-the-1970s vibe to Obvious Child that rings an overfamiliar bell. We’ve seen much of this before, but it goes down easily enough this time. Ω

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Alone Yet Not Alone

In 1755 Pennsylvania, two white girls are taken captive by Indians. This faithbased historical drama is—there’s no gentle way to say it—embarrassingly bad. It’s like a small-town amateur pageant staged by weekend French and Indian War re-enactors, with special guest appearances by local merchants masquerading as Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. Sluggish pacing (by directors Ray Bengston and George D. Escobar) fails to enliven the lurching, episodic story, and a cast of unsteady unknowns can do little with the terrible dialogue, heavy with exposition (“As you well know …”) and stupid anachronisms (“OK!” “No way!”). Written by Escobar and James Richards, from Tracy Leininger Craven’s novel (supposedly based on the true story of one of her ancestors). The meager budget is painfully obvious. J.L.

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How to Train Your Dragon 2

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

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Ida

Raised by nuns under the name of Anna, the meek teenage title character Ida (Agata Trzebuchowska) is prepared to take her vows as writer-director Pawel Pawlikowski’s film opens. She is first sent to visit her last living relative, a damaged woman who holds a disturbing family secret. Ida is an examination of complicity and forgiveness, but like Pawlikowski’s 2004 My Summer of Love, it’s also a coming-of-age story. Anna is making her first and possibly last entry into a world of temptation and corruption, and her commitment to a lifestyle of asceticism and blind faith is challenged. Pawlikowski has no problem committing to rigid asceticism, and while that monastic restraint is one of his strengths, it is also a weakness. For all of the film’s delicately structured character arcs and hushed visual poetry, Ida never completely connects, and Pawlikowski’s cinematic reserve often feels arid and passionless. D.B.

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Romance blossoms between two teenage cancer patients (Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort). Directed by Josh Boone and adapted

by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber from John Green’s wildly successful novel (124 weeks and counting on The New York Times Best Sellers list), the movie is Love Story for the 21st century—though that’s a bit unfair: Love Story—book and movie—was lousy. This one, book and movie, is artfully constructed— a dash of Holden Caulfield without the acid, enough character for good actors to sink their teeth into, yet generic enough to appeal to a maximum teen audience. It’s essentially a two-character show: Elgort is handsome and appealing, while Woodley continues her steady progress to stardom. J.L.

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For two decades now, from Little Odessa to Two Lovers to his latest effort The Immigrant, the films of director James Gray have held a tantalizing and barely unrealized promise. Telling the story of a fresh-off-the-boat Polish immigrant (Marion Cotillard) who falls in with a shady club promoter (Joaquin Phoenix, anachronistic and uncharacteristically one-dimensional) in early 20th century New York City, The Immigrant is classic almost-there Gray— solemnly pitched, lovingly mounted, emotionally cool and ultimately empty. The Immigrant is an interesting attempt to make a deliberately oldfashioned American epic, and the sepia-tinged images recall period-appropriate silent films as much as they do yellowed photographs. Gray carves away genre trappings to expose the small-time chintziness and chicanery at the heart of the American Dream, but what’s left is just a carcass of clichés, and the line between re-examining well-worn tropes and recycling them is practically nonexistent. D.B.

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The rise and fall of the 1960s singing group the Four Seasons, as directed by Clint Eastwood and written by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice (based on their Tony Award-winning jukebox musical). The movie could stand to be at least 20 minutes shorter, and there’s a pileup of endings in the last scenes. Also, it suffers from a Catch-22: Almost nobody who wasn’t there remembers or cares about the Four Seasons, while those who were will be annoyed by the movie’s many anachronisms and false notes in the period look. Still, the music is first-rate and the acting even better, including starmaking performances by John Lloyd Young as Frankie Valli and Vincent Piazza as Tommy DeVito. Erich Bergen and Michael Lomenda, also excellent, play the other two Seasons, and Christopher Walken adds heft as a benign mob boss. J.L.

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Locke

A British construction foreman (Tom Hardy) drives from Birmingham to London late one night, spending the entire drive on his hands-free cellphone trying to explain to his co-workers why he won’t be there for an important job the next day, to his wife and teenage sons why he won’t be home for dinner that night, and to a needy, neurotic woman in London that he’s on his way. An hour-and-ahalf in a car with a guy on the phone—it sounds like a crackbrained stunt, but writer-director Steven Knight pulls it off brilliantly, thanks to his own riveting script, the wonderful solo performance by Hardy, and those of the unseen voices on the phone: Ruth Wilson, Ben Daniels, Andrew Scott, Olivia Colman. Haris Zambarloukos’ cinematography, despite the confined quarters on one “set,” is almost abstractly beautiful. J.L.

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Maleficent

Disney’s 1959 Sleeping Beauty gets a do-over, this time from the viewpoint of the wicked fairy (Angelina Jolie). It turns out she’s the jilted girlfriend of King Stefan (Sharlto Copley), so it becomes the story of the revenge of a woman scorned. Writer Linda Woolverton’s feminist rewrite makes a hash of the animated original, and it doesn’t even make sense on its own terms. These revisionist fairy tales all tend to make the same mistake: The villain’s very wickedness is the reason he or she is so interesting.

Making them wronged or misunderstood can only diminish their dramatic power. J.L.

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The Rover

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

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

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It plays like a student project by a film-school slacker after OD-ing on Stanley Kubrick and marijuana. J.L.

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Think Like a Man Too

The couples from 2012’s Think Like a Man (Michael Ealy and Taraji P. Henson, Romany Malco and Meagan Good, Jerry Ferrara and Gabriel Union, Terrence Jenkins and Regina Hall) hit Las Vegas for a wedding, with pal Kevin Hart organizing the bachelor party and Jenkins’ character’s mother (Jenifer Lewis) taking command of the bride and bridesmaids.

Writers Keith Merryman and David A. Newman felt the need to write a sequel, but couldn’t come up with a story, so they recycled stale jokes from The Hangover, Last Vegas, etc., only cleaned up and toned down to preserve a PG-13 rating. Results are predictably lame and lamely predictable. Director Tim Story, as usual, is hopelessly lost, and the heavy lifting falls to the appealing cast, who all deserve better material. Here’s one thing that happened in Vegas and should have stayed there. J.L.

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Words and Pictures

As damaged private-school teachers who connect over a war between art and literature, Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche possess real chemistry in Fred Schepisi’s Words and Pictures. After a string of playing dewy-eyed duds and stone-faced actioners, Owen gets a chance to indulge in the sort of fiercely intelligent roguishness that forged his fame, and while Binoche successfully sells her character’s brittle selfdenial, she can also power a small town with the beams that emanate from her smiling face. Unfortunately, the dialectic about the relative “honesty” of words vs. pictures is never as smart or inspiring as Schepisi and screenwriter Gerald Di Pego would like us to think, and the terrain gets more and more sludgy as the film’s heart starts to warm.

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She works hard for the money Singer-songwriter Rebecca Peters juggles three jobs, Britney Spears, and angry chickens Rebecca Peters fondly remembers her earlier, stranger shows, booked via Craigslist. There was one on a farm, where wasps kept landing on the keyboard, by Janelle Bitker and she got paid in vegetables.

“You learn so much from the weird ones,” j a ne l l e b @ she says—such as how to best feed angry ne w s re v i e w . c o m chickens.

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Second-place winner Hans Eberbach gave her props after the show, and now Peters can sometimes be found onstage, giving his band Hans! and the Hot Mess spontaneous vocal support.

Similarly, Peters has found a valuable friend in local musician James Cavern. Their bluesy voices are showcased together on a gorgeous acoustic track, “Sorry,” released in 2012.

The band, the support, the gigs—it all happened fast, considering Peters just graduated from college last winter. Plus, she works three jobs—up to 70 hours a week—including two gigs as a restaurant server.

“Sometimes I feel like I have this void of creativity because I work so much and my brain is dead,” she says with a laugh.

It’s remarkable that she has time to perform at all, let alone rehearse with her band or write anything. She’s got a few songs that she hopes will eventually form an EP later this year.

Otherwise, Peters has a two-hour set list of covers. Cool covers.

“I definitely try to change them a lot and make them my own, so people can recognize me as an artist instead of a cover band,” she says.

“Toxic” is a favorite, as well as “Electric Feel” by MGMT, “House of the Rising Sun” by the Animals, and “All My Life” by K-Ci & JoJo. Yes, those songs are all from very different artists in very different genres and time periods, and that’s the point. Peters twists songs already atypical to the open-mic variety and gives them her soul-influenced, folk-rock treatment.

Remember, tip your entertainers well.

Rebecca Peters plays at 8 p.m. on Friday, June 27, at Shine, located at 1400 E Street. The cover is $5, and Clark Reese and Casey Groat are also on the bill. For more on Peters, visit www.facebook.com/ rebeccapetersmusic.

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Peters likes to say she’s been singing ever since she emerged from the womb. She was active in choir and musical theater in high school, but after she uprooted herself from Vacaville to attend Sacramento State University, she wasn’t sure how to book gigs. So she looked to Craigslist.

She still has to sift through the hundreds of “Nude Model Wanted” ads to find the occasional “Musician Wanted for Event” posts, but it’s less necessary these days. Peters has, at last, arrived on the Sacramento music scene.

After circling open-mics and acoustic cafe sets, Peters is excited to finally have a solid, experienced band behind her: guitarist Jayson Angove and bassist David Albertson, who are both in local rock band Humble Wolf, and drummer Kevin Prince, who also plays with Jeremy Briggs. They’ll play their third show together on Friday, June 27, at Shine.

Folks might recognize Peters from Access Sacramento’s Sacramento Has Talent competition earlier this year. She won one of two opencall slots and performed in front of hundreds at the historic Crest Theatre. In an elegant black dress, she spun Britney Spears’ hit “Toxic” into a fun, dynamic ballad.

Peters didn’t take home the top prize, but people definitely took notice—including those closest to her.

“I think it helped my family and friends believe in me a little more, to think music is an actual career goal instead of just a thing I do on the side,” Peters says.

“ It helped my family and friends believe in me a little more, to think music is an actual career goal instead of just a thing I do on the side.”

Rebecca Peters In addition to writing more music—and maybe quitting one of her jobs—Peters wants to go on a California tour by the end of the year. But she’ll continue to play acoustic sets around town, too; she likes the vulnerability too much to abandon the singer-songwriter lifestyle completely.

“My heart lies more in an acoustic sound, where you can embrace dynamics, where you can embrace the beauty and simplicity of music,” she says. “And in a selfish way, it lets my voice shine a little more.” Ω

Freedom overload and good ol’ American capitalism Amurica: I can’t imagine a better way to celebrate our fair country than dancing to some good ol’ Americana in the great outdoors.

Nature. Camping. Beer. Bluegrass.

It’s seriously all the best American stuff, and it’s all at the High Sierra Music Festival.

Time to start planning. Now in its 24th year, more than 50 musicians will play from Thursday, July 3, through Sunday, July 6, in Quincy.

It’s a family-friendly affair, equipped with kids’ activities and even nannies.

And programming extends far beyond normal music-festival stuff. There’s an organized lake trip, colorful parades, a little film festival, yoga and firedancing lessons.

I have, admittedly, never been to High Sierra before. But the lineup alone excites—overwhelms, even. Oh, America and your constant overabundance of choice!

Widespread Panic, STS9, Ms. Lauryn Hill and Beats Antique headline the festival, but the whole lineup is stacked with enticing bluegrass, rock and indie bands.

Bombino may be the most intriguing name on the list. He’s a Tuareg singer-songwriter from Agadez, Niger, and one of the most celebrated guitar players in Africa. His sound is bright, jammin’ and bluesy, with undeniably infectious rhythms.

He was raised at a time of violent, armed struggles for independence, and his music captures that rebellious spirit. He became the subject of a documentary, the 2010 film Agadez, the Music and the Rebellion. The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach became a fan and produced Bombino’s second record, 2013’s Nomad. Now he’s on an international tour.

But this festival is mostly rooted in, well, roots. I can’t wait to see the Carolina Chocolate Drops, the old-time string band from North Carolina.

Banjo, cello, fiddle, mandolin and a bunch of interesting percussive instruments meld together into a Grammy Award-winning sound reminiscent of 1920s jug bands. Check out its cover of Blu Cantrell’s “Hit ’Em Up Style,” which sounds so perfect that it ought to be the original.

And I’m looking forward to seeing the California Honeydrops again.

The Oakland-based, brass-heavy roots band with soulful vocals and a distinctly New Orleans style is always a party.

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Plus, alternative indie sounds from Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, chamber pop from Hey Marseilles, 12-piece postpop from Typhoon, melodious indie folk from Lord Huron and—oh my goodness—it’s just too much!

Tickets are available also in an overwhelming variety of options that are tailored to adults, teens and kids.

Visit www.highsierramusic.com for details.

See you in Quincy, if I can ever pick which stage to watch.

—Janelle Bitker

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Broken records: Heads up, my fellow music nerds, this weekend Capital Public Radio will host its annual Used Record & CD Sale. Yay. But, also boo: Turns out that after this outing, the sale will no longer be annual. As in, it will no longer exist. (Insert sad face here.)

So what’s the deal? In an article posted on CapRadio’s website, Dennis Newhall, the station’s sale coordinator and jazz host, explained it as a sign of the times. We live in an era in which people tend to download music rather than buy physical copies of it. Thus, there are fewer CDs and albums to donate.

“People are switching to digital and not buying physical media like they used to,” he said.

Kind of ironic considering that vinyl sales have actually increased in the last few years, and more and more, artists are releasing music in that format. I mean, you can buy Katyfreaking-Perry records on vinyl. If that won’t save the industry, what will?

Let’s enjoy this last hurrah while we can, OK? The sale takes place from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, June 27, and picks up again on Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and ends on Sunday, June 29, same hours as Saturday.

The Friday event costs $20, or $10 for CPR members. In addition to first dibs on low-priced goods (members save an additional 20 percent on items purchased), there will also be live music via Mick Martin and the Blues Rockers, as well as tastings from Amador Distillery and Silk Road Sodas, and food from Magpie Cafe. Admission on Saturday and Sunday is free (and CPR members still enjoy that generous discount). The sale happens at the Howe ’Bout Arden Shopping Center at 2100 Arden Way, Suite 172. For more information, visit www.capradio.org/recordsale.

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Sophia’s Thai Kitchen, 9:30 p.m., $5

Sacramento-based acoustic-guitar slinger Clark Reese writes some really eclectic indiefolk tunes, which he’s layered with backing INDIE FOLK vocals and percussion, yet somehow retains that simple, straight-to-the-point storytelling intimacy that has made folk music so relevant for so many generations. It’s earnest and emotional, but never heavy-handed. He’s like a lighthearted Bon Iver. Some of his songs also have a dash of that old-timey jazz swing, plus he’s got a great Ziggy Stardust-era Bowie vibrato in his voice. Rebecca Peters (see “She works hard for the money” by Janelle Bitker, SN&R Music, page 42) and Casey Groat open this evening of local music. 1400 E Street, www.facebook.com/clarkreeseband.

—Aaron Carnes

As a kid, Foxtails Brigade frontwoman Laura Weinbach’s dad used to have her repent for misdeeds by learning Billie Holiday and Astrid Gilberto songs from a cassette tape. Decades later, the San Franciscan’s become quite the songbird, trilling ethereal folk melodies alongside violinist Anton Patzner (a regular member of Bright Eyes’ touring act). Foxtails Brigade’s music is at once jaunty, eerie, nostalgic and futuristic—like an elf queen joined a hip, roving family band somewhere in a downtrodden Eastern European nation in INDIE FOLK the year 2020. The show opens with Elk Grove native So Much Light. 129 E Street, Suite E in Davis; http://foxtailsbrigadecom.ipage.com.

—Deena Drewis

Capitol Mall, 3 p.m., $39.50-$50 Despite our somewhat baffling inferiority complex, Sacramento’s churned out some huge rock groups over the years. This weekend, a handful of them are gathering together for one big show. Sactown Rocks, presented by 98 Rock (KRXQ 98.5 FM), brings ROCK together some of Sacramento’s best-known bands who’ve hit it big nationally: Tesla, Middle Class Rut (pictured) and Oleander. Completing the lineup are local favorites FallRise, SoulMotor, White Minorities, Riotmaker, Some Fear None, Hero’s Last Mission and Element of Soul.

Basically, it’s 10 local bands playing seven hours of music outdoors, with food and drink vendors and a beer garden. Yes: Sactown rocks, indeed. Capital Avenue and Fifth Street, www.sactownrocks.com.

Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub, 9:30 p.m., $9-$12 With the focus on Brazil as host of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the start of summer, and the Sacramento Republic FC selling out its home games and moving into a new stadium, the time is right for Santa Cruz’s SambaDá to bring its Afro-Brazilian funk sound to town.

The worldly backbeat and percussion have had feet tapping and hips swaying in New Orleans, in San Francisco at The Fillmore and the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, at the Houston International Festival, and in Santa Cruz’s Moe’s Alley. To celebrate the release of its new CD, the band will be joined by the Nibblers to rock Sacramento with some of the best groovin’ BRAZILIAN/FUNK dance music around. This is a 21-and-over show, so bring ID. 2708 J Street, www.sambada.com.

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Shine, 8 p.m., $5

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Future

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Witch Room, 8 p.m., $6

Third Space, 8 p.m., $6

Death Grips set the standard for angry, experimental hip-hop. Now more artists (including even Kanye West) are using industrial and noisy electronic sounds as part of their rap-beat repertoire. Los Angeles trio Clipping is one of the more daring groups in this new wave of noise-rap. But, rather than shouting out lyrics MC Ride style, Daveed D. Diggs spits verses with a laid-back flow. The beats are really weird and dissonant; instrumentally, they would make up some great avant-garde noise masterpieces. They’re HIP-HOP strikingly minimalistic and grating and contrast Diggs’ rhymes in a creative way. The trio is redefining what authentic hip-hop sounds like in our new tech-savvy world. 1815 19th Street, www.itsclippingbitch.com.

Ace of Spades, 7 p.m., $27-$75

The Memories, White Fang and Gnar Tapes all have one man in common: Erik Gage. He owns Gnar Tapes, a record label for casSTONER POP settes. And he’s the frontman for stonerpop bands the Memories and White Fang.

What else would you expect from a Portland, Ore.-based 20-something? The Memories is Gage’s newest band, and it’s all about girls, love and weed. Songs are playful, breezy and often less than two-minutes long. Subtlety, however, is not a strong suit. Just check out these titles: “Stoned Alone,” “I’m Not Going to Work Tomorrow” and, a personal favorite, “Took Drugs (Went Insane).” 946 Olive Drive in Davis, www.thememories.bandcamp.com.

—Janelle Bitker

Sleep Train Amphitheatre, 7 p.m., $43-$192

There’s a canny minimalism to Future’s sound.

The songs aren’t really narratives or even sketches. While his flow is punctuated with emphasis, he’s not what you’d call impassioned. And though there’s cleverness and wisdom in his raps, Future seems perfectly content queuing up simple bangers. Like Drake, there’s an understated romantic lead lurking in Future, but menace and drug dealing still figure, their violent aspect softened by his HIP-HOP narcotized lean and mechanical, Auto-tune gait. In April, he premiered his second official LP, Honest, with appearances by Kanye West, Drake, Pharrell Williams and André 3000. The songs pit his more straightforward, repetitive mannerisms against greater sonic sophistication.

1417 R Street, www.futurefreebandz.com.

—Aaron Carnes

For 41 years, Kiss has been touring and releasing a bevy of original material. The rock group has 28 gold albums, a record for an American rock band. While vocalistguitarist Paul Stanley and vocalist-bassist ROCK Gene Simmons are the only original members left, their drummer (Eric Singer) and lead guitarist (Tommy Thayer) are certainly no slouches. Expect to hear many of the band’s hit songs, including “Love Gun” and “Detroit Rock City,” paired with one or two not-so-popular tracks. Kiss has persevered many lineup changes—and even the deaths of drummer Eric Carr and guitarist Mark St. John—with the help of a loyal following. 2677 Forty Mile Road in Wheatland, www.kissonline.com.

—Eddie Jorgensen

—Chris Parker

Great Lawn, Nevada County Fairgrounds GRAND FIDDLER’S RALLY Saturday, June 21, 8pm Over 150 musicians, singers and dancers will take the stage for Alasdair Fraser’s fiddler rally.

THE FAB FOUR: THE ULTIMATE TRIBUTE Friday, June 27, 8pm “The best Beatles show in the world” LA Times A JOHN WILLIAMS SPECTACULAR Saturday, June 28, 8pm The MIM Orchestra and Chorus present an evening of Hollywood’s best soundtracks.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY USA Thursday, July 3, 8pm Celebrate the good ol’ U.S. of A. with music, picnics on the lawn, fly-over, color guard and more!

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BADLANDS

2003 K St., (916) 448-8790

Tipsy Thursdays, Top 40 deejay dancing, 9pm, call for cover

Fabulous and Gay Fridays, 9pm, call for cover

Saturday Boom, 9pm, call for cover

BAR 101

Karaoke, 7:30pm, no cover

DOWN THE HATCH, 9:30pm, no cover

BILLY MANZIK, 9:30pm, no cover

BLUE LAMP

1400 Alhambra, (916) 455-3400

RICHIE LEDREAGLE, ARANESA TURNER; 8pm, $10

CH 3, INFIRMITIES, RAD!, CRUDE STUDS; MOODIE BLACK, TRILLA TRE; 8pm, $7 8pm, call for cover

THE BOARDWALK

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101 Main St., Roseville; (916) 774-0505

9426 Greenback Ln., Orangevale; (916) 988-9247 94LEO RAPPIN; 8pm, $17-$20

THE COZMIC CAFÉ

Open-mic, 7:30pm, no cover

DIVE BAR

Deuling Pianos, 9pm, no cover

FACES

2000 K St., (916) 448-7798

FOX & GOOSE Hey local bands!

1001 R St., (916) 443-8825

CHICKEN & DUMPLING, CHELSEY HEIDENREICH; 8pm, no cover

G STREET WUNDERBAR

THE BUMPTET, 9pm, no cover

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

HALFTIME BAR & GRILL

5681 Lonetree Blvd., Rocklin; (916) 626-6366

HARLOW’S

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 6/30-7/2 TOUCHE AMORE, 6:30pm Tu, $15; AXE MURDER BOYZ, PRAY, OMEN; 6:30pm W

Sin Sunday, 8pm, call for cover

Mad Mondays, 9pm M Trivia, 6:30pm M, no cover

DEVIL’S BRIGADE, INTERRUPTERS, CITY OF VAIN; 8pm, $10-$12

Open-mic, 8pm M; MIC HOGG, COOL HANDZ LUKE; 8pm Tu, $5; Trivia, 8pm W

THUNDER COVER, 9pm, no cover

PACIFIC HAZE, 9pm Tu; NOAH CLARK & THE HOMEWRECKING CREW, 9pm W

Dragalicious, 9pm, $5

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

CALI VENDETTA, KALI STREETZ, NITTI BO, CHUCK DEEZLE; 8pm, $10-$15 RUTHIE FOSTER, 8pm, $25-$28

314 W. Main St., Grass Valley; (530) 274-8384 594 Main St., Placerville; (530) 642-8481

SUNDAY 6/29

ASHER ROTH, CHUCK INGLISH, M. BORN; 6:30pm, $15-$35

CENTER FOR THE ARTS

1022 K St., (916) 737-5999

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SATURDAY 6/28

CULTURA PROFETICA, MCKLOPEDIA, LA NOCHE OSKURA; 7pm, $20

1000 K St., (916) 832-4751

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FRIDAY 6/27

ASSEMBLY MUSIC HALL

CANCELIERRI, ERIK CHILDS; 8pm, $5

Deejay dance party, 8pm, $5

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

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

HANS & THE HOT MESS, ALEXANDRA & THE STARLIGHT BAND, XOCHITL; 9pm, $5

ADRIAN BELLUE, EGG; 9pm, $5

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

TRAGICALLY WHITE, 9pm-midnight, $5

SKID ROSES, 9pm-midnight, $5

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

SAMBADÁ, THE NIBBLERS; 9:30pm, $9-$12

2708 J St., (916) 441-4693

TEEFLII, AUGUST ALSINA, ADRIAN MARCEL; 9:30pm, $21

THE BROTHERS COMATOSE, THE DEFIBULATORS; 9pm, $15

LEVEL UP FOOD & LOUNGE

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

LUNA’S CAFÉ & JUICE BAR

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

RACHAEL SIMONE, HANNAH KILE, 8pm, $5

RICKY BERGER, DAVID HOUSTON, ADRIAN BOURGEOIS; 8pm, $6

MARILYN’S ON K

WOLFGANG VEGA, HIDDEN EMPIRE, BANDMASTER RUCKUS; 8pm, $5

NORTH BOUND TRAIN, 9pm, call for cover

HOLLYWOOD TEXAS BLUES, HONYOCK, RED UNION BLUE; 9pm, $7

Marilyn’s Talent Showcase, 6pm-midnight, no cover

Karaoke, 9pm M; NAUTICAL NATION, MARRY ME BAND; 8pm Tu, $5

MIDTOWN BARFLY

Panik: deejay dancing w/ Angels of Kaos, DJ Billy Lane, 9pm-3am, call for cover 9pm-2am, $5

Gothic, industrial, EBM, ’80s, synthpop dancing, 9pm-2am, $3-$5

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

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

NAKED LOUNGE DOWNTOWN

HIGH ALIVE, CALLING TEMPO, STEREO ECSTACY; 8:30pm, $5

FRONTIER, JILT VS JONAH; 8:30pm, $5

2431 J St., (916) 448-8768

1414 16th St., (916) 441-3931 908 K St., (916) 446-4361 1119 21st St., (916) 549-2779 1111 H St., (916) 443-1927

HELLBOUND GLORY, 7pm, $10-$12 Hip-hop and R&B deejay dancing, 9:16pm Tu, no cover

TIM LITHUIM, GENE CHOWDER, KEVIN SECONDS, RUSS RANKIN; 8:30pm, $8

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

Jazz session, 8pm M, no cover

1000 K Street, Sacramento, CA 95814

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SATURDAY 6/28

OLD IRONSIDES

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

FOXTAIL, DIVISION MEN, HOPE RIOT; 8:30pm, $8

MR. HOOPER, THE KLAY, THE TIPSY HUSTLERS; 9pm, $6

BLOOD PARTY, THE INTUITION, ZERO CLIENT; 9pm, $5

ON THE Y

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

EXTIRPATE, ASTRAL CULT, ANIMISM, DIRE PERIL; 9pm, $7

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

Open-mic comedy, 9pm, no cover

BILL SCHOLER BLUES BAND, MIKE HENDERSON; 8pm, $15

CHUCK PROPHET, 7:30pm, $20

670 Fulton Ave., (916) 487-3731

THE PALMS PLAYHOUSE

13 Main St., Winters; (530) 795-1825

PARLARE EURO LOUNGE

Top 40, 9pm, no cover

1009 10th St., (916) 448-8960

PINS N STRIKES

3443 Laguna Blvd., Elk Grove; (916) 226-2625

SUNDAY 6/29

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 6/30-7/2 Karaoke w/ Sac City Entertainment, 9pm Tu, no cover; Open-mic, 9pm W, no cover

Top 40, Mashups, 9pm, no cover

DJ Club mixes, 10pm, no cover

Deejay dancing, 9pm, $10

ALL-4-ONE, TONY TERRY, MERCY ME; 4pm, $20

Karaoke, 9pm Tu, no cover

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ACES UP, 10pm, call for cover

CHEESEBALLS, 10pm, call for cover

SUPERLICIOUS, 10pm, call for cover

SHARI PUORTO, 3pm, call for cover

SNOW WHITE SMILE, SP!NE, ORIGIN ALIVE; 8pm-midnight W, $5

THE PRESS CLUB

DJ Missy Mark, 9pm, no cover

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

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

Sunday Night Soul Party, 9pm, $5

FUZZ KUFFS, NEW LUNGS; 9pm M, $6; ARMED FOR APOCALYPSE, MDL; 9pm W

SHADY LADY SALOON

AFTERLIFE, 9pm, no cover

ELEMENT BRASS BAND, 9pm, no cover

GOLDEN CADILLACS, 9pm, no cover

THE MG4, 9pm, no cover

HARLEY WHITE, JR., 9pm W, no cover

SOL COLLECTIVE

FATBOOK, THE TENDER SENDERS, MANDEEP SETHI, WISECHILD; 8pm, $7

SOPHIA’S THAI KITCHEN

YOGOMAN BURNING BAND, BIG STICKY MESS; 9pm, $5

614 Sutter St., Folsom; (916) 355-8586 2030 P St., (916) 444-7914 1409 R St., (916) 231-9121

2574 21st St., (916) 832-0916 129 E St., Davis; (530) 758-4333

STARLITE LOUNGE

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

STONEY INN/ROCKIN’ RODEO 1320 Del Paso Blvd., (916) 927-6023

BUCK FORD PURE COUNTRY BAND, 8pm, $5

SWABBIES

5871 Garden Hwy, (916) 920-8088

FOXTAILS BRIGADE, 9pm, $5 BELLYGUNNER, JOSH COOK & THE KEY OF NOW; 9pm, call for cover

ROCK THE DUB, 9pm, call for cover

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

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

Country dance party, 8pm, no cover

TAKE OUT, 6pm, $5

AUTO REPLAY, 5pm, $5

MUMBO GUMBO, 3pm, $10 Blues jam, 4pm, no cover; BIG STICKY MESS, 8pm, $5

TORCH CLUB

X TRIO, 5pm, no cover; SHARI PUORTO BAND, 9pm, $6

PAILER AND FRATIS, 5:30-7:30pm, no cover; BLACK MARKET III, 9pm, $8

JOHNNY GUITAR KNOX, 5:30pm, no cover; DENNIS JONES, 9pm, $8

WITCH ROOM

YOUNG WIDOWS, WHITE REAPER; 9pm, call for cover

PURE X, GEDDES GENGRAS; 8pm, $10

DRAZTIC MUSIC, SAN QUINN; 7pm, $20

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

All-4-One with Tony Terry and Mercy Me 4pm Saturday, $20.

Pins N Strikes R&B and pop

Ballroom dancing with Jim Truesdale, 6:30pm W, no cover

THE J BAND, HANS AND THE HOT MESS; 7pm Tu; Karaoke, 9pm W Comedy open-mic, 8pm M; Bluebird Lounge open-mic, 5pm Tu, no cover

LEW FRATIS, 8pm Tu, $5; Open-mic, 5:30pm W; HOT CITY JAZZ, 9pm W, $5

Ruthie Foster 8pm Saturday, $25-$28.

Center for the Arts Soul and blues

CLIPPING, VANKMEN; 8pm M, $6; THE TRASHIES, LIFE STINKS, RAD!; 8pm W, $5

All ages, all the time ACE OF SPADES

SOULFLY, DAMAGE OVER TIME; 6:30pm, $18

1417 R St., (916) 448-3300

SHINE

THE STUFF, NAUTICAL NATION; 8pm, $5

1400 E St., (916) 551-1400

SWON BROTHERS, 7pm M, $15

CLARK REESE, REBECCA PETERS, CASEY GROAT; 8pm, $5

GILLIAN UNDERWOOD, JAMES ISRAEL, JOHN GRUBER, CANCELLIERI; 8pm, $5

Open-mic poetry and acoustic performance, 7:30pm W; Jazz jam, 8pm Tu

ace of spades

1417 R Street, Sacramento, 95814 www.aceofspadessac.com

All Ages Welcome!

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tuesday, july 22

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wednesday, july 23

wednesday, july 16

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07/27 Soulfly

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thursday, july 24

thursday, july 17

moonshine bandits

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09/06 Tribal Seeds

dry Country drinkers

friday, july 18

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friday, july 25

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10/28 Airborne Toxic Event

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10/29 Colt Ford

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—Fee Fah The World Cup is a thrilling international event, so I would suggest strains related to the particular countries in each match. For instance, in Algeria vs. Russia, you could try a nice Mediterranean-style hashish or kief, alongside some sort of Russian ruderalis-derived plant like Lowryder. When Ghana plays Portugal, go for one of those old-school African landrace strains like BEALUM Malawi Gold or Durban Poison (yes, I know Ghana

by NGAIO isn’t anywhere near Malawi or South Africa. Work with me on this). When the Netherlands has a match, smoke some Dutch Treat or maybe some Amnesia ask420@newsreview.com Haze, which is a supertasty strain from the legendary Dutch grower Soma Seeds. When USA plays, you have a veritable cornucopia of options, including Trainwreck, Chemdawg and Willie Nelson. The possibilities are endless. It will be great when cannabis is legal all over the world and we can have a Weed World Cup to go with the futbol World Cup. Is weed still winning? Can we get an update?

—Willie Wonder Yes weed can! Marijuana is once again doing well all over the world: Jamaica is set to decriminalize cannabis this year. People will be allowed to possess small amounts and smoke in private locations. Infractions will result in a fine or community service. Hell yes.

New York is set to become the 23rd state to Oregon activists have allow the use of medical gathered more than marijuana. The law is still and can be canceled 100,000 signatures to strict by the governor at any time, place a recreational but it is a step in the right direction. Woot, woot. legalization measure Oregon activists have gathered more than 100,000 on the 2014 ballot. signatures to place a recreational legalization measure on the 2014 ballot. The Oregon American Civil Liberties Union has given support to the campaign, and if the measure passes, Oregonians will be allowed to possess up to 8 ounces and grow four plants. Aw yeah.

California is still treading water. There is a bill working its way through the Legislature. We will see what happens. Come on, Cali. Get it together.

Hillary Clinton, who many expect to be the Ngaio Bealum is a Sacramento Democratic Party’s nominee for president in 2016, comedian, activist expressed support for medical marijuana in a recent and marijuana expert. interview on CNN, saying, “I think we need to be very Email him questions clear about the benefits of marijuana use for medicinal at ask420@ newsreview.com. purposes. I don’t think we’ve done enough research yet, although I think for people who are in extreme medical conditions and who have anecdotal evidence that it works, there should be availability under appropriate circumstances.” Clinton also said she was adopting a “wait and see” attitude on recreational use.

Speaking of Colorado, tax revenues are up, and murder rates are down. Coincidence? You be the judge.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): According

to an astrologer named Astrolocherry (http://astrolocherry.com), Aries is the sign of the freedom fighter, the explorer, the daredevil and the adventurer. That’s all true, I agree with her. But here’s an important caveat: As you get older, it’s your duty to harness all that hot energy on behalf of the softer, slower, more tender parts of your life. The coming weeks will offer you a great opportunity to work on that challenge. To get started, imagine how you can be a freedom fighter, explorer, daredevil and adventurer in service to your home, family and community.

thorough, detailed, painstaking analysis of the astrological omens, I’m inclined to advise you to be neither thorough nor detailed nor painstaking in the coming days.

Instead, I suspect you will thrive by being spontaneous and improvisatory. Wing it, baby! Throw away the script. Trust your gut. Play it by ear. Make it up as you go along. If you find yourself frowning with indecision and beset by lazy procrastination, you will know you’re off course. If you are feeling blithe and agile as you get a lot done with creative efficiency, you will know you’re right in the groove.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Be

respectful to your superiors, if you have any,” said American writer Mark Twain.

How do you respond to that impish nudge, Scorpio? Are there any geniuses and heroes out there whom you consider to be worthy of your respect? If not, I urge you to go out in search of some. At this phase of your evolution, you are in special need of people who inspire you with their greatness. It’s crucial for you to learn from teachers and role models who are further along than you are in their mastery of the game of life. I also believe it would be healing for you to feel waves of admiration and reverence.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.

21): “Everyone has something to hide,” declared Russian author Anton Chekhov.

Is that true? Do even you blunt Sagittarians have something to hide? I’m going to say that for 90 percent of you, the answer is yes. There are secrets you don’t want anyone to find out about: past events you are reluctant to disclose or shady deeds you are getting away with now or taboo thoughts you want to keep sealed away from public knowledge. I’m not here to scold you about them or to encourage you to spill them. On the contrary, I say it’s time to bring them fully into your conscious awareness, to honor their importance to your life story, and to acknowledge their power to captivate your imagination.

Japanese word “tsundoku” describes what happens if you buy a lot of books but never read them, leaving them piled up in a neglected heap. I recommend that you avoid indulging in tsundoku any time soon, Gemini. In fact, I urge you not to acquire any resources that you then proceed to ignore. You are in a phase of your astrological cycle when it’s crucial to make conscientious use of your tools and riches. To let them go to waste would be to dishonor them and make it less likely that you will continue to receive their blessings in the future. Take full advantage of what’s yours.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): If you

could harness the energy from a typical lightning bolt, you would be able to use it to toast 100,000 slices of bread. That’s an impossible scenario, of course. But I see it as an apt metaphor for the challenge you have ahead of you. I suspect you will soon get access to a massive influx of vital force that arrives in a relatively short time. Can you find a way to gather it in and store it up? Or will most of it, after the initial burst, leak away and be unavailable for long-term use? The secret to success will lie in whether you can figure out how to create the perfect “container.”

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

German chemist named Felix Hoffmann had a prominent role in synthesizing two very different drugs: aspirin and heroin.

In analyzing your astrological omens for the coming months, I see you as having a similar potential. You could create good stuff that will have the power to help and heal, or you could generate borderline stuff that will lead to a lot of problems, or you could do both. How it all plays out really is up to your free will. For best results, set your intention to go in the direction of things like aspirin and away from things like heroin.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Forget the suf-

fering / You caused others. / Forget the suffering / Others caused you.” Czeslaw Milosz wrote these words in his poem “Forget,” and now I’m passing them on to you. According to my reading of the astrological omens, now would be an excellent time for you to purge the old hurts you are still carrying, both those you dealt out and those you endured. Opportunities like this don’t come along often, Leo. I invite you to repay emotional debts, declare amnesty and engage in an orgy of forgiveness. Any other things you can think of that will help wipe the slate clean?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): When a

Navajo baby laughs for the first time, everyone in the community celebrates.

It’s regarded as the moment when the child completes his or her transition from the spirit realm into the physical world.

The person who has provoked the baby’s laughter is charged with planning the First Laugh Ceremony, a party to commemorate the magical event. I foresee a comparable development in your life, Virgo. You won’t be laughing for the first time, of course, but I suspect your sense of humor will reach a new ripeness. How? Maybe you will be able to find amusement in things you have always taken too seriously. Maybe you will suddenly have a deeper appreciation for life’s ongoing cosmic jokes. Or perhaps you will stumble upon reasons to laugh longer and harder and louder than you ever have before.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Would you

like to be free from the experience of getting criticized? Do you think it might be nice if no one ever accused you of being wrong or offtrack? If so, here’s how you should proceed, says American

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writer Elbert Hubbard: “[D]o nothing, say nothing, be nothing.” But I’m afraid I can’t recommend that behavior for you, Libra.

In the coming weeks, you have a sacred duty to your future self to risk being controversial. I urge you to take strong stands, speak raw truths and show your real feelings. Yes, you may attract flak.

You might disturb the peace. But that will be an acceptable price to pay for the rewards you receive. This is one time when being courageous is more important than seeking harmony.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): After a

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): This is

a good time to risk a small leap of faith, but not a sprawling vault over a yawning abyss. Feel free and easy about exploring the outer borders of familiar territory, but be cautious about the prospect of wandering into the deep, dark unknown. Be willing to entertain stimulating new ideas but not cracked notions that have little evidence to back them up. Your task is to shake up the status quo just enough to invigorate everyone’s emotional intelligence, even as you take care not to unleash an upheaval that makes everyone crazy.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): British

poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) had an unusual fetish. He enjoyed eating apples and pears and other fruits while they were still hanging on the tree. Why? Maybe because the taste was as pure and brisk and naked as it could possibly be—an experience that I imagine would be important to a romantic poet like him. In accordance with your astrological omens, I suggest you use Coleridge’s quest for ultimate freshness as a driving metaphor in the coming week. Go to the source to get what you need. Dispense with intermediaries. Be as raw as the law allows.

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Pool patrol This summer, the city of Sacramento is opening 16 pools, including play, wading and full-size pools (www. tinyurl.com/sacpools has the full list). If you’ve never been to a public pool, here’s the scene: Everything smells like sunscreen, kids scream and splash each other in play pools, and lifeguards gaze upon the whole area with a laserlike focus. Ian Myles started out as a junior lifeguard in the summer of 2009, and he’s returned to the job every summer, making his way up the ranks to become senior lifeguard and assistant manager at various pools. This year, he’s pool manager at the Pannell Meadowview Recreational Pool (2450 Meadowview Road). He told SN&R about his experience as a lifeguard over the past five summers.

Is it safe to pee in the pools?

It’s safe [because of] how the chemicals work, and [the filters] in the pump room.

There’s enough chlorine and there’s enough acid that’s regulating the pools to really keep the water clean. Our maintenance personnel, they’re in every day to make sure the pool is ready and safe to open. [They] ensure that the chlorine is high and the acidity is high enough, so that when kids pee in the pool, it’s fine. It happens all the time.

Does urine change the water color?

That’s one of those pool things that you hear about and you see in movies. We don’t have the blue chemical that turns the water blue when kids pee. That’s a funny joke, but we don’t have that. [At] my pool specifically, they have these four really big massive filters that circulate the water continuously.

How big is your pool?

It’s big enough to hold 538 people.

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We have a slide out there that just got touched up and hasn’t been open for four to five years. So it’s going to be a big summer having that open again.

We’re expecting to have capacity ... if not sometime next week, when it starts to get hotter. Last summer when I worked there, we hit capacity on several occasions. So, it’s a pretty large facility. In fact, it’s the largest city pool that we have.

What was lifeguard training like?

I was a good swimmer, but the [Sacramento Lifeguard] Academy forced me to be a better swimmer. The swim test I didn’t have a problem with, except for treading [water with] a brick. We had a brick we had to tread with … [and] I didn’t pass the swim test because of that brick. … So I definitely made a point that I was

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And I did, and I passed. But every successive year, we retest.

Describe the correct technique to tread water with a brick.

[You’re supposed to use] an eggbeater kick, and I used to flutter kick. And that would just keep me straight up and down, and that would just make me sink. You have to hold the brick and keep the brick halfway out of the water line for a whole minute. You hold it right up and down, and it gives you more leeway. It was always a bunch of fun, and that was something I was always look forward to every summer, passing that brick test.

Have you ever had to save someone’s life?

Yes, I’ve had to jump in one time. I was working preseason, and I had a kid that thought he could jump off the diving board and go in, and he wasn’t very comfortable. So by the time he gets in, he starts the signs of actively drowning, so I had to jump in and get him.

Geez, scary.

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It’s a great feeling. All the training pays off, and you’re not too nervous to do your job. So I jumped in and got him, and there were no problems there.

After that, I had an incident where I was managing, and we had a girl who was allergic to [wasps] at the pool, and she got stung several times. So, at that point, you’re incident commander: You’re in command of the situation, and you have to make sure that the pool is cleared and the guards know how to respond to the patron who is hurt. And we did all of that. The catch was that she didn’t have an EpiPen with her, so that made our job a lot more difficult.

She was outside [of the pool facility] and there was a wasp nest, and they got her pretty good. So her friends came in and told us. We go out there, and sure enough, she was going into shock, and we [gave her] oxygen. And at that point, a nurse happened to be there at the facility, and that kind of helped calm her down, which was great for us. We just kind of waited until paramedics came, and she was fine. She came back to swim a few days after that. I said, “Hey, are you doing all right?” And she said, “Yeah, I’m good.” So all is well. That was the most stressful situation I’ve had. Other than that, I’ve been very fortunate to have safe summers with the city. Ω

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