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Say what, Sac County?!

During the recession, Sacramento County slashed funding for things like mental-health services and emergency homeless shelters. Since then, nonprofits and faith-based groups have stepped up in a big way. They’ve expanded operations and kickstarted winter-shelter programs during the frigid, dangerous months to live outdoors. I didn’t agree with the county’s budget priorities, but I accepted the dire reality.

But someone please explain to me how the county’s latest move makes any damn sense at all: Recently, the county announced a plan to make it harder for churches and nonprofits to take care of those most in need. On Tuesday, supervisors were scheduled to approve a code update that would restrict the number of homeless people that a church, synagogue or mosque could house at a time, and the number of times a year they could offer shelter.

Currently, there are no limits.

That’s right: Someone on county staff—perhaps County Executive Officer Brad Hudson, loafing on his swanky office furniture—actually thought to themselves, “Oh, those darn churches, taking homeless people in at night during the cold, that’s no good. We can’t have that.

We need to crack down on that.”

Needless to say, faith-based leaders and advocates for lowincome Sacramentans lost it. They fired off letters to the supervisors and mobilized.

On Monday night, the county announced it had “deferred” its vote on the plan. Staff is going to reach out to the community, hold a forum with homelessness nonprofit Sacramento Steps Forward, and revisit the idea in a month.

Good. It’s obviously going to take at least that much time to pull their heads out of their asses.

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My favorite show would have to be The Ellen [DeGeneres] Show. She is so funny and kind, so watching her really helps me relax, relieve stress and have fun after class. Ellen always has great guests on the show, so I can look forward to who she will bring on set each episode.

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Re “Affordable housing in Sacramento’s urban core� by Jeff vonKaenel (SN&R Greenlight, September 25): I would like to say something: Midtown is gentrified, get over it.

We, the people with money, like it here and we are staying. The way the world works is that those with the money make the rules. I hear so much complaining about how we ruined Midtown, blah blah blah. We didn’t ruin it, we took it over. If you don’t like it or can’t afford it, you can LETTER OF move. This is free-market capitalism. Because we don’t THE WEEK want you here if you can’t keep up. Don’t like the new boutique that opened up? We don’t care. Rent gotten too high for you? Then move. You obviously can’t afford to live around us. We set the rules. You can choose to adapt or you can leave. To put it any other way would be to candycoat it. That is a waste of time.

Sorry if you poorer Midtown residents feel cheated or like something was taken away from you, but that’s how it is. It happens in life.

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Supporters say Proposition 46 will curb prescriptiondrug addiction and regulate docs. Critics argue the ballot measure is flawed policy that overreaches.

On October 26, 2003, a driver who was high on several prescription drugs crashed onto by a Northern California sidewalk, killing Sam Levin 10-year-old Troy Pack and his 7-year-old sister, Alana. The driver, Jimena Barreto, who was ultimately convicted of murder, had received thousands of painkillers from multiple doctors at the same hospital. The prescribing physicians had apparently failed to review Barreto’s history of using pain meds or verify whether her symptoms were legitimate.

Since that tragedy, Troy and Alana’s father, Bob Pack, has been fighting to block so-called “doctor shoppers” like Barreto from obtaining prescription drugs from numerous physicians at the same time.

Pack has been working on several initiatives, including helping the state build an electronic database that catalogs narcotic prescriptions issued to patients. Created in 2009, the system allows doctors to check a patient’s prescription history before giving out pain meds.

While the database—called the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System, or CURES—could go a long way in limiting unnecessary and dangerous prescriptions, only about 8 percent of doctors in California use it, according to Pack. Proposition 46, one of the most controversial statewide ballot initiatives this year, would change that by requiring all doctors to sign up for CURES and check the database before prescribing some of the most addictive narcotics.

“I’m concerned about innocent people like my children being killed by a doctor shopper,” said Pack, who authored Prop. 46. “This would have a huge impact on cutting down doctor shopping and reckless prescribing.”

But this is only one part of the ballot measure, which is facing steep opposition from a diverse and well-financed coalition, led by the California Medical Association. Prop. 46 would also increase the cap on pain-and-suffering damages in medical malpractice cases from $250,000 to $1.1 million.

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The third and perhaps most controversial part of the measure, especially for civil libertarians, is the requirement that all doctors in California undergo random drug testing.

Civil-rights advocates argue that the physician drug-testing program would be unprecedented, overly broad and a clear violation of doctors’ privacy rights. And so while the mandatory use of CURES could go a long way in curbing prescription drug abuse and overdoses by doctor shoppers—a cause that may resonate with many California voters, given the current narcotics epidemic—the provision to force doctors to undergo drug tests could prompt many liberals to vote against the measure.

“This reflects a very dated, drug-war mentality that many voters are ready to reject,” said Natasha Minsker, associate director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California. “Speaking to people about the initiative, we have found that voters are very concerned ... about random, suspicionless drug testing.”

The irony is that proponents of the initiative say they added the drug-testing provision to the measure because they thought it would make the package of doctor-accountability reforms more appealing to voters. Pack said the idea of drug testing physicians attracted significant support in focus groups. “In L.A. and Northern California, many people thought doctors were already drug tested. ... Everybody really thinks this is where it should go,” he said. He said that, according to the internal surveys conducted by the Prop. 46 campaign, 76 percent of likely voters support random drug tests for doctors.

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If Prop. 46 passes, California would become the first state to require random alcohol and drug tests for doctors, with a program that proponents said mirrors the testing that happens for pilots, bus drivers and firefighters. Under the proposed system, when a doctor tests positive, the Medical Board of California would be required to immediately suspend his or her license and launch an investigation. If the board determines that the doctor was impaired while on duty, it would then discipline the doctor. The board would also be required to take disciplinary action if a doctor refused to comply with a drug test.

Prop. 46 also requires that doctors report other doctors suspected of drug or alcohol impairment.

If Proposition 46 passes, California would become the first state to require random alcohol and drug tests for doctors.

“If there’s an adverse event, you have to return in 12 hours, or you are presumed negligent,” said Richard Thorp, president of the California Medical Association. In some cases, he noted, an adverse event may not come to light for days or even weeks after a patient received care. That means that a drug test would not reveal anything about whether the doctor in question was under the influence while on duty. It could also be difficult for doctors to provide immediate urine samples if they are traveling or on vacation, he said.

Under this part of the measure, doctors could have their licenses suspended simply because they did not submit to a drug test in the 12-hour period. “It is so overreaching and so draconian,” Thorp said. “This isn’t an effective way to do this, and the reason is, this was just hastily thrown together by proponents of the ballot measure.”

Minsker of the ACLU noted that the drug-testing program could easily yield positive tests from legitimately prescribed drugs or marijuana that a doctor uses outside of work. “There are not enough protections here in terms of opportunity for due process for the doctors,” she said.

“The initiative creates a presumption of negligence. ... If somebody tests positive, lawyers are invited to go sue them immediately.”

The Prop. 46 backers contend that there is an epidemic of doctors practicing while high, citing a 14-year-old report from the Medical Board of California, which said—based on a study of the board’s diversion program for physicians with substance-abuse problems—that 18 percent of California doctors will abuse alcohol or drugs in their lifetime. Ω

In addition, the measure would establish mandatory drug tests in the case of so-called “adverse events.” That term refers to a wide variety of medical errors, including administering an incorrect medication leading to a fatality or serious disability.

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Burkholder and business partner Terry Carroll, publisher of the Folsom-based Style magazine, arranged to buy the patent off Koughan when the inventor moved to Idaho, Burkholder said.

But with no official interest from Sacramento schools, it could be a while before the start-up duo makes enough scratch to do that.

The pair’s sales pitch isn’t subtle. On the same day that school shootings were reported in Kentucky and North Carolina, Burkholder emailed a press release to “remind the media” that Classroom Secure could help prevent such tragedies. A promotional video on the company’s website goes further, depicting a faceless gunman turning away from a classroom only after a math teacher latches his door using the device.

But the company’s invention likely wouldn’t have prevented last week’s shootings in Kentucky and North Carolina. Both incidents derived from altercations between individual students that occurred outside of classrooms, according to media reports.

The rapid-lock system probably wouldn’t have saved LaCara, either,

as his assailant entered the Louisiana Schnell Elementary School principal’s office before the shooting occurred.

Yuba City High School has a version of the devices in its portable classrooms. Principal Martin Ramirez didn’t know whether they originated from Classroom Secure during its testing phase, as Burkholder claimed, but did praise their effectiveness. “We’re talking a second to pull the lever,” he said.

To Ramirez’s recollection, the devices hadn’t been used during emergency situations.

Individuals have nominated nine schools—four in the San Juan Unified School District—to enter into an arrangement that would result in the security devices being installed for free. Classroom Secure requests at least three nominations per school before it will create a Kickstarter campaign to raise the money to install the devices by a bonded contractor, which runs about $115 apiece, or $13,500 to install the devices in 100 doors. As of October 7, the only school with two nominations was Genevieve Didion Elementary School in the Sacramento City Unified School District.

The company also needs school cooperation to spread word about the fundraising campaigns and permit installation. For a time, Burkholder couldn’t get any schools to return his calls or emails. “We’re trying to do something,” he groaned.

Reached by phone last Friday, Didion principal Norm Policar said he hadn’t heard of the company, but was intrigued by its offer and would check out the website. “I’d like to know more about it,” he said.

Policar added that any emails from Burkholder might have ended up in his spam folder, along with other sales pitches.

At least one nominated school isn’t interested. On Monday, Bella Vista High School principal Peggy Haskins emailed Burkholder and SN&R to say her classrooms already had “top market mechanical locks” that lock from the inside, “so it would not be a big advantage to us to switch to your product.” Ω

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Independent fire district reels from accusations as election nears An embattled fire district in southern Sacramento County is stumbling toward a potentially game-changing by November election, even as quesRaheem F. Hosseini tions about its future and financial health loom. ra heemh@ The Herald Fire Protection newsre view.c om District has resembled a smoldering island ever since the county’s grand jury called out its culture of secret meetings, hidden funds and bullying directors back in July.

said Supervisor Don Nottoli, whose district includes Herald.

“It sounds like they’re intimidating people in grocery stores,” added Supervisor Susan Peters, speaking to complaints of harassment by district officials.

The district has accepted much of the criticism leveled at it, albeit with caveats. In its seven-page response to the grand jury—approved during a special meeting on September 29—the IllustratIon by brIan breneman

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The jury’s findings prompted several top-level departures and have provided plenty of fuel in the campaign for two open seats on the district’s board of directors.

“There’s an unbelievable amount of petty politics going on there,” said Don Siegalkoff, a rancher and former school-board member who started paying attention six months ago. “It just didn’t smell right.”

Siegalkoff is one of five people running for the board in the small, rural town of Herald. He joins engineer Don A. Claunch, firefighter Brian L. Hurlbut, retiree Terry Lee and attorney Timothy Reinarts.

The 68-year-old district has remained independent even as a similarly small fire district in Galt consolidated with the Cosumnes Community Services District in recent years.

Siegalkoff and Hurlbut fear their district is headed for a similar fate under current management—and they’re not alone. Last month, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors fretted over abuses that might be occurring due to lacking external control.

“If they keep going down this [road], they’re going to put the financial security of this district at risk,”

A management sscandal has embroiled a small, mostly volunteer fire district in Herald, which is less than a month away from a board election.

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Among those fingered for blame were the district’s longtime auditor, former fire chief and his top assistant, all now gone. Even the county and recently resigned directors were cited as reasons some fixes haven’t been implemented.

Director Kevin Austin left in July for health reasons unrelated to the jury’s criticism. In August, the remaining board reportedly strongarmed Chief Chris McGranahan into resigning during closed session, following allegations that he ogled nude photos on the job and emailed them to employees.

McGranahan’s defenders claim he was unfairly proffered as a fall guy. “I believe it was totally illegal,” Hurlbut said of the chief’s ouster.

Administrative assistant Michelle Patwell and directors Dell Primasing and Dennis Johnson all followed the exited chief, vacating their positions while pointing fingers at the two directors they left behind.

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directors Lance Newhall and Stephen Stigelmayer in his resignation letter with pressuring him into votes, and for blaming McGranahan for an off-thebooks checking account created before his hire.

In recent weeks, Newhall and Stigelmeyer handpicked an interim chief and filled two board vacancies with their own appointees, often hatching these and other important decisions in meetings closed to the public, say candidates Siegalkoff and Hurlbut.

“Our group is tired of it,” Siegalkoff told SN&R. “We just want to have a good fire department, where it’s what you know, not who you know.”

Time may be running out.

The district’s board recently approved an approximately $1.1 million budget for its 2014-15 fiscal year that could potentially drain its entire savings and leave it near insolvency. “They have nothing to fall back on,” said county finance director Julie Valverde.

While the total budget figure is in line with previous years’ amounts, Valverde identified curiously large expenditure spikes in three categories: services and supplies, retiree costs and contingency costs.

The district anticipates spending $46,000 on contingencies alone this year, compared with nothing in previous years.

“It sounds like they’re intimidating people in grocery stores.”

County Supervisor Susan Peters County officials are arranging a financial audit, but stress that it will be limited in scope and unlikely to delve into any of the deeper management problems that the grand jury and local critics have identified.

For Supervisor Peters, who witnessed similar shenanigans at the Rio Linda/Elverta Community Water District while serving on a regional council, reform could take several years and multiple election cycles.

“Our fear is the district won’t be there in two years to make a difference,” replied Siegalkoff. Ω

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Halted Transcendence While Sacramento buzzed all weekend about TBD Fest, another inaugural gathering was being broken apart: Transcendence Festival.

City police shut down the three-day festival at Camp Pollock on Saturday night, citing fire code violations and permit issues.

Police spokeswoman Officer Michele Gigante said about 700 to 800 people were dispersed peacefully by Sunday morning.

Transcendence was the first-time effort of James Kapicka, a former Folsom yoga studio owner who previously helped organize the Lucidity Festival, a sort of small-scale Burning Man that ran in Santa Barbara for two years.

Kapicka said that Camp Pollock provided him with permits, but that police didn’t recognize those permits upon arrival.

He announced the shut-down on the event’s Facebook page Saturday and defended the festival’s legality: “The team that worked so hard to bring this event to you made sure that all the T’s were crossed and the I’s dotted … we are saddened that local law enforcement felt it necessary to cancel the event, but this was not due to any error on our part.”

Typically, a festival producer would need to apply for entertainment permits through the city of Sacramento. The city would then contact the fire department to inspect the festival site, ensure there are safe entrances and exits, and make other recommendations.

None of that happened, according to Sacramento Fire Department spokesman Roberto Padilla. “No one in the department even knew about this,” he said. (Janelle Bitker)

Everyday hunger More than 175,000 Sacramento County residents turned to food banks and other emergency food providers last year to fill their cupboards and their stomachs, according to a new report released by California Emergency Foodlink.

That figure translates to approximately 12 percent of the county’s total population, Census data shows, providing yet another indicator that, in a growing number of middle-class neighborhoods, the haves and have-nots can no longer be differentiated.

“The results of this study show us that the face of hunger in Sacramento is one we might recognize,” Foodlink president and CEO John Healey said in a release accompanying the report. “Many of our neighbors who are seeking food assistance have jobs, raise families, work towards education and struggle with health problems, like all of us.”

According to the report—the latest in a series of quadrennial surveys of American food-bank clients and workers—95 percent of Sacramento County client households resided in homes and apartments, not in shelters or on the street. An estimated 79 percent of local client households pulled in an annual income of $20,000 or less.

Survey responses in the report indicate that many food-bank clients sought out assistance only after making other sacrifices. Two-thirds of households chose between buying food and affording medical care at least once in the previous year, while 62 percent chose between groceries and paying their rent or mortgage.

Nineteen percent of respondents said they had experienced a foreclosure or eviction in the past five years.

“Too often, our clients also have to make difficult trade-offs to get enough food for their families,” Healey added.

Based in Sacramento, Foodlink bills itself as the largest food bank in the nation. It participated in the “Hunger in America 2014” report, conducted by independent research firm the Urban Institute for Feeding America, a network of food banks around the country. (Raheem F. Hosseini)

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The Seattle Times reported this week that the city’s 52-year-old, former Supersonics home KeyArena made more money last year than it did when it had the NBA in town.

What?! But Scorekeeper thought we needed a new arena to turn a profit and seduce big touring bands like Rihanna and Kanye, both of whom played “The Key” last year?

Last Wednesday, the Yes on Measure L team raised more money in a day than the “L No” contingent has during the entire campaign—raking in donations from Sacramento Republic FC owner Kevin Nagle and the widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. Yes on Measure L raised more than $486,000 through September. All that money—Scorekeeper wonders what these donors might possibly want in return?

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Measure L would leave Sacramento with the weakest ethics-review committee of any major California city You might have caught SN&R publisher Jeff vonKaenel’s interview with Mayor Kevin Johnson in last week’s issue. Typically, it’s the job of reporters and editors, not newspaper owners, to interview politicians for print. But perhaps Johnson is just more comfortable talking to a CEO. Whatever, the boss-on-boss Q-and-A action was revealing.

Like when K.J. bragged on the Think Big ARVIN organization he created to generate support

by COSMO G for a publicly funded Kings arena. “I would cos mog@ n ewsrev iew.c om like to see Think Big on the inside, and that to me is the more strategic way of getting things done,” said K.J. to JVK. Meaning, he wants Think Big inside City Hall.

Think Big is a private nonprofit corporation, one of several that Johnson created to solicit big donations from business interests, and then use that money to boost K.J.’s political brand and promote a shared policy agenda.

Think Big did actually operate out of Johnson’s offices in City Hall for a while, using city interns and fellows as free labor. But Sacramento City Manager John Shirey gave Think Big the boot, saying it “never should have been allowed” to occupy City Hall and use public resources. “The people who are here need to be engaged in city work. Those nonprofit organizations cannot be using city resources unless they are sanctioned by the city council,” he explained.

So now, Johnson sees Measure L as a way to embed K.J. Inc. further into the public bureaucracy. And who will tell him no? Not the city manager. Not if he wants to keep his job.

Measure L backers talk a lot about “transparency” and “accountability.” Well, around the time Shirey was showing Think Big the door, Bites interviewed K.J.’s lawyer, Fred Hiestand, about the lack of public disclosure of funding and spending at the mayor’s various quasi-public nonprofits.

“There are a lot of nosy people, the K.J. haters, who have nothing better to do than to ask for more than the law requires,” Hiestand said. “But we have no plans to deviate from what the law requires.”

So yes, let’s bring that inside City Hall. You can almost taste the transparency and accountability already.

Measure L backers argue that Sacramento ought to

be more like other large California cities. Bigger cities have strong mayor, so Sacramento should, too.

What they never ever tell you is that those other cities also have much stronger institutions to enforce campaign-finance and ethics rules, something Measure L’s authors left out of their version of strong mayor.

Yes, Measure L has language requiring the city council to pass legislation to create an “ethics committee” to review and monitor the city’s ethics code.

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The ethics committee is in there to give the illusion of balance and public vetting. But in fact, it’s a cheap imitation of ethics commissions at work in San Francisco, San Diego, San Jose, Los Angeles and Oakland.

The main difference between a committee and a commission is the power to enforce the rules. The San Francisco Ethics Commission can subpoena records when conducting its audits and investigations. The commissions in Los Angeles and San Diego have the power to levy fines against elected officials and candidates who violate political-ethics and campaign-finance rules.

In San Jose, which doesn’t even have a strong-mayor system at all, the ethics commission can also take enforcement action against ethics violators. In Oakland, the ethics commission is comparatively weak. A San Francisco Chronicle columnist recently complained of the Oakland commission that, “It’s languished for 18 years as a largely forgotten, underfunded, powerless branch of city government.”

Let’s bring that inside City Hall.

You can almost taste the transparency and accountability already.

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But it turns out that this November 4, Oakland voters will weigh in on a ballot measure to significantly strengthen their ethics commission, giving it power to enforce campaignfinance, lobbying and conflict-of-interest laws, among other rules, and substantially increasing its budget.

To use a favorite word among strong-mayor boosters, Sacramento’s extremely weak ethics committee will make it an “outlier” among California’s major cities.

That is assuming we get an ethics committee at all. Johnson could easily veto anything the council proposes, with little fear of being overturned. And the current city council is simply not going to create a strong ethics committee anyway. In fact, Bites can pretty much guarantee that you’ll never hear the words “ethics committee” out of this council again, once Measure L is defeated. Instead, it’s going to be up to groups like Common Cause and the League of Women Voters to write real ethics reform and put it on the ballot. Hopefully they’ll do it, and voters will approve the same kinds of anti-corruption protections other big California cities have in place.

Bites should mention that there is one large California city without an ethics commission: Fresno. So if you want to be more like Fresno, you’re good to go with Measure L. Ω

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Forgiveness Proposition 47 will reduce many felony convictions to misdemeanors

The sermon was on forgiveness. First United Methodist Church minister Don Lee told us that Jesus asked us to forgive our sinning brother “not just seven times, but 70 times seven times.” Then, Lee started preaching about some really big forgiveness numbers. Numbers of biblical proportions: Proposition 47, The Safe Neighborhood and Schools Act, on the November ballot.

Prop. 47 would change felony convictions for petty property crimes and nonviolent drug possessions to simple misdemeanors, in most cases. It would do this retroactively. Hundreds of thousands l

by JeFF VonKaene of Californians would be able to update their criminal records, reducing their felony convictions to misdej e ffv @n e wsr e v ie w.c o m meanors. This reclassification would remove many employment and housing barriers for convicted felons.

And 10,000 people in prison for nonviolent property and drug possession felonies would be eligible to be considered for re-sentencing to misdemeanors. Prop. 47 would also reduce future sentencing. The end result: fewer Californians in prison.

Over the last 25 years, Californians have passed over 1,000 new crime laws, many of which expanded what constituted a felony, as well as increasing the length of prison terms. From 1991 to 2009, there a 51 percent increase in the In the past 30 years, was length of sentences, resulting California has built in more than 132,000 people languishing in overcrowded one university and California prisons in 2012.

Prop. 47 is not just about 22 prisons. forgiveness.

It is also about money. It costs $62,396 per year to keep someone locked up. Our state tab for prisons is $10 billion. Since the tough-on-crime bills did not include tax increases to pay for themselves, the additional expense came out of the general fund. This meant cutting other programs such as schools and public health to pay for prisons.

To learn more The numbers are obscene. In the past 30 years, California about both has built one university and 22 prisons. Corrections spendsides of the ing is 80 percent higher than spending on California State Proposition 47 argument, go to Universities and University of California colleges combined. www.safetyand From 2009 to 2012, California cut 21 percent from mentalschools.com health services (more than $586 million). (in favor) and Prop. 47 would take much of the savings from reduced www.california state prisoner counts, estimated to be around $200 million policechiefs.org (against). a year, and move that to K-12 schools (25 percent), victim services (10 percent) and mental-health and drug-treatment services (65 percent).

While Jesus has not taken a stand on Prop. 47, and while Jeff vonKaenel Lee only asked his congregation to consider it, Prop. 47 is the president, has considerable religious support. Locally, the Sacramento CEO and Area Congregations Together is phoning voters asking majority owner of the News & Review them to support the measure. Sacramento Catholic Bishop newspapers in Jamie Soto, speaking as president of the California Catholic Sacramento, Council representing all 12 dioceses, came out with a strong Chico and Reno. message in support of Prop. 47. The initiative has also received endorsements from our own Darrell Steinberg, labor and education organizations, and even such unlikely supporters as Newt Gingrich.

Now, while I am not sure I am ready to forgive my brother 70 times seven times, I am ready to vote once on November 4 to forgive hundreds of thousands of them. I encourage you to join me. Ω

THIS MODERN WORLD

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No on Measure L Mayor Kevin Johnson, powerful local business interests and developers, and even out-of-town billionaires like Michael Bloomberg and Steve Jobs’ widow want you to vote for Measure L. That’s some pressure. But has this Yes on L contingent made its case? Do we really need to grant our current and future mayors unprecedented new power?

Measure L critics say this is all about the powerful wanting even more. The “L No” team argues that the system is working great now—and better than it has in years. That there are healthy checks-and-balances between Johnson and city council. And Johnson’s pet projects still get done (such as the arena, which passed even though Sacto’s never been able to greenlight a public subsidy for a sports complex in its history).

The Yes on L team agrees, actually, too. But things could be better, they contend.

We say things would be worse if Measure L passes.

Our city council of today, the one that keeps our visionary mayor in check? Forget it. Under Measure L, the mayor would be able to line-item veto the budget, reject any council votes and drive the agenda.

The mayor would no longer attend council meetings or vote on items, and would be working on issues behind the scenes, with even less public access—unless maybe you can afford a donation to grab the mayor’s attention. The mayor would be able to fire the current city manager—you know, the guy who brokered the arena deal—and Why take a system essentially command the hiringthat both sides and-firing of many staff. And, in what many view as a ridiculous agree is “working oversight, Measure L would allow great” and introduce only eight members on council— hello tie votes! this mess?

Why take a system that both sides agree is “working great” and introduce this mess?

And that’s the least of it: Measure L could be dangerous.

During his first six years in office, Johnson has demonstrated that he doesn’t really care about transparency in government. He created a handful of private groups and nonprofits outside City Hall that raise millions of dollars in “behests” or donations. This money is not disclosed and the public does not know how it’s spent. For those instances where we discover the donors, many of them—such as the Kings and the Walton family, which owns Walmart—have business in front of council. But the mayor never recused himself when voting on issues that involve these businesses. He’s told SN&R he doesn’t see the conflict of interest. He’s not accountable.

The mayor’s wife, Michelle Rhee, said at a recent strong-mayor forum in Oak Park that sometimes her husband has to work “outside the system” to get things done. Under Measure L, and as Johnson told SN&R in last week’s Q-and-A, he wants to take these private groups and their secret money and bring them inside City Hall.

Is this the Sacramento we want? A place where a strong mayor takes money from rich folk and none of us know the better? Where private groups with undisclosed members and hush-hush budgets operate inside the mayoral office?

Measure L isn’t about more jobs, a grown-up city or an efficient government. It’s about money and power for the already rich and powerful. And that’s a no vote every time. Ω

Pastor’s homeless stunt courts publicity It’s not surprising that Capital Christian Center’s Senior just a few. These writers have already given us Pastor Rick Cole decided a publicity stunt was the inside story of people who—unlike Cole— by the best way to help Sacramento’s homeless didn’t choose to hit the streets.

Kel Munger population. That’s how megachurches get to be No, this little stunt is about something else. megachurches, after all: lots of publicity.

But what?

But despite Cole’s stated intention of raising If it’s about being homeless, Cole might money for the city’s winter shelter program, skip the new camping gear and congregational which is a very deserving cause, this is really all backup. Homeless people sleep rough. about Cole. After all, it’s his face and story in And if it’s about spiritual enlightenment, the Sacramento Bee and on TV news. well, the media coverage pretty much killed that.

Kel Munger is an SN&R There’s an insufferBut if this is about selfcontributor and an able privilege in the sort promotion in the guise of adjunct professor of There’s an of humanitarian tourism altruism, he’s got that just journalism at American about right. insufferable River College. Follow her that drives people to @KelMunger. “live homeless,” whether Instead of seeking headlines, privilege in the sort for a night or a couple Cole might have simply petiof humanitarian of weeks. (Exhibit A: tioned his audience to donate Gubernatorial candidate to the winter shelter. Then he tourism that Neel Kashkari’s attempt might turn his attention to the drives people to to make himself over as systemic problems associated Tom Joad and establish with homelessness in this “live homeless.” his compassionateregion: inadequate mentalAn online version of this conservative bona fides.) health services, an overwhelmessay can be found at It misses the point. Homelessness is such a ing problem with substance abuse, and growing www.newsreview.com/ despairing and desperate condition for people income inequality. sacramento/ Or perhaps a man of his influence could pageburner/blogs. precisely because there’s no end in sight.

And it’s not as if we don’t know about inspire his congregants to ask why we’re holding Sacramento’s homeless population. In addition fundraisers for public shelters at the same time to William T. Vollmann’s brilliant first-person that we’re subsidizing professional sports teams. account in Harper’s Magazine, we’ve also had But, you know, those issues aren’t nearly as top-notch reporting in this paper from Dave photogenic as the Rev. Cole with a backpack, Kempa, Nick Miller and R.V. Scheide, to name headed out to sleep on the streets—voluntarily.Ω BEFORE

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916 Ink is an arts-based literacy nonprofit in Sacramento that holds workshops to turn kids into published authors via teams of trained volunteers who work in schools, libraries, nonprofits and detention facilities. The group, which works with students ages 4-18, makes it its mission to empower students in the Sacramento region with creative writing. Since its inception in 2011, 916 Ink has published more than 1,000 young people in 36 different publications. Learn more at www.916ink.org.

Members of 916 Ink’s M.I.C.’ed Up! workshop will read at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 14, at the Brickhouse Gallery, 2837 36th Street. No cover.

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Words shape ideas. Words give voice.

Words are power.

The people at 916 Ink understand this—it’s just one reason the arts-based literacy nonprofit teaches writing workshops for Sacramento-area students. It’s also why they put their students’ words to paper, regularly publishing books of collected works and hosting literary readings to share those words with an audience.

One such anthology, The Enchanted Noise of Crooked Names, came out of the result of the M.I.C.’ed Up! program, led by local poets Marichal Brown and Vincent Kobelt. The book features prose and poetry from sevenththrough 12th-grade boys and young men of color from the south Sacramento area. In all, more than 50 students participated with funding provided by the California Endowment’s Building Healthy Communities initiative.

Workshop members will read their poetry on Tuesday, October 14, at the Brickhouse Gallery.

The writings took shape over the course of several months earlier this spring as the students met regularly at various schools, the Oak Park Community Center and the Brickhouse Gallery. The workshop’s curriculum, according to Brown, was “created around the language of hip-hop.”

Or, as he writes in the book’s introduction: “The plan [was] to introduce the youth to poetry through the way of hip-hop ... [which] plays a major part in the lives of young people of color throughout our global community.”

Many of the students had never written poetry before but, says Kobelt, the students embraced their assignments with passion.

“The word is our medium and what the word is—when it hits the page—is art and sound, joined together to express thoughts and concepts, to communicate meaning and understanding,” he says. “We write then to express ourselves and to get a glimpse of whom we are and we read to relate to others

“Untitled” but what’s missing in this picture is my own twin brother a clone, my mamas gut was me and his home but home killed my bro which left me alone “im sorry that the world will never get to meet ya” God said shake it off so when I was young I had a seizure cautiously watched while going to bed always thought something’s missing but that explains the hole in my head its birth defects born with bad penmanship, they say im disabled write like a baby, this pens meant for me to cradle he said “bro im not gone’ make it the way” as my mom screams to God don’t take him away

he touched her cheek and said “im still your child but im on my way to peace Issa needs you now he’s in this world to make you proud” that’s why im standing on this stage spittin poems loud premature born 4 pounds just out of 14 ounce… wow they say small things come in big packs they never said It causes damage to ya mamas back that’s not the fact the fact that it’s a wrap… literally with umbilical cord around his neck all because we was kickin see, we was kickin because it was a race to see our mamas face but too much energy through the chords was sparkin out of place but hes dead because we was kickin so if that’s the case then my boys asked if we was gonna “kick It” today

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PERSONAL HERO : Ashanti Jackson, my big brother, because he stays motivated and is always a person I can go to when things really bother me.

WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO : Teach the world through words and lyrics.

I said “nah tryin out for soccer teams never worked” I got cut scared to kick it if all shoes was called kicks I’d wear socks theres a reason why I don’t kick in a fight that’s why I box and ill be DAMNED if somebody told me to leave scratch that if they told me to “kick rocks” as an infant I was hooked up to more wires than a cable box it took a while for me to come home still struggling to live as he rest his body under a tombstone theres a reason with the four pounds he carried It stands for…

Lifeless Before Sanctuary and its love when they got hope for you but even hope don’t got room cause then there wasn’t hope for two

and to get understanding of the numerous relationships that people are engaged in.”

916 Ink founder and executive director Katie McCleary explains it this way: “Young men of color often suffer from a variety of injustices, including disproportionate poverty rates, school suspension and expulsion rates, poor health outcomes, and incarceration rates,” she says. “At the end of the day, the act of writing, and reading, creates empathy.”

Following are poems from seven M.I.C.’ed Up! participants, all exclusive to SN&R. With topics touching on family, ambitions, personal expectations and relationships, they’re at once powerful and personal, political and provocative, deeply honest, musical and moving.

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AGE : 17 SECRET TALENT : I was the school mascot last year. I also can act a

my older brother stayed focused dude im missing one so you could kinda understand why im so close to you but divorce caused a rage so im taming a beast angered inside of me I used to snap more than a crowd watchin a poetry piece

my family separated leaving me stuck with bullshhhhhh that’s constipation all im tryna say is everybody has a story so tell it the right way get a pad and a pen and you could write away and all I gotta say is I got a father 3 sisters a bro and a mother but whats missing in this picture is my own twin brother.

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I got a father, 3 sisters, a bro, and a mother

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ELSTON HARDIN AGE: 15 SECRET TALENT: I can hold my

breath for one minute and 30 seconds.

IDEA OF PERFECT HAPPINESS:

Sitting on my front porch on a cloudy day.

PERSONAL HERO: My mom, because she’s always encouraged me to be the best I can be and then some.

WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO:

Write more books!

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“ e l b Ta AT THIS

At this table I learned to talk.

I learned to listen and forgive.

To hate and appreciate what I have, have had, and don’t have.

At this table I have a family.

A joking, kidding, hurt-but-nowhealing, broken-but-nowmending family.

People I care about yet don’t really know.

I wonder If they care too.

At this table I learned a lot of things, that will make a grown man scream or an actor skip a scene.

At this table I found a new family for a while.

At this table our voices are heard.

They can be shared and not stared at like outlaws.

At this table we grow, we blossom, we become the unthinkable.

At this table we stand and fight for what we truly believe in.

At this table we take the yes and destroy the no.

I mean we really beat the H-E-doublehockey-sticks out of no, and make him say yes.

We are warriors at this table.

We are leaders, humans, with our own voices and it’s time to lead our future generation.

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my “InLIFE

TIME

In my lifetime, I have seen many things.

From hatred, prejudice, to Obama, the American Dream.

I have seen Hip Hop take over and soldiers die at war.

Gangs kill each other, Oscar Grant die at the hands of another, the news never a bore.

I have prayed so hard, my poor little knees are sore!

I did not see nor hear, the ’60s and ’70s anthem, Black Power.

I did see the outcome of Hurricane Katrina, and the falling of the Towers.

RODNEY “RORO” BROWN

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AGE: 12 SECRET TALENT: Poetry.

IDEA OF PERFECT HAPPINESS: Family.

PERSONAL HERO: Barack Obama, because he was

the first black president and he leads people.

WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO: Go into engineering because I enjoy math and dealing with angles.

Born way after the ’80s AIDS epidemic, the inner city crack epidemic. Even though the other day I witnessed a 17 year old’s reaction, to being born with crack in his system.

The other day I saw a man with no arms, and one leg in the store.

I listened as he explained how he lost it in the Iraq War. The part I didn’t get was this, he’s a Veteran; America is his home, but he was broke and homeless.

I’ve seen racial

tensions, I’ve seen the economy fall quickly, I’ve seen families fall apart after the elderly fall sickly.

I’ve seen Murder, Mayhem, Corruption, and Scooby Doo through the T.V. But I will not fall, because I see Family.

Thank you Family, thank you for GOD. As in those famous words, I Have a Dream.

In my 12 years of Lifetime… you can only imagine What I Have Seen!

LEA’ON ABBOT AGE: 13 SECRET TALENT: Playing video games.

IDEA OF PERFECT HAPPINESS: Chilling and talking out

your problems.

PERSONAL HERO: My dad, because most parents would let

their kids do whatever they want, but he helps me with my homework and works out any problems I have.

WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO: Join the Marine Corps because my uncle was in the Army and my dad was in the Army and I want to be a Marine and break that line of Army men.

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” R E NG

I’m like a rapper that snaps like candy wrapper. I’m like math; I’m wondering how many times I filled the bath.

I’m like cash that is smashed and stashed.

I’m like digital camo ready to hide so nobody knows.

I’m like a puppet in a show although that’s really all you need to know.

KARTIK SINGH AGE: 12 SECRET TALENT: I draw things in nature and play the piano.

IDEA OF PERFECT HAPPINESS: Making others happy.

PERSONAL HERO: My dad, because he takes me everywhere and gets me

anything I want.

WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO: Be an engineer because I like building stuff.

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I AM Poem

I am a kind, loving, young, big, silly brother.

I wonder if I will grow?

I hear people talking at home.

I see people sad and happy everywhere I go.

I want my life to be simpler.

I am a kind, loving, young, big, silly brother.

I pretend I am an engineer at home.

I feel protected by my friends, family, and teachers.

I touch bags filled with tons of candy, I worry that I might die.

I cry when someone dies.

I am a kind, loving, young, big, silly brother.

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I understand I am annoying.

I say everyone is something.

I try to be brave when I am in the dark.

I dream to be someone special.

I hope to be a kind loving son to my parents.

I am a kind, loving, young, big, silly brother.

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SIMRANJEET BENIPAL AGE: 17 SECRET TALENT: To

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IDEA OF PERFECT HAPPINESS: Making

AGE: 17 SECRET TALENT: Writing! Especially

my family happy, being healthy and studying hard.

poetry and prose. I can string together words into a rhythmic pattern.

IDEA OF PERFECT HAPPINESS: A comfortable lifestyle with a well-paying career that highlights my talent, plus a modern family in the suburbs.

PERSONAL HERO: Vsauce, a YouTuber who educates and entertains his audience on common and uncommon worldly issues.

WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO: Be an entertainer and a businessman and an educator. I want the ability to interact socially with others and provide a venue of excitement, wonder and individuality.

PERSONAL HERO:

Hrithik Roshan. When I was a child I used to watch his movies and he’s pretty well built, and during my teenage years I chose to get in shape and I found him inspiring.

WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO: Be success-

ful, happily married, and live with no regrets.

“Rare”

“Enlightened” Hear the world through my ears Smell the world through my nose Taste the world through my tongue Allow the euphoria to wash over like waves on the beach calm and refined a butterfly in the rain a snowflake in the summer.

Glazed eyes, acute mind standing in a crowd yet nowhere to be found Everyday...

Oppression of lies Revelation of truth Dawn of night and dusk of day Lips of the mute Pencil loquacious

Respectively ambiguous Yet, delirious Somehow taken serious Emotions written are furious Enlightened Open mind is curious Rationality and technicalities Spell the world’s reality Taketh thy hand Capture scribe truly grand An internal play A soliloquy Such is the meaning of poetry.

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I once thought thee an everlasting high.

Like a bird, I thought, I am free.

Yet I stand wondering, remaining shy, if thou art the problem or me.

Similar interests. Similar ambitions. Ideal.

Millions, strike that, billions of targets, fling thy dart.

So many options, my heart she did steal.

Hated past in hopes of a new start.

Move on, move on, they say, to other fish. Not personable just lean.

As I look on, for another rare fish in the bay to the end of the horizons, no match is seen.

As long as I am here, I will wait.

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STRENGTH IN NUMBERS The Sacramento Regional Coalition for Tolerance aims to address and prevent hate crimes and bullying

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Their shooters were never apprehended, which meant that, technically, officials couldn’t classify the killings as a hate crime. But since the men, both of whom were Sikhs, wore turbans and long beards, many in the community suspected the killings were racially motivated. In the wake of 9/11, after all, Sikhs have increasingly become the victims of numerous hate crimes directed at Muslims.

After the shootings, members of the Elk Grove community came together to denounce the incident and mourn with the victims’ families. It also marked one of the first times the Sacramento Regional Coalition for Tolerance offered its support and resources, too.

The group had formed several months earlier when Susie Wong, board member of the Sacramento chapter of OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates, and Susan McKee, district director at Senate President pro tem Darrell Steinberg’s office, realized something had to be done to address repeat occurrences of hate crimes in the area. According to a report from the Criminal Justice Statistics Center, incidents of hate crimes in Sacramento County had jumped from 44 offenses in 2009 to 54 in 2010.

“All these different civil rights and social justice organizations wanted to help when they would see a hate crime occur in somebody else’s community,” says Wong. “It was obvious that we’d have a much bigger impact and be able to support each other if an incident happened.”

As part of National Bullying Prevention Month, the group, which meets quarterly and attends funerals of those who are victims of hate crimes, will host its second annual Youth Rally Against Bullying on Saturday, October 11, at the Capitol. With speakers, various cultural performers and information booths, the event aims to educate the public about bullying and hate crimes.

The two are closely intertwined, says Wong.

“We see hate crimes and see bullying among youth that eventually can actually become very vicious,” says Wong.

And sometimes very, very dangerous.

After the firebombings of three local Jewish synagogues in the summer of 1999, the murder of a gay couple in Redding, and then two more firebombings—one of a women’s clinic and then a rural legal-assistance clinic—many Sacramentans became all too familiar with the term “hate crime.”

In the wake of those tragedies, it also became clear to some that members of the community needed to come together and create something positive. Steinberg, then a California state assemblyman, and 29 other prominent Sacramentans forged the Capital Unity Council in 1999. For nearly a decade after, the nonprofit group had dozens of board members, held events, and tried to raise funds for a Unity Center. But then the recession hit, the community center never happened and the group ultimately disbanded in 2012.

By then, however, right before another wave of high-profile hate crimes—starting with the killings of the two Sikh grandfathers in 2011— the SRCT had already stepped in to fill a similar need for the community.

“It’s a forum for sharing information, really,” said McKee, who—as a staffer in Steinberg’s office—was also involved in the first group, “and it kind of takes the place of what we had originally envisioned the Unity Council would do before it fell apart.”

Among the dozens of groups that have become close through the coalition: the Interfaith Service Bureau of Sacramento, the Slavic American Chamber of Commerce, the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the NAACP. Local law enforcement departments, the FBI and the United States Attorneys’ Office often sit in on the meetings, too.

“The Sikh tradition is one of community service, and one of the principles that we are the most proud of is that we will sacrifice to defend others of different faith communities, just as much—if not more—as our own,” says Amar Shergill, board member of the Sikh Temple of Sacramento, which is part of the SRCT. Those values actually align closely with the entire group’s.

For example, when a gay man named Seth Parker, then 26, was attacked outside Elk Grove’s Pins N

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And for those first few moments, he didn’t. The absolutely packed Mondavi Center went wild anyway.

“First thing,” he began. “Lower your expectations.”

Saturday night, Offerman unveiled his new stand-up show Full Bush and proved he could do no wrong. His role as meat-loving, woodworking Ron Swanson on NBC’s Parks and Recreation has solidified his place deep in the hearts of America’s television-watching community.

“Some people don’t have any imagination so they ask me what that title is referring to.”

In short, Full Bush is a cry against manscaping. He calls trimmers “sadists,” and people who wax “fucking psychos.”

This was an hour-and-a-half filled with advice for college students and demands to support craftspeople, but mostly silly ways to say “vagina.” And songs. That man sang a lot of songs.

On guitar—and his own handmade ukulele—Offerman crooned hypersexual jokes in lyric form. He sang one about the importance of carrying around a handkerchief, because you never know when you might get ejaculate in your eye. He sang woodworking-themed Johnny Cash covers (“I measure very, very carefully, it’s true. … I chalk the line.”) and a cover of Carrie Underwood’s “Jesus Take the Wheel,” in which instead of imploring Jesus to drive, the protagonist smokes a bowl with Jesus while driving. Equally impractical story lines.

A particularly memorable bit involved meat, naturally.

Offerman talked about the best meal of his life, something called “beef on the stone.” It was “a wad of beef the size of a toddler’s head” on top of a volcanic rock, served with a soup bowl of garlic butter. Yes, I too am planning a trip to the island of Madeira to sample this wonder. I can’t even describe what It’s not fair to was so funny about it. I’m now entirely distracted by my imagined expect such taste of “beef on the stone.” a multifaceted Moving on.

Some other fun facts: Parks and character Recreation and AMC’s Mad Men aplike Offerman parently use the same props department down in Hollywood. That means, to deliver sometimes, Ron Swanson finds a memo joke after joke to Don Draper in his Pawnee folders.

Other bits of comedic trivia: Ofall night. ferman used to play the saxophone.

He hates Carrie Underwood—they’re totally not speaking anymore, not that they’ve ever spoken before. His favorite writer is novelist-poet-farmer Wendell Berry. Apparently they’ve been pen pals for 15 years, and now Offerman is co-producing a documentary about Berry.

The latter was a fine and interesting tidbit, but devoid of jokes. A decent portion of Full Bush wasn’t trying to be funny, actually. Rather, Offerman doled out pleasant but all-toocommon advice like, “do what makes you happy.”

And maybe it’s not fair to expect such a multifaceted character like Offerman to deliver joke after joke all night.

His Twitter handle, after all, states “actor-woodworkerhusband,” not “comic.”

But still, there was something about his whole performance that felt incomplete. Maybe it was the heavy reliance on song. Or the frequent plugs for his future work: his documentary, his book Paddle Your Own Canoe, his live show next year with his wife Megan Mullally, entitled Summer of 69. No apostrophe.

Fans seemed delighted though, the night completely worth $50 for even just two things: Offerman’s ridiculous, unbelievable, semi-masculine giggle and his rendition of the Li’l Sebastian tribute song “5,000 Candles in the Wind” from Parks and Recreation’s season-three finale.

Susan McKee (left) and Susie Wong co-founded the Sacramento Regional Coalition for Tolerance in late 2010 to address repeat occurrences of hate crimes in the area.

Strikes bowling alley in June 2011, members of the Muslim, Sikh, Jewish, Christian, Asian, Pacific Islander, and other communities on the SRCT stepped up, offering a reward to find the attacker. About a day later, they located the assailant, who pleaded guilty to the hate crime and was sentenced to three years in prison.

It’s not just about apprehending someone after a crime is committed, however, it’s about changing the culture.

Shergill—also a lawyer who’s represented a number of families in the Sacramento area that are victims of hate crimes—says education is key.

“What’s important is we educate children, parents, teachers, administrators on the best practices when it comes to bullying on campuses,” he said. “And if you continue to reinforce that, the way you reinforce many other things at schools, it becomes part of the culture.”

Specifically, members of SRCT have helped shape the culture in concrete ways. In fact there were two bills, AB 1156 and AB 9, which were presented by their authors—Assembly members Mike Eng and Tom Ammiano, respectively—to coalition members at an SRCT meeting before they both were signed into law in 2011. Both policies aim to reduce intimidation, harassment and bullying.

The Sikh community in particular is constantly reminded of the challenges of hate crimes and bullying because Sikh youth look different, says Shergill. But, the reality is that everyone needs to know how to respond to it.

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“Education doesn’t just mean making people aware of the problem; it really means—it might more importantly mean—giving children the skills to deal with bullying, how to recognize it when it’s happening to you, how to effectively help others when it’s happening to them,” says Shergill. “Parents, teachers, administrators can’t be everywhere all the time. So you need to go over there and teach kids and help them help themselves also.”

Besides, SRCT has had to respond from ignorance from adults, too.

After the bombing at the Boston Marathon in April 2013, Sergey Terebkov, founder and president of the Slavic American Chamber of Commerce, didn’t stop getting calls from members of the media who

“Even the most knowledgeable, sophisticated folks can be really ignorant about things.”

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mistakenly confused the suspected bombers as being Slavic.

“Even the most knowledgeable, sophisticated folks can be really ignorant about things,” McKee said.

Eventually Wong collected statements from both the Slavic American Chamber of Commerce and the Council of American-Islamic Relations, and issued a joint press release.

“It was basically saying no one should be judged based on their geographic origin or their cultural background, and that they don’t support or condone this type of violence,” she said.

Saturday’s rally at the Capitol is aimed at education and outreach, too.

But, more than that, the event could empower kids to feel like they can actually make a difference.

That’s what happened to some kids last year, Shergill noted.

“They came to realize that bullying is not something that’s exclusive to their school, or their individual experience, but the whole community cares about it,” says Shergill. “And when children realize that adults in the community care about something, they feel emboldened to fight against it, and that’s the most powerful thing about this event, and the whole antibullying campaign.

“We make kids feel like it’s something they can fight against.”

The second annual Youth Rally Against Bullying is free and open to the public, and happens from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the west steps of the Capitol, near the corner of 10th Street and Capitol Avenue.

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Discover an exhibition that explores the idea that we are a “nation of immigrants.” The Crocker is proud to be the only West Coast venue for Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art, featuring nearly 100 works drawn from the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Organized by the Crocker Art Museum, this exhibition showcases the ideals, individualism, and intertwining artistic lives of 20th-century Mexican artists. Composed of 40 paintings by more than 35 artists, the exhibition highlights their varied responses to the post-revolutionary call for a distinctly Mexican visual art.

Marcos Dimas, Pariah, 1971–72. Oil on canvas, 65 x 54 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment.

Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art is organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Generous support for the exhibition has been provided by Altria Group, the Honorable Aida M. Alvarez; Judah Best, The James F. Dicke Family Endowment, Sheila Duignan and Mike Wilkins, Tania and Tom Evans, Friends of the National Museum of the American Latino, The Michael A. and the Honorable Marilyn Logsdon Mennello Endowment, Henry R. Muñoz III, Wells Fargo and Zions Bank.

Additional significant support was provided by The Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center. Support for Treasures to Go, the museum’s traveling exhibition program, comes from The C.F. Foundation, Atlanta.

Diego Rivera (Mexican, 1886–1957), La Fiesta de Santa Anita, 1925. Pencil on paper, 13 1/2 x 19 inches. Courtesy of Bond Latin Gallery, San Francisco

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Naked and unafraid Troy Dalton instructed his students to cheat.

In art, that is.

The longtime professor of art at American River College reasoned that it’s not necessary to make art-making harder than it needs to be.

And although Dalton died in 2010, his influence lives on in his students. Fulcrum is a perfect example of that. In this exhibit, which features Debra Hardesty and Lorrie Kempf, as well as work FIGURATIVE

by Dalton, the viewer sees the commonality in their renderings of figures: usually nude and often in an awkward position, but undeniably beautiful.

Where: Sacramento Temporary Contemporary, 1616 Del Paso Boulevard; (916) 921-1224; www.tempartgallery.com.

Opening reception: Thursday, October 9, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Second Saturday reception: October 11, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Hours: Thursday through Saturday, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 3 p.m.; or by appointment.

“The Poetic Mind is Never Satisfied” by Debra Hardesty, oil on canvas, 2008.

Metal detecting On Nathan Cordero’s Facebook page, he lists metal detecting as one of his interests. This makes sense, because the Sacramento-based artist uses otherwise discarded materials to create his mixed-media artwork. He MIXED MEDIA said, “Everything I have accumulated in the past two years is included in these works.” So expect to see found photos, vinyl banners, sandpaper, packaging materials and metal, of course, in his solo show A Once Retired Wardrobe.

Where: En Em Art Space, 1714 Broadway; (916) 905-4368; www.enemspace.com.

Second Saturday reception: October 11, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Through November 2.

Hours: Saturday through Sunday, 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.; or by appointment.

“Untitled” by Nathan Cordero, mixed media, 2014.

“Venice Woodworkers” by Jeffrey DeVore, acrylic on canvas.

Mundanity’s chaos Jeffrey DeVore’s paintings are the antithesis of washed-out. What he commits to canvas are mundane stills of everyday life, and his scenes of contrasting dark reds and blues and PAINTING black can make for a chaotic perspective. DeVore’s work has hung on the walls of many Sacramento galleries and restaurants in the past few years, and this month, he adds another venue and show to his résumé with The Doll Auction at Blue Moon Gallery.

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2 ART OF TOYS 1126 18th St., (916) 446-0673, www.artoftoys.com

3 ART STUDIOS 1727 I St., behind Easy on I; (916) 444-2233

4 ARTFOX GALLERY 2213 N St., Ste. B; (916) 835-1718; www.artfox.us

5 B. SAKATA GARO 923 20th St., (916) 447-4276, www.bsakatagaro.com

6 CAPITAL ARTWORKS 1215 21st St., Ste. B; (916) 207-3787; www.capital-artworks.com

7 CUFFS 2523 J St., (916) 443-2881, www.shopcuffs.com

8 ELLIOTT FOUTS GALLERY 1831 P St., (916) 446-1786, www.efgallery.com

9 EN EM ART SPACE 1714 Broadway, (916) 905-4368, www.enemspace.com

10 GALLERY 21TEN 2110 K St., (916) 476-5500, www.gallery2110.com

11 INTEGRATE SACRAMENTO 2220 J St., (916) 541-4294, http://integrateservices sacramento.blogspot.com

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18 SACRAMENTO ART COMPLEX 2110 K St., Ste. 4; (916) 476-5500; www.sacramentoartcomplex.com

19 SACRAMENTO GAY & LESBIAN CENTER 1927 L St., (916) 442-0185, http://saccenter.org

20 SHIMO CENTER FOR THE ARTS 2117 28th St., (916) 706-1162, www.shimogallery.com

21 SPARROW GALLERY 2418 K St., (916) 382-4894, www.sparrowgallery.squarespace.com

22 TIM COLLOM GALLERY 915 20th St., (916) 247-8048, www.timcollomgallery.com

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Research Leads to Positive Findings Doctor says more scientific study needed on medicinal benefits of marijuana

by Mike Blount

at the beginning of his medical career, Dr. Barth Wilsey encountered patients who had severe nerve injury pain and preferred smoking marijuana to traditional medication. Wilsey, a pain management researcher at UC Davis Medical Center, says this made him curious about the potential medicinal benefits of marijuana. However, most of the research at the time was focused on the harmful effects of the drug.

Fast-forward to 1999 when the California Legislature created the Center for Medicinal Cannabis research: Wilsey became part of a pioneer group of researchers who set out to conduct some of the most comprehensive testing on the therapeutic benefits of marijuana.

March, it approved a long-delayed study looking at the drug as a treatment for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

Despite advocating for medical marijuana, Wilsey believes more research needs to be done. He is currently awaiting funding for a third study in which he will examine the effects of even lower concentrations of tHC on pain relief. He also would like to look at ingesting marijuana through edibles in the future. photo by Louise Mitchell

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fter more than 12 years and millions of dollars spent in research in California, marijuana still remains a divisive topic in the medical community. But one local doctor says he believes more research will help establish marijuana as a viable treatment for pain symptoms in the future.

Wilsey’s team conducted a government-funded study of marijuana cigarettes used to treat nerve pain caused by conditions ranging from shingles to spinal cord injuries. “i enrolled all sorts of patients into this study and what we found was interesting,” Wilsey says. “We found that the amount of pain relief was identical from marijuana with 3.5 percent tetrahydrocannabinol — the active ingredient — as ones with 7 percent.”

“i think things are moving along, and we’re seeing more funding for these studies.”

Dr. Barth Wilsey has conducted research studies on the effects of medical marijuana on nerve pain. “it’s taken a long time to reverse the prohibition on marijuana,” Wilsey says. “But we have to be cautious moving forward. We want to make sure that what we are giving patients is safe and eliminate all the risks before we say it’s usable. i think things are moving along, and we’re seeing more funding for these studies.”

Dr. Barth Wilsey, pain management researcher at UC Davis Medical Center Despite the lower concentration of tHC, patients were able to experience pain relief without the side effects of being stoned or disoriented. Wilsey was so surprised by the results that he ordered another study. This time he gave his patients vaporized marijuana to inhale. The results were the same.

Both studies were published in the american Journal of pain and are part of six studies on the efficacy of marijuana for pain relief conducted by the Center for Medicinal Cannabis research, which is based at UC san Diego.

More studies are on the way. in May, the Colorado Legislature approved up to $10 million in funding for medical marijuana research. Wilsey says he’s also seen signs the federal government is beginning to look at marijuana more closely. in

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Art on the Plaza Saturday, OctOber 11 Riverfront Plaza is ideal for artists to live in. Not only is it across the street from the Crocker Art Museum, but the building has local and regional artART work on display around its public spaces.

This Saturday’s Art on the Plaza event, open to the public, shows off all the new artwork.

Free, 2 p.m. at Riverfront Plaza, 200 P Street; www.twohundredpstreet.hoaspace.com.

—Aaron Carnes

Nature Detectives Saturday, OctOber 11 Broken twigs, teeth marks on the victim, no sign of struggle, small paw prints surround the scene of NATURE the crime and the distinct smell of raccoon feces lingers—forget about CSI, this sounds like a job for Nature Detectives. At this event, attendees will be taught to track critters, examine animal clues and uncover nature’s mysteries. Free, $5 for parking; 10:30 a.m. at Effie Yeaw Nature Center, 2850 San Lorenzo Way in Carmichael; www.sacnaturecenter.net.

—Rudy Raya

Azure: Music for Listeners on the Autism Spectrum Sunday, OctOber 12 Moving effortlessly between jazz, classical and pop, pianist Stephen Prutsman understands the value of music for everyone. He’s also the father MUSIC of an autistic child. This concert, presented as part of the UC Davis Campus Community Book Project, is designed for people at all points along the autism spectrum. Free with museum admission, 3 p.m. at the Crocker Art Museum, 216 O Street; https://crockerartmuseum.org.

—Trina L. Drotar

There’s not much fun better than historic fun. In the case of this year’s Sacramento Archives Crawl— happening Saturday, October 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.—this means both having fun looking at history, and looking at historical fun being had. That’s because “Having Fun in the Sacramento Region” is this year’s theme for the free event, which takes place in four different locations: the California State Archives (1020 O Street), the California State Library (900 N Street), the Center for Sacramento History (551 Sequoia Pacific Boulevard) and the Sacramento Room of the Central Branch of the Sacramento Public Library (828 I Street).

Here’s how it works: First, grab a passport, which has a map, a bus schedule (buses leave every 15 minutes to and from each of the four locations), photos and a directory of participating archives. Each of the locations boasts multiple sets of archived materials on display. For example, the California State Archives will have stuff from the California State Parks Photographic Archives, the Sacramento City College archives and more; the California State Library will have archives from the Placer County Museums Archives and Research Center and UC Davis; the Center for Sacramento History will have items from the Sacramento River Delta Historical Society and the Congregation B’nai Israel archives; and the Sacramento Public Library will show California State Railroad Museum Library and Roseville Historical Society archives.

Sure, it’s all a little bit geeky and geared towards history nerds. But people who get their passport stamped at no fewer than three of the locations get a set of awesome coasters with different historical photographs on them (while supplies last). This might even stir up a debate about the difference between things that are historic and things that are vintage. Head to www.sacarchivescrawl.blogspot.com for more information.

Corin Courtyard concerts Sunday, OctOber 12 The Mondavi Center has hosted countless international, regional and local artists. Its Corin Courtyard series will gain steam this year as many local artists join the fray. At this particular show, Arts MUSIC & Leisure—which will release a brand new 7-inch single on October 28—will present its brand of shimmery pop preceding the Ray Lamontagne concert in Mondavi’s Jackson Hall. Free, 6 p.m. at UC Davis, One Shields Avenue in Davis; www.facebook.com/arts.leisure.music.

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Bring yer dancin’ boots Goldfield Trading Post 1630 J Street, (916) 476-5076, www.goldfieldtradingpost.com Used to be that local cow rustlers and sodbusters had to go up the road a piece to find a good watering hole, but now there’s a new saloon by Ann Martin Rolke in Midtown—the Goldfield Trading Post. In the historic building where Sam’s Hof Brau and Hamburger Patties were once located, Goldfield rustles up much nicer chow than your usual cowboy fare.

Diners can sit at a high wooden table that would look right at home in a Western or rest their boots on the brass rail at the bar. Gold pans made into a chandelier and mounted deer heads round out the ’49er theme. rating: The menu also features a raft of “Vittles,” HHH 1/2 “Sammichs,” and “Dinners,” along with dinner for one: lighter “Salads & Such.” $5 - $10 We arrived hungry one evening and ordered Grandma’s Meat Loaf and the Gold Panner’s Pork Chop. Our little cowpoke went for the veggie burger with a side of mac ’n’ cheese.

Grandma knows how to make some meat loaf, that’s for sure: slabs of beef ground with bacon are glazed with a sweet sauce, served atop the cheesiest mashed potatoes H this side of Wisconsin. Some cornmealflawed crusted fried okra on the side made for an HH excellent version of the sometimes slimy haS momentS vegetable.

HHH The thick-cut pork chop was flat-out appealing fantastic, oozing juicy flavor from its HHHH fire-kissed crust. House-made cinnamon authoritative applesauce for dunking was a perfect accomHHHHH paniment (paging Peter Brady?). A slew of epic red-skinned country fries on the side rounded out the hearty portion.

The veggie burger flummoxed us a bit, as the beans and corn fell to pieces between the buns. The flavor, though, perked up with pepper. They wouldn’t be remiss in serving this “burger” in some tortillas next time.

It seems that every restaurant in town serves mac ’n’ cheese these days, and Goldfield’s is a fine example without too Still hungry? much highfalutin stuff mixed in. A scattering Search Sn&r’s of crumbs on top made for a home-style touch. “dining directory” On another visit, we gobbled down the to find local restaurants by name Prospector Poutine with gusto. Shreds of or by type of food. pulled pork blanketed spiced “cowboy” Sushi, mexican, indian, fries beneath a layer of melted cheddar. The italian—discover it promised gravy that makes a poutine is closer all in the “dining” section at to au jus, so the dish requires forks rather www.news than fingers. review.com.

Any good country bar worth its salt pork has chili on the menu, and Goldfield is no exception. It’s made with chunks of tender chicken rather than ground beef, with plenty of nuggets of gold corn and black beans to boot. An early version found the beans to be undercooked, and they remained a bit bitey on the second go-round. A well-balanced use of chiles more than made up for it in mouthwatering flavor.

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An unusual baumkuchen (tree cake) on the sweets menu brought us up short, but the layered cake turned out to be a nice surprise.

Vanilla ice cream, buttery caramel sauce and a raspberry drizzle gilded the lily.

The thick-cut pork chop was flat-out fantastic, oozing juicy flavor from its fire-kissed crust.

Now, it’s hardly a trading post without plenty of “Oh Be Joyful”—that’s cowboy slang for beer—behind the bar. Swig some double-barrel tipplers and boiler makers, or stick to the diverse menu of national and local beers. There are spirits, too.

Try a Miner’s Spiced Old Fashioned or a Diplomatico Añejo Rum and Horchata. That last will have you thinking of the holidays, with its similarity to eggnog.

Sioux City Sarsaparilla and River City Root Beer are good choices for the young and tender.

Goldfield is also the place to be for live country music and line-dancing lessons several nights a week. Bring yer dancin’ boots. Ω

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Where to eat?

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

Check out www.newsreview.com for more dining advice.

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 housecured 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.

Midtown Block Butcher Bar This place serves the holy trinity of European cuisine: meat, cheese and alcoholic beverages. Most of its boards and plates are balanced using three basic tastes: salty (meats and cheeses), sweet (honey and jam) and sour (pickles and vinegar). The charcuterie boards impress visually and on the tongue.

A recent selection included shaved almonds, neat piles of meat, mustard, pickled cauliflower and beets, served with small slices of bread.

The ’nduja sandwich is startlingly spicy and salty, with rich melted cheese and ground meat spread between pressed slices of bread. Or try the pressed serrano ham, manchego cheese, arugula and salsa sandwich—it’s like a cross between a cubano, a breakfast panini and a torta. Elsewhere on the menu there are fine cocktails, an intimidating whiskey list, and a small but diverse selection of beer and wine, both regional and international.

European. 1050 20th St., (916) 476-6306. Dinner for one: $10-$20. HHHH J.M.

Capital Dime Restaurant With a new chef and menu, this Midtown eatery has transformed into a farm-to-forkthemed place for smart bar bites and appealing sandwiches and salads. Try the bacon lollipops, perhaps the tastiest little creations ever put on a stick. Here, salty rib bacon is slathered with melted brown sugar and whispers of cayenne and cinnamon more hushed than the juiciest of rumors.

Sweet-potato pierogis are tasty, puffy packets of potato drizzled with sour cream and shredded-duck confit. A duck burger with fig jam and plenty of crispy onions makes for a gamy change of pace, but the rib bacon whiskey burger—with crunchy lumps of house-made pickle, cheddar and a landslide of crispy fried onions—just

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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 serves a tasteful purpose. The mayo and garlic sauce help moisten a somewhat dry roll, and the bacon adds saltiness, which balances the sweetness of cream cheese and barbecue sauce. The pretzel disappoints by being a bit on the flaky and brittle side. The sausage platter is 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.

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East Sacramento Fahrenheit 250 BBQ This barbecue joint ups the ante with attentive table service

and high-end ingredients.

Chef Jacob Carriker serves Southern staples such as pulled pork, brisket and ribs, plus the very California addition of smoked tri-tip. There’s also chicken and trout—all smoked in a 7-foot hand-forged steel behemoth. The pulled-pork sandwich is moist, smoky and falling apart with tenderness. The half-chicken is a bit dry, but benefits from a shot of sauce. The tri-tip is well-smoked, but not as good as the brisket, although it still makes for a very nice addition to the Market salad, with baby greens, grilled zucchini and onions, and cornbread croutons. Barbecue. 7042 Folsom Blvd., (916) 476-4508. Dinner for one: $10-$15. HHHH AMR

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

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 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.

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. 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 Dad’s Kitchen The cooking at this Guy Fieri-approved joint is consistent and at times technically terrific. Try the Dad’s Burger (lettuce, red onion, tomato, Aleppo chili aioli, and a beef patty encrusted with blue cheese and bacon). With a firm and chewy bun and a sauce with kick, it’s one of Sac’s best burgers. Or get the Hot Blonde.

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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.

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.

The restaurant really does noodles well. They are chewy and fresh, tossed with tender breast meat and well-cooked vegetables. Try the Kung pao chicken.

It’s packed with large, tender chunks of white meat offset by crunchy peanuts and water chestnuts. Toothsome diced zucchini and a well-balanced sauce complete the dish. Vegetables are a strong point, always fresh, expertly cooked, and varied. A prime example is the broccoli with garlic sauce.

The large florets retain some crunch and swim in a slightly sweet broth that’s perfect with steamed rice. Another fine choice is the moo-shu vegetables. While the pancakes are not as tender as they could be, the filling is a garden full of variety. Sauced and rolled, these juicy morsels are fun and tasty.

Chinese. 1079 I Sunrise Avenue in Roseville, (916) 781-3823. Dinner for one: $5-$10. HHH1⁄2 AMR

Rocklin Il Pizzaiolo This Rocklin place just

Roseville Rose Garden Chinese Restaurant Service here is eager and friendly, and the food is flavorful.

Chicken chow mein is a standout.

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The menu boasts four “red” pizzas (with crushed tomatoes) and four “white” pizzas (without tomatoes). The Cinque Terre (anchovies, capers, mozzarella, olive oil and red sauce) packed a powerful salty and fishy flavor that might surprise the uninitiated. The Pancetta, with white sauce, was more muted with a simple earthiness from mushrooms, pancetta, Parmesan cheese and olive oil. The lovely crust is flat and wasn’t as thin as most of the pizzas I had on

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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.

all the veggies, a light boost of piquant flavor from a “pepper plant sauce,” and won’t leave you feeling overly stuffed after eating it. American.

8928 Sunset Ave. in Fair Oaks, (916) 241-9365. Dinner for one: $10-$20. HHHH J.M.

vacation in Italy earlier this year. But it’s pillowy soft and thoroughly doughy—as if to convert fans of American pizza over to Neopolitan. The Salsiccia is a must-try. With its sweet fennel sausage and pickled peppers, it offered the most balanced taste.

There’s also an option to create your own pizza from a few dozen topping choices. Italian. 6696 Lonetree Blvd. in Rocklin; (916) 899-6944. Dinner for one: $8-$15.

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Rancho Cordova Fire Rock Grill The former Sheepherder’s Inn, housed in an early 1900s-era building that used to be a hotel and a brothel and many eateries, is now Fire Rock Grill. The menu here features comfort-food favorites that don’t push any boundaries; the execution is impressive. A simple cup of New England-style clam chowder is served chunky with potatoes, clams and bacon in a silky cream base, without a hint of gumminess. Try the Fire Rock Burger—it’s one of the better burgers we’ve eaten recently. Caramelized red onions, pepper jack cheese, pickled jalapeños and chili mayo, plus tomatoes and lettuce, made for a big stack of flavor. Vegetarians are just as lucky: The grilled portobello sandwich arrives layered with that high-end mozzarella, roasted peppers, onions and basil mayo on a focaccia bun.

American. 11275 Folsom Blvd. in Rancho Cordova, (916) 638-4584. Dinner for one: $15-$30. HHH1⁄2 AMR

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When SN&R last wrote about Mahoroba Japanese Bakery, Ann Martin Rolke raved that “Mahoroba Japanese Bakery (4900 Freeport Boulevard) has been open for just over a month, and I’m already addicted” (see “Sayanora, Krispy Kreme,” SN&R Corner Table, September 17, 2009). Having just celebrated its five-year anniversary, the bakery seems to have picked up huge swarms of similar addicts over the years. On a recent Saturday, the pastry spot was abuzz with customers trying to get some of the shop’s most popular doughnut-esque pastries. And for good reason: The cream-cheese-filled pastries I sampled were like a slice of heaven for a Chinese Jew such as myself—imagine the flavor profile of a bagel with cream cheese, but with the soft, fluffy texture of a Chinese-style baked pork bun. Also amazing: a curry pastry (sort of like if the aforementioned bun was filled with a Japanese curry) and a green-tea one (featuring green-tea-flavored cream cheese inside).

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by Joey ga heavily and goes on crying rcia benders when she’s drunk. She cries about how her ex said a skj o ey @ n ewsreview.c om he loved her every day for six years and then left her when she lost her job. She doesn’t understand that he couldn’t take her drinking anymore and was sick Joey loves Dijon mustard of her tirades against him when he and wants to taste it told her to stop drinking. Listening in Dijon, France. to her cry bums me out, but she doesn’t have many friends except the people she parties with. Any suggestions?

Yes, stop listening to your sister.

I know that you believe you are engaged in an act of compassion when you listen to her drunken laments, but addiction doesn’t work

Your sister does not understand that failing to manage her pain negatively impacts her evolution into holiness and wholeness.

Yes, that means drinking does not qualify as pain management. that way. An addict immersed in a story of brokenness experiences attentive listening as a validation of a need to dull pain with alcohol. She will not understand that her pain, while real, is part of the experience of being human. We all suffer, at different times, in varying amounts.

Suffering may be inevitable, but it is not intended to be eternal.

Your sister does not understand that failing to manage her pain negatively impacts her evolution into holiness and wholeness. Yes, that means drinking does not qualify as pain management. Drinking is a habit of enlarging and extending pain to avoid healing it. We’ve all been in denial about something, or will. What counts then is the commitment to stop doing it.

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

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When you remove your willingness to listen, your sister will be left with her suffering. When the pain becomes too much and she blames you for no longer caring, explain that she needs more than you are able to provide. Refer her to a psychologist who specializes in addiction issues. Give her a list of Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in the area. Invite her to begin to understand that denial is not living; it’s hiding from life and love.

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The ghost of Tom Joad The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck’s panoramic novel of dirt-poor, Depression-era Okies making a desperate trek to California still packs a punch. And by Jeff Hudson Sacramento Theatre Company’s new production (based on Frank Galati’s 1988 script) delivers the goods.

This year marks the 75th anniversary of Steinbeck’s novel, and poverty-driven mass migration, bank foreclosures and homeless encampments are still with us. So this story of the Joad family—which loses its farm, buys a funky old truck and makes a desperate trip in the vain hope of finding work—still speaks clearly.

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4The Uninvited The good news about Sacramento City Theatre’s production of The Uninvited— adapted by Tim Kelly from a novel by Dorothy Macardle— is that, in both production and performance, it’s actually kind of scary. The even better news is that it’s got top-notch production values, including a detailed set and moody, artistic lighting—both designed by Sean Weinsheink.

Set on the English Channel in the mid-1930s, The Uninvited is the story of a brother and sister, Roddy (Tim Brown) and Pamela (Breanna Reilly), who buy a lovely country house from Stella (Emily Labowitch), a young woman under the guardianship of her grumpy grandfather. The house, of course, has a checkered history: tragic death, tales of haunting and dry rot.

Soon enough, Pam and Roddy are dealing with a serious ghostly infestation. Though they’ve got the assistance of their friends—the local doctor (Gerardo Martin), a painter (Skyler King), and a Tarot card-reading actress (Kathy Murison)—the real issue is the question of precisely who was the ghost who is haunting them.

Outstanding performances include Theresa Vann-Stribling as the scene stealing, superstitious Irish maid, Lizzie; Brown as the skepticturned-believer Roddy; and Murison’s actress.

Directed by Lori Ann Delappe-Grondin, The Uninvited succeeds as a thriller, a ghost story and a showcase for student actors. To advance the mission of providing roles for students, the roles of Stella and Pam are shared with Kacie Isosaki and Shelby Murray, while the ghost itself is played alternately by Evelyn White and Margaux Warren.

This is an excellent opportunity to get in a few early chills as we enter the Halloween season.

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Side note: Old-timers may recall that STC staged this script 20 years ago. That 1994 version featured a realistic onstage “riverbank” that my colleagues Patti Roberts and Peter Haugen (who reviewed that production) remember so fondly that they’re still talking about how good it looked, two decades on. Ω

The Grapes of Wrath; 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday; 8 p.m.

Friday; 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday; $15-$38.

Sacramento Theatre Company at the Wells Fargo Pavilion, 1419 H Street; (916) 443-6722; www.sactheatre.org.

Through October 26.

Cast members Laura Kaya and Matt K. Miller play Ma and Pa, using every resource at their disposal to hold the fracturing family together. Kirk Blackinton (son Tom Joad) displays an idealistic gleam in his eyes and a tendency to lose his cool in the heat of the moment. Kurt Johnson—not generally associated with spiritually inclined characters— actually does pretty well as Reverend Jim Casy (a former Holy Roller conflicted with doubt). And it’s hard to take your eyes off young Alissa K. Doyle (a recent Sacramento State University grad) as Rose of Sharon, coming of age. Veteran Vada Russell (still actin’ after all these years) plays Grandma, too frail to survive the journey. The suitably soiled-looking costumes by Jessica Minnihan lend a touch of grit.

The original music by Sam Misner and Megan Pearl Smith (who comprise the Americana duo Misner & Smith and also play cameo roles) is a significant plus, and director Michael Stevenson manages to use the small STC stage to focus the intimate conversations, the cramped ride on the California-bound truck, etc.

—Kel Munger

The Uninvited; 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday; $10-$15. Art Court Theatre at Sacramento City College, 3835 Freeport Boulevard; (916) 558-2228; www.citytheatre.net.

Through October 19.

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Love, Isadora

Isadora Duncan (1877-1927) was a brilliant pioneer of modern dance, blazing a trail from her native San Francisco through Europe. Her uninhibited life (provocative performances, scandalous affairs, leftist politics and a freakish death) kept her name in the tabloids, too. It includes new material from Duncan’s uncensored autobiography (revised and updated in 2013).

Actress and choreographer Lori Russo is remarkable in this onewoman show. F, Sa 8pm; Su 2pm.

Through 10/14. $15-$20. California Stage, 2509 R St.; (916) 451-5822; www.calstage.org. J.H.

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“The quality of mercy is not strained,” Shakespeare tells us. But when the argument is between a Jewish moneylender (Ed Claudio, brilliantly playing Shylock) and a Christian who promised a pound of flesh if he didn’t pay his debt—how strong an argument is it that human beings should be merciful because God is merciful?

Shakespeare’s still controversial drama touches on love, family, fear, hatred and religious bigotry.

F, Sa 8pm; Su 2pm. Through 10/19. $17-$20. Actor’s Workshop of Sacramento at the Wilkerson Theatre, 1725 25th St.; (916) 583-4880; www.actinsac.com. J.C.

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Abstract expressionist Mark Rothko is often represented as a brusque, condescending bully as well as an immensely talented painter. It’s how he’s written in John Logan’s Tony Award-winning play Red, and also portrayed by Steve Buri in his noteworthy performance for Ovation Stage’s production of Red. This two-person, no-intermission play is powerful both in material and in delivery. And it’s made all the more intense in the small Three Penny Theatre, where you feel like a fly on Rothko’s 1958 studio wall. F, Sa 8pm; Su 2pm.

Through 10/19. $15-$18. Ovation Stage at the Three Penny Theatre, 1723 25th St.; (916) 606-5050; www.ovationstage.com. P.R.

THINK FREE.

There is everything right about this imaginatively written, wonderfully acted and amazingly creative recollection of the Wright Brothers’ adventures—which includes an almost-to-scale replica of the brothers’ first airplane. Written

by B Street’s Jerry R. Montoya, this story tells the tale of these two bicycle-building brothers. It’s gripping, funny and presented by a four-person cast of B Street regulars: John Lamb, Jason Kuykendall, David Silberman and Casey McClellan. Not only is this recommended for children and young adults, it will also be enjoyed by anyone who loves history, bicycles, airplanes, engineering, inventions, or a well-told tale. Sa, Su, 1pm & 4pm. Through 11/9. $15-20.

B Street Theatre’s Family Series Stage, 2711 B St.; (916) 443-5300; www.bstreettheatre.org. P.R.

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5 SUBLIME–DON’T MISS

Short reviews by Jim Carnes, Jeff Hudson and Patti Roberts.

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This is what you might find in The Doorway’s “dining room.”

Let the door swing You never know what’s behind a closed door. Set in a Victorian mansion, CORE Contemporary Dance’s The Doorway begins the moment audience members enter the theater lobby. They’re swept into a different time and place as costumed dancers interact with the mansion’s guests, sometimes teasingly. The décor is just as well-planned as artistic director Kelli Leighton’s choreography. What can you expect when this popular and often sold-out show celebrates its fifth year? More mystery, even in the “Playroom” and “Aviary,” two audience favorites. And there will be new rooms. The overarching story changes annually and is revealed through Leighton’s athletic dance choreography, complemented by exquisite décor, brightly colored and unique costumes, props that sometimes swirl, and music this year from Ólafur Arnalds, Apparat, Sóley and CocoRosie.

The Doorway is quirky, surreal and an experience not to be missed, so arrive early. The Doorway, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday; $20-$25. Benvenuti Performing Arts Center, 4600 Blackrock Drive; www.corecontemporarydance.org. Through October 25.

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Strange bedfellows Pride You can go see Pride now, or you can wait for the inevitable Broadway musical. But I don’t think you want to wait. Director Matthew Warchus’ by Jim Lane movie is a rousing, thoroughly enjoyable piece of power-to-the-people populism, but without the sour righteousness that so often makes lefty agitprop go down like medicine.

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And for once, the opening “inspired by true events” message isn’t a cheat. Pride was inspired by an unlikely alliance between London’s gay and lesbian community and striking British coal miners in 1984. Mark Ashton (Ben Schnetzer), 23, spearheaded the effort. In the movie, Mark puts it to his colleagues this way in an informal debriefing after London’s annual gay pride parade in 1984: If it seems like there were fewer cops harassing us this year than in the past, it’s because the cops were all over in Wales harassing the striking coal miners.

Mark’s activism leads to the formation of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM), an ad hoc effort collecting change on the street to send to the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). When the union ignores the offer for fear of public-opinion blowback, the group begins contacting workers at individual mines.

In reality, LGSM partnered with several communities; the movie concentrates on the village of Onllwyn in south Wales.

Dai Donovan (Paddy Considine) arrives in London to accept LGSM’s money, and his speech to the patrons of a London gay bar provides the first of Pride’s many stirring moments. A provincial villager in the midst of a bitter strike, and with no prior experience, or even awareness, of homosexuality, he tells them, “When support comes from friends you never even knew existed, well, it’s a great thing.”

When Mark and his motley crew roll into Onllwyn in their brightly colored van, the local reception is a mixture of warmth—from the likes of old duffer Cliff (Bill Nighy) and

the matronly Hefina (Imelda Staunton)—and negativity from some of the sneering miners.

The negativity begins to thaw when one of the visiting gays, actor Jonathan Blake (Dominic West), livens up a night of beer and skittles at the village union hall with a flamboyant dance across the tabletops to Sylvia Robinson’s “Shame, Shame, Shame,” catching the attention of gay-averse local yobbos when they see how the village women respond to his sexy moves.

This joyous spasm of Saturday night fever is one of the scenes in Pride which prove that a Broadway musical is only a matter of time.

Another such scene occurs during “Pits and Perverts,” an actual London benefit concert in December 1984—a benefit that defiantly took its name from a nasty headline in Rupert Murdoch’s Sun that exposed the “unsavory” alliance between the gays and the miners. (“If somebody calls you an ugly name,” Mark urges, “take it! Own it!”)

Warchus and actor-turnedwriter Stephen Beresford establish an audience surrogate in the fictitious character of Joe (George MacKay), a tightly closeted youth still living with his parents in Bromley who becomes the official photographer of the LGSM movement. We first see Joe furtively attending that gay pride parade in 1984, nervously looking over his shoulder as he’s dragooned into carrying a banner. By movie’s end, at the same parade a year later, Joe is no longer furtive and no longer closeted. His progress from one year to the next parallels the progress of those Welsh miners in accepting first the money, then the assistance, and finally the friendship of these strange creatures who seem almost to have dropped into their midst from some campy alien planet.

Pride is a rousing, thoroughly enjoyable piece of power-to-thepeople populism.

In real life, this story of solidarity ended better for the gays than for the miners. The strike was pretty much a total defeat, crippling the NUM beyond repair, while at the Labor Party meeting in 1985, the union’s support led to the adoption of a resolution calling for equal rights for the LGBT community.

But that irony isn’t allowed to poop the Pride party. The theme is solidarity against adversity, and the movie is unironically uplifting.Ω

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A preteen who’s been having a lousy day (Ed Oxenbould) makes a birthday wish that the rest of his family (parents Steve Carell and Jennifer Garner, brother Dylan Minette and sister Kerris Dorsey) could find out what a really, really bad day is like—and the next day they do. The simple charm of Judith Viorst’s classic children’s book is swamped in the flailing contrivances of Ron Lieber’s script—a school play, a driving test, a junior prom, a job interview, a major media event and a birthday party all on the same day?

The book was about life’s little annoyances, not over-the-top cataclysms. The movie has its amusing moments, thanks to the professionalism of Carell and Garner and an appealing gaggle of kids, but it’s as strained as the group-hug happy ending. Miguel Arteta directs without distinction. J.L.

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Annabelle

Sometime in the late 1960s, a young couple expecting their first child (Ward Horton, Annabelle Wallis) add a singularly ugly doll to her collection. The doll then promptly becomes possessed by the spirit of the Satan-worshiping daughter of their next-door neighbors, who committed suicide after murdering her parents. Supposedly inspired by a real doll investigated by psychic researchers Ed and Lorraine Warren (who also investigated the Amityville haunting), the script by Gary Dauberman owes more to Rosemary’s Baby, The Omen and The Exorcist. Performances are earnestly trite—including Tony Amendola as the usual priest and Alfre Woodard as a bookstore owner interested in the paranormal—while John R. Leonetti’s direction is alternately slack and frantic. The result is a few islands of cheap scares in a large ocean of tedium. J.L.

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The Boxtrolls

The stop-motion animation studio Laika has firmly established itself as the smartest and therefore best purveyor of animated entertainment working today. The Boxtrolls moves beyond the paranormal fixations of its Laika predecessors, effortlessly creating a unique fantasy world that is equal parts tradition and irreverence. The setting here is the pre-industrial metropolis of Cheesebridge, a seaside city whose streets spiral around the sides and top of a drooping mountain. As the film opens, Cheesebridge is overrun by the Boxtrolls, a species of frittering and jabbering underground creatures who wear boxes over their torsos and pilfer from the humans at night. One of the film’s great strengths is its ability to invest every character with personality and humanity and existential preoccupations, even a literal cartoon villain and his gang of doofy henchmen. D.B.

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When a Missouri wife (Rosamund Pike) mysteriously disappears on the morning of her fifth wedding anniversary, police suspect foul play—and her husband (Ben Affleck) soon falls under suspicion. Director David Fincher and writer Gillian Flynn (adapting her novel) flip back and forth between the husband’s present-time doings and the wife’s diary entries recounting their courtship and marriage, raising questions and increasing our sense of dread as they peel away layers, like pulling moldy leaves from an artichoke that is rotting from the inside out.

Flynn’s book was a compulsive read, and this is the movie equivalent. The whole cast is strong, but Pike stands out in the kind of role that makes stars and, with luck, wins Oscars. J.L.

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A Brooklyn bartender (Tom Hardy), who seems none too bright, works in a bar that’s a money-laundering drop for Chechen gangsters. Behind his back, his boss (James Gandolfini) plans to rip the gang off on Super Bowl Sunday, when the jackpot will be extra high.

Meanwhile, the bartender rescues the abused dog and warms to the abused ex-girlfriend (Noomi Rapace) of a neighborhood psycho (Matthias Schoenaerts). Written by Dennis Lehane (adapting his own short story) and tautly directed by Michaël R. Roskam, the movie is interestingly unpleasant. It’s a tense and unsettling, but extremely well-acted and compelling, picture of down-and-almost-outers trying to get by, honestly or otherwise. J.L.

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When the Christian Rapture comes, millions of people suddenly vanish, leaving behind only piles of clothing and a panicked, confused populace of nonbelievers. Among those remaining are an airline pilot (Nicolas Cage), who loses half his crew and dozens of passengers; and his daughter on the ground (Cassi Thomson), who loses her brother and her mother, the pilot’s wife (Lea Thompson). Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins’ apocalyptic bestseller was filmed direct-to-video in 2000, and maybe this one should have done the same. The special effects would look less cheesy, the acting less hammy.

Director Vic Armstrong and writers Paul Lalonde and John Patus stretch their meager budget by spending most of their time on Cage’s airliner, and the results are almost as funny—unintentionally—as Airplane! was on purpose. J.L.

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In János Szász’s WWII-set The Notebook, a desperate mother drops her pampered twins off at the Hungarian border with their irascible grandmother, forcing the city boys to survive the rigors of rural life. That sounds like the set-up for a sun-kissed, coming-of-age take on the horrors of war, something that might co-star Armin Mueller-Stahl and an adorable donkey. But The Notebook is more like Forbidden Games mixed with a serial killer origin story.

At the beginning of the film, the boys’ father gives them a notebook and asks that they write down everything they see. All they see in their war-torn village is venality and cruelty and perversity and hate, so that’s what they write down. Eventually, the boys decide they can only survive by being harder and crueler than everyone else, and the film becomes a fascinating study of sociopathic behavior as the purest form of self-defense. D.B.

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Estranged adult siblings who haven’t spoken in 10 years (Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader) try to reconnect after his failed suicide attempt—and her near-attempt on the same day. The script by Mark Heyman and director Craig Johnson is low-key and hangdog, with an aura of pervasive moroseness that could become oppressive if it weren’t for the touching and textured performances. Saturday Night Live veterans Wiig and Hader bank their comic skills to portray two damaged but resilient individuals trying to figure out exactly where their lives went wrong. Their work is matched by Luke Wilson as Wiig’s naïve, nice-guy husband (to whom she has been serially unfaithful) and Ty Burrell as a sexually repressed teacher who seduced former student Hader. J.L.

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A high-powered Chicago defense lawyer (Robert Downey Jr.), long estranged from his judge father (Robert Duvall), goes home for his mother’s funeral—and has to stay to defend the old man against a charge of first-degree murder (his suitcase isn’t the only baggage that gets unpacked).

Director David Dobkin (who co-wrote with Nick Schenk and Bill Dubuque) goes light years beyond anything he’s done before (Shanghai Knights, Wedding Crashers, Fred Claus) with a sharp, subtle, many-layered examination of legal ethics, family dynamics and festering regrets. The script feels like it was well-adapted from an excellent novel. The two Roberts are little short of brilliant—it’s a titanic matchup—as is the supporting cast: Vincent D’Onofrio, Vera Farmiga, Billy Bob Thornton, Dax Shepard, Ken Howard. J.L.

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Denzel Washington possesses an effortless sort of charisma, which in recent years has worked against him, resulting in a lot of affable but weak performances in faceless genre dreck like 2 Guns and The Taking of Pelham 123. The idea of Washington starring in an origin story of The Equalizer, the fairly obscure Edward Woodward series that aired on CBS in the 1980s (although it borrows almost as much from its ABC competitor MacGyver) didn’t exactly quicken my pulse, but director Antoine Fuqua’s film is a cut above. It’s a stylish and nasty revenge epic about a solitary man who is secretly an ex-military killing machine, skills he puts to use disposing of sadistic Russian gangsters and corrupt Boston cops. Fuqua refuses to dial it down a single centimeter, going for an operatic over-the-top-ness that culminates with a glorious action bloodbath in a home improvement warehouse store. D.B.

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Director John Curran and writer Marion Nelson recount the 1977 trek of Robyn Davidson (Mia Wasikowska), who walked 1,700 miles from Alice Springs to the west coast of Australia leading four camels and her dog, meeting at intervals with photographer Rick Smolan (Adam Driver), who chronicled her progress for National Geographic magazine. Your response to the movie will depend on whether you view Davidson as a dauntless, free-spirited explorer or an aimless hippie with time on her hands and rocks in her head—frankly, the movie leaves room for both interpretations. Wasikowska and Driver (who closely resemble their real-life characters) are both good, and the desolate scenery is strikingly shot, but the many aborigines who helped Davidson all blend together, as faceless as extras in an Indiana Jones movie. J.L.

There is a moment early in Kevin Smith’s Tusk during which the millennial hellspawn podcaster/prey played by Justin Long admires a tubular fossil, and is informed by Michael Parks’ wheelchair-bound, Canadian psycho that he is holding the penis bone of a walrus. This launches the old man into a story about his glorious life with a walrus during WWII, setting up the bizarre, one-sentence idea that is this wretched film’s only selling point: a man who gets turned into a walrus. It seemed fairly certain that the penis bone would come back into play at some point, and that the playground provocateur Smith might actually get to some disturbing places. Alas, it was just another of the pointless, punchline-less penis jokes that Smith, in lieu of the ability to shape scenes, proudly claims as his cinematic legacy. Like most of Smith’s films, Tusk is all dick and no balls. D.B.

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Autobiography of a voice Singer-songwriter Emily Kollars makes it personal, on stage and on record Most who’ve had the chance to hear local artist Emily Kollars sing—and with recent gigs at Dive Bar, Torch Club and the Shady Lady Saloon, to by Brian Palmer name a few, there’s been ample opportunity— know that Kollars possesses serious soul.

Vocally, she runs the gamut from powerhouse showstopping moments to more fragile, subdued stretches with the ease of someone who has been doing this for years.

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first EP Out the Door, released in November 2012, comprised something of a community effort as it featured a track list voted on by her fans. In other words, she understands just how important her fan base is.

She also recently provided backup vocals for a Steelin’ Dan show at Harlow’s and says that collaborating with other people is something that’s helped make the Past 10 experience a rewarding one for her.

“The experience of working with other people and collaborating with talented people has been really amazing,” she says. “I may have a certain vision for a song, for example, but it doesn’t even nearly compare to what other people end up bringing to the table. Working with a band, seeing their perspective, it changes your original vision a little bit, which makes it stronger and more interesting.”

And when it comes to interest, music has such a strong hold on Kollars that she can’t envision a future that does not involve her singing.

Writing and performing go beyond hobby, Kollars says, they’re an essential part of her everyday life.

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Kollars, who performs Saturday, October 11, at Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub, sounds as self-assured as any singer out there, but such confidence is not something that just happens to Kollars. In fact, when the young singer talks about her upcoming EP, she admits to having had some apprehension.

“I didn’t want to even share the songs for a while,” she says. “Some of the songs I did, but I think those are the ones that are more cryptic.”

Despite this assertion, the EP—titled Past 10 and currently set for a spring release— certainly has its share of moments that don’t feel so mysterious. The smooth R&B number “Honey” features lines such as “Your touch, honey, it heals me,” while the bluesy “At Sea” finds Kollars lamenting about being ignored by a lover. If anything, she seems to wear her heart on her sleeve quite freely.

Considering how personal the songs are, that’s no small feat.

“Almost all of it is autobiographical, so writing the songs was certainly cathartic,” Kollars says.

As Kollars grows and matures as an artist, she’s also working hard to cement her place within the local music scene. For example, her

“ I may have a certain vision for a song ... but it doesn’t even nearly compare to what other people end up bringing to the table.”

Emily Kollars singer-songwriter “I never wanted to be anything else,” says Kollars. “This has always drawn me in. I don’t intend to quit anytime soon, and I don’t think I could even if I wanted to. I just think it’s really important for my soul. I can’t go a day without singing, and anytime I’m singing, it just makes me so happy. So why stop?” Ω

TBD Fest for the win TBD Fest did it: Wow. Just wow.

Three days of great music, epic eats, attractive design and a 65-foot Ferris wheel, all in our humble town of Sacramento. It’s hard to overstate how awesome it felt to bike to such a great event. Or to say, “I live in Sacramento” to people who traveled long distances to see [fill in famous act here].

Saturday completely sold out and the whole weekend saw 21,000 attendees, according to organizers.

I’d call that a success.

The multi-acre slab of riverfront in West Sacramento south of Raley Field—the future site of a new outdoor venue, the Barn—featured four big stages, two operating at a time; a maze of vendors touting food, clothing, arts, crafts and even exercise bikes; a chef’s competition stage with a wood-fired kitchen; a two-story cat walk; carnival rides; art installations and more.

It felt like a major music festival for which I’d travel sizeable distances. But without the frustratingly dense, aggressive crowds.

Part of that might be because it’s Sacramento. Part of that might be the types of musicians that played—electronic-dance producers, indie-rock bands, synth-pop outfits, alternative hip-hop groups. And none of the headliners were at the height of their fame.

Every act was at least solid. Most were surprisingly good. Many were fantastic.

Speaking of problems, there definitely were some early Friday.

That’s to be expected with a firsttime festival, but the water situation remained less than optimal—nothing to fill empty bottles on Friday, followed by a few coolers that ran out too early. I longed for more seating throughout the grounds as well.

The dusty, rocky dirt wasn’t ideal for casual lounging, and the very few lounges were always packed.

OK. No more complaining. I haven’t even gotten to the food yet.

Sacramento’s chefs brought some serious creativity and talent to the Pit,

the culinary battle arena. Pairs faced off every three hours, and at the end, each chef plated 350 bites for public consumption. Brian Mizner of Hook & Ladder Manufacturing Co. dished out octopus tacos while Michael Fagnoni of Hawks prepared ribs.

Michael Thiemann and Matt Masera of Mother smoked some beef with spam, pineapple and pasta, inspired

by Hawaii. Opponent Kurt Spataro of Paragary’s spooned out wonderfully fatty duck ramen. Carina Lampkin of Blackbird Kitchen & Beer Gallery dotted oysters with citrus foam. This was not standard festival food.

And beyond the incredible freebies, chefs had fantastic offerings too. I sampled a smokey Jamaican chicken bao from Urban Heritage out of Napa. Excellent. Mother had a deadly soft serve: Trix cereal milkflavored, with a chocolate shell and sprinkles. I couldn’t even believe the options for cold-pressed juice.

Seeing the chef camaraderie was a treat—selfies and all—as was seeing the whole creative community rally to make TBD such a success. It was obvious.

For example, the Sacramento Ballet joined forces with D.A.M.B., aka Shaun Slaughter, for a beautiful, playful performance to bass-heavy tropical house. Later, they organized a flash mob in the middle of the festival to some fun swing-beat.

The giant collaboration seemed obvious to visiting musicians too, who were spotted all over enjoying the festival. Sister Crayon was front-and-center for Kurt Vile & the Violators. Yacht feasted on Mother’s cereal soft-serve. Moby wandered around looking for vegan food. Don’t look, my Sacramento pride is swelling.

In a hashtag: #WeAreTBD.

Empire of the Sun took the headliner prize—the only live band

with a closing spot, and one with dancers, costume changes, trippy lights and confetti.

Semi-legends Justice and Moby deejayed. The legendary Blondie owned her set and drew a massive Sunday-night crowd.

Personal favorites included Yacht for a super-energetic performance worthy of the main stage; Deltron 3030 for the funk, politically charged graphics and Gorillaz throwback; Gramatik for the glitchy, swingin’ dubstep; Blackalicious for the hometown pride; Explosions in the Sky for its always-cinematic magic; Nick Waterhouse for the soulful, powerful break from heavy bass.

But it’s so hard to choose.

Everyone delivered.

And there was only one real sound glitch all weekend, unfortunately during the War on Drugs’ set.

And only one artist that I’m aware of had to cancel—Axxa/Abraxas had problems with its van.

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Andre Adams, better known as the San Francisco-based underground rapper Andre Nickatina, has been active since the early ’90s. He’s released more than a dozen albums, earning love from publications like SF Weekly and the San Francisco Bay HIP-HOP Guardian, and winning a Bay Area Raps Award in 2005. His latest featured single on his website, “Break Bread,” showcases Nickatina’s quick-witted delivery layered with ass-bumpin’ beats, reminiscent of the feel-good grooves of the fan favorite, “Smoke Dope and Rap” off the 1993 album The New Jim Jones. Some of his collaborators over the years have included Mac Dre, Krayzie Bone and the Jacka. GFN and Mac Mall will also perform this night.

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Lapsed Christian David Bazan sings “now I make it up as I go along” on “Impermanent Record.” The song and its searching theme are emblematic of Bazan’s broadly allegorical confessional style and continuing struggles with what author Milan Kundera called The Unbearable Lightness Of Being— the fragility and haphazardness of our existence. The one-time leader of Pedro the Lion, Bazan’s solo career corresponds with his spiritual break and shadows his subsequent albums. His latest release feaFOLK ROCK tures Passenger String Quartet and revisits 10 songs from Bazan’s catalog. The strings powerfully accent Bazan’s lyrical pathos, providing even greater depth and dimension.

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Alicia Murphy may bill herself as a “folk” musician, but her relatively new song “Be a Doctor” is an electronic-pop tune and it’s FOLK/POP really good. It’s got her quirky, feel-good, emotive style of songwriting mixed with a carefree, catchy melody and simple wordplay that’s deceptively deep. The San Pedro, resident keeps her options open: She plays sometimes as a solo acoustic singer-songwriter, sometimes as a duo with her sister and other times with a full rock band. Her songs are sweet, insightful about everyday life and conscious about environmental issues. She knows what she’s talking about—she got her bachelor’s degree in hydrology up here at UC Davis. 1815 19th Street, www.aliciamurphy music.com.

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Maestro Michael Neumann (pictured) has worked with the Sacramento Youth Symphony since 1979 and with the Folsom Symphony since its founding 10 years ago. Perhaps his greatest challenge comes with this special concert, billed as “the largest assembled orchestra in the history of Sacramento.” A thousand musicians with skills from beginning to advanced will come together for a single-day rehearsal and concert under Neumann’s guidance in an effort to promote collaboration in the arts.

Selections include “Can-Can,” “Ode to Joy,” CLASSICAL the prelude from Carmen, “The Colonel Bogey March” and “The Stars and Stripes Forever.”

Beth Ruyak, host of Capitol Public Radio’s Insight, will emcee. 1515 J Street, www.sacramentoyouthsymphony.org.

Assembly Music Hall, 8 p.m., $18

Three words: Lemme smang it. The posse of emcees and producers known as Turquoise Jeep Records started out in the viral-video HIP-HOP business. Created “for the masses,” these outrageous, possibly genius music videos quickly developed a cult following. The 2010 breakout hit “Lemme Smang It” now has more than 12 million hits on YouTube, which apparently was enough to get members like Flynt Flossy, Pretty Raheem, Whatchyamacallit and Yung Humma touring IRL. And if those names alone aren’t enough for you, just read these other song titles: “Sex Syrup,” “Treat Me Like A Pirate,” “Stretchy Pants,” “Taste You Like Yogurt.” Brilliant. 1000 K Street, www.turquoisej.com.

Mondavi Center, 8 p.m., $28.50-$97

Although drummer Dale Crover was not in the original lineup of the Melvins, this year marks his 30th anniversary of playing alongside friend, guitarist and vocalist Roger “Buzz” Osborne, aka King Buzzo. The group’s new album, Hold It In, is out Tuesday, October 14, and finds the aforementioned Melvins members pairing up with guitarist Paul Leary and bassist Jeff Pinkus of Butthole Surfers. The group’s other drumPUNK mer, Coady Willis, and bassist Jared Warren will not be joining this trek, but their partnership is far from over. Pinkus will join Crover and Osborne, making the band a trio for this tour, starting in Sacramento and lasting a little less than month. 1000 K Street, www.themelvins.net.

—Janelle Bitker

Almost every guitarist I know grew up learning a Jimi Hendrix song or two. That’s what makes Experience Hendrix such a universal guitar event. It’s a traveling menagerie of six-string legends that stars ROCK blues great Buddy Guy (pictured) and bassist Billy Cox (who played with Hendrix in Band of Gypsys) along with younger phenoms like Eric Johnson, Doyle Bramhall II, Jonny Lang and Zakk Wylde. All night long you’ll get Hendrix interpretations, arranged with love by the artists, often with two or three of them trading licks onstage at once. Bonus: Fretless bassist Tony Franklin and drummer Chris Layton will provide the grooves. 9399 Old Davis Road in Davis, www.experiencehendrixtour.com.

—Eddie Jorgensen

—Paul Piazza

—Trina L. Drotar

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FRIDAY 10/10

ASSEMBLY MUSIC HALL

DJs Kwix, Sour Monkey, Radiks, Freakshow, Revolver; 8pm, $15

ZEROCLIENT, ONCE AN EMPIRE, MISJACOB WHITESIDES, DYLAN HOLLAND; AMORE, MADISON AVENUE; 6:30pm, $10 6:30pm, $25-$165

TURQUOISE JEEP, YIP DECEIVER; 6:30pm, $15

MELVINS, 8pm W, $18

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

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Mad Mondays, 9pm M, call for cover

BAR 101

Karaoke Night, 7:30pm, no cover

OOGEE WAWA, 9:30pm, call for cover

DENVER J, 9pm, no cover

BLUE LAMP

1400 Alhambra, (916) 455-3400

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

Return of the Red w/ DJ Wokstar, 9pm, $5

MATT GAGE, DR. LUNA, BURN; 8pm, $7

THE BOARDWALK

TOB (THE GASER), ABBEY JAMES,

RESTRAYNED, KRYPTIC MEMORIES, CAST THE CLARITY; 7pm, no cover

KORY GIBBS AND HIS THUNDERING BLUES BAND, 8pm, call for cover

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

’80s deejay mixes, 2-7pm; Hip-hop and Top 40 Deejay dancing, 9pm, $5-$10

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STEVE MCLANE, 1pm, no cover

BLEEDIN HEARTS, BOBBY CASH; 9pm, $5

RED SKY SUNRISE, THE BADDEST BEAMS; 9pm, $5

Open-mic, 7:30pm M, no cover; Pub Quiz, 7pm Tu, no cover

DJ Mouf, 10pm, call for cover

THE BRODYS, 10pm, call for cover

Karaoke, 9:30pm Tu, call for cover; DJ Larry Rodriguez, 10pm W, call for cover

DJ Crook One, 10pm, call for cover

DJ Whores, 10pm, no cover

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Jezebelle’s Army burlesque, M; SURVIVING ALLISON, Tu; ORANGE SCENE, W, $5

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SWABBIES

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TORCH CLUB

904 15th St., (916) 443-2797

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X TRIO, 5pm, no cover; RED’S BLUES, LITTLE JOHNNY; 9pm, $6

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Dirty Heads with Rome and Big B 7pm Tuesday, $26.

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Top 40, Mashups, 9pm, no cover

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Sunday Night Soul Party, 9pm, $5

JIM FUNK, 9pm, no cover

GOLDEN CADILLACS, 9pm, no cover

EMILY KOLLARS, 9pm, no cover

CALIFORNIA RIOT ACT, 8pm W, $5

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

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2014-JANUARY 11, 2015 DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS GUIDE BROUGHT TO YOU BY:

by Raheem F. hOsseini

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Situation

No. 1: If you meet resistance or doubt, say this: “Ha! This diversion can’t slow me down, because I am in possession of an invisible magical sword!” And then brandish a few charismatic swipes of your sword to prove that you mean business.

Situation No. 2: If angst and worry are preventing your allies from synchronizing their assets with yours, say this: “Begone, dread! For with the power of my wicked crazy songs, I am the destroyer of fear.”

And then sing your wicked crazy songs.

Situation No. 3: If you’re finding it hard to discern the difference between useless, ugly monsters and useful, beautiful monsters, say this: “I am a useful, beautiful monster!” Your kind will flock to your side.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In her

poem “Advice to Myself,” Louise Erdrich speaks of the human heart as “that place you don’t even think of cleaning out. That closet stuffed with savage mementos.”

I invite you to use her observations as a prod, Taurus. Now is an excellent time to purge the savage mementos from your heart, and clean the whole place up as best as you can. You don’t have to get all OCD about it. There’s no need to scour and scrub until everything’s spotless. Even a halfhearted effort will set in motion promising transformations in your love life.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I hope you

will learn more in the next eight months than you have ever before learned in a comparable period. I hope you will make a list of all the subjects you would love to study and all the skills you would love to master, and then devise a plan to gather the educational experiences with which you will reinvent yourself. I hope you will turn your curiosity on full-blast and go in quest of revelations and insights and epiphanies, smashing through the limits of your understanding as you explore the frontiers of sweet knowledge.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Three

times a week, I take a hike along a rough path through an oak forest. I say it’s rough because it’s strewn with loose rocks. If I don’t survey the ground as I move, I’m constantly turning my ankles.

Or at least that was the case until last week. For two days, with the help of a rake, I cleared many of those bothersome obstacles off the trail. It took several hours, but now the way is smoother. My eyes are free to enjoy the sights that aren’t so close to the ground. I recommend that you do similar work. Stop tolerating inconveniences and irritations that hobble you. Get your foundations in shape to serve you better.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): American author

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was ahead of his time. He created the genre of the detective story and mastered the art of Gothic horror tales. According to the Internet Movie Database, 240 films have referenced themes from his work. British writer Aldous Huxley wasn’t a fan of Poe, though. He said Poe was “too poetical— the equivalent of wearing a diamond ring on every finger.” Judging from the astrological omens, I suspect you may be at risk to lapse into a diamond-ring-onevery-finger phase yourself, Leo. While I am all in favor of you unveiling more of your radiant beauty, I’m hoping you won’t go too far. How about wearing diamond rings on just four of your fingers?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Republican

Jody Hice is running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Georgia’s 10th Congressional District. To bolster his authority, he repeats quotes by revered figures from American history. One of his favorites has been a gem from the sixth U.S. President, John Quincy Adams: “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” The only problem is, those words were actually written by country singer Dolly Parton, not by Adams. Don’t get fooled by a comparable case of mistaken identity, Virgo. Be on the alert for unwarranted substitutions and problematic switcheroos. Be a staunch fact-checker. Insist on verification.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “I am

naughtiest of all,” wrote poet Emily Dickinson in a playful letter to Maggie Maher, dated October 1882. In accordance with

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the astrological omens, I authorize you to let that same declaration fly frequently from your own lips in the coming week.

Feel free to invoke other variations on the theme of naughtiness, as well: “I am exploring the frontiers of naughtiness,” for example, or “You need to be naughtier” (said to a person you’d like to get naughty with), or “Being naughty is my current spiritual practice.”

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “There’s a way not to be broken that takes brokenness to find it,” writes Naomi Shihab Nye in her poem “Cinco de Mayo.” I suspect this describes your situation right now.

The bad news is that you are feeling a bit broken. The good news is that this is a special kind of brokenness—a brokenness that contains a valuable secret you have never been ready to learn before now. Allow yourself to feel the full intensity of the brokenness, and you will discover a way to never be broken like this again.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

In a competitive game show on Japanese TV, 13 people had slabs of meat tied to their foreheads. They then poked their heads up from below, through holes in the floor of an elevated platform, where a hungry lizard was stalking around. But not one of the contestants stuck around when the lizard came to nibble the meat; they all ducked down out of their holes and fled to safety. That was probably wise, although it meant that the prize went unclaimed.

Now I’m wondering, Sagittarius, about what might happen if a similar event were staged in your neighborhood. I suspect there’s a chance you would will yourself to stand calmly as the lizard feasted on the meat just inches from your eyes. As much as I admire that kind of poised courage, I want you to know that there are better ways to express it. Be on the lookout for noble challenges with goals that are truly worthy of you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

Director Michael Bay makes big, loud, fast, melodramatic action films, including Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, and the four Transformers movies. The critics hate him, but he’s unfazed. “I make movies for teenage boys,” he says. “Oh, dear, what a crime,” he adds sarcastically. I love that stance. He knows what he’s good at, and makes no apologies for doing it. I recommend that you cop some of that attitude right now.

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

walking in San Francisco, I passed the Pacific Heights Health Club. The sign out front said, “Birthday suits tailored here.”

It was a witty reference to the idea that working out at a gym helps people get their naked bodies in good shape. I’d like to interpret the sign’s message in a different way, and apply it to you. The time is right for you to get back in touch with your raw, original self, and give it the care and the fuel and the treats it has been missing. Who did you start out to be?

What does your soul’s blueprint say about who you must become? Home in on your source code and boost its signal.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Horror

novelist Stephen King has sold more than 350 million books. But when he was young and destitute, still honing his craft, his self-confidence was low. His breakthrough work was Carrie, about a teenage girl who develops telekinetic powers. But when he was first writing that manuscript on his old manual typewriter, he got so discouraged that he threw his first draft in the trash can. Luckily for him, his wife retrieved it and convinced him to keep plugging away. Eventually he finished, and later sold the paperback rights for $400,000. I hope you have an ally who will go digging in your garbage to fish out the good stuff you unwisely discard. Or maybe this horoscope will convince you not to scrap it in the first place.

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by ROb

For the week of October 9, 2014

STORY

Oh captain, my captain Years before he took command of the USS Independence NX-75029—Sacramento’s maiden voyage into a global society of Star Trek fandom— Marc Wagner was just another kid in front of a TV waiting for the cartoons to start. It was then that Wagner first stumbled upon the original Star Trek, being rebroadcast decades later in all its swashbuckling, swinging ’60s glory.

Mind blown. Now a working student, Wagner says the appeal of the often-allegorical series has endured through cancellations, spinoffs and reboots because its core premise tickles something elemental in our nature. “It fascinates me in the same way NASA’s efforts to go to Mars do,” he says.

“It’s the human condition to explore the boundaries of what we know and try to figure out what we don’t. That’s what Star Trek is all about.”

Wagner recently started U.S.S. Independence NX-75029, the local chapter of Starfleet: The International Star Trek Fan Association Inc. Here, “Captain” Wagner discusses whether Muggles are allowed in his new club, why there are no STDs in the future and whose mind he’d like to meld.

Why did you decide to start this chapter?

I used to run an online Star Trek guild which played Star Trek Online and some older Trek games. Did that for almost a decade.

I heard about Starfleet International and decided to join up and find my local chapter. Came to find there wasn’t one, so I figured I would change that.

How hard is it to get into Sacramento’s Starfleet?

Not hard at all. Just go to our website and sign up, or stop by one of our meetings.

Some come in their favorite uniform and some don’t. It’s really up to you.

What do you do when you meet?

We talk about chapter business at first—get all that out of the way. Then we do some sort of activity—either a game, social time or watch an episode of one of the series. We played Star Trek Pictionary at our last meeting and it was a blast.

How many people have signed up thus far?

We currently have 22 crew members and, of them, 19 are members of Starfleet International.

Does this group allow Klingons?

Yes! In fact we have visitors from the local Klingon group quite frequently.

How about Muggles?

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Favorite Star Trek character?

Wow, that’s a tough one. I think I’ll have to go with Dr. McCoy. He’s so matter-of-fact and his arguments with Spock are hilarious.

Even in the new film series, he is portrayed in that same cantankerous manner. It makes him stand out against the others.

Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry presents an idealized future in which humankind has solved most of its problems. In this timeline, how do you think we cured STDs? Well I think Captain Kirk’s womanizing proves they didn’t do it by abolishing sex.

Gotta love that 23rd-century medicine.

Star Trek presents a diverse future, but you don’t see many plus-size people. Is that because the uniforms are so unforgiving?

The uniforms are unforgiving to those of us who are not plus-size, so I think I can understand. Seriously, though, Scotty was plus-size in the feature films and he did OK.

There’s that famous Saturday Night Live sketch in which William Shatner tells a convention of Star Trek fans to get a life.

That’s one of my favorites. If you really think about it, most fans do have lives— very creative ones. It all comes down to how they choose to spend their free time.

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What non-Star Trek character or figure would you mind meld with?

I would have to say George R. R. Martin.

I’m dying to know how “A Song of Ice and Fire” will end.

Some fans aren’t too pleased with director J.J. Abrams’ reboot.

What about you?

I enjoyed those films for what they were.

Their intent was to introduce the franchise to a younger audience and it worked. Let me tell you a story: When I went to see the first one in 2009, I was sitting in the theater and a few rows ahead of me was a big group of high-school kids. Must’ve been about 20 of them. Now, I’m not talking the chess club; they were cheerleaders and jocks. Not the kind of kids who I would see in the theater for the previous Trek films.

At the end of the movie, they all got up and gave a standing ovation. So the filmmakers accomplished what they set out to do and I can’t fault them for that.

Now that you’re a Starfleet captain, how long until you lose all your natural hair?

Well, there’s no history of that in my family, so I think I’m safe. Anyway, there are plenty of captains who still had hair. Ω U.S.S. Independence NX-75029, the local chapter of Starfleet: The International Star Trek Fan Association Inc. meets at 5:30 p.m. the second Saturday of every month at the Carmichael branch of the Sacramento Public Library, 5605 Marconi Avenue. For more information, visit www.ussindependence.net.

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