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Dismantle rape culture The numbers are unsettling: One in five college women will experience sexual assault before graduation, according to the 2007 Campus Sexual Assault Study, an inquiry conducted for the Department of Justice.

And locally, UC Davis ranks high when it comes to such reported assaults, according to a July report from The Washington Post, which gathered 2010-12 Clery Act data from every U.S. college with at least 1,000 students.

This week’s Feature Story “Does UC Davis have a rape problem?” by Janelle Bitker (see page 16) parses the stories behind those troubling numbers. Reading Bitker’s account, which echoes similar tales from across the nation, it’s not difficult to spot a disturbing trend: Time and time again, alleged perpetrators face lax consequences, including only temporary suspension. Certainly, they don’t endure humiliating victimblaming questions along the lines of “What were you wearing?”

A Center for Public Integrity study, published in 2010, closely examined 33 cases of assault and surveyed more than 150 crisiscenter and clinic reports as well as 10 years of complaints filed with the U.S. Department of Education. The study’s researchers, acknowledging a lack of comprehensive institutional data, noted that “abusive students face little more than slaps on the wrist.” And, even as many victims suffer poor grades or drop out of school altogether, “colleges seldom expel men who are found ‘responsible’ for sexual assault … these schools permanently kicked out only 10 to 25 percent of such students.”

That’s a deplorable standard. It’s time to dismantle the college rape culture. It’s time to change campus policies and procedures so that an alleged attacker faces the same kind of investigation and, if necessary, the same punishment he would in the so-called real world. To do any less is unacceptable.

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Re “Dear poor Midtowners� by Lindsay Miller (SN&R Letter of the Week, October 9): Lindsay, just don’t forget to get down on your knees and bow down to me and all the other artists and hip business people who made downtown cool and a desirable place to live! Sure, you made a real point, letter of and in such an arrogant manner, but us cool peeps can the week out-arrogant you, because not only were we here first, but we also set the stage for the “haves� and now I see the smug. Without our glorious selves, your take-over would have happened at Loehmann’s.

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Re “Dear poor Midtowners� by Lindsay Miller (SN&R Letter of the Week, October 9): Dear Ayn Rand-like person who writes letters to the editors of SN&R: Your name probably isn’t Lindsay Miller. God knows what it is. There’s a better chance that the person who wrote your letter, as named, doesn’t exist. It may even have been crafted by an SN&R editor tasked with bumping up reader responses for the newspaper [Editor’s note: Sorry, the letter is legit]. Who knows? Your letter, headlined “Dear poor Midtowners,� should really do the trick to piss off other Sacramentans, then barrage the old SN&R mailbox and inbox with hoots and hollers about such non-erotic Ayn Randiness. No Midtown Sacramentan would write such antiquated crap that reminds everybody we do live in an oligarchy. Get a grip, “Lindsay�! Then pack it full of your silly ideas and move somewhere far away from California.

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Re “L speaks for itself� by Josh Wood (SN&R Letters, October 9): What a giggle! When Josh Wood, chief promoter of giving public funds to developers, bemoans the alleged “bias� of Cosmo Garvin’s reporting on Measure L, he fails to mention his own. If Measure L is not successful, it will diminish his status as the primary cheerleader for it. What’s the matter, Josh?

Isn’t the endlessly toothless reporting of the Bee-minus enough for you? Why should the voters of Sacramento give what’s left of the public treasury to the development interests propping up this con man puppet? You assume that the people of podunk aren’t that smart. What will you do if they are?

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Looking for drama in the otherwise gloves-on race to succeed Councilman Steve Cohn in District 3 The meeting room on the second floor of McKinley Park’s community center is packed with chairs, at least two-thirds of which are by filled with attentive bodies. City Council Nick Miller candidate Jeff Harris stands in front, his ni ckam@ black-collared shirt unbuttoned at the news r evie w.c om top, his tie off. His opponent, Cyril Shah, remains seated at the debate table for now. “It’s Harris versus Shah!” Harris says, impersonating an announcer at a WrestleMania event. The crowd, five-dozen strong, laughs. Harris then warns the voters not to “expect bloodsport” this evening: The debate will be civil, as both he and adversary Shah say they genuinely like each other.

So goes the District 3 City Council race: They’re gentlemen, and they generally agree.

Strong mayor? Both Harris and Shah are against it.

McKinley Village, the contentious housing development that council approved earlier this year? Harris and Shah both would’ve voted no.

Public financing of city campaigns?

You bet, they agree on this, too.

East Sac denizens—along with residents in south Natomas and the River District, all of which make up District 3’s curiously aligned topography—will have to choose either Harris or Shah to succeed Councilman Steve Cohn this Election Day. The occasion marks the first time in 20 years that East Sac will not have the outgoing Cohn, who’s running for state Assembly, seated on its behalf at the council dais.

Harris, 61, hails from River Park, which he’s called home for the past 25 years. The UC Davis graduate spent the last 35 as a construction project manager and home builder. He says he’s qualified for the council gig because of his experience as a River Park Neighborhood Association president, his lead role in rebuilding the burnt-down McKinley Park playground, and his effort to secure more parks-and-rec funding by helping conceptualize and pass 2012’s Measure U sales tax bump.

Shah, 39, boasts a comparable resume of neighborhood-group street cred and boardmember residencies. The UC Berkeley grad lives in East Sac, going on a dozen years, and has worked as a financial adviser for BEFORE

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the past 17. He chaired the Housing and Redevelopment Commission and has sat as a trustee on flood-control boards and as a commissioner on the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission.

The two are linked up in the LinkedIn world. And good luck trying to differentiate between them when it comes to the issues.

Public safety? Both say they’ll fight for the district’s share of law-enforcement attention to preserve quality of life. Jobs?

They want them—obviously—and both even talk about how farm-to-fork and the region’s agriculture could become an even bigger economic conduit in the future.

Voters have yet to take a decisive stance on the two candidates, as well. Harris bested Shah in the District 3 primary this past June by a scant 230 votes.

as an investment,” Harris said of Shah’s “OK project” that he would’ve voted donors. no on because the development, locked In his defense, Shah points out that in a wedge of land with access only at people give him money because he and 28th and 45th streets, needs a third car Harris have done interviews, and that he’s access point at Alhambra Boulevard. earned support from groups like police, fire He accuses Shah of taking a “soft, and labor unions. vague stance” on McKinley, criticizing him “It’s not that they’re just throwing of not coming out with an opinion until late money at a candidate,” he says. “Each in the game this spring. group, they do their own due diligence.”

Shah objects, saying he’s “consistently Their differences in support extend been opposed to McKinley Village” and beyond dollars. In the world of endorsearguing that he’s the guy who can make the ments, Shah is backed by seven sitting vehicle-tunnel at Alhambra a reality, what council members, the mayor (even with his self-described big-leagues experithough Shah opposes Measure L), and ence working with state and federal funds. also Sen. President Pro Tem Darrell But Harris also says that building the tunnel Steinberg. He’s also collected nearly all would be a tip-top priority. labor, chamber of commerce and develBoth candidates are newbies to the oper interests in his corner as well. world of electioneering, and to that end Despite all this institutional support, hold their cards close when it comes to pet The Sacramento Bee opted to endorse issues and personal ambitions. Harris says Harris, along with the Sacramento County that, if elected, he’d like to hang his hat on The two are Democratic Party, the Sierra Club and being a public official who saves the city’s linked up in the other Dem notables such as former mayors parks. “We’re maintaining our beautiful Heather Fargo and Anne Rudin, and state parks system with volunteer labor. It’s not LinkedIn world.

Senator Deborah Ortiz. sustainable,” he says.

District 3 is a sprawling area that covers Shah says he’ll work hard to bring more So, going into the November 4 election, south Natomas, with its flood concerns, jobs to town, focusing on life sciences in what actually sets these two guys apart? and downtown’s River District, with its the health sector, food and ag, and finance The most obvious distinction? Money. homelessness problems. Yet this council and research jobs in the world of CalSTRS During the tenure of the campaign, race’s top issue is McKinley Village, the and CalPERS. Shah’s out-raised Harris by more than sixtract home-style development that doesn’t Who’s going to win? There’s no to-one. His nearly $250,000 in campaign yet exist. polling for public consumption, and both coffers aren’t unusual for council races; City council voted to move forward candidates agree they’re running as the Council members Steve Hansen and Jay with McKinley Village this past underdog.

Schenirer have raised comparable sums. summer even though every single It’s shouldn’t surprise then that even But Harris, who’s only raked in a bit over neighborhood group opposed it, calling outgoing Councilman Cohn told SN&R $40,000, says when that kind of money it “McVillage.” Little surprise, both he’s not going to endorse in the race. enters local races, it increases the possibility Harris and Shah are against—but their He agrees that “both are good of pay-to-play politics and corruption. debate has devolved into who was candidates.” Ω “If somebody does throw down a lot against it first, and who can make it of money, they probably are thinking of it less awful. Harris calls McKinley an F E A T U R E S T O R Y | A R T S & C U L T U R E | A F T E R | 10.16.14 | SN&R | 9

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F. Hosseini On October 7, Scully and Undersheriff Jamie Lewis convinced ra h e e m h @ supervisors to join them in opposing ne w s re v i e w . c o m Proposition 47. The initiative would remove the felony option for minor property and drug crimes, and invest hundreds of millions of dollars in projected savings into treating mental health and addiction, helping at-risk students and serving crime victims.

Support for the measure currently trends high in a state that finally seems sick of its morbidly obese penal system and school-to-prison pipeline. But much like it did in fighting three-strikes reform and prison realignment in recent years, law-enforcement brass claimed the initiative would mean more date rapes, gun crimes and overcrowded jails if approved this November.

She told SN&R she found Jan Scully’s argument “incredibly insulting.”

Prop. 47 prevents theft and receiving stolen property crimes from being charged as felonies if the item taken is worth $950 or less, and as long as the accused hasn’t committed other serious or violent crimes. Since most guns aren’t worth that much, Scully said her office would be constrained from levying felony charges against people with illegal firearms.

“Stealing a gun now, except in a limited number of situations, will be a misdemeanor,” Scully told supervisors.

But that reflects an incomplete and—some argued—insincere reading of the law.

“The arguments brought forth by proponents of the resolution include allegations that simply are not true,” said Sacramento Area Congregations Together Executive Director Howard Lawrence, echoing many in the room. He was one of more than twodozen faith, labor and neighborhood

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representatives who spoke in support of Prop. 47 and sharply criticized Scully and Lewis for pedaling scare tactics to make their case.

Stealing a gun from an inhabited dwelling or from a person through force and fear would still be felonies under Prop. 47. So would concealing a stolen firearm, being a felon in possession of a firearm and an assortment of firearmrelated offenses, all defined by the California Penal Code, according to Steve Lewis of the county Public Defender’s Office. Lewis described the stand-alone mandatorymisdemeanor gun cases that Scully claimed as “rare.”

As for her assertion that possessing date-rape drugs would become a simple misdemeanor, Aaron Edwards, an adult corrections analyst with the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office, said it was technically true. “But it’s important to note that administering the date-rape drug would still be charged as a felony,” he added.

Others took the assertion more personally. “The implications, as a young woman, that this would make date rape legal?” said Anne Fox, lead organizer for Sacramento Area Congregations Together. It took Fox a few moments to gather her thoughts. Later, she told SN&R she found Scully’s argument “incredibly insulting.”

In its analysis, the LAO predicts that state prison and county jail populations will decline by the tens of thousands over the next few years if Prop. 47 passes. It also anticipates net savings “to the counties of several hundred million dollars annually.”

Despite criticism from three supervisors that the information Scully provided was light and onesided, the board voted 4-0 in favor of opposing Prop. 47. Supervisor Phil Serna abstained.

Attendees met the result with stunned silence, followed by some angry shouts. Board Chairman Jimmie Yee beckoned security.

The Sacramento City Council was set to consider its own stance on Prop. 47 on Tuesday. The DA wasn’t scheduled to appear. Ω

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Paws up, don’t shoot Authorities too quick to pull trigger on household dogs, says group Jayme Kathleen Francis was drowsing off in her bedroom one evening last spring, when a by swarm of cops mistook her duplex for the Raheem scene of a fight and entered.

F. Hosseini Wrapped in her arms was Copper, a 6-year-old boxer who liked to dance on r a h eemh@ newsr eview.c om his hind legs and wave his nub in the air.

Informed of the officers’ presence, Francis roused from her sleep to put her dog into the backyard before dealing with the confusion. He never made it that far.

As Copper padded a few feet in front of her, Francis heard a loud crack and saw what looked like crimson glitter wisp through the air.

A veteran Modesto Police Department officer had fired a bullet into Copper’s face.

The dog would later die on a veterinarian’s table, another four-legged victim of a police shooting—something critics say is a needlessly routine occurrence.

“Once I looked into it, I realized how common it was,” Francis told SN&R. “It turned my stomach.”

A nationwide animal rights group with a chapter based in Sacramento, called Freeze Don’t Shoot-California, is hoping to tap into that disgust during an October 25 march on the state Capitol. Francis will be among the speakers calling for reform in officer training and accountability.

There are no solid estimates on how many pets are injured or killed each year by peace officers. In the past six years, 22 dogs have been shot by sheriff’s department personnel in the unincorporated areas of Sacramento County, though none this year. Sheriff’s departments in El Dorado and Yolo counties didn’t respond to requests for data. The Elk Grove Police department said it doesn’t track how many animals officers shoot.

Then again, agencies aren’t required to report how many humans they shoot, to say nothing of four-legged casualties. In lieu of a dead dog database, pissed-off owners have turned to social media to share their grisly accounts and online media reports.

In May of last year, a California Highway Patrol officer killed two huskies—one of them accidentally—after receiving reports of wolves attacking a deer and running into people’s yards in Carmichael, news outlets reported. The canines’ owner had been searching for his pets for two days, and says they escaped BEFORE

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his apartment while chasing an intruder but weren’t violent.

In November 2012, an officer with the Sacramento Police Department’s SWAT team shot a dog that reportedly charged while serving a search warrant at home in Del Paso Heights.

In May of that same year, another Sacramento police officer shot and killed two dogs after entering a backyard in the Oak Park neighborhood to investigate a drug case. Police say the dogs charged the officer, but a neighbor said she didn’t believe one of the hounds to be aggressive, reported CBS Sacramento.

In the past six years, 22 dogs have been shot by sheriff’s department personnel in the unincorporated areas of Sacramento County.

Animal activists aren’t ready to say that cops are shooting more dogs than before.

But they do believe these encounters are avoidable and sometimes unprompted.

“I don’t want to be a victim of an officer cutting across my property or getting the wrong address and destroying my pets because they don’t know any other means of confronting a dog,” said Rae Kelly, a Sacramento dog owner and the statewide organizer for Freeze Don’t Shoot, which began nationally in June.

Policy makers have finally gotten the message.

Earlier this year, state Senator Ron Calderon introduced a bill to require canine training for officers, but it’s unlikely to STORY

advance because of the author’s unrelated court troubles. The state agency that writes the rulebook for cops is already developing its own pet-centric training curriculum, however.

Representatives of the state Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training said they met in August with members of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Los Angeles to discuss creating a four-hour block of instruction. According to a monthly POST report, the training would help officers better assess the family dogs they encounter, “and correspondingly modify their own actions based on the relational needs of the dog.”

The Citrus Heights Police Department, which has operated its own animal control division the last few years, has already developed non-lethal contingencies for confronting dogs during warrant searches and other operations. One of the most effective—and least deadly—methods, it turns out, is a fire extinguisher. “A lot of times, that scares the dog or will deter it,” said Sgt. Mike Wells, a department spokesman. “We absolutely don’t want to be shooting a dog.”

As a result, Citrus Heights police have only shot one dog in the department’s eightyear existence.

In the case of Copper, Modesto police acknowledge they entered the wrong duplex. According to a police incident summary, officers entered through a sliding glass door after announcing their presence.

They say a suspicious male retreated to the back while refusing to identify himself.

“While trying to get to the male, an officer was confronted by an aggressive dog,” the summary reads. “The male was asked to take control of the dog. The dog continued to chase the officer. The dog was shot by the officer.”

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Francis consulted a lawyer a few months later, but didn’t pursue it. “It’s not going to bring my Copper back.”

Her daughter did file an official complaint with the Modesto Police Department. In a response letter dated August 13, 2013, police Chief Galen Carroll wrote that the involved officer was “exonerated” of wrongdoing following “an extensive investigation.”

Francis said no one interviewed her or any of the other people inside her home who witnessed the shooting.

Citing pending litigation, Modesto police spokeswoman Heather Graves declined to release details of the investigation. “I can say, however, that our hearts go out to the family for their loss, as we understand pets are often a member of the family,” she wrote in an email.

The incident left its troubling imprint.

Francis finds herself wondering whether police deliberately entered her home to kill the dog she referred to as her “grandson.” She also worries about the special-needs son who witnessed the bloody aftermath and has been unable to process the loss.

“Now he will absolutely … hate cops,” Francis said of her 10-year-old. Ω

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Topsy-turvy A look at this year’s city school board candidates, part one It’s been a brutal time for Sacramento city schools.

The district budget was in free fall for a while.

Superintendent Jonathan Raymond had his own agenda, shutting out teachers and parents. The school closures he pushed through were a debacle, and continue to be damaging.

There’s a new superintendent now, and new state funding to help stabilize the district. Voters have the chance to move ArvIn

by CoSmo G the district in a more collaborative, cos mog@ newsrev iew.c om productive direction. There are three incumbent school-board members running for re-election and one wide-open seat on the ballot November 4. Bites will look at two races this week, and two next week.

Jay Hansen is the incumbent in Area 1, covering Land Park, Curtis Park, downtown and Midtown. When Bites asked for an interview, he emailed back asking, “Am I getting the SCTA hatchet job?”

Fair question. Regular readers know Bites is married to a Sac city teacher, and is generally not big on the kind of teacher-bashing you get in this city’s other newspaper.

So, let’s talk about the mistrust between Hansen and the Sacramento City Teachers Association and other employee groups.

Like a lot of people, teachers wanted an election to fill the last two years of trustee Ellyn Bell’s seat when she resigned mid-term in 2012.

The school board refused to hold an election and instead appointed Hansen, a former building-trades lobbyist and chief strategy officer for the California Medical Association, to fill the vacancy. It looked like insider politics. Same when, shortly after taking his seat on the board, Hansen gave a haughty lecture to frustrated parents as he cast the deciding vote to close their schools.

To his credit, Hansen now says he regrets those remarks. He also says, “it’s bad business in politics to hold a grudge.” But he clearly holds one. He says he’s “less than impressed” with SCTA leaders, adding “labor organizations up and down the state are supporting me, except this one little labor union.” Of his opponent, the SCTA-supported Anna Molander, he says she’s “a nice person, but she couldn’t think her way out of a box on some of this stuff.”

Bites asked Hansen if he could be effective and work with teachers, given the bitter feelings. He replied, “When I win re-election, maybe we can hit the reset button.”

Teachers want a reset, too, without Hansen.

They are supporting Molander, who says she wants to calm things down after the topsy-turvy last few years. “We need to get back to basics and reassure people that we aren’t going to close their school next year or remove their principal.”

Molander is active in Democratic party politics, she’s run campaigns and considered other offices. Bites’ biggest worry is that she’ll get elected and turn politician, too. But at least for now she’s one of a group of candidates who say they want to give the public more power in district budgeting and policy-making.

The third candidate in that race is Kate Woolley. Like Molander, she’s a district parent, and says she’ll work to encourage more parent engagement. She’s also critical of the district’s school-closure mess. Woolley has more of a learning curve ahead of her, and she won’t have nearly the same money. But she’s knocked on 900 doors so far. If she doesn’t win a school-board seat, she’ll have a lot to offer down the road.

Turning to Area 6, including Greenhaven, the Pocket, and much of South Land Park, where incumbent Darrel Woo is trying to fend off challenger Maria Haro-Sullivan.

If your priority is to stick it to the teachers union, Darrel Woo and Jay Hansen may be your best bet.

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Haro-Sullivan is one of a small group of parents who have dug into district budgets and even trained other parents and teachers to read financial documents and ask questions.

She refutes Woo and Hansen’s claim that the district saved money when it closed schools.

She was one of the first to raise concerns about the district’s heavy use of paid consultants, prompting the board to end a $500,000 energyconsulting contract for services the district could have gotten free from SMUD. A citizen budget-watcher like HaroSullivan could bring a lot to the school board.

But like Molander, The Sacramento Bee opposes Haro-Sullivan strictly because of the teachers’ endorsement.

Well, if your priority is to stick it to the teachers union, Woo and Hansen may be your best bet. But that agenda has not done much to help neighborhood schools these last few years. Time for a different approach. Ω

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The reverend sleeps outside Capital Christian’s Rick Cole spends 14 days and nights on the streets of Sacramento Without shaving or showering, Capital Christian Center’s Rev. Rick Cole came straight from Cesar Chavez Plaza park, where he had been living for two weeks to raise awareness and money, to preach at his mega-church. The church was packed on a Saturday night to welcome the reverend back.

The reverend who showed up on Saturday was different than the one who’d left 14 days and 14 nights earlier. He had more facial hair, he smelled, and he had a deeper understanding of God’s mercy.

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by Jeff VonKaene Sanctuary Program, which buses homeless men and women to Sacramento-area churches and temples j e ffv @n e wsr e v ie w.c o m for food and shelter during the cold and rainy winter months, Cole impulsively decided to experience living without a home and without knowing where his next meal would come from. Knowing that he has a public presence and a large congregation that cares for him, he hoped that the publicity would raise money. He wanted to raise at least $100,000. The Winter Sanctuary Program needed Cole’s journey of a $300,000. More than $144,000 few miles, but such has been raised to date by his challenge, and I’m sure more a long distance, will come in.

But what started off as changed him. a way to raise money soon became a way to change a minister. This change was so profound that this usually articulate man, comfortable with speaking before large groups, was clearly overwhelmed. He was still processing Each winter, cold his experience. He broke down several times during his and wet weather remarks. conditions threaten He reflected on how many times he had walked through the lives of nearly 1,000 homeless men Cesar Chavez Plaza with a latte headed for an important and women who meeting at City Hall. Perhaps it was a meeting to discuss live on Sacramento “the homeless problem.” And, as he walked through the streets. Comprised park, he did not even see the men and women he was trying of a network of religious to help. The people in the park who are struggling. Each congregations one has a story, an important story. under the That Saturday afternoon, he had not eaten all day. A leadership of church group was feeding people in the park. In line for the Sacramento Steps Forward, Winter free food, he started chatting with an older woman. She had Sanctuary helps been homeless for four months, but she told him that in one those with nowhere month she would be able to get off the streets and stay with else to go. You can her daughter. Cole asked where her daughter was now. The donate to support this worthy cause woman told him that her daughter was in jail. But when she here: https:// gets out, her daughter has a way to make money, so she will grouprev.com/ not be homeless. revonthestreets.

After telling this story, Cole stopped. He fought to keep his composure. Cole said he kept seeing this woman’s face.

He could not get her out of his mind. And that is the point.

Jeff vonKaenel After shaving, after showering, after slipping into the warm is the president, bed in a comfortable house, how then not to forget? How to CEO and keep seeing that face? majority owner of Cole’s journey of a few miles, but such a long distance, the News & Review newspapers in changed him. And I believe those who were lucky enough Sacramento, to attend services on Saturday night were changed as well.

Chico and Reno. We all left with slightly expanded hearts. Ω

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Vote for Bera The race to represent Sacramento in Congress, the District 7 seat, would be a simple choice were it not for the national attention. This once-safe GOP district has grown into a distinct toss-up with the rise of “decline to state” voters and fiscally conservative but socially moderate Republicans, and it’s been represented in the last term by Ami Bera. Although a Democrat, Bera is what we would once have called a moderate Republican—back in the good old days when there was such a thing.

Doug Ose, who once represented a large chunk of this district in Congress, can’t seem to make up his mind what he wants: First, he’s leaving poli- Bera has been tics—but now, smelling blood surprisingly in the water and lots of support willing to go a from national deep-pocket conservative donors, he’s back. different way in Ose was not a bad representative during his last term, but Congress. that’s not enough to recommend him for the job.

Let’s look at the record: Bera has been surprisingly willing to go a different way in Congress.

It’s not that he’s a “maverick,” but he does buck the party line and work actively to find bipartisan solutions to legislative problems. That’s the sort of pragmatic, no-labels moderate politics that has a natural home in the 7th District, and we endorse him for re-election. Ω

Yes on Prop. 1 Don’t be confused. Proposition 1 isn’t about the drought.

Instead, this proposition is designed to assist the state—and we’ve got chronic problems with water supply, storage and distribution—over the longer haul. It aims to improve our water-storage capacity by providing $2.7 billion for new waterstorage construction and development. It also allocates funding to habitat preservation, flood protection and water systems.

Prop. 1 also makes a first step toward addressing our Prop. 1 is a growing concerns about groundwater depletion and good start. pollution by including funds to clean up and restore our limited supply of groundwater. Add to that a hefty provision for further development of water recycling, and Prop. 1 is a good start on the massive infrastructure work that needs to be done for our state’s water-storage and allocation system.

The bottom line—as we’re all learning from the drought: No matter how expensive the total projects included in Prop. 1 might seem—and we’d go even further—when balanced against the value of safe, accessible water, this is a good plan.

We recommend a yes vote on Prop. 1. Ω

Why I support Measure L Sacramento is where I am from. I was born in New mayor? The city manager? All nine council York, but since I came here 20 years ago the members? And who will take responsibility by people, the culture and especially the food to “get you to success”?

Patrick Mulvaney let me know this is home. At my restaurant, In our restaurant if you don’t like the the B&L, we are always looking for ways to soup, you tell me and I fix it. The buck get better and improve the experience when stops with me, helping us to be nimble and you come to visit. I feel efficient. Business owners Patrick Mulvaney the same way about need that same accountability is a local chef and Sacramento today and from city government as we I can tell you owner of Mulvaney’s that is why I support try to grow and create more B&l in Midtown. that our city Measure L. jobs. We, as a city, elect the Our city and region mayor. We should give him government is are on a roll, building the tools to fix the soup. the arena downtown, As a chef, the key to cumbersome moving forward in success is creating a menu and often the rail yards, and the your customers love, balancfarm-to-fork moveing the tried and true with unresponsive. ment, near and dear to the creative and new. That’s my heart, has been a what we need in Sacramento, rousing success. a system that works better and more But as a small-business owner, I can tell efficiently, especially for small businesses. you that our city government is cumbersome I love Sacramento and I want it to reach and often unresponsive. Who should you its full potential and that’s why I strongly go to when you want to start a project? The support Measure L. Ω

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Ashley still can’t sleep at night.

Last October, the UC Davis student turned 22 and celebrated her birthday with friends dancing at downtown bars. Ultimately, she found herself alone and drunk at 3 a.m., wandering outside her apartment complex about a mile north of campus.

The streets were quiet, apart from a big group of guys hanging around outside. Two of the men approached and insisted on escorting her home.

She had never met them before, but they seemed harmless enough—just UC Davis students making small talk about their majors.

When they got to her apartment, one asked to use her restroom. She said no. He begged, pleaded. She opened the door. A few minutes later, she was sandwiched on her couch, paralyzed with fear.

Ashley says her mind shut down after her clothes came off. She remembers the pain, their laughter and, finally, how she cried when they left.

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Now, despite reporting the sexual assault to the city police department and to the university, Ashley says she’s still fighting for justice. She says the police quickly closed her case—not much can be done without forensic evidence.

Meanwhile, UC Davis took nearly eight months to finally wrap up her case in August.

“The process makes you feel like shit,” says Ashley—Ashley isn’t her real name; other victims’ names in this story have also been changed to protect their privacy.

“It’s traumatizing. You feel like you made a mistake by reporting it at all,” she says.

At UC Davis, Ashley’s story is not unique.

In July, The Washington Post gathered annual crime statistics—federally required record keeping through the Clery Act—from every U.S. college with at least 1,000 students from 20102012. It ranked the schools based on the number of reported on-campus sexual assaults. UC Davis ranked No. 5 with 60 “forcible sex offenses,” up there with Pennsylvania State University, Harvard

University, University of Michigan and Ohio State University.

New Clery data came out earlier this month.

UC Davis still has the most reported on-campus sexual assaults in the entire UC system. From 2011 to 2013, 66 assaults were reported at UC Davis, compared to a systemwide average of 34. At Sacramento State University, just six were reported on campus in that time frame.

Does UC Davis have a rape problem?

Members of the university administration don’t think so, and experts agree that a higher reporting rate is actually a good thing. Still, there are survivors like Ashley who say they’ve found the school’s internal process frustrating.

It’s a sentiment echoed across the country as students start speaking out about college rape culture. According to the widely-cited 2007 Campus Sexual Assault Study conducted for the Department of Justice, one in five women experience sexual assault before graduation.

Now, politicians—from Gov. Jerry Brown to President Barack Obama—have started to take serious notice, launching public awareness campaigns and passing new laws aimed at preventing sexual assaults on college campuses.

Changes are coming.

And the spotlight might soon glare on UC Davis. A group of students are discussing filing a federal complaint against the school for allegedly violating Title IX, the law prohibiting sex discrimination in educational institutions, including public universities. Sarah Yang, a recent UC Davis graduate and activist, is gathering potential complainants.

“It’s the school’s duty to go through lengths to make sure its students are safe,” Yang says. “We have to show that the university won’t tolerate rape, even if the outside world does.”

Rape and the victim-blaming game Lauren says she’s been raped twice during her time at UC Davis. The first rape happened freshman year. After weekly political science study sessions, a classmate invited her over to watch X-Men Origins: Wolverine. They split a wine cooler. Then, the movie ended, and she stood up to leave. He pushed her to the ground, leaving her facedown, staring at the door when he climbed on top of her.

She doesn’t remember much after that. She doesn’t remember how she got home. Lauren didn’t even know that what happened was rape.

She didn’t realize it until her second rape four years later; someone she considered a good friend kept advancing even though she said, “no, no, stop.”

“Whenever people talk about sexual assault, it’s like a random stranger that jumps out of a bush and attacks you,” she says. “I didn’t even realize it could be a friend or someone I knew.”

For Lauren, the definition of rape has been a confusing, gray area that she’s still trying to navigate. She says she wishes she received more education about consent and acquaintance rape at UC Davis. Instead, she never reported either incident. Lauren says she’s furious but would never be able to report a friend to the police.

According to “Drug-facilitated, Incapacitated, and Forcible Rape: A National Study,” a report prepared for the Department of Justice in 2007, just 12 percent of college victims report their rapes. Compare that to the 40 percent of victims among the general population who report, according to the Department of Justice’s “National Crime Victimization Survey: 2008-2012.” By that math, 66 on-campus assaults collected by UC Davis are likely a fraction of the real figure.

Separately, the City of Davis Police Department has recorded even fewer—31 off-campus sexual assaults were reported by UC Davis students from 2011 to 2013.

Because sexual assault is so under-reported, the higher number is actually better, according to UC Davis spokesperson Andy Fell.

“We make a strong effort here to get those reports and that does bring up our numbers,” he says. “We should be more worried about the schools reporting zero.”

Experts agree. Annie Clark, co-founder of the advocacy group End Rape on Campus, says the data is helpful but not a great overall representation since it only tracks on-campus crimes.

“A lot of people look at these numbers as a measure of safety but they’re not necessarily,” she says. “Schools with the higher numbers might be more accurate because students feel more comfortable reporting—maybe we should be applauding them.”

There are plenty of reasons why students don’t report their assaults. Sometimes they fear getting into trouble for underage drinking, or think that officials won’t believe them. Victims often blame themselves.

Another UC Davis student, Karen, says she nearly didn’t report her case of sexual assault for that exact reason. She was drinking at another student’s apartment one night last summer when she passed out, as she had several times in the past, assuming she’d be safe. She woke up to an acquaintance on top of her. She froze in shock—she tried to kick and scream but couldn’t move. The next morning, he pretended everything was normal.

“Someone I knew did this to me—that ripped away my trust with everyone,” she says. “I felt so disgusted, so dirty, so violated, not human anymore. I felt that way for a very long time.”

She decided to report it. Her socially conservative family told Karen it was all her fault. Her sisters are still angry with her for going public, getting the police involved and “damaging the family name.”

But generally, Karen says she found support from the campus community. Her professors were accommodating when she missed deadlines.

Except one. After telling a professor about her upcoming trial, she says she felt targeted, uncomfortable and chose to drop the class instead.

Such occurrences are not totally uncommon, but still shouldn’t happen, according to Jessica W. Luther, a freelance journalist for publications such as The Austin Chronicle, who is writing a book on college football and sexual assault.

“I think everyone should be trained to speak with more sensitivity,” she says. “If a teacher is making light of [sexual assault], imagine how damaging that would be to a victim.”

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Sarah Yang, a recent UC Davis graduate, has become an activist and a public voice for sexual assault victims at the university.

Ashley claims she encountered victim-blaming all year, from all angles. She says investigators from both the city and university asked leading questions about how much she drinks, how often she parties and what she wears. Or worse, if she said no loud enough, if she fought back hard enough. Her roommates ostracized her, saying Ashley was the danger to their safety for allowing the perpetrators in their apartment. Other friends firmly believed the attackers were nice guys, incapable of such behavior.

And, Ashley adds, academic advisers and some other school staff didn’t offer much support. She says they’d offer words like, “These things happen,” “Guys are like that” and “Be more aware of your surroundings next time.”

UC Davis spokesman Fell says that UC Davis maintains a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to rape.

“We will do everything it takes to improve our services to our students and enhance efforts to prevent sexual violence, or any type of violence.”

UC Davis may have ranked No. 5 on the Washington Post’s chart of sexual assaults, but Fell also points out that UC Davis’ numbers fell much further down the list when its size was taken into account. The school enrolls more than 30,000 students. Compare that to Reed College, which had 35 reported assaults with a population of less than 1,500. It’s a problem that plagues colleges regardless of location, whether it’s private or public or even whether it has a football team, Luther says.

“The size of the school doesn’t seem to matter ... [sexual assault] keeps happening over and over again,” she says.

Why? Partying and boozing are huge, and often lead to miscommunication. Female students, such as Karen, Lauren and Ashley, also point to power dynamics, the objectification of women’s bodies, male feelings of entitlement and general misogyny. “[The attackers] do it so they can feel like they’re in control, like they’re dominant,” Karen says.

But Ashley says when she tries to bring these topics up with friends, she’s usually brushed aside.

“Davis makes it tricky,” she says.

“It’s this small town, utopia. You can’t talk about sexual assault, and if you do, no one believes you.”

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“I was on my own” Ashley says she reported her assault to the UC Davis Title IX office in January. She was frustrated her police report would do nothing to punish her attackers, and she wanted to feel safe again.

When students are assaulted, they have a multitude of reporting options. If they want to press charges and go to court, they can report to the UC Davis Police Department for an on-campus crime or to the Davis Police Department for an off-campus crime. Either way, if the perpetrators are affiliated with UC Davis, students can report to the university and seek disciplinary action.

UC Davis conducts its own internal investigations through its Title IX office. Victims, perpetrators and witnesses are all interviewed, sometimes multiple times. A formal report and verdict—based on the “preponderance of evidence” standard instead of “beyond a reasonable doubt”—then goes to the Student Judicial Affairs office, which issues the discipline.

Student Judicial Affairs also holds hearings for student conduct violations like plagiarizing.

Beyond the “interrogating” from the Title IX investigator, Ashley says she was most frustrated by how long the process took. It concluded at the end of May, and the disciplinary process didn’t end until August.

By policy, the Title IX office is supposed to conclude a case within 60 working days. UC Davis Chief Compliance Officer Wendi Delmendo says her office “tries really hard to keep in that time frame.” But some cases, especially those with multiple witness accounts, take more time.

All the while, Ashley claims she still had to face her attackers on campus. Sometimes when it happened, she’d duck into the nearest bathroom to cry before running to class. Unable to concentrate, the perpetual Dean’s Honors List student failed a class for the first time. That one failure caused her to be dismissed for a quarter, due to a contract with the university related to her financial aid.

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The first student was found guilty of violating student conduct, but only given a quarter suspension—keeping him briefly off campus until Ashley graduates. The second student was let off completely and has since graduated.

These investigations are confidential—Ashley was explicitly told not to share the report or its findings with anyone. And the university can’t comment on any specific cases for policy reasons, spokesman Fell says.

“For a lot of people, they’re trying to move past it,” she says. “They’re looking for information about counseling services or they can’t eat or sleep or they’re having difficulty concentrating. We help them with those issues.”

Ashley says she wishes CVPP had been more helpful throughout her ordeal. She says she asked for assistance dealing with her landlord—her apartment served as a constant trigger, and sexual assault victims can legally break their leases early.

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Ashley says she found some support with Phoenix Rising, a student survivor group run by university counseling services. She met 15 students there. Two of those students reported their rapes, but they both gave up with the process early on, Ashley says.

Many reports don’t actually result in investigations. Between 2011-13, the UC Davis Title IX office investigated 17 alleged sexual assaults— which could be either on-campus or off-campus—even though 66 assaults were reported on-campus.

Since 2011, the university has investigated 25 cases and found 11 guilty. Four are still in the hearing process. Of those found guilty, most are expelled. In some cases, the perpetrators are given the option to withdraw instead.

One reason for the discrepancy is that investigations require names—sometimes attackers are strangers—and those names must belong to someone who attends or works at UC Davis. UC Davis can’t expel someone, for example, who isn’t a UC Davis student in the first place. Some prefer to deal with the police; others don’t want to bother at all.

Sarah Meredith is the education coordinator at the Campus Violence Prevention Program, the main campus resource for the university’s victims. It’s tasked with providing information as well as advocacy services in-person or via letter.

Meredith says it’s tough to estimate how many students who can report to the university do report. She guesses about half.

Yet the UC Davis Title IX investigator wrote in the report that “evidence does not show that her school, work or learning environment suffered directly because of the alleged sexual assault.”

The report yielded other odd assumptions about the perpetrators. They had highly conflicting stories. They each blamed the other person. The first said they didn’t know each other; the second said they were friends. The first one sent text messages asking the second to falsely tell the investigator that Ashley removed her own clothes.

Despite the text messages, the investigator wrote, “it appears unlikely [the perpetrators] are friends.” The investigator determined the second student to be the most credible—even though his story did not match Ashley’s or other witness’ versions—because he said he had a medical condition that didn’t let him drink. There was, however, no corresponding proof or doctor’s note in the report.

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Instead, she gave up, moved out and paid double the rent for months.

She says she asked if there was any way to avoid being in the same graduation ceremony as her attacker.

She claims that she asked for help when she tried to edit her police report and says she got no response.

“It seemed like I was bothering them,” Ashley says now. “I was on my own.”

Meredith maintains that CVPP supports those who ask for help in whichever way they choose.

“It’s up to the victim,” she says.

“But we will get up at three o’clock in the morning and go with them to the hospital for an evidentiary exam.”

Compared to Ashley, Karen says she had an opposite experience with CVPP—including a last-minute, accompanied trek for a rape kit. She says the CVPP advocate, Jacquelynn Lira, helped her regain her confidence and feel validated again.

“If she wasn’t here, I would have been completely lost,” Karen says.

“I wouldn’t have known what to do, what my options were. I wouldn’t have done anything at all.”

Karen says she considers herself very lucky for receiving so much support. After all, CVPP has a staff of two.

“If there are thousands of women who experience this, there are only so many that CVPP can help,” Karen says.

With government officials getting involved, that number could change as early as next year.

Changing the law, changing the culture Sarah Yang became the big public voice for sexual assault victims at UC Davis this year. She spoke at rallies at the Capitol. She represented the West Coast at the White House, where she spoke to Vice President Joe Biden about rape culture on campus. Having experienced domestic violence, she co-founded the Women’s Health Initiative at UC Davis two years ago—it’s the only student group dedicated to advocacy against sexual assault.

With such prominence, students have started reaching out to Yang about their own experiences. She says UC Davis’ handling of sexual assault cases is varied at best—and may merit a federal investigation.

She’s enlisted the help of Aryle Butler, one of 31 students to file a federal complaint against UC Berkeley for violating its Title IX obligations to provide equal access to education. They’ve gathered a number of interested students already but are looking for more before filing the complaint. Yang says one investigation took close to two years.

Butler says campus police refused to open one investigation at all, while another was encouraged to take time off rather than press charges.

If the government finds violations, it could revoke all federal financial aid funding from the university. But that’s never happened before—the Office of Civil Rights negotiates with universities before going to court, and universities always promise to make improvements.

“The attention and potential for reform is important,” Butler says.

“Even more important is that they bring survivors together and help students realize that what’s happened to them is wrong and illegal.”

The issue is getting tons of national attention right now, as the Obama administration launched a massive public awareness campaign called “It’s On Us” last month.

Meanwhile, the feds are investigating 76 universities for mishandling cases, including UC Berkeley and UCLA. There’s also a new bill floating through U.S. Senate, the Campus Accountability and Safety Act, which would require more resources for students and stiffer federal penalties for colleges that violate the Clery Act. In California, Gov. Brown signed two bills into law late last month dealing with campus crimes. One requires the university to report violent crimes, such as rape, immediately to local law enforcement unless the victim requests otherwise. The other is known as the “Yes Means Yes” law, which requires universities to adopt a standard of affirmative

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consent. Specifically, silence or a lack of resistance because of intoxication do not equate to consent.

It also requires trauma-informed training for those who handle complaints, access to counseling services and victim-centered policies in general. For Yang, the law signals a huge step forward in fixing a pervasive, victim-blaming rape culture.

“You won’t get ‘boys will boys’ anymore,” she says. “It won’t be considered a common courtesy or gentlemanly to not sleep with a girl who is passed out. It’s straight-up illegal.”

Part of the law is related education for incoming students during orientation. UC Davis has had this covered since 2010.

But survivors say they wish there was more in-person education on an ongoing basis. They also wish the workshop hadn’t moved to an online format this year, where participants can more easily tune out information. CVPP does offer these sort of additional sessions, though they’re not required. Karen believes CVPP should hire more staff and be located in a more central location—currently it’s tucked away next to the campus police station with little fanfare.

“It’s inconvenient for someone who already feels unsafe to walk all the way to that one center for resources,” she says. “I think we should be able to provide more services everywhere for survivors, or at least somewhere visible.”

More services are already coming.

The UC Davis Police Department is introducing new safety initiatives this fall, including an expansion of its Safe Rides service to provide free all-night transportation home from campus.

Systemwide changes probably won’t come until 2015. UC President Janet Napolitano formed a task force this past summer to respond to recommendations from the federal and state governments. The team recently identified its goals, which includes establishing a confidential advocacy office on each campus by January.

In the meantime, Karen has a lawyer and is awaiting her court date.

Her attacker was already dismissed

by UC Davis, but she wants to see him in jail.

Ashley says she also would love to see her attackers in jail, but knows that won’t happen without forensic evidence. Instead, she’s staying in touch with Yang and hoping for some redemption that way. She’s also trying to enjoy life by being social and sleeping well again. Sleeping alone is hard, however, even in her new apartment.

“I know I should feel safe, but I think it has a lot do with the fact that they’re still out there,” she says. “And nothing has happened.”

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Entimos Coffee Roasters co-founders Matt Dittemore (left) and Tim Tubra take specialty coffee very seriously.

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Given the city’s affinity for culinary-themed weeks, a coffee week seems like a no-brainer.

Over the past few years in fact, Sacramento has gained a national reputation for excellent coffee— In 2013, Coffee Review, self described as “the world’s leading coffee guide,” placed Sacramento in the country’s top 12 coffee cities, giving props to more than 50 roasts from Temple Coffee, Old Soul Co. and Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters in the past four years. It also ranked one of Temple’s crisp, chocolatey Ethiopian coffees as the very best of 2013.

That’s essentially why Specialty Coffee Week exists. Sean Kohmescher, owner of Temple Coffee, wants to show off the city’s

fabulous, ever-growing coffee scene. It’s both for the converted coffee nerd and the curious newcomer. And ultimately, it’s about education.

“There’s still a huge amount of the population who think they’re drinking coffee, but it’s actually a milkshake,” he says. “I think a lot of beautiful things will eventually be learned, but it doesn’t take one person. It takes an entire community.”

So when Kohmescher decided a couple years ago that Sacramento needed its own coffee week, he rallied the troops. Chocolate Fish’s Edie Baker jumped on board to help organize, and together they propositioned countless cafes, roasters, bars and restaurants to come up with a creative way to showcase the almighty bean. And they delivered—more than 20 businesses are putting on nearly 40 events over the course of the week. Most events are one-time only, but some places are offering specials every day. Magpie Cafe, for example, is serving a coffee crème brûlée made with Chocolate Fish espresso.

Citrus Heights-based microroastery Entimos Coffee Roasters will host a live roasting demo,

with little to-go gift baggies, on Saturday, October 18. It’s part education, part tasting and an excellent representation of the week as a whole.

“Roasting is science, chemistry and magic all rolled into one,” says co-owner Matt Dittemore.

“We’ll geek out as much as people want to.”

Coffee explosion Dittemore moved from Portland, Ore., to Sacramento about 12 years ago. He describes Portland as a place “where coffee was everything” and Sacramento, at the time, as a place “where there was nothing.”

Missing his expertly crafted caffeine fix, he bought some home roasters and started experimenting. Then he met another Portland transplant who was doing the same thing.

After friends kept pestering them for beans, the pair formed Entimos Coffee Roasters, a micro roast-to-order company.

Obviously a lot has changed in 12 years. Temple wasn’t open yet back then. Would Dittemore insist on home roasting if he relocated to Sacramento, say, today?

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“With all this great coffee around now, it’s hard to say. Now I just enjoy the craft of roasting so much,” he says. “It’s almost therapy.”

Temple’s 2005 opening ushered in Sacramento’s third wave coffee scene, which Dittemore and other roasters agree has “tremendously exploded” since then.

For context, the first wave of coffee is generally thought of as the 19th-century Folgers days, when coffee was finally brought into the homes of the masses.

Second wave is attributed to Peet’s Coffee in the 1960s, and later Starbucks, and the beginnings of cafe culture.

During this time, beans were imported from countries with specific characteristics, and were then darkly roasted. The third wave is characterized by light roasts—coffees that show off nuances—with an emphasis on sourcing directly from farms.

Local writer William Burg actually traces Sacramento’s craft coffee history back to 1928 in his book Midtown Sacramento: Creative Soul of the City. According to Burg, the first gourmet cafe was Falor’s Coffee Bar, which roasted on-site daily in small batches. It closed in 1975, unable to compete with cheap alternatives.

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atmosphere. But Coffee Works in East Sacramento actually opened earlier in 1982, and it stands as Sacramento’s oldest still-running roastery.

popped up with similar ethoses. Roseville’s Bloom Coffee & Tea uses highly-rated beans from Verve Coffee Roasters in Santa Cruz. Shady Coffee & Tea in Roseville serves Entimos. Java Mama in Folsom serves Chocolate Fish.

Pachamama Coffee Cooperative has a cafe in Davis. The list goes on.

Are we approaching over-saturation? Is there a craft coffee bubble?

Kohmescher in brief: “We’re nowhere close.”

Coffee Works’ John Shahabian treats coffee as an art and a science.

Fast-forward to 2002 and Naked Lounge quickly found a following, launching the careers of those who would go on to found Temple, Old Soul and Insight Coffee Roasters.

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Coffee Works coffee director John Shahabian considers his cafe-roastery “wave two point five.”

Coffee Works built off Peet’s Coffee and went further, building relationships with farms and producing lighter roasts when no one else was locally. But Coffee Works employees

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with fellow coffee nerds at an after-party. $15. 6 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 16 at Crest Theatre, 1013 K Street.

Tasting and another movie For a free, simultaneous screening, head to Pachamama Coffee Cooperative and learn about the birthplace of coffee.

Ethiopia is the topic of the 2006 documentary Black Gold—enjoy while sipping two varieties of Ethiopian coffee. 6:30-9:30 p.m.

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headway off the grid. Old Soul at 40 Acres in Oak Park is a mainstay of the neighborhood. Temple has a location on Fair Oaks Boulevard. Insight recently opened in Pavilions Shopping Center.

And though none have approached the suburbs yet, some independent businesses have

he events only run through October 19 but, fear not, there are still plenty of buzzworthy ways to cap off Specialty Coffee Week. You may have to purchase that pint of coffee stout, but most events and tastings are free unless otherwise noted. And don’t miss all the coffee-themed specials—check out the full list at www.specialty coffeeweek.com.

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Thursday, Oct. 16 at Pachamama Coffee Cooperative, 919 20th Street.

Cold brew madness Inspired by barrel-aged beers, Coffee Works is experimenting with cold brew coffee aged with oak chips. Try six different versions and munch on some French pastries after a tour of Sacramento’s longest-running roastery.

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still bag blackened French Roast beans behind the counter and love to blend—a rarity in the current singleorigin-obsessed third-wave landscape.

“It’s a matter of taste, and I absolutely respect if you like dark coffee, bold flavors and sharp, peppery notes,” Shahabian says. “I think that’s awesome and you shouldn’t scoff at it ... We blend the mentalities.”

Oh, the scoffing. If not the tattooed baristas and minimalist decor, third wave coffee shops have

at Coffee Works, 3418 Folsom Boulevard.

Cafe Au Ale homebrew showdown It’s too late to enter Sacramento’s first official coffee beer homebrew competition, but it should still make for a tasty party. Certified beer judges and industry folk will award prizes and swag to the winners, while everyone can imbibe flights of coffee beers from Oak Park Brewing Co. and Ruhstaller. 6-10 p.m. Friday,

Oct. 17 at Old Soul at 40 Acres, 3434 Broadway.

Meet the farmer Chocolate Fish Coffee Roaster’s Guatemalan coffee farmer will discuss growing, processing and building relationships with roasters. Be prepared to drink coffee, watch a slide show and ask questions.

6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17 at Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters, 4749 Folsom Boulevard.

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become nationally known for snooty attitudes. That’s not so much the case in Sacramento. Starbucks dark roast lovers and Temple drinkers—and everyone in between—seem to coexist peacefully.

It helps that people like Lucky Rodrigues, co-owner of Insight, make specialty coffee so approachable. And to those who are still scared, he teaches free classes weekly—roasting, home brewing, tasting. Yes, free classes beyond Specialty Coffee Week.

At a recent class, he said even people who consider themselves coffee connoisseurs are often daunted when it comes to brewing a simple cup at home.

“It should have the same level of intimidation as making your own pancakes,” he said.

And then he explained said simplicity, with a fun attitude and no pretension.

Temple and Chocolate Fish also hold regular classes—with a fee—and artisan coffee proponents agree that more education is always better.

“Once people become knowledgeable—whether it’s about their tasting palate, or where coffees come from, different varietals, different regions and farms—the ritual we do every single day just becomes more exciting,” Kohmescher says. Ω Learn more about Specialty Coffee Week at http://specialtycoffeeweek.com/

Live roasting demo Watch the process from green bean to brewed coffee. The team behind Entimos Coffee Roasters will be roasting small batches all day and offering single cup pour-overs and beans to-go. 3-7 p.m. Saturday,

Oct. 18 at Shady Coffee & Tea, 325 Douglas Boulevard in Roseville.

Coffee-laced brunch An order of French toast with coffee will take on a whole new meaning at Sunday brunch, with Old Soul infusing classic dishes with coffee. The head roaster will come up with suggested coffee pairings, too. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday,

Oct. 19 at Old Soul, 1716 L Street.

Ethiopian coffee ceremony First, a coffee history lesson as told by Tiferet Coffee House’s roaster.

Then, a traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony with

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non-traditional treats from Estelle’s Patisserie.

8-10 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 19 at Tiferet Coffee House, 3020 H Street.

Coffee cocktails Eight of the city’s top bartenders will compete to create the best artisanal coffee cocktail. Attendees will also be able sample the original coffees and order off a special coffee-themed menu. 6-9 p.m. Sunday,

Oct. 19 at Hook & Ladder Manufacturing Co., 1630 S Street.

Grand finale Taste a preview of this year’s “Sauce” coffee stout from Ruhstaller and Old Soul Co. at Specialty Coffee Week’s official wrap-party.

Other experimental, oneoff coffee beers will fill the rest of Ruhstaller’s taps.

3-6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19 at Ruhstaller, 630 K Street.

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The Renegade Exchange Arts & Craft Fair Saturday, OctOber 18 It’s beginning to look a lot like Capitalist-mas, everywhere you go. There’s nothing wrong with starting holiday-gift shopping early, but artists vending their goods at Shine are making it easy to CRAFT FAIR buy handmade, local ware vs. mass-produced genericness.

Plus, edible (vegan!) art, too. Free, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Shine, 1400 E Street; http://shinesac.com. ith TBD Fest just a few weeks behind us and all sorts of other hip things like The Bridge District popping up, Sacramento’s waterfront area just keeps getting hipper and hipper. But if the aforementioned things are part of a new generation, what of our quirky, old-timey, train-obsessed uncle, Old Sac? Bring in more quirk, we say, and the Old Sacramento Magic Festival promises just that. Billed as the “first major magic festival on the west coast,” aspiring Gob Bluths and David Blaines alike will converge on the Delta King Riverboat (1000 Front Street) for a weekend of prestidigitation by some of the country’s most renowned magicians, including 12-year-old wunderkind Sean Rader and Kenrick “Ice” McDonald (pictured), president of the Society of American Magicians.

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The festival is hosted by Sacramento native Jay Scott Berry, a veteran of the craft who performed his 100th show at the legendary Magic Castle in Hollywood last year (and at age 19, he was also the youngest magician to ever perform there). The event kicks off with the grand opening celebration on Friday, October 17, at noon, followed by the Street Magic Gala at 5 p.m., both of which are free.

Attendees will have the opportunity to not only witness illusions, but to learn the tricks of the trade in various lectures (and all along we thought magicians never revealed their secrets!).

Ticket prices start at $10 per event and go up to $99 for a three-day festival pass.

Head to www.jayscottberry.com/SMF for more information.

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Mini Fall French Film Festival Sunday, OctOber 19 Many Sacramentans have already heard the news that the Crest Theatre is changing management.

Still unknown is what’ll become of the French Film FILM Festival. That uncertainty is just enough motivation to head to the first ever Mini Fall French Film Festival, featuring three films, a tribute to departing Crest manager Sid GarciaHeberger, champagne and cream puffs. $15-30, 1 p.m. at the Crest Theatre, 1013 K Street; www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.com

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The Dust Bowl tueSday, OctOber 21 Ken Burns’ documentary about one of America’s worst ecological disasters will be shown with Dorothea Lange’s photography. Part one, “The Great Plow Up,” starts at 2 p.m., and part two, FILM “Reaping the Whirlwind,” at 4 p.m. It’s a tie-in to Sacramento Theatre Company’s current production of The Grapes of Wrath. Free, 2 p.m. at Sacramento State University’s Library Gallery, 6000 J Street; http://neabigread.org/ communities/?community_id=2208.

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American Mustang WedneSday, OctOber 22 The wild mustangs in the American West have long been a symbol of the country’s strength and freedom, but the government inhumanely rounds them up by the thousands, according to the documentary American Mustang. The film examines (in 3-D) the FILM contentious battle between the horses’ existence on public land and cattle ranchers. $12, 7:30 p.m. at Century Folsom 14, 261 Iron Point Road in Folsom; www.tugg.com/events/10910.

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TrueStory thurSday, OctOber 23 In a city filled with poetry readings, the creative nonfiction folks had no place to turn until last year when Janna Marlies and Elaine Gale founded READING TrueStory. To close out the second year of quarterly readings, TrueStory features Gale, plus Jen Palmares Meadows, Sondra Olson and Chris Macias reading original stories. An open-mic follows. $5, 7 p.m. at Shine Cafe, 1400 E Street; www.tellatruestory.com.

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ASR Restaurant & Lounge 390 N Sunrise Avenue in Roseville; (916) 797-0220; www.asrrestaurantlounge.com In the high hills of Roseville where few Sacramentans dare to tread, there are new restaurants opening.

Places for the tract-home dwelling nouveau by Garrett riche and burgeoning Roseville professionals McCord to sip swollen glasses of pinot grigio and order generic chevre.

But perhaps this is just Sacramento’s impression of Roseville?

Regardless, ASR Restaurant & Lounge seems to fulfill these wishes with a by-thebook upscale menu, vaulted dining room with razor-fine chic design, and a glorious Rating: patio. It is a very impressive space, albeit HH 1/2 excessively dark and more than a bit noisy. dinner for one: Still, I bet you could throw one hell of a $50 - $75 party there.

ASR Restaurant is the brainchild of Harwinder Bisla, brother of Steve Bisla who opened Standard Restaurant & Lounge in Fresno and is co-owner here. The name, ASR, comes from the first initials of Harwinder’s three children.

The menu is very Southern California suburban upscale—crème brûlée, flourless chocolate cake, risotto, beet salad, etc. You H won’t find anything terribly creative, but there flAwed are a few gems here and there. We’ve seen HH more glorious offerings from Chef Vincent Paul hAS momeNtS Alexander—formerly of Slocum House and HHH The Firehouse—so it’s a bit odd to not see a AppeAliNg more bombastic menu.

HHHH Corn-and-crab fritters sound like little fried AuthoRitAtive balls of joy, but instead, they ooze, tasting of HHHHH saturated oil, with only a rumor of crab and the epic corn flavor wholly truant. The duck egg rolls make up for it with an umami blast of meaty duck confit, brie, and shiitake served with a sweet port sauce. This is one of the best duck dishes I’ve had in the area.

A buffalo chicken pizza did not meet expectations, sadly—expectations being, at the least, California Pizza Kitchen. The crust was better than CPK, but a lack of chicken and globs of mozzarella that make eating difficult offer only Still hungry? a one-dimensional flavor.

Search SN&R’s Then there’s the beef Wellington. This “dining directory” classic, when done right, is a rather ingenious to find local restaurants by name recipe: beef filet coated in pâté and duxelles (a or by type of food. mixture of mushrooms, onions, shallots, butter Sushi, mexican, indian, and cream cooked into a paste), then wrapped italian—discover it in puffy pastry and baked. Here, the pâté and all in the “dining” section at duxelles were altogether missing. In addition, www.news the meat was served rather blue, which isn’t a review.com. problem to me, but when it’s ordered mediumrare, then this is an issue of improper cooking, plain and simple.

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The eggplant Parmesan was a sad little thing. Flavorless, tough, and served with half a blob of rubbery mozzarella, it remained largely untouched.

While the cheesecake tasted bland, the profiteroles—crispy pastry puffs served with coffee gelato—were so good I’m surprised a fight didn’t break out over them.

Service is attentive and spot on. The staff is knowledgeable about the wine menu, and offers both thoughtful recommendations and witty repartee. The menus need work, however, as spelling errors abound and certain listed items don’t actually exist.

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Can I recommend ASR? Not particularly. If you’re in Roseville it certainly beats going to any of the chains, no question. Perhaps time, attention, and a bit more creativity will make ASR the sort of culinary destination I assume it strives to become. Ω

Live the cheesecake dream

For those who used to say “I want to be a one-person cheesecake factory when I grow up,” but then dashed aside that dream when woken up to the dirty side of dairy farming, don’t fret, for all is not lost. Baagan’s executive chef Angelique Miller will teach a vegan, raw, gluten-free cheesecake class, highlighting fall and winter holiday flavors. And yes, there will be samples. The class will be held Sunday, October 19, at 10 a.m. at the restaurant (910 Pleasant Grove Boulevard, Suite 160 in Roseville). It costs $25, but since seats are limited to only those who are truly committed to their cheesecake dreams, call (916) 771-2117 to reserve a spot by Friday, October 17. In the meantime, salivate over the photos of Miller’s cakes at www.baagan.com.

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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.

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

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.

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

Dinner for one: $5-$10.

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Goldfield Trading Post This new eatery rustles up much nicer chow than your usual cowboy fare with a menu that features dishes with names like Grandma’s Meat Loaf.

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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 this side of Wisconsin. The Gold Panner’s Pork Chop was flat-out fantastic, oozing juicy flavor from its firekissed crust.

House-made cinnamon applesauce for dunking was a perfect accompaniment. 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. American. 1630 J Street, (916) 476-5076. Dinner for one: $5-$10. HHH1/2 AMR

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

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.

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

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—aka loaded with toppings. Try the Mufasa

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

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.

might be the best burger in town. American. 1801 L Street, Suite 50; (916) 443-1010. Dinner for one: $15-$25. HHHH G.M.

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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.

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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. It’s like a subtle, healthier version of a club sandwich, with organic chicken, avocado, spinach, cucumber, roasted onion and Swiss cheese—all set between sourdough bread and grilled on a panini press. It boasts a crunchy texture from 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.

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Danielle’s Crêperie This eatery, which specializes in French and American, serves a ton of breakfast and lunch options (pancakes, waffles, omelets, quiches, crepes, sandwiches) and diners can order them at

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.

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.

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.

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Roseville Rose Garden Chinese Restaurant Service here is eager and friendly, and the food is flavorful. Chicken chow mein is a standout. 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.

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 reservations-only

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any time of day. A chocolate crepe is huge and could make for an entire (sugary) meal itself. A Nutella filling option would also be nice. Savory crepes are a good option; try the Crab and Spinach Crêpe.

With crab meat, spinach, garlic and a cheesy French Mornay sauce, this is rich haute cuisine at a bargain price. French and American. 3535 Fair Oaks Boulevard, (916) 972-1911. Dinner for one: $10-$20. HHH1⁄2. J.M.

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.

might serve the best pie in town.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 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. HHHH J.M.

Nutty noodles

Ever since Keizo Shimamoto created (and trademarked) the Original Ramen Burger, foodies around the globe have been trying to get a hold of one, and many chefs at home and in restaurants have tried to copy the item. Sacramento doesn’t have a ramen burger yet, but last month Shoki Ramen House (whose owners happen to be friends with Shimamoto) debuted the Rapanada, a burrito-esque “ramen-empanada” at a few special events. Shoki’s Facebook page says it will be available soon (if not already), but in the meantime, here are a few other options in town for people who want their noodles stuck in some buns.

First, there’s the Gold Rush burger at Broderick Roadhouse (319 Sixth Street in West Sacramento), featuring bacon macaroni and cheese atop a burger. And then there’s the yakisoba-pan from Mahoroba Japanese Bakery (4900 Freeport Boulevard): stir-fried yakisoba noodles stuck inside what looks like a hot dog bun.

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Friends and other so-called enemies A 30-something-year-old dating coach says that her most read blog post wasn’t about how to catch or keep a hot mate—it was about toxic friendships. Her second most popular post? A follow-up article about toxic family members. So what qualifies a relationship as toxic? You have a friend who complains to you so often that it’s an energy drain to hang out with

by Joey ga rcia him or her. Or a friend isn’t supportive of your dreams. a s kj o ey @ n ewsreview.c om A poisoned friendship is one in which your pal is always criticizing you and it hurts your Joey feelings. You start to feel like you misses fireflies. get back very little in return for the investment of your time, ideas, compassion and affection. At least, that’s how much of pop culture defines a toxic friendship.

I don’t buy it. Do you?

By labeling a relationship “toxic,” we avoid responsibility for our failure to develop the skills required to deal with an interpersonal problem. Difficult relationships demand that we grow in our capacity to handle confrontation, to speak the truth, to listen deeply,

By labeling a relationship “toxic”, we avoid responsibility for our failure to develop the skills required to deal with an interpersonal problem. to set boundaries, and to agree to disagree. Most of all, when a friendship becomes painful, it often means we are being called to forgive, empathize, trust and love beyond our usual limits. That can be challenging and scary, especially to our egos. A world in which everything is right or wrong is much easier to manage, control and move around in. But it’s also devoid of creativity, individuality, love, miracles, and free will. So it’s a fantasy, not a reality.

Curiously, the concept of toxic friendships doesn’t exist in the field of psychology, or in spirituality.

Maybe calling a friendship toxic is just a way to stunt our intellectual, emotional and spiritual growth. A toxic friendship is simply the failure of two people to evolve.

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She’s right. We have to learn to be around difficult people and people who hurt us because it’s unrealistic to think we can avoid them. It’s better to learn how to stand up for ourselves while supporting someone who is lashing out because of their own unresolved issues. We have to learn how to love one another and when we can’t, we must learn how to tolerate each other and teach children and teens the same competency and resilience.

Of course, there are caveats.

We cannot remain in friendships with people who have dangerous, unmedicated psychological disorders or criminals or drug abusers or people who willfully try to hurt us.

Those people require the supervision of medical and law enforcement professionals. But our relationships with people in pain who need guidance to evolve into better selves often fit the criteria our culture deems toxic. In other words, it’s an opportunity, not a crisis.

If you find yourself in a difficult friendship, name what makes you uncomfortable. Ask yourself what you are most afraid of. Then take charge of providing a healthy balance between your needs or necessary boundaries and your friend’s healing. By accepting the challenge of spiritual, emotional or intellectual growth, you become like an alchemist transmuting base emotions into the one thing the world needs now: sweet love. Ω

Meditation of the Week “This isn’t a world made up of friends and enemies, rather it’s a world of friends and people to be friendly toward,” writes author Shasta Nelson. How does your perspective on the world shape the way you see the people who cross your path?

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Sacramento celebrates Halloween with numerous stage performances While many people in Sacramento are just starting to search for their next Halloween party costumes, a number of local actors are already donning by Jonathan Mendick makeup and getting ready to act out scenes from some of the nation’s favorite Halloween-themed j o nathan m@ stories. For those looking to see one or more of news review.c om these scary stories performed on stage, here are a few good options.

Young Frankenstein opened at American River College Theatre (4700 College Oak Drive) over the weekend. The Mel Brookspenned musical retells the classic story of Frankenstein with a live orchestra, song and dance. Tickets are $8-$15, and the show plays at various times through Sunday, October 26.

Head to www.arctheatre.org for show times and more details.

October 31, and doors open at 10 p.m. at the Colonial Theatre, 3522 Stockton Boulevard.

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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.

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This ghost story has an incredible set and lighting design by Shawn Weinsheink, which provides the perfect atmosphere for Lori Ann Delappe-Grondin’s production of the story of a pair of siblings who buy a country house with a dark history. In order to get rid of the ghost, they’ve got to get to the bottom of the mystery.

It’s Halloween-season fun, with some good chills. F, Sa 8pm; Su 2pm. Through 10/19. $10-$15.

Art Court Theatre at Sacramento City College, 3835 Freeport Boulevard; (916) 558-2228; www.city theatre.net. K.M.

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Patrick Grizzell (center) will be both reading poems and performing with his band Proxy Moon.

It’s hard to believe it’s been around for so long, but for 35 years, the Sacramento Poetry Center has been a mainstay for the local, regional and even national literary community. Between its workshops, readings and publications, poets and poetry lovers in Sacramento have had the opportunity to have a place to delve as deep as their souls desired into the wonderful world of words. The Sacramento Poetry Center is a unique literary center in that is not directly affiliated with a university (like many cities), so people in the community of all ages can focus on expression and creativity completely separate from any academic restrictions or oversight. An anniversary-celebrating event will have readers from the early days, the middle years and most recent era of the Center’s existence. Some include Patrick Grizzell, Mary Zeppa and Bob Stanley.

Phillip Larrea, co-editor of 2013’s Sacramento Voices, will be the host for the evening. Sacramento Poetry Center 35th Anniversary Reading, 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 18; free. The Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th Street; www.sacramentopoetrycenter.com.

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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.

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There are two zombie musicals, too: The Sacramento Comedy Spot’s back-to-back performance of Zombie The Musical ($10, 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Friday, October 31 at 1050 20th Street, Suite 130; http://saccomedyspot.com/ zombie-the-musical), and Sutter Street Theatre’s Evil Dead: The Musical ($15-$23, various show times through November 1 at 717 Sutter Street in Folsom; www.sutterstreettheatre.com).

Sacramento horror and trash-film festival the Trash Film Orgy (http://trashfilmorgy.com) recently announced that its last-ever event at the Crest Theater (1013 K Street) will be a Halloween-themed shindig on Friday, October 24. It’ll feature a screening of the Tim Burton film, Beetlejuice—plus games, contests, a deejay and a live stage show. It’s an 18-and-over affair, tickets are $10 ($9 for people in costume), and doors open at 8 p.m. for the 9 p.m. event.

Also combining films and live acting, the Sacramento Horror Film Festival (www.sac horrorfilmfest.com) hosts a screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show with acting troupe Amber’s Sweets’ “shadow cast” acting out scenes from the movie. It happens on Friday,

Judging by this press photo, American River College Theatre’s production of Young Frankenstein looks a little bit scary, and a lot silly.

Everything’s right about the B Street Theatre’s Family Series production of The Flying Machine, which introduces us to brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright. This imaginatively written, wonderfully acted and amazingly creative production of the Wright Brothers’ aerial adventures also includes an almost-toscale replica of the brothers’ first airplane, as well as actual historic black-and-white photos and film.

The adaptation of the first flight story, skillfully written by B Street’s Jerry R. Montoya, tells the tale of the two bicyclebuilding brothers whose journey toward their first flight is filled with frustrations, wonderment, moxie and awe. Through historical references to other plane pioneers as well as explanations of basic mechanics, the play illustrates the physics of flight which led to an air vehicle that could be steered—the major adjustment that differentiated planes from gliders.

But the story is lightened along the way with playful sibling banter in the form of teasing dialogue and physical jabs between the two brothers, who are very different from each other but who both strive for the same magical goal. It’s gripping, funny and a true flight of fancy presented by a perfectly chosen fourperson cast of B Street regulars: John Lamb as Orville Wright, Jason Kuykendall as Wilbur Wright, with David Silberman and Casey McClellan as a plethora of colorful characters who help move the story along.

Equally impressive is the production.

Major kudos to the staging, costumes, music and props. A beautiful color-rich painted frame with illustrations apropos of the time period surrounds the stage, and a back screen flashes historic photos of the brothers’ lives as well as footage of the actual first flight that the audience gleefully celebrates when the plane finally takes to the air.

When the almost-to-scale aero-wings drop down from the ceiling, there is a gasp of excitement as well as a grasp of what is to come. In a nice gesture, after the play, you’re invited to pose next to the plane for photos.

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John Steinbeck’s panoramic novel about dirt-poor, Depression-era Okies still packs a punch and Sacramento Theatre Company’s production delivers the goods. Laura Kaya and Matt K. Miller play Ma and Pa, using every resource at their disposal to hold the fracturing family together. Original music

by Sam Misner and Megan Smith (who also play cameo roles) is a significant plus, and director Michael Stevenson manages to use the smallish STC stage to focus the intimate conversations, the cramped ride on the Californiabound truck, etc. W, Th 6:30pm; F, Sa 8pm; Sa, Su 2pm. Through 10/26. $15-$38. Sacramento Theatre Company at the Wells Fargo Pavilion, 1419 H Street; (916) 443-6722; www.sactheatre.org. J.H.

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Of course, the familiar nature of the characters is appropriate for a film that spends 134 minutes retrofitting beat-up WWII-era movie clichés for the age of CGI spectacle and body horror. The film’s blood type is hard-R negative, and Ayer allows the stuff to gush indiscriminately. Powerful scenes of wartime desperation—conscripted German children, or an old woman harvesting dead horse meat—culminate in action sequences that play out like Medal of Honor missions, right down to the cartoon squeals of the butchered and fried Nazi soldiers.

Brad Pitt, very good in a role not far removed from his career high-point in Inglourious Basterds, plays Don “Wardaddy” Collier, a battle-scarred tank commander with an evangelical belief in the righteousness of Nazi-killing.

Pitt’s Don has echoes of the Tom Hanks character in Saving Private Ryan, shaky hand and mercurial back story and all, but he also has the immersive, holy war bloodlust of Ethan Edwards in The Searchers. Don is fluent in German, and possesses an encyclopedic knowledge of their culture, but he only uses it to more efficiently and sadistically kill Nazis. In the heat of battle, he screams in German, “Send me more pigs to kill!” Rest assured that the Nazis oblige.

The film opens in Germany in April 1945, which the film portrays as a period of scorchedearth “fanatical resistance,” with the advancing

Allied soldiers besieged by ambushes. Pitt commands a tank that is technologically inferior to the German models, and the opening scene is set in the gory, fog-shrouded aftermath of a hellacious battle that his vehicle somehow survived. After savagely dispatching with a Nazi soldier and his symbolic white horse, Pitt leads his team back to the deplorable squalor of base camp. There they are assigned a replacement for a comrade who died in the previous battle, a gunner who left nothing behind but a few tchotchkes on the dash and a large chunk of his face on the seat.

Logan Lerman plays Norman, the freshfaced, gawky, inexperienced, pants-wetting newbie, and while the fresh-faced, gawky, inexperienced, pants-wetting newbie is a convention of war films going back to the silent era, this stock character was never written as more of an apple-cheeked stumblebum. It’s as though Andy Hardy were suddenly transported from a barn dance onto Omaha Beach. Norman is assigned to Don’s hardened crew, yet he is totally ignorant of basic military protocol and insists that his true calling is in the secretarial pool. “I trained to type 60 words per minute!” What boot camp was this?

Lerman is saddled with a ridiculous and unplayable character, but Ayer gets sturdy performances from the rest of his supporting players, including the oft-maligned LeBeouf as Bible, “the religious guy.” The actors are given little more to play than onedimensional outlines, but they manage to create an intense group dynamic that pays off during a dysfunctional “family” dinner scene, and an otherwise silly action finale.

The actors are given little more to play than one-dimensional outlines, but they manage to create an intense group dynamic that pays off.

Fury is a problematic film, but it’s also undeniably entertaining, with some ghostly images that are too often obliterated by cannon fire. The film is also a technical masterwork of production design, editing, costumes, cinematography, special effects, and especially sound design. One of the many brilliant touches is the way that the thump and crack of gunfire echoes constantly in the background, a persistent reminder to the tank crew that death is everywhere. But it’s a backwards compliment to single out the sound in Fury, because the rest of the film signifies nothing. Ω

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by Christina Welsh and Ernie Barbarash (from a novel by Zane), the movie is a watchable, slightly camp-trashy mix of Lifetime Channel soap opera and 50 Shades of Grey-style erotica for bored housewives. Scenes of face-your-secrets therapy alternate with domestic and workplace crises, punctuated with titillating dips into something close to soft-core porn. Did I mention that everything is really glamorous? J.L.

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Dracula Untold

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Directed by first-timer Gary Shore and written by first-timers Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, the movie is a clumsy mash-up of distorted history, CGI demo reels and horrormovie mumbo jumbo in which the 15th century Balkan ruler Vlad Dracula (Luke Evans), in order to protect his realm from invading Turks, makes a desperate bargain with a demon vampire (Charles Dance). This, of course, will eventually turn him into the vampire we all love to fear. The murk of John Schwartzman’s cinematography (those nighttime scenes help to stretch a visual effects budget) matches the muddy writing, and the movie overflows with groan-inducing dialogue (did you know that 15th century people said things like “OK”?). A modern-day coda threatens us with a sequel.

Quick, where’s the garlic? J.L.

Gone Girl

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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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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“ENGROSSING.” - Andrew Barker, VARIETY

The Guest

Adam Wingard’s genre-defying The Guest is a trickier movie to dance around than Gone Girl, not due to any world-shattering plot twists, but because The Guest so resolutely resists the comforts of context. In an anonymous small town, a soft-spoken, steely-eyed ex-soldier named David appears at the door of a grieving suburban family, claiming to have known their recently deceased son. When pictures confirm his identity, the family invites David to stay, but their guest comes under suspicion when bodies start piling up. There is a stony ambivalence to the way that the film refuses to build a coherent mythology, and the script weaves intimations of PTSD-related horror into the story in interesting ways. But most of that is dropped in the final stretch, and while you can practically hear Wingard and screenwriter Simon Barrett giggling with self-satisfaction from behind the camera, the ending feels like a shrug. D.B.

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The Book of Life

The rulers of light and darkness in the afterlife make a bet as to which of two childhood sweethearts (voiced by Diego Luna and Channing Tatum) will win the hand of a Mexican girl (Zoe Saldana). The script for this animated phantasmagoria by Jorge R. Gutierrez and Douglas Langdale, like the movie’s riotous design, is often as cluttered and kitschy as a roadside curio stand, and it deeply indulges producer Guillermo del Toro’s penchant for the grotesque. Yet it all works, using the background of Mexico’s Día de los Muertos holiday as the setting for a complicated story with echoes of legends, myths and fairy tales from around the world, from Orpheus to Sleeping Beauty to The Wizard of Oz. Additional voices include Kate del Castillo, Ron Perlman, Christina Applegate, Ice Cube, Hector Elizondo and Danny Trejo. J.L.

The Judge

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. J.L.

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Kill the Messenger

In 1996, Gary Webb’s San Jose Mercury-News report on the link between the Nicaraguan Contras, the CIA and the American crack epidemic caused an unprecedented institutional retaliation. On the surface, it makes a meaty film story, a globetrotting tale of intrigue and corruption about a flawed but noble man who took on an unbeatable system when everyone told him to stand down. But director Michael Cuesta and screenwriter Peter Landesman are less interested in the messenger than the message. Their Gary Webb says things like “This is America!” and “I believe in due process!”

As Webb, Jeremy Renner has the mustache, sunglasses, cigarettes, untucked shirt, journalistic passion, and devilish smirk, but he mostly talks and behaves like a character in a silly movie. It only shows how much more interesting an intelligent documentary about Webb would be than this weak and warmedover biopic treatment. D.B.

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Pride

As British coal miners begin a long and bitter strike in 1984, unexpected support comes from a motley group of London lesbians and gay men, led by activist Mark Ashton (Ben Schnetzer); Bill Nighy and Imelda Staunton play Welsh villagers who welcome their aid.

Director Matthew Warchus and writer Stephen Beresford turn their inspired-by-true-events tale into a celebration of solidarity in the face of adversity—a thoroughly enjoyable piece of power-to-the-people populism, but without the sour righteousness that so often makes lefty agitprop go down like medicine. Uplifting without irony, the movie sends you out of the theater with a spring in your step; it’s like Clifford Odets’ Waiting for Lefty mixed with The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. A Broadway musical is only a matter of time. J.L.

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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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Class action Rapper Luke Tailor educates listeners on money, politics and snacks Luke Tailor’s life as a 19-year-old college student often went like this: “Do I spend this dollar on a sandwich? Or do I spend this dollar on light by Janelle rail to get to the studio?”

Bitker Usually, it was light rail. Sometimes the studio had free snacks. j a ne l l e b @ Now, that seemingly small choice has paid ne w s re v i e w . c o m off. Tailor, real name Ronnee LaRae, releases his long-awaited debut record Textbook Money Friday, October 17. On the album, the 21-yearold reflects on his beginnings as an eager, innocent student plunging into the depths of debt. In other words, he didn’t have textbook money.

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But “Sallie Mae Blues” might be the most stunning, poetic track, with lyrical gems such as, “My empty refrigerator is teaching me to survive / On a couple dollars and swallowing all my pride / Dying to live, it feels like I’m living to die.”

It makes sense coming from a guy who says he thrived on spoken word as a student at Sacramento Charter High School. But Tailor’s introduction to hip-hop happened relatively late in life—growing up, rap was banned in his Christian, smooth jazz-loving house.

“When I heard rap for the first time, that was it,” he says. “That was life.”

That was in fourth grade, which he describes as his peak dorky phase. He never went to recess. He ate lunch in the library.

He spent his time writing instead of trying to make friends. He had a stutter. Then he got challenged to a rap battle in the bathroom.

“Everyone freaked out,” he says. “Here was this little dork who could rap. I stuttered but I could rap.”

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“It’s like first semester, freshman year,” he says. “You’re trying really hard, you don’t wanna fuck up, you want to make sure you’re spending your parents’ tuition money well.”

There aren’t the all-too-common rap references to drinking, drugs and sleeping with lots of women. When he wrote the bulk of Textbook Money, Tailor said he’d never done any of those things.

The result is honest, earnest and powerful, an album full of anthems for broke and lost young adults. He says he wants every song to be relatable, and one of the only times Tailor gets really personal is in the song “Cream,” in which he mulls over the difficulty in telling his dad he wants to be an artist. And truly, Tailor’s dad didn’t learn about his son’s raps until this past spring.

Tailor still has some serious silliness in him. He nearly named this first album Thug Life and Fruit Loops. He has a song—ready for the next album—named “Dreadlocks and Sensitive Shit.”

And he’s really excited about that next record, Bored of Education, due early next year. If Textbook Money is about being 19, Bored of Education is about being 21.

Yes, hangovers and dating, but also heavier observations: gentrification, sexism, alienation on social media, police brutality. He wants to call out people like Iggy Azalea, who use the N-word but won’t publicly speak out about Ferguson.

“Everyone wants to be black until it’s time to be black,” Tailor says.

Until then, Tailor continues to work on his live show. He’s long taken the stage dressed in student wear—often a varsity jacket—but now he wants more theatrics. He wants to incorporate more poetry and dance—create a real one-man show—and experiment with music styles and production.

“I want the transition from song to poem to be questionable—you don’t even know what’s happening,” he pauses dramatically and nods.

“But you like it.” Ω

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Birthday nostalgia: Longtime Sacramento music promoter Brian McKenna celebrates his 45th birthday Friday, October 17, at Harlow’s with a gig sure to bring folks back to the ’90s. Or perhaps specifically to October 17, 2009.

Headliner Kai Kln is kind of a local legend, made up of Gene Smith (vocals/guitar), Neil Franklin (drums), Scott Anderson (bass) and Sherman Loper (guitar). The band formed in 1989, playing loads of underground shows and house parties with crazy energy and a ’70s hard rock, ’80s metal sound. Sacramento promoters McKenna and Jerry Perry took notice and snagged Kai Kln an opening spot for then-up-and-comer Primus, and soon enough, the band was selling out gig after gig—including the Crest Theatre. Rumor has it, Kai Kln was the first unsigned band to ever do so.

Then, in the same way many rock music stories end, the band broke up in 1997.

So why did I mention 2009? Well, the band got back together in 2007.

And in 2009, it played McKenna’s 40th birthday, also at Harlow’s.

This is still a rare occurrence. Kai Kln’s members collaborate with a bunch of other bands instead. Loper and Franklin play in Dutch. And perhaps the longest-running and most active band among them is Brubaker, with Franklin and Smith. As with Kai Kln, Smith is the primary songwriter in Brubaker, which also features bassist Larry Boothroyd of Victims Family and guitarist Christian Riley of Walrus.

Brubaker plays along with Kai Kln at Friday’s birthday bash, which doubles as Brubaker’s self-titled album release party.

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Tripping: After maybe the third slow, improvisational jam session, a friend asked, “Are we at a Phish concert?”

This conversation happened at Blitzen Trapper’s show last Wednesday night at Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub. I had expected an early sell out—Blitzen Trapper is a pretty big deal, and the band packed the same venue a couple years ago. This time around, the place started out half-full and cleared out early.

In any case, hopefully Blitzen Trapper didn’t hear the Phish comment. Though perhaps that would have shaken the Portland, Ore., Americana band from its strange lull faster.

It happened eventually. Blitzen Trapper played the title track off its hit 2008 album Furr, and the audience softly sang along in between harmonica solos. Everyone went wild after the first chords of “Black River Killer” were struck—this was the Sub Pop Records band we all remember at its very best, even though Blitzen Trapper has released three albums since then.

“Lady on the Water” followed, another Furr track and a real beauty— no drums, no bass, just one acoustic guitar, keys, synth and melodica.

Eric Earley’s raspy, storytelling voice juxtaposed against such airy sounds was magical.

Still, one fan was—perhaps— more recent to hop on the bandwagon and demanded “some new stuff.”

The band laughed and, after some brief discussion, agreed to “Heart Attack” off the 2013 record VII. “Let us all bend to the whims of one man in the audience,” drummer Brian Adrian Koch said.

It was one of the rockingest tunes all night, but already, the thin crowd thinned out further. Music-lovers in the area were probably still exhausted from TBD Fest or Hardly Strictly Bluegrass or whatever other festival they attended a few days prior.

Which is too bad, because Blitzen Trapper really brought it with the final 45 minutes of its lengthy set. Plus, there were a couple charming interludes, including a debate about the validity of the term “tripping balls.”

Earley started the three-song encore off solo, with a soft and lovely acoustic cover of “No Place to Fall”

by Townes Van Zandt.

The rest of the band joined, and Koch made a very important announcement. He read aloud the official Urban Dictionary definition of “tripping balls.”

“And may you all trip balls on this next song.”

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To call a band “dad rock” doesn’t do much in terms of specificity; it’s a descriptor required to shift along generational lines, ROCK and one day, kids wearing vintage Grizzly Bear T-shirts are going to be like, “My parents were really into Radiohead.” But presently, “dad rock” conjures up notions of anything from Kenny Loggins to Hall & Oates, and lodged firmly in there is that brand of raucous, psychedelic rock ’n’ roll a la Toto, Cream, Jethro Tull and Jefferson Starship. Portland rocker group Ape Machine channels this vibe faithfully, and fans of more contemporary bands like Wolfmother and Black Rebel 3.9 x 5.67 Motorcycle Club will dig it, too. run date: 1815 19th Street, http://apemachine.com.

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Bluegrass is hot, and if you don’t believe that, you probably haven’t heard Front Country. This Bay Area-based band is a newbie to the circuit at only three years old, but don’t let that scare you away. This sextet won competitions at both RockyGrass Festival and Telluride Bluegrass Festival, and the awards don’t stop there. Neither does the music. Sake of the Sound, the band’s 2014 release, leads off with “Gospel Train,” a song that never loses touch with its gospel roots but is clearly performed for the 21st century.

BLUEGRASS Melody Walker’s voice has the power and soul of a blues belter, a jazz diva’s range and a bit of twang. 13 Main Street in Winters, www.frontcountryband.com.

—Deena Drewis

—Trina L. Drotar

Cory Barringer, lead singer of local alt-rock group the Kelps, is celebrating his 23rd birthday. He’d probably like to celebrate this special occasion with you, Sacramento—or at least, he’d be delighted if you came down to the Naked Lounge this ROCK Friday to watch the Kelps perform. Already at his still-young age of 23, he’s accomplished so much. His band has developed into one of the scene’s best rock bands (a clever combo of heavy blues-rock, musical theater and highconcept prog-rock), but he’s also helped to jump-start the Broken Voice Club collective (along with Honyock), which is consistently bringing great shows and records to Sacramento. 1111 H Street, www.facebook.com/thekelpsmusic.

Blue Lamp, 8 p.m., $8 What would it be like to see Kiss, Motley Crue and AC/DC on the same bill, in a club setting? While this rock ’n’ roll fantasy might be impossible, this Saturday-night show at the Blue lamp may be the next best thing: Headlining is Destroyer, an acclaimed San Francisco-based Kiss cover band. It sticks to the group’s early material (and early costumes), and it’s even opened for the real Kiss. That’s how aweROCK some the group is. Opening this show is Cruella, an all-female Motley Crue tribute band, and Aca/Daca, a Bon Scott-era AC/DC tribute band. This will be one of those shows where everyone turns their amps up to 11. 1400 Alhambra Boulevard, www.thekisstribute.com.

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Fox & Goose, 9 p.m., $5

Ace of Spades, 7 p.m., $23-$100

Antique Naked Soul frontwoman Candice “Antique” Davis boasts such a rich, commanding and soulful voice, it’s a wonder why she isn’t trying to make it as a solo R&B artist. But that answer becomes crystal clear with Antique Naked Soul, a remarkable beatboxing troupe that uses zero instruments beyond the human voice—though those voices are looped at the live show.

Songs are textured, funky and powerful, embodying its hometown of Oakland in both creative flair and message. Antique Naked BEATBOX Soul isn’t afraid to get political, focusing on the daily struggle for equality in a high-crime, rapidly gentrifying city. Vallejo rapper and songstress Zyah Belle opens the show.

1001 R Street, www.antique-music.com.

Ace of Spades, 7 p.m., $32

Ab-Soul is like your hippie friend who moved to Santa Cruz after high school, grew dreads and got a job at a dispensary—you know, HIP-HOP the guy you only hit up when you need drugs for music festivals. The main difference is that instead of making hemp bracelets, Ab-Soul crafts well-written lyrics. He can be intelligent or introspective, spiritual or existential, enlightening or downright confusing, but his rhymes are guaranteed to keep your mind moving. Midway through his first solo headlining tour for the album These Days…, Soul brings his abstract brand of rap back to Sac for a show at Ace of Spades. 1417 R Street, www.facebook.com/abdashsoul.

Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub, 7 p.m., $15

As expected, E-40’s October 21 show with headliner G-Eazy sold out as fast as you could say “Vallejo” or “Hennessy.”

Thankfully, a second date gives Sacramento the chance to see the man who singlehandedly developed his own slang. If you’ve ever heard the words “broccoli,” “lettuce,” “scrilla,” “cheddar,” “cheese,” or his trademark “fo sheezy,” you already know where this East Bay rapper comes from. E-40—aka HIP-HOP Charlie Hustle, Fonzarelli and Earl Stevens—has proven himself a man worthy of donning more than a few hats. He recently released a collection of wines worthy of Whole Foods stocking them on its shelves. Now that’s what you call hustling. 1417 R Street, www.facebook.com/e40.

—Rudy Raya

While the Elliott Smith-shaped hole in our hearts may be forever, his influence continues to drive a current of melancholy and introspection through songwriting.

Seattle’s Perfume Genius evokes a similar INDIE drab-yet-beautiful tone, with a little more president-of-thedrama-club flair. Mike Hadreas’ vocals are strikingly similar to Gary Jules, and fans of bands like Night Beds and Wye Oak will find plenty to like. His third album, Too Bright, released in September by Matador Records, is a little more experimental than previous efforts, but in an interesting, Youth Lagoon kind of way. 2708 J Street, www.facebook.com/perfumegeniusofficial.

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2003 K St., (916) 448-8790

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

Fabulous and Gay Fridays, 9pm, call for cover

Saturday Boom, 9pm, call for cover

BAR 101

Karaoke Night, 7:30pm, no cover

ZACK JOSEPH, IRA WOLF; 9:30pm, call for cover

BRIAN RODGERS, 9:30pm, call for cover

BLUE LAMP

1400 Alhambra, (916) 455-3400

T.I.P. VICIOUS, M BORN, BONEY-JAY, STEVIE NADER; 8pm, $7

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

DESTROYER, CRUELLA, ACA/DACA; 8pm, $8

THE BOARDWALK

9426 Greenback Ln., Orangevale; (916) 988-9247 LEO BOOTS, VINESSA CHARLIE; 8pm

JULIAN JASTER, LARA ETZIN,

REESE, WOMBAT, GUY GONZO, J BIZ, YOUNG TUK; 8pm, call for cover

MISTAH FAB, PLAYAH K, REIGN; 8pm, $17-$20

CENTER FOR THE ARTS

LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III, 8pm, $28-$32

Katie Rubin, 8pm, $20-$22

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

314 W. Main St., Grass Valley; (530) 274-8384

THE COZMIC CAFÉ

594 Main St., Placerville; (530) 642-8481

DJ Billy Lane, 10pm, call for cover

DJ Elements, 10pm, call for cover

Deuling Pianos, 9pm, no cover

FACES

Kamikaze Karaoke, 9pm-2am, no cover

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

FOX & GOOSE

THE MIKE JUSTIS BAND, 8pm, no cover

THE PIKEYS, 9pm, $5

ANTIQUE NAKED SOUL, ZYAH BELLE; 9pm, $5

THE GOLDEN BEAR

DJ Shaun Slaughter, 10pm, call for cover

DJ Crook One, 10pm, call for cover

DJ Whores, 10pm, no cover

2000 K St., (916) 448-7798 1001 R St., (916) 443-8825 2326 K St., (916) 441-2252

GOLDFIELD TRADING POST 1603 J St., (916) 476-5076

THE MICHAEL BECK BAND, 9pm, no cover

HALFTIME BAR & GRILL

FUNK ROCKERS, 9pm-midnight, $5

THIRD STAR WEST, 9pm-midnight, $5

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

HARLOW’S

THE SEALEGS, DROP DEAD RED, I AM STRIKES; 8pm, $5

KAI KLN, BRUBAKER; 9pm, $12-$14

ZOSO THE ULTIMATE LED ZEPPELIN EXPERIENCE, 10pm, $15-$18

LUNA’S CAFÉ & JUICE BAR 1414 16th St., (916) 441-3931

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

GONE AWRY JAZZ TRIO, SCOTT CHARLES, STEVEN GAY; 8pm, $5

HANNAH KILE BLUES BAND, MARIANN SMITH; 8pm, $5

MARILYN’S ON K

RIFF RAFF, PLAYBACK; 8pm, $10

You Front The Band Live Karaoke, 9pm, call for cover

Halloween costume party, 9pm, call for cover

2708 J St., (916) 441-4693

908 K St., (916) 446-4361

MIDTOWN BARFLY

1119 21st St., (916) 549-2779

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 10/20-10/22 CAPTURE THE CROWN, FOR ALL THOSE SLEEPING, ICE NINE KILLS; 6pm Tu, $13

Sin Sunday, 8pm, call for cover

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

MDL, PRESSURE POINT, KAOSS ASSAULT; 4pm, $5

Open-mic, M; MADISON KING, Tu; AUSTIN LUCAS, JON SNODGRASS; 8pm W, $10

DEVENDRA BANHART, ANDY CABIC; 8pm, $30-$35

SIMRIT KAUR, 7:30pm W, $18-$22

PREGNANT, MOLYBDEN, SAMA DAMS, SCOTT FERRETER; 8pm, $5-$10

DIVE BAR

1022 K St., (916) 737-5999

SUNDAY 10/19

The Siren Show presents Villains, 8pm, $15-$25

Open-mic, 7:30pm, no cover

1016 K St., (916) 737-5770

Hey local bands!

SATURDAY 10/18

BADLANDS

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FRIDAY 10/17

BORN OF OSIRIS, THY ART IS MURDER, BETRAYING THE MARTYRS; 6pm, $16

1000 K St., (916) 341-0176

List your event!

THURSDAY 10/16

ASSEMBLY MUSIC HALL

Panik: deejay dancing w/ Angels of Kaos, 9pm-2am, $5

MASSIVE DELICIOUS, 9pm, no cover PATRICK WALSH, 9:30pm, no cover

HOT CITY, 9:30pm Tu, no cover

Dragalicious, 9pm, $5

Karaoke, 9pm-2am M; Latin night, 9pm Tu, $5; DJ Alazzawi, 9pm W, $3 Open-mic, 7:30pm M, no cover; Pub Quiz, 7pm Tu, no cover

Industry Night, 9pm, call for cover

Trivia night, W, call for cover

Trivia night, 7:30-9pm Tu, no cover WAYNE “THE TRAIN” HANCOCK, 7pm, $15-$18

PERFUME GENIUS, MATTEAH BAIM; 8pm W, $15 Nebraska Mondays, 7:30pm; Comedy, 8pm Tu; Irish and Celtic music, 7pm W

Marilyn’s Talent Showcase, 6pm, no cover

GALAXY STAR, 8pm W, $5

THE TOSSERS, CONTINENTAL, CITY OF VAIN, COLD FEELINGS; 5:30pm, $10

Swing dancing lessons $6, 7:30pm Tu; Salsa lessons, 7:30pm-midnight W, $5

1000 K Street, Sacramento, CA 95814

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FRIDAY 10/17

SATURDAY 10/18

NAKED LOUNGE DOWNTOWN 1111 H St., (916) 443-1927

ZACH MACLACHLAN, GRANT CHESIN, CONNOR HORMELL; 8:30pm, $5

THE BAD OUTLETS, JOSIAH GATHING, THE KELPS; 8:30pm, $5

WANTED EXOTIC, BACK ALLEY BUZZARDS, INFINITE VASTNESS; 8:30pm, $5

Jazz, 8pm M; ANNA VILLIMEK, ELLE BERTI, ASHLEY BARRON; 8:30pm W, $5

OLD IRONSIDES

Bluegrass jam, 8:30pm, no cover

RED HOT CALI PEPPERS, WOLFGANG VEGA, DENVER J. BAND; 9pm, $6

Fascination: ’80s new-wave dancing, 9:30pm, $5

HEATH WILLIAMSON, 5pm M; Karaoke, 9pm Tu; Open-mic, 9pm W, no cover

ON THE Y

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

BLOOD PARTY, EXTIRPATE, CONCEIVED IN CHAOS, CATACLYSMIC ASSAULT; 9:30pm

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

1901 10th St., (916) 442-3504 670 Fulton Ave., (916) 487-3731

THE PALMS PLAYHOUSE

Top 40, 9pm, no cover

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

Open-mic comedy, 9pm, no cover

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 10/20-10/22

Karaoke, 9pm Tu, no cover

FRONT COUNTRY, 8pm, $15

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

PARLARE EURO LOUNGE

SUNDAY 10/19

PJ’S ROADHOUSE

5461 Mother Lode, Placerville; (530) 626-0336

Top 40, Mashups, 9pm, no cover

DJ Club mixes, 10pm, no cover

DJ Old Griff, 8pm, no cover

REBEL PUNK, 9pm, $5

POWERHOUSE PUB

TWO STEPS DOWN, 10pm, call for cover

COCO MONTOYA, JOURNEY’S EDGE; 8pm, call for cover

ARDEN PARK ROOTS, 10pm, call for cover

MICK MARTIN, 3pm, call for cover

THE PRESS CLUB

HOT CITY, 9pm, no cover

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

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

Sunday Night Soul Party, 9pm, $5

SHADY LADY SALOON

Heckarap w/ MC Ham, DJ Gourmet and Machona; 9pm, no cover

CRESCENT KATZ, 9pm, no cover

CURRENT PERSONAE, 9pm, no cover

ALEX JENKINS, 9pm, no cover

DJ Ezra, 9pm Tu, no cover; ARLYN ANDERSON, 9pm W, no cover

SOPHIA’S THAI KITCHEN

HOLLOW POINT STUMBLERS, SWEET 100S; 9:30pm, $5

STARLITE LOUNGE

MACABRE, RING WORM, PANZERFAUST, KILLGASM; 8pm, call for cover

ALEX VINCENT BAND, POINTDEXTER, CAST THE CLARITY; 8pm, call for cover

MOON MANTIS, THE OSTRICH THEORY; 8pm, call for cover

STONEY INN/ROCKIN’ RODEO

Country deejay dancing, 9pm, call for cover

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

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

Country dance party, 8pm, no cover

Comedy open-mic, 8pm M; Bluebird Lounge open-mic, 5pm Tu, no cover

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

129 E St., Davis; (530) 758-4333 1517 21st St., (916) 706-0052

1320 Del Paso Blvd., (916) 927-6023

SWABBIES

5871 Garden Hwy, (916) 920-8088

TORCH CLUB

X TRIO, 5pm, no cover; HUNTER & THE DIRTY JACKS, 9pm, $6

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

WITCH ROOM

BOMBA FRIED RICE, THE BUMPTET; 9:30pm, $5

KEEP IT LIT, 6pm, call for cover

RACHEL STEELE AND ROAD 88, JIMMY ALSEY; 3pm, no cover

PAILER AND FRATIS, 5:30pm; BLACK STAR THE COUNT, 4pm, call for cover; SAFARI, WALKING SPANISH; 9pm, $10 LONESOME LOCOMOTIVE, 9pm, $8

CANDYE KANE, 4pm, call for cover; MCTUFF, 8pm, $5

APE MACHINE, THE BURNING OF ROME, PAPER PISTOLS; 8pm, $6

1815 19th St., www.witchroomsac.com

THE WRECK AGE, 8pm W, $5

Three-on-three B-boy competition, 6pm, $12

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Why are unmarked helicopters and vigilantes uprooting peoples’ harvests in Mendocino County?

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): New York

author F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote about the “crack-up” he had experienced years earlier. It included this tough realization: “I had been only a mediocre caretaker of most of the things left in my hands, even of my talent.” Let’s use this as a seed for your oracle. Have you been a good caretaker of your talent? Have you been a good caretaker for other things you are responsible for? Look within yourself and take inventory. If there’s anything lacking, now is an excellent time to raise your game. If you’re doing pretty well, reward yourself.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): On a late

summer day in 1666, scientist Isaac Newton was sitting under an apple tree in his mother’s garden in Lincolnshire, England.

An apple fell off a branch and plummeted to the ground. A half-century later, he told his biographer that this incident inspired him to formulate the theory of gravity. Fast forward to the year 2010.

Astronaut Piers Sellers got on the space shuttle Atlantis carrying a piece of Newton’s apple tree. He took it with him as he escaped Earth’s gravity on his trip to the International Space Station. By my reading of the astrological omens, now would be an excellent time for you undertake a comparable gesture or ritual, Scorpio.

With a flourish, update your relationship with an important point of origin.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In 1987, a

college freshman named Mike Hayes was having trouble paying for his education at the University of Illinois. He appealed for help to the famous newspaper columnist Bob Greene, who asked each of his many readers to send Hayes a penny. The response was tidal. Although most of the ensuing donations were small, they added up to over $28,000—enough for Hayes to finance his degree. I encourage you to take a comparable approach in the coming weeks, Taurus: Ask for a little from a lot of different sources.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The word

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

“abracadabra” is a spell that stage magicians utter at the climax of their tricks: the catalyst that supposedly makes a rabbit materialize from a hat or an assistant disappear in a puff of smoke. There’s no real sorcery. It’s an illusion perpetrated by the magician’s hocus-pocus. But “abracadabra” has a less well-known history as an incantation used by real magicians to generate authentic wizardry. It can be traced back to Gnostic magi of the second century.

They and their successors believed that merely speaking the word aloud evokes a potency not otherwise available. I invite you to experiment with this possibility, Gemini. Say “abracadabra” to boost your confidence and enhance your derring-do.

You already have more power than usual to change things that have been resistant to change, and intoning some playfully ferocious “abracadabras” may put your efforts over the top.

Most birds don’t sing unless they are up high: either flying or perched somewhere off the ground. One species that isn’t subject to this limitation is the turnstone, a brightly mottled shorebird. As it strolls around beaches in search of food, it croons a tune that the Cornell Lab of Ornithology calls “a short, rattling chuckle.” In the coming weeks, this creature deserves to be your mascot—or your power animal, as they say in New Age circles. Why? I doubt that you will be soaring. You won’t be gazing down at the human comedy from a detached location high above the fray.

But I expect you will be well-grounded and good-humored—holding your own with poise amidst the rough-and-tumble. As you ramble, sing freely!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

Let’s discuss that thing you are eyeing and coveting and fantasizing about. My operative theory is that you can enjoy it without actually having it for your own. In fact, I think it will be best if you do enjoy it without possessing it. There’s an odd magic at play here. If this desired thing becomes a fixed part of your life, it may interfere with you attracting two future experiences that I regard as more essential to your development. My advice is to avoid getting attached to the pretty good X-factor so as to encourage the arrival and full bloom of two stellar X-factors.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The

17th-century writer René Descartes is regarded as the father of modern philosophy and the founder of rationalism.

His famous catchphrase is a centerpiece of the Western intellectual tradition: “I think, therefore I am.” Here’s what I find amusing and alarming about the man: He read almost nothing besides the Bible and the work of Catholic theologian Thomas Aquinas. He said that classic literature was a waste of time. Is that who we want at the heart of our approach to understanding reality? I say no. In accordance with the astrological omens, I authorize you to instead adopt one or both of the following formulas: “I feel, therefore I am” or “I dream, therefore I am.”

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way,” said philosopher Alan Watts. You have either recently made a personal discovery proving that this is true, or else you will soon do so. The brain-scrambling, heart-whirling events of recent weeks have blessed you with a host of shiny new questions. They are vibrant replacements for the tired old questions that have kept at least one of your oldest dilemmas locked in place.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You can’t give

what you don’t have. Here’s a corollary: You can sort of half-give what you half-have, but that may lead to messy complications and turn out to be worse than giving nothing at all. So here’s what I recommend: Devote yourself to acquiring a full supply of what you want to give. Be motivated by the frustration you feel at not being able to give it yet. Call on your stymied generosity to be the driving force that inspires you to get the missing magic.

When you’ve finally got it, give it.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “There

is for everyone some one scene, some one adventure, some one picture that is the image of his secret life,” said Irish poet William Butler Yeats. I invite you to identify that numinous presence, Pisces.

And then I urge you to celebrate and cultivate it. Give special attention to it and pay tribute to it and shower love on it.

Why? Because now is an excellent time to recognize how important your secret life is to you—and to make it come more fully alive than it has ever been.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I suspect that

one of your allies or loved ones will get caught in his or her own trap. The way you respond will be crucial for how the rest of the story plays out. On the one hand, you shouldn’t climb into the trap with them and get tangled up in the snarl. On the other hand, it won’t serve your longterm interests to be cold and unhelpful. So what’s the best strategy? First, empathize with their pain, but don’t make it your own. Second, tell the blunt truth in the kindest tone possible. Third, offer a circumscribed type of support that won’t compromise your freedom or integrity.

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Valuable bits of gold and gems have fallen off broken necklaces, earrings, watches, and other accessories. Now an enterprising man named Raffi Stepnanian is cashing in. Using tweezers and a butter knife, he mines for the rich pickings that are packed in the mud of sidewalk cracks and gutters. “The percentage of gold out here on the street is greater than the amount of gold you would find in a mine,” he says. I’d love to see you get inspired by his efforts, Aries. Dig for treasure in unlikely places where no one else would deign to look.

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Sunday best Imagine church without God. Some might call it sacrilegious, but to the folks at Sunday Assembly Sacramento, it’s a little bit of heaven. Sunday Assembly, “a secular congregation that celebrates life,” debuted in Sacramento on Sunday, September 28, and there wasn’t an empty chair in the house. The group’s Meetup reservations exceeded capacity days before the event and by 10 a.m., more than 100 bright-eyed congregants had left their best potluck dishes on an overflowing buffet table and stood together, singing secular pop songs with the church’s live band.

Music, fellowship, inspirational messages, small-group gatherings and an emphasis on community service are all included in the Sunday Assembly package. As its website explains, “It’s all the good bits of church, but without the doctrine and deities.” The volunteer-led congregation is part of a rapidly growing international movement of Sunday Assemblies, 35 of which held their first service on the same Sunday as the Sacramento group. All celebrate the same creed: Live better. Help often. Wonder more.

Jeff Thomas, a Citrus Heights native and one of several founding organizers of Sunday Assembly Sacramento, met with SN&R to explain why the local community needs a secular church.

What’s your spiritual background?

I grew up nonreligious for the first 11 years of my life and then my mom found the Mormon Church. ... I was baptized Mormon and I went to church for a couple of years and I stopped believing in it. By the time I was a freshman in high school, I was over it. So I have three sisters who are still active in the Mormon Church and my mom is still, and my dad is not and my sister and I are not.

Are your parents still together?

They are. They’ve been married for almost 40 years. It’s definitely been interesting, and there’s been some conflict in our family because of religion, but basically it’s been good. But I really missed that community that comes with church. When you go to church, you get to know people and there are people there to help, you know? When someone has a baby, for example, in my mom’s church, for a week or two, other members will make them meals and bring them to their house.

Stuff like that. People who don’t have a belief in God don’t really have any place where they can have that.

So you got involved with Sunday Assembly?

Sunday Assembly started in London in January 2013. Eight or nine months later, they started this crowd-funding campaign because they wanted to expand it. I was instantly interested and sent them my information, because they had a thing where,

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if you were interested in starting your own Sunday Assembly, you could let them know.

Then they sent all of us in Sacramento who had contacted them an email with each other’s contact information. So we started talking and there was a meeting or two, and then it kind of fizzled out.

Did you know any of the Sacramento people already?

I did not. There’s a huge atheist community here in Sacramento. I think it has something to do with it being the capital, there’s a lot of activism. But I was never really a part of it. It never really struck a chord with me, and when I saw Sunday Assembly, it did. But like I said, the plan fizzled out. Then David Diskin got involved back in May or June and it just took off. He is so involved in so many organizations—the Coalition for Reason, SacFAN—which is Freethinkers, Atheists and Nonbelievers. He runs Freethought Day, this annual event. So when I saw David had picked Sunday Assembly back up, I was right on board and we just took it from there.

Is atheism a theme at Sunday Assembly?

It’s just not supposed to mention God at all, so whether you believe in Jesus or whether you believe in Muhammad or whether you believe in nothing, whether you’re Buddhist or very spiritual or not spiritual, you should be able to come to Sunday Assembly and find inspiration. On the charter, it says we are “radically inclusive.” We don’t exclude people because of religion, race, gender, sexual orientation, anything. Everybody’s welcome. And the only way you’re going to maintain that is by not offending people. |

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You could start any secular organization.

Why a church?

If you look at history, churches have clearly been very successful. There’s something they do to the human spirit that strikes a chord. Countless religions have come and gone throughout human history, but they’ve always been there. The motto of Sunday Assembly is “Live better. Help often. Wonder more.” Those are three things churches do really well. … I think the church thing fills a need and that is clearly evidenced by the growth of Sunday Assembly. There was one meeting in January 2013 and now there’s more than 60 Sunday Assemblies.

What do members of Sunday Assembly believe in?

Instead of basing our godless congregation on what we don’t believe, we’ve found these principles we think everyone can get behind: Live better. Help often. Wonder more. Who doesn’t want to live better? There’s great joy found from helping others. It’s very important. And then wondering more, that’s trying to find answers about the universe. People have been looking up at the stars forever and wondered what’s out there. Everyone does, whether you believe in God or not. Ω

Sunday Assembly meets at 10 a.m. on the fourth Sunday of every month at the Reason Center, 1824 Tribute Road, Suite A. Admission is free.

Science teacher Liz Shoemaker will speak on Sunday, October 26. For more information, visit http://sacramento.sundayassembly.com.

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