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Paying for journalism?

This isn’t a column about pay walls (dumb) or subscriptions to Harper’s (good). This is about a changing local-news landscape—and what Sacramento needs to do to keep up.

Local news is in trouble. The McClatchy Company, which owns The Sacramento Bee and 28 other papers, reported on Tuesday that advertising revenue fell just a click over 10 percent for the quarter.

Again. That’s not good if you care about local stories and keeping a watchdog eye on the powerful.

The company can’t continue losing tens of millions of dollars a year, so the Bee will eventually have to reinvent itself—which inevitably means less local news.

This struggle is happening in a world where Pulitzer Prize winners are leaving journalism because reporter salaries don’t feed families or put kids through college. It’s depressing.

SN&R remains a sustainable forprofit business and we’re doing fine.

But, as The New Yorker reported in April, ads alone can no longer entirely fund local news. We need nonprofits and foundations who care about Sacramento to step up.

Occasionally, we’re going to ask readers for help, too, particularly with special projects that go above and beyond our typical news gathering.

SN&R’s California Immigration Project, which will report on illegal deportations and their impact on immigrant families, is one of those instances. You can read about this exciting endeavor on page 13, and you can help fund it now (with dollarfor-dollar matching donations) at www.beaconreader.com/projects/ investigating-california-jails-icedeportations. Thanks for the help!

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I was dressed as a nanny.

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My giraffe onesie. I wear a onesie every year because it is cold. Last year, I was a koala. The giraffe is my favorite because giraffes are tall. I am 4 feet 9 inches. It was a small costume I bought. I went with a lot of tall people.

I got a lot of candy.

In seventh grade, I made a homemade milk carton.

I was milk for Halloween.

Everywhere I went people were saying, “Got milk?” and I got to yell back, “Yeah!” It took two nights of work for construction.

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I was a witch. I was trying to be the witch from The Wizard of Oz. I was crazy, with green all over. I wore green paint and a little fake nose. I didn’t go trick-or-treating. My little nose kept falling off halfway through the party.

I won the costume contest.

I was a witch. My grandmother had made it for me. It was all black and it had purple lace. … It was a problem when I was small, most things would be way too big, so she made it just for me. I felt like I was the perfect witch. She threw purple sparkles all over it.

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lot of people call Sacramento resident Trudy Robles a “curandera” — a traditional Mexican healer.

“Curanderismo,” traditional medicine in the Mexican culture, is grounded in prevention and a natural balance that involves a three-way approach to healing spiritually, emotionally and physically by using a variety of methods such as herbal remedies, prayer and massage.

Despite learning about traditional medicine at a young age, Robles, 61, a retired state worker, still wasn’t sure she had the wisdom or the years to properly be called a curandera since most of the traditional healers she knew growing up in Sacramento’s Gardenland area were over 80 years old.

“They had so much life experience,” Robles says of the men and women, including her aunt and grandfather, who were revered in the Mexican community.

Several years ago Robles met Estela Roman, a curandera in her 40s from Cuernavaca, Mexico, who burst the age stereotype for Robles. Not only that, Robles credits Roman with helping to launch the curanderismo — traditional healing — series at Sacramento’s Sol Collective, a community-based arts education center that has received Building Healthy Communities grants from The California Endowment, including a grant for its curanderismo program.

“Through the support of The California Endowment, Sol Collective was able to provide community space and administrative support to incubate this community-led program and help it grow,” says Estella Sanchez, Sol Collective

founder. “It is culturally rooted and gives value to knowledge that has been passed down through generations, while linking it with current health practices.”

It’s knowledge that has been making steady movement in the last few years throughout California as traditional medicine gains traction with diverse groups and not just indigenous people who have practiced it for generations.

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lectures from local and national natural healing practioners, and hands-on activities to those eager to absorb various aspects of curanderismo such as herbal remedy recipes, massage and other forms of self care.

Roman was the first curandera to come to Sol Collective to speak, introducing the topic of energies and how feelings such as envy, jealousy, fright and trauma can “upset our natural balance.”

“Her teaching set the foundation for our program,” Robles said. “We’ve been incubating the seeds for this program and she came and gave birth [to it].”

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Trudy Robles, left, learned the art of curanderismo, traditional Mexican, at a young age. The healing practices used in curanderismo, such as herbal remedies, prayer and massage, are gaining traction locally thanks to a series of workshops in Sacramento.

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The low-cost curanderismo series at Sol Collective, where Robles is one of the coordinators, provides a forum for sharing traditional medicine practices during twohour monthly learning labs that involve both

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There are currently about 100 curanderos in Sacramento; about 30 of them work with Sol Collective. Most work underground at a local level helping the undocumented, those who can’t afford health care and others who are moving away from western medicine, Robles says.

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Steinberg for mayor?!

Re “Still honorable” by Jeff vonKaenel (SN&R Greenlight, October 22): Steinberg for mayor? How soon you forget. Didn’t he sneak in a bill in the Legislature for the singular benefit of Kevin Johnson’s tawdry, corrupt arena plan? Anything good he has done is surely negated by this vile, underhanded act.

And did he speak out against the mayor’s bully lawsuit against you and the basic right to practice journalism? Did he donate to your fund? I know I was just about to send in my donation. Sure glad I didn’t.

Karen Solberg S acr am e nt o Editor’s note: To the best of our knowledge, Darrell Steinberg has not commented on our lawsuit with Kevin Johnson.

A fair minimumwage proposal Re “Waging war” by Nick Miller (SN&R News, October 8):

The city recently convened a minimum-wage task force that met each week for nearly two months to develop a wage-increase proposal for Sacramento. The task force

was evenly split to represent organized labor, community groups and business organizations to ensure the policy would be balanced and fair.

The task force recommendation includes a minimumwage increase from $9 per hour to $12.50 and provisions such as a small business phase-in period and total compensation, among others.

While labor representatives participated in the policy-development process, they are now working to undermine this proposal.

Why is organized labor opposing higher wages for workers? As a business owner, if some of the other regulatory fees were decreased, such as taxes and worker’s compensation, I would be able to increases wages for my employees.

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Regina Felker sleeps on North B Street. Advocates say enforcement of Sacramento’s anti-camping ordinance could cost federal dollars.

Going in circles

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Obama administration’s new homelessness policies could mean fewer federal dollars in Sacramento

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As the U.S. government sets a new policy course on protecting the rights of homeless Americans, some longtime homelessness activists believe Sacramento is in danger of falling behind and losing federal dollars.

In August, the departments of Justice and Housing and Urban Development made separate announcements that rippled down to the local level.

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First, the DOJ opined that arresting people for sleeping or camping outdoors can be cruel and unusual, and a violation of the Eighth Amendment.

Then, HUD stated it would look unfavorably on communities that don’t specifically address the criminalization of their homeless residents when it comes to awarding highly competitive grant money.

Buoyed by the news, local homeless activists—who’ve worked for years to overturn the city of Sacramento’s

anti-camping ordinance—expressed cautious optimism that their mission was finally reaching a national tipping point.

In short, they say, communities that don’t get on board with Washington, D.C.’s polished homeless stance could start risking lawsuits and federal dollars.

“The two decisions are very significant,” said Bob Erlenbusch, executive director of the Sacramento Regional Coalition to End Homelessness.

But so far, Sacramento city and county officials have largely shrugged off calls to amend their policies, and instead continue to enforce public camping prohibitions, tear down homeless camps and issue fines and citations.

Last month, the county board of supervisors expanded restrictions on homeless activities, by adding a third illegal-camping unit to patrol the American River Parkway and approving an emergency ordinance that makes it a misdemeanor to grill food in most areas of the parkway. Supervisors argued the anti-cooking measure was necessary due to the fire hazard posed by homeless campers cooking outdoors.

Contradicting that assertion was the county’s own fire chief. In response to a request from the board, Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Chief Mark A. Wells wrote in a letter that parkway fires had actually declined for the third year straight, and wrote that “[t]here is no evidence … to suggest a correlation

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According to Erlenbusch’s coalition, county park rangers spent 869 hours writing 1,344 citations for illegal camping between 2014 and 2015. Yet during all those interactions, they referred only two of the cited people to the county’s Department of Human Assistance.

The county did add a “homeless navigator” position last month to help address that. But a spokesman for the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department, which enforces county ordinances against panhandling, loitering and public camping, confirmed it was mostly business as usual.

“There are no changes that I am aware of,” Deputy Tony Turnbull said of the department’s approach to public camping.

“Our job is to enforce the law, and until the courts say differently, [the anticamping ordinance] is the law.” most of the pressure from local advocates has been applied at the city level, where the city council has heard multiple pleas—and at least one legal threat—to repeal restrictions against camping and feeding the homeless.

That pressure doesn’t appear to be stopping any time soon. The Community Dinner Project, whose members feed homeless residents in violation of city code, says it plans to occupy City Hall on December 8, when it will demand a halt to the camping ban.

Councilman Jeff Harris told SN&R that he doesn’t believe the solution lies in getting rid of these policies. Instead, he argues for creating a sustainable system of transitional and permanent housing, to be funded through collaboratives like Sacramento Steps Forward.

“The goal is to get them off the streets, out of makeshift campgrounds, and into some kind of permanent housing,” said Harris, whose District 3 includes the area occupied by Sacramento Loaves & Fishes.

“We’re not talking a block of homes where they’re all homeless. We’re talking about re-integrating them into society.”

But that hasn’t happened, either. Both the city and county have weakened policies aimed at creating and integrating the very low-cost homes Harris is referring to.

And the money that Steps Forward funnels to homeless-service providers comes directly from HUD, which will soon take local policies into consideration.

HUD evaluates grant requests using a point system, and awards numeric value according to an applicant’s ability to meet various standards and recommendations.

In August, HUD created a new standard

Homelessness in San Francisco has that docks applicants up to two points if increased 4 percent over the past two their communities lack specific strategies years. Auburn, in Placer County, is to decriminalize homelessness beginning facing a substantial homeless population next year. for the first time in the small town’s Erlenbusch says losing just a half-point recent history. In Los Angeles, a state of is dangerous. He doubts Sacramento can emergency was recently declared so that reclaim all of the $18 million award it received recently from HUD—not without federal funds traditionally reserved for disaster relief could be used to provide serious change, anyway. for the rising number of homeless resiChris Jensen, director of Resources dents and the corresponding demand for for Independent Living, reminded that resources. federal money is a competition. “And even Meanwhile, Yolo County has a couple of percentage points can mean a followed Salt Lake City’s proactive great deal.” example and embarked on a housingNot everyone agrees. first experiment.

Emily Halcon is the homeless services Sacramento County Supervisor coordinator for the city. She doesn’t Phil Serna, whose District 1 think the impact of two includes the American points will be all that River Parkway, significant. But she didn’t respond does say HUD to requests for funding plays comment. a vital role in Erlenbusch addressing says that he homelessness. and other So does activists taxpayer are closely money. watching A new the city of report from Anaheim, Erlenbusch’s which recently coalition also suspended its scrutinized how Sacramento Metropolitan Fire camping prohibithe city applied District Chief Mark A. Wells tion until it can public funds to deal determine what the with homelessness. Of DOJ statement means from the $13.6 million spent on a legal standpoint. homeless-related costs last year, That’s one of the recommendations his more than 50 percent went to police and group made in a 10-point plan it recently fire agencies, according to SRCEH. Only submitted to both the city council and 11 percent was spent on actual housing. county board of supervisors. Erlenbusch “That doesn’t make much sense and says he hasn’t yet received a response. these are the kinds of things that need to On October 13, the Sacramento be brought to light and discussed,” Harris Regional Coalition to End Homelessness said of the report. filed a civil-rights complaint with the Erlenbusch seemed genuinely baffled that more was spent on policing and clean- DOJ that accused the city and county of Sacramento of violating the Eighth up costs than it would take to expand Amendment. emergency shelter operations. “It doesn’t For Harris, the news of the SRCEH make sense,” he laughed. “It doesn’t make accusation is sobering, if not surprising. any sense.”

“You know, if we took all the money Harris agreed. “Eventually we’re going we’ve spent on lawsuits and lawyers, to realize it’s costing us more to respond and put it toward resources that were to the lack of resources than it would proactive …” he said, trailing off. “What have cost to just provide the resources to we’ve done for the last 30 years didn’t start with,” he said. “Ultimately, we have work,” he continued. “Maybe it’s time to provide help and create a triage center we all got together, and tried something for assistance and resources. Otherwise, different.” Ω what’s the point? We’re just going in circles.”

“There is no evidence … to suggest a correlation between illegal encampments and fire incidents.”

sacramento is hardly the only California community struggling to provide for a burgeoning homeless population.

“Human error” and “lack of practice” caused the 40-minute delay in sending an emergency notification to Sacramento City College students, faculty and staff after the on-campus shooting that left one dead and two injured last month, according to an external review commissioned by the Los Rios Community College District.

The report, released October 22, recounts that the delay was caused when City College public information officer Rick Brewer forgot how to log onto the WARN service, the system that LRCCD uses to send emergency notification messages. After multiple failed attempts, Brewer called the Tennessee-based company and dictated the message, which was then sent at 4:40 p.m. Students received it one minute later at 4:41 p.m.

Many students, faculty and staff expressed concern over the delay in the days following the September 3 shooting.

The report, prepared by retired FBI special agent Mike Rayfield, calls the delay “unacceptable,” but states that “the failure to give notice in a timely manner contributed to nothing more than uncertainty relative to this incident.”

The report also points out that some faculty, staff and administrators were unable to secure the doors to various buildings during the lockdown because they either did not have keys or because the doors lock from the outside.

The report recommends that the district address both the warn system failure and that instructors and building administrators are provided keys to the classrooms they utilize—but says that overall, the district’s response to the shooting was “more than acceptable.”

“We look forward to reviewing the recommendations as a District to determine what ways we might improve our preparations and response in the future,” Los Rios Chancellor Brian King said in a release. (Barbara Harvey)

mysterious Corpse A charred body was found in an open parking lot of a popular tourist destination in Placer County, in a case that’s drawing attention for its mysterious nature and expeditious handling by authorities.

Jeremy Hecht, 22, of Lincoln, was found dead at the entrance to Hidden Falls Regional Park by a park employee in late September.

Placer County Sheriff’s Sgt. Nelson Resendes told SN&R that Hecht died at the popular hiking trail from “trauma by burning.”

“At this time, the criminal investigation into the matter is closed,” he added. “There is no evidence of foul play. It just appears to be a really misfortunate situation.”

The speed with which foul play was ruled out sparked discussion on local social media pages. The case was determined to be “non-criminal” within 24 hours, and the damaged parking lot asphalt was replaced within 48 hours.

While the death has been ruled non-criminal, sheriff’s office spokeswoman Dena Erwin says the investigation is still open pending toxicology results. Self-immolation, whether by accident or suicide, hasn’t been ruled out. “I believe it will all make more sense once the investigation is complete and can be discussed more openly,” she explained. “Right now I’m limited as to what I can say.”

This isn’t Placer County’s only recent incident involving a burned body or mysterious death. In June, two men burned alive in Roseville after being shot in the head and doused with gasoline. On the night Hecht died, a body was found floating face down in a pond near the Rocklin library. According to Erwin, all three incidents are unrelated. (Jason Smith)

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No? I do. It was goddamn brilliant. The more so Really? It was the video that did it for you? The because it drew howls of “socialism” from the transcripts, that whole, “Again, I didn’t recall us sprawling suburbs, who wanted to keep all that being one hundred percent naked” conversation— mall money. that was OK? But post the actual video of 17-yearSteinberg was one of several Sacramento old Mandi Koba telling her story to the police and politicians I met early on who knew their stuff and suddenly it’s, “Ugh, Kevin Johnson is a creep!” were generous with their knowledge. K.J. is just All right, whatever. the opposite. I remember leaving my first meeting In any case, there was really no point in with mayoral candidate Johnson feeling completely Johnson running for mayor again. It wasn’t going deflated, realizing that there was nothing there but to get any better for him, or his big-money backa consultant’s script and a bunch of baggage. ers, than “saving the Kings.”

So, I get it. I too am looking forward to And K.J.’s assorted mini-scandals and a mayor who can articulate real policies for ethical lapses were starting to stick. Or at least Sacramento, not just spew hype. they were getting the attention of reporters at On the other hand, Steinberg authored special national outlets, who were writing stories with a legislation to fast-track the Kings arena. pronounced what-the-hell-is-wrong-withI don’t fault him for supporting the Sacramento angle. arena as a policy matter. But the So, time for a new mayor.

I too am dishonesty and the lack of transIf you’re looking for a parency that marked the arena less-handsy version of the looking forward campaign, the extraordinary Johnson administration, then to a mayor who measures to block a public vote, Councilwoman Angelique can articulate he’s associated with that now.

Ashby may be a good bet.

He supported Johnson’s She’s spent the last five years real policies for deceptive campaign for Measure as a loyal member of Team K.J., Sacramento.

L. Yes, there was a legitimate then launched her own campaign argument to be made for strong for mayor more or less simultanemayor, but Measure L was a half-baked ously with Johnson’s announcement mess, not worth Steinberg’s credibility. that he wouldn’t run again.

Yes, it says something that lots of people But it’s former state senator and political who opposed the arena plan and Measure L are fixture Darrell Steinberg who is generating the supporting Steinberg for mayor. But here’s my excitement. A not-exactly-grassroots socialquestion: Where the hell has Steinberg been? media campaign to “convince” Steinberg to While Johnson was turning the office of mayor run—comprised largely of Democratic politicians, into an ATM machine for his private enterprises, party activists and fundraisers—materialized walling off a big chunk of city government from immediately after K.J.’s announcement. public-records laws, turning pay-to-play into stanSteinberg has broad appeal. In fact, lots of dard operating procedure, Steinberg said nothing. people who hate Johnson’s guts want Steinberg You could argue that it wasn’t Steinberg’s for mayor. In their eyes, Steinberg is a policy job to speak up about malfeasance in City Hall. heavyweight where K.J. is all about branding and But why not? He believed he had a duty to get government-by-press-release. They see Steinberg involved in the arena, in Measure L and in other as a man of integrity where Johnson is, well, not. local issues. Meanwhile, other folks who could But is the culture of low-grade corruption and have said “not my job” stuck their necks out to self-dealing that thrived under Johnson really going to improve in a Mayor Steinberg administra- fight for ethics and transparency in City Hall. As a major leader of the local Democratic party—the tion? I’m not so sure. leader, really—it would have helped enormously Believe me, I understand as well as most for Steinberg to speak up. the differences between Johnson and Steinberg.

But at this point I’m not even sure if Steinberg Steinberg in many ways turned me on to public has any problem with the way City Hall does busipolicy and public affairs. Anyone remember ness under Kevin Johnson.

Steinberg’s Assembly Bill 680, to distribute sales Then again, I know Ashby doesn’t. Ω taxes more equitably among local governments?

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I have no cherished memories from Recently, I heard Friedman speak outside the big, nondescript building about the new arena. His vision was that is now called Sleep Train Arena. inspiring. He told us how the buildUntil hearing Mark Friedman talk ing will be sunk low into the ground, about the architecture of the new so it will fit better with downtown.

Golden 1 Center, I had never given He told us how the massive windows much thought to what goes outside will connect the inside of the an arena. And for good reason. The building and the outside. And these one in Natomas is a functional and windows will open, saving energy forgettable building. and bringing in fresh air. Even those Its original function, lest we without tickets will be part of the forget, was to allow already-rich action. It will be a signature people to buy inexpensive land landmark, like the Capitol in a flood plain, rezone it or the Tower Bridge. I and convert it into valuam excited to see it.

If you able land. To make The arena discusthis ridiculous public doubt this, may sion has been very policy possible, I suggest you take polarizing for the owners of the Sacramento. I do a road trip to the flood plain had to not believe that an bring a professional beautiful ballparks arena can be the basketball team in Detroit and driving force for to Sacramento and economic developCleveland. build an arena. So, ment, but neither do they did.

I believe the cost of the But now we are buildarena will drive the city into ing a new arena, with a new bankruptcy. function. And that function—besides Developing new industries, having celebrated, too-tall men throw a leather ball into a small hoop—is to improving our schools and providing homes for the homeless, among other reinvigorate downtown. issues, will have more impact upon Downtown Sacramento: full our future than one athletic facility. of empty buildings, a shopping If you doubt this, may I suggest you center with few shoppers and an take a road trip to the beautiful ballever-decreasing number of stores. parks in Detroit and Cleveland.

Downtown: a depressed, dreary But our new arena will soon be place, and certainly not a draw for here, and it sounds like the building free-spending tourists. itself will be very cool. Why not The founder and president of enjoy it? Ω Fulcrum Property and part owner of the Sacramento Kings, Friedman is tasked with being head visionary for the creation of the new downtown.

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Is the social-media site uniting neighbors—or the worst thing to happen to Sacramento communities?

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Subject: BLACK MAN ON A BIKE From: xx from Land Park The email subject line jumps out from my inbox and the message that follows reads like a breathless crime bulletin:

We confronted a black man in our backyard this afternoon ..... He climbed back over the fence ...

Very brazen!!!

The email was sent via Nextdoor, the free San Francisco-based social network aimed at connecting neighbors since its 2011 launch. It’s been touted as a way to unite neighbors—a tool to bring us closer together in this hide-behind-your-screen tech era.

Why, then, do so many people hate it?

Many, for example, have accused the site of promoting decidedly un-neighborly behavior— spying, snooping and shaming. And, as Nextdoor’s fostered a relationship with local law enforcement, others have voiced concerns that it’s become a hotbed of criminal and racial profiling.

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That’s the burning question as I stare at my phone in disbelief. While I appreciate a legitimate trespasser warning, there’s something unsettling about the message—particularly that screaming subject line. That makes me uncomfortable. Angry, even.

I wasn’t the only one. While some chimed in with alarm (“How scary!”), others were straight-up pissed.

You can bet if he was white it would be MAN ON A BIKE. … ND is becoming a really unpleasant place. Great for lost dogs, etc. But a lot of nervous Nellies and self-important know it alls.

about the presence of strangers in the neighborhood bordered on the paranoid.”

Those fears played out over time. Earlier this year, online news and culture site Fusion published a story titled “Nextdoor, the social network for neighbors, is becoming a home for racial profiling,” in which it chronicled several disturbing incidents, including a thread about a “scary sketchy” black man seen walking down the street in a gentrifying West Oakland neighborhood.

The police, one poster insisted, needed to be called. As it turned out, the man was trying to find his way to a party to which he’d been invited—by another Nextdoor member, ironically.

Over time, the thread unspooled to nearly 75 replies, debating racism and political correctness. Finally, the original poster changed the subject line to “Man jumping fences in Land Park confronted at 4pm”—but not without protest.

If he was Asian I would have said that....omg so much ado about nothing!!! … I thought I was being a good neighbor … nuts!

Good neighbor. It’s the underlying philosophy at the core of the site’s mission.

This is, its founders would have you believe, a Mayberry USA for the Facebook crowd.

“We believe that when neighbors start talking, good things happen,” the company’s press kit cheerfully explains.

Or, maybe, when your neighbors start talking, you just find out they’re all a bunch of jerks.

‘The social-media equivalent of “driving while black’’’ Subject: Suspicious man From: xx from Tahoe Park This morning on V and 57th Street, my housemate was walking home from work and noticed a young, slim, AfroAmerican man walking slowly and tried to get into a conversation with her.

Nextdoor’s social-media model has managed to stir controversy since before the site was even out of beta.

In 2011, shortly before the its launch, The New York Times tech columnist Nick Wingfield worried over Nextdoor’s potential similarity to his neighborhood’s online message board, which had “a number of vocal people on it whose intense suspicions

There are 247 Nextdoor sites in Sacramento proper and more than 1,663 in the overall region.

Nextdoor, concluded writer Pendarvis Harshaw, was “a forum for paranoid racialism—the equivalent of the nosy Neighborhood Watch appointee in a gated community.”

I joined Nextdoor’s Land Park microsite in 2013. The rules of membership are strict.

Potential users must verify their address and register with their real name. Once logged in, neighbors are encouraged to interact by posting messages and replies, and by “thanking” other users—the latter the equivalent of a Facebook “like.”

Each neighborhood has its own site.

In Sacramento, there are microsites for just about every community, big or small: Land Park and Tahoe Park, Oak Park and Med Center, College Greens and Colonial Heights. Users have the option to intersect with other areas—for example, someone may live in Hollywood Park but also

choose to read posts from nearby Curtis Park or Land Park.

The site’s grown exponentially since its 2011 launch and currently covers nearly 75,000 neighborhoods across the United States, with 247 Nextdoor sites in Sacramento proper and more than 1,663 in the overall region.

When I first joined, the site seemed dull, with its myriad recommendations for electricians, gutter cleaners and carpenters.

A LinkedIn for the Home Depot set.

On occasion, however, it proved useful.

Those screaming police and firetruck sirens? Log on and learn of the car chase before the last siren wail fades from earshot. Dog on the loose? Post a picture on Nextdoor and help locate the owner.

Package stolen from the front porch?

Upload a screen grab of the alleged thief from your security camera and share it as a warning.

Soon, however, I noticed those other, more troubling conversations: Posts warning of “suspicious-looking” people who, overwhelmingly, were also people of color.

Complaints about “garbage diggers”— homeless men and women who traveled the streets, shopping carts in tow. Worried discussions on potential scam artists who knocked on doors looking for odd jobs.

Virtual hand-wringing over people who dared to drive their cars slowly down the street—obviously casing out their next burglary. Some messages even include photos of supposed trespassers, scam artists, house casers, etc.

A friend of mine, who shall remain anonymous to protect her social-media sanity, finally deleted the app from her phone in frustration.

“It turns out all my neighbors are racist assholes,” she said.

The site also proved to be too much for Kevin Wehr. The Midtown resident is one of many Sacramento users who quit Nextdoor, upset and angered for the way it often brings out the suspicious, racist, bullying worst in others.

Wehr, an assistant sociology professor at Sacramento State, says he initially joined Nextdoor because he thought it would be a great forum for sharing information and resources. But soon, he says, his outlook on the site turned grim as he skimmed through endless posts complaining of the homeless.

“There are homeless people who live in the neighborhood … and it’s my perspective that they’re people first—people who have a high proportion of problems, mental instabilities,” Wehr says. “[They’re] people who often self-medicate, and understanding this, I have a certain perspective on how folks should be treated with tolerance and respect.”

Most of Wehr’s neighbors didn’t seem to share that perspective.

“People just complained, going on and on—and not in a constructive way,” Wehr says. “It was reactionary and not helpful. I got sick of hearing it.”

And then there were those who made snap judgments about others based on their skin color. Wehr says he watched as his Nextdoor board lit up with messages from neighbors who posted frantically paranoid warnings.

“It was almost like vigilante justice,” he says. “It was bizarre, [with posts saying] ‘I see this suspicious-looking person in the park—keep your eyes on them.’”

He couldn’t fathom why so many of his neighbors were so quick-triggered with the keyboard.

“Why were these people suspicious?

The person who might be a few feet away might just be another person using the park like you,” Wehr says.

Then again, maybe Nextdoor isn’t that different than other platforms, Wehr adds.

“The worst tendencies of social media is to make people paranoid,” he says. To that end, Nextdoor “became the social-media equivalent of ‘driving while black.’”

Wehr finally logged off.

“I was disappointed and found myself thinking less of my neighbors and their potential racism,” he says. “In this case, knowing less about them is better.”

It didn’t take Kimberly Mulligan long to feel the same about some of her neighbors in East Sacramento. The Sacramento native, an assistant professor in biological sciences at Sacramento State, had moved back to town in 2013 after several years of living in San Francisco. That summer, her daughter was born and Mulligan often found herself on Nextdoor. She even used the app to try to find her family’s missing cat.

The cat never made it home, but although Mulligan says some Nextdoor users were helpful as she searched for the kitty, she quickly soured on the overall experience.

“At first Nextdoor was this really cool application—a great utility,” Mulligan says.

“And obviously it is that, with posts on what I’d call relevant crime or notices about extra lemons. It has a really cool purpose.

But then I started to see really alarming posts.”

Like Wehr, Mulligan says she found frequent posts about potential criminals and homeless people upsetting. Many of her neighbors—at least the ones posting regularly to her microsite, harbored an “out of sight, out of mind” mentality.

“It’s appalling. It takes away the humanity,” she says. “Maybe I’m ultrasensitive, but the amount of outrage over someone going

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through the recycling seems unbalanced.”

It was posts related to the shooting of Trayvon Martin that finally made Mulligan stop reading the messages altogether, citing the “veiled and-notso-veiled racism” she found as she read through posts on the subject.

Nextdoor, she said, was a cesspool of overreaction.

Ultimately, Mulligan decided to stop reading the messages that flooded her inbox daily.

“There is so much I love about my new neighborhood but getting this window into a larger sampling of the people in our community via this app has given me pause,” she wrote in a farewell post earlier this year.

Now, months later, Mulligan says she has no regrets leaving Nextdoor.

“It’s a platform for people who want to spit fire at each other,” she says. “It’s an amplification of fears that are totally unfounded.”

Kimberly Mulligan, who quit reading the posts on Nextdoor’s East Sacramento microsite, calls the social-media platform a “cesspool of over-reaction.”

‘There are expectations of privacy’ ubject: S Too Many Green Lawns From: xx from Curtis Park By now, there is not a single resident of Curtis Park that is not aware that we are in a severe drought. I doubt there is a single resident in this area that has not been made aware of the very strict water restrictions. And yet, there are so many lush, green lawns. Out walking our dog every evening, my girlfriend and I see these lawns, and we see the wasteful sprinklers soaking sidewalks.

Occasionally, controversial Nextdoor posts aren’t about homeless people or crime or race. Sometimes, they’re about elevating the old-fashioned neighborhood busybody into a 21st century tech pest.

Take the drought-shaming. The above Curtis Park message, posted in July, resulted in an angry thread that spanned nearly 150 replies and a Sacramento Bee article.

Some users have even taken to posting photos of suspiciously green lawns and freely flowing sprinklers. Others are more direct, posting pictures of neighbors caught watering on the wrong day.

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As a rule, Nextdoor doesn’t exactly condone such tactics. But the site is also largely self-governing, says spokeswoman Kelsey Grady.

“Nextdoor is a democratic platform,” she says on the phone from her San Francisco office.

Each microsite is overseen by neighborhood “leads” responsible for approving members and monitoring content—to a point.

“The role of the lead, the moderator, is very loose,” Grady says. “They can’t control what content goes up or what content goes down.”

Still, leads may remove so-called inappropriate messages and are tasked with reading messages that have been flagged by other members. Such “inappropriate” posts may include bullying, racist language and posting photos of neighbors without their permission.

That said, Grady says only one-quarter of 1 percent of all Nextdoor messages are flagged.

Furthermore, she adds, the company does have “wonderful and comprehensive guidelines” on neighborly behavior.

Treat everyone with respect. Refrain from profanity or messages perceived as discriminatory or pro-violence. Share helpful information.

Grady says the company has heard the complaints about criminal racial profiling

before and encourages users to “lead with action” when posting related messages.

“Describe the action, describe the location, then describe the [person’s] appearance,” Grady says.

“This is definitely an area we take very seriously,” she adds. “Our mission is to develop and use the power of technology to build stronger, safer neighborhoods.”

Nextdoor is also in the process of building relationships with local law enforcement. In Sacramento—a city Grady calls an “early adopter” of the process—officers regularly post messages and answer questions for users.

Sacramento Police Department spokesman Sgt. Doug Morse says that while there’s no official relationship between Nextdoor and local law enforcement, officers have nonetheless used it to “take community policing into the 21st century and go where people are today, on social media.”

Through Nextdoor, the police department has reached more than 40,000 registered members since 2013, Morse says.

“It [gives] us the ability to disseminate information tailored for any one neighborhood or for every neighborhood in Sacramento, in one single uniform message.”

Currently, more than 100 officers—some assigned to a specific

location—read messages, answer questions and post daily to both individual neighborhood boards and the site as a whole.

The result, Morse says, has been enhanced “community-oriented policing” that has lead to valuable crime tips. There was the home burglary, for example, for which a Nextdoor thread eventually provided a suspect description and security-camera footage of the suspect’s vehicle. Then there was the time—twice actually—when a post led to the return of a stolen bike.

But what about those who might be inclined to take a more misguided approach to such community policing?

Morse insists the police respond to even the most paranoid, racist poster with appropriate protocol.

“All incidents and activity reported to the police via Nextdoor, [are] handled the same way as information given to dispatchers,” Morse says. “We handle each call based on its own merit and apply the same fair and impartial policing to every investigation.”

Maybe, but perhaps community policing should come with better training, at least for the board’s leads, says social-media expert Jennifer Grygiel.

“What sort of training have some of them had? Maybe you should have

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to take a quiz,” says Grygiel, only partially joking.

Nextdoor membership, she adds, is akin to a “lesson in digital citizenship.”

Grygiel, an assistant professor in communications at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at

lead, she adds. The damage is likely already done.

“Even if there’s a take-down mechanism, [that process] may be too many layers from the original post to be effective,” she says.

Mulligan, the exiled East Sacramento Nextdoor member, says such tactics certainly won’t make a difference if people who use the site feel as though they’re digitally removed from real life.

Aerin Murphy, a lead for Nextdoor’s Tahoe Park microsite, says most users are “well-intentioned”—and not afraid to call out bad behavior.

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Syracuse University, says Nextdoor is “safer” than platforms such as Facebook or Twitter because member posts can only be read by those living within a neighborhood’s boundaries.

Even so, it can still pose a threat of “reputational damage” when users name names or, worse, upload pictures to the site that have been taken without the subject’s permission or, sometimes even, knowledge.

“There are expectations of privacy,” says Grygiel, “Would I want someone hanging out a window and taking photo of me and posting it on Nextdoor?”

It doesn’t really help if such a post or photo was flagged and removed by a

“They forget that there are real human beings that they’re talking to,” she says.

“It’s hostile—a rabbit hole of anger.”

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Aerin Murphy loves Nextdoor. As a lead for the Tahoe Park neighborhood,

she says she appreciates the efficiency it affords her.

“It’s a nice way to be able to connect with neighbors without necessarily going door-to-door,” she says.

As a lead member, Murphy doesn’t deny that there are the occasional problematic posts—racist, bullying messages. It’s her job to review flagged posts but, she says, those are fewer than one might think.

“Of the flagged messages I read, I only delete about 3 to 5 percent of them,” she says. “I’ll delete something that is blatantly racist or attacking another neighbor.”

And sometimes, she adds, such incidents have had positive outcomes— however unintentional.

“I’ve seen both of those situations come up and for the most part it’s provided a great foundation for discussion,” Murphy says.

There have been messages, she adds, where the poster only provides a suspicious person’s race as a description.

“That’s prompted neighbors to say, ‘What makes it racist?’”

Such discussions resulted in the formation of a Tahoe Park-based book group whose members read books on racial profiling and discuss how it impacts their community.

For the most part, she says, people are well-intentioned.

“One of the drawbacks of having connected community is that people want to get information out really fast, and that causes them to add on information—and leave out information—that could better explain what they’re trying to say.”

That’s not to say there’s not racism, she adds, but “our neighbors are not shy” to point out bad behavior.

For the most part, she feels Nextdoor has given her a sense of kinship—even with people she’s never met face-to-face.

“I know that might sound kind of silly, but you see the same people online all the time,” she says. “It’s just a nice way to keep up.”

I think about Murphy’s words later as I scroll through a fresh batch of messages. Two months ago, my husband and I packed up all our belongings in Land Park and moved two miles east to Oak Park. Within a week, I’d received a postcard from Nextdoor, inviting me to join the neighborhood’s microsite.

I hesitated. I’d already met a few of my neighbors. They seemed so nice. So normal. So not crazy and racist. Did I want to spoil that notion with a few moves of the cursor?

Curiosity won out, however. Soon, I was reading through messages about lost cats, free sofas and electrical repairs.

There was a post from a guy convinced he’d seen a drone playing Peeping Tom into the skylight of his second-floor

bedroom (“Sounds like someone is casing the neighborhood,” another member replied). There was a thread about a lost duck (“clearly a pet”) and complaints of a brazen thief who was snatching plants off of front porches.

At first, I felt heartened. Maybe moving to a more ethnically and economically diverse neighborhood meant I’d left those incendiary posts behind.

Many of my neighbors (wherever and whenever) have probably always been racist, fear-mongering jerks. At least with Nextdoor, I now know who to avoid.

Not really. Here—perhaps fewer in number but maybe only because the neighborhood is geographically smaller—are the same skittish posts about black men and Latina women, “scruffy” homeless men and “obvious” junkies.

Even so, a few voices of reason manage to rise above the tech chaos.

“Based on what you’ve posted, there doesn’t really seem to be any reason for suspicion,” one neighbor wrote in response to one particular rant. “There’s a lot of racial profiling and other race based fears on Nextdoor that are pretty alarming and without justification. Let’s try and refocus on tangible issues that are supported by more than ‘black man slowly walking down the street.’ Just my two cents.”

Dozens of replies followed—some in agreement, some defensive and angry— and it hit me. Many of my neighbors (wherever and whenever) have probably always been racist, fear-mongering jerks.

At least with Nextdoor, I now know who to avoid. Ω

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he door clicked shut, and the countdown began. We were locked in a seemingly barren room with 20 minutes to escape.

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But we didn’t kick and scream, or try to pick the lock. The room held clues. My friends and I felt like detectives racing against time to save the day.

On a desk, we noticed a series of vials filled to various heights. Those heights must mean something, right? Something important. Right?

They did mean something. But my team was too tunnel-visioned to notice all the other clues around us.

Time ran out. We failed to escape.

Instead, we were let out.

The man who let us out was Ethan Rodriguez-Torrent. The room

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in question was a pop-up preview of Escape Sacramento, the first-ever real-life room-escape concept to arrive in Sacramento. It’s opening Thursday, October 29, in Midtown.

Now, why would anyone actually pay to get locked up?

“It’s for people who want to go out and do something different—something that isn’t going to a restaurant or bar,” Rodriguez-Torrent said.

Apparently, a lot of people want that. The Escape Sacramento launch party a couple of weeks ago drew a healthy, excited crowd with the promise of discounted Escape Sacramento tickets, puzzles, board games and free swag. People booked more than 100 slots that night.

Two more Sacramento escape rooms are on the way. Clearly, business is expected to boom—understandable, as the concept is wildly popular worldwide.

“People like to challenge themselves; they like to be part of a team,” said Jason Yee, who will open Golden Puzzle Rooms on Saturday, October 31.

Golden Puzzle Rooms lives in an old bank building—the same as Yee’s popular downtown bar, Pre-Flite Lounge. Sounds extra creepy. But the old, heavy vault won’t be incorporated into Golden Puzzle Rooms.

This will be Yee’s first escape room, but hopefully not his last.

He’s already traversing California, looking for prime spots to open as many as six more locations. He’ll have one room at a time to start, though he’s considering adding an easier, smaller room for the 18-andunder crowd.

Escape Sacramento, meanwhile, will be Rodriguez-Torrent’s third escape room—he opened ones in Connecticut and Rhode Island earlier this year. He’ll have four

rooms going at once—three identical, so groups can race against each other.

But the general premise is the same: go into room, get locked into said room, solve a series of puzzles in order to win freedom within one hour. Teamwork is key—and it’s why real-life room escapes are so popular for corporate team-building excursions.

“The game is unbeatable by a single person, because everyone has their own weaknesses and blind spots or their own way of thinking,” Rodriguez-Torrent said, describing his suite of visual, auditory, mechanical and kinetic puzzles.

“The whole idea is to push people to elasticize how they think.”

The escape room concept stems from Japan, where the first business opened in 2007. Quickly, the trend spread through Asia, then Europe, and ultimately the United States in 2012. Already, there are nearly 300

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Escape Room Sacramento founders Max Sutter (left) and Ethan Rodriguez-Torrent are ready to lock you up.

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rooms in the U.S. according to the Escape Room Directory, and more than 2,500 worldwide.

Yet for all that rapid growth, local escape room junkie Joe Messteri is already anticipating the business model’s inevitable demise.

“We’re going to go the way of lazer tag,” he said. “It was a fad, it happened for a while, it was really fun. Now, whenever you see lazer tag, it’s a side business—like a value-added thing.”

But that’s probably in a few years, at least—and after the number of escape rooms in Sacramento swells from three to as many as seven, based on Messteri’s industry estimates. In the meantime, he’s opening Enchambered: Sacramento Escape Room in the Arden area, hopefully by the end of November.

As a kid, Messteri dreamed of becoming a Disney Imagineer.

After high school, he spent a few years designing sets of haunted houses in the Bay Area. But for the past 15 years, he’s been in Sacramento, working as a web and app developer. He’s also created digital adventure games and real-life “puzzlehunts,” just for fun. An escape room is the logical next step.

Only, Messteri is shooting for something more like an immersive theater experience, in which your

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team is the cast. The sets are elaborate, highly-detailed creations.

The rooms aren’t single rooms, but four- or five-part spaces, potentially with moving walls, secret passageways and crawlspaces. If you get stuck, an attendant won’t come in to help. Instead, a ghost projected on the ceiling might speak to you, or the lighting might adjust to bring your attention to a forgotten clue. And all the while, there’s a narrative, a purpose to your escape and an alternative reality game that continues online when you go home.

“I use the term ‘escape room’ not so much because I want you to escape the room,” Messteri said.

“I want you to escape reality for a while.”

Escape Sacramento, 1831 I Street; tickets $27; www.escapesacramento.com.

Golden Puzzle Rooms, 1011 10th Street; tickets $30; http://goldenpuzzlerooms.com.

Enchambered: Sacramento Escape Room, 2230 Arden Way, Suite C; tickets $28; www.enchambered.com.

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Sparkle and awe Here’s what you can expect walking into Miss trans california 2015, marketed as the Golden State’s first beauty pageant for trans women: spectacle and revelry, sparkling gowns, provocative dance numbers and celebration of a world that so many in the white-bread, hetero, cisgender universe don’t get to experience.

And on this particular Saturday night at the Crest Theatre that’s precisely what attendees got ... with a few surprises.

The contestants and attendees were almost exclusively Latinos. This explains why the competition’s lingua franca was Spanish, why the opening act was a pitbull impersonator and why the evening’s events were halved by a fantastic, lively mariachi performance.

Six women competed for the crown, and much of the night’s excitement derived from their energy. Some were nervous, others fierce and assured. Personalities were reflected in the range of bathing suits, from form-fitting one-pieces to stringy, suggestive bikinis. feathered fantasy costumes spanned 15 feet across the auditorium, scarcely fitting onstage. Evening gowns sparkled and awed.

Somewhere among the sequins and towering heels, the bright dresses and wild fantastical gowns, one was struck by a profound truth: Miss Trans California 2015 is far more than a beauty pageant.

This hit me when contestant Monique Monroe entered the Fantasy Dress round clad all in white, framed by a flowing, stylized set of wings.

She dressed as an archangel in remembrance of all of the trans women lost to violence in the United States in 2015.

Another contestant, Cristina Aguilar, appeared as the Angel of Peace in recognition of transphobia throughout the world.

Perhaps the most evocative performance of the evening took place while contestants were backstage changing into their evening gowns for the final rounds. This was a choreographed sequence juxtaposing Catholic imagery and ceremony with hypersexual dress and dance— something you might see in a Madonna music video: a tatted-up beefcake Jesus on a sparkling cross, shirtless male dancers and a prayerful woman (whom the crowd adoringly called Camila) in knee-high black boots better suited for a dungeon than a church.

The pageant closed with a Q&A round that pulled no punches. Monroe advised on what someone undergoing a sex change should know. Aguilar applauded Caitlyn Jenner’s transition, saying “it’s never too late” in Spanish.

Carla Campos defined what transexuality means to her, and so on.

The event was spectacle and glam, with a theme of acceptance and understanding. That’s by design, according Jorge Martinez of NGN Entertainment, the company that put on the event. It’s a chance for those outside the LGBT community to see more of the trans world.

I’d say it’s a good start.

It’s a chance for those outside the LGBT community to see more of the trans world.

—Dave Kempa

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Cannabis Farmers Lose Crops to Flames

Butte and Valley fires won’t impact supply, but small growers suffered losses

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he Butte and Valley fires devastated the rural Northern California towns they tore through this fire season. The two fires destroyed well over 1,000 homes and nearly 147,000 acres. Also among the devastation — the region’s medical marijuana crop.

Mike Ray lost much of his cannabis farm — 99 plants — in the Butte fire. Ray is the director of Bloom Farms, which provides medicinal cannabis in the form of oils for patients who prefer consuming the medicine in a gentler way than smoking. He says nearly three quarters of Bloom Farms’ marijuana was cultivated on his family’s 300-acre property in Mountain Ranch, the small Calaveras County town that was hit hardest by the fire. Ray says the fire also destroyed two homes his family members lived in on that land.

“It’s definitely a real tragedy for the cannabis community in California, and for California in general.”

Hezekiah Allen Director, California Growers Association

“My big concern here is the future of Calaveras County and those people who lost everything,” Ray says. “I count myself very fortunate in that we had some level of insurance.”

The marijuana was not covered by insurance, and Ray is unsure whether he will continue cultivating in the county.

“It’s a beautiful, beautiful place,” says Ray, who grew up on this forestland. “But as far as the cannabis goes, I don’t know.”

Mike Ray, director of Bloom Farms, lost nearly all of his cannabis crop to the Butte fire. He is unsure whether he will replant his cannabis garden on the Calaveras County land.

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While the lost crop is a drop in the bucket of California’s medical marijuana supply, the biggest impact will be on the smaller, family farmers.

“There are hardworking families out there that, this is their livelihood, this is how they pay their bills,” Allen says. “It’s definitely a real tragedy for the cannabis community in California, and for California in general.”

Ray agrees that the economic impact will be greater on the local level, but he sees potential for economic opportunity in the wake of the loss.

“It’s an interesting opportunity for Calaveras County to take a different stance on the cannabis industry moving forward,” Ray says. “If the community decides to embrace the cannabis industry, there’s a great opportunity to create the Napa of cannabis.”

Hezekiah Allen, director of California Growers Association, says he does not expect to see much impact on dispensaries’ supply because California’s cultivation network is so large. He said the farms that burned this year represent a small percentage of about 50,000 farms statewide.

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Others like to bring everything but CarS the kitchen sink. California Automobile Museum’s latest exhibit is for the second group.

Camping in Style is a celebration of those vintage mobile homes and trailers folks have been taking out into the great outdoors since the dawn of motor vehicles. The exhibit officially opens Saturday, but Friday offers a special sneak peek of the exhibit, complete with camping food, drinks and games. $10-$15, 5 p.m. at California Automobile Museum, 2200 Front Street; calautomuseum.org.

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alloween week, a time during which it’s socially acceptable to eat 19 fun-size Snickers bars per day, has its perks, sure. But what about the folks for whom the holiday is just an endless series of moments in which some yahoo dressed like the girl from The Ring is waiting to pop out at you? What about the sensitive types who had endless nightmares after watching The Sixth Sense back in 1999 and have been checking for ghosts under their bed ever since?

(Asking for a friend.)

Luckily there are a whole bunch of docile yet festive Halloween activities spread out over the city this

week. From 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, October 31, the Midtown Halloween Festival and Pooch Parade will be taking place at Marshall Park (915 27th Street).

Attendees can get their faces painted, participate in squash bowling and arts and crafts, and trick or treat. But the best part is obviously going to be the pooch parade and doggie costume contest: hot dog dachshunds! Ewok shih tzus!

Harry Potter corgies! The possibilities are endless and admission is free.

If you’re looking for something a little more grown up but not, like, JasonVoorhees-slicing-up-humans-witha-chainsaw grown up, there’s the old Sacramento Halloween Bar Hop starting at 8 p.m. Eleven participating bars will be offering karaoke, dancing and comedy.

Actually, we can’t guarantee some jerk won’t be dressed up as Jason Voorhees,

but drinking really helps with that whole scaredy-cat getup. (According to my friend.) Visit www.facebook.com/ events/190561517944365 for more details.

For something extra-sedate rather than scary, Capital Public Radio (7055 Folsom Boulevard) is hosting the Sacramento Death Cafe on Sunday, November 1, wherein individuals of various spiritual and cultural backgrounds lead a group discussion around the end of life in an effort to inspire new ways of thinking about it. Tea, coffee and snacks will be provided and the gathering will last from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free, but registration at www.eventbrite.com/e/death-cafein-sacramento-on-all-saints-daytickets-18784423717 is required.

—DEEnA DREwIs

Those who want to better understand the significance of Día de los Muertos—the annual observance dedicated to those who have passed— should check out the Latino Center for Arts & Culture’s sixth annual El Panteon de FEStival Sacramento festival. Myriad artists will be present at this two-day event, sharing pieces that demonstrate what Mexico’s most popular day means to them. Expect sculptures, paintings, sugar skulls and other types of altars and memorials. Free, 11 a.m.-11 p.m Saturday and 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

Sunday at 2020 J Street; www.lrgp.org.

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vintage Holiday Market sUnDAY, nOVEMBER 1 If you’re one of those annoying people who likes to get a super-early head start on holiday shopping, then November shopping is probably already too late for your comfort level. For the rest of us slackers, there’s the SHoPPing Vintage Holiday Market, hosted by the Treasured Home. The retail event will feature local vendors, refreshments and raffle prizes.

10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at 9906 Fair Oaks Boulevard, www.thetreasuredhome.com.

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Fortunately, Mango’s Burger Town combines all three of these elements into one perfect Bingo night on the first Thursday of every month.

The cool thing about it—besides the obvious insane amounts of fun to be reaped—is that it’s a fundraiser for a different charity every month. For November, all proceeds benefit the Sacramento Valley Vets, which helps area LGBT veterans.

There’s a promise of fabulous prizes, too. $15, 7 p.m. at Mango’s Burger Town, 1930 K Street; www.facebook.com/SacDragQueenBingo.

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More meals: SN&R food critic Ann Martin Rolke recently issued positive reviews to both Localis, a fine-dining concept from the Broderick Roadhouse team, and Finnegan’s Public House, a low-key breakfast and lunch spot on Stockton Boulevard.

Coincidentally, both restaurants have expanded service.

Localis (2031 S Street) is now doing lunch Tuesday through Friday.

The menu is short, simple and more affordable than you might expect, featuring a couple of salads and six main plate options. Among them: jerk chicken tacos ($11), linguine carbonara ($15) and a pastrami sandwich ($12).

Finnegan’s (3751 Stockton Boulevard), meanwhile, is getting into the dinner game on Friday and

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Saturdays—and it’s probably fancier than you’d expect. You could feast on potato-and-leek croquettes with crème fraîche and caviar ($10) and grilled New York steak ($27), for example, or go the more humble route with red beans and rice ($14).

Even more poke: The latest to hop on the Hawaiian seafood salad trend is Wrap N’ Roll Sushi Burrito. The owners remodeled their Elk Grove location (9015 Bruceville Road, Suite 100), added patio seating, changed the concept and reopened last week as Make Fish Poke & Sushi Burrito.

Unlike Fish Face Poke Bar and the recently opened Hokee Pokee, Make Fish marinates and premixes eight poke options. That’s how it’s done in Hawaii as well—you roll

into a market and point at whatever salad you want. Still, Make Fish lets you pile that poke into a bowl—or onto a salad or nachos—with unlimited toppings for $11.95. Make Fish also serves sushi burritos and a range of fusion snacks, such as pork belly fries (a spin on carne asada fries), spicy tuna quesadillas and spam musubi.

The Wrap N’ Roll Sushi Burrito location in Midtown, meanwhile, remains a Wrap N’ Roll Sushi Burrito.

Mysterious: Remember Triple Double? The sports bar with an ambitious Southern-influenced menu opened in the former Zokku nightclub space (419 J Street) across from the upcoming Kings arena the first week of October. And it’s already closed—for real, according to Sactown Magazine.

Lumpia dreams: The first Filipino restaurant on the grid opened a few weeks ago. Menu options are currently fairly limited at Gina’s Filipino Kape (1011 12th Street), but the basics are there: pancit (stir-fry noodles), embutido (meatloaf) and lumpia (egg rolls). Ω

I generally don’t find myself drawn to gimmicks when it comes to a drink. When executed well, however, the performance really can make all the difference. Sometimes it’s a burst of flame on citrus oil, other times it’s careful layering. This time, it’s an adorable teapot. Tea Service cocktails at Empress are conversational, boozy and absolutely precious.

It’s essentially a cocktail brewed for four, poured from a teapot into glass punch glasses. The No. 1 consisted of forbidden black rice horchata, star anise and vanilla blended with Smith & Cross rum ($21): spicy, sweet and a fantastic match for much of the meaty menu.

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—GArrett mccord

Tale of two fruits Persimmons Just in time for Halloween, you’ll see trees around town covered in what appear to be mini-pumpkins. They’re actually persimmons. There are two main varieties: Hachiya (the pointy ones) and Fuyu (the “apple” ones).

Eat Hachiyas when they’re fully ripe and very, very soft, pureeing them into muffins or ice cream. Fuyus are ready when they’re bright orange and have a little give when squeezed. Slice them into wedges to toss in salads and grain dishes, or grill them to serve with meat.

Another persimmon product to look for is hoshigaki.

Otow Orchard specializes in these Japanese-style dried persimmons to enjoy with tea or coffee.

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Sacramento, unlike many cities, doesn’t seem to fall into the niche food fads that run rampant through other major cities. For example, we dodged that inane barrel aged cocktail business.

(Though, admittedly, we did hit the cupcake craze pretty hard and I’ll take partial responsibility for that one.)

Rather, we seem to be a city that strives to cultivate the people who can do a type of food best and let them run with it. Take Ginger Elizabeth with chocolate, Shannon McElroy for pizza and Matt Masera’s genius dessert menus as prime examples.

Then there is, naturally, Billy Ngo’s clever penchant for fish. Having sated the masses’ demand for sushi that both appreciates the classics but also brings modern verve to the cuisine, he’s opened a somewhat hipster poke bar appropriately located in the Warehouse Artists Lofts on the continually gentrifying R Street corridor.

Poke, for those who haven’t yet experienced it, is essentially a raw fish salad whose origins lie in Hawaii. It’s what a seafood tartar aspires to be.

Fish Face is built as a to-go bar and set up in a Chipotle-esque fashion. Choose a size of poke bowl ($8 for small, $12 for medium, or $16 for large) and then select a protein from a list including options such as spicy tuna or sturgeon, or mussels and octopus.

Next, select a sauce to dress your mess such as a traditional yuzu ponzu or a more eccentric spicy kimchi sauce.

Lastly, pick a number of add-ons (50 cents to $2 each, depending on the item). Popular options include crispy garlic, avocado, macadamia nuts and masago. Seasonal additions such as persimmons may be available as well. The whole lot gets served with toasted sesame seeds and salty wisps of seaweed.

On a recent trip, I ordered meaty chunks of locally sourced sturgeon tossed with sweet bites of Fuyu persimmon and sauced it all with a creamy, though frankly uninteresting, cilantro sauce mislabeled as a pesto. A companion ordered his with salmon, salty-sour yuzu ponzu sauce, and avocado; a crack-sy sushi-like combination that would make anyone horribly addicted to poke.

Cooked mussels were also recently added to the menu and they make for one of the most intriguing poke options when paired with salmon, crispy garlic, cucumber and plenty of kimchi sauce.

Speaking of kimchi, those who don’t enjoy kimchi should try it one more time ($3). This one possesses a smart burn; one powerful enough to sear your lips, but measured so that it doesn’t annihilate the flavor of the fish.

Likewise, a captivating chef’s choice chirashi ($15) is on the menu for those who are still unsure of poke and want to ease in with a sushi-similar option.

The strength of the poke lies in the utter freshness in every piece of seafood and produce served. Ingredients are respected and smartly executed.

Service is friendly and informative, which is great as those used to stagnant sushi menus may be daunted by the sheer number of options as to what fish goes with what sauce goes with what add-ons.

The dining room is open and communal.

Surrounded by maladroit hipsters at the WAL and mingling in the scents of fresh fish and the baked goods from next door’s Metro Kitchen + Drinkery, you can’t help but feel you’re at a turning point for city’s ever-evolving food scene.

All I can say is that if Kru didn’t solidify Ngo’s role as Sac’s seafood master, Fish Face certainly does. Ω

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One week later, the chef team behind Mother and Empress Tavern takes over Plates Cafe (14 Business Parkway, Suite 149) on Thursday, November 5. Normally, Plates Cafe offers vocational training through St. John’s Program for Real Change, specifically for women who have suffered from homelessness, abuse and poverty. Michael Thiemann and Matt Masera will cook up a family-style feast, with pours from Turley Wine Cellars. Buy $50 tickets at www.novembergcd.eventbrite.com.

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Sugar rush Candy land Need to get the children out of the house? The Franklin Community Library will host a giant Candy Land game in which—get this—kids are the playing pieces. On the quest to find King GaMe Candy, children ages 6-12 will ultimately get the chance to experience Candy Cane Forest and Gumdrop Mountain. Free, 4 p.m. Friday, October 30; 10055 Franklin High Road in Elk Grove; www.saclibrary.org/locations/franklin.

—eddie Jorgensen

Fear no laughs sTand alone Many aspire to be a stand-up comic even if public speaking is one of our collective, biggest fears. Leo Zuniga explores that idea in his new documentary, Stand Alone. For the film, Zuniga has been following two aspiring comedians as they take classes and prep material. Zuniga, one half of The Junior & Leo Show, a podcast on Sacramento comedians and artists, is inviting folks to be part of their first show (which will be filmed for the documentary). Zuniga’s paying for the film via a GoFundMe account.

CoMedy Donations nab a ticket for the live comedy show. $10-$20, 7 p.m. Wednesday, November 4; Laughs Unlimited, 1207 Front Street; www.gofundme. com/7j3zdrmv.

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The body unapologetic Things no one Will Tell faT girls Jes Baker is a feminist, kitten-loving, rape culture-hating, body-accepting fat girl who blogs at The Militant Baker, and in Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls: A Handbook for Unapologetic Living Book (Seal Press, $16), she’s also damned funny.

This compendium of good advice for living well in our bodies isn’t just for fat people. Instead, it’s an excellent resource for anyone who wants to ditch the impossible race for perfection.

—Kel Munger

Todd Kelly’s October 3 death from pancreatic cancer sent reverberations throughout the Sacramento music community and beyond.

For those who didn’t know the musician—or did so only casually—Kelly’s battle with the disease lasted approximately a year.

In life, Kelly was a talented artist and trumpet player, probably best known for his MeMorial work with the iconic Sacramento band Filibuster.

He was also a devoted father and deeply loved by close friends and acquaintances alike.

A memorial to celebrate his life will take place this Sunday, November 1, at the Fox & Goose. The event will be hosted by local musician Cardel Daniels, who called on Kelly’s musical peers to pay tribute.

Todd Kelly’s brother David Blakely remembers him with fondness.

“Some people thought my brother was weird. He was just T.K. to me. [Kelly] lived his life for himself and for his [15-year-old] son Avery,” Blakely says.

“I looked up to him and the way he did so with no regrets,” Blakely adds. “Not only was he passionate, fearless and very intelligent, he was loved by all the people he hugged and shared his time with.”

The tribute will include guest speakers, special sets by Kelly’s Heroes, Sac Storytellers and a free-for-all urban jazz session in Kelly’s honor curated by Daniels with Harley White Jr. $5 minimum donation; 5 p.m., Sunday, November 1; Fox & Goose, 1001 R Street; www.facebook.com/ events/958329160879749.

—eddie Jorgensen

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A Doll’s house, 8 p.m. Thursday–Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, 7 p.m. Wednesday; $23-$35. Capital Stage, 2215 J Street; (916) 995-5464; www.capstage.org. Through November 22.

What are we to make of Nora Helmer, the heroine of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House? Is she a captive of —or a willing participant in—a male-centric society that paints men as large and in charge and women as weak and kittenish, using their feminine wiles to get the attention and affection they desire and deserve?

Both, I think, until she courageously begins to find herself, stop playing the game and live authentically. It still takes a brave woman to discover who she’s supposed to be and to become that person, as this adaptation by Capital Stage’s founding artistic director Stephanie Gularte proves. Gularte’s brilliant updating—she sets the action in 1948 America—is darn near perfectly realized by director Janis Stevens and her cast.

Brittni Barger is captivating as Nora, acting the subservient plaything to husband Thomas (Ryan Snyder, navigating from condescension to comprehension) until she realizes (late and yet rather suddenly) that her life is a sham and in shambles. The play depicts the unraveling of a family just as Thomas has been promoted and its money woes are over. But Nora has a secret debt, incurred with honorable intentions but a

Known for its gutsy, provocative approach to theater, it’s no surprise that KOLT Run Creations’ newest production—Adoration of Dora by playwright Lojo Simon—holds nothing back. This is the story of Dora Maar, a pioneer in the field of artistic photography who becomes enamored with painter Pablo Picasso, and he with her, resulting in a mad melding of art, sex and inspiration.

Adoration of Dora is cleverly written and produced in a surrealistic style, where art, politics, sexuality and sensuality swirl around the story of Maar and her struggling relationship with her art and her lover.

This is an all-female theatrical offering—from playwright Simon to director Kellie Yvonne Raines and her six-woman cast—and the result is a gutsy, avant-garde production of a thought-provoking, though at times convoluted, play. It’s a portrayal of Dora (nicely nuanced by Bridggett Bess), as well as her inner self-reflection (powerfully portrayed

by Kelley Ogden) and the catty and chatty Parisian café women, the changing art world and a myriad of Picasso’s mistresses and muses.

Maar is a contradiction. She’s a bold woman determined to explore the newly emerging art form of photography and also an artist who gets lost in the world of Picasso. We watch her slow slide into depression and mental illness.

There are some challenges in this production that can be smoothed out during the run—most notably the blinding spotlights positioned in the four corners of the Sierra 2 Center classroom where the play is staged. Also, Picasso’s works are displayed throughout the play, but ironically, virtually none by Maar—whose personal journey is being portrayed.

Mostly, however, the play itself needs a bit more focus—though Maar’s journey is captivating and the performances give life to her personal and artistic struggle.

—Patti RobeRts Adoration of Dora, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, $20. Sierra 2 Center, 2791 24th Street, Classroom 10; (916) 454-1500; www.koltruncreations.com. Through November 14.

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In Victorian times, common belief was an individual was inherently and wholly good or evil, with only slight variations. And then came Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, which literally took a stab at presenting the duality of a person, a good doctor with an evil internal twin, the creation of the splitpersonality concept.

Here, Big Idea Theatre has embraced a recent adaptation of this classic story.

Playwright Jeffrey Hatcher has added layers to this dark tale of gruesome murders and social mayhem, including a love interest and variations of Mr. Hyde brought out by rotating actors.

Directed by Benjamin Ismail, the story here is stylized and dark. Very dark. Th-Sa 8pm.

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Playwright August Wilson took on the daunting and creative idea of writing 10 plays that explore African-American experiences through 10 different decades in the 20th century. Each play takes on some of the issues and challenges faced in each era, and in particular geographical areas, and dramatizes them through personal stories. Celebration Arts has staged most of the plays in this 10-story theatrical library, and now is tackling Gem of the Ocean, set in 1904 Pittsburgh, when slavery is still fresh in both the experiences and memories of its characters.

The play presents many challenges along the way with its word-weighty script that often gets bogged down with lengthy, pontificating monologues. Still, there is a fascinating story that unfolds and some beautiful portrayals. Th-Sa 8 pm; Su 2pm. Through 10/31. $8-15.

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Solemn and walnut-stained as though being fitted for a In a stellar but largely misused supporting cast, mantle, Truth is less about truth than truthiness. Like Kill the wonderful Elisabeth Moss gets the most tragithe Messenger, it’s more concerned with delivering a cally wasted, reduced here to a handful of drippy finger-pointing, tongue-clucking civics lesson than with interjections (“This one meant something!”) and anything resembling journalism. confused expressions. See her in Alex Ross Perry’s Prolific screenwriter James Vanderbilt (Zodiac and Queen of Earth for a much meatier movie role—that a lot of movies not directed by David Fincher) film had its share of flaws, but it least it put its makes his directorial debut with Truth, a heart on its sleeve; there’s nothing up the draggy and self-righteous look at the sleeves of Truth but more speeches.

Truth 2004 scandal that ended the careers of Redford does a fine job, capturtries to sing a CBS anchorman Dan Rather (Robert ing the Rather cocktail of downRedford) and producer Mary Mapes swan song for “old home and distinguished without (Cate Blanchett). It’s a worn-out doing an outright impression, but school” journalists cliché, but Truth feels like a screenBlanchett is the real star, playing and their charming writer’s first film, and Vanderbilt Mapes as fragile yet defiant, and tends to favor windy sermons and drinking looking dynamite in a kicky blonde bullet-point conversations over visual hairdo. Beyond her acting chops, problems. concision and formal intellect. though, Blanchett is a consummate As the 2004 election approached, professional, to the point that you can CBS aired a story about the sketchy Texas Air feel her reeling back for extra heat when she’s National Guard record of then-President George W. working with shaky material, and while she’s made Bush. The segment starred Rather and was produced by worse vehicles watchable, you can definitely feel Mapes, and even though CBS brass initially celebrated the strain here. Truth tries to sing a swan song for the piece, the story got nitpicked apart by rival networks “old school” journalists and their charming drinking and right-wing stooges. Almost overnight, the core story problems, but instead it’s a paean to boomer selfof Bush’s semifictional service got overwhelmed by congratulation, an ode to getting the story more or questions about fonts and superscripts, and Mapes and less right. Ω her team found themselves playing defense, both against their critics and against their own network.

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In Buffalo, N.Y. circa 1890, a freethinking young woman (Mia Wasikowska) is swept off her feet by a mysterious Englishman (Tom Hiddleston); returning with him to his remote, sinister estate, she is alternately haunted by ghostly visions and tormented by his equally mysterious sister (Jessica Chastain). Director Guillermo del Toro (who co-wrote with Matthew Robbins) serves up an amusing, sometimes hilarious parody of a Victorian Gothic horror story—think Rebecca crossed with The House That Dripped Blood. Alas, the parody seems to be mostly unintentional, though it’s not easy to tell. Certainly everybody manages to keep a straight face (god knows how). The ghostly apparitions are like nothing ever seen outside del Toro’s movies, and the director’s bizarre bug fetish is once again on flagrant display. J.L.

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A New Jersey cop (Julianne Moore), dying of cancer, fights to secure her pension rights for her registered domestic partner (Ellen Page), seeking equality with heterosexual couples. The story of Det. Laurel Hester, subject of a 2007 Oscar-winning documentary, gets big-movie treatment from writer Ron Nyswaner and director Peter Sollett. The story is righteous and Moore and Page are strong (as is Michael Shannon as Moore’s police partner), all to the movie’s credit. On the debit side: The script feels too derivative of Nyswaner’s Philadelphia 22 years ago, and padded out with romance-movie clichés—the meet-cute, the walks along the beach at sunset, etc. Sollett sets an uncertain tone—Steve Carell as Moore and Page’s flamboyant supporter plays almost like a Saturday Night Live parody of gay activism. J.L.

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Belgian filmmakers Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz bring us this moody chiller, a largely silent and often grisly story of twin brothers who come to believe that their mother has been replaced by an impostor. Decked in matching ratty tank tops, Elias and Lukas (played by real-life brothers Elias and Lukas Schwarz) while away the hours burning bugs and romping through the fields that surround their upscale country home, but they sense something wrong with the heavily bandaged woman who claims to be their mother (Susanne Wuest).

Goodnight Mommy conjures cinematic references ranging from Michael Haneke to Georges Franju, and there are a number of powerful images and surrealist red herrings, but the film is more icky than creepy, with a final third that gets a little too “torture porn”-y for my taste. At least Fiala and Franz possess a striking vision, as cold and severe as that country estate. D.B.

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The first big-screen adaptation of the prolific R.L. Stine’s best-selling series of horror stories for kids features the writer himself—or a version of him, played by Jack Black—who swings into action when his daughter (Odeya Rush), his new neighbor (Dylan Minnette) and the neighbor’s nerdy pal (Ryan Lee) accidentally release the author’s monsters from the books where they’re imprisoned, causing them to descend like a plague on their small Delaware town. Darren Lemke’s script (from a story by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski) makes a clever introduction to Stine’s books (assuming there are any young readers out there who haven’t read any of them yet), and Rob Letterman’s surprisingly sprightly direction deftly walks the tightrope between comedy and genuine scares—just the way Stine’s books do. J.L.

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Jem and the Holograms

A teenager (Aubrey Peeples) and her sisters both biological (Stefanie Scott) and foster (Aurora Perrineau, Hayley Kiyoko) become overnight YouTube stars, catching the eye of an unscrupulous music company executive (Juliette Lewis). Jem dolls were created in

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All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records

Actor and Sacramento native Colin Hanks takes a fling at documentary movie-making, recounting (with writer Steven Leckart) the heady rise of Tower Records from a cubbyhole at the back of a Sacramento drugstore to a billion-dollar global industry by 1999. Then, ruefully, its ignominious collapse six years later, a victim of overextension and the rise of the Internet. As founder Russ Solomon and a gaggle of talking heads testify—from Tower employees and administrators to the likes of Elton John and Bruce Springsteen —it was a hell of a party while it lasted. Hanks and Leckart tap into a latent nostalgia for Tower’s free-and-easy heyday, and the movie is an intensely bittersweet experience for anyone who grew up with Tower Records as a home away from home. J.L.

the 1980s by Hasbro as a rival for Mattel’s Barbie and promoted with a kids’ cartoon show, but the dolls flopped and were forgotten before the decade was out. Still, pockets of fandom survive, they say, and presumably these include director John M. Chu and writer Ryan Landels. Whatever they saw in the old series, or the dolls, remains a mystery. The movie is trite, cheap and shoddy, designed to be watched on an iPhone instead of in a theater—plus, there’s no way this assortment of bland nice-girls would ever become superstars. Not even on YouTube. J.L.

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The Last Witch Hunter

A medieval warrior (Vin Diesel, in a silly wig and beard) slays the Queen of Witches (Julie Engelbrecht). As she dies, she curses him with immortality; 800 years later, he’s living in New York, clean-shaven but still tracking down wicked witches and turning them over to a secret society for incarceration. The answer to the inevitable who-writesthis-crap question is Cory Goodman, Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, the latter two of whom wrote last year’s equally crappy Dracula Untold. Ineptly directed by Breck Eisner (who would probably have a flourishing career as a Starbucks barista if he weren’t the son of ex-Disney chief Michael Eisner), the movie is a dull mix of superstitious mumbo-jumbo and CGI folderol. Elijah Wood, Rose Leslie, Michael Caine and Diesel are all wasted—and so is our time. J.L.

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Our Brand Is Crisis

A disgraced political consultant (Sandra Bullock) is coaxed out of forced retirement to help two colleagues (Anthony Mackie, Ann Dowd) guide the campaign of a candidate for president of Bolivia (Joaquim de Almeida).

Once in La Paz, she learns that the rival campaign is being advised by her old nemesis (Billy Bob Thornton). Like Freeheld, here’s another adaptation of a documentary—in this case, one

by Rachel Boynton—but greatly fictionalized; for example, in the doc, Bullock’s character was actually James Carville. Written by Peter Straughan and directed by David Gordon Green, the movie wears its cynicism like a condescending badge of honor, but it makes the fatal mistake of giving us no stake in the outcome—no heroes to root for, no villains to root against. Despite flashes of wit, it’s dull. J.L.

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Rock the Kasbah

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Steve Jobs

A semisleazy rock music manager (Bill Murray) takes his only client (Zooey Deschanel) on a USO tour of war-torn Afghanistan. When she panics and flees the country with his money and passport, he’s at loose ends until he meets a good-hearted hooker (Kate Hudson) and a Pashtun girl who sings like an angel (Leem Lubany), whom he decides to promote on Afghanistan’s version of American Idol. Director Barry Levinson gives the movie a gritty veneer of realism and sun-baked menace, but Mitch Glazer’s script is limp, unconvincing and vaguely distasteful, even despicable—a facile fantasy of stardom among honor-killing savages.

The movie presumes on our affection for both Murray and Hudson—to say nothing of Bruce Willis, playing yet another grim-jawed mercenary. (Isn’t he tired of that?) False notes abound. J.L.

The Steve Jobs that we meet in Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs is a master of prioritizing the package over the product, of putting grand ideas over gritty details, and this sleek biopic subscribes to that same hollow ethic. It’s all beautifully designed and arranged, with a hyper-literate Aaron Sorkin script, a great cast and impeccable technical elements from top to bottom, but the end result feels shiny and obsolete, closer to the Cube than the iMac. Michael Fassbender oozes narcissistic charm as Jobs, giving a strong performance without ever fully inhabiting the character, and he’s given excellent support by Kate Winslet, Jeff Daniels, Michael Stuhlbarg and Seth Rogen. Sorkin structures the film like a three-act play, showing us the contentious lead-ups to a few of Jobs’ most famous product launches, but the formula curdles in the final third, as Sorkin and Boyle strain to make Jobs seem like a swell guy. D.B.

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All the real girls Girlpool strips it down, builds truth

by Rachel leibRock

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on slut-shaming, sexual assault and oral sex.

Girlpool’s new record, Before the World Was Big, marks a shift with a more deliberate pace that takes the emphasis off fun, toetapping choruses and puts it more squarely on the band’s storytelling and conversational singing pattern.

In January, filmmaker Cory McConnell released Things Are OK, a documentary on the band.

In the film, the two discuss the “honest and turbulent” nature of their friendship.

Girls, inc.

“The word has a certain connotation, but Harmony and I embrace the turbulence in ourselves and encourage each other to embrace our own turbulence,” Tucker said.

Cleo Tucker and Harmony Tividad have this habit Tividad agreed. “I’d say we’re completely real of talking over one another in conversation—finishwith each other, for lack of a better word. If one of us ing the other’s sentences thoughtfully. Sometimes, has an idea, we handle it in a way that’s empathetic though, it ends in a riot of laughs, too. and sensitive. It’s not arguing, but rather debating and The guitarist and bassist do something similar conversation.” (without the laughs) for their band Girlpool.

It’s that realness—a tangible sense of authenticThe Los Angeles-based two-piece, which ity—that’s helped earn Girlpool an ever-growing performs in Sacramento on Friday, October 30, fan base.

Since its inception, the band’s gone from makes music that’s at once primitive with a strippedplaying house parties and small punk shows to down punk aesthetic but also smart, challenging and, performing in larger venues. even, charming. Tucker plays guitar, Tividad bass.

Sometimes the bigger space—and attention— Both sing—usually at the same time, sometimes can be unsettling. in harmony, sometimes not.

“I really want to be as close to The pair met on the music scene in people when we’re playing as possiL.A., seeing each other several times Songs such ble,” Tividad said. “DIY shows a week at local DIY shows where as “Blah Blah are so powerful in that way—a they’d talk music and politics. Those transformative experience. It’s Blah” talks eventually led to Girlpool’s really important for us to have a 2013 formation while Tividad was are disarmingly raw, connection to the audience, to be in college and Tucker still a senior but also jangly playing off of each other.” in high school.

Then again, Tucker added, and catchy “One night—a school night—I playing live is about the moment, was kind of freaking out in my as hell. wherever and whenever that bedroom doing homework and I called moment takes place. And, occasionHarmony. We were both feeling electric, ally, those moments just aren’t going to inspired to start something together … just the happen. Again with the realness. two of us,” Tucker said during a recent call from the “Sometimes I feel incredibly powerful and totally road as the band headed to a gig. They’d put the call there [on stage],” Tucker said. “And sometimes on speakerphone and took turns talking, dovetailing things aren’t there and that’s part of it too—and that over each other’s answers. can be in a room with six people or 60.” Ω The result was a 2014 self-titled EP first released

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via Bandcamp in 2014, and later on Wichita Recordings. On the EP songs such as “Blah Blah Blah” and “American Beauty” are disarmingly raw, but also jangly and catchy as hell. Narratives follow a similar thread with startling, intimate lyrics that touch

Catch Girlpool at 7 p.m. on Friday, october 30, at Midtown barFly, 1119 21st street. Joyce Manor, Dogbreth and the Croissants are also on the bill. tickets cost $15. Visit www.facebook.com/girlpool for more info.

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Dust, traffic and sonic bleed Venue fail: This year’s Aftershock Festival marked its first time at Elverta’s Gibson Ranch, the same spot that held August’s City of Trees Festival. And once again, while the location may have looked good on paper, most attendees will readily agree the dust-laden site at Discovery Park—the festival’s previous and very successful site—was better on many fronts.

Those who made the trek on Saturday, which featured a sold-out crowd of 30,000 strong, experienced wait times of up to two and three hours just to get there, sitting in deadstopped traffic on the venue’s sidestreet entrances. Sunday’s attendance, however, dropped considerably and appeared to be half that number.

Once inside the festival, the layout was quite impressive with four stages, local and regional food vendors, a Marlboro tent (target audience?), more Monster Energy drink paraphernalia than should be allowed and even an indoor ring with live wrestling.

In addition to logistical issues that desperately need to be addressed by organizers next year, many music fans were unhappy to find that bands that played concurrently at different stages experienced lots of sonic bleed. Each time a song ended, it sounded like someone’s boombox had been left on at a competing stage.

RavenEye opened the festival.

Singer and guitarist Oli Brown roamed the stage like a madman, dragging his guitar behind him and standing on nearly every side-fill speaker whenever possible. The band played songs from its new Breaking Out EP and garnered the kind of applause some later midday acts didn’t even receive.

Those who caught Helmet’s Saturday set were either caught in a whirlpool of dust from a rowdy pit or pierced by the direct sun overhead.

Thankfully, these seasoned New Yorkers didn’t let either of the two potential problems keep them from delivering crushing interpretations of their classics, which included “Unsung,” “Turned Out” and the always fantastic “Ironhead.”

On Sunday, Los Angeles’ Failure, the kings of cerebral rock fare, played lots of material from the fabulous new release The Heart Is A Monster.

Sunday’s lineup also featured Jane’s Addiction, which found singer Perry Farrell struggling to stay in key and hit his own, often-complicated high notes. Fans yelled expletives whenever Farrell pointed the mic to the crowd or backed down from important vocal lines.

With any luck, Aftershock will get its many kinks worked out before the next one is staged.

—EddiE JorgEnsEn

Acoustic love: The fourth show on the Warehouse Artist Lofts’ rooftop—a lovely space with greenery, murals and a sparkling view of downtown Sacramento—should go down in history books as its most magical yet. Between the lineup and the loving crowd, it was a stellar representation of Sacto’s indie scene from start to finish.

Jacob Golden, a local better known in the U.K., started things off with a stunning, dark, borderline psychedelic set. His voice haunted, high notes transcended and lyrics referenced fellow artists aplenty, including Downtown James Brown on “Out Come the Wolves.” His next album—and United States debut—The Invisible Record comes out next month.

Sunmonks’ Geoffrey CK and Alexandra Steele performed next— and acoustic, for the first time since 2012. With just one guitar and two voices, Sunmonks revealed skeletons of several songs off their upcoming debut full-length. They’re promising skeletons: intriguing chord progressions meshed with even more intriguing vocal harmonies.

Then Sea of Bees stepped into the spotlight, facing a packed and buzzing crowd. Julie Ann Baenziger—armed with a guitar covered in cut-out cat pics—and Amber Padgett played a mix of old and new songs with equal excitement. Sea of Bees’ release party for Build a Boat to the Sun doubled as Baenziger’s grand return from a three-year hibernation. She talked about learning to love Sacto and music again—extremely evident in her playful smirk, twinkle in her eye and consistent yelps of joy. Everyone was excited to see her, and she was excited to see everyone.

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Vasas

The Gatlin

Hummingbird of Death

Steps Forward fundraiser

The CresT TheaTre, 7 p.m., $8-$10

Blue lamp, 8 p.m., $12

Psychedelic rock band Vasas released its debut self-titled EP in January with four pop-oriented, dreamy jams. Songs like “Don’t Make This Sleazy,” with its upbeat charms, and the more ethereal vocals found in the track “I Wish PSYCH POP She Knew I Was a Vampire,” will pair perfectly with the horror-themed evening at the historic Crest Theatre.

Vasas will perform in the lobby of the cinema and transfix guests with music as they settle in to watch Bruce Campbell battle otherworldly demons and all the disasters that surround the Necronomicon in the film Evil Dead II. 1013 K Street, www.facebook. com/vasastheband.

—sTeph rodriguez

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Cafe Colonial, 8 p.m., $7

Sacramento native Greg King has been putting out mix tapes as the Gatlin for more than a decade. The rapper celebrates the release of his latest album, (F.A.M.E.) For All My Enemies. After getting his start in spoken-word poetry, the Gatlin has amassed a pretty huge body of work. More raw, underground rap fans should try Tree City: The Movie, an album about growing up in south Sacramento—gangs, weed and general darkness. Or, check out the Gatlin’s collaborations with other artists for HIP-HOP some downright radio-friendly, catchy tracks. 1400 Alhambra Boulevard, http://soundcloud.com/the_gatlin.

—Janelle BiTker

sTarliTe lounge, 7 p.m., $10

Quick breakdown: First there was punk, which was angry and fast, but not angry and fast enough, so that led FASTCORE to the angrier and faster hardcore, and then that wasn’t angry or fast enough, so that sped into thrashcore (or fastcore). Which is what you’re going to get multiple overdoses of, should you show up to the Hummingbird of Death show.

Some serious fastcore from Boise, Idaho; the band is coming to wreck faces with local outfits RAD, Cross Class and xTom Hanx. Maybe bring a helmet. 3520 Stockton Boulevard, www.hummingbirdofdeath.com.

—anThony siino

If you think about it too much, the very serious issue of homelessness feels like an impossible problem with no solution. What you should be asking yourself is, “What can I do to help the problem in my community?”

Sacramento Steps Forward is a local organization committed to helping homeless people with shelter, food and education.

Several local musicians are getting together to raise money for this valuable organization, including Be Brave Bold FUNDRAISER Robot (pictured), Joe Kye, Nice Monster, Justin Farren and more.

1517 21st Street, www.facebook.com/ SacramentoStepsForward.

—aaron Carnes

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Joyce Manor

Scott Weiland

TBD Fest: Bleepy Hollow

Matt Pond PA

Midtown Barfly, 8 p.M., $15

the Boardwalk, 7 p.M., $30

Southern California’s Joyce Manor released one of the best emo/pop-punk albums of 2014 in Never Hungover Again. Joyce Manor’s home on ever-crucial Epitaph POP PUNK Records should make this a no-brainer. More importantly, the four-piece has largely played festival stages in the summer, making Barfly a wallet-friendly, intimate alternative. Disclaimer: Joyce Manor is part of the no-stage-diving movement. Equally lauded is Los Angeles’ Girlpool, which joins Joyce Manor on tour, a two-piece operating somewhere between Moldy Peaches’ Kimya Dawson and the bedroom recordings of The Julie Ruin project.

1119 21st Street, http://joyce-manor.com.

the hanGer studios, 7 p.M., $25-$45

If you listened to modern-rock radio during the ’90s, there is no chance you haven’t heard of Stone Temple Pilots. And while the band just came through town last weekend at the Aftershock Festival, this weekend’s show features the group’s original frontman.

Expect to hear many STP staples ROCK as well as his solo material, which holds up nicely against his better-known body of work. The show lands on Halloween night and only has two possible outcomes: It will rule your world and Weiland will make your panties wet, or it will be a catastrophe of epic proportions. 9426 Greenback Lane in Orangevale, www.scottweiland.com.

—Blake Gillespie

—eddie JorGensen

harlow’s restaurant & niGhtcluB, 10 p.M., $15-$18

Just when you thought you had recovered from last month’s TBD Fest, the wizards behind the festival curtain are back at it with something a little off the ELECTRO SYNTH fake-cobweb-laden path for Halloween. Swapping treats for beats, the party features infectious, danceable electronic synth in the form of East Coastartist Com Truise (pictured), bringing his “slow-motion funk,” and electronic composer, performance artist and masked mystery man Slow Magic, self-described as “music by your imaginary friend.” There’s also a special guest on the bill, though in true TBD fashion, there’s no word on who it is yet. 1425 C Street, www.tbdfest.com.

Matt Pond PA, fronted by singer-songwriter Matt Pond, used to reside in Pennsylvania (hence the name) but now calls New York home. And sometimes Pond, the frontman, records solo albums under just his name.

Not at all confusing, right? Whatever the locale or moniker, the vibe remains the same: emotionally-tinged chamber pop, rich in smart lyrics. Matt Pond PA’s (the band) latest, The State of INDIE ROCK Gold, reveals the group at the peak of musical confidence with lush instrumentation and dramatic arrangements perfect for both selfreflection and rush-hour-traffic karaoke.

2708 J Street, www.mattpondpa.com.

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2003 K St., (916) 448-8790

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#TBT and 5 Card Stud with throwback video requests, 8pm, call for cover

Fabulous and Gay Fridays, 9pm, call for cover

Badlands annual Halloween Bash, 8pm, call for cover

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HUMBLE WOLF, 9:30pm, call for cover

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

BLUE LAMP

1400 Alhambra, (916) 455-3400

THE GATLIN, DOEY ROCK, BLOE, CELSIUS, MAC J; 8pm, $12-$15

ERK THA JERK, 8pm, call for the cover

TAV FALCO’S PANTHER BURNS, 8pm, call for cover

THE BOARDWALK

JELLY ROLL,

GROUND UP, MARTY GRIMES, SNL, CHRISTIANN; 6:30pm, $12-$14

SCOTT WEILAND AND THE WILD ABOUTS, 7pm, $30-$130

CENTER FOR THE ARTS

RISING APPALACHIA, AROUNA DIARRA; 8pm, $22-$27

RISING APPALACHIA, AROUNA DIARRA; 8pm, $22-$27

9426 Greenback Ln., Orangevale; (916) 988-9247 7pm, $10-$22 314 W. Main St., Grass Valley; (530) 274-8384

COUNTRY CLUB SALOON

4007 Taylor Rd., Loomis; (916) 652-4007

SKIPPY AND THE BOWL JUNKIES, 6pm; CASH PROPHETS, 9pm, call for cover

Open-mic, 7:30pm, no cover

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Jordy Dazz, 10pm, $5

The Dancing Dead with DJ Oasis and Joseph1, 10pm, $5

The Dancing Dead with Well Groomed, 10pm, call for cover

FACES

Everything Happens karaoke, dance and swim; 9pm-2am, no cover

Absolut Fridays dance party, 9pm, $5-$10

Faces Halloween, 8pm, $15

FOX & GOOSE

CHICKEN & DUMPLING, 8pm, no cover

ONE BUTTON SUIT, BARWICK AND SIEGFRIED; 9pm, $5

Halloween with GARBLE, THE ROLLIN’ BLACKOUTS; 9pm, $5

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

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STEPHEN HOGAN, 9pm, $5

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COVER ME BADD, 9pm, no cover

THIRDSTAR WEST, 9pm, $5 NOAH GUNDERSEN, 7pm, $10-$12 MATT POND PA, 10pm, $13-$15;

1603 J St., (916) 476-5076

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

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Sunday Tea Dance and Beer Bust, 4-8pm, call for cover

Feel Good Mondays happy hour all night, M; Trapicana, W, call for cover Trivia Night, 6:30pm M, no cover; Open-mic night, 7:30pm W, no cover

DALIMA, 8pm, call for cover

Reverse Mermaid Art Show, 7pm Tu NEW YEAR’S DAY, 6 pm Tu, $13-$15; DEATH BY CHOCOLATE, 6:30pm W, $12

Sunday Mass with heated pool, drag show, 2pm, no cover

EDM and karaoke, 9pm M, no cover; Latin night, 9pm Tu, $5 Open-mic, 7:30pm M; Pub quiz, 7pm Tu; All Vinyl Wednesdays, 6pm W, no cover Open mic, M, no cover; Tacos and Trivia, 7pm Tu, no cover Trivia night, 7:30pm Tu; Bingo, 1pm W

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18th Occasional Cannabis Comedy Fest; 7pm, $20-$25

THE CHEESEBALLS, 10pm, $12-$15

THE HIDEAWAY BAR & GRILL

Trash Rock Thursdays, 9pm, no cover

Halloween party with MONDO DECO, THE PHANTOM JETS; 8pm, call for cover

LUNA’S CAFE & JUICE BAR

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

Halloween Roots with BANJO BONES, CASH CARTELL; 8pm, $5

Halloween Show with DAVID HOUSTON, CHRISTOPHER FAIRMAN; 8pm, $6

Nebraska Mondays, 7:30pm M; Open-mic comedy, 8pm Tu

JOYCE MANOR, GIRLPOOL, CROISSANTS; 8pm, call for cover

Throwdown with Ardalan, Dallas Cotton, Young Aundee (DJ set); 10pm, $10-$30

Salsa Wednesday, 7:30pm W, $5

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

METALCHI, 8pm, $10-$12; DO BOY, DJ Flipside; 10pm, $20

THE REAL MCKENZIES, WHISKEY AND STITCHES; 8pm Tu, $15

Sunday Sinema, 8pm, call for cover

Record Club, M; Cactus Pete’s 78 RPM Record Roundup, 8pm Tu

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OLD IRONSIDES

THE SATURN V BAND, ORBIT, SCOUSE GITS; 9pm, $7

Undertone DJ Halloween Show; 9pm, $5

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Open mic stand-up comedy and karaoke, 8pm, no cover

1111 H St., (916) 443-1927

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

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Naked Underground: Halloween cinema horrors, 3pm, no cover

Jazz session with Naked Lounge Quintet, M, no cover

Annual Dead Rockstars Show with 17 bands; 8pm, $5

Guest chefs serve $5 plates, M; Karaoke, 9pm Tu; Open-mic, 9pm W

Halloween Karaoke Bash, 8pm, no cover

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ANTSY MCCLAIN & THE TROUBS, call for time and cover

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140 Harrison Ave., Auburn; (530) 885-5093

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Halloween party with SUPERLICIOUS, 10pm, $10

614 Sutter St., Folsom; (916) 355-8586

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is part of that for me.” In other words, don’t pretend 30 days is long enough. Instead, try to understand the concerns raised by your dating partners.

One last thing: please apologize to your children. It’s obvious that you wanted the best for them. I honor that in you. But you were blinded by social convention to believe that a traditional two-parent household would be superior to two single-parent households. Not true. It’s the emotional environment children experience at home that makes the difference in their development, maturity and success. Your children have learned that marriage is the sacrifice of positive feelings in favor So you’re failing the prequalification of public approval and conventional process that precedes the heart beliefs. Please disavow them of loan? Welcome to modern this idea or you will see them dating, my friend. The entering unions that mimic To say you process will be measurably yours. After all, that’s how spent 20-plus easier if you manage your the unconscious works. expectations, respect years playing boundaries and expand pretend makes My parents are deceased compassion (for yourself and for the last five years you sound, well, and your dates).

I have felt obligated to Post-divorce dating crazy. celebrate holidays at my connects adults with the older sister’s home. Our reliparts of themselves most in gious beliefs are very different need of maturity. Unfortunately, the and I feel pressured into activities and immature aspect usually takes charge for a rituals that make me uncomfortable. I have while. Some adults act out (overdrinking, spoken to her about this. She apologized, overspending, oversexing, excessive nips but nothing changed. Any advice? and tucks). Others face emotional depths they never knew existed (depression, fear, Meditate on this question: If you had one rage). Women you meet may have past year to live, how would you spend your experiences with this phenomenon. If so, holidays? When the answer materializes, their hesitation to get involved is underproceed accordingly. Ω standable. It’s their right to decide whether or not to risk their hearts. Don’t take their choices personally.

Let’s talk about the red flag in your MedITATIOn Of THe Week story: the choice to diminish your long “Myths are public dreams, marriage. To say you spent 20-plus years dreams are private myths,” playing pretend makes you sound, well, said Joseph Campbell, crazy. Your dates see through your attempt mythologist and author. What at cleverness, just as your children saw do your dreams say about through the lifeless marriage. People who you and the way you spend don’t could be complicit in a social contract your hours? similar to the one you and your wife shared.

From here forward, try speaking simply: “I stayed in an unhappy marriage because Write, email or leave a message for Joey at the News & Review. Give I was afraid divorce would damage my your name, telephone number children. I never realized that an unhappy (for verification purposes only) and question—all marriage might have the same effect on correspondence will be kept strictly confidential. them.” And, when a woman asks how long you’ve been divorced, say: “One month.

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—PE The answer is yes. Pot can indeed cause skin rashes. IANAD (shorthand for “I Am Not A Doctor”), but marijuana allergies aren’t uncommon. I have a few friends who break out in rashes and hives when they are around pot. They are mostly folks who have been in the industry for years as growers and trimmers, so they have become overly sensitive to the pot plant. But someone who hasn’t used marijuana in a while could also be allergic.

Bummer.

Listen, marijuana use isn’t for everyone. If your body freaks out when you use weed, I don’t think there is much you can do about it except not use weed. You have my condolences. Maybe you can try it again in a year or two, or start small with a tiny dose and build up your immunity like Wesley did with the iocane powder in The Princess Bride.

Is Canada really going to legalize weed?

If your body freaks out when you use weed, I don’t think there is much you can do about it except not use weed.

—Tim Horton If I was a Magic 8 Ball, I would say, “All signs point to yes.”

The newly elected Liberal Party majority (they got 184 out of 300-odd seats) in the lower house of the Parliament of Canada ran on a platform that included the words “We will legalize, regulate, and restrict access to marijuana,” and it goes on from there. But you get the gist.

Now that the election is over, they get to have hearings and hold regulation meetings, and meetings to set up the meetings about regulations and community input and backlash and all that good shit that makes democracy great and infuriating at the same time. It will probably be a few years before you can legally buy some B.C. bud, although you could go to Vansterdam, er, Vancouver, and buy some weed right now with no real trouble.

The election in Canada proves again that running on a platform of marijuana legalization is no longer a detriment to winning elections. In fact, being pro pot gives you a better chance at winning. Someone tell Hillary and Bernie. Hell, tell Trump too, just in case. Ω

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FOR THE WEEk OF OCTOBER 29, 2015 ARIES (March 21-April 19): On a January morning

in 1943, the town of Spearfish, S.D., experienced very weird weather. At 7:30 a.m. the temperature was minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit. In the next two minutes, due to an unusual type of wind sweeping down over nearby Lookout Mountain, thermometers shot up 49 degrees. Over the next hour and a half, the air grew even warmer. But by 9:30 a.m., the temperature had plummeted back to minus 4 degrees. I’m wondering if your moods might swing with this much bounce in the coming weeks. As long as you keep in mind that no single feeling is likely to last very long, it doesn’t have to be a problem. You may even find a way to enjoy the breathtaking ebbs and flows.

Halloween costume suggestion: roller coaster rider, Jekyll and Hyde, warm clothes on one side of your body and shorts or bathing suit on the other.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): How dare you be so

magnetic and tempting? What were you thinking when you turned up the intensity of your charm to such a high level? I suggest you consider exercising more caution about expressing your radiance. People may have other things to do besides daydreaming about you. But if you really can’t bring yourself to be a little less attractive— if you absolutely refuse to tone yourself down— please at least try to be extra kind and generous.

Share your emotional wealth. Overflow with more than your usual allotments of blessings.

Halloween costume suggestion: a shamanic Santa Claus, a witchy Easter Bunny.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the last 10 days

of November and the month of December, I suspect there will be wild-card interludes when you can enjoy smart gambles, daring stunts, cute tricks and mythic escapades. But the next three weeks will not be like that. On the contrary. For the immediate future, I think you should be an upstanding citizen, a well-behaved helper and a dutiful truth-teller. Can you handle that? If so, I bet you will get sneak peeks of the fun and productive mischief that could be yours in the last six weeks of 2015. Halloween costume suggestion: the most normal person in the world.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Members of the

gazelle species known as the springbok periodically engage in a behavior known as pronking. They leap into the air and propel themselves a great distance with all four feet off the ground, bounding around with abandon. What evolutionary purpose does this serve? Some scientists are puzzled, but not naturalist David Attenborough. In the documentary film Africa, he follows a springbok herd as it wanders through the desert for months, hoping to find a rare rainstorm. Finally it happens. As if in celebration, the springboks erupt with an outbreak of pronking. “They are dancing for joy,” Attenborough declares. Given the lucky breaks and creative breakthroughs coming your way, Cancerian, I foresee you doing something similar. Halloween costume suggestion: a pronking gazelle, a hippetyhopping bunny, a boisterous baby goat.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “A very little key will open

a very heavy door,” wrote Charles Dickens in his short story “Hunted Down.” Make that one of your guiding meditations in the coming days, Leo. In the back of your mind, keep visualizing the image of a little key opening a heavy door. Doing so will help ensure that you’ll be alert when clues about the real key’s location become available.

You will have a keen intuitive sense of how you’ll need to respond if you want to procure it. Halloween costume suggestion: proud and protective possessor of a magic key.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I encourage you

to be super rhythmical and melodious in the coming days. Don’t just sing in the shower and in the car. Hum and warble and whistle while shopping for vegetables and washing the dishes and walking the dog. Allot yourself more than enough time to shimmy and cavort, not just on the dance floor but anywhere else you can get away with it. For extra credit, experiment with lyrical flourishes whenever you’re in bed doing the jizzle-skazzle. Halloween costume suggestion: wandering troubadour, street musician, freestyling rapper, operatic diva, medicine woman who heals with sound.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I expect you to be

in a state of continual birth for the next four weeks. Awakening and activation will come naturally. Your drive to blossom and create may be irresistible, bordering on unruly. Does that sound overwhelming? I don’t think it will be a problem as long as you cultivate a mood of amazed amusement about how strong it feels.

To help maintain your poise, keep in mind that your growth spurt is a natural response to the dissolution that preceded it. Halloween costume suggestion: a fountain, an erupting volcano, the growing beanstalk from the “Jack and the Beanstalk” fairy tale.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Just as

a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.” So says Buddhist teacher Jack Kornfield. Can you guess why I’m bringing it to your attention, Sagittarius? It’s one of those times when you can do yourself a big favor by sloughing off the stale, worn-out, decaying parts of your past. Luckily for you, you now have an extraordinary talent for doing just that.

I suspect you will also receive unexpected help and surprising grace as you proceed. Halloween costume suggestion: a snake molting its skin.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Speaking on

behalf of your wild mind, I’m letting you know that you’re due for an immersion in revelry and festivity. Plugging away at business as usual could become counterproductive unless you take at least brief excursions to the frontiers of pleasure. High integrity may become sterile unless you expose it to an unpredictable adventure or two.

Halloween costume suggestion: party animal, hell raiser, social butterfly, god or goddess of delight.

Every one of us harbors a touch of crazy genius that periodically needs to be unleashed, and now is that time for you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I hope you will

chose a Halloween costume that emboldens you to feel powerful. For the next three weeks, it’s in your long-term interest to invoke a visceral sense of potency, dominion and sovereignty.

What clothes and trappings might stimulate these qualities in you? Those of a king or queen? A rock star or CEO? A fairy godmother, superhero or dragon-tamer? Only you know which archetypal persona will help stir up your untapped reserves of confidence and command.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): It’s time to stretch

the boundaries, Pisces. You have license to expand the containers and outgrow the expectations and wage rebellion for the sheer fun of it. The frontiers are calling you. Your enmeshment in small talk and your attachment to trivial wishes are hereby suspended. Your mind yearns to be blown and blown and blown again!

I dare you to wander outside your overly safe haven and go in quest of provocative curiosities.

Halloween costume suggestions: mad scientist, wild-eyed revolutionary, Dr. Who.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The ancient Hindu text

known as the Kama Sutra gives extensive advice about many subjects, including love and sex.

“Though a man loves a woman ever so much,” reads a passage in chapter four, “he never succeeds in winning her without a great deal of talking.” Take that as your cue, Virgo. In the coming weeks, stir up the intimacy you want with a great deal of incisive talking that beguiles and entertains. Furthermore, use the same approach to round up any other experience you yearn for.

The way you play with language will be crucial in your efforts to fulfill your wishes. Luckily, I expect your persuasive powers to be even greater than they usually are. Halloween costume suggestion: the ultimate salesperson.

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Rock of ages Russ Solomon is a music industry legend: the founder of Tower Records and the creator of the largest record stores in the world. It all started at the corner of 16th Street and Broadway in 1941, when Solomon began selling jukebox records out of his father’s drug store in the Tower Theatre building. That grew into an enormous chain, beloved by the likes of Elton John and Bruce Springsteen, valued at $1 billion in 1999. Seven years later, it filed for bankruptcy. In Colin Hanks’ poignant documentary, All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records, 90-year-old Solomon recounts his story with wit and charm.

SN&R caught up with him about the film, the industry and YouTube.

What was it like watching the movie for the first time?

much less and the profits for the store are a little better.

Oh, that’s true. And they release new cassettes, but they’re kind of cheap.

industry in parts: the publishing part, the live performance part, the record part, all these different phases. As an industry, they’re obviously not doing as well as they were in 1995 or 1999, but it’s hanging in there. It’s more difficult, I think, for smaller acts to make a real impact on the marketplace or achieve great circulation. The marketing behind music releases and so on is a lot less than it was then. But, overall, the industry is just trying to adjust to today’s world.

How do you prefer to listen to music now?

Are there any new artists you’re excited about?

Yeah, it’s pretty wild with this revival of vinyl and cassettes right now— Cassettes? Are you kidding me? Is there a revival there?

It’s big with the punk kids.

I have a lot of records, CDs. ... I actually haven’t really experienced the online streaming, certainly not iTunes or any of that stuff. Except for YouTube, once in a while, which is really fun.

Why YouTube and not the other stuff?

I was really pleased actually. ... Think about trying to cram 68 years of experiences into 90 minutes—that’s a real tour de force.

What they managed to do was capture the spirit and ideas behind it, all the fun we were having and the tragedy at the end—if you’d call it that. It was great.

The value of YouTube to me at least, which is probably different than many other people, is I’ll think of a song that I want to hear all of a sudden and I’ll go to YouTube and get it. You might even say it’s sort of historical investigation vs. going through my own collection. It’s quicker.

I was a little surprised that the film never mentioned the store you opened in Sacramento in 2007, R5 Records.

How big is your record collection?

I think the reason I didn’t mention R5 Records is that I want to forget it. (Laughs.) That was not my finest hour. The unfortunate part about that was that we started it right after the Tower company closed—it happened to be the same time as we were having a major recession, so the two didn’t work together very well. ... [Tower was] all new records.

To stay in business today in retail records, you’ve gotta be in the used business, because used records sell for

Oh God. I must certainly have 3,000 or more, or something like that. More than I should have.

Wow. Yeah, well, you collect over a long period of time. And don’t forget, I was in the record business and I was getting a lot of samples—or promos, as we called them.

What do you think of the state of the music industry today?

Good question. Well, you have the music

Well, none have blown me away. But, I have to tell you one story. A friend who promotes shows around town brought me to a small concert at Harlow’s, a group called the Hot Club of Cowtown. I had never heard of them and I was totally blown away by them.

Their sound was a cross between Bob Wills, western country swing and the Hot Club [de] France, which was Django Reinhardt. ...

Everyone was enjoying it, and me especially because it was bringing back all sorts of memories. The payoff was we went to dinner after, and the leader told me that the reason he was in this business and knew so much about music was because he worked for us in New York as a clerk.

Very cool. Does that happen to you often—meeting people who once worked for Tower?

I have a feeling that a great many people through the years worked for us who went on to become more important musicians, performers, actors even. But you know, who knows? Ω see All Things must Pass: The rise and fall of Tower records at the Tower Theatre, 2508 land Park Drive. learn more at www.towerrecordsmovie.com.

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