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Maybe that will surprise some.

Clinton’s more centrist than, say, Bernie Sanders, whom this paper endorsed in the primary, or Jill Stein.

Not everyone at SN&R likes Clinton, though we mostly seem to agree she’s the best option. For me, however, HRC represents a solid choice, not just a sacrificial shrug of a vote.

I’ve followed her career for decades and while I hardly agree with everything she’s done, I believe she’ll make for a smart, strong and capable commander in chief.

Certainly, I’ve admired the way she’s handled herself during this sexist circus sideshow of an election.

I can relate. Over the years as a reporter and editor in the semipublic sphere, I’ve heard from readers, among others, that I am (take your pick) too old or too young; too feminist or not feminist enough; too dumb or too much of a smartass.

I’ve been called ugly and also subjected to lewd “locker room talk;” I’ve been told to smile and also chastised for “acting like a girl.”

I’ve been called a bitch, slut, whore, feminazi and, yes, nasty.

I’ve watched other women deal with it, too. During the mayoral race, for example, I heard a 50-something peer dismiss candidate Angelique Ashby as “shrill.” And, of course, I’ve read the endless critiques of Clinton’s hair, voice and pantsuits.

The fact that Hillary Clinton is a woman isn’t why I’m voting her, but you can be damn sure her steely poise facing off against other candidates, the media and Donald Trump matters.

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Building riches Re “Folsom annexation blues” by Scott Thomas Anderson (SN&R News, October 20): Scott Thomas Anderson has done a great job of showing how developers and politicians work together to meet their mutual goals.

The South of 50 project will make a few developers very rich and keep city council members in office with undisclosed perks. Once the houses are built, the developers disappear, leaving the homeowners with the burden of traffic congestion, pollution and very possibly not enough water for basic needs. We have seen it many times before, but have not learned the lessons. And what about the wildlife? Where are they to go? Humans can not continue to expand and take over every available inch of land. I would love to see Folsom and the neighboring communities concentrate on mass transit, smaller houses, renewable energy, water conservation and protection of nature.

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Dark money blues Re “Folsom annexation blues” by Scott Thomas Anderson (SN&R News, October 20): This article is a perfect example of how the press can be played by a candidate.

Folsom has been nationally recognized as one of the best cities to raise a family, and this reputation is closely guarded by the Folsom Chamber of Commerce. This is why we support responsible growth. So, at times, our interests have been aligned with the building industry. But to suggest

some sinister alliance is undeserving and inaccurate on so many fronts.

SN&R chose to omit several examples of when the chamber and building industry disagreed on candidates.

What’s more, this election will have no bearing on whether south of I-50 will be developed or not. That decision was made in 2004 when voters approved Measure W by nearly 70 percent of the vote.

Had SN&R done its homework, they would have found that Roger Gaylord, the candidate promoting this curious narrative, is being investigated by the Fair Political Practices Commission for failing to properly disclose thousands of dollars in campaign contributions and expenditures. It is ironic that SN&R, in a fruitless effort to expose “dark money,” missed the mark by disparaging Folsom’s small-business community, and by doing so, bolstered the candidacy of a serial election law violator.

Folsom BizPAC’s campaign contributions have always been publicly disclosed (not the definition of “dark money”), and they are posted on the city’s website for every voter to

see. Unfortunately, Roger Gaylord has not shown this same commitment to transparency and SN&R failed to hold him accountable.

Marko Mlikotin Rocklin Editor’s note: According to Folsom city documents, the Measure W from 2004 referenced above wasn’t actually a public vote on specific development plans slated for the South of 50 project. Roger Gaylord’s position on the Fair Political Practices Commission review of his campaign documents is that it is based solely on a citizen’s complaint filed by a real estate agent whose company is an official member of the Folsom Chamber of Commerce.

A sexist betrayal Re “Monsters, Inc.” by Rachel Leibrock (SN&R Editor’s Note, October 13): What stands out in Leibrock’s column is this phrase “how horrifically sexist Trump really is.” Clear.

Succinct. Trump is so bad we’ve pretty much forgotten Roger Ailes.

Who tolerates this criminal grotesquerie? We do. An invidious rot has entered the content of our character.

We have betrayed our daughters. Too many men of all races grow up without someone to tell them that the most powerful people are the ones who choose not to exercise their power, including their power over people on their payrolls. Too many men grow up without anyone telling them that only barren self-pitying toadies commit the sordid crime of sexual harassment.

Courage happens when we feel fear. This is not paradox; it is truth.

Courage cannot exist without fear.

The next time you see one person sexually harassing another person, consider this: Courage is when you’re afraid to speak up, and you speak up anyway. That’s courage.

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The developers’ candidates The race to be Sacramento County’s District 4 representative

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Sacramento County supervisors aren’t media stars. They haven’t built shining arenas or sued newspapers. They aren’t getting ambushed with pies or punching surly activists.

The board of supervisors may have the charisma of a Ben Stein soliloquy, but its five members represent a larger population than the Sacramento City Council and oversee public health, prosecutors and jail facilities across the county. The supervisors are also on the front lines of the largest development plans, and most pressing environmental threats, in the entire region. The board rarely grabs front-page headlines but it’s Sacramento’s sleeping giant.

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Now, a contentious race for the District 4 seat, pitting Citrus Heights City Councilwoman Sue Frost against Folsom energy consultant Mike Kozlowski, could have lasting implications for the county’s future—affecting everything from open space and public safety to homelessness and affordable housing.

And the two Republicans have differing narratives about who can play nicest in the sandbox.

In a year when the term “Republican” is an enigma, shades of red are central to the District 4 race. Frost supporters have pegged Kozlowski as “a closet liberal” trying to steal the election. Kozlowski’s

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backers have linked Frost to the tea party and other forces that divide the GOP. In a race where party affiliation doesn’t appear on the ballot, where do Frost and Kozlowski really stand?

“I’ve never hidden from the fact that I’m a moderate Republican,” Kozlowski said. “I think it’s a factor that makes me uniquely qualified to get things done. I understand, and I’ve internalized, that the position is not a partisan one. Everyone in Sacramento County wants the same things.”

Frost said she does not have official endorsements from any tea party groups, though she proudly acknowledged backing from the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and Gun Owners of California,

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both affiliated organizations of the California Tea Party. Like her opponent, however, Frost stressed that she wants to help fix the pressing problems that affect Sacramento County.

“I’m a budget disciplinarian, primarily, but I’ve still been working on social issues the last five years in Citrus Heights,” Frost said. As proof, the councilwoman points to helping create Citrus Height’s Homeless Assistance Resource Team, or HART, in 2015. The volunteer-run organization includes representatives from Sacramento Self Help Housing, the county Department of Human Assistance, the Citrus Heights Police Department, the San Juan Unified School District and a host of business owners and churches leaders. According to HART’s website, it will establish Citrus Height’s first-ever winter shelter for the homeless this year. Additionally, Frost supported funding the city’s first resource navigator to help local homeless residents transition into housing.

Yet Citrus Heights also has an allencompassing ban on outdoor camping in its municipal code, similar to the one that has come under heavy fire from homeless advocates in neighboring Sacramento.

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Frost acknowledged that she favors having police officers enforce those restrictions.

“I do believe that enforcing our rules is part of what has to be done,” she said.

Frost and Kozlowski do share one parcel of conservative property: They’re both pro-growth.

Frost is the former owner of a real estate company. Kozlowski is a longtime architect who now works with energy projects. Frost has received campaign contributions from a host of real estate groups, mortgage companies and rental associations. Kozlowski has netted even more monetary firepower from construction outfits and developers, especially Region Builders PAC, which has already spent nearly $128,900 supporting his candidacy.

He’s also accepted at least $7,000 in campaign contributions from various unions within the construction industry or construction companies themselves, as well as $3,500 from different chamber of commerce organizations in District 4.

Each District 4 hopeful told SN&R they view housing and commercial growth as important economic engines for the region.

And neither candidate will disavow the board’s 2014 decision to scrap a policy that set aside 15 percent of any housing development as affordable units. Despite community outcry, the supervisors changed this much-praised safeguard, allowing developers to pay a simple per-square-foot fee toward the county’s affordable housing trust fund—a fee significantly less than what some experts calculated was needed to keep pace with the low-income units built under the old criteria.

Only District 5 Supervisor Don Nottoli voted against the change on principal. In August, an SN&R analysis of housing data found that significantly fewer affordable homes had come online in the county since the change.

Asked if supervisors made the wrong call in 2014, Frost was emphatic.

“No,” she said. “I think the new rule that requires developers to invest into a fund that is dedicated to affordable housing gives developers flexibility, and can in theory maximize affordable housing opportunities in specific areas that qualify for matching federal and state funds.

“It doesn’t make sense to subsidize the cost of housing, put someone into a home they cannot afford,” she added.

Kozlowski was also reluctant to condemn the move.

“I can’t say for sure of it was a mistake, because building has been at such a standstill since the change was made that it’s hard to evaluate,” he said.

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“There is an affordable housing trust fund based on the fees, and I think that program can be successful if enough projects are getting built.”

interact with the other four supervisors.

Kozlowski said he’s already been in talks with District 2 Supervisor Patrick Kennedy about homelessness and has spoken to Nottoli about various challenges the county is up against.

While Frost and Kozlowski also agree that Support for Frost is coming from a public safety is a priority, they differ in cavalcade of Folsom and Citrus Heights execution. council members and school board trustees, Frost favors getting more resources to including all three rivals she beat in the the county’s probation agents, who play a District 4 primary. She added that she has a major role in tracking low-level offenders good working relationship with Nottoli and and directing drug addicts to resources sees his reputation for fairness as a model under California’s criminal realignment. for how a supervisor should behave.

Topping Kozlowski’s agenda is adjustDistrict 4’s current supervisor, Roberta ing staffing levels at the Sacramento County MacGlashan, believes Kozlowski has a Sheriff’s Department for better response personality that’s better suited for accomtimes in Rio Linda, Elverta, Rancho plishing goals with her counterparts. She’s Murieta and Orangevale, the communities put her endorsement behind that view. that District 4 encompasses.

“Mike’s ability to work with the other Frost is currently endorsed by the supervisors really entered into my decision Sacramento County Probation Association, to endorse him,” MacGlashan told SN&R. while Kozlowski is endorsed by the “Unlike many of the city councils in the Sacramento County Deputy Sheriff’s region, the board has a wide variety of Association and District Attorney Anne political ideologies, and it’s important to be Marie Schubert. able to work with those different perspecOn the question of law enforcement tives to get things done.” accountability, Frost and Frost has her supporters, Kozlowski had different too. Harry Williams, reactions to a recent board “My response co-founder of the of supervisors meeting to Black Lives Sacramento nonprofit at which Black Lives Veterans for Life, Matter Sacramento Matter is said teaming up and other community ‘all lives matter.’” with Frost on her groups expressed proposed task force concern about Citrus Heights Councilwoman on homeless veterans unwarranted use of Sue Frost has convinced him she force by the sheriff’s District 4 candidate, has a rare combination department. Kozlowski Sacramento County Board of frankness, tenacity told SN&R that Sheriff of Supervisors and work ethic that’s badly Scott Jones or his successor needed in government. (if he’s elected to Congress) “She’s honest and she does not needs to build stronger bridges to the play politics,” Williams said. “Frost is not county’s undeserved communities. talker, she’s a doer.”

“It was heartbreaking to hear stories With Election Day fast approaching, about how people think they’ve been treated and perceived in their communities.” Frost and Kozlowski are racing to get out their respective messages. Frost wants Kozlowski said. “There is so much tension voters to know that experience in governbuilding around the police across the U.S., ment matters. we’ll need a sheriff who can really commu“It’s not like I’m preparing for what I’m nicate to everyone.” going to do, I’ve already been doing it,” she Frost said she found the BLM presentation to be overly confrontational and dismis- observed. “And my own promise is that I won’t forget who I’m working for.” sive of the work law enforcement does.

For Kozlowski, a volunteer track coach “My response to Black Lives Matter is at Folsom’s Vista de Lago High School, ‘all lives matter,’” she said. his message is that a political outsider who Frost and Kozlowski have each talked knows about teamwork is what the county about the scope of Sacramento County’s homeless population. Speaking with SN&R, needs most.

“It’s about demonstrating cooperation the candidates mirrored one another in and leadership within a group like the saying that more resources were needed for board,” he said. “I think the reason so outreach and behavioral health services. many groups are endorsing me is that I’m The real question for local politicos consensus-builder.” Ω involves how Frost and Kozlowski would

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naturE’s nEW hiding sPot, unvEilEd to PuBlic The Sacramento Valley Conservancy is celebrating the end of a mission three years in the making—the opening of 11 acres of preserved woodland and riverbanks in the north city that’s open for anyone in the public to enjoy.

Known as Camp Pollock, the space is located at 467 Del Paso Boulevard and includes shady fields, a native plant garden, camping spaces, a rentable lodge and one of the only access points to the American River by Discovery Park where parking is free.

Since the 1920s this riparian oasis had been private property owned by the Boy Scouts of America. The SVC managed to buy the land three years ago to preserve it as permanent open space.

“This is a really positive development for anyone living around Del Paso Boulevard, or anyone in the area who’s been waiting for a project like this,” said Aimee Rutledge, Executive Director of SVC. The SVC is a nonprofit organization that’s rescued 17,600 acres of open space from commercial development in the Sacramento region since its formation 25 years ago. It’s now managing Camp Pollock in accordance with the State Lands Commission’s American River Parkway Plan. The initial push to make Camp Pollock a nature retreat for all Sacramantans came from SVJ Board Member Bob Slobe, whose family owns North Sacramento Land Co. and were the original philanthropists to donate the land to the Boy Scouts in the 1920s.

“Bob Slobe helped start the Sacramento Valley Conservancy, and he’s really tied to this property through his family history,” said Kelly Hopkins, communications director for SVC. “He knew it was just the type of project the conservancy gets involved with when it comes to habitat protection and open space.” from sunrise to sunset, Camp Pollock is now open for people to wander through its trees and watch for birds, bark beetles, deer and wild turkey. Hopkins said that elementary school classes from urban neighborhoods have already been showing up for lively field trips.

In the years since purchasing Camp Pollock, the SVC has completed a $1 million renovation to its lodge and is now starting a $500,000 upgrade to other parts of its facilities. The SVC is celebrating the completion of its first phase of the project with a farm-to-fork fundraiser on the grounds Nov. 10 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The event features live music, craft beer, and wine and culinary creations from ingredients harvested in the small farms operating on land the SVC has already preserved.

“We’re a small organization trying to do big things,” Hopkins stressed. “But when folks come to a place like Camp Pollock, I think they appreciate it. People who see it are always telling us it’s a hidden gem.” (Scott Thomas Anderson)

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Juvenile justice overhaul rallies Sacramento faith community behind Prop. 57

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observed. “As people of faith, we do believe in When she was 12, Jamie Savoy let out a cry for second chances.” help that she says no one answered.

It’s also not lost on Williams that Sacramento Facing abuse from an older adult, Savoy says County sends an unusually high number of juveshe lashed out in self-defense and was repaid with a niles through its adult court system. According to a two-year stint in juvenile hall before getting turned new report from the Burns Institute, the Center for back to the streets. The pain of being treated like Juvenile and Criminal Justice and National Center a criminal at such a young age, however, set her for Youth Law, Sacramento has the 16th highest on a self-destructive path of more crime. After she rate for charging teens as adults out of California’s turned 18, the criminal justice system claimed her 58 counties. again, labeling Savoy a felon for life.

Prop. 57 faces almost universal opposition from Twenty-five years after her first arrest, those California law enforcement associations because scars are why she’s working with Sacramento it would allow some adult prison inmates who’ve Area Congregations Together to build support for completed rehabilitative programs to apply for early California’s Proposition 57. parole. The League of California Cities and some “When I was a child, they never put me in editorial boards including the San Jose Mercury the care of someone who could help change my News have also criticized it as lazily written and thoughts and direction,” she recalled. “After what engineered to treat some serious felony I’d been through, it created a vicious cycle.” convictions—for assault with a deadly One of Prop. 57’s objectives is to weapon, rape of an unconscious put the responsibility of deciding “As person, throwing acid to disfigure whether minors arrested for people of faith, and shooting a gun at a moving crimes will be tried as juveniles we do believe in vehicle among them—as or adults in the hands of “nonviolent crimes” for inmates judges rather than prosecuting second chances.” seeking early release. attorneys. This element has Danielle Williams Speaking at an October 11 many faith-based communities organizer, Sacramento press conference, Scott Peterson, in California rallying behind the Area Congregations president of the Ventura County proposal, including 56 churches in Together Deputy Sheriffs’ Association, went Sacramento County, the California even farther as he told reporters, “Prop.

Catholic Conference of Bishops and 57 means one thing: More dead cops.” organizations like Religious Action Center of A study by the California Legislative Analyst’s Reform Judaism.

Office found that Prop. 57 will affect the parole Lenore Anderson, executive director of considerations for roughly 30,000 inmates in the Californians for Safety and Justice, which supports state prison system. the initiative, told SN&R that’s not surprising Savoy and Williams say they have yet to considering Prop. 57 aims to eliminate local politics see a scientifically generated statistic that links from juvenile justice. According to the California California’s rising crime patterns to the passage of Attorney General’s Office, prosecutors tried just Prop. 47, a voter-approved initiative that was up under 600 minors as adults in 2014.

“During the so-called ‘tough on crime’ era, there against similar warnings in 2014. They’re bolstered by a recent Center for Juvenile and Criminal Justice was a trend of putting more young people into the study, which found “no correlation” between recent adult justice system, and it was based on a nowupticks of urban crime and early jail releases trigdebunked myth that juvenile crime was spiraling gered by Prop. 47. out of control,” Anderson said.

Savoy believes the mission to find a better Anderson added that it’s been documented that path for at-risk teens will have the state’s church recidivism rates are higher for teens processed congregations out in force on November 8. She in the adult prison system than those handled as says stories like hers are just too familiar in their juveniles. neighborhoods. Ω Sacramento ACT organizer Danielle Williams agrees.

“We know now that a young person’s brain isn’t An extended version of this story is available at www.newsreview.com/sacramento. even fully developed until they are 25,” Williams

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Prop. 60 foes criticize its architect’s intentions

by John Flynn

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Protecting adult entertainers from the perils of their craft— that’s how the condom-requiring Proposition 60 is being sold.

But just how dangerous is the porn industry for performers, and are there other reasons AIDS Healthcare Foundation President Michael Weinstein is giving the initiative the fullcourt press?

Chanel Preston believes so.

The seven-year industry veteran claims the bill’s architect is more interested in elevating himself to the position of porn czar after Weinstein declined an invitation to a press conference hosted by her organization, the Adult Performer Advocacy Committee, which opposes the measure.

“If he really cared about performers, he would have made an effort to understand how the industry works,” Preston said.

Weinstein’s organization is the Yes campaign’s sole funder, spending more than $2 million to pass an initiative that could install him in a new, state-paid position—from which he could only be removed by a two-thirds vote from both houses.

While Weinstein was unavailable for comment to SN&R, he recently told the Los Angeles Times his measure is intended to protect the performers whose industry considers them “disposable.”

“It’s a worker protection issue,” he said.

Thus far, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has been unable to enforce existing federal condom mandates.

While condoms are technically required in adult films, the original law was meant more to ensure that medical workers put on gloves when dealing with patients that might have HIV, according to Eric Paul Leue, campaign manager for No on 60. It just got also applied to the adult entertainment industry, he says, which considers the policy a bad fit. (One loophole allows producers to hold films for six months, until the statute of limitations expires.)

Instead, the porn industry has essentially self-regulated, mandating performers to produce clean STD tests every 14 days.

Leue maintains that, by some metrics, adult performers are more diligent about testing than the general public.

Still, a 2008 study by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health found that adult performers had higher chances of contracting gonorrhea and chlamydia than the county’s 18-to-29year-old general population.

“People outside don’t like to hear that,” Preston said. “They want to hear that there is no risk, but that’s not realistic.

The stakeholders of this marginalized, yet multibillion dollar industry have been negotiating with OSHA to create apt regulations for its incredibly diverse workforce, efforts they claim would be derailed by Prop 60. Ω

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his presidential election feels like it’s been a million lifetimes in the making—certainly its impact could affect generations to come. It feels critical, it feels like a life or death moment for American democracy—and for once we can say that’s not just the rigged liberal media hyperbole talking.

But come November 8, it’s not just about defeating a fascist-leaning narcissist with the impulse control of a toddler—it’s also about making some huge decisions locally and on a statewide level. Read on for SN&R’s recommendations on how to vote this Election Day.

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United StateS PreSident Hillary Clinton

We get it, she’s not Bernie Sanders—but in the case of the world vs. Donald Trump this hardly just makes her the so-called lesser of two evils. Yes, she’s hawkish for a Democrat. Yes, she’s pretty centrist. Yes, we know about the emails. Enough with the damn emails already.

Clinton, despite her many flaws, is smart, tough, capable and more than qualified to lead this country and, as she’s shown repeatedly throughout this brutal, contentious election, she’s got the brains, compassion and, yes, temperament, to get the job done.

Sacramento coUnty Board of SUPerviSorS diStRict 4 Mike kozlowski While the architect and energy consultant does not have the political experience of Citrus Heights City Councilwoman Sue Frost, Kozlowski is a more pragmatic Republican who’s also been following the emotional and controversial flare-ups in District 4 more closely than his rival—and he appears more open-minded about the possible solutions.

congreSSional diStRict 7 aMi Bera We’re inclined to abstain from filling in the oval on this race but if you must vote then we will, very reluctantly, tell you to vote Bera.

Essentially, Bera’s like a political bear that hibernates for threeand-a-half years and only wakens for elections, while Scott Jones is simply a kinder, gentler D-Trump, inventing a border problem only he can supposedly solve.

U.S. Senate kaMala Harris Despite her 11th-hour pandering prosecution of Backpage, the Democratic attorney general is still more deserving of Barbara Boxer’s seat than tough-talking, debate-dabbing Rep. Loretta Sanchez.

U.S. rePreSentative diStRict 3 JoHn GaraMendi

U.S. rePreSentative diStRict 6 doris Matsui

U.S. rePreSentative diStRict 9 Jerry MCnerney

State Senator SeNate diStRict 1 roB rowen

State Senator diStRict 3 Mariko yaMada

State Senator diStRict 5 CatHleen GalGiani

State aSSemBly diStRict 6 Brian Caples

State aSSemBly diStRict 7 kevin MCCarty

State aSSemBly diStRict 8 ken Cooley

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Measure B Sacramento county tranSportation tax

ProPosition 54 legiSlative tranSparency Yes

We’re not 100 percent on board with this half-cent sales tax for light rail, road repair, etc—voters already passed a half-cent transportation tax in 1988, which has been renewed through 2039. Another 30-year (plus?) sales tax is a tough pill to swallow, but improved roads and transportation are critical for Sacramento’s future.

Measure G Sacramento city unified parcel tax

Yes

Measure L Sacramento independent rediStricting commiSSion act

Yes

It’s time to finally remove city council from the process of redrawing districts.

No

This measure would benefit suburban neighborhoods over low-income ones; and, if approved, Measure G, will bring in additional funds for the kids who need it most.

ProPosition 52 hoSpital feeS

Yes

This initiative would prevent lawmakers from diverting money raised from the state’s MediCal hospital fee into the general fund.

California hospitals paid $4.6 billion into this fund last fiscal year, $900 million of which was diverted.

ProPosition 53 revenue bond reStrictionS

ProPosition 55 income tax on high earnerS

Yes

This property tax expands programs and provides funds will raise $7 million annually for student counseling, tutoring and more for at-risk kids.

ProPosition 51 School conStruction bond

Yes

This reform would require that the Legislature wait three days before voting on a bill after it’s introduced. More time means more preparation, more public awareness (and the opportunity for action)—and more transparency.

No

This is the GOP’s revenge for Gov. Jerry Brown’s bullet train, and a transparent effort at gumming up future endeavors.

This proposition simply extends the existing tax imposed in 2012 and allocates funds to health care programs, K-12 schools and community colleges.

ProPosition 56 tobacco tax increaSe

Yes

This proposition, which adds a $2-perpack to cigarettes and also taxes e-cigarettes that contain nicotine, is expected to generate upwards $1 billion, which will be used for anti-tobacco efforts and education, health care and public health programs.

ProPosition 57 criminal juStice

Yes

The law is partly aimed at reversing the fallacy that teens arrested in California need to be treated as hardened criminals by the state’s justice system. The proposition allows judges to decide whether juveniles should be processed as adults in court, rather than politically minded prosecutors.

The law also allows for early parole hearings for prison inmates who demonstrate exceptional rehabilitation efforts.

ProPosition 58 bilingual education

Yes

This proposition repeals parts of Prop.

227 which, for all intents and purposes, eliminated bilingual classrooms in 1998.

This proposition gives local school districts more flexibility and authority in determining needs. We trust they’ll make smart decisions for California’s students. It’s time for the state’s public education system to catch up with its ever-diversifying population.

ProPosition 59 campaign finance reform

Yes

This proposition doesn’t actually enact change—think of it more of as a call to action. Prop. 59 is an advisory measure that urges California lawmakers to act toward repealing Citizens United. At this point it’s mostly symbolic—and thus feels more than a little pointless—but if we’re casting empty votes for empty propositions let’s at least send the right message.

ProPosition 60 condom requirement

and the creation of a court process to order the removal of firearms from those prohibited from owning them.

ProPosition 64 marijuana legalization

Yes

If this were really about improving conditions for adult performers, we would be all about it. But this is a morality measure intent on driving out California’s sex industry and creating a new job for its proponent.

Time to legally smoke ‘em if you got ‘em. Also time to, among other things, allow people to grow plants (up to six for personal use), standardize retail laws and provisions, create a tax structure that benefits the state, resentence those already serving time on marijuana convictions and change or strike the records of those who’ve already done time.

ProPosition 61 State drug price cap

ProPosition 65 carry-out bag SaleS

No

Yes

A qualified yes. The ballot language here is murky and poses a potentially negative impact on veterans, but, progressives— including Sen. Bernie Sanders—argue it will go a long way toward staunching prescription drug price bloodletting and, ultimately, help most consumers.

ProPosition 62 death penalty repeal

Yes

It’s time to overturn the death penalty in California. The death penalty is wrong, morally speaking, but those with conflicted morals should consider this: the system is also screwed up beyond repair. Over the years, death penalty convictions have created a seemingly never-ending morass of costly appeals and other legal challenges.

See also: Proposition 66.

No

This proposition redirect funds collected for the sale of carryout bags (10 cents each) to the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Fund. Sound good in theory?

It’s not. Rather, it’s time for the state to catch up to the likes of Sacramento and San Francisco counties and ban the bags altogether. C’mon, how hard is it really to remember those reusable bags when you go grocery shopping? See also: Proposition 67.

ProPosition 66 death penalty procedure

No

While this proposition aims to reform what is clearly a broken system, it’s simply time to repeal the death penalty. Period. Of note: If both Proposition 62 and Proposition 66 pass, the one with more affirmative votes prevails.

ProPosition 63 gun and ammunition control

ProPosition 67 plaStic bag ban

We’re not talking about gutting or abolishing the Second Amendment, we’re talking about sensible gun control. This proposition does that by requiring a new series of checks and balances for responsible gun owners including new and improved permitting for consumers and sellers, new restrictions on bringing guns into the state,

This proposition goes further than Proposition 65, expanding on and upholding existing county-wide laws that ban single use paper or plastic bags. It allows retailers to charge for reusable and recycled bags.

Yes

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This past weekend Sacramento opened the doors to its first Holocaust library in the Mosaic Law Congregation on Sierra Boulevard. Founder and Holocaust survivor Liz Igra donated 1,700 books for the launch of the library. She says she hopes to fill it with more than 3,000 items that include memories, audio and video recordings, photographs, and documents from the historical event.

One of the most popular figures in California politics, a 13-year old Pembroke Welsh corgi named sutter Brown, returned to office October 21 after undergoing emergency surgery for cancer. As chief pet to Gov. Jerry Brown and First Lady Anne Gust Brown, the top dog resumed his commitment to leave no trash bin unexplored for tasty morsels, and scheduled many morning belly rubs. Back in office, just still not allowed on the furniture.

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Last week, the City Council approved $83.4 million in funds for renovation for the convention center’s community center theater on l street. The 1974 building has long needed bathroom and box office renovations, technological updates, new seating and updates so that the building meets code requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. This renovation will provide that as well as provide 41,000 square feet of additional space. Finally, an end to the 42 years of bathroom lines snaking through through the lobby during intermission.

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Longtime peace activist turned politician tom Hayden died october 23 at the age of 76 following a long illness. His accomplishments were innumerable: community organizer, civil rights champion, political rabble-rouser, etc. Hayden, who helped organize protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, was later prosecuted as part of the Chicago Seven in a conspiracy trial for allegedly inciting a riot. He was convicted but ultimately the charge was overturned and Hayden went on to serve 18 years in the California state Legislature. He was also, famously, once married to the actress Jane Fonda. He will be missed but his impact will surely endure.

Mayor-elect Darrell Steinberg isn’t kicking back until he’s sworn into office. His recent letter to city council called for a strategic business plan for the Convention Center and a youth-oriented economy that would increase the downtown allure. Among sketches of what that might look like, Steinberg used the phrase “whimsical bike racks.”

Uh, if there’s one thing most cyclists loathe: it’s the limited access and oft inconvenient designs of the city’s existing racks. Whimsy isn’t alluring when it comes to being able to effectively secure one’s property.

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ON THE REBOUND New coach, new arena, new hopes: Can the team’s new guys change the Sacramento Kings culture?

BY BLAKE GILLESPIE

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oach Dave Joerger stands at the center of a

team huddle. From his perspective the crisp natural light of a mid-October afternoon in the new practice facility of the Golden 1 Center is obscured by a steeple built of tattooed arms over his head. He congratu-

lates the team on a hard practice and calls up a cheer, a parting reminder of the unity he expects from his men.

He will do this after every practice because he wants the cheer embedded in their brains like an out-of-bounds play. The foundational message he is sending with it is meant to be one that will bind them together as media scrutiny circulates beyond the facility doors, as trade rumors whirlwind through the K Street corridor, as the outside world tempts players with demons.

“It’s family on three,” he says. “One … two … three …”

Since his hiring, Coach Joerger has pushed two simple narratives: He intends to change the culture of the Sacramento Kings, and this team will play defense. These may seem like elementary initiatives for an NBA franchise, but when it comes to the Kings, molehills become Mount Everest. With zero winning seasons since 2006 and more embarrassing scandals than wins per season, Joerger is taxed with turning the laughingstock of the league into a franchise synonymous with royalty rather than jesters.

“Dealing with each other, speaking with each other and respecting each other is part of the culture we want to create,” Joerger says later, addressing reporters. “It’s never about number of wins or if

The Sacramento Kings’ new coach Coach Dave Joerger stresses the importance of good team communication and respect.

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we want to get this or that. It’s about the process with this team.”

The culture he’s trying to change looks like Dresden 1945 and mutiny on the HMS Bounty.

The Kings have looked as ramshackle as the vacant warehouses and broken-promise development of downtown. Completion of the arena was done in record time, but the Golden 1 Center looks light-years ahead of its neighborhood. A catwalk from the former downtown mall remains exposed and disconnected to any future development. “For sale” signs that read “This property is a slam dunk” surround the state-of-the-art facility. And, like its surroundings, the team’s roster is still under construction. Potentially years away from bringing that Arco thunder to G1C on a nightly basis.

Tasked with the construction, the man in the hard hat is vice president of basketball operations Vlade Divac. Divac hired Joerger, in part, because of his motivational abilities—not just on the defensive end, but in getting the most out of his players. And Divac has a pretty good joke on how much the improvement was needed.

The setup goes, “Last year there were two teams that were worse than us [on defense],” and the punchline: “The All-Stars East and West.”

With 11 new players at this year’s training camp, will good influences inform the culture, or did the front office hand out contracts to the toxic and unprofessional? Is Matt Barnes, one of the Kings’ latest acquisitions, the most underrated teammate in the NBA, or a journeyman hothead with a TMZ entourage ready to capture his off-court meltdowns?

Did the Kings sign the fastest backcourt in the NBA, or a backcourt on the fast track to more suspensions? Are these accomplished veterans who will restore positive team culture, or is this a collection of league pariahs making Sacramento its Island of Misfit Toys?

For the third time since obtaining new ownership, the Kings find themselves at a drawing board with a fresh sheet of paper and a floor littered with crumbled failures that missed the wastebasket.

Phase One: hOneymOOn It’s media day at Golden 1 Center, and Darren Collison walks into the practice facility. Unlike his teammates he forgoes the various photo stations and proceeds directly to address the press. Perhaps it speaks to his character that he shows no reticence in facing a press circle that knows about his offseason troubles. In May Collison was arrested on charges of domestic violence at his home in Granite Bay. At the time, the league had not announced his penalty. Now, facing journalists,

he’s apologetic. He does not dodge or hesitate to express remorse and a readiness to move on. The 29-year-old looks rejuvenated, ready to restore his reputation.

“As a man you got to take responsibility,” he says.

Meanwhile, at a station behind Collison, forward Matt Barnes is all scowls for his player photos and all smiles for his interviews. When asked by a small grade-school interviewer standing on a wood crate if Barnes will be on Santa’s naughty or nice list, he replies with “nice list.”

Considering he’s yet to drive 95 miles to beat anyone’s ass in 2016—which is the backstory to Barnes’ assault of former NBA player and teammate Derek Fisher last year—the nice list is still a possibility. The incident occurred in October 2015 after Barnes received a call from his twin sons who informed the 6-foot, 7-inch forward that Fisher was at the house of his estranged wife and Basketball Wives LA star Gloria Govan. Barnes left the Memphis Grizzlies training camp to settle a score. Fisher took a few nicks in the altercation, but ultimately filed no charges against Barnes.

Barnes’ Sacramento ties run deep—the Del Campo High School graduate played for the Kings during the 2004-2005 season—and the now 36-year-old veteran player is frank about his past. When used for good he becomes a living cautionary tale in the locker adjacent to impressionable young players.

“I’ve been through a lot of crazy stuff off the court, but I’m able to maintain my focus and still play,” he says. “Hopefully that will carry over into helping some of these guys who are going through stuff off the court stay focused.”

The yin to Barnes’ TMZ yang is his unanimous praise around the league that he gets as a brotherly presence in the locker room. He played for Joerger last season in Memphis. He knows the system and can speed up the learning curve.

Adding depth and experience isn’t simple arithmetic. The offseason signings aren’t the type to generate high expectations of instant turnaround. An announcement that the team had signed Anthony Tolliver didn’t carry the same league-busting coup d’etat of Kevin Durant joining forces with Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors. Even the team’s biggest acquisition in Barnes amounts to one less pesky defender trying to hack DeMarcus Cousins into losing his cool.

Where Divac possibly excelled in his selections is signing a professional grade supporting cast in Tolliver, Arron Afflalo and Garrett Temple. Like Barnes, these guys have journeyed the league, experienced the D-League and rode many benches.

“ON THE REBOUND”

Matt Barnes, a Del Campo High School graduate, returns to the team; the forward originally played for the franchise during its 20042005 season.

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But they found their roles through patience and perseverance instead of stat lines—vital intel for the existing infrastructure of rookies and young players. Last year Tolliver and Temple won “Teammate of the Year” honors for their respective teams (Tolliver in Detroit, Temple in Washington) in the 2016 Players Voice Awards presented by the National Basketball Players Association.

In a post-practice interview, Temple said it was his father’s influence that instilled humbleness and humility, key elements to being a good glue guy. He learned to be an unselfish player and do the work at the age of 13 and never lost it through college at Louisiana State University and into his professional career.

“I was a guy who was cool with being under the radar,” says Temple, who in 2010 had a brief 10-day contract with the Kings.

“I played the most minutes in LSU history, but I was always the glue type of guy. I relish in that role. I don’t need any fanfare.”

When Trump was making headlines by dismissing his proclivity to sexually assault attractive women as “locker room talk,” Temple sent a record-straightening tweet about his professional experience. “Just to be clear!!! I’ve been in more than 1,000 locker rooms throughout my sports career. What Trump said is NOT locker room talk.”

Tolliver’s perfect seven-for-seven outing in 3-pointers in a preseason game against the Los Angeles Lakers is a positive sign, even if the Lakers are one of the few franchises predestined to be worse than the Kings this year. After a practice a few days prior to the Lakers game, Tolliver said he chose Sacramento because he saw his niche as a competitive piece, rather than a veteran mentor.

“Part of the reason why I’m here instead of Detroit is they felt like I had a role on that team. They wanted to bring me back as a locker room guy,” he says. “I’m not in that position yet.

Maybe after a few more miles on my body, but right now I can still compete to help teams win games.”

debilitated roster, there should be a vote of confidence. But an unnamed league source cited in an article in The Vertical says Gay is opting out due to his “lack of faith in ownership’s ability to create a sustainable, winning environment.”

After all the jerking around, Gay can hardly be blamed for tiring of it. When he signed his three-year, $40 million extension in 2014, the team showed promise with then-coach Michael Malone. He joined up with the Kings in November; at the time he was averaging a career-high 22.5 points and the team was 6-3. Gay took the bait, and the year and half that followed was the “switch.”

Combine that with perpetual rumors the Kings have him on the trading block, the latest looking like a swap to the Miami Heat for point guard Goran Dragic, and his early formal announcement speaks to his professionalism and levelheadedness, rather than as a frustrated ploy. Simply put: Three coaches in three years is far from ideal in establishing a winning culture.

“I’m not gonna say it’s easy,” Gay says. “It’s tough. Every year is a new system, new personality.”

Now, the heat is on. The end of the wick on Cousins’ fouryear contract extension he signed in 2013 is in sight. With two years remaining until Boogie becomes an unrestricted free agent, the Kings will have to do more than give him the best parking spot beneath the Golden 1 Center. When three years of new ownership amounts to this much turmoil and a caustic environment, players will shed the polite rah-rah like a sweaty jersey into the hamper and start pressuring for a trade. Suddenly they’ve got good friends in the league sending friendly tweets to beckon them to other cities where ownership is more hands off and the playoffs aren’t wishful thinking but a promise.

For now, Cousins looks to be on board.

Joerger talks to reporters about the team’s 20162017 prospects.

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Phase Two: NegoTiaTioN Rudy Gay is not honeymooning. In September, apropos of nothing, the 10-year veteran informed the front office he’s planning to exercise the opt-out option of his contract next summer to become an unrestricted free agent. In a summer during which the front office achieved mostly favorable grades in its signings and managed to quell any rumors of player mutiny (“player” being important) over the new direction, Gay’s announcement is alarming.

Players don’t do this, ever.

Gay says he announced it as a formality, not as a surprise.

It echoes his July comments in an interview with Sactown Royalty that the inconsistency of the culture is wearing on the veteran. He’s yet to publicly reassess the front office. The player expressed concern over the perpetual resets as lacking sensitivity towards the players’ futures.

The aftermath has been lots and lots of underplaying the significance, both by Gay and the franchise. In a USA Today interview, Kings owner Vivek Ranadivé confirmed Gay’s unhappiness, but commended his professionalism to play through the uncertainty. Gay played for Joerger in Memphis, who was an assistant coach in the 2007-2008 season. Given his prior experience and Joerger’s ability to consistently take the Grizzlies to the playoffs, even with last year’s severely

The Kings signed a $1.8 million deal with Ty Lawson in late August.

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“We added some toughness, some grittiness, which is something we needed,” he says. “We’ve been a defensive-minded team before, and I think that was one of our better teams.”

Over the past few seasons there’s been a multitude of suspensions, in-house power struggles and firings. Rumors infiltrated the press in February that minority owners wanted to leave Ranadivé at sea in a jolly boat. He maintains it’s hearsay. Last year’s big meltdown included a star-studded locker room argument as Drake visited the tense aftermath. It resulted in a “players only” meeting, and so began the hourglass on George Karl’s tenure.

Between Karl and Malone, the Kings paid nearly $20 million to fire Cousins’ favorite coach and hire his most-loathed coach.

Homeostasis with the Kings has been its bright burning chaos in the kingdom.

Having your all-star big man become an Olympic gold medalist can be both a gift and a curse. Cousins achieved a goal and brings that winning spirit and pride to this franchise, but he also spent a month bonding with teammates like Jimmy Butler, Kyle Lowry and Kyrie Irving—all of whom could try to coax him away to the Eastern Conference.

Meanwhile, Divac is active in his pursuit to right the ship.

The hiring of a coach who could become Cousins’ new favorite captain shows promise, but plenty of question marks linger around the point guard position. When it came to placing a timeline of turning the franchise around, Coach Joerger isn’t selling wolf tickets. Which is to say, his ambition is reasonable but skews dangerously close to Cousins’ free agency.

“It’s going to take a while,” he said in the press room after a tough preseason loss to the Clippers. When asked to clarify, he said, “a year and a half.”

Only time, of course, will tell.

Phase Three: adjusTmenT and adaPTaTion There was little concern of reporters vying for one-on-one aside time with guard Jordan Farmar at media day. The 6-foot, 2-inch veteran guard had kept afloat professionally with short stints with the Los Angeles Lakers and Clippers before spending the past two years playing in Turkey and Israel. He caught a break last year to return to the NBA on a 10-day contract with the battered Grizzlies, who extended his contract to finish the season. His invitation to the Kings training camp was seen as provisional.

His familiarity with Joerger’s system would be useful to training camp, but unless the NBA was merciless in suspending Collison or Ty Lawson screwed up, it was understood Farmar would not make the 15-man roster. These were the predetermined paths and factored into a disinterest in media day interviews.

Fast-forward a month later to a Las Vegas nightclub and a cellphone video taken by professional boxer Adrien Broner that shows Lawson, along with teammates Ben McLemore and Willie Cauley-Stein, having a good time. Viewers never see a drink in

Lawson’s hand, but the next day the troubled point guard misses a team flight to an upcoming game and Farmar suddenly seems vital to the Kings’ future at least briefly; ultimately the player will be waived just days before the seasons’s start.

So it goes with the point guard woes in Sacramento. The last All-Star-caliber point guard, Isaiah Thomas, was shipped to the Phoenix Suns in July 2014. Collison was brought in to what felt like a placeholder starting role until a true starter could be signed.

He maintained the position a full season until a year later when the Kings signed Rajon Rondo.

Rondo’s one-year deal of padding his stat line meant greener pastures for the point guard this summer. He joined Dwyane Wade in rebuilding the Chicago Bulls. With Collison suspended the first eight games, the Kings had to sign a point guard in the offseason. By August the Kings hadn’t drafted any point guards and then rescinded a qualifying offer to Seth Curry, who, despite uneven playing time, proved to be a compelling point guard. Curry eventually signed with the Dallas Mavericks. In late August the Kings announced a one-year deal worth $1.8 million to Lawson.

Talking to reporters, Lawson was frank about the toll of the past year, which included being charged with his third and fourth DUI, the Houston Rockets buying out his contract, and the Indiana Pacers signing but not renewing him to close the season. Lawson says he’s seeking a comeback. “[My] confidence is gone,” he says. “I’d look back at my old tapes to see that I really did this. It’s not a fluke. I’m trying to get back to that.”

Early reports that Lawson, 28, has lost a step are silenced, however, when he takes the floor in the preseason. The narrative shifts once reporters witness a hyperactive backcourt pairing of Lawson and Collison, picking up on defense full court, quickening the offensive pace and creating opportunities for their teammates.

Of course, that excitement stalls once that TMZ video and missed flight report circulate.

At practice the next Monday, there’s more media bodies and cameras than usual. For the first time Coach gets defensive towards the line of questioning regarding Lawson’s “personal reasons” for being late to a shootaround, missing a team flight and if he will be reprimanded or fined.

“Ty’s fine,” Joerger says. “Ty had a personal issue and that stuff is nonbasketball related. I think it’s been very inaccurately reported. I know what happened for real and it’s just a personal issue.”

By the fifth time of reiterating the personal nature of Lawson’s absence, the coach for a moment unintentionally invokes Allen Iverson’s famous “We talkin’ ’bout practice?” rant, saying “We’re talking about a guy being late for a shootaround? Is that what we’re talking about?”

Historically, Sacramento is where misfit players redeem themselves. Chris Webber’s jersey is in the rafters now, but before arriving here he was better known for his rap sheet.

Smuggling marijuana into the United States from Puerto Rico, arrests for assault, resisting arrest and driving under the influence of marijuana. He had his demons.

Lawson and Barnes could be this era’s redemption tales.

But the question becomes: Is Sacramento still a good place, a nurturing culture for a player reset?

Tolliver says the low expectations set by the media and outside world is countered by high expectations internally. The team comprises “a lot of hungry guys.”

“A lot of guys who’ve been written off. Guys who maybe weren’t as valued on other teams that are wanting to come here to make something of it.”

Over and over the coach, the players and even Divac say one phrase, “Get everybody on the same page.” It’s not as simple as a teacher instructing the class to turn to page 68 of their textbook.

The same page means groupthink, gelling and a common goal.

It’s expressed through unselfish play, through help defense and camaraderie in the locker room. The same page looks like zero loose cannon statements to the press and adhering to the ritual of being on time. Joerger breaks it down to aspects as simple as how to get from the locker room to the court in the new facility and knowing when, where and how to be there on time. The Monday following the Lawson news, Joerger appeared to be more interested in discussing the positives of playing in Vegas and at Rupp Arena in Kentucky.

“We had a tremendous trip,” he says. “It was the first time together. The bus rides were fun, the hotel was fun, the flights were fun. Guys caring about each other and getting along pretty good. There’s a little bit of a honeymoon always every year.

Hopefully you’ll find out what that’s about when you get dinged two or three times in a row.”

The same page is breaking old habits to form new ones.

Second-year player Cauley-Stein invokes the saying that it takes 77 repetitions of a good habit to shed a bad one. For McLemore, who’s in a contract year, the same page is no longer striving for “Most Improved Player” honors like last season, but rather rekindling his confidence. This summer he worked on his confidence. Not his jumper, not his defense or his ball handling, but his capability to believe in himself.

Joerger’s cultural shift suggests he’ll leave no man behind.

He makes encouraging statements to the press that McLemore will be rewarded for good defense and shouldn’t worry about one mistake affecting his role. After defending Lawson and once the recorders are off, he remains by the press and levels with the reporters about his responsibility. Before long, it’s all jokes with Coach.

He seems aware that a new arena doesn’t fix anything, much like being the new coach isn’t enough to instill a winning culture.

Joerger never mentions the playoffs or expectations on getting 40 wins. He knows that’s old hat in this city. His foundation remains building a family that’s on the same page.

“Deeper thinking as far as what is it going to be three years from now,” Coach says. “Those who have stood here before [us] have looked at it that way, too.”

He pauses and laughs.

“But that’s how I’m looking at it.” Ω

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Wine trippin’

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wo dozen motorcycles are parked along the flagstone sidewalk outside the Murphys Historic Hotel, the placid destination of their up-country run. The bikers stretch their arms and greet each other loudly, yelling over the remaining rumbling engines as stragglers ease into place. They arrive with all the grace of a freight train, but their gregarious demeanor dispels any discomfort that the rudeness of the motors might have suggested. Like so many other visitors, they have come here on a mission—they are here to drink wine.

The contrast of a wine-tasting trip in a town like Murphys cannot be overstated when compared to a day in Napa. Located two hours from Sacramento in the foothills of the Sierras, Murphys has gained a reputation as an up-and-coming wine destination, refreshing for its sincerity and affordability—two things Napa has lost over the years.

Though Napa remains a vinous paradise to be sure, it is sold to us with a resolute single-mindedness that smacks of marketing ploys.

What was once a fairyland of rustic idealism has become a high-stakes endeavor ruled by multinational luxury corporations, where aristocratic gentility has made tasting wine a humorless act.

Elsewhere in California, the wine industry has retained the qualities that once made Napa the scourge of France: experimentation, enthusiasm and dedication to the craft without the heavy weight of reputation.

Luckily for us, Sacramento is within easy daytripping distance of many of these regions. While areas like Amador County and Clarksburg are enjoying their time in the spotlight, many other retreats less obvious to earnest seekers remain—and most spots offer tastings for less than $10. From the lesser-known corners of Yolo county to the central valley hometown of old-vine vintners, your options are more numerous than we could cover here. Regardless, we have a few suggestions.

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lodi for zinfandel Reading the literature on Lodi wine means taking in a lot of numbers: The region produces 40 percent of the state’s zinfandel, grows more than 20,000, vineyard-acres of sustainable grapes and holds more than 80 local vintners within 15 minutes of downtown. All you really need to know from this is that Lodi—just 40 minutes south of Sacramento—is a zinfandel town and many wineries will be pouring you their version of an “old vine zin” made from grapes grown at area vineyards such as Soucie, where the gnarled and twisted vines were established in 1916 and have been tended to by the Soucie family for five generations.

Within the confines of Lodi and its just-north ag-burb of Acampo you’ll find wineries that span the gamut of tastes and styles. On one hand, you have spots like m2 Wines, featuring a gorgeously modern tasting room that opens up to the surrounding vineyards, imbuing your visit with a sense of refinement and control. On the other hand, you have mom-and-pop stops like Heritage Oak Winery that offer a friendly and informal tasting

experience with a mood more akin to “choose your own adventure.”

When you park outside the farmhouse at Heritage Oak, your tires will kick up dust from the dirt path winding through the vineyard. In the tasting room, the wine list offers a selection of unique single-varietals like carignane that are normally reserved for blending, giving tasters a rare insight into the grapes’ individual profiles. Of course, wine tasting is about the wine, but as it’s also a “day-vacation,” Heritage Oak scores extra points for the hiking trails the family made through its 100-acre property. Visitors are encouraged to explore the paths through vineyards, meadows and riparian woodlands, all the way to the loamy bank of the Mokelumne River, where picnic tables and a rope swing greet kayakers who reach the winery by river.

Wine. Cheese. Winters.

When you mention Yolo County wine, the south-eastern town of Clarksburg is the appellation that usually comes to mind, but the county’s north-west corner has a

very different climate that’s producing favorable results. Located at the foot of the Vaca Mountains, the region around Winters experiences cold breezes from the coastal range and Lake Berryessa, making for a longer, cooler growing season and contributing to a wine scene that is small but well-defined.

Arriving in downtown Winters, you have your choice of four tasting rooms, but their limited hours means you can’t hit them all at once. Whenever you make your trip, plan to visit the Turkovich Family Winery, which also houses the family’s Winters Cheese Co., and yes, your free wine tasting does come with a free cheese flight to match. Besides their streetfacing patio outfitted with couches, heat lamps and a wraparound container garden, Turkovich’s tasting bar offers a large collection of very good varietals, including a 2015 stainless-aged albariño that took home the double gold at the 2016 state fair competition.

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of sparkling wines, though the majority of these are not from the Winters area. The 2011 Sparkling Reserve is made in Mendoza, Argentina, where head winemaker Luciana Turkovich was born and raised, and where her father, also a career winemaker, still crafts excellent blends. The Sparkling Reserve tastes like honey, fresh baked bread and pears, finishing with notes of walnut—and while it is the most expensive bottle they offer, it still only rings in at $43.

Murphys: tasting rooms for all Settled as a mining camp in 1848, French and Italian immigrants arriving during the Gold Rush were the first to plant roots in this foothill town, capitalizing on miners’ need for drink. The region’s second wave

Experimentation, enthusiasm and dedication to the craft without the heavy weight of reputation.

of viticultural settlers came in the 1970s when winemakers from Napa and Sonoma migrated to the area, capitalizing on what they found to be extremely inexpensive land. Today, the town boasts a population of just over 2,000 people and an astounding 24 tasting rooms.

Most tasting rooms and restaurants are located along the town’s main drag of Main Street, nestled between the occasional art gallery and trinket shop.

An old stone shop, which in 1891 was a custom boot and hat store, now holds a long bar backed by a wall of pressed-tin panels: the elegant setting for Vina Moda’s tasting room. The enthusiastic and welcoming staff serves up noteworthy barbera and grenache, making it a good first stop on your trek along Main Street.

Further down the road, the airy house containing the tasting room for Hovey Winery was the childhood home of Nobel-prize winning scientist Albert Michelson, the first person to accurately measure the speed of light. Hovey naturally offers two blends in the scientist’s honor, the C2 White and C2 Red, though the barbera is most popular, earning double and single gold awards from the 2016 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition. All of Hovey’s bottles taste best when sipped outside on the lawn. Ω

m2 Wines: 2900 E. Peltier Road in Acampo, (209) 339-1071, www.m2wines.com.

Heritage Oak Winery: 10112 E. Woodbridge Road in Acampo, (209) 986-2763, http://heritageoakwinery.com.

Turkovich Family Wines: 304 Railroad Avenue in Winters, (530) 795-3842, http://turkovichwines.com.

Vina Moda: 147 Main Street in Murphys, (209) 743-6226, www.vinamoda.com.

Hovey Winery: 350 Main Street, Suite A, in Murphys; (209) 728-9999; www.hoveywine.com.

Joe-Joe Louis, co-creator of the Moving Van Show, was one of the first comedians to perform last Saturday at the fourth installment of the new comedy series. “Thank you for keeping Midtown janky as hell,” he shouted to the delight of the roughly 25 people gathered together in an unadorned parking lot on O Street.

The show is the very jankiness Midtown needs: Secret monthly comedy shows, the location of which revealed two hours prior via Twitter. The setup: a stool, a generator-powered microphone and a U-Haul van with the word “Comedy” handwritten on the side and a curtain covering its back.

It’s this lack of pretense that makes the Moving Van Show such a fun experience. Not every joke was a home run. No one that took the time to sit down in this empty parking lot felt compelled in the slightest to fake it. When one of Louis’ jokes didn’t land, he immediately came back with, “You’re listening to a comedy show outside. What do you expect? Quality?”

Comedian cory barringer opened his set by thanking the crowd for choosing this for their Saturday night entertainment.

“You could be doing literally anything else.

You could be on the Sac Brew Bike,” he said. “I

“You’re listening to a comedy show outside. What do you expect?”

hate the Sac brew bike with a passion.” The crowd

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erupted as he continued to rail against the roving party.

Indeed, if there are two polar opposite ideas for what Midtown should be, they could be boiled down simply to the Moving Van Show at one end and the Sac Brew Bike on the other.

The show lasted just over an hour with six comedians and a host between them. Nearly every comic had at least one trump joke and all of them had plenty of self-deprecating material about sex. At one point, several guys, unrelated and uninterested in the event, tossed around a football just behind the U-Haul as comedian Jaclyn weiand told a story about shaving her pubic hair.

The passersby were limited, but those who did unexpectedly walk by slowed down or stopped to watch for a few moments, with their facial expressions a cross between shock and drugged-out bliss.

The only time any of the comedians were interrupted by the sounds of the city was during headliner alfonso portela’s set. He was setting up a joke about his mom, when a string of brightly-lit bicyclists road by, ringing their bells. Portela switched gears and shouted, “Yeah! My mom!” The bicyclists continued to ring their bells until they were out of sight. It was a beautiful moment of pure Midtown insanity.

Later in his set, he told a joke about his gay friend, who he described as a “pitcher.” One of the audience members interrupted to ask what a pitcher was, and as Portela tried to explain, the guy had even more questions. Portela shot back, “Who goes to an outdoor comedy show to get enlightened?”

Later that night, co-creator Louis tweeted about this odd exchange: “It’s weird to me that the Moving Van Show was just a thing we were talking about four months ago, and just now we got our first drunk heckler.”

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2nd annual Midtown PinkOut FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28 Last year, three women managed to raise more than $2,000 to donate to Planned Parenthood at the first Midtown PinkOut. Let’s beat ACTIVISM that number, shall we? There will raffle prizes, food and drinks, and live music. Can’t make it? Donations are accepted via PayPal to midtownpinkout2@gmail.com. $5; 7 p.m. at the Hideaway Bar and Grill, 2565 Franklin Boulevard; www.facebook. com/SactoHideaway.

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t’s only fitting that in 2016, the year that we lost David Bowie and Prince (among countless others), and Donald Trump is the Republican nominee for president of the United States, Halloween falls on a Monday. A Monday. If there’s a silver lining to be found, it’s in the fact that a Monday holiday means early celebrations will be going on all weekend long, and Día de Los Muertos does it right in the first place with three days of celebration no matter what the calendar dictates. Check out events around town this week: Kick it off with the Old School Halloween Party on Friday, October 28, at 9 p.m. at Momo in Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub (2708 J Street). DJ Illest will be spinning ’80s and ’90s hip-hop and R&B all night, so grab a buddy and bust out your Kris Kross costumes. Admission is $10 and you must be 21 or older. Visit www.harlows.com for more info.

On Saturday, October 29, the Calaveras & Corn Fall Festival will be taking place at Casa de Espanol (1101 R Street) from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For the kiddos there will be carnival games, hayrides, a costume contest, a pumpkin patch and a notso-scary Día de Los Muertos-themed haunted house; for the grown ups there will be food from MASA Taco Kitchen and beer from Track 7 Brewing Co.; you can also stick around for the Mezcal Cantina experience from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., which will involve drinking mezcal, obviously, and listening to live music from Crosswinds.

Admission is free; check out www.facebook.com/ events/867469750021464 to find out more. Across town on Saturday as well as Sunday, the Latino Center of Art and Culture hosts its big annual el Panteon de Sacramento Día de los Muertos, wherein 60 colorful altars and memorials will be on display on the block of J and 20th streets. Check it out between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. either day; visit www.lrgp.org to find out more.

The California Auto Museum (2200 Front Street) will be hosting Shannon McCabe’s Vampire Ball on Saturday, October 29, which is a Lost Boys-themed party that will go from 8 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. and feature the Cure cover band Just Like Heaven. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased through www.shannonmccabe.com.

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Be still, your early-aughts heart; Nelly and the Goo Goo Dolls are playing this food and music extravaganza, along with Thompson Square.

More than 30 food vendors will be in attendance, including Chando’s Tacos, Jimboy’s Tacos, MUSIC Cowtown Creamery, Blackbird Kitchen and more. $20-$75; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Capitol Mall, 1300 Seventh Street; http://ksfm.cbslocal. com/102-5-presents-downtown-chowdown.

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Midtown Halloween Festival & Pooch Parade sATURDAY, OCTOBER 29 Put a costume on your canine and come down to Marshall Park for an afternoon of fun. For the little ones, there will be a face-painting HAllOween booth, a bounce house and more. For the four-legged ones, there will be a pooch parade where your pet can compete for the best costume.

Free; 1 p.m. at Marshall Park, 915 27th Street; http:// exploremidtown.org/midtown-halloween-festival.

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Midtown Black Mass sATURDAY, OCTOBER 29 Are you a witch or ghoul searching for a spot to tie one on this weekend? Look no further than the Midtown Black Mass this Saturday there will be a photo booth, a best-witch contest and HAllOween plenty of spooky, strong drinks. DJ Joseph One will be supplying the music, so make sure your costume this year comes with dancing shoes.

No cover; 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. at Highwater, 1910 Q Street; www.highwatersacramento.com.

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Dog Film Festival sUnDAY, OCTOBER 30 This festival should make for a splendid afternoon, with a collection of shorts, commercials and documentaries (including Game of Bones, a Game of Thrones spoof). The two programs will feature different content, and it’s all family friendly. $10FIlM $15 per program; 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. at Crest Theatre, 1013 K Street; www.crestsacramento.com.

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Update with the Patriot: Chef Allyson Harvie is joining the Kitchen as chef de cuisine, which means more changes are underway for Chris Jarosz’s upcoming, muchbuzzed restaurant the Patriot.

There are no hard feelings, though.

“The Kitchen is the highest level of restaurant opportunity you can get in this town,” Jarosz said, adding that Harvie had been getting heavily recruited by area restaurants for a while now. “It’s a great move for her.”

Fortunately, Jarosz had already been courting another chef to join his mini-empire but didn’t have a place to put him. Now, the Patriot’s executive chef will be Jeremy Zimmerman, formerly chef de cuisine at the girl & the fig, the popular Sonoma restaurant known for rustic French fare.

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“We’re super-excited to get him on board and super-excited for Allyson’s career,” Jarosz said.

The Patriot was first announced nearly a year-and-a-half ago as a main attraction for the Milagro Centre in Carmichael. The food hall remains largely empty still, but it’s coming along. Jarosz hopes to start previewing the Patriot in November, opening the lounge space first to show off bar food before unveiling the entire restaurant about a month later.

Though Zimmerman will surely bring a fresh perspective to the Patriot, the root of the concept will remain the same: Americana with an East Coast flair, including New York-style pizzas and seafood.

Zimmerman will also lead the cooking at Milagro’s events center.

Settling in: At long last, Kru is serving dinner at 3135 Folsom Boulevard.

The new Kru is far more spacious, with a gorgeous interior designed by Whitney Johnson (Shady Lady Saloon, Bottle & Barlow) and bar stocked with rare Japanese whiskeys.

Chef Billy Ngo opened the restaurant with the team behind Hook & Ladder Manufacturing Co. with the bar in mind. In addition to premium sake and whiskey, there’s a selection of food-friendly craft cocktails utilizing ingredients such as chamomile honey, ginger and spiced coconut cream.

Cheap eats: The owner of B Banh Mi (7501 W. Stockton Boulevard in Elk Grove) is Vietnamese but just moved here from Europe. That means, in addition to its namesake dish, B Banh Mi also serves French and Greek variations ($4.75-$5.75) on baguettes baked daily. The shop also serves a variety of Americanized Chinese and Japanese dishes, including egg rolls, chicken teriyaki and chow mein. Nothing costs more than $6.75. Ω

There’s this all-matcha, mega-hipster cafe in New York called MatchaBar, and you’d expect to find some pretty dank matcha there. I was was wildly underwhelmed by the thin matcha lattes, loaded with extras like ginger, vanilla almond syrup and coconut milk. That is all to say that Sacramento’s own matcha tea lattes ($4.75) at Insight are better. better.

A little pricey, yes, but the simple, velvety concoctions are well-prepared and show off the tea’s natural grassy goodness—without tons of sugar. multiple locations, www.insightcoffee.com.

—JAneLLe Bitker

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Clean leeks well by slicing them lengthwise and washing out any trapped dirt. Then sauté thin slices in some oil or toss them in soups and you’ve got an all-purpose flavor boost. The light The light green and white parts are best; save the tougher dark greens for stock.

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HHHH 3010 Florin Road, (916) 202-7996 Dinner for one: $10 - $15 Good for: subtle, herbaceous Thai food Notable dishes: tom kha, larb duck, red curry

Occasionally you eat somewhere that totally resets your expectations. Imagine if you had never eaten a gourmet burger, so In-N-Out was the place to beat. Then you experience a burger revelation at, say, Pangaea Bier Cafe, and the bar becomes much higher.

So it is that Siam Pa House, open since April on Florin Road in the former 9999 Thai-Laos Boat Noodle space, has affected my perception of Thai food. That’s especially impressive because the owners have never run a restaurant before.

The location amid strip malls and a busy highway in south Sacramento hardly impresses.

The building even suffered leaks during the recent rains. Nevertheless, the interior welcomes you with abundant light from the floor-toceiling windows and warm wood accents.

There are fewer menu items than you find at most area Thai restaurants, though handwritten specials appear daily.

You might begin with the standard-sounding spring rolls ($5.95). The four vegetarian rolls arrive artfully arranged and show rich browning from expert frying. With cabbage, glass noodles and taro root, they’re mild in flavor but perked up by the homemade chili sauce, which notably lacks the syrupy quality found in many places.

You can find pork, beef or chicken larb salad ($7.95) along with a duck version ($12.95).

Instead of the usual ground meat, this one uses chopped skin-on duck lightly seasoned with roasted ground rice. The abundance of ultra-fresh cilantro, mint and parsley as well as copious galangal, lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves first alerted us to Siam Pa’s quality.

There are several soups, including the usual tom kha ($8.95). Here is another example of the attention to detail that differentiates Siam Pa: The flavorful broth is so homogeneously smooth that you don’t find the floating oil or separation typical of some tom khas. It’s also packed with fragrant herbs, chunks of galangal and sliced red onion.

Similarly, the meatball noodle soup ($5.95 small, $7.95 large) seems layered with flavors.

Choose flat, rice or glass noodles instead of the thin egg noodles, or add sliced beef. Finely textured pork and beef meatballs mingle with scads of bean sprouts and heady Thai basil. Crunchy fried cracklin’s grace the top.

All of the curries may be ordered with chicken, beef, pork, tofu, shrimp, seafood, duck or with vegetables only. Pairing the red curry with pork ($8.95) works especially well. At first we thought they forgot the advertised eggplant, but it is beautifully julienned, adding a soft texture to the mix.

Pad prik king ($10.95) often seems quite different restaurant to restaurant. At Siam Pa, the sauce appears more brothy, barely coating the meat that dots at least half a pound of green beans. Still, the flavors are subtle and clean.

In general, Siam Pa shows particular skill with sauces and broths, which exhibit a smoother, more delicate flavor profile than those at other restaurants.

There is no graininess to them, as you sometimes find with places that use prepared spice pastes.

The garlic house sauce on the drunken noodles ($8.95) exemplifies this.

With chewy, flat noodles and large chunks of al dente vegetables, it’s rather refined.

Siam Pa House has no liquor license yet, so drinks are limited to sodas, Thai tea, coffee and an excellent canned coconut juice with coconut meat ($2.50).

As much as we wanted to try the mango with sweet sticky rice ($6.95), it was reassuring to hear that it’s not available out of season.

Despite the Thai martial arts movie on a bigscreen TV and paper napkins on the tables, eating at Siam Pa House feels like a special experience.

No longer will I be satisfied with heavy, oily curries or overly spiced soups. My palate has been recalibrated. Ω

No longer will I be satisfied with heavy, oily curries or overly spiced soups.

SN&R’s Maybe you’ve never visited the Sacramento Natural Food Co-op. Maybe you thought only members could shop there, or that the prices were too high.

Maybe you hated the tiny parking lot or accidentally showed up on the first accidentally showed up on the first Friday of the month, when everything is 10 percent 10 percent off and the narrow aisles get uncomfortably uncomfortably packed. Regardless, it’s time to throw away away those thoughts—if you wanted a Whole Foods in Midtown, the new co-op (2820 R Street) basically fits the bill but with better business practices and community engagement. Find out Friday, October 28, through Sunday, October 30, with a full weekend of grand opening music; events: beer and wine tasting; live music; free cooking classes; live chef demos; percent free samples and tastings; and 10 percent Admire the discounts on everything in the store. Admire the prepared food ofarchitecture, check out the expanded prepared food offerings and enjoy Midtown’s new epicenter of all things organic and delicious.

—Janelle Bitker

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By Shoka Chef Evan Elsberry of Evan’s Kitchen says he’s a competitive kind of guy.

That’s why, in 2012, he threw his toque blanche into the ring for the Sacramento Vegan Chef Challenge but kept the popular vegan items on the menu even after the month-long event was over. Four years later, the East Sacramento eatery (855 57th Street) maintains a substantial vegan menu with breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert. Elsberry said he originally was drawn to learning “a whole new concept of cooking,” but

after being diagnosed as pre-diabetic a year ago, eats mostly vegan now, leaving behind that diagnosis, indigestion, chest pain, 40-some pounds and the need for blood pressure medication. “It’s a better quality of life. I recommend it.” His current favorite items on his vegan menu are the Rice Crispy French Toast, Island Black Bean Burger and oyster mushroom risotto. What’ll be next from the kitchen? Maybe garlicky mashed cauliflower. Stay tuned.

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Fighting Hunger Together Collective Giving effort donates 914 pounds of food to local food bank

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unger knows no season. For the estimated 244,000 food-insecure people in Sacramento County, it’s an issue they face 365 days a year.

Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services, together with its 224 partner agencies throughout the county, feeds nearly 130,000 people every month. It’s not just the homeless who need help.

Families, including one in four children in Sacramento County, also struggle with hunger.

“We serve everybody in the county,” says Peggy Marshall, donation drive coordinator with Sacramento Food Bank. “Our partner agencies are different food closets, food pantries and soup kitchens. Some of those places make prepared hot foods and serve meals to homeless people.

Other [agencies] give out food and groceries to … people who just can’t make ends meet and can’t get their family’s meals paid for. It runs the gamut.”

This fall, Collective Giving combined the efforts of nearly two dozen Sacramento-area medical marijuana dispensaries and collected 914 pounds of food – equivalent to about 800 meals – to feed the hungry.

“ We could not do what we do without generous donations like this.”

Volunteers collect food at a previous drive benefiting the Sacramento Food Bank.

Donations to Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services are always welcome. Non-perishable items, especially those that are highly nutritious, low sugar and/or low sodium, such as canned beans and vegetables, can be a lifeline to hungry individuals and families. For more information, visit www.sacramentofoodbank.org, call 916-925-3240 or visit their North Sacramento campus at 1951 Bell Ave.

Peggy Marshall, Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services donation drive coordinator “The dispensaries really wanted to do something that would be easy for their patients to participate in and that would still do a lot of good for the community,” says Kelsi White, who founded Collective Giving in 2013. “They also recognize the fact that they have patients of all different income levels and a lot of times some of them need help themselves. It was a good fit to have a canned food drive benefiting Sacramento Food Bank.”

Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services helps provide a pathway to self-sufficiency to many.

They offer ESL and other adult education classes, a childcare center, refugee resettlement assistance and over a dozen other programs and services.

“We so appreciate their participation and their willingness to help out in their community,” Marshall says. “Because we could not do what we do without generous donations like this.”

For more information on Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services, visit sacramentofoodbank.org To be Collective Giving’s next beneficiary, contact Kelsi White at 916-498-1234 ext. 1328 or kelsiw@newsreview.com.

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Surviving the world CoCkroaChes The cockroaches in the title of Scholastique Mukasonga’s autobiographical novel-slashmemoir are not insects, but people; the story of a Rwandan woman’s life begins long before the Hutus took machetes to their Tutsi neighbors in 1994. Cockroaches (Archipelago Books, BOOK $16), translated from the French by Jordan Stamp, begins when her family is forcibly expelled from their village and sent to a refugee camp.

Eventually, there’s exile in neighboring Burundi, then a French education; she eventually settles in France and it is from a continent away that she watches the murder of 37 members of her family, including her mother. But the people who would crush cockroaches beneath their heels in this book are not merely the Tutsi who engaged in the Rwandan genocide, but also the international community, including U.N. aid workers who stood by and did nothing.

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In celebration of the Davis Farmers Market’s 40th anniversary, market co-founder Ann M. Evans is releasing a revised edition of its namesake cookbook.

With a forward from Chez Panisse’s Alice Waters, The Davis Farmers Market Cookbook (Elderflower Press, $26.95) outlines why it’s important to shop at local markets without feeling pedantic. There are photos of familiar farmers as well as a new focus on BOOK second-generation farmers and local schoolchildren fortunate enough to eat farm-to-fork lunches on a regular basis.

Evans kept the original structure— recipes divided up by season and course, along with a few basics that can be altered depending on what’s fresh—but included 20 new recipes, including a delightful zucchini and Parmesan salad.

We’re surprised the book isn’t more vegetarian-friendly, though it’s also refreshing to read about local ranchers and sustainable fish vendors. Regardless, the most important aspect of any cookbook is whether the recipes actually work. We tested three and found them simple and easy to follow with delicious results. Given the fruit at the market right now, Evans recommended we try her roasted pears dotted with blue cheese, walnuts and honey (pictured). And yes, they were lovely.

The first edition’s 5,000 copies sold out within two years, so don’t sleep on this version. Starting Tuesday, November 1, find it online, stores or at the Davis Farmers Market. www.davisfarmersmarket.org.

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7 p.m. thursday, 8 p.m. friday, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. saturday, 2 p.m. sunday: 7 p.m. Wednesday; $23-$40; capital stage, 2215 J street; (916) 995-5464; www.capstage.org. through November 20.

It’s a pretty sure bet that after meeting Beverly and Violet Weston and their extended clan in August: Osage County, you’ll be thankful and look upon your own family a little more kindly. This Oklahoma clan has more than its share of alcoholics, drug addicts, adulterers and deviants.

How many difficulties can a family suffer without disintegrating? Well, probably not this many.

Capital Stage’s masterful production of Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning drama will overwhelm emotionally and leave viewers weak from laughter. It’s the funniest drama about the dissolution of a family one is likely to see.

Beverly (Rich Hebert) is an alcoholic former college professor and poet; Violet (Janis Stevens) is his vicious drug-addled wife, suffering (appropriately, considering her acid tongue) from mouth cancer, She’s also hooked on downers. “My wife takes pills and I drink. That’s the bargain we’ve struck,” Beverly confesses not long before he mysteriously (or maybe not) goes missing.

It’s then the family comes together—daughters Barbara (Amy Resnick), Ivy (Taylor Burris) and Karen (Dena Martinez); and Violet’s sister Mattie Fay Aiken (Jamie Jones), with spouses and others—to await his return, dead or alive. In the interim, all sorts of family secrets and lies are exposed, often to devastating effect.

Benjamin T. Ismail flawlessly directs a talented ensemble cast, featuring Stevens, Jones and Resnick in virtuoso high-powered emotional performances. Ω

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4 Sunset Baby The story, characters and language of Dominique Morisseau’s Sunset Baby are raw, realistic and unsettling—as expected for a play about a former black revolutionary recently released from jail and trying to re-establish a relationship with his streetwise and street-working daughter.

The story explores some of the darker struggles and relationship remnants left behind by those intensely involved in a social revolution.

When Kenyatta (Andre Ramey) reaches out to daughter Nina (Brooklynn Solomon) after his release from prison to request letters her mother left her, his daughter is wary and resentful of her mostly absent father. She’s done the best she can with her limitations, relying on her sass, street smarts and partnerin-crime-and-in-life boyfriend Damon (Tory Scroggins).

This Celebration Arts’ powerful production captures the explosive dynamics of Nina’s passions and relationships—especially when Solomon and Scroggins are onstage. This talented duo is electrifying, thoroughly believable and utterly captivating either singularly or even more so, as a duo.

And an added plus are the wonderful Nina Simone song snippets throughout the production.

The theater company cautions that this production is recommended for ages 18 and above.

—Patti RobeRts

sunset Baby; 8 p.m. thursday, friday and saturday, 2 p.m. sunday; celebration arts theatre, 4469 D street; (916) 455-2787; www.celebrationarts.net. through November 6.

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A talented cast interprets this Moliere one-act rollicking comedy; but instead of spoofing Moliere comedies, it instead takes on its own shows over the company’s three year history. The October 29 performance will include music by the Sacramento Baroque Soloists, including dance music by Lully, with whom Molière collaborated on entertainment for Louis XIV.

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This contemporary classic is a biting satire on the movie industry, how negotiations really get made, and the effect that ambition can have on it all. The show, directed by Jerry Montoya, features electric performances by all three B Street regulars in its cast. Th, F 8pm, Sa 5pm

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Trevor

This farcical story of a performing chimpanzee in the waning days of his career, is a winning production in both concept and execution.

Playwright Nick Jones’ plot sounds incredibly ludicrous—Trevor is a showbiz chimp with a couple of bit parts under his belt who bitterly bemoans his stalled career while his human caretaker tries to deal with his angry outbursts—but the writing is clever and the cast gifted. Director Joelle Robertson masterfully juggles many balls—keeping the ironic tone and storyline in place with a cast that not only has an actor realistically portraying a chimp, but also with actors who talk over and around each other without really communicating. Th, F, Sa 8pm. Through 10/29. $10-$20.

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To Kill a Mockingbird

This revival of the American classic features a small innovation: actors Sam Misner (Atticus Finch) and Megan Pearl Smith (the older Scout) mix in a few songs in the Americana vein, a nice addition.

Otherwise, this is a sturdy, sincere remounting, with good performances from lanky Atim Udoffia (Calpurnia); Sean Morenau (a shifty, suspicious Bob Ewell), Tarig Elsiddig (the falsely accused Tom Robinson), and resourceful Georganne Wallace (gossipy neighbor Stephanie Crawford). Th 6:30 pm, F

8pm, Sa 2 pm and 8pm, Su 2pm, W 6:30pm. Through 10/30. $15-$38. Sacramento Theatre Company, 1419 H Street. (916) 443-6722, www.sactheatre.org. J.H.

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by Daniel Barnes

The most notable thing about Never Go Back is that it continues the trend of Cruise getting outshined by his female co-stars. Emily Blunt was the more believable action hero in Edge of Tomorrow, while Rebecca Ferguson’s highly physical performance in Rogue Nation made a lot Every five years or so, Tom Cruise turns out another entertaining Mission: Impossible film, which serves to of people wish that Cruise would pass her the keys to the Mission: Impossible franchise. And now remind us once again why he’s a movie star, and why Smulders gets all of the best moments in Never movie stars matter. Now two deep into movie adaptaGo Back, showing toughness, sensitivity, comedic tions of the Lee Child book series about an ex-soldier timing and a Cruise-ian will to action. turned peripatetic amateur dick, the Jack Reacher On the one hand, Cruise deserves a lot of credit franchise is becoming the anti-Mission: Impossible for for staying in his lane and allowing these powerCruise—both of the mangy Jack Reacher movies are ful women to take over his films, letting them serviceable but forgettable, and they only remind us flash the charisma and panache while he that star power has its limits. commits to steely-eyed terseness. But Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation on the other hand, it only makes director Christopher McQuarrie you wonder why these actresses helmed the first Jack Reacher film, aren’t headlining their own bigbut Edward Zwick (Glory) takes budget genre pictures instead of over here. An awkward fit for the I’m a lot more excited Cruise. I’m a lot more excited genre, Zwick is more at home to see what Smulders does with mawkish, awards-grubbing to see what Cobie next than I am to see Cruise do message pictures, and compared Smulders does next. the same thing again and again. to McQuarrie, his approach to Back to Never Go Back— the material is less high-key gritty who cares? There’s a dopey and more TV-style traditional. The mystery that my grade-school resulting film is a little less distincnephew could solve, a handful of tive and a little more digestible than arousing action scenes, Cruise punches McQuarrie’s grim take—Zwick gets the a guy through a car window, and did I mention job done, but it’s thankless work. the sassy street urchin? But in a month when we I’ve never read any of the Child books, but I assume that Never Go Back is a more traditional adap- were reminded that tough women are often labeled as “nasty,” a theater of middle-aged men cheering tation than Jack Reacher, as it hits so many of the expected detective novel beats that you can practically as Smulders promises to grab a leering villain “by the hair plugs and bitch slap” him sounded call out the chapter numbers. After helping to bust Ω some crooked small-town cops, Reacher stumbles into strangely like hope. a military conspiracy involving a framed colleague (Cobie Smulders) and some sleazy arms dealers, and there’s even a sassy street urchin who might be Reacher’s daughter to round out the clichés.

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American Honey

At nearly three hours of nonstop braggadocio, bleakness, bravura camera moves and angry hip-hop, Andrea Arnold’s American Honey was always destined to be a great cinematic polarizer. Personally, I was drunk on this crazy thing from the opening frames, mesmerized by its attitude of endless possibility amid utter despair, addicted to the almost filterless sense of cinema. American Honey is dizzying and alive, like a documentary about a dream, a color-saturated road trip to nowhere imbued with a shocking sort of hope.

Sasha Lane dominates the screen as Star (although Shia LeBeouf and Riley Keough are excellent in supporting roles), a poor teenager who escapes an abusive relationship to join a vagabond group selling magazine subscriptions across America’s asshole. There is a constant tension between the hypnotic pulse of the party and the desperate imperatives of poverty, such as the scene where country line dancers grudgingly shuffle through their steps like political prisoners. D.B.

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Boo! A Madea Halloween

Madea (writer-director Tyler Perry) agrees to spend Halloween keeping an eye on the wayward daughter (Diamond White) of her nephew (Perry again); aiding her, if that’s the right word, are her brother Joe (Perry yet again) and her gal pals Aunt Bam (Cassi Davis) and Miss Hattie (Patrice Lovely). The latest holiday installment in the adventures of Perry’s trash-sassy matriarch is more of the same—a slapdash story serving as a framework on which to hang Madea’s rapid-fire racy (but still PG-13 rated) monologues. It’s hard to escape a sense that Perry’s getting tired of the old biddy, but her movies are making too damn much money for him to stop. The fans will probably be pleased, but the most interesting thing about this one is how Perry finesses playing scenes with himself in three different roles. J.L.

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A math genius with high-functioning autism (taciturn Ben Affleck) specializes in tracing financial irregularities. His current job examining the books of a high-tech company makes him and a hapless bookkeeper (nerdy-cute Anna Kendrick) targets for murder—so it’s a good thing he’s also a ruthless professional killer. Written by Bill Dubuque and directed by Gavin O’Connor, the movie is a complex puzzle that keeps us interested, even spellbound, without ever letting us worry about how little it tells us about the main character, his back story—or, for that matter, his present situation. Stylish and slick in the best sense of both words, it makes us welcome the idea of a franchise. (One is clearly intended.)

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Newcomer María Mercedes Coroy stars in this austere Guatemalan film as María, teenage daughter to a laborer on a coffee plantation, arranged to be married to the westernized boss while secretly canoodling with a migrant worker. María and her family observe their indigenous tribal customs, and yet the coldness and manipulation of the modern world intrude into their lives on a daily basis. The family resides in a hut at the foot of an active volcano, a black rock seething with fire, central in their religious ceremonies as well as an all-purpose metaphor for the passion churning beneath María’s placid surface. A frank depiction of sexuality is one of the film’s strongest assets, but the attempts to force melodrama fall flat, and the protagonist is such a moon-faced cipher that it feels almost insultingly respectful. There’s nothing glaringly wrong with Ixcanul, it’s just hard to get whipped up for stoicism. D.B.

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Writer-director Hannes Holm’s cuddly-gruff A Man Called Ove hails from Sweden, but it has less in common with pitch-black Nordic comedies like Force Majeure and Rams than with contrived Hollywood corn, or at least the sort of reheated, quasi-inspirational, off-Hollywood corn that tends to win awards at the Sundance Film Festival. Rolf Lassgård thunders across the screen in the title role, playing a grumpy and depressed widower whose suicide attempts are repeatedly delayed and disrupted by his nosy new neighbors, as well as his own compulsion to strictly enforce the rules of his housing complex.

Lassgård does magnificent work, overplaying neither as the muttering martinet nor the as the reformed, twinkly-eyed teddy bear, and the film has a big heart, as well as an excellent score by Gaute Storaas. But for the most part, A Man Called Ove is predictable but palatable syrup, ably going through motions we’ve seen before. D.B.

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Keeping Up With the Joneses

A suburban Atlanta couple (Zach Galifianakis, Isla Fisher) gets friendly with the new neighbors (Jon Hamm, Gal Gadot)—but before long they sense that these two are too perfect to be true and up to no good. Written by Michael LeSieur and directed at a lively clip by Greg Mottola, the movie is yet another James Bond spoof, no more imaginative than it needs to be. Yet the familiar ingredients are very nicely balanced.

The poised and sculpted beauty of Hamm and Gadot provide an amusing contrast to the Joe-and-Jane-Everybody aura (and unerring comic timing) of Galifianakis and Fisher; they make an unorthodox four-way comedy team—and like all teams, they’re greater than the sum of their parts. Matt Walsh, Maribeth Monroe, Kevin Dunn and Patton Oswalt lend good support, but it’s really a four-person show. J.L.

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Kevin Hart: What Now?

Hart’s August 30, 2015, comedy concert before an audience of 53,000 in his home town of Philadelphia forms the bulk of this movie. Hart is usually more effective in smaller doses than this, and his raunchy, profanityriddled humor is not for the prudish or easily offended; at least one member of his audience is seen shaking her head in unsmiling dismay and looking like she wishes she were anywhere else but here. But there’s no getting around the fact that he’s pretty damn funny. Even better than the concert footage is a framing prologue and epilogue (written by Hart and Brian Buccelatto, directed by Tim Story) in the form of a hilarious spoof of James Bond pictures—in which Hart is marvelously abetted

by Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, Ed Helms and David Meunier. Now that’s the movie I really wanted to see! J.L.

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Mattel Toys makes a feeble stab at creating a Transformers-style franchise, with—as impossible as it sounds—even worse results.

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by Stewart Hendler, this I Was a Teenage Iron Man wannabe is inept at every level. It sat on the shelf for two years before finally getting shoveled into theaters—a sentence that should never have been commuted. J.L.

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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

An American teenager (Asa Butterfield) visits the ruins of his grandfather’s old boarding school in Wales, destroyed in 1943 by German bombs. That’s when he learns that he can traverse a time loop created by the headmistress (Eva Green) to keep the school’s unusual students alive on the same day forever. Ransom Riggs’ novel, obviously inspired by the Harry Potter books, is a complicated challenge to film, and director Tim Burton and writer Jane Goldman grapple with it fairly well for a while, especially in a sweetly romantic thread between our hero and grandpa’s still-youthful sweetheart (Ella Purnell). But a book built around found photographs becomes a movie built around a visual effects wish list, and the story becomes even more involved and confusing on the screen than it was on the page. J.L.

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All these experiences that centered around tea demonstrated the paradox of tea we see in life. The act of drinking tea can be soothing and calm, but it still gives me the edge to get up and start each day.

There are beautiful contradictions in the tea world.

I am passionate about sharing these experiences with my Sacramento neighbors.

That’s why Classy Hippie Tea Co. hosts free Hippie High Tea events each month — a chance for tea lovers to join us in our shop and slow down with some tea. Keep an eye on our Facebook page for details.

We also partner with restaurants for food and tea pairings.

Our next pairing event will be on Sunday, Nov. 6, at VEG Café. And if you really want to become part of the Classy Hippie family, we are hosting open interviews for sales team members on Nov. 21.

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studio that produced an album for Bay Area psychedelic soul group Monophonics.

Part of the trouble was that they decided to record it on tape, which eliminated the convenience of buttering up a digital recording take after take. The bigger reason was old-fashioned perfectionism.

“We’re super-masochistic,” bassist Kyle Pulskamp said. “We draw out the process and make it as painful as possible. We’re really good at doing that.”

It may take two to tango, but it takes nine to funk.

After a laundry list of tinkering and tampering, Moving Still finally comes to be on Friday, October 28, with an album release show at Harlow’s Restaurant & It was a long New Year’s night at the practice Nightclub. studio. As 2012 was just beginning, Total “It’s about sticking to your convictions,” Butler Perspective Vortex had things to discuss. said of the album name. “We live in a day and age One order of business: the band’s name. It when there’s more pressure to bow or avoid instances was a cool-enough idea, inspired by some cosmic where you come into conflict with that kind of stuff.” device used in A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Ironically, Butler said that learning to but it didn’t quite hit what the gang envisioned. It disagree respectively has been the band’s biggest was also a little hard to say. point of growth. Vocalist Garrett Wildgust is Easy to see why they settled on Ideateam featured on Moving Still but left in January instead. They’re a kind of musician’s republic over artistic differences. They’re still when they write songs, with every on good terms, Butler said, and member’s voice—nine total—counting Wildgust will join them at for something. the Harlow’s show. Julian “It’s like you’re molding Cunningham took over vocal “It’s not about the this sculpture, and everyone’s duties in April, and things putting their clay on it,” guitarself. It’s just about have continued to look up. ist Justin Butler said. “It can be what’s going to make the Still, working with frustrating at times, but all of such a large group remains biggest impact.” it comes from a place of love. a challenge. Sometimes, It’s not about the self. It’s just Justin Butler disagreements can play out about what’s going to make the guitarist, Ideateam like siblings bickering over biggest impact.” things like tempo, Butler said.

The fruits of their musical Thankfully, it’s impersonal, more dialogue are a hearty and heady productive than not, and often like concoction of ’70s funk, hard rock, soul choosing between “two different kinds and whatever else inspires them, and proof lies of mustard” when it comes to musical decisions, in tracks like “GB Steve.” It’s a four-minute instruPulskamp said. Both taste great in the end. mental groove with brass crescendos accented by “It can be painfully democratic,” Butler said. guitar wah, subtle bass and Latin percussion march“But, it’s the same process that has led to the songs ing tightly in one line. It sounds like an anthem for that we play that we’ve really enjoyed.” Ω sauntering down a bustling street.

“GB Steve” opens the band’s eclectic second record, Moving Still, which took forever to catch ideateam at 10 p.m. friday, october 28, at harlow’s restaurant & produce, they admit. The album had been near Nightclub, 2708 J street. tickets are $12-$15. finished since the beginning of 2015, recorded at More at www.ideateamband.com.

Transistor Sound Studios in San Rafael, the same Photo courtesy of Wes davis

y journey through life has taken me down many roads. I never would have thought it would lead me to tea. In fact, growing up in New Jersey, boxes of Lipton graced our cupboards. But eventually, I would come to discover and become steeped in the nuanced world of tea.

I am Leo Hickman, but you can call me the Tea M.D. I have owned and operated Classy Hippie Tea Co. since 2012, with the goal of building a community of tea enthusiasts right here in Sacramento.

As I write this, I’m sipping on loose leaf hibiscus peach vanilla tea in the Curtis Park shop that is home to Classy Hippie, reflecting on the path that brought me here.

I served in the U.S. Air Force from 1999 to 2003 and was first stationed in Kuwait. I did not see combat, but I witnessed the remnants of conflict. I left the military in search of peace and began that journey in Alajuela, Costa Rica.

There I began to understand tea as a great equalizer. As I talked with an Israeli soldier about the post-9/11 climate over tea, we found commonalities and shared perspectives.

From there, I went to countless countries, meeting new people and deepening my love of tea — the loose leaf tea itself, the countless conversations over warm cups and the ambiance

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tunes when your head’s that far up your own ass, and, thankfully, it all came

through crystal clear once I opened up to what was going on around me.

The sound was immaculate, to start. Each band came through bright and distinct without noticeable technical failures. Beyond that, the arrangement of the stages kept simultaneous performances from bleeding into one another.

What impressed me most was how well Saturday’s sets flowed, with Discovery Park providing ample space for the proceedings. From the moment I came through the gate, I hit

Anthrax into Deafheaven into Meshuggah into Primus into Slayer without any

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Homecoming: A mostly packed Midtown Barfly greeted hometown hardcore heroes Trash Talk with unrestrained enthusiasm—to put it mildly—this past Thursday. Before the drummer even finished his first drum fill, the entire dance floor had turned into a swarming, ravenous pit.

The energy never relented. At one point, singer Lee Spielman sang an entire song in the eye of the circlepit tornado, returning later to the stage surprisingly unscathed.

The crowd couldn’t have been happier to see these local-boysmade-good, who are now based in Los Angeles. There wasn’t a lot of talking between songs, aside from one moment Spielman when commented on the band’s infrequent hometown shows.

Since the band’s formation in 2005, it’s become a sensation in the do-whatever-you-want underground punk scene, getting write-ups in Pitchfork, Rolling Stone and other top-tier music publications.

At Barfly, the band exuded extreme ferocity whether it was playing unbelievably fast or unbearably slow. The members mix unhinged hardcore riffs and cathartic screaming vocals with subtly complex chops and even-moresubtle hooks. They were in overdrive for their Sacramento family.

The crowd got a first glimpse of some of the band’s new tracks— songs Spielman said they had never played live before. It turns out this EP, Tangle, would be released the very next day.

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hangups, with each set starting and ending exactly when advertised.

And when you put all of those bands in one sentence like that, even the most pigheaded metal snobs such as myself have to admit that’s one hell of an achievement.

Primus in particular killed the crowd with a setlist that went deep on classics: “Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweakers,” “Too Many Puppies,” “Jerry Was a Race Car Driver” and a rendition of “Mr. Krinkle” complete with Les Claypool on electric cello while wearing a pig mask.

Most interestingly, Claypool repeatedly made comments against the proposed Delta tunnels, without explicitly mentioning them. Referring to

water-hungry municipal governments in Southern California as “bastards,” he mentioned to the crowd that he passed some golf courses down south and couldn’t help but think to himself, “I bet Sacramento would like some of that water.” Points to Primus for caring one bit about Sacramento’s needs.

Even as I acclimated to the popculture climate of the fest, I still felt a bit foreign and out of place, hopelessly clinging to my kvlt condescension. But by the time Slayer came out preceded by a display of crosses rotating from upright to a more Satanic orientation, I finally began to feel at home.

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Technically sound: For years, Aftershock has been my punching bag.

I’ve been offered free tickets and turned them down—too many “fake,” bro-y metal bands, not enough local or trve kvlt rippers.

You can imagine my frustration, then, when almost a third of the bands announced this year was actually impressive enough to make me want to go. Ghost, Anthrax, Slayer, Death Angel, Baroness, the Shrine; I could easily ignore Disturbed, Tool and Korn for those bands. I wouldn’t have to be too happy about it, though.

Come Saturday, I was ready to hate. I was fighting off a nasty cold and I could see nothing but port-a-potty lines and distracting brands as far as Discovery Park is wide. I started counting the people wearing local band shirts to collect evidence of this corporate fest’s lack of authenticity. (Final count: one Will Haven, one 50-Watt Heavy. We don’t count Deftones.)

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When’s the last time Halloween actually horrified you? You know, in that way that makes you feel like you should go home and pray? Those unfamiliar with GRINdcoRe grindcore might have those feelings after hitting up Grindoween at Starlite Lounge. (This is an excellent thing, of course.) The lineup is too stacked to do justice here, but Vermin Womb (pictured) and Theories are among the bands playing—if you know, you know, and if you don’t know, get to knowing. It’ll be fast, vicious and hopefully more than just a bit unnerving. 1517 21st Street, www.facebook.com/ events/170771576661697.

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The High Anxiety Variety Show is a monthly showcase that blends music, comedy and debauchery all together for one night of uncensored and unforgettable amusement.

Hosted by Cory Barringer and Cameron Betts of the Sacramento rock ‘n’ roll band the Kelps, with help from their good friend Cristian Amaral, the trio brings together an evening of dark humor courtesy of comedian John Ross, electronic VARIeTY musical anomalies, Gnar Boots (pictured) and special guest singer-songwriter David Houston. The entire show will be recorded and filed away into yet another High Anxiety podcast. 1111 H Street, www.facebook.com/gnarboots.

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In a three-day-only West Coast pairing of Maceo Parker and the Jones Family Singers, one of those nights of high-energy music will be held at Jackson Hall. Parker, a long-time purveyor of soul and funk music, brings his finely honed showmanship and a SoUL sense of historical reference from more than five decades of collaborating with James Brown, George Clinton and Prince. The Jones Family Singers, a Texas-based gospel outfit with three-generations of family members sharing the stage, effortlessly bridges traditional gospel with modern rock & soul music with nods toward their funky partner with whom they’ll be sharing the bill. 1 Shields Avenue in Davis, http://maceoparker.com.

Artist David Choe is a nut job. When he’s not painting sexually explicit murals for Silicon Valley CEOs or filming vagabond Vice TV shows or podcasting with porn stars, he maintains a left-brain, mutant pop-punk band called Mangchi. The group’s press release says this is what a fart by a child born with no butthole sounds like. It can also sound like a rap-rock SYNTH PUNk remix to Flaming Lips. Is it a grotesque vanity project by a famous-ass Vice bro or a Korean punk supergroup that’s self-aware enough to derail the lame-wave ethos? Judge for yourself. 1517 21st Street, www.mangchi.com.

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In Rabbit Wilde’s music video “Howl,” a hoity-toity, Victorian-era soiree transforms into a hipster dance party befitting of the Pacific Northwest and all you expect from the sort of indie-folk quartet that comes from there. So it is with Rabbit Wilde, which turns the old-timey string band formula on its head with a kick drum and thoroughly modern, love-filled, forestappropriate aesthetic. Expect foot stomping, passionate ukelele AmERiCANA playing, omnipresent cello and the occasional accordion. T Sisters open this Halloween bash, so arrive early and in costume. 805 Russell Boulevard in Davis, www.rabbitwilde.com.

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New Orleans duo $uicideboy$ get lumped in with the whole violent, horrorcore rap scene and, in a way, it’s a perfect fit. Their lyrics are dark and grim, but the music doesn’t feel aggressive. The members spin some haunting, eerie beats, and rather than Hip-Hop scream the lyrics at you, the duo spits low-key hypnotic verses. Really, the violence is more internal. Suicide—no surprise—is a common theme, as is the devil and other dark, mystical forces. It might seem like the ingredients for corny rap, but it’s really chilling hip-hop. The new record, Eternal Grey, is a must-have album for your Halloween collection. 2708 J Street, www.g59records.com/suicideboys.

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Of the yacht rock bounty provided by the ’70s and ’80s, Boz Scaggs might be the most fun to sing along and dance awkwardly to—“Lido Shuffle” and “Lowdown” are in his repertoire, after all. The former singer for the Steve Miller Band has had a long and winding career, popping in and out of visibility as a musician and then the proprietor of the legendary music venue RoCK Slim’s in San Francisco. After recording 2015’s A Fool to Care, it appears he’s back for the time being, and fans would be well advised to catch him while they can.

1013 K Street, www.bozscaggs.com.

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Con Brio’s energetic R&B funk music exemplifies the idea of “When they go low, we go high.” Lately, the masses are repeatedly being told to lay facedown in the R&B mud and wallow in their worst, most shadowy psyches. But Con Brio encourages all to take flight and head for the skies, where there is hope in unity and light in our highest selves. Songs like “Lift Off” and “Eagle Eye” tamp down on such themes with lyrics calling for transformation, while “Free and Brave” plays like a political anthem. Con Brio’s strong, all-encompassing sound is funk music that demands to be enjoyed live and in person. 2708 J Sreet, www.thebandconbrio.com.

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EARLES OF NEWTON, call for time and cover

CHAT ROOM, LITTLE ZEBRA, SPILLS; Tu, call for time and cover

VINTAGE VANDALS, 10pm, call for cover

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ALEX WALKER, 8pm, no cover

COLLEEN HEAUSER BAND, BLUE MOON BOYS; 9pm, $5

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SOUL HEIR, 12pm, tickets at door

TIM REYNOLDS AND TR3, 7pm, $20-$25

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SONIC LOVE AFFAIR, BASTARDS OF YOUNG; call for time and cover

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Heavy, 10pm M, no cover; Tussle, 10pm Tu, no cover; Good stuff, 10pm W, no cover

Top 40 dance, 10pm, no cover DAVID HOUSTON & STRING THEORY, CHRISTOPHER FAIRMAN; 8pm, $6

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ANKLEPANTS, THE KLOWN; 9pm, $10

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AL JOHNSON, SYDNEY SHARP; 8:30pm, $5

High Anxiety Variety Show; 8:30pm, $5

NORTHBOUND TRAIN, BROKEN RODEO; 8:30pm, $5

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Sunday night dance party, 9pm, call for cover

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by Rob bRezsny

FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 27, 2016 ARIES (March 21-April 19): I invite you to fanta-

size about what your four great-grandmothers and four great-grandfathers may have been doing on November 1, 1930. What? You have no idea how to begin? You don’t even know their names?

If that’s the case, I hope you’ll remedy your ignorance. Your ability to create the future you want requires you to learn more about where and whom you came from. Halloween costume suggestion: your most interesting ancestor.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): At any one time,

more than 2 million frozen human embryos are stored in tissue banks throughout Europe and North America. When the time is right, their owners retrieve them and bring them to term. That’s the first scenario I invite you to use as a metaphor for your life in the coming weeks. Here’s a second scenario: Scotch whisky is a potent mind-altering substance. Any particular batch must mature for at least three years, and may be distilled numerous times. There are currently 20 million barrels of the stuff mellowing in Scottish warehouses.

And what do these two scenarios have to do with you? It’s time to tap into resources that you’ve been saving in reserve—that haven’t been ripe or ready until now. Halloween costume suggestions: a woman who’s nine months pregnant; a blooming rose or sunflower; ripe fruit.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): To create a bottle

of cabernet sauvignon, a winemaker needs about 700 grapes. Compare this process with rain-making. When water vapor that’s high in the sky becomes dense enough, it condenses into tiny pearls of liquid called cloud droplets. If the humidity rises even further, a million of these babies might band together to form a single raindrop that falls to earth. And what does this have to do with your life? I suspect that in the coming weeks, you will have both an affinity and a skill for processes that resemble wine-making and rain-making. You’ll need a lot of raw material and energetic effort to produce a relatively small marvel—but that’s exactly as it should be. Halloween costume suggestion: a raindrop or bottle of wine.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Some Brazilians eat

the heads of piranhas in the belief they’re aphrodisiacs. In Zimbabwe, women may make strategic use of baboon urine to enhance their allure. The scientific name for Colombia’s leaf-cutter ant is hormiga culona, translated as “fat-assed ant.”

Ingesting the roasted bodies of these critters is thought to boost sexual desire. Since you’re in a phase when tapping into your deepest erotic longings will be healthy and educational, you may want to adopt elements of the aforementioned love drugs to create your Halloween costume.

Here are other exotic aphrodisiacs from around the world that you might be inspired by: asparagus; green M&Ms; raw oysters; wild orchids; horny goat weed.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Do you know how to repair a broken zipper or patch a hole in your bicycle tire? Are you familiar with the art of caulking a bathtub or creating a successful budget? Can you compose a graceful thank-you note, cook a hearty soup from scratch or overcome your pride so as to reconcile with an ally after an argument? These are the kinds of tasks I trust you will focus on in the coming weeks. It’s time to be very practical and concrete. Halloween costume suggestion: Mr. or Ms. Fix-It.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In the film Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Arnold Schwarzenegger played a benevolent android who traveled here from the future. As a strong, silent action hero, he didn’t need to say much. In fact, he earned $21,429 for every word he uttered. I’m hoping your speech will pack a comparable punch in the coming days. My reading of the astrological omens suggests that your persuasiveness should be at a peak. You’ll have an exceptional ability to say what you mean and mean what you say. Use this superpower with flair and precision! Halloween costume suggestions: ancient Greek orator Demosthenes; Martin Luther King Jr.; Virginia Woolf; Sojourner Truth; rapper MC Lyte; Winston Churchill.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): It’s the prosperity-

building phase of your cycle. Let’s celebrate!

Let’s brainstorm! Are there rituals you can create to stimulate the financial lobes of your

imagination, thereby expediting your cash flow?

Here are a few ideas: (1) Glue a photo of yourself on a $20 bill. (2) Make a wealth shrine in your home. Stock it with symbols of specific thrills you can buy for yourself when you have more money.

(3) Halloween costume suggestions: a giant bar of gold; a banker carrying a briefcase full of big bills; Tony Stark; Lady Mary Crawley; Jay Gatsby; Lara Croft; the Yoruban wealth goddess Aje.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): During this Hal-

loween season, you have cosmic permission to be a bigger, bolder and extra-beguiling version of yourself. I trust you will express your deep beauty with precise brilliance and imagine your future with superb panache and wander wherever the hell you feel like wandering. It’s time to be stronger than your fears and wilder than your trivial sins. Halloween costume suggestion: the superhero version of yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I won’t offer

you the cliché, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” Instead, I’ll provide alternatives.

How about this, from the video game Portal 2: “When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! Say, ‘I don’t want your damn lemons!’”

Or you could try this version, from my friend Barney: “When life gives you lemons, draw faces on them like Tom Hanks did on his volleyball in the movie Cast Away, and engage them in sexy philosophical conversation.” Or consider this Brazilian proverb: “When life gives you lemons, make caipirinhas.” (Caipirinha is Brazil’s national cocktail.) Suggestion: Play around with these themes to create your Halloween costume.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): All of us are

creators and destroyers. It’s fun and healthy to add fresh elements to our lives, but it’s also crucial to dispose of things that hurt and distort us. Even your body is a hotbed of both activities, constantly killing off old cells and generating new ones. But in my understanding, you are now in a phase when there’s far more creation than destruction. Enjoy the exalted buzz! Halloween costume suggestions: a creator god or goddess, like the Greeks’ Gaia or Prometheus; Rainbow-Snake from the Australian Aborigines; Unkulunkulu from the Zulus; or Coyote, Raven, or Spider Grandmother from indigenous North American tribes.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In 1938, a chef

named Ruth Wakefield dreamed up a brilliant invention: chocolate chip cookies. She sold her recipe to the Nestlé company in return for $1 and a lifetime supply of chocolate. Maybe she was happy with that arrangement, but I think she cheated herself. And so I offer her action as an example of what you should not do. During the next 10 months, I expect you will come up with many useful innovations and intriguing departures from the way things have always been done. Make sure you get full value in return for your gifts! Halloween costume ideas: Thomas Edison; Marie Curie; Hedy Lamarr; Leonardo da Vinci; Temple Grandin; George Washington Carver; Mark Zuckerberg.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Speaking on

behalf of the cosmic powers, I authorize you to escape dull realities and go rambling through the frontier. Feel free to fantasize twice as hard and wild as you normally do. Avoid literalists and realists who think you should be more like them.

This is not a time to fuss over exacting details, but rather to soar above the sober nonsense and see as far as you can. You have permission to exult in the joys of wise innocence. Halloween costume suggestions: bohemian poet; mad scientist; carefree genius; brazen explorer.

You can call Rob Brezsny for your Expanded Weekly Horoscope: (900) 950-7700. $1.99 per minute. Must be 18+. Touchtone phone required. Customer service (612) 373-9785. And don’t forget to check out Rob’s website at www.realastrology.com.

The culture capitalist Sacramento born-and-raised artist Phil America traveled the globe and lived on four continents before realizing he needed to return to the United States to address some of the grimmest issues he faced abroad— abject poverty and homelessness.

The performative artist did so with a weeklong “tent city” in living art installation at a South Carolina museum. Now America says he hopes to bring similar works to his hometown with projects that include a partnership with area museums. It’s not all seriousness, however. The basketball fan is also unveiling a new Sacramento Kings-themed installation, “Players Edition,” this week at the new Golden 1 Center. America, who currently divides his time between Los Angeles and Sacramento, took a few minutes to chat with SN&R about how balloons fit into the local art scene.

What’s the installation?

It’s a bunch of cut-up shoes from Kings players from 1985 until now. All the players get free shoes from Nike—but the [players] can’t sell them. They can auction them and the money goes to charity, and they can give them to kids, but how many kids are a size 18 in Sacramento? It’s 16 feet by 16 feet, roughly, and it has one of the [team’s] logos in it, so there’s a big crown.

You describe yourself as a performative artist …

Everything that I do has a layer of performance to it and it has a layer of immersion to it. If it’s me that’s immersed in the work itself and it’s me that’s performing, or if it’s the viewer who is immersed or the viewer that performs—that’s important to me.

I think that art today, especially and probably even more so tomorrow, is becoming more of a hierarchy—just culture in general where people are being excluded left and right.

Because it’s out of reach, costwise?

It comes down to more than just money.

At this point art is one of the biggest commerces in the world. Aside from guns and drugs it’s No. 1. So when you look at this and you’ve got so many people who are creative and so many people who want to create but they can’t make a living from it, they can’t afford to buy it, they can’t even afford to go to the museum to see it sometimes—at that point how do we even look at ourselves in the mirror and call ourselves a culture when we can’t even experience the culture? Everything I do is

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trying to democratize that and make people be a part of it.

When you say mistakes, is there one that sticks out?

What do you think of the Jeff Koons arena piece?

I’d say how we’ve dealt with the homeless situation. It got national attention for the tent city that was here and that was the single one thing that made me want to move back to America. I was living in Asia for the past three years and was focused on issues there, working at a school there with Burmese refugees … and I lived in a slum there for a month and when I realized this was going on back in my hometown, I realized I needed to come back here and focus and deal with it.

I think it’s amazing [but] whether I like it or not is completely subjective and it doesn’t matter and I think that’s where people get caught up. People are like, “I don’t like it” and I’m like, “Great, you have an opinion, that’s awesome.” Because most of the stuff people see in Sacramento, they have no opinion, they don’t care. It’s forced people to think, it’s forced people to understand that there is cultural capital coming here and they understand that, hey, art is worth money, there’s value in this and we can get behind this.

How is Sacramento evolving?

I think it’s the first step or first steps of it becoming an artistic city and that’s going to require people to pick up their feet and pick up people on their back and actually make it a cultural city. I think people starting to have these conversations is the start of people caring about what our city looks like and what it means.

There’s also a level of resistance to the changes—like ‘the rents are too high now’ …

Of course, change is bad and change is good. Sacramento as a whole has been quite conscious about how they feel about that change. They’ve made lots of mistakes and things I wouldn’t do but I think they’ve done a decent job. … We’re really just starting to figure out who we are.

What’s your partnership with Sacramento museums?

It’s 27 museums [and galleries] and my idea is to create a very simple artwork I can do in every single one—people overlook other spaces other than the ones where they’re told this is where you show art. So, no one’s thinking, “Why can’t we show art at the [California Automobile Museum]?” I want to do something at the automotive museum.

I created words out of balloons, the idea is to create all these different words and let them choose—the museum itself would choose the words and colors and then I’d go there during business hours and blow up the balloons. It’s 400-500 words per balloon. But it’s letting people see the process and me almost passing out. (Laughs.) Ω

Learn more at www.philamerica.com.

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