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27 33 Our Mission: To publish great newspapers that are successful and enduring. To create a quality work environment that encourages employees to grow professionally while respecting personal welfare. To have a positive impact on our communities and make them better places to live. Editor Eric Johnson News Editor Raheem F. Hosseini Arts & Culture Editor Rebecca Huval Assistant Editor Anthony Siino Staff Reporter Scott Thomas Anderson Calendar Editor Mozes Zarate Contributing Editor Rachel Leibrock Contributors Daniel Barnes, Ngaio Bealum, Janelle Bitker, Alastair Bland, Rob Brezsny, Aaron Carnes, Jim Carnes, Willie Clark, John Flynn, Joey Garcia, Lovelle Harris, Jeff Hudson, Dave Kempa, Matt Kramer, Jim Lane, Kel Munger, Kate Paloy, Patti Roberts, Steph Rodriguez, Ann Martin Rolke, Shoka, Bev Sykes
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I’m your editor Proud and humble. It’s possible to feel both at the same time. Four days into my new job as editor of SN&R, that’s how I feel. I’m proud to be part of the News & Review team. I’ve been an admirer since before Jeff vonKaenel and Deborah Redmond brought it to Sacramento, back when the Chico News & Review was successfully operating in the second-smallest alt-weekly market in the country, and I was running my own weekly in the smallest, in Missoula, Mont. As Jeff explains in this week’s Greenlight on page 12, the News & Review team has from the get-go been on a mission to build an honest relationship with readers. They brought that passion for fearless community-based journalism to Sacramento about 28 years ago, and I’m honored that they have entrusted this project to me. I’ve been handed the editorial reins of a newspaper staffed by a committed team of writers and editors, artists and designers, salespeople and nuts-and-bolts pros who love Sacramento and are psyched that they get to be part of this enterprise. So, yes. Proud. And also humble. In the article featured on the cover of this week’s paper, we are introduced to a group of people from the Fruit Ridge Community Collaborative. These folks are doing their damnedest to protect the neighborhood they love and that most of Sacramento has abandoned. As I worked through this story with Scott Thomas Anderson and News Editor Raheem Hosseini, I felt a sense of awe at these activists’ passion. I’m humbled by their commitment. This is your paper, much more than it is mine. Please feel free to let me know how we’re doing.
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ndocumented immigrants have always feared deportation — now more than ever. The unprecedented panic was created by President Donald Trump, who has vowed to build a wall between Mexico and the United States and to deport millions of undocumented residents. As a result, many people without papers are afraid to step outside their homes. When they do, they avoid police and stay away from government buildings; some won’t drive a car unless its lights function properly, lest they be pulled over for a minor infraction. For these immigrants, the ultimate horror is being arrested by, or turned over to, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, the lead federal agency in Trump’s ongoing war on the undocumented. “There’s definitely an increase in fear” among undocumented immigrants, Gabby Trejo, associate director of Sacramento Area Congregations Together, said recently. “This is the first time I’ve seen that level of fear.” The Sacramento Immigration Coalition, which includes Trejo’s Sacramento ACT, has responded to that fear. In May, it launched a round-the-clock Rapid Response hotline to help protect undocumented Sacramentans — in a city that is a self-declared sanctuary for such residents. At 916-245-6773, people can report if ICE is outside their home, at their work or in any Sacramento neighborhood. The calls are taken by bilingual operators who dispatch specially-trained legal observers to videotape ICE raids. Videos of ICE violating a person’s rights may help prevent deportation.
“The hotline is one way we make sure people are not being taken away in the middle of the night without anyone else noticing,” Trejo said.
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The observers also provide counselors for children suddenly separated from a parent, or phone numbers for immigration attorneys, and other resources. “Legal observers do not interfere during” ICE operations, Trejo said. “Their role is to be moral and legal observers.” On May 14, a caller reported that ICE was staking out a Del Paso Heights church while the Latino congregation celebrated Mass. The pastor told ICE that the church was off limits. No one was arrested. The coalition also holds know-your-rights forums. Rule 1: Never sign a voluntary departure form.
gabby Trejo, associate director with Sacramento area Congregations Together, says her organization is helping undocumented immigrants avoid deportation with a new Rapid Response hotline. Photo by Edgar Sanchez
Trump claims to be targeting criminal foreigners, but under his policies all undocumented residents — estimated at 11 million nationwide — are at risk of removal, Time magazine reported this month. Trejo’s multifaith organization seeks a more just society for all, including the undocumented, who it says make valuable contributions. The nonprofit receives funding from The California Endowment, which shares this vision.
your zIP code shouldn’t predict how long you’ll live – but it does. Staying healthy requires much more than doctors and diets. Every day, our surroundings and activities affect how long – and how well – we’ll live. Health Happens in neighborhoods. Health Happens in Schools. Health Happens with Prevention.
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BuIldIng HEalTHy COmmunITIES In 2010, The California Endowment launched a 10-year, $1 billion plan to improve the health of 14 challenged communities across the state. Over the 10 years, residents, communitybased organizations and public institutions will work together to address the socioeconomic and environmental challenges contributing to the poor health of their communities.
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My son is innocent Re “When the cops don’t kill you,” by Raheem F. Hosseini (Feature, June 29): I commend Raheem Hosseini for his investigative reporting. The conclusions to be drawn from this article are: Paul Cantarutti is innocent. Paul was not committing a crime. Paul was a victim of bad police work. And now, because the police officer who shot Paul will not step forward and admit that he made a mistake, this criminal case against Paul becomes the result.
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Knives can kill cops Re “When the cops don’t kill you,” by Raheem F. Hosseini (Feature, June 29): Mr. Cantarutti was “six to eight feet away?” A lunging lunatic can cover that ground in a second or two. Perhaps the
most entertaining line of the whole screed was the quote: “They (most jurors) didn’t take any evidence into account, basically. He had a knife and that was it.” In the real world, brandishing a knife is evidence. Bill Zaumen S acr am e nt o
Re “When the cops don’t kill you,” by Raheem F. Hosseini (Feature, June 29): Raheem has convinced me on this case. I agree—police should be forced to administer a multiquestion test to determine if the knife wielding man making threatening gestures rapidly approaching from eight feet away has schizophrenia. I am sure by the time they are stabbed six-seven times, they can gain the certainty required to finally fight back without fear of legal jeopardy. At the end of the day, [officers’] priority above “Protect and Serve” is to make it home safely to their families. Bill BixBy S a c ra m e nt o
Radical reads Re “Reading the resistance,” by Rachel Leibrock (A&C feature, July 6):
Much has changed in the progressive left since Rules For Radicals came out 45 years ago. Instead of or in addition to Rules, I recommend Hegemony How-To, A Roadmap for Radicals, by Jonathan Matthew Smucker (AK Press, $16.95). It is much more relevant to current conditions. Jan Bergeron Sa c ra me nto
Picture Pres. Hatch? Re “Raising Ryan,” by Mark Perkel (Letters, July 6): I believe Mark Perkel is mistaken in saying that House Speaker Paul Ryan is next in line for the presidency after Vice President Pence. I believe the next in line is the president pro tem of the Senate, Orrin Hatch of Utah—who would be the nation’s first Mormon president.
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Tunnel vision Why do the Delta conveyors need to be so big? by AlAstAir BlAnd
A project that might make much of the Sacramento River vanish into three giant holes in the ground will not jeopardize the waterway’s ailing salmon and smelt populations, according to new analyses from the federal government. The Delta tunnels, which would be 35 miles long, cost at least $15 billion to build and be capable of sending much of the state’s biggest river to farmers and urban users, received a stubby thumbs-up from the Trump administration on June 26. In a pair of Bible-sized online documents called biological opinions, the National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determined 8 | SN&R | 07.13.17 this story was made possible by a grant from tower Cafe.
that constructing the tunnels will affect endangered fish and wildlife species only slightly and will not jeopardize their longterm survival. The federal opinions are just one of many hurdles the project must clear before it can be built. Project advocates, including many farmers and urban water agencies, say diverting the Sacramento River through the tunnels will increase the reliability of water deliveries, which are currently subject to frequent interruption because of environmental laws. The supporters even promise that replumbing the state’s largest waterway could help reverse declines of wild salmon and other fishes. That’s
because the tunnels would mostly replace an existing water diversion system in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta that has devastated the estuary’s ecosystem. But many environmentalists and fishery advocates say that the federal opinions are absurd. They worry that the tunnels as planned are much too big and will make it possible for operators to essentially drain the Sacramento River. Although the project’s backers say strict environmental standards will dictate how much water the tunnels can swallow up, the tunnels’ detractors don’t believe it. “We’ve seen during recent droughts how delivering water to farmers always
won out over letting water flow through the Delta to support salmon and keep our water fresh,” said Brett Baker, a pear farmer in the Delta who believes the purpose of the project is primarily to serve farmers in the western San Joaquin Valley. He says salty or brackish water routinely pushes upstream from the San Francisco Bay into the Delta—the result of not enough water being left in the estuary by the two giant pumping stations near Tracy, which deliver water to as far away as Los Angeles. Though state water quality standards are supposed to prevent such saltwater intrusion, Baker fears the tunnels will worsen these conditions. Baker does not believe fish will see any substantial long-term benefits. “When in the history of mankind has a diversion upstream benefited fish in a river?” he said. A Sacramento River diversion has been dreaded by environmentalists for decades. The project first emerged more than 35 years ago in a slightly different form, as the “peripheral canal.” Jerry Brown, then in his first go-around as governor, pushed strongly for the plan, which more than 62
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River, diverting it from its seaward course. with an outcome that’s even worse than the This is very confusing—and deadly— status quo.” for fish, which may follow the current into The federal agencies’ biological the pumps. Tens, and probably hundreds, opinions determined that building and of millions of juvenile chinook, smelt and operating the tunnels would have a limited other species have met their end at the negative impact on endangered species. For pumps, which are operated by the California instance, building and operating the tunnels Department of Water Resources and the will increase the mortality of winter-run U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. chinook, now at about their lowest levels The tunnels have the potential to help ever, by about 20 percent. fish by eliminating this devastating reverseRosenfield says this is too much. flow pattern, explains UC Davis fishery “These species are already on their biologist Peter Moyle. By removing way toward extinction, with numbers the water upstream of the going down, so you can’t Delta, rather than from have some impact to these within the Delta, the species and say it’s not “It’s possible tunnels would allow going to put them in to wind up with an the water that is left jeopardy of extinction,” in the river to flow he explained. “It’s outcome that’s even straight through the nonsensical.” worse than the status system and out to If the conclusions quo.” sea. “At least [the of the federal agentunnels project] cies don’t make lots Jon Rosenfield won’t make things of sense to the very conservation biologist, The Bay worse, and quite likely few people who have Institute it will make things better bothered to read the eyebecause then you’d have glazing documents, it might that downstream gradient of be because they were apparently flowing water,” he said. written and released in haste. The caveat, he says, is that the tunnels “The [Fish and Wildlife Service’s] must not result in more water leaving the opinion can’t be considered final because estuary than currently goes to help fish. there weren’t enough details about operation “We have to trust they won’t take more of the tunnels,” said Shane Hunt, a Fish water,” Moyle said. and Wildlife Service spokesman. He says McManus, for one, does not. his agency’s biological opinion should not “Just look at how the U.S. Bureau of be considered conclusive and may even be Reclamation behaved in 2014 and in 2015 in revised later as more information becomes the drought when water supplies ran short,” available. he said. “They said they’d protect salmon He says the agencies released their but didn’t.” documents now because state leaders want Instead, the federal agency drained Lake to advance the project. “They want to start Shasta’s cold water pool to meet delivery construction by next year,” Hunt said. obligations to farmers. In both years, this Doug Obegi, staff attorney with the left too little water in the Sacramento River Natural Resources Defense Council, says for adult salmon to successfully spawn, agencies are ignoring the tunnels’ expected aborting future generations of the fish. ecological impacts. “In both opinions, they say there will be significant impacts, and jon Rosenfield, a conservation biologist they basically punt those issues to someone with The Bay Institute, doesn’t think the else to deal with in the future,” he said. tunnels will operate as smoothly as Moyle Moyle believes the growing need for expects. In dry years, he says, less water water in California makes it necessary to will be taken via the tunnels and more via build the tunnels. He says he voted against the south Delta pumps, which, contrary to the peripheral canal project in 1982. But common perception, are not going to be that was a different era. “We had no idea decommissioned. In other words, in dry how much the population would grow and years, even with the tunnels, the Delta will how much the demand for water would be subjected to the same diversion and flow increase,” he said. problems it faces today. Baker, the Delta farmer, hopes the “Everyone knows the status quo is tunnels are never built. Yet he is glad the unacceptable and that something needs to wheels are finally moving. “Part of me be changed, and in principle it sounds like is relieved, because now they’re finally [the tunnels] could be a solution,” he said. doing something we can take them to court “But the thing is, it’s possible to wind up over,” he said. Ω
Sacramento’s homegrown lethal weapon, urijah faber, was inducted into the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s Hall of fame at a ceremony last week in Las Vegas. The July 6 ceremony marked yet another milestone for the 39-year-old pioneer of mixed martial arts, a sport he helped take from underground cage fights to a billion-dollar industry during his 13-year career. “It’s not very often you’re forced to sit and smell the roses,” said Faber, who retired last year. “But I’m still going to be involved in the UFC. I still have Team Alpha Male, and we’re doing some incredible stuff right now.” While Faber never won a UFC title, he’s widely credited as the fighter who propelled lighter-weight divisions to main events. His last professional bout was in December, when he defeated Brad Pickett before a hometown crowd at the Golden 1 Center. “Faber was the defining superstar for MMA fighters at lighter weights,” noted Craig Baracco, editor of the MMA media site Questionable Stoppage. “He’s the reason the UFC added those lighter divisions.” And the UFC has not forgotten. Aside from putting Faber in its Hall of Fame, it’s also in talks with him to scout undiscovered talent. “Nothing’s been set in stone, but we’re trying to get the ball rolling,” Faber said. “We’re looking to grow the UFC and find fighters across the globe.” Faber also hinted that he would try to bring those fighters to the capital city. “Sacramento’s got two teams, the way I see it: the Kings and Team Alpha Male,” Faber observed. “i’m bringing international talent to sac. Keep an eye on some of these guys.” (Luis Gael Jimenez)
spRaWl monitoR South Placer County beware: An environmental organization is on a mission to educate people about the impacts of wide-scale suburban sprawl. And it’s getting big turnouts. On June 28, the Environmental Council of Sacramento held a town hall-style meeting about potential ballot initiatives aimed at slowing the tide of business parks and subdivisions spilling across the valley. For critics of sprawl, the issue has become especially pronounced in cities like folsom, which is currently allowing 11,000 new homes to be built across 3,600 acres of open space. Across the border in placer County, expanding tract home developments are overtaking oak woodlands and merging the cities of Roseville, Rocklin and Lincoln. ECOS representatives charged that elk Grove, Rancho Cordova, north natomas and unincorporated sacramento County territories are also guilty of approving “egregious” levels of sprawl. According to the Seto Lab at Yale University, suburban sprawl erodes California’s productive farmlands and delicate habitats, accelerates unnecessary energy demands and harms “high-value ecosystems.” ECOS’ June 28 workshop was held at Mogavero Architects on K Street. “The turnout was great,” said ECOS Director of Operations Alexandra Reagan. “It was standing room only.” Reagan is planning similar workshops in the future, though she said the next major step would be identifying which municipality should be the subject of a sprawl-controlling ballot initiative from her group. (Scott Thomas Anderson)
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Closed less than four months after opening, the Bunker Bar & Grill lost its temporary liquor license and its front door handle following a dispute between the bar’s owner, Miguel Hinojosa, and his landlord, Felipe Olvera, who used to own Alley Katz. Photo by John Flynn
Bar fight Ex-Marine says he was duped into leasing debt-ridden Sacramento bar once known as Alley Katz by John Flynn
A little more than three months after Alley Katz was transformed into a military-themed sports bar, the large building situated in Midtown has been shuttered, sparking a nasty skirmish. The rechristened Bunker Bar & Grill closed on June 21, seven months after owner Miguel Hinojosa signed a lease agreement hoping to realize a long-held dream of running his own bar. Hinojosa, a retired Marine and former Stockton police officer, is accusing the seller of suckering him into purchasing a debt-ridden venue with a frozen liquor license. Felipe Olvera, the former owner of Alley Katz at 2019 O Street, acknowledges some financial issues but says Hinojosa is to blame for his business’ downfall. The two men entered into a lease agreement in late November 2016. Hinojosa said 10 | SN&R | 07.13.17
he agreed to negotiate the terms without a broker to “save thousands,” and because he trusted Olvera, who has owned several businesses in Sacramento. Around the time that the lease was signed, Olvera put in an application with the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to transfer his full liquor license to Hinojosa, so the latter could legally serve beer and spirits. Olvera withdrew that application on June 21, the same day he came to the Bunker, took down its sign, boarded up its windows and placed an eviction notice on the door. In reality, Olvera wasn’t in a position to transfer his liquor license. The ABC had placed two holds on Olvera’s license starting in 2013, due to debts Olvera owed to the Franchise Tax
Board and the Board of Equalization. According to ABC spokesman John Carr, the license can’t be transferred until those debts are paid. Olvera told SN&R that he owes $110,000 in sales taxes to the Board of Equalization. But he says he withdrew his transfer application and evicted Hinojosa because Hinojosa had been late on rent payments and unresponsive since February. “When somebody owes you money and they start dodging your calls, that means they’re not going to pay you,” Olvera said. Olvera’s Chapter 11 filings tell a different story, however, about a businessman who told his tenant one thing while telling the federal courts something else. According to the bankruptcy disclosure documents, Olvera faces a property tax lien of more than $100,000 from the
Sacramento County Assessor’s Office. Additionally, he must settle more than $1 million in claims to both private and public parties, including nearly $800,000 owed to a “secured creditor,” who held an interest on his assets. On May 15, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Michael S. McManus dismissed Olvera’s bankruptcy appeal, leaving him still liable for these debts. After discovering the bankruptcy disclosure and subsequent dismissal, Hinojosa hired a lawyer. Hinojosa said the attorney warned him the location looked to be heading toward foreclosure, and advised him to stop paying rent to Olvera in May because “nothing good is about to come from that.” Until that point, Hinojosa insisted he and Olvera spoke “multiple times a day” and had a “verbal agreement” to be flexible on the terms of their lease, due to the Bunker’s revenues being dependent on events such as pay-per-view fight nights. He says he invested his life savings into a location that he now believes will either be foreclosed, sold at auction or reopened under Olvera, who previously owned the now-closed restaurants Vive! Cocina Mexicana & Ultra Lounge, Antigua Cantina & Grill, and Pregame Burgers and Beer. Olvera has been to court before to settle debts with former business partners. In 2016, Can Capital Asset Servicing successfully sued for $80,140. And in 2014, Robert Perkins of Perkins and Associates won $18,150, federal court records show. “I’ve had other businesses that failed,” Olvera said. “And when you fail, you get sued. Everyone goes through that.” There is one pretty big discrepancy in Olvera’s story, however. Olvera says he evicted Hinojosa in part for not making his lease payments. But, in the bankruptcy disclosure Olvera filed, he claims he “allowed” Hinojosa four months of free rent, with the first payment due in May of this year. Hinojosa was unaware of any such arrangement until contacted by SN&R. Hinojosa sent his first rent check for $16,270 on December 5, 2016, because Olvera came to ask for money. He has the cashed check to prove it. Coincidentally, or not, the bankruptcy disclosure shows that, in December 2016, Olvera started making payments to his secured creditor, claiming the money came from his own funds, “given that the 2019 O Street Property was not producing rental income at the time.” Hinojosa says he already has his attorney preparing a lawsuit against his former landlord. “Of course we will be suing him,” he wrote in an email. Ω
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The statistical unveiling provided for some Ryan Loofbourrow stepped behind the slender cognitive dissonance in the early goings of the July podium placed in front of the Quinn Cottages 10 presser, when political dignitaries and governbuilding on North A Street in downtown ment officials politely lauded the efforts of their Sacramento, the heart of the homelessness crisis failing system of care. Sacramento Mayor Darrell his agency is charged with ending. Several feet Steinberg interrupted that pattern. away, under an already warm sun, someone tried “This is no time for celebration. This is no time to get the applause going, banging thick palms for pats on the back,” he thundered at the audience. together like rocks. “This is not just a sobering report. This is a damnLoofbourrow, executive director of Sacramento ing report.” Steps Forward, the agency that dispenses roughly This was the first year that Sacramento State $20 million in annual federal housing dollars, University collaborated on the point-in-time survey. looked sheepishly into the morning glare. “Yeah, Steps Forward brought on the university’s Institute we’ll see if you’re all still clapping when we’re …” for Social Research a month before the count to he said, the rest of the thought petering out. shore up the mapping of geographic areas where There was no escaping the inevitable. homeless people are likely to sleep. Sacramento’s shame was about to be dragged into Applying this improved methodology retroacthe spotlight of a searing summer sun. tively, researchers say they probably would have According to a federally mandated point-infound a larger unsheltered population back time count, Sacramento County’s estimated in 2015, meaning this year’s increase homeless population, including isn’t as drastic as it seems. But such those who have managed to find asterisks did little to soften the blow temporary refuge in shelters, rose of a humanitarian crisis that grew by 38 percent in two years. Most “This is a more visible after winter rains alarmingly, the number of people damning report.” chased homeless campers up from without access to any indoor flooded riverbanks. shelter exploded 110 percent—to Darrell Steinberg It marked one of the few times 2,052 human beings attempting Sacramento mayor that Mother Nature proved stronger to survive the elements and avoid than a political system that criminalarrest for sleeping outside. izes its homeless residents into hiding. Loofbourrow told attendees of the During his remarks, Steinberg defended Monday press conference that the grim an anti-camping ordinance he said he’d be willing findings provided “a sobering affirmation of what to overturn back when he was campaigning. The we see every day.” ordinance, versions of which have been adopted In total, 3,665 people on January 25 met across the region, directs law enforcement to arrest the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban and cite homeless individuals for sleeping outdoors. Development’s rather narrow definition of Steinberg told the crowd there was no contradiction homelessness, which doesn’t account for multiple between treating homeless people with compassion families sharing a single apartment or a young and “prohibiting unlawful acts that are hostile or person crashing on a friend’s couch. Still, even with threatening to residents and businesses.” those limitations and the caveats that these surveys Sacramento Loaves & Fishes Director of are performed on a single winter night and that they Advocacy Joan Burke had a different take. systematically undercount both families and youths, Speaking last, she asked attendees to put themselves the findings were disastrous for a capital region that in the shoes of a homeless person. “Some people is eight years past the recession. will actually be in danger. Some will be cited for Aside from the more than 2,000 people trying illegal camping. I believe none of them will have a to survive outdoors—less than half with access to [restful] night,” she said softly. Ω tents and cars, canvassers found—the population of homeless veterans jumped by 50 percent, to 469. (This, despite Steps Forward’s plan to end veteran homelessness—by 2015.) Disabled individuals with An extended version of this story is available at chronic bouts of homelessness more than doubled www.newsreview.com/sacramento. from 466 people in 2015 to 1,126 this year.
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unlight glares on azaleas circled by a thin, white crown of wire. It marks the spot where Phillip Porraz was shot after he stepped out his front door. Sacramento County Supervisor Phil Serna pauses to scan the memorial. It’s June 1, and Serna is walking down 44th Street, touring a neighborhood that saw four murders in three months last summer, all within less than a mile of each other. Now, temperatures are rising again. The turf is on edge. Two men were gunned down a few weeks ago on nearby Fruitridge Road. Serna strolls in that direction as he wanders through the north nail of “the Fruitridge Finger,” a baffling jurisdictional no man’s land of unincorporated county jutting high into the city’s south borders. On every map it resembles a fat, deformed human digit. The “Finger” is a convergence of two supervisorial districts and two City Council districts, all woven into a bizarre patchwork of county sheriff’s territory butting against Sacramento
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police beats. Everyone owns a piece of it and yet no one seems to control it. If the Fruitridge Finger was only a kink in political districting, or only a place where 27 percent of families live in poverty, or only a stronghold for the Oak Park Norteños, leaders could easily chart the desperation on its corners. But the Finger is more. It’s a community where black infants and children die at twice the rate of any other ethnicity. It’s a territory that recently had almost 1,000 Child Protective Services investigations in a year. Its high-fenced, blighted avenues witnessed 12 murders in 2016 alone. These streets—barren of real grocery stores, strewn with piles of garbage against chain-link, rife with empty-eyed addicts, spotted with homeless camps and women climbing into strangers’ vehicles—are embedded with lasting, perpetual trauma. They’re streets that eliminate newborn babies and pimply teenagers with equal efficiency. It’s a neighborhood Serna constantly returns to. “It’s pretty bad when the best-looking house on a street is our emergency homeless shelter,”
“I know there was a killing here recently, but there’s killings in a lot of neighborhoods.” Felipe Ramirez resident of the Fruitride Finger the supervisor mutters, climbing into his truck. He sends an alert to county code enforcement about a mound of junk spilling into the lane. Serna doesn’t stop reporting the trash, and he doesn’t call this part of town the Finger. Instead he uses its original name, the Fruitridge Pocket, a moniker dating back to a time before urban decay, business flight and the drug war took their pounds of flesh. These days, what makes the Finger such a popular term with critics is a Rorschach symbolism they see in the shape of its bureaucratic lines. “Some people would say that everyone is pointing the finger at each other about who’s responsible,” notes City Councilman Eric Guerra, whose District 6 scrapes the top of the Finger. “Meanwhile, 16 | SN&R | 07.13.17
they think the people who are actually getting the finger are those who live in and around the area.” Yet Serna’s insistence on calling this space the Pocket isn’t about branding; it’s a signal he’s not giving up on its halcyon days or a hope of better times. That commitment means a lot to the 22 nonprofit groups holed up in the neighborhood’s abandoned elementary school. Known as the Fruit Ridge Community Collaborative, it’s the Finger’s Alamo. The men and women behind its walls are waging a daily and mostly invisible struggle, trying to counter decades of disinvestment and the social tragedy that’s followed. Now, as some locals push for the city to annex the entire Finger into its borders, Serna says his focus is on helping the unsung members of the Collaborative to make this community whole again. But no matter what you call it, can it be saved?
Lo s t a n d future faces June 22—the hottest day of the year so far in Sacramento. Richard Nelson leans back against a sink in the corner of a former classroom. His tall frame is towering against a shield of window blinds. Nelson watches his friend of 50 years, retired college president Dr. Eric Gravenberg, speak to a group of high school students. Nelson and Gravenberg are the founders of Hawk Institute, a mentoring program for at-risk teens. The initiative came into being seven years ago after a murder inside the Finger brought suffering straight into their own lives. Gravenberg’s nickname with the young faces is “Dr. G.” Sheltered inside an air-conditioned room of the Collaborative, he walks them through a wide array of job-seeking skills. Every set of eyes is locked on him. “I know that what we teach you is in competition with a lot of other things in your life,” Gravenberg admits in a calm, even voice. “There’s family issues; there’s so much pressure.” He nods a little, his pitch dropping. “It’s deep. I can see it when you walk in the room.” Nelson can see it, too. For him, building this nonprofit has meant catching the clues that a teen is living with four siblings in a one-bedroom apartment. He knows the telltale signs of a kid struggling to find clean clothes. He notices when the high schoolers eat only half of the meals they’re provided, squirreling the rest home for waiting, hungry mouths. These youngsters are the future of the Finger and its surrounding avenues. Nelson’s had a decades-long view of how they were born into their situations. In 1972, he was the manager of Oak Park’s Bank of America. It was a time when Fruit Ridge Elementary was still packed with kids and people mainly called the neighborhood the Pocket. And then rock-cocaine tumbled through the streets like a poisonous wave. Lawmakers’ response to the epidemic tore the social fabric even more. South Oak Park, the corners of Fruitridge and lanes of Elder Creek were hit with what Nelson remembers as a hard downturn. “When you look at the drug infiltration throughout America, that whole episode took out all of these fathers, who became either incarcerated or addicted,” Nelson recalls. “There’s no father. There’s no grandfather. There’s no uncles. … You’ve got the blind leading the blind.”
In 1986, Gov. George Deukmejian appointed Nelson director of small business for the California Department of Commerce. As a finance expert, Nelson knows what yearslong disinvestment does to neighborhoods like the Finger. Spiking incarceration rates lead to high unemployment. Household incomes drop. Vacant buildings get flipped into cheap, transitory rentals. Violence starts escalating. Businesses leave. Public improvement projects get steered to other areas. Cornerstone merchants get displaced by legions of liquor stores. The spiral goes on and on. Nelson may have understood how community collapse works, but no parent would have imagined what life around the Finger had in store for his own family. On December 15, 2010, Nelson’s 30-year-old daughter Monique was bringing her baby to get his picture taken at a strip mall on Stockton Boulevard. It was the kind of Tuesday afternoon when $5 haircuts for kids often had Fly Cuts barbershop filled with toddlers. Monique was leaning over her 2-year-old in his car seat when a group of men began facing off nearby. According to court testimony, their feud boiled down to a $40 robbery, some missing marijuana and a lost gold mouth grill. Seconds later, pistols, a TEC-9 and an AK-47 were spitting bullets through the air. Monique threw her body over her baby to protect him. It was the last instinct she would ever have. “Out of that pain, Eric and I got together and said, ‘You know, this just doesn’t make any sense,’” Nelson remembers. “We decided there was a whole bunch of conversations that needed to be had, particularly with black males.” A few years later, Nelson and Gravenberg were standing in front of not just young black men from South Sacramento, but also Latinos, Asian-Americans and every other kind of kid from the neighborhood. The program they’ve designed for Hawk Institute emphasizes financial literacy, academic achievement and critical thinking. It’s become a key partner with the city of Sacramento’s anti-gang task force. “We put a big emphasis on fatherhood,” Nelson says. “We talk about how, even when relationships end, you don’t walk away from your kids. That’s the only way we’re going to start changing that dynamic.” The temperatures keep lifting outside as Gravenberg shepherds the teens’ imaginations through creating a small-business plan. He’s also helping them apply for Mayor Darrell Steinberg’s new Thousand Strong Initiative, which could give each youngster a paid internship. The participants are laughing and offering upbeat lines of encouragement to each other. Nelson and Gravenberg hope they’ll hold onto those feelings, because they can’t stay in this room forever. Two hours later, the thermometer’s red line makes a blood-bump up to 108 degrees Fahrenheit. A homeless man with two small children trudges though Jack Davis Park, stopping by the memorial to Porraz, who was killed by a bullet to the face last September. His voice is drying to a whisper as he looks around for water. A stranger comes onto the grass from a liquor store on 14th Avenue. Naked but for his grimy pair of shorts, the stranger starts dancing around: He flashes teeth-grinding face tics—tremors running through his fingers as he picks at his cheeks. On the park’s handball court, a woman is tying off a rubber tourniquet on a young
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C r a d l e t o g r av e Shannon Read walks by a pillar of sable tiles crossing art-deco windows from 1938. It’s June 29, and Read’s about to see if her co-workers in the Fruitridge Community Collaborative know about the latest murder. It happened last night. The bullet holes weren’t even patched where Lewis was gunned down when a 19-year-old boy was killed eight blocks away at 14th Avenue and 40th Street. Authorities noted that, with the help of a girl who’d also been shot, the teenager managed to stagger northbound from the tip of the Finger. He died closer to 12th Avenue and thus officially became a homicide stat for city police detectives rather than county sheriff’s investigators. There’s no way for Read to ignore how close the slayings have been to the Collaborative. Each happened when the facility was closed, but it’s what the bloodshed does to the neighborhood that worries her.
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man’s arm. They’re ready for the needle. Neither looks up when a car rolls by. A few blocks south, a new murder tribute has gone up. Kenneth “Cheech” Armstrong Jr. is hovering over a makeshift bundle of candles at the corner of 42nd Street and 23rd Avenue, where Jovance Lewis died against his chest. Huffing against the heat in a sweat-drenched shirt, Armstrong keeps muttering how he was almost killed in the same instant. On June 16, Armstrong, Lewis and two other men were standing under the eave of the corner liquor store when two 15-year-old males approached. Armstrong doesn’t talk about the words that were exchanged between Lewis and these boys. He just stands, swaying on his ankles, whispering that the teens pulled out guns. “I was on the ground while they were shooting,” Armstrong chokes through his arid vocal chords. Armstrong’s friend Anthony was hit in the foot. A neighborhood man called B-Town was drilled in the knee. Lewis took a bullet to the head. Moments later, a neighborhood musician known as June happened on the mess of blood and gore. June stands near the death candles, bumps of water studding on his bare chest. “We’re in the sheriff’s area here,” June notes, “but it was actually a Sacramento police car that first raced by.” Sheriff’s officials confirm June’s observation that a police cruiser was closer to the “187” murder call than their own units. They also confirm the arrest of two 15-year-olds. June saw the Finger’s jurisdictional jumble on full display through the crime tape and evening light. But Armstrong isn’t meditating on which badges chased down the alleged killers. His bleary eyes keep drifting between goodbye messages scrawled on the liquor store wall and a dirty dog-shaped stuffed animal craning through the candles. “He died in my arms,” Armstrong croaks. “I was holding him. I kept saying, ‘Get up, come on, wake up, man.’”
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As executive director for the Center for Community Health and Well-Being, Read’s job is to push back against communal despair. The killings create waves of it. But so too do the deaths that Read is tasked with ending—the ones that rarely make the news. According to county health officials, the Stockton Boulevard and Fruitridge Road neighborhood comprises one of seven zones in the region where African American infants and children die at twice the rate of other ethnicities. It was Serna who first started demanding answers around those numbing statistics. He formed a special commission to investigate what was filling the tiny coffins. Four years of research have identified some key factors: prenatal conditions, child abuse and neglect, and sleep-related deaths. And, of course, homicides. Pregnancy and sleep-related fatalities are what Read’s team works to prevent. They’re partners in the Black Child Legacy Campaign, a coalition of elected officials, health care providers and faith organizations. The mission is to alter outcomes, but there’s no shortage of challenges: County health records indicate that, in and around the Finger, premature births for
African-American babies are double those of any other racial group. The same holds true for low birth-weight rates. More than a quarter of pregnant black women here don’t seek prenatal care until after the first trimester, the data state. Access to basic nutrition is also a serious obstacle. For women living in neighborhoods of the upper Finger, the only places within walking distance for groceries are liquor stores and fast-food chains. For those without wheels, healthy food of any kind isn’t an option. Read emphasizes that understanding these factors is about more than analyzing stat sheets; it’s about understanding the neighborhood as an organism. “No two pregnancies are the same,” Read says, “but generally speaking, we’re talking about stress as a major factor [in the infant death rates]. There is huge discussion around the social determinism of health right now. If you’re pregnant and you don’t have a roof over your head, if you’re struggling to put food on the table, if you’re working and trying to raise kids, that’s all chronic stress that these women are facing, which really takes a toll.” Read adds, “The trauma of living in a neighborhood that has constant violence, to
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the point it becomes commonplace, absolutely builds on that stress.” Read’s view is based partly on the findings of experts like Dr. Flojaune G. Cofer, who works for the Davis-based Public Health Advocates. Having reviewed myriad data about the county, she argues the collective picture is clear: Unstable and trauma-prone neighborhoods directly affect the health of those living in them. The trajectory, Cofer says, is especially pronounced in utero. She summarizes the impact on pregnant women as “a stress that never goes away.” Read and her team of advocates are on a mission to help mothers survive the stress. They assist women in getting early access to prenatal care. They make sure the expectant mothers have transportation to doctors and nutritious food to eat. They educate on sleeprelated infant death and even provide cribs that are fitted for maximum safety. In cases when a mother’s drug addiction is the main threat to the baby she’s carrying, Read’s advocates find treatment intervention. They help navigate their mothers through everything from applying for Medi-Cal to searching for safe housing. “It’s not about telling them, ‘We’re here to fix you,’” Read says. “It’s about letting them know we’re here for support.” A similar type of support is offered down the hallway, where therapist Leslie Lem and her team at Birth & Beyond are addressing another contributing factor in the early child deaths—neglect and abuse. County records indicate that Child Protective Services launched 984 investigations in the Stockton Boulevard-Fruitridge Road corridor in 2015. When Shannon Read those CPS probes trigger court intercession, Birth & executive director, Center for Beyond provides the free Community Health and Well-Being parenting classes that are often mandated. It conducts the outreach program in English, Spanish, Hmong and sometimes Russian. The group’s work at the Fruitridge Community Collaborative has made it another partner in the Black Child Legacy Campaign. Lem says the households that are struggling most in the neighborhood experience an anxiety and isolation that keeps cycles of child abuse passing from one set of parents to the next. “It becomes generational for families living in certain conditions,” Lem notes. “We need to understand the historic impacts.” The work Read’s and Lum’s organizations do inside the Fruitridge Community Collaborative is augmented by the host of other nonprofit groups settled on the grounds.
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They all work together in a space that’s emblematic of the Finger itself, a square parcel of city territory surrounded on all four sides by county land. The odd property lines around this landmark elementary school haven’t been spotlighted much by local media, but then, rarely are any of the moments of progress that keep happening in its halls. Reporters come to this neighborhood looking for yellow tape and fresh body bags. And the more this phalanx of nonprofits remains absent in the media dialog, the more each one relies on its own individual network of county supervisors, City Council members and neighborhood associations to champion its goals. Having proponents is vital to keep the work going. “When you’re a grant-funded nonprofit, people like to see quantitative outcomes: They want to see numbers and metrics,” Read observes. “We’re working with human beings, and there’s a human factor. Every single mom coming to us has different circumstances going on in her life. … We know that our outcomes might not be seen for generations from now, but that’s not an excuse for inaction.”
Annexing the A n o m A ly A series of echoing cracks roars over the fences of 45th Street. For once, it’s not bullets. On the eve of Fourth of July, Felipe Ramirez has the door open for a view onto the street. Snappers and Saturn missiles sound off in distant yards. His wife Christina is watching television near a sliding glass door looking out on her manicured garden. The couple has lived in the center of the Fruitridge Finger for 57 years. A retired worker for Campbell Soup Co., Ramirez was active in civic life, serving as an advisory board member of Fruitridge Recreation and Parks Area when it built Jack Davis Park in the 1970s. Ramirez knows his neighborhood isn’t perfect. In February, his next-door neighbors were arrested for having a stockpile of 70 illegal guns, including assault rifles as well as chemical grenades. News stories like that don’t stop Ramirez from hanging out on his porch at night. “As far as I’m concerned, it’s still a safe neighborhood,” Ramirez says, shrugging. “I’m not afraid. … I know there was a killing here recently, but there’s killings in a lot of neighborhoods.” There are plenty of residents who disagree. For more than a decade, The Sacramento Bee and SN&R have run occasional op-eds on the possible benefits to the city of annexing the Finger into its borders. Political representation in the area is currently split between Serna and District 2 Supervisor Patrick Kennedy at the county level, and between Guerra and District 5 Councilman Jay Schenirer at the city level. The annexation push has gained new momentum, according to Guerra, who says residents inside the county often contact him
about wanting better services, while his own city constituents near the boundary complain the Finger’s crime and blight are spilling into their neighborhoods. Supporters of annexation point out that the city has a strong program supporting neighborhood associations, which the county lacks. They praise the city’s rental inspection program, aimed at stopping slumlords, which housing advocates say is more proactive than the county’s. When bars and similar businesses are scenes of frequent violence, city officials don’t hesitate to file an injunction against them. County officials acknowledge it’s rare for them to file such injunctions. One of the biggest topics of conversation with annexation supporters is code enforcement, their idea being that the city’s team is faster, stricter and more responsive. Over the last four months, SN&R confirmed that it’s not uncommon to find large piles of trash building up on the county’s side of 14th Avenue, while the city’s side looks relatively clean. It’s something county critics point to as symbolic of a broader pattern. Finally, the annexation question is tied to varying opinions about the differences between the Sacramento Police Department and Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department. Katie Valenzuela Garcia, a board member of the South Oak Park Neighborhood Association, recalls how a mother of six hurried into her group’s meeting one night because a strange man had broken into the woman’s house on 47th Street. The mother said it had been three hours since she called 911 and a sheriff’s deputy still had not arrived. “I would say that’s a pretty big emergency,” Garcia observes. “You know, ‘Somebody is in my house.’” Garcia believes the city should annex the Finger, but not just because of anecdotal stories of emergency response times. “It would make it easier for residents to advocate for the change they want if it was all incorporated into the city structure,” Garcia says. “Just trying to help residents navigate the bureaucracy is hard enough without splitting it; and the city and county don’t always work well to coordinate with each other.” Guerra is one elected official who openly supports annexation, though he knows getting buy-in from his fellow City Council members would mean convincing them that the potential benefits outweigh the service costs of taking over an impoverished community. “If we improve the quality of life for the people living inside the Fruitridge Finger, it would improve the quality of life for everyone around it,” Guerra says. “Some of the city’s approach to tackling the issues that affect neighborhoods would be helpful.” Yet, looking out at 45th Street, Ramirez remains firmly against annexation. He even told that to Mayor Steinberg a few months ago when Serna and the mayor were walking by his yard. Like many residents, Ramirez has heard that his local taxes and utility fees
Two children watch paramedics scramble into a house on 44th Street, a common sight in the Finger.
will go up if he becomes a resident of the city. Seeing “what a mess” downtown parking is has also convinced Ramirez the city is bad at urban planning. More than anything, Ramirez says the neighborhood finally has a champion in its county supervisor. That’s a point that nearly everyone who spoke to SN&R about this story agreed on. Since being elected, Serna not only helped spearhead the Black Child Legacy Campaign and found money to build the Fruitridge Community Collaborative, he had the county install 250 new streetlamps for safety and launched the neighborhood’s first National Night Out event in years. For many residents, Serna is the only elected official they see walking these streets. Serna told SN&R that he would go along with annexation, but only if a majority of his constituents tell him that’s what they want. “Right now, no one’s really telling me that,” he says. Certainly, he’s not hearing it from residents like the 84-year-old Ramirez, who enjoys inviting Serna into his dining room for the kind of friendly banter he says he used to enjoy with local sheriff’s deputies. That was 30 years ago, back when there was still a neighborhood watch program and the deputies knew the names of everyone on the block. It’s not like that anymore, though seeing Serna make the rounds rekindles the memories. “It’s in his DNA,” Ramirez says. “He wants to do a good job, and he has.” And so, the question of annexation remains divisive. And the infant death rates and CPS caseloads remain high. And the murder rate keeps climbing. And past Ramirez’s window, the poppers and sky lanterns keep flashing through this warm holiday night. People linger on the front porches, smelling the smoke and sulfur traces. An ambulance with lights flashing goes wailing far down Stockton Boulevard. Ramirez and his wife aren’t going anywhere. “I love this neighborhood,” he says. “This is where I want to die.” Ω
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Part of the American’s allure is its rusticity— a good river trip involves exploration and finding that perfect spot others may not know about—but it also requires a level of responsibility. Due to the water’s high levels and low temperatures, the parks closed down much of the river access until mid-June. Even now at average depth, they recommend swimmers use life preservers and enjoy the water with friends. Doane says the big thing on the American River—his jurisdiction—is that people stay hydrated. He strongly urges against alcohol use.
“It’s like a little slice of nature in an urban environment.” Dylan Ferreira new resident of Sacramento
Not the case here on the Sacramento. I grab a whiskey mule from the charismatic bartender and enjoy the last of the day’s rays on the outdoor deck as the boat turns back downstream. The Hornblower is not fancy. It’s a riverboat, sun-dried and rustic. But none of the sharpdressed, attractive folks on the cruise seem to mind. They add to an already lively atmosphere, buying one another shots and trickling onto the dance floor as Usher’s “Yeah!” turns to House of Pain’s “Jump Around,” and then the B-52’s “Love Shack.” “It’s unique,” says reveler Renee Van Dyk. “I just hope that people continue to enjoy it.” This is Van Dyk’s third cruise since Hornblower started its Cocktail Cruises in early May. Opening night was dead, she says, though two weeks ago was better. She booked tonight’s sold-out cruise to show a good time to her friend in from San Diego, who says she enjoys seeing this side of Sacramento. People do come from all over to enjoy the rivers. The Sunday following the Hornblower cruise, Petaluma transplant Elise Ferreira sits on the bank
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at Sutter’s Landing Park with her husband Dylan. Before moving to Midtown last November, she spent one day on the river years ago. A rafting trip. The annual Rafting Gone Wild party on the American River—which can draw up to 3,000 people and gives Doane’s rangers plenty of headaches—regularly attracts Bay Area rafters. On hot days, swimmers from all backgrounds hit the banks of the American—a no-cost reprieve from the oppressive summer heat. The Ferreiras are surprised more folks outside the region don’t know about Sacramento’s rivers. “I didn’t realize how cool this area was,” says Dylan. “It’s like a little slice of nature in an urban environment.” On the last leg of the cruise, the Hornblower passes under the Tower Bridge and into the darker, undeveloped area beyond the Interstate 5 bridge. The packed dance floor is testament to the alcohol taking effect, as revelers sing along to the Backstreet Boys’ “Everybody.” When “Pour Some Sugar on Me” starts up, a young woman runs in from the deck. “This is my stripper song!” she says. The Hornblower turns north one last time. Stars and a crescent moon fade as the boat nears West Sacramento’s golden-lit Ziggurat pyramid. We dock again in Old Sacramento. Folks disembark. A woman slams a can of Track 7 before hopping to shore. Those from out of town head to their cars to go home, while Sacramento partiers move onto the next venue. Across the bridge, the River Cats win and celebratory fireworks light up the sky. Not a bad Sacramento experience, after all. Ω
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Most films in this year’s festival use Japan’s present to talk about its past, or use its past to comment on the present. Festival selections The Eternal Zero and Persona Non Grata are World War II stories, while The Magnificent Nine is an 18th-century samurai epic. But Keiichi Hara’s animated Miss Hokusai manages to straddle eras. It tells the story of an The Sacramento Japanese overshadowed artist who puts her career on hold to Film Festival serves up serve her more famous father. The film provides some invigoratingly out-of-context rock ’n’ roll needle drops classics and new releases and feminist attitude. Miss Hokusai mostly gets by on atmosphere, but it’s a fantastic example of the wide by DanieL BarneS variety found in Japanese animation. The festival kicks off on Friday night with For anyone still fiending for a film festival fix after the crowd-pleasing Our Little Sister, a delicately last month’s French Film Festival, this movie marathon constructed and observant human drama typical provides the perfect chaser. of writer-director Hirokazu Koreeda (Like Father, The Sacramento Japanese Film Festival has like Son). After their deadbeat father dies, three evolved over the years from a single-day tightknit sisters bring in the 13-year-old event into the current three-day festival daughter from his estranged second format. Now in its 13th year, the family. Emotional without getting SJFF is still only one of a handful sentimental, Our Little Sister is the of North American film festivals sort of “coming to terms” therapy The film provides devoted exclusively to Japanese narrative that should be drooling some invigoratingly cinema. This year’s lineup boasts claptrap, but Koreeda and his out-of-context rock ’n’ seven films, one classic and six actresses make it seem honest and new releases, although many of authentic. roll needle drops and the newer films played commerAnd if you’re in the market feminist attitude. cial festivals in 2015 and 2016. for authentic film art, it doesn’t get Kôji Fukada’s implosive much better than Floating Weeds, melodrama Harmonium, for example, Yasujiro Ozu’s 1959 Technicolor won the Un Certain Regard jury prize at masterpiece about an itinerant Kabuki Cannes 14 months ago, but only premiered actor who returns to the seaside town where stateside this summer. Mariko Tsutsui gives an intense his ex-lover and secret son live. It’s one of the most performance as Akie, the unsatisfied small-town wife beautiful and devastating film dramas ever made, a of a withdrawn machinist named Toshio. Into their blazing beacon that continues to light the way forward lives glides the ghostly Yasaka, an ex-con with an for Japanese cinema. Ω unspoken connection to Toshio. Yasaka slowly proves himself a better father and husband than his old friend, until a sudden and shocking act of violence turns the the sacramento Japanese film festival runs July 14-16 at the narrative on its head. Harmonium is a borderlinecrest theatre. ticket and parking information available at www.sacjapanesefilmfestival.net. unbearable bummer, but it’s also quietly captivating, with evocative framing and excellent performances.
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Haider closed Guddu de Karahi in 2015 to slow down. Then his wife Claudia Siefer, a singer with the San Francisco Opera for nearly 40 years, encouraged Haider to make moves to accommodate her upcoming retirement. So that explains why the chef with a cult following opened Kabab Hut (6661 Stanford Ranch Road) in late June … in Rocklin. Here, you’ll find heartfelt recipes made from Haider’s memories of his mother and from his mind. The menu offers colorful biryanis, complex curries, a smattering of vegetarian options and the signature tandoori fish marinated in “secret” herbs and spices—supposedly, even his brothers don’t know the recipe. And yet, during lunchtime on a Wednesday, each table lay vacant. To the once-popular chef, the start feels slow. “I’m used to, when
I open the door, people just walking in,” he said. Still, Haider is pleased with Rocklin’s peacefulness compared to San Francisco. Most of all, he cherishes a crucial feature of his new restaurant, an architectural rarity in the big city: an open kitchen where he can watch patrons enjoying themselves “with my passion, with my love, with my food.” Haider has never franchised and said he never will. He prefers to be in the kitchen every day, dipping his hands into each dish to taste-test for quality. “It’s a one-man-show job,” he said. Line-worthy pastries: The “Starbucks of Taiwan” will have its grand opening July 14 in its first Sacramento location and celebrate by selling coffee for 10 cents. But already, the bountiful pastry display at 85 Degrees C Bakery Cafe (5591 Sky Parkway, Suite 411) has attracted crowds since its soft opening last week. If you’re hunting down favorites like the brioche or marble taro, rise early—like the bakers and the buns—because they’ve been selling out. Ω
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Like Sacramento itself these days, Thai Issan has an identity crisis. You’d never guess it’s the fourth restaurant from husband and wife Bounleuth and Toua Xiong. The Xiongs relocated to this area from Petaluma last fall, where they ran three Thai restaurants over the last 20 years. Oddly, though, they don’t seem to know who they want to be. This confusion results in a weird atmosphere and vastly uneven dishes. The first clue is the website, which fails to list pesky details like when they’re open and posts a map that shows the wrong location. Once you find it, awkwardly facing the west side of 99 Ranch Market in a vast parking lot, the whole front room looks abandoned. Neon signs flash “Open,” but only an empty counter greets you. The menu lists more than 100 dishes, which are numbered out of order. Exhaustive menus like that usually indicate a lack of focus. Indeed, the offerings come from all over Thailand—and Taiwan. Thailand’s Issan province borders Laos and Cambodia and is the poorest region in the country. That results in cuisine heavily influenced by its neighbors, with more chiles and less richness than southern Thai food. If only the Xiongs stuck to that specialty, the restaurant might stand out. Instead, they muddy the waters with more mainstream coconut-based curries and soups. Also, boba tea. We bet on Issan specialties and ordered the som tum ($6.95), the shredded green papaya salad. The Thai-style version features fewer funky flavors than Lao-style, but even so, it was lackluster.
Laab gai ($7.95), a Lao dish, fared better, with ground, cooked chicken and chopped lettuce. Plentiful fresh herbs perked it up somewhat. Those were so-so, really, but the veggie spring rolls ($6.95) showed markedly higher quality. The paper-thin wrappers arrived crisply golden brown and paired well with the syrupy dipping sauce. Then there was the chicken satay confusion. Satay appears on almost every Thai menu in the United States, so it seemed a good gauge of the kitchen. Oddly, our sweet but clueless server didn’t know what it was. The first version to arrive had tough chunks of grilled chicken and a fiery chili sauce. But— oops—there was a second, more tender version ($6.95), on the expected skewers with a sugary peanut sauce and cucumber salad. She couldn’t explain the mix-up. The hit-or-miss quality makes ordering a sport. Do try makhur pow Issan ($9.95), since it’s a chicken and eggplant dish that showcases an unfussy but solid preparation in a slightly sweet tamarind sauce. We also liked the surprising fried pork belly ($10.95), essentially crunchy, thick bacon with mouth-searing green chili sauce. You can skip the pad khing ($9.95). Even with tender strips of chicken, it didn’t measure up to the standout version at Siam Pa House nearby. Theirs boasts a mountain of stir-fried green beans, while this one contained some wilted mushrooms and onions. The one noodle dish we sampled, pad khee mow ($8.95), known as drunken noodles, was mediocre. As with the pad khing, it lacked quality vegetables, with the exception of perky julienned galangal. And then, shockingly, we had the best version of sticky rice with mango ($6) that I’ve tried. The warm coconut-infused rice contrasted the cool, juicy mango and practically cried out for plate licking. Is Thai Issan a regional restaurant or a mainstream Thai place? Is it a boba tea shop or a confused mess? Yes and yes. I’d go back for the mango and rice in a heartbeat, but for truly outstanding Thai food, I’ll stick to Siam Pa House half a mile away. Ω
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Bad Jews
On holy ground by Patti RobeRts
Old enmities arise between cousins over the possession of a gold pendant (a chai) belonging to their recently deceased grandfather. Directed by Amy Resnick, this excellent production features outstanding performances by audience favorite Tara Sissom and newcomer Jeremy Kahn. Th
7pm, F, 8pm, Sa 2pm and 8pm, Su 2pm, W 7pm. Through 7/23. $28-$40. Capital Stage, 2215 J Street, (916) 995-5464; http://capstage.org. B.S.
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7 p.m. thursday and friday, 8 p.m. saturday, 1 p.m. sunday, 7 p.m. tuesday and Wednesday; $27-$39, B street theatre, 2711 B street; (916) 443-5300; www.bstreettheatre.org. through July 29.
There are two Gods currently appearing on B Street Theatre stages. The first is Hand to God, a controversial raw-humored play that opened last month to mixed reactions on B Street’s Main Stage. And now there’s the Lord appearing in An Act of God at the theater’s B3 stage. While Hand to God relies more on shock-filled, sometimes juvenile humor, An Act of God is more thoughtfully funny, though still tackling issues and material with pointed humor that more pious folk may frown upon. An Act of God, by The Daily Show writer David Javerbaum, is basically a monologue by the Almighty, who comes out to address the audience about various subjects, including proposed new commandments, an explanation on what really happened during his seven-day creation mania, clarifying the Adam, Noah and Abraham stories, and commenting on contemporary issues. B Street wisely brings back the very entertaining Nick Cearley for the role of God, two years after Cearley’s successful one-man show Buyer & Cellar. Cearley makes a dramatic entrance dressed in a white flowing robe and gold athletic shoes, carrying a mic and addressing the audience with his comedic patter—reminiscent of an old ’70s television variety show, complete with a marble-esque stairway and a white lounge chair, and backed up by two archangels acting as wingmen (B Street regulars Greg Alexander and Amy Kelly). The hour-and-15-minute show is campy, irreverent and satirical, touching on perplexing and contradictory Bible stories and holy declarations, as well
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as current topics. At the end, God declares that sometimes he really is an asshole, but one with a great sense of humor. Ω
5 Under Milk Wood
Shakespeare’s comedy about two sets of identical twins and the havoc wreaked when each is mistaken for the other is directed by Luther Hanson, whose sense of comic timing and rapid-fire scene changes elevates the play. It’s presented in repertory with All’s Well That Ends Well in the summer Shakespeare in the park program. Th 8pm, Su 6pm. Through 7/30. $15-$18.
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Dylan Thomas’ 1954 radio “play for voices,” turned into a simply staged play, is the Welsh equivalent of Thornton Wilder’s 1938 classic, Our Town. Both reveal the lives of residents of a fictional town in a way that emphasizes our shared humanity. But Under Milk Wood is funnier—very funny—and satirical. Among the inhabitants of Llareggub (spell it backward) are Mrs. OgmorePritchard, the twice-widowed neat-freak owner of a guesthouse who refuses to rent her rooms for fear of germs and dirt; Organ Morgan, the church organist whose obsession with music torments his wife; and Mr. Pugh, the schoolteacher who dreams of poisoning his wife— he bought a book, The Lives of the Great Poisoners, for tips. The play spans 24 hours, opening at night, when, the First Voice narrator (the excellent Erin Renfree) tells us that we are witnessing the townspeople’s dreams. And what dreams they are. A talented cast of nine—Renfree, Phil Ryder (who also directs), Elizabeth Anne Springett, Maurice T. Williams, Dona Akers, Jesse Akers, Linda Taylor, Monica Vejar and Mitch Thompson—portrays three dozen characters in a play that has the cadences and rhythms of the Welsh language and the soul of a poet. —Jim Carnes
under Milk Wood; 7 p.m. friday-saturday, 2 p.m. sunday; $10. the forgotten theatre company, at thistle Dew Dessert theatre, 1901 P street; (916) 457-6286; www.thistledewtheatre.blogspot.com. through July 22.
Sacramento Shakespeare Festival, William A. Carroll Amphitheatre in William Land Park. www.sacramentoshakespeare.net. J.C.
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Kitty, Circle and the Cirque d’Illusion
This Green Valley Theatre production is a fun homage to vaudeville—an old-time variety show that showcases a variety of entertainment acts. Local duo Victoria Timoteo and Ariel Ryan have performed vaudeville acts in Green Valley’s VerteFee Cabaret shows, now they add a story and bits to create a full evening that includes pantomime, magic, slapstick, sleight of hand, fortune telling, puppets and even a silent movie. As in any variety show, some acts work better than others—but all part of a fun evening. F, Sa 8pm, Su 8pm. Through 7/23. $18. Green Valley Theatre Company at the Grange Performing Arts Center, 3823 V Street; www.greenvalleytheatre .com. P.R.
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The Three Musketeers
This recent adaptation by American playwright Ken Ludwig is a fun, fastmoving adventure-comedy. In this version, D’Artagnan shares the stage with a plucky younger sister (who also wields a sword), adding girl power, and the exaggerated villains are entertaining. Swords clash throughout, disaster is narrowly averted (again and again), and the Musketeers are as handsome as matinee idols in this Davis Shakespeare Festival production. Alternates in repertory with the musical Wonderful Town. Th, F, Sa 8 8
pm, Su 2pm. $15-$25. Through 8/6. Davis Shakespeare Festival at Davis Veterans Memorial Theatre, 203 E. 14th Street in Davis; (530) 802-0998; www.shakespearedavis.org. J.H.
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Sister, sister Sisters Gia and Gabby Batista play sisters Ruth and Eileen Sherwood, who come to New York with dreams of fame and fortune in Davis Shakespeare Festival’s Wonderful Town, directed by Dennis Beasley. Ruth is an aspiring writer, while vivacious Eileen is an actress. Despite disappointments, the girls persevere and befriend with stereotypical New York types. The score by Leonard Bernstein, with lyrics by Comden and Green, make for a number of catchy tunes. A strong cast makes this a delectably memorable production. The show runs through August 6. 8 p.m. Thursday, July 13, through Saturday, July 15, 2 p.m. Sunday, July 16; $15-$25. Davis Veterans Memorial Theatre, 203 E. 14th Street in Davis; (530) 802-0998; www.shakespearedavis.org.
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Otherwise, Maudie rings false much of the time, regardless of how closely it may hew to the facts of Maud’s life. Much of the problem stems from Maud Lewis was a Canadian folk artist who suffered Sherry White’s uneven script, which paradoxically from the lifelong effects of juvenile rheumatoid hopscotches through 30-plus years while still taking arthritis that left her stooped and gnarled, barely able its own sweet time. It manages to suggest that to wield a brush. Treated as a dimwitted nuisance by Maud was Everett’s live-in housemaid for years her own family after her parents died in the mid-1930s, before they finally married (when in fact it was a she married a local fish peddler in her native Nova matter of weeks). It says outright that she became Scotia, selling her brightly colored greeting cards and an art connoisseur’s darling in short order (when in paintings for a few dollars beside the highway that fact she toiled in obscurity until a few years before ran past their one-room house. By the time she died in she died). And memo to White: It wasn’t Vice 1970, she had a national reputation, though she President Richard Nixon who commissioned and husband Everett still lived in hand-topaintings from her, it was President Nixon mouth poverty. some 15 years later. The Irish-Canadian coproduction Another problem is the disastrous Maudie tells her story, with Sally miscasting of Ethan Hawke as Everett. Maudie rings Hawkins as a dogged, diffident In his hands, Everett isn’t just a Maud and Ethan Hawke as a grouch or a social misfit; he’s a mean, false much of the growling, foul-tempered Everett. no-good, abusive son of a bitch. (In time. As the movie unreels slowly and archival footage at the end, the real deliberately, like Maud painting Everett smiles more in three seconds one of her pictures, it’s hard to that Hawke does in the whole two hours.) avoid thinking that its purpose isn’t When Maud tells people he’s a good man, to dramatize the artistic spirit or triumph it doesn’t sound like the love of a good woman over adversity, but simply to win Sally Hawkins an seeing through a gruff exterior; it sounds like the Academy Award. delusional rationalizing of a masochist. The heart She might get it, too. Certainly her performance of Maudie is clearly supposed to be the love story is the best reason to see this sluggish, pinched, of these two outcasts, but White’s script, Hawke’s claustrophobic little two-handed biopic. Whenever performance and Aisling Walsh’s plodding direction the movie seems about to become downright dreary, keep undercutting the theme. which it does often, the spunky light in Hawkins’ eyes But none of them can undercut Sally Hawkins rekindles our interest and entices us to hang on for a for long. She might want to start working on that few more of its 115 minutes. speech, just in case. Ω Another reason is the cinematography of Guy Godfree, who photographs the stark beauty of the Newfoundland locations (standing in for Nova Scotia) in a way that makes us understand why Maud wants to Poor Fair Good Very excellent paint it—anybody would. Good
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Baby Driver
The getaway driver for a bank-robbing gang (Ansel Elgort) wants out, especially after he meets a pretty waitress (Lily James)—but his boss (Kevin Spacey) doesn’t believe in early retirement. Writerdirector Edgar Wright’s movie shifts gears as deftly as its hero—from rock ’n’ roll derby to profane comedy to goo-goo-eyes romance and back, and all set to a pounding soundtrack of the pop tunes streaming from Baby’s iPod. Wright glosses over some plot points in the interest of getting on with things, but the car chases are the point, and they’re terrific. This steering-wheel prodigy drives the way Gene Kelly used to dance—thrusting, twisting, lunging—and Wright and editors Jonathan Amos and Paul Machliss assemble these roaring ballets accordingly. Not that it matters, but the performances are good too. J.L.
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The Beguiled
Sofia Coppola writes and directs this lovingly mounted yet strangely feeble adaptation of Thomas Cullinan’s novel, which was previously brought to the screen by director Don Siegel in 1971. That version benefited from the inherent tension of a masculine pulp auteur like Siegel shepherding a sexually charged Civil War-era costume drama, but this take on The Beguiled is exactly the sort of disaffected fashion show that we’ve come to expect from Coppola. Nicole Kidman stars as a repressed headmistress waiting out the war in the Virginia wilderness with a handful of girls, among them Kirsten Dunst and Elle Fanning. The discovery of a severely injured but charismatically manipulative Union soldier (Colin Farrell) upends their quiet lives, as his very presence seems to spur a sexual awakening in the women. Coppola surgically removes everything potentially “problematic” (i.e., interesting) about the material, then shoots what’s left through ten thousand layers of gauze. D.B.
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The Big Sick
If you’re a stand-up comedian in a movie, it’s only a matter of time before you’re suffering a sad, unfunny, baggagespewing nervous breakdown on stage. In Michael Showalter’s The Big Sick, the comedian on the brink is Kumail Nanjiani, playing himself as a Pakistan-born man torn between worlds. Kumail’s traditional family tries to push him into an arranged marriage, but he instead dates strong-willed white therapist Emily (Zoe Kazan) on the sly, before his surplus of secrets pulls them apart as well. The entire situation becomes exponentially complicated when Emily goes into a coma. There is a lot to like about The Big Sick, especially the charismatic performances of Nanjiani and Kazan, who are given sturdy support by Holly Hunter and Ray Romano. But at 119 minutes long, it may be too much of a good thing—I have rarely been so aggravated by such a funny and heartwarming film. D.B.
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Despicable Me 3
This franchise ran out of steam years ago, but it’s making too much money to stop, so everybody’s giving it another go. Villain-turned-hero Gru (voiced by Steve Carell) finds his long-lost brother (also Carell); his wife Lucy (Kristen Wiig) tries to bond with his foster daughters, one of whom flounces off on a unicorn hunt; and a supervillain arises in the form of 1980s child star Balthazar Bratt (Trey Parker), grown-up and evil. The story is all over the place—to the point where there’s really no story at all. Well, the animation is smooth and gleaming, and Gru’s pill-shaped Minions (whom many find inexplicably adorable) are back in force. Fans will believe they’ve gotten their money’s worth. Interestingly, bad guy Bratt’s chief weapon is bubble gum, which makes a fitting metaphor for the whole movie. J.L.
If an ape with a rifle glares at you like this, offer him a banana.
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War for the Planet of the Apes
The rebooted Planet of the Apes franchise continues with War for the Planet of the Apes, a fitting final wedge in the trilogy, although there are apparently already plans for a sequel. Like the previous entry Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, War was directed by Matt Reeves, who delivers a technically immaculate but ultimately grim and heartless entertainment. The action picks up two years after Dawn, with the increasingly humanlike apes keeping a tenuous peace, while the infected remains of humanity struggle for survival. A mysterious mercenary named Colonel McCullough (Woody Harrelson) accidentally assassinates the son of ape leader Caesar (motion-captured Andy Serkis), sending the simmering simian on a quest for revenge. The special effects are amazing, and the long takes and measured pace give War the flavor of an old-school impossible-mission epic, but there’s something sociopathic about the way the film portrays the eradication of humanity as heroic. D.B.
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The Hero
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Okja
After I’ll See You in My Dreams and this sunset-gazing ensemble piece, writer-director Brett Haley has proved adept at the sort of spiky yet sensitive explorations of frisky old age that dominate art house theaters these days. Sam Elliott, after playing supporting parts in Dreams and the similarly themed Grandma, stars in The Hero as Lee Hayden, a washed-up western star reduced to doing barbecue sauce commercials. A working actor … how demeaning! Lee learns that he has a virtually unconquerable form of cancer, forcing him to reevaluate his relationships in a methodical, repetitive, one-by-one process that never generates any narrative steam. We get the stoner best friend scene, then the exwife scene, then the younger girlfriend scene, then the estranged daughter scene, then rinse and repeat. Elliott is as magnetic as ever, but very little here feels authentic, especially not a drug-addled award speech that turns Lee into a viral star. D.B.
Premiering on Netflix and receiving a limited theatrical release, the entertaining Okja offers more high-energy genre subversion from South Korean writer-director Bong Joon Ho (Snowpierecer; The Host), who this time uses a Spielberg-ian children’s fantasy template to bluntly satirize issues related to animal rights, environmental destruction and corporate greed. Snowpiercer supporting player Tilda Swinton gets a co-producer credit here, and a plum part as the CEO of a Monsanto-like conglomerate, but its Jake Gyllenhaal who delivers the biggest, broadest deal-breaker of a comedic performance, squawking like a strangled clown and flapping about in cargo shorts and black crew socks. Okja offers a lot of the same elements that made Snowpiercer so successful, but it misses that film’s irrefutable narrative progression, especially in an out-of-control second half. The film finally lands on an incredibly beautiful final shot, albeit one that feels divorced from the previous hour of tonal and thematic chaos. D.B.
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Transformers: The Last Knight
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Once the psycho wunderkind who gave up some of his salary to buy an extra explosion for Bad Boys, and the most aggressive cinematic purveyor of “the cuck stops here” machismo ever since, 52-year-old Michael Bay might be softening with age. The central conflict in Transformers: The Last Knight involves refugee aliens immigrating to Earth from a violent homeland, and Bay seems to side with the besieged immigrants rather than the travel ban crowd. There are multiple heroic female characters with little drooling objectification, a vaguely eco-friendly message about coming together to “heal the planet” and if that’s not enough, count a French-accented Transformer among the Autobot good guys. Bay tones down the rhetoric, but not the bombast. At a certain point, I simply surrendered to The Last Knight. I don’t think I had a choice. The film had me surrounded, and I just wanted to see my family again. D.B.
Emil Ben-Shimon directs this thoughtful and barbed comedy-drama set in a distinctly unlucky but still devout Orthodox community in Jerusalem. The film opens on a bar mitzvah celebration, one that ends in tragedy when the women’s balcony collapses, sending the rabbi’s wife into a coma and the rabbi into a state of dementia. Absent a praying space and unable to question the “wisdom” of their rabbi, the weak males of the community become easy prey for a fundamentalist firebrand (Avraham Aviv Alush, giving an insidiously charismatic performance) who imposes new restrictions and inflicts new humiliations on the women in the synagogue. This is the sort of sprawling portrait of a tightknit community in flux that might have worked better as a 10- to 13-hour season of television, but what Ben-Shimon and screenwriter Shlomit Nehama crammed into this 96-minute feature is still an astute and often quite funny piece of filmmaking. D.B.
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ART & LEISURE: Post punk show. Sac retro
SUNNY LEDFURD: North Carolina country
power pop/new wave band performing with Hawkeye and Pets. 9pm, $5. Hideaway Bar & Grill, 2565 Franklin Blvd.
B & THE HIVE: Soulful indie pop band that’s opened for Elvis Costello and Lucinda Williams. Performing with Arielle, a guitar wizard who’s played with Brian May of Queen and has been featured on Guitar Player Magazine. 9pm, $5. Fox & Goose, 1001 R St.
jeans and scene hair, performed live. 7pm,
JACAM MANRICKS QUARTET: “History of Jazz”
show for a soul/Americana rock group that features local blues guitarist Michael Ray. The CD’s called Lanterns in the Dark. Performing with acoustic folk singer Justin Farren. 5:30pm, $8-$10. Harlow’s, 2708 J St. PHOTO COURTESY OF VICTOR JONES
Invasion of the body slammers DISTRICT 30, 7 P.M., $15 You can’t fit a steel cage into District 30, but what about wrestling personae that are too big for this town? Hoodslam, Oakland’s popular underground wrestling act, heads to Sacramento next week for its monthly Monday night throwdown. The show was UNDERGROUND WRESTLING founded in 2010 by Sam Khandaghabadi, a professional wrestler who got fed up with keeping his character, The Sheik, appropriate for kids. Hoodslam’s themes are thus not only about drugs, sex and booze, but unlike
MUSIC THURSDAY, 7/13 DADA: ’90s alternative rock group on tour for their 25th anniversary. Performing with Hans & the Hot Mess. 7pm, $25-$30. Harlow’s, 2708 J St.
EARTH, WIND & FIRE: Disco, funk and world music legends. Performing with Chic featuring Nile Rodgers. 8pm, $36-$171.50. Golden 1 Center, 500 David J Stern Walk.
backyard wrestling or the generic sportiness of WWE, the show prides itself on characters and storylines. It also doesn’t take itself too seriously. (“This is real” is the show’s tagline.) Monday’s main event will settle a grudge between “The Mexican Werewolf” El Chupacabra and Sacramento native Virgil Flynn III. The once formidable tag team cut ties last week after twice getting smacked around by the Bluntsvilleborn Stoner Brothers. Don’t bring your f’n kids. 1022 K Street, www.birdswillfall.com.
EL GATO: Cat-masked enigma playing a show for his debut EP, The Executive Party Box Vol.1: Given ’Em the Boot with El Gato. Unnerving music videos accompany experimental rock ’n’ roll. Performing with Mondo Deco, Ex Rippers and Failure Machine. 8pm. The Press Club, 2030 P St.
LA LUZ: Indie rock show with a Seattle dream pop headliner. Performing with Dirty Denim and Vasas. 8pm, $12-$15. Blue Lamp, 1400 Alhambra Blvd.
LAIDBACK LUKE: Electronic dance music show
with a popular Amsterdam DJ. 10pm, $12.50. The Park Ultra Lounge, 1116 15th St.
LAST IN LINE: Hard rock group with original
members of DIO and Def Leppard. 7pm, $20$22. Goldfield Trading Post, 1630 J St..
PINE LEAF BOYS: Grammy-nominated Cajun
band. 8pm, $17. Palms Playhouse, 13 Main St. in Winters.
FRIDAY, 7/14 ABSOLUTE SUFFERING: Metal show. Springfield, Mass. hardcore band performing with These Streets, Turncoat, Concrete and Domination. 8pm, $10. The Colony, 3512 Stockton Blvd.
show. Styles that defined the genre, like swing, bebop, free jazz and fusion. Songs by Scott Joplin, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and more 7pm, $25. Antiquity, 2114 P St.
SALEM’S BEND: Heavy blues rock show. LA
BROKEN & MENDED: Debut album release
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MONDAY, 7/17 $7. The Press Club, 2030 P St.
performing with Jayvic, Sheldan, Mafios, Bandztalk and more. 8pm, $20-$22. The Boardwalk, 9426 Greenback Lane in Orangevale.
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pop. 3pm, call for cover. Country Club Saloon, 4007 Taylor Road in Loomis.
EMO NIGHT: Covers from the era of skinny
BAEZA: Hip-hop show. Fresno-based headliner
Hoodslam wrestlers Drugz Bunny (flying) and Coach Joey Nuggs (doomed).
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CONCERTS IN THE PARK: Dream pop and hip hop this week. Performers include: R.LUM.R, Joyzu, Trophii, The Philharmonik and John Reyes. Free summer concert series held every Friday. Food vendors and booze onsite. 5pm, no cover. Cesar Chavez Plaza, 9th and J streets.
CROISSANTS: Free pop punk show. The
headliner performing with War Cloud, Shotgun Sawyer and more. 8pm, $10. Blue Lamp, 1400 Alhambra Blvd.
FESTIVALS THURSDAY, 7/13 CALIFORNIA WORLD FEST: Pop up village near a former gold rush town. Three days. Eight stages of music. 4pm. $65-$190. Nevada County Fairgrounds, 11228 McCourtney Road in Grass Valley.
FRIDAY, 7/14
Crossiants and Sneeze Attack are celebrating new material. Also performing: Destroy Boys, 2017 SAMMIES winner for the Teen and Punk/Post-punk categories. 6pm, no cover. Phono Select Records, 2475 Fruitridge Road.
CALIFORNIA WORLD FEST: See Thursday event description.
LOOMIS FAMILY FEST: Weekly summer concert
MICHAEL BOLTON: Blue-eyed soul singer popular for songs like “When A Man Loves A Woman.” 8pm, $75-$99. Cache Creek, 14455 State Highway 16 in Brooks.
SATURDAY, 7/15
series. Local vendors, food, beer, wine, kids activities, arts & crafts and more. 6pm. No cover. Loomis Train Depot, 5775 Horseshoe Bar Road in Loomis.
SATURDAY, 7/15 5TH COLOMBIAN INDEPENDENCE PARTY: Annual
DENNIS JOHNSON & THE MISSISSIPPI RAMBLERS: Master slide blues guitarist. Swing, Americana and New Orleans-style music and more. 8pm, $17-$19. Sutter Creek Theatre, 44 Main St. in Sutter Creek.
night of Colombian food, drinks and dancing. 8pm. $15-$20. 429 J St.
AIN’T NECESSARILY DEAD FEST: Music fest with bands influenced by The Grateful Dead and the summer of love. Craft beer. Street fair. Kids zone. Some of the performers: Stu Allen & Mars Hotel, Moonalice and Mat Rainey. 12pm, no cover. Auburn Rec Districts Regional Park, 3770 Richardson Drive in Auburn.
THE KILLER QUEENS: A tribute to Queen, performing with Rebel Rebel, a tribute to David Bowie. 9pm, $15-$18. Harlow’s, 2708 J St.
MICHAEL BOLTON: See Friday description.
CALIFORNIA WORLD FEST: See Thursday event description.
NICKEL SLOTS: Sacramento Americana-rock.
SAC INDIE EXPO: Top local indie artists,
Check out the song, “The Devil’s Chain Gang.” 9pm, no cover. Shady Lady Saloon, 1409 R St.
creators and writers under one roof. Meet independent creators and discover new art. 12pm, no cover. Big Sexy Brewing Co, 5861 88th St.
SUNDAY, 7/16 GET SCARED: All-ages mixed rock show.
SUNDAY, 7/16
Band from Layton, UT performing with with Famous Last Words (Post Hardcore), World War Me (Pop punk), A Foreign Affair (Alternative) and more. 6pm, $14-$16. The Boardwalk, 9426 Greenback Lane in Orangevale.
ALBIE SURVIVIN’: A cancer survivor’s victory celebration. Music, food and raffle prizes. Proceeds benefit the Albie Aware, a Northern California breast cancer foundation. 3pm. Torch Club, 904 15th St.
REEL BIG FISH: The ’90s ska punk band performing with The Expendables, The Queers and Tunnel Vision. 6pm, $24. Ace Of Spades, 1417 R St.
CALIFORNIA WORLD FEST: See Thursday event description.
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Food & drinK tHUrsdaY, 7/13 gatHer oaK parK: A monthly take on the city as a dining table. Communal tables for outdoor dining, craft beer, artisanal food vendors, interactive art, live music and a modular kids park. 5pm, no cover. The Park, 1116 15th St.
FridaY, 7/14 marysville peaCH Festival: Annual peachflavored food event. Cobbler, pie, salsa, ice cream, smoothies, jam, shortcake, burgers and more. 4pm, no cover. Historic Downtown Marysville, D Street between First and Seventh streets.
satUrdaY, 7/15 marysville peaCH Festival: See Friday event description.
Capital stage: Bad Jews. The night after their grandfather’s funeral, three cousins engage in a battle royale over their precious family heirloom. 2:00pm, 7:00pm. through 7/23. $0. 2215 J St. capstage.org
California worldFest NEVADA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, 5 p.m., $20-$180
revelry & revolution!: 10 year anniversary party for the local urban winery. A wine tasting station, unlimited small bites, live music and more. 6pm, $15- $25. Revolution Wines, 2831 S St.
sUndaY, 7/16 wild west barbeCue: The second of an annual gunslinger’s-themed barbecue. 4pm, $17.50$35. Casa Garden, 2760 Sutterville Road.
Film FridaY, 7/14 13tH annual saCramento Japanese Film Festival (sJFF): Seven films at the Crest Theatre, running Friday through Sunday. All Festival passes are $37 to $40. Single tickets are $10. See film synopses (SJFF) below. 7:30pm, $37 - $40. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.
sJFF: our little sister: 2016 Japanese Academy Award winner for Best Film. Three women were abandoned by their father many years ago. They find out he’s died. The sisters go to the funeral and meet their 14-year-old half-sister. Explores what tears families apart and brings them back together. 7:30pm, $10. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.
satUrdaY, 7/15 sJFF: Floating weeds: Komajuro, An aging Kabuki actor, returns with his traveling troupe to a small seaside town in postWorld War II Japan. He sees his former lover and their son, who thinks Komajuro is his uncle. Komajuro’s jealous mistress pays a young, beautiful dancer, Kayo, to seduce the young man. 11:30am, $10. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.
sJFF Harmonium: Toshio isn’t an attentive husband or father. His life is his machine shop. His friend Yasaka, an ex-con who served time for a murder Toshio was an accomplice in, shows up and Toshio hires him. Toshio’s wife, Akie, doesn’t like the arrangement. Yasaka fills the space that Toshio can’t or won’t fill. Winner of the 2016
Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard Award. 8pm, $10. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.
sJFF: tHe magniFiCent nine: It is 1776 in Oshiyoka, a village in Northern Japan. The samurai lord of the village is broke and increases everyone’s taxes. Juzaburo returns home with a bride and learns from his friend, Tokuheiji, that people are broke. Juzaburo hatches a plot with nine other people and collects 1,000 silver ryo (300 million yen) from everyone. They will loan the amount to the samurai lord who will pay them 100 silver ryo in interest. Things don’t go as planned. 4pm, $10. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.
sJFF: miss HoKusai: Anime film on the life of Katsushika O-Ei, artist, assistant and daughter of the great Japanese woodblock artist, Hokusai. O–Ei often finished her father’s paintings. 2pm, $10. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.
sUndaY, 7/16 sJFF: persona non grata: A docu-drama about Chiune “Senpo” Sugihara, Japanese vice consul of Kaunas, Lithuania, who saved more than 6,000 Jewish lives from the Holocaust by signing 2,000 exit visas on the eve of World War II. 4:30pm, $10. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.
sJFF: tHe eternal Zero: Law student, Kentaro, learns that his grandfather, Kyuzo Miyabe, a Kamikaze pilot, died during the final defense of Japan in World War II. Some of the grandfather’s surviving Kamikaze pilots call him a hero who put himself in harm’s way to protect the other pilots. Others say he was a coward who fled from battle. Kentaro & his sister, Keiko, search for the truth. Won Japanese Academy Awards for best film, director, actor and cinematography in 2015. 2pm, $10. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.
tUesdaY, 7/18 tuesday at tHe movies: tHe magniFiCent seven: The 2016 remake of the classic 1960 Western tells the story of seven gunslingers joining forces to protect a small town from a mining tycoon and his goons. 3pm, no cover. Sacramento Public Library - Sylvan Oaks Library, 6700 Auburn Blvd. in Citrus Heights.
for Eccentric Imagery. A display that pools together work from artists who highlight the human figure. 5pm, saturday 7/15. 405 Vernon St., Suite 100 in Roseville.
RUSH. The pages of contemporary art publication Hi-Fructose Magazine come to life with aerialists, burlesque dancing, live music, body painting and art installations. 6:30pm thursday, 7/13. $10. 1013 K St.
midtown Farmer’s marKet: Weekly farmer’s market. Over 50 food and art vendors, chef demos and more. 8am, no cover. Midtown Sacramento, 20th Street, between J & K streets.
blue line arts: Third Saturday Reception
CroCKer art museum: ArtMix SUGAR
For three days, the Nevada County Fairgrounds are transformed into a world village with seven stages of live music, sustainability workshops and world musiC a global PHoto coUrtesY oF caliFornia worldFest indigenous people’s pop-up town bustling with world food, arts and crafts. Similarly, the music lineup is billed with artists who have a global and humanitarian ethos, including roots-reggae star Nattali Rize (pictured), funk pop band Michael Franti & Spearhead and Seun Kuti, son of the famed Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, performing with his band Egypt 80. The festival starts Thursday evening and runs all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 11228 McCourtney Road in Grass Valley, http://worldfest.net.
varsity punKs saCramento premiere: A teen, coming-of-age comedy about a group of misfits, the boys’ cross country team, who band together with their nemesis on their quest to become champions. This showing is the first stop of a nationwide summer tour. 7:30pm, $10. The Tower Theatre, 2508 Land Park Drive.
comedY Comedy spot: Lady Business Into the Wild. Sacramento’s only all-female improv troupe uses true stories from the audience and cast members to create a long-form improv. 8pm saturday, 7/15. $8. 1050 20th St., Ste 130.
laugHs unlimited Comedy Club: Lance Woods. Internationally touring Sacramento comedian performs alongside Regina Givens and Jerry Law. 8pm thursday, 7/13. $10; Trenton Davis. Performing with Saul Trujillo. through 7/16. $10-$20. 1207 Front St.
punCH line: Pablo Francisco Headlines the Punch Line. Comedian known for outrageous impressions. through 7/16. $25. 2100 Arden Way, Suite 225.
tHunder valley Casino resort: Anjelah Johnson. Former NFL cheerleader and MADtv cast member performs alongside Jo Koy. 7pm saturday, 7/15. $45.95-$94.95. 1200 Athens Ave. in Lincoln.
on staGe 24tH street tHeater: Cooking With the Calamari Sisters. Two over-the-top plussize Italian sisters from Brooklyn are stars of their very own fictional cable television show. Through 8/26. $45-$65. 2791 24th st.
b street tHeatre: Hand to God. Multi awardwinning comedy that features a hand puppet possessed by the devil. Through 7/23. $9-$39. 2711 b st.
CaliFornia musiCal tHeatre: On the Town. Three sailors on a 24-hour shore leave in New York City find three high-spirited women in an unforgettable adventure. Through 7/16. $45-$89. 1510 J st.
hashtag. noon. through 7/30. Call for cover. 625 S St.
CaliFornia museum: Art & Advocacy. An exhibit by developmentally disabled artists across California. Marks the 40th anniversary of the Lanterman Act (AB 846), the 1977 law giving developmentally disabled Californians the right to services and supports they need to live independently. 10am. through 9/17. $9. 1020 O St.
downtown tHeatre: Annie. The story of a plucky orphan adopted by a wealthy businessman. through 7/23. $15-$20. 1035 Texas St. in Fairfield.
CroCKer art museum: Turn The Page The
green valley tHeatre Company: Cirque D’illusion. Vaudeville-style variety show starring Ariel Ryan and Victoria Timoteo of the VerteFee Cabaret. through 7/23. $18. 3823 V St.
Harris Center: Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka. Youth theatre rendition of the candy man’s quest to find an heir. through 7/16. $16-$31. 10 College Parkway in Folsom.
veteran’s memorial ampHitHeatre: Reefer
First Ten Years of Hi-Fructose. A collection of 51 contemporary art pieces featured in the first decade of the low-brow art magazine. 10am. through 9/17. $5-$10; In Conversation With Founding Editors, Hi-Fructose Magazine. Hi-Fructose founders Annie Owens-Seifert and Daniel “Attaboy” Seifert discuss their experiences as independent publishers. 2pm saturday, 7/15. $10-$12. 216 O St.
JayJay: Loved to Death & Creatures of the
Madness. Musical comedy adaptation of the 1936 anti-marijuana propaganda film. through 7/23. $12-$18. 7991 California Avenue in Fair Oaks.
Fire. Loved to Death is the late sculptor Maria Alquilar’s body of work left behind since her death in 2014 at age 86. Creatures from the Fire serves up a menagerie of wildlife in this exhibition of Mariscal’s recent ceramic sculpture. 11am. through 7/29. No cover. 5524 B Elvas Avenue.
veterans memorial Center tHeater: The Three Musketeers. Newer adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ novel, chockfull of humor and swordfights. Part of the Davis Shakespeare Festival. through 8/4. $25; Wonderful Town. Ruth and Eileen, two sisters from Ohio, embark on a risky adventure to make it big in the even bigger city of New York. Also part of the Davis Shakespeare Festival . through 8/5. $25. 203 East 14th St. in Davis.
Kondos gallery, saCramento City College: MATRIX REVISITED. MATRIX, a women’s artist group of the 1970s. ’80s and ’90’s celebrates their July reunion with exhibits in two separate galleries. through 7/31. no cover. 3835 Freeport Blvd.
saCramento elKs lodge #6: Andrew Carroll
william a. Carroll ampitHeatre: The Comedy of Errors. Shakespeare play about two sets of identical twins that were accidentally separated at birth. Part of the Sacramento Shakespeare Festival. through 7/29. $15-$18; All’s Well That Ends Well. Shakespeare’s twisty journey of love and lust, devotion and deceit, villains and virgins. Also part of the Sacramento Shakespeare Festival. through 7/30. $15-$18. 3901 Land Park Drive.
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author presentation. Best selling author/ historian presents his recent publication, My Fellow Soldiers: General John Pershing and the Americans Who Helped Win the Great War and his “Million Letters Campaign.” He’ll discuss his book and his campaign to collect American war letters. Attendees are encouraged to bring letters (or copies) describing war experiences and feelings for donation and housing at Chapman University in Orange. CA. The presentation is at the Sacramento Elks Lodge #6 1pm thursday, 7/13. no cover. 6446 Riverside Blvd.
aXis gallery: #Resist. From Axis Gallery: politically charged mixed art exhibit inspired by the election and the popular anti-Trump
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tHe ‘ain’t i a woman’ marCH CROCKER pARK, 9 A.m.
A march and rally celebrating black women from all walks of life. Speakers include former Black Panther Party leader Elaine Brown, Black Lives Matter Oakland taKe aCtion head Cat Brooks, Sacramento women’s equality activist Tracie Stafford and more. The march goes PHoto coUrtesY oF anGel rodriGUez from Crocker Park to the south side of the State Capitol Building. 211 O Street, www.bwusac.com.
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saCramento Fine arts Center: Magnum Opus XXVII. A collection of masterworks by artists across the country, and all for sale. Featured are paintings, drawings, sculpture and more. 11am. through 7/23. No cover. 5330B Gibbons Dr. in Carmichael.
sol ColleCtive: Adornment. Sacramento native Amanda Lopez and Los Angeles stylist/jewelry designer Tanya Melendez team up for an exhibit that combines portraiture, jewelry, and the duo’s shared love of cultural celebration and empowerment. An opening reception will be held July 15 at 6pm. through 8/7. no cover. 2574 21st St.
vaCaville town sQuare library: Steampunk Summer Series: Finale with Obtainium Works. Designer and builder Shannon O’Hare will share how he creates whimsical vehicles from “obtainium,” or found, recycled and upcycled materials. Steam punk dress encouraged. 6:30pm thursday, 7/13. no cover. 1 Town Square Place in Vacaville.
verge Center For tHe arts: The Brightsiders. An exhibition that brings together paintings and sculptures from 18 artists based in Los Angeles, inspired by Los Angeles. 11am. through 8/10. no cover. 625 S St.
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The California State Fair returns for its 50th year with a sizzling backdrop: the sun. As the record heat wave fades in and Festival out, temperatures are predicted to potentially hit the triple digits PHoto coUrtesY oF tHe caliFornia state Fair when the two-week-long fest opens Friday morning. But don’t let getting fried scare you from the fun. Wiener dog races, fine art, magic shows, cooking demos and live music by Lita Ford and Sheila E.; that’s just a sample of what’s in store for the first week. The fair runs through July 30. But in this weather, can you? 1600 Exposition Boulevard, www.castatefair.org.
Santa Cruz artist Wes Modes on his homemade houseboat or “rustic recreated 1940s shantyboat” as he meticulously documented the people he met along the way. 10am. through 7/30. $5-$8. 101 I St.
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mUseUms CaliFornia museum: 10th Annual California Hall of Fame Artifact Exhibit. A collection of famous artifacts, which include: Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones costume from Raiders of the Lost Ark, George Takei’s Hikaru Sulu costume from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Isabel Allende’s Presidential Medal of Freedom for Literature awarded by President Barack Obama in 2014 and more. 10am. through 9/10. $9; Light & Noir Exiles & Émigrés in Hollywood, 1933-1950. Highlights the history of émigrés in the American film industry who fled Europe as refugees of Nazi persecution and their legacy in American cinema. Artifacts and memorabilia from 16 iconic films, including Casablanca and Double Indemnity. through 10/15. $9; Patient No More People with Disabilities Securing Civil Rights. Chronicles the lives and legacies of the Californians whose activism launched the American disability rights movement. through 11/15. $9. 1020 O St.
CaliFornia state arCHives: California Memoirs The William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection. William and Grace McCarthy, native Californians born in the late-19th century, had a passion for both photography and travel. The end result is a collection of nearly 3,000 photographs mounted in 11 albums that provide rare pictorial documentation of the couple’s early-20th century travels through California and beyond. 9:30am. through 8/31. no cover. 1020 O St., Fourth Floor.
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California state Fair CAL EXPO, 10 A.M., $6-$44.99
on Wheels. Five vintage automobiles on display, highlighting how innovative train technology and design paved the way for the emergence of the automobile. A 1914 Stanley Steam Car, a 1932 Ford Model B Station Wagon, a 1937 Cadillac Series 60 Sedan, a 1940 Lincoln Zephyr and a 1953 Chevrolet Bel Air. 10am. through 9/4. 111 I St.
saCramento History museum: A Secret History of American River People. An exhibit of photos, artifacts and narratives that showcase the past river travels of
on History: Commerce at the Fort. Fort visitors can spend a day enjoying hands-on activities, including helping the “laundresses,” seamstresses, cooks and leather workers make belts, pouches, outerware, and saddlery. Guns and weapons on display. Demonstrations of black powder weaponry, including the firing of Sutter’s cannon. 10am saturday, 7/15. $5-$7. 2701 L St.
state Fair tHUrsdaY, 7/13 CaliFornia Fine art: Visual art exhibit with around 180 paintings, sculptures and more by artists across the state. every day, open all day. Expo Center, Building 7.
Farmyard Follies: Hang out with animals from the Great American Petting Zoo. Goats, sheep, llamas and the infamous spotted donkey, Fiona-No-No. every day, staring at 2pm. Expo Center, Building 7.
FridaY, 7/14 spam mobile tour: Food truck offering SPAM dishes. Mother and Empress Tavern chef Michael Thiemmen will serve up grilled cheese sandwiches with brie and peaches. Free samples of other chef creations. through July 16. Throughout the Fairgrounds.
aCrobats oF Hebei CHina: High flying acrobats and aerialists. every day, evening, no cover. PG&E Center Stage.
sHeila e.: World-class drummer and percussionist who’s performed with Prince and as a member of Ringo Starr & His AllStarr Band. 8pm, $15-$25. Golden 1 Stage.
satUrdaY, 7/15 saC republiC FC vs. paCHuCa: Hometown soccer team plays C.F. Pachuca of Hidalgo, Mexico. 8pm, $17.75-$110. Papa Murphy’s Park.
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the finish line. 1pm, no cover. Miller Lite Racetrack Grandstand.
sUndaY, 7/16 o.m. genes! mutant reptiles witH papaya pytHons From uC davis genetiC grad group: See, touch and compare different species to see how several millions of years of simple mutations can add up to big changes. 10am, no cover. Expo Building 3.
oZomatli: ’90s Latin hip hop/rock band. 8pm, $15-$25. Golden 1 Stage.
mondaY, 7/17 lita Ford: Rock singer and former lead guitarist of the ’70s rock band The Runaways. 8pm, $12-$22. Golden 1 Stage.
tUesdaY, 7/18 save mart pie eating Contest: Cream pies
eaten at top speeds. 2pm, no cover. SMUD Promenade Stage.
Queen nation: Queen tribute band. 8pm, no cover. Golden 1 Stage.
wednesdaY, 7/19 brian mCKnigHt: Platinum-selling soul
singer. 8pm, $20-$30. Golden 1 Stage.
sPorts & oUtdoors tHUrsdaY, 7/13 striKe out CanCer!: Sacramento alumnae of the sorority Alpha Chi Omega are holding a bowling fundraiser for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Greater Sacramento Area Chapter. 7pm, $20. AMF Mardi Gras Lanes, 4800 Madison Ave.
satUrdaY, 7/15 battle oF tHe badges - FigHt nigHt under tHe ligHts: Peace officers, firefighters and military personnel battle in the ring for charity. 4:30pm, $30-$50. Across from Golden1 Center, 701 K St.
Cronan ranCH HiKe: Hike a longer loop of the Cronan Ranch trails. Come enjoy a variety of terrain. Great views of the river and the rolling prairie. 8:30am, $5-$10. American River Conservancy, 348 State Highway 49 in Coloma.
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The second episode of the new comedy podcast from Johnny Flores, host and producer of Serious Talk. Seriously, a funny audio series about Sacramento people. COMEDY Difference here is that the improv storytelling happens on the B Street Theatre stage and with a live audience. This month’s guests include Sacramento comedians Becky Lynn, Mike Cella and Corky McDonnell. 2711 B Street, www.stspodcast.com.
SUNDAY, 7/16 2017 MOKELUMNE RIVER BENEFIT RAFT TRIPS: Guided raft trip down a five and a half mile section of the Mokelumne. All proceeds benefit the Foothill Conservancy’s Mokelumne River conservation programs. 4pm, $75. Mokelumne River Electra-Middle Bar Run, Electra Road in Jackson.
TUESDAY, 7/18 SACRAMENTO RIVER CATS VS. EL PASO CHIHUAHUAS: 7:05pm, $10-$63. Raley Field, 400 Ball Park Drive.
WEDNESDAY, 7/19 SACRAMENTO RIVER CATS VS. EL PASO CHIHUAHUAS: 12:05pm, $10-$63. Raley Field, 400 Ball Park Drive.
SURFIN’ WEDNESDAYS: Surf with the Watersports Farm crew, or just tag along for the ride. Coaching available. All skill levels and ages welcome. 6pm, $20. The Watersports Farm, 1776 Marcum Road in Nicolaus.
TAKE ACTION FRIDAY, 7/14 MOVING AWAY FROM A TWO PARTY SYSTEM: A 13 class series designed by and for political people of color. Study and apply history and revolutionary theory to a struggle against oppression in Sacramento. 6:30pm, no cover. Robbie Waters Library, 7335 Gloria Drive.
SACTRU (SACRAMENTO TRANSIT RIDERS UNION): Join Sac Tru at its weekly meetings to learn more about how to get involved in the Transit Riders Union. They fight for lower fares and better service. 1pm. Organize Sacramento, 1714 Broadway.
TENANT TOWN HALL: A town hall intended to fight for tenants rights and affordable housing. 9:30am. Fruitridge Community Collaborative, 4625 44th St.
WEDNESDAY, 7/19 FREE TRINA: SHOW UP IN COURT: A show of support at the court hearing of a Black Lives Matter member. She was one of four arrested and released after staging a sit in at city hall for the killing of Dazion Flenaugh
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by AAron CArnes
by rob brezsny
FOR THE WEEk OF JULy 13, 2017 ARIES (March 21-April 19): It’s not your birthday,
but I feel like you need to get presents. The astrological omens agree with me. In fact, they suggest you should show people this horoscope to motivate them to do the right thing and shower you with practical blessings. And why exactly do you need these rewards? Here’s one reason: Now is a pivotal moment in the development of your own ability to give the unique gifts you have to give. If you receive tangible demonstrations that your contributions are appreciated, you’ll be better able to rise to the next level of your generosity.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Other astrologers
and fortune tellers may enjoy scaring the hell out of you, but not me. My job is to keep you apprised of the ways that life aims to help you, educate you and lead you out of your suffering. The truth is, Taurus, that if you look hard enough, there are always seemingly legitimate reasons to be afraid of pretty much everything. But that’s a stupid way to live, especially since there are also always legitimate reasons to be excited about pretty much everything. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to work on retraining yourself to make the latter approach your default tendency. I have rarely seen a better phase than now to replace chronic anxiety with shrewd hope.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): At least for the shortrange future, benign neglect can be an effective game plan for you. In other words, Gemini, allow inaction to do the job that can’t be accomplished through strenuous action. Stay put. Be patient and cagey and observant. Seek strength in silence and restraint. Let problems heal through the passage of time. Give yourself permission to watch and wait, to reserve judgment and withhold criticism. Why do I suggest this approach? Here’s a secret: Forces that are currently working in the dark and behind the scenes will generate the best possible outcome.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Do not be too timid
and squeamish about your actions,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. “All life is an experiment.” I’d love to see you make that your operative strategy in the coming weeks, Cancerian. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, now is a favorable time to overthrow your habits, rebel against your certainties and cruise through a series of freewheeling escapades that will change your mind in a hundred different ways. Do you love life enough to ask more questions than you’ve ever asked before?
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Thank you for contacting
the Center for Epicurean Education. If you need advice on how to help your imagination lose its inhibitions, please press 1. If you’d like guidance on how to run wild in the woods or in the streets without losing your friends or your job, press 2. If you want to learn more about spiritual sex or sensual wisdom, press 3. If you’d like assistance in initiating a rowdy yet focused search for fresh inspiration, press 4. For information about dancing lessons or flying lessons or dancing-whileflying lessons, press 5. For advice on how to stop making so much sense, press 6.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The cereus cactus
grows in the deserts of the Southwestern United States. Most of the time it’s scraggly and brittlelooking. But one night of the year, in June or July, it blooms with a fragrant, trumpet-shaped flower. By dawn the creamy white petals close and start to wither. During that brief celebration, the plant’s main pollinator, the sphinx moth, has to discover the marvelous event and come to gather the cactus flower’s pollen. I suspect this scenario has metaphorical resemblances to a task you could benefit from carrying out in the days ahead. Be alert for a sudden, spectacular and rare eruption of beauty that you can feed from and propagate.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): If I had more room
here, I would offer an inspirational PowerPoint presentation designed just for you. In the beginning, I would seize your attention with an evocative image that my marketing department had determined would give you a visceral thrill. (Like maybe a Photoshopped image of you wearing a crown and holding a scepter.) In the next part, I would describe various wonder-
ful and beautiful things about you. Then I’d tactfully describe an aspect of your life that’s underdeveloped and could use some work. I’d say, “I’d love for you to be more strategic in promoting your good ideas. I’d love for you to have a well-crafted master plan that will attract the contacts and resources necessary to lift your dream to the next level.”
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I advise you against
snorting cocaine, MDMA, heroin or bath salts. But if you do, don’t lay out your lines of powder on a kitchen table or a baby’s diaper-changing counter in a public restroom. Places like those are not exactly sparkly clean, and you could end up propelling contaminants close to your brain. Please observe similar care with any other activity that involves altering your consciousness or changing the way you see the world. Do it in a nurturing location that ensures healthy results. P.S. The coming weeks will be a great time to expand your mind if you do it in all-natural ways such as through conversations with interesting people, travel to places that excite your awe and encounters with provocative teachings.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In late 1811
and early 1812, parts of the mighty Mississippi River flowed backward several times. Earthquakes were the cause. Now, more than two centuries later, you Sagittarians have a chance—maybe even a mandate—to accomplish a more modest rendition of what nature did way back then. Do you dare to shift the course of a great, flowing, vital force? I think you should at least consider it. In my opinion, that great, flowing, vital force could benefit from an adjustment that you have the wisdom and luck to understand and accomplish.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’re entering
into the Uncanny Zone, Capricorn. During your brief journey through this alternate reality, the wind and the dew will be your teachers. Animals will provide special favors. You may experience true fantasies, like being able to sense people’s thoughts and hear the sound of leaves converting sunlight into nourishment. It’s possible you’ll feel the moon tugging at the waters of your body and glimpse visions of the best possible future. Will any of this be of practical use? Yes! More than you can imagine. And not in ways you can imagine yet.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): This is one of
those rare grace periods when you can slip into a smooth groove without worrying that it will degenerate into a repetitive rut. You’ll feel natural and comfortable as you attend to your duties, not blank or numb. You’ll be entertained and educated by exacting details, not bored by them. I conclude, therefore, that this will be an excellent time to lay the gritty foundation for expansive and productive adventures later this year. If you’ve been hoping to get an advantage over your competitors and diminish the negative influences of people who don’t empathize with you, now is the time.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “There is a
direct correlation between playfulness and intelligence, since the most intelligent animals engage in the greatest amount of playful activities.” So reports the National Geographic. “The reason is simple: Intelligence is the capacity for learning, and to play is to learn.” I suggest you make these thoughts the centerpiece of your life in the coming weeks. You’re in a phase when you have an enhanced capacity to master new tricks. That’s fortunate, because you’re also in a phase when it’s especially crucial for you to learn new tricks. The best way to ensure it all unfolds with maximum grace is to play as much as possible.
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.
Art it up What makes a city a real city? There are a lot of answers to that, but most people include a vibrant art scene in that equation. Art gets funded many ways, but any conversation about public art funding needs to include the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission in the discussion. Maya Wallace is one of 11 art commissioners—all are volunteers—involved with improving Sacramento through art. But that also involves making sure that everyone has an equal shot at this money and being heard through their art. Wallace discusses the commission and its vision for building a better, more inclusive, diverse art landscape in Sacramento.
What do you think is most lacking from the arts scene in the city? Six months ago, I would have said crosspollination between multiple groups, but I think that’s improving even now. We need capacity-building and audience development for our arts organizations, a robust communications infrastructure for everyone and a way for working artists to more effectively promote their work—be it music, poetry, painting, sculpture, etc.
Are there specific communities you feel are most in need of outreach? I wouldn’t say we have it drilled down to that level. I think that the cultural equity grant is going to give us data. The thing is we don’t know who we’re missing. And they don’t know about us. When we held our first meeting for the Cultural Equity Task Force in January, we had 50 people come and tell us what cultural equity meant to them. I think it’s really incumbent on us, as a public entity that’s talking about creative economy and building all this “Destination Sacramento,” but to make sure we’re being as inclusive as possible. We will implement the statement which recognizes historical disadvantage and power and access challenges, and says the commission is going to take steps to mitigate those and remove those barriers and build up those communities. We need to engage with communities that we never see.
So there’s a lot of talk of improving public space with art. What does that look like? I hope it’s interactive. I do think there will be tons of murals everywhere. I think pop-ups and parklettes are going to be a part of it. I don’t know why we haven’t gotten more parklettes. Part of it has been getting everyone in the planning department on board and updating their openness to stuff. Everyone was really suburban for a really long time. Then they were like, “What are you talking about, you want to build a
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shipping container restaurant? We don’t even have a process to do that.” It’s about getting everyone on the same page. From an environmental perspective we want people to move back to the cities because it’s the most efficient way to run our economy and minimize our impact on the environment, and keep everybody clothed and fed and sheltered. It’s a quality of life. Art and trees. If you’re going to do two things, you would do art and trees.
How do you work with artists without them feeling like you’re using them to sanitize the city? To take it back to the Cultural Equity Task Force, that’s kind of the point. This is a city that is diverse. We have to reflect that in all of our neighborhoods. If you do that intentionally, and you’re including everyone in the process, it shouldn’t be a gap to bridge. I would like to see us support our artists, and pay them and make sure they can make money much more than I think we are currently able to do. That would help them sustain in their neighborhoods. The people that don’t make a lot of money are what make neighborhoods cool, like the creative folks, kooky characters. They’re the people that have been building the livability up in the city for a long time. It would be a shame to lose them, and have the sanitized version. We used to talk about mixed-income communities. I always thought of Sacramento as really successful, it was sort of inadvertent that we’re a mixed-income community. But I want to see more of that. Instead of everyone having to
live in Midtown, and driving up the price, why can’t we have investment in Meadowview, and Valley High, and Del Paso, so that all the neighborhoods are great.
Why has busking become such a hot topic here? I pretty much give credit to [Zero Forbidden Goals]. They’re really effective. The groups that do poetry and spoken word and open-mic folks have gotten really connected to each other. And they want to take their work out into the community. And they were being told that they couldn’t. So they decided to build a movement around it. It’s also a way to activate all these dead, scary public spaces, which is still really important to attracting residents that we want and retaining residents that we want. The arts commission took up busking as well, in the same time frame as the cultural equity stuff. Before Second Saturday exploded, there was always people that would come out and play. They didn’t necessarily have a permit and nobody cared because there was less stuff happening down here. I don’t know why people started telling people they couldn’t walk around and play on the street. But I think the critical mass is people. Getting people out of their houses, and getting people walking, biking, it all goes together. As much as people talk about it as piecemeal, it’s all part of a urban revitalization strategy, focused on place, focused on public art, focused on active transportation, and it builds commerce. It’s just really good. Ω
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