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The most basic need The public drinking fountain, standing on a street corner or in a park, says to the citizen: “Your city loves you and doesn’t want you to be thirsty.” That idea belongs to Kurt Schmoke, the visionary former mayor of Baltimore and crusader for civic involvement.

Schmoke has become famous for the pioneering stance he took against the War on Drugs, which began in the late 1980s. (He later cameoed in two episodes of The Wire on that topic.) I remember him more for his pioneering notions regarding the role a city should play in the life of its inhabitants.

For Schmoke, the public drinking fountain was metaphoric. He was actually working on much bigger issues. Confronting a city that had been in sharp decline, Schmoke managed to bring major improvements to schools and public housing while also working with local businesses on economic development. The idea was, we need to serve our people, in all of their dealings with the city, in the same way we do by providing water fountains. Of course, he kept the fountains up, too.

Michael Mott’s news piece on water scarcity in our city (see “Fountain of truth,” page 8) reveals an unacceptable situation. I can’t get my head around the fact that at least two people have died of heat stroke in our streets this summer— in a downtown that does not have any water fountains. I can hardly believe that after the United Nations came to town and ripped us for this very thing, there isn’t a crusade.

We are fortunate—and I am grateful—that Mayor Darrell Steinberg is genuinely committed to doing something about the murderous conditions confronting our city’s homeless population. He might start with drinking fountains. It would be symbolically powerful, and it might save lives.

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hen Cal Expo opened in 1968, the South Sacramento fairgrounds were rendered obsolete. Nearly 50 years later, the neighborhood is still struggling to recover. When the fairgrounds were on Stockton Boulevard, the fair fueled the local economy,” says Katie McCleary, founding executive director of 916 Ink, a writing program for young people ages 8–24 located in South Sac. “When the fair left, all the mom-and-pops pulled out — which meant losing healthy eating options and fresh food — and no major hospital systems remained.”

In fact, it’s these types of historical incidents — not well known to many of today’s South Sac residents, who often believe the problems they face are purely personal — that inspired the publication “How Did We Get Here?,” 1,000 free copies of which will be distributed in September. The project — part of The California Endowment’s Building Healthy Communities initiative — brought sociology professors Dr. Jesus Hernandez of UC Davis and Nicholas Miller of Sacramento City College together with McCleary and her organization.

“The California Endowment funded us to work with residents and identify what sort of disinvestment shaped South Sac,” says McCleary, who sent students out to collect narratives from their own families.

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of immigrants — first, second and third generation — and they’ve historically been victims of structural racism and structural violence.”

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Katie McCleary, 916 Ink founding executive director Based on the true stories students gathered, the group was able to construct a fictional storyline for their publication, which they chose to do in comic book form. The narrative centers on a little girl, Ellie, and her single dad. “Ellie is sick from black mold in their rental house and she is seen at UC Davis Med Center, but can only be treated in the ER, because no one takes Medi-Cal in her neighborhood,” says McCleary. The family also struggles with transportation, work and school issues, until an activist neighbor offers to help them.

Eventually, Ellie and her father move from passive victimhood to joining with others to fight for what’s right.

Professional cartoonist Robert Love, who illustrated the book, says that working on

artist Robert love and 916 Ink’s Katie mcCleary show some of the artwork that will be part of “How did We get Here?” a new graphic novel that tells the story of South Sacramento.

Photo by melissa uroff the project opened his eyes. “It’s a quick read, a quick history lesson,” he says, adding that “there is so much good work going on.”

Indeed, the ultimate message is one of hope.

“People have been impacted by policies that come from racist institutions,” says McCleary. “But things will never get better if we don’t push for change, and there are ways you can make change happen.”

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Re “Off the hook and the cuff” by Michael Mott (Arts & Culture,Aug. 3): Hello, Los Bottom Feeders here. Please remove the caption about us playing “commie” music. The owners of the venue had that flag over a window to block light, and in no way is it connected to Los Bottom Feeders.

No one in our group advocates or even considers communism as a valid form of government. Please remove the caption and any remarks aimed at the band supporting or promoting communism in any way.

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Scrap Prop. 13 Re “Unfair tax system fuels housing crisis” by Jeff vonKaenel (Greenlight, July 27): The inequities within Proposition 13 and some of the responses of local governments to the resulting lower property tax revenues are part of the problem. Some local governments have mandated that new developments include a number of “affordable” units. This makes such developments even

more expensive for those paying market rates and makes them even less likely to be built.

Many progressives, like Muriel Strand (“Tax commercial property now!” Letters, Aug 3), have proposed assessing commercial properties at current market value but continuing the Proposition 13 rules for residential property. The problem is that local governments will continue to have an incentive to favor commercial development

over residences as moderately priced homes will still not pay their own way for the services they receive.

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Stop killing my brothers Re: “A chief’s challenge” by Eric Johnson (Editor’s note, Aug. 3): So long as the police stop killing my black brothers and sisters and assisting fascists at newly rebranded white supremacist “alt-right” gatherings in public spaces, I am open to working with [Chief Daniel Hahn]. Only time will tell.

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Can’t brainwash me Re “Misplaced virtue” by Joey Garcia (Ask Joey, Aug 3): Once again, your advice is full

of wisdom and crucial insight. I can attest, I was that boy. They tried three times sending me to my dad’s SDA schools. And I became one of the school’s most notorious students. Pure train wreck. It took way more than complicated religion and legalism to reach my battered, wounded, hateful heart.

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Let’s hear both sides Re “New Sushi” by John Flynn (Off Menu, Aug 3): In the current SN&R piece, you narrate in a fashion clearly intended to elicit sympathy for Lou Valente’s circumstances and portray him in a favorable light, as if we should all rally around the local hero and support his plight as he scrapes his way back; yet your piece only mentions in passing the “pending legal dispute.” That’s seems biased, doesn’t it? This piece provides no context about the dispute, or

the very serious allegations made against Valente.

Valente faces four separate causes of action, including Breach of Fiduciary Duty and Fraud, Concealment, and Intentional Deceipt, and he may face a jury trial. Without discussing the merits of the claims, isn’t it a little more honest to at least reference the context of the legal dispute generally, rather than simply gaslighting everyone about the situation?

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Fountain of truth Drinking water scarce as homeless population grows and summer gets hotter

by Michael Mott

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For the 12 years that he’s experienced homelessness, Jeffrey Lobue has traveled in search of water to parks, libraries and the occasional drinking fountain to survive the blistering Sacramento summers.

A former pipelayer, Lobue has even taken it upon himself to repair a few of the broken fountains scattered around Sacramento like cruel mirages, tempting a growing population that relies on them to avoid dehydration and death.

As recently as last year, nearly 40 percent of city-owned drinking fountains—47 of 171—were broken,

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leaking or clogged, according to city data.

Meanwhile, Midtown and downtown Sacramento are complete fountain deserts—there are no public drinking fountains of any kind, working or otherwise.

The problem has attracted new urgency.

An overnight census in January showed that Sacramento County’s unsheltered homeless population rose 110 percent in two years, with more than 2,000 people lacking shelter of any kind on a given night. At least one person died from heat-related causes after being found outside this summer, which just

clocked the hottest July on local record.

“Water is our God-given right,” Lobue said. “We should all have access to it.”

The United Nations agrees. In 2012, a U.N. envoy scolded the city for leaving about 50 drinking fountains in disrepair due to budget cuts. The U.N. usually concerns itself with countries, not cities, but found Sacramento’s lack of public facilities and clean water sources for its homeless residents a problem of humanitarian proportions.

Five years since that scathing report, the number of damaged drinking fountains

remains largely the same.

“Just about anywhere you go you have to really search for drinking fountains,” Lobue said while waiting in the shade for lunch at Friendship Park downtown. “I’ve done everything from sip water out of the gutter, as long as there’s no oil or taste…

I’ll drink water from the river, if I have to.”

Lobue has gotten sick doing that.

Baking soda or mustard will soothe stomach aches, he’s learned. But he doesn’t want to get sick anymore.

As Lobue spoke, other homeless people sat beneath misters under the sun at high noon. Three orange Home Depot water jugs, which distribute nearly 200 gallons of water a day, squatted nearby.

Sacramento Loaves & Fishes, which operates Friendship Park, dispenses more than 3,300 donated bottles of water a month during summer.

Sacramento summers have risen in temperature every year over the past 20, according to the National Weather Service. Every day of July peaked above 90 degrees, a first for the city.

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Despite increasing temperatures, City Hall has remained cool to the issue.

On July 25, two activists who have experienced homelessness upbraided the Sacramento City Council for not making water accessible to its residents.

Ed Harris, a formerly homeless resident now living in public housing, told council members that access to water is a human right they were failing to provide.

“We’re dying out in the streets because of summer. … It’s as if someone’s trying to kill us with no water,” Harris said. “We should all feel guilty because we’re not doing enough to help our fellow man.”

David Andre, a longtime activist and homeless resident, noted that a fountain was recently taken out of Neely Johnson Park in the Alkali Flat neighborhood.

The city said it was removed because it didn’t comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act and current city code.

It won’t be replaced.

“It didn’t meet [ADA] requirements and since we were touching water and irrigation lines, we had to bring it up to current code.

The budget didn’t allow for replacing it at this time,” said Jason Weismann of the Parks and Recreation Department.

A drinking fountain at Cesar Chavez Plaza has been repaired this year, though its bathroom remains closed and many fountains are still offline.

“The fact you continue to keep water fountains off and deny human rights to human beings, I believe, should be an imprisonable offense,” Andre told the council.

Just one drinking fountain sits on the American River Parkway. Several have been removed from the K Street mall. Andre hoped the situation would have improved under new Mayor Darrell Steinberg.

Steinberg deferred comment for this story to Marycon Young, a spokeswoman for the city’s departments of Public Works and Parks and Recreation. Young says it all comes down to budgetary challenges that are still being felt after the recession.

The park maintenance budget was cut nearly in half in 2008, she says. Along with other city services, voters thought they would solve the parks cutbacks by approving Measure U, a half-cent sales tax adopted in 2013. But the measure’s $30 million in annual revenue wasn’t enough to fix the backlog of deferred maintenance, Young says.

The city is working on finding a permanent funding source for park maintenance,

Young says, but currently has no plans to build more drinking fountains.

In the meantime, options remain sparse.

As of January, there were about 1,000 shelter beds in Sacramento County—but many shelters don’t allow people to stay inside during the day. A handful of libraries offer refuge. Churches occasionally open for heat relief on their own. Steinberg has proposed letting churches act as year-round temporary residential shelters, an idea that has drawn complaints and opposition from some organized business interests.

approach,” he added. “Our biggest limitation is finding a site that’s suitable.”

It can be a life-and-death quest.

In 2015, 3 percent of homelessnessrelated deaths were caused by hypothermia, according to county coroner data analyzed by the Sacramento Regional Coalition to End Homelessness. Three out of six heat-related deaths confirmed this summer were attributed to hypothermia, according to information provided by Coroner Kimberly Gin. More anecdotally, the hospital closest to downtown, Sutter Medical Center, treats many “We’re heat-related illnesses. the environmental Dr. Arthur Jey, a dying out in the Justice Coalition for Sutter emergency room streets because of Water, or EJCW, physician, says heat summer.” worked with Loaves & exhaustion and stroke Fishes to bring the U.N. often bring homeless Ed Harris envoy to Sacramento’s people, construction formerly homeless homeless camps in 2012. workers and the elderly Sacramento resident That same year, EJCW to the ER. According to the Executive Director Colin Coroner’s Office, two people Bailey helped California become died outdoors this summer, their the first state to pass legislation desigdehydration exacerbated by methamnating water as a human right. phetamine intoxication. The other four heat The bill requires state agencies to victims were in their 80s and died at home. consider this when revising their policies, At-risk groups include the elderly, but doesn’t mandate local jurisdictions to who often take medication requiring make water more accessible. more water consumption, and children, Sacramento Regional Transit is repairing whose internal cooling systems aren’t 10 fountains within the light rail system. completely developed. Migrant workers EJCW is organizing a study to track toiling outside should drink water every water access in the Sacramento area. The 15 minutes, according to the California results are expected early next year.

Rural Legal Assistance Foundation.

“There appears to be nothing unique When a person can no longer sweat about Sacramento, unfortunately, in how to cool down, Jey says he or she should challenging it is for homeless people to drink water, get electrolytes from salty access water and sanitation,” Bailey said. or sweet food, and get inside—or to the Since he became the city of hospital.

Sacramento’s emergency manager 11 years He’ll never forget the man who was ago, Jason Sirney can’t recall there being admitted to a Santa Cruz ER, where Jey a cooling center downtown, where the was working as a medical intern. The largest proportion of homeless residents patient took seizure and anxiety meds congregate. The closest—open only when with opioids and stayed in an attic for there are at least three 105-degree days in a three days, alone, in the summer heat. row—is Hart Senior Center on 27th and I He was brought in with a 109-degree streets in Midtown. body temperature.

Several homeless people who spoke to “We did all this stuff to cool him, SN&R said they felt the lack of cooling water all over, ice baths, ice in the centers and water sources were discriminaarmpits, but this guy’s brain was cooktory. They also said that churches and ing,” Jey said. “The guy died. The worst nonprofits are handing out more bottled part was it didn’t have to happen.” water than ever, but the timing is inconsisAs he has done in the past, Jey tent. A handful of businesses allow water to handed out bottled water this year to be poured from spigots.

Sacramento’s homeless residents.

Sirney raised the prospect of shifting “We’re all human,” Jey said. “My from an emergency-based infrastructure wife always says, ‘That’s someone’s son to a seasonal one that provides adequate or daughter.” Ω water and relief from the heat all summer long. “There’s a call for a more routine

Like Julia Louis-Dreyfus at the Emmys, the sacramento county sheriff’s department spent another year dominating a category made up of also-ran departments. Except, in this case, the category was for most sued county agency.

According to an annual report from the county’s primary handler of liability claims, George Hills Company Inc., Sacramento County was forced to cough up $17.4 million in claim payments and legal fees for the fiscal year that ended June 30, significantly more than the previous year.

“Quite frankly, we just had some bad losses,” Randy Rendig, George Hills’ account manager to the county, told the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday.

The Sheriff’s Department was responsible for the biggest bad loss. Last spring, a Sacramento Superior Court jury found the department retaliated against four female jail deputies after they complained of discrimination and improper relationships within the agency. That one case cost the county $6.9 million in damages and attorneys fees, almost double what was originally reported, a county spokeswoman confirmed to SN&R. The Sheriff’s Department claimed 46 percent of all county lawsuits last fiscal year, by far the largest proportion. The runnerup with 22 percent of the county’s lawsuits were “public works and infrastructure,” which could refer to the county’s Community Development, Transportation or even Water Resources agencies.

While Rendig’s report didn’t go into specifics about any of the lawsuits, questions from elected representatives prompted a few details. Asked by Supervisor Susan Peters if any of the claims were avoidable, Rendig referenced incidents inside the jail and on the street “where deputies might become a little too aggressive … when they’re trying to take somebody down.”

Rendig, who is his firm’s president of claims administration, did provide some good news: There were 10 fewer lawsuits assigned to counsel and 57 percent of them were closed without a payout.

But if money is what matters, next year could be far worse.

That’s when the tab could come due for a $107 million federal judgment, awarded in March to a family whose gravel and sand mine was shut down through land use decisions made by supervisors a decade ago. (Raheem F. Hosseini)

warehouse mysterIes An audit of the Sacramento Department of Utilities—in charge of the city’s water, sewer and storm drainage systems—found the agency mishandling its inventory over the past three years.

While the city’s Budget and Audit committee praised the department for making progress, the audit noted $14,000 in tools and equipment was missing and could have been stolen.

The Utilities Department has a total inventory worth $2 million, 40 percent of which was purchased over the past three years. The audit found the department hadn’t used a quarter of its equipment in that time, and noted that some employees had inappropriate access to the equipment, leaving open risks of theft, fraud and abuse. “[The Department] acknowledges and concurs with the city audit,” Utilities Director Bill Busath told the committee. “As stewards of the city’s assets, we take this role very seriously. Of the 23 recommendations, nine are done and 14 are in implementation.”

Those changes include: Reducing staff’s access to the main warehouse by 80 percent; consolidating inventories from nine to five locations; and improving counting practices.

The auditor’s office is also conducting audits on the city’s medical marijuana dispensaries, the Parks and Recreation Department, and hiring policies. the Police department will be audited next.

(Michael Mott)

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Dank prophecy Despite marijuana legalization, California’s black market could remain huge

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This story was produced by CALmatters.org, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.

Legalizing marijuana, California voters were told last year, would create a “safe, legal and comprehensive system” allowing adults to consume the drug while keeping it out of the hands of children.

Marijuana would be sold in highly regulated stores, the Proposition 64 campaign promised, and California would gain new tax revenue by bringing the cannabis marketplace “out into the open.”

Voters overwhelmingly bought the message, with 57 percent approving Prop. 64. But as state regulators prepare to begin offering licenses to marijuana businesses on January 1, it turns out that a huge portion of the state’s weed is likely to remain on the black market.

That’s because California grows a lot more pot than its residents consume, and Prop. 64 only makes marijuana legal within the state’s borders. It also didn’t give an automatic seal of approval to every cannabis grower. Those who want

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to sell legally must be licensed by the state and comply with detailed rules that require testing plants, labeling packages and tracking marijuana as it moves from farm to bong.

Exactly how much cannabis circulates in California is unknown because most marijuana grows—and purchases— have been illegal for so long. But economists hired by the state government estimate that California farms produce about 13.5 million pounds of cannabis each year, while state residents annually consume about 2.5 million pounds. That leaves 11 million pounds of pot that likely flows out of California illegally, according to the economic report commissioned by the California Department of Food and Agriculture, which regulates cannabis farmers. Other analyses have similarly found that roughly 80 percent of California-grown marijuana leaves the state.

Even the 2.5 million pounds of marijuana consumed within California won’t all be purchased through state-sanctioned shops when they open; the economists predict about half of it will probably be sold illegally.

“Those sales opportunities will still be there,” said Hezekiah Allen, executive director of the California Growers Association, which represents more than 1,000 marijuana businesses in the state.

Allen surveyed his members recently and found that 85 percent hope to get a license to sell marijuana legally under Prop. 64. But many fear they won’t be able to because some local governments will limit or ban pot businesses, or because prices could drop too low in the regulated market. And if they can’t sell weed legally, 40 percent of the respondents to Allen’s survey said they would continue operating the way they always have: on the black market.

Some long-time cannabis growers will likely go out of business, Allen said.

But, “at the end of the day, a lot of businesses in general may stay outside of the regulated market.”

That means that despite the passage of Prop. 64, California cops will still have plenty of work going after illicit cannabis operations.

“You’re going to see robust enforcement efforts to prevent California from becoming the staging area for drug trafficking nationwide,” said John Lovell, a lobbyist for the California Narcotics Officers Association, which opposed the ballot measure.

A spokesman for the Prop. 64 campaign said the measure wasn’t intended to abolish all criminalization of marijuana but instead to allow opportunities for “operators who want to be responsible and compliant.”

“No one ever promised to completely eliminate the black market—that’s like promising security cameras will completely eliminate shoplifting—but it will be significantly reduced,” spokesman Jason Kinney said by email.

He added that the state’s estimates of marijuana supply and demand are unreliable because the legal marketplace created by Prop. 64 won’t begin to roll out until next year. And he pointed out that some of the tax dollars generated by legal marijuana sales will go toward cracking down on illicit operations.

State officials said they are encouraging marijuana businesses to follow the rules and become part of the regulated system, while also planning how to go after those that remain in the black market.

“We are developing a formal complaint system that will allow anyone to report illegal grows or other concerns, and then we will forward those potential issues to the appropriate [law enforcement] agencies,” said Rebecca Forée, a spokeswoman for the state’s cannabis cultivation licensing office within the Department of Food and Agriculture.

Lori Ajax, chief of the state’s Bureau of Cannabis Control, said her agency is trying to entice marijuana businesses to go legit by crafting rules that aren’t too difficult for them to live by.

“It’s making sure those people who want to be in the regulated market, that we have made a path for them, we’re not making our regulations so difficult and hard to comply with that you’re discouraging people,” Ajax said. “First, we’ve got to get those folks in there and … then see what comes after that with enforcement.” Ω

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Times. The case draws similarities to ongoing litiSN&R and the Sacramento Bee were among 14 gation between the Sacramento News & Review media organizations that joined the brief. and former Mayor Kevin Johnson—another Meanwhile, in Sacramento, SN&R remains courtroom showdown that hinges on the integrity locked in a similar legal conundrum. In 2015, of the state’s transparency laws. former SN&R contributing editor Cosmo Garvin Both the LA Times and SN&R cases involve filed an official request to obtain a glut of emails an emerging legal phenomenon known as involving city business Johnson was conducting “reverse-CPRA actions.” When reporters and through a private email server. Garvin was trying residents request public documents from a governto identify the scope of city staff and ment agency, California law leaves little public resources Johnson had used to room for withholding the information get himself installed as the head on privacy grounds. of the National Conference of That means if a government “It becomes Black Mayors. body fails to produce the a game of poker Burke says Sacramento documents, and then is found where the side with the city attorneys didn’t block in violation of the state’s Garvin’s request, but law, it’s obligated to pay all most money makes the they passively watched as legal fees. Reverse-CPRA other fold.”

Johnson came forward as a actions have been described third party via the mayors’ as a legal loophole wherein Jeff vonKaenel conference and filed his own third parties connected to the publisher, Sacramento News injunction.

A Sacramento government come forward as & Review Superior Court judge later ruled private citizens and file injuncthat SN&R was legally entitled tions to block the information from to some 80 percent of the documents being released.

Garvin requested, but since Johnson sued as In the LA Times case, its reporters requested a third party, the judge didn’t order him, the documents from the Pasadena Police Department NCBM or the city to pay the newspaper’s mountlinked to the fatal officer-involved shooting of an ing legal expenses. unarmed 19-year-old. The city of Pasadena wasn’t SN&R has an appeal pending in the Third in a good legal position to avoid the disclosure, but District Court of Appeals in Sacramento. Burke reportedly notified the Pasadena police officers’ says it will likely be another year before SN&R union, which filed a third-party injunction to block and Johnson’s counsel appear before a judge the release. again.

Such communications between government The whole ordeal, and the LA Times case, entities and interested parties are increasingly remain disturbing to SN&R CEO and majority common, says Tom Burke, the attorney representowner Jeff vonKaenel. ing SN&R in its own litigation against former “We can’t spend $120,000 on a request like Mayor Johnson and the city of Sacramento. that, and both sides know we can’t afford it,” “Just because [the involved government] can’t vonKaenel acknowledged. “So, it changes the get out of releasing the information, it doesn’t balance of power there and means the request will mean they don’t get the word down to others get refused. It becomes a game of poker where the involved and tip people off,” Burke noted. “Who side with the most money makes the other fold.” Ω then file these injunctions.”

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It was April 22—another installment of the infamous UC Davis Picnic Day was about to end terribly.

The man in khaki shorts is an undercover officer with the Davis Police Department. The messy street fight that ensued between him, two other officers and revelers sent two officers to the emergency room— they were released shortly with minor injuries. Five young people, all of them black or Latino, now face felony charges of assault and resisting peace officers.

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The 103-year-old Picnic Day celebration has endured its share of debauchery and violence over the past decade. This spring’s melee has forced the progressive college town to confront uncomfortable questions about racial justice and police accountability.

That process has unraveled in a circus-like atmosphere.

After the eyewitness video contradicted the official police account of the incident, the city hired an independent investigator to buy back some trust from a community already concerned that only minorities were arrested. But the man picked to independently investigate the event, former Sacramento County Sheriff John McGinness, soon stepped down after making some racially charged statements over the airwaves that upset the public.

Now, a city that has been trying to establish greater civilian oversight of the police for more than a decade is trying to assure residents that the “Picnic Day 5,” as the accused have been called, will get justice.

A preliminary hearing scheduled for Thursday, August 10, could offer the public its first chance in months to learn details about a scandal that has resonated throughout the community. Both police and the accused will have the chance to answer some of the many questions that, until now, have gone unaddressed.

Defense attorney Mark Reichel, who is representing one of the Picnic Day 5, sees the incident as part of the national debate around police violence, alleging that Davis police have a history of racialized policing.

“It’s really dangerous to be an African-American young male and be around armed police officers,” he said.

Wrecks, lies and videotape Marked by rowdy partying and large numbers of emergency calls in the last 10 years, Picnic Day has provided annual PR headaches for the crunchy college town. But the April 22 clash between partygoers and undercover cops has sparked a different brand of controversy.

Initial reports of the incident, widely repeated by area news media, declared that the officers had been surrounded by a hostile mob, threatened and savagely beaten.

... and rolls up on a gang of Picnic Day partiers ...

Police department officials issued a press release two days after the incident reporting that members of the crowd had punched and kicked the three cops, striking one in the head with a glass bottle as he wrestled with an assailant.

That April 24 statement said the three officers in the minivan judged that the crowd was blocking traffic, which prompted the officers to “take action.”

The department’s account continues: “Before the officers could act, the unmarked police vehicle was surrounded by a large hostile group and several subjects began to yell threats at the police officers in the car. One subject quickly moved to simulate he was pulling a gun on the officers.”

The statement goes on to report that, as the officers exited their vehicle, they tried to identify themselves as police but were attacked immediately and “beaten on the ground.”

The dashcam footage—a grainy clip recorded from across an intersection and released a few weeks later by the department itself—appears to contradict certain aspects of that account. Soon after releasing the video, Davis PD retracted its initial statement.

The department has since gone mum.

So little evidence has been made available to the public that a thorough understanding of the events that day is impossible at this point. We are left with the dashcam video.

By the time the first officer is knocked to the ground, his two partners have rushed out of their vehicle to engage the crowd. The driver runs around the back of the van, which is facing the camera, and grabs a man who had been swinging at the first plain-clothes officer. That crowd member, dressed in an athletic jersey, manages to get away but loses a shoe.

The second officer, who is dressed in what looks like a dark tactical vest, runs through the crowd chasing the man wearing orange, grabbing him around the neck and possibly kneeing him in the abdomen. They stay upright throughout their struggle, moving across the frame until they exit stage right.

Meanwhile, the first officer has gotten up and joins a third colleague in taking down members of the crowd, both officers using wrestling-style moves to throw their opponents to the ground. A female crowd member

... and very quickly, chaos erupts.

who had been knocked down in the first seconds of the scuffle gets up and runs over to kick one of the officers as he wrestles a man on the ground.

Others from the crowd follow the brawl down a residential cross street, many apparently filming the event with their phones.

As for self-identification, the department’s official statement claims that one of the officers was wearing police attire and had his badge visible—the last officer to leave the vehicle appears to be wearing a tactical vest, but the other two are indisputably in plainclothes. The press release also alleges that their badges were clearly displayed, as were their police weapons.

“From the video, you can see that there was no surrounding of any kind and that the vehicle actually aggressively drove up into the group,” said Kate Mellon-Anibaba, an activist with a group called Justice for the Picnic Day 5.

She believes that the police narrative, from claims that the officers were easily identifiable to their allegation that a crowd member implicitly threatened them with a gun, is false.

The fact that Davis police later took down the press release from its website and social media pages is also a “huge red flag,” said MellonAnibaba, who provided a copy to SN&R. For attorney Reichel, who is representing defendant Elijah James Williams, there are two possible explanations for the differences between the police version and what the video shows: Either the officers lied to their superiors, or the department itself issued a dishonest public statement.

“They had no idea someone would have a dashcam on down the street,” Reichel said, calling the account offered to the public by Public Information Officer Lt. Paul Doroshov in that first press release inaccurate. “Did he just make it up? Or did the cops lie to the PIO?” he wondered.

After initially agreeing to a phone interview for this report, Doroshov stopped returning SN&R’s emails.

Meanwhile, the DA’s office has pressed on, charging Atwoine Rashadek Perry, Alexander Reide Craver, Williams, Iszir Daquan Price and Angelica Monique Reyes with multiple assault and resisting arrest charges.

A copy of the criminal complaint, filed by Deputy District Attorney Ryan Couzens, accuses Perry, Price and Williams of repeatedly punching an officer identified as “S.R.” in the face while Craver choked the

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page 15 “Panic Day” cont inue d from officer from behind and Reyes kicked him in the head. The complaint also alleges that another officer, identified as “R.B.,” was held down and punched “repeatedly in the head”

by Williams.

Williams faces five counts in all, Perry faces three and the rest two apiece. The complaint alleges that all five defendants “knew and reasonably should have known” that the two officers were cops acting under the color of authority.

Mellon-Anibaba and Reichel both take issue with the idea that members of the crowd understood that they were interacting with law enforcement officials.

For Mellon-Anibaba, who is married to a Nigerian immigrant and has a young black son, that prospect would be surprising.

“People of color teach their chilKathryn Olmsted dren you won’t be treated fairly by UC Davis history professor the cops,” she said.

Reichel is more forward in his dismissal of police allegations that the accused parties, all of whom are nonwhite, knowingly assaulted officers.

“You’d have to be a fucking lunatic to attack a cop and be a black kid,” he said. “We’re just fortunate these police officers didn’t shoot these people.”

In an email, Chief Deputy District Attorney Jonathan Raven said his office’s attorneys are “ethically precluded” from commenting on pending cases in the media.

“We will respond in court with the facts,” he wrote.

“It’s just become this event that I think most Davis residents try and avoid.”

Mayor Robb Davis called Picnic Day, which often attracts more than 100,000 visitors, an “unusual event” for the city, whose total population is only 70,000. He says that the celebration brings challenges like noisy house parties across the city and rowdy behavior.

The event has seen several controversies in recent years, including a riot that exploded in 2004 when police tried to shut down a large party in an apartment complex.

2010’s Picnic Day saw more than 500 emergency calls in Davis over the course of the day, overwhelming police. An article published in the San Jose Mercury News claimed “UC Davis may yank the blanket out from under Picnic Day,” quoting university officials, police and local business owners who all complained about the event, which was reportedly made worse because some local bars started serving drinks at 6 a.m.

And in 2011, a student was accidentally killed after he fell and hit his head on a curb while roughhousing with friends.

Despite its recent troubles, Picnic Day hasn’t always been an excuse for raucous day-drinking.

According to UC Davis history professor Kathryn Olmsted, the event was started as an actual picnic when Davis was an agricultural school. When the campus was made into a full university following World War II, the event became more of an open house for community members to view exhibitions hosted by the various departments.

“Picnic Day became a celebration of the agricultural origins and a celebration of the university in general,” Olmsted said.

She reckons that the event’s transformation into an excuse to party began in the 1990s, when students began to host large house parties off campus. She went on to say that the advent of social media has caused Picnic Day to explode in popularity, drawing out-of-towners from across Northern California and creating the wild scene that exists today.

“It’s just become this event that I think most Davis residents try and avoid,” Olmsted said, adding that, in the last decade or so, people have called for the event to be canceled every year. But the university administration wants to keep it going, she believes, because the on-campus events are so popular. For example, one chemistry department demonstration is such a draw that attendees have to line up hours in advance to get seats.

In the wake of this most recent scandal, some locals have renewed calls for the event’s cancellation. Comments on the Facebook page of The Davis Enterprise, the local paper, lament the lost innocence of Picnic Days gone by. A columnist for the Enterprise, Bob Dunning, mused that the violence caused by a “gang of thugs” meant it was time for the community to reevaluate whether to continue the tradition.

But Mayor Davis disagrees, telling SN&R that he doesn’t see a threat to the future of Picnic Day. “I think most people in the city would agree that it is a great event,” he said.

Reached by email, Stewart Savage of the Davis Downtown Business District sided with the mayor, writing, “I have not heard any substantial conversations about canceling picnic day.”

color oF accountability Mellon-Anibaba and other local activists have called for Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig to drop the charges against all five defendants, and plan to host a rally in solidarity with them at their preliminary hearing in Yolo Superior Court on August 10.

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Then there’s the complication that Davis PD’s internal investigation had its own scandal when former Sheriff McGinness, now a conservative radio host, claimed on his show that black people were better off before the Civil Rights Act. “If you look at certain groups within our broad population, for example, African-Americans in this country did much much much better before the Civil Rights Act,” McGinness said on his May 12 KFBK broadcast.

McGinness didn’t respond to SN&R’s request for an interview, but problematic comments about race didn’t stop with his Anthony Scaramucci-quick exit.

Comments on the Davis Enterprise website and on social media have largely targeted the accused, often couching the blame in terms of troublesome “out of towners”—a euphemism that may bear racial undertones. Community activists allege that despite its progressive veneer, Davis is a city with a toxic history of implicit bias and racialized policing.

So what will the effects be of this most recent scandal?

In the immediate aftermath of the fight, police revised the city’s undercover policy in an effort to prevent similar confrontations in the future, a change that Mayor Davis supports.

“If police are arriving on the scene to deal with crowd issues, they have to be clearly identifiable from their vehicle and their dress,” he told SN&R.

The mayor also expressed confidence in the ongoing internal investigation, which was taken over by local attorney McGregor Scott. “At this point I’m satisfied that the process is going forward,” Davis said.

He also offered some suggestions for the City Council to explore, like greater requirements for permitting outside events during Picnic Day or working with landlords and tenants to create greater accountability for boisterous parties.

Mayor Davis pointed out that the large house parties that spring up around the city each year are generally hosted in rental properties. Although the council hasn’t made any specific proposals yet, the mayor explained that they plan to address the issue before next year’s event by speaking with police and community members.

The future of Picnic Day seems secure for now, but it might be the Davis police who have to make changes.

Citing a 2006 study that found evidence of profiling in police interactions with some residents, Mayor Davis acknowledged the department’s troubled history but said that he has seen evidence of positive changes in the 11 years since.

However, the mayor acknowledged that Davis residents of color and those experiencing homelessness have different police interactions than he does as a white man, which is a problem he’s eager to address.

“My question moving forward is, how do we provide opportunities for people who are fearful, and who fear that they are being differentially treated, to bring those issues forward so that they can be dealt with?” he said. Ω

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“This part is really satisfying because it’s almost the final step,” she says at her West Sacramento farm. Rather than making catnip, its better known end point, the catmint she’s crushing will become part of a tea sold by Simonsen’s company First Mother Farms, which launched earlier this year.

Simonsen represents the next generation of farmers, an industry with fading ranks. The average farmer is 58 years old, according to the 2012 U.S. census of agriculture, and that number has steadily risen since 1982. Simonsen says she got hooked on farming as a teen through a Wintersbased nonprofit hoping to change that: the Center for Land-Based Learning. She started pulling weeds in its high school program. Years later, she enrolled in its California Farm Academy geared toward adults, which has graduated 96 students since 2012.

Already, the young farmer’s mentor Marisa Alcorta is impressed with her business savvy. Simonsen raised $5,000 through crowdfunding, but she’s sticking with her eighth of an acre before scaling upwards.

“She’s just experimenting with seeing what captures her audience,” says Alcorta, an apprenticeship coordinator with CLBL. “It’s great for someone so new to have that consciousness and not just be freaking out about everything.”

For Simonsen, farming is not just a business, but a mode of healing stronger than counseling has been. Six years ago, her mother was arrested for child abuse, according to the Superior Court of Sacramento. Simonsen took care of her two younger sisters and prioritized their homework over her own. While her mother was in jail, Simonsen swore to herself that she would never get entangled in prison or an abusive relationship.

Soon after, she broke both of those promises.

“You’re just like, ‘When will we ever feel normal?’” she says. “Or is there a normal?”

Violent patterns Simonsen didn’t fully admit to herself that she was in an abusive relationship until she spent a weekend in the Sacramento County Jail, looking out the window and asking herself “How? Why?” The jail confirms she was booked in October 2011. She remembers thinking, “I should be at my internship right now, I should be at school right now, I should be at work right now. I should not be here right now.”

She was the one in prison, even though Simonsen called the cops in the first place, as confirmed by Sacramento Police Department spokesperson Eddie Macaulay. She and her ex had gotten into a violent fight, but it was Simonsen who ended up in handcuffs. That’s because his body showed more scratches than hers, she says.

A few weeks after her stay in jail, Simonsen was having dinner with a friend when her ex spotted them and eventually punched her male companion into a pole. Blood pooled around his head as Simonsen screamed. Only after that incident was she granted a restraining order by the Sacramento Superior Court, according to court records.

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Since then, she has replaced old patterns Across her sunny balcony, she with new ones. Farming and its repetitive hangs a garland of lemon balm motions ask her to flow through each to dry, threading each stem in a thought in a daily meditation, instead patient rhythm. of stewing in anger. “It’s like washHer connection with ing it out.” urban farming started The young farmer has done so early. During the peaceful much healing, an outsider might moments of her childhood, even sense that she is grateful for Simonsen played in her what she’s been through. “It’s made grandmother’s garden in me stronger,” she says. She claims South Sacramento with she is not mad at her ex. her pet rabbit and a toad.

“Going through that relationship She and her sisters would rubie simonsen made me realize that there are patterns make natural tinctures to heal owner, First Mother Farms in my life that I need to be active with, wounds. “We were like, ‘Don’t and farming is a reminder of that,” she says. put Neosporin on it, Grandma! we “Weeds grow no matter what—perfect want to use our potion! We want to see if conditions, horrible conditions; it works!’” water, no water. ... Shit. Is. Later in life, Simonsen dusted off her gardenThere. I have to actively freakgrubby hands to transfer to Sacramento State ing fuck all the weeds out of and major in sociology. Around the same this physical field as well as time, she started working as a caseworker my life. It can’t just be, Oh, for the California State Assembly, and then there’s a weed. Isn’t that as an initiative coordinator for the City of nice. I think I’ll just leave it Sacramento. She says she noticed what thrilled there. Because none of the her most was passing an urban agriculture beauty in your life would be, if ordinance. you weren’t active.”

But she still missed the dirt. Last year, Active she has been. Simonsen she went all in and signed up for the recently harvested 40 pounds of seven-month-long California Farm herbs in a day. She’s launched an online Academy, where she wrote a store selling organic salves and teas, and in the business plan for First Mother not-too-distant future, she hopes to expand to Farms. Then, earlier in 2017, body scrubs and brick-and-mortar stores. she started working full-time at And she agonizes over setting fair prices. a nonprofit. She soon chafed at After all, these are organically grown, locally its time restrictions. When her sourced teas and body products—high-class boss told her that her work came pampering tools usually marked up for their before farming, she knew it was premium qualities. However, by using wrong in her gut. affordable herbs like catmint, lemon balm and She quit in May and got a pep-talk Catmint sweetening stevia, she can sell 2-ounce salves tattoo on her middle finger that says “jump.” salve from for $7 and 7.5 ounces of tea for $12, including With her middle finger lifted, it’s “fucking jump.”

First Mother shipping. She hopes to make these modes of Now, Simonsen lives with her younger sister Jade Farms. self-care accessible to more people.

Kelley and a friend, and says she relishes the freedom The minimal packaging seems to say: Chill in her farming life to simply be silly. She and her sister out. Take just one moment to reconnect with laugh and scream along to Lynyrd Skynyrd and Queen, yourself and the earth. That’s what helped her. making up absurd lyrics as they go.

“I think it’s a good reminder, as a philosophy, to ask Upon hearing Simonsen talk about her sisters, Kelley people to slow down,” she says. “What do you have to shouts from the other room “Ya-Ya Sisterhood!” lose?”

Their mother was recently released from jail for a Alcorta says Simonsen’s business is a natural extensecond time in October, and Simonsen says she dropped her sion of her own catharsis. “When we go on a path to heal off near the American River to be with her fellow homeless ourselves, we often want to heal others, too,” Alcorta friends. Previously, she and her sisters had tried enrolling says. “I think it’s a great field for her because of that. She their mom in rehab and counseling. She simply didn’t want is trying to be more in touch with her inner self and also the help. what’s valuable to her, what’s true—and extend that out to Like a surrogate mother, Simonsen acts as a role others.” model for her sisters, and she has her own caretaker: the earth. She named her business First Mother Farms after Healing flow that original matriarch. The logo shows a triangle pierced by an arrow to signify moving forward. It also refers to Inside Simonsen’s apartment, rows of quart-sized mason the strong lines of womanhood: the womb. jars brim with crushed herbs. Plastic buckets on the floor “Being a woman is more than just being feminine: hold freshly harvested marigolds, lemon balm and calenIt’s being tough and taking care of yourself,” Simonsen dula with a whiff of citrus. “My house is gonna be like an says. “I think we’re badass, you know?” Ω apothecary, I’ll have to start getting raven skulls,” she says with a small giggle.

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Kings work out the kinks The Kings arrived at Las Vegas NBA Summer League as a solid bet to win it all. With returning players Buddy Hield, Skal Labissière, Georgios Papagiannis and Malachi Richardson, plus exciting rookies De’Aaron Fox, Justin Jackson and Frank Mason III in tow, Sacramento sported a larger contingent of roster players than any other team.

But like most who venture to Vegas, they left as losers.

As De’Aaron Fox and so many others pointed out, none of this matters. “It’s only summer league” is the official slogan of summer league. Still, the Kings are poised to enter their first post-Cousins year with one of the youngest rosters in history, and this looked to be a great chance for them to come together and show what they could do.

It wasn’t entirely disappointing. Fox, the fifth overall pick, showed flashes of top-range speed and a nasty midrange game. Frank Mason displayed a mixture of tenacity and composure that could land him a spot in the rotation. Justin Jackson looked like an NBA-ready wing, right out of the gate. But injuries robbed us of a chance at an extended preview. Fox aggravated an ankle injury, Mason hurt his ankle shortly thereafter, Malachi Richardson (technically a rookie after an injury-shortened 2016) strained his hamstring, and all three sat for the rest of summer.

Meanwhile, the second-year players failed to impress. Hield shot poorly, and big-named Labissiere and Papagiannis had little impact. Recite the mantra: It’s only summer league. Hield finished strongly last season, which should carry more weight than his summer performance. And front-court players often struggle in a summer league setting, without much of an offense to throw them the ball. Papagiannis added some muchneeded muscle, but eventually succumbed to a bruised glute, and he should start the season in the G-League.

Perhaps the biggest blow this summer was off the court, when the Kings let their newly appointed vice president of basketball operations, Scott Perry, leave for the Knicks’ vacant general manager position. Yes, Perry was only in Sacramento for three months, but those 90 days happened to coincide with the most competent period the Kings’ front office has put together in years. Kings president Vlade Divac could have refused the Knicks’ request to negotiate with Perry, but he showed goodwill by giving Perry the opportunity for a promotion. Vlade even managed to get the Knicks to surrender a second-round player pick for Perry’s services, and any time you can trade a jersey for a suit, you did OK. Hopefully, that was a sign Perry’s acumen has rubbed off on Vlade.

So, here’s the silver lining: The Kings have now dispensed with the hype they built after a great offseason.

They weren’t a summer league super team, which means the expectations for this season are reset right where they should be: reasonably low. The new kids can come in and play pressure-free ball, and we can sit back, relax and watch them grow.

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Welcome flavors: Oak Park’s restaurant scene continues to blossom. This time, it’s a cherry blossom painted on the festive walls of the neighborhood’s only Japanese restaurant.

OBA Japanese Kitchen (4605 Broadway) had its soft opening in late July to work out the kinks. “We finally got our open sign, so we’ve got more people coming in,” said Jodilynn Lee, 18, the manager. She’s the daughter of owner Damond Lee, who also operates two other Japanese eateries: The Izakaya (5651 Freeport Boulevard) and Sushi Cafe (1221 Alhambra Boulevard).

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Desmond Lee is friends with those former owners, so the Lee family saw the potential of the space with its ready-made regulars, Jodilynn says.

They’ve totally remodeled the interior with wooden floors, rustic Japanese chairs and walls that are as colorful as they are quirky. A panel of cartoon

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Echoing the bubbly decor, Jodilynn is excited to exercise her creativity outside of her business management major at Sacramento City College. She helps come up with specials, which recently included an everything-but-the-sink Sunset Roll with shrimp tempura, spicy tuna, avocado, crab salad, salmon, masago and green onions.

“I try to come up with fun specials to expand my imagination,” she said.

Banana hammock: Celebrate everyone’s favorite fruit that we didn’t know is a berry. The Eighth Annual Sacramento Banana Festival will offer a variety of bites to show how the banana is cooked throughout Asia, Africa and the Americas: banana beef tacos, banana guacamole, banana rum beignets, banana kabobs and even banana 7-Up floats.

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What do Celia Cruz, Paul Walker, Freddie Mercury, Selena, Kurt Cobain and Heath Ledger have in common? You’re correct if you guessed that they’ve all shuffled off this mortal coil, but they also share space in a life-sized photo collage that greets you upon entry to Los Inmortales Taqueria.

Other than the iconography of “The Immortals,” there’s no tie-in to deceased legends on the large menu—no Janis Joplin nachos, alas.

A friend who pays attention to food (I refuse to say “foodie”) recommended it to me, and I was a bit skeptical based on the outward appearance, but I perused the Yelps and became curious.

I have never seen such a polarized collection of Yelpers, and almost all based on the servers.

Equal parts praise and rage were heaped on. Who were these haughty sirens and cheerful helpers? Were they, in the elegant parlance of Yelp, “super friendly and nice” with “great costumer [sic] service” or were they “straight up BITCHES”? I had to investigate.

Visit one: 3 p.m. on a Friday. There’s a steady flow of diners. It’s counter service, with a large menu that includes breakfast and many seafood dishes. The salsa bar is a clean, well-lit place, but the salsas themselves are the first indication of a recurring pattern of blandness.

The bolillo on the milanesa torta ($6.75) resembles nothing so much as a Safeway baguette and is skimpily filled and bread forward. The torta milanesa at Lalo’s restaurant it ain’t. Of the three tacos I sample, it is only the pastor

($1.95) that is worth a reorder. The courteous young woman at the counter calls me “honey” and smilingly informs me that the chili colorado listed on the menu behind her isn’t available.

Visit two: Noon on a Sunday. There’s a line and the servers handle it adroitly. The mood is festive. People are slurping shrimp cocktail juice from goblets and ordering “ballenas,” which literally means “whale” and figuratively means a 32-ounce bottle of Pacifico. The pozole ($11.75) looks lovely but is confusingly tasteless. A five-minute trip to Alonzo’s on Stockton Boulevard will yield a better bowl. The enchiladas al pastor ($10.80) are a step down from the tacos, and the thin beans that accompany the plate go unfinished. The elusive chili colorado is again MIA. Visit three: Unexpected mariachi at 6:30 p.m. on a Thursday. The seven members of Mariachi Los Gallos are resplendent in cream satin and serenade a half-full restaurant. The camarones a la diabla ($13.45) yields a few satisfying tacos. One worker, sporting mesmerizing, Bambi-esque lashes has her hand kissed by a regular, and who could resist this romantic impulse when the singer of Los Gallos’ lovely falsetto lingers in the air?

No dice when I try to order the chili colorado.

Visit 4: It’s 2 p.m. on a Saturday. Hair of the dog may be in order, but instead it’s a carnitas taco ($1.95) that’s giving me life. The carnitas are an optimal mix of crispy edges and luscious fatty chunks, with a perfect hit of salt. My dining companion’s tamales ($11.80), boastfully listed on the menu as “homemade of course,” are nothing to boast about. She remarks, “I haven’t had Mexican food this bland in a long time”— and she’s from North Dakota. After four tries I conclude this restaurant does not serve chili colorado.

After doing my due diligence I conclude that Yelpers are full of shit about the service—the mostly female front-of-the-house kicks ass—but I can’t account for the popularity of Los Inmortales. Americans do love celebrities, even dead ones. Ω

“Who were these haughty sirens and cheerful helpers?”

Mindful feasting For its 71st Annual Food and Cultural Bazaar, the Buddhist Church of Sacramento (2401 Riverside Boulevard) has ordered 5,500 pounds of rice, 7,500 pounds of chicken and 12,000 pounds of ice for making snow cones and for refrigerating fish and more than 15,000 drinks.

The free event features a smorgasbord of food including poke, sushi and teriyaki chicken, plus Japanese and American desserts. Running from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on August 12 and 13, entertainment will include performances by taiko drummers and Japanese folk artists as well as cultural exhibits of bonsai trees, calligraphy, doll-making and flower arranging. Festival spokesperson Erin Komatsubara said food acts as a gateway for the estimated 30,000 visitors to learn more about Japanese culture. She added that of the 5,500 pounds of rice, 500 pounds will be given away in prizes for games including the “food wheel,” where she said “little old ladies” exhibit a masterful touch.

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by Shoka Is What the Health the new cinematic last straw convincing omnivores to ditch eating the flesh and milk of animals? The documentary, recently released on Netflix, is about the connection between eating animal products and disease and how the food, pharmaceutical and health-care industries bank on it. Sol Collective will be screening What the Health on Wednesday, August 16, at 6 p.m. as part of its weekly Sac Activist School program. The documentary comes at

a time when people’s distrust of corporations and government heads has moved millions into the streets to call for justice. What could be more defiant than shutting down industries that not only exploit animals, but also the environment and people’s health—by not giving them another dollar? It’s food for thought. Sol Collective is located at 2574 21st St., and there is a suggested donation of $5 for the screening and snacks. Vegan snacks, of course.

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The cast of Green Valley Theatre’s The Robber Bridegroom may be the hardest-working group of people in local theater. The musical is a non-stop, all-singing, all-dancing, knee-slapping bluegrass fairy tale, led by the two-faced title character; the kindhearted, generous Jamie Lockhart by day and the infamous Bandit of the Woods by night.

Rick Eldredge is tall and comely and it’s easy to see how the gullible would be swayed by either of his characters’ two faces.

Jamie befriends the richest plantation owner in the country, Clement Musgrove (Michael O’Sullivan), who wants him to marry his daughter Rosamund (Lauren Ettensohn), a libidinous woman who has fallen, instead, for the robber, unaware he is really the nice guy her father has picked out for her.

The plot of this frenetic musical is convoluted, but it has a great cast of characters, including Musgrove’s wife the evil Salome (Stephanie Hodgson) who is plotting to kill Rosamund, and brothers Big Harp (Kevin Borcz) and Little Harp (Carsen Van der Linden), the latter being a disembodied head his brother carries around in a box. The Harp brothers also have a great bird, operated by Ryan Gerberding.

Alfred Uhry wrote the book and lyrics for this 18th century Mississippi story, and it is based on the 1942 book by Eudora Welty. Robert Waldman composed the music. The Green Valley production is directed by Christopher Cook, who is also credited with costume, set and puppet design. While the music is largely lively and forgettable, Rosamund’s gentle “Sleepy Man” is a beautiful love song.

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Come Back to the Five & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean In Come Back to the Five & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, the hurt remains 20 years after one member of the small West Texas town of McCarthy fled in shame and terror.

Being different here—in any way—does not exist, even now, in 1975, when a group of friends return for a reunion of the Disciples of James Dean, fans of the actor who filmed the movie Giant nearby.

Two sets of actors play the main “disciples”: Deni Scofield and Katie Peters in the challenging role of the somewhat delusional, but mostly functional Mona now and then, respectively; and Toody Lawrence and Tylar Traum as sexpot Sissy now and then. Others in the cast include Shirley Sayers as diner operator Juanita, Janine La Forge as Stella Mae, Nichole Schallig as Edna Louise, Chris Jensen as the tormented Joe, and Michelle Champoux as Joanne, a returnee no one seems to remember.

John Ewing meticulously directs the comedy-drama that mixes scenes and characters from two eras, all of which take place in the same five-and-dime.

—Jim Carnes

come Back to the five & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean; 8 p.m. friday and saturday, 2 p.m. sunday; $17-$20. Mesa Verde Performing arts center, 7501 carriage Drive in citrus heights. www.errantphoenix.com. through august 20.

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This irreverent, fastmoving spoof of Sherlock Holmes features three energetic actors (in perpetual motion), bad wigs, fake beards, and crossdressing guys with falsetto voices playing the women.

It’s one-part Arthur Conan Doyle, one-part silly satire of cinematic cliches, and two-parts Monty Python.

Well-performed, though a bit formula-driven, the production alternates in repertory with Love’s Labour’s Lost. Sa, Tu 7:30 pm. Through 8/21. $27-$99. Sand Harbor, Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park, 2005 Highway 28 in Incline Village, Nevada; (800) 747-4697; http://laketahoe shakespeare.com. J.H.

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It’s a nimble battleof-the-sexes, which the women win hands down.

This is the Bard’s “collegial” comedy—four randy young royals foolishly vow to immerse themselves in philosophical tomes and fasting but that pledge fades fast when some French ladies come to town.

With 14 professional actors and starlight over the lake, this production makes for a lovely evening. The show plays in repertory with The Hounds of the Baskervilles.

F, Sa, Su 7:30pm. Through 8/21. $27-$99. Sand Harbor,

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Likewise, Jori Gonzales is a loverly Eliza; the actress easily transforms from a ragtag Cockney flower girl to pseudo duchess. It’s Brian McCann, however, who’s the real showstopper as Eliza’s profligate father, Alfred Doolittle. The show runs through August 27. 7:30 p.m. Friday, August 11 and Saturday, August 12; 2 p.m. Sunday, August 13. $7-$25. Woodland Opera House, 340 2nd Street in Woodland; (530) 666-9617.

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and he escapes. Following up on another vision, he finds a portal to another world, where he finally meets Gunslinger Roland (Idris Elba). Roland takes Stephen King, they say, considers The Dark Tower his him to a seer who can interpret his visions, and magnum opus: eight books published between 1982 the seer tells him that the Man in Black (Matthew and 2004, with elements of horror, science fiction, McConaughey) is on his trail—it seems Jake has a the supernatural, the American Wild West, Britain’s psychic “shine” that the Man can harness to destroy Arthurian Legend, King’s other books, books by other the Dark Tower. Instead, Jake and Roland resolve authors, and Robert Browning’s poetry. Its protagonist to use those powers to save the Tower and destroy is Roland Deschain, last of a knightly class called the Man in Black.

Gunslingers, questing for the Dark Tower, which holds Oh jeez, let’s not go on. Fact is, the synopsis the universe and its parallel worlds together. Roland’s I just gave makes more sense than the whole antagonists are the Crimson King and his agent the movie. Cutting to the chase, the actors and the Man in Black, who goes by many names. visual effects crew do what they can (though King’s readers, those who have made McConaughey sinks quickly to low their way through all 4,250 pages in the camp and stays there), but The Dark series, share the author’s enthusiasm Tower is way too familiar and The crossfor this welter of worlds and times just plain dull. The cross-genre and characters with names like genre elements elements that make up King’s Cuthbert Allgood, Dinky Earnshaw, series here simply play as clichés. that make up King’s and Finli O’Tego. What they will That’s what happens, I guess, series here simply make of the pallid little movie that when you boil 4,000 pages down director Nikolaj Arcel has made of play as clichés. to 95 minutes. The Dark Tower it (or what King himself will think) is books have flummoxed far better anybody’s guess. filmmakers than Arcel: J.J. Abrams Arcel and his co-writers Akiva wrestled for two years, Ron Howard for Goldsman, Jeff Pinkner, and Anders Thomas five, before giving up (Howard remains as one Jensen shoulder Roland Deschain aside in favor of of the movie’s 11 producers), and Arcel’s version that favorite hero in the Age of Harry Potter, a putbombed in test screenings and was sent back for upon adolescent with mysterious powers that can save reshooting, its release pushed back from January the universe. This is Jake Chambers (Tom Taylor), to now. And after all that, it turns out the movie is whose firefighter father died a hero’s death a year just the forerunner for a TV series, also with Elba ago. Jake’s mom has moved on, even remarried, but and Taylor, coming in 2018. he can’t; instead, he’s haunted by visions of Roland, Great. I just spent $13.70 to watch a third-rate the Dark Tower, the Man in Black, and monsters TV pilot. A fool and his money. Ω wearing human faces.

Jake’s mother, thinking these are merely manifestations of his grief, arranges for a psychiatric weekend retreat. But Jake recognizes the people who come to Poor Fair Good Very excellent Good kidnap him as the disguised monsters from his visions,

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Another entry in the growing catalog of biopics about would-be Hitler assassins, this time the story of Georg Elser (Christian Friedel), a German carpenter and musician who made his failed attempt in November 1939.

After growing alienated from the Nazi regime that was slowly ruining his life, Elser detonated a homemade bomb inside a Munich beer hall where Hitler was scheduled to speak, missing him by 13 minutes and killing eight people in the process. As the captured Elser resists revealing his motives and methods to the German authorities, even as he gets brutally tortured, his life story unfolds in extended flashbacks. 13 Minutes was directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, who previously made the Hitler biopic Downfall, then followed it with the fiery English-language flameouts of The Invasion and Diana. Back in his element, he delivers a sturdy but routine biopic, one that works best as a political radicalization process film. D.B.

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Stunt coordinator David Leitch makes his directorial debut with Atomic Blonde, a graphic novel series adaptation set in Berlin during the waning days of the Cold War. Charlize Theron stars as Lorraine Broughton, a British spy dispatched to Germany to investigate the death of a colleague, and to secure a list of undercover agents before it falls into the wrong hands. Lorraine is greeted at the airport by unnamed assassins, and the bloody mayhem gushes on from there, with most of the action scenes set to 1980s Europop. The script by 300 scribe Kurt Johnstad is decidedly unclever, and Leitch works way too hard to invest a familiar story with new life. It’s mostly wasted energy, merely an exercise in vapid style, but Theron makes for an extremely compelling kung fu cipher, and there is one extended action scene set in an apartment building that almost justifies the entire endeavor. D.B.

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. 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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Christopher Nolan ascended from indie unknown to the crown prince of PG-13 darkness, but in recent years he has become low-hanging fruit for mockery—his heaviness, his humorlessness, his lead-foot ponderousness. But just when the diminishing returns of The Dark Knight franchise and the philosophical emptiness of Interstellar seemed to cement his irrelevance, along comes Dunkirk to remind us what Nolan does so well. Nolan is a master of escalating and sustaining tension across multiple dramatic planes, and the outwardly simple yet slightly fractured structure of Dunkirk affords him the ideal canvas to practice his art. You’re stuck in Nolan’s grasp within minutes, and he only keeps squeezing tighter, the pinprick tension growing more unbearable, with the phony dramatic crescendos kept to a relative minimum. Nolan does himself a favor with his own terse script, largely laying off the blockhead exposition and instead crafting a fingernail-obliterating cinema experience. D.B.

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When a young man (Casey Affleck) dies in an auto accident, his spirit, still wearing the sheet that covered his body in the morgue,

Gore is still the monotone voice of a climate-concerned generation.

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One decade after Davis Guggenheim’s Oscar-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth made Al Gore the stone face of the white-collar environmental movement, the near-President brings his Powerpoint clicker back for the follow-up. Directed by Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk, An Inconvenient Sequel focuses less on the ecological scare tactics and persuasive presentational elements of the first film, instead forming a loose-knit look at Gore’s life as a highly impersonal public figure. Since An Inconvenient Truth premiered back in 2006, Gore has been delivering updated versions of his presentation, as well as training the next generation of leaders to squint their eyes and solemnly nod. There is no compelling reason for this film to exist, other than to promote hashtags. Gore acknowledges early on that there is an unbridgeable ideological divide with climate change deniers, so An Inconvenient Sequel amounts to a monotonous minister preaching to a bored choir. D.B.

returns to his house and lover (Rooney Mara), lingering in the house even after she moves away and others move in, through demolition and change—for centuries, in fact. It’s hard to imagine the audience writer-director David Lowery had in mind for this intensely personal meditation on time and the human longing for immortality; maybe, like the greatest moviemakers, he made this movie just because he wanted to see it. Lowery presents his tale matter-of-factly, weaving a profoundly haunting spell as his lonely ghost stalks into the distant future and the unremembered past.

The movie is an utterly unique masterpiece, freighted with inchoate meaning and glimpses of eternity. J.L.

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When a mother (Halle Berry) sees her son being kidnapped from a fairground, she roars off in hot pursuit, forgetting her purse and cell phone in the heat of the moment.

Written by Knate Lee and directed by Luis Prieto, the movie is basically a one-character, mama-bear version of Taken. Berry’s character has a run of luck, plowing through a lot of highway mayhem without attracting much attention; the one cop who tries to pull her over is conveniently disposed of by the kidnappers, who keep slowing down to let Mom catch up. Prieto has trouble finessing the shift from early sugary-sweetness (in scenes evidently meant to pad the movie’s modest running time) to demolition derby for the rest. It’s efficient but unsubtle; Lee and Prieto don’t know the difference between real suspense and mere tension. JL

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A young wife (Florence Pugh) embarks on a torrid affair with one of her abusive husband’s stablemen (Cosmo Jarvis), and in her heedless passion she resorts to a series of murders to cover her tracks—and in revenge for the cruelty she has suffered. Writer Alice Birch and director William Oldroyd transplant Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 novella from Tsarist Russia to Victorian England, omitting the second half of the story and changing the ending to make some vague points of their own about sexism

and the British class system. The result is cold and unconvincing, by turns dull and repellent.

Plot developments are implausible, characters are shallow stick figures that give the actors too little to work with. Still, they do what they can, and Ari Wegner’s stark cinematography is more interesting than the story. J.L.

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Another spiked-punch punch-puller from Obvious Child auteur Gillian Robespierre, once again headlined and nearly saved by Jenny Slate. Slate plays Dana, the jittery bride-to-be to a doughy schmuck in the analog mid-1990s.

Just as Dana starts cheating on her fiancee, her teenage sister Ali uncovers evidence of their father’s infidelities. Like Obvious Child, Landline brings a consistent energy without ever going anywhere, offering barbed insights while allowing space for the actors to breathe. It’s impossible for me to dislike a film that relies so heavily on 1990s alternative rock to set the mood, but it’s also impossible to deny that Robespierre once again falters in the finish. Landline is the sort of film that heroically refuses to be the sort of film where everyone works out their problems by hugging and smiling, until suddenly it’s the sort of film where everyone works out their problems by hugging and smiling, the end. D.B.

When a mysterious force threatens a vast space station where many intergalactic species exist in harmony, a team of bantering special agents (Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevigne) are sent to investigate—but nothing about the case is quite what it seems. Writer-director Luc Besson (adapting comic books by Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézières) goes crazy with an intoxicating array of creatures and wondrous effects. (Think The Fifth Element cubed.) The story is slight but sufficient, and the fun keeps coming. Amid all the magic some performances stand out: DeHaan has the boyish charm of the young Tom Cruise, and Delevigne adds spicy star-making sauce. Clive Owen as a sinister soldier and Ethan Hawke as a pimp have their moments too, and there’s a poignant cameo by Rihanna as a shape-shifting “entertainer.” J.L.

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Guevara fumbles for his wallet, reaching between the stacks of papers and cards for a worn and crumpled fortune from a cookie he opened years ago. “Don’t stop now!” it says, and he smiles looking at it. “I keep it because it’s just like the sentiment of my life.”

Faithful to his fortune, Guevara has his sights set higher than just finding success with his own band. “I want like blue-period Picasso’s “The old guitarist,” Kismet to be successful enough but for drummers. to where I can get money to start leasing my own venue and have a place for workshops, screen printing” he says. “I want to Bob Guevara looks straight ahead without making have a studio space where I could record people eye contact while he talks, as if he’s trying to for free and just,” he pauses to sigh, “teach squint through the fog of his memories to divine people how to do shit.” the future. He speaks about everything from his Even in high school Guevara’s earliest own musical projects to Stockton’s “mess” of an involvement with music was inextricably tied alternative scene quickly and almost all at once, up with organizing people. When a friend as if he’s trying to alleviate his mind of all that approached him to start a band, Guevara initially bogs it down. He’s enthusiastic, you can tell, declined. “I was like ‘I’m not going to be in but he also seems tired. It’s Sunday, after your band but I will go to your house all, and Guevara is nursing a hangover and help you guys think up ideas after another long show night with about how to play and what his band Kismet Aura. to do with it,’” he recalls.

“That’s how One listen to Kismet and you When only two other people I started playing get the sense of the pent up showed up, Guevara joined frustrations that gave birth to music, because I’m the band. their sound in 2010. “It’s a lot “That’s how I started a loudmouth with big like a therapy session for me,” playing music, because I’m ideas.”

Guevara says. a loudmouth with big ideas,” The 26-year-old Stockton he says.

Bob Guevara native cut his teeth on noise Even as the Kismet Aura guitarist, Kismet Aura rock when he was in high school, duo undergoes a lineup change, citing bands like Hella as his earliGuevara is planning for upcomest influences. “My goal is to get my ing shows. He’s switching back to technique down as good as Zach Hill but guitar so Samaniego can play drums, and then be able to pour out the energy like [Brian] he needs to remember how to play all the parts.

Chippendale from Lightning Bolt,” the drummer “I have to get back to Stockton and find my says. The intensity is there, but what makes new band mate and be like, ‘Hey man we’re Kismet exciting are its long, sonic guitar washes practicing. We have a show coming up so we and emotional wailing pumped through a haze of need to get this figured out,’” he says shaking distortion as the drums crash on and on. It feels his head—just one more thing for Guevara to do like a huge cresting wave, and finally a release. to ensure that the show goes on. Ω “I like it being a duo,” Guevara says of the band’s current membership, he and Michael check out Kismet aura at https://soundcloud.com/kismetaura.

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DJ Lady Kate, ON/OFF, Among The First, Sages and others. 6pm, $12-$15. Velocity Island Park, 755 North East St. in Woodland.

FIRST FESTIVAL REUNION SHOW: Rock show featuring acts from the 2017 bill of the local outdoor music festival. Some Fear None, The Moans and California Riot Act. 9:30pm, no cover. Pistol Pete’s Brew & Cue, 140 Harrison Ave.

TIM FLANNERY : Baseball man, folk musician and philanthropist. Former San Diego Padres player and SF Giants coach.

Currently supporting his 13th album, The Last of the Old Dogs. 7:30pm, $25-$40.

Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.

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Brianne Hidden-Wise and Analise LangfordClark help the Fair Oaks Theatre Festival celebrate Bob Irvin’s legacy.

SHREW! A Jazz Age Musical Romp VETERANS MEMORIAL AMPHITHEATRE, 8P.M., $6-$18 Bob Irvin, beloved maestro of local theater for four decades, had the idea: Set the Bard’s Taming of the Shrew ONSTAGE to jazz, bring together the whole Fair Oaks Theatre Festival family, and stage it as a 35th anniversary celebration. Irwin would be pleased to see that his vision will become a reality, even though he passed away last

at this month’s “Poetry Cake” night.

Sandbloom’s also a former teacher at the Berklee College of Music. He’s promoting a new album, Deep Sparkle. 7pm, $8-$10. The Brickhouse Gallery & Art Complex, 2837 36th St.

PETS: Free Second Saturday show with a local danceable rock troupe. Performing with Holiday Flyer and Slattern V. 6pm, no cover. Sacramento Bicycle Kitchen, 1915 I St.

THIS IS MIDTOWN: Monthly summer block party. Music by LUCA LUSH, Van Bobbi and DJ Epik. Also: comedy, art and food.

4:30pm, no cover. Midtown Art Retail Restaurant Scene, 1050 20th St.

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MusiC thursDay, 8/10 THE ATARIS: Popular ’90s alternative rock band performing with The Queers and The O’Mulligans. 8pm, $15. Blue Lamp, 1400 Alhambra Blvd.

C-DUBB: Hip hop show with local rappers.

Performing with Optimiztiq and Cheech.

8pm. Idle Hour, 6816 Fruitridge Road.

CHRIS THOMAS KING: Folk blues guitarist with New Orleans roots. If you’ve seen the film O Brother, Where Art Thou? King played the hitchhiking musician who claimed to have sold his soul to the Devil so he could play guitar well. 8pm, $20. Palms Playhouse, 13 Main St. in Winters.

with a Hollander DJ. 10pm, $4-$10. Social Nightclub, 1000 K St.

POST/WAR: Denver alternative rock group performing with Two Cloths & a Barrel and Fonty. 8pm, $8-$10. Momo Lounge, 2708 J St

friDay, 8/11 DEAD FRETS: A show of solo acoustic projects, featuring Jared Stinson of SoCal punk band Sic Waiting, Tim Williamson of Rebel Radio, Patrick Nehoda of Tuco & Blondie and Wesley Henderson of Yankee Brutal.

8pm. Cafe Colonial, 3520 Stockton Blvd.

HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS: ’80s MTV-era pop

rock, blue-eyed soul group. 7pm, $39.95$179.95. Thunder Valley Ampitheatre, 1200 Athens Ave. in Lincoln.

SONNY LANDRETH: CD release show for a Lousiana master of slydeco, or slide guitar.

5:30pm, $30. Harlow’s, 2708 J St.

SO MUCH LIGHT: Breakout Elk Grove acoustic experimental pop soloist, signed to Anti- Records. Performing with Monobody, Floral, Find Yourself and AKAW. 7:30pm, $10. The Band Room, 175 Placerville Drive in Placerville.

saturDay, 8/12 BRODIE STEWART: Bay Area-born country star who’s collaborated with Enrique Iglesias, Keith Urban, Tim McGraw, Luke Bryan and others. 9pm, no cover. Sauced BBQ & Spirits, 1028 7th St.

CALIFORNIA WAKE PARK OPEN MUSIC FEST: Two

TOO SHORT: Famed Oakland rapper, producer and actor. 7pm, $32-$50. Ace Of Spades, 1417 R St.

days of wake boarding, live music and laser light shows. Music from Sacramento Kings

festivals friDay, 8/11 23RD ANNUAL SACRAMENTO POW WOW: A celebration of Native American culture.

Traditional singing and dancing, arts, crafts and food. 6pm. $1-$5. O’Neil Park, 715 Broadway.

BLUES AND BREWS FESTIVAL: More than 30 craft brews, with slick guitar blues.

Admission includes unlimited beer tasting with a commemorative glass. 6pm. $35. Hutchins Street Square, 125 South Hutchins St. in Lodi.

SACRAMENTO GEM FAIRE: A market of fine jewelry. Crystals, gems, beads, gold, silver and minerals. 12pm. $7. Scottish Rite Center, 6151 H St.

event highlight on page 41. 3pm. $10$35. William A Carroll Amphitheatre, 3901 Land Park Drive.

BANANA FESTIVAL: Two days of multicultural activities celebrating the boomerangshaped fruit. Live entertainment, chef challenges, line dancing, banana costume pageants for kids, art exhibits and dozens of local vendors. 10am. $8-$10. William Land Park, 3800 West Land Park Drive.

WRITE OR DIE: Local electronic progressive

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CLASSICAL CONCERT AT THE CROCKER: Featuring DUO: Stephanie & Saar, who play haunting tunes Bach composed at the end of his life. 3pm, $6-$12. Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St.

TERRI CLARK: Canadian country star, known

for songs like “Better Things You Do.” 7pm, $38-$68. Harris Center, 10 College Parkway in Folsom.

10am. $7. Scottish Rite Center, 6151 H St.

MARIACHI FESTIVAL: Folklorico dancing, a guy who does great Vicente Fernandez and Juan Gabriel impressions. Food, drink, arts, crafts and mariachi. Perfomances

by Dinorah, Mariachi Los Gallos, Trillo Ellas and other. 2pm. $25-$30. E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts, 2420 N St.

NEIGHBORWORKS ART, WINE & FOOD CLASSIC:

his new album, Damn. Performing with YG and D.R.A.M. 7:30pm, $36-$66. Golden 1 Center, 500 David J Stern Walk.

MoNDay, 8/14

Food and drink, silent auctioning, art displays, raffle prizes, games and music at this annual community soirée. 5:30pm. $40-$50. Tsakopoulos Library Galleria, 828 I St.

WOODLAND TOMATO FESTIVAL: Festive worship

JAMIE DAVIS QUARTET: Internationally liked

jazz baritone singer. 7pm, $25. Antiquite, 2114 P St.

tuesDay, 8/15 I KILL CAMERON: Folk-punk show with a Sac headliner. Performing with Wayne Jetski, The Insomniac Collective and the AntiSheeple Movement. 8pm, $7. The Colony, 3512 Stockton Blvd.

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records at the Davis Farmers Market and be part of the playlist at the Manetti Shrem Museum’s fall exhibition, John Cage’s 33 1/3, opening September 17.

4:30pm. 3rd and C St. in Davis.

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KENDRICK LAMAR: Compton rapper touring JAY HARDWAY: Electronic dance music show

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rock troupe. Performing with Firemaid.

8pm, $5. Sophia’s Thai Kitchen, 129 E St. in Davis.

September. Working with a script based on his notes and written by his longtime friend and former student Jennifer Longo, a who’s who of Festival stalwarts will stage it under the stars beginning this weekend. The play runs through Sept. 10.

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of the popular condiment fruit. Over 80 booths from restaurants, crafters and artisans. Tomato-flavored foods, including waffles and shaved ice. Live music. A top tomato chef competition. 9am, no cover. 722 Main St. in Woodland.

suNDay, 8/13 ANTIQUE FAIRE: A grand sale of collectibles 20 years and older. Vintage clothes, military antiques, art, jewelry, silver toys and furniture. Held every second Sunday of the

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description. 10am. $8-$10. William Land Park, 3800 W. Land Park Drive.

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description. 10am. $7. Scottish Rite Center, 6151 H St.

Food & drinK tHursday, 8/10

Have an offal day 4 Sacramento natural Food co-op, 2 p.m., $60

The glory of meat-eating is about to get a lot more exotic.

On Aug. 13, Sacramento chefs will show off what they can do when culling their ingredients from PHoto courtesy oF dawn balzarano every part of an animal, “nose to tail.” The Have An Offal Day event is a fundraiser for the Food Literacy Center. Chefs from Biba, Sellands, Patriot, Lazy Bear and others will be serve up mouth-watering, if off-putting, dishes. Last Freaky Food year’s cuisine included lamb brain samosas, pickled gizzards, skin and feet items and deep friend duck tongue and testicles.

2820 R Street, www.facebook.com/OffalDay.

JeLLy beLLy university tour: Find yourself in the heart of the factory, peering in as master confectioners create America’s favorite gourmet jelly beans. 9:30am, $47. Jelly Belly Candy Company Visitor Center, 1 Jelly Belly Lane in Fairfield.

saturday, 8/12 menCHie’s saCramento Grand oPeninG: Free frozen yogurt, face painting, kids coloring activities and a visit from the cup-headed mascot behind the name, Menchie. 11am, no cover. Menchie’s Sacramento, 484 Howe Ave.

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above. 2pm, $10-$60. Community Learning Center & Cooking School, 2820 R St.

Film Friday, 8/11 FarGo: A showing of the Coen brothers film about a small town Sheriff’s investigation of a stolen Sierra, and the wacky adventures that follow. 7:30pm, $8-$10.

Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.

saturday, 8/12 art & midniGHt tea: Foreign films, music and pie. With tea. 8:30pm, $10. Stellar Studios, 202 23rd St.

sunday, 8/13 CLosinG tHe PaLms PLayHouse: A high-def showing of the documentary about the former Davis theater. The film traces the Palms’ history—organically grown out of a troupe of artists, to the dynamics of its gradual evolution from musical farces and Shakespeare to presenting national and international touring bands and performers. 4:30pm, $20. Odd Fellows Hall, 415 2nd St. in Davis.

wednesday, 8/16 saC aCtivist sCHooL FiLm sCreeninG oF wHat tHe HeaLtH: A film from the creators of the documentary Cowspiracy. Follows filmmaker Kip Andersen as he uncovers the secret to preventing and even reversing chronic diseases and investigates why the nation’s leading health organizations don’t want us to know about it. 6pm, $5 suggested donation. Sol Collective, 2574 21st St.

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comedy b street tHeatre: The Anecdotalists.

Live recording of a new podcast from Johnny Flores, host and producer of the comedic Sac-centered podcast Serious Talk. 8:30pm tuesday, 8/15. no cover. 2711 B St.

bLaCktoP Comedy: Femprovised Shakespeare. Features an all-female cast.

It’s an improv show inspired by you. The company takes suggestions from the audience and creates an hour-long play in the style of the Bard of Avon. 8pm Friday 8/11 & saturday 8/12. $10. 3101 Sunset Blvd., Suite 6A in Rocklin.

CsZ saCramento: Improvivor 11. Improv comedy mixed with the TV show Survivor.

Challenges, tribes, immunity, elimination and jokes. 10pm Friday, 8/11. $8. 2230 Arden Way, Suite B.

CaCHe Creek Casino resort: Eddie Griffin.

Comic and actor who starred in films like Undercover Brother and the show Malcom & Eddie. 8pm saturday, 8/12. $39$59. 14455 State Highway 16 in Brooks.

Comedy sPot: Comedy Exchange. A blend of stand-up and improv. Comics perform five-minute sets, and the cast act out improvised sketches based on the jokes. Held every second Friday of the month. 8pm Friday, 8/11. $8.50; The Gateway Show. Four comics hit the stage with their best routines, then get completely baked and attempt to do another set. 8pm sunday, 8/13. $8-$12. 1050 20th St., Suite 130.

LauGHs unLimited Comedy CLub: Illegal Comedy. Featuring Yoshi & Esther Ku, Cole Young, Jason Mack, Bob Fernandez and Chris Cruz. 8pm thursday, 8/10. $15; Daniel Dugar. Performing with Stephen Furey. through 8/13. $20. 1207 Front St.

PunCH Line: Louis Katz. Has appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Had a half-hour Comedy Central special in 2011. 8pm thursday, 8/10. $15; Tom Segura.

Popular comedian who co-hosts a podcast called Your Mom’s House with his wife. through 8/12. $35; Patrick O’Sullivan. Has a recurring role in Ken Jeong’s sitcom Dr. Kim. Performing with Oakland comic Sam Obeid. 7pm sunday, 8/13. $15; Robert Berry.

Comedy show and release party for the local comedian’s new book, Robert Berry’s Big Book of Jokes. 8pm wednesday, 8/16. $15. 2100 Arden Way, Suite 225.

tHunder vaLLey Casino: Gabriel Iglesias.

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I’m fluffy.” 8pm saturday, 8/12. $49.95$99.95. 1200 Athens Ave. in Lincoln.

tommy t’s Comedy CLub: Marsha Warfield.

Best known for her role as Roz Russell on the TV show Night Court. through 8/12. $20-$30; Malik S. Made a national name for himself on BET’s ComicView, NBC’s Last Comic Standing and HBO’s Def Comedy Jam. 7:30pm wednesday, 8/16. $10$20. 12401 Folsom Blvd.

on staGe b street tHeatre: Bloomsday. In Steven Dietz’s new love story, time travel and James Joyce help illuminate the lives of Robbie and Cat, who meet in Ireland. through 9/10. $27-$39; he Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey.

One actor portrays every character in a small Jersey Shore town as he unravels the story of a tenaciously optimistic and flamboyant 14-year-old boy who goes missing. through 9/9. $19-$39; 2711 B St.

CaLiFornia musiCaL tHeatre: Damn Yankees.

A baseball musical. Mega-fan Joe Boyd trades his soul to lead his beloved Washington Senators to victory over the New York Yankees, only to realize the true worth of the life he left behind. through 8/13. $45-$89. 1510 J St.

CHautauQua PLayHouse: Screwtape.

Follows a mid-level Satanic beauracrat, Screwtape, who is training a young demon, Wormwood, to lure his first soul, named Mike, into a pit. The demons seek to trick Mike by way of his overprotective mother, a new boss, a demon-possessed coworker and even his new lover. through 8/20. $18-$22. 5325 Engle Road, Suite 110 in Carmichael.

Green vaLLey tHeatre ComPany: The Robber Bridegroom. A bluegrass musical set in 18th century Mississippi. Tells the story of Jamie Lockhart, who seeks to romance (but not necessarily wed) the daughter of wealthy landowner Clement Musgrove.

Clement is married to the vicious Salome, who is jealous of her beautiful stepdaughter Rosamund. Mistaken identities, hidden motives and thwarted romance. through 8/27. $18. 3823 V St.

mesa verde PerForminG arts Center: Come Back to the Five & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean. James Dean’s legend looms large for four Texas women who were teenagers when the star filmed Giant

BEST CAR WASH SPECIALS in their town. Now, 20 years later, the “Disciples of Jimmy Dean” come to reminisce about the past. But when a familiar stranger walks in, tensions bubble to the surface and old secrets are revealed. through 8/20. $17-$20. 7501 Carriage Drive in Citrus Heights.

PIONeeR CONGReGatIONal UNIteD CHURCH OF CHRISt: Elly Nomination Party.

Festive announcement ceremony for the Sacramento Area Regional Theatre Alliance’s yearly award show. Over 400 nominees this year. 7pm Sunday, 8/13, no cover. 2700 L St.

SHOWBIZ tHeatRe COMPaNY: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. A musical comedy set in Ancient Rome.

Pseudolus, a crafty slave, struggles to win the hand of a beautiful, but slow-witted, courtesan named Philia for his master, in exchange for freedom. through 8/13. $15$20. 1744 Pacific Ave. in Stockton.

SIeRRa 2 CeNteR: Darkside. Musical featuring songs from and thematically based on Pink Floyd’s album, The Dark Side of the Moon. through 8/20. $20. 2791 24th St.

SUtteR StReet tHeatRe: Harvey. A Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy about a man and his invisible friend, a six-foot-tall rabbit. through 8/13. $15-$23. 44 Main St. in Sutter Creek.

tHe aCtING COMPaNY: Wizard of Oz. A Kansas farm girl’s quest to find a wizard who can send her back home. through 8/12. $13$18. 815 B St. in Yuba City.

tHe tHRee PeNNeY tHeatRe INSIDe tHe CalIFORNIa StaGe COMPleX: La Victima: A Bilingual Play. Teatro Espejo, Sacramento’s longest running Latino theatre company, presents a classic play that explores Mexican immigration to the United States in the 1930s. through 8/13. $10. 1721 25th St.

tHe WIlKeRSON tHeatRe INSIDe tHe CalIFORNIa StaGe COMPleX: Gidion’s Knot.

A grieving mother and an emotionally overwhelmed primary school teacher have a fraught conversation about the tragic suicide of the mother’s son, the teacher’s student, Gidion. As his story is slowly uncovered, the women try to reconstruct a satisfying explanation for Gidion’s act and come to terms with excruciating feelings of culpability. through 9/2. $15$20. 1721 25th St.

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CROCKeR aRt MUSeUM: Full Spectrum Paintings by Raimonds Staprans. Born and raised in Riga, Latvia, Raimonds Staprans has lived in Northern California for more than six decades. Many of his paintings showcase the landscape and architecture of the Golden State, having an equal basis in reality and the artist’s imagination. Taut contours and bold hues define fields, marinas, isolated trees, and architecture, all devoid of people, while scorching sunlight descends from skies of the deepest blue. through 10/8. $5-$10; Turn The Page The First Ten Years of Hi-Fructose. Marks the tenth anniversary of the popular art magazine, Hi-Fructose.

Highlighted are 51 of the most remarkable contemporary artists featured between its pages. through 9/17. $5-$10. 216 O St.

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Celebration with the mural’s artist, Rachel Cate. Prince music videos and light refreshments. 7pm Friday, 8/11. No cover.

1418 20th St; Wide Open Walls Walking and Running Tours. Experience art in action as more than 40 artists converge in Sacramento during the Wide Open Walls mural festival. Walking and running tours will explore Sacramento’s newest street

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OBRA: Obra Art Party. Features seven mixedmedia artists and a dance performance

by Sac Dance Lab. Attendees will also get a chance to learn some dance moves with fitness instructors. Featured artists include: Sean Kane, Oak Morgan, Wolf, D. Chilo and more. 6pm Saturday, 8/12. No cover. 215 24th St.

SMUD ART GALLERY: MATRIX REVISITED. MATRIX, a women’s artist group of the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s celebrates their July reunion with this exhibit. Through 9/11.No cover. 6301 S St.

the Figure. Features drawings, paintings and sculpture by the Friday Morning Figure Studio Group. A Second Saturday reception will be held at 5:30pm. Through 8/13. No cover. 5330b Gibbons Drive in Carmichael.

SOL COLLECTIVE: Our Times, Our Resistances, Our Autonomies. A printmaking exhibit by artists based in the United States and Mexico. A Second Saturday reception will be held at 5pm. Through 9/2. No cover. 2574 21st St.

Created as a platform for the artists to express their concerns to recent current events. Promised not to be the typical “Anti-Trump” show. The artists cover events and topics that cross political and social lines. Through 8/19. Free. 1021 R St.

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The Sacramento Buddhist Church’s Japanese Cultural & Food Bazaar FESTIVAL has long marked PHOTO COURTESY OF BORIS RYzHKOv the waning days of summer.

Launched in 1947 as part of the local Japanese community’s post-WWII rebuilding effort, it offers a wealth of exhibits, performances, shopping and, of course, food. Fun fact: More than 5,000 pounds of rice will be used over the course of this free two-day festival. 2401 Riverside Boulevard, www. buddhistchurch.com.

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MUSEUMS CCALIFORNIA MUSEUM: 10th Annual California Hall of Fame Artifact Exhibit. A collection of 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 through the film noir genre. The exhibit features rare artifacts and memorabilia from 16 iconic films. Through 10/15. $9; Patient No More People with Disabilities Securing Civil Rights. Chronicles the lives and legacies of the courageous 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, pursued their passion for both photography and travel for many years. The end result is a collection of nearly 3,000 photographs mounted in 11 albums that provide rare pictorial documentation of the couple’s early20th century travels through California and beyond. 9:30am. Through 8/31. No cover. 1020 O St., Fourth Floor.

CALIFORNIA STATE RAILROAD MUSEUM: A World on Wheels. Five vintage automobiles are on display to highlight how innovative train technology and design paved the way for the emergence of the automobile.

The five automobiles on loan from the California Automobile Museum will include the following: 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.

SPORTS & OUTDOORS THURSDAY, 8/10 AMAZING SCAVENGER HUNT ADVENTURE: Turn Sacramento into a giant game board.

Combine the Amazing Race with a three -hour city tour. Guided from any smart phone, teams make their way among wellknown and overlooked gems of the city, solving clues and completing challenges while learning local history. 10am, $44 per team. Residence Inn, 1121 15th St.

ARDEN FIT BODY BOOT CAMP GRAND OPENING: Free body assessments and weigh ins, food, games and a raffle at the opening. 10am, no cover. Arden Fit Body Boot Camp, 1807 Tribute Road.

ICE CREAM WALK FROM VIC’S TO GUNTHER’S: Walk and eat ice cream by two locally owned ice creameries in the Land Park and Curtis Park neighborhoods. Choose between a 5K (3.1 miles) or a 10K (6.2 miles) route and taste test ice cream along the way. 9am, no cover. Vic’s Ice Cream, 3199 Riverside Blvd.

FRIDAY, 8/11 LIVE MIDGETMANIA TOUR PRESENTED BY VENDETTA PRO WRESTLING: Features Vendetta Pro Wrestling superstars of the littler variety. Many have been featured on WWE,

Spike TV, MTV, and the Jackass films. 9pm, $20-$40. Strikes Unlimited, 5681 Lonetree Blvd. in Rocklin.

SACRAMENTO RIVER CATS VS. SALT LAKE BEES:

7:05pm, $12-$42. Raley Field, 400 Ball Park Drive.

U-PICK FLOWERS: Pick your own flowers at the West Sacramento Urban Farm. Design your own bouquet. Bring your own bucket and clippers. 6pm. 5th and C Urban Farm, 317 5th St.

SATURDAY, 8/12 NXT LIVE: World Wrestling Entertainment comes to Sacramento. 7:30pm, $15$75. Memorial Auditorium, 1515 J St.

PROGRESSIVE GAME JAM 4.3: A marathon where local developers team up and design a video game within 24 to 72 hours. 11am.

Square One Clubs, 9342 Tech Center Drive, Suite 600.

SACRAMENTO RIVER CATS VS. SALT LAKE BEES: 7:05pm, $10-$40. Raley Field, 400 Ball Park Drive.

SACRED CITY DOUBLEHEADER: Roller derby event. The local Disciples will take on the V Town Roller Derby of Visalia, CA. The Sacrificers will play the Oakland Outlaws.

6pm, $15-$18. Sacred City Headquarters, 1501 N. C St.

WEST COAST ELITE KICKBOXING: The debut event of the Elk Grove sports venue’s kickboxing series. 5pm. Lions Gate Hotel, 3410 Westover St.

SUNDAY, 8/13 CAPITOL FIGHT DISTRICT: Local fighting game tournament for Street Fighter V, Tekken 7 and Injustice 2. 12pm, $5. Square One Clubs, 9342 Tech Center Drive, Suite 600.

SACRAMENTO RIVER CATS VS. SALT LAKE BEES:

5:05pm, $10-$40. Raley Field, 400 Ball Park Drive.

TAKE ACTION FRIDAY, 8/11 BAY AREA BLACK HEALTH AGENDA: Part of a series of townhall meetings intended to document the concerns of African

SACRAMENTO POLICE CHIEF DANIEL HAHN SWEARING-IN CEREMONY: A community celebration will take place immediately following the ceremony at McClatchy Park.

3pm. University Union Ballroom, California State University.

SATURDAY, 8/12 LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETING: Join the Wellstone Progressive Democrats of Sacramento for their first regular meeting of the Legislative Affairs Committee. Bring the policy-related issues you would like the committee to deliberate this month, or just drop in to be part of the discussion. 6:30pm. Ettore’s Bakery & Cafe.

on page 37. 9am, $30-$35. University of California, Davis-Education Building, 4610 X St.

MONDAY, 8/14 SACRAMENTO STONEWALL DEMOCRATS: General membership meeting. Guest speaker is Eric C. Bauman, the newly-elected Chair of the California Democratic Party and the first gay chair of a major political party in the U.S. 6:30pm. Sierra 2 Center, 2791 24th St.

CLASSES THURSDAY, 8/10 LEARN HOW TO GROW SEED AND BREED NEW ORGANIC VARIETIES: Learn basic principles to evaluate, develop, improve, and maintain both cross-pollinated and selfpollinated plants. Intended for farmers, researchers and agricultural students.

Prior experience in seed growing is recommended. 9am, $25. UC Davis, 1200 Ext Center Drive., Davis.

PERSONAL BUDGETING & FINANCE 101: Understand where your money goes, how daily habits sabotage your finances and get tips on making your dollar

SATURDAY, 8/12 MAKE A BIRDHOUSE: Beginners welcome.

Bring safety glasses. Materials included.

1pm, $40. Rockler Woodworking and

Hardware, 6648 Lonetree Blvd. in Rocklin.

COCKTAIL ACADEMY: A liquid history lesson of vodka and gin. 2pm, $55. Hook & Ladder Manufacturing Co., 1630 S St.

DIY WEDDING BASICS DESIGN CLASS: Make a summer-inspired wedding bouquet.

Future brides, grooms, family-to-be, flower design enthusiasts, and floral design students welcome. All supplies included. 10am, $50. Relles Florist, 2400 J St.

TUESDAY, 8/15 INTRODUCTORY CUED BALLROOM DANCE CLASS: Four-week introductory dance class.

Cued ballroom is ballroom dancing with a twist—the dances are choreographed in advance and a “cuer” announces the steps as the dance proceeds. Allows for easy leading and following. 6:30pm, $7. Community of Christ Church, 4044 Pasadena Ave.

MIYO MIDTOWN YOGA SERIES: A free weekly yoga class in Fremont Park. All levels are welcome to participate. Meet on the corner of 16 and P. Bring your own mat and water. 6pm, no cover. Fremont Park, 1515 Q St.

WEDNESDAY, 8/16 CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT IN THE YOLO BASIN: Hear a short, idea-centered talk from two local experts in The Wildlife Society. 6pm. Streets Pub and Grub, 1804 J St.

SO YOU WANT TO BE A WEB DEVELOPER: Oh, is that right? Demystify terms like front end, back end and full stack. Discuss must-have and nice-to-have programming languages. Figure out where to begin once you’ve decided on your career goals. While this is a Women in Tech event, men are always welcome. 6:30pm, no cover. InnoGrove Coworking, 8153 Elk Grove Blvd, Suite 20, in Elk Grove.

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10TH ANNUAL FIRE SPECTACTULAR WILLIAM A. CARROLL AMPITHEATRE, 3 P.M., $10-$35

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Watch local fire dance troupe Obsidian Butterfly twirl, juggle — FIRE DANCE and even swallow—flames on their wicks and torches. Expect a specially choreographed show that celebrates their decade of playing with fire, miraculously, without getting burned. 3901 Land Park Drive, www.sacredfiredance.com.

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Brian Blush, 7pm, call for cover

Dan Frechette, Laurel Thomsen, 7pm, call for cover

Katelyn Convery, Renegade Creek, Saint Ashbury, 6pm, call for cover

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#Turntup Thursdays College Night, 8pm, no cover

Outworld Magazine’s Liquid Therapy Monthly Happy Hour, 5pm, call for cover

Spectacular Saturdays, all night, call or cover

Industry Sundays, 8pm, no cover

Half-off Mondays, 8pm, M, no cover; Trapicana, 11pm, W, no cover

Blue lamp

The Ataris, The Queers, The O’Mulligans, 8pm, $15

Scratch Outs, Zion Roots, Rhythmnaires, 8:30pm, $10

AP9, 8:30pm, $22.09

Hemlock and the Moshers of the Universe, 7:30pm, $10

Prozak, 9pm, M, $15; Jahriffe, Senbiques NetriRa and more, 9pm, W, call for cover

Anarchy Lace, Super Mega Everything and more, 7pm, $10

Danny K’s Pro Rock Jam, 6pm, $10

The acousTic den cafe

10271 Fairway drive, roseville, (916) 412-8739 2003 k st., (916) 448-8790 1400 alhambra blvd., (916) 455-3400

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so much light with Monobody 8pm Friday, $10.

The Band Room in Placerville Experimental pop

4007 taylor road, loomis, (916) 652-4007

Shinyribs, 7pm, $15-$20

Cash Prophets, 9pm, no cover

Open-Mic, 6:30pm, W, no cover

Ping Pong Tournament, M; Karaoke, Tu, Th, call for times & covers

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Dragon, 10pm, $10

32nd Anniversary Blow!, call for time & cover

Decades, 8pm, call for cover; Sequin Saturday, 9:30pm, call for cover

Sunday Funday Pool Parties, 3pm, call for cover

Every Damn Monday, 7pm, M, no cover; Noche Latina, 9pm, Tu, call for cover

fox & Goose

Michael B. Justis, 8pm, no cover

Fem Dom Com (Female Dominated Comedy), 9pm, $5

Mr. P Chill, Oscar Goldman, Farmed Goods, Mike Collossal, 9pm, $5

2107 l st., (916) 443-8815 2000 k st., (916) 448-7798 1001 r st., (916) 443-8825

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Katastro, 7pm, $12-$14

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Karaoke Happy Hour, 7pm, call for cover

MidgetMania Wrestling Returns, 9pm, $20-$40

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Sonny Landreth, 5:30pm, $30

Heartless (Heart Tribute), 5:30pm, $12-$15

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On The Low, 9pm, no cover; SWISH, 10pm, no cover

No Chill, 9pm, no cover

luna’s cafe & Juice Bar

Poetry Unplugged, 8pm, $2 or one drink minimum

Broken & Mended, Andrew Hotz, Jackson Griffith, 8pm, $6

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with The Queers, The O’Mulligans 8pm Thursday, $15.

Blue Lamp Alternative rock

2708 J st., (916) 441-4693

Post/War, Two Cloths and a Barrel, 8pm, $8

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Moonshine Crazy, 9pm, call for cover

Mr. Hooper, Lauren Wakefield, Ms. Vybe, and more, 9pm, $7

Lipstick Dance Party, 8pm, $5

Open-Mic Stand-up Comedy, 8:30pm, no cover

Red Leaf Live w/ Rot Iron, 9pm, call for cover

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

5681 lonetree blvd., rocklin, (916) 626-6366 2708 J st., (916) 441-4693 1910 Q st., (916) 706-2465 1414 16th st. (916) 441-3931

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YOUNG THE GIANT Saturday, August 19

Open Mic, 7:30pm, M, no cover; Pub Quiz, 7pm, Tu, no cover Kendrick Lamar, YG, D.R.A.M., 7:30pm, $36-$66

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Little Zebra, Hangtown, Blak Kerouac and more, 9pm, $8

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Rhythm City All-Stars, 9pm, $5

Paint Nite, 6:30pm, call for cover

“Let’s Get Quzzical” Trivia Game Show Experience, 7pm, Tu, no cover Jocelyn & Chris Arndt, Jessica Malone, 6pm, W, $14

Rhythm Section w/ Good Company, 9pm, no cover; Salty Saturday, 10pm, no cover

Tussle, 10pm, Tu, no cover; Only The Good Stuff, 10pm, W, no cover Creative Music & Jazz, 7:30pm, M, $10; Comedy Showcase, 8pm, W, no cover

A Night of Ukulele w/ Andrew Molina & Corey Fujimoto, 6pm, $15-$20

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Karaok “I,” 9pm, Tu, no cover; Open-Mic Night, 7:30pm, W, no cover Open 8-Ball Pool Tournament, 7:30pm, $5 buy-in

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Chris Thomas King, 8pm, $20

Anthony Gomes, 8pm, $20

California Guitar Trio w/ Montreal Guitar Trio, 8pm, $23

414 MAin sT., PLACerviLLe, (530) 303-3792

Pint and Flight Night: Boulder Brewing Co., 6pm, call for cover

Ain’t No Saints, 8:30pm, call for cover

Bill and Wayne, 8:30pm, call for cover

Stephen Yerkey, 1:30pm, call for cover

Powerhouse Pub

Straight Shooter, 9:30pm, call for cover

National Lines, Lanz Lazwell & The Vibe Tribe, 10pm, $10

Moonshine Crazy, 10pm, $10

Braid Wilson, 3pm, $10

Palms Playhouse

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The Bombpops, The Fuck Off and Dies, Hotbods, Danger Inc., 8pm, $10

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Emily Kollars, 9pm, no cover

Switch Blade Trio, 9pm, no cover

Element Brass Band, 9pm, no cover

Jay Hardway, 10pm, $4, free w/ two tickets and arrival by 11pm

Louie Giovanni, no cover before 11pm, $5 list until midnight

Serafin, doors 10pm, no cover before 10:30pm, $5 list until midnight

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129 e sT., suiTe e, DAvis, (530) 758-4333 Country Thunder, 9pm, no cover over 21, $5 ages 18-20

John Wolfe, The Cripple Creek Band, 8pm, $15-$25

Hot Country Saturdays, 8pm, $5

Sunday Funday, 9pm, no cover over 21, $5 ages 18-20

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KALIMBA (Earth Wind & Fire Tribute), 6pm, $10-$13

Clean Slate, 1pm, $8; Maxx Cabello Jr., 6pm, $8

ROGUE 20-year anniversary reunion show, 2:30pm, $10

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Huey Lewis & The News w/ Gred Kihn, 7pm, $39.95-$179.95

Gabriel Iglesias, 8pm, $49.95-$99.95

Ramon Ayala w/ Chiquis Rivera, 7pm, $49.95-$179.95

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Live Band Karaoke, 8:30pm, Tu, no cover Mezcal Aces, Creston Line, Pete Barker, 8pm, M, call for cover

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Pets College Night, 9pm, W, call for cover

904 15TH sT., (916) 443-2797

Mind X, 5:30pm, no cover; San Geronimo, 9pm, $6

Hucklebucks, 5:30pm, no cover; Gino Matteo, 9pm, $8

Dr. Rock & The Stuff, 5:30pm, no cover; The Dirty Revival, 9pm, $8

Doug Macleod, 4pm, no cover; You Front the Band, 8pm, no cover

wildwood kiTchen & bar

Ryan & Kaz, 7pm, no cover

Dylan Crawford, 7pm, no cover

Skyler Michael, 7pm, no cover

Billy Walsh, Aaron Gayden and friends, 1pm, no cover

Thursty Thursdays & Highway 50 Blues, 4pm, call for cover

Band in the Beer Hall: Waring Thin, 7pm, no cover

Band in the Beer Hall: House of Mary, 6pm, call for cover

YOLO and Yoga, 11am, no cover

Taco and Trivia Tuesday, 4pm, Tu, no cover; Cornhole, 6pm, W, no cover

ONE OK ROCK, 6pm, $25

2 Chainz, 7pm, W, $42.50

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1520 TerMinAL sT., (916) 379-7585

with Holiday Flyer 7pm Saturday, $8.

Sacramento Bicycle Kitchen Rock ’n’ roll dance party

Andrew Little, 8pm, Tu, call for cover; Blue Lotus, 9pm, W, $6

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Sac’s Coolest Jazz Jam, 8pm, no cover

Yo & The Electric, Sean Pawling, The Backstabber Stabbers, 8pm, $7

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Dead Frets, Tim Williamson and more, 8pm, call for cover

3520 sTOCKTOn BLvD., (916) 718-7055

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Celebrity Crush, Rose Dorn, Tabloid Tea, Ryan, 8pm, call for cover

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Flounder Fest w/ Atomic Flounder, Blessed Curse and more, 7pm, call for cover

Dandelion Massacre, John Underwood, 8pm, call for cover

Top Down, Baddest Beams, Would Be Train Robbers, 8pm, M, call for cover

The Living, Reefer Room, Killer Couture, 8pm, call for cover

The Insomniac Collective, The Anti Sheeple Movement and more, 8pm, Tu, $7

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FOR THE WEEk OF AUGUST 10, 2017 ARIES (March 21-April 19): I hope you’re making

wise use of the surging fertility that has been coursing through you. Maybe you’ve been reinventing a long-term relationship that needed creative tinkering. Perhaps you have been hammering together an innovative business deal or generating new material for your artistic practice. It’s possible you have discovered how to express feelings and ideas that have been half-mute or inaccessible for a long time. If for some weird reason you are not yet having experiences like these, get to work! There’s still time to tap into the fecundity.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Uruguayan writer

Eduardo Galeano defines “idiot memory” as the kind of remembrances that keep us attached to our old self-images, and trapped by them.

“Lively memory,” on the other hand, is a feisty approach to our old stories. It impels us to graduate from who we used to be. “We are the sum of our efforts to change who we are,” writes Galeano. “Identity is no museum piece sitting stock-still in a display case.” Here’s another clue to your current assignment, Taurus, from psychotherapist Dick Olney: “The goal of a good therapist is to help someone wake up from the dream that they are their self-image.”

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Sometimes, Gemini,

loving you is a sacred honor for me— equivalent to getting a poem on my birthday from the Dalai Lama. On other occasions, loving you is more like trying to lap up a delicious milkshake that has spilled on the sidewalk, or slow-dancing with a giant robot teddy bear that accidentally knocks me down when it suffers a glitch. I don’t take it personally when I encounter the more challenging sides of you, since you are always an interesting place to visit. But could you maybe show more mercy to the people in your life who are not just visitors?

Remind your dear allies of the obvious secret— that you’re composed of several different selves, each of whom craves different thrills.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Liz, my girlfriend

when I was young, went to extreme lengths to cultivate her physical attractiveness. “Beauty must suffer,” her mother had told her while growing up, and Liz heeded that advice. To make her long blonde hair as wavy as possible, for example, she wrapped strands of it around six empty metal cans before bed, applied a noxious spray, and then slept all night with a stinky, clanking mass of metal affixed to her head. While you may not do anything so literal, Cancerian, you do sometimes act as if suffering helps keep you strong and attractive—as if feeling hurt is a viable way to energize your quest for what you want. But if you’d like to transform that approach, the coming weeks will be a good time. Step One: Have a long, compassionate talk with your inner saboteur.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Each of us comes to

know the truth in our own way, says astrologer Antero Alli. “For some it is wild and unfettered,” he writes. “For others it is like a cozy domesticated cat, while others find truth through their senses alone.” Whatever your usual style of knowing the truth might be, Leo, I suspect you’ll benefit from trying out a different method in the next two weeks. Here are some possibilities: trusting your most positive feelings; tuning in to the clues and cues your body provides; performing ceremonies in which you request the help of ancestral spirits; slipping into an altered state by laughing nonstop for five minutes.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Would you scoff if I

said that you’ll soon be blessed with supernatural assistance? Would you smirk and roll your eyes if I advised you to find clues to your next big move by analyzing your irrational fantasies?

Would you tell me to stop spouting nonsense if I hinted that a guardian angel is conspiring to blast a tunnel through the mountain you created out of a molehill? It’s OK if you ignore my predictions, Virgo. They’ll come true even if you’re a staunch realist who doesn’t believe in woo-woo, juju, or mojo.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): This is the Season of

Enlightenment for you. That doesn’t necessarily mean you will achieve an ultimate state of divine grace. It’s not a guarantee that you’ll be

freestyling in satori, samadhi, or nirvana. But one thing is certain: Life will conspire to bring you the excited joy that comes with deep insight into the nature of reality. If you decide to take advantage of the opportunity, please keep in mind these thoughts from designer Elissa Giles: “Enlightenment is not an asexual, dispassionate, head-in-the-clouds, nails-in-the-palms disappearance from the game of life. It’s a volcanic, kick-ass, erotic commitment to love in action, coupled with hard-headed practical grist.”

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Some zoos sell

the urine of lions and tigers to gardeners who sprinkle it in their gardens. Apparently the stuff scares off wandering house cats that might be tempted to relieve themselves in vegetable patches. I nominate this scenario to be a provocative metaphor for you in the coming weeks.

Might you tap into the power of your inner wild animal so as to protect your inner crops? Could you build up your warrior energy so as to prevent run-ins with pesky irritants? Can you call on helpful spirits to ensure that what’s growing in your life will continue to thrive?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The fates

have conspired to make it right and proper for you to be influenced by Sagittarian author Mark Twain. There are five specific bits of his wisdom that will serve as benevolent tweaks to your attitude. I hope you will also aspire to express some of his expansive snappiness. Now here’s Twain: 1. “You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.” 2.

“Education consists mainly in what we have unlearned.” 3. “It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.” 4. “When in doubt, tell the truth.” 5. “Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “My grandfa-

ther used to tell me that if you stir muddy water it will only get darker,” wrote I. G. Edmonds in his book *Trickster Tales.* “But if you let the muddy water stand still, the mud will settle and the water will become clearer,” he concluded. I hope this message reaches you in time, Capricorn. I hope you will then resist any temptation you might have to agitate, churn, spill wine into, wash your face in, drink, or splash around in the muddy water.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In 1985, Maurizio

Cattelan quit his gig at a mortuary in Padua, Italy and resolved to make a living as an artist.

He started creating furniture, and ultimately evolved into a sculptor who specialized in satirical work. In 1999 he produced a piece depicting the Pope being struck by a meteorite, which sold for $886,000 in 2001. If there were ever going to be a time when you could launch your personal version of his story, Aquarius, it would be in the next ten months. That doesn’t necessarily mean you should go barreling ahead with such a radical act of faith, however. Following your bliss rarely leads to instant success. It may take years. (16 in Cattelan’s case.) Are you willing to accept that?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Tally up your

physical aches, psychic bruises, and chronic worries. Take inventory of your troubling memories, half-repressed disappointments, and existential nausea. Do it, Pisces! Be strong.

If you bravely examine and deeply feel the difficult feelings, then the cures for those feelings will magically begin streaming in your direction.

You’ll see what you need to do to escape at least some of your suffering. So name your griefs and losses, my dear. Remember your near-misses and total fiascos. As your reward, you’ll be soothed and relieved and forgiven. A Great Healing will come.

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Faculty for change Michael Gutierrez, Sacramento City College’s new president, wasn’t quite settled into his office in Rodda Hall North on the west side of campus.

Papers were stacked high on his desk and the walls were without the typical family photos and inspirational posters. Understandable, considering the Texas-native had relocated more than 1,500 miles for his new gig a week ago.

You’ve been in Sacramento for how long now?

I got here July 17, so I’m really brand new to the area.

You came from San Antonio, right?

Well, actually, I was born in San Antonio and [lived there] all the way through high school. The past—over the past 21 years, I’ve been in the Dallas Area.

What are the differences so far?

There’s some noticeable differences. For one, the weather is very different. It’s a little drier here, but hot is hot. (Laughs.)

It doesn’t matter where—Dallas or Sacramento—it’s hot. But the biggest difference is really in the evenings and the early mornings. It’s quite remarkable here.

That Delta Breeze at night. Best part of the summer, in my opinion.

Right. But—100 is 100.

So why Sacramento?

Professionally, I felt like I was ready. It was a great time for me and my family to begin— if we were going to make a move together, to go on a new adventure together—it was good timing. I did a little bit of research and [there were] a couple of things that I learned that really were very intriguing to me. One is, Sac City is celebrating its 100th year. That’s very unusual for a community college. The other thing is, it’s a very diverse college.

Diversity is tied into the strategic plan, and it’s something that the college is very proud of.

Where did the interest in community college originate?

You know it’s funny, because when you’re a kid, nobody says, “I want to be a community college president when I grow up.” Nobody does that. (Laughs.) Where I grew up, in south San Antonio, there wasn’t a lot of business and industry. So I took a career assessment test when I was in high school, and the results that I got said that I should be a social worker.

Then I looked at what social workers

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made and I thought, Ehh, that can’t be right. (Laughs). My first [community college] job was actually at the district office. And the district office is very, you know—it’s an organization and it’s very bureaucratic. So there’s not a lot of connections with students, but I was in, and I knew that I wanted to be at one of the colleges. When I finally got the job at a community college, and I walked on the campus, I knew I was home.

What are some of the things here you’re hoping to change?

I think the first few months is doing a couple of things. One is getting to know people and getting a feel for the culture of the college. Until I have a firm understanding, making changes might be a little premature. Because then, any initiatives or opportunities that we take advantage of, it has to be built on the successes that we are already having.

Let’s talk transferring. State data shows 43 percent of students here are unprepared when they transfer. How do you change those numbers?

It’s a very good question. The students who are looking to transfer, their goal is, at the very least, a bachelor’s degree.

It’s not the associate’s degree. So we are a goal, but it’s not the end goal. There’s two parts to it. One is, you mentioned the success once they transfer, right? The

other is when our students graduate from here, we need to make sure that they actually transfer. These are things that colleges don’t often look at. We look at, “Did they graduate? Yay, we did our job.”

But our job really goes back to, when a person is looking to transfer, it’s not the associate’s degree, it’s actually the bachelor’s or more. I think it’s investigating what’s the percent of students that are transferring once they graduate, and then once they transfer, how are they doing?

You’ve talked about campus diversity. Is equity in your staff and faculty something you’ve looked into?

That was one of the interview questions, actually. (Laughs.) I had to do a presentation on that. That’s one of the parts of the strategic plan for Sac City, is to continue to diversify in both the faculty and staff.

Because the turnover is much quicker in the classified staff, it allows you to diversify a little bit quicker. Faculty tend to stay for a longer period of time, so the turnover isn’t quite there. With the administration and the faculty senate working together, if we can ensure that, or we can commit to try and diversify the adjunct faculty pool, you will probably have a diversified pool for the full-time positions. So that’s a way to ensure that we continue to diversify the institution to help mirror the community. Ω

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