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STREETALK

A man-made disaster

LETTERS

It might be human instinct to extinguish a fire when it erupts. When Gifford Pinchot declared, in 1905, that “today, we understand that forest fires are wholly within the control of men”—that statement wasn’t rooted in meanness, simply hubris. At worst, Pinchot, Founder of the U.S. Forest Service, was giving voice to the fear-of-nature that led Europeans to conquer the landscape rather than coexist with it. In contrast, the people who’d been here for millennia lived with fire as they did all things. Indigenous tribes used fire, along with dozens of other technologies, to manage the forests and valleys in which they lived. U.C. Davis ecologist M. Kat Anderson is the clearest exponent of this newly discovered story, told in his book Tending the Wild. From the book jacket: “John Muir was an early proponent of a view we still hold today—that much of California was pristine, untouched wilderness before the arrival of Europeans. But ... what Muir was really seeing when he admired the grand vistas of Yosemite and the gold and purple flowers carpeting the Central Valley were the fertile gardens of the Sierra Miwok and Valley Yokuts Indians, modified and made productive by centuries of harvesting, tilling, sowing, pruning, and burning.” The Miwok and Yokuts had a gift for seeing nature and its physical expressions—forests, fields, plants, fire—as something to be understood, respected and even worshipped as sacred. The European conquerors, worshipping a god that looked like themselves, had no such understanding—hence Pinchot’s naivete and our smoky skies. As you probably already know, fire suppression resulted in massive buildups of fuel and helped create a new event: the megafire. The second poison ingredient in this hot soup is clear-cutting: one of humanity’s most malignant inventions. It is not widely known that deforestation, even before the megafires, is the second biggest industrial cause of global climate change—only fossil fuel combustion is more destructive. Tragically, predictably, there are those in California today whose prescription for dealing with our choked forests is to mow ’em down. Pinchot could claim ignorance. These folks cannot—theirs is a false naivete. You’ll have a chance this fall to stop them. We’ll keep you posted.

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I would give it an A-minus, ... it’s pretty good compared to other states; and I think there are a lot of regulations and emissions that could be a lot better ... When it comes to our electrical systems, we are reducing our emissions by a lot, but there is still our transportation sector that we haven’t touched very much.

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I say a B-plus, because I think there is a lot of room for improvement, especially unifying recycling efforts across the states. I think recycling efforts are more local at the moment, and it would be cool to see ... having one set of standards for residential recycling.

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I think I would give it a C ... I think the rest of the state should catch up to the Bay. I also work at the Lyft headquarters, and they made a big declaration to carbon offset all of our rides, and I would love to see more private companies doing that, and the state could encourage them.

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Let’s hear from teachers Re “Why is Sacramento failing its black students?” by Kris Hooks (Feature, June 14): I taught in various inner city and rural schools here for the last 20 years. Most teachers would do anything they can to have a well-ordered, functional classroom that is inclusive. They also know that suspending students makes them pay a price in terms of their standing with other students, administrators and parents. I believe most teachers will try almost anything not to have to make such a decision. But articles like this would have us believe that the school is nothing more than another racist institution bent on holding blacks in servitude. How about an article that exposes how poor the education is for the rest of the students that want an education but can’t get one due to the small number of uncontrolled students who disrupt classes day after day? Where is their voice? And what are the roots of the problem? Is there any mention whatsoever regarding the homes these “persecuted” students come from? Is SN&R more interested in rooting out and finding solutions to issues or simply passing on the same staid narrative? I’m sure there are merits to the argument put forth in the article, however the title itself is enough to put off anyone who believes that the individual still retains more control over the course of events in their life than anyone else around them.

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Advance teachers of color Re “Why is Sacramento failing its black students?” by Kris Hooks (Feature, June 14): I am a veteran teacher since 1995 in San Juan Unified School District. Right now the district is having cultural competency training. The district has had a change in the student population to 49 percent students of color, and 1 percent educators and advanced positions that are reflective of the cultural changes among students. Because I spoke out about advanced employment within the school district that involved hiring more of us of color, I have become an open target. This was the first summer I was not allowed to teach summer school as a means of retaliation. What you fail to understand is

that these spokespeople who talk on behalf of the district are not providing accurate information to really have people understand how the lack of change is impacting students of color, in particular black and brown boys. The level of fear among us of color is so bad that many tend to whisper about how racist the school district is but will not speak openly. I am all alone fighting and the reason is because there is a strong need to employ us of color in advanced positions too. I know if we were at the decision-making tables it would help decrease the number of black and brown children being suspended. Kim Austin L inc o ln v i a newsr e v ie w.c o m

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A multi-agency raid uncovered a massive outdoor marijuana operation on the outskirts of Sacramento County on June 13. Photo courtesy of the sacramento county sheriff’s DePartment

Power play SMUD meters are helping cops uncover illegal marijuana grows by Raheem F. hosseini

Two men are in jail after local authorities traced their unpaid utility bills to large illegal marijuana-growing operations hidden inside their homes last month. Together, Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies seized nearly 300 mature marijuana plants from the two southcounty houses, conservatively estimated to be worth nearly $75,000 on the street, sheriff’s records show. At one home, near the unincorporated town of Herald, deputies also retrieved 360 marijuana clones, which are genetic copies of the cannabis plants from which their cuttings were taken and grown. The raids on the two houses happened days apart and occurred after the 8

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Sacramento Municipal Utility District flagged the properties for suspected energy theft that had racked up six-figure losses for the public utility. SMUD only requests law enforcement assistance if it suspects power is being stolen, though it will cooperate with authorities upon request, explained SMUD spokesman Christopher Capra. “We never supply customer information to the police,” he said. “The only time we cooperate with the police is if they request it.” That friendly arrangement may get tapped more regularly in the future. With the first haul of legal cannabis tax revenues coming in way lower than the state’s rosy

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projections, officials are looking at ways to cut into a black market that’s cutting into their profit margins. At the Herald home on Clay Station Road, SMUD informed authorities that the wires on one of its electrical meters had been tampered with, siphoning $328,613.88 worth of unpaid power since May 2006. That was two months after 51-year-old Jimmie Garrett became owner of the house, SMUD told the Sheriff’s Department, according to records. On May 29, deputies served a search warrant at the home, where Garrett was arrested and an indoor marijuana grow was found, department records state. Along

with 56 mature plants and the hundreds of cloned ones, authorities also seized three pounds of processed marijuana, reports state. Garrett is currently incarcerated at the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center in Elk Grove on misdemeanor charges of harvesting more than six marijuana plants and possessing marijuana for sale, as well as one felony count of obtaining unauthorized utility services. A jury convicted Garrett in 2015 on felony counts of marijuana cultivation and possession-for-sale, as well as illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, online court records show. He was sentenced to four years in state prison, but obviously got out before then. Garrett, who works for Divinity Transportation, according to booking logs, was scheduled for a June 25 preliminary hearing at press time. Capra stressed that SMUD doesn’t narc on its customers. It was the homeowners’ nonpayment that brought the fuzz down on them, he said, not their energy usage. “We do not flag our usage counts,” he told SN&R. “If they pay their bill, everything is good.”

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endless tally That’s not to say energy theft doesn’t factor into illegal grow operations, said William Ruzzamenti, director of the Central Valley High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, which operates out of the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department. “The theft of power over the last five, six, seven years has been going on a pretty regular basis,” he said. “The bad guys do bypass the meter.” That can be dangerous, Ruzzamenti, a former Drug Enforcement Administration agent, added. “Many a fire has resulted exactly from that,” he said. “We often find illegal grows because of the fire.” That didn’t happen in either of last month’s cases. Two days after Garrett’s arrest, suspected power theft at a home on Victory Avenue brought SMUD revenue protection representatives and deputies to the door of 30-year-old Celso Rodriquez Madrid, sheriff’s records state. The SMUD reps confirmed the existence of a bypass device, which they attributed for the loss of $143,684.12 in utility revenues. An unidentified witness on the property told deputies three of the rooms inside the house had been converted into indoor marijuana grow rooms. Records state that Madrid allowed deputies to enter his home. Big mistake. After confirming the existence of an illicit operation, deputies “froze” the residence and obtained an official search warrant, records state. Once deputies had the warrant, they came back and removed 243 mature cannabis plants worth more than $60,000, as well as seizing another $1,240 in cash. Madrid was arrested while the two other people on his property were “released into the field,” records state. Madrid, who has no previous convictions in Sacramento County, was arraigned June 4 on the same crimes as Garrett. Both raids occurred in the unincorporated areas of Sacramento County, where elected representatives on the Board of Supervisors have resisted allowing medicinal or recreational cannabis uses. But the county has been unable to stop underground enterprises. Along with costing the state and city of Sacramento money, the marijuana black market is blamed for degrading the environment, funding cartel wars and trafficking human beings. Ruzzamenti cited the usage of toxic pesticides and foreign chemicals on public lands, in particular, “which are literally causing the Pacific fisher and spotted owls to become extinct.”

Conflicting statements from the White House haven’t helped California zero in on its problem.

approximately 30 individuals, resulting in 17 arrests on firearm possession and marijuana cultivation charges. Hampton said authorities found approxisince recreational use became legal in mately 17,000 to 19,000 marijuana plants on California at the beginning of this year, the the properties, with an estimated street value Trump administration has sown confusion of $4 million. Authorities also recovered with conflicting statements about whether 13 firearms from both locations, some of federal marijuana prohibitions will or will which they say were placed strategically not be enforced. Attorney General Jeff throughout the locations. At least two of the Sessions, a virulent marijuana opponent, guns had been reported stolen. caused the most turmoil, rescinding ObamaThere were signs that people tending the era guidelines to let alone states that grows were staying on the disheveled have legalized marijuana, which properties, where a cooking Congress enacted prohibipan sat on a Home Depot tions on in 1970. box and empty water jugs “If they In January, speaking and bottles littered the pay their bill, before a community ground around blue lawn oversight commission, chairs. The Sheriff’s everything is good.” Sacramento County Department video also Christopher Capra Sheriff Scott Jones said showed a toilet planted public information officer, he didn’t know whether in front of a shed near Sacramento Metropolitan federal drug agents some plywood boards, Utility District would begin raiding statepartly surrounded by a sanctioned marijuana busidrooping privacy curtain. nesses. Jones, who has criticized It was unclear if the toilet was California’s adoption of sanctuary hooked up to any plumbing. protections for undocumented immigrants, Ruzzamenti said it’s rare to appresaid he was a states-rights supporter when it hend middle or upper management came to weed. during these raids. “It’s a little different than like immigra“Any criminal organization tries to tion, where federal law trumps state law on insulate the major players,” he observed. immigration because it’s a federal issue. That means mostly arresting the help, Marijuana’s not that way,” he told the some of whom are there under duress, commission. “There can be conflicting laws Ruzzamenti acknowledged, though he from the feds and state law on marijuana, believes that’s the exception. and it’s not a constitutional issue, because “In some cases there is a human traffickit’s not solely a federal or a state issue. ing component,” he said. “We’re going to comply with the state Whether they’re there consensually or law,” Jones continued. “So it’s not like not, the bud tenders are typically pawns. we’re going to be joining the feds and doing “And they’re not connected to diddly, operations now. The exception might be for the most part. So it is difficult to climb going after drug trafficking organizations or the ladder,” Ruzzamenti said. “Just roundinternational trafficking things, like we’ve ing up the field workers, I’m not sure how always done.” productive that is. … But that is sometimes The department did partner with federal, where the investigation starts.” state and local agencies in a long-term Those arrested this month could investigation that this month uncovered a also face felony environmental crimes, massive illegal grow spanning two properHampton’s video indicated. The spokesman ties in the southern county. Surrounded by told SN&R on Friday that he didn’t yet parched yellow fields, the operation loomed have all the names and birth dates of those in plain sight on the rural outskirts, with arrested to provide upon request. tens of thousands of healthy marijuana In his meeting with the oversight plants staked in rows under three hangarpanel earlier this year, Jones suggested sized, torn white canopies. Sacramento was luckier than other According to a video from sheriff’s counties when it came to black-market spokesman Sgt. Shaun Hampton, individuoperators. als fled as approaching narcotic investiga“A lot of other counties have it far tors raided the properties on the 12000 worse than us,” he said, noting the absence block of East Stockton Boulevard and the of nearby federal forest land. “And we 10000 block of Arno Road in the early don’t have much rural, open space that can morning hours of June 13. Ground officers, conceal a large grow.” Ω canine units and air support helped corral

Sacramento County officials estimate voter turnout could reach 45 percent for the June 5 election, trouncing the 29.6 percent turnout for the June 2014 primary. But it just might take a little while longer to verify this. With a July 5 deadline looming to certify results, the county had an estimated 77,667 ballots left to tally as of June 15, according to a spokesperson. This is likely in part because the primary marked the first election since the Voter’s Choice Act went into effect, helping spur record numbers for vote-by-mail ballots in the Sacramento region. That’s left at least two local races still uncertain in terms of whether there will be runoffs in the November. As of June 18, Sheriff Scott Jones was clinging to two percentage points that would keep him above the 50 percent threshold it takes to avoid a runoff, most likely with challenger Milo Fitch. In the race for the council’s District 5 seat, incumbent Jay Schenirer was holding onto 5-percentage points that would help him dodge a face-off with Tamika L’Ecluse in November. “We’re definitely still hopeful,” L’Ecluse said this week. Other races represented more of the same, with incumbents like Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert and Assessor Christina Wynn each appearing on track to win by approximately 2-1- margins. Nicolas Heidorn, policy and legal director for watchdog group California Common Cause, said preliminary turnout figures were “very promising,” though certain issues need attention before the November election. These include ensuring ballot drop-off sites remain open throughout election day and greater voter outreach. L’Ecluse praised the new voting setup, including that people had 11 days to submit ballots, though she had concerns. “Those 11 days made it easier,” L’Ecluse said. “But I think people are still very confused by the process.” (Graham Womack)

a beaUtifUl thing California is one step closer to putting an end to the sales of cosmetics tested on animals. On May 30, California senators voted 21-to-9 to pass Senate Bill 1249, the California Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act. If approved by the Assembly and signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, SB 1249 would ban manufacturers from selling cosmetics that are tested on animals or that contain any components that were tested on animals in the state. This would include skin care, hair care and deodorant products. The bill, introduced by Sen. Cathleen Galgiani, would take effect January 1, 2020. Violations would result in a fine of $5,000, plus $1,000 for each day the violation continues. The state has been on a trajectory to phase out animal testing for the past two decades, including the prohibition in 2000 of the use of animal testing when an alternative is available. The 2014 passage of the Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Resolution urged Congress to enact legislation to prohibit the testing and marketing of cosmetics tested on animals. Prior to the SB 1249 vote, actors and animal advocates maggie Q and Harley Quinn Smith lobbied for the bill at the Capitol in Sacramento; other prominent animal advocates appeared in a video by the Physicians Committee to support its passage, including alicia silverstone, Moby and Dr. Neal Barnard. “From a scientific standpoint, humans and animals often respond to chemicals differently,” Barnard said in the video. “Because animal reactions don’t necessarily translate to human ones, many of these tests lead to unhelpful and inaccurate results.” If California adopts this legislation, it would join the european Union, which enacted a similar ban in 2013. (Shoka)

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Player’s Coalition co-founder and Super Bowl champion Malcolm Jenkins addresses social and criminal justice issues in front of a packed house at the Brickhouse Gallery & Art Complex in Oak Park. Photo by Dylan SvoboDa

Game changers Since Stephon Clark’s death, Sacramento has welcomed the sports activism that the president derides

by Dylan SvoboDa

an extended version of this story is available at newsreview.com/ sacramento.

As President Donald Trump and the National Football League bemoan the kind of political outspokenness that made Muhammad Ali a cultural icon, Sacramento has taken to embracing sports activism as a way to give voice to simmering social ills. The galvanizing force behind the local effort has been Stephon Clark. Responding to community outcry over the March 18 police shooting of Clark, the Sacramento Kings joined the Build.Black. Coalition, a partnership made up of organizations such as the California Endowment, Greater Sacramento Urban League, Voice of the Youth and others, with a mission to “fundamentally transform Black communities through deep investment in Black youth in Sacramento.” Chet Hewitt, president of the Sierra Health Foundation, which belongs to the coalition, commended the civic efforts of Sacramento’s only major professional sports organization. “The potential for this is promising,” Hewitt said. “The Kings are a leader in creating a progressive and forceful

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response to the economic inequality that stands between institutions like the Kings and fellow NBA players who are both doing very well and the challenges that many communities who are being left out actually face.” The Kings’ partnership wasn’t born in a vacuum. Protesters upset over the police killing of an unarmed black man in his grandmother’s backyard twice blocked entrances to the Kings’ publicly subsidized Golden 1 Center in March. Two weeks after the Clark shooting, Build.Black. and the Kings hosted a community forum with current and former players Vince Carter, Garrett Temple and Doug Christie, at which attendees were encouraged to vent and pray. At the forum, Temple touched on the national significance of what’s happened in a city that’s had nine officer-involved shootings since April 2016. “This isn’t just a Sacramento issue,” he said. “This is an American issue.” More recently, the Kings and Build. Black. launched a co-ed youth basketball

league on June 2, which features 16 teams made up of kids from eight of Sacramento’s most underprivileged neighborhoods. The Kings and Queens Rise Basketball League “seeks to interrupt violence” through “inter-community sports,” with players invited to a July 2 forum at Golden 1 Center to discuss community issues. It’s not just basketball players who are coming to Sacramento to discuss law enforcement’s disproportionate killing of black men. On May 10, Malcolm Jenkins of the Philadelphia Eagles and the Players Coalition, a professional athlete-led criminal and social justice advocacy organization, headlined a criminal justice reform forum in Oak Park. The forum was inspired by the Clark shooting and district attorney’s election. Jenkins was joined by candidate Noah Phillips, who last week conceded the race to incumbent Anne Marie Schubert. “When I and nine other members of the coalition saw Stephon Clark, an unarmed citizen, gunned down when there are obviously techniques in place for officers

to stop an individual without using force, we decided to come to Sacramento to have a conversation on criminal justice reform as the district attorney race is underway,” Jenkins said. Trump disinvited Jenkins and the Eagles 24 hours before they were scheduled to celebrate their Super Bowl victory with a White House visit, for their role in national anthem protests that have gripped the NFL. Trump also preemptively rescinded White House invites to whichever team won the NBA Finals, after Cleveland Cavalier Lebron James and Golden State Warrior Steph Curry indicated they wouldn’t attend. Hewitt noted that sports have a long history of influencing social change and that attempts to silence professional athletes are nothing new. “You can go back to Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali or Colin Kaepernick,” Hewitt said. “Some people are going to be more brave and forthcoming, some folks are going to try to limit activism as well. We’re seeing that play out across the pro sports spectrum.” Kaepernick has emerged as a leader in contemporary sports activism after he began kneeling during the national anthem during the NFL season before last. Since then, hundreds of NFL players have followed suit. But the advocacy has come at a cost: Kaepernick and Reid have accused NFL owners of colluding to keep them out of the league due to their advocacy. While the NFL recently entered into a $90 million partnership with the Players Coalition to combat social inequality, the league also adopted a new policy that allows it and its teams to fine players who publicly sit out the national anthem. Jenkins reacted on Instagram: “Everyone loses when voices get stifled.” The NBA has also faced criticism for having a rule against sitting or kneeling during the anthem. Following his team’s sweep of the Cavs for its third NBA championship in four years, Warriors coach Steve Kerr participated in a media session in which he suggested history would judge the players more kindly than it would those who try to silence them. “What you’re seeing is the athletes are showing patriotism through their community service,” Kerr reflected. “The president is turning all of this into a political game and a ratings game and a blatant display of nationalism. But patriotism is helping your fellow citizens.” Ω

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Barring divine or devilish intervention, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom will be our next governor. Newsom and his fellow Democratic candidates received 62 percent of the votes in the primary, while the Republicans were only able to muster 37 percent of the vote. And, making the outcome even more certain, Democrats typically turn out in higher percentages in the November election than they do in the primary. So the Republicans have understandably given up on winning the governor’s race. Instead they plan to rally their base with something they consider much more winnable: Repealing the 2017 gasoline tax. This repeal initiative has collected over 940,000 signatures and will almost certainly qualify for the November ballot. According to Ballotpedia, major donors for the repeal are: The California Republican Party, which has ponied up $400,000; United States House of Representatives Republican Majority Leader and likely future Speaker Kevin McCarthy, whose political action committee has contributed $300,000; and Republican gubernatorial candidate and likely loser John Cox, whose committee has also chipped in $250,000. The importance of this issue was brought home to me when our N&R Publications division helped create a publication, Rebuilding California, that clearly demonstrated the need for increased funding for our failing transportation infrastructure. While it may be good politics to pretend we can fix California roads without raising taxes, just as it appears to be good politics to give rich people tax breaks to increase revenue through the magic of supplyside economics, we live in the real world. In the real world, fixing roads costs money.

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And in the real world, our roads and bridges and transit systems need to be fixed. The last time California increased its gasoline tax was 1994. In 1994, the average cost of a gallon of gas was $1.11 with 29.7 cents going to fix roads. Now, gas prices have nearly tripled, while only 40 percent more money goes to fix roads, thanks to a 12-cent gasoline tax increase that went into effect last November. Why do we need this gas tax? First of all, in the real world, there’s inflation. The road work that cost $1 in 1994 now costs $1.71. Secondly, cars are much more energy efficient in 2018. In 1994, the typical car got 16.7 miles to the gallon. Today, the average car gets closer to 25.2 miles per gallon. So, each car now creates approximately 50 percent more wear and tear on the roads per gallon than in 1994. In fact, it’s unclear that the 2017 gas tax increase will actually be enough to fix our roads. But clearly, it will help. It is ridiculous that we are even having this discussion. Our roads are a mess, causing damage to cars and many wasted hours as Californians sit stalled on congested freeways. The fact that a such modest proposal is the Republicans’ big issue for November is sad. The so-called business-friendly party does not know much about business realities. What business could have their costs increase by 71 percent and receive 50 percent less revenue and then be expected to provide the same services? That is what the Republicans are asking the transportation departments of California to do. Ω

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oadside trailers and cottages sweep by as two windy lanes plunge into the Plumas National Forest. It’s early summer in Yuba County, and the sky is an endless blue. These sparsely populated foothills of the Sierra Nevada are marked by meadows, waterfalls and canyons carved by rushing water—in fact, the surrounding 1.2 million acres are the source of half the water used by Californians. Here, some 150 miles north of the worst of the barkbeetle epidemic, the forest is lush and impressive; the ponderosa pines towering in the overstory are 100 to 140 years old. A sign for Challenge Experimental Forest marks the turnoff to a decades-old research area. Jianwei Zhang, a researcher for the U.S. Forest Service, leads on foot along a row of power lines. He gestures toward some low-lying shrubs and says, “Follow me and you probably won’t touch the poison oak.” This 3,520-acre research area was set aside to study a range of forest management issues from wildfire fuels reduction to sustainable harvesting. In his forest lab, Zhang observes how tree density relates to tree health and, therefore, carbon storage. Which is a problem as vast as California’s forests. The Sierra Nevada Conservancy, an agency concerned with the growing forest-carbon imbalance, estimates 200 million trees have been killed by drought, fires and bark beetles since 2010, meaning the wildlands of the Sierra Nevada are releasing carbon dioxide on an enormous scale. That’s right: California’s forests are polluting the atmosphere.

histoRy of CaRBon in CalifoRnia

18,000 B.C.E:

Glaciers recede; forests take over North America, sequestering carbon for centuries, or even millennia in the case of giant redwoods.

14,000 B.C.E:

Humans arrive on North American continent; begin using fire to manage forests.

Like one big Co2 bomb Picture smoke from the wildfire billowing in a thick column, shading the sun a reddish orange: That’s a lot of carbon dioxide, or CO2, escaping at once, like the detonation of one big carbon bomb. It happened five summers ago, when a hunter lost control of his campfire in the Stanislaus National Forest and started the largest forest fire ever recorded in the Sierra Nevada. When the ash finally settled in October, the Rim Fire had burned 257,000 acres in and around Yosemite National Park. Media coverage of the disaster justly focused on the potential evacuation of 15,000 residents and destruction of homes, but the fire had other, largely unreported consequences. Specifically, it released as much CO2 as the annual emissions of 2.57 million cars. Catastrophic fires such as the Rim Fire also release black carbon, a short-lived but acutely potent climate pollutant produced by burning biomass and the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels. Less dramatically, when trees die and decompose rather than burn, they release CO2—along with more potent greenhouse gases like methane—over several decades, invisibly. Ideally, trees take CO2 emitted by our cars, factories and faces and store it in their branches, trunks and foliage through a process known as sequestration. Old-growth forests sequester carbon for centuries, or even millennia in the case of giant redwoods and sequoias. But these climate benefits are faltering. According to Zhang, most of California’s forested public land—some 19 million acres, including parts of all 18 national forests—are overstocked and must be “treated.” Due to our history of interference, the forests have become “anthropogenic,” or heavily altered by people. Now, ironically, the only way out is through further interference. We can no longer trust the forest to heal itself. “Humans are already a component of the ecosystem,” he says. “You have to consider that. I understand why you wouldn’t want to treat a natural stand [a small, delineated area of the forest]. But you have to treat a stand in order to save it.”

Carbon is the neW bLaCk Carbon science is a relatively new way to understand our relationship with trees. As recently as 15 years ago, wildfire assessments focused on potential loss of life, property and watersheds, not how much carbon escaped into the sky. As wildfires have increased in both frequency and intensity throughout western North America, however, the field of forestry has shifted to account for CO2.

“It is a big deal, this role of wildlands breathing in carbon and holding it into the landscape,” said Bruce Goins, a retired California forester. “And it’s not just carbon management: You’re protecting the water; you’re providing habitat for wildlife; you’re providing habitat for fisheries; you’re providing beautiful aesthetic areas where people can hike and recreate. Carbon sequestration is just one attribute of a healthy, resilient forest.” Goins’ personal perspective on humanity’s connection with conifers changed when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Assembly Bill 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, mandating a statewide reduction in heat-trapping pollution to 1990 levels by 2020. State officials began looking at the role forests play in capturing CO2, and Goins helped set the rules for tracking forest carbon under the law. The concept of forests acting as the state’s lungs can be difficult to absorb, Goins said: “To this day, lots of people understand fire risk, but very few people understand forest carbon.” Indeed, carbon scientists come armed with jargon-heavy talking points and graphs, but that tends to make people go cross-eyed. It doesn’t help that scientists don’t agree on the extent of the problem. For example, the authors of a 2015 paper published in the journal Forest Ecology and Management concluded that, between 2001 and 2010, California’s forests emitted more CO2 than they sequestered. And some experts say that we probably can’t count on carbon-capturing conifers to have our backs on climate change anymore—that they are, in fact, doomed to recede from the slopes of the Sierra Nevada and make way for scrubby brushland as rain and snow becomes more scarce and average temperatures rise. If climate models prove accurate in the coming decades and centuries, the Sierra Nevada backcountry we know from hiking, camping and beer-can labels may transform into a hardly recognizable landscape. Others say that is not coming to pass quite yet. Andrew Gray, an Oregon-based USFS research ecologist, likes to keep the discussion simple, so he talks about walking in the woods and counting trees. By revisiting plots every decade or so and noting the differences, his team records how forest carbon changes over time (obviously, dead trees no longer pull CO2 from the atmosphere). Looking at the latest 10-year averages, the number of trees growing in California well outpaced the number of trees dying despite the severe drought from 2011 to 2016, suggesting the carbon balance is still positive overall.

“We’re loving our forests to death.” Jeff Webster, senior forester, Jefferson Resource Co.

“Given the high levels of growth we have, California’s forest are still probably a net carbon sink,” Gray said.“You’d have to keep killing trees for quite a while to actually change the overall trajectory. It’s a big state. There are a lot of trees. I don’t see them becoming a net source of carbon yet.” But another research forester with the Forest Service, Jeremey Fried, believes the tree inventory alone paints an incomplete picture: “Overall, we’re growing more than we’re losing, and if you just focus on that, you think, ‘We’re OK!’ And, yeah, it’s better than if we were carbon-negative. But there’s a lot of room for improvement if your objective really is to keep carbon out of the atmosphere.” That’s why Fried talks about “gross growth,” or how much CO2 is turned into live wood, foliage, bark, roots, cones and flowers—as he put it, “the total productive capacity of an acre of forest.” In California’s reserved wilderness areas, trees are dying as fast as they are growing, which means the gross growth is zero. It’s Fried’s professional opinion that all of those logs rotting on the forest floor are a lost opportunity to store carbon long term. Here’s his thinking: Whether it takes 15 or 50 years to totally decompose, a dead tree is going to release its carbon back into the atmosphere eventually. But if that tree becomes lumber used to build houses, other buildings and furniture, it’s locked up for decades.

2001-2010:

California’s forests emit more C02 than they sequester, according to the journal Forest Ecology and Management.

1905: 1760s:

First European Americans arrive in California.

1891:

California’s Forest Reserves established in the name of conservation.

Gifford Pinchot, “Grandfather of modern forest management,” creates U.S. Forest Service, proclaiming: “Today we understand that forest fires are wholly within the control of men.”

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Jianwei Zhang, a researcher for the U.S. Forest Service, maintains that humans are a major component of the forest ecosystem in California.

“California’s forests are choking” continued from page 15

Burning the hard way

A swath of forest charred by the Rim Fire, which burned 257,000 acres in Stanislaus National Forest from August 2013 to November of the following year.

Timeline continued from page 15

2011-2016:

2006:

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signs Assembly Bill 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, mandating a sharp reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

Despite severe California drought, the number of new trees outpace the number of dying trees, choking forests.

“If you’re talking about climate benefits,” he said, “you need to look at the harvest, and recognize that some of that harvest is producing significant benefits for a long time.” Dominick DellaSala, on the other hand, doesn’t think we can chainsaw our way out of this. He’s the president of the Geos Institute, an environmental consulting group based in Ashland, Ore., that works on climate solutions up and down the west coast. Citing research overseen by the Oregon Global Warming Commission’s Forest Carbon Task Force, DellaSala said that wood products such as furniture store about 36 percent of the source material’s carbon—meaning that nearly two-thirds of it escapes into the sky. And that’s not accounting for emissions from logging trucks and overseas shipping, manufacturing, damage to soils and the reduced sequestration potential of the forest itself. “Most of that carbon is becoming a global warming pollutant,” he said. “It doesn’t pencil out. When you compare this to the scale at which thinning needs to take place to influence fire behavior—even if you could do that—you would be sending out more emissions in the process of thinning the forest than what you’re preventing.”

2013:

Rim Fire burns 257,000 acres in Tuolomne and Mariposa counties. Mega-forest fires during the past decade have released millions of tons of carbon into the atmosphere.

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So, yeah. It’s complicated. But there is little debate about what’s causing the problem: The forests are too dense. The phenomenon is rooted in 150 years of postEuropean settlement activity. Previously, Native Americans used fire to convert shrubland to promote grassland for deer-hunting, protect themselves from predators and as a tool of intertribal warfare, and lightning started fires throughout the West for many thousands of years, clearing away dense underbrush and unhealthy trees and naturally regenerating the landscape. The introduction of Euro Americans to California profoundly changed the role fire plays in forest ecology, especially following the railroad expansion. Locomotives spewing cinders and sparks ignited piles of slash—unmillable limbs and branches left behind by loggers—which, combined with unrestrained fires to clear land for animal grazing, corrosive mining practices and the lumber harvest, threatened to strip the West bare. In 1891, California’s forest reserves were established in the name of conservation. The U.S. Forest Service was created in 1905 and Gifford Pinchot, considered the grandfather of modern forest management, was appointed head of the new agency. “Today,” he declared at the time, “we understand that forest fires are wholly within the control of men.” The era of fire suppression was born. In recent decades, California has spent billions on airplanes, fire engines, chemical deterrents and heavy machinery to fight wildfires, and it has worked too well. Whereas most stands used to be touched by fire every 10 to 20 years, some areas haven’t burned in a century. As a result, the forests have become overloaded with fuel, said Jeff Webster, a senior forester with the Jefferson Resource Co., a consulting firm based in Weed. “The forest needs a certain level of disturbance,” he said. “We haven’t been disturbing the forests hardly at all, especially for the last two decades. … We’re loving our forests to death.”

2015:

Tree Mortality Task Force removes more than 1.2 million dead or dying trees from the state’s forests.

Now, when wildfires rip through the forest, they are bigger and hotter than ever before, consuming even healthy old-growth trees and leaving only scorched earth and skeletal snags. As California’s population encroaches deeper into the woods, we cannot afford to let wildfires run unchecked. More than 11 million people live in the Sierra Nevada’s wildland-urban interface, and, in addition to health concerns about air quality, the risk to life and property is enormous. For example, the October 2017 Northern California wildfires killed 44 people and caused $9.5 billion in insured damages. And so our culture has come to pray for rain and demonize ﬁre, two equally critical ecological processes, said Craig Thomas, conservation director of Sierra Forest Legacy. He’s been beating the drum to strategically reintroduce fire onto the landscape for many years. “Frequent fire is California,” he said. However, the state hadn’t committed to ecologically significant prescribed burning programs until recently. During Gov. Jerry Brown’s state of the state address in January, he said, “Trees in California should absorb CO2, not generate huge amounts of

If these trees could cough

To that end, fiscal year 2017-18 marked a dramatic increase in the state budget for forest health programs through an appropriation of $220 million from the California Climate Investment Fund, and there are several fire-related bills currently working through the Legislature, including Senate Bill 1260 by Santa Barbara Democrat Hannah-Beth Jackson. And significant action has already been taken: More than 1.2 million dead or dying trees have been removed from the state’s forests since California established a Tree Mortality Task Force in 2015. Thomas is greatly encouraged by the action from the state’s highest office and efforts by foresters, firefighters and air regulators to step up prescribed burning statewide. “They’re pulling it together and realizing we don’t have a no-fire option in California,” he said. “There’s a general, broad acceptance of that across the board, and it’s pretty stunning. … To me, it’s a cultural phenomenon I really didn’t expect a couple of years ago.” With state agencies mostly on the same page, now it’s a matter of actually removing enough trees to save the forests—and fighting fire with fire.

“trees in california should absorb co2, not generate huge amounts of black carbon and greenhouse gas as they do today when forest fires rage across the land.” Jerry Brown, California governor

black carbon and greenhouse gas as they do today when forest fires rage across the land.” Last month, Brown signed a multipronged executive order which, among other actions, will double the area of forestland actively managed through vegetation thinning, controlled fires and reforestation from 250,000 acres to 500,000 acres. The order coincides with the release of the state’s 2018 Forest Carbon Plan, which recognizes that the forests “will become a source of overall net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions if actions are not taken to enhance their health and resilience” and that “these conditions threaten progress toward meeting the state’s long-term climate goals.”

2017:

Senate Bill 1260 enables federal, state and private landowners in California to implement responsible prescribed burns on federally and privately owned property.

2018:

Gov. Jerry Brown signs an executive order to double the area of forest land actively managed through vegetation thinning, controlled fires and reforestation from 250,000 acres to 500,000 acres.

From left: Jim Branham and Brittany Covich of the Sierra Nevada Conservancy, and Mark Egbert, manager of El Dorado County Resource Conservation District.

Oak trees gradually give way to evergreens as Highway 50 rises from the Sacramento Valley floor to the mountain community of Pollock Pines, just west of Placerville. An exit leads to Jenkinson Lake at Sly Park Recreation Area, a reservoir that serves as one of the primary water sources for the residents of rural El Dorado County. It’s a brisk morning and a gaggle of geese calls overhead, unseen in the overcast sky. On the scene are Jim Branham, the executive officer of the Sierra Nevada Conservancy, and Mark Egbert, manager of El Dorado County Resource Conservation District, or RCD. Overlooking the glass-smooth lake, the pair explains that the 3,724 acres of surrounding forestland are encompassed by the Sly Park Vegetation Management Project, an example of proactive forest management in action. In March, the Sierra Nevada Conservancy awarded the RCD $500,000 to create a fireresistant landscape around Sly Park. Now, multiple agencies—including Cal Fire, the Forest Service, the El Dorado Irrigation District and others—are working to avoid a disaster on the magnitude of the 2014 King Fire, which consumed nearly 100,000 acres of nearby forest and a dozen homes. Workers hand-thin brush and small trees, in addition to employing mechanical removal, with the goal of using prescribed fire to mimic natural processes. The alternative isn’t pretty, Egbert says. He subscribes to the philosophy that excess trees either leave the forest as lumber or wood chips, or burn. “The trees in the King Fire, they’re not sequestering carbon anymore,” he says. “They’ve burned up. They’re dead.” The strategy remains hard to sell to the public. “It’s somewhat counterintuitive to say we need to cut a bunch of these green, live trees to make the forest healthy,” Branham says. “It’s not the easiest message to deliver to people who’ve grown up thinking more trees are better.” But there’s been a shift in public perception since the King Fire, Ebgert says. Now, residents regularly thank them for their work; they understand that it benefits forest health, air quality and their own safety. Count Branham and Egbert among those who are optimistic that full restoration is still achievable, despite the daunting scale of California’s forestcarbon problem. They say reducing stand density promotes growth, and therefore carbon storage; and bigger trees are generally more resilient to fire, insects and disease. That’s why Jenkinson Lake can be a model for proactive forest management throughout the Sierra Nevada, Branham says: “This is exactly what we need to be doing if we want to store carbon long term.” With another fire season heating up, it’s a good time to remember that forests provide more than lumber for our homes, recreational settings and pretty backgrounds for our profile pictures. Our dependence on trees is as basic as breathing. And if Mother Nature keeps coughing up carbon like this, we’re pretty much on our own with this whole climate change thing. Ω

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together we could see the ghosts of sacramento city. Along with a group of about 20 tourists who had come as far as Salt Lake City, I stood wearing a dorky headset on a sloping field where the raised ground of Old Sacramento met the floor level of the Gold Rush. Our tour guide, a character called “Miss Odessa,” addressed us through a small microphone atop her lacy dress that looked like a tiered layer cake. In a mock Southern accent, the enthusiastic actress (real name, Jane Hastings) shared adult storytime. This wasn’t your fourth grade field trip to Sacramento, after all. This was the Underground After Hours Tour, meant for students of history only 21 and older. Since 2013, this mature field trip has regularly sold out a month in advance, according to tour manager Shawn Turner. I imagined there’d be burlesque dancers lurking around corners and pints overflowing with moonshine. The adult component here turned out to be quite different. Instead, we watched as the townsfolk came into imaginary relief with their seedy businesses and romantic affairs. Overlooking the field, Miss Odessa shared with us the true tragedy of Samuel L. Garrett, who fell in love with Harriet L. Brickell against her father Amiel’s wishes. “After they eloped, Amiel tells everyone in town Harriet’s run off with a thieving sonuvabitch,” Miss Odessa explained. So, as one does, Garrett shot Amiel. After it was announced Garrett was to be hung for his crime, Harriet ran around Old Town wailing about killing herself, Miss Odessa said. “She gets herself a little cake of opium because that’s gonna help a girl.” The police dissuaded her from her personal mission, but Garrett did hang in front of Sutter’s Fort in 1856. He was buried in St. Joseph Cemetery—across from today’s Target, Miss Odessa said—along with others whose graves were paved over to make Broadway. At this, my husband whispered, “That’s why Thai Farmhouse tastes so good.” The tour group inspected the same underground, hollow sidewalks where elementary field trips also learn 19 | SN&R | 06.21.18

After Hours tour guide Miss Odessa shows off the archaeological excavation of the Luhrs Hall & Co. Building on Second Street in Old Sacramento.

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about the improbable mission to raise the city to save it At this, I felt dizzy. My husband, who was raised from flooding. In addition to these facts, we were in California public schools and took the requisite also treated to nonalcoholic sarsaparilla shots Sacramento field trips, had never heard this and gambling games of shuffle box and or many other details on the tour. monte. We were finally given a voucher “she Toward the end, our group for whiskey or sarsaparilla at entered an archaeological dig the end of our journey, which gets herself a site that was once a place of had been funny more so than little cake of opium business for “professional harrowing on the whole. But ladies,” as Odessa called them. after that ending, I couldn’t wait because that’s gonna Here’s where we learned the to steady my legs with a stiff, help a girl.” true reason why the tour was nonalcoholic soda. only for adults. These were the As I stared into that glorified actress Jane hastings as sites of sex trafficking of young root beer, I thought about how “miss odessa” girls from China and elsewhere, too often, we accept the polished underground after hours who were promised all the riches version of history that we received tours of America but swindled into prosfrom our textbooks and outings and titution. After five or six years, they assume that’s enough. The Underground were given the choice to commit suicide or After Hours Tour was a reminder that adults retire. should have their own field trips, too. Ω If the women chose not to kill themselves, they were placed in a holding cell and given a bowl of rice and a candle, Odessa said. underground after hours tours begin at the sacramento history museum “A week later a doctor of much less character thursdays, fridays and saturdays at 6 p.m. 101 i street in old sacramento. tickets are $20. must be 21 or older. for more info, visit would go down there and take a look at the patient, sacramentohistorymuseum.org/tours. and if they had not retired, he would make it so.”

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East Sacramento is becoming a hotbed for high-end dining. On a quiet Folsom Boulevard corner now sits Allora, a new Italian seafood restaurant by chef Deneb Williams and his wife, sommelier Elizabeth-Rose Mandalou. A glance around the interior reveals a surprisingly classy joint, which opened earlier this year after a long build-out and much anticipation. The restaurant’s epic “wine center” towers more than 20 feet tall, reaching nearly to the vaulted ceiling and requiring a rolling ladder to access many vintages. Green velvet chairs and golden accents gild the bright, open space, which includes a visible kitchen and large communal table looking up into the lofty wall of wine. The outdoor patio sports walls of shelved gardens, surrounding diners with the same lush greenery that will end up on their plates. Thankfully the food is as alluring as the interior design. One funny thing about this seafood restaurant, though: During two dinner visits, few of the tables near me ordered seafood, instead requesting meat-based dishes. Perhaps that’s because when I asked the staff what their recommendations were, none of them mentioned the seafood. On my first visit, I decided to follow the herd and listen to my server’s glowing review of the cavatelli in tomato chili broth ($20) and braised short ribs ($32). The cavatelli was a hit with a bit of spice and thick-shaved pecorino scattered over the top. There was a lot going on in the 20 | SN&R | 06.21.18

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The R Street Corridor’s WAL Public Market (aka Hipster Mini Mall) has a new coffee shop, Camellia Coffee Roasters. The coffee is excellent, and guests who cast their eyes downward to the glass edibles case will find a handful of freshly-baked sweet and savory hand pies that change seasonally. Their current savory pie—with sausage, cheese and jalapeño—more than satisfies with a ground beef filling that is neither too cheesy nor too meaty, and only a hint of spicy heat. With a flaky crust and an admirable level of saltiness, Camellia’s savory hand pies make a perfect portable lunch that will keep you full all the way to dinner. 1104 R Street, camelliacoffeeroasters.com.

bowl but it worked. The short rib itself was nothing short of stellar, though the overall dish was a little busy. The beef was perfectly braised in tomato and red wine, resting on a bed of rye spaetzle, braised radicchio, carrot butter, pancetta, and other things that might have distracted the execution. There were so many items on the plate that I spaced out halfway through my server’s explanation, but I still enjoyed the dish immensely. The surprising star of the table was the beet-strawberry salad ($11), which dazzled visually and hit all the right sweet-tart-salty notes. The buttermilk panna cotta ($9), is probably the best panna cotta I’ve ever eaten. The creamy tang of the buttermilk played well off the well-textured toppings of pistachios and honey crisps. After a rich dinner, it’s more than enough dessert for two. On another visit, I opted for seafood despite the staff steering me towards another meat dish. The swordfish ($32) was spot-on, though my portion was small and low on the salt. Again I felt the plate was a little busy, though it still worked, especially as supporting cast to the swordfish. Allora’s brunch offerings are just as compelling as the dinner menu. My Eggs in Purgatorio ($14) were cradled in a bed of polenta and topped with thick-shaved Parmigiano. Though the egg white was overcooked, that is a minor criticism. My dining partner’s Hangtown Hash ($16) was close to full points, with creamy eggs and fried oysters that hit the textural mark. My only true complaint about brunch was my mimosa ($8), a half pour that came with flat sparking wine and a full-sized price tag. What’s the final word on Allora? I highly recommend it for a date night or special occasion, and despite the restaurant’s seafood leanings, the meat dishes are popular for a reason. Ω

Looking for a fast, fruity way to refresh yourself when the temps top the high 90s? Besides a frosty array of iced coffee drinks, The Mill coffee shop (not to be confused Land Park’s new loft development, The Mill at Broadway) is serving up an ice-cold blood orange shrub soda ($4), using their in-house citrus shrub and freshly fizzed soda water. Blood orange on its own is already a summer favorite, and this tart, sweet and bracing shrub is all the things a good summer cooler should be. It’s a perfect acidic wake-me-up without the caffeine. 1827 I Street, themillsacramento.com.

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The No. 1 reason for becoming a vegan—giving up meat, dairy, eggs and more—is compassion for animals. A very close second is that vegans really enjoy being asked by nonvegans where we get our protein. After that, saving the planet, losing weight and replacing prescription meds with plants rounds out most people’s top five. I spent much of my adult life in a state of dietary conflict and confusion because my personal ethics were not aligned with the way I was eating. Three years ago, after six-plus years as a restaurant critic willing to try anything a chef cooked, I changed all that and became a devoted plantbased eater. Smoked ribs, sous vide pork belly and gooey grilled cheese sandwiches are all part of a personal history that now makes me cringe. As I settled into this journey with ease, learning new cooking approaches and connecting with an ever-expanding trove of recipes, I discovered another reason for going vegan: You can be a total badass. As a lifelong athlete who still likes to push my limits as a cyclist, I’m

leaner, stronger and faster than I’ve been in years. And I recover after hard efforts with ease, free of the inflammation that plagues meat-eaters. Many athletes are going plantbased, from weekend warriors to world-class runners, even pro football players. Eleven members of the Tennessee Titans were vegan last season. Activist and former NFL defensive lineman David Carter is known as the “300-pound vegan.” Tennis star Venus Williams is vegan. And if you watched the recent Winter Olympics, you might have noticed vegan figure skater Meagan Duhamel taking home a gold medal, and the dog she saved from a Korean meat farm. Retired sports medicine doctor Gabe Mirkin, whose excellent health newsletter has a national following, told me “the buzzword in training is, ‘anything that helps you recover faster makes you a better athlete.’” A diet high in red meat and other fatty foods increases inflammation and slows recovery. Plant-based eaters, thus, often experience much shorter periods of post-workout muscle soreness. I’ve

noticed that in my own athletic world. Whereas a long, hard bike ride used to leave my quads aching for days, I now experience little to no soreness. I might have steel-cut oatmeal with raisins and nuts before a ride and a plant-heavy meal like mango curry tofu over rice or lentil Bolognese with whole wheat pasta after a tough workout with weights. But wait! Where do a I get my protein? Most nutrition experts agree that any sensible plant-based diet has plenty of protein. For serious athletes looking to build muscle, all you have to do is marginally bump up your intake of quinoa, lentils or tempeh. While my primary reasons for being plant-based is to take myself out of the cruelty equation and maybe live to be 150, I’m encouraged that veganism is catching on with athletes and that my personal athletic pursuits continue to enrich my life. This proliferation of vegan athletes will help spread the word and America will be healthier, more compassionate and maybe just a bit more badass because of it. Ω

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Tucked deep into an industrial park off Bradshaw Road, a brief drive from the West Wind Drive-In Movie Theater along Interstate 50, three young businessmen are deep into the entrepreneurial spirit of making spirits. In a massive warehouse of high-beamed ceilings, shiny tanks and a tasting room, Brian Keck, Chris Johnson and Mike Moore are continuing a family tradition. It’s morphed from a knitting company started by Keck’s great-grandfather, J.J. Pfister, to a Sacramento spirits distillery with elaborate plans and one mean craft product to date—a smooth organic vodka made from russet potatoes. Gin, bourbon and rye whisky are next. J.J. Pfister, who died in 1921, emigrated with wanderlust from Switzerland to San Francisco in 1876. He endured earthquakes and various business woes to forge a renowned company, with women’s bathing suits as a specialty. Keck, 32, the master distiller, moved to Sacramento after attending UC Davis. He has two chemistry degrees and a master’s degree in viticulture and oenology. Johnson, 32, has the same master’s degree. Moore, 31, also matriculated from UC Davis with a master’s degree in mathematics education. The trio’s collaboration is J.J. Pfister Distilling Company, only the third craft distillery in the Sacramento region. The idea for vodka, Keck explained, originated with a family friend, an organic grower in the Klamath Basin in Oregon. When Keck began to study winemaking, the farmer was seeking a way to preserve potatoes. “There are essentially two ways,” Keck explained. “You can make dehydrated potatoes or vodka, and vodka is much more fun. So, the original idea was his, and we’ve run with it.”

The business started about a year ago, with the distillery operational for less than two months. The tasting room is open to the public Fridays and Saturdays. A few private events have also been held. Via Young’s, a San Francisco distributor, J.J. Pfister vodka is available in Nugget markets and liquor stores throughout the Sacramento region. It’s sold in more than a dozen Sacramento and Davis restaurants. “A lot of craft distilleries like us start with whole grains—or in our case whole potatoes,” Moore said. “We have a bin dumper in the back and what we will typically do is start with about 4,000 pounds of potatoes. They’re washed, sticks and rocks are removed, and then the potatoes go through a grinder.” The potatoes are heated. An enzyme is added to loosen up the starches and convert them into sugars. The concoction is then separated into complex and simple sugars. Yeast is added, converting the simple sugars into alcohol. The remaining process is left to the distillers’ collective talents. “You’re going for a vodka that you can sip on its own, and that mixes well with cocktails and still stands up and says, ‘There’s J.J. Pfister vodka in this cocktail,’” Keck said. “We want to get it very smooth with a hint of the potato character, a hint of black pepper and confectionery flavor.” The place is also a shrine to the company’s patriarch. The tasting room features original business documents and other memorabilia in glass cases. A framed series of the company’s original women’s bathing suits in pristine condition decorate the walls. It’s an oddly perfect way to combine a family’s new traditions with its expertise of yesteryear. Ω

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Inspiring Positive Change among Inmates by Edgar SanchEz “In a lot of state prison systems, they wouldn’t think of letting them in,” Casarjian said.

It’s not often that correctional administrators and ex-offenders share lunch together. But that’s exactly what happened when 60 people gathered recently in Sacramento — far from prison walls. The occasion was a luncheon honoring Robin Casarjian and her niece, Bethany — two distinguished counselors from Boston who have transformed thousands of inmates’ lives with their work.

Ortiz said that he read “Houses” while serving time for manslaughter with a gang enhancement. It transformed him. “Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous classes didn’t resonate with me,” he said, stating that “Houses” was more profound and laid the foundation for SAR’s healing circles where participants describe their trauma. These traumas often begin while growing up in violent, drug-addicted, alcoholic families.

Robin Casarjian’s book, “Houses of Healing,” is a guide for how to vanquish destructive behavior and become a role model, in prison and outside of it. The book also served as the main blueprint for Self-Awareness and Recovery (SAR), a program that inmates Daniel Silva and Henry Ortiz founded at Mule Creek State Prison in 2005 to guide fellow prisoners to productivity.

“I have wItnessed offenders havIng revelatIons to start on the road to rehabIlItatIon.”

Both men – now free – have seen their nonprofit expand to other prisons and to schools, such as Sacramento’s Burbank High, where at-risk youth are lectured on destructive behaviors. All possible because of Casarjian’s work.

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“Robin, thank you for planting the seed that gave birth to SAR,” Ortiz said at the luncheon. Taking the mic, Casarjian praised SAR’s founders and other former inmates turned SAR facilitators, who visit prisons to deliver healing lessons. “They are making such a positive difference in the prisons,” Casarjian said, also commending the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) for allowing ex-inmates to go back to prison to do good.

Casarjian wrote “Houses” and an accompanying curriculum with the intent to distribute free copies to prisons. For that, she created the Lionheart Foundation. She also co-authored a book and curriculum for atrisk youth, “Power Source: Taking Charge of Your Life,” with her niece Bethany Casarjian, a psychologist. Their writings circulate in California prisons/juvenile halls.

Bethany Casarjian and Robin Casarjian speak at the recent SaR luncheon where they were recognized for their contributions to the inmate communities. Photo by Edgar Sanchez

Besides parolees, lunch guests included probation officers and officials from CDCR, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department and the Sacramento Police Department. The event was sponsored by SAR and The California Endowment. SAR’s facilitators “do an amazing job,” said guest David Maldonado, community resources manager at CDCR’s California Medical Facility, Vacaville. “I have sat in on a few classes,” he said. “I have witnessed offenders having revelations to start on the road to rehabilitation.”

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Who’s who? by JIm CarneS

naveen Bhat shines as an adult adam and young Samantha.

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In Black Pearl Sings, Carla Fleming (left) plays Pearl, a prisoner with a collection of rare folk songs. Lynn Baker is Susannah, a collector for the Library of Congress.

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With its current production, Boy, Big Idea Theatre again proves itself to be one of the city’s most adventurous theater companies. Anna Ziegler wrote this drama that is based on a true story of a male child who suffers a terrible mishap during circumcision. A well-intentioned doctor (although he may have ulterior motives to prove his theory of gender fluidity) persuades the parents to raise the child as a girl. Two decades later, the repercussions of that decision hit all who are involved. Sam—half of a set of male twins—thus becomes Samantha. Stephen, the other child, is mentioned but never seen. Sam is never comfortable in the imposed identity, choosing in adolescence to become Adam in search of an identity that feels right. Karen Bombardier directs the engrossing 90-minute play (no intermission) with an invisible hand. Her excellent cast includes Don Hayden as Dr. Wendell Barnes; Laura Kaya and Derek Byrne as the parents Trudy and Doug Turner, respectively; and Leah Daugherty as Jenny, a young woman who captures Adam’s affections. The standout is Naveen Bhat. The actor slips effortlessly and authentically between a young Samantha and an adult Adam. A subtle change of expression and a bow in the hair is all that is needed to delineate who’s who. Ω

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Closing its 33rd year, the Davis Musical Theatre Company is presenting a sparkling production of the popular Hans Christian Anderson fable The Little Mermaid, based on the Disney animated movie, and with songs by the infamous duo Alan Menken and Howard Ashman (with Glenn Slater). The princess mermaid Ariel longs to live in the world above the sea, especially after she saves a prince. He falls overboard. She falls in love with him. With the help of her friends and the evil octopus Ursula, she is able to trade her fins for feet, but the price she pays is the loss of her voice. Of course, the object of her affections is hunting for the voice he heard when he was drowning and is auditioning all the females in the kingdom to find a wife. There are excellent performances by Julia Hixon as Ariel, Amaralyn Ewey as Sebastian, her crab protector, Cydi Wall as Ursula and Cullen Smith as the hilarious Chef Louis. Costume designer Jean Henderson has pulled out all the stops for this show, and there is a dazzling array of sea creatures adorning the stage. Directed by Steve Isaacson and choreographed by Allison Weaver, this delightful DMTC production is enjoyable for all ages. Some performances are already sold out and tickets are going fast. —bev sykes

Identity crises Celebration Arts is presenting two plays in repertory, giving audiences two different stories they can experience over the next month and a half. Artistic Director James Wheatley explained that he chose stories that deal with African-American history and cultural identity. One of the plays embraces it: In Black Pearl Sings, Alberta “Pearl” Johnson inherits a collection of rare African-American folk songs from her ancestors. A prisoner in 1933, Pearl meets Susannah, a white woman who collects music for the Libray of Congress. In what seems like a mutually beneficial relationship, Susannah wants to advance her career by recording Pearl singing those timeless songs, and Pearl hopes Susannah can help her attain freedom. Contrasting Black Pearl Sings, the other play deals in the refusal to acknowledge that history and culture: In Blue Door, Lewis is a tenured math professor fighting an inner-battle. He’s highly respected at the university, but deep down, he struggles with his personal and cultural identity. It disturbs his sleep so much that one night, the spirits of his ancestors appear. They represent three generations of black men throughout history, from slavery through the black power movement. The ancestors beckon Lewis to travel the night and reconcile his past and present. Blue Door: 8pm 6/21, 6/22, 6/28, 6/29, 7/5, 7/6, 7/7, 7/14, 7/21, 7/26, and 7/27; 2pm 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/28 and 7/29. Black Pearl Sings: 8pm 6/23, 6/30, 7/12, 7/13, 7/19, 7/20 and 7/28; 2pm 6/2, 7/1 and 7/29; $10-$20; Celebration Arts, 2727 B Street; (916) 455-2787; celebrationartsacts@gmail.com.

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A young couple sailing a 44-foot yacht across the Pacific (Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin) get caught in 1983’s Hurricane Raymond and are stranded in their crippled boat far from land. The fact-based script by Aaron Kandell, Jordan Kandell and David Branson Smith (based on the memoir by Woodley’s character Tami Oldham) is more complicated than it needs to be, with a time-hopping flashback structure that works against our getting to know the main protagonists. On the other hand, it’s virtually a two-person show, and Woodley and Claflin are both excellent. Filming on water is notoriously challenging, and director Baltasar Kormákur pulls it off neatly; he keeps us interested, if not exactly on the edge of our seats. There’s a plot twist in the last act that won’t surprise those who know the true story. J.L.

First Reformed

“Wisdom is holding two contradictory truths in our mind at the same time,” says Toller, the disturbed and disillusioned pastor played by Ethan Hawke in Paul Schrader’s masterful First Reformed. If that sentiment holds true, then First Reformed is easily one of the wisest movies of the last decade, a film that glides on a knife’s edge of seemingly unresolvable contradictions. Unable to pray anymore, the self-destructive Toller chronicles his life as caretaker of a centuries-old country church in his diary, all the while numbing himself with alcohol and fighting off human intimacy. An attempt to counsel a parishioner’s troubled environmentalist husband, as well as general despair about the state of the planet, inexorably lead Toller towards a horrifying moral crossroads. Longtime Robert Bresson superfan Schrader structures the film like Diary of a Country Priest, sprinkles in the scathing despair of Bergman and envelops the entire thing with his own sensual and spiritual obsessions. D.B.

Hotel Artemis

In 2028 Los Angeles, torn by the worst riots in the city’s history, a hotel/ hospital for wounded criminals has a busy night, taxing the endurance of the harried manager, known only as Nurse (Jodie Foster). Among the patients: two brothers, fugitives from a robbery gone wrong (Sterling K. Brown, Brian Tyree Henry), an arms dealer (Charlie Day), a hired assassin who wounded herself to get close to her next victim (Sofia Boutella), the hotel’s crimelord owner (Jeff Goldblum)—and, in a breach of the rules, a cop whom Nurse knew as a child (Jenny Slate). Writer-director Drew Pearce serves up a hyper-violent black comedy, not for the easily upset but for those who can take it, a wildly unpredictable ride sparked by edgy performances and a striking look (courtesy of production designer Ramsey Avery). J.L.

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Mr. Incredible (voiced by Craig T. Nelson), Elastigirl (Holly Hunter) and their super-children (Sarah Vowell, Huckleberry Milner) join forces with brother-and-sister telecom tycoons (Bob Odenkirk, Catherine Keener) in a public relations campaign to rehabilitate superheroes and thwart a new supervillain named Screenslaver, who has the power to hypnotize innocent bystanders to do his criminal bidding. It’s been 14 years since The Incredibles, and superhero movies are a lot thicker on the ground now, but writerdirector Brad Bird has lost none of his wit and ingenuity; he can still show them how it’s done. It’s an odd paradox that Bird’s creations, despite a retro-’60s caricature look that’s closer to Jetsons than Justice League, feel more real than all of the Marvel and DC Comics universes put together. J.L.

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Writer-director Bart Layton follows up his 2012 debut The Imposter, a documentary with dramatic tendencies about an older man pretending to be a troubled youth, with the fact-based American Animals, a drama with documentary tendencies about troubled youths pretending to be older men. Barry Keoghan stars as dissatisfied art school student Spencer Reinhard, while Evan Peters plays Spencer’s best friend and bad influence, Warren Lipka. Although they did not have criminal records or experience, Spencer and Warren attempted a foolhardy heist at Transylvania University in 2004, attempting to rob the Rare Book Room of valuable prints by Darwin and Audubon. Rather than a straightforward biopic, Layton intercuts talkinghead interviews of the actual people involved into (sometimes contradictory) recreations of the events, and even allows Lipka and Reinhard to interact with the actors. This sort of self-awareness usually works on me like catnip, but Layton’s concept of meta-cinema feels extremely basic. D.B.

Life of the Party

Ocean’s 8

A middle-aged housewife (Melissa McCarthy), suddenly dumped by her husband, decides to go back to school and finish her degree, to the horror of her college-bound daughter. The latest laughless dud from McCarthy and husband Ben Falcone (she stars, he directs, they both write) takes its place beside predecessors Tammy (2014) and The Boss (2016), the two worst pictures of McCarthy’s career. Now there are three. The story is inconsistent from one scene to the next—sometimes from one shot to the next—with nearly every scene looking desperately improvised, falling flat, and left in for the sake of filling out the running time. It’s all Melissa all the time; nobody else gets even a sliver of the limelight. A vanity production sure enough—but whose vanity is being catered to, McCarthy’s or Falcone’s? J.L.

Danny Ocean’s sister Debbie (Sandra Bullock), who shares the family’s proclivity for elegant scams, gets out of prison on parole (after being double-crossed on her last job), but she goes back to her old habits “because it’s what I’m good at.” Her quarry this time is a fashion queen (Anne Hathaway) who’ll be wearing $250 million in diamonds at the annual Met Gala, and she recruits some old friends (Cate Blanchett, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson) and some new talent (Awkwafina, Rihanna, Helena Bonham Carter) to help run her game. The script by Olivia Milch and director Gary Ross has a double-twist ending, but only one twist will surprise you if you can count as high as eight. The movie is mechanical and formulaic, but the formula is amusing and it goes down smoothly enough to pass for something original. J.L.

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Of all the rickety crutches that mediocre movies lean on, one of my least favorites is when a character expresses their cosmic ambivalence by gazing meaningfully into the empty distance. Like any trope, it can be used well, but indie filmmakers tend to overuse it as an allpurpose, fill-in-the-blanks placeholder for details, nuances and character development. In Chloé Zhao’s The Rider, the slightest twinge of emotional conflict sends the lead character outside to stare blankly into the sunlight, the twilight, the moonlight or even the “friscalating dusklight,” to borrow a phrase from Eli Cash. To be fair, that dusklight friscalates over the forbiddingly beautiful badlands of South Dakota, but those empty stares are almost too apt for a film with an offscreen story that is so much more interesting than the actual movie. Too bad Zhao spent more time contemplating the emptiness of the badlands than the emptiness of her own script. D.B.

Solo is essentially a 135-minute version of the River Phoenix sequence from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, only it looks like complete garbage and is no fun at all. It’s a nonstop succession of callbacks, wink-wink foreshadowing and Infinity Stonestyle worldbuilding meant to explain the origin of everything Han Solo ever did, said or touched over the course of episodes IV through VI. Worse, Solo is shot like an early 1990s primetime drama, all gauzy lighting, shadowy interiors and monochromatic colors. Original Solo directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were booted from the project well into production and replaced by career hack Ron Howard, who never met a property he couldn’t drain of personality. As ever, Howard’s concept of visual cinema is hopelessly flat and punishingly literal. Call it old school Hollywood craftsmanship if you insist, but I wouldn’t trust the guy to build a stairway to nowhere. D.B.

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except in therapy. It’s an intense song, man. It really is, but it was really cathartic to write that song.” The lyrics are a gut-punch that knock the wind straight out of the listener. It’s an ominous glimpse inside the pain he’s been carrying with him since the incident occurred all those years ago. For Alexakis, the process behind songwriting is liberating. But he wouldn’t necessarily say music is a form of therapy, at least for him. He writes popular songs on issues that are universal, like in the song “Father of Mine,” where he candidly shares the memories he had when his father left his family. Alexakis was around 10 years old, and the music and lyrics evoke the emptiness he felt. “I don’t know if that actually helps me In a rustic warehouse somewhere, Everclear because I’m playing it every night. ‘Father frontman Art Alexakis of Mine’ was very difficult to perform (center) is back in a early on, but when it became a hit song I new black. had to play it. It was the No. 1 song on the record,” Alexakis says. Photo courtesy of Paul Brown A father of two daughters, Alexakis participated in the documentary The Other F Word, a day-in-the-life of punk rock dads like Lars Frederiksen (Rancid), Fat Mike (NOFX), Flea (Fear, Red Hot Chili Peppers) and more. The doc showed Now a father, Everclear frontman sings new Alexakis driving his family around, holding one of his young daughters and speaksongs reflecting on childhood ing honestly about what it means for him to be a dad compared to his experience with his own absentee father. by Steph RodRiguez ste p h r @ ne wsr e v ie w.c o m “I love just being a part of their lives and seeing them growing up and changing. I love that—and at the same time—I hate band’s pop-driven blend of folk-style it because it’s finite and that’s going to Aboard his tour bus in the early morning Candy,” and Local H with its popular song “Bound for the Floor” that will storytelling marked by distorted guitars end,” Alexakis says. hours, Art Alexakis, the founding guide ’90s kids into the wistful memories and Alexakis’ conversational vocal-style. When it comes to advice for parents member and lead vocalist/guitarist for of their youth. Instead, songs like “You” explore one of with children of their own, his words are the ’90s alternative rock band Everclear, Yet, for Alexakis, being on tour with the darkest moments of his youth—the simple: Be there. lays in his bunk answering questions old friends and playing the hits for fans of time when he was raped by a group “Be present. Be conscious. Even from journalists across the country while the genre isn’t so much a time warp, it’s of boys that lived in the when you physically can’t be waiting for the night’s upcoming perforjust three bands performing music without same housing projects as there, be there. I know mance in Fort Wayne, Ind. tracks or computers; a rare commodity him when he was only that sounds trite, just As a singer-songwriter of hits like these days, he says. 8 years old. be engaged. Give a “Father of Mine” and “I Will Buy You a “My brother “When you look at the crowd, there’s “I never told damn,” Alexakis New Life” from the album So Much For a large part of nostalgia there, but also my mom because says. “Look at some the Afterglow, Alexakis has had a long and my mother there’s a lot of young people that are my mom was of the dads that career of chart-toppers backed by major coming to the shows,” Alexakis says. “I’d a hillbilly from don’t give a damn would’ve killed those labels like Capitol Records. say about 25 percent of our crowds are North Carolina and the moms that Everclear is currently on its annual kids.” millennials and they’re just excited about and my brother don’t give a damn. Summerland Tour, a traveling festival rock ’n’ roll, about great songs. We’re was in and out A lot of it’s generathat revives the sounds of rock ’n’ roll Art Alexakis live without a net. And that’s what the of juvenile hall. tional. Hopefully during a decade when music from bands vocalist/guitarist, Everclear ’90s were about: guitar songs on the radio My brother and my we’re making better like Sugar Ray, the Gin Blossoms and again. Really good songs and very diverse mother would’ve killed human beings that are Eve 6 ruled the radio waves and topped compared to the way radio sounds now.” those kids,” Alexakis going to make a better the charts. Now in its sixth season, Everclear’s latest album, 2015’s says. “It’s a song about me world. We’re giving them less Everclear makes a stop in Sacramento Black is the New Black, is a heavier dealing with it and I’d never written damage than our parents gave us and I with supporting acts Marcy Playground, and much different approach to the about it or really talked about it before, think that’s the way it needs to be.” Ω known for their ’97 earworm “Sex and

Better human beings

catch everclear at ace of spades on wednesday, June 27. Doors open at 6 p.m. tickets are $29.50-$299. Marcy Playground and local h open. for show info, visit aceofspadessac.com.

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SATURDAY, 6/23

MUSIC

anD tHe sKY tUrneD GreY: With the Machetes, Ol’ Cotton Dreary and Chris Felix. 8pm,

THURSDAY, 6/21

$7. Old Ironsides, 1901 10th St.

eleMent Brass BanD: Element comes to the

tHe CoUnt: The final Pops in the Park concert

Torch with Albert Simpson, on tour from Alabama. 9pm, $7. Torch Club, 904 15th St.

fandemic tour sacramento SacRaMento convention centeR, vaRiouS tiMeS, $35-$150 Prepare for a pop culture invasion at the Convention Center this weekend. The Fandemic Tour will festivals be celebrating geekdom in all its various forms, from comics to collectibles, cosplay to celebrities. Notable special guests include Bruce Campbell, Norman Reedus and fellow cast-members of the hit television series, The Walking Dead. You can even catch a meet-and-

tiCKet WinDoW HARRY STYLES Styles has been

performing his debut solo album since September 2017, and his stop in Sacramento marks the tail end of his world tour. 7/9, 8pm, $26-$129, on sale now Golden 1 Center, ticketmaster.com.

TIM MCGRAW AND FAITH HILL The two country icons drop

by Sacramento for their world tour, Soul2Soul. 7/22, 7:30pm, $50-$130, on sale now. Golden 1 Center, ticketmaster.com.

LIL UzI VERT, G-EAzY, P-LO, TY DOLLA $IGN AND YBN NAHMIR It’s a hip-hop dream as

G-Eazy and Lil Uzi headline the Endless Summer Tour. 7/28, 6:30pm, $30-$300, on sale now. Toyota Amphitheatre in Wheatland, concerts.livenation.com.

DJ QUIk The Compton rapper, famous for his work on classic hip-hop tracks,

greet with them, if you go the VIP route. Just don’t be weird and try to eat their flesh. The Fandemic tour has a lot to offer: Stock up on merch, support your favorite artists, snap a photo in the Batmobile or join an open tabletop game and make some new friends. 1400 J Street, fandemictour. com/sacramento.

—Rachel Mayfield

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Catch a glimpse of Norman Reedus and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

fair oaKs ConCerts in tHe ParK : Jax Hammer performs, and food will be available for purchase. 6pm, no cover. Fair Oaks Village Park, 4238 Main St. in Fair Oaks.

sYMPHonia PHonotone: The inaugural concert

ParMalee: Country music performed by family and friend, they describe themselves as the quintessential American country band. 7pm, $22. Ace Of Spades, 1417 R St.

Pirl’s PlaYGroUnD: Pirl and Denver J

DAVID BYRNE The former Talking

Heads frontman tours the United States with his eighth studio album, American Utopia. 8/21, 8pm, $55-$150, on sale now. Community Center Theatre, tickets.com.

Spades, 1417 R St.

faMoUs DeX: With Kill Gang. 7pm, $25. Ace Of

bluegrass jam band honors Jerry Garcia at the Thursday Night Live event. 7pm, no cover. Heritage Plaza, 701 Main St. in Woodland.

MONDAY, 6/25 Denise Perrier: With the Denise Perrier Quintet, paying tribute to Bessie Smith and Dinah Washington. 7pm, $10$25. Sacramento Masonic Temple, 1123 J St.

FRIDAY, 6/22 a HoUse PartY: Below the cobbled streets of Old Sacramento, at the original street level, you can dance to top 40 hits just like the Gold-Rush-era Sacramentans would have, if they’d had top 40 hits. 10pm, $5-$15. Knobs and Knockers, 1023 Front St.

ana GilMoUr: With Barry Prior and Rob

JERRY SEINFELD EINFELD He’s

a comedy icon, a national treasure and he’s coming to your town. 8/24, 7pm, $50$165, onn sale now now. Community Center Theatre, tickets.com.

SAM SMITH The Oscar-winning UK artist comes to town to perform his second studio album, The

Corgan’s troubling Trump apologetics didn’t ruin his music for you, check out the Shiny and Oh So Bright Tour. 8/28, 7pm, $29-$305, on sale now. Golden 1 Center, ticketmaster.com.

CHIEF k EEF The Chicago rapper brings his raw style to the capitol city. city 10/3, 7pm, $25, onn sale now now. Ace of Spades, eventbrite.com.

EDEN The indie pop music producer from Ireland tours his 2018 album, Vertigo. 10/6, 7pm, $22-$25, on sale now now. Ace of Spades, eventbrite.com.

tHe MiGHtY MiGHtY Bosstones: With Los

Kung Fu Monkeys and Buster Shuffle. 6pm, $25. Ace Of Spades, 1417 R St.

tHe UnDUlations: The swing and Dixieland band headlines the Davis Farmer’s Market Picnic in the Park. 4:30pm, no cover. Central Park, 301 C St. in Davis.

inDiGo Girls: The Atlanta-based, Grammy Award-winning band will play with Lucy Wainwright Roche and more. 7:30pm, $45$65. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.

everClear: See event preview on page 28.

With Marcy Playground and Local H. 6:30pm,

free MUsiC friDaYs: Enjoy free music

outdoors at a winery. 5:30pm, no cover. McConnell Estates Winery, 10686 West Stockton Blvd. in Elk Grove.

$29.50. Ace Of Spades, 1417 R St.

FESTIVALS

tHe GolD soUls: The Gold Souls will release their full-length debut, Good To Feel with The Philharmonik. 8pm, $11. The Flamingo House, 2315 K St.

THURSDAY, 6/21

Dos HoMBres: The band Hits & Misses will also perform at this night of jazz. 8pm, $7. Old Ironsides, 1901 10th St.

tHe Ktalon BanD: A contemporary band with acoustic roots. 6pm, no cover. Jackrabbit Brewing Co., 1323 Terminal St. in West Sacramento.

roY roGers: With the Delta River Kings. 7pm, $40. B Street Theatre, 2700 Capitol Ave.

v101’s olD sCHool HoUse PartY: V101’s Big Al

Make us laugh, Jerry. Please.

TUESDAY, 6/26

WEDNESDAY, 6/27

Chandler. San Francisco musician Pete Kronowitt will also perform. 7pm, $5. The Acoustic Den Cafe, 10271 Fairway Drive, Suite 120 in Roseville.

Mellosmoove. 9pm, $5. Fox & Goose, 1001 R St.

SMASHING PUMPk INS If Billy

in Sacramento on his Rebellion Rises tour. 7pm, $39.50. Ace Of Spades, 1417 R St.

PainteD ManDolin: Featuring Joe Craven, this

Control-Z: With SpaceWalker and

Thrill of it All. 8/24, 7pm, $45-$70, on sale now. Golden 1 Center, ticketmaster.com.

ZiGGY MarleY: The Reggae dynast stops

SUNDAY, 6/24

See event highlight on page 31. 5pm, no cover. Cesar Chavez Plaza, 910 I St.

celebrates 20 years of rhythm and words. 8/11, 8pm, $35-$40, on sale now. Harlow’s, ticketfly.com.

of a Sacramento big band dance orchestra, with four saxes, a whole bunch of brass, a string section and more. 4pm, no cover. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1430 J St.

share this weekly event in a versatile venue. 8:30pm, no cover. Scarlet’s Specialty Saloon, 614 Sutter St. in Folsom.

ConCerts in tHe ParK: Dance Gavin Dance.

Plan ahead, dummy!

of the season gives the stage to a band that specializes in rock covers. 6pm, no cover. Glenn Hall Park, 5415 Sandburg Drive.

PlaCer CoUntY fair: Get psyched on all things Placer. It’s all the classic fair fare, with music, animals and food. 5pm, $2-$7. Placer County Fair Grounds, 800 All America City Blvd. in Roseville.

MiDtoWn MaDe: Stop and smell the creativity that Sacramento has to offer at this Third Thursday event. Support local makers, take in some beverages and take part in some creative activities. 6pm, no cover. 2300 Block of K Street, 2326 K St.

and Ashley won’t stop the old school hiphop. 7pm, $15. Ace Of Spades, 1417 R St.

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Friday, 6/22

party has food, live music and farm-fresh, edible plant parts. 9am, no cover. Old Town Elk Grove Farmers Market, 9615 Railroad St. in Elk Grove.

champagne pong! leniSe’S cafe, 6:30Pm, $35

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It’s classier than beer pong and less snooty than a black-tie gala; it’s time for Champagne Pong. This is the third time Lenise’s has played host to the game that’s equal parts skill and drinking. There’s unlimited champagne, and the PHOTO cOurTesy OF lenise’s caFe winners of fOOd & drinK the tournament will take home cash prizes. If you’ve got great hand-eye coordination, show up and put some pink ping-pong balls into champagne glasses. 3150 Jefferson Boulevard, tickets on eventbrite.com.

before. noon, $2-$7. Placer County Fair Grounds, 800 All America City Blvd. in Roseville.

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FOOd & drinK

on page 29. 3pm, $35-$150. Sacramento Convention Center, 1400 J St.

placer cOunty fair: Get even more psyched on all things Placer. It’s the second day of classic fair fare, with music, animals and food. 5pm, $2-$7. Placer County Fair Grounds, 800 All America City Blvd. in Roseville.

saTurday, 6/23 createfeSt: Humans excel at creating things—it’s why we’re such a successful species. This event encourages young creators to display their art, music and more. There will be free refreshments and activities. 5pm, no cover. Pence Gallery, 212 D St. in Davis.

fandemic tOur 2018: See event highlight

on page 29. 10am, $35-$150. Sacramento Convention Center, 1400 J St.

THursday, 6/21 bOw wOw luau yappy HOur: Bring your doggo or just soak in the canine life at this very dog-friendly BierGarten event. Each pint purchased provides $1 to the Sacramento SPCA. 6pm, no cover. BierGarten, 2332 K St.

Friday, 6/22 cHampagne pOng!: It’s classier than beer pong and less snooty than a black-tie gala; it’s time for Champagne Pong. There’s unlimited champagne, and the winners of the tournament will win cash prizes. 6:30pm, $35. Lenise’s Cafe, 3150 Jefferson Blvd. in West Sacramento.

Our Street nigHt marKet: R street will be bustling with vendors late into the night. There will be a litany of food and drink, and some awesome people will be there, purportedly. 7pm, no cover. R Street, 1100 Block of R St.

placer cOunty fair: It’s the second to last

culinary development of putting food on wheels, take over Tahoe Park. There will be live music and a beer garden benefitting Front Street Animal Shelter. 5pm, no cover. Tahoe Park, 3501 59th St.

saTurday, 6/23 a trOpical affair: It’s a charity gala for the Firefighters Burn Institute and Shriners Hospital for Children. There will be free food, beer, wine tastings and more fun activities. 6pm, $60-$75. The Lawn at Shriners Hospital, X & 45th St.

a midSummer nigHt’S dream: Ice cream and Shakespeare go together like donuts and Steinbeck! Wander around Fairytale Town in fairy costume, eat ice cream and watch performances from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 5pm, $10-$20. Fairytale Town, 3901 Land Park Drive.

day of this thing. Who knows what we’ll write for the last day? Expect music, animals and food. noon, $2-$7. Placer County Fair Grounds, 800 All America City Blvd. in Roseville.

midtOwn farmer’S marKet: Support your local

sunday, 6/24

farmers, buy some kale. 8am, no cover. 20th Street between J and K Streets.

fandemic tOur 2018: See event highlight

on page 29. 10am, $35-$150. Sacramento Convention Center, 1400 J St.

placer cOunty fair: It’s the final day of the Placer County Fair—be there, if you like county fairs. Yes, there will be music, food and more. You’ve been to a fair

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cOmedy SpOrtZ: Shower Thoughts. Improv comedy that will make you think. 10pm. through 6/23. $8. 2230 Arden Way.

cOmedy SpOt: Sacramento Stand-Up Competition. See event highlight on page 31. 10am. through 6/22. $25-$40. 1050 20th St., Suite 130.

THursday, 6/21 gHOSt wOrld: Relive the angsty, comedic

laugHS unlimited cOmedy club: Erik Myers

magic that is Ghost World, or if you’ve never seen it, just live the angsty, comedic magic that is Ghost World. 7pm, $8-$10. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.

tOm Of finland: Take in the biopic of the gay icon, Touko Laaksonen, that follows his journey from the trenches to the ultimate success of his erotic art. 7:30pm, $5$7. Verge Center for the Arts, 625 S St.

Friday, 6/22 SacramentO frencH film feSt: In the second week of the SFFF, watch Bloody Milk, a film about a dairy farmer’s fight for his cows, or the screening of BPM (Beats Per Minute), a film depicting the AIDS epidemic in 1990s France. 6:15pm, $11-$17. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.

saTurday, 6/23 mOvie in tHe parK: The solstice means plenty of daytime, and it also means it’s time to watch a double feature. Despicable Me 3 kicks off at 6pm, and La La Land starts at 8pm. 6pm, no cover. McKinley Village, 3260 McKinley Village Way.

SacramentO frencH film feSt: Take your pick of six French films, including Double Lover and Gaspard at the Wedding, both of which are followed by Q&A sessions with individuals involved in production. 11am, $11-$17. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.

sunday, 6/24

featuring Rudy Ortiz. Erik Myers is a character. He looks like wilder version of Daniel Stern, talks about drugs and has a high-pitched, throaty voice. through 6/24. $20. Glorious Basterds. Featuring Carlos Rodriquez, Joey Stults, Jason Sohm and more. 8pm. through 6/27. $10. 1207 Front St.

puncH line: Nemr. Get Nemr’s take on the world, which often involves some good laughs and good vibes. through 6/23. $25. Lance Woods and Friends. through 6/24. $16. 2100 Arden Way, Suite 225.

On sTage b Street tHeatre: Ladies Foursome. It’s about golf; don’t worry. This piece delves into the life experiences of four women on the links. 7/22. $9-$46. 2700 Capitol Ave.

capital Stage: The Thanksgiving Play. The goal is clear: four artists have to put on a play that sensitively celebrates Thanksgiving and Native American Heritage Month. The problem is, there are no Native American actors. Watch these folks try earnestly not to offend anyone. through 7/22. $22$47. 2215 J St.

HarriS center: Best of Broadway. Two hours of youth performers singing their hearts out to the best Broadway tunes they could find. 7pm, 6/21. $18-$36. 10 College Parkway in Folsom.

Jean HenderSOn perfOrming artS: Disney’s

SacramentO frencH film feSt: The final day of the SFFF offers a number of screenings, followed by a party for the closing night. noon, $11-$17. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.

The Little Mermaid. Watch the live Disney version of the classic tale. You’ll see the cleaned-up, happy ending, not the original tale in which the mermaid turns to foam when she refuses to kill the prince to get

her tail back. through 7/7. $20. 607 Pena Drive in Davis.

muSic circuS at tHe wellS fargO paviliOn: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. If you like musicals for the sake of musicals, you may just enjoy this rollickin’, dancin’, singin’ good time. through 7/1. $45. 1419 H St.

SacramentO cOmmunity center tHeater: The Glenn Miller Orchestra. Listen to music the way it ought to be heard—live and with a whole bunch of talented musicians. 7pm Saturday, 6/23. $48-$78. 1400 J St.

SacramentO pOetry center: Stories on Stage Sacramento. See event highlight below. 7:30pm friday 6/22. no cover. 1719 25th St.

arT artHOuSe: Alumni Show Exhibit. Featuring Joe Bellacera, Breda Boles, Julie Didion, Jennifer Foxley and more, it’s the Arthouse alumni show. through 7/6. no cover. 1021 R St.

JayJay: BIG ISSUES SMALL PIECES. Inspired by the #MeToo, #TimesUp and #WeSaidEnough movements, this exhibit is an artstic platform to discuss the evolution around gender and power in our culture. through 6/30. no cover. 5524 Elvas Ave., Suite B.

pence gallery: Terraforms. Nature-inspired sculpture by Ianna Frisby is on display. Frisby took inspiration from limestone caves and mineral formations. through 8/19. no cover. 212 D St. in Davis.

Smud art gallery: Wonder Women: An Exploration of Making Art While Raising Children. Twenty Sacramento artists are featured, each considering how the artistic process is influenced by the raising of children. through 7/11. no cover. 6301 S St.

tHe artery: FiberFusion. How often do you get to see an exhibit of textiles? If you’re like me, the answer is a resounding “Not very often!” Lucy Della Rosa and Sharon McCallum fill the Artery with scarves, hats, weaves and other inspired work. through 7/2. no cover. 207 G St. in Davis.

fOOd trucK mania: Food trucks, the incredible

HacK tHe parK: North Laguna Park will be catapulted into the future of tech, with drone races, STEM scholars demonstrations and a whole lot of hacking innovation. 11am, no cover. North Laguna Creek Park, 6400 Jacinto Ave.

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Stories on Stage Sacramento Poetry center, 7:30Pm, no cover

Go a little wild—listen to some prose at the Poetry Center. Kirstin Chen will read from her novel, Bury What We Cannot Take, a story of a family trying to escape China during the Maoist regime; Stephen Cook will share his short On Stage story, “Intervention,” and Ethan Ireland and Justin Meng Lee will also read. 1719 25th Street, storiesonstagesacramento.com.

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FRIDAY, 6/22-SATURDAY, 6/23 Sacramento Stand-Up Competition saCramento Comedy sPot, 7Pm, $12-$40

jurisdiction. 2pm, no cover. Sacramento City Hall, 915 I St.

The Comedy Spot is hosting the sixth annual Sacramento Stand-Up Competition this weekend. Thirty comedians will COMEDY perform their best material for cash prizes and to prove their comedic chops. 2016 winner Kiry Shabazz, pictured, will be headlining the show’s final round. Enjoy just one of the shows, or purchase a two-day pass to watch the full competition. 1050 20th Street, sacstandup.com.

CLASSES THURSDAY, 6/21 FREE COWORKING DAY EVERYDAY: Skip the coffee shop to get your work done every Monday thru Friday. 9am, no cover. Cowo Campus, 1507 21st St.

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THE URBAN HIVE: Splintered. Gale Hart shares her exhibition inspired by the divided state of the country, working mostly with salvaged wood. Through 6/30. No cover. 1601 Alhambra Blvd. Suite 100.

WEST SACRAMENTO COMMUNITY CENTER: 6th Annual WSAG Art Show. The West Sacramento Art Guild shares local artists’ work, captured in the mediums of photography, illustration and metalwork. Through 6/21. No cover. 1075 West Capitol Ave. in West Sacramento.

MUSEUMS CALIFORNIA MUSEUM: The Newest Americans. This exhibit explores the naturalization of 28 new citizens, with portraits and interviews detailing immigrants’ reasons for coming to America. No cover-$9. 1020 O St.

CALIFORNIA STATE ARCHIVES: Alfred Eichler: Art and Architecture in the Golden State. Have you ever wondered who designed the Tower Bridge? It was Alfred Eichler, and his diverse work from 1925 to 1962 is featured in this exhibit. Through 1/31. No cover. 1020 O St., 4th Floor.

CALIFORNIA STATE RAILROAD MUSEUM: Death Valley Scotty’s Race for Glory Exhibit. The suspenseful story of Death Valley Scotty’s record-breaking, high-speed trip from LA to Chicago in 1905. Through 9/30. $6-$12. Weekend Excursion Train Rides. Enjoy a relaxing and memorable train ride along the Sacramento River. Through 9/23. $6-$24. 111 I St.

POWERHOUSE SCIENCE CENTER: International Sun-Day. Join the Sacramento Valley Astronomical Society in staring at the sun— the safe way. You’ll be able to look through solar telescopes and see detail invisible to the naked eye. 11am Saturday, 6/23. $7. 3615 Auburn Blvd.

SACRAMENTO ZOO: Summer Deal Night. You’re a child at heart, so why should you pay adult pricing? Everyone gets into the zoo at child-admission prices, so bring your sense of whimsy to engage in some fun and games. 4pm Thursday, 6/21. $10. 3930 W Land Park Drive.

SPORTS & OUTDOORS THURSDAY, 6/21 BAT TALK AND WALK 2018: There are about 250,000 Mexican free-tailed bats in the Yolo Bypass Wildlife area. That’s almost 4 bats per person in Davis. Learn about them in this ongoing excursion. Through

Laugh a little, and practice the art of making up comedy on the spot. 7pm, $5$10. Blacktop Comedy, 3101 Sunset Blvd., Suite 6A in Rocklin.

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9/11. $14. Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Headquarters, 45211 County Road 32B in Davis.

WAKAMATSU FARM GARDEN WORKDAY: Give back at the first Japanese colony in America with some good old fashioned garden work. 9am, no cover. Wakamatsu Farm, 941 Cold Springs Road in Placerville,

JOB COACH: Come meet one-on-one with a

SATURDAY, 6/23

trained job coach who will help you spruce up your resume, build better job searching techniques, learn how to ace the interview, and more! Reservation required. 4pm, no cover. Sylvan Oaks Library, 6700 Auburn Blvd. in Citrus Heights.

BIKE-IN MOVIE NIGHT: Enjoy a special Pride Month edition of Bike-in Movie Night as with a showing of the cult classic, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar. 8pm, no cover. HI Sacramento Hostel, 925 H St.

JUNE BUSINESS BUILDER SERIES: Come join

FRIDAY NIGHT FARMER’S MARKET: The community will be out in full force at this farmers market event. If you’re beveragely inclined, you can even purchase a ticket to taste some wine and beer. 6pm, no cover. 1151 Galleria Blvd. in Roseville.

SATURDAY, 6/23 LUNAR LUNACY RIDE: Bicyclists take over the streets of Downtown Sacramento for a night of fun and bikes. 7pm, $5- $100. Capitol Mall, 500 Capitol Mall.

PADDLE 4 DART RACE: A stand up paddle board race and team relay. Even if you’re not participating, just watching a crowd of people standing up on the river is a sight to behold. 9am, $30-$140. Crawdad’s on the River, 1375 Garden Highway.

FRIDAY, 6/22 CREATIVE ART CLASS: Join the Sacramento Children’s Museum staff to create a themed art project! 3:30pm, no cover. Sacramento Children’s Museum, 2701 Prospect Park Drive, Suite 120 in Rancho Cordova.

SATURDAY, 6/23 ENGLISH CONVERSATION GROUP: Practice speaking English in a friendly, small group led by a trained facilitator. 12pm, no cover. Hagginwood Library, 2109 Del Paso Blvd.

SUNDAY, 6/24 GENEALOGY TEST: Learn how to use GEDmatch to begin analyzing autosomal DNA test results. 1pm, no cover. Central Library, 828 I St.

NAWBO Sacramento for a monthly business builder series and opportunities to network with other members. 12pm, $35-$65. Sutter Club, 1220 Ninth St.

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lunch program and and engage in fun summer activities. Tuesdays through Fridays at 1 pm, through August 10. 1pm, no cover. Sylvan Oaks Library, 6700 Auburn Blvd. in Citrus Heights.

THURSDAY, 6/21

LUNCH AT THE LIBRARY: Ages 18 and under

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MONDAY, 6/25 CANNABIS STAKEHOLDER MEETING: Join the Office of Cannabis Policy & Enforcement for a meeting and support their efforts to foster transparency, facilitate community engagement and enable communication between the industry and local

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SOLSTICE STROLL: It’s the longest day of the year, so you may as well do something! Hike through Effie Yeaw with a naturalist and take in the beauty of nature before the heat sets in and you start to resent everything. 10:30am, no cover. Effie Yeaw Nature Center, 2850 San Lorenzo Way in Carmichael.

VOLUNTEER AT CAMP POLLOCK: You know it, I know it, we all know: Community service is important, but it’s hard to make yourself do it. Now’s the time, so quit making excuses and volunteer at Camp Pollock. There’s a variety of tasks to accomplish, so bring your working spirit and meet some other giving people. 9am, no cover. Camp Pollock, 1501 Northgate Blvd.

LGBTQ THURSDAY, 6/21 20 SOMETHINGS GROUP: Drop by and socialize with other young adults, ages 20-29, in the Lambda Lounge. 8pm, no cover. The Sacramento LGBT Community Center, 1927 L St.

QUEER COMMUNITY YOGA: Join an inclusive vinyasa flow class for the trans and queer community. 7:30pm, $15. The Yoga Seed Collective, 1400 E St., Suite B.

FRIDAY, 6/22

Concerts in the Park: Dance Gavin Dance Cesar Chavez Park, 5Pm, no Cover

Post-hardcore band Dance Gavin Dance is one of the most successful musical groups with roots in the City of Trees. They’re headlining this week’s Concert in the Park just weeks MUSIC after their June 8 album release, and they’ll be accopanied by the bands Nerv and VERNO. Snag some tasty eats from a food truck and share a hot Sacramento evening with the community. 910 I Street, godowntownsac.com.

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The Trashcan Sinatras, 5:30pm, $20$25; Just Like Heaven, 10pm, $15-$18

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The Supervillains, 7pm, T, $12-$15; $teven Cannon, 7pm, W, $15-$18

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Tyler Melhalf & The Fontaine Classic, You & Me, 8pm, $6

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Dos Hombres and Hits & Misses, 8pm, $7

And the Sky Turned Grey, The Machetes and Ol’ Cotton Dreary, 9pm, $7

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Cassette Idols, The Enlows and The Igors, 9pm, $10

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Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen, 8pm, $22

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Industry Night 1/2 off everything, 6pm, call for cover

Live Band Karaoke, 8:30pm, T, call for cover

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Reggae Night, 9pm, T, no cover; Emo Night, 8pm, W, $5

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Yes. We’ve had a black market for a very long time in California. Eighty-five percent of the complaints we receive are about unlicensed activity. We started out by sending letters, educating people about the need for licenses. Now we are into the next phase. We have forwarded more than 200 cases for criminal investigation to the Department of Consumer Affairs [the bureau’s parent agency] investigative unit. What about Weedmaps.com? are they still allowing advertising of unlicensed retailers? Yes. The investigation of Weedmaps continues.

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a republican who says she has never gotten high, Lori Ajax might seem like an odd choice to oversee California’s effort to make weed legal. But hard work and dedication to public service have earned praise for the state’s cannabis czar, even from people who are otherwise critical of California’s regulatory scheme. “I care, and maybe to a fault, about making this work,” Ajax said during a recent interview with SN&R. “I’m cautiously optimistic it will work. We knew this wasn’t going to be easy.” Ajax spoke during an interview at the Midtown Philz Coffee, right after 34

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a meeting with dispensary owner Phil Blurton, and before heading to the airport to fly to Los Angeles for more meetings. Such has been the pace since Ajax became the state’s chief of the Bureau of Cannabis Control in 2016. She heads an agency with 65 employees, after previously working in the state’s alcohol regulatory agency. Ajax spoke about lower-thanexpected cannabis sales, testing requirements and other issues. She acknowledged that those issues have created doubt about the viability of legal cannabis, but added that she

thinks the state will overcome them. Her comments have been edited for clarity and brevity. in the first three months of this year— the first quarter of legal weed sales in california—revenues were far below what the state expected. Why do you think this is happening? It’s still early in the process. We have a lot of cities and counties without ordinances that would allow retail sales. What about sales from unlicensed retailers? aren’t they making a big dent in legal sales?

starting July 1, all retail weed must be tested by a certified lab for pesticides, mold and other things. how have retailers responded? We’ve heard of a lot of places that are dramatically lowering prices to get rid of untested product. Otherwise, they have to destroy the cannabis. california has 29 licensed testing facilities, most of them clustered in the bay area and southern california. is that enough to meet demand and keep tested product on the shelves? I would like to see more than 29. I am more concerned about the lack of distribution of facilities across the state. cannabis industry officials are concerned about testing, taxes, regulations and a host of other things. you seem a little more optimistic. Why? I think things will improve. The system has been running for five-and-a-half months. We are going to improve. We’ve still got a lot of work to do. Things will become more settled when we approve final regulations later this year. More cities and counties will start to allow sales. The sunset provision for medical collectives will end in January, and that will help clear up some of the unlicensed activity. is it true that you’ve never smoked weed? Yes. You have to understand that I worked in law enforcement in my last job and we couldn’t consume cannabis. One other thing—I am a square. Ω

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FOR THE WEEk OF JUNE 21, 2018 ARIES (March 21-April 19): According to my

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’re slipping into

the wild heart of the season of discovery. Your curiosity is mounting. Your listening skills are growing more robust. Your willingness to be taught and influenced and transformed is at a peak. And what smarter way to take advantage of this fertile moment than to decide what you most want to learn about during the next three years? For inspiration, identify a subject you’d love to study, a skill you’d eagerly stretch yourself to master, and an invigorating truth that would boost your brilliance if you thoroughly embodied it.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Playwright and

novelist Samuel Beckett won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969. Four of his works were essential in earning that award: the play Waiting for Godot, and the novels Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnamable. Beckett wrote all of them in a two-year span during the late 1940s. During that time, he was virtually indigent. He and his companion Suzanne survived on the paltry wage she made as a dressmaker. We might draw the conclusion from his life story that it is at least possible for a person to accomplish great things despite having little money. I propose that we make Beckett your role model for the coming weeks, Gemini. May he inspire you to believe in your power to become the person you want to be no matter what your financial situation may be.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I suggest you ignore

the temptation to shop around for new heroes and champions. It would only distract you from your main assignment in the coming weeks, which is to be more of a hero and champion yourself. Here are some tips to guide you as you slip beyond your overly modest self-image and explore the liberations that may be possible when you give yourself more credit. Tip No. 1: Finish outgrowing the old heroes and champions who’ve served you well. Tip No. 2: Forgive and forget the disappointing heroes and hypocritical champions who betrayed their own ideals. Tip No. 3: Exorcise your unwarranted admiration for mere celebrities who might have snookered you into thinking they’re heroes or champions.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “A waterfall would be more impressive if it flowed the other way,” said Irish writer Oscar Wilde. Normally, I would dismiss an idea like this, even though it’s funny and I like funny ideas. Normally, I would regard such a negative assessment of the waterfall’s true nature, even in jest, to be unproductive and enfeebling. But none of my usual perspectives are in effect as I evaluate the possibility that Wilde’s declaration might be a provocative metaphor for your use in the coming weeks. For a limited time only, it might be wise to meditate on a waterfall that flows the other way.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Stage magicians may

seem to make a wine glass hover in mid-air, or transform salt into diamonds, or make doves materialize and fly out of their hands. It’s all fake, of course—tricks performed by skilled illusionists. But here’s a twist on the old story: I suspect that for a few weeks, you will have the power to generate effects that may, to the uninitiated, have a resemblance to magic tricks—except that your magic will be real, not fake. And you will have worked very hard to accomplish what looks easy and natural. And the marvels you generate will, unlike the illusionists’, be authentic and useful.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The coming weeks

will be a favorable time to accentuate and brandish the qualities that best exemplify your Libran nature. In other words, be extreme in your moderation. Be pushy in your attempts to

harmonize. Be bold and brazen as you make supple use of your famous balancing act. I’ll offer you a further piece of advice, as well. My first astrology teacher believed that when Librans operate at peak strength, their symbol of power is the iron fist in the velvet glove: power expressed gracefully, firmness rendered gently. I urge you to explore the nuances of that metaphor.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If I were your mom, I’d nudge you out the door and say, “Go play outside for a while!” If I were your commanding officer, I’d award you a shiny medal for your valorous undercover work and then order you to take a frisky sabbatical. If I were your psychotherapist, I would urge you to act as if your past has no further power to weigh you down or hold you back, and then I would send you out on a vision quest to discover your best possible future. In other words, my dear Scorpio, I hope you will flee your usual haunts. Get out of the loop and into the open spaces that will refresh your eyes and heart.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sex

education classes at some high schools employ a dramatic exercise to illustrate the possible consequences of engaging in heterosexual lovemaking without using birth control. Everywhere they go for two weeks, students must carry around a 10-pound bag of flour. It’s a way for them to get a visceral approximation of caring for an infant. I recommend that you find or create an equivalent test or trial for yourself in the coming days. As you consider entering into a deeper collaboration or making a stronger commitment, you’ll be wise to undertake a dress rehearsal.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Members of

the Dull Men’s Club celebrate the ordinary. “Glitz and glam aren’t worth the bother,” they declare. “Slow motion gets you there faster,” they pontificate. Showing no irony, they brag that they are “born to be mild.” I wouldn’t normally recommend becoming part of a movement like theirs, but the next two weeks will be one of those rare times when aligning yourself with their principles might be healthy and smart. If you’re willing to explore the virtues of simple, plain living, make the Swedish term lagom your word of power. According to the Dull Men’s Club, it means “enough, sufficient, adequate, balanced, suitable, appropriate.”

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In the Georgian

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Please do not send

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Molecule burner Eighteen months ago, Chris White did something no one else in Northern California had ever done. She leased a new car that operates only on hydrogen. Honda, Toyota and Hyundai are among a few manufacturers offering hydrogen-run vehicles. Other manufacturers, including Mercedes-Benz, have plans for hydrogen-only vehicles, the emissions of which are water. The just-released 2018 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell is available in only 12 dealerships in California, including only one in the region, at the Roseville Auto Mall. White is a longtime communications director of the California Fuel Cell Partnership in West Sacramento. She often refuels her car at the only hydrogen station in the area, which is near her home and office, at a Shell service station. She often travels for work to the Bay Area and to Truckee, where one of her sons lives, and where other hydrogen stations are located.

What kind of reaction have you received when people notice your car? It’s kind of funny—as soon as it got warm this spring, and people had their car windows down again, for about three days in a row, every time I was at a stoplight or a stop sign, the person next to me asked me about my car.

The Honda Clarity is eligible for a single-driver sticker for High Occupancy Vehicle lanes. Have you had any unusual experiences using the lane? I was coming home from the Sacramento airport at night. I was tired. The car in front of me just stopped for no reason. Even though I was depressing the brake, I couldn’t have stopped in time. The car’s collision mitigation system depressed the brake further and it steered a little bit crooked, and so I was like at a 45-degree angle. Therefore, the car behind me didn’t smash into the back of my car. It completely saved me from getting sandwiched between two cars on the freeway.

There are detractors of the hydrogen car industry. I am personally over it. I am personally very committed to clean air and reducing our petroleum use. I really

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beliefs, or because of the financial considerations, or both?

believe to get there we need to drive battery electric vehicles and fuel cell electric vehicles and use more fuels made from bio-wastes. We need to ride our bikes more and ride the bus. To really tackle our pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, it will take a combination of factors.

You mentioned to me in an earlier conversation that there have been some really angry people who dislike hydrogen cars. What’s the issue? As I tell people, it’s not like football. It’s not like my team is better than your team and only my team can win the Super Bowl. It does take a combination of factors. But some people are very passionate about only one kind of technology. They’re passionate about wooden boats as opposed to fiberglass boats. I do admire the passion that some people have.

It’s a complicated issue, right? Here’s my short answer: What I usually tell people is you can think of [gasoline] in a gas car like a beach ball. And electricity in a battery car, and hydrogen in a fuel cell car, are like a golf ball and a ping-pong ball. One of them is slightly bigger than the other, but does it make any difference when you compare them to the beach ball?

Are you an alternative fuel vehicle user because of your environmental

I am going to neither of those. I was driving a Chevy Equinox. I loved it. It was a 2008, and it had a lot of miles on it. It had leather seats and the leather got a crack. It was starting to need a lot of repair work. It was time for a new car. And when I started looking, it seemed a little silly as a single person who lives by herself that I need an SUV. But I am a hauler. I do a lot of volunteer work. Moving down to a sedan was a big change. But I also love the technology, and I love driving an electric car. I’m at the point in my life where I want to drive a luxury car, and the Clarity is definitely a luxury car.

What else can you share about the alternative fuel industry that the public might not realize? We hear a lot of about the average statistic that the average person drives 40 miles per day. First, it’s an old statistic. What we’ve found is that people who are buying electric cars are not the average driver. They tend to be super commuters. We have a lot of drivers in the area who are commuting every day from Sacramento to San Francisco. They want the electric driving experience, they want the free fuel and they want the carpool sticker. Ω

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