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The Colonial Complex is closing in November, and when it happens, Sacramento won’t have an all-ages punk rock venue for a while.

Not like Café Colonial and The Colony, anyway, which acted as a first stage for young bands trying to get their chops, and which held weekend marathons like Noise- and Ladyfest. After six years, owner Matthew Marrujo announced the Stockton Boulevard venue’s closure on Facebook September 13.

“This was not an easy choice to make, this place is my home and the people here are my family,” he wrote.

“With constant change and lack of funds it has been almost impossible to make the kind of money we need to keep going.”

If you haven’t been there for a show, the two spaces are their own. At Café Colonial, old video game consoles and tube televisions sprawl across a round bar and tables, a space inviting to kids, nerds and everyone else.

At the smaller Colony next door, the walls are vibrant with tags and interstellar artwork. On both stages and in both pits, a lot of Sacramentans made formative memories.

From artists and promoters I’ve asked, there are a million theories why this stuff happens: that in Sacramento, there are too many small venues for too small of a local music crowd. That people have unlimited alternatives to attending live shows, often digital ones.

Here’s my favorite, from Marrujo’s post: That DIY venues inevitably come and go, and that we’ll see another sometime soon. Until November, you’ve got this one.

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Re: “Dueling on rent control,” by Dylan Svoboda (News, September 13): This article continues to recite a flawed narrative that rent control works. First, the author states that Ms. Thrower-Low saw a 40 percent rent increase in Elk Grove. None of the proposals outlined in the article will do anything to help her fix her rent, the proposals only apply to the City of Sacramento. Unfortunately, this is another poorly written and skewed article to support an illegal ballot measure pushed by the Democratic Socialists of America and fringe groups who do not speak for a majority of voters in the city. SN&R you are better than this.

Spend money to make money Re: “Pitch city,” by Graham Womack (News, September 13): Barry Broome just helped negotiate the Centene corporate campus being developed in north Natomas, which will bring thousands of goodpaying jobs that might not have occurred without his efforts. Who knows how many other successful results he’s accomplished since he came on board in 2015? Probably lots. It’s funny that this rag of a paper can criticize like a

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Jump bikes, dusk till dawn Re: “Hot wheels,” by James Raia (News, September 13): They suck and are rode by drunk idiots! They installed a

jump bike station right under my bedroom window. So now I have drunks arguing, fighting, pissing, till 3 a.m. The vans unload bikes [while] playing rap music at 4 a.m. in a quiet neighborhood.

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worthless academic professor who has never done any real business in the private sector yet offer theoretical opinions on what should be done. You have to spend money on people like Barry Broome to make money by creating good-paying jobs for the region at-large.

I don’t know a lot of other people who have that type of business development acumen in the Sacramento area, and I haven’t seen anyone make such bold moves in the region to expand Sacramento’s statewide and national influence as a destination for business. stan smitH s a c r a me nto v i a Fa c e b o o k

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Putting down the watchdog Sheriff ousts inspector general, exposes independent oversight to be an illusion in Sacramento County

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Sheriff Scott Jones, left, locked out Inspector General Rick Braziel from reviewing his department’s actions in critical encounters, revealing the office to be a paper watchdog.

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Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones has unilaterally banished independent oversight of his department—and county supervisors appear poised to co-sign his decision.

The dismantling of the county’s Office of Inspector General happened quickly.

On August 15, Inspector General Rick Braziel released a report criticizing the fatal shooting of an African-American man, whom two deputies shot from behind as he ran away.

While Braziel was measured in his criticism—he defended the actions of the first officer who shot at Mikel McIntyre after McIntyre struck him with a large rock—Jones responded with the nuclear option. On August 23, Braziel learned that Jones had terminated his access to all department facilities, records and personnel. And during a September 11 meeting of the Board of Supervisors, Jones reiterated that it was his way or the highway.

“Look, let’s face facts. The current inspector general, Rick Braziel, is done,” he told supervisors. “And that’s not going to change, by the way. Any ongoing dialogue about renewing his contract is just silly. You can certainly renew his contract and pay him to do nothing. But I’m not sure how you can justify it.”

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oversight over one of the largest law enforcement agencies in California.

Now, following a Monday afternoon shootout in Rancho Cordova that left one young deputy dead and another injured, supervisors will be even more reluctant to challenge a sheriff tasked with consoling a grieving agency.

But the dismissal of Braziel— Sacramento’s former police chief and a widely respected consultant on critical policing incidents such as the Ferguson riots and Stockton bank robbery shootout—comes at a critical time. Recently elected to a third term, Jones has dragged his feet on instituting body-worn cameras and refused to create a policy for releasing video and audio footage of critical incidents, like neighboring Sacramento Police Department has. Jones also oversees a jail system that is the subject of a class action lawsuit regarding the overuse of solitary confinement.

For his part, Jones said there is no “crisis of trust” between his department and the communities it serves. But that’s coming from the elected leader of an agency with a costly record of service.

Public records obtained by SN&R show that, since Jones took office in 2010, the county has been forced to pay more than $4.5 million to cover 556 civil claims against the department, including for six wrongful deaths. This doesn’t include the claims that have gone to court and racked

up millions more in damages for the county and its taxpayers.

Supervisors have been reluctant to use their power over the sheriff’s budget as leverage to press for reforms. But how long can they afford to do so?

The event that kicked all of this off occurred more than a year ago, on May 8, 2017, when deputies fatally shot McIntyre following a chaotic foot pursuit in Rancho Cordova.

Braziel detailed the events leading up to McIntyre’s death in a footnoted 27-page report that relied on officer accounts, witness statements and audio and video evidence he was able to review in his capacity as inspector general. The report was sympathetic to the plight of officers, who responded to exaggerated 911 accounts of a man choking a woman in the parking lot of a Ross department store.

The woman was McIntyre’s mother, who later told the media she wasn’t being attacked; she and her emotionally troubled son—who was the subject of two 911 calls from relatives earlier that day that resolved peacefully—were arguing over the car keys. Still, officers are colored by the information they’re given.

When Deputy Jeff Wright arrived, he was pointed toward McIntyre by a witness who described McIntyre as “the primary aggressor.” McIntyre reportedly ignored Wright’s orders to stop and engage with

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him, and soon the two were jogging across a thoroughfare into another parking lot, wedged between a motel and gas station.

Wright caught up to McIntyre and tried to grab him, but McIntyre escaped the deputy’s grasp. Wright drew his sidearm and ordered McIntyre to the ground.

McIntyre turned and started to approach Wright, Braziel wrote.

Instead of firing, the deputy holstered his weapon and grabbed McIntyre. The two swept around a parked truck, the deputy tripped and fell onto his side.

McIntyre collected a river rock near a wrought-iron fence and threw it from about five feet away. Wright, who was still on his knees, felt a sharp blow to his head.

Half-deaf and seeing lights, the deputy fired two rounds at a fleeing McIntyre, but stopped once a Hooters restaurant fell into his line of sight. Braziel would conclude the deputy acted appropriately and showed restraint, holstering his weapon when it was no longer safe to fire.

But Braziel didn’t think that was the case with two other deputies who picked up McIntyre’s trail underneath an overpass on Zinfandel Drive. That’s where Deputy Ken Becker and his canine first encountered McIntyre on top of a scrub-covered berm by a retaining

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wall. As McIntyre ran down the steep embankment, he threw a softball-sized rock that struck the dog in the muzzle and hit Becker’s leg. Becker backpedaled and got off several shots as McIntyre ran past him. Becker paused, adjusted his aim and resumed shooting as McIntyre ran away, along the shoulder of Highway 50’s westbound lanes. Deputy Gabriel Rodriguez, who encountered McIntyre earlier that day and decided against ordering a mental-health hold, started shooting from nearly 60 feet away. Together, the two deputies fired approximately 26 rounds, many across the highway during evening commute hours.

McIntyre was eventually brought to the ground and handcuffed on the shoulder of the highway. He was taken to UC Davis Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. He had been shot seven times, all from behind.

In his report, Braziel noted that the events were “fast and chaotic,” unfolding in about seven minutes. But he found a need for deputies to reassess their circumstances as they changed.

“After McIntyre passed by Deputy Becker, he reached a distance where options existed to avoid the additional use of deadly force,” Braziel wrote. “The distance in this situation was enough to allow the officers to react to any new threats of a thrown rock without placing themselves or others in jeopardy.”

His report concluded that there were instances when “the number of rounds fired at McIntyre were excessive, unnecessary, and put the community at risk.” Braziel stands by his findings and recommendations for consistent deescalation training, afteraction reviews and less-lethal weapons.

“At some point, it’s not OK to send that

from the Sheriff’s Department. Today, Dean runs a consulting firm with former Sheriff John McGinness, a Jones ally and donor. The firm counsels public and private entities, including law enforcement agencies, on how to control the message during crises.

Jones says he would like Dean to fill in on an interim basis and help write the job description for the next I.G. “That’s what he’s looking for,” Braziel said of Jones’ preference for Dean. “He’s looking for control.”

Jones made that clear in an exchange with Kennedy.

“You don’t think the current OIG is qualified to investigate an officer-involved shooting after 30-plus years in law many rounds down range at someone who enforcement, [being the] chief of police was no longer a threat,” he told SN&R. [in Sacramento] and, frankly, in many Jones has claimed that Braziel violated circles considered a national expert on the some sort of policy by publishing his report subject?” Kennedy asked. before the district attorney concluded its “He went outside of his lane,” Jones criminal review of the shooting. But no said of Braziel. “They’re not going such policy exists, and Braziel told SN&R to be doing their own independent back in February that it was an approach investigations.” that no longer made sense, since he and the At the time he was forced out, Braziel DA don’t share information and focus on was reviewing nearly a dozen shootings by different areas of a critical incident.

Jones’ officers, as well as two in-custody Braziel also notes that Jones hasn’t actudeaths. One of the shootings involved an ally contradicted any of his findings. off-duty deputy in Contra Costa County.

“I haven’t yet heard him say, ‘I’ll While Braziel says the shooting appears show you … why you were wrong.’ Or, to be justified, he found it troubling that ‘I think it’s OK to shoot an unarmed man the sheriff’s department has no process running down the freeway in the back,’” for following up on conduct that occurs Braziel said. “Because I don’t. And I have outside the department’s jurisdiction. colleagues across the nation who don’t.”

“If your deputy used a firearm [and] wounded a guy trying to shoot him … while it appears Braziel’s time as inspecyou may want to look at it,” Braziel said. tor general is done, supervisors still have the “That’s one of the outstanding things that’s power to insist on independent oversight of not going to get completed.” the sheriff. It just doesn’t appear they have Supervisors are awaiting an opinion the appetite—or votes—to from county counsel about whether a do so. passage in the county charter applies Only Supervisors to the sheriff. It says an officer of Phil Serna and “He went the county who refuses to cooperPatrick Kennedy outside of his ate with an official directive is challenged Jones’ guilty of “willful misconduct.” lane.” ousting of Braziel Kennedy solicited Jones’ opinlast week. Board Scott Jones ion on the matter.

Chair Susan Peters sheriff, Sacramento “So if the county executive, and Supervisors County at the direction of the board, were Sue Frost and Don to tell you, ‘You need to cooperate Nottoli indicated they with OIG investigations,’ and you say, were ready to let the ‘No,’ and shut the doors as you have, you sheriff handpick his next I.G. don’t find that’s willful misconduct under The name on Jones’ lips is “Lee Dean.” the charter?” Kennedy said.

Dean is a former Sheriff’s Department “I clearly do not,” Jones responded. Ω employee who was the county’s first I.G., a position he used to issue annual reports that did little more than repackage press releases

a peace officer is dead and three people are wounded following a Monday afternoon gunfight in which an armed suspect opened fired on two Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies responding to a business disturbance in Rancho Cordova.

According to the Sheriff’s Department, which has a policing contract with the city of Rancho Cordova, the initial 911 call provided no indication that deputies were about to encounter an armed suspect. When the two patrol officers arrived on the 1000 block of Folsom Boulevard, the department states, a suspect later identified as Anton Lemon Moore, 38, of Rancho Cordova, allegedly started shooting.

Deputies Mark Stasyuk and Julie Robertson returned fire, but both were hit, the department says, as was an uninvolved bystander. The 28-year-old Robertson suffered a gunshot wound to her arm. The department didn’t say where the 27-year-old Stasyuk was hit, but his injuries were severe. Shortly after arriving at the hospital, he was pronounced dead, the department states.

Moore sustained multiple gunshot wounds, but is expected to survive, the department says. He was still hospitalized on Tuesday.

Stasyuk, who leaves behind a wife, sister and both parents, is the second sheriff’s deputy to die in the line of duty in just over a year. Deputy Robert French was killed in a shootout with a heavily armed suspect at a Ramada Inn in August of last year.

On Tuesday, Black Lives Matter planned to acknowledge the six-month anniversary of the fatal police shooting of stephon Clark by protesting a California Peace Officers’ Association training and expo at the Sacramento Convention Center. Following media reports that Sheriff Scott Jones had called for a counter-protest of BLM, the department issued a release stating that the sheriff instead wanted community members to share their grief and support for law enforcement. (Raheem F. Hosseini)

a luCrative poverty tax Hannah Hudson was one of the few high school graduates lucky enough to take a European summer vacation before the long slog of adulthood. Little did she know, she’d spend a halfday wondering how to cover her next meal after a series of overdraft fees from Bank of America left her more than $100 in debt. Halfway around the globe and nine hours ahead of California, Hudson was unable to contact her parents in Orangevale.

“It’s a scary feeling––being in some new place without a dollar in your bank account,” she said.

Hudson is just one of the millions of Americans who are having their accounts drained by billion-dollar banks. A recent report from the Center for Responsible Lending found that the 10 largest banks in the United States collected more than $11.45 billion in overdraft and non-sufficient fund fees from Americans just last year.

In 2015, bank regulators began requiring financial institutions with more than $1 billion in assets to report their overdraft and non-sufficient fund revenues. Since then, overdraft and nonsufficient fund revenues from these banks have increased by 2.4 percent. Not everyone can bear the brunt of surprise overdraft fees, especially when they come one after another. A study from last August, this one from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, found that low-income earners are the most frequent recipients of bank overdraft and non-sufficient fund fees. The study found that 80 percent of fees are dealt to just 8 percent of account-holders. (Dylan Svoboda)

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exposes on expanded offshore drilling under Brown, are being published on an array of lefty news sites, including Daily Kos, Alternet, CounterPunch and LA Progressive.

Last November, The New Yorker ran its own story questioning Brown’s mantle as a climate defender, highlighting his administration’s ongoing dealings with Big Oil and fracking operations.

Those are relationships Bacher has been documenting for years. And the fish sniffer says he isn’t finished sniffing out the money trail he believes unravels “the myth of Jerry Brown, green warrior.”

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The most dangerous man in the Delta Is The Fish Sniffer’s Dan Bacher unraveling Jerry Brown’s environmental legacy?

by Scott thomaS anderSon

“I live in a very dark place,” Dan Bacher says, glancing into sunrays glinting off the Sacramento River. “This problem of corporate influence, the domination of big money in Sacramento, is just growing beyond control.”

Bacher’s been shining a light into dark corners for decades as an independent journalist. For the last eight years, much of his work has cast a critical glow on Gov. Jerry Brown’s environmental policies.

Just as Brown’s career has been pestered by the bumblebee attacks of columnist Dan Walters, so too has he been dogged by Bacher, who writes sharply from a progressive viewpoint.

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goes beyond their profiles: While Walters has always enjoyed a mainstream megaphone for his political bashing—writing for The Sacramento Union, The Sacramento Bee and now for CALmatters—Bacher’s followthe-money critiques of Brown have been anchored mainly in the pages of an outdoor magazine called The Fish Sniffer.

Now, as Brown approaches his final months in office, arguably moving regulatory mountains and legislative earth to slice two massive tunnels through the Delta, it’s Bacher who might tag a sharp asterisk to the governor’s legacy. Bacher’s reporting on the estuary’s fate, along with his

It’s a hot afternoon in the Delta.

Bacher peers at a levee through the window of a barbecue house. Its earthen wall is in the proposed path of California WaterFix, better known as the twin tunnels.

Bacher’s been writing about the project since it was reworked as a new version of Brown’s failed 1982 attempt to build an open-air “peripheral canal” to move Delta water to Southern California cities and agribusinesses.

While Bacher’s journalism is achieved the old-fashioned way—attending legislative hearings, state commission meetings and scientific forums—he also likes to engage in some tonguein-cheek trolling of Brown on social media.

“California is the nation’s ‘green leader,’ and Jerry Brown is the ‘ultimate climate leader,’” Bacher posted on Facebook when the American Lung Association released its latest report grading our air quality. “That’s why four out of five urban areas with the most polluted air in the nation are in California, the nation’s third biggest oil producer.”

Another time, Bacher posted an archival photograph of Brown walking with a smile next to cult leader and mass murderer Jim Jones, adding the one-word caption, “Memories.”

Driving Bacher’s environmental coverage, which has led to him hanging out with Woody Harrelson and talking forest protection with Merle Haggard, is an obsession with conserving endangered fisheries. A Sacramento native, Bacher got his start in journalism in 1983 for a bilingual newspaper in San Jose called El Observador. He soon ended up at a rod-and-reel magazine called The Fish Sniffer. It was launched by the late Hal

Bonslett, who urged Bacher to cover water concerns shared by sportsmen, tribal councils and environmental activists.

In 2006, Bacher became co-owner of The Fish Sniffer. Around the same time, state officials renewed a push to channel huge volumes of Delta water south, despite the National Marine Fisheries Service warning of extinction dangers for chinook salmon and Delta smelt.

Trying to understand how this could happen, Bacher began reporting on the trend of special interest groups getting associates appointed to regulatory panels and state commissions under the administration of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

This focus allowed Bacher to break a big story, one he says mainstream journalists didn’t want to touch with a 10-foot fishing pole: Bacher learned that the chair of the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative Blue Ribbon Task Force, a group charged with designating “marine protected areas” off California’s coast, was Catherine ReheisBoyd, president of the Western States Petroleum Association. That’s the primary lobbying association for Chevron, Exxon, Shell and Valero.

“Then I started investigating the other people on the panel,” Bacher says. “They were almost all corporate operatives.”

Campaign finance reporting is another specialty of Bacher, one he says is vital to understanding the twin tunnels saga. Bacher has documented hundreds of thousands of dollars pumped into the campaign for the $7 billion Proposition 1 water bond, which state officials claim can help mitigate environmental damage from the tunnels, among other purposes.

Mega-contributors to that initiative included Southern California orchard tycoon Stewart Resnick, along with the California Farm Bureau Federation, Western Growers Service Association and California Cotton Alliance. For Bacher, Brown’s decision to side with such big-money agribusinesses, similar to his ties to the oil industry, pollute his environmental record.

“We thought Jerry Brown would be better than Schwarzenegger, and he wasn’t,” Bacher says. “I think it’s finally time for the mainstream media to stop clinging to this false narrative around him.”

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“Embedding those protections into the culture of a The falls of Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen from business is more typical now. … The most common their ivory Trump towers have obscured a troubling way that fraud happens is when a manager overtruth, according to a nonpartisan federal enforcerides those controls.” ment tracker: Prosecutions of white-collar crimes Some analysts questioned the shifting budgets have plummeted to a 20-year low. and manpower priorities at the U.S. Attorney’s The decline in pursuing the Bernie Madoffs Office under the Trump administration. An official of the world was documented by Syracuse February 2017 memo from Assistant Attorney University’s Transactional Records Access General Lee Loftus confirmed that the four-month Clearinghouse project in May. TRAC researchers federal hiring freeze Trump enacted last year determined that the number of federal white collar applied to several divisions of government prosecuprosecutions for the first half of the year—3,249 tors, including those assigned to internal affairs. from coast to coast—was down 31.3 percent from Just two weeks after TRAC released its findings, the same time frame in 2008, and down 40.8 it published a second report titled “Criminal percent from the period in 1998. TRAC analyzes Prosecutions Jump 60% for Illegal Border data from the FBI, Immigrations and Customs Crossers.”

Enforcement, Internal Revenue Service, the Secret Federal prosecutors working in Sacramento Service and other federal agencies. have pursued an array of privileged suspects Harvard Business School professor this year. One of the team’s most recent Eugene F. Soltes has studied corporate probes targeted George B. Larsen, a fraud and misconduct for a decade.

“Our office has 56-year-old convicted of running In researching his book, Why multimillion-dollar bank and title They Do It: Inside the Mind of a over 30 attorneys fraud conspiracy out of a church White Collar Criminal, Soltes prosecuting white collar in Nevada City. According interviewed more than 50 topcrimes.” to Assistant U.S. Attorney ranking executives who were Audrey Hemesath, Larsen and sent to prison. Soltes thinks the Lauren Horwood three co-conspirators concocted slump in prosecutions could be spokeswoman, U.S. Attorney a fake “mortgage elimination linked to the booming economy.

McGregor Scott program” that targeted distressed “Fraud tends to be more homeowners at the tail end of the discoverable when the economy goes recession. Through an elaborate maze south,” Soltes told SN&R. “Once you’re of misdirection, Larsen would eventually get his out of a financial crash, even if someone’s victims’ homes sold through fraudulent means, with engaged in fairly egregious fraud, it’s generally not he and his cohorts pocketing much of the proceeds. going to be rapidly detected.”

Larsen was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Soltes added that the chaos that envelops a on August 16. business during an internal meltdown can be Lauren Horwood, a spokeswoman for U.S. what finally pushes an executive over the line of Attorney McGregor Scott, who presides over the criminality.

Sacramento region, told SN&R that corporate “It’s the moment when they’re struggling and malfeasance remains a top priority in California’s are going to miss their profit estimates that they’re Eastern District. more likely to do these things,” he said.

“Our office has over 30 attorneys prosecuting Jeff Neumeister, a certified forensic accountant white collar crimes,” Horwood wrote in an email. who specializes in fraud investigations and assetSoltes and Nuemeister both stress that, regardtracing, agrees that fewer white collar crimes are less of the flagging prosecution rates, white collar committed or detected during times of plenty. But crime is far more common than most Americans Neumeister also thinks that the well-publicized think. prosecutions of executives from Arthur Anderson “We tend to only hear or read about major cases, LLP, Enron and WorldCom have prompted shareand that’s only if the media chooses to report on holders to demand better oversight. them,” Nuemeister said. “If Trump is firing off a “A lot of companies require more training bunch of tweets, then that fraud story might fall to for accountants and have more internal controls page eight, or just not make the paper at all.” Ω than they did before,” Nuemeister observed.

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the former being a federal crime with a In recent months, Justin Ross has had potential penalty of up to five years in a half-dozen packages stolen from his prison and a $250,000 fine. porch and mailbox, prompting him to set “Reporting is key,” Fitch said. “The up cameras outside his Carmichael home. only way to curb the issue is by letting Ross quickly caught multiple perpetrators and sent still-shots to the police––but us, police and sheriff departments know. has yet to receive a follow-up on any of “It’s an underreported and often his reports. overlooked offense.”

“Who knows if [the police] even saw A recent survey by Shorr Packaging the reports,” Ross said. “There are tons Corp. suggested Sacramento is a packof reports like these coming in. It’s an age theft hub compared to other major inconvenience, but it happens to a lot of cities in the United States. Shorr’s people.” survey relied on just two data points: As assumed, Ross is just one victim Google search volume for “Amazon in what is a growing problem in the package stolen” and U.S. census Sacramento region. Reports of estimates. By that metric, mail theft in the city of the river city ranked 10th Sacramento rose 23 among the 50 most percent from 2016 to “Within populated cities for 2017, according to the last three stolen package the city’s open data years or so, we’ve searches online. portal, provoking Google nearby residents seen an increase in mail searches for stolen like Ross and and package theft in the Amazon packgovernment Sacramento area.” ages were most entities to take common per capita the problem more Jeff Fitch in wealthy, techseriously. spokesperson, U.S. Postal nologically-friendly “I ask myself, Inspection Service cities—San Francisco, where are our deliveries Seattle and Boston—which going?” Ross said. “What are presumably most likely to am I supposed to do? Do I have binge-order Amazon products and turn to my stuff delivered to my parents? My Google for answers when they disappear. neighbors, whom I know will be home?”

A 2017 survey by the company The U.S. Postal Service is also found that 31 percent of respondents grappling with the dilemma. Jeff Fitch, had personally experienced package a Postal Inspection Service spokesman, theft. noted that in one day alone in August, Thus far this year, there have there were 12 reported break-ins on been 130 mail thefts in the city of cluster mailboxes in the city of Elk Sacramento. Package and porch thefts Grove. Fitch said such occurrences are fall under a different classification part of an ongoing trend the agency’s from mail thefts, but far outnumber been investigating. mail thefts in frequency.

“Within the last three years or so, Fitch indicated that although the we’ve seen an increase in mail and packcity is on its way to decreasing the age theft in the Sacramento area, as well number of mail incidents compared to as the surrounding areas,” Fitch said.

2017, the holiday season––assumed to “But we’ve also seen it statewide.” be the busiest time of year for mail and Fitch emphasized the importance package thieves––has yet to arrive. Ω of reporting mail and package thefts,

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Sacramento County Sheriff Scott our facilities, records and personnel,” Jones narrowly won re-election in June. access that Jones himself stated was Apparently there was some confusion critical to the inspector general’s about what seat he was elected to. effectiveness.

The voters of Sacramento thought We do live in a polarized society he was running for county sheriff, but where reasonable people can disagree. it seems that Jones thought he was But I think we can all agree that no elected king. He believes he can make innocent bystander wants to be killed up his own rules and tell the Board of by a stray police bullet aimed at an Supervisors to take a hike. emotionally troubled suspect who was I couldn’t believe it when I heard running away. This is not a political that Jones had unilaterally decided that issue.

Sacramento County Inspector General How did the county Board Rick Braziel, who is in charge of of Supervisors respond? County oversight of the sheriff’s office, would supervisors Phil Serna and Patrick no longer have access to the sheriff’s Kennedy were outraged. They asked records and would not be allowed to deputy counsel Krista Whitman to come into the sheriff’s office. research whether Jones could be Braziel is a highly respected, required to provide access nationally recognized for the inspector general. authority, and a former However, the majority Sheriff Sacramento city police of the board appeared chief. Why has he willing to look for a Scott Jones been barred from the new inspector who believes he can sheriff’s department? could work more make up his own rules Because he filed cooperatively with a report critical of the sheriff. and tell the Board of the May 2017 fatal This calls into Supervisors to shooting of a deeply question the whole take a hike. troubled Africanidea of having a American man, Mikel county inspector general McIntyre, on Highway 50 in to provide oversight of Rancho Cordova. Braziel’s report the sheriff’s department. If the said the officers fired dozens of shots sheriff feels his department can do at the suspect, who was running away no wrong and that there is no room from them, and concluded there were for improvement, if the sheriff can instances where this response was simply refuse to allow access to any “excessive, unnecessary and put the inspector who writes reports critical of community at risk.” the sheriff’s department, if the Board The report suggested that deputies of Supervisors goes along with this and need more training about when to use lets the sheriff call the shots—what less lethal measures against suspects. reputable expert would be willing to Braziel did his job. One would hope take this job? This is a joke. that the sheriff’s department would The Board of Supervisors should respond by studying these findings and stand up to the sheriff and require him implementing training to improve their to cooperate with the inspector general. response to similar situations in the The sheriff’s department should not be future. allowed to deny access to their office Instead, Jones threw a fit. He made and personnel because the sheriff numerous accusations against Braziel, does not agree with the results of an accusing him of having political oversight report. motivations and conflicts of interest.

We elected a sheriff, not a king. Ω He encouraged the county Board of Supervisors to cancel Braziel’s Jeff vonKaenel is the president, CEO and majority contract, and he told them that he owner of the News & Review. would “terminate [Braziel’s] access to

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he Governor’s Office of Emergency Services recently hosted the annual California Day of Preparedness, an event in Old Sacramento State Historic Park encouraging residents to be ready for cataclysmic earthquakes, floods, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions. But here’s the irony: It was sponsored in part by Pacific Gas and Electric Co., the utility giant with a recent history of causing disasters. Wildfires, specifically.

On September 11, a downed PG&E power line allegedly sparked a 150-acre brush fire that forced some residents of Lagunitas to evacuate. Marin County firefighters contained the relatively small blaze quickly, but all fires start small, and they have a way of getting out of control.

Cal Fire has tied PG&E’s equipment to 12 fires in Northern California that killed 18 people and caused billions in damages last October. Among the victims were Greg and Christina Wilson, who watched as the Tubbs Fire, the most destructive wildfire in state history, burned their Santa Rosa home to the ground.

They barely escaped. Greg, for one, is still shaken up.

“You get these moments where you think, ‘Man, did we really go through that?’ You think back to that night

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Greg and Christina Wilson’s house in Santa rosa was one of thousands of structures destroyed in the Tubbs fire, which burned for 23 days starting on october 8 of last year.

“There wasn’t much to do but watch everything burn.”

and ask yourself how the hell Publicly we came out the other side,” owned utilities he told SN&R. “Sometimes it such as SMUD sounds crazy.” don’t have shareThough the cause of the holders to help Tubbs Fire is still under bear the costs of investigation, there’s a chance damages inflicted it started like many of the by a catastrophic others that night—by downed fire; PG&E is power lines and exploding investor-owned, transformers alleged to be so it foots the improperly maintained by bill. Which is a Greg Wilson PG&E. Despite the recent reason why some wildfire survivor flurry of state legislation are skeptical related to wildfires and who’s when PG&E says responsible for them, count the Wilsons paying for the damages of the wine country among the survivors who believe the utility fires would force bankruptcy. isn’t being held accountable for its role in The other reason is PG&E’s history of the North Bay wine country fires. deceiving the public about stuff like this.

“I’m totally pissed off,” he said, “espeAt this point, the company has a serious cially after hearing there’s been negligence on credibility problem. And that’s why there’s [PG&E’s] part. … It infuriates me that this is an uproar over controversial new legislation going on.” characterized by some as a bailout for the The San Francisco energy giant is grapstate’s utilities—one that could take the heat pling with the same planetary crisis as the off PG&E. rest of humanity. Thanks to climate change, wildfires in the West are bigger, hotter and From destruction harder to contain than ever before, and pose a greater risk to public safety as California’s to bailouts population encroaches deeper into the woods.

PG&E is facing hundreds of lawsuits and the Revamping the state’s energy-delivery system prospect of paying out billions in damages. to increasingly extreme weather and keeping their customers safe is a logistical challenge of Under state law, utilities are responsible for fires mind-boggling proportions—and an expensive traced to their equipment whether or not they are one, too. The perspective of the state’s utilities complying with regulations. That means they’re on the hook even when they act responsibly and is, why should they foot the bill alone? meet all safety standards, but something out of “We must all do more to keep our their control happens, like a tree limb falling communities safe,” said Christopher Capra, a spokesman for Sacramento Municipal Utilities from outside their right-of-way and knocking down a power line that starts a wildfire.

District, in an email. “We encourage the state PG&E announced a loss of nearly $1 and federal government to implement more billion due to wildfire claims in July, and robust fire and forest management practices.”

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6th Annual could face billions more in potential liability if its equipment is blamed for the Tubbs Fire.

Despite handing out millions in executive bonuses this year, the company says the additional liability would push it into bankruptcy, crippling efforts to meet the state’s renewable energy goals and jacking up everybody’s energy bills. (This wouldn’t be unprecedented; PG&E declared bankruptcy during the 2000-01 California electricity crisis, when it was squeezed by soaring energy prices on the wholesale market and a statewide freeze on retail rates.) As a response, the utility has lobbied heavily to shift the blame for the wildfires on climate change and shift liability to consumers, spending some $1.7 million on greasing the proper palms in the Legislature.

Enter Senate Bill 901, the granddaddy of this year’s package of wildfire bills. According to one of the measure’s co-authors, state Sen. Bill Dodd, the bill started out as an effort to encourage PG&E to adopt protocols for shutting down the grid during storms. But Gov. Jerry Brown pushed for a wider-reaching iteration of the bill, so it would also help utilities pay for wildfire damages and address longstanding forest-management practices that overstock the woodland fuel load.

SB 901 passed 29-to-4 in the Senate and 45-to-10 in the Assembly, with the final vote held just hours before the midnight deadline on August 31. Dodd, a Napa Democrat whose district burned in the wine country fires, told SN&R that lawmakers moved quickly because of the urgency and severity of the problem.

“In the past 12 months, we’ve had more acreage burned in the state of California than probably any 12-month period in recorded history,” he said. “The moment is here and it’s time to act. People are looking to us to make our grid safer, to make our rural areas safer, to really look at our rules and regulations on how we promote forest health.”

The measure authorizes a five-year, $1-billion effort to reduce forest density—a primary driver of the state’s rampant wildfires, along with climate change—through tree and brush thinning programs and prescribed fires.

If the bill is signed by Brown, regulators would determine liability based on whether equipment was reasonably maintained and operated, and allow investor-owned utilities such as PG&E to issue cost-recovery bonds and repay them by charging more on customers’ electricity bills.

“Let me tell you, if PG&E goes bankrupt as the result of inaction on this, it’s going to cost our ratepayers a lot more than this plan ever would.”

State Sen. Bill Dodd (D-Napa) author, Senate Bill 901 This, clearly, is a favorable result for the state’s utilities. SN&R’s request for comment from PG&E drew a written response from spokesman James Noonan: “Senate Bill 901 is a common-sense solution that puts the needs of wildfire victims first, better equips California to prevent and respond to wildfires, protects electric customers and preserves progress toward California’s clean energy goals.”

But it has outraged consumer advocates such as Mark Toney. As executive director of The Utility Reform Network, Toney fights for lower electricity bills and sustainable energy practices.

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by Edgar SanchEz It happened six months ago. But for some Sacramentans, the grief over the slaying of Stephon Clark continues unabated, as if he died yesterday, community activists say.

lawyers, doctors and faith leaders, said McClinton, a community organizer for Sacramento Area Congregations Together (ACT).

Clark, 22, an African American, was shot in the backyard of his grandparents’ Meadowview home the night of March 18, by police responding to a 911 call that a man had jumped a residential fence after smashing car windows.

“We’ve been told by SPD that it is willing” to incorporate community-led training into the bias instruction, McClinton said this month. “Now, it’s just a matter of scheduling.”

Believing Clark pointed a gun at them as they approached, two officers — one of them black — fired 20 rounds at him, killing him. Clark, it turned out, was carrying only an iPhone.

Daniel Hahn, then seven months in as the first black chief of the Sacramento Police Department (SPD), was already tackling bias among his rank and file when Clark was shot.

Three weeks after the incident, Hahn told McClatchy newspapers he was working with academics to develop implicit bias training for his force. The goal of this training: to reduce or eliminate discriminatory behavior by making officers aware of subconscious stereotypes that even progressive people may have against minorities.

While such training is good, it is not enough, according to concerned activists, including Ryan McClinton, who said they have asked Hahn to “adjust” the training to include cultural and Restorative Justice classes that would be taught by community members.

Those ready to teach such classes, to perhaps change the policing culture, include local

According to McClinton, the Rev. Ben McBride of Oakland, who has taught Procedural Justice to that city’s police and who has provided training/ consultation to other police agencies nationwide, also wants to train SPD employees.

“ImplIcIt bIas traInIng Is only one step. more needs to be done.” ryan Mcclinton community organizer, Sacramento area congregations Together

On another front, McClinton noted that police “see the worst parts of humanity” as they respond to murders, rapes and other horrific crimes daily. He believes patrol officers should occasionally rotate to non-traumatic in-house jobs, before returning to patrol, to help them

“Implicit bias training is only one step” in changing Sacramento’s policing culture, said Ryan McClinton, a community organizer for Sacramento Area Congregations Together. “More needs to be done.” Photo by Edgar Sanchez

de-stress. “Re-assignment should be paired with 6 months of mental health and trauma informed therapy for those officers,” McClinton said.

The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office continues to investigate the Clark shooting. No charges have been filed against either officer. Meanwhile, McClinton said, many African Americans fear the police.

Sacramento ACT is a multi-faith organization that seeks “a more just and fair community” for all, with the support of The California Endowment.

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Since 2007, Cal Fire has assessed fire hazards in locally controlled counties and cities, calling attention to where homes are built.

“This is a bailout worth billions for PG&E because it sets a cap on how much they can pay [for wildfire damages] at one time,” he said. “Everything over the cap, including fines and penalties for negligent behavior, is going to be paid by ratepayers.

That is an absolutely stunning precedent.”

A record of choosing profit over sAfety That’s not the way Dodd sees it.

“Some of the papers have been saying this is a utility bailout,” he said. “I would say it’s the exact opposite. … Let me tell you, if PG&E goes bankrupt as the result of inaction on this, it’s going to cost our ratepayers a lot more than this plan ever would.”

Frank Pitre is a lead counsel for North Bay wildfire victims in a class action lawsuit against PG&E. He’s calling for a top-down audit of the company’s risk-management practices specific to its electrical infrastructure. He cited a similar audit mandated of PG&E’s gas-transmission system following the San Bruno disaster.

“They tried to determine whether PG&E was adequately devoting resources to safety,” he said. “The report was pretty scathing. It determined that PG&E really had no safety culture.”

Pitre would also urge auditors to take a hard look at PG&E’s budget for electrical upgrades. The company failed to spend $93.5 million it was allocated for gas line improvements in the decades leading up to the deadly 2010 explosion in San Bruno, according to the California Public Utilities Commission. The commission noted in a

May 2011 letter that PG&E’s spending on its pipelines fluctuated because “utilities have flexibility and discretion to reprioritize spending according to the needs of their infrastructure and systems,” according to the Mercury News.

A federal jury in 2016 found PG&E guilty on five felony counts of failing to properly inspect its gas pipelines.

“They would routinely request money for one purpose, and then not spend it on that purpose,” Pitre said. “If the money was earmarked to conduct replacement of a gas transmission line in a certain area because their data suggested there was a hazard, they would say, ‘Wait a minute, that won’t allow us to get our 8 percent return rate to shareholders, so we’ll kick that project down the road another year.’”

And as Pitre knows all too well, deferred maintenance can have devastating consequences. Among his clients are the Wilsons, the married couple who lost their home in Santa Rosa.

A dreAm home in A perfect firestorm Christina and Greg moved into their house in December 2005. They were sold on the seclusion of the dead-end street and thick tree coverage that blocked views of the neighbors’ house.

The Wilsons often sat with their neighbors at the end of the street and talked about how much they all enjoyed living somewhere that “felt far away but was close to Santa Rosa,” Greg said. They also talked about how the heavily forested neighborhood would probably go off like a torch in a wildfire, but Greg said he and his wife never received any warning from Cal Fire or any other entity about wildfire hazards prior to or during the purchase of their home.

Two years after the Wilsons moved in, Cal Fire began evaluating fire hazards in

said our goodbyes to our house in that pool. There wasn’t much to do but watch locally controlled jurisdictions, such as cities everything burn.” and counties. Using a model developed by All 63 houses in the neighborhood the UC Berkeley Center for Fire Research were incinerated. Many homeowners later and Outreach, the state agency would assign reported that the water in their pools had a hazard rating based on potential “flame evaporated due to the extreme heat of the and ember intrusion from adjacent wildlands fire. That didn’t happen to the Wilsons’ and from flammable vegetation in the urban pool, and that’s the only reason they area,” it states on Cal Fire’s website. Once survived. They stayed mostly submerged for Cal Fire recommends a city be classified as three hours, coming up for gasps of smokea “very high fire hazard severity” zone, local filled air, before being rescued by a Cal Fire officials have 120 days to adopt ordinances firefighter and transported to UC San classifying it as such. The designaFrancisco Medical Center. tion essentially can restrict The couple stayed where construction occurs, in intensive care for what building materials 10 days to receive are used and requires treatment for the clearance of burns and vegetation 100 feet smoke inhalaaround dwellings. tion. Greg To date, Cal developed a Fire has assigned chronic cough mark toney this most hazardous that persists to rating to 190 cities in executive director, The Utility Reform this day.

31 counties, including “Obviously, we Network two cities in Sonoma County, want some compensation where the Wilsons had moved. for the pain and suffering we Sacramento and Yolo counties went through, but the other thing don’t have any cities on the is to make sure PG&E is held list, but Butte, El Dorado and accountable,” he said. “We Placer counties have two cities need to put measures in apiece that have been deemed place to make sure this the most vulnerable to fire. kind of crap doesn’t For the Wilsons, the worsthappen again. It case scenario arose late in the sounds like these fires evening of October 7, 2017. were preventable just A friend called to warn that a by doing the regular wildfire was in the area, but work they’re Greg didn’t want to abandon supposed to do.” their home prematurely. They Pitre, the lawyer, knew they were in trouble believes there’s when the power went out. only one way to They got in the car with their make PG&E do the dog and an assortment of cherwork they’re supposed ished possessions, but it was to—lawsuits. too late: From the end of their “The only thing that driveway, they saw houses seems to really hold these downhill engulfed in flames. guys accountable is hitting “I said, ‘Christina, we them in the pocketbook,” he have to haul back and jump said. “I don’t understand it.” Ω in the pool,’” Greg said.

“We hugged each other and

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by AAron CArnes

Seize the moment Overcoming career limbo, a beloved hip-hop duo goes indie for its next EP Sacramento doesn’t have a reputation for hip-hop that’s big-name, alt and experimental, yet here we are in 2018. Hobo Johnson’s suddenly an international star.

Just behind him, the R&B-electro genius of The Philharmonik. Others locally, like Sparks Across Darkness and Saevon, are pushing rap music’s boundaries.

Topping that list should be DLRN (pronounced “DeLorean”), who’ve been around longer than everyone mentioned, and yet for the past decade, have struggled to take its music to that next level. That moment could finally be here, as the pair, Sean LaMarr and Jon Reyes, prepare to release their extremely long-awaited EP The Seven Year Itch on September 28.

LaMarr and Reyes have been noticeably quiet lately, dealing with an endless barrage of industry fallout and nearmisses. They haven’t played a single show in 2018. The Seven Year Itch was recorded literally three years ago. The longer it’s been in limbo, the more they’ve lost momentum.

“Honestly, this project ... has been the most difficult,” LaMarr told SN&R. “It’s like the lost project of DLRN.” On the bright side: it’s worth the wait. The album finds DLRN at its creative peak, which is saying a lot considering that they’ve released four excellent alt-hip-hop EPs in

the past. For The Seven Year Itch, they teamed up with Terra Lopez, lead singer of Rituals of Mine, an electronic duo who are signed to Warner Bros. Records and are considered gods in Sacramento.

They also collaborated with Omar Gonzalez-Barajas (drums) and Zach Hake (keys) of PRVLGS, both virtuosos who every artist in town tries to hire as their backing band.

“It feels like a chapter in some regards that we wanted to close, but it also feels like an evolution of where we started getting into more live instrumentation with PRVLGS and working with Terra,” LaMarr said. “It felt like something refreshing. Then dealing with bullshit on the industry side—it sapped us both of our creative energy.”

“Humbled a thousand times” You can hear excitement and optimism on the record, despite there being a complex mixture of pain and joy. With just four vulnerable and contemplative songs, LaMarr raps and digs into issues swirling around his adult life, like marital struggles, getting stuck in the grind and pondering whether he’s still in love with music.

Reyes spins jazzy sci-fi beats that mutate, drip and gently spiral around the songs. The notes add a weird and primal layer to LaMarr’s poet-on-the-corner conversational verses.

record in 2015, DLRN had a deal with start-up label Anigma. Earlier that year, Anigma re-released a deluxe version of DLRN’s 2014 EP Neon Noir, their first release under a label (a different label called Waaga). It didn’t perform well, but after DLRN and Anigma talked it out, everyone seemed to be on the same page about making the next one count. The group was trying a bunch of new things out, like collaborating with Lopez, working with live instruments, and experimenting with a surreal, Lost In Space sound.

After some overdubs with PRVLGS and mixes back in NorCal, the record was finished by the summer of 2016, and Anigma inexplicitly dropped them.

DLRN were hoping for a 2016 release. The timing seemed right.

Underground alternative artists like Chance the Rapper, Run the Jewels and Danny Brown were suddenly drawing huge crowds. And Rituals of Mine had just penned its deal with Warner Bros., which could have likely given the project a bigger boost.

But they didn’t give up.

“I was very optimistic,” LaMarr says. “I don’t even remember the moment that we created it. I guess that’s how we work. We’ll have a moment, [we’ll] grind out something and 80 percent is just figuring out how and why we’re putting it out. I think we’ve humbled ourselves a thousand times.”

“They’re the most underrated hip-hop act potentially on the West Coast.”

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Lopez sings prominently on three of the tracks, fitting the vibe with hypnotic vocals that are toned down compared to what Rituals’ fans are used to hearing from her, which are completely cathartic vocal releases.

The excitement you can hear on the EP has alot to do with the hope DLRN felt during the recording process. When the LaMarr, Reyes and Lopez went to Los Angeles to

Sac hip-hop rises After being dropped by a label, it seemed like 2017 dropped a huge gift right into DLRN’s lap.

Justin Nordon, an old friend and prominent local promoter, approached them about being the first act on his new label, BLDBLK, an imprint of Sacramento’s Artery Records, owned by Sony. This

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would potentially give them an even bigger reach than Anigma. Nordon saw this as the beginning of a long relationship, with a full-length likely to follow. By June 2017, it became official.

“They’re the most underrated hip-hop act potentially on the West Coast,” Nordon said a year ago. “Their product is very well thought out—a very polished brand. That’s something unique that comes together when you bring Sean and Jon. You’re left with a product that is different.”

Unfortunately, by fall 2017, Artery Records got sold to Warner Bros., effectively dissolving BLDBLK. DLRN’s release was left in the dust. Part of what took so long for the group to put the record out this year was waiting to see if Warner Bros., or any other related entity, still wanted the album. Even as much as a month ago, it seemed like there could have been some interest.

Now, LaMarr kind of laughs it off, saying that the group has bad luck with labels.

But, at least they know they can depend on themselves: They’re releasing The Seven Year Itch independently.

“In today’s climate, it feels like you’re shooting yourself in the foot to hold on to music,” LaMarr said. “If we can’t get the right situation, it’s better that we have something in the world than not.”

2018 may turn out to be an even better time to release the still-cutting-edge The Seven Year Itch. Afterall, Hobo Johnson was virtually unknown in Sacramento two years ago, when DLRN were first planning on releasing it.

“It’s a pretty cool time to be an artist from Sacramento that makes quality music,” LaMarr says. “I feel like this project might play better now than when we created it.

This came out before a lot of stuff that I’ve been really inspired by, and it stands up to what’s happening right now. That is just a testament that the moment we captured was pretty cool, and if we find another like it, we just got to keep pushing. At this point, we create moments. Hopefully when we release it, the moment matches the climate.” Ω

DLRN will host a listening party for The Seven Year Itch on September 27 at Groundswell Art Gallery, 2508 J Street. They’ll also debut an animated music video. There’s limited RSVP, so check in with them for more details on Instagram or Facebook. @DLRNmusic; Facebook.com/DLRNmusic.

DLRN’s Sean LaMarr (left) and Jon Reyes (right) finally scratch The Seven Year Itch, the hip-hop duo’s long-awaited EP, on September 28.

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Homegrown talent J KCHARMZ told the crowd he was nervous. eighteen years old and housing unstable, the rapper was jittery about his first time on a stage.

Thankfully, he wasn’t alone for his set at Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub. His pal Tony B joined him, and they traded bars over a deep-bass club banger that blared through the sound system. Their nerves were apparent, but a few minutes into the song, they held a smile-filled battle rap and seemed at home. The audience cheered louder with each diss.

It was one of eight performances that night on September 12, sets by six youth ages 18-26 who were living in shelters, on the streets or in some form of transitional housing. It was the release show for the creation District Records’ premiere compilation album, which featured songs by all these newbie artists, and more who didn’t perform that night.

The project was conceived by Grace Loescher, director of Creation District, an art studio space that aims to help disadvantaged youth in various ways and give them an opportunity to have their stories be heard. It’s part of Walking The Village, a nonprofit that supports the homeless parenting youth and their children.

For the past eight months, Loescher, with the help of Damien Verrett and Frank Lopes, aka artists So Much light and Hobo johnson, have been traveling to different parts of Sacramento—Oak Park especially—with Loescher’s mobile recording studio to help disadvantaged youth turn their thoughts and notepaper scribbles into professional recordings for the album.

So Much Light opened with a short funky electo-dance set, just him and his gear.

“I think it’s important to highlight the voices that are heard the least,” he told the crowd between songs. One woman after the set told him emphatically that his voice sounded like soul-singer Miguel.

Loescher emceed the performances by the Creation District kids. You could feel her excitement for each performance. Multiple times, she told the crowd to be sure and get the kids’ autographs, and that they’d be famous one day.

Like J KCHARMZ, it was the first time for many of them on a real stage. But they were anxious to tell their stories. King Gabe sung a passionate soul-folksy song called “Everyone Deserves To Be Famous.”

“I’m speaking for all of ya’ll. I grew up in a hard time,” he told Harlow’s after his song. Other Creation District artists included Enz-Zoh, Jessie Deville, Pull Up Nate and TrapGod Dolla.

Hobo johnson closed the show out. He became an international star six months ago when his song “Peach Scone” went viral. His band have gotten tight after spending the summer touring and have developed a harder edge to their sound. Not a lot of young artists-suddenly-turned-celebrities find time to prioritize giving back to their community, so credit to him. Clearly, he has a big heart and appreciates the needs of his city. “It’s important to me because music is the purest outlet of all time,” Lopes said after the Harlow’s show. “It’s something to hope for in your life, to be a musician. It’s something that made me not want to die.”

It was his first show since selling out the Ace of Spades last May. Since then, he’s literally sold out every club he’s played, in every country he’s visited. Kudos to him for using his celebrity to bring heads to see these struggling kids.

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The Maklamah, a tender omelet with ground lamb and diced onions, is a delicious breakfast pick-me-up.

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At The Parlor Ice Cream, “ice cream puff” ($5.50) means giant, lusciously glazed doughnuts freckled with powdered sugar and filled with your choice of over eight decadent Gunther’s ice cream flavors. I quickly dismissed the tubs of Midnight in Paris (coffee, Nutella) and Hello Kalo (taro, coconut, condensed milk). I wanted Elmo’s Revenge: bright-red vanilla ice cream crammed with Oreos, cookie dough and chocolate chips. It’s then stuffed into a warm doughnut and the result was a “puff” promising a definite sugar overload.

I’ve heard revenge is a dish best served cold—it’s even better wedged inside fried, glazed dough. 2620 Fair Oaks Boulevard, facebook.com/theparloricecream. —aMy bee

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There are happily numerous halal restaurants in Sacramento, many of them concentrated in the Arden area, but Tanoor Halal Food is the only one which proclaims its loyalty to the dietary restriction in its name. Just for quick reference: Halal refers to a Muslim dietary standard, as described in the Quran. The major tenets are an avoidance of prohibited foods (pork and alcoholic beverages being two biggies), and adherence to a method of slaughter that includes a quick cut to the carotid artery, and a draining of blood from the carcass. That’s a simplification, but now we are all on the same page and thinking about … meat, which this café does well.

But before we get to the meat, let’s talk about breakfast. That’s right, they serve breakfast, starting every day at 10 a.m. OK, well, honestly when I went at 10:30 a.m. they were still setting up the register and unsure about which breakfast dishes were currently on offer, but after conferring they whipped me up a ravishing Maklamah ($12.99), a tender omelet with ground lamb and diced onion and a hearty bowl of Kouba Sarraie ($10.49), a soup with more ground lamb, encased in soft semolina dumplings in a deep red beet broth laced with cardamom.

Add a side of yeasty, house-baked Samoon (footballshaped bread) and luscious, smoky Baba Ganoush ($4.49), comes with aforementioned bread, and you have a perfect breakfast for two.

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I can’t remember the last time I got this excited about a breakfast, or anything, really, but we were about to talk about meat … but first, we really have to talk about the décor.

In a field of trendy cafés where all you see is succulents and antlers, it’s very refreshing to see a restaurant break the mold and go with four, loud interior fountains, backlit celestial ceiling panels, and moose-themed salt-and-pepper holders, which, yes, do have antlers, but not in a trendy way. The owners of Tanoor seem to be constantly tinkering with the eccentric décor, and it’s quite charming. The tired, empty strip mall it’s housed in is not so charming, but they’ve created an oasis-like interior.

OK, where were we? Meat, right. But can we talk about the fish? They warn you that the Zubeidi Fish (pomfret, $16.99) will take 15 minutes to prepare, but what is 15 minutes when we are talking about a good square foot or so of crispy-ass fish skin? Also, the skin encases firm, mild white flesh penetrated with citrusy tang, so even better.

And we can’t talk about the meat before I tell you about the amuse-bouche that comes with every meal—a humble cup of yellow lentil soup that is so savory and comforting.

Finally, we get to the meat! Specifically, the Lamb Quzi ($16.99) a lamb shank that comes attached to a Flinstone-esque bone. The lamb was legit falling off the bone, and equally tender and savory was the Alarabi Plate ($14.99): chicken or beef shawarma wrapped in wellgrilled lavash and topped with a creamy sauce.

Tanoor Halal Food is a unique and quirky addition to this area’s cluster of Middle Eastern restaurants, and serves a brunch to rival any, no avocado toast necessary. Ω

The wall-sized menu at T4. Tea For U is so extensive with an array of flavor combinations for boba teas, smoothies, slushies and milkshakes. So, where does someone like me, who is still new to the world of boba, even begin?

Luckily, the choice was made easy by T4’s cute signage with a little, black-and-white bear promoting its newest creation: the Panda Milk Tea ($3.50 for a regular).

Herbaceous Earl Grey tea is paired with plant-based milk and topped with a heaping scoop of black tapioca pearls. The tea’s milky color dotted with chewy boba moments not only makes for enjoyable bursts of texture between sips, but it really does resemble the friendly bear. 2212 16th Street, t4togo.com.—STePh rodrigUez

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Your plate and the state The V Word has been promoting a vegan lifestyle in SN&R since 2010, and now the state of California is tootin’ the plant-based horn too. Assembly Concurrent Resolution 279 encourages “Californians to include more healthy plant-based foods in their diet.” ACR 279, which passed September 7, was authored by Assembly Member Ash Kalra—a vegetarian “on the path” to being vegan, according to his office at the Capitol. The resolution cites all the common-sense health, environmental and humane reasons we’ve heard a hundred times, and since California is a leader in pro-environmental policies, the state “should continue to demonstrate how the world’s population can reduce its impact on the environment” by putting our conviction where our mouth is. But don’t worry, since resolutions aren’t enforceable laws, we’re not getting a Vegan Police Department. Kalra said, “Together, we can foster better health, preserve the environment, and promote compassion for animals.” Yes, we can. —Shoka

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Last Thursday, 15 of the region’s best chefs competed in the sold-out 2018 Sacramento Burger Battle.

Downtown’s Cesar Chavez Plaza hosted this year’s melee of beef, beer, chefs and burger-lovers, permeating a square mile with the smoky aroma of flame-kissed grilled beef. Each year, a $70 standard ticket grants attendees a voting token, a branded beer glass, an unlimited number of burger tastings and as many beverages as they can pour down their gullets. It’s a burger connoisseur’s dream.

Local chefs take this competition seriously, and anyone paying attention will notice a palpable passion emanating from the grill stations, where cooks furiously fling patties, buns and toppings to create hundreds of burgers. Pay close attention and you’ll hear cooks compare notes and exchange good-natured jabs.

“Woah! These caraway seeds are super bomb.”

“Yeah, the grind on this beef is all artisanal and shit.”

“Wake up and get your game face on, dude! Step it up!”

Make no mistake—the Sac Burger Battle isn’t just a gigantic festival of meaty debauchery. All proceeds from the event benefit the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation, a cause close to organizer Rodney Blackwell’s heart.

For Blackwell, the event is far more personal than just bringing people together over beef; in the past seven years, he’s raised over $200,000 for Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis research.

“My oldest daughter has Crohn’s,” Blackwell says. “In a moment of feeling helpless as a parent, and without an advanced science degree to help search for a cure, I thought: ‘Why not bring the amazing vibe I experienced at the Denver Burger Battle to Sacramento?’”

What’s at stake for chefs is the respect that goes along with winning one of the two Burger Battle championship belts. There’s the Judge’s Choice award, selected by a panel of local food glitterati such as Billy Ngo of Kru and Janelle Bitker of Eater (formerly an editor at SN&R), and the People’s Choice, chosen by attendees as each slides their voting token into a box at the table of their favorite

burger. Eruptions of applause break out whenever there’s a token drop. The excitement is infectious.

“I love that the chefs take it so seriously,” Blackwell says. “The restaurants and chefs that compete invest a lot of time and money. They’re eager to showcase what they can do. Every attendee is a potential customer and for many, it’s their first time trying a restaurant’s food. It’s a great chance to make a fun first impression.”

Empress Tavern and Dawson’s Steakhouse took home titles in 2017, and prior to that, Pangaea Bier Cafe snagged a belt in 2016 and 2015.

This year, Pangaea’s entry—an allAmerican-style bacon-cheeseburger (pictured) with no gimmicks besides incredible ingredients and rock-solid technique—wowed judges and attendees alike, earning the craft pub both belts. It’s the first time in the event’s history that one restaurant has swept the entire battle. With four belts on Pangaea’s awards shelf, competition will be even more fierce as chefs try to topple the multi-crowned burger champion in 2019. Wake up and get your game-face on, dudes. Ω

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You Can’t Take It With You

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A large cast (18 members) of talented comedic actors takes on the classic George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy. Diane C. Bartlett directs. Fri 8pm, Sat 8pm,

Sun 2pm. Through 9/30; $19$21; Chautauqua Playhouse

in the La Sierra Community Center, 5325 Engle Road in Carmichael; (916) 489-7529, cplayhouse.org. J.C.

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The Wolves captures the dreams and dramas of a teen girls’ soccer team, no holds barred. All the action takes place during a series of indoor soccer match warmups, complete with physical drills. The language and subject matter are a bit jarring at first, but truly capture the confusing and exhilarating time of life when teens are exploring their boundaries, their limits, their outside world and inner conflicts. This

is a stellar cast of nine talented young actors, each displaying their distinct personality as well as coordinated teamwork.

Thu 7pm, Fri 8pm, Sat 2pm & 8pm, Sun 2pm. Through 9/30; $25-$40; Capital Stage, 2215 J St.; (916) 995-5464; capstage.org. P.R.

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fri 8pm, sat 8pm, sun 2pm. through 10/7; $20; Actor’s theatre at california stage, 2509 r street; (916) 501-6104; actinsac.com.

This Actor’s Theatre production features veteran pro Ed Claudio in the title role, plus several actors familiar from other stages, like Laura Kaya from Capital Stage’s 2016 production, Love and Information, and Sara Rothaus from Davis Shakespeare Festival and Sacramento Theatre Company shows. Others have taken acting lessons in Claudio’s Actor’s Workshop program; some are experienced, others young novices.

Director Scott Divine patterns a “stripped down” version of this classic tragedy, implementing “just the words, the story and a happy band of actors working hard.” That’s accurate: The costumes are contemporary and uncomplicated (lots of black), the props are simple and the action roams across a spacious black box stage.

There are some casting adjustments: Shakespeare’s Edgar (often disguised as the lunatic Poor Tom) becomes Emma (Denver Skye Vaughn, STC’s Romeo and Juliet), while Oswald is played by Jenny Cox. The role of Lear involves thunderous insults and denunciations (which Claudio handles convincingly) and pathetic scenes as the senile old king meanders, physically and mentally, as treachery and fate engulf character after character around him.

The show’s first half is uneven—some less experienced performers are learning the ropes. But portions of the second half are solid and strong, including the horrific scene in which loyal old Gloucester (Harry Stoner) is cruelly mutilated by the cold-hearted Cornwall (John Goodin) and Regan (Cattaryna Tekin).

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are uniformly sincere (even if they aren’t always accomplished), that the cast and director connect with the dark nature of Shakespeare’s script and that the better scenes are genuinely tragic, I’ll rate this cup as somewhat more than half-full. Ω

4 Still poignant The Woodland Opera House is currently staging Harper Lee’s iconic To Kill a Mockingbird, a play about racial injustice, set in the Depression-era South. Much controversy has been made in this country about reviving the play, with its use of the language of the era and inclusion of white supremacists at a time when they have become highly visible in this country again.

However, Woodland and director Cheryl Watson give this play the respect it is due in telling the story of a young black man, falsely accused of attacking the daughter of a white supremacist (excellent portrayal by Jason Hammond). He is defended

by Atticus Finch (played by Brent Randolph), America’s favorite attorney, based on Lee’s father receiving the opprobrium of many in the town.

Randolph makes a wise and caring Atticus and is well-cast, as are the three children who are central to the telling of the story.

This is an important look at what once was common in this country and what, if we are not careful, can be again. The white citizens are quick to judge without a shred of evidence, and the outcome of the play is obvious from the beginning. Still we root for Tom Robinson (David Guria, Jr), a truly good man.

—Bev SykeS

to Kill a Mockingbird: fri 7:30pm, sat 7:30pm, sun 2pm. through 10/7; $17-$25; Woodland opera house, 340 second street in Woodland; (530) 666-9617; woodlandoperahouse.org.

The glamping revamp of shakespeare’s As You Like It stars, from left to right, Charlie Lavaroni as Touchstone, Andrea J. Love as Rosalind and Gabby Battista as Celia.

Glamping with the Bard This weekend, the Davis Shakespeare Festival opens its fall show—the Bard’s pastoral (and very nearly feminist) comedy As You Like It. The story unfolds in what appears to be woodsy Northern California, where a group of contemporary bohemians, escaping persecution in the high-tech city, enjoy camping amidst nature on a rather luxurious retreat, with plenty of food, wine, music, poetry and blossoming romance amidst the stately trees. (Hint: They aren’t exactly “roughing it.”) Thu 8pm, Fri 8pm, Sat 8pm, Sun 2pm. Through 10/14; $15-$30; Veterans Memorial Theatre, 203 E. 14th Street in Davis; (530) 802-0998; shakespearedavis.org.

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lizzie Gay icons Kristen stewart and Chloë sevigny in their most powerful forms—wearing Victorian-era garb and plotting to overthrow the patriarchy.

by Daniel Barnes

she’s not doing anything she hasn’t done better before, and both actresses feel too modern for their roles. Stewart is especially hampered by a corned ham Irish accent that makes her sound like one of Darby O’Gill’s little people.

Lizzie and Bridget’s love story should be central to the story of Lizzie, but that aspect of the film feels cold and remote, possibly because Macneill and Kass devote too much time and energy to teasing out the mystery through flashbacks and misdirects, as though it were all a big game of Clue. The film establishes that Andrew is a monstrous piece of shit from the moment he appears onscreen, yet still feels compelled to hammer that point home rather than flesh out the Lizzie-Bridget relationship. It makes you wonder if this relatively low-budget film couldn’t afford enough on-set time with Stewart.

All too often, Lizzie feels trapped between dueling directives, attempting to serve as a sensational murder-mystery, a stately costume drama and a neo-feminist history lesson, and doing none of those things particularly well.

Lizzie is watchable enough but other than some surprising full-frontal nudity and an alternately insane and frustrating final third, there is nothing new or notable about the film.

Thankfully, the real-life Lizzie Borden story is both vague enough and compelling enough to entice future cinematic interpretations, hopefully by filmmakers with a sharper sense of purpose. Ω

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In 1959, a young widow (Emily Mortimer) sinks her life savings into a bookshop in a seaside English town, only to meet with the passive-aggressive opposition of a social dragon (Patricia Clarkson) who has her own plans for the building and sets about turning the provincial townspeople against her. Writer-director Isabel Coixet, adapting Penelope Fitzgerald’s novel, paces her tale with subdued dignity that borders at times on a dogged plod, but which makes it all the more effective in those rare moments when somebody finds it necessary to raise their voice. The atmosphere of genteel melancholy becomes oppressive at times—but that’s probably the point. Mortimer gets able support from Bill Nighy as her only real friend in town, and from Honor Kneafsey as a local girl who she hires on as her shop assistant. J.L.

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The 19th-century ax murder of Andrew and Abby Borden at their home in Fall River, Massachusetts, remains one of the great American unsolved mysteries. Andrew’s daughter Lizzie was the only person tried in the murder of her father and stepmother, but she was quickly acquitted of the crimes. We will likely never know for certain what went down that day in 1892, just as we’ll probably never know the true identities of lunatic killers like the Black Dahlia, the Zodiac Killer or the man who put the “bomp” in the bomp bah bomp bah bomp.

Of course, that hasn’t stopped true-crime obsessives from trying to piece together the details of the grisly double murder into a plausible narrative. Most theories revolve around Lizzie’s supposed resentment towards her overbearing father, as well as a possible lesbian relationship with Bridget Sullivan, the Bordens’ maid. As directed by Craig William Macneill (The Boy) and scripted by Bryce Kass, Lizzie serves as an If I Did It for the 1892 ax killings, threading various theories into a single story and injecting it with contemporary politics. Yet despite all the lurid details and topical relevance, Lizzie is so chilly and inert that it belongs in a whacks museum.

Chloë Sevigny stars as Lizzie, and she plays Borden as a stubborn and rebellious “old maid” who constantly butts heads with her wealthy tyrant father Andrew (Jamey Sheridan), but who also suffers from violent seizures. Kristen Stewart plays Bridget, an Irish immigrant and new arrival in the Borden household who gets exploited by Andrew but falls in love with Lizzie. Sevigny is fine, but

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Writer-director Dan Fogelman traces a parade of family tragedies through generations, beginning with a young couple (Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde) and the end of their marriage, then hopping over to Spain for a seemingly unrelated story with Antonio Banderas, Sergio Peres-Mencheta and Lorenza Izzo.

Mandy Patinkin, Annette Bening and Olivia Cooke also drop by to do their earnest best. Fogelman pretends to offer the random kaleidoscope of real life, but his movie is riddled with the rankest Dickensian contrivances—without Dickens’ flair for vivid characters. Everybody yaps away in artsy-fartsy dialogue redolent of a bad OffOff-Broadway play, with Fogelman shamelessly pushing every button he can find. This is the kind of movie that inspires almost religious devotion, but it’s weepy, manipulative claptrap. J.L.

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Peppermint

A sugar-and-spice soccer mom (Jennifer Garner) sees her husband and daughter gunned down by Hispanic drug-thugs, and the experience turns her into a murderous martial-arts vigilante, an expert with all kinds of weapons. Director Pierre Morel and writer Chad St. John gloss over this bizarre transition, which should have been the real story, and go straight to the bloodshed; even the reason for it is tossed off in a by-the-way flashback. St. John rehashes tropes from better (though not necessarily good) movies: Death Wish, Taken, John Wick, Kidnap, Breaking In; there’s nothing he won’t steal from rather than come up with something of his own (he couldn’t even think of a decent title). Morel supplies the relentless sadism, while both are probably responsible for the crude and disgusting ethnic stereotypes. J.L.

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The Predator

Writer-director Shane Black (The Nice Guys) played a small role as one of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s soldiers in John McTiernan’s original 1987 film Predator, an experience that apparently did nothing to equip him to rehabilitate this shabby franchise about human-hunting, dreadlocked aliens.

Every five to 10 years, somebody gets the bad idea to revive the Predator series, but the almost fascinating ineptitude displayed

by Black in The Predator makes the Alien vs. Predator duology seem like inspired filmmaking. Black and co-screenwriter Fred Dekker pile on the profane putdowns and moldy one-liners, but the film doesn’t contain a single thirty-second stretch of coherence throughout its 107-minute running time, to the point that it feels like it was cobbled together from outtakes. Olivia Munn plays an alien expert who is also Lara Croft, Jacob Tremblay is an autistic (i.e., magical) child and star Boyd Holbrook is most notable for not being Garrett Hedlund. D.B.

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A Simple Favor

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A chipper young mommy blogger (Anna Kendrick) strikes up an unlikely friendship with a cynical neighbor (Blake Lively); when her new friend mysteriously disappears, our heroine throws herself into the search. Director Paul Feig’s movie (written by Jessica Sharzer from Darcey Bell’s novel) is an impish throwback to the stylish glam-thrillers of the early 1960s (Charade, Mirage, Arabesque) with a 21st century sass to go with all the twists and turns of the plot. Kendrick and Lively make a piquant yin/ yang team, each sexy in her own way, with Henry Golding (as Lively’s husband) adding wrinkles to the character dynamics. The plot threatens to get convoluted in the last act, but Feig keeps it all light-fingered, focused, and gratifying. Linda Cardellini and Jean Smart add spice as figures from Lively’s past. J.L.

Evangelicals were outraged when Angelina Jolie’s 2014 film adaptation of Laura Hillenbrand’s bestselling biography Unbroken omitted the details of subject Louis Zamperini’s post-WWII life, which saw him struggle with alcoholism and PTSD until he found Jesus at a Billy Graham revival. Leave it to Christianthemed production company Pure Flix and God’s Not Dead director Harold Cronk to fill in those blanks with this clunky biopic, a film of such cornball earnestness that you almost long for the fetishized torture of Jolie’s film. Samuel Hunt takes over the role of Zamperini, an Olympic athlete who survived a plane crash, spent 47 days floating in shark-infested waters and endured over two years of nightmare-inducing torture in various Japanese POW camps before getting sent home in 1945. Unbroken: Path to Redemption follows Zamperini from his homecoming through his conversion, and even manages to keep the naked proselytizing and ham-handed dream sequences to a minimum for the first twenty to thirty minutes. D.B.

French director Yann Demange made an electrifying feature debut in 2014 with the tightly wound period thriller ’71, but the expansive crime drama of follow-up film White Boy Rick proves beyond his grasp. The film tells the story of Richard Wershe, Jr., the teenage son of a gun dealer who became a street dealer, an FBI informant and a drug kingpin in 1980s Detroit. Demange never manages to build any story momentum, and a prevalent structural chaos suggests a troubled post-production.

White Boy Rick would have been helped by having a more dynamic lead actor in the title role, but newcomer Richie Merritt barely registers, and so it’s never clear why everyone is so enamored with the kid. Matthew McConaughey co-stars as Rick’s father, letting his mullet and mustache do most of the acting, while Bel Powley plays his drug-addicted sister and Jennifer Jason Leigh plays a pitiless FBI agent. D.B.

In Swedish director Ingmar Bergman’s 1957 classic Wild Strawberries, an elderly professor reexamines the compromises and disappointments of his life while traveling to receive a career-capping honor from his old university. Since then, many movies have reused the road trip-as-psychotherapy trope of Wild Strawberries, including several films from Woody Allen alone (most notably Stardust Memories and Deconstructing Harry), but rarely have the strawberries been less wild than in The Wife. Directed by Björn Runge (Happy End) and adapted

by Jane Anderson (The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio) from Meg Wolitzer’s novel of the same name, The Wife returns the trope to its native Sweden, as a revered writer (Jonathan Pryce) and his oft-overshadowed wife (Glenn Close) travel to Stockholm to accept his Nobel Prize.

However, the quasi-august The Wife contributes little else to the subgenre besides two very good performances and a multitude of credibilitystraining plot twists. D.B.

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It’s entirely possible to go from selling band T-shirts behind the merch table to joining said-band onstage as a bona fide member. Just ask Tim Brennan, who made that career move 15 years ago.

In his late teens, Brennan was invited to sell merchandise for the Dropkick Murphys on the 2003 Vans Warped Tour. He packed his accordion and accompanied the Irish-American punk band for the last couple songs of each half-hour set.

“While I had a great time … at that point, I wasn’t going to leave school to sell T-shirts and play on a few songs,” he said. He returned to college until band member Ken Casey asked him to join fulltime. Since then, he’s been a vocalist and lead guitarist, and also plays accordion, tin whistle and mandolin, among other instruments.

In those 15 years, he and his bandmates—Casey, Matt Kelly, Al Barr, James Lynch and Jeff DaRosa—have produced five albums and played major festivals like Warped Tour and Punk Rock Bowling in Las Vegas. Last weekend, they joined Beck, Weezer and Atmosphere at the three-day Riot Fest in Chicago.

And on September 25, the Dropkick Murphys bring their storm of banjos, accordions and fiddles to Papa Murphy’s Park. The Boston punk darlings co-headlined shows across the U.S. this summer with their West Coast counterparts, Flogging Molly. The tour seems like a no-brainer—a collision of the two biggest bands who make highenergy, Celtic-inspired party punk.

The Dropkick Murphys’ latest album, 11 Short Stories of Pain & Glory, features a nostalgic song about a (mostly) innocent childhood, a rant about a guy who can’t get his shit together (“he’s wicked

unemployed”) and the promise of a bar fight caused by a missing hat. The album’s gentler moments shine through in “4-1513,” which honors the victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. They’ve maintained a recognizable sound over the years, which Brennan attributes to having a fairly consistent lineup.

“We’ve never had a complete, fresh lineup change,” Brennan said. “While we’ve matured, I think we’ve been able to keep the sound fairly consistent over the last 20-something years.”

Coming from the perspective of an early fan didn’t hurt either, he said. A hip, life-altering English teacher named Mr. Marsh was Brennan’s gateway to Irish punk.

“He knew I was into punk rock and … into Irish music, and so he introduced me to The Pogues,” Brennan said. “He taught me how to play the pin whistle, which was one of the first things I played for the Dropkicks when I joined, and he gave me Do or Die, the first Dropkick album.”

Understandably, the band loves the Boston Red Sox. In 2004, they released a version of an early 20th-century song, “Tessie,” to celebrate the Major League Baseball team. That season, the Red Sox won its first World Series in nearly 90 years.

“You could just kind of feel that there was something special going on,” Brennan said. “So to be anywhere near involved with that was pretty wild.”

The band’s also known for supporting unions, stemming from Casey’s family background in Boston’s cold storage unions. In 2015, Dropkick Murphys made headlines when it asked the anti-union Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker to stop using their music for his events with a pretty direct Tweet which included: “… we literally hate you !!!”

Brennan said, personally, his writing doesn’t get too political. “Luckily, I just get to play the guitar for a living.” Ω Photo courtesy of Paul harries

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Hippie Sabotage makes music with low-key swagger. On the duo’s instrumental single, “Righteous,” blues guitar wails over a subwoofer-busting beat, and it’s easy to imagine a slow motion closeup of an extra-cool movie character, reflected smoke curling in her aviator sunglasses.

What kind of smoke, you ask? Well, like most of Hippie Sabotage’s songs, “Righteous” is best consumed during periods of significant cognitive impairment. After all, brothers Jeff and Kevin Saurer—the minds behind the electronic music project—may or may not have been blazed when they recorded the track.

“For us, I think it enhances and contributes to the creative process, but it’s not like a necessity,” Jeff said of using cannabis in the studio.

“Generally, I think it’s different for everyone, whether it helps or inhibits. But I do like making beats, smoking a joint and listening to guitar jams. It’s a good vibe.”

The brothers have been vibing off each other for years, well before they were a quickly ascending EDM act. Jeff plays guitar and sings, and Kevin produces the beats; it’s been that way since they were kids growing up in Sacramento.

“I started taking guitar when I was like 12, and I would watch Kevin make beats on his computer,” Jeff said. “We’ve been making music together pretty much nonstop ever since.”

“We really got into music from skateboarding,” Kevin added. “We we just wanted to put our own music to our skate videos and shit. That led to a hobby that we did all day every day, and then it became our job.”

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Brothers Jeff and Kevin Saurer of Hippie Sabotage mix genres like psych, edM and heavy metal during their live sets, often fueled by blunts.

Hippie Sabotage is playing Ace of Spades on Wednesday, September 26. Speaking with SN&R from their home in Venice, the brothers say they’re coming armed with huge LED screens and a bunch of new instrumental bangers. The highbudget production reflects just how far they’ve come.

They started by making hip-hop instrumentals and connecting with local rappers through Omina Laboratories and SoundCap Audio, where they were gradually exposed to a wider range of electronic music. They started competing in beat battles at Sacramento State and Capitol Garage on K Street, but the project didn’t really take off until web-based platforms such as Bandcamp and SoundCloud emerged as ways to release instrumental beats online.

Hippie Sabotage’s bass-boosted 2014 remix of Tove Lo’s “Stay High” turned the duo into an in-demand act on the EDM festival circuit, but also led music critics to pigeonhole them as chilled-out electronic beatmakers. However, they’ve pursued a wide-ranging sound all along, from subtle, understated pysch to hard-hitting EDM influenced by heavy metal.

“One of the cool things about electronic music now is that you’re allowed to be a multigenre act,” Kevin said, “and I think we take full advantage of that creative space.”

The duo uses a mix of typical DJ techniques and old-school hippie tricks to get the crowd amped at their shows. Audiences are equally likely to be barraged by a series of rapid-fire drops or serenaded with one of Jeff’s extended guitar solos.

“The guitar really provides a whole other element to our shows,” Kevin said. “We’ve done all sorts of crazy high-energy shows, but now we’re able to take people on more of an emotional journey.”

Hippie Sabotage is very much along for the ride; in fact, they have a history of smoking blunts with fans in the crowd. And who knows? Maybe that inspires the lengthy jam-outs, or maybe they just get into a serious thing and forget how the song is supposed to end. Ω catch hippie sabotage at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, september 26 at Ace of spades, 1417 r street. tickets are $29.50-$85. learn more at aceofspadessac.com.

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SATURDAY, 9/22 alt 94.7 CitY OF tRees: City of Trees, this

THURSDAY, 9/20 RasCal Flatts: The country compendium is joined by Dan + Shay and Trent Harmon, and as I always say, “general parking is included in the final purchase price.” 7:30pm, $33.75$98.50. Toyota Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road in Wheatland.

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Global and local art festival Nordstrom ParkiNg garage, 5Pm, No cover Get ready for potentially the most fun you’ve ever had on top of the Nordstrom parking garage. Instead Festivals of the usual activities— parking your car, walking into the mall— you’ll get to partake in music, art and activities curated by Sol Collective. There will be printmaking activities with themes that span the world over. There will be a

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STYx Minus Dennis DeYoung, Styx still is

time on his No More Tours II tour.

10/6, 7:30pm, $29.50-$310, on sale now.

making the rounds. 10/2, 8pm, $45-$75, on sale now. City National Civic in San Jose, ticketmaster.com.

JOURNEY Journey has gotten a

Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, concerts1.livenation.com.

PREET BHARARA Former New York

lot of play in this space. 10/4, 7pm, $50-$180, on sale now. Golden 1 Center, ticketmaster.com.

DIERKS BENTLEY The third-

youngest inductee into the Grand Ole Opry, Bentley is playing with Brothers Osborne and LANCO. These are country musicians.

10/6, 7pm, $39.35-$99, on sale now.

Toyota Amphitheater in Wheatland, concerts1.livenation.com.

OzzY OSBOURNE With Stone Sour, Osbourne says farewell a second

multicultural music lab with unique sounds, along with a peek into Frida Kahlo’s studio.

With music from The Philharmonik, DJ Nadi and Gingee, you shouldn’t be allowed to miss this event. Of course, you can do whatever you want. I don’t control what events you go to. If I did, I would make you all come to my birthday party, unlike last year. 1689 Arden Way, solcollective.org.

All aboard, Ozzy!

U.S. Attorney Bharara was a tireless prosecutor who now has a podcast.

10/8, 7pm, $12.50-$85, on sale now.

Mondavi Center in Davis, tickets.mondaviarts.org.

ICE CUBE Joined by

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Too Short, Warren G and more. 10/13, 5:30pm,

$19.50-$115, on sale now.

Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, livenation.com.

FERRON Go listen to someone who looks and sounds exactly like Ferron: Ferron.

10/14, 8pm, $30, on sale now. Harlow’s, ticketfly.com.

CURREN$Y A play on the spelling of currency, Curren$y is an American rapper. 10/16, 9pm, $25.50, on sale now.

Harlow’s, ticketfly.com.

BEATLES vS. STONES An

imagination upon the thought experiment: Who rocks harder, Beatles or Stones?

10/17, 7:30pm, $26-$55, on sale now. Crest Theatre, ticketfly.com.

THE INTERNET The soul hip-hop

band is a treat for your ears. 10/28, 7pm, $32-$85, on sale now. Ace of Spades, eventbrite.com.

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run Chinook salmon are on the verge of extinction. Come to a concert for a cause, with performances by Prezident Brown, The Cody Blackbird Band and speaker Chief Caleen Sisk. 6:30pm, $15-$20. The Colonial Theatre, 3522 Stockton Blvd.

when they were in town, you can still get a facsimile of the experience from this tribute band that gives the premier Eagles experience—while simultaneously not being the Eagles. 5pm, $15. Veterans Memorial Amphitheater in Fair Oaks.

a balloon animal to go along with music by the country rock band Whiskey & Honey? Thursday Night Live at the Plaza has you covered and then some. 5pm, no cover. Heritage Plaza, 701 Main St. in Woodland.

tHe Real MCKeNZies: Canadian Celtic punk band The Real McKenzies has a bonnie stock of kilts—along with a bagpiper. 7pm, $15. Blue Lamp, 1400 Alhambra Blvd.

tRevOR Hall: As of this writing, Hall’s most

K-ZaP listeNeR aPPReCiatiON PaRtY:

recent Twitter tweet was, “everything is everything.” See the acoustic, soulful musician behind the handle, if you so choose. 7pm, $22. Ace Of Spades, 1417 R St.

Are you a listener of K-ZAP who feels underappreciated? Come change that with a party just for you, with live music, a drawing and the opportunity to buy merchandise. 5pm, no cover. Serpentine Fox Prohibition Grille, 2645 El Camino Ave.

FRIDAY, 9/21 tHe BaYlOR PROJeCt: Marcus and Jean Baylor make up the jazz duo out of New York City.

They’re doubly Grammy-nominated and jazzy to the nth degree. 7:30pm, $37.50. Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts, 2700 Capitol Ave.

BOB MOses: Good band-name havers and

tesla: The hard-rocking Sacramento band

is playing with Oleander. 7pm, $39.95$74.95. Thunder Valley Casino, 1200 Athens Ave. in Lincoln.

SUNDAY, 9/23 tHe KiNG ROMeO saNtOs: He’s a Latin pop

Canadian electronic duo Bob Moses is comprised of Tom Howie and Jimmy Vallance, neither of whom is named Bob or Moses. It’s a nod to the New York city planner of the same name. 7pm, $26.50. Ace Of Spades, 1417 R St.

musician well-known for selling out venues.

Golden 1 Center is a venue. When the two get together, who knows what will happen? 8pm, $45.94-$125.94. Golden 1 Center, 500 David J Stern Walk.

PeRsiaN ClassiCal MUsiC tRiO: Hear

CHeaP tRiCK: Heart’s Ann Wilson will play with the band Cheap Trick, which I had confused with Simple Plan, for some reason.

No wonder I got kicked out of medical school. 7pm, $40-$98. Thunder Valley Casino, 1200 Athens Ave. in Lincoln.

1980s music with a name inspired by a song originally recorded in 1964 by Gloria Jones before it came to prominence with Soft Cell’s 1981 remake. 10pm, $18-$20. Harlow’s, 2708 J St.

spend some time moonlighting as a campy rock band with a television series are playing with Kepi Ghoulie and Dog Party. 6pm, $22$125. Ace Of Spades, 1417 R St.

tHe BOYs OF sUMMeR: If you missed the Eagles

tHURsDaY NiGHt live at tHe PlaZa: Want

taiNteD lOve: Watch the band that covers

tHe aQUaBats: The real-life superheroes who

name features Sacramento’s punk rock, with acts that include The Strange Party, Pisscat, Banger, Unsteady Heights and many more. 5pm, $10. Cafe Colonial, 3520 Stockton Blvd.

evening with not only good vibes, but also with reggae music. Spend a minute with these two bands. The second band is Sac Town Storytellers. 7:30pm, $10. Old Ironsides, 1901 10th St.

duo brings intensity and powerful guitar playing, and they started their careers in Dublin, Ireland. They also contributed to the soundtrack for Puss in Boots. 8pm, $69$89. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.

year, has Bastille, ODESZA, CHVRCHES, Blue October and more playing. I’m old enough to remember when Alt 94.7 was Radio 94.7—back in those days, the station’s name was different. 3pm, $42.50. Cal Expo, 1600 Exposition Blvd.

Bat GUaNO Fest 8: The festival with the crappy

sOl HORiZON: Have some reggae to fill your

RODRiGO Y GaBRiela: The classical guitar

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traditional Persian music played on traditional instruments, including the tar and kemenche. 7pm, $20-$25. Village Homes Community Center, 2661 E. Portage Bay in Davis.

MONDAY, 9/24 BaD lUCK: The Seattle-based jazz band comes to Luna’s with the intention to play jazz music. Hopefully, they succeed. 8pm, call for cover. Luna’s Cafe & Juice Bar, 1414 16th St.

MassaMBa DiOP: Diop is a Senegalese drum master who helped create the sounds of Black Panther. See him live in a kick-off of Pan African Global Trade and Investment Week. 10:30am, no cover. California State Capitol, 1315 10th St.

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an updated version of Jumanji, the board game, in the form of a showing of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle! Come watch and eat. 5pm, no cover. Garcia Bend Park, 7654 Pocket Road.

Folsom Renaissance Faire FolsoM City lions PaRk, 10aM, $5-$36

Sunday, 9/23 farmers that grew it, if you believe in our money system that facilitates the trade of goods and services. 8am, no cover. El Dorado Hills Town Center, 4364 Town Center Blvd. in El Dorado Hills.

PEts On tHE PatIO: Stop by Pachamama Coffee not for their ethical business practices and great coffee, but to get a portrait taken of yourself and your pet. You can also get some coffee. The cause of the day is RedRover, an organization that helps rescued animals, domestic violence victims and sick animals. 9am, $20. Pachamama Coffee Cooperative, 919 20th St.

Film tHurSday, 9/20 tHE bEatLEs’ yELLOw subMaRInE sInG aLOnG:

live music, food and et cetera! 10am, no cover. Carmichael Park, 5750 Grant Ave. in Carmichael.

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MInEFaIRE: Celebrate a world where everything is made up of fundamental building blocks that can make anything from a castle to a coffee table, to a lot more things. Meet creators, compete in parentchild building challenges, see costumes and have a truly in-depth Minecraft experience. 10am, $45-$69.50. Sacramento Convention Center Complex, 1400 J St.

FLOGGInG MOLLy: Dropkick Murphys and Jake Burns also join Flogging Molly for a night of energetic Celtic punk. 6:30pm, $45-$65. Papa Murphy’s Park, 1600 Exposition Blvd.

wedneSday, 9/26 ELIZa GILKysOn: Nina Gerber joins Gilkyson, the singer-songwriter-activistnominee-inductee with a storytelling performance that might just make you feel something. 7pm, $20-$24. Palms Playhouse, 13 Main St. in Winters.

KauMaKaIwa KanaKa’OLE: Experience a night of Hawaiian music with Kanaka’ole, a talented vocalist and bearer of traditional music. 7:30pm, $18-$42. Harris Center, 10 College Parkway in Folsom.

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RED EX VOL. II: See the event hightlight below, which describes in some detail the experience you might have at the Red Museum’s fundraiser. 3pm, $25-$30. The Red Museum, 212 15th St.

unIVERsIty OF PHOEnIX cOMMEncEMEnt: Celebrate some people graduating from University of Phoenix—something I never did. My folks were so excited when I told them I was going to be a doctor, then I went and let them down. 1pm, no cover. Golden 1 Center, 500 David J Stern Walk.

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Friday, 9/21 tHREE Day scRaPbOOKInG sacRaMEntO REtREat: Bring your scrapbooking materials and get ready for three days—well, 57 straight hours—of nonstop crafting. Get a six-foot long table and finally get to work on the scrapbooks you so desperately need to finish. 11am, $85. Holiday Inn Express & Suites, 2224 Auburn Blvd.

FOLsOM REnaIssancE FaIRE & IntERnatIOnaL JOustInG tOuRnaMEnt: The faire continues.

See the event highlight located about four inches above this. 10am, $5-$36. Folsom City Lions Park, 403 Stafford St. in Folsom.

MInEFaIRE: The Minecraft faire continues.

See event description for 9/22. 10am, $45-$69.50. Sacramento Convention Center Complex, 1400 J St.

Saturday, 9/22 FOLsOM REnaIssancE FaIRE & IntERnatIOnaL JOustInG tOuRnaMEnt: Go back in time to the Renaissance, but in Folsom. See event highlight above. 10am, $5-$36. Folsom City Lions Park, 403 Stafford St. in Folsom.

Food & drinK Friday, 9/21 cHILDREn’s tHERaPy cEntER DInnER & auctIOn: The 25th year of the auction fundraiser brings gourmet fare and a good cause.

Help kids grow up healthy and with the assistance they need. 6:30pm, $75. Sutter Club, 1220 Ninth St.

GLObaL LOcaL: Parking garages aren’t just for parking anymore. Check out the music-

filled event highlight on page 27. 5pm, no cover. Arden Fair, 1689 Arden Way.

caRMIcHaEL FOunDERs Day: Carmichael joins Dunsmuir, Huntington Beach, Montague, Orland, Roseville and Tehachapi as California communities that turn 109 this year. Carmichael will have a car show,

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FaRMERs MaRKEt: Buy some food from the

Go back in time to an age when jousting was the best form of entertainment you could hope for.

With 800 actors hanging around, it’s easily one of the largest forms of live theater in FEstIVaLs the area. There’s an international tournament for jousters to test their mettle, three stages packed full pHoto courteSy oF renaiSSance production crew of performances, battles, vignettes and all kinds of old-timey goodness. Get Shakespearean for a day. 10am, $5-$36. 403 Stafford Street in Folsom, folsomfaire.com.

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Bring your vocal chords and willingness to participate in communal singing to this showing of Yellow Submarine. Relive the classic animated film voiced by Beatles impersonators, save for the classic songs. 7pm, $8. Auburn State Theatre, 985 Lincoln Way, Suite 104, Auburn.

DIGIMOn aDVEntuRE tRI FutuRE: Digimon, the digital monsters, are facing the biggest threat they’ve ever faced, aside from all the other biggest threats they’ve faced.

This dramatic conclusion to the cinematic experience is not to be missed. 7:30pm, $10.50-$12.50. Century Arden 14, 1590 Ethan Way.

Sunday, 9/23 aLHaMbRa, sacRaMEntO’s PaLacE OF Fantasy: The Alhambra Theatre, Sacramento’s lost treasure, is explored in this documentary.

It was 91 years ago that the theatre opened, and it was torn down in 1973.

Come learn about the place that was apparently less important than a Safeway supermarket. 6pm, $20-$25. California Automobile Museum, 2200 Front St.

comedy bLacKtOP cOMEDy: Comedy Hypnotism for a Cause. Some say hypnotism is a sham, and some say that crop rotation is overrated. At least one of these statements is laughable, and the other? That’s for you to determine.

All ticket sales go to the American Red Cross. sunday 9/23, 4pm. $10. Off Track All Ages Comedy. Billed as a “laugh-a-minute” music and improv show for the whole family.

Inquire with management as to whether this metric constitutes a guarantee. sunday 9/23, 2pm. $10. 3101 Sunset Blvd. Suite 6A in Rocklin.

bRIcKyaRD KItcHEn anD baR: Homegrown Comedy Presents Mike Betancourt. To quote Betancourt’s bio, “Mike tears up stages all around the nation.” Additionally, he has a “colossal personality that instantly connects to the audience.” Time to deliver on that bio, Mike! saturday 9/22, 8pm. $10. 1474 Eureka Road, Suite 120 in Roseville.

LauGHs unLIMItED cOMEDy cLub: Hailey Boyle.

The comedian who sometimes relies on shocking audiences is alright. Did I mention the event is a fundraiser for Caring for Yolo’s Youth, and that it also features Matt Gubser? Now I have. through 9/23. $25. 1207 Front St.

PuncH LInE: Sal Vulcano. The guy from Impractical Jokers is performing with a “special guest.” I have a good feeling about this show. I had a good feeling about medical school, too, but then everything went wrong. through 9/22. $40. 2100 Arden Way, Suite 225.

stab! cOMEDy tHEatER: Thursday Open Mic. Yet another Thursday has rolled around, and so has another night of open-mic comedy. thursday 9/20, 9pm. $5. Confessions of the Garbage People. See event highlight on page 29. 1710 Broadway.

tOMMy t’s cOMEDy cLub: Cody Woods & Mario Hodge. Apparently, Woods has a “wicked sense of humor,” and I’m inclined to believe

that. As for Hodge? Less wicked humor, but still a sense of one. through 9/23. $15$25. 12401 Folsom Blvd. in Rancho Cordova.

on StaGe caPItaL staGE: The Wolves. Take a unique look into the world of teenage soccer players in this few-holds-barred work for the stage with a great cast. through 9/30. $22$47. 2215 J St.

HaRRIs cEntER: Andy Stanford-Clark. See an inventor for IBM talk about the Internet of Things. He’ll talk about the future, how interconnected things will be and, all-in-all, it will be quite an enlightening evening. thursday 9/20, 7pm. no cover. 10 College Parkway in Folsom.

HOwE aVEnuE PaRK: The Viewing Room. If you’ve ever fantasized about what your funeral will be like, you will not want to miss this play with a little bit of laughter, a little bit of familial discord and a little bit of heart. 8pm. through 9/30. $17.50. 2201 Cottage Way.

JEan HEnDERsOn PERFORMInG aRts: Bye Bye Birdie. This exploration of star worship and the 1950s has a happy ending, just like my life hopefully will—one where I make my parents proud of me. through 9/29. $20. 607 Pena Drive in Davis.

nEVaDa tHEatRE: You Can’t Take It With You. The Pulitzer Prize-winning piece of Broadway fame now works its way to Nevada City. It’s one of the most popular plays in the history of stage, so come check it out, or wait for another staging of it, because there likely will be many more. See our critic’s take on page 22. through 10/6. $20-$35. 401 Broad St. in Nevada City.

suttER stREEt tHEatRE: In The Heights. LinManuel Miranda is in the public spotlight, so revisit his story of the Washington Heights neighborhood that explores traditions and generations of music. through 9/30. $23. 717 Sutter St. in Folsom.

tHEatRE In tHE HEIGHts: Done To Death.

Discover who murdered whom in this whodunit. Or is it whomdunit? Either way, it’s an audience interaction piece, so come ready to be interacted with. through 10/13. $15. 8215 Auburn Blvd., Suite G in Citrus Heights.

Saturday 9/22, 3pm RED EX VOL. II Red MuseuM, $25-$30

At the Red Museum, traditional warehouse vibes—assembly lines, forklifts and boxes—are eschewed in favor MusIc of music, artwork and havin’ a good time. The sophomore year of the Museum’s fundraising event brings Cherry Glazerr, DRUG APTS, Curls, Tiki Dreamers, Exquisite Corps, Perhapsy and a lot more to the space. With food and liquid libations from Burly Beverages, The Outlaw Cook and more, it’s a night guaranteed to be both fun and fundraisey. 212 15th Street, facebook.com/theredmuseum. pHoto courteSy oF pamela littKy

SATURDAY 9/22

Lavender Library 20th Anniversary Party LAvender LiBrAry, 3pm, no Cover

The Lavender Library has served as an educational resource as well as providing a space for the LGBTQ community. In celebration of LGBTQ that, they’re hosting a free party in two acts—the first takes place at the Library, with snacks, crafts and music for all ages, and the second takes the party to the Brew Bike bar on 19th St. between P and O. There, expect music and spoken word from local performers, a cash bar and appetizers from Evan’s Kitchen. 1414 21st Street, lavenderlibrary.com.

SPORTS & OUTDOORS

It. Take to the forest in the Shakespeare musical comedy that is one of his okay works. Through 10/14. $15-$30. 203 E. 14th St. in Davis.

WOODLAND OPERA HOUSE: To Kill a Mockingbird.

Atticus Finch takes the case of Tom Robinson, a black man wrongfully accused of raping a young white woman. See our critic’s take on page 22. Through 10/7. $7-$25. 340 Second St. in Woodland.

ART 1931 L ST.: Feathers and Tails Exhibit. Animals are beautiful parts of our lives. They can make things brighter even when things seem gloomiest—like when I was kicked out of medical school and had to figure things out all over again. Come see this exhibit dedicated to our animal friends. Through 10/6. No cover. 1931 L St.

48 NATOMA: The Language of Dreams. Claudia Cohen’s paintings and sculptures are on display at this exhibit of her contemporary style. Through 11/8. No cover. 48 Natoma St. in Folsom.

ALPHA FIRED ARTS GALLERY: John Weber Clay and Paint. See the best that Weber has to offer, ranging from oil works to ceramic works. Everything that’s not a painting was fired in Elkton, Oregon. The paintings were not fired. Through 10/20. No cover. 4675 Aldona Lane.

BLUE LINE ARTS: The Colors of Mya Louw. Louw is apparently trying to create the “ultimate painting.” When she does, who knows what will happen? Perhaps something cataclysmic. Through 10/20. No cover. Art Bra. The bra, which is an article of clothing, is here used to great effect to bring awareness to breast cancer. Through 10/20. No cover. 405 Vernon St., Suite 100 in Roseville.

ELK GROVE FINE ARTS CENTER: The Art of Jonathan Lowe. The San Francisco Academy of Arts has Lowe as a collaborator. His oil works pursue realism and more—as well as skirting lines of fiction and reality. 4pm.

Through 9/26. No cover. 9080 Elk Grove Blvd. in Elk Grove.

JAYJAY: Non Linear, New Paintings By Michaele LeCompte. “LeCompte is a shape shifter in the studio, never tentative, everexploring and developing.” The talented former art educator uses bright colors to create works that employ bright colors and patterns. Through 10/20. No cover. 5520 Elvas Ave.

SACRAMENTO STATE, R.W. WITT GALLERY: Josh Deweese. Take a gander at the ceramic works of DeWeese, who is an educator at Montana State University. Through 10/5. No cover. 6000 J St.

SHEPARD GARDEN AND ARTS CENTER AT MCKINLEY PARK: Fall Native Plant Sale and Art Market. Spend a little time looking at native plants, and consider taking some home and incorporating them into your own landscaping. Additionally, the hand-made art for sale at the event were made locally and focus on plants. It’s kind of the theme of the day. Saturday 9/22 and Sunday 9/23, 10am. No cover. 3330 McKinley Blvd.

MUSEUMS ARCADE LIBRARY: Alt Library Bad Art Night.

Express yourself in the best possible way: through the creation of bad art. I have personally gone to one of these events, and they’re really fun; good, wholesome, clean fun. 5:30pm. Through 9/25. No cover. 2443 Marconi Ave.

CALIFORNIA MUSEUM: California at Bat America’s Pastime in the Golden State.

Learn about baseball in California—and not in the ways you might think. There are a wealth of untold stories, from the contributions of women and African-American players to an incredible collection of artifacts and photos. This exhibit will change the way you think of the pastime. Through 12/30. $6.50-$9. 1020 O St.

CALIFORNIA STATE RAILROAD MUSEUM: Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day. It’s a free day for the museum, as well as four others. Stop by the Aerospace Museum of California, the California Automobile Museum, the California Museum and the Maidu Museum & Historic Site. See what California’s been up to for the last several hundred years. 10am. Through 9/22. No cover. 111 I St.

CROCKER ART MUSEUM: Mayan Art, Artifacts and Chocolate! Take a cultural tour through the history of chocolate in the context of Mayan art and cultural tradition. There’s a presentation, a tasting and a Q&A session, all run by Dr. Michael Grofe. Sunday 9/23, 1pm. $70-$90. 216 O St.

EAST SACRAMENTO: 2018 Urban Renaissance Home Tour. Tour five remodeled homes in East Sacramento. It’s like going to a friend’s house, only you don’t know the friend yet.

The proceeds go toward work on McKinley Park and its Clunie Center. 10am. Through 9/23. $30. 1229 46th St.

SACRAMENTO HISTORY MUSEUM: Old Sacramento Underground Tours. It’s nearly time for the rainy season, so hurry up and go underground in the Old Sacramento Waterfront.

Why should you go? Because it’s interesting, and it grants you a unique view of the city you likely live in. Through 9/30. $10-$15. 101 I St.

MCKINLEY LIBRARY: Robot Recycler Make and Take. Children can get hands-on experience building a solar-powered robot, underscoring a troubling social reality that robots will

FAKE NEWS PANEL DISCUSSION: Talk about

SUNDAY, 9/23 RUN YOUR GOURD OFF: Run and celebrate the fall season with a 10K, a 5K or a kids’ halfmile, because kids hate the metric system.

The course follows idyllic farm patches for a truly remarkable experience. 8:30am, $20$40. Bishop’s Pumpkin Farms, 1415 Pumpkin Lane in Wheatland.

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soon take all of the jobs available to humans.

That doesn’t take away from the fact that this is a neat event for children—the library offers lots of quality programming and is a valuable resource. Saturday 9/21, 3:30pm.

Through 9/21. No cover. 601 Alhambra Blvd.

SACRAMENTO VISITORS CENTER: Gold Fever!

Tours. Try to catch gold fever, a condition that’s not medically documented. You’ll assume an historic persona who would have been alive at the time of the Gold Rush. What happens next will intrigue you, as you learn, laugh and, if you’re lucky, love. Through 9/30. $6-$10. 1002 Second St.

SACRAMENTO ZOO: Deaf Awareness Day. This special event features ASL interpreters at the zoo, going along on tours to interpret for those who are deaf and hard of hearing. Saturday 9/22, 9am. $9.95-$14.95. Tea & Tours. Seniors take over the zoo for this tour that includes a tea break with tea sandwiches. Truly, a lovely way to spent a morning. Monday 9/24, 9:30am. $20. 3930 W. Land Park Drive.

BOOKS SATURDAY, 9/22 ‘TIL DEATH OR DEMENTIA DO US PART: Marilyn Reynolds shares insights into her memoir of living with her husband while dementia took over his life. Light refreshments will be served, and books will be signed. 3pm, no cover. McKinley Library, 601 Alhambra Blvd.

fake news with Senator Bill Dodd and a host of other talking heads. See what the deal is with journalism, social media and how increasingly common it is to deny reality. 6pm, no cover. Walter A. Buehler Alumni Center, 530 Alumni Lane in Davis.

CLASSES

SUNDAY YOGA: Have some free yoga with Mo, with mats and blocks included if you need them. 10:30am, no cover. Sactown Union Brewery, 1210 66th St.

THURSDAY, 9/20 ARE YOU A GRAINIAC?: Well? Are you? Come learn about grains, or just show up to show off how much you know about grains. You’ll learn about whole grains, baking, milling and more. Maybe I could go to this and learn how to become a baker! That’s not a bad idea. 5:30pm, $25. Masullo’s Patio, 2711 Riverside Blvd.

LGBTQ SATURDAY, 9/22 LLACE 20TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY: See the event

highlight on page 29. 3pm, no cover. Lavender Library, Archives and Cultural Exchange, 1414 21st St.

SUNDAY, 9/23 SACRAMENTO VALLEY BEARS SUNDAY BRUNCH FUNDRAISER: This brunchy fundraiser raises money for the Sacramento LGBTQ Community & Outreach services as well as raising money for HIV/STD testing by Golden Rule Services. 10am, $9. Faces, 2000 K St.

FRIDAY, 9/21 BABY & ME IN THE GALLERY: Take your child to see some art. Everyone has a different reason to do it, but they’re nearly all good reasons. You’d like a bad reason to do it?

Maybe you want to train your child as an art forger, and you’re training them on the intricacies of brush strokes. 10:30am, $5-$8. Blue Line Arts, 405 Vernon St., Suite 100 in Roseville.

TUESDAY, 9/25 THE DIGITAL FUTURE OF THE DENTAL LABORATORY:

TAKE ACTION THURSDAY, 9/20 FREE CITIZENSHIP WORKSHOP: Get free assistance applying for citizenship, including legal services and study materials. 1pm, no cover. Arcade Library, 2443 Marconi Ave.

Learn about new dental scanners and their powerful new features. If you’re in the dental business, this is one discussion you won’t want to miss. 6pm, no cover. Doubletree by Hilton, 2001 Point West Way.

WEDNESDAY, 9/26 HEALTHY EATING ON A BUDGET: Learn how to

FRIDAY, 9/21 CALIFORNIA CARE FORCE: Three days of free medical, dental and vision services for those in need, running through Sunday. Show up at 4 p.m. the day before you intend to go to get a wristband that allows you entry the following day. 6:30am, no cover. Cal Expo, 1600 Exposition Blvd.

stretch your money and make it last while managing to stay healthy. It’s a valuable skill for anyone to have, and staying healthy is important, because you should want to have as good a life as you can for as long as you can. 6:30pm, $5. Community Learning Center & Cooking School, 2820 R St.

FRIDAY 9/21

Confessions of the Garbage People STAB! Comedy TheATre, 7pm, $5

It sounds a bit like a group therapy session, but it’s far from it: Eight comics walk in, write down confessions about something terrible they’ve done in the past, and have it read aloud.

It could range anywhere from letting the air out of someone’s tires to something much worse, like letting the air out of two people’s tires. The audience gets a chance to match COMEDY up the act of garbage with the person they deem responsible. 1710 Broadway, stabcomedytheatre.com.

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Fierce Fridays, 7pm, call for cover

Spectacular Saturdays, 7pm, call for cover

B.P.M. & Sunday Funday Remixed, 4pm, call for cover

Karaoke Night, 9pm, T, call for cover; Trapicana, 10pm, W, call for cover

Steve Stizzo Trio, 6:30pm, no cover

TreeHouse! and Bubba Love, 9:30pm, no cover

1400 AlHAMbRA blvD., (916) 455-3400

Arnocorps, a Band of Orcs and the Fools, 8pm, $15

Woe, Wvrm, Body Void and Gloriam Draconis, 8pm, $10

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Girls Night Out Male Revue, 8pm, $20

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Faces Karaoke, 9pm, call for cover

Absolut Fridays, 9pm, call for cover

Sequin Saturday, 9:30pm, call for cover

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Lucy’s Bones, 6pm, call for cover

The Pikey’s, 7pm, call for cover

Frankie and the Deffenders, 7pm, call for cover

Whiskey Pairing Dinner, 7pm, T, $85

Temple Kirk and Ian McGlone, 9pm, $5

Vasas and Clevers, 9pm, $5

Open-Mic Night, 7:30pm, M, no cover

Backbar Saturdays with Mike Diamond and Cousin Vinny, 10pm, call for cover

Sunmonks, Bryan John Appleby and TomTem, 9pm, M, no cover

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Sunday School, Drop Dead Red and Gypsy Solution, 8pm, $10

Tainted Love, 10pm, $18-$20

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Lincoln Durham, Sam Jones and Sam Eliot, 7pm, $10-$12

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1217 21ST ST., (916) 440-0401

Live Music with Dylan Crawford, 8pm, no cover

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Poetry Unplugged, 8pm, $2

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Witch Ripper, Aequorea and Ctrl All Delete, 8pm, T, call for cover

Nihil, Murderthroat, a Waking Memory, Nail the Casket and more, 7pm, $8

For the Fallen Dreams, Obey the Brave, I Am, Of Virtue and more, 6pm, T, $15

Pool Party, 9pm, no cover

Every Damn Monday, 8pm, M, no cover; Noche Latina, 9pm, T, no cover

Let’s Get Quizzical, 7pm, T, no cover

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Midnight Marauders with Shane Q, Nate Curry and 5B the Moor, 8pm, $7

Brian Lee Bender, 9pm, call for cover

5681 lONETREE blvD., ROcklIN, (916) 626-3600 2708 J ST., (916) 441-4693

The Real McKenzies, 8pm, $15

No BS! Brass Band and the Eddy’s, 7:30pm, $12-$15

Maggie Rose, 7:30pm, $10-$15

halFTIme BaR & GRIll haRlow’s

Pint Night and Trivia, 6:30pm, M, no cover; Open-Mic, 7:30pm, W, no cover

Sol Horizon and Sac Town Storytellers, 7:30pm, $10

Juvenile, 8pm, $25-$30

Chris Webby, ANoyd, R-Mean and Rook, 6:30pm, M, $15-$65

Hippie Hour Jam, 5pm, no cover

Shitshow Karaoke, 8pm, M, no cover The Trivia Factory, 7pm, M, no cover; Geeks Who Drink, 6pm, T, no cover

HOF Saturdays, 9pm, $5

Richie Kotzen, Vinnie Moore and Gus G, 7pm, $20-$25

Sac Unified Poetry Slam, 8pm, call for cover

Poetry and Song with Kathryn Hohlwein & Gene Avery, 5pm, call for cover

DJ Hektor S, 10pm, no cover in advance-$10

Soulful Saturdays with Daryl Black, 6pm, $13-$20

Marty Taters Birthday Show with Elijah Bell and more, 7pm, $10

The Jack, 8pm, $10

The Early November, the Dangerous Summer and more, 6pm, $18-$20

The Spill Canvas, Punchline, Selfish Things and more, 6:30pm, M, $15-$17

Kupros Quiz, 7:30pm, no cover

Open-Mic, 8pm, T, no cover; Ross Hammond, 7:30 pm, W, no cover Music and Jazz, 7:30pm, M, $10; OpenMic Comedy, 8pm, T, no cover

Freewheelers Cello Band, 6pm, $10-$15

Live Music With Heath Williamson, 5:30pm, M, no cover

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Tuesday Night Karaoke, 9pm, T, no cover

Matt Anderson, 7pm, $22

Eliza Gilkyson and Nina Gerber, 7pm, W, $24

For King & Country, Plumb, Unspoken and Hannah Kerr, 4pm, $25-$150

Flogging Molly and Dropkick Murhpys, 6:30pm, T, $45-$65

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Mother Hips, 10pm, call for cover

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Live Band Karaoke, 8:30pm, T, call for cover; 98 Rock, 9pm, W, call for cover

Pop 40 Dance with DJ Larry, 9pm, $5

Sunday Night Dance Party, 9pm, no cover

Reggae Night, 9pm, T, no cover

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Harley White Jr. Orchestra, 9pm, no cover

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Thursday Night Football, 5:30pm, no cover

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Karaoke Wednesday, 8pm, W, no cover

Sac Lunch, 9pm, $7

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Joe Mazzafero, 9pm, no cover

Hayez Band, 9pm, no cover

DJ Stylo, 10pm, no cover before 11pm

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Madison Hudson, 7:30pm, $5-$10

Hot Country Saturdays, 8pm, $5

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Journey Revisited, 6:30pm, $8-$18

Night Moves and Creedence Classic Revival, 3pm, $7-$10

Cheap Trick and Ann Wilson, 9pm, $40-$98

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West Coast Swing, 7:45pm, T, $5; College Wednesdays, 9pm, W, $5-$10

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Zuhg and Living Street Music, 8pm, T, $5; Kara Grainger, 9pm, W, $6

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The Shine Jazz Jam, 8pm, no cover

Sac Culcha Nite Variety Show, 8pm, no cover

Origami Ghosts, Rosemother and Roland Tonies, 8pm, $8

Speak Out Sacramento Open-Mic, 8pm, W, no cover

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When you buy a pack of seeds, the odds are that half will be female and half will be male. However, most home growers don’t want any dudes around.

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For the week oF September 20, 2018 ARIES (March 21-April 19): “The flower doesn’t

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Budi Waseso, the

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But his replacement, Heru Winarko, has a different approach. He wants addicts and dealers to receive counseling in comfortable rehabilitation centers. I hope that in the coming weeks, as you deal with weaknesses, flaws, and sins—both your own and others’—you’ll opt for an approach more like Winarko’s than Waseso’s.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): In August 1933, author Virginia Woolf wrote a critical note to her friend, the composer Ethel Smyth, lamenting her lack of emotional subtlety. “For you,” Woolf told Smyth, “either things are black, or they’re white; either they’re sobs or shouts—whereas, I always glide from semitone to semi-tone.” In the coming weeks, fellow Cancerian, you may encounter people who act like Smyth. But it will be your sacred duty, both to yourself and to life, to remain loyal and faithful to the rich complexity of your feelings.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “People think of

education as something they can finish,” said writer and scientist Isaac Asimov, who wrote or edited over 500 books. His point was that we’re wise to be excited about learning new lessons as long as we’re on this earth. To cultivate maximum vitality, we should always be engaged in the processes of absorbing new knowledge and mastering new skills and deepening our understanding. Does that sound appealing to you, Leo? I hope so, especially in the coming weeks, when you will have an enhanced ability to see the big picture of your future needs for education.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo businessman

Warren Buffet is among the top five wealthiest people on the planet. In an average year, his company Berkshire Hathaway adds $36 billion to its already swollen coffers. But in 2017, thanks to the revision of the U.S. tax code by President Trump and his buddies, Buffet earned $65 billion—an increase of 83 percent over his usual haul. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you’re entering a year-long phase when your financial chances could have a mild resemblance to Buffet’s 2017. I’m not predicting your earnings will increase by 83 percent. But 15 percent isn’t unreasonable. So start planning how you’ll do it!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): As he stepped up to

use an ATM in a supermarket, a Scottish man named Colin Banks found £30 (about $40 U.S.)

that the person who used the machine before him had inadvertently neglected to take. But rather than pocketing it, Banks turned it in to a staff member, and eventually the cash was reunited with its proper owner. Shortly after performing his good deed, Banks won £50,000 (about $64,500 U.S.) in a game of chance. It was instant karma in dramatic action—the positive kind! My analysis of the astrological omens reveals that you’re more likely than usual to benefit from expeditious cosmic justice like that. That’s why I suggest you intensify your commitment to doing good deeds.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): As you dive down into

your soul’s depths in quest for renewal, remember this testimony from poet Scherezade Siobhan: “I want to dig out what is ancient in me, the mistaken-for-monster … and let it teach me how to be unafraid again.” Are you brave and brazen enough to do that yourself? It’s an excellent time to douse your fear by drawing wild power from the primal sources of your life.

To earn the right to soar through the heights in November and December, delve as deep as you can in the coming weeks.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): According to

author Elizabeth Gilbert, here’s “the central question upon which all creative living hinges: Do you have the courage to bring forth the treasures that are hidden within you?” When I read that thought, my first response was, “Why are the treasures hidden? Shouldn’t they be completely obvious?” My second response was, “Why do you need courage to bring forth the treasures? Shouldn’t that be the easiest and most enjoyable task imaginable?”

Everything you just read is a perfect riddle for you to contemplate during the next 14 months, Sagittarius.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A blogger named

Sage Grace offers her readers a list of “cool things to call me besides cute.” They include dazzling, alluring, sublime, magnificent and exquisite. Is it OK if I apply those same adjectives to you, Capricorn? I’d like to add a few more, as well: resplendent, delightful, intriguing, magnetic and incandescent. I hope that in response you don’t flinch with humility or protest that you’re not worthy of such glorification. According to my astrological analysis, now is one of those times when you deserve extra appreciation for your idiosyncratic appeal and intelligence. Tell your allies and loved ones that I said so. Inform them, too, that giving you this treatment could help mobilize one of your half-asleep potentials.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Many educated

Americans and Europeans think of reincarnation as a loony delusion, even though it’s a cornerstone of spiritual belief for over 1.5 billion earthlings. I myself regard it as a hypothesis worthy of intelligent consideration, although I’d need hundreds of pages to explain my version of it. However you imagine it, Aquarius, you now have extra access to knowledge and skills and proclivities you possessed in what we might refer to as your “past lives”—especially in those past lives in which you were an explorer, maverick, outlaw or pioneer. I bet you’ll feel freer and more experimental than usual during the next four weeks.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “When the winds of

change blow,” says a Chinese proverb, “some people build walls while others build windmills.”

Since the light breezes of change may soon evolve into brisk gusts of change in your vicinity, I wanted to bring this thought to your attention. Will you be more inclined to respond by constructing walls or windmills? I don’t think it would be foolish for you to favor the walls, but in the long run I suspect that windmills would serve you better.

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how does your bitcoin Atm work?

So before I start, I’m going to open my [digital] wallet, because I need to store this Bitcoin somewhere. Let’s say I want to buy $20. No. 1 is scan your address.

So I scan the [QR] code, so now it knows where to send the Bitcoin—to this wallet.

That’s step No. 1: scan code. Step No. 2: Insert bill. Step 3: It arrives. It takes 10 minutes to confirm.

what exactly is bitcoin?

It’s a computer problem. It’s software.

It’s public—the code, it’s there. There’s nobody, no Bitcoin foundation or organization, it’s just a program. Like email, there’s nobody behind email. Right? If I send you an email, who is sending the email to you?

Nobody.

Is that the most common question you get about bitcoin?

What is Bitcoin? No. “How can I make money with Bitcoin?” That’s No. 1. Because when you see something that goes from $5,000 to $20,000 [in value], they don’t even know what it is, it’s just, “How can I make money?” So people don’t necessarily care what it is. They want to know how to make money. And that’s why people are losing a little money, because they don’t understand what it is. And they want to make money, so there are a lot of scammers.

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I’m not sure I understand it.

Me neither [laughs].

how was it developed?

Bitcoin was born in 2009. Somebody or something that called itself Satoshi Nakamoto released this computer program as a reaction to the 2008 [economic] collapse. ... It was like a reaction. Like, we need to get out of this system, because it could have been invented before. The technology was there before, but nobody saw a reason. But then somebody ... we don’t know [who], said, “This is too much, we need to get out of the system.” So [they] released the program on the internet, and this is Bitcoin. We don’t know who the person is.

There are all these theories.

what are some of the scams or deceptions you’ve heard of?

How much time do you have? No. 1: Bitcoin is gone, I have a new coin. … This is it, you can get this now. It would be like getting Bitcoin in 2010. Except, it’s a copy of Bitcoin with a different name. It’s the

same but nobody uses it, so people buy, buy, buy. It comes from zero to $10 [in value], so it’s basically like a Ponzi scheme.

[Another] is ransom. You get a pop-up, your computer has been [compromised].

If you don’t pay half a Bitcoin in 24 hours, there is a software in your computer that will delete your information.

why was it the right time for you to get into the bitcoin business?

I didn’t know what I was getting into. It’s kind of a revolution—an evolution. It’s like the birth of email. Can you imagine if you were involved when emails came out?

Like let’s say I explain email, somebody doesn’t know. What is an envelope? No. A telegram? No. It is a phone call? No. It’s email, and now everybody knows. So in maybe five years, everybody will know what [it is]. If not Bitcoin, something with a different name.

when do you think it will become more regular for people to pay with bitcoin?

It will be like email. For certain things you will use Bitcoin, for other things you will use cash or credit cards. When it will be integrated into our financial system?

Any moment. I hear a lot of rumors that Amazon is going to accept Bitcoin. You heard it here first. Ω

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