Pictures of the Week, June 26 - July 2
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Daniel Scherotter, owner and executive chef of Palio dÕAsti restaurant, says San FranciscoÕs health care spending mandate is making things even more difficult in the recession. Some restaurateurs in the city have tacked health care surcharges onto restaurant checks. -
The Chinatown Public Health Center is part of San FranciscoÕs network of clinics and hospitals. In 2006, local officials concerned about uninsured residents unanimously adopted an ordinance creating Healthy San Francisco. President Barack Obama recently praised the cityÕs program. -
In Dixon, Nigel Walker, who runs Eat Well Farms, walks through a field of organically grown Lavender ready to be harvested. He feeds his soil with a six-inch layer of San Francisco compost. -
Violet Garcia, above, a formerly homeless woman, marches Wednesday along Richards Boulevard with supporters of a safe campground in Sacramento. John Kraintz, left, who is homeless, was part of the procession that began at Loaves & Fishes. The protest followed closure of a Cal Expo winter shelter, which had remained open after national media reported on a tent city used by the homeless in the capital. -
YMCA camp counselor Alex Ochoa is the target of a cover-up operation Monday on the shores of the Sacramento River. Local health officials are advising residents to limit their outdoor activities today and Wednesday, when ÒSpare the AirÓ days are forecast. Delta breezes may return later this week. -
Tommy Everidge has been in full swing after a slow start with the River Cats. He's hitting .350 with three home runs and 10 RBIs in 16 games after going 3 for 4 Friday night against Colorado Springs at Raley Field, helping Sacramento go 10-6 since he stepped into the lineup. -
Dennis Maxey, center, a Transbay Terminal worker from Oakland, joins Members of SEIU Local 1000, representing 95,000 state employees as they rally at the Capitol on Wednesday. -
Republican Sen. Sam Aanestad of Penn Valley listens as legislators discuss budget-related bills Monday. -
Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, left, and Senate Republican leader Dennis Hollingsworth leave the Senate chamber. -
Bill Babbitt holds a photograph of his brother, Manny, who was executed at San Quentin in 1999, before he speaks at a hearing Tuesday on the state's new lethal injection procedures. At least 100 death penalty foes spoke, with only a handful in favor. -
Marlon Barton, 26, was diagnosed with autism when he was about 2, at a time when the condition was considered unusual and doctors offered little help or hope to parents of the children who suffered from it. -
The Rev. Jerry Ryle of Sacramento's St. Philomene church greets parishioners Ruth Martinez and Sophia Ortega, 2, following a Mass at the church Sunday. Today, the Sacramento Diocese will begin a shake-up of priest assignments -- the largest such change ever. Ryle is retiring as a parish priest after 41 years in the Sacramento Diocese. Several other senior priests are also retiring. -
A helicopter drops water on a hot spot in Rumsey Canyon near the Yolo-Colusa county line Tuesday. Firefighters say the blaze offers a glimpse of what may lie ahead after a mild start in the area for this year's fire season. -
Hanh Nguyen closes a truck hood at the Center for Employment Training. He's confident of landing a job after graduating. Amid 11.5 percent unemployment in the state, training schools are swamped with new students. -
The sunrise chases Anita Ortiz as she puts the highest climb of the 36th annual Western States Endurance Run behind her. The 45-year-old mother of four finished more than an hour ahead of the second-fastest woman. -
Runners crest 8,300 feet near near the beginning of the Western States race in Squaw Valley on Saturday. Nearly 400 runners competed. -
Hal Koerner fords the American River on Saturday en route to his second win at the Western States Endurance Run. He finished 27 minutes ahead of Tsuyoshi Kaburagi. -
Massage therapist Jinfu Li, standing, administers a reflexology treatment to Kevin Vu earlier this week at Foot Massage Expert on Stockton Boulevard in south Sacramento. "I prefer this to a regular massage," says Vu, 23, of Elk Grove. "It really gets into all your nooks and crannies." The combined foot-and-body massage cost Vu less than $20. -
Sacramento Kings fan Mary Murillo, center, and others at her Arco Arena table celebrate the team's selection of Omri Casspi, an Israeli forward, at No. 23 in the NBA draft on Thursday. The Kings took Memphis guard Tyreke Evans at No. 4. -
Lucy Giles practices her vocals and percussion. "My sister just starts playing something weird and then I play some drumbeats and we make up some words," Lucy explains. -
Siblings Gwendolyn, 13, left, and Lucy Giles, 11, make up the band Dog Party. The two talk about their music career at home in Carmichael as parents Sam and Angela listen. Below, Gwendolyn practices her vocals. -
Tyreke Evans has a vote of confidence in his game -- and character -- from Kings basketball president Geoff Petrie, back. -
Lillian Dow of Folsom, using a Nintendo Wii device, engages in virtual bowling Wednesday at the Folsom Senior Center. Watching her are, from left, Doretta Youngdahl of Pacifica, Elsie Offner of Folsom and Tom Grunwaldt of Folsom. Below, Youngdahl holds a Wii controller. Research over the past decade repeatedly has shown that such games can sharpen older minds. -
From left, Jeff Einsohn of San Francisco, Donny Brown of American Canyon, Jason Cahill of Citrus Heights, Ryan Brownlow of Oakland and Aaron Johnson of Santa Cruz huddle moments before their jump Sunday during the American Boogie festival. This jump paid tribute to Cliff Heller, a friend killed in a 2006 sky diving accident. TheyÕre holding HellerÕs space ball, a training aid that went out of the plane with the group. -
Tom Grayson of the Suisun City area exits a SkyDance SkyDiving plane high above Yolo County on Thursday. Grayson is wearing a wing suit, which allows him to glide high above the county's checkerboard of farmland. "It's like when you were a kid and you dreamed about flying," he said. -
Molly Labreche, a member of the "Court of St. Aidans," pours water on Willie Threet, 12, of Rio Linda at the annual Fair Oaks Renaissance Tudor Fayre on Saturday. -
Pat Naylor is a co-founder of the Unitarian Universalist Society of Sacramento's garden. where church members can rent a plot for the season. -
Kings draft picks Jon Brockman (40), Omri Casspi (18) and Tyreke Evans appear at a meet-and-greet Saturday at Marshall Park. -
Miles Egstadt, 25, snuggles with his pooch, Pabst, on Sunday. "I love the way he greets me when I come home ... His tail is wagging and his evil-looking grin looks like a big smile." The Citrus Heights pooch won top honors Friday in the World's Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair. But it was the kind eyes, not the 2-inch underbite, that won his owner's heart. -
Victor Bertolani of Carmichael kayaks the American River. There are plenty of calm and rapid stretches between Sailor Bar and Discovery Park in Sacamento.
