Furlough Fridays
Announcing the winners of SN&R’s photo contest!
![1st place award: <br>Jesse Gage met up with co-workers for lunch on a recent Furlough Friday, then “stopped off at [Chicory Coffee and Tea] across the street from the Capitol building just as it was closing.” state job: energy analyst, California Energy Commission](/media/images/articles/featured/2020/07/1310029-01.jpg)
1st place award:
Jesse Gage met up with co-workers for lunch on a recent Furlough Friday, then “stopped off at [Chicory Coffee and Tea] across the street from the Capitol building just as it was closing.” state job: energy analyst, California Energy Commission
Photo By Jesse Gage
2nd place award: <br>Dan Dyce took this photo on an October Furlough Friday in Plymouth, Calif. “The photo shows the photographer, me, taking a picture with my iPhone, of a reflection on the back window of an SUV of a late-1800s Victorian home.” state job: earthquake response manager, California Earthquake Authority
Photo By Dan Dyce
3rd place award: <br>Terry J. Lev, who lives in downtown Sacramento, took her daughter out “to stimulate the economy on a Furlough Friday and had pedicures at Anna Nails on South Land Park. state job: analyst, CalPERS
Photo By Terry J. Lev
John Kwasniak took this photo of the State Personnel Board on the very first Furlough Friday last February. Downtown Sacramento “would normally be full of pedestrians and vehicles,” he said. “Now it looks like a ghost town.” state job: information technology support, Department of General Services
Photo By John Kwasniak
Connie Batts’ spent her extra time with cat Nestle on a recent Furlough Friday. “Nestle was having a problem passing a hairball. … I decided to hypnotize her by using a battery-operated votive candle. It actually worked! state job: analyst, Department of Health Care Services
Photo By Connie Batts
Henry De Wulf shot this heading downtown on a Regional Transit bus on a Furlough Friday. “On a normal day, people would have to ride standing up because the bus would be packed.”
Photo By Henry De Wulf
Jesse Gage shot this one during a quick game of chess with furloughed co-workers at Old Soul Co. on L Street. “October meant free lunch at Chipotle as a jumping off point for whatever our tight-knit group wants to do.” state job: energy analyst, California Energy Commission
Photo By Jesse Gage
Brian Evarts took this photo at Pyramid Alehouse on the K Street Mall while enjoying a midday ale with fellow state workers. “One more beer and the Furlough Friday blues are washed away.” state job: employee, Employment Development Department
Photo By Brian Evarts
Kelly Flores’ recent Furlough Friday included “watching what looks like hundreds of other state workers taking advantage of Furlough Friday free lunch (with state ID badge) at Chipotle on 19th and Capitol.” state job: employee, Department of Health Care Services
Photo By Kelly Flores
Jenna Fong took a long walk in her Sacramento neighborhood on a recent Furlough Friday. “I was initially surprised so many people put up their sign. It’s not that I’m ashamed of being a state worker, but neither am I so thrilled and proud that I want to prop a darn sign in the yard.” state job: analyst, California State Teachers’ Retirement System
Photo By Jenna Fong
David Pacheco, a photojournalist who lives right across the street from Capitol Park, took this shot of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger at a recent press conference that was held on a Furlough Friday. “Thus the photo of the Terminator grinning like a jack-o’-lantern.”
Photo By David Pacheco
Lauren Margaux Miller spent time with her dog, a Newfoundland named Dali, at the American River. “With the furloughs, I have had more time to take her out to the river.” state job: analyst, California Environmental Protection Agency
Photo By Lauren Margaux Miller
John Kwasniak took this shot inside Capitol Deli, surrounded by state government buildings, at 12:05 p.m. on a Furlough Friday. “This deli is normally packed at this time.” state job: information technology support, Department of General Services
Photo By John Kwasniak
Catherine Enfield shot this sign outside her place of employment on a Furlough Friday. “CalPERS will be closed the first three Fridays of each month for furloughs until further notice.” state job: employee, CalPERS
Photo By Catherine Enfield
Jen Karpowicz has worked at the Temple Fine Coffee and Tea downtown on almost every Furlough Friday throughout the summer. “This is what the shop looks like in the morning. Empty chairs and an empty tip jar.”
Photo By Jen Karpowicz
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