Late August in Roseville, the light comes in long and gold down Orange Street and every lawn shows exactly what it has been given. AC Landscaping and Hardscaping cuts on a rhythm — mow, trim the fence line and the stone steps, then edge the walk until the grass ends in a line you could measure. Newark's older blocks pack a lot into a little: a patch of front lawn, a strip beside the driveway, a back square shaded by a neighbor's pear tree, each with its own height and habit. The cleanup counts as much as the cut, so the concrete gets blown clear before the truck pulls away. A yard here is the front room of the house, and it ought to look like somebody meant it.