Sacramento may call itself the “City of Trees” but lately I’m starting to think of Sac as the “City of Wildlife”.  There were some zebras on the loose in Carmichael, bats in Midtown and a couple of days ago at Natomas  Regional Park I saw a coyote just ambling across the park hardly seeming to notice there were people walking all around.  I think he was much more interested in the rabbits scurrying around the edge of the canal and the geese that were in charge of the water in the reservoir.  Continue Reading »

Have you ever wished you didn’t have to hassle with leaving your car at the airport or maybe you got a ride and now you have to figure out how to get home without spending your life savings?  Wouldn’t it be easier if you could just catch the RT?  If you would like to have some input in this instead of just wishing and waiting for something to happen, Sacramento Regional Transit District (RT) invites you to participate in the Green Line Community Review, an interactive and collaborative community planning workshop for the future Green Line to the Airport light rail extension.  For all the details click on this link to Green Line Community Review.

The Sacramento County Animal Shelter is hosting its 4th annual “Kitty Palooza” feline adopt‐a‐thon event on Saturday, August 21 and Sunday, August 22 from noon to 4:30 p.m. at the Animal Shelter at 3839 Bradshaw Road, Sacramento, CA 95827. Continue Reading »

SMUD Energy Efficiently Cooling Your Home Workshop for Homeowners

Pre-registration required and class space is limited

Date:  Saturday, August 14, 2010

Time:  9:00AM – 12:00PM

Fee:  FREE

Presenter:  SMUD Energy Advisors

Location:  CSC 6301 S Street (Rubicon Meeting Room), Sacramento, CA

Info Phone:  (916) 732-6738

Questions:  Contact: Jodi Newman Cordone  jnewman@smud.org

Class Description:  SMUD energy specialists will demonstrate ways to cool your home while keeping bills low.  Topics will include basic equipment maintenance, insulation, shading, and cooling and ventilation strategies.

Do you love to garden? Passionate about our local water resources and saving water?  Want to help your community?  Then YOU are just the kind of person Sacramento needs to be water Conservation Ambassador to help educate neighbors about saving water and our natural resources.

Water Conservation Workshop and Volunteer Information and Training Session Monday August 23, 2010, from 6-8PM at the Asian Community Center, 7375 Greenhaven Drive, Sacramento, CA.  For more information, please call (916) 808-1400.

Ranger Tom is retiring after 28 years of service with the Sacramento Regional Parks Department.  Yep…it’s true, Ranger Tom is hanging up his ranger hat for good.  I’ll bet some of you didn’t even know Ranger Tom has been there all these years keeping us safe from harm when we enjoy our regional parks.  In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if some of you don’t even know what a park ranger does.  If you enjoy the parks and want to know what Ranger Tom and all his Ranger buddies do for us, read on. Continue Reading »

Sacramento Scoop is taking a summer break.  We hope you will enjoy some of our previous posts.  Have a great summer and we will be back in August.

The City of Sacramento and its non-profit partners have a wide variety of volunteer opportunities for adults, teens and youth.  These include on-going volunteer positions as well as short-term activities.  For opportunities with the City of Sacramento, contact Mary Lynn Perry, Volunteer Coordinator at (916) 808-8317 or email:  mperry@cityofsacramento.org or go to the City’s web site:  www.sacvolunteers.org or www.cityofsacramento.org/volunteers.   Follow the City of Sacramento on Twitter:  http://twitter.com/sacvolunteers Continue Reading »

July 04, 2010, Sacramento Independence Day Celebration

Location: Cal Expo, Miller Lite Grandstand

Entrance Gate: East Gate Entrance

Live Music & Dancing

Before the fireworks, the celebration begins with Mick Martin and the Blues Rockers performing at 6:30 p.m.  Poppy, the State Fair Mascot, will also be on hand to entertain and delight both young and old. Fireworks begin at 9:30 p.m. Continue Reading »

It’s official, today, June 21, 2010, is the first day of summer in Sacramento!  From my point of view the first day the temperature hits 90 degrees should be the first day of summer.  But I suppose when you are dealing with more than three people you need a more precise way to mark your calendar and long ago some wise meteorologist decided the beginning of the summer solstice was the best way to signify the beginning of summer.  If you have an issue with this you could just pack up and move to the land down under (you know Australia and all those faraway places in the southern hemisphere), because the official start of summer  in the southern hemisphere is December 21^st. Continue Reading »