Feb 10 2010
February 12-February 15, 2010, is the grand opening of the newly renovated Tall Wonders giraffe exhibit and viewing deck at the Sacramento Zoo, 3930 W Land Park Drive, Sacramento, CA 95822. Continue Reading »
Feb 02 2010
The Sacramento Bicycle Advocates (SABA) reported this month that the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey found that Sacramento now has more bike commuters than any other California city, and is 4th nationally behind Portland, Minneapolis and Seattle. With 2.72% of Sacramento’s commuter trips now by bike, the rate has doubled from just 10 years ago. Continue Reading »
Jan 28 2010
Hey Look, It’s a Surveillance Camera, I’m Going to be on TV
The Sacramento Police Department is releasing surveillance photos of two armed robbers. Both suspects looked directly at the surveillance camera during the robbery which captured clear images of their faces. Detectives hope someone will recognize them and come forward with the information needed to identify them.
On Saturday, January 23, 2009, at 3:37 p.m., two suspects entered a video game store located in the 3600 block of Northgate Boulevard. They approached an employee and demanded money at gunpoint. The employee complied. Both suspect fled after obtaining cash. The suspects were seen fleeing in a four-door, beige, 1990’s Buick. Continue Reading »
Jan 19 2010
More storms are predicted for this week and Sacramento County’s Department of Water Resources has some tips on how you can prevent flooding in your neighborhood. Combating Neighborhood Flooding Most of the neighborhood flooding is caused from leaves and debris building up in the storm drains making them less efficient. “We’re asking people to keep the grates in their neighborhood clear and to clean their gutters out, especially before a heavy storm,” said Principal Civil Engineer Michael Peterson. Our crews have been answering neighborhood flooding calls that come into our hotline 875-RAIN but are urging residents to do their part. Sandbags If your property has a history of flooding, we encourage property owners to get sandbags and have them on hand. Sandbags are available, inexpensively, at most hardware and home improvement stores. Additional Resources
Website: log onto http://www.msa.saccounty.net/waterresources/stormready/ to monitor local creek levels and for additional storm preparedness tips. Continue Reading »
Jan 14 2010
The City of Sacramento will celebrate the 29th annual Martin Luther King Jr. March and celebration on JANUARY 18th, 2010 at 8:00AM beginning at the Oak Park Community Center, 3425 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Sacramento, CA, for the south route. The North Area March, begins at Grant High School the same time the Oak Park march begins at Oak Park (8:30 am). It goes directly to the Sacramento Convention Center. Continue Reading »
Jan 12 2010
All the local TV news stations, newspapers and blogs are talking about the Sam’s Club in Natomas closing on January 22, 2010. I was in Houston yesterday and started hearing the same story on the local news. I was surprised to hear Sacramento news as far away as Texas, but when I really stopped to listen to the story I realized the same thing was happening there too. So I did a little investigating and found out that Sam’s Club is closing ten stores Continue Reading »
Dec 29 2009
California is the first state in the nation to ban trans fat use in restaurants. This means that beginning with the New Year, nearly 5,500 Sacramento County food establishments will be prohibited from using, storing, distributing or serving food prepared with oil, shortening or margarine containing artificial trans fats. Trans fats reportedly contribute to clogged arteries, strokes and coronary heart disease. AB 97 (Mendoza), signed into law by Governor Schwarzenegger in 2008, will phase out the use of artificial trans fats in California restaurants beginning January 1, 2010. Continue Reading »
Dec 24 2009
The water issues potentially impacting our community, and certainly impacting those downstream from us, are about to enter the national spotlight in a big way.
On Sunday, December 27th, the national show “60 Minutes” will feature a segment about the California Bay-Delta Water Crisis. The reporter is Lesley Stahl and the show runs from 7-8 pm on CBS (Channel 13).
Here is a link to a preview of the show.
Dec 22 2009
Years ago my Grandmother used to save the pretty bows and wrapping paper from the gifts she received and carefully unwrapped so she could use them again. She said they were so beautiful she just wanted to share them and she would use them to wrap presents she was giving to someone else. Grandad told me once that she did that because she lived in the “Great Depression”. I had no idea what he meant or where this place was, but I was pretty sure it wasn’t that great if they didn’t even buy new wrapping paper and bows for their presents. After becoming a grownup I realized that this place called the “Great Depression” truly wasn’t so great, but if we remembered some of the lessons they learned back then maybe our lives would be better. One of the things they learned was to reuse and recycle all sorts of things before it was even cool to be “green”.
Sounds like the City of Sacramento might know my Grandmother because they just sent out a notice to customers to reuse and recycle holiday wrapping, bows, and boxes. Continue Reading »
Dec 17 2009
The Sacramento Police Department is proud to announce the graduation of Academy Class 2009 BR-2.
This academy class consists of 25 recruits, five of which will be sworn in as Sacramento Police Officers. Two recruits have been hired by the Escondido and Woodland Police Departments. The five officer s being sworn in as members of the Sacramento Police Department were hired as part of a federal grant awarded to the department in July 2009. The Recovery Act Funding granted the Police Department $9,544,860 to hire up to 35 new officers.
The graduation will be held on December 17, 2009, at the Sacramento Convention Center, 1400 J Street, Hall D. The ceremony will begin at 6PM.
