Sac News

Huge Sacramento Fire

Jun 5th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Featured Articles, Sac News

While watching some election coverage on CNN I saw a Sacramento story. Not too often you catch a local story on CNN so it caught my attention. It looks like we a have a hell of a fire going on in South Sac.
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_9491516
Last update had over 100 firefighters and stepped up to a [...]



New Rock Music School

May 18th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Sac News

Sacramento finally has a real rock school. Rock Inc has officially launched its business here is Sacramento. From their website:
At Rock Inc., our goal is to provide professional and experienced musical instruction. We strive to give our students an inspirational learning environment and the proper knowledge to pursue any and all musical endeavors [...]



Sacramento Craigstlist

May 16th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Sac News

More idiotic people use craigslist.  Yes very smart people use craigslist as well, but it is no fun to tell stories about them
An Elk Grove man recovered his stolen golf clubs Monday with a little detective work.  The man, whose golf clubs were stolen Sunday from the Cordova Golf Course in Rosemont, went on Craigslist [...]



Sacramento County Worker Caught!

Apr 21st, 2008 | By Matthew | Category: Featured Articles, Politics, Sac News

A Sacramento County sewer worker soliciting business as a private plumber while working on the clock? Sam Shane investigates: a months-long CBS-13 hidden camera investigation into how your tax dollars paid for this county worker to work as a private plumber, and the surprising response from the county when we asked them why.
Sam Shane investigates, [...]



Sacramento loses Aloha Air

Mar 30th, 2008 | By Matthew | Category: Sac News

Aloha Airlines’ flight to Maui’s Kahului Airport scheduled for 11:25 a.m. Monday will be its last from Sacramento International Airport, officials said Sunday. The airline, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this month, will not offer return flights to Sacramento and no Aloha flights will come in to Sacramento starting today.
Tickets for flights [...]



City Opens Plans for Light Rail Expansion

Feb 11th, 2008 | By Matthew | Category: Deleveopment & Real Estate, Sac News

Sacramento got its first look Saturday at plans to extend the city’s Regional Transit light rail lines, carrying passengers from downtown Sacramento to the Sacramento International Airport.
At an open house on the project’s draft environmental impact report, attendees at Sacramento’s Inderkum High School got the chance to check out displays and talk with project team [...]



Goethe Park

Jan 29th, 2008 | By Matthew | Category: Politics, Sac News

Why won’t our county supervisors work on the issues in the county?  At 3 p.m. today, county’s supervisors are set to discuss renaming Goethe Park, which was named after Charles Goethe in 1965.  Why?  The park has had the same name for over 40 years.  Is someone now offended because apparently Goethe a racist?
Funny how [...]



Most RT mechanics call in sick; two bus lines have delays

Jan 23rd, 2008 | By Matthew | Category: Sac News

Looks like Sacramento RT mechanics are having a dispute.  Who knew?
Nearly all of Sacramento Regional Transit’s crew of 40 mechanics called in sick this morning in an apparent job action related to their ongoing contract talks with the provider of light rail and bus service in Sacramento, RT officials said.
RT spokesman Ed Scofield said supervisors [...]



What is up with Sacramento leaders?

Jan 10th, 2008 | By Matthew | Category: Politics, Sac News

First two of our county supervisors support resolutions on Iraq and now Mayor Heather Fargo thinks dealing with global warming need to be Sacramento’s top priority.  Don’t get me wrong we should care about what pollutants we are putting in the air, ground , and water, but a top priority for a city government?  I [...]



Sacramento has a new police chief

Jan 9th, 2008 | By Matthew | Category: Politics, Sac News

Cheered by his family, city officials and scores of smartly uniformed officers, Rick Braziel was sworn in Wednesday morning as Sacramento’s 43rd police chief.

Hundreds of guests at the Sacramento Community Theater looked on as city officials and fellow officers paid homage to outgoing chief Albert Najera and expressed optimism that Braziel will carry on Najera’s [...]