Verizon Wireless is expanding it’s 4G coverage in the Sacramento region. Last June Verizon added 4G coverage for Folsom, Roseville, Rancho Cordova, El Dorado Hills, Elk Grove, Davis, Placerville, Auburn and Lincoln. This new expansion will add Loomis, North Natomas, Woodland, West Sacramento, South Sacramento, Mather and Elverta to it’s 4G covered areas.

Verizon said, “The expansion of our 4G LTE network in Sacramento reinforces our commitment to leading the way in 4G LTE and providing our customers the best products and services available”

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SynGen Inc. in midtown Sacramento announced that they have received $5 million from San Francisco venture capital firm Bay City Capital LLC, The funds will be used to further develop the next generation in stem cell harvesting systems.

Phil Coelho, president and CEO, said the funds will go toward development, marketing and regulatory approval of the company’s SynGen-1000 product. That product harvests stem and progenitor cells from bone marrow, cord blood, normal blood or fat/connective tissue. Harvested cells can be used for treatment of numerous medical conditions.

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Sheriff’s Robbery detectives have arrested a second suspect in connection with the attempted robbery of an armored car guard in south Sacramento yesterday afternoon. Keith Lamont Smith, 55, was arrested at a residence in Sacramento at approximately 6:00 p.m. yesterday, and later booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail. Smith (see attached photo) faces charges including attempted robbery, conspiracy, assault with a deadly weapon and unlawful possession of a controlled substance. He is currently being held on $100,000 bail.

At approximately 2:30 p.m. yesterday, Sheriff’s deputies responded to calls of shots fired in the parking lot of a store in the 6000 block of Florin Road. It was later discovered that an armored car guard at the location had fired his weapon at two suspects involved in an attempted robbery of him. One suspect, who shot the victim with a taser, was taken into custody directly after the incident. He is currently being treated for a gunshot wound to his leg, and is expected to be booked into custody when he is medically cleared for incarceration.

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Kings season ticket holders started getting calls on Monday. The calls are coming from the Maloof’s themselves. We have reports that calls are being made from either Gavin or Joe Maloof.

The Kings have received a landslide of cancellations from season ticket holders. Many season ticket holders have said they will not renew their tickets simply because of the Maloofs. If the Maloof’s sold the team the season ticket would again renew their tickets.

The Maloof excuse for the failed deal is the projections were too high and for them to reach those projections, ticket sales would have to increase 60 percent. The Kings organization would not comment on how many season ticket holders were no longer renewing their tickets.

An inmate has escaped from Folsom prison and is still on the lose.  32-year-old Marco Cabrera was discovered missing from his cell during a routine inmate count.

Cabrera was convicted of assault with a firearm, the transport and sale of marijuana, corporal injury to a spouse, and for being an ex-felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.

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The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) advises motorists that westbound Interstate 80 will be subject to detour on Tuesday, April 17 from 5:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. for combined maintenance operations. The detour will begin at Highway 20 for commercial vehicles and at Rollins Lake Road for passenger vehicles.

The detours are as follows:

Commercial vehicles – All commercial vehicles will be detoured at Highway 20. Vehicles will be directed west on Highway 20 to Highway 49 in Nevada City. The detour will continue south on Highway 49 to Bell Road in Auburn. Bell Road will return motorists to I-80 westbound.

Passenger vehicles – All passenger vehicles will be detoured at Rollins Lake Road. Motorists will be directed west on Rollins Lake Road to Highway 174. The detour continues south on 174 to I-80 westbound.

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Armstrong and Getty are coming to April’s River Valley Tea Party Patriots meeting. You may love them or you may hate them, but you cannot deny they provide an entertaining drive to work on your weekday commute. I have a great deal of trouble pigeon holing these radio talk show hosts because just when you think you have them cornered ideologically they will surprise you with the irreverent view of our politicians and societal mores.

Politicians, news events, entertainers, and our societal foibles are the general targets, and a target rich environment I might add, for these two talk show hosts. They are a great success due to their ability to feed off each other so you have two for the price of one, a sort of “I can top that” witticism banter back and forth. To attempt to put a general feeling of where these two entertaining could be categorized, I think it would be safe to say they are against socialism, standard fare Republicans and Democrats and they are four square behind free speech. They are constantly in search of hypocrisy coming from any political quarter. Hypocrisy and ridiculous news events are their bread and butter fueling the show’s humor.
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The California Transportation Commission  today allocated $285 million in new funding to 76 projects that will improve the state’s highways, transit, and rail systems and enhance the state’s economic recovery.

“We are focused on reducing traffic congestion, increasing safety, and improving goods movement to boost California’s economy,” said Acting Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty.

The awarded funding includes $227 million from Proposition 1B, a transportation bond approved by voters in 2006. In total, more than $11 billion in Proposition 1B funds have been distributed statewide.  The remaining $58 million in allocations came from assorted transportation accounts funded by state and federal dollars.

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Once again the Sacramento arena deal is in jeopardy.  Kings owners Joe, Gavin and George Maloof appear to be taking issue with some of the terms of the arena deal.   Under the agreement, the Kings and arena operator AEG each agreed to pay about $3.25 million in pre-development costs with the city paying the remaining $6.5 million.  The Maloof’s do not want to pay any of the cost.

Mayor Kevin Johnson said Sacramento has “done our part” and now it’s up to the team to do the same.  ”Your handshake is your handshake. Your promise is your promise,” Johnson said.  ”We are 100% committed to moving forward under the framework laid out in the term sheet,” Johnson said. “And there should be no expectation in (Friday’s) conversation that this deal is subject to further negotiation. In light of these facts, the ball is in your court.”

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The California Department of Transportation’s (Caltrans) District 3 constantly explores new technologies and more efficient ways to keep the public informed about transportation projects, potential traffic delays, and emergency lane closures.

To expand its public outreach, Caltrans District 3 has launched Facebook and Twitter sites to provide the latest updates on potential traffic delays, emergency lane closures and other District 3 news. Followers of Twitter and Facebook, which are free online social marketing services, can receive the messages as emails or text messages to home computers or personal electronic device.

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