The Sacramento Police Department will hold its monthly Neighborhood Leaders meeting this Thursday at 7pm. The meeting gives residents an opportunity to share information and concerns with their neighborhood officers. Last month’s meeting had a big turnout, most notably from the Hagginwood and East Del Paso Heights neighborhoods. Thursday’s meeting is scheduled to take place…
Today was the last day the City of Sacramento will pick up garbage on Fridays. If your scheduled pickup was Friday, click here to search for your new day.
The temperatures outside are scorching, but that doesn’t mean people won’t be going out back for a barbecue. Odds are, time around the grill will be shared with bugs. Luckily, advice blog TipNut provides instructions on constructing two different traps using soda bottles: one to position on the ground and one to hang. Another blog,…
Come to a free block party this Saturday at the First Baptist Church of Del Paso Heights. The event will feature food, clothes, and games. The event begins at 10am and ends at 2pm.
Remember when we told you about the Neighborhood Services Department’s move to City Hall? Now you have a chance to check out their new office. The department will hold an open house on Thursday, July 23, 2009 on the third floor of New City Hall. Root beer floats will be served during a tour of…
A two alarm grass fire along the American River Parkway caused a 600-foot radio tower to collapse and damaged a second tower. The fire was reported shortly before noon on Wednesday, located near Commerce Circle and Lathrop Way outside of Woodlake. Close to 35 firefighters fought the blaze, which also destroyed a small building that…
More and more people seem to be buying guns nowadays. According to the Sacramento Bee, from November 2008 to May 2009, gun dealers in Sacramento County sold nearly 5,000 more guns than they did during the same period one year ago, an increase of 40 percent. This is higher than the state’s average increase of…
Tomorrow, the Sacramento City Council will return to work after a two week vacation and one can’t blame them if they felt like Clark Griswold trying to get to Wallyworld. During their vacation, the City was able to strike a deal with firefighters but not with Local 39. This resulted in the closure of bathrooms,…
North Area residents will have a chance to hear about what is going on with the review of the City Charter at tomorrow evening’s Community Partnership Meeting. Hosted by the Neighborhood Services Department, the meetings will provide an update from Bill Edgar, Chair of the Charter Review Committee. This comes on the heels of the…
Yesterday, the Sacramento Bee covered an increasingly popular political topic: the proliferation of medical marijuana dispensaries. Dispensaries for medical marijuana are nothing new; there are close to 30 medical marijuana dispensaries in Sacramento alone. The El Camino Wellness Center, located in North Sacramento off of the Capital City Freeway, is featured in the Sac Bee’s…