Spread too thin?

The Natomas Unified School District held a board meeting last night and made drastic cuts to their budget. All of this comes on the heels of a grand jury investigation looking at the district’s purchase of a school site. Most of the surrounding school districts – Sacramento City Unified and Twin Rivers – are struggling…

Get free tips to improve your garden

The City of Sacramento Neighborhood Services Department will hold a free Green Gardening Class this Sunday, May 3, 2009 from 2pm-5pm at the South Natomas Community Center. Classes and workshops will focus on soil, vegetables, drought tolerant and native plants, fruit and shade trees, pest management, composting, and worm farming. Classes will be taught by…

Earth Day Celebration

The City of Sacramento will host an Earth Day Celebration this Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at Sacramento City Hall and Cesar Chavez Park. This free event will include interactive learning booths from various agencies throughout the city. There will also be fun and games for the kids, along with live performances from Radio Disney. Parking…

“If you build it, they will come”.

Sutter Health and the Sacramento River Cats are bringing the Fit-for-Life High School Baseball Field Makeover program to Grant High School’s varsity baseball field. Grant was selected in part due to their unwavering commitment to developing successful students in the classroom, on the field, and in the community. Materials needed for the project may include…

Capital City Black Expo ’09

Today was the opening of this year’s Capital City Black Expo at the Sacramento Convention Center. The expo is scheduled to have many speakers, seminars, and concerts, and exhibitors spread out in multiple pavilions. The expo is scheduled to run through Sunday. Here is a map of places to park for the expo.

85th Annual Camellia Show

The 85th Annual Camellia Show, a long standing Sacramento tradition, will take place this Saturday and Sunday at the Memorial Auditorium. The show ranks as one of the oldest and largest continuously held shows in the state devoted to a single flower; in this case, the City of Sacramento’s official flower. Admission to the event…