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…
There’s a lot going on in Sacramento that starts discussions at the water cooler, at lunch, and here at the North Sac Beat. We welcome everyone’s political and ideological points of view. Still, there may be times when we need to delete a comment or two. Borrowing rules from The Huffington Post, we will only…
Looks like it’s too late for North Sac businesses to satisfy Kimberly Block. Turns out, two of the other lawsuits Block has filed are against well-known North Sac business: Lil Joe’s and Market Basket. The Lil Joe’s diner has been a fixture on Del Paso Boulevard for decades. The restaurant opened in the 1950s when…
Score another one for wanna-be ADA auditor/ambulance chaser Jason K. Singleton. Yesterday we told you about Kimberly Block’s lawsuit against the Squeeze Inn regarding accessibility and how everyone loses in the end with these suits. As predicted, we’re all going to lose. Squeeze Inn owner Travis E. Hausauer announced he will close his popular restaurant…
A 57-year-old woman was raped, beaten, and robbed by four men over the holiday weekend. The attack occurred at around 3am on Sunday morning in the Dixieanne neighborhood on Dixieanne Avenue near Oakmont Street. CBS 13 has provided a description of all four suspects, and Sacramento Police are working on sketches. Click here to view…
The Squeeze Inn burger joint has received many accolades over the years: three time KCRA 3 A-List Winner, five time winner of “best dive” by Sacramento Magazine, and got a visit from Food Network’s Guy Fieri. While known for their burgers with cheese “skirts”, the Squeeze Inn has found themselves in quite a pickle. Kimberly…