Grant High looks for support for their Sports Health Academy

Grant Union High School is hosting their “Can You See It!” banquet this Saturday evening, June 12, in effort to support their Sports Health Academy. The vision of the Sports Health Academy grew out Grant’s long legacy of successful athletic programs, and the affinity and passion the Del Paso Heights community has for these athletic…

Rib cook-off this weekend

Homer Simpson has a love for cook-offs, so if he could, he would probably be at this weekend’s North Sacramento BBQ Rib Cook-Off on Saturday, June 12, from 3pm – 8pm at Renaissance Square Building. Photo a composite of images by thebittenword.com and Last Exit to Springfield. Visitors will be able to eat ribs and…

Saca Community Learning Center celebrates fifth anniversary

The Saca Community Learning Center will celebrate its fifth anniversary with an open house on Thursday, June 10, from 4pm – 7pm at its location on Rio Linda Blvd. Presentations and tours are scheduled every half hour, and drinks and hors d’oeuvres will be served. Guests are asked to RSVP by contacting Genevieve Deignan at…

JPA to open firing range complex at McClellan

Tomorrow is the grand opening of the new JPA Firing Range Complex, located at 5436 Patrol Road, McClellan Business Park. The new complex is designed to provide quality firearms training to public safety agencies from throughout the region. Current members of the Northern California Regional Public Safety Training Authority, or NCRPSTA -JPA, include the Sacramento…

Iceland Community Cleanup

Working toward it’s goal of reopening on November 4, 2010, Iceland Ice Arena is hosting another community cleanup day tomorrow, June 6 from 7am to 4pm. The site is 90% clean, and the ice floor is in great shape. Still, much is left to be done: walkways must be paved, the neon must be fixed,…

Congrads Grads!

Congratulations to the Graduating Classes of Grant High School and Rio Linda High School! Grant will hold their ceremony in their on-campus stadium. Rio Linda will hold their ceremony in the stadium at American River College. Both ceremonies begin at 7pm. Photo by: CarbonNYC

Town and Country Art Fiesta

The Town and Country Art Fiesta takes place this weekend at the Town & Country Village Shopping Center at Marconi and Fulton Avenues. The Fiesta is the main fundraising event for the Sacramento Suburban Kiwanis. The event runs from 10am to 5pm on both June 5 and 6, 2010.

Jon Stewart takes on the Oil Disaster

Jon Stewart takes on both BP and President Obama on the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c The Spilling Fields www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party

Straugh Elementary School playground destroyed by fire

The Twin Rivers Police Department is searching for an arsonist after a fire destroyed the playground a Hazel Straugh Elementary School. The playground structure was already consumed by flames before firefighters arrived. Authorities are asking anyone with information on the fire to call the Twin Rivers Police Department’s arson tip line at 916-808-8732. Photo by:…