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Sacto Chicken Co. Takes Over Old Merlino’s Freeze Food Stand - By Greg Brown 26 Aug 2013 | 12:42 am
I must admit: I enjoy the Colonel once in a blue Kentucky moon. Yes I “ate the bones.” But it’s always good to think outside the bucket and check out a local Sacramento chicken joint. Coming soon: The...
African American WW2 vets from Pocket celebrate 66 years of marriage - By MONICA STARK 23 Aug 2013 | 04:11 am
Joe and Odessa Marshall both turned 90 years old this last spring and have been married for 66 years. While they both served in the military, they didn’t meet each other until a few years after the en...
National Night Out had great turn out in the south area - By Police Captain Neil Schneider 23 Aug 2013 | 04:06 am
Thanks for a Terrific National Night Out. We had 23 NNO events in South Command. I was very pleased that my lieutenants either came in on their day off or worked late to attend as many neighborhoods a...
District tears down CKM baseball batting cage, upsetting community, but promises to rebuild - By Monica Stark 22 Aug 2013 | 10:32 am
C.K. McClatchy athletes and coaches who came to the fields for routine practice on Wednesday, Aug. 21 were shocked and upset to find Sacramento City Unified School District staff tearing down a large ...
Darrell’s Notes 21 Aug 2013 | 03:33 am
National Night Out 2013 We had a great turnout for National Night Out this year. We made it to seven different events. We talked about issues affecting our community and the city as a whole. Issue...
50 years in the making: Greek food at its finest - By Monica Stark 21 Aug 2013 | 01:00 am
Photos courtesy of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church Two grandmas Faye Vallas and Voula Cazanis will be ganging up on chef Patrick Mulvaney at the YiaYia Cookoff while two or three non-Greek jud...
St. Francis High School welcomes new principal to campus - By Susan Laird 21 Aug 2013 | 12:13 am
Principal Theresa Rodgers and two students in leadership, Ashley Kyalwazi and Martina Penalosa. Photos courtesy of St. Francis High School This month, the halls at St. Francis Catholic High School ar...
East Sacramento Youth Gives Her Prime Time to Local Felines - By Gina Lorenzo 20 Aug 2013 | 12:02 am
Kate Neubuerger Kate Neubuerger is a 13-year-old East Sacramento resident who loves cats. She likes to “be around animals” even if she has to get her hands dirty. This eighth grader at Country Day Sc...
Know your neighbor: Amber Stott 18 Aug 2013 | 11:56 pm
Amber Stott in her edible backyard in River Park, which will be the site of a dinner fundraiser for the Sacramento Food Literacy Center on Saturday, Aug. 31. Photo by Monica Stark River Park resident...
Scholarships available through Sacramento Pioneer Association - By LANCE ARMSTRONG 17 Aug 2013 | 11:48 pm
Monica Pope, president of the Sacramento Pioneer Association, shares details pertaining to the organization’s scholarship program for 11th and 12th grade students. Photo by Lance Armstrong The Sacram...
