With a 14-year old son who has been battling diabetes since the tender age of five, New York Times & USA Today best-selling author and local Sacramento resident Brenda Novak is teaming up with involved community partners to present an upscale fundraising event, “The Perfect Brunch,” on Saturday, May 14, at Mercedez-Benz of Rocklin.   In partnership with Arden Hills Resort Club & Spa and Von Housen Mercedes-Benz of Rocklin and with support from Arden Fair Mall, “The Perfect Brunch” will include a lovely buffet brunch provided by Bistro 33 Rocklin, swag bags filled with amazing giveaways, live and silent auctions with coveted items plus raffle prizes that include a spectacular 18k pave diamo

Automotive treasure hunters find gems and long sought items at California Automobile Museum's Fall Swap Meet. 6am and already they are setting up the tables. The vehicles were lined up for over an hour and now it’s time to get to work. Trunks are opened, tailgates lowered and pop-up canopies appear to shade goods. A few polish up the goods, but most leave them alone. The older, the dirtier, the more rust, the better. They have found these in their backyards, attics, the neighborhood garage sale and maybe even here last year. Two men haggle over a black old toy truck trailer with one missing door. A young lady waits eagerly in the back ground. Finally the man returns and hands her the pri

Downtown Sacramento was a blur of baby blue T-shirts Saturday during the 2nd Annual Race for the Rock. More than 250 two-member teams competed for bling in the scavenger hunt, in which clues were sent via text message. The grand prize was a $20,000 Hearts on Fire diamond ring donated by Rogers Jewelry. Proceeds benefited Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services (SFBFS). Unlike many other nonprofit fund raisers, donors got the ball rolling, not the charity. "We wanted to do something that brought the community together and where people could have a good time," said Calvin Curtin of Rogers Jewelry. After deciding to do a scavenger hunt, Rogers chose SFBFS as its community partner. "We tol

Today turned out to be a strange day. The day is January 10, 2009, Saturday. I went walking with my dogs Pika and HPI (Pronounced Hi-Pee) at Elk Grove Laguna Creek Wetlands. According to high school kids, the Wetlands is haunted. There is claim by these high school kids, that on one foggy night they saw a covered wagon drawn by two ghostly black horses near some Eucalyptus trees. Eucalyptus trees were brought over by settlers from Australia. They were planted in clumps in certain areas, so that settlers can use the shade from these huge trees for cover. The three clumps in the Wetlands is where kids have said they have either seen ghostly figures in old Western outfits or have seen the gho