Sacramento Press will be set up in front of KlickNation at 1015 20th Street tonight for Second Saturday. We will be serving free lemonade on this hot summer day and enlisting new community contributors! KlickNation is also hosting two wineries, RailBridge Cellars and Ficklin Vineyards, and Mochii Yogurt. Sean Berry from Vis a V Salon 2381 will be offering free consultations and free services. Sandra Hoover @ SandraHoover.net will be showing her art, along with Kathryn Luna and Kristin Hartman, and Elizabeth Kaapcke. DJ Slyvano will be spinning live throughout the evening and there will be a live performance by Sacramento Wushu club. Come join us or watch live video here! Free live

 In wake of the recent disaster in Haiti, many people are looking for ways to help the victims. There are various ways to do so on a local level, and some businesses are already making a difference. From big to small, fundraisers and donations are giving Sacramentans ways to reach out to Haiti. With the damage still unknown, there is still more we can do to help. Here’s what you can do to help with disaster relief in Haiti: -Local businesses and communities can take the initiative to raise and donate funds to the Sacramento-Sierra Chapter of the American Red Cross, whose spokeswoman Trista Jensen says, “The best thing that people can do right now is to make a donation.” KCRA 3 is joinin

 Today was a great day to be at The Sacramento Zoo. It was sunny and beautiful and there were animals and smiling painted faces everywhere you looked.  There were many booths set up around the zoo in honor of Earth Fest. Among them were the Sacramento Public Library, Sierra Club, Department of Conservation, The Lavender Farm, and many more along with crafts, a rummage sale, live music, and face painting. The Sacramento Press tent was set up close to the zoo entrance. Most people were instantly attracted to our spinning, clicking prize wheel and headed over to our booth to see what was to be won: stickers, postcards, and best of all, reusable grocery bags. By two o'clock every single reu

 About a week ago I moved to a new house. A duplex, actually. Moving is never easy; besides all the heavy lifting and cleaning to do there are new neighbors to meet, new trash day to remember and the ceremonial 'arranging of furniture'. However, I've moved so many times throughout my life that it's become a pretty breezy process. Except this time.  Not only have I been barraged with neighbors coming over to excitedly point out that I am, indeed, parked in front of their house, and, Can I please not do that? And will I please make sure my dog never poops in their yard? Okay, so I get it, I am part of the never-ending cycle of new tenants in the neighborhood. And it's not like I was expecti

 In my previous articles, "Graffiti artists vs. property owners" and "How you can affect graffiti" (which you can view by clicking the Storyline tab to the right), the discussion played mostly on property owners, graffiti removal and costs involved. That's only a a part of the issues involved with graffiti. There's a lot I'd like to know about the person holding the spray paint. What happens when a tagger (the person colorfully broadcasting their moniker) gets caught for vandalizing property? Under Penal Code section 594, the penalty given depends on the dollar amount of damage done. Essentially, the cost of property damages done by a tagger determines whether he or she is charged with a