For Ethnic Blend Clothing owners, Dejanelle and Thomas Boerner, representing a clothing brand like Nike was not enough, they wanted their clothing to have a personal message. Ethnic Blend Clothing (EBC) is a local urban street-wear clothing brand designed to represent a multicultural and mixed world on T-shirts, tank tops and sweaters. “We wanted to educate people through the clothing line. We are creating an awareness here in Sacramento,” through the Second Saturday Art Walk events called Mixture, and by wearing the brand, Boerner said. One way the company intends to create awareness is by donating $1 of every T-shirt sold through the upcoming website to a scholarship fund specifically

After seven years of planning and development, the Sacramento Children’s Museum opened its doors Thursday morning after 24 little hands, holding red scissors, cut the green ribbon in front of more than 300 people waiting to explore the new museum. The Sacramento Children’s Museum is a nonprofit corporation founded in 2004, that focuses the interactive exhibits on math, science, art and social learning skills for children ages 8 and under. At the ribbon-cutting ceremony at 2701 Prospect Park in Rancho Cordova, children could get their faces painted with bright swirls of pinks, blues and greens, or watch a colorful balloon be shaped into a sword or a giraffe while they waited for the ribbo

A healthy kids initiative had its funding cut Tuesday when the City Council voted to decrease grant funding by 60 percent, a move officials say stems from the state budget difficulties. The Sacramento First 5 Commission funds 60 percent of Cover the Kids (CTK), a program launched in 1998 with the funds from a tobacco tax that engages in family outreach to enroll children into health care programs by helping and educating families on the importance of preventative care and how to navigate the health care system in five counties: Colusa, El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento and Yuba. CTK assisted to enroll approximately 3,500 children in this past fiscal year into health coverage programs, Joil X

Round Rock took three out of the four-game series against Sacramento, which managed to break its second longest eight-game losing streak of the season, with an action-packed win Monday night, 5-3. Texas Rangers’ affiliate, Round Rock Express, took an early lead in the first by capitalizing on an error by River Cats second baseman Andy LaRoche that allowed third baseman Esteban German to score after stealing his 40th base of the season in the same inning. An action-packed second inning for the River Cats gave Sacramento a two-run lead after a single from Carter and an RBI double by center fielder Jermaine Mitchell bringing the score 3-1. A sprained thumb had Carter out since April, after

David Lindsay-Abaire’s “Wonder of the World,” directed by Big Idea Theater company member Jessica Berkey, sparks the audience through unexpected laughter-filled twists and turns, as the seven-crew cast brings the quirky characters to life. Energetic and vibrant Shannon Mahoney, Big Idea Theater managing director, plays the main character, Cass Harris, who after ditching her husband to fulfill a bucket list after a mysterious discovery in his sweater drawer, finds herself in a bus on the way to Niagara Falls. Sitting in the bus next to her, is alcoholic, suicidal Lois Coleman, who is played by Beth Edwards, also a company member. Edwards has been an active actress locally for over 10 ye