At 11a.m. on the last Friday of each month I hear a high pitched noise for 2 minutes. This noise is emanating from one of many civil defense, or air raid sirens that were first built for World War 2. Although I hear this high pitched noise at my office, the photos in this article are actually of an air raid siren located in front of Mulvaney's Building and Loan on 19th Street between L Street and Capital. In this storyline I plan to find out the definitive answers to who built all the sirens, why they still are tested and how the whole system works. My journey has started at the library and will continue tomorrow with an interview of Mike Grace who is the one who actually flips the switc

I challenge you, the readers of our publication to see the news that is going on all around you. Kevin Johnson thanked his supporters on the corner of 5th and I Street 500 feet from the front door of our office. Several weeks ago the entire Sacramento Federal Courthouse emptied out for a fire drill and marched across the street invading the local Starbucks and our parking lot. The last Friday of every week all the air raid sirens positioned around Sacramento blare loudly at 11 A.M. Have you heard them? Did you ever ask why? The picture above depicts all the construction going on at the Amtrak station, which is undergoing quite a transformation. The Sacramento Press is a place for you