Sacramento residents greeted the city's newest entertainment spots – a mermaid bar, a gourmet pizza restaurant with acrobatic pizza tossers and a high-end dance club – on K Street Mall last week. Pizza Rock, 1020 K St., opened Friday following sneak previews held earlier in the week at all three businesses. Sacramento Press’ Mariel Tagg was at Pizza Rock's grand opening Friday, talking to first-time customers and getting some background from co-owner Tony Gemignani: http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/43794/Pizza_Rock_opens_to_the_public Grand openings for Dive Bar and District 30, which flank Pizza Rock, will be held Wednesday. Community contributors Kati Garner and Ron Nabity co

Work is moving forward to bring a mermaid bar and other nightlife venues to troubled K Street Mall, while the city attempts to address a lawsuit over the development. At the end of May, developers David Taylor and Los Angeles-based CIM Group finished the first stage of interior work for the controversial project to redevelop long-vacant buildings at 1012 K St. and 1016 - 1022 K St. Crews cleaned up contaminants including asbestos and lead and also took down some inside walls. The developers are now working on construction drawings to gain approval to bring the shell and core up to code. They are expected to submit the drawings to the city in August to show how they plan to meet the city'