Mike Morris wore a headlamp late Thursday night as he searched for homeless people in McKinley Park and areas around the freeway at 29th Street. Morris, with two other volunteers and a law enforcement officer, interviewed two homeless individuals Thursday night as part of the Homeless Street Count event organized by the Sacramento Steps Forward group. A third homeless person declined to be interviewed. The Sacramento Press shadowed the group. About 400 volunteers turned out on a cold and foggy Thursday night to count the homeless living in Sacramento County. The count is done every other year to comply with the federal Housing and Urban Development Agency. “I’ve never done anything like

Shine – a new coffeehouse at 14th and E streets – opened Aug. 29, and management said the neighborhood has been receptive, with sales steadily climbing. “We are ‘the chill zone,’ ” said Rena Davonne, owner of Shine. “I wanted it to be a neighborhood place.” The Shine building – which also houses belly dancing and yoga businesses – held a grand opening Saturday, and the coffeehouse brought live music to its small stage. “That went really well,” said Manager Demetri Gregorakis. “About 500 people came through the doors that day.” Gregorakis said that constitutes about four times as many customers as came through the business on previous Saturdays. “That was the first time we had live mus

A San Francisco development firm hopes to start work this year on a $28 million housing and commercial project at a downtown Sacramento location. The Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency has struggled with the proposed project's site for years. Domus Development wants to build commercial buildings, parking and affordable housing in the space between D and E Streets bordered by 12th Street. More affordable housing would be built at the other site of the project, between the C Street Alley and D Street at 12th Street. Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency staffers are strongly supporting the project. SHRA officials note in a March 2 report that the agency and three separate d