The south Sacramento community and local media outlets joined together on Oct. 6 for the “Media and Community: Powerful Partners for Community Improvement” at 7000 65th Street, Sacramento, Calif 95823 to discuss ways to begin a partnership that will create a more positive image of the area in written, digital and televised media. The south Sacramento community came together with local media outlets to address the topic of “How does media influence the way you think about your neighbors?” Partnering with the media rang out loud and clear. Many of the participants understood the media’s need to market and sell stories, but they expressed the need to partner more with them so that positive i

ORANGEVALE, CALIFORNIA, June 22, 2009 --- In the summer of 1969, five hundred thousand young people converged on a dairy farm in rural New York for "three days of peace and music". "Woodstock" defined a generation. In celebration of the 40th anniversary, Grangestock will be presented July 11, an outdoor festival of fun, food & music at the Orangevale Grange's beautiful natural amphitheatre. Grangestock will begin at 11:00am and feature more than a dozen “far out” bands and entertainers from across the state, providing music and laughs for a day-long spoof of Woodstock and an era that brought us hippies, hot pants & Hubert Humphrey. The festivities will last until “whenever, man”, ending