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Sacramentans get a peek into the past at SOCA's annual historic home tour

Many would agree with Reine Thibeault when she says, "I like to get a glimpse into other people's lives. It's fun." That's just what Sacramentans had a chance to do at Sunday's Sacramento Old City Association's (SOCA) 34th annual historic home tour in Midtown's Boulevard Park neighborhood. More than 300 history hunters visited 7 seven restored homes on a self-guided walking tour that featured architectural, interior design and landscaping highlights of the mostly Craftsman-style homes. Craftsman design was popular from the end of the 19th century to the early part of the 20th century. The movement emphasized handmade over mass-produced and was in large part a reaction to the Industrial

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Haunted house? Eerie for sure.

It's halloween. And this new storyline is about news taking place 6 blocks from my house. And about 6 blocks from my house is something rather pertinent on this particular holiday. A stroll through Evangiline's in Old Sacramento today leaves no doubt that the holiday is as popular as ever and in full swing. But there's the commercial Halloween that most of us have come to view as the holiday and then there are those that look beyond the candy and the costumes for something more sinister. And while personally I am not a fan of the occult, strolling passed the house at 22nd and H Street, might give anyone a chill. In the middle of the day, at dusk or the middle of the night, the house dem

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