From the quiet streets of Old Sac, the sun begins its arrival on a chilly morning two days before Thanksgiving. Watch SacPress for upcoming holiday events happening in Downtown and Old Sacramento.   SacPress photo | Kati Garner  

Despite the sweltering temperatures, it will be Christmas in June this weekend in Old Sacramento. On a 40-city interactive train tour,"Disney's A Christmas Carol" train will be pulling into Old Sacramento Friday through Sunday as a promotion for the upcoming "Disney's A Christmas Carol," which is scheduled to open in November and stars Jim Carrey. Carolers, Christmas decorations and fake snow will transform the train tracks near the California State Railroad Museum into a winter wonderland for families and children of all ages. Those who hop aboard the train will be treated to several different exhibit cars highlighting the making of the movie and featuring props and costumes from the f

A few more photos taken as I roamed this year's Jazz Fest! see more Sac Jazz photos at :http://a05-b05.mypicturetown.com:80/P2PwebCmdController/share.jsp?x=Ndxx.%2AEIv%2A62vlK_fkJAktvHYBfNbpRWQzNKkURZM-tI0ekCuxRWbRtUGlUgK%2563qs-NE1O%3DQlAKJi_N3jkhKJdYXMHj9.A1Gj_4zNusvmTWhUv Photos | Kati Garner

This is the first Jazz Fest Jubilee for me. I moved to Sactown three years ago from  Washington state. Six years ago I retired from a weekly newspaper. I was a photojournalist. I make a better photographer than a wordsmith. I just can't help myself - I just can't stop shooting. As I meandered through Old Sac today, I found myself smiling. The Jazz Fest had a good feel to it. The volunteers were helpful and excited, it seemed well organized and the music was great. Hopefully this narrative will tie in with the photos accompanying this; My first stop was under the freeway. Cornet Chop Suey was playing to a large crowd. They have great syle playing traditional jazz, swing and also the  b

Singapore. Kailua, Hawaii. And Sacramento? Yes, our hometown has made the Los Angeles Times' "most underrated places of the world" list. Compiled by the newspaper's travel staff, the list includes spots around the world as great places to visit that usually don't make the covers of the glossy travel magazines. But why Sacramento? The Times says it's a great day trip, full of history and beauty. And the newspaper is right: Here's an excerpt from the Times http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-trw-underrated19-2009apr19: Why people ignore it: Just 80 miles from the breezy, self-consciously quaint tourist magnet of San Francisco, Sacramento is anything but. Saddled with hot summers, a dy

I'm going to be honest with you. I am obsessed with the tango. The fluid yet intense drama of the music. The passion that emanates out of an utterly technical and complicated piece of choreography. The ebb and flow of two entangled bodies in the throes of dance. Nestled among the shops of Old Sacramento is a place where the steamy dance halls of Buenos Aires have taken up residence in a local Northern California dance studio. Tango by the River is the brain child of Donna Williams who founded the dance studio seven years ago as a reaction to her own deep affection for the dance that was born in Argentina during the mid-1800s. From the regular class instruction on Tuesday, Thursday and

 Have you ever been to the part of the Sacramento River sandwiched between Capital City Freeway and Old Sac? This particular area, dubbed "The Docks," is certainly not the most attractive place to hold a riverside picnic.  It is desolate and barren where dirt grows like grass and old generating plants and reservoirs go to die. However, that will change as the city readies itself once again for the Docks Area Project.  On September 30, Gov. Schwarzenegger signed AB 2026, a bill allowing the Department of Parks and Recreation to transfer surplus properties through sale or exchange. This means that the city can now acquire the last three parcels of land it needs to begin Phase I of the proje