The Broadway Hardware store that has been closed since late 2008 might soon be opening as a pawn shop. “We’re not 100 percent committed to that location, but we did lock in the building while we do our due diligence,” said Stan Lukowicz, Jr., who owns Capital City Loan & Jewelry, a chain of six pawn shops in the Sacramento area, with his father and brother. The first one was opened in 1993, and its most recent stores opened in Roseville and on Florin Mall Drive about two years ago. The possibility of opening in the old store at 1708 Broadway is in line with the company’s goals and works as a location close to downtown without the parking problems associated with a downtown spot, Lukowi

Family legend has it that Russian Czar Nicholas II was hot on the heels of the Anapolskies when the clan's grandmother shepherded the children out of the country. The situation was much the same for other Jewish families in 1904 Russia. On Tuesday, descendants of the immigrants, who settled in Sacramento, celebrated the longevity of a downtown business that has remained in the family for more than 100 years. Three generations of brothers, as well as a wife-husband team, have run the business for the last century. The business has changed over the years to become Sacramento's oldest family-operated pawn shop, California Loan & Jewelry Co. The current owners, brothers Larry and Warren Anap

Sacramento's oldest family-run pawn shop will celebrate 100 years in business with a jewelry raffle Tuesday. California Loan & Jewelry Co., 916 J St., will raffle $30,000 in diamonds and gold at 3 p.m. About 5,000 people have entered the drawing, which ended Dec. 31. "It's a way to thank our customers for keeping us in business for 100 years," said Warren Anapolsky. He who owns the store with his brother Larry. The brothers' grandfather and great uncle opened the store in 1909. The raffle is the culmination of a 13-month celebration of the store's longevity. Since December 2008, the family has given $100 to $300 gift cards to customers who won monthly raffles. The gems have been reset