Sutter, a landmark name in Sacramento, from hospitals built, gold being found and to the fort in central Sacramento. Sutter is a name that Sacramento is familiar with. Sorry Kit Carson but your name holds no brownie points with us.      Sutter Middle School is arguably one of the best in Sacramento, so it comes as a surprise to many that anyone would choose to shake it's prodigal foundation. What about the ducks of McKinely Park? Who will relocate them when a sports complex is built over the land that has been theirs since before we were children?      Friday Nov. 4th, 2011 Sutter Middle School managed to dodge a consolidation plan that would shake the grounds of every alumni and cu

The play Othello is about a black officer whose marriage to a white woman ends very tragically due to the ingenious scheming of an "honest" friend of Othello. I love the storyline of Othello. I had seen the movie Othello starring Laurence Fishbourne about 10 years ago and again about 1 month ago. I read the play, also about 1 month ago, and even read another book, "Othello - Shakespeare Made Easy" so that I would be able to better interpret the language in the play. I had even seen a very contemporary version of the play in a movie called "O" starring Mekhi Phifer and Julia Stiles. So it seemed fitting that the only thing left for me to see was a live performance of the play that I love s

 Mayor Kevin Johnson held a second meeting on his Greenwise initiative Tuesday at Sacramento City College detailing his monthly plans through December and highlighting his four major focuses within the project. The “Four Major Principles” Johnson discussed were regional economy, green jobs, innovative policies and green IQ. Regional economy was emphasized at the meeting and Johnson said that for this project to work, the entire region, which consists of 6 six counties and 22 cities, must all work together and make the leap simultaneously. “There are strength in numbers,” he said. “If we look at just one policy for one city, we will not have a competitive advantage. It has to be a region