"Welcome to the Boulevard!" This was the theme Wednesday night at the grand opening of the new Sacramento News & Review building. Their new location at 1124 Del Paso Blvd. is a state-of-the-art green complex that will set the standard for new buildings in Sacramento. Councilwoman Sandy Sheedy emceed the event, which included guest speakers from the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency and Jeff von Kaenel, the chief executive officer of SN&R. Close to 100 people attended the event. "This project was weighed down by problems facing infill developments," Sheedy said. "If it wasn't for the extraordinary work of SHRA and Jeff and Deborah Redmond, chief operating officer of SN&R, this w

Many of you have asked about workshops and events being posted on our site in addition to the email invitations. Here is some information about our planned December events. We've organized a media panel Dec. 9. and a Google workshop Dec. 15. The media panel is a collaboration between the folks at the Urban Hive and The Sacramento Press. It will be held at the Urban Hive, Dec. 9 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. The panel features representatives from each type of news outlet and will focus on the changes each has had to make over the past few years with technology, the economy and social media. Each panel member will also be asked where they see the future of journalism is headed. Attendees will ha

Sacramento? Red carpet status? Really? Yes, it's true, Sacramento reaped three more awards this year—not for best actor or best original screenplay, mind you. Rather, Sacramento was recognized for excellence in journalism, thanks to up-and-coming Sactown magazine. For the second year in a row, Sactown magazine won three of the 78 Maggie Awards presented by the Western Publishing Association to West Coast publications for 2009. The WPA, a nonprofit business trade association, has awarded Maggies to electronic and print publications it considers “The Best in the West" within the U.S. for 58 years, with the intent to "promote the pursuit of excellence among publishing professionals." The W