Monday, Sept. 14 No events are scheduled on this day. Tuesday, Sept. 15 6 - 9:30 p.m. The Mexican Cultural Institute of California will be holding a Mexican Independence Day celebration on the west steps of the Capitol. About 2500 people are expected to participate.

Sacramento is now also known for the "Tent City" for the homeless. That’s okay. If Sacramento, the capitol of the seventh or eighth largest economy in the world has to be the poster child city for the homelessness problem in America, then so be it! Probably every man, woman and child in our area is aware of the growing homeless community. It does not matter where you are in the Sacramento area, homelessness happens. In fact, some of the people interviewed for the stories about our tent city, said "we never dreamed that we would be homeless and in this condition". I have never dreamed of being homeless, have you? Maybe we are next. I come from a very large family and I believe if my world