As pretty as a wedding cake and a hundred times more colorful, the Crest Theatre regained center stage on K Street Mall Monday night with the relighting of its historic marquee. The "ooos" and "ahhs" of roughly 300 people seemed to float up over the flashing dance of electrified color that now plays from the marquee's reader board to the top of the 90-foot blade. People of all ages turned out to watch as Mayor Kevin Johnson and Sacramento City Councilman Ray Tretheway threw the switch to relight the landmark neon sign following a four-month restoration. The city ponied up $360,000 for interior work and the sign's renovation, which was handled by YESCO sign company. The theater and its s

A beauty is about to take center stage on K Street Mall. She's not quite ready for close-ups yet. But passersby are starting to get glimpses of the historic Crest Theatre's new face. Renovation of the theater's landmark art deco sign is nearly finished. YESCO sign company finished reinstalling the "CREST" letters above the reader board Wednesday. A total of 42 new and repaired neon light units are almost done, said Sean Ward, the company's service sales representative on the project. The blade -- consisting of sections known as the tower, the leaves and the candy cane -- and the marquee, with its reader board, have been repainted. This restoration included painting the roughly 90-foot