Tuesday night's regular Sacramento County Historical Society monthly meeting will not feature beer, but copies of Sacramento’s Breweries will be available for sale, and author Ed Carroll will sign books and give a brief talk on Sacramento brewery history. In addition to the Golden Notes signing, the meeting will also feature James Scott and Tom Tolley, presenting their new book Sacramento’s Alkali Flat by Arcadia Publishing. They will also give a brief talk on their book, will have copies for sale and be present for signing. SCHS members can pick up their free copy of Sacramento’s Breweries early at this event; for non-members, copies cost $15. Sacramento’s Breweries, by historian Ed Car

On Tuesday February 9 the Sacramento City Council authorized the use of the Sacramento city seal for use on plaques to be fabricated through the Historic Properties Plaque Program, a project of Sacramento Heritage, Inc.   Sacramento Heritage Inc. is a nonprofit organization incorporated by the city of Sacramento to promote and preserve Sacramento's architectural heritage. The Historic Properties Plaque Program allows owners of properties that are either listed Sacramento landmarks, or contributing buildings to Sacramento historic districts, to purchase bronze plaques for display on their properties. The cost of the plaques will be paid by the property owner, should they choose to partici

Those passing by Grebitus & Sons Jewelers at the corner of 10th and L Street this month will see a piece of Sacramento history in the window; a trio of life-size animated figures (a man, a woman and a dog) in front of a Christmas tree. The figures are products of the Gaffney Display Company, the family firm who created the figures for the Breuner's furniture store chain's annual Christmas window display.   The idea started at November's Sacramento County Historical Society meeting, where Mark Gaffney gave a presentation on the history of Gaffney Display Company and their years providing animated figures for Breuner's. Mark's parents started Gaffney Display in 1936, and Mark has carried o

"So what do you mean by noise?" That's probably the #1 question about the Noisefest, except maybe "Do you have any earplugs?" The answer to the latter question is simple (yes, we do) but the first question is more complex. People know what noise is in the general sense, but not very many know what noise is in the musical sense. In some ways, the Norcal Noisefest is intended to answer that question by showing people what noise is, instead of simply telling them. The 2009 Norcal Noisefest, formerly known as the Northern California Experimental Music Festival, is the thirteenth festival in a series orignally started in 1995 here in Sacramento, intended to bring noise music to the public ear

As a Sacramento resident keenly interested in the history of K Street from the gold rush to the present, I have read many opinions regarding the best ways to fix the ongoing problems of K Street. Some have been proposed recently, ideas that I view with a mixture of amusement and horror. Most involve returning to the mistakes of the past while clearly avoiding its successes. In order to take the best from the past while avoiding some of its mistakes, I have selected some favorites. I can take credit for none of them, as they are all ideas that have been suggested at other times and places, but they seem like the best of the lot to me. This ten-point plan varies in scope from the very simple

Code enforcement is just one way to try to maintain some semblance of order at the local level--and while some try to get out of paying code enforcement fines, many actually do complete the needed repairs or cleanup or pay their fines, if code enforcement departments are well-staffed enough to provide effective case management and followup. A good code enforcement team can also prevent problems before they occur by offering advice to homeowners while doing inspections--I have benefited from the knowledge of city code staff in the past. However, if layoffs mean that the experienced staff are no longer in city employ, and those that remain have such a caseload that they can't provide good followup, their department becomes far less useful. bbbbmer: There's an old saw that goes "Think globally, act locally." Our larger-scale problems shouldn't be an excuse to avoid fixing things in our own community--and genuine community-driven repairs, guided by people who have an understanding of how government works, can provide a model to get us out of this mess on a national level.

Here is the text content of the NoWayKJ.com homepage, via archive.org: Slumlord Violating City Codes Failures to Appear Allegations of sexual misconduct with underage girls Cover-up? Federal Investigation KEVIN JOHNSON - No Answers. No responsibility. No remorse. No way, KJ! Sexual Misconduct - Failure to Appear - Property Citations Kevin Johnson - The Measure Of A Man Should Be Taken By His Actions, Not By His Words It's easy to do the right thing when you're an NBA star. It's easy to say the right things when you're running for Mayor. But what matters in a person is what they do when they think no one is watching. What they think they can get away with when no one will find out. Take the measure of a man in the way he treats his neighbors. In the way he runs his business. Take the measure of a man in the way he takes responsibility for his actions. KEVIN JOHNSON - No Answers. No responsibility. No remorse. No way, KJ! Listen to the WIRETAPS KJ in the Headlines Public Docs: Police and Child Abuse Reports No Way! KJ Authorized and paid for by Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 447 Federal Political Action Fund a committee independent of any candidate http://web.archive.org/web/20080609231514/http://www.nowaykj.com/

TomRunge: The Bee link you posted is a one-paragraph blog post, not exactly "wide coverage." I think you're lying about this, Tom, and throwing around charges of "racist" because you think it will shut people up. You're wrong about a great many things, and/or you're lying about them. And again, are you claiming that KJ didn't have code violation cases?

So far, I haven't seen much in the way of proof, and from past experience I don't trust your assertions. Are you claiming that KJ didn't have code-violation cases against him?

I'd like to see examples of this "No Way KJ" campaign literature you're talking about. As to "slumlord," he did have a bunch of active code-violation cases while he was running for mayor. Hm. The only thing on the Bee site that matches that description is a blog post...there doesn't appear to be an editorial to go along with what the Bee purportedly said...so who is the blog poster quoting? A Google search doesn't find any hits either...what editorial does this blog post refer to?