Sacramento has a new and delicious gourmet treat that's made by a Sacramento local.  DavePops are creamy, drip-free ice pops that leave you swearing to yourself that you just had a cup of ice cream. But don’t let that creamy texture and taste fool you, this is no ice cream, this is a completely different process patented by creator Dave Feldpausch.  These treats come in a variety of different flavors including favorites like mint chip and mocha, and fruit flavors like mango, lemon, lime and much more, but I think the most unique flavors that he has are the energy drink flavors like Red Bull.  The most amazing thing is that although the popsicles are creamy and taste just like ice cream,

The amount of mopeds and scooters out on the roads these days in Sacramento, and really all over the U.S., has been steadily growing in the past few years. I would imagine that this is the most common they have been since the mid to late 70s. I have been watching it happen since about 2005 when I purchased the first moped I had ever even ridden. But even The Wall Street Journal is reporting about their increase in sales. The Wall Street Journal reports that “domestic sales of scooters have surged as budget- and environment-minded consumers look for relief from high pump prices and as more-appealing models come on the market.” Sales of scooters with engine sizes of 150CCs or less…have jump

So last night Saturday June 13th 2009 was another amazing second Saturday here in Sacramento but among the normal routine of the event it was Hot Italian’s Grand Opening bash. The people showed up in full affect for this event last night. The whole place was packed wall to wall with all types of people all with one common goal, pizza! And of course the beer and wine. But on top of all the great food was the entertainment, all night there were DJ’s spinning records on the roof all the while a local Sacramento Mural/Graphitti artist painted an awesome Hot Italian couple on the 16th street side of the building. Up All Night TV was also on site shooting and interviewing folks as well. But the

Some of you out there may not know me and my role at The Sacramento Press so let me fill you in just a bit, I work in our marketing department and it's my basic job to get out there and interface with the people and let them know we are here for their communities. However I often take advantage of this wonderful paper and write stories as well, and you should too. Last Tuesday, I set out on my mission to put together our first official mobile office. I needed to think of a good place to set it up and get a good feel for it. I instantly thought back to the story that one of our interns had done about some people in the River Park neighborhood who are working with the city to close the acce

Last night right about 1:30 am just a few minutes before last call a huge fight broke out in front of the downtown club Image. Seeing Police cruisers flying down I the turn left at 15th we rushed over to get the scoop. Pulling up bicycles there were already three Police cruisers stopped with Officers trying to break up the brawl and detain the suspects. About a total of 18 Cruisers and 2 Bicycles Officers as well only 2 suspects were taken into custody that we could see but there were many more people that were clearly involved some took off on foot. By the time that the Officers had the 2 suspects in the cruisers the Police Helicopter was in circle pursuit in about a 6-7 block radius in s

Friday Night Concert in the Park kicks it off real big this week after an upsetting bout of rain forced event coordinators to cancel last week’s performance. It was a little bit of a different scene this year with all types of new vendors, including Buckhorn Grill, Jealousy Catering, Joshua’s Ribs, Toppings Pizza and Fuzio, just to name a few. Also this year were booths set up for information about the city with lots of flyers and things to do in downtown Sacramento. One booth was for a group called Greensol, which is a company that produces bottled water, except their niche is that they have bottles that are made from corn and are biodegradable (and yes their bottles are colored green).

Rain brings a damper to the first weekend of May. To start things off the very first of the concert in the park series was supposed to start this Friday night and was rained out by 3 pm and right there it felt like the weekend was going to be a quiet lazy house weekend. And then the very next morning I head out to work to set up our Sac Press booth at the Sacramento Zoo for the California Celebration and already I can see that we might be in for a rain out. By 10 it was clear that all the performers would be pulling out of the event except for the Aztec Dancers. And shortly after that it was clear that no one was coming to the Zoo in the rain and all booths were packed up by noon. Another

Friday afternoon at around 4:30 there was yet another accident on Qst. this time it was at the intersection of Q and 11th. A blue Nissan Altima was heading down Qst seemingly at the speed limit minding his own business, when from the 11th st. side comes a Woman rolling through the stop sign. The Woman driving an 80’s model blue Toyota Camry didn’t even come close to a stop, barely even a California roll. Meanwhile the man in the blue Nissan was forced to slam on his brakes locking them up but ultimately smashing into the woman’s Toyota with massive force. Now the woman in the blue Toyota was clearly at fault and surely a little shaken up, but she seemed a little more than shaken up. The wo

On the corners of 21st and Q St. this afternoon people were shuffling about for their normal lunch routines when suddenly the peaceful spring day was interrupted by screeching tires and crunching metal. A blue Infiniti was driving down Q st. while a red Chevy Monte Carlo was traveling down 21 st. It's not clear at this moment which vehicle was at fault but an eye witness reports that the the red Chevy hit the Blue Infiniti causing it to go into a spin in-turn causing the two cars to collide once again. On second impact, the airbags deployed from the blue Infiniti, causing injuries to the chest of the man who was driving. The man then crawled out of the car getting himself to the side wal

In relation to the nationwide housing slump, how bad is it in Sacramento? And more specifically, how does your neighborhood stack up? As I was riding the Sacramento Press bike around today I came across an interesting poster in the window of McMartin Realty, with every Sacramento neighborhood listed as well as the average housing prices from August 2005 to February 2009. It also outlined the difference in prices. To my surprise, it's really much worse than I had imagined (not being a home owner). The difference in price has plummeted by nearly 50 percent in almost every neighborhood in Sacramento. Some were much worse than that and only one neighborhood in Sacramento actually had an incr

So we all know that last night was an amazing second Saturday and that there were a plethora of people out last night. But what some people might not know is that after all was said and done in downtown there was a white Ford F-150 on the I-5 southbound ramp at I st. This particular ramp is a spiral and you don't see the freeway for a few hundred feet as i was going up the ramp i noticed the car in front of me came to a stop and as i looked past the SUV and what do i see is none other than a newer model white Ford F-150 and the whole front end of the car was engulfed in flames. the ramp quickly became backed up with no one wanting to go around. It seemed as though there was no one around o

A large group of protestors who had caravanned in from the Bay Area, as well as a number of locals, rallied on the steps of the State Capital today April 8th, for a few hours starting at 12:30 p.m., with several different speakers presenting. Named the Caravan for Justice, the group buses and drives in large numbers of people from around California in the hopes of getting lawmakers to reform different laws that specifically affect urban youth, touching on such subjects as law reform, prison reform and school reform. This was not the first protest that the Caravan for Justice has hosted on the steps of the Capitol. On February 19, the Caravan for Justice bussed in hundreds of people who h

Vic's Ice Cream opened its doors to the public in 1947 and has since become a true Land Park landmark. After more than half a century in business, this quaint little ice cream parlor has managed to stand the test of time, even with competition from companies like Baskin Robbins. It's easy to see why the people of Land Park love their little neighborhood treasure so much. From the moment a person walks in, Vic’s instantly takes him or her back to another time and place, from the black and white tile floors and the pinstripe wallpaper, all the way down to the one-cent Ford gumball machine. Its menu items all date back to its grand opening during the Truman administration. Vic's carries 29

A Citrus Heights man takes his own life in a tragic leap off of the infamous forest hill bridge in Auburn. I read a little bit about this story in the Auburn Journal and I really didn’t think too much of it other than it was a tragedy. The 27-year-old man had gone up to the Sierras to go snowboarding for the day, apparently the man had been depressed before he had even left Sacramento. The mans wife told local Police that he had called her that day from a bar close to the resort and said that he would not be returning home that night and would be staying in a local hotel. I actually found out about this story yesterday from one of my good friends who lives and works up at Sugar Bowl Ski Re

So Mexican food I would say has to be one of my all time favorite styles of food so this time what’s for lunch is Poncho’s Mexican grill. Located rite on the corner of 21st and Broadway it is convenient for everyone. The first time I ate at Poncho’s was actually very much by chance, a friend and I had just finished a class at city and had some time to spare between our next classes. We decided to grab a bite but needed something close to school we just happened to be stopped at the light and looked over and were like hey why not this place. This could not have been a better choice, from the moment we walked in the service was amazing. Friendly people and just a good warm welcoming environm

While here in Sacramento for the past few weeks visiting family and friends, Sgt. Kevin Cameron and his k-9 partner Ramo have also had the time to visit a few elementary schools in the area. Just giving the kids a chance to meet a real GI Joe and his dog, seems to be just as fun for Ramo as it is for the kids. I had the chance to catch up with Sgt. Cameron and Ramo at Crocker Riverside Elementary to see just what takes place in these show and tells. Cameron usually brings Ramo in and gives him a chance to sniff around and assess the situation; old habits die-hard I guess. Then he will give the kids a chance to go ahead and ask all sorts of questions about Ramo, himself and what it is tha

So the past few weeks have been quite wet and wild and it puts a little bit of a damper on my marketing tools for the company. Don’t really want to leave flyers to just get rained on and ruined. However the rain never stops my riding and working. So after a day or two it clicked in my head. The stickers that’s it, the stickers I will leave them in all the vending machines I can find then people will have to see them. So I spent the next day and a half going around town looking for vending machines in the right areas. Once I did I put the stickers inside the slots where the candy and sodas come out. After a couple of days I decided to head back over to all the vending machines and see how m

Local Staff Sgt saved by his canine, in turn earning the dog a home for his own life. A young Sacramento Staff Sgt Kevin Cameron spent his past years in the army training canines, only to have his own life saved by one of the very dogs he helped to train and was partnered with. Cameron a local of Sacramento is here only in passing right now to see his wife and stepson before continuing on to his new station in Washington. But after spending the past 3 years of his duty partnered with his dog Ramo, Cameron found out that his beloved pooch was going up for retirement and he knew where Ramo needed to be. So Cameron did everything with in his power to make sure that Ramo was going home with

So its no secret that the American River Bike trails is one of my favorite places to spend my free time. I think it’s one of Sacramento’s best treasures for all types of riders. The fact that it goes from Sacramento all the way to Folsom is amazing. I’m sure that many of you have ridden this trail and seen all the beauty that it has to offer, like the deer that can be seen all the way from Sac State to Folsom. But there is a certain area of this bike trail that may give you something a little bit different to look at then the serene nature setting I was just describing. As you come up on this section of the trail, if you look closely into the brush you will begin to see a few campsites se

Ok so if you’re like me then you know you love to eat. But eating in midtown is not always as quick an easy as we might hope for especially when you’re at work. It’s not like there are not plenty of good places to eat in mid town, but there are some places you might have over looked at least for lunch. One of those places is one of my favorite places to eat lunch actually. Aioli Bodega Espanol on 18th & Lst may not be a new name for you as they have been a thriving member of our midtown restaurant community for years now, but mostly for their amazing dinner plates and spectacular wine list. However I urge you to try their lunch, it is reasonably priced, always cooked to perfection no matte