Very interesting story. I'm looking forward to the production.

Very thorough article. Nice job SacPress. It really underlines that the city is doing little more than window dressing in response to the shooting last month. I hope that the city will actually use the winter months to think hard about how to return Second Saturday to its roots and focus it on art once again. A comment to Native916 - try to exercise a little tolerance for other peoples' opinions. Saying that two earlier posters' negative opinions about Second Saturday could somehow tarnish the event more than a violent shooting death of an innocent bystander just seems over the top and not conducive to civil discourse.

Very interesting article. Talk about a city boondoggle. How much did the city pay for this fountain that never flows? I also wonder if the city is resisting the requirement to build shower and bathroom facilities in that area because they are anticipating issues with homeless and indigent people being drawn to the ammenities.

hmmm...I don't think its a typo...more like a "read-O." The story clearly says, "11 a.m.-2 a.m." That's 15 hours, not 3 hours.

The Sacramento Fire Department is already doing this to resident of the city!!! I am a long-time resident in the City of Saramento and I was in a bicycle/car accident last year. I was crossing J street on my bike on a green light and was hit by a car turining on to J from the opposite direction. Thankfully I was not hurt but a witness to the accident called the fire department which dispatched two big hook and ladder trucks. As a precaution, the fire departmen's EMT took my blood pressure along with my contact information. The police arrived and spoke to me and the driver of the car but since no one was hurt, they did not file a police report. I got the driver's insurance info just in case. but after several weeks and no lingering injuries, I threw the driver's info away and gave the incident no further thought. A couple of months after that, I received a bill from the Fire Department for the cost of dispatching the trucks! Since I didn't have the driver's insurance info, I couldn't get him to pay the cost (since he ran into me). I protested the bill (for $80.00) with the fire department to no avail. Then I ignored the continuing overdue notices for several months until the fire department turned it over to a collection agency. I grudgingly paid it to protect my credit rating. I guess I relate this story for three reasons: 1) To pose a question: Why was the fire departmentcharging me, a city resident who already pays for the fire department through my taxes, before they had City Council approval for such a program, and 2) To vent and say that I feel duped by the fire department. Had I known they would bill me for their services I would have refused them and not given them my contact information. 3) To point out that this is a dangerous precedent. Soon every city and municipality will implement these fees and we will all be subject to hidden taxes when we travel beyond the confines of our own neighborhoods.