Carole123 comment-63232 2012-02-04T02:52:17Z 2012-02-04T02:52:17Z Just filled out your form, don't know what you want me to say now?? Carole123 2012-02-04T02:52:17Z Carole123 comment-63231 2012-02-04T02:50:15Z 2012-02-04T02:50:15Z Go for it, I worked on the top floor of that bldg. with the State Of California Social Welfare Office. The elevator had a gate type that folded back for you to enter and then the operator would close that metal gate and you could see through it as you passed each floor on the way up to the top. Very scary. Carole Carole123 2012-02-04T02:50:15Z dogbert17 comment-58284 2011-10-06T15:59:06Z 2011-10-06T15:59:06Z The Switchblade lists Moller's Freedom-Motors "Rotapower" engine as an optional powerplant with a TBO (time between overhaul) of 2000 hours, no less! The only problem is that the engine is not in production and shows no sign it ever will be. Where Samson gets a 2000 hour life I don't know. Who knows if there is even 2000 hours on the design. dogbert17 2011-10-06T15:59:06Z joysunny2020 comment-41781 2010-12-07T02:13:37Z 2010-12-07T02:13:37Z Hi Robin, I met you at Alliance Francaise when my MatrixArts was sharing space at SPC next door...Hope you and Mary ready for the holidays...am starting new workshops at our expanded space and gallery in Fair Oaks at 7525 Winding Way off San Juan at Allied Ceramics Arts Institute...come by this 2nd Saturday? or please call me...Joy Gee is trying to reach you. joysunny2020 2010-12-07T02:13:37Z joysunny2020 comment-41783 2010-12-07T02:12:08Z 2010-12-07T02:12:08Z Have you been posting photos online...I keep receiving but not sure it is you??Joy joysunny2020 2010-12-07T02:12:08Z Ettamarie comment-41716 2010-12-06T03:44:13Z 2010-12-06T03:44:13Z It is now one year after the last comment. What is the status of Newton Booth School today? Ettamarie 2010-12-06T03:44:13Z ladyluv08 comment-41259 2010-11-26T05:16:41Z 2010-11-26T05:16:41Z Tyler does it again......I love the play the words of wisdom were so right on time the music selection was AWESOME! I so enjoyed the storyline it was simply a great play and I can't wait for the next one to come out! Thanks Tyler for sharing wisdom, knowledge and laugher with us! ladyluv08 2010-11-26T05:16:41Z leondavidiansr comment-41019 2010-11-20T05:42:56Z 2010-11-20T05:42:56Z Thank you Tyler for a great show and too, to the Hole crew!!! Get some rest. God Bless, Lee Davidian leondavidiansr 2010-11-20T05:42:56Z Only1HT comment-41006 2010-11-19T22:12:49Z 2010-11-19T22:12:49Z Why is that I miss everything! Only1HT 2010-11-19T22:12:49Z aftermathmc comment-40424 2010-11-12T18:37:19Z 2010-11-12T18:37:19Z I would like to no more about Any given child. I feel you could help my son continue his education in art. he is attending the Art Academy of San Fransisco . he graduated from Valley High in 2010 and travels 3hr. each way to school from Sacramento to San Fransisco this along shows his dedication and stride to achieve. I am proud of him and will be crush if I have to tell his he can not go to collage because we cant afford it. help my son complete his dream. if you see his work it speaks for it self. so if any one in Any given Child that can help. contact me at Kenneth.james88@yahoo aftermathmc 2010-11-12T18:37:19Z jackie comment-39024 2010-10-16T15:20:36Z 2010-10-16T15:20:36Z Last night show at Madison Square Garden. I had a awesome time laughing my but off. P.S. STAY BLESS LOVE YOU.... jackie 2010-10-16T15:20:36Z LLSJ66 comment-38948 2010-10-15T02:56:44Z 2010-10-15T02:56:44Z It is a beautiful building. I heard something is special about the bricks. Does anyone know that answer? LLSJ66 2010-10-15T02:56:44Z juliannagler comment-38681 2010-10-12T14:13:01Z 2010-10-12T14:13:01Z ^^ Please give one piece of evidence to back anything you have ever said. juliannagler 2010-10-12T14:13:01Z traceys comment-37802 2010-09-24T14:16:57Z 2010-09-24T14:16:57Z this play was awesome!!!!!! saw it last night in pittsburgh and i already can't wait until he comes back.... traceys 2010-09-24T14:16:57Z saige1 comment-36883 2010-09-13T23:27:48Z 2010-09-13T23:27:48Z I used to attend Newton Booth, from 1946-1952. I used to play at the school, riding my bike and playing on the monkey bars. Does anyone know where I can retrieve my records way back then. My name is Judy Lyons, we lived at 2115 25th Street. saige1 2010-09-13T23:27:48Z 8traxrule comment-34148 2010-08-03T18:38:27Z 2010-08-03T18:38:27Z I go to these sales every year, but I always think it would be a lot better if Corporate Public Radio would PLAY these records on the air instead of sell them! I hate to give them any financial support since they have TWO stations licensed to Sac State but don't let the students on either of them, and their format is very structured too. 8traxrule 2010-08-03T18:38:27Z jayhawk comment-32337 2010-07-08T05:15:38Z 2010-07-08T05:15:38Z Where is the best place for DUTCH fans to watch the game on Sunday? jayhawk 2010-07-08T05:15:38Z hula57 comment-32320 2010-07-07T21:22:37Z 2010-07-07T21:22:37Z How funny that you quoted Bob Sacket. A friend of mine use to hostess at Laughs Unlimited in the 80's. And on my 23rd B-day I went to after hours dinner w/her and Bob and another comedy guy who use to do the Boggel commercialsand imitate Rod Serling. We went to Fat citys in OLd Sac. I live out of state now so I don't know if it's still there or not. But it was alot of fun, I do remember he apple pie ala mode. It was a fun time. Another twist on the whole thing was our waiter was a former Sid and Marty Croft actor and was a tree on Lisaville and was alos a actor on the New Zoo Review. Needles to say it was a most memorbial 23rd B-day. It's nice to know some old haunts still exsist there.Is it still by the Steam Factory , or something like that . I remember it was downstairs ??? hula57 2010-07-07T21:22:37Z destinationz comment-31996 2010-07-02T01:33:38Z 2010-07-02T01:33:38Z Yeah Malibu was da funniest, i've just watch it few days back, but the first time i watched da movie it was wicked, HOPE to see another Wicked movie, Bring On The Movie Kennedy.. destinationz 2010-07-02T01:33:38Z Angela Ruggiero comment-31979 2010-07-01T20:39:55Z 2010-07-01T20:39:55Z Malibu's Most Wanted was true Kennedy performance: very funny! It's unfortunate that "Ghost Whisperer" was cancelled, he did well in that show too. Angela Ruggiero 2010-07-01T20:39:55Z Sherrie Tyler comment-31958 2010-07-01T10:16:20Z 2010-07-01T10:16:20Z Well written and I loved Malibu Most Wanted and the Jamie Kennedy Show! Sherrie Tyler 2010-07-01T10:16:20Z M Johnson comment-31952 2010-07-01T06:28:54Z 2010-07-01T06:28:54Z Kennedy's had his moments. I respect him for how hard he's worked to make it in show business. M Johnson 2010-07-01T06:28:54Z Lindol French comment-31949 2010-07-01T06:11:04Z 2010-07-01T06:11:04Z I wish I was in town. I kinda liked Malibu's Most Wanted. Lindol French 2010-07-01T06:11:04Z TWRL comment-31601 2010-06-27T00:18:45Z 2010-06-27T00:18:45Z Seems like ad copy to me.... TWRL 2010-06-27T00:18:45Z Stella M. comment-31591 2010-06-26T21:23:13Z 2010-06-26T21:23:13Z This strikes me as a pretty typical "upcoming event" article--the type you'll see in the lifestyles section of any newspaper. And I appreciate hearing about events before they happen as opposed to after-the-fact writeups about events I wish I'd known about! I don't object to this sort of article--particularly when the coverage comes from an SP staffer. What I object to (time and time again) are companies posting "stories" attempting to shill themselves/their services and get free advertising. Stella M. 2010-06-26T21:23:13Z thsas comment-31574 2010-06-26T15:18:43Z 2010-06-26T15:18:43Z This sure seems like an advertisement...hours, prices, offers. thsas 2010-06-26T15:18:43Z Cameron Marsh comment-31036 2010-06-23T17:10:55Z 2010-06-23T17:10:55Z Nice removing of my comments SacramentoPress, welcome to 1984. I guess a discussion of sociologoical stereotypes and cultures is not allowed to be discussed or debated. Cameron Marsh 2010-06-23T17:10:55Z Lindol French comment-30896 2010-06-23T13:30:25Z 2010-06-23T13:30:25Z I had a chance to listen to some of their music and what I heard was really good. She has an amazing and unique voice. She has no need to nurture an affectation as "the girl who never heard a popular rock song before". She is too gifted an artist to use that crutch. Leave that to those who aren't so talented. Lindol French 2010-06-23T13:30:25Z Jason McWhorter comment-30931 2010-06-22T23:31:55Z 2010-06-22T23:31:55Z This project has been such a success for everyone involved, not only our development team, but everyone visiting the museum. It is such a joy for me to see children interacting with the exhibit and having so much fun doing it. I'm proud to be part of something so special and also to be part of such a terrific team, thanks again to everyone! Jason McWhorter 2010-06-22T23:31:55Z jtaylor475 comment-30937 2010-06-22T23:28:42Z 2010-06-22T23:28:42Z Agreed, to a point. The alternative to mentioning an underexposure to popular music might be to conceal it. What would be more honest? It makes good copy -- but that doesn't make it 1) untrue, nor 2) a crutch. Then again, there is someone here who truly knows EVERYTHING, and that person seems to believe that giving an artist in their first full year of public exposure the benefit of the doubt is just a little bit too much to ask. Ah, the wisdom at hand. jtaylor475 2010-06-22T23:28:42Z carold comment-30925 2010-06-22T21:05:13Z 2010-06-22T21:05:13Z I hear adults love drawing doodles as much as kids do! carold 2010-06-22T21:05:13Z sloane comment-30922 2010-06-22T20:53:03Z 2010-06-22T20:53:03Z Now we just need to create a Doodle app for my ipad :) sloane 2010-06-22T20:53:03Z Dacy comment-30921 2010-06-22T20:45:01Z 2010-06-22T20:45:01Z What great press for Sacramento and the 3 local companies. Lots of people would say we are still a sleepy town posing to be the Capitol city, however I believe this to contradict that stereotype. Great work- keep it up!!! Dacy 2010-06-22T20:45:01Z Cameron Marsh comment-30894 2010-06-22T17:04:41Z 2010-06-22T17:04:41Z I don't need to try poison to know it kills. and how is her saying she's never heard the beatles or rolling stones judging by looks, I'm judging by a BS statement that's like saying you've never had a hamburger, coke cola or since a disney movie. Cameron Marsh 2010-06-22T17:04:41Z mclemmens comment-30886 2010-06-22T16:55:35Z 2010-06-22T16:55:35Z This is excellent coverage -- thank you! It was definitely great working with such an awesome team. Both the Smithsonian and Google were exceptionally supportive as well. According to the statistics, hundreds of Doodles are being drawn every day. mclemmens 2010-06-22T16:55:35Z jtaylor475 comment-30836 2010-06-22T00:19:51Z 2010-06-22T00:19:51Z Popular music mythology is full of made-up stories, isn't it. What makes this artist so compelling is it isn't bs. One minute of conversation with Jules would tell you that. jtaylor475 2010-06-22T00:19:51Z rhalpern comment-30709 2010-06-18T19:00:53Z 2010-06-18T19:00:53Z Nice piece Jonathan! Thanks for covering the arts and sorry I didn't have time to say hello on Wednesday! rhalpern 2010-06-18T19:00:53Z mtsacramento comment-30695 2010-06-18T16:16:50Z 2010-06-18T16:16:50Z Welcome to Sacramento - where everyone under 30 is considered a hipster. mtsacramento 2010-06-18T16:16:50Z RichardRich comment-30693 2010-06-18T15:58:32Z 2010-06-18T15:58:32Z The arts are a different animal than lives in public works. We mill out metrics for the funding process...but the real benefit lives in the connections between artist and audience. How do you quantify awareness? Arts will lead us into our future as a metropolis. SMAC is vital. RichardRich 2010-06-18T15:58:32Z Elisa Hough comment-30641 2010-06-18T02:02:36Z 2010-06-18T02:02:36Z Maybe listen before you judge by looks! Elisa Hough 2010-06-18T02:02:36Z JoshFernandez comment-30637 2010-06-17T23:31:23Z 2010-06-17T23:31:23Z By "typical hipster," do you mean uniquely creative and wildly talented? Otherwise, I have no idea what you're saying. JoshFernandez 2010-06-17T23:31:23Z Cameron Marsh comment-30605 2010-06-17T17:35:21Z 2010-06-17T17:35:21Z I call B.S, there's not a damn person on this planet that hasn't heard either of those bands. Typical hipster from the look of her, attitude and the description of the music. Never heard a Rolling Stones song, that made my day lol. Cameron Marsh 2010-06-17T17:35:21Z Lindol French comment-30598 2010-06-17T16:19:46Z 2010-06-17T16:19:46Z Growing up sheltered is one thing. Being a musician and living 24 years without ever hearing the Beatles or Rolling Stones is another thing all together. Did she grow up under a rock? Locked in a basement? On the Dark Side of the Moon? (The actual dark side of the Moon, not the Pink Floyd album, cause I assume she never heard it). How does something like that happen? Fascinating. Lindol French 2010-06-17T16:19:46Z Lindol French comment-30449 2010-06-16T06:33:58Z 2010-06-16T06:33:58Z H Man. . . . announcing his presence with authority! Lindol French 2010-06-16T06:33:58Z LLSJ66 comment-30431 2010-06-16T04:11:48Z 2010-06-16T04:11:48Z My mom, aunts, uncles, brothers and I all went to Newton Booth. It would be wonderful if it could be back into that service. LLSJ66 2010-06-16T04:11:48Z Jonathan Mendick comment-30403 2010-06-15T20:33:10Z 2010-06-15T20:33:10Z Correction on photo 4: showing the current height of Old Sacramento compared to the Sacramento River This photograph is credit Esther Hodapp. Jonathan Mendick 2010-06-15T20:33:10Z Smurf comment-30270 2010-06-14T20:33:52Z 2010-06-14T20:33:52Z for those interested in join our supporter group the 1906 Ultras, visit our site www.1906ultras.com we have many members from Sacramento area. The 1906 Ultras are hardcore supporters of the Earthquakes. Our goal is to bring the passion of the world's greatest clubs and fans to Buck Shaw Stadium. The group can be seen standing and singing in Section 109 at every game. The group welcomes anyone with the desire to be more than just another fan and the willingness to give his or her full effort in support of the Quakes. Anyone who wants in on the fun, come check us out. Smurf 2010-06-14T20:33:52Z Jonathan Mendick comment-30263 2010-06-14T17:47:32Z 2010-06-14T17:47:32Z Thank you for the clarifications Rhyena. Jonathan Mendick 2010-06-14T17:47:32Z rhalpern comment-30254 2010-06-14T16:21:26Z 2010-06-14T16:21:26Z Just want to clarify that the City cuts are much steeper than $150,000. Since the start of FY08, on July 1, 2007 to the start of FY11 on July 1, 2010, our total budget reduction, excluding Art in Public Places, is almost 2/3rds from 2.6 million to 950,000. Also, SMAC was started under Mayor Phil Isenberg. Burnett Miller, Susan Willoughby and Muriel Johnson were also there on the ground floor. rhalpern 2010-06-14T16:21:26Z The Parrhesiac comment-30251 2010-06-14T15:04:01Z 2010-06-14T15:04:01Z The World Cup as Maximum Weapon of Social Control: http://www.infowars.com/the-world-cup-as-maximum-weapon-of-social-control/ The Parrhesiac 2010-06-14T15:04:01Z hpuman comment-30244 2010-06-14T08:15:54Z 2010-06-14T08:15:54Z Jon...Not a badly written recap of professional soccer in Sacramento on a Saturday night...I'll add just a wee soccer language correction..Those 12 yard conversion attempts that were taken by the players directly after regulation time (and in this case no overtime periods were played) are named kicks from the penalty spot rather than free kicks...Those who know me may be able to pick out my chiseled mug in the top photograph...Go Quakes...The H Man... hpuman 2010-06-14T08:15:54Z Lindol French comment-30101 2010-06-11T21:50:24Z 2010-06-11T21:50:24Z I stand corrected. He was offsides because the goalie was upfield. Apparantly. Bafana Bafana! Lindol French 2010-06-11T21:50:24Z Oracle comment-30041 2010-06-11T16:18:02Z 2010-06-11T16:18:02Z The "arts" have no business getting any city or county dollars. Private donors can give all they want to help arts organizations and that's how it should be in today's tough fiscal times. I don't think you'll see much voter support for spending budget on the "arts," although downtown/Midtown Saccies are more prone to buying into giving tax dollars to art projects/artists. And before the usual suspects begin calling me a "knuckle-dragging Neanderthal", let me remind you that recent scientific findings have linked ALL of us to Neanderthals! Oracle 2010-06-11T16:18:02Z Lindol French comment-30008 2010-06-11T15:06:22Z 2010-06-11T15:06:22Z Holy blown call Batman. Lindol French 2010-06-11T15:06:22Z JoesacramentoDotCom comment-29997 2010-06-11T08:04:35Z 2010-06-11T08:04:35Z Thanks Jonathan and Dan. The arts are very important to Sac's growth and I'm glad Mayor Johnson is dabbling. Time will tell if his initiative has any substance. I am happy to display 365 website's feed if you want. I'm sure other bloggers would help as well. Contact me through my site email if I can assist. JoesacramentoDotCom 2010-06-11T08:04:35Z Lindol French comment-29963 2010-06-10T21:03:10Z 2010-06-10T21:03:10Z I like where your heads at. Now I've just got to decide on where to watch our inevitable victory. Lots of good options. Lindol French 2010-06-10T21:03:10Z Jon Mortimer comment-29936 2010-06-10T20:35:18Z 2010-06-10T20:35:18Z There is a little wager going on between the US and English Ambassadors of both countries. A fancy steak diner is on the line. The game on Saturday should be a great one. I'm predicting a 2-1 USA victory. Donovan and Rooney score in the first half, and Dempsey finishes the Reds off with a zinger late in the second. Nailbiter! Jon Mortimer 2010-06-10T20:35:18Z JimmyWee comment-29907 2010-06-10T17:31:06Z 2010-06-10T17:31:06Z DOWN WITH THE LOYALISTS! JimmyWee 2010-06-10T17:31:06Z Denise Coleman comment-29898 2010-06-10T15:50:25Z 2010-06-10T15:50:25Z Me too Lindol...Go U.S.A Denise Coleman 2010-06-10T15:50:25Z Lindol French comment-29836 2010-06-10T04:29:00Z 2010-06-10T04:29:00Z U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.! 11:30 AM Saturday we get all revolutionary on them Brits! I got a feeling we're gonna make it out of group play this year. . . Lindol French 2010-06-10T04:29:00Z bbbbmer comment-29743 2010-06-09T10:51:44Z 2010-06-09T10:51:44Z It's all fine to be 'polite', but the stakes at risk in this race couldn't be more dramatic. Schenirer is a KJ suckup and will support the corrupt agenda of this mayor... He enabled the start of the whole St. Hope debacle, including arranging covert loans and other deals unbeknownst to the public... He's basically a liar, and when most of the district's diluted vote recasts in November, hopefully they will have a truer vision of this godawful jerk before the election.... bbbbmer 2010-06-09T10:51:44Z jlm comment-29676 2010-06-09T00:14:14Z 2010-06-09T00:14:14Z a "real" museum. can you enlighten? jlm 2010-06-09T00:14:14Z tia comment-29674 2010-06-08T23:10:43Z 2010-06-08T23:10:43Z Why no artistic credit to the late Luis Jimenez whose sculpture is featured in the last photo ?????? Oh, I forgot we are discussing the Crocker, nevermind. When is this city going to get a real museum?????? tia 2010-06-08T23:10:43Z Jonathan Mendick comment-29420 2010-06-07T06:02:51Z 2010-06-07T06:02:51Z Yes. It will. Thank you for pointing that out. Jonathan Mendick 2010-06-07T06:02:51Z P W comment-29317 2010-06-06T13:45:41Z 2010-06-06T13:45:41Z Another source said that Thursday Night Jazz (in the courtyard) will continue throughout the summer, yes? P W 2010-06-06T13:45:41Z Ian Merker comment-29287 2010-06-06T05:47:14Z 2010-06-06T05:47:14Z Richard Meier (Getty designer)'s office is in the Same building in New York as Gwathmey Siegel. Meier did not submit an entry in the Request For Proposals. Ian Merker 2010-06-06T05:47:14Z Ian Merker comment-29283 2010-06-06T05:44:08Z 2010-06-06T05:44:08Z The American Institute of Architects were given a tour on the same day, but we were led through the first floor only. Maybe it was because we were a large group, but I'm itching to see the upper floors. I'll save my criticism for 10/10, and I hope the architecture critics do the same. Ian Merker 2010-06-06T05:44:08Z Dennis Kemmerer comment-29273 2010-06-06T04:16:46Z 2010-06-06T04:16:46Z It looks like a Getty ripoff. Dennis Kemmerer 2010-06-06T04:16:46Z bbbbmer comment-29176 2010-06-05T15:25:28Z 2010-06-05T15:25:28Z Most modern museums of the world are either white, off-white, or silver/titanium. I don't know whether there's a tech reason for this, but they sure do make some fine buildings... bbbbmer 2010-06-05T15:25:28Z yippee comment-29173 2010-06-05T15:16:00Z 2010-06-05T15:16:00Z im not complaining, but i still cant believe they painted the auditorium white? Light will always reflect off the walls- complete darkness will never be achieved. Distracting for presentations with projections, annoying for performance, and completely unusable for film?? but i'm excited to see the rest. Now hopefully the curators ambition will match the ambition of the building itself! yippee 2010-06-05T15:16:00Z bbbbmer comment-29124 2010-06-05T04:13:41Z 2010-06-05T04:13:41Z Magnificent. bbbbmer 2010-06-05T04:13:41Z bbbbmer comment-28794 2010-06-02T10:31:08Z 2010-06-02T10:31:08Z "...Mayor Kevin Johnson's For Art's Sake initiative was begun to raise the profile of arts in the city. "We are going to promote the arts in a real way," he said." I wasn't going to post on this site any further, but this story just screams a ridiculous fakery... plus, things appear to be awfully dull when I'm not around.... So all that work to cultivate Second Saturdays and a thriving arts community that has made Midtown the hottest place on the grid wasn't REAL??? Not to mention the fundraising and sheer and utter grind of building the annex to the Crocker, or the arts in the schools efforts made by former Mayors Heather Fargo, Joe Serna, and Anne Rudin.... Kevin Johnson didn't even know about Second Saturdays until he entered the race for mayor -- and he admitted as much in his preliminary interviews. While it's nice to see any attention at all lent toward the arts in these days of precarious budgets and SMI powergrabs, this seems more of a PR affectation driven by KJ's backers, than anything substantive -- very much like his housing for the homeless 'initiatives'... perhaps intended to aid event driven activities controlled by an 'event planner' whose history in the arts is questionable... Beware people who tout their arts credentials who are neither artists nor knowledgeable about art itself, or the history of more organic lengths to which the arts in Sacramento have grown and prospered to the extent possible, for such toutings are not likely to survive if they have no particular grounding in what has come before them... bbbbmer 2010-06-02T10:31:08Z hula57 comment-28751 2010-06-01T21:19:16Z 2010-06-01T21:19:16Z I sure wish I still lived the , because I would for certin go on that tour. I really Love those types of things !!! hula57 2010-06-01T21:19:16Z msanford comment-28732 2010-06-01T16:45:16Z 2010-06-01T16:45:16Z Very good article. Another excellent source of information is the documentary Subterranean Sacramento, produced in 2007 by KVIE as part of their ViewFinder series (full disclosure: I work at KVIE so am clearly a fan of this episode). It offers some great images of the streets and shop entrances beneath the streets of modern-day Sacramento. Here's a link: http://www.kvie.org/programs/kvie/viewfinder/subterranean/default.htm. msanford 2010-06-01T16:45:16Z Erika Bjork comment-28629 2010-05-30T20:41:56Z 2010-05-30T20:41:56Z Amazing photos by Terry Daffin from the "walk" portion of this morning's Walk N Rock. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=178681&id=55298579614&ref=mf Erika Bjork 2010-05-30T20:41:56Z William Burg comment-28625 2010-05-30T18:42:12Z 2010-05-30T18:42:12Z That was one point Heather touched on in her talk--the 1862 storm was a 200-year storm, and another similar storm today might still overtop the existing levees and result in catastrophic flooding. The levees protect the central city, but there are plenty of outlying suburbs that are very much at risk from catastrophic floods. William Burg 2010-05-30T18:42:12Z Roni Deutch comment-28521 2010-05-28T18:30:16Z 2010-05-28T18:30:16Z Fascinating. And I say, jokingly, that with all the recent storms, we'd have to raise the streets another couple feet! Roni Deutch 2010-05-28T18:30:16Z William Burg comment-28452 2010-05-28T02:04:51Z 2010-05-28T02:04:51Z It didn't even happen once a year. It happened twice--once in conjunction with Gold Rush Days, once in conjunction with an event at the Railroad Museum. This will be the first permanent underground sidewalk tour, operating every weekend, in the city's history. The fact that so many people assume there must have been regular tours just indicates how much demand there is for this tour! The current tour is located strictly in Old Sacramento. There have been efforts made to get a few downtown property owners interested in having their underground sidewalk spaces as part of a tour, but none of them were willing to participate. Hopefully when they see tourists lined up to take the tour, they'll see the money-making potential! William Burg 2010-05-28T02:04:51Z William Burg comment-28453 2010-05-28T02:02:43Z 2010-05-28T02:02:43Z Take a look at the alleys on either side of the K Street mall downtown, or in Old Sacramento--the alleys dip down to the original street level. You can also see the street walls from the alley at 8th and K where a demolished quarter-block has not yet been rebuilt. William Burg 2010-05-28T02:02:43Z savemidtown comment-28449 2010-05-28T01:39:35Z 2010-05-28T01:39:35Z i hope it also sparks more interest in the remaining underground spaced under the Central Business District so we can save what's left before development and redevelopment takes this treasure from us forever. savemidtown 2010-05-28T01:39:35Z Rob Small comment-28419 2010-05-28T00:11:02Z 2010-05-28T00:11:02Z Great article. I always wanted to tour underground Sac. The tour definitely sounds like a unique experience. Rob Small 2010-05-28T00:11:02Z bb06415 comment-28416 2010-05-27T23:42:29Z 2010-05-27T23:42:29Z Is this the same tour that only use to happen once a year? I hope it goes into the entire underground of downtown and not just the few streets of old sac bb06415 2010-05-27T23:42:29Z Andy Vaughn comment-28415 2010-05-27T23:39:06Z 2010-05-27T23:39:06Z I had no idea that Sacramento raised its streets like that in the 19th century! I'm going to have to be more vigilant and try to scope out some locations before the tour begins. Andy Vaughn 2010-05-27T23:39:06Z 2999JohnPaul comment-28383 2010-05-27T18:34:26Z 2010-05-27T18:34:26Z Excellent article and subject. I'm very familiar with the Seattle street raising but know very little about Sacramento. Now I know much more. Thanks! 2999JohnPaul 2010-05-27T18:34:26Z Lindol French comment-28357 2010-05-27T18:02:27Z 2010-05-27T18:02:27Z I second Stellas sentiment, great article. I look forward to checking it out first hand come July. The history of a city is as important as it's present, and we are lucky to have such unique and well preserved "portals from the past". Very cool. Lindol French 2010-05-27T18:02:27Z Stella M. comment-28338 2010-05-27T14:58:40Z 2010-05-27T14:58:40Z I wish I had not missed the presentation--sounds fascinating. However, this article is a very good summation. Love the Mark Twain quote. Nice work! Stella M. 2010-05-27T14:58:40Z Amelia Marquis comment-28017 2010-05-25T22:13:25Z 2010-05-25T22:13:25Z Thanks Jonathan! In addition to our 7 Nonporfit Partners, 9 Nonprofit Associates will benefit from the walk portion of the event. They are: Access Leisure Youth Programs, Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Sacramento, CASA Sacramento, CCHAT Center Sacramento, Golden Empire Council Boy Scouts of America, Full Circle Treatment Center, Roberts Family Development Center, Sacramento ENRICHES and Sierra Forever Families-Wonder Program. Thanks again for the great piece. Going to be a fun event benefiting very worthy local causes which support our community's children and youth! We appreciate your help in spreading the word! Amelia Marquis 2010-05-25T22:13:25Z Jolaine Collins comment-27936 2010-05-25T15:40:02Z 2010-05-25T15:40:02Z Great music, good causes, nice weather. It's going to be a fun concert! Jolaine Collins 2010-05-25T15:40:02Z Jonathan Mendick comment-27853 2010-05-24T17:15:22Z 2010-05-24T17:15:22Z Thanks for the correction and extra information. I got the list of benefitting charities from your Walk ''n' Rock website which said: "our 2010 Nonprofit Partners: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Sacramento, Inc., Cristo Rey High School, Keaton Raphael Memorial, Okizu, People Reaching Out, River Cats Foundation, Inc. and Wind Youth Services." What are the nine other partners? Jonathan Mendick 2010-05-24T17:15:22Z Amelia Marquis comment-27840 2010-05-24T14:03:47Z 2010-05-24T14:03:47Z Thanks so much for the article Sacramento Press! Walk 'N Rock for Kids actually benefits 16 local children and youth charities. Hope Productions Foundation is the nonprofit organization that puts the event on to further benefit and strengthen our community's children's charities. For more information, please visit www.hopeproductions.org. The walk starts at Raley Field and then travels to the capitol and back. Thanks for helping spread the word about this fun and fruitful community event! Amelia Marquis 2010-05-24T14:03:47Z Maxwell McKee comment-27447 2010-05-20T20:09:37Z 2010-05-20T20:09:37Z It's so awesome to hear that the younger generation is listening to more music from their parents' age, and it just shows the immutable power that some of that early rock and roll holds. However, it might be a warning sign that the kids are playing too many video games as opposed to breaking out old records and actually touching vinyl, touching the music, seeing it move, and not watching a load bar on a screen. Viva la rock. And I will be excited to see Heart at Raley field. Also, I'm so glad the author said 'former lead singer' and not 'original lead singer' of Van Halen. Long live David Lee Roth, man. Maxwell McKee 2010-05-20T20:09:37Z naga comment-27276 2010-05-19T03:47:22Z 2010-05-19T03:47:22Z nope. still not making sense. naga 2010-05-19T03:47:22Z naga comment-27275 2010-05-19T03:43:17Z 2010-05-19T03:43:17Z Is it "hard work" for you to make sense? naga 2010-05-19T03:43:17Z thsas comment-27273 2010-05-19T02:42:49Z 2010-05-19T02:42:49Z WB-I do not think of hard work , dedication,and effort in something you believe in is a game, no more complicated than that. thsas 2010-05-19T02:42:49Z thsas comment-27272 2010-05-19T02:38:04Z 2010-05-19T02:38:04Z I understand, hard work is not for everyone. thsas 2010-05-19T02:38:04Z bbbbmer comment-27270 2010-05-19T02:24:32Z 2010-05-19T02:24:32Z I think those who kvetch about the cost of government without volunteering which services they receive but are either unaware of or knowledgeable of but unwilling to surrender are just plain old hypocrites, at every level of government. So often people rail about governmental inefficiencies without ever having stepped foot into a senior role at a large private firm and witnessed first hand just how inefficient such organizations are, not to mention the bloated senior manager compensation, largely at the expense of extraordinarily substandard wages paid to those employees lowest on the corporate ladder... But they heard somewhere, no doubt on Foxnoise or some other right wing knuckle dragging neanderthal info source, that 'gummint is bad -- baaaadddd' parroting the pre-senile Reader's Digesting president Ronald Reagan's 'govt is the problem - not the solution' without any consideration of the implications of that preposterous sentiment, as if corporations were paragons of efficiency. Our media has put forward this sort of mythology for decades, and it's time to disabuse lesser evolved ordinary mindsets of this hokum, which is so profoundly demonstrated in recent years by the economic meltdown and the sources of this prolonged financial miasma that has vexed us all... Government is a barometer of civilization. Corporations are barometers of greed. Perhaps right wingers should do the math more effectively when weighing these two entities... bbbbmer 2010-05-19T02:24:32Z William Burg comment-27265 2010-05-19T02:08:04Z 2010-05-19T02:08:04Z The comment above by "thsas" ("So sad that these enlightened ones are so limited in their thinking. No one can work harder? Work longer? Work smarter? Improve processes?") is an example of games. It is based on the semantic assumption that the problems of government are all due to bureaucratic inefficiency. The reason why it's a game is that no matter how efficiently government operates, no matter how many people are laid off or new systems are implemented, it will simply never be enough. If Sacramento's city staff consisted of one manager/secretary/planner/janitor, paid minimum wage with no benefits, people would still complain about the cost of government because they had to wait for the staff person to finish fixing the toilet at City Hall before approving their building permit. It's a game, and it's fixed--there is no winning that argument because it's a semantic black hole. William Burg 2010-05-19T02:08:04Z naga comment-27261 2010-05-19T01:30:52Z 2010-05-19T01:30:52Z That doesn't make any sense. Are you one of those who whines about paying for socialized this or that while driving across socialized roads wearing socialized safefy devices and drinking your socialized tapwater listening to your socialized corporate welfare queen Limbaugh on the socialized airwaves? naga 2010-05-19T01:30:52Z bbbbmer comment-27258 2010-05-18T23:14:09Z 2010-05-18T23:14:09Z I guess my 'buffoon' reference to 'Mr. Knapp' got too many positive reactions... bbbbmer 2010-05-18T23:14:09Z thsas comment-27251 2010-05-18T20:45:01Z 2010-05-18T20:45:01Z So, long as your policy is to ignore the capacity people have to work through problems with harder effort, to achieve success through work and determination, and to seek self improvement, you have a perfect narrow minded program. How is that working for you? thsas 2010-05-18T20:45:01Z