On July 4th, citizens braved the hot weather to attend the Carmichael Elks’ 53rd annual parade along Fair Oaks Boulevard in Carmichael. People of all ages lined the streets, and most wore the traditional red, white, and blue and waved American flags. The parade was led by two California Highway Patrol cruisers followed by two Sacramento Fire Department vehicles, all with lights, sirens and American flags. Several queens and princesses of various municipalities rode in vintage cars. San Juan Unified School District sponsored two school busses, and P.O.W./M.I.A. and The Daughters of the American Revolution Daughters of the Revolution (dressed in vintage dresses), were also parade participan

On May 1st, 2011, the Sacramento Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility hosted the 2011 Scholarship Essay Contest Finals at the Dante Club in Sacramento. From 127 submissions, the following ten seniors were selected to read their essays before five judges and an audience of family members, chapter members and guests: Nolan Wong, C.K. McClatchy High School, Sacramento Ela Banerjee, Roseville High School, Roseville Aye Khine, St. Patrick-St. Vincent High School, Vallejo Kayla Carlisle, Golden Sierra High School, Garden Valley Megan Donnelly, Union Mine High School, El Dorado Katie Tanner, Calaveras High School, San Andreas Samuel Schooley, Bella Vista High School, Fair Oaks Alejand

On June 12th, during Gay Pride Month, the Sacramento Gay Men’s Chorus will perform a concert entitled UNITY - An Evening of Song and Dance beginning at 8 pm at the First United Methodist Church, 2100 J Street, Sacramento, California. The Men’s Chorus will be joined by The Sacramento Women’s Chorus, Small Difference Women’s Choral Ensemble, Verve, SacDance Sport, and the Capital City Squares. This event will also be the final performance of SGMC’s 25th annual season. Originally named the Sacramento Men’s Chorus, the group began in the fall of 1984 during Ronald Reagan’s first term as President, when few gays and lesbians came out, and if they dared, were excommunicated by their churches a

Sunday, January 17th, 2010, marked the last book signing and presentation by an author at Amicus Books Literary Arts Center and Community Bookstore, located in the older part of Marysville, California, on 413 D Street. Author Michael Don Hubbartt presented his newly published book, The Sutter Buttes (Arcadia Publishing, 2010), to a large turn-out in spite of the weather forecast of a major storm. Mr. Hubbartt offered a comprehensive history of the Sutter Buttes, known as the world's smallest mountain range, a familiar landmark to residents of the Sacramento Valley. Since its inception in 2005, Amicus Books' primary purpose was as a community literary arts center serving readers, writers,

We are a nation blind-sided by image, our psyche saturated by thousands of perfect body images from  television and movies, as well as ads in magazines and billboards. In pursuit of thinness, we battle the bulge with diet and exercise, and purchase thousands of diet and exercise products. We battle to death the inevitable onslaught of aging by buying the “fountain of youth” -- skin buffing, cosmetic surgery, liposuction, breast implants, Botox, and other treatments -- to preserve our youthful appearance. Unfortunately, our children are also bombarded from birth with thousands of Photo Shop images of thin celebrities and models, which they perceive as accurate, as well as innumerable adver