Home is where the heart is, and for Janice and Rudy Calpo, their hearts are in Curtis Park. After years of change and growth, their Curtis Park bungalow has reached the ripe old age of 100 years, and they have decided to celebrate the history and beauty of their home. “There was a Pennsylvania relative that asked if we were celebrating the 100th birthday of our home,” Calpo said. “I had never thought about it before. When he suggested it, I thought it was a great idea.” Built in 1911, the house has undergone varying transformations throughout the decades. Because of its many restorations, it was featured in the Curtis Park Home Tour in 2006, in which historic homes are open to the public

There is a new library in Sacramento – but you won’t need a library card or an ISBN to borrow books here. Jef Spencer has opened up his own Little Free Library to the community, a small bookcase stationed at the edge of his front lawn located at the 5800 block of Revelstok Drive. There, people can take a book, donate a book, or exchange a book. Spencer, who is a woodworker and does volunteer work for the Boy Scouts and other programs geared toward children’s education, said it seemed like a great way to get kids to read. “I read a link to an article that a friend had posted on Facebook,” Spencer said. “It was about a couple in Wisconsin who had come up with the idea for the Little Free

Their opening game Saturday night at Hornet Stadium was a night of record-making, but that did not help the Mountain Lions as they suffered a loss at the hand of the Las Vegas Locomotives 23-17. The night was warm and the game was a sell-out as over 20,000 fans watched the game, making it the biggest United Football League (UFL) attendance at an opening game and beating last year by over 10,000. Yet despite the overwhelming attendance and inspirational rendition of the National Anthem by Pauletta Pearson Washington (Mrs. Denzel Washington), the game was ominous from the get-go for the Sacramento Mountain Lions when the Locos won the coin toss. After that it was a constant battle. Mounta

Despite the 90-degree weather, more than 300 people came together at Cesar Chavez Park, located at 924 J St., on Wednesday afternoon to support the second annual Safe Ground Jubilee and its message: That the rights of homeless people must be protected. “The celebration is about all of the friends from the community that have joined forces with the homeless community,” said Paula Lomazzi, leader of the Sacramento Homeless Organizing Committee. “We are trying to bring about Safe Ground and just make connections with the homeless people.” Started in July 2009, Safe Ground is an organization that aims to provide a secure location sanctioned by the city and operated by the residents where the

Rather than simply admire them from the outside, this Sunday, the curious will get a chance to see the insides of the impressive houses in the central city’s northeast corner. The 36th annual Sacramento Old City Association (SOCA) Home Tour will be held from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.  The tour will begin at Marshall Park at the SOCA tour table, located at 27th and J streets. There, participants will receive a wristband and a tour program and will take a self-guided tour through seven residential houses and the Eastern Star Temple Fraternity House located between E and K streets. The architectural styles will include Queen Anne, Craftsman, Neoclassical and Romanesque. “People can go at their ow