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Just the 2 of Us
Sacramento’s First Food Truck

Sacramento’s First Food Truck

Mimi Burger food truck just launched their new burger truck February 3rd. For the week they were located at Niello BMW/Mini at 2020 Fulton Ave. right here in Sacramento. Our very first gourmet food truck. Saturday I decided I'd check this new venture ...

Living In Urban Sac
Streetcar Planning Study

On Tuesday the 8th, the Sacramento City Council will adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a professional service agreement with Fehr & Peers to perform a Streetcar Planning Study for an amount not to exceed $310,000. The study would evaluate the feasibility of alternative streetcar routes throughout strategic locations in the City, compare...

YubaNet.com
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gary Snyder to read in at UC Davis

Feb 5, 2011

Feb. 4, 2011 - Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gary Snyder, a UC Davis professor emeritus of English, and nature journalist David Lukas will conduct a reading and talk about their contributions to a new book, "The Nature of This Place: Investigations and A...

Jeff Pellines Sierra Foothills Report
Our county tea party: We’re not like the rest

Our county tea party: We’re not like the rest

Our county’s tea party has now posted a long article on its website seeking to distance itself from other “racist,” “for profit” and “political guns for hire” arms of the tea party. “We are not implying that there is anything legally wrong with the way they do business,” it reads. “It’s just not our...

YubaNet.com
Placer County BOS to Hear Proposed Zoning Changes for Keeping of Chickens

Feb 5, 2011

February 5, 2011 - At its Feb. 8, 2011, meeting, the Placer County Board of Supervisors will hear a proposed Zoning Text Amendment to County Zoning Ordinance relating to the keeping of fowl and poultry. The Board will also be asked to adopt an environm...

Munchie Musings
Yogurtagogo – A Yogurt Boutique

Yogurtagogo – A Yogurt Boutique

YogurtagogoIf a boutique is defined as a specialty store, then Yogurtagogo is definitely a yogurt boutique. Coming on the midtown scene in June 2008, it has become a favorite of many for its combination of tart yogurts, fresh ingredients, special flavo...

Undercover Caterer
Saturday Night Special! The Arnold Palmer

Saturday Night Special!  The Arnold Palmer

Alnord Palmer. Arnoll Plamer. Ah. Arr. Allnoll. Forget it. I don’t know what is wrong with me, but I cannot say Arnold Palmer.  It’s worse than aluminum.  Or Millennium.  Or pasketti.  I mean spaghetti. I do however, know how to make one.  And it’s a good thing. Because, (youngsters you might want to look...

Sac History Happenings
Railtown recruiting volunteers and offering special shop tour

Railtown recruiting volunteers and offering special shop tour

Okay history fans: where in Northern California can see a 19th century train that's appeared in numerous movies and TV shows, such as Petticoat Junction, Wild Wild West, Back to the Future Part III and Unforgiven?It's the Railtown 1897 Historic...

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Bamboo and More
Echeverias—flowers of leaves

Feb 5, 2011
Echeverias—flowers of leaves

Echeverias are rosette-forming succulents native to Mexico and Central America. There are dozens of species, and literally hundreds of named cultivars bred for specific characteristics such as color, size or leaf shape. Considering the sheer variety, i...

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FOX40
Cops: Suspect Shot After Exchanging Gunfire with Officers

Feb 5, 2011

A man accused of firing at officers earlier this week was shot by officers in rural Stanislaus County during an exchange in gunfire Friday night, according to authorities.



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