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Local Elks Lodge No. 6 has extensive history in Sacramento
By LANCE ARMSTRONG
Anthony M. Muljat, treasurer of Sacramento Elks Lodge No. 6, has the longest tenure of any Sacramento...
KXTV Channel 10 hits 40-year mark at current Land Park studio
By LANCE ARMSTRONG
For more than a half-century, the Land Park-based television station Channel 10 has provided the Sacramento...
Pocket area once included successful Portuguese dairy
By LANCE ARMSTRONG
Sacramento was certainly a much different place in the late 19th century, as the city’s number of commercial...
The Limelight bar, café, card room has deep roots in Alhambra District
By LANCE ARMSTRONG
For about a half-century, The Limelight bar and café has served as a sort of one-stop shop for meeting...
Arden Fair Mall has grown, evolved with the times
By LANCE ARMSTRONG
In 1957 – 11 years after the opening of the area’s first shopping center, Town and Country Village...
Time does not erase cherished Tower Records memories
By LANCE ARMSTRONG
Few businesses established in Land Park have made such an impact on the local community than Tower Records,...
Inside Our Newspapers
New arrivals bring smiles at Sacramento Zoo
Special to valcomnews.com
The Sacramento Zoo recently welcomed Makan to the Sumatran orangutan group. Makan...
Mayor’s strong mayor plan dead — for now
By RYAN ROSE
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson’s plan to reorganize Sacramento city government...
Museum expansion set to open in 10 months
By SUSAN LAIRD
It is said that great cities have great museums. If that is so, one might also postulate...
From film crew worker to Piatti’s executive chef
By ELIZABETH KALFSBEEK
Ryan O’Malley graduated with a degree in film and video studies from the University...
Not in my backyard — Curtis Park Village Project derailed?
By KATY GRIMES
Editor’s Note: The following is a special commentary by local political columnist...
Local Urban Search and Rescue Team off to Haiti
By CAPT. JIM DOUCETTE
Urban Search and Rescue Team, California Task Force 7 has been activated and will...
Suspect arrested in student’s death
Special to valcomnews.com
Quran Jones, the suspect in the Oct. 21 death of Sacramento State student Scott Hawkins,...
Local seniors to bring burlesque back to Sacramento
By LANCE ARMSTRONG
Recently sitting around a table at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 67 Hall in Sacramento,...
One-time Pocket vet ‘Dr. Jim’ releases latest book
Special to valcomnews.com
With “Altar of Eden,” Pocket veterinarian-turned-nationally renowned author James...
Haley Anthonisen honored for charity work
By CELIA GREEN
The world for many 20-year-old girls consists of iPhones, shopping and FaceBook....
The future of Executive Airport
By EARL ROGERS
Pilots know that careful flight planning will get them where they’re going safely...
