Photos by Bill Condray
Elite runners braved the rain and wind at this year’s California International Marathon, which was held on Sunday, Dec. 2. The race started at Folsom Lake and ended at the state Capitol. The CIM is Boston Marathon qualifier and an Olympic Marathon Trials qualifier. See runcim.org for results and more information.
May is Stroke Awareness Month and proceeds from the May 5 River Cats game benefited stroke camp, which will be held this year from Sept. 27-30 in Silver Spur Camp near Sonora and includes: activities, arts, tie dying, music, guest speakers and even music therapy, some of which are led by stroke survivors. At the [...]
An observant Curtis Park resident was briskly walking the track around William Curtis Park when she witnessed a man backing his Ford Ranger up to a huge pile of shredded bark meant for the children’s playground. She thought to herself, “What a shame to steal from the City and the children of our community.”
She dialed [...]
Architectural design is a subject I don’t know a whole lot about. I ain’t gonna lie. But I know cool Mid-Century Modern when I see it. “Hey, look at that cool building!” I always just called it “retro” or “old school”.
I decided to get schooled on everything Mid-Century Modern by local MCM enthusiast Gretchen Steinberg. [...]
When Capitol Nursery, the popular fixture on Freeport Blvd since 1931, vacated their property last August they left a deserted lot with gobs of property. The land was scooped up by Raley’s Supermarket and that’s when the rumors started to fly. Some folks in the neighborhood as well as some Raley’s employees were pontificating that [...]
