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Today's rundown: Murder charges filed against Sacramento man accused of killing one and injuring four in Oroville. Also, the unofficial ballot tally in Shasta County shows Moty being recalled, Butte County opens a new testing site in response to an uptick in COVID-19 cases and CSU Chancellor Joseph Castro faces backlash after a misconduct investigation.
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Some say the most engaging museum in Sacramento is the old city cemetery, once known, poetically, as the City of the Dead. Grand monuments, lovely gardens. Some of downtown’s public buildings could be taken together as an art and architecture museum. And area reserves, a natural history museum. Join us for more, just up the road.
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There’s so much to see and do in Sacramento, California’s capital city, we’ll never move on unless I speed-walk through the basics, what else is downtown and around—at least major museums and sites. But then you’re on your own for Big Tomato parks and recreation, water sports, and all the rest. Join us for more, just up the road.
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Sacramento feels something like other valley towns, but bigger. And it has big surprises. An exciting food scene, for one thing, at least before COVID. (The Big Tomato was always farm-to-fork.) Cool evening breezes in summer, outdoor a/c, thanks to the nearby Delta. And a spectacular State Capitol. Join us for more, just up the road.
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The dream of the nation’s first transcontinental railroad—a cross-country rail line to connect the West with the rest of the nation—was first dreamed in…
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People love to poke fun at Sacramento. Mark Twain was among the first. In Sacramento, he observed, “It is a fiery summer always, and you can gather roses,…
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Asian American and Pacific Islander community members and leaders in Sacramento are no longer remaining silent after the tragic violence in Atlanta.“We…
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Today we continue exploring the heart of the Sacramento Valley. Comparing it to New York, the Big Apple, some people fondly call Sacramento the Big…
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Today we continue to explore the heart of the Sacramento Valley, in many ways the center of early California statehood. The discovery of gold at Sutter’s…
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The salaries and benefits for state elected officials are set not by the governor and Legislature but by the California Citizens Compensation Commission,…