How to help the Oklahoma tornado survivors.

Volunteers from the Red Cross Capital Region Chapter and PG&E are standing by to take your calls this morning at KCRA television studio! It's a telethon to help raise funds that will directly help the...

Graffiti artist mixes art and technology

Sacramento, CA Anthony Padilla, graffiti artist, has emerged as an artist commissioned by the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission. His new instrumental mural titled "Solar Power Plant" commissioned by the...

Blue Trees in Sacramento bring Environmental Message

Artist Konstantin "Kon" Dimopoulos from Australia, is in town to paint 20 trees blue. As an environmental activist it's his way as an artist to call attention to global deforestation as well as to Sacramento's...

Union Pacific's 150th Anniversary celebrated in Old Sacramento

You're probably familiar with the song "I've been working on the railroad." Union Pacific (UP) has been doing it for 150 years and they are celebrating in Old Sacramento this weekend. According to its...

Girl Scouts Forever - First-class Stamp Unveiled

Susan Sizemore, Elk Grove Postmaster and former Girl Scout troop leader, Ralph Petty, Marketing Manager for USPS-Sacramento and two scouts watch as the stamps begins its unveiling on the Promenade Stage at the...

177,451 Rolls of Toilet Paper Collected for Non Profits

Toilet paper - TP.  Single or double ply? Embossed?What's your preference?It's something most of us in the US use many times daily.  We take it for granted until we run out!And it's not particularly...

Home Health Care - Coping with the Challenges

By Idell O'LearyThousands of in-home Health Services (IHSS) workers and consumers from both ends of California ringed the capitol today in a continuation of their 10 day campaign to convince the governor and the...

World Record Weiner

By Mary Nares May 31, 2012 in Sacramento, a Guinness World Records attempt succeeded. No one jumped higher, swam farther, or sang longer… no one even had the most, ate the most, or did the most.No, on Thursday,...

Program Honoring Harvey Milk Discusses FAIR Education Act

By Ken Pierce Though it was a sparse crowd, none-the-less the first of several events honoring Harvey Milk, last Tuesday, was exciting, informative, and meaningful. Held at the beautiful California Museum and...

Helping Disaster Survivors

If you wonder how best to assist survivors of disasters, the American Red Cross is a trustworthy way. • Text "REDCROSS" to 90999orCLICK HERE>>>

Sacramento 111-mile Swim Successful!

Jamie Patrick,a San Francisco business man, did an amazing thing. He swam 111 miles in 31 hours • 16 minutes using only his arms, legs and hands. His water journey began in Princeton, in Colusa county on Aug. 21...

“Heroes Live Forever” - “In Valor There Is Hope”

Article | Kate Traci “What group is out there that is basically murdered? There’s very few professions where people are murdered for their profession. Police work’s it,” said Sacramento Police Chief Rick...

Race Across America and Team SacPD

It is approaching 2 p.m., race start. Thousands of people are milling about the Oceanside Pier in Southern California, and you are one of them. Nervous, you look out past the crowd, about a mile up the road.One...

Walking Across America for Equality Bill

I met a man today who is doing a noble thing. Richard Noble is walking the Rainbow Flag across the nation.

 By walking the Rainbow Flag across America through cities and isolated regions in person, he says...

Verdi's 'Requiem' was an exultant success

Howling winds and slashing blasts of icy rain overflowing streets and gutters made Saturday a terrific night to stay at home before the fire.Yet the tempestuous weather and hazardous driving conditions could not...
 

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