The Sacramento Bee has added to its Databases section the salaries of our Sacramento Kings professional basketball team.
Wow, it’s good to be the Kings.
Update: The Bee has updated their page to finalize the “down-to-the-dollar reality of the team’s payroll”
Got this in the inbox this morning:
Can anyone refer me to a certified arborist who doesn’t make their living cutting down or pruning trees? I live in University Park Homes, a gated community of 150 or so homes that is set in an urban forest. It is near the American River, between campus commons and sierra oaks. The area is known for its tall colorful trees. Without notification, the homeowners association voted (three people) to remove 22 trees, 10 of which are directly in my view. An arborist has recommended the removal of 144 trees over two years replacing large shady greenery with a shorter variety of trees that don’t provide shade. It appears they are going for the Southwest look?
If this was my hood I’d be pretty darn upset. Everybody knows Sacramento is all about the trees.
Continue reading “Help needed: University Park trees endangered UPDATED”
My geek credentials are seriously lacking, but even I can tell that this weekend is pretty much a star-loving geek’s dream right here in River City. With a capital T, and that rhymes with W, and that stands for Wheaton.
Friday and Saturday it’s From the Land Beyond, Sacramento’s horror and sci-fi show. Meet Wil Wheaton and Doug Jones, and (for your Battlestar geeks out there) not only THE Richard Hatch, but also Chief (and Final Fiver) Galen Tyrol himself Aaron Douglas!
SN&R Best of Sacramento 2008:
Best blog
1. The Sac Rag
Best blogger
2. Sac-Eats
T3. CoolDMZ
Best Sacramento Web site
2. The Sac Rag
Congratulations to sac-eats, who for my money is the best blogger this town has seen or will ever see. (I may be a tad bit biased.)
As in previous years, we must extend a hearty Thank You to all of our readers. Without your participation this site would not be what it is today!
In case you weren’t feeling old enough, Shareef Abdur-Rahim announced his retirement on Monday after 12 seasons in the NBA. Did you read that? Twelve seasons. Man, I think I lost a decade in there somewhere. When did 1996 become 12 years ago?
At any rate, it appears he’ll land a job with the Kings in some capacity. Good luck, Shareef.
Perhaps all of you legal eagles out there can help me with something. The Sacramento Bee reports that a man was shot in the abdomen yesterday in downtown Sacramento. The story has a headline that reads, “Sacramento panhandler accused of shooting disabled man.” The first sentence of the story reads, “A woman panhandling in downtown Sacramento Monday pulled out a gun and shot a disabled man who refused to give her money, scattering a terrified crowd gathered at a busy bus stop, police said.”
Is there a difference between *accused* and *police said*? Throw in a photo of the “accused” and you got yourself an open and shut case…
I did enjoy this quote though:
“Why would someone ask money from someone who is obviously disabled?” asked his younger brother, Adrian Perez. “This is really outrageous.”
Do disabled people have a history of not carrying spare change? Just sayin’
Update: Bad example as the suspect has basically confessed to the crime. I do still wonder what terms the media can use, quote, etc. with regard to criminal activities.
According to fft (*MLNSFW picture), Mates of State will play Harlow’s on October 6. Mrs Cool and I have seen some great Mates of State shows in our day (Old I, Capitol Garage…those were the days!), so I recommend highly. Between the Mates, the Shins and Electro Group, I was pretty much Omnibus records #1 fanboy from 1999-2001 or so. Mates of State have really turned into that label’s most successful alums; you’ve heard them somewhere on a cell phone commercial or something. Some tunes from the new album “Re-Arrange Us” are available on Mates of State’s website.
This show is not listed on Harlow’s calendar yet but 10/6 would fall between the band’s show in Portland and a show at the Fillmore in SF the next night 🙂
* Might Look NSFW (but everybody is covered).
Here’s another one for the “things are not as bad as they seem” file.
For all you midtown Peetniks, a new Peets has opened up at the southeast corner of Capitol and Alhambra. You’ll be happy to know there is yet another caffeine option in the area.
So, even though times are tough, apparently the fundamentals of our coffee are strong.
Apparently the economy is like, bad or whatever. But you wouldn’t know it if you examine the booming casino market, as evidenced by the long lines to fill out applications at the new Red Hawk casino going up in El Dorado Hills. I suppose you could see this as a good sign–even in these volatile times there is enough walkin around money walkin around to create 1,700 jobs in our area. But one would hope that we Californians might have learned a thing or two about money and risk over the last few weeks!
I saw one heckuva great band last night at Harlow’s. The funny thing is, this band has been together for slightly more than 30 years, yet they outrock bands half their age.
I speak, of course, of X, one of the best bands to come out of the LA punk scene, back in 1977. However, X is about far more than punk rock, although that is certainly integral to who they are. But they also bring in many other influences to their sound, such as country, rockabilly, old time rock n’ roll (a la Chuck Berry), even hints of jazz and funk. And there’s no denying that singers Exene Cervenka and John Doe are two of the most talented lyricists ever in the rock world. Continue reading “Great show at Harlow’s”
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