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		<title>Voetbergs play their way into Library fans&#8217; hearts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago I hyped the Voetberg Family Band, an octet of fiddlin&#8217; siblins&#8217; from Washington State. The family&#8217;s performance last night at the Tsakopoulos Library Galleria at the Central Library was not to be missed by bluegrass/folk/Celtic/Christian hymnal music fans. 
The two elder Voetbergs have professional chops right now (the eldest, Liddy, has released [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sacrag.com/2010/03/voetbergs-play-their-way-into-library-fans-hearts/</link>
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		<title>State Fair announces new theme</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It looks like Stickie will be donning his pith helmet this summer as the California State Fair announced on Wednesday that its theme will be &#8220;Your Passport to Adventure&#8221; this year.
Fairgoers will be offered a summer concert series and new attractions, including the first U.S. appearance of the &#8220;Days of the Dinosaur&#8221; exhibit with dinosaur [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sacrag.com/2010/03/state-fair-announces-new-theme/</link>
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		<title>CoolDMZ vs. the Laker Nation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My dad treated me to a viewing of Tuesday night&#8217;s Sacramento NBA Kings contest versus another basketball team from Los Angeles. In case you missed my Twitter tweets from the Arco stands, the most notable topic was the fact that the Laker Nation was out in force. I suppose this should not be surprising, but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sacrag.com/2010/03/cooldmz-vs-the-laker-nation/</link>
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		<title>Feeling Sacramento</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The News &#038; Review is having fun with their &#8220;You know you’re a Sacramentan when&#8221; discussion.  First published way back on March 11, 2010 this article has been added to via Facebook and reader comments.
A few of my favorites&#8230;

8. … you kind of like the service at Zelda’s.
25. … you dismiss gossip that the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sacrag.com/2010/03/feeling-sacramento/</link>
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		<title>It’s No Blarney: St. Patty’s Day Parade Held Today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fare lads and lasses won’t want to miss their lucky chance to celebrate all things Irish at today’s St. Patty’s Day parade in Ol’ Sac. Bag pipes, kilts, and green beer abound! This FREE event begins with a parade at 1:00 PM at 2nd and L Streets.
But beware of parking leprechauns! All Ol’ Sac streets will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sacrag.com/2010/03/it%e2%80%99s-no-blarney-st-patty%e2%80%99s-day-parade-held-today/</link>
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		<title>Coming Soon&#8230;&#8221;Real&#8221; Diabetes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In lieu of my semiannual rant about Daylight Saving Time, I thought I&#8217;d share this photo I took at the grocery store today in Sacramento, CA.
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		<link>http://sacrag.com/2010/03/coming-soon-real-diabetes/</link>
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		<title>New look, features for SacMix.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Local happy hour website SacMix.com launched an updated look today with some new features. This week marked the official launch for the site, which aims to be the &#8220;Craigslist of Food and Drink&#8221; for the Sacramento region. 
In addition to tweaking the design, SacMix.com founder Tim White has added hundreds of new listings in outlying [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sacrag.com/2010/03/new-look-features-for-sacmix-com/</link>
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		<title>Conan O&#8217;Brien to appear in Sacramento</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Conan O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s nationwide stage tour, the &#8220;Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour&#8221; (ha) will be making a stop right here in Sacramento on May 6, according to the just-released tour dates. 
The show will take place at the Memorial Auditorium. Let&#8217;s show Team Coco how wonderful Sacramento can be! Tickets can be purchased [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sacrag.com/2010/03/conan-obrien-to-appear-in-sacramento/</link>
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		<title>Evil Weather Lurks Tonight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Batten down the hatches! We’re in for record cold in Sacramento tonight. The evil weathermen have teamed with Mother Nature in a wretched plot to suffer the force of frost upon us. You can just feel it in the graying clouds corroding our skies.
You can’t save yourself, but for god sake, save your garden! Throw some old [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sacrag.com/2010/03/evil-weather-lurks-tonight/</link>
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		<title>Election deadlines coming Friday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The deadline to register as a candidate for the District 1, 3, 5 and 7 City Council offices is Friday, March 12. As of today there will be quite a field, with 17 candidates running, including 5 candidates in Districts 3 and 5. The deadline for District 5 is actually March 17, since the incumbent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sacrag.com/2010/03/election-deadlines-coming-friday/</link>
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		<title>Smashburger coming, seeks hungry rockers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Citrus Heights is getting NorCal&#8217;s first Smashburger on March 31.  My carnivorous friends scattered across the country generally agree that Smashburger is a decent burger, but I don&#8217;t really care.  I won&#8217;t be eating there, as I generally avoid franchise restaurants like the plague, especially if they don&#8217;t serve draft beer.   [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sacrag.com/2010/03/smashburger-coming-seeks-hungry-rockers/</link>
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		<title>On your left!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those that may have missed this memo released on February 18th, new &#8220;Rules &#038; Courtesy&#8221; signs are going up along the American River Parkway to &#8220;encourage visitors to follow the rules and share the bike trail.&#8221;
“Our old courtesy signs were several years old and were showing their age,” said Flannery. “Our old signs also [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sacrag.com/2010/03/on-your-left/</link>
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		<title>Cool family events coming up at Central Library</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Several interesting events are coming up at the Central Library downtown:

Sunday, March 7: Family Concert with the Camellia Symphony Orchestra. On Sunday the Camellia Symphony Orchestra holds a free concert in the Library Galleria at 2 pm. But the coolest part happens before the concert, when the orchestra will present an &#8220;instrument petting zoo&#8221; to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sacrag.com/2010/03/cool-family-events-coming-up-at-central-library/</link>
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		<title>Sacramento is the New L.A.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you spent any time at all on the corner of 10th and O Streets today, you probably spotted someone famous. There was no shortage of celebrities at The California Museum, turning Sacramento citizens into quintessential paparazzi. Some Sacramentans even waited in line for an hour and a half to see it all.
And who could [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sacrag.com/2010/03/sacramento-is-the-new-l-a/</link>
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		<title>Your ad here</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When Sacramentans are faced with adversity (like the recent economic downturn) they often times know how to make the most of a bad situation.  The would-be TGIF restaurant on Truxel Road has been an eye-sore for quite some time.  The smart folks at Beach Hut Deli and Sport Clips saw this as an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sacrag.com/2010/03/your-ad-here/</link>
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		<title>Now playing: Radio 94.7</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kicking the music scene up a notch since 1979
A new player entered the crowded field of crappy music on the radio dial today as RADIO 94.7 launched at noon on the air and online.
RADIO 94.7 features music from artists like Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dave Matthews Band, Coldplay, Green Day, U2, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sacrag.com/2010/03/now-playing-radio-94-7/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Tangy Time: Pinkberry Coming to Sac</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The LA institution affectionately known as Crack-berry is coming to our small hamlet. Soon to open at Howe &#8217;bout Arden, with additional locations in the usual suburban enclaves of Roseville, Folsom, and Elk Grove, the SoCal institution will bring its tangy yogurt and fresh fruit toppings and naive Japanese schoolgirl attitude and creepy trance music [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sacrag.com/2010/03/its-tangy-time-pinkberry-coming-to-sac/</link>
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		<title>All-Star Line-Up Celebrates California Women</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Thursday, March 4, First Lady Maria Shriver partners with The California Museum for a FREE &#8220;Day at the Museum,&#8221; a celebration of California&#8217;s leading ladies. Prepare to be inspired! The all-star line-up includes Iron Chef Cat Cora and Sacramento&#8217;s own Biba Caggiano (owner of Biba Restaurant), Sacramento-native Lisa Ling, the original founders of Sacramento [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sacrag.com/2010/03/all-star-female-line-up-celebrates-california-women/</link>
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		<title>Football in Sacramento?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those that are interested in showing lukewarm excitement for news stories like these, the United Football League is going to make a &#8220;special announcement&#8221; on Wednesday, March 3rd at 2:30 p.m. live on the Interwebs.
Of course, we all know that the announcement is that the San Francisco football Redwoods will be moving to Sacramento. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sacrag.com/2010/03/football-in-sacramento/</link>
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		<title>Tree-dar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Apropos of nothing save the topic of it being Friday, I liked this lone and rather shapely evergreen (redwood, I believe?) standing strong in the rear of a business complex, competing with a satellite dish. Kicking its non-coniferous ass, I would say. Okay, this was also apropos of endowing non-bipedal things with the ability to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sacrag.com/2010/02/tree-dar/</link>
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		<title>Dirty Talk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

Fancy-dancy 3-bin compost bin

You know you want to. Don’t hesitate any longer! Start making that dirty, dirty dirt! You know what I’m talking about. That’s right, baby. That thing that makes every girl smile: COMPOSTING!
Making dirt ain’t easy. You can’t just throw your scraps in a pile out your back door (unless you love rats). [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sacrag.com/2010/02/dirty-talk/</link>
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		<title>SBW &#8211; Now douchebag free</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The turnout for Sacramento Beer Week has been tremendous. I have seen several events that were practically wall to wall with people enjoying their friends and Sacramento&#8217;s finest pints (and schooners, and tulips, and litres, and samplers and chalices and&#8230;) and have been genuinely impressed by the quality of events and participation from Sacramento&#8217;s beer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sacrag.com/2010/02/sbw-now-douchebag-free/</link>
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		<title>Ganglians at Daytrotter Studios</title>
		<description><![CDATA[via myspace
Local band Ganglians have a session up today on Datrotter.com, one of my favorite sources for discovering new bands. The sessions on Daytrotter come with cool artwork (which shows up on your i-Whatever) and a spacey/poetic writeup.  
The Ganglians, who rocked last year&#8217;s SXSW, have an intriguing and unique garage pop sound. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sacrag.com/2010/02/ganglians-at-daytrotter-studios/</link>
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		<title>Are you a no bs security guard?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes?  Man, you are in luck.
via RealityWanted.com
We are looking for real life experienced Security Guards to be part of a new reality series. Are you the toughest, boldest, no bs Security Guard? Are you a natural leader? We are looking for real people who are the biggest and most energetic security guards to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sacrag.com/2010/02/are-you-a-no-bs-security-guard/</link>
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		<title>Free Flapjacks!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those of you that enjoy themselves some free AND flapjacks, it&#8217;s your lucky day.  Ending at 10:00 p.m. tonight, the International House of Pancakes is serving up a free short stack of cakes*
* There is a limit of one free short stack per guest. The offer is valid at participating restaurants for dine-in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sacrag.com/2010/02/free-flapjacks/</link>
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