Category: Misc

Tonight, the City Council will discuss drafting a city ordinance banning plastic bags at grocery stores. Since I’m too lazy to get to a City Council meeting to ask these questions, I very much hope someone has already asked them:

How much money would it cost to make sure that everyone in the City knows that these plastic bags are absolutely 100% recyclable? (Every other week, of course!)

Continue reading “Questions on plastic bag ban”

The venerable Heckasac today:

Remember all the blogs that have come and gone? The ones that started off strong and faded away? Remember when Sac Rag was a big thing? Oh wait, they are still posting! I’ll have to go back to checking. Although when SNR had a “best of” blogs category, I argued and will still argue that a “blog” with a whole roster of posters is really not a blog. Remember when I used to start fights with everyone before I knew that people would find out about it?

“Remember when” you used to start fights with everyone, eh? Just kidding. We will be here on the internet until you pry Sac-eats from our cold dead hands, or until one of us moves to Wisconsin.

I recently discovered that I enjoy motor racing. The delirious, first high was a trip to the Sacramento Mile. I’m hooked. New to the scene but deeply into our State Parks, I was surprised that Prairie City State Vehicular Recreation Area SVRA is only a 20 minute drive to Rancho Cordova. Offroad enthusiasts regularly gather here, especially on weekends.

If you want to check them out, tomorrow is a great opportunity. This stop on the NorCal Rock Races tour is the final round of the 2012 championship series, featuring three classes of competitors from amateurs to world class. It is the only private West Coast qualifier for the 2013 King of Hammers, which is known as “the toughest road race on the planet” due to the challenging terrain in Johnson Valley, CA.

Admission is only $15 for a day of racing starting Saturday at 10am.

In a vague, “could mean something whichever way you lean politically” manner, I think it’s safe to say freedom is a delicate thing in the America these days. The Sacramento Public Library would like to hear what you have to say about that with its 6-word Micro Essay Contest on the subject “What does freedom mean to you?” The contest runs until October 18. And we’re all eagerly awaiting Dolph’s answer. (That was the best clip I could find.)

The Bee’s Ryan Lillis reported today that Mayor Johnson’s “Think Big” arena task force received funds from the Sacramento Kings, with whom of course the Mayor has negotiated on a proposed arena.

Apparently Johnson missed a 30-days deadline for reporting many of the donations; in fact donations made last summer were reported in August. This is a major scandal that in a fair world would keep Johnson from getting reelected or even finishing his term. Continue reading “KJ’s Think Big funded by Kings, Bee reports”

Local tomatoes are at their best in late summer and are currently popping across town in gardens, farms and restaurants. The great thing about a good tomato is that it can practically stand alone. Toss some salt and pepper on it and work it into just about anything.

We aren’t known as “The Big Tomato” simply because the word can sorta be portmanteaued with Sacramento or because they grow so damn well here. We have been at the center of one of the nation’s largest tomato industries for decades.

If you are a fan of the love apple, as it used to be called, tonight’s discussion at the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op is for you. Local historian William Burg is teaming up with local farmers to present a variety of views on the tomato, from its role in our local history and economy to new developments such as the square (!) tomato. Taste some delicious ones straight off the farm, too.

6:30-8:00 pm

As part of the Railyards project the Amtrak lines have been relocated and starting Monday, passengers will have to walk through a partially covered walkway and through a tunnel to reach the new platforms.

The Bee’s Tony Bizjak includes a quote from “city officials” citing that the walk will be “similar to those at many larger train stations around the country.” The only larger train station I have seen is Union Station in LA but I don’t recall a walk this large. Does anyone with experience know if this statement holds water?

If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. $30,000 of lighting and sound equipment has been stolen from the Sacramento Shakespeare Festival. I have trouble imagining the pigs that would commit this sin against art, but men are men, the best sometimes forget, and expectation is the root of all heartache.

Shows have been rescheduled to perform in daylight and reduced in price to attract patrons. What is past is prologue and what’s done can’t be undone, so let’s show some support to them, as an overflow of good converts to bad and pleasure and action make the hours seem short. Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness. I would go on, but brevity is the soul of wit.

The Sacramento Shakespeare Festival performs at the William A. Carroll Amphitheatre in William Land Park behind Fairytale Town across from the Sacramento Zoo. Make donations here to help them out.

UPDATE: The case is breaking and some equipment has already been recovered, including the light board and a box of microphones!