Category: Misc

Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

On my way into work this morning, I was listening to the radio and caught an interview with New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on KSAC. It hit me hard, because despite what you hear from other interviews and press conferences, you could hear the frustration and desperation in his voice – someone who is at the scene and is trying to deal with the catastrophe at the ground level.

At first, it didn’t occur to me to post anything about the disaster, because it wasn’t exactly a local story. But, I’m sure all of our thoughts and prayers are with those who are suffering along the Gulf Coast. I would encourage anyone and everyone to try and help out anyway they can, if even by way of a donation to the Red Cross (1-800-HELP-NOW) or another appropriate relief organization.

Ok, seriously…

Browsing the ol’ News10.net this morning when I came across these three headlines in succession:

  • Lodi Fire Captain Convicted on Child Pornography Charges
  • Placerville Man Charged with Child Sex Abuse
  • Folsom Teacher Arrested for Forcing Student into Sex Act

Granted this could be a coincidence and every city is sure to have its share of whack jobs, but whiskey tango foxtrot is going on? A fire captain, an english teacher…this is not what our fair city needs.
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Pay no attention to the horrible disaster

Caught up on some Hurricane Katrina coverage this morning, since the young one wanted to get up and play with me at 6:15. Now the 24-hour cable channels were full of tough coverage, reporters steeling themselves against 90mph winds, reporting on damage at the Super Dome, giving details of relief efforts. But our local crew at Good Day Sacramento wanted to make sure us Sacramentans felt the local angle. Bring in haughty beat reporter Naj Alikhan, standing by one of the many flood gates (at H street between the tracks and Carlson Blvd). Naj reassured us that Sacramento has 3 times as many giant sump pumps as the soon-to-be destroyed New Orleans and thus would be three times safer. Because it’s not right local angle if it doesn’t make us feel more fortunate than the disaster stricken! Thanks a lot, Naj.

The Rag Board is Live!

Okay Sac Raggers, share your love for the mean streets of 916 on The Rag Board. We’re talking old-skool message board here, folks. Enjoy it while you can, meaning until spam creeps figure out how to spam it.

Tip: Click on this icon: to sign up as a new member. First person to post who is not a Sac Rag contributor gets a free t-shirt!!

UPDATE: And the free t-shirt winner is local blogger Plum Win. Congrats!

UPDATE: Here are some more tips on using it–the main screen has Forums with multiple posts. It’s not threaded because it’s so low-budg. To get “back” out of it, Squirty Tip, click the beautiful banner at the top. I’ll put a home link in there too JIC.

Fill’er up!

With soaring gas prices I thought our readers may want to check out this site.

On the bright side, Sacramento area filling stations pepper the list of lowest regular gas prices in the last 48 hours.

Chili today, hot tamale

The folks over at Plum Win have asked us to do a story on the weather forecasting in the River City. Specifically, a story on why we don’t need weather forecasting. This reminded me of a rumor I once heard, I assume it is a rumor as I haven’t been able to prove it one way or the other, that Hawaii has no television weather forecasters. Presumably because it is partly cloudy with afternoon showers every flippin’ day. Perhaps our readers can verify this as fact or fiction. In the meantime, click your way over to thehawaiichannel.com.

Notice anything odd about this site? Apparently the old KCRA site found a new home in our 50th state, but I digress.
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Like the Phoenix, Rising from the Ashes

According to the Bee today. The Nut Tree will be rebuilt on its original site:

Nine years after the original Nut Tree folded, groundbreaking is set for Aug. 25 on a $200 million development alongside Interstate 80 that will include restaurants, hotels, townhouses, shops and a farmers market. There will be a kiddie-style amusement park, complete with the old miniature Nut Tree train.

I’m very excited at the prospect of a new miniature Nut Tree railroad and the opportunity to purchase comically oversized cookies and undrsized loaves of bread. No word yet, though, on whether or not the new development will feature a 1776 ft “Freedom Tower.”

Urban construction projects

My Urban Vista blogs about major construction projects in downtown/midtown. I’d like to springboard off this helpful list and ask my readers, preferably (like me) completely uneducated about urban planning to comment on this post with more suggestions for major construction projects.

I’ll get the ball rolling: slash and burn J Street from 9th to 11th and replace it with a Borders.