The Sac Bee printed an interesting article today, matching up local population demographics with areas vulnerable to flooding. And guess what? The places that are most vulnerable to flooding also house our most vulnerable residents. Check out the article, and ups to the Bee for keeping an eye on this.
In light of the recent success of the Sac Rag’s new category, “Make Us Laugh”, we found another story that may solicit hilarity.
From news10.net:
The City of Stockton has its fingers crossed that the $1 million it’s paying singer Neil Diamond won’t be a “song sung blue” Sunday night.
The City Council revealed Tuesday it has paid Diamond $1 million to perform the first concert at the new arena. The arrangement was secret until The Stockton Record filed a request for the information.
{In an ongoing attempt to encourage visitor interactivity, the Sac Rag is introducing a new category: Make Us Laugh. From time to time we’ll post a link to a news story that we feel lends itself to humor. Your task is to review the story and submit your punchline or funny commentary. No scoffing (I can see you cynical, at work internet surfers now). Oh, and Runnergirl, please don’t review this bit. Here goes nothing. Literally…}
From kcra.com:
An alleged marijuana operation went up in smoke Monday after fire destroyed a Sacramento home. Metro Fire Department officials said the home was totally engulfed in flames when they arrived, but they were able to knock the flames down quickly. Officials said that 450 marijuana plants were found…
Since this here site has been known to be an annoyance to some, I thought it important to post this bit of mind-numbingly disturbing news about our folks in Washington. Apparently, Congress has just passed, with the President’s signature, a new bill that makes it a crime to create anonymous Internet communications with the intent to “annoy” (among other verbs like harass). I’m not sure what disturbs me more, this news or the fact that the #1 movie over the weekend was the gratuitous torture movie “Hostel.”
We all know about MTV’s TV show, Pimp My Ride, and we all know pimpin’ ain’t easy. But, pimpin’ is what’s cool, even more than snarkin’. So kudos to Rocklin’s Kristine Stone and Shaun Baland and the five kids between them, who are pimpin’ out their wedding to the highest bidders:
They’re offering to allow the highest bidders to write vows for the bride and groom, the best man’s toast and to choose the first song they will dance to as husband and wife. Bids for each offer start at $99. Winners will get a DVD of the ceremony.
If they really want to make some money, they should pimp out their honeymoon.
Something is simply not right about Grass Valley, and I’m not just talking about the drugs or their choices in pets. It also looks like some people there just don’t learn the easy way:
Thirty-two-year-old Zoltan Gergely pleaded innocent yesterday to charges he tried to assault his roommate with a camping hatchet…In the previous case, Gergely was sentenced to 300 days in jail and five years of probation last year after being convicted of attacking a woman and her boyfriend on their doorstep with a samurai sword.
You see parents, THIS is what happens when you let children think it’s alright to run around with scissors.
The wild police pursuit that ended last night with a fatal shooting of a parolee out in north county apparently happened in front of a busload of horrified high school students. According to most of the local news outfits, that is. This morning’s Bee includes a few details that will either surprise you or not, depending on your faith in the human race:
Ashley Acevedo, a 17-year-old senior, said she was sitting at the back of the bus when someone shouted, “Look at that guy running!”
“People on the bus were actually cheering for him, (saying) run, run,” Acevedo said. “He looked up at us and smiled.”
Nice work, kids! Extinction, party of 8 billion?
Men’s Fitness Magazine has released their 2006 America’s Fittest Cities rankings. And, guess what? Sacramento actually made it as a top city, coming in at number 11 (though we dropped 4 points from last year). Who would have thought? Here’s what they had to say about our foyne, chiseled and ripped torso of a town:
» Sacramento residents rank in the top 10 cities for sports participation.
» The city is also in the top 10 for sporting-goods stores.
» Health food stores, golf courses and federal parks are plentiful.
» However, the number of tennis courts and basketball courts are lower than average.
» Residents have a lower-than-average risk of health problems related to being overweight.
» They also watch less TV than average.
I sit (on my sofa watching Wheel of Fortune with a bag of nachos) surprised.
Driving up Folsom Blvd just now I noticed two East Sacramento establishments in some sort of flux… the Hospice Thrift store seems to be closing up shop or moving, or perhaps just the awning is out for cleaning. Seems like if they were moving there would be a “We’re Moving” sign. The second storefront with something strange afoot is the Hilltop bar, which kind of looked like there might have been water damage inside. Anybody have any gossip?
Jimmy, the Sac Zoo’s rare and endangered golden-bellied mangabey, has died.
But, who was Jimmy? Even the Zoo isn’t entirely sure:
According to the zoo, golden-bellied mangabeys are considered endangered. There are only 19 golden-bellied mangabeys in North American zoos. Little is known from the wild about these primates. They believe the primates only live naturally in a small area in Democratic Republic of Congo.
Not to make little of the loss to the Zoo, but CBS13’s online write-up of the story sounds too much like a Seinfeld bit.
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