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.

To Texas or Bust.

By now, I’m sure you’ve heard about Vacaville’s Cindy Sheehan, who had been camped outside President Bush’s vacation home in Crawford, Texas. She wanted to meet with the President so that she could get answers about the reasons for going to war in Iraq, for which her son had to die. To date, the President has refused to meet with her.

However, another military mom, Deborah Johns of Roseville, wants to help Cindy Sheehan understand what this war was about.
Continue reading “To Texas or Bust.”

Sacramento’s drivers aren’t just bad…

…but we’re also bad. To the bone.

California has ranked number one in auto thefts in the country, says the National Insurance Crime Bureau.

And in the state, where does Sacramento rank in crimes of the car? While Modesto and Stockton took first and second place, Sacramento was fifth in absconded whips.

Are you surprised? I have to say, I am. Given how people in this town drive like they’re in the middle of a get-away, I thought we’d have ranked higher.

And who doesn’t love fireworks?

The California State Fair experienced its first fireworks show Friday evening of ’05. Unfortunately, this show wasn’t of the “…skyrockets in flight, afternoon delight” variety. No, the CSF (again, the acronym thing, not good) just wouldn’t be the same without some good old fashioned gunplay. According to News10.net, “as many as nine shots from a .22 caliber handgun” were fired as two groups of teens, “engaged in some kind of altercation with another group.” And to top it all off the suspect (who was arrested) is only 17! And to top it all off even more, “authorities said the alleged gunman threw the handgun away just before he was grabbed by officers on Heritage Lane.” Super, great, grand. Just what we need as folks make their way to the fair from offsite parking. No word yet on whether the gun was retrieved.

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.
Continue reading “Chili today, hot tamale”

Adopt-a-Cluck

KXTV (News10) reported on Tuesday about a property buyer in Vacaville who didn’t read the fine print:

A Vacaville farm animal sanctuary is seeking new homes for some aging chickens it rescued from a Gilroy egg farm.

The chickens, bred for egg-laying, had lived in small cages on land bought by a man who had no idea he was also getting 160,000 birds in the deal.

So far, animal rescuers have found homes for 200 of the birds. That leaves 159,800 birds to go. So, go ahead and be kind to your fine feathered friends: give a chicken a home. After all, despite what Carls Jr. has to say about them, who couldn’t use a good chicken or twelve around the house ?

Trippin on acid…

…of the ascorbic variety.

Apparently, according to KCRA, a woman went on a crime spree on Tuesday in south Sac and into Elk Grove, while buzzing on antioxidants:

“She was wired with, I’m sure … all I had was vitamin C and E and she was swallowing those as fast as she could,” victim James Hickey said.

The ingestion of these vitamins spurred this woman on as she stole – or at least attempted to steal – six vehicles, and broke into three homes.

There’s something to be said about the implications of a dramatic … pause. Mustabeen some hella Flintstones in them bottles, Mr. Hickey!

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.”