I wrote a year ago about the new Shins album and their Sacramento connection — Omnibus records and current Mt. St. Mtn. co-founder Mark Kaiser. Well, that’s probably their coolest Sacramento connection, but as of this weekend it is definitely not their most domestic-abusingest connection. Continue reading “Another Shins Sacramento connection”
Tag: Crime
Rancho Drivers Beware!
CBS news is reporting on a sting operation being conducted in Rancho Cordova. Drivers are being pulled over, cited for good driving, and issued $5 gift cards for Starbucks. Keep an eye out for cops, put your hands at 10 and 2, and maybe you’ll get lucky!
BOLO (Be On the Lookout)
We are lucky, here in Sacto, to have a wealth of gifted musicians able and willing to share their talents with us. We are unlucky, here in Sacto, to have a glut of lowlife nogoodnicks who can’t keep their dirty mitts off of other people’s stuff.  Unfortunately, these two groups too often come into contact. Such was the case last night when local bass and fiddle player Patrick “Junior” Skiffington had his ride stolen from in front of his downtown (4th & T) abode.
So, I ask you, the good people of Sacramento, to be on the lookout for a 1983 Oldsmobile Omega (nothing but the best in early 80’s sedanage), puce with brown interior, license # 5ZAF758. If you see said auto, call the local authorities and report.  Thank you, good citizens.
City wants you to photograph dumpers
The Bee reported today that the city will start awarding $500 to citizens who send in photographic evidence of illegal garbage dumping. It is a severe problem in neighborhoods like Oak Park, and one hopes the city’s plan will work. The guilty parties will be fined $500.
For some reason that $500 correlation* is humorous to me. Continue reading “City wants you to photograph dumpers”
Infant murder makes national news
Sorry for the downer post on your Monday morning, but I think we need to talk about how the most despiccable crime ever happened over the weekend. It is now being reported on by Fox News, so we’re going to be in the national news for the wrong reasons yet again. I think I speak for many when I say I hope anybody who could assist the sheriff in finding these monsters will speak up.
My heart goes out to the family of Sean and his baby, and also to the detectives who are investigating this, who must be in hell right now. The witnesses, who were apparently the victims of a home invasion robbery, are reportedly coming off as sketchy and that is disturbing.
“McClatchy Red” banned at… McClatchy
This photo provides an ironic
touchpoint to the article.
The Bee reported yesterday on a new rule at McClatchy High School banning students from wearing the color red. Problem is, the school’s colors are red and white.
Now I am not very educated when it comes to current gang problems, names of gangs, ways to identify bangers, which gangs are the coolest, etc. I’m sure that banning the color red is a great way to go, since I assume gangs usually wear solid color outfits to maximize their display of the gang-affiliated color. For example, gang members who are fans of the Yankees baseball club must have a tough time, since their team colors are blue and white. If their gang color is red, they are screwed. Likewise, a gang member itching to wear red is going to shy away from anything with something else on it like an M or a picture of a lion, right?
Natomas Flooded in Media Controversy
This controversy over free publications makes me think of ripping down someone else’s “Vote for me!” student council campaign sign and replacing it with your own:
A Natomas media rivalry has turned ugly, with owners of two local publications each claiming the other has stolen stacks of the competitor’s periodicals from the rack.
In one case, Natomas Journal publisher Will Craig was caught on surveillance tape in August picking up a stack of N Magazines from the South Natomas Community Center, replacing them with his own newspaper and dumping the rival publication in an outside recycling bin…
Craig said he simply was sending a message to the people connected with N Magazine because he believes they have been stripping his racks for 21 months.
I understand, only remotely, that it’s important to the publishers to tell advertisers what their circulation is and where their publication is offered; however, doesn’t getting rid of the rival’s rag artificially increase the number of publications being taken?
At least he’s recycling them.
An unique twist on a common occurrence
We’re at the point here at the Sac Rag that we don’t even bother reporting on “normal” crashes involving a vehicle and a living room (unless it’s a two-fer, of course), but this one is different. While Sacramento isn’t making a name for itself on any “best place to…” list, it does continue to bring its “A” game in this arena.
Sacramento police say around 9:20 p.m. one of its officers and the driver of a Honda crashed into one another on Village Star Drive and Franklin Boulevard. The impact sent the Honda into the living room of a nearby home.
Wow, huh? I wonder what happened. High speed pursuit? Drunk driver? Man, what could it have been? I must read on…
Police say there are no indications that speed or alcohol lead to the crash.
Oh, ok, Police, sure that’s enough for me. I’ll move on now.
Food TV arrest in Vacaville
So news that happens in Vacaville is nearly out of the border for SacRag reporting, but this is too tasty of a story to pass up.
Vacaville police are warning residents to be cautious of electronic scams that have been occurring in the area after a man was arrested attempting to pass off shrink-wrapped oven doors as state-of-the-art plasma HDTVs. Apparently, authorities were alerted after a frugal shopper discovered that the “high-definition television” being sold out of the back of a blue Integra was not, as advertised, “the deal of the century.”
Also featured for won’t-be-undersold prices: Laptop computer boxes full of flooring tile.
Now I’m always looking for a good deal on electronics- but somehow my Spider-Sense would start tingling if the deal was to be found in the trunk of a crappy Acura in the middle of Vacaville. Really- who’s falling for this? Or has my Sacramento “big city” street-smarts made me too cunning of an adversary for these flimflammers?
Breton backpedals on hate crime case
First, I should point out that these are my views. I’m sure others share them, but none of us Sac Rag contributors should ever be construed to be speaking for the rest.
I wouldn’t necessarily say I’m enjoying watching the Bee squirm after their Slavic Evangelical accusations in the Singh case have all but dried up. But there is squirming going on. Witness Marcos Breton today… Continue reading “Breton backpedals on hate crime case”
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