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What The French?
Bee careful!cc, By jurvetson The Bee has an interesting report today, “Yosemite deaths: Americans may have lost respect for nature’s risks” about recent deaths at Yosemite as evidence of a growing...
View ArticleNewspaper with a thing for offensive ledes
The Bee reports today on a sex offender caught preying on boys after being released from prison after serving time for a 1988 child molestation charge. Robert Precobb, a sex offender with a thing for...
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Payless ShoeSource is excited
I dare you to try on those Christian Siriano shoes Not only does the Payless ShoeSource in Stockton get robbed this weekend, they also receive wonderful advertising on News10.net. Seriously, I am not...
View ArticleSacramento Ranks (Bee photo gallery)
We love to discuss rankings and lists, so I was please to come across this nice photo gallery compilation of Sacramento’s ranking in 33 categories. Rankings that caught my eye: No. 30: Most Generous...
View ArticleAdrienne welcomes latest KCRA weather person, mentions what we’re all thinking
KCRA’s Adrienne Bankert welcomes the newest member of the weather team, Tamera Berg. Toward the end of the clip she mentions what everyone is thinking… Let’s just hope Tamera fares better in the online...
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Sac Press contest awards local writers
photo credit: jimmiehomeschoolmom The Sacramento Press recently announced its third annual Journalism Open, a unique contest for local amateur journalists: Holding true to its strong belief in...
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KXJZ Getting Out of the Jazz Business
I opened a letter today from KXJZ, 90.9, Capital Public Radio that is, letting me know that the last vestiges of jazz being played on 90.9 will be disappearing from the station as of January 17. Ok,...
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Bee sees stars aligning for Kings AND Sacramento A’s?
"Stop the game, Shoggoth on the court again..." No, not the more sober voices of Voisin, Breton and Jason Jones. I’m talking about this piece of science fiction by Tom Couzens. Fast forward to the...
View ArticleMidtown Monthly ceasing publication
Tim “Old Man” Foster blogs today on MidownMonthly.net that the March issue of Midtown Monthly will be the last issue. I’m sad, but I’m also proud. I’m proud of the work that our contributors have done....
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“We like Mitzi for this one… The M.O. matches”
Mrs. Cool and I got an inappropriate amount of enjoyment from this KCRA article about a roving gang of aggressive dogs that is terrorizing folks from Woodland to West Sac: String Of Dog-Biting...
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Sacramento Parent goes glam
Sacramento Parent is one of those free advertorial magazines you see in places that moms tend to gather. Typically it features local parents, mostly moms, and articles of interest to families. The...
View ArticleBankert to leave KCRA
I was bummed to read that KCRA’s Adrienne Bankert (@adriennebankert) has taken a job at a television in Dallas. Adrienne, who joined the KCRA-KQCA family in 2004, will be moving to Dallas to start her...
View ArticleLeibrock, Miller named editors of SN&R
Congratulations go out today to long-time Sac News & Review contributors/editors Rachel Leibrock and Nick Miller. The two were named as co-editors of the Review after the founding editor Melinda...
View ArticleLisa Gonzales leaves KOVR 13
It’s always fun when a local news personality leaves to join another local news agency as they have to show excitement about the new job without seeming glad to be out of the old. Take this story from...
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Sac’s kids today
One of many fun outdoor things kids could be seen doing recently. Gold Rush Daze 1 by C.M. Keiner on Flickr I know a few of us bloggers like to joke about how we are grumpy old men trapped in svelte,...
View ArticleArmstrong, Getty and the prophet Muhammed
Speaking of freedom, a freedom of speech battle is playing out on your A.M radio dial at Talk 650 KSTE. Popular morning show hosts Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty of The Armstrong & Getty Show were...
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KCRA: “Bullying is a choice”
What choice did he have? Let me start by saying I don’t think bullying is funny. But let me continue by saying that I think KCRA’s new “Bullying is a choice” campaign is hilarious. Bullying, it’s not a...
View ArticleInteresting detail in Old Sac NYE shooting
I don’t mean to diminish in any way the tragedy that took place Monday night in Old Sac. I would just like to point out that apparently the shooting suspect was apprehended by Sac PD officers mounted...
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Nick Toma surfaces in Illinois
Looks a little Photoshopy, huh?To this day, our most popular post has to do with the disappearance of Nick Toma from local television. More than a year later, the post still receives comments. Brandy...
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Sacramento has some of the best “urban forests”
From a recent trip to Ancil Hoffman According to American Forests, a nonprofit conservation organization dedicated to protecting forests, has named Sacramento on its just released list of Best Urban...
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