In Sacramento this week, a beloved "people mover" is saved, two more projects are headed down the track, and a fourth is stalled at the station ... Cal Expo monorail rolling ... Fingers crossed, State Fair officials say they think they'll have their popular monorail back on track for July's fair after a year of tense fixes ... They've been updating the old trains, but for a while, it was going all wrong. Doors wouldn't open. Doors wouldn't close. Trains refused to leave the station. Trains
Iron Steaks' 14-ounce Wagyu steak with (much-improved) side dishes from left, fried potatoes, mashed potatoes and green beans ... In golf, it's called a mulligan ... While you won't see any at the upcoming Masters, mulligans are a friendly second chance for the casual golfer who: just left work, fought traffic on the way to the course, pulled his shoes on at the trunk of the car, race-walked to the first tee and, after a couple of rushed practice swings and that sudden eerie silence known only
EZRA SHAW Getty ImagesSharks goalie Evgeni Nabokov makes a save against the Wild, which took 40 shots, the most against San Jose since March 2007 ... SAN JOSE -- Dany Heatley scored the tiebreaking goal on a power play late in the second period, and the Sharks overcame a two-goal deficit to beat the Minnesota Wild 4-2 Saturday night ... Jed Ortmeyer started the comeback with his first goal with the Sharks, and Patrick Marleau scored twice for San Jose. Marleau's second goal tied a Sharks record
MONDAY ... Light Rail's 'Green Line' gets green light ... What: Congresswoman Doris Matsui and local leaders will host a groundbreaking for the $44 million initial segment of Regional Transit's planned light rail line from downtown to Natomas and the airport. The public is invited ... When: 10 a.m ... Where: Richards Boulevard and 7th Street ... MONDAY ... San Juan holds forum to discuss consolidation ... What: San Juan Unified School District continues to experience declining enrollment and is
The onslaught of bad news for Sacramento transit riders continues: Regional Transit officials may stop running light-rail trains daily at 9 p.m. beginning in January ... It would be the first reduction in train service in light rail's two decades of existence ... Trains now typically run past midnight ... It's the latest in a series of service cuts for a Sacramento bus and rail agency that has struggled through an unprecedented budget crisis ... "It's frustrating, but that is where it is," RT
Divers returned to the dangerous waters off Tiscornia Beach at the confluence of the Sacramento and American rivers today to search for the body of a teenager who is presumed drowned, a fire department spokesman said ... George Ho, 18, of Elk Grove was in a group of three people who waded into chest-deep water at the popular swimming spot off Richards Boulevard, said Battalion Chief Niko King of the Sacramento Fire Department. A couple of boats passed Ho, who was not wearing a life jacket. The
Sacramento County district attorney investigators Bruce Anderson, left, and Bob Stofan in mid-June arrest a woman wantedon a drunken-driving warrant. Stofan and Anderson are part of the Recividist DUI program in the District Attorney's Office ... It was 10:23 p.m. A Saturday. Two calls rolled into the Elk Grove Police Department, seconds apart: A motorcyclist was down on East Stockton Boulevard ... The night was clear, the pavement was dry, the street lights were on ... Between 10:23 p.m. and
It's a piece of empty land about the size of a city block, with some fig and oak trees and overgrown weeds ... On Friday evening, dozens of homeless campers moved into the lot off of Richards Boulevard in Sacramento, prompting a confrontation with police that was peacefully resolved when the campers were allowed to stay for the night ... "We just need a place to sleep," said John Kraintz, a member of the newly-formed "Council of Elders" that oversees the group of about 60 homeless campers ...
Jesse Reiter ... Rashard Delrico Mack cocked his head and gave a sideways glance to the family of the man he murdered, but said nothing and walked out of the courtroom in silence Thursday after he was sentenced to prison for the rest of his life with no chance of parole ... Sacramento Superior Court Judge Lloyd G. Connelly told the 22-year-old gunman in the March 24, 2007, shooting death of Jesse Reiter in the Valley Hi area that "your conduct was reprehensible and foolish and impacted the
Violet Garcia, a formerly homeless woman, marches Wednesday along Richards Boulevard with supporters of a safe campground in Sacramento ... The protest followed closure of a Cal Expo winter shelter, which had remained open after national media reported on a tent city used by the homeless in the capital ... The day after Sacramento's temporary homeless shelter closed for the season at Cal Expo, more than 250 homeless people and advocates marched to promote their latest idea for providing