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May 1, 2019
There’s nothing dusty or dull about history when Will Cannady and Mari Edwards start talking. The two Pocket teachers make our past relevant and exciting every day in their classrooms at the School of Engineering & Sciences.
Now, both teachers are being recognized for their work by ABC 10, which honored Cannady and Edwards as teachers of the month, respectively, for March and April.The local educators will walk the red carpet at the Esquire IMAX Theatre May 15 to attend the annual Teacher of the Year ceremony.
Along with other monthly winners, they are eligible for the Teacher of the Year award, which includes a $5,000 check.
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Apr 5, 2019
Upside, downside, P/E ratio, EPS, options, short sells, PERT, SSG, REIT—all foreign terms to me. But I am a little smarter now after attending a meeting of the Pocket Change Investment Association.The investment club was established in April 1994 by Pocket neighbors. Founding members Michael Fong and Dr. Helen Kwong considered the monthly $25 dues as “pocket change,” which fit perfectly with the name of their neighborhood. And so the Pocket Change Investment Association was born. It meets monthly.
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Apr 5, 2019
Construction is ramping up again at Crocker Village. BlackPine Communities—the builder of other high-profile local infill projects like California Brownstones and The Creamery—will begin work on three additional villages in the next few months.
“It is a world-class ‘surban’ community,” says BlackPine president and COO Mike Paris. “The architectural style and design is uniquely different, with architectural influences ranging from the brownstones in Park Slope, New York City, to the classic genres of the historical ‘park’ neighborhoods throughout Sacramento.”
Apr 5, 2019
They present themselves as victims of robberies and assaults, but police data shows their streets are extraordinarily safe. They promise to sue the city, but never file lawsuits. They make threats and bark loudly, but never bite.Empty threats have worked wonders for a handful of Pocket and Greenhaven homeowners who claim they own public levees along the Sacramento River. The ownership claims are fantasy.
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Apr 5, 2019
A Sacramento County Superior Court judge has rejected an attempt to stop construction of a concrete water vault under McKinley Park. In a nine-page ruling, Judge Richard Sueyoshi denied a lawsuit filed by an anonymous group calling itself Citizens For A Safe And Sewage-Free McKinley Park in late February. The group wanted to block the city from building the vault, which is designed to prevent water runoff and sewage from backing up into East Sacramento streets, driveways and homes during severe rainstorms.
Mar 13, 2019
Eva Rutland had a special way to describe Sacramento: “How green, how clean, how wonderful!”
Her perspective was unique as an African-American woman who moved her family to California from the segregated South in 1952. Her book, “When We Were Colored: A Mother’s Story,” describes the family’s remarkable journey.
