A kid explosion in Kath Friedrich’s goat herd brought an early spring for the Carmichael mom. In barns at her Rio Linda farm and at home in Carmichael, Friedrich’s pregnant goats delivered sooner than expected. “The moms were all on course to deliver in March,” says the former law professor. “Then the big rains came in February. One of my first-time moms birthed three kids at Rio Linda.
Do your part to protect and enhance our urban waterways April 4–13 during this year’s Creek Week. Sponsored by Sacramento Area Creeks Council, this annual week of activities celebrates our region’s vital creek systems. The opening event, Splash Off, will take place Thursday, April 4, from 11 a.m. to noon at Camp Pollock on Northgate Boulevard with keynote speaker Chris Brokate from Clean River Alliance. Dr. Roland Brady will receive the 2019 Creek Steward Award for his extraordinary efforts to organize the cleanup of Steelhead Creek.
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.
They made the promise in 1975. It was memorialized in writing and adopted by the Sacramento City Council. The document was called the Sacramento River Parkway Master Plan, and its vow was simple.
If you’re all in for a night of poker to benefit the community, bring your sharpest card shark skills to the All In for Arden-Arcade Celebrity Poker Tournament on Saturday, March 16, at 4:30 p.m. at Mercedes-Benz of Rocklin.
When Northern California Ballet in Paradise lost its studio and storage unit in the Butte County Camp Fire late last year, its annual holiday performance of “The Nutcracker” was put on indefinite hold due to the devastating loss of its costumes.
