City, County and Neighborhood News

The East Sacramento Chamber of Commerce recently presented its 2018 Cecily Hastings Business of the Year award to East Sac Hardware, which opened in 1951 and is owned by Sheree Johnston. The award, named for Cecily Hastings who founded the neighborhood chamber 22 years ago, recognizes a business that has demonstrated a considerable track record of positive contributions to the community.

Suburban coyotes. Some people revere them. Some people fear them. Almost everyone wants them out of their neighborhoods.
However, more and more coyote sightings and encounters between coyotes and domestic pets in the Arden-Arcade and surrounding areas are being reported, either on social media, at neighborhood meetings or to government agencies.

Sacramento County experienced growth and major investment over the past year as the economy improved. The Office of Building Permits and Inspections issued more than 15,610 residential permits and 3,183 commercial building permits last year. That is a significant increase from during the recession in 2010 when residential permits were at a low of 8,271 and only 2,146 permits were issued for commercial buildings.

Balancing their budget has become a difficult assignment for administrators in the Sacramento City Unified School District. But city school leaders don’t mess around when it comes to lousy concrete work at Kennedy High School.

When Sutter Memorial Hospital shut down in 2015, it was the longest-running maternity hospital west of the Mississippi. Opened on F Street in 1937, Sutter Memorial welcomed more than 348,000 babies into the world during its time of operation. “My daughter was born in Sutter Hospital, as was almost everybody’s kid that I know,” says District 3 Councilman Jeff Harris. “It was a bit of a loss to see the hospital come down, but it had really served its service life.”

Dump trucks, graders and backhoes signal progress along the Sacramento River levee. Heavy equipment and the smell of diesel are doubly pleasing to Pocket residents, both for the enhanced flood protection they bring and the promise of public access.
In recent months, the riverfront near Garcia Bend Park has been crowded with work crews and engineers.

The Sacramento City Council voted to approve certifying the McKinley Water Vault’s Environmental Impact Report on October 9. The project is expected to go to bid in January, with the goal of starting construction in early 2019.vIn the weeks before the council vote a small but intense neighborhood opposition emerged, expressing its position on red and yellow banners erected on two H Street homes. The banner reads, “Halt the 3.2-acre sewage tank.”

People who stay in short-term rentals when they visit Sacramento don’t need to be next to the Capitol, convention center, Golden 1 Center or Old Sac. Short-term rental guests seem to prefer D Street. Why D Street? It’s impossible to say how that humble byway became the boulevard of choice for the Airbnb crowd, but the numbers don’t lie.