Well-Known Beer-Focused Restaurant Chain Adds a New Folsom Location Ahead of Super Bowl
Yard House will open its newest restaurant in Folsom, its third in Greater Sacramento, on Sunday, February 8, just in time for the Super Bowl. Located at Palladio Parkway, the restaurant will offer its staple craft beer selection and a wide range of food in a rock-themed setting. Yard House...
Ex-CapRadio GM forged tower documents, destroyed $1M in property, DA says
Capital Public Radio’s embattled former general manager — who faces embezzlement, theft and forgery charges — is accused of falsifying a proposal tied to a local tower construction company and destroying more than $1 million in property, according to the criminal complaint filed in Sacramento Superior Court. Fidias...
Sac City schools to make immediate layoffs, freeze spending amid budget emergency
The Sacramento City Unified School District is set to make a number of immediate cuts in an effort to address a severe budget crisis that could put it in the hands of state receivership by the end of the school year. Trustees were again frustrated by the slow implementation of a fiscal solvency plan originally...
California wine business confronts hard truth of supply and demand
The California wine industry is closer to balancing supply and demand while still needing to adjust to changing consumer behaviors and global market pressures. That was the key message experts unpacked Wednesday before hundreds of industry professionals at the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium in Sacramento. They...
Planet Fitness Announces Grand Opening
ELK GROVE, CA (MPG) – Planet Fitness, one of the largest and fastest-growing franchisors and operators of fitness centers with more members than any other fitness brand, on Jan. 16 announced the grand opening of its new Elk Grove club located at 8457 Elk Grove Blvd. New members can...
What did health inspectors find? 40 cockroaches, fruit flies in liquor bottles
Sacramento County health inspectors closed four local eateries including a poultry shop, a Latino supermarket, a Chinese restaurant and an Indian sweet shop due to a lack of hot water and dead and live cockroaches in the facility. Meanwhile, a total of 18 eateries received yellow placards for health code violations...
Shopping center with former 99 Cents Only Store listed for sale
By Sara Beth Williams– — The prominent building once home to The 99 Cents Only Store and Crunch Fitness at the corner of Greenback Lane and San Juan Avenue has been listed for sale, according to commercial real estate site LoopNet. The 43,600-square-foot building, constructed in 1964, sits...
Halal ‘Kill Floor’ Battle Roils Quiet Rio Linda Road
What started as a routine planning meeting in Rio Linda–Elverta turned into a full‑blown neighborhood showdown Wednesday, as residents packed the room to push back on a proposed small-scale halal slaughter operation on a 20‑acre Palladay Road property. Neighbors told the advisory panel they feared odor, extra truck...
Body pulled from waters of Folsom’s Lake Natoma Wednesday
A man’s body was found Wednesday in the water of Lake Natoma near Black Miners Bar State Park in Folsom, prompting an investigation by California State Parks and the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office. According to State Parks officials, a group of kayakers spotted the body in the lake...
25 years of revitalization efforts, leads to a record-breaking salmon spawn in Putah Creek
Putah Creek, the 85-mile long stream that forms the border between Solano and Yolo counties, just had a record breaking year for salmon. 2,100 Chinook returned to the waters of Putah Creek to spawn in 2025. A decade ago scientists estimated about 1,700 salmon returned to the stream. That may...
