Our city has changed a lot in the past decade or two—there’s an IKEA in West Sacramento now, and it seems to me like a new restaurant or brewery is opening every other month. With all these new businesses comes new residents—and these new residents need places to live. Subdivisions…
It lurks, invisible, in your beautiful Vallejo home. Silently, it grows, multiplying and spreading over your furniture, floors, and anything else it can find. Then, you move a vase on the mantel and the inevitable happens—it flies into the air. Now you know it’s there because you can’t stop sneezing….
Fall in Tracy means Friday night high school football games and strolling through the San Joaquin Certified Farmer’s Market on Saturday morning—but, you’ll probably want to start bringing a sweater on your outdoor jaunts to fight off the upcoming chill. The change in weather is a signal for us to…
Many residents of Modesto remember the devastating New Year’s Day flood of 1997, when flood waters from heavy rains and melting snow caused the Tuolumne River to rise to an astonishing 71 feet. Most Northern Californians aren’t usually too concerned about flooding, but local experts are beginning to realize that…
Arden-Arcade is home to some of Sacramento’s prettiest communities, including Sierra Oaks, Arden Park, and the neighborhoods around the Del Paso Country Club. The area gets an average of 265 sunny days a year, but there are still a lot of concerns I seem to hear over and over again…
The artists baking in the sun at Roseville’s Third Saturday Art Walk, as well as the golfers playing a sweaty round of 18 holes at Diamond Oaks, can both probably agree on one thing—summers around here are hot. If it wasn’t for our air conditioners, a lot of us might…
You turn on the bathroom faucet—and brownish water comes flowing out. Your upstairs shower trickles water. And, your kitchen sink is always clogged. If you own a historic home in Woodland, like the beautifully restored Victorians on College Street, these plumbing problems might sound all too familiar. While everyone has…
Sacramento allergies are notoriously bad. While being known as The City of Trees might make for pretty streets and lots of shade, all that plant life also puts allergens and pollens in our air. But, did you know that the quality of the air in your home might also be…
Dixon’s last Food Truck Mania of the season is coming up at the end of September, just one more sign that it’s nearly the end of summer. Soon, cooler weather will set in, and our water heaters will be working overtime, using up to 18% of the energy in our…
Natomas is one of the last areas of Sacramento still partially undeveloped—but nowhere near as undeveloped as it used to be. Houses keep creeping closer to the airport, and, for some people, noise has become an issue. People who live in the area, and in other noisy neighborhoods like Midtown…
