Party Like It’s 1939
PLENTY OF SONG AND DANCE, including a performance by the unnamed group pictured above, entertained crowds at “Roaring Camp,” an ambitious, three-month-long celebration held...
A Look Back: Forest Fun
THEN: In 1928, outdoor games at Camp Sacramento included a “tug-o-war.” The city of Sacramento opened the camp in 1920, and it rapidly gained...
Flashback: Sacramento’s First TV show HOST
It's 1953. The On Air sign goes red for the first locally produced television show in Sacramento. Gene Nelson presents Sacramento Varieties, a live...
A City Takes Flight
Break out the peanuts and pop open your eardrums, because it's time to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Sacramento International Airport.On Oct. 21, 1967,...
30 Years of Change
In 1975, Sacramento magazine was born. Then called Sacramento Valley Lifestyle, the magazine debuted in January that year, and carried a note from publisher...
Highs and Lows of 2005
It's been a roller-coaster year for Sacramento, a city that has grown to the same size as New Orleans (with double the flood trouble...
