http://blogs.sacbee.com/city-beat/ News, insight and discussion on Sacramento and its neighborhoods en Copyright 2013 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:30:25 -0700 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Downtown has become a neighborhood of murals. In the last few days, the central city's public art collection has expanded with a few new installations. That includes the first couple http://blogs.sacbee.com/city-beat/2013/05/murals-popping-up-in-downtown-sacramento.html#mi_rss=City%20Beat http://blogs.sacbee.com/city-beat/2013/05/murals-popping-up-in-downtown-sacramento.html#mi_rss=City%20Beat Downtown Wed, 22 May 2013 14:30:25 -0700 The lineup is set for Thursday's fan rally to celebrate the Kings' future in Sacramento. Seven members of the new ownership group - including managing partner Vivek Ranadive - are http://blogs.sacbee.com/city-beat/2013/05/seven-new-kings-owners-former-players-webber-richmond-to-attend-rally.html#mi_rss=City%20Beat http://blogs.sacbee.com/city-beat/2013/05/seven-new-kings-owners-former-players-webber-richmond-to-attend-rally.html#mi_rss=City%20Beat Downtown Kings Wed, 22 May 2013 10:32:01 -0700 Vivek Ranadive is scheduled to make his first public appearance as the newly-approved owner of the Sacramento Kings at a fan rally Thursday at downtown's Cesar Chavez Plaza. The event http://blogs.sacbee.com/city-beat/2013/05/ranadive-to-attend-kings-fan-rally-event-moved-to-thursday.html#mi_rss=City%20Beat http://blogs.sacbee.com/city-beat/2013/05/ranadive-to-attend-kings-fan-rally-event-moved-to-thursday.html#mi_rss=City%20Beat Kings Mon, 20 May 2013 11:20:45 -0700 By Dale Kasler, Ryan Lillis and Tony Bizjak DALLAS - The NBA Board of Governors voted 22-8 to keep the Kings in Sacramento, League Commissioner David Stern has announced. While http://blogs.sacbee.com/city-beat/2013/05/kings-to-stay-in-sacramento.html#mi_rss=City%20Beat http://blogs.sacbee.com/city-beat/2013/05/kings-to-stay-in-sacramento.html#mi_rss=City%20Beat Kings Kings NBA Sacramento Kings Wed, 15 May 2013 13:54:02 -0700 City Hall took a step this week toward placing tighter regulations on gun sales in Sacramento. The City Council's Law and Legislation Committee voted on Tuesday to recommend that new http://blogs.sacbee.com/city-beat/2013/05/sacramento-moves-forward-with-tighter-gun-store-regulations.html#mi_rss=City%20Beat http://blogs.sacbee.com/city-beat/2013/05/sacramento-moves-forward-with-tighter-gun-store-regulations.html#mi_rss=City%20Beat City Council Wed, 08 May 2013 14:20:52 -0700 The City Council is expected tonight to approve the construction of a solar panel farm on about four acres of land at Sutter's Landing Park in midtown. City officials had http://blogs.sacbee.com/city-beat/2013/05/solar-panel-farm-planned-for-sutters-landing-park-in-midtown.html#mi_rss=City%20Beat http://blogs.sacbee.com/city-beat/2013/05/solar-panel-farm-planned-for-sutters-landing-park-in-midtown.html#mi_rss=City%20Beat City Council Tue, 07 May 2013 14:58:34 -0700 Mayor Kevin Johnson is so confident that the Kings are staying put, he's got some advice for the guys trying to buy the team and move it to Seattle: back http://blogs.sacbee.com/city-beat/2013/05/mayor-to-seattles-hansen-take-the-high-road-and-back-off.html#mi_rss=City%20Beat http://blogs.sacbee.com/city-beat/2013/05/mayor-to-seattles-hansen-take-the-high-road-and-back-off.html#mi_rss=City%20Beat Kevin Johnson Kings Tue, 07 May 2013 13:07:23 -0700 Next steps in Sacramento's fight to keep the NBA Kings http://blogs.sacbee.com/city-beat/2013/04/chat-live-next-steps-in-sacramentos-fight-to-keep-nba-kings.html#mi_rss=City%20Beat http://blogs.sacbee.com/city-beat/2013/04/chat-live-next-steps-in-sacramentos-fight-to-keep-nba-kings.html#mi_rss=City%20Beat Kings Kings NBA Sacramento Kings Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:38:30 -0700 The Sacramento city manager has proposed hiring dozens of new police officers - but only if the city's existing cops agree to pay into their pensions. In his 2013-14 budget http://blogs.sacbee.com/city-beat/2013/04/sacramento-budget-more-cops-but-only-with-pension-help.html#mi_rss=City%20Beat http://blogs.sacbee.com/city-beat/2013/04/sacramento-budget-more-cops-but-only-with-pension-help.html#mi_rss=City%20Beat City Council City Manager Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:15:12 -0700 NBA Kings waiting game: Seattle vs Sacramento http://blogs.sacbee.com/city-beat/2013/04/chat-live-nba-kings-waiting-game-seattle-vs-sacramento.html#mi_rss=City%20Beat http://blogs.sacbee.com/city-beat/2013/04/chat-live-nba-kings-waiting-game-seattle-vs-sacramento.html#mi_rss=City%20Beat Kings Kings NBA Sacramento Kings Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:00:00 -0700 New drawings of the proposed Kings arena at Downtown Plaza have emerged. See the drawings in a photo gallery here. Some of the drawings - put together by architectural http://blogs.sacbee.com/city-beat/2013/04/new-kings-arena-drawings-released.html#mi_rss=City%20Beat http://blogs.sacbee.com/city-beat/2013/04/new-kings-arena-drawings-released.html#mi_rss=City%20Beat Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:41:28 -0700 What do you get when you combine a mayor who travels a lot with a vice mayor who's about to have a baby? This isn't a bad joke. It's actually http://blogs.sacbee.com/city-beat/2013/04/travelling-kj-pregnant-ashby---and-the-need-for-a-mayor-pro-tem.html#mi_rss=City%20Beat http://blogs.sacbee.com/city-beat/2013/04/travelling-kj-pregnant-ashby---and-the-need-for-a-mayor-pro-tem.html#mi_rss=City%20Beat City Council Kevin Johnson Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:02:10 -0700 A local watchdog group is criticizing Sacramento for including a "Public Sector Suite" at the arena being planned for Downtown Plaza. That suite was included in the 18-page "term sheet" http://blogs.sacbee.com/city-beat/2013/04/watchdog-group-criticized-public-sector-suite-in-kings-arena-plan.html#mi_rss=City%20Beat http://blogs.sacbee.com/city-beat/2013/04/watchdog-group-criticized-public-sector-suite-in-kings-arena-plan.html#mi_rss=City%20Beat Kings arena Downtown Plaza Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:04:43 -0700 Mayor Kevin Johnson and state Senate President Darrell Steinberg arrived home today following their presentation to a panel of key NBA owners in New York, during which they made their http://blogs.sacbee.com/city-beat/2013/04/mayor-johnson-senator-steinberg-arrive-home-after-kings-pitch.html#mi_rss=City%20Beat http://blogs.sacbee.com/city-beat/2013/04/mayor-johnson-senator-steinberg-arrive-home-after-kings-pitch.html#mi_rss=City%20Beat Kings Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:20:56 -0700 The Sacramento delegation sent to New York to make a pitch for the Kings will begin its campaign this afternoon with a rally in the Big Apple. The group has http://blogs.sacbee.com/city-beat/2013/04/sacramento-delegation-to-rally-in-nyc-before-pitch-is-made-for-kings.html#mi_rss=City%20Beat http://blogs.sacbee.com/city-beat/2013/04/sacramento-delegation-to-rally-in-nyc-before-pitch-is-made-for-kings.html#mi_rss=City%20Beat Kings Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:13:33 -0700