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Jose Montoya – Chicano poet, Sacramento Poet Laureate; Reneau Z. Peurifoy – author of self–help books; Richard Rodriguez – essayist; Dennis Schmitz – Sacramento Poet Laureate; Nicholas Sparks (former resident) [49] – novelist; Lincoln Steffens – investigative journalist, muckraker; Spencer Stone – Air Force veteran, co-author ...
A funeral service was scheduled for later in the day, however, the incident prompted it to be postponed. The Sacramento Police Department responded to the scene and an investigation is underway ...
Serna is buried at East Lawn Cemetery, and his funeral was attended by many of his fellow UFW activists. Serna was honored in 2001 with a brand-new, 25-story skyscraper named after him. The Joe Serna, Jr. EPA Building (near City Hall in downtown Sacramento) has been named the most energy-efficient high rise in the United States by Energy Star .
This is a list of mayors of Sacramento, California. The Sacramento City Council met for the first time on August 1, 1849, and the citizens approved the city charter on October 13, 1849. The City Charter was recognized by the State of California on February 27, 1850, and Sacramento was incorporated on March 18, 1850.
Natomas is represented by Lisa Kaplan, the District 1 representative on the Sacramento City Council, [7] and Karina Talamantes, [8] the District 3 representative on the Sacramento City Council as well as by Phil Serna, the District 1 representative on the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors.
The Sacramento Historic City Cemetery (or Old City Cemetery), located at 1000 Broadway, at 10th Street, is the oldest existing cemetery in Sacramento, California. It was designed to resemble a Victorian garden and sections that are not located in level areas are surrounded by brick or concrete retaining walls to create level terraces. [ 3 ]
The Sacramento Memorial Auditorium is a historic auditorium located in Sacramento, California.Completed in 1926, the Auditorium opened in February, 1927. [2]The building was constructed as a memorial to Sacramento County veterans of the Spanish-American War and World War I. [3]
North Sacramento is a community that is part of the city of Sacramento, California, United States. It was a city from its incorporation in 1924 until it was merged (in a bitter election decided by 6 votes) in 1964 into the City of Sacramento. Incorporation was led by the North Sacramento Chamber of Commerce, incorporated the year before, in 1923.