RiverWrap Bloggers


Stop The Media Madness
Ginger Rutland, one of the Sacramento Bee’s editorial board members  and op-ed contributors, scored another “wow” moment of dumbfounding  consternation this morning on npr/kxjz with a seemingly pithy and ...
Friday, July 18, 2008  |  Scott Doniger

Johnson Taps Maviglio For Campaign Manager Spot
RiverWrap has learned that mayoral candidate Kevin Johnson will choose veteran politico Steve Maviglio to head up his campaign.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008  |  Zach Melchiori

Follow-Up To The Dead Grass People
A follow-up to a Sacramento Bee story we posted in our news section on Wednesday... It turns out the city of Sacramento will not fine the East Sacramento couple who let their lawn die in order to conserve water. Read the whole story here. A few...
Thursday, July 3, 2008  |  Zach Melchiori

Spread The Word About RiverWrap!
RiverWrap launched just a few weeks ago to a very positive response to the community, but now we need your help to spread the word! In the bottom right corner of the homepage we've made a small RiverWrap tile available for you to embed in your...
Thursday, July 3, 2008  |  Zach Melchiori

Blogging About Our Blog
It's been a little over a week since we've launched RiverWrap and we're getting attention from other local blogs! Be sure to check out the links below.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008  |  Zach Melchiori

Don't Let Mrs. Nice Guy Get Too Warm
As the sun bakes Sacramentans into a collective roasted pulp this summer, it's highly likely the Fargo campaign will pull another fast one.
Sunday, June 15, 2008  |  Scott Doniger

All Sacramento Bloggers


Sacramento Single: Of Great and Mortal Men
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]t's nearly impossible to write about politics without being political. Christian Kiefer admits that much is true. But still, the Rocklin-based musician says, he and friends Jefferson Pitcher and Matthew Gerken aimed to "minimize the rants and...
1 minutes ago  |  21Q

Fires Burning Near Upper Sacramento River
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The L&T and I arrived back in Mt. Shasta Sunday evening, and while the long, boring drive merits few words, we did eyeball a couple forest fires burning near the lower end of the Upper Sacramento River. The fire nearest the river was coming over...
31 minutes ago  |  Underground Fly Fishing...

I’m sure that our cohorts at The Fresno Rag are loving this
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Burglar wakes men with spice rub, sausage attack - The Associated Press Published 4:05 pm PDT Sunday, September 7, 2008 Fresno County authorities have arrested a man they say broke into the home of two farmworkers, rubbed one with spices and...
Today at 05:57 pm  |  The Sac Rag

21 Days To Go Contest & Other Things
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Hey!  I’m back.  Thanks for indulging me throughout the course of the week with my obsessed writing project from the previous week, A Weekend in Boston, 1979.  Brought back a lot of memories for me – things I hadn’t thought about in...
Today at 05:01 pm  |  Hahn at Home

This Week's Fresh Fruit and Stale Bread
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Fresh Fruit: The California Taxpayers' Association. In a sign of just how desperate the budget crisis has become, the California Taxpayers Association, California's oldest self-described taxpayer organization, voted 28-19 to support a temporary...
Today at 10:45 am  |  The California Majority...

Today's Fresh Meat
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Congress is considering an omnibus bill that would restore salmon flows to part of the San Joaquin River, a project that has drawn the ire of agriculture groups and Republican activists throughout the state, the Sacramento Bee reports. It is...
Today at 10:00 am  |  The California Majority...

Sacramento in pix
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Thanks to having talented photographers in the office and to Canon rebate offers, I was able to start a hobby of picture taking, which is why I started this blog in the first place. I've kind of fallen off the habit, but here are some of my...
Today at 08:20 am  |  zokuga

So long, Sacramento!
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Well, this will likely be the last post I type from Sacramento; I'm boarding a flight to Phoenix then finally to New York City. If you followed this blog to read some idiot's perspective of the greater Sacramento region, then you have even less...
Today at 05:17 am  |  zokuga

The Underground’s Short Casts for 2008-09-06
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Blog accuses Idaho governor of “Photo-op Environmentalism” on Salmon issues: http://tinyurl.com/5zgpo6 # Fish & seafood recipes from frequent Underground commenter Chile Underground: http://tinyurl.com/69yhuv # Powered by Twitter...
Today at 12:59 am  |  Underground Fly Fishing...

TGIF at the Capitol
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I stupidly picked Friday as the last time to say goodbye to the Governator and his merry band of legislators. No governor or lawmaking action was going on, at least in the afternoon, maybe because the increasing deficit also takes a three-day...
Today at 12:47 am  |  zokuga