From *couples being robbed at gun point and locked in the trunks of their own cars, to 14 year olds being robbed at in front of Kohls, to  teens being “stoned” by marijuana smoking youth in Natomas Park, to employees being held at gun point in Aeropostale, to a “simulated weapons robbery” at Five Star Cleaners by four thugs JUST THIS MORNING, Natomas is once again drowning not in river waters, but in a flood of violent crime–for which no…

Happy Halloween, Sacramento!Looks like it’s going to be a damp one. May the make-up run and the candy stay dry!  Answer to the best of your knowledge. Ghoul luck!

1. Before they joined the illustrious ranks of the city council, South Natomas neighbors Heather Fargo and Ray Truthaway successfully sued the city of Sacramento on behalf of their neighborhood association to stop urban sprawl in their community. Trick or Truth?

2. Ray Truthaway is the executive director for the Sacramento Tree Foundation…

Updated 10/23/08 @ 10:40am.

When Eric Hogue asked me on his Capitol Hour radio show  last week if I thought the council could be salvaged, I was optimistic. I opined the council might have a chance with a quality leader.   Oops. I stand corrected. It’s going to be a long two years with this comedy troupe in charge.  But one thing’s for sure, not everyone will be laughing..

If you didn’t make it out to last night’s council meeting, you…

You scream, I scream, we ALL scream: “GUN!!!!”

Wonder if Fargo, Dickinson, and Marcos Breton’s super duper new anti-gang tax would have prevented any of these crimes?

I’m pretty sure all these new crimes reported by the PD all occurred in Natomas–or at least in that general vicinity. I have not included a slew of other crimes in Natomas like when the 20- something guy with the two year old toddler with him walked up and

The good news is that Sacramento has a new public safety watchdog in Lt Marcos Breton. The bad news is that he’s barking up the wrong political tree and doing the same thing all the other business-as-usual dinosaurs in this town do: Gang up on and condemn those who oppose their ideas.

In what must be one of the most disjointed, bass-ackwards opinion columns in the history of the Bee, the oft-maligned Breton has leveraged his Sunday column space to urge Bee…

Note: make sure you read the whole article because the Friday night law enforcement calls follow the article

Frequent Joe Sac readers know I have been hollering about getting a curfew in Sacramento for the last two weeks. I previously cited Elk Grove’s crackdown on delinquent teens, and urged Sacramento to do the same “especially in areas like Natomas where teens do whatever they want at night.” I even emailed Elk grove bloggers and city council people asking them to shed…

Look! A nice big plate of DELICIOUS CROW! Mmmm mmm good.  Crunch crunch crunch. Ahhhhh. :\  Nothing like a plate of crow to knock you back down to earth.

Plonk. Good thing I am not getting paid for this. People would be demanding a refund. There is a curfew in the City of Sacramento. Apparently everyone in Sacramento knew that but me. Thank you NorCalGal for bringing this to my attention. For the record, I stand corrected and apologize for carrying…

Note: Revised. I sent the editor of the Bee, Melanie Sill, an email and thanked her for the article about Natomas low income housing. I DO appreciate the coverage, regardless of my impatience and frustration about Natomas issues, and what I perceive to be negligence on the city government’s part (some of which they have taken responsibility for today) . Who cares how they came up with the story; I am very happy they ran it.

Sacramento Bee published an article…

The following North Patrol calls were observed Saturday and Sunday night by a vigilant (bored? ) Joe Sacramento reader. Before I type another word, I have to say that while criminal activity can be heavy on the North Sacramento beat at times, I am extremely impressed by the work our police department is doing.

As you will see, police response times are

Updated Saturday, July 19. In what is perhaps the most violent summer in Natomas history, two MORE violent crimes have been reported by Natomas victims, both committed early yesterday morning. These were not gleaned from a police email, these were reported by the Sacramento Bee this evening (thank you Sacramento Bee).

For those counting, the newest two armed robberies in Natomas bring the count to three within the past 48 hours, four if you count the one on Norwood to be…