Sacramento’s big gift

Almost every city and shelter in California sponsors a holiday adoption event, but few are as fortunate as Sacramento in having a benefactor like Kim Pacini-Hauch, a pet-loving real-estate agent who is picking up the cost of pet adoption through Dec. 31 as part of the Front Street Shelter’s “Home for the Pawlidays” event. Read more.

It’s “fleas navidad” in Sacramento

The Sacramento SPCA is among organizations working many angles this holiday season in an effort to raise funds and find loving homes for the animals in its temporary care. It’s “Fleas Navidad” adoption program, running Nov. 27-Dec. 23, offers half-price adoption fees on adult animals, and every pet adopted goes home with a goody bag that includes Advantage flea preventative from sponsor Bayer Animal Health and a gift from the Container Store, which opened a new retail outlet this month in Sacramento. Read more.

Stake a claim in Sacramento

Photo Credit: Eileen McFall (CC) If you’re one for “spoke and wheel” getaways, the centrally located state capital makes a great hub for day trips throughout the region. Of course, you and Sparky might find so much to do that you won’t even want to leave town. Read more.

Enjoy farm-to-glass bounty in Sacramento

Norman visiting the CA State Capitol. Photo by Julie Christensen.

Norman visiting the CA State Capitol. Photo credit: Julie Christensen With more than 200 hundred wineries situated within a 75-mile radius of the state Capitol, Sacramento can lay claim to being a “farm-to-glass” capital as well as a capital of farm-to-fork cuisine. Read more.

Sacramento’s dog-friendly craft breweries

Photo by Track 7.

(CC) Sephiroty To say the craft-brewery scene has exploded in Sacramento is an understatement: the California capital just might lead the nation in number of craft breweries per capita, with 14 and counting establishments brewing their own beer within the city limits and more than two dozen others making suds elsewhere in Sacramento County. Read more.