Cactus Ray “Mayor of Oak Park”, was presented with a certificate of Outstanding Community Service at National Night Out in Oak Park by his neighbors.

Many neighborhoods celebrated “National Night Out” Tuesday night. In Oak Park we caught up with Cactus Ray (affectionately known as the Mayor of Oak Park) whom the community presented with a certificate of Outstanding Community Service.

SacPD stated in a press release, “On Tuesday, August 7, 2012, residents throughout Sacramento will join neighborhoods across the nation in celebrating the 29th Annual National Night Out. Read more »

Marijuana distributor busted in Oak Park

Sacramento, CA | Officers observe two subjects in Oak Park vacant home packaging marijuana for distribution.

This was our early, breaking information Saturday evening as this incident was occurring; we were on scene:

“[unconfirmed]: SacPD is taking down a marijuana operation in OakPark. One is in custody and the other is in the house, possibly with a loaded Mini-14. Streets in the surrounding area are shut down. Read more »

Sacramento, CA | Early Tuesday morning, two South Sacramento families were awakened to find their homes ablaze.

Fire blazes from a South Sacramento home where two homes burned.

Sac Metro Fire and Cosumnes Fire Departments were called to Liscarney Way in the area of Vintage Park Dr. and Calvine Rd., for two homes burning.  When firefighters arrived, they found two, two story homes with the second floor of both homes well involved with fire.  All family members made it safely out of the homes after neighbors awakened them.  According to Sacramento Metro Fire Assistant Chief Rice, both homes were severely damaged and the families would not be able to inhabit them.  The Red Cross was called to assist the families. SacPress Contributing Writer and Photographer, Kati Garner, was one of the Red Cross members who responded to aid the families.  The blaze is currently under investigation.

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Sacramento, CA | An early morning blaze tears through a neighborhood barber shop and college.

Firefighter examine damage and search for fire extension in early morning barbershop blaze.

Neighbors were awoken by an explosion this morning and looked out their windows to discover smoke and flames coming from the barber shop next door to them. Just before 1:45 a.m. Wednesday morning, Sacramento Fire responded to a structure fire at the 3B’s Barber Shop and Beauty College on Grand Ave and Dry Creek Rd. Marcellous York, an employee at the barber shop (living next door), said he woke up to a loud explosion and noticed there was smoke coming from the shop and called 911.

The part of the shop that caught on fire was the beauty college section, which is a add-on to the barber shop that came from McClellan AFB. The college had four students currently enrolled, and it was frustrating for the owner to see that part of his business in flames.

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