A fundraiser in River Park brought in another $2,500 toward keeping the Sacramento neighborhood’s swimming pool open. The pool is threatened with closure for a second year unless the community can raise $14,000. With the money raised from a fundraiser Sunday, the neighborhood near Sacramento State has brought in nearly $10,000 to keep the pool open, an organizer said
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River Park gets closer to keeping community pool open
A fundraiser in River Park brought in another $2,500 toward keeping the Sacramento neighborhood’s swimming pool open. The pool is threatened with closure for a second year unless the community can raise $14,000. With the money raised from the car-cleaning fundraiser on Sunday, the neighborhood near Sacramento State has brought in nearly $10,000 to keep the pool open, an organizer said.
Pictures from the Glenn Hall pool car wash
Valerie Ogorodnikov (cq age 12) holds a sign on Carlson Dr. informing traffic of the morning event at the River Park Shopping Center
Election 2010: Most voters are sitting this one out: some reasons why
A 2010 Honda Accord is seen as voters mark their ballots at their polling precinct in the showroom of Carmichael Honda in Carmichael, Calif., Tuesday.
Beach access issue splits River Park
Dog-walking is popular at Glenn Hall Park in River Park. But questionable activities at adjacent Paradise Beach caused some residents to call for a fence that would keep people off the beach at night. Before it was scrapped, a plan to build a fence cutting off night access to Paradise Beach in Sacramento’s River Park neighborhood drew a mix of scorn and adoration from residents
Obituary: Frances Yermolkaitis was ‘flower lady of River Park’
Frances Yermolkaitis, the “flower lady of River Park” who beautified Sacramento with a green thumb, a strong sense of civic duty and thousands of colorful plants, died Nov. 6, said her niece Patricia Aaberg. She was 94
