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Sacramento-area Vietnamese rice liquor distillery is first in California
RANCHO CORDOVA — A new distillery in the Sacramento area is one of its kind in the Golden State.Binh Dao gave me a tour of his new Rancho Cordova business, Dao Distillery, which produces rượu đế, a premium Vietnamese rice liquor. The distillery is the first of its kind in California, and the second in the U.S."[Rượu đế is] very similar to whiskey. We start out with the rice. Cook the rice, mash it, then ferment it and then distill it," Dao said. "So in a way, [it is] similar to making saké."Dao is a Sacramento City College chemistry professor."Honestly,...
Sacramento sports bars & union halls host VP debate watch parties
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Midtown Sacramento sports bar traded the big game for the big debate between America's vice presidential candidates Tuesday, five weeks ahead of election day. Watch party organizer and Sacramento Press Club President Alexei Koseff said with the way this political cycle's debates can go, "Sometimes,...
Placerville Christmas parade will have new candy distribution
PLACERVILLE — Organizers of the Hangtown Christmas Parade in Placerville are changing how candy is distributed this year, citing safety as one of the reasons."I've never noticed a real problem, per se, except maybe some of the kids didn't get the candy that they wanted," Tom Kenny, Placerville resident, said.Placerville Christmas parade organizers recently announced on a post on Facebook that "Candy - or anything else - will no longer be passed out by applicants during the Christmas Parade. Instead, Santa's helpers will be passing out candy bags as they walk with Santa.""That's fine and that makes sense because...
Spaghetti Fundraiser to Fight Homelessness
CITRUS HEIGHTS, CA (MPG) – The Citrus Heights Homeless Assistance Resource Team (HART) will hold its 2024 Spaghetti Fest Fundraiser on Friday, Oct. 18 at the Citrus Heights Community Center. Doors will open at 5 p.m. with the feast being served at 6 p.m. “Come out and join us...
Applications for $725 monthly payments to Sacramento County families open
(FOX40.COM) — Applications for some families in Sacramento County to apply for $725 a month guaranteed income opened Monday. The guaranteed income is a part of the Family First Economic Support Pilot (FFESP) program to help underprivileged families in the area. FFESP helps qualified recipients meet basic needs and promote the safety and well-being of […]
AT&T pole that fell into Sacramento backyard has been a concern for over 40 years, couple says
SACRAMENTO — A Sacramento couple is grateful they are alive after an AT&T pole in their backyard came crashing down."We've been having them come out and checking and they kept reassuring me that it is perfectly fine, it will never fall," said Hae-Yung West, who lives in Rosemont and was woken up by the pole crashing Friday.Hae-Yung and her husband, Randy West, said they have been concerned that this exact thing would happen since they moved into their home in 1978. They said it had looked like it was leaning and unsteady from the start and had AT&T inspect it...
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