Real Estate
How to sell a haunted house
Disclosure laws vary, but be honest when asked BY DEBBIE ARRINGTON Can you sell a haunted house? It depends. Some houses just give folks the creeps. These homes may or may not be inhabited by […]
Month: October 2019
Labor
Yvonne R. Walker: Facing fears with a pen
These bills target real-life horror stories Ghosts, vampires, zombies; Halloween is packed with scary things. While trick-or-treating as children, we learned to laugh at our fears. (These monsters lived in our imagination, not under our […]
Interior
By the cup or carafe
Today’s coffee makers getting faster BY DEBBIE ARRINGTON How do you decide which coffee maker is right for you? For 2019, Consumer Reports reviewed 108 drip coffee makers. The biggest difference, the magazine’s testing lab […]
Community
916 Ink Provides Young Writers Publishing Opportunities
BY EDGAR SANCHEZ Three months ago, Molly Seely began a new chapter in her life by attending Amplify — a week-long summer camp for girls and boys in South Sacramento. Like traditional camps that involve […]
Labor
Yvonne R. Walker: Worried about your retirement? You are not alone
High earners should pitch in fair share to Social Security How do you feel about your retirement prospects? Are you optimistic that you’ll be able to afford to stop working some day? If you’re anxious […]
Day Trips
Go for cheese, ice cream, history
Placerville is an easy day-trip, a vital Gold Rush-era town that’s become something of a dining destination. BY ALLEN PIERLEONI But we weren’t headed to Cascada or the Independent. Instead, our first stop was Mary […]
Place
Should you buy a generator?
Power blackouts increase popularity of this back-up equipment BY DEBBIE ARRINGTON As thousands of Northern California households were plunged into darkness by PG&E power shutoffs, many homeowners asked themselves the same question: Is now the […]
Labor
Yvonne R. Walker: Retirement security for all
Big difference between a pension and a 401(k) Thinking about retirement? For many Californians, that day will never come. They work hard their whole lives, but never have the means to finally stop worrying, put […]
Community
The Issue of Rent Control
BY EDGAR SANCHEZ As recently as 2017, some Sacramento City Council members ducked the volatile issue of rent control, according to pro-tenant community activists. Amid skyrocketing rents, some of these elected officials privately requested that […]
Real Estate
Local market neared all-time record
Prices, volume beginning to slip BY DEBBIE ARRINGTON Has the market peaked? Following a western trend, Sacramento’s housing market is slowing down. According to the Sacramento Association of Realtors, August saw dips in both volume […]