A Robot Competition, Chickens, and a Fundraiser for a New Heart - 4/2/2016
Why Raise Chickens?
Hello, Urban Farmers! Thinking of getting chickens so you can have fresh eggs? Is it hard to take care of them? What do you need to get started and what is the commitment? Which chickens produce more? Why so many choices? What about turkeys? Ducks? Rabbits? Tina is with the Bradshaw Feed staff to learn more!
Bradshaw Feed & Pet Supply
7285 Bradshaw Road
Sacramento
916.369.8225
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Dance lessons Joe's Crab Shack
From all-you-can-eat crab to charbroiled oysters, Joe's Crab Shack has a lot of menu options plus it's a great place for big birthday parties! Today, we learn about the current specials and our very own Solid Gold dancer learns how to dance with the staff!
1210 Front Street
Old Sacramento
916.553.4249
www.joescrabshack.com
Garden Tour w/Ma Huei
The home garden tour is back with one of our favorite people - Huei Young in Davis! Ma Huei, as she is affectionately called, shares her love of gardening and healing with us as a tribute to her late husband and as also a fundraiser for Shriners Hospital this year. This year, we get to see the garden plus a new room she converted as an Oasis Room. Tina is with our friend!
Huei's Garden Tours
Benefitting Shriners Hospitals for Children
$25 donation requested
916.453.2018
www.hueisgarden.com
Antique Trove Fundraiser
Today the Antique Trove in Roseville is hosting a fundraiser for a rare disease. The Antique Trove, Roseville's very own antique shop, will host a bake sale where 100% of the proceeds go to the Guthy-Jackson Charitable Foundation, the only NMO foundation which pays for chemotherapy and wheelchairs for people suffering from NeuromyelitisOptica (NMO). This fundraiser hits home to the Antique Trove because owner Gary Dean's wife Michelle suffers from NMO. Michelle is currently in the hospital battling this rare disease. This morning Nha is at the Antique Trove finding out more on this fundraiser!
Antique Trove
236 Harding Blvd.
Roseville
(916) 786-2777
www.AntiqueTrove.com
Granite Bay Wellness Center
This morning Nha is checking out one new wellness center in Granite Bay! The Granite Bay Wellness Center is hosting it's grand opening today and will offer a variety of classes that will teach people 10 forms of yoga, pilates, and boot camp classes! Granite Bay Wellness is a life center built with people in mind. Kids can even get in on the classes as well with Krazy Kidz Yoga! This fun practice helps to teach children the importance of health, stillness, meditation and movement. Nha is at Granite Bay Wellness Center as some of the classes are about to be underway!\
6931 Douglas Boulevard
(916) 788-9642
www.granitebaywellness.com
Zoomlife Clothing
This morning Nha is checking out one locally based clothing line that started over a year ago with the theory of looking to change the community fashion industry with one T-Shirt at a time!! Zoomlife Clothing is a clothing company that just recently opened up by a single father and his kids. Owner Mac Hunter donates a portion of his proceeds to youth sports his theory is changing the community. Nha is checking out the store for herself and finding out more about it's purpose!
2011 P St. suite 101
Sacramento
(916) 862-8365
www.Facebook.com/zoomlifeclothing
Hello Kitty Cafe Truck
Today the Hello Kitty Cafe Truck is making a spot in our area!! Today from 10am until 8pm people can stop by the truck for some sweet treats, drinks and more all inspired by the girl herself, Hello Kitty!! The menu includes a set of 5 macaroons, set of 4 petit four cakes, set of 3 cookies, bow shaped water bottle, coffee mugs, T-shirts and more! This morning Nha is at the Galleria Mall checking the truck out for herself!!
Westfield Galleria at Roseville
Today: 10am-8pm
www.facebook.com/events/1716220498593749/
Farmers Market Expands
Today officially marks the new expansion of the Midtown Farmers Market! The Midtown Farmers Market is expanding a half-block to accommodate even more farmers, growers and vendors. This latest expansion will help alleviate a longstanding waiting list of interested farmers and growers by increasing the number of vendors from approximately 60 to up to 90 on any given week. Plus, the added space will provide the current market participants with room to grow while also allowing for a bigger area to support the wide variety of special events and activities planned for 2016!! This morning Nha is at the Midtown Farmer's Market checking out the new expansion!
Midtown Farmers Market
Open Year-Round on Saturdays
8am-1pm
(916) 442-1500
www.exploremidtown.org
www.midtownfarmersmarketsac.com
Yoga Moves Us
Free weekly yoga in the park has expanded to the Davis and Folsom Communities! The Sacramento region will now have five parks participating in free weekly community yoga classes. Local nonprofit, Yoga Moves Us, holds regular free yoga classes at three of the Sacramento area's largest parks-- McKinley Park, Tahoe Park and Maidu Park in Roseville. Beginning today, Folsom and Davis parks will add weekly free classes. No yoga experience is required for the all levels classes! Yoga Moves Us is a nonprofit organization with a mission to build healthier, stronger communities by sharing yoga that is accessible to all and by supporting those who are dedicated to inspire others through yoga.
www.YogaMovesUs.org
Spring Plant Sale
Gardeners, get your tools ready. It's time to start planning and planting your spring garden! Mid-April is the recommended time to get tomatoes in the ground. The Yolo County UC Master Gardeners, the Woodland Community College Agriculture Department, and the Woodland High School gardening program will be selling the plants you need to get started, including 30 varieties of heirloom tomatoes, hybrid tomatoes and other summer vegetables and herbs, and perennial landscape plants for your water-wise landscapes. New this year are five varieties of dwarf heirloom tomatoes which are small plants under four feet tall with standard size fruit, suitable for small spaces or containers. All proceeds from the plant sales help to support these important gardening programs!
Heirloom Tomato and Plant Sale & FREE Workshops
Woodland Community College
(530) 666-8737
Today: 9am-1pm
www.ucanr.edu/yolomg
Two Millionth Rider
Today the California State Railroad Museum is celebrating the Two Millionth Rider on the Sacramento Southern Railroad!!! The event coincides with the start of the 33rd consecutive train ride season. In addition to the recognition, the individual will receive a train ride in the first class car along with a special gift basket to mark the occasion. Each weekend through September, excursion train ride guests can enjoy train rides pulled by either vintage steam locomotive Granite Rock 10 or historic diesel locomotives on periodic weekends.
Weekend Excursion Train Rides
Old Sacramento State Historic Park
April Thru September
www.csrmf.org
Countdown to Caturday
So, we're trying a new thing out-- It's called "Countdown to Caturday." Cody will set up a countdown to 9:26... In a nutshell-- we're counting down to a fun cat video. Use the countdown as bumps or cold opens-- whatever you please.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9O28ne6bG8
Run, Don't Walk Deal of the Day
Expires TODAY!
Walgreens: Purex Detergent
$1.99 no coupon!
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Make A Difference For Mariah
Tomorrow the community of Elk Grove will come together to Help One-Year-Old in Need of New Heart Fundraiser at the Falls Event Center to bring for Mariah and her family! At nine months old, Mariah was diagnosed with RCM, a rare heart disease in which the walls of the lower chambers of the heart are rigid, and the heart is restricted from stretching and filling with blood properly. With the cost of a transplant often exceeding $500,000, many transplant families are unable to shoulder the financial burden of such a procedure. COTA's free event at the Falls Event Center will help raise money to support one of Elk Grove's tiniest residents and 100% of the proceeds raised will be donated to the COTA in honor of the one-year-old as she continues her battle with restrictive cardiomyopathy.
Making A Difference For Mariah
The Falls Event Center
Elk Grove
Sunday 4/3: 11am-3pm
www.COTAforMariahF.com.
To follow Mariah's story and to make donations, log on to www.makingadifferenceformariah.com.
GrizzlyBots
Grange Middle School Robotics team, the Grizzlybots are so excited to announce that they are headed to Kentucky for a world competition and a chance to compete against 30 countries! The Grizzlybots are a 6th through 8th-grade students who build, program and compete up and down California. They have earned numerous awards and trophies and have made their school and community proud! This morning, the Grizzlybots join us in the studio to show off some of their amazing inventions and talk about their upcoming trip to Kentucky!
Grange Middle School the Grizzlybots
Facebook.com/Grizzlybots
(707) 438-1900
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Jordan the Science Wizard
Jordan The Science Wizard is back!! You remember Jordan? He is the wackiest, coolest, scientist around? Today he's in studio to WOW us again with some amazing science experiments!!! FYI he said today's experiment involves a leaf blower!!!
www.sciencewizardparty.com
www.facebook.com/thesciencewizard
Comedians w/Disabilities Act
On Wednesday, April 6 a group of disabled comics are performing at Laughs Unlimited! A blind man; a wheelchair user; a little person; a woman with learning disabilities who stutters. While this may sound like a description of a support group, it is, in fact, the lineup for the "Comedians with Disabilities Act", a comedy group made up entirely of stand-up comics with different disabilities!! This will be the first time the group is reuniting since the release of its comedy album, "Disabled Comedy Only", and will be their first show at Laughs Unlimited. This morning two of the comedians from the show join us in studio to talk about this hysterical event!
The COMEDIANS with Disabilities Act
Laughs Unlimited
Weds. 4/6: 7pm
For Tickets: (916) 446-5905
www.laughsunlimited.com
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Antique Military Fashion Show
Tonight The American Red Cross Gold Country Region is holding its first annual BASH benefit event to celebrate and honor the military and the important work of the Service to the Armed Forces programs within the region. This event is in support of the Red Cross programs for active duty and retired military living throughout the 24-county region. This morning we have some models joining us in the studio to show off the amazing military-themed fashion featured at tonight's show!
Red Cross BASH: A Salute to Service
McClellan Conference Center
Tonight: 6:30pm-11pm
www.redcross.org/local/gold-country