
Gerardo Zavala
Communities Reporter at KXJZ-FM (Sacramento, CA)
Communities Reporter for CapRadio
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1 week ago |
capradio.org | Gerardo Zavala |Keyshawn Davis
History has been made worldwide as Cardinal Robert Prevost becomes the first U.S.-born Pope. He chose Pope Leo XIV as his name. Pope Leo XIV, 69, is from Chicago, Illinois, and will succeed the late Pope Francis, who died on Easter Sunday in April. He will be the 267th Pope.The new pope was announced after the conclave’s second day of voting, with white smoke coming from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel.
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1 week ago |
capradio.org | Gerardo Zavala
Mother's Day is fast approaching, which means time is running out to find the perfect gift. Fortunately, Sacramento has a variety of local shops offering thoughtful gifts from vibrant floral arrangements and artisan cookware to authentic Latin American chocolate. Here are three local businesses the CapRadio newsroom recommends checking out this holiday. Poppy and PotPoppy and Pot is a Black and queer-owned Franklin Boulevard shop specializing in flowers and ceramics.
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1 week ago |
capradio.org | Gerardo Zavala
Sacramento is one of California’s most light polluted cities. The Bortle scale is a nine-level numeric scale measuring the night sky's brightness of specific locations with one being perfect conditions. According to Clear Outside, the city is an , which means most well-known constellations are not visible and only the brightest deep sky objects can be seen through a telescope.
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2 weeks ago |
capradio.org | Gerardo Zavala
This story was featured in our SacramenKnow newsletter.Sign up to get updates about what’s happening in the regionin your inbox every Tuesday and Thursday. Hunter Jackson Pressey walked his 2005 Coast Chopper, a custom-made bike, for roughly two miles before running into American River Bike Patrol members. Pressey, 19, said his chain was loose and fell off, along with part of his custom bike frame.
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2 weeks ago |
capradio.org | Gerardo Zavala
Despite the rain and wind, cheers and boos from families filled the air as professional wrestlers unleashed flying elbows, headlocks and suplexes during the Sacramento Public Library's first-ever live wrestling show. Over 200 people attended the Saturday event at Belle Cooledge Park, many of whom were watching wrestling for the first time. That includes 5-year-old Briar Foulk-Mintline. “It was so intense that wrestling match, I couldn't sit still,” she said after the show.
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