By Judy J. Pinegar February 16, 2013 John and I needed to see the rest of the town, so we walked around until we found a court of local artisans, and bought some very inexpensive souvenirs. Then we went to the main drag, Avenue General Flores, and deciding we were hungry, we had a fantastic [...]
By Judy Pinegar Feb 13 &14, 2013 After a frustrating morning trying to make reservations in the north eastern part of Argentina, we decided to go to Uruguay. So a Subte ride downtown and a visit to the Barcobus (Ferry) Terminal and we had two tickets to travel on the ferry to Colonia del Sacramento [...]
By Judy J. Pinegar The first residents of the area were the Maidu Indians, who migrated in about 1833 from the Sacramento Valley. The four main areas they lived were the sites now called Bridgeport, Lake Wildwood, Indian Springs and Money Flat. However everything changed with the discovery of gold and the white settlers moved [...]
By Bill Wells 350 angry striped bass fishermen met with Department of Fish & Game (DFG) officials at the Portuguese Hall in Rio Vista recently. Marty Gingras a biologist with the DFG spoke of their plans to eradicate the striped bass due to its predation on the salmon. The reality, as we have explained before [...]
Photos courtesy of Bill Wells By Bill Wells Agriculture Reuben Kercheval is credited with building the first man made levees in the Delta on Grand Island about 1849. They were built from peat and only lasted a few years. In 1850 the Swamp and Overflow act which gave control of these swamplands to the state [...]
Picture from Guide Lines News Letter By Bill Wells European Settlement The Mexican Government surely became concerned about the interlopers ferreting around in their territory and it is believed that this is what led them to grant John Sutter his vast tract at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers. One of Sutter’s boats [...]
By Bill Wells European Exploration Hernando Cortez with his Indian allies seized Mexico in 1519, and in 1521 two of his soldiers deserted and headed north to Alta California possibly because of rumors of great wealth to be found there. Legend has it that these two were the first Europeans to visit the Great Valley [...]
By Bill Wells The Sacramento / San Joaquin Delta is the largest tidal estuary on the West Coast of the United States. Technically it is an inverse delta where many waterways combine into one and empty into the sea. This is the opposite of a delta such as the Mississippi where one or a few [...]
California home sales rose in November compared with October, but were down from the previous year, according to data from the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.). The statewide median price declined from both the previous month and previous year. The median price of an existing, single-family detached home sold in California fell below the $300,000 [...]
