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Sacramento Community

Sacramento is the capital of California at the confluence of the Sacramento and American rivers. It is a commercial, manufacturing, and transportation center for a productive agricultural region. Government activities, financial institutions, and tourism are all important to the city's economy. Situated between San Francisco and Lake Tahoe, it is home to over 400,000 people.

Sacramento is the site of California State University, Sacramento and several junior colleges. Points of interest in our city include the State Capitol, situated in a spacious park; the Crocker Art Museum; Sutter's Fort State Historic Monument, featuring the restored adobe house built in 1839 by the first settlers here; a Native American museum; a railroad museum; the Sacramento Museum; and Old Sacramento, an area restored to the city's appearance between the years 1850 and 1870. Sacramento supports several theaters and is the site of the annual California State Fair. The city is known for its camellias, ornamental shrubs with roseline flowers. The Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association host their home games at ARCO Arena.

There are many things to do in and around our community. Listed below are additional web sites you can click on to learn more about Sacramento, our exciting basketball and baseball teams, and our local newspaper.  Also below is a list of web resources for Sacramento, including real estate, rentals, utilites, local banks and credit unions, and employment.

Information about the City of Sacramento	Local newspaper
The Sacramento Kings men's basketball team	The Sacramento Monarchs WNBA team
The Arco Arena Home of the Kings, Monarchs, and Knights	The Sacramento River Cats AAA affiliate of the Oakland A's
The Mondavi Center for the Perfoming Arts Davis, CA	Sacramento is home to numerous museums!

The following links are provided as an informational service only and without any endorsement, real or implied, of the businesses listed:

Apartments / Rentals / Real Estate

Apartments.com - "Free nationwide apartment search with the most visual rental listings"
Sacramento Bee (local newspaper) Online real estate listings (metrolist)
New Homes Magazine - listings of new and soon-to-be-built homes
Northern California New Homes For Sale - "The premier FREE publication of new homes in the Northern California area"
Real Estate Buyer's Guide -
Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency : First time homebuyer lender list , Homebuyer assistance programs

Employment Resources:

The Employment Guide - free searchable index of local job opportunities
Sacbee Jobs resources - classified ads and other employment stuff from the local paper

Moving and other resources:

California Dept. of Motor Vehicles - making an appointment prior to registering your vehicle is HIGHLY recommended - (unless you enjoy three-to-five-hour waits in line).
Ryder Truck Rentals / Budget Rent-a-Truck - those ubiquitous yellow moving vans you see on the highway - get them here
U-Haul - moving van rentals with the motto "Adventures Across America"
Citizens/Frontier Communications - Local telephone service you're stuck with if you live in Elk Grove, offers DSL
Pacific Bell - Local telephone service for Sacramento, also offering DSL
PG&E - Pacific Gas & Electric - Utilities (mainly natural gas if you live in town, because electricity is covered by SMUD)
SMUD - Sacramento Municipal Utilities Dept. - Electricity and Water
Ardennet - Low-cost but reliable dial-up internet access