There are plenty of amazing reasons to visit the Aerospace Museum of California on Saturday, April 8, with the crowd-favorite Open Cockpit Day – that offers a unique opportunity for guests to climb aboard many aircraft to pilot their own adventure – PLUS the opportunity to experience the dramatic and interactive Leonardo da Vinci “Machines in Motion” international traveling exhibit AND enjoy a $5 off admission as part of a Spring Break pricing special. In     addition to the open cockpit opportunities on this one-day-only, a special display of WWII military flight gear will be set up along with re-enactors on-site, a dog tag making machine and an eye-catching vintage military jeep that is sure to capture attention.
    

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California State Parks and Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park (SHP) are proud to present a vibrant, educational and fun three day event -- “Traders’ Faire - California’s First Mall” -- on Friday, April 7 through Sunday, April 9, 2017. Offered just once a year, this lively and highly anticipated interpretive event takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day and offers unique insights into the early days of the Fort when it served as a central and critically important trading post. Fort visitors will be delighted to see the recently completed restoration of the historic walls, gates and blacksmith shop plus have the opportunity to step back in time to experience what California’s first shopping mall was like in the 1840s.

March 27, 2017 |  
A young Elk Grove child walking home from school eluded what could have been a kidnapping yesterday afternoon.
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