Marco De Sio, an award-winning journalist from California who worked as a dishwasher at a Catholic Retreat Center, has completed his new book, "The Third Secret": a thrilling and mysterious fiction of the mysteries shrouding the Catholic Church. De Sio shares, "An Italian immigrant named Big Al comes to America at the turn of the twentieth century...
READ MOREAt the Italian Center (6821 Fair Oaks Blvd Carmichael, California) on January 9, 2022. The center will open at 1:00pm. Come early and enjoy free children's crafts and Befana photo booth. Masks required for all guests over age 3. Each January, the Italian Cultural Society holds a children’s Festival, “La Festa della Befana” for the children of the I...
READ MOREFor the past 40 years, the Italian Cultural Society has been at the forefront of uplifting the Italian American community. The Society has successfully served the cultural needs of the Italian community during these past 4 decades and has become a major cultural institution in the Sacramento region. From humble beginnings, the Society has grown and...
READ MOREA portion of East Sacramento will officially be known as “Little Italy” after the Sacramento City Council approved the new nickname on Tuesday. 49th to 59th streets and J Street to Folsom Boulevard is the area that will adopt the nickname of Little Italy. Sacramento City Councilmember Jeff Harris requested the resolution that would re-name the are...
READ MOREAnne Rudin, the first woman to be elected Sacramento mayor, died last Thursday from complications of pneumonia, her family said. She was 97. “Sacramento has lost a champion of the people and trailblazer for women and girls across our region,” Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D–Sacramento) said in a statement Sunday. “Her impact will be forever felt in...
READ MOREItalian Americans were the largest immigrant group to come to the United States through Ellis Island and one of the largest immigrant groups to settle in California. By World War II in 1941, they were the largest immigrant group in California. Italian roots run deep in Sacramento. Italian Americans were among the earliest pioneers of Sacramento and...
READ MOREOn Easter Sunday in 2020, in the early days of COVID-19 lockdowns, renowned opera singer Andrea Bocelli provided the world with a moment of hope and unity when he sang solo at the Duomo in Milan. His performance included renditions of “Ave Maria” and “Amazing Grace” — and it broke YouTube records. More than a year later, Sacramentans are singing “H...
READ MORESacramento officially has a “Little Italy.” The new historic district is in an East Sacramento neighborhood, bound by 48th and 59th streets, and J Street and Folsom Boulevard. The area includes several Italian-owned businesses, including Corti Brothers grocery store, Allora Italian restaurant, Talini’s Nursery, Mattone Ristorante, Frank’s Automotiv...
READ MOREBelow is a list of the top and leading Italian Restaurants in Sacramento. To help you find the best Italian Restaurants located near you in Sacramento, we put together our own list based on this rating points list. Sacramento’s Best Italian Restaurants: The top-rated Italian Restaurants in Sacramento, CA are: - Il Fornaio Sacramento – an upscale r...
READ MOREHere’s a Luca you can mention in Sacramento without fans getting worked into an agitated and argumentative lather: Luca Urlando. He’s a swimmer, an All-American sophomore-to-be for the Georgia Bulldogs by way of McClatchy High School with a global reputation for how fast he can zip through water. He is not to be confused with another Luka of global...
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