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Day trips, local events and everyday life in Sacramento, with places to eat along the way.

4 stories · Updated October 21, 2026Explore the Top 50

Veterans in unit ball caps marching along Capitol Mall toward the California State Capitol on a clear November morning, spectators with small American flags on the kerb

Veterans Day in Sacramento: two parades, the free meals, and where to eat after

By Cora Whitfield · September 18, 2026 Read the story

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A wide flat outcrop of pale grey stone dotted with dozens of round mortar holes, under tall oak trees with a viewing deck behind

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Three Gold Country state parks within 50 miles of Sacramento, and where to eat after

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Costumed visitors waiting at night at the entrance to a haunted trail in oak and pine woods, fog drifting between the trees under red and amber light

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Haunted houses and Halloween nights in Sacramento, and where to eat after

An angler on the gravel point at Discovery Park where the American River joins the Sacramento at sunrise, rod out, cottonwoods and the I-5 bridge in the distance

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Fishing the confluence at Discovery Park, and where to eat after