19 Aug 2013

Sacramento musician entertains, regains first love

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Maybe he’s living inside a familiar Hollywood script: boy finds love, loses love, survives sobering wakeup call and regains love. Substitute ‘violin’ for ‘love’ and St. John Fraser is playing the lead. On most weekends, this red-haired whirlwind can be seen playing red-hot fiddle tunes in the Sacramento Celtic rock band One Eyed Reilly.

15 Aug 2013

Sacramento musician entertains, regains first love

Maybe he’s living inside a familiar Hollywood script: boy finds love, loses love, survives sobering wakeup call and regains love. On most weekends, this red-haired whirlwind can be seen playing red-hot fiddle tunes in the Sacramento Celtic rock band One Eyed Reilly. Watching him perform, it’s hard to believe St. John Fraser’s sobering wakeup call came in the form of a cancerous brain tumor detected four years ago.

1 Jul 2013

Corps park volunteers love giving back to others

Thank a campground volunteer as you enjoy your Fourth of July campout! The smiling hosts at our district campgrounds are volunteers who enjoy nature, camping and travel. We talked with a few of our volunteers from years past to hear more about the RV lifestyle, sightseeing on a Harley and what “getting away from it all” really means in the digital age.

9 May 2013

Wounded warriors play sports together for more than 40 years

Two wounded veterans from the California Central Valley met in the 1970s during physical rehabilitation and formed a bond of friendship centered on wheelchair sports. They’re still playing together today and we met them during the “Take a Warrior Fishing” event at Success Lake.

8 Apr 2013

Pioneering woman engineer leaves adventurous, enduring legacy

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Margaret Petersen, a successful civil engineer from an era when few women

14 Jan 2013

Coordinated dam releases key to reducing winter storm flood threat

The weather and geography that make California’s Central Valley a world-class agricultural machine also fuels the potential for disastrous flooding – conditions constantly gauged by the water management section of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District.

9 Nov 2012

Wounded warrior works back to wellness at Corps park in Orland

Wounded warrior Philip Golia is working his way back to health at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District's Black Butte Lake near Orland, Calif.

17 Feb 2012

USACE Sacramento District archaeology study nationally recognized

Government and science synchronized in perfect alignment in 2003 when a Department of Defense base realignment and closure, or BRAC, action enabled a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers archaeological team to produce an impressive 3,554-acre survey of an ancient hunting site and help transfer ownership of the 69,000-acre-plus former gunnery range back to the state of California -- all in just five months.

13 Feb 2012

Sacramento District archaeology study nationally recognized

Government and science synchronized in perfect alignment in 2003 ...