Please mark your calendars for April 13, when we’ll celebrate the Return of the Swainson’s Hawk to Sutter’s Landing. Sponsored by Friends of the Swainson’s Hawk, there will be a presentation with live birds, plus a walk along the river to look for the hawks. There will also be tables with information from the cosponsors of this event: Friends of the River Banks (FORB), Sacramento Audubon Society, Save the American River Association (SARA), and Raptors are the Solution (RATS). Come early to visit the information tables and sample the refreshments... Read More

All aboard the California State Railroad Museum’s excursion railroad, the Sacramento Southern Railroad!  The 2013 operating season officially opens the weekend of April 6-7, with rides continuing every Saturday and Sunday through September 2013.   This year marks the 30th consecutive year that the California State Railroad Museum has offered these popular excursion train rides.   Since 1984, well over one million guests have been carried aboard the Sacramento Southern Railroad, served by all-volunteer crews fully trained and certified under Federal Railroad Administration regulations.

Excursion trains depart from the Central Pacific Railroad Freight Depot in Old Sacramento (located on Front Street between J and K Streets). Departures are on-the-hour from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.