About Sac News
The most plugged-in neighbor you know.
SAC News is a local news, events, and community guide for Greater Sacramento — built for people who want to know what’s happening, where to go, what’s opening, and what’s actually worth paying attention to.
Think of us as your friendly shortcut to the Sacramento good stuff.
We’re here for the weekend plans, the new restaurant everyone’s suddenly talking about, the local business doing something cool, the neighborhood event you almost missed, the development project changing your commute, and the small-but-useful update that makes you say, “Wait, why didn’t anyone tell me this?”
Less doom-scrolling. More useful local updates for people who live here.
That’s the idea.
Why we started
SAC News started with a simple question:
Why is it still so hard to figure out what’s happening around Sacramento?
For a region with this much going on — food, music, markets, festivals, parks, sports, local businesses, neighborhood gems, family-friendly events, creative people, and approximately 900 opinions about the best way to drive through Midtown — finding good local information should be easier.
At first, the idea was to create one central place for events in Sacramento. A clean, reliable hub where people could quickly find something to do without digging through five different calendars, old Facebook posts, group chats, flyers, and that one friend who somehow knows every pop-up before anyone else.
But the more we looked at what Sacramento needed, the bigger the vision became.
Events are only part of the story. SAC News is also here to help you keep up with important local news, discover interesting facts about the region, learn about new openings, understand what’s changing, and celebrate the people and businesses that make Greater Sacramento feel like home.
Because local media should not just tell you what went wrong.
It should also help you participate in where you live.
What we cover
We cover Sacramento and the surrounding communities that make up the Greater Sacramento ecosystem — including Downtown, Midtown, East Sac, Elk Grove, Folsom, Roseville, Davis, Galt, West Sacramento, and plenty of neighborhoods in between.
Our goal is to make it easier to answer questions like:
What’s happening this weekend?
Where should we eat?
What just opened?
What’s changing in my neighborhood?
Which local businesses should I know about?
Where can I meet people, get involved, or feel more connected to the community?
We publish and curate local updates across events, food and drink, things to do, development, parks, outdoors, arts and culture, sports, community stories, and neighborhood news.
Some stories will be quick and practical. Some will be deeper features. Some will simply help you find something fun to do on a Saturday when everyone in the group chat says, “I’m down for whatever,” but mysteriously offers zero ideas.
We’re here for all of it.
Our promise
SAC News exists to make local life feel more connected, useful, and fun.
We promise to keep our coverage:
Helpful first. We want every story, guide, or event listing to give you something useful.
Local on purpose. Sacramento is not generic, and neither are the communities around it. We want the site to feel rooted here.
Positive without being fluffy. We’ll cover real updates, but we’re not building a fear machine.
Clear and easy to use. Whether you’re checking the site for two minutes or browsing for weekend plans, you should be able to find what you need quickly.
Community-centered. The goal is not just more content. The goal is helping more people feel plugged into where they live.
Who’s behind SAC News
SAC News is built by two Sacramento locals: Mario Gorito and Obi Baratt.
Mario is the marketing and creative co-founder, focused on brand, storytelling, growth, and making sure SAC News actually feels like something people want to read.
Obi is the technical founder, focused on building the platform, systems, automation, and infrastructure that help SAC News stay fast, useful, and scalable.
Together, we’re building SAC News as a modern local media company: community-first, technology-powered, and designed to grow with the region.
A note on trust
We want SAC News to be useful, welcoming, and trustworthy.
That means we’ll do our best to be clear about where information comes from, keep event and business details accurate, and update things when needed.
It also means sponsored content will always be clearly labeled. Local businesses are an important part of the Sacramento community, and advertising will help support this site — but readers should never have to guess what’s editorial and what’s sponsored.
Trust matters. Especially locally.
Come see what’s happening
Sacramento is growing, changing, eating well, showing up, building things, arguing about parking, making art, launching businesses, and finding new ways to gather.
We’re here to help you keep up with it — and hopefully enjoy the city a little more while you’re at it.