Show Info. - 11/29/16
Daily List: It's Giving Tuesday! 3 Tips to Giving Without Being Taken
Giving Tuesday started in New York in 2012 with the purpose to create a national day of supporting nonprofits and community organizations. If you're inclined to open your wallet today, be smart about it! On the Daily List, Marianne has three Tips to Giving Without Being Taken!
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"Homes For the Holidays" Tour
Dec. 3 & 4, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
El Dorado Hills
Tickets: http://www.sierrafoothills.assistanceleague.org/ps.homepage.cfm?ID=2986
Give Back on a Budget
After the shopping sprees of Black Friday and Cyber Monday comes a day for giving back! #GivingTuesday has become a way to celebrate and encourage helping others. But if you think your donation is too small to make a difference, think again! Last year, the average gift was $137. If you're feeling the financial pinch this holiday season, we'll show you how to give back on a budget.
Tips
1. Crunch the Numbers
2. Start Small
3. Do Some Winter Cleaning
4. Volunteer
5. Get the Tax Deduction
www.gpis4u.com
Front Street Adoption Update
The pet adoptions continue at Front Street! Nearing 400 pets as of last check, with a local realtor picking up the tab for the rest of the year, saving new local pet parents potentially thousands of dollars!
Front Street Animal Shelter
2127 Front St., Sacramento
(916) 808-PETS (7387)
www.saccityshelter.com
The Car Czar
It's a holiday consumer alert that must be heard. Who would ever risk losing their car just to have little extra money this holiday season ? And yet that's exactly what more me more of our viewers are doing with so-called auto title loans. We show you what the REAL story is behind these loans. And ffrom a car company that lied and cheated its way to huge profits to another automaker that's admitting its car are just too expensive and is now ready to cut prices big time, the car czar offers his annual evaluation of the car business that will surely affect what kind of car you buy in 2017.
The Car Czar Auto Repair
***2 LOCATIONS***
2301 El Camino Ave, Sacramento
7433 Greenback Ln., Citrus Heights
www.thecarczar.com
Got Dead Spots?
A Mesh Network Could Help! When everything from your Smartphone to your toaster needs an Internet signal to function, WiFi dead spots can grind your smart home to a halt. Ryan Eldridge from Nerds on Call is here to show us how a mesh network could eliminate your WiFi dead zones.
Nerds on Call
4315 Marconi Ave.
Sacramento
800-919-NERD
WEBSITE:
https://callnerds.com/sacramento/
Eero:
https://eero.com/
Google Wifi:
https://store.google.com/product/google_wifi
Giving Tuesday
Earn your wings this morning on Giving Tuesday. The Angel Station is opening today at Arden Fair Mall where you can help a child in crisis at the Children's Receiving Home. You can pick up a Christmas list for a child starting today and some people have already started.
Holiday Angels Needed
Help Children's Receiving Home
Arden Fair Mall
www.crhkids.org/announcement/holiday-angels-needed-0
Tech To Improve Commute
When everything from your Smartphone to your toaster needs an Internet signal to function, WiFi dead spots can grind your smart home to a halt. Ryan Eldridge from Nerds on Call is here to show us how a mesh network could eliminate your WiFi dead zones. This morning we're learning about tech to Improve Your Commute.
Nerds on Call
4315 Marconi Ave.
Sacramento, CA 95821
800-919-NERD
www.callnerds.com/sacramento/
Winter Hair
The Colour Bar recently opened up a new location in Midtown, but it's still Sacramento's premier hair salon and this morning stylists are showing off their skills to give us some tips for great locks this winter.
The Colour Bar
Midtown Location
916-583-8785
East Sacramento Location
916-583-8475
Business Hours:
Tuesday-Friday 9:00am - 7:00pm
Saturday 9:00am - 4:00pm
WEBSITE:
Facebook page: @TheColourBar
Instagram: @_thecolourbar
Repurposing Jewelry
"Pretty without purpose is powerless" -Rachel Minyard
Local fair trade boutique is hosting a fundraiser on Sat Dec3, attendees will repurpose their own (old and no longer used) jewelry items into new jewelry pieces with the guidance of local jewelry designer Omonivie Okhade of Tula in Bloom.
http://tulainbloom.com/workshops
Stand Up Sacramento 2016
Come to the Crest December 7th, 2016 for a night of laughter from local comedians. All proceeds from Stand Up Sacramento 2016 benefits TLCS, Inc. and will help local individuals living with mental illness and facing homelessness.
Where: Crest Theatre
When: Dec. 7, 2016
VIP- Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
General – Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
VIP tickets= $100
General Admission: $20
For more information please visit tlcssac.org/events
Picking the Perfect Tree
Do you really know how to pick out the "perfect" Christmas tree? Our resident Christmas tree expert has some tips for you so you get the right fit!
www.Abelschristmastrees.com
Champion Pizza Maker
He's the man behind The Pizza Bible and the owner of Pizza Rock, but did you know he won the 2007 world champion pizza maker? He is at his restaurant in downtown Sacramento showing us how to flip the perfect pizza.
Pizza Rock
1020 K St.
(916) 737-5777
www.pizzarocksacramento.com
Mexican Diet
Maru Davila, #1 bestselling author of The Mexican Food Diet, says "if you really want to lose weight, the best possible thing to eat is Mexican food!" She'll be explaining that and make Maru's Magic Guacamole with Tina in the kitchen.
www.TheMexicanFoodDiet.com
Manly Minute: Fixing Your Bloodshot Eyes
Red eyes can spark a lot of annoying questions from people wondering if you're sick, upset, or hungover.
But bloodshot eyes can be caused by a bunch of different things. They're often a sign of another problem, like dry eyes, too little sleep, or even overdoing it on certain eye drops, says Andrew Holzman, M.D., ophthalmologist and regional medical director of TLC Laser Eye Centers in Maryland. Here are 10 possible culprits, and how you can fix them.
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