Thousands of peoples will be running from Folsom to the state Capitol on Dec. 2 for the 30th annual California International Marathon.


Runners find themselves in a crowd as they embark in the 29th annual California International Marathon from Fols...

It's Sacramento's largest group exercise event, a chance for thousands to take to the streets for a charitable cause before piling on the calories.


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Every Thanksgiving Day, in an act as ritualized as mixing the mashed potatoes or snapping the wishbone, Robert Cook puts on his sweats and flip-flops, props up his folding chair and spends hours cheering on the participants in the Run to Feed the Hungr...

They reigned supreme that Thanksgiving Day in 1994. No one in the field of 1,157 runners on the streets of east Sacramento could touch Paul Thomas or Theresa McCourt, male and female winners of the inaugural Run to Feed the Hungry.


The very first...

With thousands of runners and walkers expected for the annual Run to Feed the Hungry in east Sacramento on Thursday, race officials have announced two changes to help with traffic flow before and after the event.

By age 18, Donald Edd-Harrison had been in and out of the juvenile hall system, and had become a high school dropout with a drug problem.


Donald Edd-Harrison

For 19 years, Run to Feed the Hungry has generated money for programs of the Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services.


Ossie Townsend

Erisan Torres' parents say she was a shy and timid fifth-grader when she first started attending the Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services' youth education program.


Erisan Torres

Christian Landa was pronounced dead at the scene of his motorcycle crash.


Christian Landa and family

Each year, the Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services' clothing program hands out shoes, jackets and other clothing to needy families.


Collette Madden