A crowd estimated by organizers at 40,000 came to Cal Expo on Saturday for a day of Christian rock, extreme sports and preaching at the Luis Palau Sacramento Festival.
Luis Palau, an Argentinian preacher who has held revivals in 74 countries, salutes the children's performance at Cal Expo Saturday. Local church leaders called it the biggest religious event in Sacramento since Billy Graham preached here in 1995.
Temperatures above 100 degrees made floppy hats, baseball caps and umbrellas a necessity Saturday for the crowd, estimated at 40,000, at the Luis Palau Sacramento Festival at Cal Expo.