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  • Jerry Brown submits tax petitions, says 'difficult' budget cuts next

    SacBee -- State Politics
    13 May 2012 | 3:46 pm
    In one choreographed appearance at the office of the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters, Gov. Jerry Brown's campaign to raise taxes appeared on Friday to take shape.

  • Questions swirl around Jerry Brown's plan to cut state workers' hours

    SacBee -- Top Stories
    16 May 2012 | 1:18 pm
    One day after Gov. Jerry Brown proposed sweeping changes to state government work schedules, many employees were still deciphering what it means for them. The State Worker logo

  • Brown: California budget deficit rises to $16 billion

    SacBee -- State Budget
    14 May 2012 | 9:24 am
    In a gloomy preview of his May budget release, Gov. Jerry Brown said Saturday that California's deficit has mushroomed to $16 billion, nearly $7 billion higher than he last estimated. Gov. Jerry Brown discusses his tax-hike initiative before submitting the petitions for the initiative to the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, May 10, 2012. Brown's initiative is one of two tax hike petitions that are expected to qualify for November ballot. Brown has warned that if voters do not pass the tax hikes there would be even deeper cuts to schools, higher education…

  • California ranks third in private equity investment

    SacBee -- Latest News
    16 May 2012 | 1:34 pm
    Private equity firms invested $16 billion in 214 California-based companies in 2011, placing the Golden State third among all states, according to an analysis released today by the Private Equity Growth Capital Council.

  • Capitol Alert: Video: Student protest disrupts UC regents meeting in Sacramento

    SacBee -- Top Stories
    16 May 2012 | 1:30 pm
    University of California students disrupted a meeting of the UC regents in Sacramento this morning, protesting tuition increases in a sustained chant that forced regents to break early for a closed session meeting. capitol alert logo
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    SacBee -- Latest News

  • California ranks third in private equity investment

    16 May 2012 | 1:34 pm
    Private equity firms invested $16 billion in 214 California-based companies in 2011, placing the Golden State third among all states, according to an analysis released today by the Private Equity Growth Capital Council.

  • APNewsBreak: Suspect groom made odd phone call

    16 May 2012 | 1:33 pm
    Police searching for a newlywed husband wanted for murder say they are aware of a relative's account of a phone call from the man on the day his bride's body was found. This undated photo released Tuesday, May 15, 2012 by Burbank Police department shows Arnoldo Jimenez. Police in the Chicago suburb of Burbank said that they are searching for Jimenez, the newlywed husband of 26-year-old Estrella Carrera, whose body was found stabbed and clothed in the silver sequin cocktail dress she wore at her wedding reception. This undated photo provided by the Burbank, Ill., police department shows…

  • Protesters disrupt University of Calif meeting

    16 May 2012 | 1:30 pm
    Protesters have disrupted a University of California board meeting where officials are discussing a tuition increase to help close its budget shortfall.

  • Capitol Alert: Video: Student protest disrupts UC regents meeting in Sacramento

    16 May 2012 | 1:30 pm
    University of California students disrupted a meeting of the UC regents in Sacramento this morning, protesting tuition increases in a sustained chant that forced regents to break early for a closed session meeting. capitol alert logo

  • Corporate transplant to Folsom reports loss

    16 May 2012 | 1:28 pm
    Rackwise Inc. a software development, sales, and marketing company that recently moved its corporate offices from San Francisco to Folsom, reported a loss of $2.2 million, or 2 cents a share in the quarter ended March 31.
 
 
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    SacBee -- Our Region

  • Corporate transplant to Folsom reports loss

    16 May 2012 | 1:29 pm
    Rackwise Inc. a software development, sales, and marketing company that recently moved its corporate offices from San Francisco to Folsom, reported a loss of $2.2 million, or 2 cents a share in the quarter ended March 31.

  • Twin Rivers school board candidate has criminal record

    16 May 2012 | 1:14 pm
    Twin Rivers Unified School District school board candidate John Berchielli has a lengthy criminal record, including felony convictions for child endangerment, setting booby traps, marijuana cultivation and welfare fraud. John Berchielli had a pot patch with booby traps, a 2007 jury found.

  • McClatchy names new CFO

    16 May 2012 | 1:10 pm
    The McClatchy Co. announced today that Elaine Lintecum, who has worked in the company's finance department for 24 years, has been promoted to vice president of finance and chief financial officer. Elaine Lintecum Patrick Talamantes, McClatchy's chief financial officer, will replace Gary Pruitt as CEO.

  • City Beat: Would Sacramento approve tax hike for cops, parks, firefighters?

    16 May 2012 | 1:01 pm
    The debate over whether to ask city voters to approve of a tax increase to fund core services is heating up at City Hall. José Luis Villegas jvillegas@sacbee.com Sacramento firefighter Masoud Baruk holds his 2-year-old son, Cayd, at Tuesday's City Council budget hearing. Before the meeting, more than 100 firefighters marched to City Hall to protest cuts. As part of a plan to close a $15.7 million budget gap, the city wants police and firefighters to pay their share now contributed by the city to the California Public Employees' Retirement System.

  • City Beat: Candidate wants to end policy allowing mayor, council members free parking in Sacramento

    16 May 2012 | 12:58 pm
    It's a nice perk that has quietly been on the books for a year: City Council members and the mayor don't have to pay for parking in metered spaces. Steve Hansen
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    SacBee -- Editorials

  • Editorial: Craft a clean transportation bill by June 30

    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Republicans and Democrats in Congress have failed for three years to reach common ground on a multiyear transportation bill to replace the 2005-09 bill. We're now on our ninth short-term extension, which expires June 30.

  • Editorial: Gov. Jerry Brown, lawmakers have a month to get California budget right

    15 May 2012 | 2:42 pm
    Gov. Jerry Brown and the Democratic-controlled Legislature passed a budget last year that was built on a rickety foundation of false hopes. If that wasn't apparent at the time, it is now that the budget deficit has ballooned to $15.7 billion, up from Brown's $9.2 billion estimate from only four months ago. Gov. Jerry Brown touts his support for K-12 schools while unveiling his revised budget Monday.

  • Editorial Notebook: Politician keeps her word, even at a cost

    15 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    The conference room at the Doubletree Hotel had the feel of a revival meeting Saturday morning. It was filled with mostly elderly black church women who prayed and listened to hymns and inspiring speeches by women who talked about how they had overcome personal struggles.

  • Editorial: City can't keep cutting to plug budget deficit

    14 May 2012 | 9:45 am
    Tuesday, the City Council dives into the details of Sacramento's proposed 2012-13 budget. It will focus on three departments – fire, police, and parks and recreation – whose services residents probably notice most. A firefighter helps a passenger hurt in an RT train-car collision in March. Most calls handled by the Sacramento Fire Department are for medical emergencies.

  • Editorial: Desperate times at UC trigger some desperate brainstorming

    13 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Given vast fluctuations and declines in revenue from the state, University of California chancellors are getting desperate and creative.
 
 
 
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    SacBee -- Courts/Legal News

  • Hearing today in granddad's fight to keep three kids

    16 May 2012 | 12:46 pm
    A large white calendar on the wall behind Don Hatfield's easel reads like a soccer mom's dream. Don Hatfield leads granddaughters Eva, 5, and Ariel, 3, on their first day of class at St. John's Lutheran School in Napa last month. Eva Winkler tries to knock down a piñata at her fifth birthday party last month in Napa. Don Hatfield tosses some used diapers from his grandson Alex. The artist, turning 65 today, took over care of three grandchildren when his daughter was killed. A judge will decide if Hatfield or the children's paternal grandparents will be the guardian. Don Hatfield gets a…

  • New disciplinary charges filed against Del Norte County DA

    16 May 2012 | 11:23 am
    The district attorney of Del Norte County faces new disciplinary charges from the State Bar of California that could lead to his removal from office or disbarment. Del Norte County DA Jon Alexander tells voters, "I won't quit until you tell me to."

  • California controller's lost and found system criticized

    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    The state was confronted Tuesday with a legal challenge to the way it runs its collection of purportedly abandoned personal property. Controller John Chiang

  • Allegations swirl about El Dorado judge candidate

    13 May 2012 | 1:49 pm
    The case of a fugitive jailed in Sacramento on federal fraud charges this week may have ramifications in the June 5 race for El Dorado Superior Court judge. Joseph Hoffman

  • San Diego woman to surrender wild birds to Fish and Game, continue legal fight

    10 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    A San Diego County woman who has fought the California Department of Fish and Game for years over 10 wild birds she has kept at her home is preparing to surrender them to the state today, apparently unsuccessful in her appeal to Gov. Jerry Brown to "pardon" them.
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    SacBee -- Education

  • Twin Rivers school board candidate has criminal record

    16 May 2012 | 1:14 pm
    Twin Rivers Unified School District school board candidate John Berchielli has a lengthy criminal record, including felony convictions for child endangerment, setting booby traps, marijuana cultivation and welfare fraud. John Berchielli had a pot patch with booby traps, a 2007 jury found.

  • Sacramento entrepreneur academy scholarships available

    15 May 2012 | 12:35 pm
    The Sacramento Entrepreneurship Academy, a Sacramento-based nonprofit offering an entrepreneurial fellowship program, said it will fund $47,500 in scholarships for up to 25 fellows in its 2012-13 class.

  • Grim news, reprieves for Sacramento area teachers

    14 May 2012 | 9:51 am
    Hundreds of pink-slipped teachers in Sacramento County are sighing a breath of relief this week as school districts revoke some of the preliminary layoff notices sent out in March. But many more are polishing up their résumés and looking for new jobs. La Sierra Community Center in Carmichael bustled with teachers waiting for hearings on their layoff status. The San Juan district has until May 15 to reach its final numbers.

  • Questions, debts abound as Episcopal school faces closure in Roseville

    13 May 2012 | 5:14 pm
    Parents are angry and Roseville City School District officials have plans to sue after St. John's School trustees announced the small private school is broke and will close at the end of the month. Hopes were high for St. John's School when school and Episcopal Church officials posed in 2006 at the site of what was expected to be the school's new campus in Roseville. The school's former headmaster, the Rev. Paul Hancock, is third from right. The new school was never built.

  • Obituary: Eclectic CRC professor didn't go by the book

    13 May 2012 | 11:15 am
    George "Jorge" Anthony Knott was by all accounts unconventional. George (Jorge) Anthony Knott
 
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    SacBee -- Environment

  • Oil industry says it will report California 'fracking' information

    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    On the eve of a series of public hearings on hydraulic fracturing, a controversial but little-regulated method of oil extraction in California, an industry group said Tuesday that its members will voluntarily post information about their "fracking" operations on a disclosure website, Frac Focus, likely by the end of June.

  • Delta restoration plan released for review

    15 May 2012 | 12:33 pm
    The final draft of a plan to restore the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta was released for public review Monday.

  • Suggestions in changing Wildlife Services range from new practices to outright bans

    12 May 2012 | 2:07 am
    Like many ranchers, Bill Jensen drives a pickup, shoots a high-powered rifle and loves to talk about sheep, cattle and the outdoors. But unlike many ranchers, he no longer relies on the federal government for predator control. Marin County sheep rancher Bill Jensen installed electric fencing to protect his sheep from coyotes when the county dropped lethal predator protection provided by USDA's Wildlife Services in favor of a local program stressing nonlethal methods. "We've pretty much learned how to control coyotes on our own," Jensen says. Marin County sheep rancher Bill Jensen figures his…

  • The killing agency: Wildlife Services' brutal methods leave a trail of animal death

    12 May 2012 | 2:07 am
    A Bee investigation has found Wildlife Service's practices to be indiscriminate, at odds with science, inhumane and sometimes illegal. A coyote hunts rodents in the Sierra Valley north of Truckee. The animals generally pose little danger to cattle. Three coyotes are caught in leg-hold traps in this photo from a Wildlife Services trapper. Leg-hold traps are used by the agency to capture and kill 10,000 to 14,000 animals a year. Roughly half are coyotes, but many other species are targeted, too, including bobcats, muskrats and wild pigs. The agency's traps, which are banned in many countries,…

  • Environmental group sues to halt killing practices of federal wildlife agency

    12 May 2012 | 2:07 am
    The federal government's wildlife damage control program is based on outdated science and indiscriminate tools that kill many non-target animals, including protected species, according to a lawsuit filed Monday by WildEarth Guardians, a Colorado-based environmental group. Three coyotes are caught in leg-hold traps in this photo from a Wildlife Services trapper. Leg-hold traps are used by the agency to capture and kill 10,000 to 14,000 animals a year. Roughly half are coyotes, but many other species are targeted, too, including bobcats, muskrats and wild pigs. The agency's traps, which are…
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    SacBee -- Health and medicine

  • Q&A: Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on health care reform

    14 May 2012 | 10:55 am
    Since he took office early last year, state Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has made health care reform his top priority. Dave Jones says 34 insurance chiefs have the kind of authority he's seeking.

  • Friends come through for ailing Davis artist Gay Powers

    13 May 2012 | 4:43 pm
    At 66 and desperately ill with the recurrence of an aggressive form of non- Hodgkins lymphoma, Davis artist Gay Powers needed to move closer to the Sutter Cancer Center in Sacramento to prepare for the stem-cell transplant that doctors say is her best hope. With help from friends, Davis artist Gay Powers, 66, was able to move to midtown Sacramento, near the Sutter Cancer Center, where she'll soon undergo treatment for non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Shé Davenport, a caregiver, left, goes over the dinner menu with Gay Powers at the Chateau on Capitol Avenue, where Powers is staying. The artist…

  • Kaiser's net income down in 1st quarter

    13 May 2012 | 3:19 pm
    Kaiser Permanente said its Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. and subsidiaries reported net income of $770 million in this year's first quarter, a 16 percent drop from the $921 million reported for the first three months of 2011.

  • Vaccination bill advances to California Senate

    13 May 2012 | 2:32 pm
    The Assembly approved legislation Thursday requiring parents to receive counseling about the risks and potential benefits of vaccinations to prevent communicable diseases before opting out of their children receiving the medicine.

  • Thousands join Sacramento's Race for the Cure -- attendance down after furor

    13 May 2012 | 10:57 am
    Roughly 18,000 people attended Saturday's Komen Race for the Cure at Cal Expo, the first since the national organization's ill-fated January decision to stop giving funds to Planned Parenthood – a move it later rescinded. Breast cancer survivor Kristy Clark of Citrus Heights, in dark-pink T-shirt, celebrates as she crosses the finish line at Sacramento's Race for the Cure flanked by her daughter, Teresa Middleton, left, her best friend, Jennifer Baker, and Baker's daughter Holly Baker, far right. Robin Jeffries of Placerville, diagnosed with breast cancer in August, gets a survivor's…
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    SacBee -- Bee Nation/World News

  • U.S., Pakistan near deal on critical supply route

    16 May 2012 | 11:21 am
    The cost of the U.S.-led war effort in Afghanistan is about to rise by $365 million annually under an agreement that would reopen a key NATO supply route through Pakistan that's been closed for nearly six months.

  • Activist Chen tells panel of brutality

    16 May 2012 | 11:21 am
    The State Department said Tuesday that documents to allow Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng to come to the U.S. had been completed, and Chen himself talked to lawmakers on Capitol Hill from his hospital room to describe the brutal treatment of his relatives by Chinese authorities. Activist Chen Guangcheng

  • New battles looming over debt ceiling, Bush tax cuts

    16 May 2012 | 11:19 am
    House Speaker John Boehner set the stage Tuesday for another tense, partisan showdown over tax and spending policy later this year, as he vowed to insist on big spending cuts before he will agree to a new debt ceiling – much like last summer's debt showdown debacle – and he also promised a vote before November's elections on whether to prevent Bush-era tax cuts from expiring at year's end, as scheduled. House Speaker John Boehner said big spending cuts are needed before raising the debt limit.

  • Greece to try again; France gets new leader

    16 May 2012 | 11:19 am
    The financially besieged European Union embarked on an uncertain path Tuesday, with a new president in France and a call for new elections in Greece, developments that are certain to change the way Europe handles its economic crisis. New French President Francois Hollande looks out along the famous Champs-Elysées avenue in Paris, with the Arc de Triomphe in the background, following his swearing-in Tuesday. Outgoing French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, are given a red-carpet farewell from the Elysée Palace in Paris on Tuesday after a swearing-in…

  • There's profit in the paper trail

    13 May 2012 | 2:40 pm
    Walk through the modern new document depository in Medley, Fla., and one thing becomes clear: Paper can be a hard habit to break. Armando Sanchez pulls a file at a Recall storage facility in Florida. Many businesses are reluctant to give up on paper records even when digital versions are available. Operations manager Armando Sanchez stands amid racks holding documents at the Recall warehouse in Medley, Fla., where paper records vastly outnumber digital files.
 
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    SacBee -- Religion News

  • Discarded Hindu symbol brings anger, uncertainty to Yuba City temple

    9 May 2012 | 12:34 pm
    The Sri Narayan Hindu Temple, a spiritual jewel attended by Indian immigrants across faiths, no longer has its sacred core. Kulwant Minhas cleans up Sunday at the altar in the Sri Narayan Hindu Temple in Yuba City. Missing from the religious icons is the Shivling, which to the dismay of many of the area's Hindus and others was put outside, in a plastic bag near the garbage. In its place here is a tall vase of flowers. Himant Pandit washes and pays honor to the Shivling in his yard. Pandit said "my heart dropped" when he saw where it had been placed earlier. Hardial Singh Hunji, 96, and his…

  • Q&A: New Sacramento church plans prayer breakfast

    8 May 2012 | 2:01 am
    Mark Meeks, longtime minister of St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in Sacramento, recently had a vision. God told him, he said, to create a "mosaic" church that welcomes people of all religious and social backgrounds and focuses on helping those in need in the community. Gail Meeks

  • Gov. Jerry Brown preaches tax message to church leaders

    29 Apr 2012 | 3:07 pm
    Gov. Jerry Brown, campaigning at a Sacramento church Thursday, called on California's religious leaders to engage in a "campaign of civic activism" to pass his ballot initiative to raise taxes. Gov. Jerry Brown, center, appeals to faith-based organizations in Sacramento to support his initiative to raise taxes. Church leaders said they will join the campaign to win approval of his plan, which is expected to qualify for the November ballot. Speaking at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Gov. Jerry Brown said Thursday that wealthy Californians have been "blessed" and should be willing to…

  • Bayside churches come through for charities

    29 Apr 2012 | 11:58 am
    The Bayside churches in Placer and Sacramento counties are coming through in a big way for charities.

  • An interfaith Easter

    9 Apr 2012 | 2:00 am
    It began with a dream, says the Rev. Michael Moran, senior minister of worship at the Spiritual Life Center of Sacramento, which draws on the teachings of many faiths. Valerie Cantone, left, and Pat Orner sing during the Easter morning service for their Christian church, the Spiritual Life Center of Sacramento, held Sunday in the auditorium of the Sacramento Area League of Associated Muslims, or SALAM.
 
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    SacBee -- Science News

  • Scientists enlist airship in hunt for meteorites

    9 May 2012 | 12:41 pm
    It's not every day that NASA descends on your backyard, hunting for clues to extraterrestrial life. David Finney, left, escorts NASA scientist Derek Sears, Peter Jenniskens of the SETI Institute and volunteer Mike Koop at McClellan Park. The scientists spent Thursday aboard the Eureka dirigible, looking for traces of the Sutter's Mill Meteorite.

  • Tiny California town shoots for the moon

    7 May 2012 | 10:13 am
    The sign into town, slightly weathered, says, "Gateway to Space!" Beyond it lies the Mojave Air and Space Port, once a Marine auxiliary air station during World War II, now an incubator for the tinkerers and dreamers in the New Space movement. Kenneth Chang New York Times A sign welcomes visitors to Mojave, where an enclave of space tech startups has taken root. This is where the first private, piloted spacecraft launched in 2004. Virgin Galactic is now conducting flight tests of a larger version that will take tourists 62 miles up, giving them a brief bout of weightlessness.

  • What to do if you find a meteorite

    4 May 2012 | 2:15 am
    Meteorites generally look different from normal Earth rocks. They usually have a "goose bumps" texture, are oddly shaped, and are either black or dark gray, a result of being burned on entering the atmosphere. If you think you have found a meteorite, here's what researchers recommend:
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    SacBee -- Transportation

  • Sacto 911: Cell phone tickets written in April in California up 5,000

    16 May 2012 | 12:32 pm
    The number of drivers cited for using their cell phones while driving in April was up over a year earlier. A motorist uses a cell phone while driving in Sacramento on Tuesday, August 10, 2010.

  • Gas price rises to $4.24 in Sacramento area

    15 May 2012 | 3:49 pm
    While much of the rest of the country has been seeing relief at the gas pumps over the past two weeks, motorists in the Sacramento area and throughout the West Coast have been taking it on the chin. A customer fills up his tank at a local gas station in Miami, Friday, May 27, 2011. With gas prices still topping the $4-a-gallon mark in much of the country and forcing holiday travelers to spend more on fill-ups this Memorial Day weekend, some are opting to to stay closer to home.(AP Photo/ Alan Diaz)

  • Sacramento airport applies to use private contractors for security screeners

    13 May 2012 | 5:13 pm
    Sacramento International Airport wants to dump its federal security screeners and replace them with private contractors. TSA agents Michelle Clay, left, and Tiffany Pluciennik check passenger IDs at the security checkpoint inside Sacramento International's Terminal B. The airport wants to use private contractors to conduct security checks; 16 other airports already do. A TSA agent watches as a woman is body-scanned in the security checkpoint at Sacramento International Airport earlier this week. San Francisco's airport uses private screeners, but the TSA chooses the equipment and how it is…

  • Work on major improvement projects at Heavenly likely to start in August

    13 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    The U.S. Forest Service's Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit has released a draft decision for 2012 capital improvement projects at Heavenly Ski Resort.

  • Obama official warns California Legislature to move on high-speed rail funds

    11 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood warned California lawmakers Thursday not to wait until fall for a vote on high-speed rail, urging its approval in a budget vote next month.
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    SacBee -- Weather Report

  • Sacramento area weather: Sunny skies continue in a month of no rain

    16 May 2012 | 12:14 pm
    In a year when rainfall totals have consistently lagged, it should come as no surprise that there has been no rainfall this month. The woolly sunflowers are nearing the end of their bloom. There are a few left to photograph but don’t wait too much longer. This photo was made at on the Buttermilk Bend Trail in South Yuba River State Park on April 29, 2012 using a Canon 5DMkII camera with a Canon 100mm macro lens and set at f/11 using 1/1000 sec. with ISO 800. 156

  • Weather: Sacramento turns up the heat again today

    15 May 2012 | 12:45 pm
    The daytime high in downtown Sacramento is expected to be nearly 10 degrees hotter today than Monday. Two walkers stroll along the banks of the Sacramento River, shaded by the remnants of what was once a vast riparian forest.

  • Warm weather continues this week

    15 May 2012 | 3:44 am
    Today's weather is expected to be a re-run of Sunday, but warmer weather is on the horizon. Jared Abrojena of Antioch navigates the canopy of William Land Park during Sunday's event. Imagine firing up a chainsaw, too.

  • Warm, gusty Mother's Day ensure pleasant picnics

    14 May 2012 | 3:44 am
    Families celebrating Mother's Day by throwing a picnic today will enjoy support from Mother Nature, with temperatures forecast in the 80s and occasional gusts of wind to toss around those empty paper plates. This NOAA satellite image taken Sunday, May 13, 2012 at 1:45 a.m. EDT shows clouds cover the Eastern US as a low pressure system moves through the Southeastern US and a cold front slides across the Great Lakes and Northeastern US. This kicks up widespread showers and thunderstorms across most of the Eastern US. Meanwhile, another low pressure system develops over northern Texas, producing…

  • Sacramento's hot weather prompts warning about cold river water

    12 May 2012 | 12:09 pm
    Hot weather is leading the National Weather Service to warn people about cold water. Hikers follow a trail Tuesday along the middle fork of the American River. Leisure time and exercise are among the elements of a healthy populace, according to a study of thousands of U.S. counties. In Yolo County, the influence of UC Davis was seen as a plus.
 
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    SacBee -- California Forum

  • The Conversation: An initiative on the November ballot would toughen penalties for human trafficking

    13 May 2012 | 7:53 pm
    Attorney General Kamala Harris is sponsoring bills in the Legislature that would allow prosecutors to more readily seize pimps' property. Briana Kelly of Rancho Cordova protests sex trafficking as she marches at Cesar E. Chavez Plaza Sunday. Dan Morain

  • Viewpoints: It's time to compromise on Delta water projects

    13 May 2012 | 3:47 pm
    Driving home along the Sacramento River one recent afternoon, I was vividly reminded why the Delta is among Northern California's most scenic resources. As the levee road twisted and turned along the river, the golden glow of the setting sun cast the river, levees and agricultural fields as a living scene from an early California painting. Five intake pumping stations and a 40-mile tunnel to divert water from the Delta are proposed to help protect threatened fish species. M. David Stirling has resided in Walnut Grove for more than 25 years and is familiar with Delta water issues.

  • Foon Rhee: A stealth campaign for mayor

    13 May 2012 | 1:45 pm
    It's a steamy evening in a cluttered Sacramento community center and it's time for the head of the Tahoe Park Neighborhood Association to introduce the special guest. Jonathan Rewers states his case to be mayor to the Tahoe Park Neighborhood Association. Foon Rhee

  • Viewpoints: Proposals to tax the rich smack of class warfare

    13 May 2012 | 12:05 pm
    I'm not rich, but I hope to be some day. I suspect that's not a unique sentiment, yet both President Barack Obama and California Gov. Jerry Brown are betting big that voters want to punish people for being successful. Aaron McLear is a political consultant with the Ginsberg McLear Group in Sacramento.

  • Another View: AB 1500 could test Brown's tax-vote promise

    13 May 2012 | 12:05 pm
    When one political party controls the legislative and executive branches of government, disputes are usually fought behind closed doors. Jon Coupal
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    SacBee -- Letters to the Editor

  • Funds for finding murderers will provide justice for families.

    16 May 2012 | 1:05 pm
    Re "Take death penalty repeal off ballot, court is urged" (Capitol in brief, May 15): When my son was murdered, I waited for justice. Eight years have now passed, and the person who took my son's life is still on the streets.

  • If taxing unhealthy products, why not food?

    16 May 2012 | 12:41 pm
    Re "A father's plea on Prop. 29" (Letters, May 16): As an ex-smoker who smoked three packs per day, nothing improved my health more than quitting. It was not taxes that made me quit, it was education and the wanting to be healthy. Simply adding more tax will not stop smokers from smoking, education and the want to quit will do it.

  • State officials suspiciously silent about rising gas prices

    16 May 2012 | 12:38 pm
    At this time, the state is talking about many things due to the lack of funds. Truth be told, it is not lack of money but a combination of overspending and lack of being able to think on how to make California a business-friendly state again.

  • Hire more retirees instead of cutting state worker pay

    16 May 2012 | 12:37 pm
    Re "How red ink became flood" (Page A1, May 15): If the governor were serious about reducing the costs for state employees, he would hire more retired state workers rather than less. Retired annuitants save the state close to 50 percent compared to regular state workers since they do not get state benefits such as the CalPERS contribution, vacation and other paid time off and various health care premiums. Retired annuitants can also be laid off instantly if there is no work for them.

  • Be skeptical of excuses for pre-holiday pump price spikes

    16 May 2012 | 12:36 pm
    Re "Gas prices fall - but not here" (Business, May 15): Over the last 20 years, I do not recall a single year in which gas prices failed to rise just before the Memorial Day weekend. There is always some excuse such as refinery problems or low inventory to justify these increases.
 
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    SacBee -- Bob Shallit

  • Bob Shallit: Farewell, generous readers

    26 Apr 2012 | 10:48 am
    Not many people get the careers they dreamed about as kids. I sure didn't. Bob Shallit

  • Bob Shallit: Sacramento diner to offer Mexican-Korean takeout

    21 Apr 2012 | 2:00 am
    A long-abandoned service station at Alhambra Boulevard and T Street is getting a new life this summer – as home to a diner serving a blend of Mexican and Korean cuisines. Bob Shallit TaKo BBQ will soon open in this abandoned gas station at Alhambra Boulevard and T Street. Owner Yunece Cho says the diner will cater to the lunch crowd but also will stay open as late as 2 a.m.

  • Bob Shallit: Can you find the Dallas Cowboys stars at airport terminal?

    19 Apr 2012 | 2:12 pm
    Sacramento County airport director Hardy Acree is a serious guy. But he likes to have a little fun, as sharp-eyed observers at the new Terminal B are now realizing. Here's one of the four stars, sly tributes to the Dallas Cowboys, that are embedded in the second-level terrazzo floor at Sacramento International Airport's new Terminal B. The stars were partly the idea of airport director Hardy Acree, a lifelong Cowboys fan. Bob Shallit

  • Bob Shallit: Capital-area investor looks for wealth underfoot

    17 Apr 2012 | 2:00 am
    Talk about your underground economy. Bob Shallit
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    SacBee -- Agriculture

  • New animal rights push pays people to watch disturbing videos

    13 May 2012 | 4:58 pm
    Along with their cabernet and Camembert, visitors at the Second Saturday art walk in Sacramento this weekend will get a taste of a new kind of animal rights activism. Students at Sierra College view a video showing abuse of farm animals, part of a campaign by animal rights group FARM. Students at Sierra College line up to see the FARM video. The animal rights group says that about 80 percent of viewers then pledge to eat fewer animal products.
 
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    SacBee -- Business

  • California ranks third in private equity investment

    16 May 2012 | 1:34 pm
    Private equity firms invested $16 billion in 214 California-based companies in 2011, placing the Golden State third among all states, according to an analysis released today by the Private Equity Growth Capital Council.

  • Corporate transplant to Folsom reports loss

    16 May 2012 | 1:28 pm
    Rackwise Inc. a software development, sales, and marketing company that recently moved its corporate offices from San Francisco to Folsom, reported a loss of $2.2 million, or 2 cents a share in the quarter ended March 31.

  • CalPERS to invest in high-tech properties

    16 May 2012 | 1:26 pm
    CalPERS today said it will invest $500 million to buy real estate with a high-tech edge.

  • McClatchy names new CFO

    16 May 2012 | 1:10 pm
    The McClatchy Co. announced today that Elaine Lintecum, who has worked in the company's finance department for 24 years, has been promoted to vice president of finance and chief financial officer. Elaine Lintecum Patrick Talamantes, McClatchy's chief financial officer, will replace Gary Pruitt as CEO.

  • Cosmo transformed into a Cafe Bernardo

    16 May 2012 | 11:38 am
    The former Cosmo Cafe at 10th and K streets has given way to a fourth location for Cafe Bernardo.
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    SacBee -- On the Move

  • On The Move

    7 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Dave Milner has been named president and market manager of Clear Channel Media and Entertainment Sacramento. Clyde Rawlings Toss Vallentine Elizabeth Freeman Ric Dannelley

  • On the move

    23 Apr 2012 | 2:00 am
    Business hires and promotions in the Sacramento region. Sarah Wing A. John Tarrar Gretchen Tobin Peter H. Miles
 
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    SacBee -- Taxes

  • Personal Finance: Tax time also means tax cheating

    3 May 2012 | 12:44 am
    There's no question that tax fraud - failing to pay what you owe to state and federal tax collectors - is a big problem. DES PLAINES, IL - MARCH 23: The top of a form 1040 individual income tax return for 2005 is seen atop a stack on the same at the Des Plaines Public Library March 23, 2006 in Des Plaines, Illinois. Americans are preparing for the income tax filing deadline next month whether using tax software, filing on the paper forms or using a tax preparer. Claudia Buck

  • Gov. Jerry Brown preaches tax message to church leaders

    29 Apr 2012 | 3:07 pm
    Gov. Jerry Brown, campaigning at a Sacramento church Thursday, called on California's religious leaders to engage in a "campaign of civic activism" to pass his ballot initiative to raise taxes. Gov. Jerry Brown, center, appeals to faith-based organizations in Sacramento to support his initiative to raise taxes. Church leaders said they will join the campaign to win approval of his plan, which is expected to qualify for the November ballot. Speaking at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Gov. Jerry Brown said Thursday that wealthy Californians have been "blessed" and should be willing to…

  • Weak tax revenue to increase California budget deficit

    26 Apr 2012 | 12:28 pm
    With tax revenue slowing to a trickle as the end of April draws near, the state's top fiscal analyst predicted late Wednesday that California would be "a few billion dollars" shy of Gov. Jerry Brown's budget projections through June 2013. Gov. Jerry Brown's signature on the state budget in June authorized shifting parole functions to local government.

  • Poll: Likely voters favor Gov. Jerry Brown's tax plan

    26 Apr 2012 | 10:36 am
    California voters are inclined to support Gov. Jerry Brown's sales and income tax increase, but by a less than overwhelming margin, a new poll by the Public Policy Institute of California has found.

  • Sacramento judge to rule on anti-war activist Sheehan's tax case

    22 Apr 2012 | 5:08 pm
    A Sacramento judge said Thursday he will rule June 4 on an attempt by federal tax collectors to force well-known anti-war activist Cindy Lee Sheehan to produce financial records and answer questions regarding her failure to pay taxes. Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan carries a supporter's sign as she leaves the federal courthouse in Sacramento on Thursday. She is fighting an Internal Revenue Service order to answer questions about her refusal to pay taxes. Cindy Sheehan gets a hug from friend and supporter Peggy Manfredi of Davis. Sheehan objects to federal taxes because they are used for war.
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    SacBee -- Technology

  • California led nation in cybercrimes in 2011

    13 May 2012 | 2:30 pm
    Addicted as we are to our online life and our mobile devices, it's no surprise that a growing number of cybercriminals are lurking out there with us. Cybercrime

  • Kaiser adds an app for health care clients

    9 May 2012 | 10:29 am
    Kaiser Permanente has launched its "iOS health management" application, available free from the Apple iTunes store.

  • Tiny California town shoots for the moon

    7 May 2012 | 10:13 am
    The sign into town, slightly weathered, says, "Gateway to Space!" Beyond it lies the Mojave Air and Space Port, once a Marine auxiliary air station during World War II, now an incubator for the tinkerers and dreamers in the New Space movement. Kenneth Chang New York Times A sign welcomes visitors to Mojave, where an enclave of space tech startups has taken root. This is where the first private, piloted spacecraft launched in 2004. Virgin Galactic is now conducting flight tests of a larger version that will take tourists 62 miles up, giving them a brief bout of weightlessness.

  • Mark Otero persevered through poverty, became famous when players flocked to his Superhero City

    3 May 2012 | 12:30 pm
    Mark Otero is one of the hottest properties in the online world, and the kid who was spat on and bullied when he first came to Sacramento gives inspirational speeches to the Sacramento Entrepreneurship Academy, UC Davis students and other groups. Mark Otero, 38, now works at Bioware, managing 70 gamers in Sacramento and 45 in Redwood Shores. But in 2009, heavily in debt, he struck it rich when he launched Superhero City on Facebook with Ken Walton of Sacramento.

  • U.S. re-examines alcohol ads in social media era

    2 May 2012 | 1:42 pm
    Twitter didn't exist the last time the Federal Trade Commission examined alcohol advertising, back in the last decade.
 
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    SacBee -- Folsom/El Dorado News

  • Hearing today in granddad's fight to keep three kids

    16 May 2012 | 12:46 pm
    A large white calendar on the wall behind Don Hatfield's easel reads like a soccer mom's dream. Don Hatfield leads granddaughters Eva, 5, and Ariel, 3, on their first day of class at St. John's Lutheran School in Napa last month. Eva Winkler tries to knock down a piñata at her fifth birthday party last month in Napa. Don Hatfield tosses some used diapers from his grandson Alex. The artist, turning 65 today, took over care of three grandchildren when his daughter was killed. A judge will decide if Hatfield or the children's paternal grandparents will be the guardian. Don Hatfield gets a…

  • El Dorado County board spurns proposal for an excursion train

    16 May 2012 | 11:34 am
    El Dorado County supervisors rejected a compromise plan Tuesday to run an excursion train on existing rail lines west of Shingle Springs.

  • El Dorado County judicial candidates' shooting contest canceled

    16 May 2012 | 11:33 am
    The high-noon showdown involving guns and El Dorado County judge candidates has been canceled, but not because anyone was chicken and ran for the hills.

  • El Dorado deputies protest detectives' rotation to patrol duty

    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Five veteran El Dorado County sheriff's investigators, including a detective who worked on the Jaycee Lee Dugard kidnapping case and the teen lovers' murder saga of Steven Colver and Tylar Witt, have been reassigned to patrol units. Todd Crawford, president of the El Dorado County Deputy Sheriff's Association, talks with attorney B.J. Pierce in Placerville on Tuesday in a protest of duty reassignments.

  • Allegations swirl about El Dorado judge candidate

    13 May 2012 | 1:49 pm
    The case of a fugitive jailed in Sacramento on federal fraud charges this week may have ramifications in the June 5 race for El Dorado Superior Court judge. Joseph Hoffman
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    SacBee -- Elk Grove News

  • Elk Grove police search for killer as victim's family struggles to understand

    13 May 2012 | 2:43 pm
    A day after a young father was shot in the head outside an Elk Grove record store Sunday night, police continued their search for the unknown killer and a motive behind the crime. Joseph Oropesa poses with his girlfriend, Roni. Police are searching for the gunman who killed Oropesa on Sunday night outside Dimple Records in Elk Grove. Joseph Oropesa poses with his son, Jace,

  • Elk Grove police seek help locating suspect in Sunday homicide

    13 May 2012 | 2:43 pm
    Elk Grove police are asking for the public's help in locating 25-year-old Ryan Alan Hays, who is sought in connection with the shooting death Sunday of 19-year-old Joseph Oropesa. A sign pleads for clues in the death of 19-year-old Joseph Oropesa in Elk Grove as his mother, Jennifer Oropesa, speaks to reporters Tuesday. Image of Ryan Alan Hays provided by police. Image of Ryan Alan Hays provided by police.

  • Drug deal was a prelude to 19-year-old's killing, Elk Grove police say

    13 May 2012 | 2:43 pm
    Late Wednesday, Elk Grove police traveled to rural Stanislaus County to arrest a drug dealer they suspect of shooting a 19-year-old man in the head outside a record store Sunday night. Joseph Oropesa, 19, met his killer to buy drugs, according to a witness. Ryan Hays carjacked his victim's SUV and then shot him, authorities say.

  • Freebirds World Burrito opening in Elk Grove

    10 May 2012 | 10:48 am
    Freebirds World Burrito will open its third Sacramento-area restaurant Tuesday in Elk Grove.

  • Elk Grove's innovative rain plaza has an earthly use for water

    2 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Schoolchildren watched closely as water flowed from a rooftop gutter and trickled down a chunky copper chain and into a garden bed of plants. Where there was once a weedy, vacant lot, three little boys find fascination at the edge of a new rain garden in Elk Grove, constructed with recycled materials. The trio are 3-year-old twins Ryan, left, and Evan Scovis, along with their big brother Nathan, 5, right. At the Elk Grove Rain Garden Plaza, city worker Jeff Vener demonstrates how an innovative paving system absorbs rainwater for distribution to nearby plant life. Drought-tolerant plants take…
 
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    SacBee -- State Pensions

  • CalPERS report sees higher state payment

    13 May 2012 | 2:45 pm
    The state would have to raise its contribution to CalPERS by $213 million next fiscal year under a recommendation from the fund's chief actuary.

  • CalSTRS suing Wal–Mart over bribe charges

    6 May 2012 | 1:08 pm
    Wielding its influence as a big shareholder, CalSTRS sued officers and directors of Wal-Mart on Thursday over allegations that the big retailer bribed officials in Mexico.

  • CalSTRS to oppose Wal-Mart directors over Mexico bribery scandal

    5 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    CalSTRS' chief executive compared the Wal-Mart Mexico bribery scandal to Watergate on Friday but stopped short of calling for the ouster of the retailer's CEO.

  • Backlog at California's CalPERS fund worse than before new computer system launched

    3 May 2012 | 12:44 am
    After converting to a half-billion-dollar computer system to process benefits for hundreds of thousands of California public agency retirees last September, backlogs for some services are worse than before the project launched. The CalPERS building at 400 P St. downtown will be the site of a forum tonight featuring Michael Bilbrey and Richard H. Ross, runoff candidates for an at-large seat on the CalPERS board.

  • CalPERS committee votes to reduce investment forecast

    3 May 2012 | 12:44 am
    CalPERS today moved toward reducing its investment forecast by a quarter percentage point, a move that would cost the state's general fund $167 million a year. The CalPERS building at 400 P St. downtown will be the site of a forum tonight featuring Michael Bilbrey and Richard H. Ross, runoff candidates for an at-large seat on the CalPERS board.
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    SacBee -- Roseville/Placer County News

  • Online auctions will sell surplus Placer County property

    16 May 2012 | 11:33 am
    Placer County has begun a program to sell surplus equipment through two online auction companies.

  • Murder suspect's father out on bail in Roseville child porn case

    15 May 2012 | 12:33 pm
    The father of the Roseville woman briefly jailed on suspicion of killing her daughter is out on bail following his own weekend incarceration on federal child porn charges. Daniel McGrath, 58, was released Monday after spending a weekend behind bars.

  • Roseville enlists goats to mow a 30-foot-wide firebreak

    15 May 2012 | 12:32 pm
    Goats are back in Roseville to keep dry weeds and grass from becoming a fire hazard.

  • Martis Valley Trail project is set for public review

    15 May 2012 | 12:30 pm
    A public meeting is scheduled Wednesday on a proposed trail that would link Truckee's trail system to the Village at Northstar and eventually to the ridge surrounding the Lake Tahoe basin.

  • Lincoln exemplifies tough economic times of recent years

    14 May 2012 | 9:40 am
    Local governments statewide are struggling to cope with California's extraordinary economic decline. But the fiscal troubles facing Lincoln go beyond those of many other cities. Lincoln interim Fire Chief Mike Davis, in the budget-shuttered Fire Station 33, says the firetruck behind him was delivered just "when the budget fell apart." The Fire Department's woes are only part of the city's fiscal mess. In addition to closing Fire Station 33, Lincoln has slashed fire and police staffing as property tax and sales tax revenues have fallen dramatically. Police Officer Dave Krause is a 12-year…
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    SacBee -- Sacramento City News

  • Twin Rivers school board candidate has criminal record

    16 May 2012 | 1:14 pm
    Twin Rivers Unified School District school board candidate John Berchielli has a lengthy criminal record, including felony convictions for child endangerment, setting booby traps, marijuana cultivation and welfare fraud. John Berchielli had a pot patch with booby traps, a 2007 jury found.

  • Former CSUS student sentenced for killing roommate

    16 May 2012 | 11:37 am
    The former Sacramento State student who bludgeoned and stabbed his dormitory roommate to death had at least a 12-year psychiatric history before it exploded into fatal violence. Elizabeth Hawkins, mother of slain student Scott Gregory Hawkins, hugs Kurt Kilgore outside the Sacramento courtroom where Quran Mahammed Jones, Kilgore's adopted son, was sentenced for the bludgeoning and stabbing death of Hawkins. Elizabeth Hawkins, left, collects herself as she talks about her son Scott during a statement in court Tuesday, supported by victims' advocate Rafaela Perez. Quran Jones appears in court…

  • Data Center: Sacramento's 1,000 highest-paid local government employees

    16 May 2012 | 10:15 am
    The 1,000 highest-paid local government workers in the Sacramento region collectively earned $172 million during 2010. big earners

  • Council favors pension changes for Sacramento's cops, firefighters

    16 May 2012 | 10:15 am
    The Sacramento City Council appears on board with wrangling bigger pension contributions out of the city's cops and firefighters. Mayor Kevin Johnson, right, responds Tuesday to an outline of cutbacks from Sacramento Fire Department Chief Ray Jones, center. The firefighters union acknowledges higher worker pension payments may be needed but proposes that ambulance service be changed, including higher fees. José Luis Villegas jvillegas@sacbee.com Sacramento firefighter Masoud Baruk holds his 2-year-old son, Cayd, at Tuesday's City Council budget hearing. Before the meeting, more than 100…

  • Sacramento Philharmonic reaches fundraising goal, saves season

    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    The Sacramento Philharmonic reached its goal of raising $150,000 by a self-imposed May 15 deadline, persuading the organization's board of directors to vote Tuesday evening to keep the orchestra operating through the 2012-13 season. Conductor Michael Morgan leads the Sacramento Philharmonic in a dress rehearsal at the Mondavi Center for the Arts at UC Davis in March 2006.
 
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    SacBee -- Yolo County News

  • Sacto 911: West Sacramento woman missing from Southport home

    16 May 2012 | 12:53 pm
    West Sacramento police need help in finding an 82-year-old woman missing since Monday. Georgina Crespo

  • Candidate's mailer in Yolo judge's race creates uproar

    16 May 2012 | 8:28 am
    Yolo County prosecutor Clint Parish lost the endorsement of Sheriff Ed Prieto and received a stinging rebuke from Yolo County's presiding judge after a Parish campaign mailer sought to tie the judge he's running against June 5 to corporate bribes and former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's controversial commutation of the prison sentence of a political ally's son. Clint Parish Dan Maguire

  • Chancellor Linda Katehi lists her mistakes in UCD pepper-spray incident

    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Though she took "full responsibility" months ago, UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi detailed for lawmakers Tuesday specific mistakes she made in a campus pepper-spraying incident that sparked national headlines and outrage. UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi, appearing Tuesday before a joint hearing of Assembly and Senate education committees, discussed in detail the Nov. 18 pepper-spraying of protesters on campus.

  • Friends come through for ailing Davis artist Gay Powers

    13 May 2012 | 4:43 pm
    At 66 and desperately ill with the recurrence of an aggressive form of non- Hodgkins lymphoma, Davis artist Gay Powers needed to move closer to the Sutter Cancer Center in Sacramento to prepare for the stem-cell transplant that doctors say is her best hope. With help from friends, Davis artist Gay Powers, 66, was able to move to midtown Sacramento, near the Sutter Cancer Center, where she'll soon undergo treatment for non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Shé Davenport, a caregiver, left, goes over the dinner menu with Gay Powers at the Chateau on Capitol Avenue, where Powers is staying. The artist…

  • New street name to honor slain Yolo sheriff's deputy

    13 May 2012 | 2:44 pm
    Yolo County Sheriff Ed Prieto and the Board of Supervisors will dedicate a street in memory of slain deputy Jose Antonio "Tony" Diaz. Yolo County Sheriff's Deputy Jose Antonio Diaz was fatally shot in 2008.
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    SacBee -- State Politics

  • Beth Gaines' mailer leaves out majority of current constituents

    15 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Assemblywoman Beth Gaines has sparked a campaign controversy by spending state funds to send fliers almost exclusively to residents of her redrawn district who can vote for her in June.

  • Jerry Brown submits tax petitions, says 'difficult' budget cuts next

    13 May 2012 | 3:46 pm
    In one choreographed appearance at the office of the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters, Gov. Jerry Brown's campaign to raise taxes appeared on Friday to take shape.

  • Jerry Brown fires doctor in anti-tobacco tax ad

    11 May 2012 | 3:38 pm
    Under pressure from health advocates, Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday removed a controversial physician from a state health board after she appeared in an industry-funded ad against a tobacco tax hike on the June ballot. Dr. La Donna Porter has starred in a TV ad opposing Proposition 29, the proposal to increase the tobacco tax on the June 5 ballot.

  • California senators roll out proposal aimed at keeping state parks open

    9 May 2012 | 12:13 pm
    Democratic Sens. Joe Simitian and Noreen Evans have rolled out a proposal aimed at keeping gates open at more than 50 California state parks set to close this summer. Like all state parks, Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve, above, in the Eastern Sierra, must deal with a cut in funding. One way it's adjusting to the new reality is by charging a parking fee that will raise funds to staff an interpretive center, a process that is being handled by the nonprofit Mono Lake Committee.

  • Boy Scouts' membership policy riles California lawmakers

    9 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Stressing to millions of boys the value of honesty, loyalty, honor and good deeds is not enough to win a commendation from the California Assembly – if you exclude gays and atheists.
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    SacBee -- Elections

  • Twin Rivers school board candidate has criminal record

    16 May 2012 | 1:14 pm
    Twin Rivers Unified School District school board candidate John Berchielli has a lengthy criminal record, including felony convictions for child endangerment, setting booby traps, marijuana cultivation and welfare fraud. John Berchielli had a pot patch with booby traps, a 2007 jury found.

  • El Dorado County judicial candidates' shooting contest canceled

    16 May 2012 | 11:33 am
    The high-noon showdown involving guns and El Dorado County judge candidates has been canceled, but not because anyone was chicken and ran for the hills.

  • Candidate's mailer in Yolo judge's race creates uproar

    16 May 2012 | 8:28 am
    Yolo County prosecutor Clint Parish lost the endorsement of Sheriff Ed Prieto and received a stinging rebuke from Yolo County's presiding judge after a Parish campaign mailer sought to tie the judge he's running against June 5 to corporate bribes and former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's controversial commutation of the prison sentence of a political ally's son. Clint Parish Dan Maguire

  • Optimistic projections led to dramatic surge in California budget deficit

    15 May 2012 | 1:43 pm
    Gov. Jerry Brown announced Monday that the state budget deficit had grown by a remarkable 70 percent since January, but fiscal experts said the economy had little to do with it. Gov. Jerry Brown discusses his revised state budget plan during a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, May 14, 2012. Brown said the budget shortfall swelled from $9.2 billion predicted in January to $16 billion, in part because tax collections have not come in as high as expected and lawsuits and federal requirements that have blocked billions of dollars in state cuts. Gov. Jerry Brown talks at the…

  • Take death penalty repeal off California ballot, court is urged

    15 May 2012 | 12:25 pm
    The Sacramento-based Criminal Justice Legal Foundation petitioned the 3rd District Court of Appeal Monday to remove from the November ballot a proposal to abolish the death penalty in California, arguing it violates the state's "single-subject rule" for initiatives.
 
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    SacBee -- National Political News

  • Obama hails 'light of new day'

    2 May 2012 | 1:42 pm
    President Barack Obama told Americans Tuesday that after more than a decade of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the nation "can see the light of a new day." President Barack Obama gets a high-five as he greets troops Tuesday at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. The president's visit came one year after American special forces, flying from Afghanistan, converged on the Pakistan hideout of al-Qaida founder Osama bin Laden and shot him dead. President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, seated at right, sign a historic partnership agreement Tuesday at the presidential palace in Kabul,…
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    SacBee -- State Budget

  • Questions swirl around Jerry Brown's plan to cut state workers' hours

    16 May 2012 | 1:18 pm
    One day after Gov. Jerry Brown proposed sweeping changes to state government work schedules, many employees were still deciphering what it means for them. The State Worker logo

  • Optimistic projections led to dramatic surge in California budget deficit

    15 May 2012 | 1:43 pm
    Gov. Jerry Brown announced Monday that the state budget deficit had grown by a remarkable 70 percent since January, but fiscal experts said the economy had little to do with it. Gov. Jerry Brown discusses his revised state budget plan during a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, May 14, 2012. Brown said the budget shortfall swelled from $9.2 billion predicted in January to $16 billion, in part because tax collections have not come in as high as expected and lawsuits and federal requirements that have blocked billions of dollars in state cuts. Gov. Jerry Brown talks at the…

  • California state workers may face shorter workweeks, less pay

    15 May 2012 | 1:43 pm
    Like his predecessor, Gov. Jerry Brown moved to trim state worker salaries Monday as a way to help cut a ballooning budget deficit. The State Worker logo

  • What's next?

    15 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    • This week: Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders will negotiate on Brown's budget proposal and alternatives to closing the deficit.

  • Brown: California budget deficit rises to $16 billion

    14 May 2012 | 9:24 am
    In a gloomy preview of his May budget release, Gov. Jerry Brown said Saturday that California's deficit has mushroomed to $16 billion, nearly $7 billion higher than he last estimated. Gov. Jerry Brown discusses his tax-hike initiative before submitting the petitions for the initiative to the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, May 10, 2012. Brown's initiative is one of two tax hike petitions that are expected to qualify for November ballot. Brown has warned that if voters do not pass the tax hikes there would be even deeper cuts to schools, higher education…
 
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    SacBee -- The Buzz

  • The Buzz: Tom Torlakson is no David Letterman

    8 May 2012 | 11:24 am
    Keep the day job, Tom Torlakson. Arnold Schwarzenegger James Quigg Victorville Daily Press State schools chief Tom Torlakson visits a science class in Victorville in April. With him is Principal Valerie Hatcher. He's issued a teachers appreciation week Top 10 list.
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    SacBee -- Real Estate

  • Capitol Towers downtown complex is sold for $64 million

    15 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    The sprawling Capitol Towers complex, long envisioned as a potential development jewel in downtown Sacramento, has changed hands.

  • Defaults gain a personal touch

    13 May 2012 | 5:28 pm
    The Chase Homeownership Center is one of a growing number of brick-and-mortar offices across the Sacramento region where homeowners facing the threat of foreclosure can get help face to face. Rebecca Martello, left, works on a loan modification for Yadira Zavala at the Chase Homeownership Center on Arden Way. Other banks have similar sites.

  • Lenders less leery of reducing homeowners' principal

    13 May 2012 | 5:28 pm
    Principal reduction, long a nonstarter with lenders, has suddenly become a potential reality for thousands of homeowners who owe far more than their houses are worth. Marjorie Carnes of Sacramento joins a protest Thursday at President Barack Obama's Sacramento re-election office. Activists called on federal mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to reduce the principal on loans for homes that are underwater.

  • California homeowners warned about mortgage relief scams

    13 May 2012 | 3:16 pm
    The recent nationwide settlement between states and mortgage lenders is intended to help struggling homeowners, but it may also unleash a new wave of attempts to fleece them. Kenneth Hamilton

  • Coalition warns against fresh wave of mortgage fraud scams

    11 May 2012 | 6:03 pm
    Anticipating a fresh wave of mortgage fraud scams, a group of law enforcement, state government and real estate officials Friday warned struggling homeowners to be wary. Kenneth Hamilton, 70
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    SacBee -- Cycling

  • Slovakia's Sagan wins another stage

    15 May 2012 | 12:50 pm
    Peter Sagan of Slovakia won his second straight stage with a powerful and unchallenged sprint and retained the overall lead Monday in Stage 2 of the Amgen Tour of California. Marcio Jose Sanchez Associated Press Peter Sagan celebrates as he nears the finish line of Stage 2 in Aptos. He leads the Tour of California by eight seconds.

  • Flat tire doesn't faze first-stage winner

    14 May 2012 | 2:01 am
    SANTA ROSA – Peter Sagan overcame a flat back tire with five miles left Sunday to win the first stage of the Amgen Tour of California in a wild sprint finish in downtown Santa Rosa. Marcio Jose Sanchez Associated Press Peter Sagan of Slovakia receives congratulatory kisses following his eventful Stage 1 victory.

  • Danielson among favorites in Tour of California

    13 May 2012 | 3:33 pm
    After riding and crashing and periodically winning bike races around the globe for a decade, Tom Danielson had had enough. He realized he'd likely do better if he could see where he was pedaling.

  • Plenty to eat, drink and do along Tour of California route

    7 May 2012 | 5:41 pm
    The Tour of California will bypass previous stops in Sacramento, Auburn, Davis and much of the rest of Northern California this year. But from Bakersfield to Beverly Hills, the nearly 750-mile trek will offer the race's most diverse route. Cyclists chat before Stage 2 of 2010's race. Racers are unlikely to visit places on this list during the Tour of California, but you can. Tour of California riders make their way up a hill near Rough and Ready last year. The race doesn't come near Sacramento this year but it will be close to many fine eating establishments - plus a drive-in theater and a…

  • Sacramentan creates artistic solution to bike storage

    6 May 2012 | 3:49 pm
    Simple and functional when you ride them, bikes can become a clunky burden when it comes to putting them away. Steven Tiller and his Bike Valet in his Sacramento studio. Tiller raised funds for his first production run via the Web. The Bike Valet screws into a wall stud or other support. It works by supporting and balancing the bicycle's frame. The curve steel bands of the Bike Valet suggest modern art. To many cyclists, there's nothing more attractive than their favorite bike – especially when it's off the floor and out of the way.
 
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    SacBee -- Fishing/Hunting

  • Fishing Line: 05/10/12

    10 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    AMERICAN RIVER-Flows started to drop back, to 6,000 cfs over the weekend, as Folsom reached the full mark, and flows are likely to drop more in the upcoming days and weeks.

  • Fishing Line: 05/03/12

    3 May 2012 | 3:03 pm
    AMERICAN RIVER-Flows continued to climb, to 7,000 cfs last week, as Folsom approached the full mark, and inflows exceeded 10,000 cfs as snowmelt peaked in the warm weather.

  • Fishing Line: 04/26/12

    26 Apr 2012 | 2:00 am
    AMERICAN RIVER-As predicted last week, flows have gone up to 3,500 cfs in response to Folsom Lake approaching the "full" mark.
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    SacBee -- Outbound

  • Want to see wildflowers in the Sacramento area? This may be the best time

    11 May 2012 | 9:01 pm
    The lack of winter rains has been hard on wildflowers. Recent storms across Northern California have helped spur growth, but don't expect lush concentrations of flowers in the usual places. But be sure to see the wildflowers soon -- late rains mean a short bloom season before the heat and dry weather hit. It is amazing that everywhere I have traveled in the last two weeks searching for wildflowers, the filaree is the only one I have found in abundance. If you take a moment to examine them you will find a lot of detail packed into ¼ inch. This photo was made March 30, 2012 in Antelope…

  • Best bets for wildflowers this weekend in the Sacramento region

    11 May 2012 | 9:00 pm
    For the casual "flower peeper," it might appear that the wildflower season has come to an end - or never happened. They want to see vast carpets of flowers that include every color and species. But to the wildflower photographer, the season is still in full swing. The limited growth of flowers cut us back in quantity, but not variety. The lack of the vast “carpets” of flowers that most wildflower “peepers” like isn’t enough to keep people away from Table Mountain. Most of the wildflowers are located just over this first hill. Another half mile beyond you will find all…

  • Fishing Line: 05/10/12

    10 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    AMERICAN RIVER-Flows started to drop back, to 6,000 cfs over the weekend, as Folsom reached the full mark, and flows are likely to drop more in the upcoming days and weeks.

  • California senators roll out proposal aimed at keeping state parks open

    9 May 2012 | 12:13 pm
    Democratic Sens. Joe Simitian and Noreen Evans have rolled out a proposal aimed at keeping gates open at more than 50 California state parks set to close this summer. Like all state parks, Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve, above, in the Eastern Sierra, must deal with a cut in funding. One way it's adjusting to the new reality is by charging a parking fee that will raise funds to staff an interpretive center, a process that is being handled by the nonprofit Mono Lake Committee.

  • Sacramento man's bike rack invention fitfully heads into production

    6 May 2012 | 3:49 pm
    Steven Tiller, the Sacramento carpenter-turned- designer whose bike storage rack could be poised for big things, has begun the manufacturing process but is still working out many details. Steve Tiller raised enough money through Kickstarter to produce his first batch of Bike Valet racks. Now he's grappling with expanding and merchandising his invention.
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    SacBee -- Art Galleries

  • Weekend gallery preview – top picks

    11 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    The works of legendary Bay Area Figurative painter Theophilus Brown, who died in February at the age of 92, were prized by his fellow artists. " Sugar Loaf #5" by Jay Welden at Alex Bult Gallery "Echoes of the Sweetest Sounds" by Milton 510 Bowens at Beatnik Studios Works by Theophilus Brown at b.sakata garo "Towers" an exhibition by Robert Giles at Axis Gallery

  • Dalkey: Works of clay at Blue Line Gallery form two shows in one

    6 May 2012 | 11:46 am
    Clay can be thrown on a wheel, molded, coiled, rolled into slabs, carved, kneaded, thinned and poured, burnished or glazed, and then fired into a hard substance that mimics nature or revels in its own materiality. work by Ellen Huls work by Kurt Fishback work by Mike Dickau

  • Victoria Dalkey: Bold and beautiful

    30 Apr 2012 | 1:22 pm
    Gina Werfel's abstractions at Alex Bult Gallery prompt comparisons with the works of abstract expressionists Willem de Kooning and Joan Mitchell. "Winter Conversation" by Gina Werfel Courtesy of Gina Werfel "Winter Conversation," from 2011, left, and "Battle," above, a recently completed work begun in 2009, are two of the works of Gina Werfel on view at the Alex Bult Gallery in Sacramento. The artist's exuberant paintings manage to be both gutsy and lovely.

  • Sudden closure of Solomon Dubnick Gallery has art community buzzing

    28 Apr 2012 | 2:00 am
    Sacramento's art community is buzzing over the sudden closure of the Solomon Dubnick Gallery, one of the region's most prestigious and venerable art showcases. Michael Solomon, above, says Robert K. Andersen is holding art taken from the Solomon Dubnick gallery in storage, and "fully intends to return all of it." Painter Ken Waterstreet, left, has filed a police report over two of his pieces. "I was disappointed in the way he did business, but I don't think he is a thief," Waterstreet said of Andersen. Painter Ken Waterstreet, left, has filed a police report over two of his pieces.

  • Fish images tip the scales at Crocker, Archival Framing

    26 Apr 2012 | 2:00 am
    Two shows that explore the art of angling prompt thoughts about the relationship between fishing and making art. This 18th- century etching by Mark Catesby is part of the fish-related art collection on view at the Crocker Art Museum. Sculptures by Fred Gordon are among the offerings of "Gone Fishin' " at Archival Gallery.
 
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    SacBee -- Dining

  • Night Life: Coconut Grove in Old Sac blends sports, tropics, drinks

    13 May 2012 | 3:01 pm
    This historic building in Old Sacramento mixes a blend of a sports bar with just a hint of an island oasis. The restaurant's red-brick walls and black industrial piping complement each other. Bartender Amy Filipowski makes the Coconut Grove Creeper, the signature drink, at The Coconut Grove

  • Counter Culture: Take Mom for a special meal any day of the year

    13 May 2012 | 3:01 pm
    Mother's Day returns on Sunday, when a projected 75 million of us will leave our homes to dine out. Which leads us to believe that a restaurant brunch with the whole dressed-up family seems mandatory. As does a mimosa or a Bellini. Blackberry-jalapeño-glazed pork tenderloin is a specialty at Morgan's.

  • Dining review: The Porch restaurant needs to do more to justify its prices

    13 May 2012 | 10:55 am
    Assessing The Porch and giving it an overall star rating is an exercise in feeling conflicted. Blair Anthony Robertson

  • Counter Culture: Bee Bee Asian Grill covers a lot of tasty ground

    7 May 2012 | 11:53 am
    Given that this casual lunchtime restaurant-review column appears weekly in a newspaper called The Bee, it seemed a natural for us to take a look at the Bee Bee Asian Grill, across the street from Executive Airport. Sweet-toasted chili fried rice – tasty and chunky, with cashews, shrimp and vegetables.

  • Brunch on the horizon: One week to get ready for Mother's Day dining

    6 May 2012 | 5:55 pm
    It tends to be more casual and less expensive, while providing hefty portions. While there is the chance to enjoy an adult beverage such as a bloody mary or mimosa, there is less pressure to order booze than there is when you dine out at dinner.. Can you say "wow" and "mmmm" at the same time? Trying the crab cake Florentine at Maranello in Fair Oaks might help you pull off the feat. Menu offerings are less extensive than some brunch spots, but everything at Bistro Michel is prepared expertly. The restaurant's outdoor seating is also delightful this time of year. The chips are on the bottom,…
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    SacBee -- Movie News

  • Middle East dish hot new thing after it's served up in 'Avengers'

    13 May 2012 | 4:56 pm
    OK, so we won't let it slip how "The Avengers" ends, but what's happening after the blockbuster is over? Shawarma is big at Maalouf's Taste of Lebanon in Sacramento, where the dish's new fame brought in a wave of customers.

  • Big blasts passé as CGI implosions take over

    11 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    When the opening action set-piece of "The Avengers" ends with the destruction of a remote research facility, the structure goes out not with a bang but more of a cool sucking noise. Meanwhile, in the first trailer for "The Dark Knight Rises," the villain Bane is set not on exploding a football stadium full of thousands of people so much as imploding it. Action-film directors are relying less on blasts like this one in "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" and more on subtler effects.

  • Theaters' alternative showings growing but still finding way

    11 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    First it was a rock concert by Korn. Then came the Metropolitan Opera. And now boxing and live radio are being shown in cinemas across the United States. "Phantom of the Opera," beamed from the Metropolitan Opera in New York, has been one of the most successful satellite showings in theaters, and will be shown again.

  • The Avengers: Flawed heroes in cool outfits

    5 May 2012 | 11:39 am
    "There was an idea to bring together a remarkable group of people to fight the battles we never could." Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury (L to R) Captain America (Chris Evans) and Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) Chris Hemsworth as Thor, left, and and Chris Evans ass Captain America in a scene from "The Avengers," Scarlett Johansson portraying Black Widow, left, and Jeremy Renner, portraying Hawkeye,

  • New DVDs

    4 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    New DVDs include "Pillow Talk" (L-r) Ashton Kutcher as Randy and Lea Michele as Elise in "New Year's Eve" (L-R) James D'Arcy and Andrea Riseborough star in "W.E." (Front l-r) Dolly Parton as G.G. Sparrow, Keke Palmer as Olivia Hill and Queen Latifah as Vi Rose Hill in "Joyful Noise" Doris Day and Rock Hudson in "Pillow Talk."
 
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    SacBee -- Movie Reviews

  • Movie review: Old gags threaten to overthrow 'The Dictator'

    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    In analyzing Sacha Baron Cohen and the array of offbeat characters he's created, it's clear that it's become a matter of diminishing returns. Sacha Baron Cohen, left, portrays Adm. Gen. Aladeen and Ben Kingsley is the trusted assistant who double-crosses him in "The Dictator."

  • Movie review: 'Girl in Progress' suffers serious growing pains

    13 May 2012 | 3:01 pm
    The strong, sexy presence of Eva Mendes and the girlish perkiness of Cierra Ramirez can only go so far to make the forced mother-daughter dramedy "Girl in Progress" tolerable. Grace, played by Eva Mendez, and Cierra Ramirez's Ansiedad in ways fill each other's roles in life in "Girl in Progress."

  • Movie review: 'Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' offers safe escape

    13 May 2012 | 3:01 pm
    In theory, seeing Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson and Bill Nighy share the screen should be a delight. Judi Dench, center, chats with director John Madden on the set of "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel."

  • Movie review: A lighter tone helps 'Dark Shadows'

    11 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    It's difficult to pay tribute to something in earnest and yet spoof it at the same time. Err too far on the side of sincerity and you have something that rings false. Take the satire too far and you have a movie that's funny for 15 minutes, then meaningless for the next hour and a half. When Johnny Depp's Barnabas returns to his ancestral home, the lady of the house, Michelle Pfeiffer, a distant relative, makes him promise not to tell others that he's a vampire, setting up much of the fun.

  • Family watch: 'Avengers' earns its PG-13 rating

    6 May 2012 | 2:55 pm
    Current movies reviewed to provide parents with a guide to help decide what may be appropriate for younger viewers
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    SacBee -- Night Life

  • Night Life: Coconut Grove in Old Sac blends sports, tropics, drinks

    13 May 2012 | 3:01 pm
    This historic building in Old Sacramento mixes a blend of a sports bar with just a hint of an island oasis. The restaurant's red-brick walls and black industrial piping complement each other. Bartender Amy Filipowski makes the Coconut Grove Creeper, the signature drink, at The Coconut Grove

  • Night Life: Ernesto's can be cozy, or open-air fun

    4 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    The real steal: During happy hour, also known as Social Hour at Ernesto's, select from $2 beers, $3 sangria and a $4 house margarita.

  • Night Life: Go for 'hora feliz' at Mayahuel Tequila Museo

    27 Apr 2012 | 9:34 am
    This laid-back restaurant is filled with bright colors such as orange, green and brown walls. There are always fresh flowers and a lighted tea candle on each table, and you'll hear anything from a Spanish love ballad to upbeat salsa music softly playing in the background. Bartenders Charles Connolly and Guillermo Olivares prepare drinks during happy hour at Mayahuel.

  • Night Life: Save a buck during Social Hour at the Porch

    22 Apr 2012 | 12:49 pm
    The Porch feels homelike. Wood floors, wooden tables, and a black bar top with contrasting white walls give the restaurant a laid-back feeling. Bartender Erin Puckett muddles basil and blackberries for a Southern Mule, one of the cocktails available during Social Hour at the Porch.

  • Night Life: Dawson's Bar a haven for martini mavens

    13 Apr 2012 | 11:58 am
    Select from $3 draft beers, $5 well drinks, $7 featured wines, $8 specialty martinis and half-price appetizers at Dawson's Bar inside the Hyatt Regency Hotel.
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    SacBee -- Theater and Art

  • Now on land, Cap Stage looks to stretch out for 2012-13

    15 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    As Capital Stage artistic director Stephanie Gularte sat comfortably on a stool on a bare stage in her company's new theater on J Street, colorful slides flickered by on the screen near her. Stephanie Gularte, artistic director at Capital Stage, announces the company's coming season during a recent private event for subscribers.

  • Friends come through for ailing Davis artist Gay Powers

    13 May 2012 | 4:43 pm
    At 66 and desperately ill with the recurrence of an aggressive form of non- Hodgkins lymphoma, Davis artist Gay Powers needed to move closer to the Sutter Cancer Center in Sacramento to prepare for the stem-cell transplant that doctors say is her best hope. With help from friends, Davis artist Gay Powers, 66, was able to move to midtown Sacramento, near the Sutter Cancer Center, where she'll soon undergo treatment for non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Shé Davenport, a caregiver, left, goes over the dinner menu with Gay Powers at the Chateau on Capitol Avenue, where Powers is staying. The artist…

  • Sacramento arts organization wins $10,000 NEA grant

    13 May 2012 | 3:16 pm
    The Sacramento-based Instituto Mazatlan Bellas Artes de Sacramento has been chosen for a National Endowment for the Arts "Art Works" grant.

  • Theaters' alternative showings growing but still finding way

    11 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    First it was a rock concert by Korn. Then came the Metropolitan Opera. And now boxing and live radio are being shown in cinemas across the United States. "Phantom of the Opera," beamed from the Metropolitan Opera in New York, has been one of the most successful satellite showings in theaters, and will be shown again.

  • Weekend gallery preview – top picks

    11 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    The works of legendary Bay Area Figurative painter Theophilus Brown, who died in February at the age of 92, were prized by his fellow artists. " Sugar Loaf #5" by Jay Welden at Alex Bult Gallery "Echoes of the Sweetest Sounds" by Milton 510 Bowens at Beatnik Studios Works by Theophilus Brown at b.sakata garo "Towers" an exhibition by Robert Giles at Axis Gallery
 
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    SacBee -- Allen Pierleoni

  • Counter Culture: Take Mom for a special meal any day of the year

    13 May 2012 | 3:01 pm
    Mother's Day returns on Sunday, when a projected 75 million of us will leave our homes to dine out. Which leads us to believe that a restaurant brunch with the whole dressed-up family seems mandatory. As does a mimosa or a Bellini. Blackberry-jalapeño-glazed pork tenderloin is a specialty at Morgan's.

  • Books: Journalist-author Anna Quindlen industry pioneer

    13 May 2012 | 12:28 pm
    Mother's Day seems the right time to chat with devoted mom Anna Quindlen, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author who invented the "mommy/career woman blog" before blogs even existed. Author Anna Quindlen has won a Pulitzer Prize but isn't afraid to quote the Rolling Stones.

  • Between the Lines: Novak heads diabetes auction

    13 May 2012 | 12:28 pm
    Brenda Novak's birthday is Tuesday, so we checked in to see what's new. She's an award-winning, best-selling romantic-suspense novelist who lives in Carmichael. Courtesy of Brenda Novak Author Brenda Novak has new books and a short story out, and is taking time for her annual online auction to fight diabetes. Want to bid and help? Log on to www.brendanovak.com.

  • Counter Culture: Bee Bee Asian Grill covers a lot of tasty ground

    7 May 2012 | 11:53 am
    Given that this casual lunchtime restaurant-review column appears weekly in a newspaper called The Bee, it seemed a natural for us to take a look at the Bee Bee Asian Grill, across the street from Executive Airport. Sweet-toasted chili fried rice – tasty and chunky, with cashews, shrimp and vegetables.

  • Appetizers: Big – BIG! – grill on the roll

    6 May 2012 | 11:45 am
    The Johnsonville Big Taste Grill gets around, having made appearances at the Super Bowl, the Daytona 500, the Kentucky Derby, even the Pentagon.
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    SacBee -- Carla Meyer

  • Sacramento's Concerts in the Park on a new course

    6 May 2012 | 2:54 pm
    In its own 21st year, the Cesar Chavez Plaza free concert series – starting tonight and running every Friday through July 27 – is experiencing its own rites of passage. Arden Park Roots reggae/ rock/ punk band based out of Sacramento, CA. From left to right, Tyler Campbell, Nick Ledoux, Spencer Murphy, Jonny Snickerpippitz Photo By Steve Rosenfield Photography

  • Movie review: 'Avengers' looks great but that's not enough

    5 May 2012 | 11:39 am
    As an assemblage of the Marvel superheroes, a few of whom already had entire movies devoted to them, "The Avengers" should be the comic-book movie to end all comic-book movies. L to R: Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), Captain America (Chris Evans) & Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson). Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) is the director of the international peacekeeping organization known as S.H.I.E.L.D. LOKI (Tom Hiddleston)

  • Sea of Bees' Jules Baenziger thoughtful as ever on 'Orangefarben'

    30 Apr 2012 | 1:22 pm
    Jules Baenziger, a.k.a. Sea of Bees, has done a lot of living since releasing her first album, "Songs for the Ravens," two years ago. Gabriella Clavel Ahead of Sacramento shows in June, Jules Baenziger, a.k.a. Sea of Bees, is touring Europe. Her new album, "Orangefarben," is about to be widely available.

  • Ah, summer films, get ready for blockbusters and plenty of familiar faces

    30 Apr 2012 | 1:22 pm
    Iron Man, Spider-Man, Batman and the battleship from the 1960s board game are the summer's most prominent movie characters. Ishika Mohan Judi Dench, left, Tom Wilkinson and Bill Nighy in "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel." Ron Phillips Warner Bros. Christian Bale returns as Batman for a third time in "The Dark Knight Rises." Zade Rosenthal Marvel Chris Hemsworth, left, and Chris Evans star in "The Avengers." Columbia Pictures Will Smith, foreground, and Josh Brolin star in "Men in Black 3."

  • Movies and music: Starring California

    22 Apr 2012 | 4:00 pm
    As the Golden State and center of the movie and recording industries, California is ground zero for sun-and-fun pop cultural expressions. The late Tupac Shakur, above, and Dr. Dre put out "California Love" in 1996. Put it on and you've got a reason to dance. Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison, inspiration for his famous song. Charlie Parker's "Relaxin' at Camarillo" is a classic with varying moods. Henry Fonda starred in the wrenching tale of the Joads in "The Grapes of Wrath," 1940, adapted from the book by John Steinbeck.
 
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    SacBee -- Edward Ortiz

  • Maya Beiser tilts cello into exciting territory

    22 Apr 2012 | 2:00 am
    While growing up, maverick cellist Maya Beiser was deeply moved by the call-to-prayer songs she heard emanating from a nearby mosque. Maya Beiser is somewhat of a pioneer in cello playing, having eschewed the strict world of classical music to pursue a variety of other sounds with the instrument. She chose cello over the violin as a youngster because nobody else she knew was playing cello. Merri Cyr

  • Baroque music unfolds at Bravo Bach Festival

    20 Apr 2012 | 2:00 am
    Baroque musicians typically fly under the radar in the classical music world, but their outsize passion for the music will be on display at the third annual Bravo Bach Festival. The event will feature six concerts starting today at Sacramento's St. Mark's United Methodist Church. Anyssa Neumann will perform music by Bach and Handel next Friday. Corey Hayes

  • Kline bringing evocative 'Zippo Songs'

    8 Apr 2012 | 1:40 pm
    If you were a soldier during the Vietnam War, odds are you had a Zippo lighter in your breast pocket. And if you did, it was likely engraved with an inscription. Phil Kline went through a long, introspective process in coming up with "Zippo Songs: Poems From the Front."

  • Ballet 'Blanche Neige' puts mature spin on Snow White's story

    18 Mar 2012 | 4:09 pm
    A fleet of trucks has been unloading rigging and set pieces this week at the Mondavi Center's Jackson Hall.

  • A tip of the tippling of Sacramento Beer Week

    27 Feb 2012 | 9:49 am
    Night has fallen and the temperature is quickly dropping when tour guide Josh Denton and beer expert Charles Bamforth join forces with a reporter for a tour of three Sacramento-area microbreweries. Andrew Mering of Lockdown Brewing Co. pours beer into a glass jug at the tasting room in Rancho Cordova last week.
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    SacBee -- Marcus Crowder

  • Sacramento Live: 'The King Stag' in last weekend at Three Stages

    11 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Carlo Gozzi's dark 18th century commedia dell'arte fairy tale "The King Stag" takes us to the Kingdom of Serendippo and a court full of amorous intrigue. The king is auditioning women to be his queen, while all along there is one who loves him for who he really is rather than the power and wealth he enjoys. Michael Spargo, left, and Ross Branch don handmade masks for their roles in "The King Stag" at Three Stages in Folsom.

  • 'Ruined' is big step in Images Theatre Company's building process

    11 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Lisa Lacy carries a great deal of ambition for her Images Theatre Company, both in the present and the near future. Rob Anthony Gray, center, as Christian, rehearses with castmates recently for the Images Theatre Company production of Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize- winning play "Ruined."

  • Sacramento's In the Flow Festival expands as musical exploration zone

    6 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Ross Hammond the musician has a lot in common with Ross Hammond the music festival curator. Both are creative entrepreneurs who understand the importance of timing, patience and knowing when to make something happen. ElectroPoetic Coffee Ross Hammond, right, plays guitar and electronics, poet Lawrence Dinkins Jr., left, known as NSAA (pronounced En-Sah-Ah) handles the spoken word, and percussionist Thomas Monson, not pictured, holds down the bottom. The group's performances are dramatic sound collages of politically charged observations and the musicians' groove-based responses.

  • Theater review: Strong cast shines in campy 'Shop of Horrors'

    1 May 2012 | 11:02 am
    Alan Menken and Howard Ashman's popular chamber musical "Little Shop of Horrors" has always thrived on cheeky simplicity. The story of a Faustian bond between an otherworldly plant that feeds on human blood and the unassuming florist shop worker who nurtures it provides comic guilty pleasure. Andrew J. Perez as Seymour finds his demanding plant Audrey II (Aaron Hitchcock) is too much to handle in the campy musical "Little Shop of Horrors."

  • Theater review: 'Rx' at B Street Theatre good fun, but pay close attention

    1 May 2012 | 11:02 am
    Playwright Kate Fodor's sharp-witted, laugh-out-loud new comedy "Rx" poses a familiar vexing paradox for its main characters. Peter Story as Phil and Stephanie Altholz as Meena are a fine and funny pair in the fast-paced "Rx" at the B Street Theatre.
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    SacBee -- Gardening

  • Home and garden checklist

    13 May 2012 | 3:43 pm
    Installing tile? Planning a garden room? Remodeling a kitchen or bath? There are apps for these.

  • The bloom is back, community effort renews rose garden at McKinley Park

    13 May 2012 | 3:43 pm
    Just in time for a star turn, the roses are back in bloom. Red and white buds cover stately wrought-iron arches. Long rows of fragrant yellow floribundas beckon visitors to stroll. Newly refurbished benches entice a little R&R among the rose beds. One of the so-many varieties of roses in the McKinley Park garden, the hybrid Ingrid Bergman. The 1.5-acre garden's official re-opening is set today. Audrey Sarber stops to enjoy a rose while on a McKinley Park rose sojourn recently with 5-year-old stepdaughter, Devyn Marie. A delicate variety by the name of Angel Face. A climbing rose called Fourth…

  • Garden detective: Orange tree has few oranges

    13 May 2012 | 3:43 pm
    I have an orange tree that has produced a good crop every year, and last season was the best. But this season, the tree had very few blossoms.

  • Plant smart for success in hanging baskets

    13 May 2012 | 3:43 pm
    For such sweet-looking things, hanging baskets can be demanding divas. Pete Kern, shown hanging a basket filled with flowers in Ohio, knows that such containers are a challenge for plants and their owners.

  • Garden Calendar: Today and upcoming events

    13 May 2012 | 3:43 pm
    Home and garden events in the Sacramento region. If you like strawberries, you might also like the Farm Fresh to You tour, scheduled today in Capay.
 
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    SacBee -- Home Improvement

  • Curtis Park home tour features 88-year-old showplace

    1 May 2012 | 11:49 am
    Once in their dream house, Broc and Arlene Krause immediately started bringing it back to life. The 1924 home of Broc and Arlene Krause, posing with daughters Mae and Thea, is a highlight of this year's Curtis Park Home and Garden Tour. The Krauses' living room exposes the warm oak flooring that runs throughout the house. The Krause's enlarged kitchen but retained its 1920's charm. On the exterior, decades of ivy growth was stripped away and the lawn area was reduced to make room for more flowers.

  • Sacramento lighting designer is big on LEDs

    24 Apr 2012 | 11:42 am
    Michael Sestak does more than light up a room. Color-changing LEDs mark a path through Michael Sestak's backyard. Other LEDs highlight plants and a granite fountain. Crystal ornaments catch the light from LED and halogen lights in this chandelier designed by Michael Sestak. A hummingbird fixture, right, is illuminated by an LED. A Buddha fountain bathes in an LED glow in the entryway of Michael's Sestak's home in Carmichael. A hummingbird fixture is illuminated by an LED.

  • Garden Calendar

    22 Apr 2012 | 4:11 pm
    Home and garden events in the Sacramento region.

  • Home Tip: Storing wardrobes

    22 Apr 2012 | 4:10 pm
    Changing seasons means changing wardrobes.

  • Shedding some light on what LEDs do

    22 Apr 2012 | 4:10 pm
    LEDs – light-emitting diodes – are basically computer chips. They make light through the movement of electrons in a simple (and tiny) semiconductor.
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    SacBee -- Books and Media

  • Books: Journalist-author Anna Quindlen industry pioneer

    13 May 2012 | 12:28 pm
    Mother's Day seems the right time to chat with devoted mom Anna Quindlen, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author who invented the "mommy/career woman blog" before blogs even existed. Author Anna Quindlen has won a Pulitzer Prize but isn't afraid to quote the Rolling Stones.

  • Between the Lines: Novak heads diabetes auction

    13 May 2012 | 12:28 pm
    Brenda Novak's birthday is Tuesday, so we checked in to see what's new. She's an award-winning, best-selling romantic-suspense novelist who lives in Carmichael. Courtesy of Brenda Novak Author Brenda Novak has new books and a short story out, and is taking time for her annual online auction to fight diabetes. Want to bid and help? Log on to www.brendanovak.com.

  • Bookmarks: Author appearances

    13 May 2012 | 12:27 pm
    Author appearances and book events in the Sacramento region. Author and veteran Len Kovar – still looking sharp in his uniform in his 90s – will speak about his experiences in World War II.

  • Sendak's books spoke to the fears of childhood

    10 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    When I heard this week that Maurice Sendak died what may or may not have been the "yummy death" he had hoped for, I was, like scores of adults trying to go about their normal adult lives, suddenly transported for a moment back to the frightening and exhilarating dreamscape of "Where the Wild Things Are" and "In the Night Kitchen."

  • Sacramento County public libraries to close for three furlough days

    8 May 2012 | 11:32 am
    All Sacramento County Public Library locations will be closed three Fridays through the end of June because of staff furloughs.
 
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    SacBee -- Fishing Line

  • Fishing Line: 05/10/12

    10 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    AMERICAN RIVER-Flows started to drop back, to 6,000 cfs over the weekend, as Folsom reached the full mark, and flows are likely to drop more in the upcoming days and weeks.

  • Fishing Line: 05/03/12

    3 May 2012 | 3:03 pm
    AMERICAN RIVER-Flows continued to climb, to 7,000 cfs last week, as Folsom approached the full mark, and inflows exceeded 10,000 cfs as snowmelt peaked in the warm weather.

  • Fishing Line, week of 5/3/12

    3 May 2012 | 2:10 am
    The lake is full, and bass fishing was the best of the year.

  • Fishing Line: 04/26/12

    26 Apr 2012 | 2:00 am
    AMERICAN RIVER-As predicted last week, flows have gone up to 3,500 cfs in response to Folsom Lake approaching the "full" mark.

  • Fishing Line: 04/12/12

    12 Apr 2012 | 2:00 am
    AMERICAN RIVER-There are still some steelhead smolts in the river, and a very few spring run steelhead being caught by the occasional angler.
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    SacBee -- History

  • Japanese American war veterans to be honored in Sacramento

    15 May 2012 | 12:31 pm
    A Sacramento event recognizing the surviving Japanese American veterans of World War II is scheduled to take place on Memorial Day weekend.

  • Former warship USS Hornet now site of History Mystery Tour

    14 May 2012 | 12:00 am
    All night, we wandered through narrow, pitch-black hallways, felt the chill on drafty decks, wobbled while descending vertiginous chain-link ladders, listened to the ship creak and groan like an arthritic old duffer rising from a lawn chair. USS Hornet docent Bob Friedmann shows tour goers a photo illustrating damage the ship suffered during World War ll. Mitchell Weigand of Oakley shines a flashlight into the dark corners during a tour of the USS Hornet, a decommissioned aircraft carrier docked in Alameda. The Hornet's "island" rises above the flight deck where warplanes took off during…

  • A Look Back: Re-enactment renews respect for women of Civil War

    10 May 2012 | 5:33 pm
    I have been a journalist for 32 years, always looking for the next great story. Little did I know one of the best stories I would ever find lay hidden in my own family history. Sue Pearson, portraying her great-grandmother, Addie Bull, greets a Union general during a Civil War re-enactment of the Nancy Hart Militia confrontation near LaGrange, Ga. Sue Pearson

  • Discarded Hindu symbol brings anger, uncertainty to Yuba City temple

    9 May 2012 | 12:34 pm
    The Sri Narayan Hindu Temple, a spiritual jewel attended by Indian immigrants across faiths, no longer has its sacred core. Kulwant Minhas cleans up Sunday at the altar in the Sri Narayan Hindu Temple in Yuba City. Missing from the religious icons is the Shivling, which to the dismay of many of the area's Hindus and others was put outside, in a plastic bag near the garbage. In its place here is a tall vase of flowers. Himant Pandit washes and pays honor to the Shivling in his yard. Pandit said "my heart dropped" when he saw where it had been placed earlier. Hardial Singh Hunji, 96, and his…

  • Sacramento post office to leave historic building downtown in July for mall location

    8 May 2012 | 1:12 pm
    The U.S. Postal Service plans to move its retail operations to Westfield Downtown Plaza from its historic 801 I St. location in July, the agency announced. The Postal Service hopes its amnesty program encourages the return of its plastic bins, which cost the agency $4 each.
 
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    SacBee -- Living Here

  • Wine Buzz: Effort aims to give Lodi a better reputation

    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Lodi's wine country received a big marketing push last year with LoCA, a campaign designed to increase awareness about that area's wineries – especially with tasters in their 20s and 30s.

  • Steam hake for a healthy, tasty treat

    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Admittedly, steamed fish doesn't exactly scream "mouthwatering." But what it lacks in excitement it more than makes up for in health cred. Steam some hake "en papillote" – wrapped in parchment paper. It's low in calories but has lots of flavor.

  • Delicious worlds meet in the wok

    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Stir-fry and salsa aren't traditional companions on the plate, but that doesn't mean there can't be a little common ground. Wok picadillo

  • Movie review: Old gags threaten to overthrow 'The Dictator'

    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    In analyzing Sacha Baron Cohen and the array of offbeat characters he's created, it's clear that it's become a matter of diminishing returns. Sacha Baron Cohen, left, portrays Adm. Gen. Aladeen and Ben Kingsley is the trusted assistant who double-crosses him in "The Dictator."

  • Make a healthier shake

    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Milkshakes are gloriously frosty, creamy, sweet concoctions made from ice cream, syrups and other empty calorie delights.
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    SacBee -- Recipes

  • Lemon-and-honey-flavored chicken

    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Lemon-and-honey-flavored chicken Lemon and Honey Flavored Chicken is a meal made for someone who is interested in not messing up the kitchen and it will fill the house with divine smells.

  • Oven-roasted carrots with orange and cumin

    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Oven-roasted carrots with orange and cumin Michael Thiemann, chef at Ella Dining Room & Bar, likes young Nantes carrots pan-roasted with cumin. If your carrots come with tops, use the tops for pesto.

  • Strawberry salsa

    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Strawberry salsa Strawberry salsa "Awake at the Whisk" blogger Amber Stott makes fruit salsa when strawberries are abundant.

  • Spring fava beans with artichokes and green garlic

    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Spring fava beans with artichokes and green garlic Chef Oliver Ridgeway at the Grange restaurant in Sacramento , mixes a springtime trio of lava beans, artichokes and green garlic.

  • Coconut rice pudding

    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Coconut rice pudding with caramelized pineapple
 
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    SacBee -- Boomers

  • Clutter can be a problem for older adults

    9 May 2012 | 12:40 pm
    Roses fill the front garden. In the back, there are sweetly scented citrus trees and chickens pecking on the deck. And inside the Citrus Heights home are piles of clutter in every room: art magazines from the early 1990s, old newspapers, greeting cards and hand-scrawled notes, empty bottles, completed art projects and art supplies that Lois Gaddis might use, if she ever got around to it. Lois Gaddis, 85, of Citrus Heights admits having a hard time getting rid of possessions, a problem for many older adults. Lois Gaddis says her hen Cleo sometimes follows her into the kitchen but mostly…

  • Online resource aids older adults with planning

    7 May 2012 | 9:45 am
    In an effort to educate older adults and their families on aging issues, the SCAN Foundation has released a new online tool to help people map out their old-age needs.

  • Documentary on senior Olympians to be shown at Crest

    6 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Keith Ochwat admits that he and his Documentary Foundation partner, Christopher Rufo, both 27-year-old Sacramento natives, learned a lot in the making of "Age of Champions," their new film about Senior Olympics athletes.

  • Sacramento sisters are 90 and identical twins, but please don't make a fuss

    26 Apr 2012 | 11:13 pm
    The Slatter twins turned 90 earlier this month. Both widowed, they're independent and sharp, the pride of their extended family, which is happy with the occasional celebrity of their twindom. Lezlie Sterling lsterling@sacbee.com Twins Jeanne Strickland, left, and Lois Dye reminisce as they look through a photo album from their childhood. Born in Oakland, they grew up in Davis. Each married and had children. Now widowed, they live a block apart in Sacramento.

  • To aid patients, Sutter Health employees queried about end-of-life care wishes

    20 Apr 2012 | 2:00 am
    When she filled out her advance health care directive form the other day and had it notarized, Patti Pinkerton had no trouble defining her end-of-life wishes.
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    SacBee -- Mike Dunne

  • Dunne on Wine: Monks' winery thriving on Leland Stanford's former land

    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    With practice, patience and prayer, the monks of the Abbey of New Clairvaux look to be succeeding where Leland Stanford saw rare failure Brother Rafael, left, and Brother Placid walk among the vines at New Clairvaux Vineyard in Tehama County. Monks from the Cistercian Abbey of Gesthemani began making wine there in 2000, years after Leland Stanford first tried to establish a winery on the land. Brother Christopher serves in the tasting room. New Clairvaux Vineyard 2009 St. James Tempranillo

  • Dunne's Picks: Jordan Vineyard reaches for the top

    9 May 2012 | 10:43 am
    Fresh out of UC Davis with a bachelor's degree in fermentation science, Sacramento native Rob Davis signed on as an intern at a brand new winery just outside of Healdsburg in northern Sonoma County, Jordan Vineyard & Winery. Winemaker Rob Davis has had a hand in every Jordan vintage since arriving as an intern in 1976. The 2007 Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon reflects a benevolent growing season that year, resulting in a smaller crop of intensely flavored grapes. The winery is dotted with vineyards and olive trees.

  • Dunne on Wine: Lodi winery keeps alicante bouschet alive -- and delicious

    2 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    There was a day when farmers and winemakers alike adored the black grape alicante bouschet. In the 1930s, alicante bouschet accounted for a third of California's grape production, according to the wine-trade website Appellation America. The grounds at Harmony Wynelands of Lodi. Head inside and besides a taste of wine, you may get a chance to hear the pipe organ that dates from 1921 San Francisco. Winemakers Shaun MacKay, right, and Chad Joseph with Joseph's son, Jack, at the Lodi winery. Harmony Wynelands is a small estate created by Bob and Linda Hartzell. In addition to making alicante…

  • Dunne on Wine: Lanzas, others promote Suisun Valley with fine efforts

    25 Apr 2012 | 2:00 am
    This year marks the 30th anniversary of Suisun Valley as an officially designated American viticultural area.

  • Dunne on Wine: Fiddletown competition -- and its zinfandel -- rate well

    18 Apr 2012 | 2:00 am
    Among other annual signs of spring is the surge in the number of commercial wine competitions around the country. Barbera and zinfandel grapevines surround the Sobon Estate tasting room and museum in Fiddletown. The smallish Fiddletown appellation long has been recognized for producing unusually fresh and lithe zinfandels.
 
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    SacBee -- Food & Wine

  • Cosmo transformed into a Cafe Bernardo

    16 May 2012 | 11:38 am
    The former Cosmo Cafe at 10th and K streets has given way to a fourth location for Cafe Bernardo.

  • Homey aromas to make a sale

    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    No broccoli. No cabbage. No fish, eggs, curry or stinky takeout. Absolutely no burned popcorn. Lemon and Honey Flavored Chicken is a meal made for someone who is interested in not messing up the kitchen and it will fill the house with divine smells.

  • Spring recipes for farmers market produce

    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Spring remains a favorite season for local chefs and devoted home cooks. Farmers markets around the region begin to bustle with shoppers looking for fresh bounty, from fava beans and green garlic to ripe strawberries and asparagus. Chef Oliver Ridgeway at the Grange restaurant in Sacramento , mixes a springtime trio of lava beans, artichokes and green garlic. Michael Thiemann, chef at Ella Dining Room & Bar, likes young Nantes carrots pan-roasted with cumin. If your carrots come with tops, use the tops for pesto. Sliders made with beets? Blogger UnChu Littlefield roasts them, sprinkles them…

  • Wine Buzz: Effort aims to give Lodi a better reputation

    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Lodi's wine country received a big marketing push last year with LoCA, a campaign designed to increase awareness about that area's wineries – especially with tasters in their 20s and 30s.

  • Make a healthier shake

    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Milkshakes are gloriously frosty, creamy, sweet concoctions made from ice cream, syrups and other empty calorie delights.
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    SacBee -- Sports

  • Junior Seau's garage burglarized

    16 May 2012 | 12:20 pm
    Police say a thief burglarized the garage of Junior Seau's Oceanside, Calif., home days after the former NFL star's suicide.

  • New effort filed to free OJ from Nevada prison

    16 May 2012 | 12:16 pm
    A new lawyer for O.J. Simpson filed a new attempt Tuesday to gain his release from Nevada state prison, alleging the former football star was so badly represented by lawyers in his trial and previous appeals that he deserves a new trial. FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2008, file photo, O.J. Simpson, left, and his lawyer Yale Galanter appear during his sentencing hearing at the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas. Simpson's new lawyer Patricia Palm is making another effort to gain the former football star's release from Nevada state prison, where he is serving nine to 33 years for…

  • Fast friends: Derby champ I'll Have Another finds a buddy

    16 May 2012 | 12:07 pm
    Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another got a big boost when he found a friend with championship credentials. Kentucky Derby Winner I'll Have Another is led through a barn by foreman Benjamin Perez before walking the track at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Wednesday, May 9, 2012. I'll Have Another is expected to run in the Preakness Stakes on May 19. Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another stands in a stable at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Monday, May 7, 2012. I'll Have Another is expected to compete in Baltimore's Preakness Stakes horse race on May 19. Horse therapist Tyler Cerin…

  • Torn ACL likely to knock rookie 49er Fleming out for season

    16 May 2012 | 12:06 pm
    Rookie outside linebacker Darius Fleming, who was selected by the 49ers in the fifth round of the NFL draft, tore his ACL during last week's rookie mini-camp and likely will miss the 2012 season.

  • Santana, Pujols lead revived Angels past A's 4-0

    16 May 2012 | 12:06 pm
    Although the Oakland Athletics weren't thrilled by a mid-afternoon start time at Angel Stadium, they realized Ervin Santana deserved much more of the blame for their dismal offensive performance. Los Angeles Angels first baseman Albert Pujols throws out Oakland Athletics' Daric Barton during the second inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Tuesday, May 15, 2012. Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Bartolo Colon throws to a Los Angeles Angels batter during the second inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Tuesday, May 15, 2012. Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Ervin Santana…
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    SacBee -- MMA/Boxing

  • Escobedo triumphs by unanimous decision

    13 May 2012 | 11:46 am
    Junior-lightweight boxing contender Vicente Escobedo won decisively before a hometown audience Saturday night.

  • Regional Digest: Sierra, CRC win Super Regional baseball openers

    12 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Sierra College used another spirited outing from ace Josh Eagle, and Cosumnes River College had a big inning as the Big 8 Conference rivals won Northern California Super Regional baseball openers Friday.

  • Regional digest: Plenty at stake for Escobedo on Saturday

    9 May 2012 | 10:35 am
    Vicente Escobedo has two goals for his second homecoming fight Saturday night in Woodland: retain his title and earn an opportunity to challenge for a more important one.

  • Mayweather sure he'll win against Cotto

    6 May 2012 | 3:45 pm
    Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been doing this all his life, since he was a scrawny kid seeking solace in the gym. The ring is his comfort zone, and he'll enter it tonight for the 43rd time as a pro, certain as ever that when he leaves, he'll not only be a lot richer but still unbeaten. Julie Jacobson Associated Press Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, and Miguel Cotto face off Friday after their weigh-in for tonight's title fight in Las Vegas.

  • Leading Off: Cotto could be first to beat Mayweather

    1 May 2012 | 10:55 am
    Forty-two times Floyd Mayweather Jr., has slipped through the ropes of a professional boxing ring, and 42 times he has left it a winner.
 
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    SacBee -- Golf

  • Golf: Course Report

    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    The Bee posse's weekly update of the latest in area conditions, bargains, etc.

  • Making the Rounds: Stunning course to close

    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Golfers who have played Trinitas won't forget it. Brian Murphy CandidEyePhotography.com The 18th hole at Trinitas Golf Club was included in The Bee's toughest 18 holes project. The course is shutting down May 31.

  • Golf Plus: Rappleye brothers help Sac State gain national footing

    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    When the Sacramento State men's golf team makes its NCAA Division I postseason debut Thursday in Norman, Okla., it will be among 14 teams at its regional site vying for five qualifying berths into the NCAA Championships. Paul Kitagaki Jr. pkitagaki@sacbee.com Grant, left, and Cameron Rappleye and their Sacramento State teammates are shooting for a top-five finish at the NCAA regional in Norman, Okla., this week.

  • Golf: Holes in one

    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Holes in one must be faxed on the golf course's stationery to The Bee at (916) 326-5503.

  • Kuchar wins his biggest tournament yet

    14 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Matt Kuchar burst onto the golf scene in 1998 as a 19-year-old amateur with a winning smile and the game to compete on the sport's biggest stages. Chris O'Meara Associated Press Matt Kuchar's win in the Players Championship was the fourth on the PGA Tour for the 33-year-old.
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    SacBee -- Horse Racing

  • Fast friends: Derby champ I'll Have Another finds a buddy

    16 May 2012 | 12:07 pm
    Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another got a big boost when he found a friend with championship credentials. Kentucky Derby Winner I'll Have Another is led through a barn by foreman Benjamin Perez before walking the track at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Wednesday, May 9, 2012. I'll Have Another is expected to run in the Preakness Stakes on May 19. Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another stands in a stable at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Monday, May 7, 2012. I'll Have Another is expected to compete in Baltimore's Preakness Stakes horse race on May 19. Horse therapist Tyler Cerin…

  • Derby rivals set for Preakness

    15 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Bodemeister is headed to the Preakness to challenge I'll Have Another after their memorable finish in the Kentucky Derby.

  • Napravnik earns first female win at Kentucky Oaks

    6 May 2012 | 3:46 pm
    Rosie Napravnik insists she's just another jockey. She's one with champion's credentials now. Rosie Napravnik, 24, wins Friday after finishing second in last year's race.

  • Thunderstorms, wide-open field may make for memorable Kentucky Derby

    6 May 2012 | 3:46 pm
    This Cinco de Mayo Derby Day could be extra spicy.

  • Kentucky Derby handicap

    4 May 2012 | 5:15 pm
    I bet my first Kentucky Derby in 1982. I don't remember who I had, but it wasn't Gato Del Sol, the winner.
 
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    SacBee -- Kings/NBA

  • Ailene Voisin: Kings executive Abdur-Rahim earns Cal degree

    15 May 2012 | 12:50 pm
    Shareef Abdur-Rahim has been stuck in freeway traffic more times than he can count. Thus, he has become a huge fan of earpieces, micromanaging and weekend travel. He also has experimented with every shortcut imaginable between his Sacramento-area home and his alma mater in Berkeley. Hector Amezcua Bee file, 2008 It took almost 17 years, but Shareef Abdur- Rahim earned a sociology degree from Cal.

  • Signatures on letter new focus of controversy in Kings arena drama

    15 May 2012 | 12:30 pm
    A letter written by Sacramento businessmen last month asking the NBA to encourage the Kings owners to sell has suddenly become the center of intrigue. George and Gavin Maloof, center left and right, are flanked by Chris Thornberg, a consultant for the Maloofs, left, and attorney, Barry McNeill, right, at a Friday morning press conference in New York City.

  • Leading Off: Abdur-Rahim, 35, to receive Cal degree

    14 May 2012 | 12:15 pm
    Sixteen years ago this week, Shareef Abdur- Rahim wrestled with a decision that most 19-year-olds usually don't have to make. Former Kings player now assistant coach Shareef Abdur-Rahim, cheers on Kings players during their game against the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at Arco Arena in Sacramento.

  • Ailene Voisin: Arco builders want to renovate arena

    9 May 2012 | 12:06 pm
    Let's call them the original dream team, this group of local architects and engineers and businessmen that accomplished something amazing 25 years ago, only to fade into the area's major league sports background. Arco Arena, home to the Kings since 1988, is considered outdated, and the Maloof family, owner of the team, wants a new facility to boost revenue and make the franchise more competitive. Ailene Voisin

  • Sacramento spent $680,000 in unsuccessful arena drive

    8 May 2012 | 11:29 am
    The city of Sacramento spent $680,000 between September and April in its unsuccessful effort to build a sports and entertainment center in the railyard, according to an analysis to be presented to the City Council tonight. The deal to build a new arena in the Sacramento railyard, left, briefly appeared in peril Thursday after the Maloofs said they would not pay $3.26 million the city feels they owe for pre-development costs.
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    SacBee -- Oakland Athletics

  • Leading Off: Manny Ramirez's return will go through Raley Field

    16 May 2012 | 12:06 pm
    Plenty of reasons exist for baseball fans to still care about Manny Ramirez, who will join the River Cats for 10 games beginning Saturday in Albuquerque, N.M.

  • Marcos Breton: A's lose, but Inge a grand new bat

    13 May 2012 | 2:51 pm
    Even in defeat, you can't help but like the A's. Ben Margot Associated Press Oakland's Brandon Inge, right, celebrates Thursday after his grand slam against his former team. Marcos Breton

  • Morrow tops Ross in matchup of Cal guys

    10 May 2012 | 12:12 pm
    Two people can get from Evans Diamond in Berkeley to O.co Coliseum in a little more than 20 minutes, unless they take a more indirect route. Tyson Ross: The A's starter said his outing was a "step in the right direction." Brandon Morrow: He won the first big-league game started by former Cal pitchers.

  • Marcos Breton: Cespedes keeps powering A's

    26 Apr 2012 | 9:33 pm
    The budding legend of Yoenis Cespedes grew some more on a steely-gray Wednesday of minimalist Oakland baseball, many odd occurrences and a stroke of baseball history that was eclipsed by the way this game ended. Paul Kitagaki Jr. pkitagaki@sacbee.com Yoenis Cespedes watches his two-run homer that gave the A's a 4-4 tie with the Chicago White Sox in the 14th inning. The A's scored once more in the 14th to win. The A's Kila Ka'aihue, right, celebrates with Kurt Suzuki after singling in the winning run in the 14th. Runs have been hard to come by for the A's, whose 59 runs are the fewest in the…
 
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    SacBee -- 49ers

  • Torn ACL likely to knock rookie 49er Fleming out for season

    16 May 2012 | 12:06 pm
    Rookie outside linebacker Darius Fleming, who was selected by the 49ers in the fifth round of the NFL draft, tore his ACL during last week's rookie mini-camp and likely will miss the 2012 season.

  • 49ers rookie James credits grandmother for his success

    14 May 2012 | 11:47 am
    Anyone who drove past the white house with the big front porch on Melton Street in Texarkana, Texas, in 2007 would have found it quiet, as if no one lived there anymore. San Francisco 49ers running back LaMichael James from the University of Oregon has a tattoo of the Virgin Mary on his right arm at a 49ers minicamp in Santa Clara, Calif., May 11, 2012. "I needed to stay on the narrow path, to walk straight" after his grandmother died when he was 17, says the 49ers' LaMichael James, who grew up in the tough Texas town of Texarkana.

  • Harbaugh puts 49ers rookies through grueling workout

    13 May 2012 | 11:57 am
    Wide receiver Chris Owusu stood out Friday because he was one of the few 49ers who wasn't doubled over. Paul Kitagaki Jr. pkitagaki@sacbee.com Coach Jim Harbaugh instructs former Sacramento State quarterback Jeff Fleming (5) and others during the 49ers' rookie minicamp Friday in Santa Clara.

  • Moss as fast as ever at 35, 49ers safety Whitner says

    13 May 2012 | 11:57 am
    In 2007, safety Donte Whitner was part of the Bills' defense that fashioned a scheme designed to thwart the downfield success that Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss had been having that season. Paul Sakuma Associated Press Wide receiver Randy Moss of the 49ers has impressed safety Donte Whitner, a former opponent, and quarterback Alex Smith.

  • Brother of 2 NFL players accused in DC killing

    10 May 2012 | 3:41 pm
    The younger brother of NFL players Vernon and Vontae Davis has been charged with murder in the death of a man visiting the nation's capital from Colorado, and a judge has scheduled a hearing to determine whether he is competent to stand trial.
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    SacBee -- San Francisco Giants

  • Leading Off: Cheap thrills? Certainly not at a Giants game

    13 May 2012 | 7:20 pm
    The twins are graduating from eighth grade on Friday, so we're headed to Half Moon Bay. We thought about catching the Giants-A's game on Saturday at AT&T Park, since we'll already be so close.

  • Leading Off: Giants look nothing like title contenders

    9 May 2012 | 11:53 am
    The Giants, who have enough pitching to contend for the playoffs, lack dependable offense, dependable defense and experience. San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Ryan Vogelsong throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tuesday, May 8, 2012, in Los Angeles. San Francisco Giants first baseman Brandon Belt makes a play on a ground ball during the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday against the Los Angeles Dodgers, May 8, 2012, in Los Angeles. File-THis March 31, 2012 file photo shows San Francisco Giants starter Guillermo Mota throwing…

  • Marcos Breton: Inexperience hurts Giants

    6 May 2012 | 1:51 pm
    Brandon Crawford is killing the Giants. And, yes, despite Crawford's leading role in Thursday's 3-2 loss to the Miami Marlins, it's harsh to put it that way. José Luis Villegas jvillegas@sacbee.com Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford throws to second base in front of third baseman Conor Gillaspie to force Hanley Ramirez in the second inning. Marcos Breton

  • Ailene Voisin: Trade for Cabrera makes Sabean look good

    6 May 2012 | 11:19 am
    The discussion about whether the Giants should trade mercurial but immensely talented starter Jonathan Sanchez lasted longer than a political campaign. What was it? Two years? Three years? More? Jeff Chiu Associated Press Melky Cabrera stretches a double into a triple to ignite a three-run rally for the Giants against Milwaukee pitcher Randy Wolf. Ailene Voisin

  • Leading Off: Comebacks are part of Lincecum's record

    19 Apr 2012 | 12:25 am
    Tim Lincecum is no stranger to stretches of bad pitching, but the timing of this year's out-of-the-gate stumble puts a spotlight on it.
 
 
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    SacBee -- Davis High School

  • Catching up with Cody Keefer, former Davis High baseball standout

    26 Apr 2012 | 11:07 pm
    Former Davis High baseball standout Cody Keefer (inset) is continuing an impressive UCLA career. The junior is batting .365 with six doubles and 23 RBIs in 36 starts for the Bruins (27-10, 11-7 Pacific-12 Conference). Keefer is one of six players featured on the team's 2012 media guide cover.

  • Preps Plus: Smaller diamond fits Davis gem

    19 Apr 2012 | 11:52 am
    A gifted athlete, strong student and talented musician, Davis High School senior first baseman Haley Cameron has the perfect attitude for competition. Haley Cameron, right, of Davis talks with assistant coach Dave Reuben, whose frozen yogurt offer helped her choose softball. Haley Cameron has impressed first-year Davis coach Art Guerra with her work ethic and calm demeanor.

  • High school softball: Guerra enjoying new gig at Davis

    11 Apr 2012 | 12:03 pm
    Art Guerra believes he has had the best of both worlds.

  • Preps plus: Names and News

    19 Mar 2012 | 9:22 pm
    Grant is a football school, but "futbol" is also played at a high level by the Pacers.

  • High school boys basketball: System in place for Davis to get into the playoffs

    8 Feb 2012 | 11:16 am
    The Davis boys basketball team and "The System" aren't going down without a fight. Thanks to "The System," Davis High coach Dan Gonzalez, left, and assistant Gary Smith have the Blue Devils back in the hunt for a Division I playoff berth. They're 16th in the latest power ratings.
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    SacBee -- Del Campo High School News

  • Hicks on 'wild' ride to the NFL

    30 Apr 2012 | 9:11 am
    Akiem Hicks embarked on what he called "a crazy, wild, unpredictable ride" of a football journey.

  • Preps plus: Names and News

    26 Apr 2012 | 12:45 pm
    School officials are continuing to investigate a fist-swinging brawl between the Del Campo and Yuba City junior varsity baseball teams at a tournament Monday in Granite Bay.

  • Five Del Campo JV baseball players, assistant coach suspended

    11 Apr 2012 | 12:03 pm
    Five Del Campo High School junior varsity baseball players and an assistant coach are being suspended as a result of a brawl with Yuba City during a tournament April 2 in Granite Bay, a San Juan Unified School District spokesman said Tuesday.

  • Yuba City stays mum on brawl discipline

    6 Apr 2012 | 3:57 pm
    Although Yuba City Unified School District officials report they have conducted a "thorough investigation" into Monday's fist-swinging brawl between Yuba City High School and Del Campo JV baseball players, they do not indicate what, if any action, they have taken against the players involved from Yuba City.

  • Sacramento history: Del Campo golfers recall '77 state title team

    19 Mar 2012 | 10:21 pm
    Their hair was long, their shorts were short, and the pointy shirt collars overflowing their V-neck sweaters were striking. Anson Boyd
 
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    SacBee -- Liberty Ranch High School

  • Preps plus: Names and News

    19 Apr 2012 | 2:23 pm
    The Capital Christian girls basketball team has been selected as the Sac-Joaquin Section's winter Community Service Award recipient.

  • Liberty Ranch's Wiernicki leads state in rushing

    28 Jan 2012 | 10:33 pm
    For a new school, Liberty Ranch of Galt features a throwback runner in John Wiernicki. John Wiernicki of Liberty Ranch in Galt leads the state in rushing with 1,171 yards in six games. He has run for 17 touchdowns.

  • High school football: Tow, Wiernicki vie for state rushing lead

    6 Dec 2011 | 7:08 pm
    Sean Tow of Union Mine High School and Liberty Ranch's John Wiernicki continue to pile up big numbers as they compete not only to be the Sierra Valley Conference and area rushing leader, but California's, too. A Granite Bay fan cheers on the No. 4 Grizzlies during their 28-24 Sierra Foothill League loss to No. 2 Del Oro on Friday night.

  • Young Liberty Ranch goes from worst to first

    9 Nov 2011 | 2:38 am
    Count Liberty Ranch High as one of the more intriguing teams in the Sac-Joaquin Section football playoffs.
 
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    SacBee -- Monterey Trail High School News

  • Monterey Trail's Higgwe stars in Meet of Champions

    30 Apr 2012 | 2:45 pm
    Esther Higgwe hopes to use track and field as a springboard to bigger things. Monterey Trail senior Esther Higgwe, left, wins the 100-meter race Saturday. The Nigeria native also won the 200 and anchored the winning 4x100 relay. Del Campo's Jordan Rushing, center, finishes second in the boys 1,600 meters Saturday in the Sacramento Meet of Champions at American River College.

  • Prep football notes: Monterey Trail to host nationally televised game

    19 Mar 2012 | 10:04 pm
    Monterey Trail High School, which opened in 2004 under challenging circumstances and struggled for years in football, is getting some positive face time these days. Monterey Trail coach T.J. Ewing, celebrating a 2010 playoff victory over Granite Bay, has led the Mustangs to a 21-7 record over the past two seasons. Brian Baer Sacramento Bee file, 2010

  • Ever-dangerous Troubadours roll in opener

    22 Feb 2012 | 5:36 pm
    They don't have the star power, number of wins or high playoff seeding of their championship past. But the St. Francis Troubadours still do the same core things that have made for one of the most storied high school girls basketball programs in the Sac-Joaquin Section.

  • Hometown Report: Elk Grove football rivals will meet on ESPN2

    30 Dec 2011 | 9:21 pm
    Around the region in a forward-lean, four minutes or less … Pleasant Grove coach Joe Cattolico's team is No. 8 nationally. Joe Davidson

  • Demps leads Eagles' show

    4 Oct 2011 | 6:24 pm
    A lesser team might have been unable to handle the buzz of being nationally ranked and having to open its season on national television. Pleasant Grove's Isaiah Saunders (21) reaches across the goal line to score a third-quarter touchdown. Saunders' score was part of 35 consecutive Eagles points.
 
 
 
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    SacBee -- Sacramento High School News

  • Regional digest: Former prep star Turner faces DUI charge in Arizona

    2 May 2012 | 5:44 pm
    Former Cordova and Sacramento High basketball standout Josiah Turner, who recently left the University of Arizona men's basketball team after a troubled freshman season, was arrested Thursday morning on suspicion of DUI after being stopped for allegedly running a red light on the Tucson campus.

  • Former Sac High standout Shine transfers to Cal

    2 May 2012 | 5:44 pm
    Brittany Shine, The Bee's 2010 Girls Basketball Player of the Year, has accepted a scholarship to Cal, completing her transfer from Florida. Brittany Shine will play for Cal after sitting out the 2012-13 season.

  • All-Metro Basketball: Williams and Ware - rugged and driven

    29 Mar 2012 | 5:31 pm
    D'Erryl Williams and Jasmine Ware reflect the image of complete high school basketball players, and it's no wonder their coaches and peers rave about them. Lezlie Sterling lsterling@sacbee.com The Bee's 2011-12 Players of the Year: Sheldon's D'Erryl Williams, left, and Jasmine Ware of Sacramento. Both players led their teams on long playoff runs. D'erryl Williams, Sheldon SEASON SNAPSHOT March 10: Despite suffering a dislocated finger in the second half of a 65-44 Northern California Regional playoff win over Piedmont of San Jose, Williams scored 13 points and had five assists. Williams was…

  • Prep basketball: Jesuit upsets De La Salle; Sacramento girls fall to Miramonte

    14 Mar 2012 | 3:34 pm
    It was a contrast of emotions for two teams Tuesday night – tears for one at home and cheers for another on the road – in the CIF Northern California Regional basketball semifinals.

  • High school basketball notes: Dragons' Green enjoys her return to court

    13 Mar 2012 | 2:00 am
    Allie Green made a triumphant, albeit brief, return to action for Sacramento High School on Saturday night.
 
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