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For a vendor who has been at the Davis Farmers Market for more than 20 years, serving a consistently long line of loyal (and addicted) customers every Saturday morning is about more than just coffee. Mark Sedgley, founder and owner of Espresso Road, considers himself a housewife. He lives in West Davis with his...

Take a piece of paper. Fold two corners in, fold the paper in half add some trimming and you have a very simple airplane. While you may only see airplanes flying around classrooms or sporting events, paper airplane pilots around the world take this hobby very seriously and compete at the international level, like...

The Fricot Nugget (pictured right) weighs thirteen pounds and is one of the finest and largest examples of crystal-lized native gold in the world. It is the largest surviving specimen from...

Throughout his long career, Levi Leipheimer's cycling mishaps have taken him out of the Tour de France on a massive opening stage sprint pack pile-up and with a mid-race freak meeting with a road marker. But just like he's done many times before, when a crash — the bane of cycling — has pummeled...

The Nimbus Fish Hatchery is trying out a new program and it sounds super fun! Tuesdays, mid-May to mid-June, from 10:30 - 11:00am will be a FREE Toddler Time for kids ages 1 to 4 years old. You can catch the very first one tomorrow, Tuesday, May 15th! Bring your “small fry” out for an exciting...

When it comes to dessert, sometimes a bite is all you need to curb your sweet tooth. Other times, you want to try everything in the pastry case, but admittedly, [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, a...

I ate at The Porch when the initially opened in Dec. 2011, and found that while it wasn't perfect, it was off to a great start. Six months later and many meals later, Sac Bee restaurant critic Blair Anthony Robertson...

    Editorial:  The Coming Fiscal Collapse of California  by Stephen Frank 5/13/12 Please mark January 1, 2013 on your

Jacques Anquetil, who died nearly 25 years ago, was the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times and the first Frenchman to win the race from start to finish. He was handsome and smart and he was rarely at a loss for words. Arguably Anquetil's most famous quote was also his...

I recently caught up with former Kings Executive Greg Van Dusen, who was part of the original group that brought the Kings to Sacramento and built both Arco 1 and Arco 2. Van Dusen, along with architect Rann Haight, engineer Gerardo Calvillo and CEO of...