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By Helen Afrasiabi At a primary care clinic in Santa Ana, doctors remain dedicated to family medicine, despite dwindling funds and an undervaluing of the specialty.

January generally doubles as the downtime for the restaurant industry. After all of the holiday shopping's been done, and folks feel a little economically hung over, dining out tends to take a back seat for many consumers. So, here's one way that Sacra...

Most people know about the heroic, monumental construction of the transcontinental railroad across the Sierra in the 1860s. But few know that portions of the original railroad lay hidden from public view sometimes miles from the current route. A new...

Skunk Train (page 1 of 2) Mendocino gets all the attention, with its whitewashed charm and boutiques, but this time, we’re going to cruise right on by and head straight for the no-nonsense segment of the North Coast. Fort Bragg, about 10 miles north of Mendocino, is a fishing and lumber town of about...

East sac’s annual tour is your ticket to ideas and inspiration.

The annual Victorian Christmas extravaganza that fills the streets of historic Nevada City with visitors and vendors has been going on for at least 20 years. On Sunday, it was bigger and better than ever. The main and side streets of the town were clo...

The young woman on her way to visit her grandmother was injured in a car crash Sunday night when a man suspected of DUI unsuccessfully tried to pass her on Franklin Boulevard, according to CHP.

I am a big fan of controversy. It's important, stimulating and essential. Controversy is often how we figure out who we are and where we stand. It's how we change our minds or reaffirm what we believe, whether we're talking about the Middle East, the p...

Carson Hendricks must have a great job. He's an archivist working in the California History Section of the State Library who recently finished organizing the huge Postcard Collection there.He describes the 24,000-card resource in the latest Bulletin of the California...

It was a brand new, 2012 Nissan Z. The sticker price was 39-thousand dollars. Emphasis on "was." Sunday night, that car was totaled.