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The California stem cell agency today awarded $36 million to six scientists to lure them to the Golden State, in what was the agency's largest-ever recruiting round. The awards more than doubled the amount of CIRM has spent on recruitment. Until tod...

The 2013 Sacramento County Fair opens today at Cal Expo and runs through the weekend. A much smaller and cheaper cousin to “Big Fun,” the County Fair has much of the same fun without the crowds and heat. Sacramento “Don’t … Continue reading →

Being able to play with new products is one of the fun things about food blogging. When I went to the Fancy Food Show in January, I noted some trends. One was the new delivery systems for flavors. There were flavored sprays, gels, and crystals. I was l...

Today was a big day for Covered California, the new state-run marketplace for health insurance created under the federal Affordable Care Act. The health exchange rolled out the 13 regional and statewide plans that will be available to more than 5 milli...

Advancing one of Assembly Democrats top priorities, a key Assembly committee today approved the Middle Class Scholarship Act to reduce student fees by up to 40 percent for middle class UC and CSU students. ...

I finally was able to stop by Doughbot Donuts in midtown the other day. They are rumored to have won a Donut Showdown competition, like our American Cupcake Wars, on the Food Network Channel in Canada late last year. Robot sitting at the front window I...

May 22, 2013 - Passengers would be allowed to take their pet cats or dogs on certain Amtrak trains under a bill introduced yesterday in Congress. The measure drew praise from The Humane Society of the United States and its lobbying affiliate, the Human...

It only takes a reminder to breathe, a moment to be still, and just like that, something in me settles, softens, makes space for imperfection. The harsh voice of judgment drops to a whisper and I remember again that life isn’t a relay race; that we will all cross the finish line; that waking...

'Solomon's Oak'Author: Jo-Ann MapsonFormat: PaperbackPublished: Bloomsbury USA; Oct. 2011Pages: 384Genre: FictionGrade: ASource: LibraryThing EarlyReviewsSynopsis: Solomon's Oak is the story of three people who have suffered losses that chang...

When Alice from Science of Mom: The Heart and Science of Parenting (I love that, don’t you?) asked me to answer a few questions on the topic of infant sleep, SIDS, and bed-sharing as part of research for the sleep chapter of a parenting book she’s writing (which I can’t wait to read by...