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The common practice of bring-your-kid-to-work-day has been turned on its head. Parents of the Millennial Generation are following their children, many new college graduates, to the workplace. Findings from a survey released earlier this month by Michigan State University entitled “Parent Involvement in the College Recruiting Process: To What Extent?” show this trend continuing....

The Maloof family and the city of Sacramento have come to terms on a financing plan for a new entertainment and sports complex in the downtown railyards, effectively lifting the NBA’s March 1 deadline.The Kings are here to stay.The triumphant comment...

The forecast called for Sierra snow. Maybe it didn't call loud enough; maybe people just didn't listen.

Hooded bandits robbed 22 Carnival Splendor cruise ship passengers at gunpoint as they traveled near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

By Heather Gilligan Teen pregnancy rates in the US have decreased dramatically in recent years, and California’s rates of teen births are as low as they’ve been in the last two decades. But the news about teen pregnancy isn’t uniformly goo...

I grew up in what today would consider an old-fashioned environment. Still, I loved it. I love the old-fashioned ways because common courtesy was actually common, and people treated each other with respect.Now, it feels that the simple pleasures of com...

Things I am currently thankful for: Long sunny afternoons at the park with my boys, my friends and their beautiful children. My kids had last week off for presidents week (?!?!) and three of those afternoons off were spent outdoors

I am a bit of a magazine junkie, though I hate the term as it insinuates something negative.  A magazine lover?  Whichever, I believe it started with Seventeen magazine, at a much earlier age then seventeen and grew from there.  Surprisi...

Dr. Michael McCloud chats with students before launching Week 4 of Mini Med SchoolThere is no wonder that UC Davis School of Medicine has aworld class reputation. Last weekend’s presentations at the 2012 Mini-Medical School clearly demonstrated the u...

Plans are firming up for the 2012 edition of Grape & Gourmet, and expect another year for this tasting at Cal Expo albeit with some tweaks. The event features pours of winning wines from the California State Fair Commercial Wine Competition along with...