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Game to 100
Commentary: Paterno’s good deeds don’t right the wrong

Jan 24, 2012
Commentary: Paterno’s good deeds don’t right the wrong

In the strident, contentious world of sports commentary, the death of Joe Paterno on Sunday has evoked a remarkable display of tolerance. The gist is this: Paterno was a man of great accomplishments but he had weaknesses like any human being, … Continue reading

Cowtown Eats
Sacramento Food trucks expand to breakfast

Jan 24, 2012

This week, two of Sacramento's food trucks started serving breakfast. Mini Burger Truck (menu above) will hit the streets today, serving breakfast sliders Tuesday to Friday mornings from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Prices will be the same as the lunch...

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Davis Vanguard
Gymnastics or automobiles: Should council approve Davis Diamonds in the auto-center district?

Jan 24, 2012
Gymnastics or automobiles: Should council approve Davis Diamonds in the auto-center district?

The MarkeTech Group and Davis Diamonds Gymnastics have proposed to jointly purchase and develop parcels located on Chiles Road, formerly occupied by a Ford auto dealership that has since vacated and taken tax revenue with it. According to the city sta...

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AccessLocal.TV
Chinese New Year in Sacramento: Year of the Dragon

Jan 24, 2012
Chinese New Year in Sacramento: Year of the Dragon

By Donna Hall While the Chinese New Year 2012 was on Monday, January 23, Sacramento will formally greet the Year of the Dragon on February 18, 2012 with the biggest celebration to date.  This is totally appropriate for the 5th and fierce Chinese astrological sign.  According to legend, the dragon sign came to be...

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The California Aggie
Unitrans general manager to leave after 16 years of service

Jan 24, 2012

Geoff Straw became a Unitrans driver in 1985, the general manager in 2004 and is now moving on to become the executive director of regional transit in San Luis Obispo. Beginning on Jan. 30, Straw will be working in San Luis Obsipo, also a college town.  He said he feels very confident in the...

The California Aggie
Local cold weather shelter houses homeless

Jan 24, 2012

The Cold Weather Shelter is one of the many local programs that provide services to the homeless. Founded in 1993 as part of Davis Community Meals, the shelter offers homeless men and women a warm, safe place to sleep during the winter months. Officially opening its doors in mid-November when temperatures begin to drop,...

The Citizen Rosebud
Guest Post: The Foolish Aesthete

Jan 24, 2012
Guest Post: The Foolish Aesthete

Get to the Pointe: The Foolish Aesthete Dances with Fashion with a Passion.
 If you don't know Jenny from The Foolish Aesthete, you are missing out. A fellow Californian, she is a self-described perennial aesthete, style hound and an eclectic collector. She also happens...

FOX40
Video: A lesson in robotics

Jan 23, 2012

The wheels are turning at Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School in Sacramento.

HealthyCal.org
Salinas hospital to train indigenous-language interpreters

Jan 23, 2012

By Melissa Flores Finding a interpreter who speaks Triqui, Mixteco and Zapotec - the indigenous languages of the Oaxacan region of Mexico - can be a challenge. A Salinas hospital is going to train trilingual, low-income women to fill these in-demand...

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FOX40
Video: 49ers loss takes a bite out of business

Jan 23, 2012

Still shaken after pouring their emotions into Sunday's game, 49er fans were hard to find inside Sacramento area sports bars Monday night. But one of the businesses feeling the sting more than most is Sports Fever, a chain of souvenir stores.