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Cal Fire Spokesperson Daniel Berlant told FOX40 Monday that there are a dozen fires caused by lightning strikes in northern California.

Many of the fires are burning in Sonoma County, but some have been reported in Glenn, Lake and …

By Lily Dayton For some, the library serves as ad hoc daycare while their parents are at work. For others, the library is a safe place to escape the streets. Many kids show up in the morning and stay all day—but few have food, or money to buy a meal.

Did you miss this post about the raffle? You can enter to win my painting Two Cows for Oklahoma AND help the Red Cross at the same time! This old french door has been sitting in our garage for as long as I can remember. Now that escrow has closed and...

Vegetarian recipes from The Sacramento Bee and Sacramento Connect partners.

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The last weekend push by volunteers to finish rebuilding the McKinley Playground didn’t go as planned, as triple digit temperatures caused a bit more suffering.

But, the project is on schedule.

“This was a scorcher compared to what we …

On May 18-20, our little family visited Fort Bragg, in honor of my husband Vlady’s 40th birthday. This is the fourth in a series of posts about the places we visited on our trip. If you like tide pools, you won’t be disappointed at MacKerricher...

          Posts from The Sacramento Bee and local gardening bloggers.

By Morgan Searles msearles@sacbee.com   The death Thursday of famous swimmer and movie star Esther Williams has left some fans nostalgic for the "Bathing Beauty"'s movies, but Sacramento residents can get a little closer to the Hollywood actress...

Go STAR GAZING when the sun goes down at Gibson Ranch Regional Park. Friday Bring a picnic dinner and relax during a CONCERT IN THE PARK in Folsom. Friday FREE Build Monsters University Scarers at Lowe’s BUILD AND GROW CLINIC. Saturday FREE Help REBUILD MCKINLEY PLAYGROUND and check out how far it’s coming along....

Bicyclists cross an intersection on the American River Parkway near Sunrise Boulevard on Thursday. Sacramento County is removing most of the stop signs for cyclists where the bike trail crosses vehicular access roads. Stop signs will be put up fo...