The Sacramento Bee

The Sacramento Bee Founded in 1857, The Sacramento Bee is the flagship of the 30 daily and almost 50 non-daily newspapers owned by The McClatchy Company. The third-largest newspaper corporation in the country in terms of circulation, McClatchy prints more than 3.2 million papers each day, read by millions more all over the world via a covey of Web sites on the Internet. On February 3, 2007, The McClatchy Company and The Sacramento Bee celebrated their 150th Anniversary. Over the years, McClatchy-owned papers have won hundreds of journalism awards, including 73 Pulitzer Prizes. Of that number, 15 have been coveted Gold Medals for Public Service. The Sacramento Bee is the flagship newspaper of the McClatchy Co . and the largest paper in the region. Its location at 2100 Q St. was once the Buffalo Brewery and its namesake "Scoopy" was designed by Walt Disney. It was awarded its first Pulitzer Prize in 1935 for Public Service. Since that time, The Bee has won numerous awards, including four more Pulitzer Prizes, the most recent for feature photography in 2007. The Bee's circulation area covers the Northern Sacramento Valley and surrounding areas: south to Stockton, north to Redding, east to Reno and west to the San Francisco Bay Area. The Bee is available seven days a week both in print and online (e-edition). Read more: http://guide.sacbee.com/2006/12/04/3/history.html

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Sacramento Music Festival still striving to grow beyond Dixieland jazz roots

Sacramento Music Festival still striving to grow beyond Dixieland jazz roots

Neil Hillel plunges into his role as Capt. Rufus T. Whizbang as he leads the Ophir Prison Marching Kazoo Band during the 40th annual Sacramento Music Festival parade in Old Sacramento on Saturday.While some acts performed Friday, a blessing of wa...

‘Tiger Babies’ answers the Tiger Mother

‘Tiger Babies’ answers the Tiger Mother

Tiger Babies Strike Back: How I Was Raised by a Tiger Mom but Could Not Be Turned to the Dark Side One of the most controversial titles of 2011 was "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" by Amy Chua, a Yale University law professor who has said her b...

Writers find community in workshops like SummerWords

Writers find community in workshops like SummerWords

T.C. Boyle will appear for SummerWorks on Friday at the Crest.Writers take their craft-related cues from other writers, but when it comes to sitting down and banging on the keyboard, they work alone. Few other professions are as self-guided, soli...

Seeds: Straw bale gardening catches on because of ease

Seeds: Straw bale gardening catches on because of ease

Author and straw bale gardener Joel Karsten picks a tomato from one of his bales. The green T-post at front left is connected to another, a few bales away, via wires to which growing, rising vegetable plants can be tied and steadied.The hardest ...

Four days of beats, loops and synths at Sacramento Electronic Music Festival

Four days of beats, loops and synths at Sacramento Electronic Music Festival

Young Aundee (Andy Southard) will perform May 31 at Assembly as part of the Sacramento Electronic Music Festival.Clay Nutting and Adam Saake put in long hours at their bustling midtown restaurants LowBrau and the Golden Bear. Again they found the...

Mel Shields: A ‘White Rabbit’ weekend of psychedelic tunes at Tahoe

Mel Shields: A ‘White Rabbit’ weekend of psychedelic tunes at Tahoe

Original Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship guitarist Paul Kantner, right, leads Jefferson Starship into Harrah's Tahoe on Sunday.Memorial Day weekend has always marked the beginning of what is known as "the season" in resorts around the count...

On Sale: new and continuing ticket sales

ON SALE TODAY Dr. John, Sept. 21, Uptown Theatre, Napa ON SALE TUESDAY Disney Junior Live On Tour! Pirate and Princess Adventure, Sept. 15, Stockton Arena CONTINUING All-Stars Tour with Every Time I Die, Chelsea Grin, Veil of Maya,...

The Mailbox: Teri Watson

Pea salad recipe I need your help. In 1968, I received a pea salad recipe from a woman I knew in the military when my husband was stationed at Castle AFB in Merced. I have lost the recipe and am hoping someone else has it. The only things I can rem...

Recipe: Mushroom, pepper and onion quesadillas

Recipe: Mushroom, pepper and onion quesadillas

Just 2 ounces of full-fat cheese is the secret to making this flavorful mushroom, pepper and onion quesadilla.At heart, a quesadilla is pretty much a Mexican grilled cheese. Take a tortilla, stuff it with something savory, add some cheese, fold i...

Recipe: Quick-braised snapper in cilantro broth

Recipe: Quick-braised snapper in cilantro broth

Quick-braised snapper in cilantro broth is easy to make and looks good, too.The fish stays moist and looks lovely when presented in this light broth. To complete the meal, it would be easy to toss in a small amount of blanched fresh peas, snow pe...