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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Recipe: Lava Rock shrimp cocktail

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May 14, 2013
Recipe: Lava Rock shrimp cocktail

"Lava Rock Shrimp Cocktail"Serves 2 generously This knockout shrimp cocktail is another Guy Fieri favorite at Johnny Garlic's. The bright-red chili threads and odd-looking lotus root slices (the eye-catching garnish with holes) make for a dra...

Surge on final climb puts Acevedo in lead

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May 13, 2013
Surge on final climb puts Acevedo in lead

Rodrigo Pena Associated Press The peloton closes in on the leaders in Palm Springs during the Tour of California's second stage, which began in Murrieta. PALM SPRINGS – Javier Acevedo of Colombia bolted to the front with about 700 yards left...

Napa’s BottleRock music festival goes down smoothly

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May 13, 2013
Napa’s BottleRock music festival goes down smoothly

BottleRock attendees have a tumble of fun, above, with Primus on the stage Thursday.NAPA – Like a glass of fine cabernet sauvignon, the first vintage of the BottleRock Napa Valley music festival went down smoothly, with minimal complaints ab...

Napa’s BottleRock festival draws 120,000 in north state’s answer to Coachella

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May 13, 2013
Napa’s BottleRock festival draws 120,000 in north state’s answer to Coachella

Debra McCormick of Wilmington, North Carolina enjoys the musical performance of ALO during the Bottle Rock festival at the Napa Valley Expo on May 9, 2013 in Napa, Calif. NAPA - Like a glass of fine cabernet sauvignon, the first vintage of the Bo...

Dutch rider wins opening Amgen stage

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May 12, 2013
Dutch rider wins opening Amgen stage

ESCONDIDO – Lieuwe Westra of the Netherlands easily outsprinted Spanaird Francisco Mancebo to claim the sweltering and hilly Stage 1, and assumed the overall race lead on Sunday in the Amgen Tour of California. Westra, an eight-year pro who cl...

Theatrical performance to benefit Galt libraries

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May 12, 2013

Galt residents are taking on the road an effort to keep their school libraries open. A benefit production of "Julia Child says 'Bon Appetit!' " will be performed at 6 p.m. today at the Hutchins Street Square theater in Lodi. Actress Linda Kenyo...

Between the Lines: Area writer sponsors

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May 11, 2013

Sometimes the power of the written word to do a good deed is impressive, as in: For the ninth year, best-selling romantic-suspense writer Brenda Novak of Carmichael is sponsoring her online auction benefiting diabetes research. It was inspired when her...

Davis’ Eileen Rendahl writes to entertain in three genres

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May 11, 2013
Davis’ Eileen Rendahl writes to entertain in three genres

Author Eileen Rendahl of Davis writes in several distinctive genres. "I've always wanted to be entertaining," she said.Most authors specialize in one genre, but not Davis-based novelist Eileen Rendahl. Her 10-title bibliography consists of ...

Seeds: For Mother’s Day, think locally for flower gifts

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May 10, 2013
Seeds: For Mother’s Day, think locally for flower gifts

Flower artist-author, Debra PrinzingDebra Prinzing has a message for Mother's Day: Go slow. The mother of the "Slow Flower" movement, Prinzing is making a personal crusade to encourage people to think about floral purchases the same way they...

Ira Glass will tell stories on himself at Mondavi Center event

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May 9, 2013
Ira Glass will tell stories on himself at Mondavi Center event

Ira Glass of public radio's "This American Life" will get a grilling by author Daniel Handler of "Lemony Snicket" fame.Interviewing Ira Glass is like listening to him on the radio, only better. Glass' voice on the phone from his New York of...