Blues skies and spring-like temperatures made for ideal conditions for tackling long-stalled home and garden projects, nonetheless area residents by the thousands – at least temporarily – abandoned household chores Sunday to ogle at the possibilities.
Posts from ‘January, 2010’
Beyonce, Taylor Swift split Grammy triumphs
Beyoncé and Taylor Swift waged a fierce and fearless battle for supremacy at the 52nd Grammy Awards in Los Angeles — and both emerged victorious. SLIDESHOW: Grammy Awards red carpet fashion, show highlights
Squaw’s Rescue Dog Team to Olympics in Vancouver
Wylee is going to the Winter Games. The 2-year-old border collie is a member of the Squaw Valley Ski Patrol Avalanche Rescue Dog Team that has been invited to provide assistance at the Olympics in Vancouver beginning next month. The team based at the resort near Lake Tahoe is the only one in the United States to receive such an invitation.
Teen on solo sail around globe to stop in Mexico
A 16-year-old Southern California girl on a mission to become the youngest person to sail around the world alone says she is taking a pit stop in Mexico to deal with an electricity problem. On her blog, Abby Sunderland of Thousand Oaks wrote Saturday she’s headed for Cabo San Lucas to add a “new battery or two” because solar panels and wind generators aren’t keeping up with her energy needs. Sunderland says she’ll restart the solo sail in her 40-foot craft called Wild Eyes as soon as possible.
Berkeley woman dies after being swept out to sea
Pacifica police say a Berkeley woman has died after being swept out to sea while walking along a beach. Police say 37-year-old Amy Kellen Nicholson walking near the surf line when a wave knocked her down around 2:30 p.m. Saturday
Sacto 9-1-1: Man, 18, booked into jail in North Sacramento homicide case
An 18-year-old man was in custody this morning in connection with the shooting death of Mathew Maurizzio, who was found lying in the front yard of a residence near Dixieanne Avenue and Cambridge Street in North Sacramento last week.
Apple’s own approach to iPad e-books could confuse
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San Diego selling police horses
The city of San Diego says it will sell its seven police horses via an online auction as a way to help balance its budget. The horse unit, started in 1983, is disbanding, and the officers have been assigned to other units.
Sacramento man who died in fire is identified today
The victim of a fatal fire in a Sacramento fourplex Saturday night has been identified as 51-year-old Marco Luethi of Sacramento, the Sacramento County Coroner’s office reported today. Neighbors aid they heard Luethi calling for help from inside his upstairs apartment in the 900 block of Carro Drive, but attempts to rescue him were unsuccessful.
