Friends in Travel of Sacramento is organizing a group for a Saturday cruise aboard the USS Potomac, a yacht commissioned in 1934 and once known as the "floating White House." The cruise will pass under the Golden Gate, Richmond/San Rafael and Bay bridges. Pickup will be in the College Greens area. The $98 per person cost includes lunch. Information: (916) 207-9691. Docent Dan Strohl ...

Cycling News Roundup - 4 July 2008 Teams In Brest - Lampre, Barloworld... New jerseys: Columbia & Garmin, Tour of Austria Squads, Robbie Hunter Becomes Father, NAS-TRACK, Carrera de San Rafael, 15th Iron Bike Mtn. Bike Tour, Win Cancellara's Saddle and more...

We're back after a few weeks out to have a new right knee installed. Once again we'll be updating the entertainment picture for Carson City and Lake Tahoe, plus Reno and who knows where else.

Many Berkeley residents hate war, and are tree-lovers, but still fall into recycled passions for what seems ecological. Daily Planet readers, please remember: Installing solar panels and manufacturing “green” cars and buildings can be less ecological than retaining structures.

Buddy Guy's new lp, Skin Deep, comprised of all original material and including fellow guitar luminaries Eric Clapton, Robert Randolph, Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, will be released on July 22

Hosted by Los Lonely Boys who are joined by coheadliners Los Lobos, The Brotherhood Tour will stop in cities across the United States

Reports of its death having been greatly exaggerated, Rich-mond’s Point Molate casino is not only alive—it’s being fast-tracked by state and federal agencies.

JOCELYN KIRSCH, the 22-year-old former Drexel student under house arrest somewhere in Philadelphia, had a court hearing Monday in San Rafael, Calif.