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The problem is the solution. That sums up a sampling of local economic views on the current financial emergency, which has seen the Dow Jones Industrial Average lose over a quarter of its value in just three weeks, a tightening of credit markets and ...

Bret Harte High School completed a 2-0 week in girls' golf with a 245-312 non-league victory over Sacramento High at par-36 Greenhorn Creek in Angels Camp on Thursday. Kirsten Locke shot a 4-over-par 40 for the Bullfrogs, while Nancy Smith shot 47 ...

Four famous Navajo Code Talkers who served in World War II were special guests at the weekend's 42nd annual Tuolumne Me-Wuk Rancheria Acorn Festival. Keith Little, Bill Toledo, Samuel Tso and Albert Smith all were teenagers when the United States ...

LIVINGSTON -- In what has become a planning saga, Livingston's City Council unanimously postponed voting on aspects of a controversial master plan that projects the city's population will grow by more than 100,000 in the next 20 years. The council ...

YOSEMITE, CA -- 10/08/08 -- Evergreen Lodge announces the return of its popular Christmas week and New Year's holiday packages. Guests heading to the historic lodge to experience Yosemite's December majesty will enjoy the family atmosphere and ...

You know times are tough when the people hired to get you a job are nearly out of work themselves. That's the case with Mother Lode Job Training, which was pushed to the breaking point by the historic state budget delay. The consortium's executive ...

The first annual “Ride to Remember,” a charity poker run benefitting the UCSF Fresno Alzheimer’s & Memory Center (AMC), will be held Saturday, September 20. The event increases awareness of dementia and raises funds for the UCSF Fresno ...

Most amateur comedy adheres to certain recognizable themes. There's the overbearing mother joke. The what-not-to-say-during-sex joke. The joke parodies of various dialects or foreign accents. The Passover jokes. The miscegenation jokes. The jokes ...

Last spring, I whined to my college-age daughter, "I just want to run away to the mountains. I need a little adventure in my life." That evening, the phone rang. It was my old friend Virginia Wessels. "We're in. Denise just got the call. We're going ...