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LifeHouse Theater's musical adaptation of "Treasure Island," 2:15 p.m. at the theater at 1135 N. Church St., Redlands.

Author, consultant will give lecture at Art Institute event Alexander Manu, the author of "The Imagination Challenge: Strategic Foresight and Innovation in the Global Economy," will present a lecture Monday at ...

The Stater Bros. Route 66 Rendezvous needs your help. To be held Sept. 18-21, the annual classic-car show needs volunteers.

LifeHouse Theater presents a musical adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island" June 21 through July 20.

A firefighters' blue-ribbon task force created by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2004 - and revived last year after devastating blazes - pleaded with the governor and lawmakers Thursday to "get real" about the ...

The architectural styles that adorn Tulare County are as rich and as plentiful as gingerbread on a Victorian.

LifeHouse Theater presents a musical adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island" June 21 through July 20.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger recently announced seven appointments to the Redwood Empire Fair Board.

The other day we were sipping iced tea and wondering what we, humble Distractions, could do to make your dog days of summer just a wee bit less, well, doggish.

GEORGIA FOLLOWS THE EXAMPLE OF AZERBAIJAN IN APPROPRIATION OF THE CULTURAL HERITAGE PanARMENIAN.Net 07.06.2008 GMT+04:00 After the attempts of "Georgianizing" the Church Norashen, Tbilisi has decided to ...

MAN HURT IN MOBILE HOME FIRE: An Empire man was taken to Memorial Medical Center with first- and second-degree burns to the face and hands after his mobile home went up in flames Sunday.

CYCLIST STRUCK BY CAR: Modestan Diana Smith, 38, was taken to Doctors Medical Center on Friday after her bicycle was hit by an unidentified driver in a white Chevrolet shortly after 1 p.m. Police said Smith was ...

Redwood Reliance Peterbilt of Cotati changed its name to Peterbilt of Northern California.

Starting at 9 a.m. flowers will be dropped into Tuolumne River in memory of military personnel lost at sea.

Firefighters are battling a wind-whipped grass fire near Knights Ferry. A CalFire helicopter was dropping fire retardant on the flames.

More Stanislaus County schools earned a top rank this year when compared with public schools statewide and with groups of schools with matching student populations and educational opportunities.

Author to discuss book on American empire John Perkins, author of "The Secret History of the American Empire" and "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man," is guest speaker at the Commonwealth Club on June 3. ... via SFGate

“It hurts, but you have to make cutbacks somewhere”

Fewer library hours would be cut and more employees would keep their jobs under a revised plan for dealing with the Stanislaus County library system's financial troubles. via The Modesto Bee

ARREST IN COLD CASE: Stanislaus County sheriff's detectives arrested a Modesto man suspected of shooting a San Jose man several times at point-blank range nine years ago. via The Modesto Bee

“I don't want people to forget. This is the bare minimum of what we can do”

It's the same for them all. Same duty to serve and protect. Same reverence for those who have fallen. via San Bernardino County Sun