Herald News

When I was growing up in Chicago, there were four daily newspapers: the Chicago Herald-American, the Chicago Daily News, the Chicago Tribune, and the Chicago Sun-Times. The first two went under years ago, and the other two are bankrupt.

Even those of us fortunate enough to still have a good job and a nice place to call home have been affected by the economic challenges of the past 10 months.

'It's not just a renovation ? it's a new hotel': New Hotel Abrego includes restaurant, meeting room Jul.

Firefighters are letting a large fire burn itself out in Herald. The fire is burning at a ranch at Twin Cities Road and Clay Station Road near Herald.

Fire investigators said they are looking into a suspicious barn fire Sunday. The fire started in Herald in Sacramento County at about 2:25 a.m. No one was hurt, but firefighters said the hay in that barn may burn for the next three days.

June 25, 2009 As billions more to cuts in public education are proposed, including cutting $1.4 billion from a school year that has already ended, the Education Coalition is calling for the Legislature to enact a comprehensive budget solution and supports provisions repaying schools the funding they are owed under Prop.

No watercups are available at the Springs Road McDonald's, due to pilferage at the soda fountain by people getting water cups, then helping themselves to unpaid-for soft drinks.

A North Dakota woman accused of breast-feeding her 6-week-old baby while drunk has pleaded guilty to child neglect.

A teenage girl who balked at paying for a set of inch-long, pumpkin-orange fake fingernails in a dispute at a Mount Vernon nail salon said a nail technician grabbed her and tried to pry the nails off.

Dan Mandel is asking the Vallejo Chamber of Commerce to help him investigate a hit-and-run incident at his business on Sonoma Boulevard.

The Monterey County Herald, Calif. Middle Jun. 19--A fire investigator says the cause of Wednesday's blaze near Castroville, which destroyed a barn and burned about 10 acres, may not be known until next week.

The Monterey County Herald, Calif. Middle Jun. 18--An unidentified man suffered burns to his body after fire erupted inside a barn, sparking a 10-acre wildfire northeast of Castroville on Wednesday.

Vallejo's top cop says the city's most basic crime-fighting needs call for at least four more police officers than would be on duty if proposed departmental layoffs are approved.

Sgt. Jason Roberts met his best friend in a war zone. Roberts joined the Army in 2004 and was supposed to be discharged next month but he reinlisted and was redeployed with his Special Forces Airborne unit to Afghanistan.

Hogan High School co-valedictorians are Keziah Pagtakhan, left, and Jonathan Bartlett.

Business is down 30% from last year, according to Frank Havies, manager of Happy Trails RV A dealership in Grand Prairie, Alberta.

The Monterey County Herald, Calif. Middle Jun. 8--A car was driven onto the bike path west of Natividad Creek Park in Salinas and apparently set afire Sunday morning.

To help reduce the number of summer deaths of teen drivers, AAA Northern California is offering a new package of tools.

The Northern California Soap Box Derby will be held Sunday on Santa Clara Street near City Hall.

California lawmakers just don't get it! The recent rejection of the various propositions by California voters was an obvious message to our state lawmakers that tax increases are not the answer to our current fiscal problems.