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Concert goers tour the views from amateur telescopes set up outside Lick Observatory near the peak of Mt.

BLESSED with views of the ocean and the Santa Monica Mountains, Pacific Palisades evokes for many the stereotypical California dream.

"The Fox," Bakersfield classic rock radio station KDFO-FM, returns Friday to its previous frequency - 98.5 megahertz - as part of a switch with sister station KBKO-FM, "Bakersfield Country," which may soon sell ...

TODAY, June 18, is World Refugee Day , a day that has special significance for Nancy Avila.

AT&T Inc. has rolled out a new encryption service for businesses that will help offices secure e-mail and data sent out by employees.

Published 12:00 am PDT Thursday, May 22, 2008 Story appeared in El DORADO FOLSOM RANCHO CORDO section, Page G3 Gold prospecting equipment was targeted in two thefts reported recently to the El Dorado County ...

Gold prospecting equipment was targeted in two recent thefts reported to the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office. via Sacramento Bee

This year's high-performance headlines are all about Nissan 's gigantus GTR, a two-ton nuke lobbed at Newton's laws of physics. via Motor Trend

“He will open and close each segment. Then we will have a field correspondent”

Last Updated 10:00 am PDT Tuesday, April 22, 2008 The producers of the Discovery Channel's "Deadliest Catch" are helping El Dorado County promote the county's natural, historical, cultural and agricultural ... via Sacramento Bee Newspaper

With its U.S. market launch barely passing into its rearview mirrors, Tesla Motors has confirmed to Financial Times that the company is planning to sell its Roadster model in Europe with a base price of around ... via Motor Trend

“OSGi allows modules of Java classes to be loaded on demand”

IBM's Lotus Expeditor, which developers can use to create collaborative, desktop-style applications for client and mobile devices, is inside Sprint Nextel's Titan platform for most of its smartphones running ... via Infoworld

“We are very pleased with customer reaction to Fresh & Easy, which is growing rapidly”

A Piper Jaffray analyst says Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market , the chain of supermarkets in the United States owned by British giant Tesco plc , is failing to attract shoppers and has missed its early sales ... via Sacramento Business Journal

“It's usually quite surprising to people outside the Chinese community, and even to Chinese who came to the U.S. in the recent past, to learn of the experiences of Chinese immigrants during the 'exclusion period.'”

SWORDSMANSHIP in ancient China; art and the Tao of Chinese healing; a girl growing up in old China; Chinese immigrants' stories of coming to the United States: These are some of the topics to be taken up next ... via Inside Bay Area

“That is silly. But I am new here and homesick, and this was like touching home in a faraway place.”

I visited the much-talked-about Chinese garden at the Huntington in San Marino not long ago and wasn't at all surprised to see that the first phase of this new attraction was pretty much what can be expected ... via Daily Breeze

“You can't turn your back on them, not if you're human at all.”

David Jacobson doesn't look so good on paper. And there's a lot of it considering his lengthy criminal record, mostly for commercial burglaries. via Bakersfield Californian

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Detroit Electric hired Albert Lam, a former CEO of Lotus Engineering , as its CEO. via San Francisco Business Times

BLVD BLVD is at the forefront of the San Francisco DJ and electronic movement. Tapping into the flourishing house and breaks music scene with their unique sound and high energy live performances, they have been ... via Tahoe World

“And this is with staffs of trained engineers, processes, plants and suppliers already in place.”

ZAP plans to begin building the Alias, a three-wheeled electric sports car, in mid-2009. The company says the car will have 320 horsepower and do 0-to-60 in 5.7 seconds. via Wired News

'What's this island called again?" called out Jim Folsom, the director of the Botanical Gardens at the Huntington. via Pasadena Star-News