Living Here

Bee readers rhapsodize about road-trip cars

By Sam McManis - Published: Sunday, May 20 2012 - 12:00 am

With a road trip, so much depends upon your means of transportation.

Discoveries: How to get car stuck inside a giant redwood

By Sam McManis - Updated: 11:03 am

You've got to be exceedingly lactose tolerant to do this job, but even I was starting to feel a little nauseated by the cheesiness of pulling off Highway 101 merely to drive my car through a redwood tree.

Modest flows bode well for summer river rafting season

By Paul McHugh - Published: Sunday, May 20 2012 - 12:00 am

California must have some of the hardest-working water in the world. Our mountains scrape abundant snowfall out of the sky to offer a playground for skiers and snowboarders.

Central Valley Escapes

By Linda Beymer - Updated: Sunday, May 20 2012 - 12:13 am

San Francisco's portal to dreams celebrates its 75th anniversary next Sunday with a huge party that will stretch from Fort Point to Pier 39. The birthday celebration for the Golden Gate Bridge will pay tribute to the Golden Gate Fiesta of 1937, which marked the bridge's opening.

Travel Troubleshooter: Read trip policy all the way through

By Christopher Elliott - Published: Sunday, May 20 2012 - 12:00 am

I am hoping you can help me get a refund for a cruise that my husband and I booked last June with Princess Cruises. Jim, my husband, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the spring.

Carolyn Hax: Time for mom's 46-year-old 'little boy' to face facts

By Carolyn Hax - Updated: 11:02 am

Carolyn Hax answers your relationship questions. E-mail her at tellme@washpost.com.

Best cars for sightseeing

Published: Sunday, May 20 2012 - 12:00 am

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Home and Garden

Seeds: Succulents give grower his days in the sun

Merlyn Lenear is a magician with succulents. He can fit a garden into almost any "container," great or small.

Health and Fitness

Bicycle advocates chalk up successes of Bike Month

In the eight years since the "May Is Bike Month" campaign began, area cyclists have ridden millions of miles while demonstrating that bikes are, among other things, an easy solution to complex problems.

Outbound

Fishing Line: 05/10/12

AMERICAN RIVER-Flows started to drop back, to 6,000 cfs over the weekend, as Folsom reached the full mark, and flows are likely to drop more in the upcoming days and weeks.

Food and Wine

Sacramento-area Chevys add tabletop touch screens

Union City-based Chevys Fresh Mex is rolling out a digital media system that enables customers to hook up with entertainment and manage restaurant service at their tables.

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Sac Moms Club & Family

Grandfather can keep 3 young kids under court pact

The young children of Rachel Winkler, who died of stab wounds inflicted by her husband inside their Cameron Park home, will remain with their maternal grandfather, Napa artist Don Hatfield.

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