On his third beer, entering that transition between warm glow and steady buzz, Kevin O'Connell wasn't ready to leave happy hour at the Pour House, a bar on Q and 19th streets in midtown Sacramento.

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Stephanie Gularte's Hedda Gabler floats onto the shadowed stage with an otherworldly presence. Alone in a darkened living room, she snatches off sheets covering furniture, gasping quietly, and it seems she might asphyxiate at any moment. While her Hedda will not physically suffocate, the intensely desperate character might as well. In the next 24 hours, her world will close in around her, becoming an increasingly airless void.
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"Daring" isn't a word you would use very much to describe 2011's "The Hangover Part II," the disappointingly lazy, beat-for-beat rehash of the wild and wildly successful original "Hangover" from 2009.
Two interesting studies have come up over the past month on heart attacks. Scientists have found a temporary condition that can quadruple your chance of having a heart attack. Scientists have found that job stress leads to more heart attacks, but there is a treatment that can reduce job stress-related heart attacks by 50 percent.
CONTINUING through June 17 - Grief and Loss, Healing through Yoga. Participants explore their grief through the use of basic yoga postures, discussion and education
When the weather turns warm, I find myself craving the smell and taste of a great homemade burger off the grill.
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At Heritage Oak Winery of Lodi, the past isn't pickled and idly displayed, but continues to inspire, energize and contribute. The "heritage oak" itself is a tall blue oak wide enough to shade both the winery and the visitors who relax just outside the tasting room.

INTERACTIVE MAP: AMERICAN RIVER BIKE TRAIL
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Dr. Norm Klein's Rancho Cordova garden holds one of the Sacramento area's largest private collections of cactuses and succulents.

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Lisa O'Shea rides alongside her husband, Rob, on the trail off Whitelock Parkway in Elk Grove on Wednesday evening.

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Of all the services to take a hit, the upkeep of the Sacramento's vast parks system has been affected perhaps the most. That cycle of cuts now seems likely to end.

The Sacramento Bee hosts a network of high- quality news providers and bloggers in the Sacramento region. Here is a sampling of the best of the current food and dining blogs. Check out the full postings: www.sacramentoconnect. com.

DEAR KELLY: I'm in middle school and my best friend is so much prettier than I am.

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The Sacramento region is well-populated with retired and active military personnel, who happen to be well-read fans of military-centric literature and fiction.

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