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Sacramento Music Festival aims for turnaround

By Edward Ortiz - Published: 12:00 am

Welcome the Sacramento Music Festival, and say goodbye to the Sacramento Jazz Festival and Jubilee.

Q&A: Dr. Ernie Bodai, on global breast cancer stamp, Proposition 29

By Claudia Buck - Published: 12:00 am

Dr. Ernie Bodai's pace is unrelenting. At 61, the Hungarian-born surgeon is actively promoting his global breast cancer stamp, campaigning for a tobacco tax on the June ballot and still treating patients as director of Kaiser Permanente's breast surgical services. We caught up with him by phone to talk about cancer developments. Here's an excerpt:

Job Front: Returning to former job is sometimes best option

By Darrell Smith - Published: 12:00 am

Sometimes the best opportunity is going back to work with your former boss.

Court-bound housing meltdown is stark at Plumas Lake

By Hudson Sangree - Published: 12:00 am

At the height of the housing bubble, Plumas Lake seemed like a good deal to buyers willing to trade a long commute for a big house.

Median home sale price up a bit in Sacramento County

PRIDES OF THE PACIFIC

Published: 12:00 am

Cultures colorfully swirled together Sunday at the Pacific Rim Street Fest in Old Sacramento and nearby Downtown Plaza. In its 20th year, the event brought together people from more than 15 Asian cultures. Attendance figures weren't available, but an estimated 25,000 took part last year. It wasn't hard to find folks who might be interested in the festival – Sacramento has the country's 12th-largest Asian American population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Ride to help HIV/AIDS groups raises $300,000

By Loretta Kalb - Published: 12:00 am

Participants in this year's NorCal AIDS Cycle, a 330-mile bike ride to benefit HIV/AIDS organizations, raised $300,000, a spokeswoman said Sunday.

She holds nurturing of poetry in her heart

By Manny Crisostomo - Updated: 12:12 am

Rebecca Morrison happily surveys the audience listening to poet Justin Desmangles and bassist Harley White Jr. perform under redwood trees near Putah Creek at the UC Davis Arboretum.

THIS WEEK

Published: 12:00 am

Memorial Day events to honor war dead

ON THE MOVE

Published: 12:00 am

The California Health Benefit Exchange in Sacramento has named Juli Baker as chief technology officer and Michael McCluer as chief financial officer.

THIS WEEK

Memorial Day events to honor war dead

CRIME MAPPER: See crimes reported in your area

GALLERY: The region's most wanted fugitives

GALLERY: Local inmates serving time on death row

Faces of Our Region

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Manny Crisostomo / The Sacramento Bee

Jessie Chambers rolls out a shopping cart full of food for a client at the Food Locker she started at St. Vincent de Paul Society of Roseville nearly 40 years ago. The chipper 85-year-old was recently honored for a lifetime of work with numerous charities, including St. Vincent de Paul Society of Roseville and Sutter Roseville.
Manny Crisostomo / The Sacramento Bee

Jessie Chambers helps a client with her food voucher at the Food Locker she started at St. Vincent de Paul Society of Roseville nearly 40 years ago. The chipper 85-year-old was recently honored for a lifetime of work with numerous charities, including St. Vincent de Paul Society of Roseville and Sutter Roseville.
Manny Crisostomo / The Sacramento Bee

Jessie Chambers rolls out a shopping cart full of food for a client at the Food Locker she started at St. Vincent de Paul Society of Roseville nearly 40 years ago. The chipper 85-year-old was recently honored for a lifetime of work with numerous charities, including St. Vincent de Paul Society of Roseville and Sutter Roseville.
Manny Crisostomo / The Sacramento Bee

Jessie Chambers started the Food Bank at St. Vincent de Paul Society of Roseville nearly 40 years ago. The chipper 84-year-old was recently honored for a lifetime of work with numerous charities, including St. Vincent de Paul Society of Roseville and Sutter Roseville.
Manny Crisostomo / The Sacramento Bee

Jessie Chambers at the Food Locker she started at St. Vincent de Paul Society of Roseville nearly 40 years ago. The chipper 85-year-old was recently honored for a lifetime of work with numerous charities, including St. Vincent de Paul Society of Roseville and Sutter Roseville.

Back-Seat Driver

Time to gas up, hit the beach

Memorial Day weekend is ahead, and that means it's summer driving season.

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Courts/Legal News

Health care

Real Estate

Court-bound housing meltdown is stark at Plumas Lake - 12:00 am
Median home sale price up a bit in Sacramento County - May 18
Foreclosures decline for California, capital area - May 17

Transportation

Time to gas up, hit the beach - 1:17 pm
Bicycle advocates chalk up successes of Bike Month - May 17
Cell phone tickets written in April in California up 5,000 - May 16

Drug deal was a prelude to 19-year-old's killing, Elk Grove police say

Late Wednesday, Elk Grove police traveled to rural Stanislaus County to arrest a drug dealer they suspect of shooting a 19-year-old man in the head outside a record store Sunday night.