Corrections

Published: Saturday, June 27 2009 - 12:00 am

• An In Brief item on Page B8 of Wednesday's Bee about SureWest Communications and free Internet speed upgrades should have specified that only Sacramento-area customers with fiber-optic connections will receive the upgrades.

Setting it straight

Published: Wednesday, June 24 2009 - 12:00 am

• A list of resources for seniors on Page D1 on June 16 included an incorrect phone number for the Davis Senior Center. It is (530) 757-5696.

Setting it straight

Published: Sunday, June 21 2009 - 12:00 am

In a commentary by Jim Jones on water and farming in the June 14 Forum, the author misstated the number of acres devoted to cotton farming in California and recent trends involving cotton farming. While no official numbers are available for 2008, industry sources report that about 300,000 acres were devoted to cotton, not the 800,000 reported in the article. The number of acres on which cotton is grown in California has been going down in recent years, not up.

Setting it straight

Published: Saturday, June 20 2009 - 12:00 am

• An obituary about Sacramento developer George K. Tsakopoulos on Page B1 Wednesday incorrectly reported one of his early projects, a high-rise apartment building, was at 10th and E streets. The building, which he later sold to the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency, is the Washington Plaza apartments near 13th and E streets.

Setting it straight

Published: Friday, June 19 2009 - 12:00 am

• "Seven things to do this weekend" on page 4 of today's preprinted Ticket section included an item about Bret Michaels' concert on Saturday at Cache Creek. The concert was canceled after the section was printed and was rescheduled for Dec. 5. Tickets for Saturday's performance will be honored then.

Setting it straight

Published: Wednesday, June 17 2009 - 12:00 am

• Because of incorrect information provided by the UCLA Anderson Forecast, a story on Page B8 Tuesday reported that 60,000 state workers would lose their jobs as a result of recession in California. The figure is the predicted loss of all public-sector jobs funded by the state budget, which includes positions in state and local government and education.

Setting it straight

Published: Friday, June 12 2009 - 12:00 am

• Because of incorrect information supplied to The Bee, a story about Forever 21 on Page B8 Thursday incorrectly reported that the retailer won U.S. Bankruptcy Court approval to take over the Gottschalks locations at Country Club Plaza in Sacramento and University Mall in Davis. Forever 21 withdrew its application for Country Club Plaza and is still negotiating with the Davis mall owners.

Setting it straight

Published: Wednesday, June 10 2009 - 12:00 am

• In a story about funding for arts groups on Page D1 Monday, the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission was erroneously referred to as Sacramento Municipal Arts Commission.

Setting it straight

Published: Saturday, June 6 2009 - 12:00 am

• A chart on page A20 Friday accompanying a story about reducing state bureaucracy erroneously included the word "percent" when describing the share of the state deficit for various state expenses. Shown as a percentage, the decimal point on each number would have to be moved two numbers to the right.

Setting it straight

Published: Friday, June 5 2009 - 12:00 am

• A story about Sacramento grocer Darrell Corti on Page D1 Wednesday misspelled the first name of Corti Brothers store director Rick Minderman and included an incorrect Spanish-language acronym for the Chilean Economic Development Agency (CORFO).

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