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Sacramento's bar-hopping cyclists risk tickets, too

By Sam McManis - Updated: 11:26 pm

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.

Theater Review: Cap Stage gives 'Hedda Gabler' a cool, classic remake

By Marcus Crowder - Published: 12:00 am

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.

Integrative Medicine: Work stress increases heart-attack risk

Updated: 11:20 pm

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.

'Hangover' darker for third, final installment

By Christy Lemire - Updated: 2:10 pm

"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.

Health calendar events

Published: 12:00 am

CONTINUING through June 17 - Grief and Loss, Healing through Yoga. Participants explore their grief through the use of basic yoga postures, discussion and education

Cabernet sauvignon has flavor to stand up to barbecued foods

By Fred Tasker - Published: Wednesday, May 22 2013 - 12:00 am

Observe the care with which the American backyard grill jockey shifts and turns that New York strip over that gas flame to give it the perfect crosshatch of grill marks, and you'll sense there's something primal going on.

Braised snapper is sure to impress

By Bonnie S. Benwick - Published: Wednesday, May 22 2013 - 12:00 am

The fish stays moist and looks lovely when presented in this light broth. To complete the meal, it would be easy to toss in a small amount of blanched fresh peas, snow peas or haricots verts.

Things to do blog

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Home and Garden

Seeds: Rancho Cordova cactus lover suffers for his plants

Dr. Norm Klein's Rancho Cordova garden holds one of the Sacramento area's largest private collections of cactuses and succulents.

Cacti collector has one of the largest assortments in the Sacramento area

Health and Fitness

Great weather for running

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

Outbound

Sacramento City Council plans to boost parks budget for first time since '07

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.

Food and Wine

Vegetarian cooking assuredly in the mainstream

Not so long ago, there was a certain image associated with being vegetarian. It usually involved Birkenstocks, lentil loaf and an agenda.

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Sac Moms Club & Family

Girl should seek boy friends, not just boyfriends

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

Books and Media

Between the Lines: Book titles in honor of the military

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.