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From blog to cookbook as a remedy for inexpensive cooking

By Debbie Arrington - Updated: 3:30 pm

For years, Caroline Wright amazed her 20-something friends. She could whip up a great, healthy, delicious and innovative meal in minutes – on an incredibly tight budget.

Teen Talk: Having 'the talk' with his father is important -- for many reasons

Published: 12:00 am

DEAR KELLY: I'm a guy and just finishing middle school, and I keep hearing my mom tell my dad he needs to have "the talk" with me. I think (almost positive) they are talking about sex.

Carolyn Hax: She wants to talk about boyfriend’s anxiety issues

Published: 12:00 am

DEAR CAROLYN: How do you tell someone you love that you think they might have a psychiatric issue that needs to be addressed?

Sacramento motorcycle club rides into its second century

By Debbie Arrington - Updated: 9:57 am

Their wheels keep on turning. One century after its incorporation, the Capital City Motorcycle Club continues to celebrate the freedom of the open road and the joy of riding.

Capital Motorcycle Club Prepares for Centennial

California islands: The bird paradise of the Farallons

By Sam McManis - Updated: 11:53 am

The Salty Lady pitched and rolled, reared up to unsettling verticality and slammed down with a percussive thud. Again and again, literally ad nauseam, the boat was tossed by 30-knot winds and the rhythmic swelling of the waves, the Pacific anything but on this day.

Escapes: Paddle in Oregon by starlightEscapes: Moonlight canoe cruises on Oregon's Cascade Lakes

Published: Sunday, June 16 2013 - 12:00 am

Here's something to do if you find yourself in central Oregon this week: Dip a paddle into dark waters and drift under stars. Wanderlust Tours is hosting a series of moonlight canoe tours Thursday through June 23 from 8 p.m. to midnight on the Cascade Lakes.

Postcards from readers: Fine view worth the walk

Updated: 3:35 pm

Recently my wife and I returned from Granada, Spain, where we visited our son and his family for two weeks. We walked and walked all over the cit

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Home and Garden

Seeds: Straw bale gardens take shape

We're making hay with straw bale gardens.

Health and Fitness

Father, daughters end up with something in common: rowing

Retired federal magistrate judge Peter Nowinski was on a seemingly impetuous mission to prove he was still scull-worthy. But he wasn't just doing it for himself. He thought doing so would motivate two of his six children, daughters Clara and Agatha Nowinski.

Outbound

Fishing Line: Week of June 12, 2013

Bass are schooling up bait in the mouths of the smaller bays and pockets, so use your electronics and then yo-yo a LV500 in Aurora Brown for some quality smallmouth bass.

Food and Wine

From blog to cookbook as a remedy for inexpensive cooking

For years, Caroline Wright amazed her 20-something friends. She could whip up a great, healthy, delicious and innovative meal in minutes – on an incredibly tight budget.

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Teen Talk: Having 'the talk' with his father is important -- for many reasons

DEAR KELLY: I'm a guy and just finishing middle school, and I keep hearing my mom tell my dad he needs to have "the talk" with me. I think (almost positive) they are talking about sex.

Books and Media

KCRA, KUVS among region Emmy winners

Sacramento television station Channel 3 (KCRA) was presented the regional Emmy award for news excellence over the weekend.