Fine Art & Wine * A fundraiser for El Dorado County Habitat for Humanity, which is building its 5th local house. Join the wine and cheese reception featuring local wines; view & bid on stunning artwork to be auctioned at Holy Trinity Church in El Dorado Hills; $5; starts 6:30pm; relaxed evening -- keep your tux tucked away. EDC Habitat for Humanity provides local deserving families with a hand up (not a hand out); local volunteers help families build their homes. For tickets to the art & wine event, call 530-621-2111.
With California on edge as a heat wave threatened to worsen firefighting efforts, hundreds of people north of the state capital evacuated Tuesday after a fire shifted direction.
The first hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic storm season continued to weaken Tuesday, dropping to a Category 1 storm with 85 mph winds, the U.S. National Hurricane Center reported.
The West's fire season used to stretch from May into August or September, but now fires touch off in April or earlier, and the season sometimes stretches into October.
NBC Universal and two partners said Sunday they have reached a deal to buy The Weather Channel from Landmark Communications Inc., ending a drawn-out process.
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