Oak Ridge High School will host 50 or more artists and crafters selling all your much sought after fall and winter crafts and gifts. Brought to you by the same folks who do the Annual Blue & Gold Auction. Entertainment by our Sacramento Area AwardWinning Actors, Jazz Band, Marching Band and Dicken's Carolers. Donuts, coffee, pizza and a barbeque lunch available throughout the day. 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Oak Ridge High School, 1120 Harvard Way, El Dorado Hills Free For more information contact: Lisa Hall, Theater Arts Booster Club President (916) 939-2247
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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