Over 35 foothill wineries will offer tasting of their wines inside merchant locations on Historic Main Street in Placerville. In addition, the works of over 100 local artists will be on display for this wonderful art & wine walk.Music, art demonstrations & hors d’oeuvres, too. 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Historic Main Street, Placerville TICKETS ARE LIMITED and will are available at The Winesmith, Tony Matthews and River City Bank in Placerville, or by calling PDA. www.placerville-downtown.org For more information contact: Placerville Downtown Association (530) 672-3436
Tropical Storm Fay continued its erratic path reaching the coast Wednesday and headed for the Atlantic Ocean, where it could strengthen and curve back toward Florida ? possibly as a hurricane.
A powerful typhoon packing winds of 87 mph battered the northern Philippines with heavy rains Wednesday, closing schools and putting authorities on alert for flash floods and landslides.
The Rio Grande Valley's main highway was open to traffic again Tuesday as flooding receded following a deluge of up to 13 inches of rain across southern Texas.
Extra olives with your martini? Bartenders soon may think twice about that, with table olive prices expected to go up as California growers face their second-lightest harvest in more than a decade.
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