From Friday, November 4 2005 - 9:00am To Sunday, November 6 2005 - 4:00pm Every day
Holiday craft show Nov. 04 -5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.; Nov 05 - 9:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 6 - 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Mother Lode Lions Hall, 4701 Missouri Flat Road, Diamond Springs Free
For more information contact: Rosemary Simmons (530) 621-1621
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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