Placerville Speedway
This is Opening Night for this season. There are races every Saturday
of each month. So bring out the family and friends to the speedway to
have a nice evening of fun. Call for more details about the races each
month. Pits Open: 3:00 p.m., Gates Open: 5:00 p.m., and Qualifying:
6:30 p.m. Placerville Speedway at 100 Placerville Drive. Ticket prices are Adults $16.00, Juniors $11.00 and Children $4.00. www.placervillespeedway.com For more information contact: Placerville Speedway (530) 626-3680
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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