American River Conservancy offers Peyote Stitch Class
Native American descendant Nancy Babb offers an introductory bead stitch workshop. She will teach you all you need to know to learn to stitch your own creative works with beads 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. American River Conservancy Nature Center, 348 Highway 49, Coloma American River Conservancy members $3 per person, non-members $5.00, and pre-registration is required. For more information contact: contact, (530) 621-1224
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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