Concord (Contra Costa, California)

The Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater in downtown Los Angeles will announce its lineup for the first half of 2011 Thursday. The roster, featuring the usual mix of theater, art, music and film, will include programs dedicated to artist-composer George......

It's time for the main event and tonight's Open Division state bowl game should be a classic between two undefeated Catholic schools. Representing Southern California is Anaheim Servite, the Southern Section Pac-5 Division champion. The Friars (14-0) have...

Let the celebration begin... The final seconds have ticked off the clock and Folsom players are taking turns hydroplaning on the slick, rain-drenched field at Home Deport Center after their impressive 48-20 romp over Gardena Serra in the Division II......

Hecla: The memorial service for Floyd W. Mertz of Hecla, SD, will be held on Monday, April 18, 2011, at 11 a.m. at the United Methodist Church, Hecla, SD, with Pastor Nancy Manning officiating. There will be a prayer service on Sunday at 7 p.m. also...

Passover preparation can be an arduous task. You clean the house, get rid of leavened foods, bring out the right china, cook a Seder dinner — and shop for kosher wine. "Jews are required to drink wine on Passover, even if they don't like wine and...

Ellendale, N.D.: Marsha M. Beckius, 57, of Ellendale, N.D., was born June 9, 1953, at Ellendale Hospital, Ellendale, N.D. She was the daughter of Verland and Nadine (Jury) Zinter. In 1971, Marsha graduated from high school in Farmington, Minn. Due to...

As a sophomore at Monte Vista High School in Danville, Calif., Brett Zorich was a record-setting track star who left rivals in her dust. Ultimately, however, her fiercest opponent turned out to be herself. While experiencing a 5-inch growth spurt at 15,...

The bombs erupted along Pier No. 1, thousands of them, about 30 miles northeast of San Francisco. And 66 years later, you can still spot a few twisted hunks of metal near water's edge, an American flag snapping in the wind overhead. This is Port...

LOS ANGELES -- An investigation is underway after a man was found shot to death inside a pickup in downtown Los Angeles. An officer found the body just before 6 a.m. inside the pickup, which was parked on East Pico Blvd. near Concord Street. Early...

The preliminary round is over, and the judges are deliberating on who will move on to the final round of the beard and mustache competition, so I'm taking the opportunity to post some video from the pre-competition procession to the......

Although we've already mentioned a few of the finalists who came within a whisker or two of bearded and mustachioed glory at the inaugural Beard Team USA National Beard & Moustache Championships held in Bend, Ore., last weekend, we're including......

Table grapes are readily available year-round at supermarkets, and if you're just looking for a juicy, healthy snack, you can do perfectly well there. But if you're looking for grapes with flavor, the best source is farmers markets, where the season for...