August News

Particulate matter of the smoke is making for hazy conditions on the horizon and creating ozone, hence making it difficult to breath for some Valley residents.

A San Francisco couple has pleaded guilty to four criminal counts connected to a campaign of terror aimed at their tenants of their apartment house and have been sentenced to four years in prison, prosecutors announced Wednesday.

At least for a little while, Calaveras County residents will get a few more deputies to patrol county neighborhoods and a few more correctional officers to staff the county jail.

San Diego Civic Organist Dr. Carol Williams will launch the Spreckels Organ Society's Summer International Organ Festival at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, June 24 in Balboa Park.

I took yet another little stroll out to the Beer Bistro after work on June 6. My last visit there was last August , to be among the first to try the new Hopothesis IPA .

The county will also lose its exclusive operating agreement, which ensures Riggs is the only provider of ambulance service in Merced County.

For three weeks only, The Gamble House, 4 Westmoreland Place in Pasadena, will open the doors to its servants' hall and rooms for the first time in its history.

Dayquan Julienne, front, is going into his third year at UCSB and in Surfrider Battalion, the university's Army ROTC program.

The 3 Palms Project, Allen Associates' recently completed Platinum LEED for Homes project on the beach near Carpinteria, is featured in the July/August issue of Dwell Magazine .

Since 1982, the Mielke family has run Arbor Crest Wine Cellars, and became the 29th winery in Washington State at the time.

"It's really a year-round process of planning and preparation in Southern California," said Los Angeles County fire Inspector Anthony Akins.

AUGUST 5: In this handout image provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech, one of the first images taken by NASA's Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars on the evening of August 5, 2012 PDT and transmitted to Spaceflight Operations Facility for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

Merced County high school students who were exposed to cancer-causing asbestos soon will have an opportunity to confront in court the three men responsible for risking their health.

There are several contests and competitions in store for BlizzCon 2013. Two of the contests, art and movie, are ready to take submissions.

Massive San Luis Reservoir will turn into a mud puddle this August on the San Joaquin Valley's west side — maybe a historic low.

The Portland Schools Board of Education opened its June 10 regular meeting by honoring staff members who were retiring at the end of the current school year.

Jurors awarded the hefty sum Thursday to Antonio Steward who filed a lawsuit against Stratus Security Services, the Riverside Press Enterprise reported .The law firm that represents the security firm declined comment to the newspaper.

A convicted child molester who fled his 2009 trial in Georgia has been captured in San Francisco, authorities said Friday, ending a four-year manhunt that included several profiles of the fugitive on the TV show "America's Most Wanted."

Merced County's contract with Riggs Ambulance Service is set to expire Aug. 31 — the 10-year anniversary of its commencement — but that's not the only change looming ahead.

WE ARE IN the most hopeful time of year for most gardeners. The tomatoes are showing blossoms and tiny fruits, the plums in the trees are swelling, and the vines are spreading out and covering arbors.