Thursday May 30 | J
A long, strange trip from New York Jew to Hindu honcho
In 1968, six years after founding the AEPi chapter at his Long Island University campus, Steven Silberfein took one of the thousand names of the Hindu god Vishnu and became Sridhar Silberfein.
American River TrailFest - Celebrate 10 years of building trails
The 10th annual American River TrailFest takes place on Sunday, June 9th at Earthtrek Expeditions in Lotus, CA.
Vandals sought as El Dorado County cedars go missing
El Dorado County residents and sheriff's investigators are trying to track down vandals who have laid waste to thousands of dollars' worth of trees on private property.
Placerville's Wakamatsu Farm Festival this Weekend
The festival honors the site's residents, dating back to the Nisenan tribe and through time with the first Japanese colony in America and the Veerkamp family farm.
Angelina Jolie undergoes double mastectomy
Actress Angelina Jolie announced in a New York Times op-ed article on Tuesday that she underwent a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carries a mutation of the BRCA1 gene, which sharply increases her risk of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer.