Labor Day News

On a TV special one night in February, Gov. Jerry Brown appeared live on location to start a countdown to the planned Labor Day weekend opening of the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

The Summer Sounds concert series returns Memorial Day weekend to the Mall at Partridge Creek with 101 days of live performances through Labor Day weekend.

From left, Jason Graae, Lillias White, Karen Ziemba and Christiane Noll in a tribute to Marvin Hamlisch that was performed in early 2013 in Palm Desert, Cal.

Greensburg - The Decatur County Visitors and Recreation Commission awarded their spring 2013 grants Thursday.

Jeans have started uncomfortably sticking to legs and day drinking has become more socially acceptable, which means it is pretty much summertime.

MADISON Pine View Campground's summer season will start Friday and run through the Labor Day Weekend, ending on September 2. Fort McCoy's campground's office will be open from 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and from 8:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.

Prices vary. For example, a round-trip ticket from Paris to Avignon, usually $484 per person, is now about $339. Book by June 10; travel within 90 days of purchase.

Promoters of the all new Grand Junction Off-Road race taking place on Labor Day Weekend, August 31-September 1 in Grand Junction, Colorado, released a course flyover video.

HSBC reported that its preliminary Purchasing Managers Index fell to a seven-month low of 49.6 in May from April's 50.4. Numbers below 50 indicate that activity is contracting.

From the Grand Canyon to the world's highest summits, and from leisurely treks to technical climbs, there are adventures galore this summer as the Estes Valley Library hosts its seventh annual armchair-travel series spotlighting extraordinary destinations.

More than 2,000 museums across the nation are offering free admission to active-duty military personnel and their families this summer, beginning on Memorial Day.

According to a company executive, work to build the U-Gas convenience store and gas station along Manchester Road on the former Rothman Furniture site should begin this week.

For the first time in 15 years, there will be no Marin City Blues, Jazz and Soul Party in the Park this Labor Day weekend.

The Blue Star Museum Initiative is back for the 2013 summer season. The initiative allows active duty military and their families to visit participating museums for free between Memorial Day and Labor Day .

Outside on a warm day, something buzzes past in a blur. A large bumblebee or sphinx moth, perhaps? How about a hummingbird? With about 340 hummingbird species in the Western Hemisphere, only one - the ruby-throated hummingbird - is found in the eastern United States.

Six Illinois historic sites are operating seven days a week for the convenience of tourists traveling in the spring and summer.

Now beginning its 38th year, the Paramount Summer Film Classics series brings some much needed comfort to the long hot Austin summer.

For local blues fans, Monday's news was definitely bad. It's off. No Blues by the Bay this coming Labor Day weekend.

Evanston's outdoor watering ban starts tomorrow and lasts until September 15 during daytime weekday hours between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., with some exceptions, according to a press release.

Hit City Digital Recording Artists will tour Southwest and Northwest beginning in Texas mid-June and extending into Arizona, California, Oregon and Washington through Labor Day.