20 August 2008, 8:27 am
Mosquitoes can smell. What's more, they know to stay away from smells they dislike. A new UC Davis study shows that mosquitoes are put off mosquito repellents because they don't like the smell of DEET, a main ingredient in many of those products.... read more
20 August 2008, 7:59 am
Local board-certified dermatologists will offer free skin cancer screenings at three locations in the Sacramento region in the coming week.... read more
20 August 2008, 6:56 am
Firefighters are battling a large hay fire burning near the Sacramento International Airport.... read more
20 August 2008, 12:00 am
Drivers, beware. Gawkers, too. Sacramento County bridge builders hope to pull off a dramatic, C.C. Myers-style construction coup on busy Watt Avenue this weekend.... read more
20 August 2008, 12:00 am
As far as Johnnie Powell knows, summer's end won't arrive for another month. The tilt of the Earth and the rest of the cosmos ordain it so. Matteo Gomez, 8, center, and cousin Carlos Leon, 12, use foam claws to shade their view Tuesday at Raley Field during a River Cats game. A cool summ... read more
20 August 2008, 12:00 am
Now that the state has mandated Algebra 1 for all eighth-graders within three years, a deeply entrenched problem has become even more urgent: California does not have enough qualified teachers of mathematics. Isabel Montoya, center, a junior math major, tutors students at California State Unive... read more
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