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Persistent cold, wet weather stunts crops, worries farmers

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Published May 24, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.

Keep your sweater – and umbrella – within reach ... The chilly weekend temperatures were among the coldest in more than a half-century from Redding to Stockton, the National Weather Service reported Sunday ... More cold is expected today – a low of 45 and a high of 69 in downtown Sacramento – with rain forecast through much of this week ... The dogged pattern of rain and cold has prompted worries of another sort: Melon crops are less likely to be ready for market in time for July 4

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Back-seat Driver: Cal Expo monorail saved

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Published May 24, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.

In Sacramento this week, a beloved "people mover" is saved, two more projects are headed down the track, and a fourth is stalled at the station ... Cal Expo monorail rolling ... Fingers crossed, State Fair officials say they think they'll have their popular monorail back on track for July's fair after a year of tense fixes ... They've been updating the old trains, but for a while, it was going all wrong. Doors wouldn't open. Doors wouldn't close. Trains refused to leave the station. Trains

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A boy's life mended

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Published May 23, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
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While he waits for a medical checkup, Lovensky Alexandre, 7, examines the scar left from the surgery that closed a hole in his heart. Doctors at Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento donated their services after a Sacramento fire captain, volunteering in Haiti after the quake, met Lovensky and his mother ... Lovensky Alexandre, a tiny boy with a hole in his heart, came to Sacramento from the devastation of the earthquake in Haiti ... The frail 7-year-old showed up in March with an eager grin and a

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It's not your imagination: Coldest Nor Cal weather in a half century

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Published May 23, 2010 at 1:55 p.m.

Northern California matched or broke cold records from Redding to Stockton this weekend, the National Weather Service reported today ... And more cold - and likely rain - is on its way ... In fact, Sacramento is facing the coldest spell for this late in the season in more than a half century ... Imagine this: The weather service says temperatures may not hit 90 degrees by the first week week in June ... "We're actually watching a record set in 1971," said meteorologist Drew Peterson said. "We're

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Sacramento airport art not yet cleared for takeoff

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Published May 5, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
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Oops ... Artist Lawrence Argent bit his lip as he surveyed the girders rising at Sacramento airport's new terminal ... "Where are we gonna bring him in?" he said ... Argent is working on a 56-foot-long leaping red rabbit sculpture to suspend above the terminal's main atrium. It will be the signature art piece for the new building ... Except it's too big to get in the door ... Can you leave a hole in the wall? Argent asked construction crews during a recent site visit. Sorry, they said. Back

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Plans for Sacramento airport public art on exhibit

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Published March 14, 2010 at 4:00 a.m.
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Joan Moment's "Fragment of the Universe" is proposed as a floor design for the new airport terminal ... The public's perception of the artist – a lonely genius starving in a garret, obsessively pursuing a singular vision – is a hangover from the 19th century. Nothing could be further from the role of the public artist in the 21st century ... It takes a particular set of skills to be a public artist, among them the ability to navigate a process that involves working with panels of art

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Planning commission OKs south Sacramento County airport expansion

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Published Feb. 23, 2010 at 4:57 p.m.
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The proposed Mustang Airport expansion, which would include public aviation, is likely to be challenged by environmentalists ... Mustang Airport in south Sacramento County received approval for expansion Monday night from the county Planning Commission, a move that technically allows the project to go forward ... But environmental opponents, those who own and manage the 46,000-acre Cosumnes River Preserve to the north and west of the airport, have vowed to appeal any expansion to the county

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Plane's engine quits; pilot lands on Hwy. 50

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Published Feb. 14, 2010 at 3:00 a.m.

Amateur pilot James Riordan has been in a few scrapes in his 30 years of flying, but this represented a major test: a conked-out engine and no obvious place to land ... So the 63-year-old Cameron Park businessman made an emergency landing Saturday morning on Highway 50 in El Dorado Hills, touching down between two moving vehicles in his small home-built aircraft ... He clipped the rear of a Jeep Grand Cherokee, spun and crashed – but walked away without a scratch from the 11 a.m. incident. The

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Event: Valentine's Day '80s Prom Bash at Four Points by Sheraton Sacramento International Airport, Sun, Feb 14 6:30p

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Published Jan. 8, 2010 at 4:40 p.m.

Join Sacramento residents on Valentine's Day as we walk down memory lane with a prom bash '80s style. The event, brought to you by Four Points by Sheraton Sacramento International Airport, will feature a live disc jockey spinning your favorite tunes, dancing, drinks, and delectable food. For those wishing to arrive in style, Starlite Limousine service is available for an additional fee. Childcare is also available for an aditional fee. All proceeds benefit Westlake Charter School ...

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East Coast storm may cause Sacramento flight delays

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Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 6:51 p.m.

Powerful storms on the East Coast have affected some flights out of Sacramento International Airport. East Coast-bound travelers from Sacramento are advised to call their airlines or check airline Web sites to determine flight status ... Jetblue reports its three flights out of Sacramento on Friday remain as scheduled, including one to New York ... Southwest, however, reports that although most flights are flowing freely out of Sacramento on Friday, 18 connector flights will not reach their

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