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City to host series of free water conservation classes

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Published May 24, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
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PAUL KITAGAKI JR ... Bee file, 2009Sacramento residents are allowed to use sprinklers on alternate days in the summer, based on their street address. The city Utilities Department is hosting free classes on water conservation ... Sacramento residents can attend a free class on water conservation from 6 to 8 p.m. June 3 at the South Natomas Community Center, 2921 Truxel Road ... The class, hosted by the City of Sacramento Utilities Department, will teach residents how to follow new watering rules

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Mother's Day offers opportunities to make her smile

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Published May 6, 2010 at 7:49 p.m.

Sunday is Mother's Day ... The weather should be a balmy 70 degrees with a few puffy clouds skittering across the sky. So take mom out and help her enjoy it. We've got some suggestions: ... 1 ... Start the celebration a day early. The Fountains at Roseville is hosting a Mother's Day fashion show at 2 p.m. Saturday ... The spring preview show will feature apparel and accessories from independent boutiques such as Serendipity, Crush, Madam Butterfly Mini Boutique, SWAK, Bellybou, Posh Punkins and

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Mormon volunteers will perform variety of services in area parks

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Published May 7, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.

A small army of Mormon volunteers Saturday will be refurbishing parks hit hard by cutbacks ... Volunteers will remove invasive and very tall-growing non-native weeds at the Effie Yeaw Nature Center in Carmichael's Ancil Hoffman Park. They will also restore a pond, build a natural playground out of fallen trees and do other work at Effie Yeaw ... More than 10,000 members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will pull weeds, clean up, paint, plant trees and build Saturday in state,

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Roseville hires Kerridge, former Sacramento city manager

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Published May 7, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.

Sacramento's former city manager Ray Kerridge is moving to the suburbs ... Kerridge, who left the Sacramento gig in March, was named Roseville's top bureaucrat following a closed-door meeting Thursday morning ... Calling it a "city on the move," he said he looked forward to the challenge of maintaining the city's retail and business strengths while continuing the push to revitalize its historic core ... "This city is where things are happening," Kerridge said. "To me this is where the action is

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State releases new details about home where foster child mysteriously died

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Published May 7, 2010 at 2:10 a.m.
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Tracy Dossman, with nephew Brandon Dossman, is no longer a fosterparent. The state wants to keep it that way, but she is fighting back ... Child abuse and neglect were rampant in a crowded North Natomas foster home, where children attacked one another, their phone usage was tightly controlled and their foster mother lied to social workers about the chaotic conditions, according to new accusations by the California Department of Social Services ... Former foster provider Tracy Dossman, 42, is the

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'Community Conversations' to ignite neighborhood talks

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Published May 6, 2010 at 7:35 p.m.

Over the back fence, over coffee at the kitchen table and now at a coffee house near you - civil discussion returns to Sacramento on Tuesday with "Community Conversations," a partnership of The Sacramento Region Community Foundation, Capital Public Radio and The Sacramento Bee ... Beginning at 6 p.m. at eight locations around town, we are inviting people to gather to discuss our future. The topic of the first discussion -- "What will it take to propel our region beyond the present slump into a

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Obituary: Kathleen Inzerillo helped Sacramento libraries grow

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Published April 30, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
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Kathleen Inzerillo ... Kathleen Inzerillo, a book lover who shared her literary enthusiasm during a long career at the Sacramento Public Library, died April 22 of ocular melanoma. She was 65 ... Mrs. Inzerillo retired in 1999 as an administrator after 33 years with the city-county library system. She started as a clerk shelving books and climbed the ranks while working at the downtown, McClatchy, Natomas, Arden-Dimick, Colonial Heights and Belle Cooledge branches. She went on to supervise staff

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Your guide to happy hour in the Sacramento region

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Published April 30, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
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Today ... Sacramento ... 4th Street Grille ... Mid-upscale new American. Happy hour 11 a.m.-7 p.m. $1 off drafts, $4 well drinks, $5 calls, $5 Skyy cosmos. $5.95 appetizers, including popcorn calamari, ahi tuna and quesadillas. 400 L St. (916) 448-2847 ... Amourath 1819 at The Hyatt ... Mid-upscale bar. Happy hour 5 p.m.-6:30 p.m. $5 drinks and $5 small plates, including chicken skewers, artichoke dip, bruschetta, fish sandwiches and beef tacos. 1209 L St. (916) 321-3630 ... Beach Hut Deli ...

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Hometown Report: Unorthodox move worked for Odister

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Published Feb. 23, 2010 at 3:00 a.m.

A year ago, Kyle Odister was on the East Coast, ankle deep in snow, a continent away from the comforts of home ... To get there, he did something you just don't see in high school sports, particularly in this region. Odister transferred in midseason out of Rio Americano, where the point guard was the leading talent of a playoff-bound bunch, and headed to the great unknown ... He enrolled at New Hampton Prep in Massachusetts to finish his high school career ... Players generally consider such a

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The Bee's final regular season girls basketball Top 20

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Published Feb. 23, 2010 at 11:38 a.m.

Games through Monday: ... 1. Sacramento 22-5 1 ... 2. Oak Ridge 24-3 2 ... 3. Kennedy 25-3 3 ... 4. Franklin 23-4 4 ... 5. McClatchy 21-5 5 ... 6. St. Francis 19-7 6 ... 7. Del Oro 23-4 7 ... 8. El Dorado 23-1 8 ... 9. El Camino 21-6 9 ... 10. Bella Vista 23-4 10 ... 11. Natomas 18-4 11 ... 12. Inderkum 21-5 12 ... 13. Sheldon 15-10 13 ... 14. Pleasant Grove 17-10 14 ... 15. Valley 18-9 15 ... 16. Granite Bay 17-10 – ... 17. Vista del Lago 18-9 – ... 18.

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