Although I had to miss this year's Strauss Festival, I heard that it was a fabulous production one that came very close to not happening at all.

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.

Falling home prices have turned Sacramento into one of California's most affordable regions for homebuyers, two housing industry groups reported Tuesday.