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Blues band to rock Sutter Creek with new songs
SUTTER CREEK — Award-winning modern blues legends Rick Estrin & The Nightcats — two-time winners of the prestigious Blues Music Award for Band Of The Year — will celebrate the release of their long-awaited new Alligator Records album, “The Hits Keep Coming,” with a live performance at the Sutter Creek Theatre on May 17.
NorCal Army soldier who died in Philippines prison camp during WWII accounted for
The remains of a U.S. Army soldier from Northern California who died as a prisoner of war in the Philippines during World War II have been accounted for, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced Tuesday. Pvt. 1st Class Marcus A. Engesser, 21, of Vallejo was accounted for in September 2023, but the DPAA said his family just recently received their full briefing on his identification. Engesser was a member of Company L, 31st Infantry Regiment in the Philippines when Japanese forces invaded the islands on December 8, 1941, just hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Thousands of...
An early-life wildfire exposure sickened these monkeys for decades
Proof of Concept is a video series profiling the science and scientists behind some of the environment’s most unexpected research. The experiment started by chance. In 2008, summer lightning storms sparked a chain of wildfires in the forests of Northern California. For weeks, smoke blanketed the state, drifting all the way to the California National Primate Research Center, where 50 rhesus monkeys had just been born.
There’s so much to love about living in a small town
“Would you ever want to work for a newspaper in a larger market?”. That’s a question I often get asked. Many writers view small newspapers as stepping stones to something bigger. Especially in the sports world, the dream for many is to cover a professional team or at least a top college program.
Calaveras Fair And Mid-May Weekend Events
There are many events planned for this weekend. Today is Opening Day for the Calaveras Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee as detailed here, ticket information is in the event listing here. Ned Ledoux performs Friday at 8 pm, the Destruction Derby is planned for Sunday at 5:30pm. In Honor of...
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