By BOB SYLVA, Sacramento Bee
Got lemons? Don't stop at lemonade
Dennis Kercher, in pursuit of acerbic knowledge, in an almost Edenic plucking of fruit, in a zealous example of "locavorism," opens his front door and pads down the walkway to his prized vineyard of sorts.
Newest generation sees no reason to be intimidated by wine
In his long blue lab coat, a shirt and bow tie, a pair of wool, chalk-striped blue suit pants that probably belong to his father, Gabriel Clary strikes a slightly improbable figure in the wine department at Corti Brothers in Sacramento, Calif.
Art-museum curator is a Victorian at heart
Scott Shields lives inconspicuously, if not elegantly, on a quiet, tree-lined street in Sacramento, Calif. Petals from an old camellia bush are splattered on his front steps. Outside his retreat, there are automobiles, leaf blowers, electric street lamps, cable-TV lines and friendly neighbors, their lives furnished by the clutter and discord of current events.
Amputee finds new high-tech leg to stand on
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- In an examination room equipped with hand bars, a full-length mirror, a few inspirational posters, Don Harway sits in a chair. He has on shorts. He usually wears shorts.
Teen meets major challenges with inspiring resilience
When Alex was 6 years old, a cancerous tumor took root near her lower spine. The child who loved to dance, who even now sometimes runs and dances in her sweetest dreams, would never walk again.
