Wednesday, January 12, 2011 The average price of gasoline statewide rose 9 cents a gallon the past month, according to the AAA Northern California gas price survey released Tuesday. The state average for a gallon of regular unleaded gas is $3.35, up from $3.26 in the Dec. 14 survey and 29 cents higher than a year ago. READ MORE >>
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 A mortgage assistance program for struggling California homeowners has gotten under way, two months after it was supposed to launch. The Keep Your Home California program, funded with almost $2 billion from the federal government, started this week. Read more: http://www.sacbee. READ MORE >>
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 A local resident took delivery of the first all-electric Nissan Leaf sold at the Elk Grove Automall on Monday – nearly nine months after placing his order. Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/11/3314416/electric-vehicle-arrives-at-automall.html#ixzz1AlrT9QZF READ MORE >>
Tuesday, January 11, 2011" I just found out that I have been overcharged for flood insurance for the past 10 years. The original agent evidently made the error and I assumed that it was correct. I transferred the insurance to a new company and they said the price was $225 per year. I had been paying $750 per year. READ MORE >>
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 Allstate Insurance has agreed to stop selling "Your Choice Auto" (YCA) insurance program in California, in response to a challenge brought by the nonprofit Consumer Watchdog. The company has stopped issuing new YCA policies, and will completely phase out the approximately 150,000 existing YCA policies in California by November 2011. READ MORE >>
Monday, January 10, 2011 Who's that creeping down your street in the dark of night, spying on cars? It's Sacramento parking enforcement patrols, ever vigilant. A reader in Land Park saw a parking officer issuing a ticket after dark last week to a car that was parked slightly up on the sidewalk, above the rolled curb. READ MORE >>
Monday, January 10, 2011 Brooks Judd got to his daughter's fifth birthday celebration the hard way. He drove as slow as 3 miles per hour — opening the car door at times and literally feeling his way along the road. The worst fog Judd has ever seen swamped the San Joaquin Valley on the evening of Dec. 17, 1979. READ MORE >>
Sunday, January 9, 2011 Dear Barry: My daughter lives in a student apartment with a large, double-pane picture-window in the living room. Last month, that window developed a long crack on the inside pane. Neither my daughter nor her roommates have any idea what caused the crack. They just came home one night, and the crack was there. READ MORE >>
Sunday, January 9, 2011 Let's put things into perspective: 2010 was not the worst year ever. There have been MUCH worse years. For example, toward the end of the Cretaceous Period, the Earth was struck by an asteroid that wiped out 75 percent of all the species on the planet. Can we honestly say that we had a worse year than those species did? READ MORE >>
Saturday, January 8, 2011The technology developed in the past decade to sniff out terrorist bombs eventually could be used to combat another scourge: drunk drivers. Researchers funded by auto manufacturers and federal safety regulators are working on sensory devices - to be installed as standard equipment on all new vehicles - that would keep a vehicle from starting if the driver has had too much to drink. READ MORE >>
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