Life Style & Travel

ROCKLIN—American Sign Language (ASL) will celebrate its 200th anniversary since being established at the first American school for the deaf in 1817. A community eager to promote this history is the ASL program at William Jessup University (WJU). They are holding the event, “ASL Day For All” on Saturday, April 8 to bring the Deaf and hearing people of northern...

UNITED STATES—Next summer automotive enthusiasts around the world will finally know whether their long deprived automobile addictions are going to be satiated or not when Amazon Prime releases its greatly anticipated car show, which began production last week. Fanatics have been suffering from withdrawals ever since the popular, long-running car show Top Gear went on indefinite hiatus last March...

SAN FRANCISCO—The city that has built an empire on sourdough is on the rise to diversify its breadth of toasted offerings. The city’s latest culinary craze is one of the most commonly known breakfast foods that many people have grown up with in their kitchen pantries. Since 2014, artisanal toast has been receiving widespread media attention as being one of...

UNITED STATES—Every few times a year, the Motor Press Guild holds an event in which it challenges automakers to send forth their best examples, vehicles that epitomize their respective brands. One such event: Droptops & Dirt. It is at this event that carmakers have the opportunity to present their best off-road vehicles and/or their best convertible/retractable roof models. Once...

Most of the favorite houseplants are grown for dense evergreen foliage. Stems of Chinese evergreen, anthuriums, bromeliads and most ferns should never be seen. Yet, there are many houseplants that grow like small trees or coarse vines. Various ficus, dracaenas and philodendrons can get too big for their situations if not pruned. Palms can not be pruned down, so...

SAN FRANCISCO—In an effort to accommodate the California drought, one brewery is creating an innovative way to conserve California water by using recycled water. Mavericks Brewing Company is creating a prototype of their award-winning Tunnel Vision IPA, using a specially brewed tactic made from recycled water. Co-owner and co-founder of Mavericks, Lenny Mendonca, stated that the beer is brewed using...

UNITED STATES—Winter is officially here; and although it can be full of fun with the holidays, it can also come with some cons when it comes to hair and skin. Cold weather can be very drying to the skin and hair for many people. Although this isn’t exactly a dangerous issue, it can be irritating and embarrassing. So, here...

UNITED STATES—The original Land Rover Discovery was succeeded by the LR3 (in U.S. markets), which received a mid-run facelift and name change to, LR4. Makes sense, so far, right? Liking where their new model nomenclature was going, marketing executives at Land Rover decided to makeover their compact crossover (the Freelander) and slot it into the entry-level spot as…that’s right…the...

SAN FRANCISCO—A new company is helping to improve the travel between San Francisco and Los Angeles. SleepBus is offering rides from San Francisco to Los Angeles for $48 for a one-way trip. SleepBus’s founder and CEO Tom Currier spoke with Inc. Magazine and told them in an interview that, “It would basically be like you teleported to L.A. It would be cool." According...

SACRAMENTO—The California State Assembly was silent as they watched Assemblyman James Gallagher, R-Yuba City, present Senate Bill 210 simultaneously in American Sign Language (ASL) and English at the September 3 meeting.  “I’m a little rusty in my ASL, so bear with me,” Gallagher began with a laugh. “This bill will help establish language benchmarks for Deaf kids from birth through five years old,”...