Elk Grove split four games with wood bat (Elk Grove Citizen)

18 August 2008, 10:51 pm

The sound of a “ping” was replaced by the sound of a “whack” on baseball diamonds around Long Beach and Redondo Beach this past week. It was the annual Best of the West South Bay Wood Bat Tournament, in which 20 of California’s top high school baseball teams were invited.... read more

Millionaires in the making (Money via Yahoo! Finance)

18 August 2008, 6:08 am

John and Gina Rodrigues have always been good with numbers. John is a software engineer who manages a team at Microsoft, and Gina spent years processing mortgages at Wells Fargo and Countrywide Home Loans.... read more

Millionaires in the making: The Rodrigueses (CNN Money)

18 August 2008, 2:49 am

John and Gina Rodrigues have always been good with numbers. John is a software engineer who manages a team at Microsoft, and Gina spent years processing mortgages at Wells Fargo and Countrywide Home Loans. But the numbers they are especially good at are the kind with dollar signs in front of them.... read more

Obituaries for August 17 (The Capital)

17 August 2008, 7:42 am

Today's obituaries recognize: Marion Stockwell and Pearl Leonard. Marion F. Stockwell, a resident of Annapolis, died after a short illness Aug. 11 at Anne Arundel Medical Center.... read more

Sober living homes targeted (Daily Breeze)

17 August 2008, 12:33 am

Los Angeles Council wants to control locations of residences where tenants try to quit their addictions.... read more

CHATTER: End of a long journey for Antelope Valley softball quartet (Los Angeles Daily News)

17 August 2008, 12:24 am

CHATTER End of a long journey for A.V. softball quartet With Saturday's conclusion of the Big League World Series in Kalamazoo, Mich.... read more