Sacramento Bee

The latest niche in the credit card industry is plastic--surgery, that is. Some of the nation's biggest lenders now offer special cards to help patients buy smaller noses and tighter...

You either get it or you don't. If you are among those who do, Homestar Runner, an underground online cartoon about an armless athlete and a cast of other oddball...

They seem almost mystical, way out here, a rollicking, solid 2 1/2-hour boat trip beyond the Golden Gate. The tippy-tops of a submerged mountain range, the pointy Farallon Islands pop...

Rebecca Fuller, volunteer coordinator for Sacramento County's Meals on Wheels, knew she had a problem when delivery drivers found empty dinner trays left on porches of elderly shut-ins. Many low-income...

In their Sacramento apartment, Jillian Trayer, 22, and Matthew Rossi, 26, dine in an Italian-themed eating area they furnished for less than $30. Under a maroon tablecloth is a small,...

You don't know Michael Zhang, but do a little pointing and clicking and you'll find out he's a student at Davis Senior High School in Sacramento, plays tennis and bought...

Jada Pinkett Smith is petite, standing little more than 5 feet tall in her high-heeled sandals. Yet her character in "Madagascar," the latest from DreamWorks Animation, is a very voluptuous...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the nation's two biggest mortgage purchasers, are facing proposed regulations that some fear could make it harder for many Americans to buy their first homes....

Who's in it: Jane Fonda, Jennifer Lopez, Wanda Sykes, Michael Vartan. What it's about: A TV newswoman (Fonda) who loses her job to a younger woman tries to do everything...

Outside the real estate industry it's hard to find a bigger proponent of homeownership than Scott Syphax, head of Sacramento-based Nehemiah Corp. of America. Helping people of modest means buy...