JFK memorabilia fetches about $2M at auction

AMESBURY, Mass. (AP) - A private collection of John F. Kennedy memorabilia brought in almost $2 million at auction, including $570,000 for the former president's Air Force One leather bomber jacket. The collection of about 2,000 photographs, documents, gifts and other items was auctioned Sunday at John McInnis Auctioneers in Amesbury. The items belonged to David Powers, Kennedy's ...

Animal Planet special ‘Glory Hounds’ shows glory, trauma of military dogs

Judge blocks NYC from Ken Burns film footage

Little audience for 'Zero Dark Thirty' in Pakistan

Nudes check out nudes during after hours showing at Austrian museum

Get ready for ‘Weed Country’ & ‘Pot Cops’ on Discovery network

MacFarlane putting all he's got into Academy Awards show this Sunday

'Argo,' 'Zero Dark Thirty' win at Writers Guild

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The CIA thrillers "Argo" and "Zero Dark Thirty" have won top screenplay honors from the Writers Guild of America. The guild's adapted screenplay award Sunday went to Chris Terrio for "Argo," director Ben Affleck's tale of the CIA's daring masquerade of six U.S. diplomats as a Hollywood film crew to rescue them from Iran during the hostage crisis ...

Pleasanton Fly Fishing show set Feb. 22-24 at Alameda Fairgrounds

PLEASANTON. – Despite chilly, windy and possibly wet conditions, Northern California fly-fishers will kick off the 2013 season with the annual Pleasanton Fly Fishing Show, Feb. 22-24 the Alameda County Fairgrounds.

Manteca Bass Pro rolling out three weekends of free fishing seminars

Bass Pro Shops is staging the free Spring Fishing Classic at 1356 Bass Pro Drive in Manteca.

Disney working on stand-alone 'Star Wars' films

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Disney is mining The Force for even more new films. Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger said Tuesday that screenwriters Larry Kasdan and Simon Kinberg are working on stand-alone "Star Wars" movies that aren't part of the new trilogy that's in the works. "There has been speculation about some standalone films that have been ...

Golden Bough concert in Ripon Feb. 12

RIPON - Golden Bough is bringing Celtic musical entertainment to the Ripon Arts League concert on Tuesday, Feb. 12. Rooted in the traditional Celtic music of the seven Celtic nations including ...

St. Mary’s High staging musical comedy

STOCKTON - "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying", the Pulitzer prize-winning musical comedy, will be presented March 7-17, by the award-winning St. Mary's High School Theatre Department. This hilarious satire of corporate life and office politics recently ended a successful revival on Broadway and was ...

Patricia Barber Quartet performing Feb. 20 during Delta jazz festival

STOCKTON - Delta College and the Division of Arts and Communication continue the Delta Jazz Festival with a concert on Wednesday, Feb. 20, featuring ...

Damon guest stars on TV’s 'House of Lies'

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Matt Damon is becoming a TV comedy regular. Showtime said Monday that Damon will guest star next week on "House of Lies." He'll play what the channel called a "maniacal megastar" version of himself. Last month, Damon staged a mock takeover of Jimmy Kimmel's ABC talk show, tying Kimmel to a chair and acting ...

Ultimate fighting style event set for Stockton Arena

Frankie & Annette in concert June 8

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Catfish derby set for Saturday

Ripon Christian School graduates 70

The Ripon Christian Middle School Band played the processional as some 70 eighth graders marched into the Ripon Christian High School gymnasium Thursday night to receive their diplomas of graduation for nine years of study.

Gettysburg readies for 150th anniversary of battle over 10 days starting June 29

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) - The commemoration of this year's milestone anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg will include amenities that soldiers would have relished 150 years ago.

So why can’t we just let dogs be dogs?

DEAR DIDI: What is the point of having a dog if you have to keep it on a leash or in a crate all of the time? Can't we just let them be dogs? -Manteca Citizen