Easy ways to prepare the house for holiday guests
      The holiday season brings with it great meals, presents, beautiful decorations and guests- lots and lots of guests coming and going. Holiday guests, be they family members or friends, often show up early, stay late or even pop by unexpectedly. And with them can come hectic, harried...
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Residents celebrate African traditions at Kwanzaa
By Sylvie Belmond belmond@theacorn.com
      About 150 people of diverse backgrounds gathered at California Lutheran University last Saturday for an early celebration of Kwanzaa. The sevenday event is observed annually from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1 by African American families who want to honor ancestral traditions, unity, family, com...
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