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First Time Home Buyers facing less pressure as investors move to...

Housing prices holding firm at this stage Roseville, CA- Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the number of buyers looking to purchase their first home is...

Housing Outlook Improving: Roseville and Sacramento prices expected to remain steady

Home prices likely will remain steady in our Placer / Sacramento area and most parts of the country. NAR is forecasting the median existing-home price to moderate after rapid gains over the previous two years.

Genetic Testing Could Prevent Disability

Recently, I had quite an experience trying to prevent a disability or two in myself. Several years ago, I found online a genetic testing service and later another similar service

Motorcycle Accident Survivor Reaching Out

In mid-summer 1970, Don Bania had just graduated from high school and was working at his father's service station in downtown

Paranoid Schizophrenia Came on Suddenly

Dustin said, "And while caring for my parents, suddenly I began having delusions that I was supposed to join a secret organization and that it had something to do with the military

Many Homeless Have Mental Illness

First, it's impossible for anyone to determine, with absolute certainty, the number of homeless Americans with schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders. These good people don't wear name tags

Students with Autism Receive Technical Training

Joe and Kim Benko have given up their lives to help their son with Asperger's syndrome mature as a person and become more productive at work.

Father’s Life Turned Upside Down

Sometimes people raising a child with a disability experience the unexpected. Such was the case with John Knight of St. Paul, Minnesota, who, along with wife Dianne, began quite a journey on July 4, 1995.

Dyslexia didn’t stop psychologist

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke website defines dyslexia as a "brain-based type of learning disability specifically impairing a person's ability to...

It’s Going to Change the World

The Chiefland (Fla.) Citizen newspaper brought my attention to a nonprofit organization in Pensacola helping people with disabilities experience scuba diving. I tracked down...

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Making a Splash in Roseville at Steve Wallen Swim School

Roseville, Calif. - Steve Wallen Swim School in Roseville teaches swim lessons and water safety for infants, kids, and adults of all skill levels.

Welcome to the Brighter Side

California Dreamin’, Roseville ranks as a top growth destination in United...

Roseville, Calif.- The oft promulgated narrative that there is a mass California exodus might make for compelling cable news and political pundit sophistry. Yet, researchers continue to indicate, no matter how often it's said