LOS ANGELES - A series about horse racing led by Dustin Hoffman and Nick Nolte sounds like a sure thing. But "Luck," which debuts Sunday night on HBO, is so nuanced it may alienate viewers who don't spend every Saturday afternoon at the track.

Victoria Azarenka achieved a dream on Saturday as she defeated former champion Maria Sharapova, 6-3, 6-0, for the Australian Open title and took over the WTA's No. 1 ranking.

Novak Djokovic struggled for nearly five hours on Friday to defeat Andy Murray, 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (4-7), 6-1, 7-5, for a place in his third final at the Australian Open.

Holocaust survivor Henry Greenbaum, 83, has made it his life's work to tell his story of survival to whomever is willing to listen, in order to prevent anything like it from ever happening again.

The Traveleers Travel Club plans a May 18-25 trip to the "Isles of New England."

A private railcar trip from Los Angeles to New Orleans is scheduled Feb. 17-24 by Palm Leaf LLC. The $2,995 cost includes travel, room and meals.

The Big Valley Travel Club has the following trips planned:

The Big Valley Travel Club will hold a free meeting and workshop today in Turlock from 10 a.m. to noon to discuss how to travel on a budget.

The Modesto Junior College community education department is planning an extended-trip information meeting and slide show for its 2012 and spring 2013 trips.

The Big Valley Travel Club has the following day trips, overnighters, and overseas trips coming up:

Modesto Junior College's community education department plans a day trip Oct. 15 to the Mothball Fleet with lunch and a tour of Mare Island.

Modesto Junior College Community Education has scheduled the following trips:

Big Valley Travel Club is offering the following day trips and overnighters in the coming months:

Thinking about an end-of-summer road trip? It's not a bad time to go, considering gas prices in many parts of California have been dropping, according to the latest report from AAA.

Big Valley Travel Club has a series of trips set for the coming weeks:

Jan Sorge of Hostelling International will present a workshop on budget travel Saturday at 2 p.m. in the downstairs auditorium of the Modesto Library, 1500 I St.

The Modesto Junior College Lifelong Learning Center has a slide show and meeting scheduled for those interested in its upcoming planned trips.

Big Valley Travel Club has the following set:

Big Valley Travel Club has the following trips:

Four seats remain on a Traveleers Travel Club trip to New Orleans from Nov. 6-12.

The Big Valley Travel Club has the following day trips, overnighters and overseas trips coming up.

Backpacking across the Sierra Nevada as a high school freshman changed Chris Casado's life forever.

If time off for you means time to get outside and get active, you might want to plan an adventure vacation. We've handpicked these package trips that are sure to bring out your inner trailblazer.

The Traveleers Travel Club has the following trips planned for the year:

Modesto Junior College's community education department offers an extended trip information meeting on Saturday.

Modesto Junior College Community Education has the following trips planned:

The Big Valley Travel Club will once again be attending more than 20 baseball games in Oakland, San Francisco and Sacramento this coming season.

Nearly everyone in Amsterdam rides a bicycle. As a longtime cyclist in New York City, and a sweaty guy who can raise a few droplets going to the end of the walk to retrieve the newspaper in January, that's how it seemed to me when I was there.

The Traveleers travel club has the following trips planned:

Traveleer parks tour