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Sunshine and a breeze power Sacramento weather to ... Once low clouds move out the area today, sunshine and breezy conditions are expected to reign in Sacramento today. ...
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Data Center: Kings' low payroll offers clue to cu ... Wins don't come cheap. ...
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Crews clear rocks, reopen busy Yosemite highway ... A busy highway in Yosemite National Park is set to reopen, less than a week after house-size boulders crashed down on it during a major storm. ...
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Database: See recent home sales in your neighborh ... The Sacbee.com database of home sales in the greater Sacramento region has been updated to include sales through mid-December. ...
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Postal Service: Aerojet property to keep Rancho C ... Aerojet's offices, along with 1,400 acres scheduled for development between Rancho Cordova and Folsom, will retain the current 95742 Rancho Cordvoa ZIP code. ...
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Elk Grove hate crime victim sues bowling alley wh ... The victim of an Elk Grove hate crime is suing the bowling alley where he was beaten. ...
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J Street to close for 90 minutes during opening o ... J Street will close for 90 minutes Saturday afternoon for the opening of a new Church of Scientology location in downtown Sacramento. ...
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Sacto 911: SF Giants cap-wearing bank robber want ... Detectives are asking for the public's help in finding a man who held up a bank on Thursday while wearing a San Francisco Giants baseball cap. ...
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City Beat: Cops like arena - and the idea of hand ... The city's powerful police union supports the plan to build a new Kings arena downtown. But this isn't simply an issue of public safety. ...
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Occupy protest seizes UC Davis building, blocks b ... Taking advantage of some extra patience on the part of administrators who came under heavy criticism for the pepper-spraying of demonstrators in November, student protesters on the UC Davis campus have seized contro ...
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Business
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Database: See recent home sales in your neighborh ... The Sacbee.com database of home sales in the greater Sacramento region has been updated to include sales through mid-December. ...
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Postal Service: Aerojet property to keep Rancho C ... Aerojet's offices, along with 1,400 acres scheduled for development between Rancho Cordova and Folsom, will retain the current 95742 Rancho Cordvoa ZIP code. ...
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Sacramento judge refuses to halt redevelopment ag ... A Sacramento judge today refused to grant a stay to stop the state from shuttering more than 400 local redevelopment agencies to stave off a financial crisis. ...
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Hundreds of prison employees get layoff notices ... California prison officials have sent layoff notices to 545 employees, including 140 guards, as the inmate population declines to comply with a federal court order. ...
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California's insurance commissioner settles lawsu ... California's insurance commissioner will continue to beat the drum about insurers' investments in Iran after settling a lawsuit against a state agency about the Iran issue. ...
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Folsom-based Sierra Vista Bank turns modest profi ... Folsom-based Sierra Vista Bank rallied in 2011 to turn a modest profit. ...
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Sacramento-based River City Bank declares cash di ... Sacramento-based River City Bank said today that its board of directors has approved a cash dividend of 10 cents per common share and 79 cents per preferred share to shareholders of record as of next Tuesday. ...
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Sutter Health picks new regional president ... Sacramento-based Sutter Health has named a new regional president, promoting the head of its Modesto medical center to the post. ...
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Moneywise tour event free in Sacramento ... The Moneywise Empowerment tour comes to Sacramento on Saturday. ...
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Bogus reviews scrutinized ... In the brutal world of online commerce, where a competing product is just a click away, retailers need all the juice they can get to close a sale. ...
Politics
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Union membership dips slightly in California, sti ... Union membership among California's workers declined fractionally in the last year, according to an annual survey by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, but remains seventh highest among the states. ...
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Capitol Alert: California Supreme Court denies ch ... The California Supreme Court ruled today that state Senate maps drawn by a citizens commission will be used in this year's elections, despite a pending referendum to overturn them. ...
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California GOP chief eyes statewide election stra ... While blue California is almost certain to go for President Barack Obama come November, California Republican Party Chairman Tom Del Beccaro sees opportunity for the GOP to be a major force from the presidential ra ...
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Democrats target GOP House seats held by Dan Lung ... Democratic strategists on Wednesday put more serious muscle behind two Central Valley congressional challengers. ...
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Gov. Brown says California business interests sup ... Gov. Jerry Brown, campaigning for higher taxes and infrastructure spending in the state's more conservative reaches Thursday, claimed widespread business support for his tax plan and suggested dire consequences shou ...
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Don't have a job? California bill would keep empl ... The message in some job advertisements these days is pretty blunt: Don't bother sending a résumé if you're not bringing home a paycheck already. ...
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Brown's veto on parks is sustained ... A Republican senator's push to override Gov. Jerry Brown's veto of his state parks legislation failed Thursday in the Senate. ...
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Bill to aid Cal Expo dies in committee ... Legislation that would have allowed Cal Expo to operate more independently and to receive the proceeds of any sale or leasing of its land died Thursday in an Assembly committee. ...
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State, unions slated to release initial bargainin ... With contracts covering roughly 24,000 state employees expiring July 1, the Brown administration has set meetings in February and March for the government and four unions to publicly release initial bargaining propo ...
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Jerry Brown pitches higher taxes, budget cuts and ... Gov. Jerry Brown, calling on lawmakers and voters to help him prove "the declinists about California are wrong," on Wednesday launched his campaign for higher taxes and urged billions in spending on infrastructure a ...
Bay Area
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Man shoots self in leg waiting for haircut ... A man suffered life-threatening injuries today after he apparently shot himself in the leg while waiting for a haircut in San Francisco's Fillmore neighborhood, authorities said. Police were called to the New Chicag ...
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Judge says same-sex health-coverage ban biased ... A federal judge signaled Thursday that she's likely to strike down a federal law that denies long-term health coverage to the same-sex domestic partners of state employees in California, saying it appears to be base ...
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CA vehicle emissions rules would sharply cut smog ... California is on the verge of approving the most stringent vehicle emissions regulations in the United States, forcing automakers to cut exhaust by two-thirds and begin mass-producing zero-emission vehicles and plug ...
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Judge refuses to lift Mirkarimi stay-away order ... A San Francisco judge refused Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's request Thursday that she lift an order barring him from having any contact with his wife and 2-year-old son while a domestic-violence case against him proceeds ...
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SF's 6th Street struggles amid Mid-Market revival ... Around Mid-Market, signs of life are sprouting. The smell of fries emanates from Pearl's Deluxe Burgers. Huckleberry Bicycles sells gears and tires. Hundreds of workers will soon flow into Twitter's headquarters. Bu ...
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YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS ... Tuesday, Jan. 24, draw, past sets Mega Millions Jackpot: $71 million 10 22 24 36 49 33 MEGA Friday, Jan. 27, jackpot: $12 million Date Numbers Mega 1/20 1 9 28 38 47 8 1/17 3 15 31 36 53 27 1/13 10 27 28 37 51 19 1/ ...
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Parole-revoking rules toughened by Prop. 9 tossed ... A federal judge has struck down the state's voter-approved rules toughening standards for revoking paroles, saying they violate the right to legal representation and tilt the system in favor of sending ex-cons back ...
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Man on Berkeley street shot numerous times, dies ... A man was shot and killed in Berkeley on Thursday night, police said. The victim, whose name was not immediately released, was shot numerous times on the 3000 block of Shattuck Avenue at about 6:50 p.m., said Berkel ...