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A task force formed by Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson is releasing a request for ideas for a new spo Full Story »
A task force formed by Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson is releasing a request for ideas for a new spo Full Story »
Radio legend Paul Harvey used to tell "the rest of the story." Full Story »
Rumors of City Manager Ray Kerridge's imminent departure began to spread last week after he sen Full Story »
Detectives from four agencies are investigating whether Nazi-themed vandalism reported at a Carmichael synagogue Tuesday morning was a hate crime, according to authorities. Full Story »
Auburn officials said Tuesday that talk of the city banning pit bulls was more bark than bite. Full Story »
A couple is facing charges of neglect and abuse after their four children were found living in filth inside their Sacramento home, according to authorities. Full Story »
A local pharmacy has admitted to giving a little girl the wrong medication, and the girl's mother fears she will have serious side effects. Wilma O'Neill said she was stunned to find out that a Walgreens in Ceres gave her 5-year-old daughter Ellen the wrong medication after being diagnosed with swine flu. Full Story »
Police have arrested a suspect accused of shooting at another driver with a pellet gun during rush hour. The alleged incident sparked a manhunt just after 4:00 p.m. Tuesday after the victim told the Roseville Police Department that another driver had opened fire on him after chasing him for several minutes. Full Story »
Police are hunting for a serial armed robber who has targeted Lodi businesses for the past three weeks. The suspect is being sought for hitting up to five businesses in the same Lodi neighborhood using the exact same method, according to the Lodi Police Department. Full Story »
Vandals sprayed Nazi imagery on a Jewish temple in Carmichael andreferenced anti-Jewish riots that led to deaths of dozens in NaziGermany in the 1930s. Full Story »
STOCKTON - Stockton Unified School District trustees voted Tuesday night to freeze SUSD's spending on community events - for the most part, contributions of less than $5,000 each to festivals, speeches and other activities - as they continue grappling... Full Story »
Modesto Republican Sen. Dave Cogdill announced Tuesday he will not seek re-election in 2010, a decision his staff said was prompted in part by the state Legislature's approval of an $11 billion water infrastructure bond measure that he championed. Full Story »
STOCKTON - The governor announced the appointment of a longtime Stockton resident and former teacher at Lincoln High School as secretary of the California Department of Veterans Affairs. Full Story »
LODI - Will the third time be a charm? Full Story »
STOCKTON - Kenji Takeuchi leaned on his cane with his right hand, and with his left, directed a crew of Odyssey Landscaping workers and city landscape architect Victor Machado as they wrestled with a 11/2-ton rock. Full Story »
Data released from an independent group showed Sacramento police officers were twice as likely to pull over African-American drivers or pat down Latino drivers at a higher rate. Full Story »
Roseville police say they arrested a driver who fired shots in a fit of road rage near Sutter Roseville Medical Center. Full Story »
The San Francisco Chronicle said it will become the first newspaper in the nation to print on high-quality glossy paper. Full Story »
A suspected drunken driver spotted with a beer in his car is accused of dragging and injuring an off-duty deputy in an effort to drive away and avoid arrest, Sacramento police say. Full Story »
A 19-year old man was sitting in a car with a teenage girl drinking milkshakes when he was fatally shot during an attempted robbery early Wednesday morning. Full Story »
A 38-year-old man convicted in the 1990 kidnapping and sexual assault of a 6-year-old Vacaville girl may not be paroled to Vacaville -- or anywhere else -- after all.Travis Casebolt, who has served 18 years of a 33-year sentence handed down in 1991, was set to be paroled from Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad this month, possibly to Vacaville. Full Story »
A Solano County Superior Court jury on Tuesday found three Woodland residents guilty of first-degree murder in connection with a violent home invasion robbery that led to the death of an elderly Vacaville resident three years ago.The nine-woman, three-man jury deliberated roughly eight hours before ruling that 42-year-old James Patrick Ray, 38-year-old Christopher Morgan and 39-year-old Paula Full Story »
The most recently apprehended of eight murder suspects charged in the 2008 torture-murder of a Vallejo man has pleaded not guilty in Solano County Superior Court.Defendant Tony Damien Diaz, who faces charges of murder and torture, made his plea Tuesday morning before Solano County Superior Court Judge Donna Stashyn. Full Story »
Returned to Solano County from Tennessee after more than a year of extradition negotiations, a Dixon murder suspect on Tuesday made his first appearance in Solano County Superior Court.Defendant Wilfredo Belardo, 30, appeared briefly before Superior Court Judge Robert S. Full Story »
With several questions and critiques raised, county supervisors Tuesday approved a draft of what may become a Joint Powers Agreement with seven cities on an emergency communication network.The Solano County Board of Supervisors balked at creating the JPA until more information is known and the seven cities in the county weigh in on the proposal. Full Story »
Women gather for samples at the De Vinci’s Delicatessen & Catering booth Tuesday evening at the Taste of Home Cooking School. Full Story »
40 YEARS AGO: The Modesto City Council approved an I Street curbside book Full Story »
State Sen. Dave Cogdill of Modesto surprised Republican Party leaders by announcing Tuesday that he won't run for re-election less than a year after he held one of the top posts in the Legislature. The party does not have anyone waiting in the wings to run for the seat, which is in a heavily Republican district that conservatives expect to hold even without the incumbent seeking re-election. Full Story »
Most Wanted: Luis Madrigal — Attempted murder Full Story »
By unanimous vote, Stanislaus County supervisors Tuesday: • A Full Story »
Police say a suspect riding a motercycle is targeting female bike riders in Davis by groping them, then speeding away. Full Story »
Jason Thompson had 21 points and 14 rebounds to help Sacramento beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 101-98 on Tuesday, giving the Kings their first three-game winning streak in over a year. Full Story »
Many credit card holders are looking at whether it makes sense to use a debit card with a Visa or MasterCard logo instead of a conventional credit card. Full Story »
Sacramento (4-4) reached the .500 mark for the first time since December 4, 2006. Full Story »
A 5-year-old Ceres girl will have to see another heart specialist after a Walgreens pharmacy made a near fatal mistake with her medication meant to treat the flu. Full Story »
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will keep most of its U.S. locations open overnight on Thanksgiving to ease the crowding that led to the trampling death of a store employee on Black Friday a year earlier. Full Story »
History was made in the valley. Full Story »
FOX40.com - Northern California's breaking news source Cecelia Burnett and Ann Swanson had already set their wedding date. When they joined about 1,000 other gay marriage supporters for an election night party in a Holiday Inn ballroom, they hoped to celebrate the vote that would make it possible. Full Story »
Police have shot two large, aggressive pit bulls who were found wandering through several Carmichael neighborhoods. Full Story »
Ida has strengthened to a hurricane over the Caribbean as it nears Cancun, Mexico. Full Story »
Letter to the Editor: Construction improves commute Russell Rosario Truckee As a person who drives big rig between Truckee and Lockwood, Nev., up to three times a day, a big thumbs up to the highway construction crews for the new and improved surface. They beat the weather; I just hope it came in under budget. Full Story »
Letter to the Editor: The irony of the school board's decision Raine Howe Truckee I was surprised to learn that the Tahoe Truckee Unified School Board did not adopt the resolution for Speak Your Peace. Now more than ever our community, (in fact our entire country) could benefit greatly from these very simple guidelines for civility. Perhaps what is most ironic is that the most contentious ... Full Story »
Letter to the Editor: Weighing in from the Southern Hemisphere Beth Cushman Truckee Is is just that I have been living upside down and on the other side of the globe for the past three years that this seems nearly the most incomprehensible news from my dear hometown yet? While I applaud the one board member for putting forth the resolution for adoption, some members of the Tahoe Truckee Unified ... Full Story »
Letter to the Editor: Civility campaign is worth questioning Karen Roske Tahoe City I applaud the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation in regards to all that it does for our community; however, I agree with the three Tahoe Truckee Unified School District Board members who chose not to adopt the "Speak Your Peace: 9 rules of civility" as a resolution at the board meeting on Nov. 3. I respect the ... Full Story »
Mountain Times: A grand farwell to the Ames family By Norm and Alan Nicholls Mountain Times As a continuation of our last column, following are excerpts from a few of your e-mails and letters we received honoring and acknowledging Steve and Christal Ames for their friendship and for their extraordinary contributions to our community: "I knew Steve Ames as a 6th grader at Tahoe Lake School. He ... Full Story »
Former Tuolumne County resident Edwin Earl Stuart died June 1 in Livingston, Texas. He was 80. He was born in Sharon, Pa. Mr. Stuart was the caretaker of the Lent Ranch near Chinese Camp for many years. He was also in the U.S. Army and was a Los Angeles City firefighter. Full Story »
Three Tuolumne County residents were arrested in Modesto early Tuesday morning, about four hours after a carjacking Monday night in the Crossroads shopping center. Jesse Daniel Burkett, 19, of Sonora, and Duston Paul Jacobson, 20, of Columbia, remained in custody in Modesto this morning, said Patrick Tonegato of the Sonora Police Department. Full Story »
SATURDAY 5:21 p.m., Columbia — A man on the 11600 block of Columbia College Drive said someone stole his laptop computer. 6:32 p.m., Tuolumne — A woman on the 18700 block of Carter Street said two teens walking by the post office were dressed like Ku Klux Klan members in sheets. Full Story »
In the late fifties, when the Mountain Ranch Hotel was last up for sale, it would have been charitably called a fixer-upper. Wallpaper hung from the stately home’s high ceilings, there were rats in the water tank and, said current owner Tim Lane. The home’s nearly wrap-around porch was so rotten one of his friends fell right through it. Full Story »
WEDNESDAY 6:35 p.m., reckless driving — A group of teenage girls passed a woman at a high speed on Mono Way near Sonora Plaza. The teenagers exited and then got behind the woman, honking. Full Story »
A dog dressed as a Rastafarian participates in the Family Pet Festival in Cali. REUTERS/Jaime Saldarriaga
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