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  • Police Shoot And Kill Woman At Modesto School

    CBS 13 Sacramento – 31 mins ago  

    A woman has been shot and killed by police at a Modesto elementary school after the woman walked onto campus with a large knife and began "injuring herself", according to Modesto police.   Full Story »

  • Bride Not Liable For Teen Guest's Drunk Driving

    CBS 13 Sacramento – 1 hr 1 min ago  

    A Sonoma County judge ruled that a bride will not be held liable for the car crash caused by a teenager who drank at her wedding. In 2006, 20-year-old Joshua Apodaca and 19-year-old Sean Bradley attended Jennifer Tharp's wedding. Bradley was served alcohol by Paradise Ridge Winery employees. Full Story »

  • Local Coach Accused Of Inappropriate Touching

    CBS 13 Sacramento – 2 hrs 38 mins ago  

    A teacher and volleyball coach at Christian Brothers High School has been fired after allegations surfaced that he inappropriately touched a female student. Full Story »

  • Mayor: Westfield To Sell Sac's Downtown Plaza

    CBS 13 Sacramento – 2 hrs 43 mins ago  

    It looks like a big chunk of Sacramento real estate may hit the market soon. After months of trying to get the owners of Sacramento's Downtown Plaza to invest more in the struggling mall, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson says the owners are now willing to sell. Full Story »

  • Court Moves To Reinstate Ousted Garrido Lawyer

    CBS 13 Sacramento – Tue Dec 15, 3:03 pm ET  

    The Placerville lawyer who was replaced as kidnapping suspect Nancy Garrido's defense lawyer may be getting his job back. Full Story »

The Stockton Record

  • Illinois man admits stalking ESPN's Erin Andrews

    The Stockton Record – Tue Dec 15, 7:12 pm ET  

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — An Illinois insurance executive pleaded guilty Tuesday to secretly shooting nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews, who repeatedly called her stalker a sexual predator and said she hopes he "never sees the light of day." Full Story »

  • Judge to OHV park: No permit, no play

    The Stockton Record – Tue Dec 15, 5:57 pm ET  

    TRACY — A judge says the popular Carnegie State Vehicular Recreational Area southwest of here will be shut down to off-roaders until the state gets a permit for erosion into a seasonal creek. Full Story »

  • Stockton Unified trustee to face recall election

    The Stockton Record – Tue Dec 15, 5:57 pm ET  

    A recall election will be held in the coming months for the Stockton Unified School Board seat currently held by Trustee Dan Castillo, according to San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters Austin Erdman. Full Story »

  • U.S.-China tension still looms at climate talks

    The Stockton Record – Tue Dec 15, 5:57 pm ET  

    COPENHAGEN (AP) — In a showdown between the world's two largest polluters, China accused the United States and other rich nations Tuesday of backsliding on fighting global warming and the top U.S. envoy said Chinese greenhouse gas emission... Full Story »

  • Evangelist Oral Roberts dies at age 91

    The Stockton Record – Tue Dec 15, 4:57 pm ET  

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Oral Roberts, the evangelist who rose from humble tent revivals to found a multimillion-dollar ministry and a university bearing his name, died Tuesday. He was 91. Full Story »

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The Vacaville Reporter

  • Dixon planning staff: Nix sign request

    The Vacaville Reporter – Tue Dec 15, 4:10 am ET  

    A request by a local downtown businessman for a sign at his store doesn't meet city guidelines and should be denied, according to city planning staff. Full Story »

  • Senate bill has funds for Solano

    The Vacaville Reporter – Tue Dec 15, 4:10 am ET  

    The U.S. Senate has passed an omnibus appropriations bill that includes funding requested by Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-California, for key initiatives in the Bay Area, including three projects in Solano County. Full Story »

  • Trial delay in Vaca slaying

    The Vacaville Reporter – Tue Dec 15, 4:09 am ET  

    Trial has been postponed for a Vacaville man facing murder charges in connection with a Super Bowl Sunday stabbing last year. Full Story »

  • Vets in need of donations for event

    The Vacaville Reporter – Tue Dec 15, 4:09 am ET  

    The Vacaville Veterans Hall is still in need of donations and volunteers for its annual Christmas Eve meal for the community. Full Story »

  • Hearing set for killing suspect

    The Vacaville Reporter – Tue Dec 15, 4:09 am ET  

    A February preliminary court hearing has been scheduled for one of eight people arrested in connection with a 2008 Solano County torture-murder case. Full Story »

Modesto Bee

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FOX40 Sacramento

  • Man Admits Stalking ESPN Reporter

    FOX40 Sacramento – 2 hrs 36 mins ago  

    An Illinois insurance executive pleaded guilty Tuesday to secretly shooting nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews, who repeatedly called her stalker a sexual predator in court and said she hopes he "never sees the light of day." Full Story »

  • Woman Dead After Police Shooting Near Modesto School

    FOX40 Sacramento – Tue Dec 15, 6:37 pm ET  

    FOX40.com - Northern California's breaking news source - First to report... A woman has died following a police incident that led to a shooting near a Modesto elementary school. Full Story »

  • Woman With Knife Shot Near Modesto Elementary School

    FOX40 Sacramento – Tue Dec 15, 5:37 pm ET  

    FOX40.com - Northern California's breaking news source Catherine Everett Elementary School has been placed on lockdown after a police incident this afternoon. Full Story »

  • Evangelist Oral Roberts Dead At 91

    FOX40 Sacramento – Tue Dec 15, 3:53 pm ET  

    FOX40.com - Northern California's breaking news source Oral Roberts, who helped pioneer TV evangelism in the 1950s and used the power of the new medium - and his message of God's healing power - to build a multimillion-dollar ministry and a university that bears his name, died Tuesday. He was 91. Full Story »

  • Mayor Newsom Backs Cell Phone Radiation Labels

    FOX40 Sacramento – Tue Dec 15, 3:52 pm ET  

    San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is endorsing a proposal that would make his the first city in the country to require radiation labels for cell phones. Full Story »

Sierra Sun

  • Professor: Economic recovery could take awhile in Truckee/Tahoe

    Sierra Sun – 2 hrs 24 mins ago  

    TRUCKEE, Calif. - While the economy is showing signs of improvement, an area economics professor says recovery may move slowly in Truckee/Tahoe - mainly due to dual influences of Nevada and California. "Truckee is right in between California and Nevada, two of the worst states - at least it's not between Michigan," said University of Nevada, Reno, economics Professor Tom Harris, during the Dec ... Full Story »

  • Letter to the Editor: The global warming scam heats up

    Sierra Sun – 2 hrs 54 mins ago  

    You may have noticed that all is not well in the Global Warming industry. The release by hackers of over a thousand emails and documents from the U.K.'s University of East Anglia Climate Research Unit is causing quite a stir with name-calling, accusations and important resignations reaching all the way to American Universities. Unfortunately for the Global Warming proponents, the leaked ... Full Story »

  • Letter to the Editor: Bear hunting too close to home

    Sierra Sun – 2 hrs 54 mins ago  

    On one early misty morning during the week of Thanksgiving at a parking lot at a Truckee golf course, two trucks drove up with 17 hunting dogs and out-of-town bear hunting guides meeting with their clients who had obtained bear permits. They drove past the Save-Mart shopping center to just a couple hundred yards past the town limits on Highway 89 south. Parking just past private property, they ... Full Story »

  • Editorial: Protect our services

    Sierra Sun – Tue Dec 15, 7:40 pm ET  

    Editor's Note: This is part 3 in a series of editorials about the lessons learned from the economic recession. When the stock market made its run off a cliff a year ago and many residents saw their retirement savings dwindle, many saw philanthropy as more of a risk than a reward. In other words, it became socially acceptable to be selfish. Donations that had made it possible to have a full ... Full Story »

  • Grasshopper Soup: Obama gives killer speech

    Sierra Sun – Tue Dec 15, 7:06 pm ET  

    Right on, President Obama! What a killer speech he gave in Oslo, Norway when he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize. I hope all the far left people in North Tahoe, Truckee and Glenshire took notice. The commander in chief agrees with me that not everyone in the world wants to coexist. To paraphrase him, he said there will always be violent people in the world who want to destroy entire nations of ... Full Story »

The Union Democrat

  • Fifth suspect arrested in bomb investigation

    The Union Democrat – 11 mins ago  

    A fifth suspected member of a group of Valley Springs residents that allegedly built and detonated several bombs in the small community was jailed Friday. Timothy Lee Cree, 43, of the 6200 block of Southworth Road, was booked on suspicion of possessing methamphetamine and three bomb-related charges. Full Story »

  • Matter of killer's IQ examined

    The Union Democrat – 11 mins ago  

    The legal battle over whether a man, sentenced to death two decades ago for murdering a Glencoe mother of two is psychologically fit to be executed moved slowly forward Monday. George Smithey was found guilty in 1989 of murdering Cheryl Nesler during a robbery and attempted rape at her home in April of the year before. Full Story »

  • Angels Camp’s postmark is a hot commodity

    The Union Democrat – 11 mins ago  

    The boxes start arriving at the Angels Camp Post Office some time after Thanksgiving. Bearing postmarks from across the country — indeed, from around the globe — they are all addressed to Postmaster Laney Huffman, and they are all filled with Christmas cards. Full Story »

  • CHP says no wrong-doing in bus incident

    The Union Democrat – 11 mins ago  

    The California Highway Patrol does not suspect wrong doing in an incident on Big Hill Road that left a Clovis Unified school bus resting precariously close to a Columbia-area cliff. According to CHP spokesman Officer Mike Remmel, the other bus involved was a Belleview School District bus driven by Rose Mary Hofland, of Jamestown. In Hofland’s statement to the CHP, her bus did not cross into the ... Full Story »

  • Layden lawyer asks for psych evaluation

    The Union Democrat – 12 mins ago  

    The lawyer for the man who allegedly attempted to set fire to St. James Anglican Church in Sonora wants an expert to determine if his client is psychologically competent to stand trial. Public defender Robert Price, in papers filed with Tuolumne County Superior Court on Wednesday, said that Thomas Joseph Layden III, 62, a transient, will be examined by a psychiatrist. Full Story »

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