Sacramento News

The Sacramento Bee

• Some Sacramento-area faithful turn backs on pastors, 'spiritual abuse'

  The Sacramento Bee – Fri Dec 11, 1:21 am ET  

  It began with a compliment from the pastor and a desire to be obedient. It ended with Karen Sapp allowing the minister to control nearly every aspect of her life. Full Story »

• Complaints accuse California moving company of misrepresentation

  The Sacramento Bee – Fri Dec 11, 1:21 am ET  

  Moving? Be careful whom you trust to haul your belongings. Full Story »

• California's own yellow-billed magpie is bird of the year

  The Sacramento Bee – Fri Dec 11, 1:19 am ET  

  A bird familiar to Central Valley residents – and seen nowhere in the world but California – got special recognition Thursday when it was named Audubon California's first "Bird of the Year." Full Story »

• Kings' Casspi joins Hanukkah celebration

  The Sacramento Bee – Fri Dec 11, 1:18 am ET  

  At the communitywide Jewish celebration Thursday night before the start of Hanukkah, children played with dreidels, three generations of leaders were honored, and Sacramento Kings player Omri Casspi signed autographs and posed for pictures with fans. Full Story »

• Sacramento business leaders back Johnson on strong-mayor plan

  The Sacramento Bee – Fri Dec 11, 1:18 am ET  

  Sacramento business leaders threw their weight behind Mayor Kevin Johnson's strong-mayor initiative Thursday, saying the measure on the June 2010 ballot would be good for local business. Full Story »

CBS 13 Sacramento

• Kings Host $1 Beer Night Hoping To Pack Arco Arena

  CBS 13 Sacramento – Fri Dec 11, 1:52 am ET  

  It's a promotion that has some excited, some concerned and the Kings are hoping it will translate into some filled arena seats. Full Story »

• Electronic Bingo Ban May Hurt Local HS Activities

  CBS 13 Sacramento – Thu Dec 10, 9:46 pm ET  

  Electronic bingo machines bring in big bucks to local charities and schools. Last year, it raised around $150,000 for El Camino High School. But that's about to change. Full Story »

• Calif Assembly Passes Race To The Top Package

  CBS 13 Sacramento – Thu Dec 10, 9:29 pm ET  

  The California state Assembly has approved a controversial package of legislation that would allow California to compete for up to $700 million in federal education funding. Full Story »

• Vandals Deface Priceless Manteca Murals

  CBS 13 Sacramento – Thu Dec 10, 9:02 pm ET  

  Manteca residents are concerned after vandals ruin priceless community murals with spray paint. Full Story »

• Assembly Democrats Vote Perez As New Speaker

  CBS 13 Sacramento – Thu Dec 10, 8:59 pm ET  

  Democrats have settled an internal fight by selecting a Los Angeles union organizer to be the next speaker of the California Assembly. Full Story »

The Stockton Record

• Gold Rush stirs up Lode of angst

  The Stockton Record – 2 hrs 48 mins ago  

  SUTTER CREEK - Sutter Creek is a national tourist destination and among the cutest Gold Rush-era towns in the Mother Lode. Yet that same phrase - Gold Rush - is now fighting words, because it is the name of a planned 1,334-home development that will more... Full Story »

• Addicted veterans find help at Dignity's Alcove

  The Stockton Record – 2 hrs 48 mins ago  

  STOCKTON - Six veterans met recently on Flora Street at a house for veterans who, before living there, were homeless and addicted to alcohol or drugs. Full Story »

• Fire district asks for tax reprieve

  The Stockton Record – 2 hrs 48 mins ago  

  STOCKTON - Among the routine business at its monthly meeting Thursday, the three-member board that oversees miles of levees in tiny Thornton had an unusual request before it. Full Story »

• Dispute leaves man stumped

  The Stockton Record – 2 hrs 49 mins ago  

  STOCKTON - Of the hundreds of tree stumps remaining from mid-October's storms, one in north Stockton, in Randall Kelley's front yard, has attracted the attention of his neighborhood's homeowners association, which told Kelley his failure to remove it... Full Story »

• Metro briefs -- Published Dec. 11, 2009

  The Stockton Record – 2 hrs 49 mins ago  

  LODI - The Lodi Planning Commission unanimously endorsed the city's proposed General Plan late Wednesday. Full Story »

KCRA 3 Sacramento

• DUI Suspected In Hit-And-Run Accident

  KCRA 3 Sacramento – Thu Dec 10, 11:20 pm ET  

  The California Highway Patrol is investigating a hit-and-run accident on Watt Avenue just north of Kings Way. Full Story »

• Police: Suspected DUI Driver Hits Woman

  KCRA 3 Sacramento – Thu Dec 10, 11:05 pm ET  

  Police in Sacramento say a woman suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol hit and injured a pedestrian. Full Story »

• Deacon In Sex Case Doesn't Enter Plea

  KCRA 3 Sacramento – Thu Dec 10, 10:05 pm ET  

  A Baptist deacon from Cool charged with inappropriately touching children during Bible study was in Sacramento County Superior Court Thursday to hear the charges against him. Full Story »

• Assembly OKs Race To The Top Package

  KCRA 3 Sacramento – Thu Dec 10, 9:20 pm ET  

  The California state Assembly has approved a controversial package of legislation that would allow California to compete for up to $700 million in federal education funding. Full Story »

• Animal Shelter Owners Face Foreclosure

  KCRA 3 Sacramento – Thu Dec 10, 9:05 pm ET  

  A shelter that focuses on senior and special-needs animals may have to shut down if it doesn't raise thousands of dollars by the end of the month. Full Story »

The Vacaville Reporter

• Decked-out Vacaville home touts a bright idea: collecting toys for Oakland's Children's Hospital

  The Vacaville Reporter – 1 hr 56 mins ago  

  It's the Christmas season and, along with finding the perfect yule tree, sipping egg nog, and singing carols, some make a habit of cramming the family into a car and cruising neighborhoods in search of decorated homes. Full Story »

• Downturn hits Vacaville Chamber of Commerce; vice president Hall laid off

  The Vacaville Reporter – 1 hr 56 mins ago  

  The cautionary business climate, marked by a fragile economic recovery, has now affected one of its biggest cheerleaders, the Vacaville Chamber of Commerce, which laid off its operations chief two weeks ago. Full Story »

• School closures a topic of debate and uncertainty in Vacaville

  The Vacaville Reporter – 1 hr 56 mins ago  

  New trustees were sworn into the Vacaville Unified School District Governing Board on Thursday night and immediately tasked with making a decision regarding possible school closures. Full Story »

• Testimony in fatal Vacaville arson case focuses on dog

  The Vacaville Reporter – 1 hr 57 mins ago  

  A dog specially trained to detect flammable liquids "alerted" to the presence of possible accelerants at the scene of a deadly Vacaville house fire two years ago, a Vacaville Fire Department captain testified Thursday during a murder-arson trial in Full Story »

• Convicted felon to get trial assignment set in Solano County Superior Court

  The Vacaville Reporter – 1 hr 57 mins ago  

  Accused of attempted murder for allegedly opening fire with a concealed pistol while he was handcuffed in the back seat of a police car, a Suisun City man will return to Solano County Superior Court next week. Full Story »

Modesto Bee

• Ripon police hold DUI checkpoints

  Modesto Bee – 1 hr 9 mins ago  

  Police will be looking for drunken drivers Saturday night at a sobriety checkpoint at an undisclosed Full Story »

• The Joy of Giving

  Modesto Bee – 1 hr 55 mins ago  

  The season of giving is in full swing in the Northern San Joaquin Valley as different groups gear up to collect and distribute goodies of all kinds to children around the region. Full Story »

• Today 's Sports Menu

  Modesto Bee – 2 hrs 56 mins ago  

  Sports TV and Radio listings for Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. Full Story »

• Local Writers at McHenry Museum

  Modesto Bee – Fri Dec 11, 2:31 am ET  

  A panel of 17 local authors and historians will be on hand at the McHenry Museum for book signings a Full Story »

• Book of Dreams Up Close: Family Support Network of Oak Valley Hospital District

  Modesto Bee – Fri Dec 11, 2:31 am ET  

  TODAY'S DREAM: Family Support Network of Oak Valley Hospital Distric Full Story »

News10 Sacramento

• 2010 Area Jobs Outlook: Not Good, Experts Say

  News10 Sacramento – Fri Dec 11, 2:56 am ET  

  With over six unemployed people applying for every one open job, a Sacramento employment development expert says job numbers for early 2010 are not very encouraging. Full Story »

• Operation Chihuahua: Adopted!

  News10 Sacramento – Fri Dec 11, 2:26 am ET  

  Many dog lovers responded Thursday following news reports that animal shelters across northern California were overrun with too many chihuahuas. Full Story »

• CHP: Drunk Sacramento Woman Causes Fender-Bender, Then Runs Over Driver

  News10 Sacramento – Fri Dec 11, 1:56 am ET  

  A Sacramento woman was in critical condition Thursday after investigators said she got out of her car following a minor traffic accident and was hit twice by the drunk driver who struck her car. Full Story »

• Woman Struck, Killed Crossing Sacramento Street

  News10 Sacramento – Fri Dec 11, 12:56 am ET  

  A woman was killed after investigators said she crossed in front of traffic on a busy Sacramento street Thursday evening, according to a Sacramento police spokesman. Full Story »

• Holiday Shoplifters Face Ready Security at Area Malls

  News10 Sacramento – Thu Dec 10, 10:56 pm ET  

  With a projected $30 billion in losses in 2009 alone, the crime of shoplifting is so pervasive that U.S. malls are going to great lengths to keep their retailers and merchandise safe. Full Story »

FOX40 Sacramento

• Manteca Murals Hit by Graffiti

  FOX40 Sacramento – Fri Dec 11, 2:56 am ET  

  Love scorned and maybe even broken-hearted. Full Story »

• Keeping Your Fireplaces Clean

  FOX40 Sacramento – Thu Dec 10, 9:11 pm ET  

  With the cold temperatures...many folks are turnign to their fireplaces for warmth. Full Story »

• Woman In Critical Condition Following Hit-And-Run

  FOX40 Sacramento – Thu Dec 10, 8:11 pm ET  

  FOX40.com - Northern California's breaking news source Authorities are investigating why someone would strike a woman with a vehicle after a rudimentary hit-and-run in North Sacramento. Full Story »

• Obama Accepts Nobel Peace Prize, Defends Need For War

  FOX40 Sacramento – Thu Dec 10, 6:56 pm ET  

  Obama acknowledges the irony of receiving the prize as he orders a troop buildup in Afghanistan. He lauds past winners' commitment to nonviolence but says he can't follow their examples alone. President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize here today, acknowledging the irony of winning it as a wartime president and calling his own accomplishments "slight" in comparison to past winners. Full Story »

• Oakland Hills Has To Wait For FEMA Fire Grants

  FOX40 Sacramento – Thu Dec 10, 5:41 pm ET  

  Federal grants for wildfire control efforts in the Oakland hills are being delayed for further environmental review. Full Story »

Sierra Sun

• Two contract hantavirus in Truckee

  Sierra Sun – Thu Dec 10, 9:35 pm ET  

  TRUCKEE - Two Truckee-area residents who fell ill with the rodent-spread hantavirus late last month have since recovered. The county office of environmental health reported two men, one middle-aged and a teenager caught and recovered from the virus in the last month. The men live in different homes and neither owns rodents, a county official said. Approximately 40 percent of hantavirus pulmonary ... Full Story »

• November birth announcements

  Sierra Sun – Thu Dec 10, 6:36 pm ET  

  Ella Gabrielle was born to Rob and Denyelle Nishimori of Truckee on Nov. 2. Alexandra Leigh was born to Pete and Tiffany Oliva of Incline Village on Nov. 6. Areli was born to Ana Georgina Negrete and Johann Martinez of Kings Beach on Nov. 6. Giselle was born to Cristian Osuna-Lopez and Cleotilde Osuna-Sanchez of Kings Beach on Nov. 9. Dexter Reese Lavoy was born to Scoyy and Leighann Whittier of ... Full Story »

• My Turn: Truckee's Community Christmas kicks off

  Sierra Sun – Thu Dec 10, 6:36 pm ET  

  Inundated with grim financial news daily, it's no surprise that some of are using the Grinch as our holiday giving model. Yes, times are tough; therefore nurturing the Christmas giving spirit within our community is more important than ever. It is this very spirit that makes Truckee the kind of place that we can be proud of. Not surprisingly the community need is greater than ever before. Proud ... Full Story »

• My Turn: NTHS Lakers are winners, too

  Sierra Sun – Thu Dec 10, 6:36 pm ET  

  Congratulations to the Truckee football team for their successful season and awesome skills and spirit on their trek to win the State championship. I'm sure the praise and recognition they received was all well deserved. I know some Truckee parents who are understandably very proud of their sons. I didn't watch a single game, or read about it much beyond the headlines. I was watching the North ... Full Story »

• My Turn: An exercise in constructive conflict

  Sierra Sun – Thu Dec 10, 6:36 pm ET  

  As the Speak Your Peace campaign officially winds up, we at Truckee Tahoe Community Foundation celebrate the success of this effort that got our community talking about how we interact with each other. Not everyone supported the campaign. Some suggested it was a form of "thought police" while others questioned the need for yet another set of "rules" on top of others that currently exist for ... Full Story »

The Union Democrat

• Report says trauma less likely to kill

  The Union Democrat – Thu Dec 10, 11:18 pm ET  

  Calaveras County residents were half as likely to die following car crashes, gunshot wounds and other traumatic injuries last year than five years ago. In 2008, there were 68 deaths from trauma across the six counties, including Calaveras, covered by the Mountain Valley Emergency Medical Services Agency, compared with 116 in 2004, according to a new agency report. Full Story »

• Fourth suspect arrested in bomb-making case

  The Union Democrat – Thu Dec 10, 11:17 pm ET  

  A Jenny Lind woman was jailed Tuesday after information was uncovered allegedly linking her to a home where three Valley Springs residents are believed to have made more than five bombs. Jennifer Dawn Martin, 33, was living in a house on the 5900 block of Thorneycroft Street, Valley Springs, where bomb-making materials and one live bomb were found last week, according to Calaveras County Sheriff ... Full Story »

• Tuesday fires damage two homes in Tuolumne County

  The Union Democrat – Thu Dec 10, 11:17 pm ET  

  Two house fires broke out Tuesday in Tuolumne County. Fire burned a car port and part of the interior of the home in Jamestown Tuesday afternoon, Cal Fire officials said. According to the report, investigators traced the cause of the blaze to fireplace ashes that were left near the exterior wall of the house. Full Story »

• Supervisors debate consensus issue

  The Union Democrat – Thu Dec 10, 11:17 pm ET  

  A lively debate on whether consensus or voting is better for making decisions sprang from an otherwise dry discussion about committees at Wednesday’s extended Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors meeting. The session was a continuation of the board’s Tuesday meeting, which adjourned early to allow attendees to leave before the night’s hard freeze. Full Story »

• Retired educator sculpted art program

  The Union Democrat – Thu Dec 10, 11:17 pm ET  

  Jim Bass spends his days in a small workshop in Mountain Ranch, creating collectible ceramic art pieces — some inlaid with original Mayan art — while listening to rock ‘n‘ roll music. Bass is the kind of man who inspires a love for art in students and is someone to listen to, friends say. Full Story »