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Abuse survivor pens book

Tue, 04/05/2011 - 14:12

Auburn resident Louise Schnur hopes her book "From Darkness to Light: An Autobiography of a Battered Woman" will provide hope to men and women looking to escape abusive relationships.

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Sacramento County supervisor Peters to hold office hours

Tue, 04/05/2011 - 10:02

Sacramento County Supervisor Susan Peters will hold community office hours at Carmichael Park later this month during the community's annual egg hunt and pancake breakfast.

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Good Guys hostage crisis remembered 20 years later

Tue, 04/05/2011 - 05:40

Timeline of events during the crisis: - 1:33 p.m.: 911 calls start coming into the Sacramento County dispatch from employees in the Good Guys Electronics store - 2:50 p.m.: Police deliver first bulletproof vest to the front of the store.

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Healthcare options limited for uninsured, underinsured

Tue, 04/05/2011 - 01:30

Dozens of people were turned away when they showed up for the final day of the free health clinic at Cal Expo known as Remote Area Medical.

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Elk Grove youth soccer leader charged with child sex

Mon, 04/04/2011 - 21:14

An Elk Grove youth soccer official accused of having sex with a 16-year-old girl was arraigned in Sacramento County Superior Court Monday.

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Annual Rosemont Community Association Meeting Set for Tuesday

Mon, 04/04/2011 - 17:04

Tuesday evening, the neighborhood group will hold its annual meeting in the Rosemont High School cafeteria.

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11 Detained In Cockfighting Ring Bust

Mon, 04/04/2011 - 12:55

Sacramento County sheriff's deputies busted a cockfighting ring in Rio Linda on Saturday.

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Cockfighting arrests made in Rio Linda

Mon, 04/04/2011 - 08:39

Eleven people were arrested and dozens of live, dead and wounded roosters were found at a Rio Linda cockfighting operation, the Sacramento County Sheriff's department reported.

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Thunder brings quality pro sports, loyal fans to Stockton

Mon, 04/04/2011 - 04:34

On a recent weekend, 22,727 people chose to do the same thing in Stockton - attend a professional hockey game.

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Are obese children predicted to have shorter life spans than their parents?

Mon, 04/04/2011 - 00:25

A mother of two from Sacramento, Calif., says that McDonald's uses toys as bait to induce her kids to clamor to go to McDonald's and to develop a preference for nutritionally poor Happy Meals.

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Rio Linda ax-slaying suspect had past trauma, family says

Sun, 04/03/2011 - 02:42

Steven Zinda "is a totally different person" since his brain injury, his mother says.

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Gibson Ranch reopens

Sat, 04/02/2011 - 22:59

Volunteer Bobbie Sundberg, above, moves some of the horses that returned to Sacramento County's Gibson Ranch on Friday while another volunteer, Yolanda Jones, helps wash one of the horses.

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Sheriff's deputies break up Rio Linda cockfighting ring

Sat, 04/02/2011 - 18:54

Sacramento sheriff's deputies detained several people in cockfighting bust Saturday afternoon.

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Court date set for Endicott on charges of sex with minors

Sat, 04/02/2011 - 14:44

A court date for former Richfield resident and businessman Thomas Sherman Endicott, 73, has been set for Nov.

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Sacto 9-1-1: Sacramento police arrest parolee in burglary

Sat, 04/02/2011 - 10:45

A burglar alarm paid off for a Stockton Boulevard business early today. The alarm went off between midnight and 1 a.m. at a business in the 1700 block of Stockton Boulevard, according to a Sacramento Police Department report.

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Coroner identifies driver killed in fiery capital crash on I-5

Sat, 04/02/2011 - 06:35

The name of the Sacramento man who died Wednesday morning when his vehicle fell from a transition road onto southbound Interstate 5 following a collision has been released by the Sacramento County coroner.

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Brown's Countdown, Day 83: GOP senator comfortable with no-tax pledge

Sat, 04/02/2011 - 02:21

Jonathan Raymond, superintendent of the Sacramento City Unified School District, backed by other school superintendents at the state Capitol on Thursday, appeals to lawmakers to allow Californians to vote on tax extensions.

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Gun leads to arrest

Fri, 04/01/2011 - 22:05

A man was arrested Sunday after allegedly pointing a gun at his neighbor. At approximately 2:25 p.m., Los Banos police responded to the 700 block of Windsor Court to investigate a report of a person brandishing a handgun.Officers spoke with a 42-year-old man who said he was in his back yard when the neighbor, 54-year-old Arthur Ray Trujillo, looked ...

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Predator faces Fresno trial for alleged threats

Fri, 04/01/2011 - 18:01

A sexually violent predator who is a patient in Coalinga State Hospital will stand trial for threatening a Sacramento prosecutor, a judge ruled this morning in Fresno County Superior Court.

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FOX40 Investigation: Racist Language Found in Current Home Title Documents

Fri, 04/01/2011 - 14:02

It's been illegal for decades to exclude certain races from living in certain neighborhoods.

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