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  • Appetizers Sign up early to make dough at State Fair baking contests

    Baking know-how could pay off at the upcoming State Fair during two cooking competitions. But to make some dough, you've got to sign up early. Friday, May 31, is the deadline to register for the State Fair's two featured baking contests: Fleischmann's Yeast Best Baking Contest and the Ghirardelli Chocolate Championship. Judging for both contests will be July 25 near the end of ...

  • How safe is that bridge youre driving over

    Like millions of other Americans, Dan and Sally Sligh packed up their vehicle and headed out for a Memorial Day weekend trip. As they crossed the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River outside Seattle, Washington, the bridge gave way and their pickup truck plunged into the frigid ...

  • Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus

    The San Joaquin County Mosquito and Vector Control District confirmed the virus is positive in mosquitoes in area codes 95337 and 95366, which sit along the southern border of San Joaquin County. "This is the earliest detection of West Nile virus in mosquitoes since the 2004 inception in San Joaquin County," WVC spokesman Aaron Devencenzi said. With people heading to nearby water and ...

  • Missing Woman with Dementia Found Safe

    Photo of Pham provided by sheriffs. SACRAMENTO– A 79-year-old woman who was reported missing from her Summer Falls Circle home has been found safe. Sheriff’s announced that she had been found around 3 p.m. Friday. She had been missing since 11 p.m. Thursday night. Authorities were worried about her safety due to her ...

  • Vigil Planned For 10-Year-Old Girl Shot To Death In North Highlands

    NORTH HIGHLANDS (CBS13) – A vigil has been planned to honor the memory of the 10-year-old girl shot to death Saturday while watching television in her North Highlands home. Village Elementary School staff will host a vigil Tuesday ...


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Movie Review

The General's Daughter

In "The General's Daughter," a new anti-military, one-man-versus-the-establishment mystery thriller from director Simon West ("Con Air"), John Travolta plays Warrant Officer Paul Brenner, a cocky military investigator looking into the brutal strangling and apparent rape of the daughter of General "Fighting Joe" Campbell (James Cromwell), a famous Army officer with political aspirat ... ...

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  • States settle with Cigna over long-term disability insurance

    California and four other states have reached a settlement of up to $2.3 million with Cigna over handling practices for long-term disability insurance. Insurance officials found the insurer did not give due consideration to the medical findings of independent physicians, discounted information provided by Social Security disability decisions and failed to give appropriate consideration to ...

  • Court denies second hearing on MediCal rate cut

    A federal appeals court has denied a second request by California doctors, pharmacists and hospitals seeking to undo the state's 10 percent rate cut for treating the ...

  • Funeral planned for slain 10-year-old girl

    Funeral services are being planned for a 10-year-old Northern California girl who was killed when gunmen fired a barrage of bullets into her family's home while she was drawing and watching ...

  • Sacramento Woman Indicted for Sex Trafficking a Minor

    SACRAMENTO, CA-A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment on Thursday charging Shanntaye Ebony Hicks, 23, of Sacramento, with one count of sex trafficking of a minor and two counts of transportation of a minor, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According to the indictment, between March 4, 2013 and March 23, 2013, Hicks maintained a minor female victim by means of ...

  • Court upholds retroactive Medi-Cal cuts

    A federal appeals court has denied a request from California providers to have a full panel of judges rehear their lawsuit to block retroactive cuts to Medi-Cal provider fees. A federal appeals court has denied a request from California providers to have a full panel of judges rehear their lawsuit to block retroactive cuts to Medi-Cal provider fees. In December, a three-judge panel of the 9th ...

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