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  • Area community gardens looking for green thumbs

    Want to plant a vegetable garden but have no space or sun? Join Sacramento's community gardens."There's still plenty of time to get a plot and plant," said Bill Maynard, Sacramento's community garden coordinator. "It makes a great summer activity for families."The annual cost – including water – is $25 to $75, depending on garden location. Plot sizes range ...

  • Sacto 911 Cell phone ticket numbers about the same but usage down in state

    About 57,000 drivers were ticketed for handheld cell phone talking and texting during an April crackdown by the California Highway Patrol and other police agencies. The California Office of Traffic Safety notes the 57,000 tickets matches the number handed out the year before. The average number of tickets handed out in a non-distracted driving awareness month is 36,000. While the ticket ...

  • Higher airfares keeping people home on Memorial Day

    It appears that more Californians will be sticking closer to home over the upcoming Memorial Day holiday weekend, compared with last year.AAA projected today that slightly more than 4 million Californians plan on traveling 50 miles or more over the three-day weekend.That represents a decrease of 2.1 percent from last year. "Despite the diminished tailwind for travel plans among ...

  • Obama to visit Oklahoma on Sunday

    President Barack Obama will travel to tornado-ravaged Oklahoma on Sunday, the White House announced. At least 24 were killed in the mammoth ...

  • Search underway for car reported in Sacramento River

    SACRAMENTO - Sacramento City firefighters were dispatched to the Sacramento River near Interstate 5 and Sutterville Road Tuesday night in response to reports that a car had gone into the water. Sac City Fire Dept. spokesman Niko King said crews arrived at the location around 11:30 p.m. and searched the water, but were unsuccessful in locating the vehicle. The search was resumed Wednesday ...


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Movie Review

Ratcatcher [DVD]

Ratcatcher [DVD]

Lynne Ramsey's feature debut Ratcatcher won't win any awards for originality of subject matterafter all, the pains of adolescence in the lower economic strata depicted in a social-realist manner is hardly new in British filmmakingbut it is done so deftly, with such a exquisitely poetic touch and keen understanding of the paradoxical coexistence of filth and beauty in the world, that you ca ... ...

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  • Is Your Profile Picture Impacting Your Job Search

    Bethany Crouch talks to Career Development Expert Sandy Lamba. They discuss social media profile pictures and if yours could be hurting your chances of landing a dream ...

  • Is More Than One 401k Account Worth It

    Paul Robins talks to FOX40 Financial Analyst Keith Springer. He answers viewer questions including one that asks does it make sense to have two 401k ...

  • Man Being Questioned as Part of Boston Bombings Investigation Shot and Killed

    This photo of Tamerlan Tsarnaev was taken in 2009 after his arrest on an assault charge.Courtesy: Cambridge Police Department ORLANDO (CNN)- A man shot and killed early Wednesday by an FBI agent in Orlando was being investigated for a possible connection to the Boston bombings, a U.S. law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the Boston Marathon case told CNN. The man who was shot, ...

  • Man Threatens to Kill Himself and Children Firefighters Searching for a Car in River

    SACRAMENTO - A man called Sacramento dispatchers and threatened to kill himself and his children early Wednesday morning. He said he was taking them in his car around midnight Tuesday. Around the same time, a witness saw a car break through a gate leading to the Sacramento River in Land Park near Sutterville Road and Riverside Avenue. Nothing was initially found and a crew called off the ...

  • Kings corporate development manager leaves starts public affairs firm

    Michael Faust has left his job as the Sacramento Kings corporate development manager to start his own public affairs firm, MEF Consulting. Michael Faust has left his job as the Sacramento Kings corporate development manager to start his own public affairs firm. Faust, who prior to his Kings stint led the Northern California World Trade Center in Sacramento, launched MEF Consulting two weeks ...

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