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Deadly crash closes NB I-5

A detour has been set up at Arena Boulevard to reroute traffic around the crash scene which stretches between the Arena Boulevard exit and the Del Paso Road ...
Weekend warm-up then cooler next week

Cooler conditions with a chance of showers mainly North of I-80. This is a late season storm that can bring light amounts of rain at an unexpected time of year. Better chances exist the higher up you go in elevation and the more North you are as well. Highs in the Valley near 80 and 60s for the ...
Man claims he was sexually assaulted in Macys bathroom

SACRAMENTO, CA - Police are investigating a possible sexual battery at a store restroom in the Arden Fair Mall. The 23-year-old victim, who has a slight disability because of an accident several years ago, encountered the suspect inside the bathroom at the Macy's store, according to police. According to the victim's father, the victim was inside the restroom at the department store ...
Landlords from hell plead guilty to felonies in Calif.

A couple that prosecutors dubbed the "landlords from hell" for going to scary lengths to drive tenants from a San Francisco apartment building -- including cutting holes in one tenant's floor with a power saw while he was still inside -- have pleaded guilty to several felonies. Nicole Macy, 37, and Kip Macy, 38, threatened to shoot tenants, changed locks, cleared apartments of ...
Roseville Residents Face Electricity Surcharge After Dry Winter

"It'll just be another hike in a long line of hikes," she said of the second surcharge in five years. "I'm used to paying a lot on the power ...

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That Thing You Do!

"That Thing You Do!" is a movie that remembers with sharp clarity a time in America when cars had fins, pea green and orange were stylish colors, a mop top was the haircut to have, clock radios were the size of small TVs, sunglasses were a new innovation, and kisses still meant something. In his first stint in the director's chair, actor Tom Hanks has made a snappy little ode to a time when Americ ... ...

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Weed treatment on forestland to restrict access next week

The U.S. Forest Service will use a chemical treatment to eradicate infestations of invasive weeds on forestland at many locations around Lake Tahoe from Monday through June 28.Access to treatment sites will be restricted for several hours during and after the application. Caution signs and boundary tape will remain in the treatment areas for at least 48 hours afterward.Lake Tahoe Basin ...
Disabled vets group shifts to larger space

The California Disabled Veteran Business Alliance, a nonprofit that for nearly 20 years has helped disabled military personnel become entrepreneurs and business owners, has moved into larger offices in the Natomas area.The alliance is now at 4201 Sierra Point Drive, Suite 101, just north of the intersection of Interstate 80 and Truxel Road. It formerly was at 1611 S St., in Sacramento.The group ...
Davis teen pleads not guilty to brutal double slaying

Bill Marsh, center, sits in the Woodland courtroom after his son, Daniel William Marsh, was led away from his arraignment hearing Wednesday. The teen has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder and special ...
Ousted Herarld fire district director sits at head table during meeting

Lance Newhall, center, talks to Herald fire board Chairman Stephen Stigelmayer at Wednesday's meeting. Newhall took his chair, saying his ouster was ...
Activities planned for capital as high court nears Prop. 8 ruling

Same-sex marriage advocates plan a slate of activities in Sacramento to coincide with the U.S. Supreme Court's upcoming ruling on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage.Organizers will host a news conference with leaders of Sacramento's gay and lesbian community at 9:30 a.m. on the day of the decision. The event will be at the ...

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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.

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Iran's president-elect was speaking after his historic election victory.

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US immigration bill clears key senate hurdle

As a major immigration bill that would give over 11 million people, including some 260,000 Indians, living illegally in America a path to citizenship, it received a full endorsement from President Barack Obama.

"If you're serious about actually fixing the system, then this is the vehicle to do it," he said Tuesday at the White House, flanked by immigration reform supporters, hours before a strong Senate majority voted to open debate on it.

"If you're not serious about it, if you think that a broken system is the best America can do, then I guess it might make sense to try to block it," he said referring to the bill drafted by a bipartisan "gang of eight", four Democrats and four Republicans.

"But if you're actually serious and sincere about fixing a broken immigration system, this is the vehicle to do it," he said flanked among others by young undocumented students and the US Chamber of Commerce president and CEO, Tom Donohue.

"This bill isn't perfect, it's a compromise," Obama said. "And going forward, nobody is going to get everything they want. Not Democrats, not Republicans, not me. But this is a bill that's largely consistent with the principles that I and the people on this stage have laid out for common-sense reform. ...