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  • Immigration reform fight heats up

    The debate over immigration reform is heating up in California, where scores of immigrants, many of whom are undocumented, rallied Monday at the state Capitol, demanding more ...

  • Does current sex-ed curriculum go far enough

    Material presented to students in sex education classes around the state this year tells them that condoms are 86 to 100 percent effective in preventing HIV and sexually transmitted diseases, but does not say condoms won't prevent disease transmitted by skin-to-skin ...

  • Bail boosted to $4 million in car trunk kidnapping

    SACRAMENTO, CA - A judge quadrupled the bail to $4 million Monday for a convicted sex offender charged with forcing a 7-year-old girl into the trunk of his car in front of the child's mother. Cedric Lain Holland, 25, faces charges of kidnapping to commit another crime and parole ...

  • Land Park police pursuit ends with front yard crash

    SACRAMENTO, CA - A short police pursuit in Sacramento's Land Park neighborhood ended with the 21-year-old driver crashing into a corner front yard. Sgt. Brian Ellis said a police officer tried to pull over Dylan McLeod after seeing him speeding on Broadway around 4 p.m. Monday. Ellis said McLeod then turned south on Riverside Blvd. before trying to make a left turn onto Markham Way, where ...

  • Energized Kings Employees Work Overtime to Fill Demand for Tickets

    SACRAMENTO- When's the last time you smiled and cheered at the thought of working 12 hours? If you answered 'NEVER' - then, chances are, you aren't an employee of the Sacramento Kings. Call it Sleep Train Arena 2.0. After three years of tug of war over the Sacramento Kings, employees are no longer wondering what tomorrow will bring, just trying to complete the fast break ...


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Movie Review

Holes

Holes

Holes is definitely not your typical Disney family movie. Set in a work camp for convicted juveniles in the middle of a dry lakebed in the desolation of deep West Texas, it is visually striking, with the harsh images on screen matched by a surprisingly genuine depiction of troubled youth. Granted, in the end all the juvenile delinquents turn out to be generally good kids at heart, but the ... ...

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  • NWS Okla. tornado had winds up to 200 mph

    A monstrous tornado as much as a mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary ...

  • 3 small explosions cause lockdown at Calif. school

    Authorities say they've put a Central California high school on lockdown and cancelled classes after three chemical explosions on the school's ...

  • Officials 6 killed in OKC tornado

    A powerful tornado blasted an area outside of city on Monday, ripping roofs off buildings, leveling homes and leaving a massive band of destruction in its ...

  • NorCal girl 5 dies in rollover crash

    Detective Nicole Abetkov says the single-vehicle crash occurred shortly after 8 a.m. Monday when the driver apparently lost control of the SUV as it overturned and came to rest past an intersection. Abetkov says officers arrived on the scene and found the girl suffering from major head injuries. She died at a local hospital. Police say the girl wasn't wearing a seat belt or in a child ...

  • 6-alarm vegetation fire burns north of Vacaville

    A six-alarm vegetation fire burning north of Vacaville on Monday afternoon is threatening several structures that include homes and barns, a fire battalion chief ...

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