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  • Sacto 911 Fresno man identified by coroner in I-5 roll-over accident

    The Sacramento County Coroner's office has released the name of a man killed in a roll-over accident on Interstate 5 south of Elk Grove. Andrew James Peterson, 24, of Fresno died from injuries suffered in the traffic accident. The California Highway Patrol said that Peterson was driving his 2005 Toyota Tundra northbound on I-5 north of Hood-Franklin Road when for unknown reasons he lost ...

  • Cops Man flings 40 lbs spear at passing car in Sacramento

    Officers responded to report Tuesday that a man, later identified as Jeffrey Jones, was standing in the road moment before launching the spear at a car near Auburn Boulevard and Annadale Lane, the Sacramento Police Department ...

  • Physicians group labels obesity a disease

    The American Medical Association adopts a new policy on obesity The change diagnoses nearly one-third of Americas with a medical condition AMA decision could increase funding for future research, doctor ...

  • Old meets new in historic Sacramento K Street tour

    830 K Street: The Montgomery Ward Building, located at 830 K Street, was built in 1936 next to the Kress Building. This photograph of the Montgomery Ward building was taken on March 14, 1942 on a rare snowy day in Sacramento. The only other snowfall in Sacramento happened three decades ...

  • Mens Wearhouse ousts founder pitchman Zimmer

    FILE - In this Thursday, May 6, 1999 file photo, George Zimmer, second from left, gestures to Andy Dolich prior to a meeting, in Oakland, Calif. Men's Wearhouse Inc. says it has dismissed Zimmer, its founder and executive chairman. In a terse release issued Wednesday, June 19, 2013, the company didn't give a reason for the abrupt firing of Zimmer, who built Men's Wearhouse from ...


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Movie Review

The Little Mermaid [DVD]

The Little Mermaid [DVD]

It may be hard to believe in an age when Disney animated films are considered failures when they only gross $100 million, but there was a time not too long ago when the Disney animated studio was in trouble. After turning out numerous classics during the '30s, '40s, and '50s, the animation division had begun to sink into mediocrity, and the '70s and '80s produced interesting but flat films lik ... ...

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  • Evacuation Orders Partially Lifted in Carstens Fire

    Crews on their way to fight the Carstens Fire. MARIPOSA COUNTY- As the Carstens Fire is becoming increasingly contained, firefighters lifted evacuation orders for one area affected Tuesday evening. Residents of the Lushmeadow area are allowed to return to their homes. Earlier Tuesday, investigators revealed that the fire was human caused. It all started from an unattended campfire June 16. ...

  • Sacramento area winds calm with warming trend on the way

    A halo encircles the sun in the Sacramento sky Tuesday afternoon, spurring many calls from curious observers to the National Weather Service office. Meteorologist Craig Shoemaker said the ring resulted from ice crystals in cirrus clouds that refracted light and created a mirror ...

  • Feds again leave empty-handed in Hoffa hunt

    The search in a field near Detroit for ex-Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa ended Wednesday, and as with so many past attempts to find him, authorities walked away empty-handed, the FBI ...

  • Hundreds more allowed back home in Calif. wildfire

    Hundreds of additional residents have been allowed to return to their homes, as crews aided by lower temperatures and higher humidity made progress overnight against a wildfire near a main route into Yosemite National ...

  • Men’s Wearhouse Fires the ‘I Guarantee It’ Guy

    Image of George Zimmer from the Men’s Wearhouse website. NEW YORK (CNNMoney)- Men’s Wearhouse executive chairman George Zimmer has been ';terminated,'; the clothing retailer said on Wednesday. Zimmer opened the company’s first store in Houston in 1973. He’s been the bearded face of Men’s Wearhouse in television ads for years, famously promising men, ...

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