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  • Tornadoes pummel several states and kill 1

    But the destructive weather isn't over. Baseball-sized hail, wind gusts and tornadoes could pummel parts of the central Plains and Midwest through ...

  • Elk Grove Couple Turns Home Into Successful Wedding Venue

    ELK GROVE (CBS13) – Owners of a private oasis tucked away in Elk Grove are getting ready for a busy summer. That’s because they’ll be hosting a whole lot of parties in their own backyard. Thirty-six years ago, Vicki and Rich Walker would have never imagined their three-acre home would be transformed into sprawling Wisteria Gardens. "All of this has grown. I can't ...

  • 10-year-old North Highlands girl gunned down watching TV with family

    A 10-year-old girl was shot to death Saturday night while watching TV in the living room of her North Highlands home, Sacramento county sheriff's investigators said Sunday. The barrage of bullets that penetrated the house from outside also wounded the girl's father and mother.On Sunday morning, a cluster of four bullet holes marked the front window of the home on Channing Way, ...

  • Water line break affects Rio Cosumnes inmates

    A burst water line was discovered on the grounds of the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center in Elk Grove on Saturday, affecting a few hundred inmates being held in some of the facility's housing units."The problem is being worked on, and we hope to have it fixed by Monday," said Sacramento County Sheriff's Department spokesman Sgt. Jason Ramos. "It's been more of an ...

  • Pacific Rim fest a treat -- and maybe a lesson in long life

    Sinh Lam mans an overflowing grill Sunday in Old Sacramento, preparing his San Jose company's Thai Kabobs. A steady stream of Pacific Rim fest visitors kept Lam and other vendors ...


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Missing [DVD]

Missing [DVD]

Costa-Gavrass Missing has gone from being speculative to definitive. It is a rare based-on-true-events political thriller whose conjectures about then-mysterious cover-ups and governmental deception have since been vindicated. At the time Missing was released, it was a center of ... ...

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  • This Week Jobs picture shows improvement for graduating students

    Jobs picture shows improvement for graduating studentsOver the next few weeks, thousands of young men and women in the Sacramento region will receive diplomas signifying their transition from high school to college or from institutions of higher learning into the work world.At California State University, Sacramento, 4,688 students are eligible to receive diplomas. The school's seven ...

  • I Care Teen helps recovering victims of the sex trade

    Sixteen-year-old Jordyn Jones barely breaks a sweat as she works in the garden with residents of Courage House, a home for young victims of sex trafficking. The home is supported by the Christian nonprofit Courage Worldwide. The girls joke around and Jordyn fits right in, but her life couldn't be more separate. Many of the girls living there are runaways from abusive families. Jones comes ...

  • 2 killed in plane crash – GPS led to wreckage

    Two people in a single- engine airplane died early Sunday when their aircraft crashed near Auburn Municipal Airport, according to the Placer County Sheriff's Department.At 12:30 a.m., the sheriff's office received a call from the California Office of Emergency Services to help search for a downed aircraft. Commercial airliners had confirmed a distress signal from the plane's ...

  • Job Front UC Davis plans workshop to aid U.S. veterans find work

    They have served their country at home and around the globe. Now they are ready to start new careers in the civilian world.Military veterans are the focus of UC Davis' first Veterans and Diversity Career Fair, from 4 to 7 p.m. on June 3 at the university's MIND Institute, 2825 50th St., Sacramento.The event linking veterans and other job seekers to career opportunities in the UC Davis ...

  • Applause Kudos to Artie Davies former Folsom city clerk

    Accomplishment: On her 100th birthday, lauded by elected leaders with commendations for a lifetime of civic work.Details: Davies served as president of the Folsom Historical Society and was city clerk for 22 years, from 1956 to 1978. She was once named Woman of the Year by the Folsom Chamber of Commerce. She also found time to join the Folsom Garden ...

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