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  • US man arrested for dialling 911 more than 100 times in one month

    A man from Sacramento has been arrested for calling 911 more than 100 times in about a month. According to police, Jimmy Shao needs help and he thinks that only the emergency hotline dispatcher can give it to him, the New York Daily News reported. The 56-year-old told KTXL-TV that the government is sending satellite signals directly into his body, thereby causing him severe pain and ...

  • Lake County landslide stabilizes

    Lake County's Deputy Administrator Chris Shaver says the landslide has shown no significant movement since May 14. Prior to that, Shaver said, it had been moving a foot or two a day. The Santa Rosa Press Democrat says seven homes in Lakeside Heights have been deemed uninhabitable and 10 others have been issued voluntary evacuation notices since the slide began in late March. The Board of ...

  • Sacramento joins World Trade Week celebrations

    World Trade Week is a national initiative to spark more interest in exports and foreign investment. International trade has been a lively theme in California over the past month. There was Gov. Jerry Browns trip to China in April, where the governor announced $1.8 billion in new trade deals. Now Sacramento is celebrating World Trade Week, a national initiative to spark more interest in exports ...

  • Foothill Farmers Market returns to Palladio

    The farmers market will run every Thursday from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. through Aug. 29 at Palladio at Broadstone in Folsom. Fresh fruits, veggies and flowers will be plentiful first thing this morning outside of Whole Foods Market in Folsom. Today marks the return of Foothill Farmers Market at Palladio at Broadstone, Folsoms open-air mall. The farmers market will run every Thursday from 8 a.m. ...

  • Northstar proposing Forest Flyer high-speed ride

    The Northstar coaster would be on steel tracks suspended above the ground for a 2,365-foot ride. Northstar Resort is hoping to bring a slice of something Disneyland-esque to their resort near Lake Tahoe. Today, the Placer County Planning Commission will see a proposal for whats being called a Forest Flyer toboggan-style alpine coaster to the resort, for operation in all kinds of weather. The ...


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Stranger Than Paradise [DVD]

Stranger Than Paradise [DVD]

Shot in a vividly elegant black-and-white style that is composed entirely of long takes punctuated by fades to blackness, Jim Jarmusch's Stranger Than Paradise looked like nothing else on the American film scene in the mid-1980s. An ostensible speck on the map ... ...

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  • Adoption of electronic health records reaches tipping point

    Federal health officials have met and exceeded their goal for 50 percent of doctors offices and 80 percent of eligible hospitals to have electronic health records by the end of 2013. More than half of all doctors and other eligible providers have received Medicare or Medicaid incentive payments for adopting or meaningfully using electronic health records, federal health officials announced ...

  • First Northern Bank parent elects chairman

    John Carbahal was chosen as chairman of First Northern Community Bancorp. The parent company of First Northern Bank announced this week John Carbahal was elected chairman of the board of directors for a three-year term and Foy McNaughton was elected vice chairman for a one-year term. First Northern Community Bancorp (FNRN: OTCQB) held the election May 16. Carbahal is a certified public ...

  • Golf course group hires management firm

    Mark Connerly, vice president of Connerly & Associates, will serve as executive director for the California Golf Course Owners Association. The California Golf Course Owners Association, a trade group based in Sacramento, has hired a new executive director. But for the first time, the association tagged a management company instead of just an individual: Sacramento-based association management ...

  • OKC Mayor 12000 homes damaged in storm

    At least 12,000 homes were damaged or demolished from Monday's abysmal tornado, Oklahoma City Mayor Mike Cornett said. The twister killed 24 people, including 10 children, and injured 353 in central ...

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    You can sign up for Pillsbury’s free newsletter. You’ll find coupon savings up to $250 per year, exclusive club member offers, recipes and more. For more on this ...

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