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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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Today’s Daily Deal is from Pillsbury

    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 ...

  • Cathie Anderson Second generation to reclaim William Glen name

    Bill Snyder's kids have been waiting two years to tell you this: William Glen is back.Siblings Amy Guthrie and Mark Snyder didn't have an ownership stake or a say-so in the retail establishment that their late father built in Town & Country Village, and like its customers, they were caught off guard by news that the store would close in December 2010.Guthrie and Snyder didn't ...

  • Obituary Maj. Gen. William Hegland was successful in business military

    William "Bill" Hegland, a leader whose integrity, hard work and organizational skills propelled him to success as a business consultant and major general in the Air Force Reserve, died May 17 of bladder cancer, his family said. He was 82.Maj. Gen. Hegland rose from Air Force aviation cadet to two-star general during 39 years of military service. Commissioned a second lieutenant in ...


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Miracle on 34th Street [DVD]

Miracle on 34th Street [DVD]

Having been with us so long as a Christmas-time staple, it is easy to forget that Miracle on 34th Street is a rather unlikely classic. It could have easily gotten lost during its initial theatrical release in 1947, especially given the fact that it played in the ... ...

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  • Obituary Jo Lonam founded Sacramento States interior design program

    Jo A. Lonam, a world traveler and scholar who helped establish interior design as a field of study at California State University, Sacramento, died May 12 of cancer, friends said. She was 81.With a refined taste and love of art, Ms. Lonam was instrumental in elevating interior design from a home economics course – like cooking or sewing – to a separate bachelor's degree program at CSUS. ...

  • Foodies spark reawakening of Grange in California

    Jeanette York, left, holds the stencil that members of the California Food Literacy Center ironed onto T-shirts last week in Sacramento. The state's Grange facilities were underused until food advocates began organizing as Grange chapters, giving the group a new lease on ...

  • Garage near City Hall and Chavez Plaza to get $1.3 million in improvements

    Sacramento officials will launch $1.3 million in improvements to the downtown garage across from Cesar Chavez Plaza – including facade upgrades to attract retail and restaurant tenants to the underused site.The city's 20-year-old garage at 10th and I streets near City Hall has more than 21,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and restaurant space, but much of that has been used for years ...

  • Great weather for running

    Lisa O'Shea rides alongside her husband, Rob, on the trail off Whitelock Parkway in Elk Grove on Wednesday evening. Rob O'Shea is training for an ironman competition in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, in six weeks. Temperatures are expected to reach the low 70s again today in Sacramento. Monday's high temperature was 92 degrees, but the mercury reached only 74 degrees Wednesday at ...

  • Underwater mortgages are down in region

    The number of Sacramento-area homeowners who owe more than their homes are worth continued tumbling in the first three months of this year, real estate tracking firm Zillow reported Wednesday.In the first quarter of 2013, there were 140,857 homes in so-called negative equity in the Sacramento region, the Seattle-based firm reported. That was down from 156,840 homes in negative equity in the ...

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