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  • Court denies second hearing on MediCal rate cut

    A federal appeals court has denied a second request by California doctors, pharmacists and hospitals seeking to undo the state's 10 percent rate cut for treating the ...

  • Funeral planned for slain 10-year-old girl

    Funeral services are being planned for a 10-year-old Northern California girl who was killed when gunmen fired a barrage of bullets into her family's home while she was drawing and watching ...

  • Vigil Planned for 10-Year-Old Killed in North Highlands

    Elvira Campos. NORTH HIGHLANDS-- A vigil will be held on May 28 at Village Elementary School for Elvira Campos, the 10-year-old girl who was shot dead in North Highlands last Sunday. The family has asked the public to not bring candles. Instead, balloons are set to be released. Further, the Consulate General of Mexico has stepped in to help the family of Elvira. A bank account for the family ...

  • Sacramento Woman Indicted for Sex Trafficking a Minor

    SACRAMENTO, CA-A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment on Thursday charging Shanntaye Ebony Hicks, 23, of Sacramento, with one count of sex trafficking of a minor and two counts of transportation of a minor, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According to the indictment, between March 4, 2013 and March 23, 2013, Hicks maintained a minor female victim by means of ...

  • Sacto 911 Former dispensary operator gets 6-year prison term in pot case

    Police carry bags of marijuana seized Thursday at the R&R Wellness Center in south Sacramento. Medical pot advocates protested the bust, denying the shop broke state law as police allege. Bryan Smith, 27, the shop operator, and his father, Kelly Smith, 54, were ...


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Movie Review

The General's Daughter

In "The General's Daughter," a new anti-military, one-man-versus-the-establishment mystery thriller from director Simon West ("Con Air"), John Travolta plays Warrant Officer Paul Brenner, a cocky military investigator looking into the brutal strangling and apparent rape of the daughter of General "Fighting Joe" Campbell (James Cromwell), a famous Army officer with political aspirat ... ...

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  • Appetizers Sacramento second grader cooks on national TV

    Nicolas Come may be only 8 years old, but the Sacramento second grader brings his hometown's "Farm-to-Fork" campaign to a national audience Saturday morning. Broadcast live from New York City, Nicolas will appear on "FOX & Friends Saturday" on the FOX News network, starting at 3 a.m. PDT. Nicolas' scheduled segment will air about 6:30-6:45 a.m. in Sacramento. ...

  • Funeral held for 8-year-old tornado victim

    Some 300 mourners crowded inside Eagle Heights Baptist Church here Friday to pay their respects to an elementary school student killed when a tornado churned through nearby Moore, ...

  • Classes train babies to float rescue themselves

    ROSEVILLE, Calif. - According to the CDC, besides birth defects, drowning is the number one cause of deaths among children one to four years old. Most of those drownings occur in home swimming pools. That is why parents around the world are taking steps to prevent drownings by teaching their babies how to float and rescue themselves ...

  • More than 50 Aftershocks Since Thursday’s Earthquake

    Map courtesy: USGS GREENVILLE-- Since the magnitude 5.7 earthquake from last night, there have been 54 more tremors near Greenville as of noon Friday. Almost all the aftershocks have registered, preliminarily, under 4.0 - although one came in at 4.9. Thursday night's earthquake was centered near Lake Almanor in Plumas County. No significant damage or injuries have been reported as a ...

  • Fight over ‘American Idol’ Sparks Stabbing Between Couple

    A Pennsylvania couple apparently takes their "American Idol" very seriously. Cops say 48-year-old Karen Elaine Harrelson and 57-year-old Gregory Stambaugh were watching the singing competition show last week at Stambaugh's York home when suddenly an argument erupted between the pair as to which contestant should win the title -- Candice Glover or Kree ...

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