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  • Court strikes down Arizona 20-week abortion ban

    The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the law violates a string of U.S. Supreme Court rulings starting with Roe v. Wade that guarantees a woman's right to an abortion before a fetus is able to survive outside the womb. That's generally considered to be about 24 weeks. Normal pregnancies run about 40 ...

  • UC hospital workers begin two-day strike

    Harbinder Singh, a laborer at UCD Med Center carries protest signs in front of the hospital during a labor strike on Tuesday, May 21, 20013. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees planned the walkout of workers at the UC Davis Health System and University of California hospitals in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego and ...

  • Slaying of 10-year-old girl in North Highlands not an accident sheriffs office says

    Pamela Martinez and grandchildren, from left, Selena, Antonio and Mackenzie Martinez, offer a prayer near the North Highlands site of Saturday's ...

  • The top 25 travel destinations in America and around the world

    , the user-driven travel resource website has revealed the 2013 edition of their Travelers' Choice Destination awards. The site ranked the top domestic and international destinations based on users' rankings for hotels, restaurants and attractions in various locales, along with the number of times a destination is pinned as a favorite on its travel app. Following are the top 25 ...

  • Sacramento Music Festival Taking Over Old Sac this Weekend

    A performer at last year’s Sacramento Music Festival. SACRAMENTO-- The Sacramento Music Festival, once known as the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, will be starting this Friday. Slated to perform this year are the likes of the John Lee Hooker Jr., Wanda Jackson, the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band and Los Lobos, among many others. Expect a range of music from blues to rock, to jazz and dance bands. ...


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Movie Review

The Children Are Watching Us (I bambini ci guardano) [DVD]

The Children Are Watching Us (I bambini ci guardano) [DVD]

The child knows. Although just a diminutive four-year-old, utterly nave about the world around him, he senses--he knows--that something is not right with the way his mother is talking to the man in the park. It is wrong, and when he takes his two-wheel s ... ...

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  • Tool helps health providers make patient record sharing authorization decisions

    State health officials have developed a tool to help providers decide when they need patient authorization to share treatment records as California builds an electronic highway for medical information. State health officials have developed a tool to help providers decide when they need patient authorization to share treatment records as California builds an electronic highway for medical ...

  • Rescuers search board by board for survivors

    Amid downed power lines, hissing gas pipes and immense devastation, rescuers searched "board by board" Tuesday for survivors and victims of a massive tornado that pulverized a vast swath of the Oklahoma City ...

  • Yuba City woman targeted in elaborate debt collection scam

    YUBA CITY, Calif. - A Yuba City woman nearly fell victim to a terrifying scam involving a fake debt collector and a phony cop. Michelle Bertsch received a dozen calls at home and at work on her cellphone in April from a man claiming to be a debt collector. The man demanded Bertsch pay a due balance of $1,395 or pay in installments of $500. But Bertsch didn't owe anyone any money. ...

  • Early Morning Crash in Stockton Kills 1

    File Photo STOCKTON-- Police say that one person is dead, with three more sent to the hospital, after a crash a little after midnight Tuesday. A car heading south along Pershing Avenue near Princeton Avenue hit a tree around 12:24 a.m. First responders declared one occupant of the car dead at the scene. The other three were taken to a local hospital; their conditions have not been released. ...

  • Lawmaker Wants to Change How Schools Admit Homeless Youth

    SACRAMENTO - State Senator Carol Liu wants to speed-up how quickly schools admit homeless youth. She says, ';These kids don’t have parents. The bill addresses the need to let these kids come in, register, participate in sports, get benefits that would be denied to other people.'; She says about 200,000 young people are on the streets. ';We just know what these statistics ...

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