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  • Associated Press Sacramento Daybook

    Listings do not indicate the AP will cover the events. Please keep the AP in mind when news of regional interest develops in your area. For questions about the Daybook, please call the AP Sacramento bureau at 916-448-9555 or the AP West Regional Desk at 602-417-2400. Items to be considered for interest can be emailed to sacramento (at) ap.org or to westdaybook (at) ...

  • Burst water line affects water supplies to RCCC inmates in Elk Grove

    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 office spokesman Sgt. Jason Ramos. "It's been more of an ...

  • Man Robbed and Carjacked Suspects Caught Later

    File photo WOODLAND-- Police say they were able to catch three people linked to a violent robbery and carjacking that happened Thursday night. A man was walking in Ferns Park along W Southwood Drive around 10:30 when three men attacked him. The three took the man's cellphone and keys to a 1994 Toyota. They then took off in the car. As a result of the attack, the man suffered bruises and ...

  • Help the ‘Skunk Train’ Get Back on Track

    MENDOCINO COUNTY– It all came to a screeching halt last month for the "Skunk Train" in Mendocino County. It's been around since 1985. A cave-in happened about 35 miles east of Fort Bragg. The train is used for passengers and freight. The repairs come with a hefty price tag — $300,000. You can help the train get back on track by donating. Just head over ...

  • Two Dead After Plane Crashes Near Auburn

    AUBURN - Two people were found dead inside a single engine plane after it crashed east of the Auburn Municipal Airport around 3 a.m. Sunday morning. The Placer County Sheriff’s Department took a call from the California Office of Emergency Services asking for help in locating a possible downed plane. With the help of CHP, deputies were able to find the crash site. The plane was found ...


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The Evening Star [DVD]

The Evening Star [DVD]

Terms of Endearment, the 1983 Oscar-winner for Best Picture, was an unabashedly heartbreaking movie that lifted itself above its TV movie plot by paying attention to the idiosyncrasies of personality and taking the time to understand the truths of human frailty. It had an utterly sweet charm, and the performances by Shirley MacLaine, Jack Nicholson, Debra Winger, and Jeff Daniels breat ... ...

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  • Family Fears that Ashes are just Sand

    SACRAMENTO– A day after sheriff’s deputies pull permits and seize 17 bodies from a Modesto funeral home under criminal and civil investigation, one grieving family has new fears about what happened with their loved one. ';If this is not him where’s my husband? Where’s his body,'; asks Willie Cotton. Those are questions Willie Cotton never thought she’d ...

  • Girl Dies After Being Shot Along With Parents In North Highlands Home

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A 10-year-old girl was shot to death and her parents were hospitalized after gunmen walked up to the front door of a home in the North Highlands area of Sacramento County and started shooting, sheriff’s officials said. The girl, her 14-year-old brother and her parents were inside their home on the 6300 block of Channing Drive when at least two gunmen went to the door ...

  • Tornadoes touch down in Kansas Oklahoma

    A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas, moving northeast at about 30 miles per hour, the National Weather Service ...

  • Tornado touches down in Kansas

    A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas, on Sunday, moving northeast at about 30 miles per hour, the National Weather Service ...

  • Girl 10 killed in North Highlands shooting

    A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas, on Sunday, moving northeast at about 30 miles per hour, the National Weather Service said. The service did not mince words. "You could be killed if ...

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