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  • Playground Catches Fire Crews Fight Small Blazes All Day

    SACRAMENTO– The windy weather has been no picnic for fire fighters in the Sacramento area. "Some of my children came running toward my apartment saying 'fire, fire,'" said Paul Taylor. Taylor looked out his door to see billowing black smoke from the playground at Community Outreach Academy Elementary School. Stoked by the winds, that fire spread quickly. "The ...

  • Facing Elimination Nothing But Pride for Stockton’s Thunder

    STOCKTON – For one last time, Stocktonians got to scream and shout like other cities. Saturday nights hockey game at the Stockton Arena was the last home game of the season for the Thunder. The team has provided the City with a much needed sense of pride, given all of its hard knocks lately. ';You can’t do much more damage to Stockton,'; commented one fan. ';It just ...

  • Burglary Suspect Surrenders To Police On Rooftop Of Natomas Home After Chase

    SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A burglary suspect with nowhere to run or hide allegedly led police on a wild chase through a Natomas neighborhood before ending up on the roof of a home. Police say the suspect first broke into a home off Moonstone Avenue in broad daylight, but was scared off when he came face-to-face with a 10-year-old girl inside. When officers arrived, he took them on quite a ...

  • Police Say They Were Defending Officer From Suspect Who Died In Custody

    officer striking a suspect with a baton moments before he died. Police say they were defending another officer who was overpowered by the suspect. It all began at the Metro PCS store in the 8300 block of Folsom Boulevard as a suspicious person call that quickly escalated into a full-fledged fight between officers and the suspect. An eyewitness, who wished to remain anonymous, captured video ...

  • Witnesses to deadly struggle defend police actions

    SACRAMENTO, CA - Two witnesses to a violent confrontation that ended with the suspect dying in police custody say YouTube video of the incident doesn't tell the whole story. Two Sacramento police officers struggled to subdue a man who had barricaded himself and an employee inside a cell phone store on Folsom Boulevard late Friday afternoon. John Allanach said the suspect had the upper ...


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Movie Review

Moulin Rouge

In Moulin Rouge, director Baz Luhrmann has finally found a form that is fitting to his uncompromisingly bombastic style. His previous two films, the independent Australian hit Strictly Ballroom (1992) and the hyperkinetic adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996), were leading up to this: a full-blown musical, the likes of which I don't think anyone has ever s ... ...

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  • Missing Modesto Teen Found Safe

    Photo of Sydni provided by authorities. MODESTO– Authorities say that they have found 19-year-old Sydni Nicole Sherrill and that she is safe. A person reported seeing Sherrill at a local shelter. Sherrill had been missing since Friday. Authorities were worried for Sydni’s well-being do to her having developmental ...

  • Bynes N.Y. Officer Sexually Harassed Me Reports of Arrest ‘All Lies’

    (CNN) — Amanda Bynes has had a rough few days — some might say, a rough few months — landing in jail after allegedly tossing a marijuana bong out of her 36th-floor New apartment window. On Saturday, the 27-year-old actress took to Twitter with a simple message: ';Don’t believe any reports.'; And she didn’t stop there. The New York police’s story ...

  • Boom first sign of problem on I-5 bridge

    The first sign for a truck driver that something was wrong on a bridge on Interstate 5 that collapsed into Washington's Skagit River was the sound of a "boom," a federal investigator said ...

  • Sheriff’s Donation Will Help DART Buy New Diving Equipment

    SACRAMENTO-- When the volunteer Drowning Accident Rescue Team lost one of their own in 1987, Ron Harknett - a Rancho Cordova firefighter - dove into the water to search for a 3-year-old girl and her father. Harknett never resurfaced and his body has never been found. "We do feel the grief that the families feel. And we do feel the sadness. And we are at least able to help out a little ...

  • Warm Breezy Weather To Continue Into Sunday

    Saturday was a great way to kick off the Memorial Day weekend with mild temperatures and a nice breeze. Sunday will mean a similar set up as well with the winds picking up in the ...

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