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  • Sacto 911 South Lake Tahoe officer pleads guilty to obstruction witness tampering

    A South Lake Tahoe police officer pleaded guilty today to witness tampering and obstruction, according to the U.S. Attorney in Sacramento. John Gerald Poland, 44, was arrested Jan. 23 following an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, South Lake Tahoe Police Department and the California Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement. According to court documents, on June 29, 2011, Poland, ...

  • Cal State trustees appoint 5 campus presidents

    The university's Board of Trustees announced Wednesday that it had approved a round of presidential appointments. Three of the positions were filled by administrators who have held the posts on an interim basis since last year, while two went to officials working at different campuses from the ones where they will hold the top ...

  • 4 families evacuated during Sacramento County apartment fire

    Ibragim Todashev, shot dead early Wednesday by the FBI in Florida, was "directly involved" in a 2011 triple homicide in Waltham, Massachusetts, a law enforcement official told CNN Wednesday. Todashev was fatally shot by an FBI agent during ...

  • Authorities investigate double homicide in Citrus Heights

    Ibragim Todashev, shot dead early Wednesday by the FBI in Florida, was "directly involved" in a 2011 triple homicide in Waltham, Massachusetts, a law enforcement official told CNN Wednesday. Todashev was fatally shot by an FBI agent during ...

  • 1996 body found in Sacramento River IDd as missing Chico woman

    SACRAMENTO, CA - The body of a woman found by a jet skier in the Sacramento River in 1996 has been identified as that of a Chico woman who disappeared four months earlier. The Butte County Sheriff's Office said a DNA match from her parents led to the identification of Victorene "Vicki" Lee Pyrskalla, who was 42 when she was reported missing from her home on Taffee Avenue in Chico ...


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Movie Review

Ratcatcher [DVD]

Ratcatcher [DVD]

Lynne Ramsey's feature debut Ratcatcher won't win any awards for originality of subject matterafter all, the pains of adolescence in the lower economic strata depicted in a social-realist manner is hardly new in British filmmakingbut it is done so deftly, with such a exquisitely poetic touch and keen understanding of the paradoxical coexistence of filth and beauty in the world, that you ca ... ...

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  • Brutal Cleaver Assault in London is Suspected Terror Attack

    A gruesome attack outside London, England is being investigated as a terror attack.Courtesy: AP LONDON (CNN)- A man thought to be a serving British soldier was killed by two armed men in a frenzied attack on a London street Wednesday, in what the government is treating as a suspected act of terrorism. Witnesses told of a gruesome scene in which the man was hit by a car, then hacked with ...

  • Honoring a Woman Committed to Customer Service

    FOX40 wants to salute the men and women who are making a different in their community. If you know someone you’d like to honor who is a soldier, police officer, firefighter, teacher, or volunteer, send us their name, picture and description of their service to Morning@FOX40.com. Then watch FOX40 Monday-Friday at 6am and 8am to see if we read your ...

  • South Lake Tahoe Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Witness Tampering and Obstruction

    SACRAMENTO, CA-John Gerald Poland, 44, of South Lake Tahoe, pleaded guilty today by a federal grand jury for multiple counts of witness tampering and obstruction of an official proceeding, U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. This case is the product of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, South Lake Tahoe Police Department, and the State of California Bureau of ...

  • Fire Crews Contain 11-Acre Blaze At Rancho Cordova Park

    RANCHO CORDOVA (CBS13) – After burning more than 11 acres, firefighters in Rancho Cordova were able to get a handle on a grass fire burning at River Bend Park. ';It’s taking off as a very bad fire season,'; said Sac Metro Battalion Chief Charles Jenkins. It started as a few acres, but quickly spread. ';We’ve got a lot of dead fuel loading. We call it timber ...

  • Governor talks regulatory reform budget at Host breakfast

    California Gov. Jerry Brown, seen here projected on a screen at the annual Sacramento Host Breakfast, tells the crowd about building up the state's budget surplus, rather than spending it. He also talked water supply, business climate and CEQA reform. California Gov. Jerry Brown and the California Chamber of Commerce shared some of the same opinions during addresses to the 88th annual ...

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