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  • Gas prices stabilize in Sacramento jump nationwide

    In a rare reversal of a long-standing trend, gas prices in the Sacramento area and throughout California remained stable last week while the rest of the nation saw a significant increase.The average retail price of gasoline in the area rose about a penny over the past week to $3.97 a gallon, according to today's report by national price tracker GasBuddy.com, which surveys 720 stations in ...

  • Kings flooded with fans seeking season tickets

    A crowd of supporters react to Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson during a news conference announcing the purchase of the Maloof's ownership of the Sacramento Kings at City Hall in Sacramento on Friday, May 17, ...

  • Sacto 911 Two who died in Auburn plane crash are identified

    The two people killed when their single-engine airplane crashed in Placer County over the weekend have been identified as a couple from Lassen County. Bruce Albright Rhymes, 59, and his wife, Kathy Lorraine Rhymes, 58, died Sunday when their aircraft crashed near Auburn Airport, according to the Placer County Sheriff's Department. Ian Gregor, public affairs manager for the Federal ...

  • Brown cites safety in possible Bay Bridge delay

    Gov. Jerry Brown said Monday that he does not know if the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will open over Labor Day weekend because of safety ...

  • Man fatally falls at Bay to Breakers party in SF

    The incident happened at an apartment building across from the Golden Gate Park panhandle around 3:30 p.m. Sunday several hours after the race began. Police say the man apparently fell from the roof on to the pavement. Paramedics rushed him to the hospital but he succumbed to his injuries. His name has not yet been released. Also during Sunday's event, police arrested 21 people for ...


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Grass [DVD]

As everyone knows, marijuana gets you high. But, according to Ron Mann's documentary Grass, its unfortunate legacy in the United States is the billions of dollars spent and thousands of otherwise innocent people incarcerated due to the ever-changing rhetoric employed by overprotective zealots hell-bent on maintaining the illusion that smoking it is ... well, that's the problem. What Gras ... ...

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  • Susanville Couple Identified as People Killed in Auburn Plane Crash

    Footage from a CHP helicopter surveying the crash. AUBURN-- Authorities have identified the two people killed in a plane crash near Auburn early Sunday morning. Susanville residents Bruce Albright Rhymes, 59, and Kathy Lorraine Rhymes, 58, were found dead at the scene just east of the Auburn Municipal Airport. Locating the crash proved to be difficult for authorities as the plane had gone ...

  • Disabled student duped into giving up money

    SACRAMENTO - Two men are sought after allegedly taking advantage of a Sacramento State student with disabilities last Thursday. A report from the Sacramento Police Department said an Open University Sacramento State student with disabilities was tricked into giving a large amount of money to two men around 3:28 p.m. on May 16. The two men, both white, were listed as being in their 20s. Both ...

  • Church Grounds Hit with Gang Graffiti

    File photo WOODLAND-- Police say that the Holy Rosary Community Center was hit with gang graffiti overnight. The graffiti had been already cleaned up by mid-Monday morning. Officers had found that the blacktop was chalked with what looked like gang graffiti. One message also allegedly included a death threat against law enforcement, police say. Authorities note that although the graffiti ...

  • Pie Eater Breaks 2 World Records

    LINCOLN- Imagine gobbling up more than 11lbs of pie in one sitting; not only did one man do it, but he broke two world records in the process. Jamie "The Bear" McDonald sat before two giant apple pies at Thunder Valley Casino Resort Monday morning to help kick off their new buffet. With a glass of tea in hand, McDonald ate 11.25lbs of pie in about ten minutes. The old record of ...

  • Top of the List El Dorado County employers

    Each week, we show you the top five companies from our Lists printed in our Friday paper. This week we feature El Dorado County employers. Each week, we show you the top five companies from our Lists printed in our Friday paper. This week we feature El Dorado County employers. El Dorado Countys 25 largest employers provide 12,648 jobs. With 1,830 employees in full-time equivalents, Blue Shield ...

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