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  • Higher county water bills may be on tap

    Water rates in Sacramento County would go up 5.6 percent in August and another 3.8 percent next year under a proposal supervisors will consider in July.Supervisors on Tuesday set a public hearing on July 16 for the proposed rate hikes. The change would add $12 to each bimonthly bill for an average residential customer.The increases would apply to about 170,000 people receiving service from the ...

  • Sacramento area veterans awarded diplomas through Operation Recognition

    Liberty Derby, 7, center, admires the sign her grandfather, Douglas Borges holds at left, while Arthur Flores Aleman and granddaughter Destiny Silva, 10, pose at right for a photo. The Operation Recognition program has awarded 171 ...

  • Davis man faces trial in alleged hate crime

    Clayton Garzon will face trial on assault and hate crime allegations connected to the March 10 beating of a gay Davis man, a Yolo Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday."We have evidence of a severe beating – not just a punch, but a significant beating," said Yolo Superior Court Judge David Rosenberg at the conclusion of Garzon's preliminary hearing.Garzon, 20, of Davis faces three ...

  • Sacramento City Council plans to boost parks budget for first time since 07

    Sacramento's core public services have been devastated the past five years, the result of persistent, historic budget deficits at City Hall.Police officers have been laid off, fire rigs have been shut down and development projects have been put on hold.Of all the services to take a hit, the upkeep of the city's vast parks system has been affected perhaps the most. That cycle of cuts ...

  • Final yard waste pickup for spring is next week

    The final spring citywide pickup of loose-in-the-street green waste for residents now using containers will be held next week. All yard waste must be out for collection by 6 a.m. Monday. The city advises to keep piles 6 feet from vehicles and out of gutters and bike lanes. Yard waste acceptable for pick-up by "claw" machines includes leaves, and tree and shrub ...


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The Last Kiss

The Last Kiss

The Last Kiss is a remake of a 2001 Italian film of the same title by writer/director Gabriele Muccino, who specializes in domestic melodrama (he was recently imported to the U.S. to direct The Pursuit of Happyness starring Will Smith). Screenwriter Paul Haggis (Crash ... ...

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  • Bank merger awaits shareholders vote

    Fresno-based Central Valley Community Bancorp, parent of Central Valley Community Bank, says that all regulatory approvals have been completed for it to acquire Visalia Community Bank.Currently, Central Valley has 17 branches, including one in Sacramento. That would jump to 21 with the addition of Visalia Community Bank's four branches.Final approval of the acquisition rests with Visalia ...

  • Carbon auction price rises

    California's heavy industries spent $280 million on greenhouse gas permits in the state's latest carbon auction – a sign to environmentalists that the controversial program is hitting its stride.The California Air Resources Board, reporting on the results of its third carbon auction, said credits that allow polluters to emit greenhouse gases this year sold for $14 a ton. That's ...

  • Ask the experts Do I need to file an amended return

    The April 15 tax season may be over, but tax questions still linger. Here with some answers is Gregory Burke, a former IRS auditor who's a longtime CPA with John Waddell & Co. in Sacramento.I filed my federal return on May 10, received an amended 1099 dated March 15, a second amended 1099 dated April 1, and then a third amended 1099 dated April 15! The total net changes are less than ...

  • Investigation planned in Yolo jail inmates death

    Yolo County sheriff's officials say that an inmate died Saturday after being found in his cell with labored breathing.Todd Alexander Phillips, 29, was pronounced dead at Woodland Memorial Hospital after being taken by ambulance from the main jail. Phillips had been in custody since April 12 for various felony and misdemeanor offenses.The sheriff's office said in a news release that ...

  • 3.4 rise estimated in area home prices

    Sacramento metro-area home values rose a nation-leading 3.4 percent from March to April, according to Seattle-based data tracker Zillow.Zillow put the Sacramento area's median home value at $252,900 last month, with the monthly percentage surge topping the 30 largest U.S. metro areas tracked by Zillow.That was up 9.7 percent from the most recent quarter and a whopping 25.4 percent year over ...

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