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  • Man sought in Stanislaus County kidnapping

    PATTERSON, CA - Detectives continue to look for a man they say is a suspect in a kidnapping for ransom and beating that took place last Saturday. The victim was kidnapped from his home in rural Stanislaus County and taken to the 600 block of Spooner Court in Patterson, according to Stanislaus County sheriff's investigators. There, several men assaulted him over a nine-hour period. The ...

  • New fight over weakening state transparency law

    Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders are praising the state's existing law requiring public access to government documents -- even though there's disagreement about a new budget provision to make portions of that law an optional duty for local governments. At issue are a handful of provisions in the budget awaiting Brown's signature that would remove state funding for ...

  • Women Inmates Work Near State Capitol

    SACRAMENTO– A Prison Industry Authority crew of women inmates appeared across the street from the State Capitol, doing survey work at a monument dedicated to Mexican-American soldiers. They are the first class of women construction trainees that have been composed of male inmates. It affords women prisoners the same opportunity that male inmates have to be trained in construction ...

  • Teen Accused Of Killing Davis Couple Makes First Court Appearance

    His appearance comes two days after his arrest in the deaths of Chip Northup and Claudia Maupin. The couple was found dead in their Davis home in April during a welfare check by ...

  • Manteca Teen’s Life-Saving Text Ends Days Of Rape Torture

    MANTECA (CBS13) – A suspect is now behind bars after a Manteca teen was reportedly held captive, tortured and raped for days. Police arrested the girl’s former boyfriend — 20-year-old Derek Landry — for allegedly holding her at his home in the 400 block of Cowell Avenue. The teen’s nightmare began when police say Landry pushed her to the ground and kicked her in ...


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Fiend Without a Face [DVD]

Fiend Without a Face [DVD]

Fiend Without a Face is considered by many to be the best movie of the brief, five-year outpouring of science-fiction/horror hybrids in Great Britain in the late 1950s. Although shot on a tight budget, Fiend is a well-crafted and generally suspenseful genre flick that has held up surprisingly well, despite its sometimes dated dialogue and reliance on Cold War-era paranoia and fe ... ...

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  • Davis teen pleads not guilty to murder charges

    dvsmith@sacbee.com Davis teen Daniel William Marsh pleaded not guilty today in Yolo Superior Court to charges he tortured and killed a Davis couple in April. Marsh, 16, entered his plea in a hushed voice and largely obscured from a crowded Woodland courtroom. He faces two counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances including torture and lying in wait in the stabbing deaths of ...

  • Online vote to make one Sacramento business dream come true

    Someone's downtown Sacramento business dream is on the verge of becoming a reality.Five business concepts have been chosen as finalists for the nonprofit Downtown Sacramento Foundation's inaugural "Calling All Dreamers" competition.Established in 2011, the foundation is a sister organization of the Downtown Sacramento Partnership. Through April and May, applications were ...

  • TMZ Sopranos Actor James Gandolfini Dead

    The celebrity website TMZ reports that James Gandolfini, best known for his role as Tony Soprano on "The Sopranos", died earlier today in Italy.The website says Gandolfini is believed to have suffered a heart attack. He was 51 years old. Gandolfini was in Italy to attend the 59th Taormina Film Festival in Sicily and he was scheduled to participate in a festival event this weekend. ...

  • Teen charged in Davis couples slayings pleads not guilty

    Marsh was charged a day earlier as an adult in the attack on Oliver Northup, 87, and his wife, Claudia Maupin, 76, in Davis. The couple were found dead on April 14 by police conducting a welfare check. Northup was a member of a local folk group, and family grew concerned when he didn't show up for a show that day. Authorities say Marsh's motive is not known. He did not know the couple, ...

  • Pit bull that killed 6-year-old Dixon boy euthanized

    Emergency crews took Nephi to Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto. He was declared dead about 4 hours after he was bitten. The dog's owner was a San Mateo police officer and the boy's uncle. He believed the boy's injuries were not serious and went to work before learning the boy died. The Mercury News reports that no charges have been filed in the case yet. Police ...

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