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Slightly warmer for Friday rain chances Monday

THURSDAY: Mostly cloudy but our shower chances start to decrease for the valley. Highs will be in the 70s. Sierra skies stay mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs near ...
Today’s Daily Deal is from Old Navy

We found a great coupon on old Navy’s Facebook page. It’s for 10% off your entire purchase. The offer is good through June 6th. For a copy of this ...
William Glen name returns

Mark Snyder and Amy Guthrie, co-owners of C & C Merchants, Inc., say the company is officially changing its name to William Glen Inc. William Glen is back. Siblings Mark Snyder and Amy Guthrie have re-claimed the name of the home goods and gift retailer that their dad co-founded and built into a Sacramento institution. After the original William Glen store in the Arden Arcade area closed two ...
Vivek I’m a King Now

Incoming Sacramento Kings owner Vivek Ranadive took a few minutes during the Long Live the Kings Rally to talk to FOX40′s Jim Crandell and Kristina ...
New owner finishing Abe Alizadeh building

Developer Joe Mohamed is putting the finishing touches on the four-story office building in downtown Roseville, and hes looking for a restaurant tenant for the first floor. Developer Joe Mohamed is putting the finishing touches on the four-story office building in downtown Roseville, and hes looking for a restaurant tenant for the first floor. The building will be completed in late summer. The ...

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Cleopatra [DVD]

In terms of sheer size and scope, legend and excess, few Hollywood films will ever be able to hold a candle to Joseph L. Mankiewicz's epic production of Cleopatra. From the beginning, when filming commenced in 1960, Cleopatra was doomed to be one of the largest, most expensive, and most problematic productions ever, and its inordinate cost almost sank 20th Century Fox (it was ba ... ...

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City spruces up downtown parking structure

Like a real estate agent getting a new coat of paint on a home for sale, the city of Sacramento hopes renovations for a downtown city hall parking garage will attract some users for ground-floor retail. Like a real estate agent getting a new coat of paint on a home for sale, the city of Sacramento hopes renovations for a downtown city hall parking garage will attract some users for ground-floor ...
Sacramento housing market edges toward normalcy

An analysis by RealtyTrac Inc. shows Sacramentos housing market headed for a more normal pattern, with new-housing permits growing briskly in early 2013 and foreclosures dropping sharply. An analysis by RealtyTrac Inc. shows Sacramentos housing market headed for a more normal pattern, with new-housing permits growing briskly in early 2013 and foreclosures dropping sharply. With 42 new permits ...
Dale Carlsen wins honor from Sac State

Dale Carlsen, founder of The Sleep Train Inc., will receive an honorary doctorate today from California State University Sacramento. The home-grown founder of The Sleep Train Inc. will receive an honorary doctorate today from his alma mater. Dale Carlsen will be honored during commencement ceremonies at 11:30 a.m. fittingly, at Sleep Train Arena. California State University Sacramento is ...
Placer Vineyards project faces environmental review

A meeting next week will consider the effects of a proposed 5,200-acre development project north of Elverta on nearby wetlands. A meeting next week will consider the effects of a proposed 5,200-acre development project north of Elverta on nearby wetlands. Placer Vineyards, which would include 14,000 homes, 165 acres of retail and other developments, will be the subject of a public meeting next ...
Honoring Sacramentos Health Care Heroes

Lifetime achievement Charla Parker CEO of Western Clinicians Network The Business Journal salutes individuals who have had a huge impact on health care in our community. They range from doctors and nurses to administrators and educators. Some are entrepreneurs while others are volunteers. Click here for a slideshow listing the heroes honored Many are ordinary people who have ended up doing ...

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US man arrested for dialling 911 more than 100 times in one month

A man from Sacramento has been arrested for calling 911 more than 100 times in about a month.

According to police, Jimmy Shao needs help and he thinks that only the emergency hotline dispatcher can give it to him, the New York Daily News reported.

The 56-year-old told KTXL-TV that the government is sending satellite signals directly into his body, thereby causing him severe pain and anguish.

"They squeeze my brain, they press my stomach, they stir my intestines," he said.

Some of Jimmy Shao's calls to 911 lasted as long as seven minutes.

Police arrested Shao for tying up precious resources for what they see as a false emergency.

Sacramento Police Officer Michele Gigante said that shao was told to stop making those calls and to use non-emergency lines but he refused to do so.

He called 911at least three times even after being arrested.

Shao, who keeps his very own log book of all the times he's called the line, said that it's the feds, maybe the CIA itself, that is harassing him with its insistent satellite pings.

He also admits that he may sound crazy, but claims that he visited a psychiatrist at his former wife's behest and was given a clean bill of mental health.

Meanwhile, Jena Swafford, Sacramento's 911 dispatch supervisor said that it can be very frustrating for a dispatcher because, for them 911 is their number one priority. ...