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  • Detective Slain 10-year-old girl was targeted in calculated attack

    "When they're standing right here and pointing a gun and it's no less than 2 or 3 feet away from the girl, they knew exactly that they were shooting a 10-year old girl," Wallace ...

  • Man Suspected in Attempted Kidnapping Appears in Court

    Sacramento County Superior Court SACRAMENTO- The man accused of throwing a 7-year-old girl in the trunk of his car appeared in court Monday, where his bail amount was increased from $1 million to $4 million. The girl managed to escape. Prosecutors argued that 25-year-old Cedric Holland is a danger to the community and pointed out that this isn’t the first time he was in trouble with ...

  • Modesto Funeral Services Business Remains Under Investigation

    MODESTO- When the story of a Modesto funeral services business that was under investigation broke, Willie Cotton ran to her locket to see if her husband's remains were inside and she found nothing. Cotton has not been able to sleep since for she wants answers. "We have no peace; I have never heard of anything like this I have never planned a funeral, I never cremated no loved ...

  • Police Arrest Man Suspected of Sexually Assaulting Teen

    John Ganoe’s booking photo (Lodi Police) LODI- Lodi Police say they arrested a man suspected of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl at knifepoint Monday. Lodi officers had help from Stockton Police and the U.S. Marshals. Investigators say a 13-year-old girl that knew 44-year-old John Ganoe reported that he had lured her into a hotel room and sexually assaulted her overnight at ...

  • Daily thought Sacramento park without play area

    Resident's who live near the park on Franklin Blvd in South Sacramento just before one reaches Mack Road, are confused. Resident's want to know why they waited over a year for the city to build the park that will not have a biking area, a skating area or even a play structure. It seems logical to most that a park should have a children's theme. Children need a place to play ...


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Movie Review

Holes

Holes

Holes is definitely not your typical Disney family movie. Set in a work camp for convicted juveniles in the middle of a dry lakebed in the desolation of deep West Texas, it is visually striking, with the harsh images on screen matched by a surprisingly genuine depiction of troubled youth. Granted, in the end all the juvenile delinquents turn out to be generally good kids at heart, but the ... ...

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  • Californias political power couple collaborate compromise

    Jerry Brown wasn't supposed to end up dating Anne Gust. She only intended to play matchmaker for a friend. "I grew up a Republican in Michigan, and didn't think much about Jerry Brown in my life," she says of that time back in the early 1990s in San Francisco. "In getting the two of them together, it sort of backfired on me." Now more than two decades later, Anne ...

  • Two-Mile-Wide Tornado Kills at Least 51 Including 7 Elementary School Students

    Rescue workers raced against time and the oncoming night Monday looking for survivors after a powerful tornado blasted an area outside of Oklahoma City, leveling homes and killing at least 51 people. At least seven of the dead were children from Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, which lay directly in the path of the monster storm’s wall of wind. Seventy-five students and staff ...

  • Sacramento Kings Season Ticket Sales Keep Phones Ringing

    SACRAMENTO (CBS13) -- With the future of the Sacramento Kings set, the team's become the hottest ticket in town. There is a renewed energy inside Sleep Train Arena. The ring of a new sale is a familiar sound. "Current season ticket holders are renewing at about a seat a minute," said spokesman Chris Clark. "We are getting new season inquiries about once every three ...

  • Electric Buses Ready to Roll in San Joaquin County

    STOCKTON (CBS13) -- The San Joaquin Regional Transit District rolled out the quietest pair of buses in all of Northern California on Monday. The new buses are battery operated. "They're all electric, we aren't using any diesel or hybrid technology at all," said district spokeswoman Donna DeMartino. A grant from the California Energy Commission and the bus manufacturer, ...

  • New Sacramento Kings Arena Could Be Bad News For Small Businesses

    SACRAMENTO (CBS13) -- News of a new downtown arena for the Sacramento Kings is a boon for some businesses, but could be a bust for some small-business owners. A downtown arena is good news for the Downtown Sacramento Partnership--the group that represents property and business owners looking for quality and high-profile tenants to fill property near the proposed arena. "During this last ...

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