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Court denies second hearing on MediCal rate cut

A federal appeals court has denied a second request by California doctors, pharmacists and hospitals seeking to undo the state's 10 percent rate cut for treating the ...
Funeral planned for slain 10-year-old girl

Funeral services are being planned for a 10-year-old Northern California girl who was killed when gunmen fired a barrage of bullets into her family's home while she was drawing and watching ...
Vigil Planned for 10-Year-Old Killed in North Highlands

Elvira Campos. NORTH HIGHLANDS-- A vigil will be held on May 28 at Village Elementary School for Elvira Campos, the 10-year-old girl who was shot dead in North Highlands last Sunday. The family has asked the public to not bring candles. Instead, balloons are set to be released. Further, the Consulate General of Mexico has stepped in to help the family of Elvira. A bank account for the family ...
Sacramento Woman Indicted for Sex Trafficking a Minor

SACRAMENTO, CA-A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment on Thursday charging Shanntaye Ebony Hicks, 23, of Sacramento, with one count of sex trafficking of a minor and two counts of transportation of a minor, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According to the indictment, between March 4, 2013 and March 23, 2013, Hicks maintained a minor female victim by means of ...
Sacto 911 Former dispensary operator gets 6-year prison term in pot case

Police carry bags of marijuana seized Thursday at the R&R Wellness Center in south Sacramento. Medical pot advocates protested the bust, denying the shop broke state law as police allege. Bryan Smith, 27, the shop operator, and his father, Kelly Smith, 54, were ...

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The General's Daughter

In "The General's Daughter," a new anti-military, one-man-versus-the-establishment mystery thriller from director Simon West ("Con Air"), John Travolta plays Warrant Officer Paul Brenner, a cocky military investigator looking into the brutal strangling and apparent rape of the daughter of General "Fighting Joe" Campbell (James Cromwell), a famous Army officer with political aspirat ... ...

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Appetizers Sacramento second grader cooks on national TV

Nicolas Come may be only 8 years old, but the Sacramento second grader brings his hometown's "Farm-to-Fork" campaign to a national audience Saturday morning. Broadcast live from New York City, Nicolas will appear on "FOX & Friends Saturday" on the FOX News network, starting at 3 a.m. PDT. Nicolas' scheduled segment will air about 6:30-6:45 a.m. in Sacramento. ...
Funeral held for 8-year-old tornado victim

Some 300 mourners crowded inside Eagle Heights Baptist Church here Friday to pay their respects to an elementary school student killed when a tornado churned through nearby Moore, ...
Classes train babies to float rescue themselves

ROSEVILLE, Calif. - According to the CDC, besides birth defects, drowning is the number one cause of deaths among children one to four years old. Most of those drownings occur in home swimming pools. That is why parents around the world are taking steps to prevent drownings by teaching their babies how to float and rescue themselves ...
More than 50 Aftershocks Since Thursday’s Earthquake

Map courtesy: USGS GREENVILLE-- Since the magnitude 5.7 earthquake from last night, there have been 54 more tremors near Greenville as of noon Friday. Almost all the aftershocks have registered, preliminarily, under 4.0 - although one came in at 4.9. Thursday night's earthquake was centered near Lake Almanor in Plumas County. No significant damage or injuries have been reported as a ...
Fight over ‘American Idol’ Sparks Stabbing Between Couple

A Pennsylvania couple apparently takes their "American Idol" very seriously. Cops say 48-year-old Karen Elaine Harrelson and 57-year-old Gregory Stambaugh were watching the singing competition show last week at Stambaugh's York home when suddenly an argument erupted between the pair as to which contestant should win the title -- Candice Glover or Kree ...

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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. ...