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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 ...
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Wheatland pastor pleads guilty to sex with minor charges
YUBA COUNTY, CA - A 51-year-old Wheatland pastor who authorities said admitted to having sexual relations with a 16-year-old Sutter County girl for a year has pled guilty. Brian Gray entered guilty pleas to three counts of unlawful sex with a minor, three counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a minor and one count of contacting a minor with the intent to commit lewd and lascivious acts, ...
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Thousands show up at Kings rally
SACRAMENTO - Workers spent the day Wednesday getting the Cesar Chavez Memorial Park ready for the 'Long live the Kings' rally and they will be doing the same Thursday. It's the kind of celebration that you would typically see when a team wins an NBA championship. But in Sacramento's case, it's more important than that, because now, the team is here to ...
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New Kings Owner Sells Season Tickets
New Kings owner Vivek Ranadive on the phone with fans, urging them to buy season tickets. SACRAMENTO- It's the most expensive franchise purchase in NBA history and the new owners know, they aren’t selling basketball they are selling empty seats. And those new owners got a head start on that today. Vivek Ranadive was up in the sale office at Sleep Train Arena, trying his hand at ...
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WATCH LIVE Long Live the Kings Rally
Demetris Washington works on a new mural for the Sacramento Kings. SACRAMENTO- Fans of the Sacramento Kings have converged on Cesar Chavez Park downtown to celebrate a new era in the team’s ...
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Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night is based on the cultish Italian comic book series that was created back in 1986 by artist and novelist Tiziano Sclavi. The comic has been published consistently for some 25 years now in multiple countries, although the vast majority of the mainst ... ...
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Jurors deadlock on Jodi Arias penalty retrial set
Jodi Arias stands as the jury enters the courtroom on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Jodi Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, ...
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Sacto 911 Man accused of defrauding Granite Bay woman faces new charges
A man previously accused of defrauding a Granite Bay woman of more than $7 million has been indicted in connection with a second scheme, this one involving a Pennsylvania financial manager. A federal grand jury in Sacramento today returned a 20-count superseding indictment charging Troy Stratos, 47, formerly of Los Angeles, with three counts of mail fraud, 12 counts of wire fraud, four counts ...
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Officers in Santa Cruz police shooting called heroic
Police Chief Kevin Vogel said the officers who surrounded Jeremy Goulet risked their own safety to protect others. "(The officers) walked through the gates of hell. All their actions cannot be overstated. They truly saved more lives," Vogel told reporters during a news conference, according to the Santa Cruz Sentinel. New details into the deaths of Detective Sgt. Loran ...
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Sacramento doctor convicted on 6 counts of sex abuse
The Sacramento Bee reports that a jury on Thursday convicted Dr. Scott Dodd Anderson of six counts of sexual abuse and acquitted him of two others. The jury has not reached verdicts on seven other counts related to two other alleged victims. The panel resumes deliberations on the remaining counts on Tuesday. All of the alleged victims were patients who had suffered workplace injuries and were ...
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New Kings owners join effort to sell season tickets
The rally, which will also include current and former players, will celebrate the transfer of the franchise to the new investors, and the blocking of a bid to relocate the basketball team to Seattle. A spokesman for the Kings said season ticket sales continue to be sold at a quick pace, but the team had not released any specific sales numbers as of Thursday ...
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