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Davis teen arrested in April slaying of couple

Police tape limits access April 15 to the home in Davis where Oliver Northup and his wife, Claudia Maupin, were found fatally stabbed. Davis police received assistance from the FBI, the state and other jurisdictions in the ...
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Plan slammed with lawsuits

More than 25 million people and 3 million acres of farmland depend on water from the San Joaquin-Sacramento Delta, usage that has caused degradation of the estuary. The Delta Plan announced last month was designed to address the issue's many heated ...
Horizon Charter School faces board vote amid complaints

The fate of Horizon Charter School and its 2,700 students is in the hands of Western Placer Unified's school board after allegations of fiscal mismanagement and complaints from parents.Trustees will decide tonight whether to renew the charters of Horizon Charter School and Partnerships for Student-Centered Learning public non-tuition programs run by the Horizon charter network.Western ...
AgStarts launch set for next week

The Sacramento Area Regional Technology Alliance next Tuesday will formally launch AgStart, a program aimed at accelerating growth of companies developing innovative sustainable agricultural technologies.AgStart plans to make seed grants to companies commercializing agriculture tech innovations. AgStart was started with proceeds from a $1 million federal grant.AgStart's launch event is set ...
Government expert says Herald fire district official should ignore his dismissal

One of the architects of California's fire district law has advice for a Herald fire board member ousted by colleagues last month: Continue serving as if nothing happened.In an unusual and some believe illegal maneuver, the Herald Fire Protection District board removed one of its five members, Lance Newhall, from his elected office May 15. The four other members believe they had the ...

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show [Blu-Ray]

There had never been--and, since its release, never has been--a movie like The Rocky Horror Picture Show. In terms of both the successfully over-the-top mixture of horror, camp, rocknroll, science fiction, sexual transgression, and purposefully bad B-movie dialog ... ...

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Police to instruct parents on gang symbols clothes

Parents can learn if their children are in gangs by attending a Rancho Cordova Police Department seminar Thursday.The meeting takes place from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Cordova High School gym, 2239 Chase Drive. The event is free.Parents can learn to spot gang symbols and clothing, and also find out which gangs are exerting influence on Rancho Cordova youth. Officers will also provide information on ...
Slocum House founder to take over Rio City Cafe

Run by a San Francisco-based family for several years, the Rio City Cafe in Old Sacramento is being taken over by Slocum House founder Kerry ...
Aerojet Rocketdyne names Boley president

GenCorp Inc., parent of Rancho Cordova rocket-maker Aerojet, on Monday announced that Warren Boley Jr. has been named president of newly formed Aerojet Rocketdyne Inc.GenCorp last week finalized its $550 million purchase of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne from United Technologies Corp. Aerojet Rocketdyne now functions as a wholly owned subsidiary of GenCorp.Boley joined Aerojet as president last ...
CHP rescues two teens from Sierra Buttes cliff

California Highway Patrol air rescuers battled windy conditions to pluck two stranded teenagers from a 8,600-foot-high cliff in the Sierra Buttes Saturday.CHP Valley Division Air Operations responded at 5:45 p.m. Saturday to a call from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The boys, ages 16 and 17, had been climbing along a steep ridge line before becoming stranded.CHP ...
Placer County grand jury bashes Newcastle fire district

Former board members of the Newcastle Fire Protection District wasted taxpayer money by neglecting repairs at a damaged fire station, resulting in needless spending on temporary housing for firefighters and on a costly special election, according to the Placer County grand jury.But a former fire district board member countered Monday that the station remains unsafe and that new leaders ...

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US immigration bill clears key senate hurdle

As a major immigration bill that would give over 11 million people, including some 260,000 Indians, living illegally in America a path to citizenship, it received a full endorsement from President Barack Obama.

"If you're serious about actually fixing the system, then this is the vehicle to do it," he said Tuesday at the White House, flanked by immigration reform supporters, hours before a strong Senate majority voted to open debate on it.

"If you're not serious about it, if you think that a broken system is the best America can do, then I guess it might make sense to try to block it," he said referring to the bill drafted by a bipartisan "gang of eight", four Democrats and four Republicans.

"But if you're actually serious and sincere about fixing a broken immigration system, this is the vehicle to do it," he said flanked among others by young undocumented students and the US Chamber of Commerce president and CEO, Tom Donohue.

"This bill isn't perfect, it's a compromise," Obama said. "And going forward, nobody is going to get everything they want. Not Democrats, not Republicans, not me. But this is a bill that's largely consistent with the principles that I and the people on this stage have laid out for common-sense reform. ...