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  • Weed treatment on forestland to restrict access next week

    The U.S. Forest Service will use a chemical treatment to eradicate infestations of invasive weeds on forestland at many locations around Lake Tahoe from Monday through June 28.Access to treatment sites will be restricted for several hours during and after the application. Caution signs and boundary tape will remain in the treatment areas for at least 48 hours afterward.Lake Tahoe Basin ...

  • Disabled vets group shifts to larger space

    The California Disabled Veteran Business Alliance, a nonprofit that for nearly 20 years has helped disabled military personnel become entrepreneurs and business owners, has moved into larger offices in the Natomas area.The alliance is now at 4201 Sierra Point Drive, Suite 101, just north of the intersection of Interstate 80 and Truxel Road. It formerly was at 1611 S St., in Sacramento.The group ...

  • Davis teen pleads not guilty to brutal double slaying

    Bill Marsh, center, sits in the Woodland courtroom after his son, Daniel William Marsh, was led away from his arraignment hearing Wednesday. The teen has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder and special ...

  • Ousted Herarld fire district director sits at head table during meeting

    Lance Newhall, center, talks to Herald fire board Chairman Stephen Stigelmayer at Wednesday's meeting. Newhall took his chair, saying his ouster was ...

  • Activities planned for capital as high court nears Prop. 8 ruling

    Same-sex marriage advocates plan a slate of activities in Sacramento to coincide with the U.S. Supreme Court's upcoming ruling on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage.Organizers will host a news conference with leaders of Sacramento's gay and lesbian community at 9:30 a.m. on the day of the decision. The event will be at the ...


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Movie Review

That Thing You Do!

"That Thing You Do!" is a movie that remembers with sharp clarity a time in America when cars had fins, pea green and orange were stylish colors, a mop top was the haircut to have, clock radios were the size of small TVs, sunglasses were a new innovation, and kisses still meant something. In his first stint in the director's chair, actor Tom Hanks has made a snappy little ode to a time when Americ ... ...

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  • California appeals court overturns governor orders parole for baby killer

    A state appellate court, brushing aside Gov. Jerry Brown's decision to keep Yolo County baby killer Chris Michael Fowler in prison, has ordered him released on parole.Fowler murdered Aaron Joseph Miller, the 22-month-old son of his girlfriend, by knocking the child off a bed, shaking him and dropping him on the floor twice to silence his crying. The toddler's 3-year-old sister was ...

  • Cathie Anderson Despite small budget Sacramento library wins nod for service

    Staff members at the Sacramento Public Library can't boast about the size of their budget, but after recently receiving special recognition from the Library Journal, you just might hear them crow a bit about the bang they give patrons for the buck.Every year, the library industry's foremost trade publication and Gale research selects a library system from among the 21,000 nationwide to ...

  • Sacramento County survey finds sales of tobacco to youths

    A survey of businesses in four Sacramento County cities and the unincorporated area found that 11 percent of those surveyed sold tobacco to minors.The annual youth purchase survey was conducted in December 2012 as part of the county Division of Public Health's Tobacco Education Program.It involved sending underage student volunteers and adult chaperones to all stores known to sell tobacco ...

  • Horizon charters are renewed unanimously despite complaints

    Western Placer Unified's school board on Tuesday night voted unanimously to renew the charters of Horizon Charter School and Partnerships for Student-Centered Learning, according to district officials.There was no opposition to the charters – non-tuition programs run by the Horizon charter network – at the meeting at Lincoln High School, according to Kris Wyatt, Western Placer Unified ...

  • River Delta Unified chooses superintendent from Woodland

    River Delta Unified named Don Beno superintendent at its regular board meeting Tuesday night.Beno was assistant superintendent of human resources for Woodland Joint Unified. He will replace River Delta Superintendent Rick Hennes, who is retiring.Beno worked for Woodland Joint Unified for two years. Before that he was the assistant superintendent of human resources for Washington Unified for five ...

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