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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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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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A Dirty Shame

A Dirty Shame

There are a few things you can always count on in a John Waters movie. The soundtrack will be composed largely of obscure 1960s music. Mink Stole will have a role. No matter how much the budget was, it will still look cheap. And there will be some bluenose complaining about the disgusting ... ...

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  • New rules for labeling meat go into effect in U.S.

    MILWAUKEE (AP) - Consumers will soon see labels on their meat telling them where the animal was born, raised and slaughtered. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has required country of origin labels on seafood since 2005, and meat and other products since 2009. But the rules that went into effect for meat on Thursday provide more detailed information. Instead of seeing a label that says, ...

  • Single-Engine Plane Goes Down near Truckee

    NEVADA COUNTY- A small, single-engine plane has reportedly gone down near Truckee in Nevada County. Nevada County Sheriff’s deputies say the pilot called it in. Only one person was on board. The pilot was injured and air-lifted to the nearest hospital. The plane was damaged but did not cause a ...

  • Woodland Cemetery Shed Broken Into

    File Photo WOODLAND- Woodland Police said Thursday that someone had broken into a maintenance shed at the Woodland Cemetery overnight. The thief, or thieves, made off with power equipment, according to investigators. Anyone with information is asked to call Woodland Police at (530) ...

  • DMV To Close Roseville Office For Relocation

    The department’s office will relocate from Harding Boulevard to its new location at 7200 Galilee Road. DMV’s current Roseville office will shutdown permanently on June 6 for nearly three weeks and reopen at the new location on June 24. Both the building and parking lot of the Galilee Road office are much more spacious, allowing 23 employees to serve approximately 500 customers per ...

  • Bill would protect Calif. reporters phone records

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. -; State agencies would be required to give journalists five days' notice before they issue subpoenas to a third-party company for telephone records under legislation announced Thursday by a state ...

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