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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 ...

  • First Northern Bank parent elects chairman

    John Carbahal was chosen as chairman of First Northern Community Bancorp. The parent company of First Northern Bank announced this week John Carbahal was elected chairman of the board of directors for a three-year term and Foy McNaughton was elected vice chairman for a one-year term. First Northern Community Bancorp (FNRN: OTCQB) held the election May 16. Carbahal is a certified public ...

  • Golf course group hires management firm

    Mark Connerly, vice president of Connerly & Associates, will serve as executive director for the California Golf Course Owners Association. The California Golf Course Owners Association, a trade group based in Sacramento, has hired a new executive director. But for the first time, the association tagged a management company instead of just an individual: Sacramento-based association management ...

  • OKC Mayor 12000 homes damaged in storm

    At least 12,000 homes were damaged or demolished from Monday's abysmal tornado, Oklahoma City Mayor Mike Cornett said. The twister killed 24 people, including 10 children, and injured 353 in central ...

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    You can sign up for Pillsbury’s free newsletter. You’ll find coupon savings up to $250 per year, exclusive club member offers, recipes and more. For more on this ...


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Miracle on 34th Street [DVD]

Miracle on 34th Street [DVD]

Having been with us so long as a Christmas-time staple, it is easy to forget that Miracle on 34th Street is a rather unlikely classic. It could have easily gotten lost during its initial theatrical release in 1947, especially given the fact that it played in the ... ...

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  • Paramount Equity CEO wins honor

    Hayes Barnard, the CEO of Paramount Equity in Roseville, has been named a finalist in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2013 program for Northern California. Hayes Barnard, the CEO of Paramount Equity in Roseville, has been named a finalist in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2013 program for Northern California. The 29 finalists were culled from a list of nearly 120 ...

  • EPA Marrone bioinsecticide wont harm bees

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said this week that Grandevo Bioinsecticide produced by Marrone Bio Innovations Inc. will not harm bees. Davis-based Marrone Bio Innovations Inc. got U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approval to delete a bee toxicity warning statement on its Grandevo Bioinsecticide label. The company released the product last fall, and it is finding great success with ...

  • Cathie Anderson Second generation to reclaim William Glen name

    Bill Snyder's kids have been waiting two years to tell you this: William Glen is back.Siblings Amy Guthrie and Mark Snyder didn't have an ownership stake or a say-so in the retail establishment that their late father built in Town & Country Village, and like its customers, they were caught off guard by news that the store would close in December 2010.Guthrie and Snyder didn't ...

  • Obituary Maj. Gen. William Hegland was successful in business military

    William "Bill" Hegland, a leader whose integrity, hard work and organizational skills propelled him to success as a business consultant and major general in the Air Force Reserve, died May 17 of bladder cancer, his family said. He was 82.Maj. Gen. Hegland rose from Air Force aviation cadet to two-star general during 39 years of military service. Commissioned a second lieutenant in ...

  • Obituary Jo Lonam founded Sacramento States interior design program

    Jo A. Lonam, a world traveler and scholar who helped establish interior design as a field of study at California State University, Sacramento, died May 12 of cancer, friends said. She was 81.With a refined taste and love of art, Ms. Lonam was instrumental in elevating interior design from a home economics course – like cooking or sewing – to a separate bachelor's degree program at CSUS. ...

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