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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 Homeless man struck with bat during fight in Woodland

    Woodland police are looking for a man who they believe hit a transient on the head with a baseball bat during a fight on Wednesday. Police said Monty Tesnear, 57, was hit on the head and left arm during the brawl, reported about 11 p.m., in which combatants used with knives and bats. Tesnear was treated at Woodland Memorial Hospital for non life-threatening injuries. The assault apparently ...

  • Rain strong winds batter recovering Okla. area

    Pounding rain soaked tornado-ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, on Thursday morning, and winds sent pieces of debris flying, hindering recovery efforts three days after the devastating ...

  • Should PE be treated as core subject in school

    WASHINGTON (AP) - Reading, writing, 'rithmetic - and PE? The prestigious Institute of Medicine is recommending that schools provide opportunities for at least 60 minutes of physical activity each day for students and treat physical education as a core subject. The report says only about half of the nation's youngsters are getting at least an hour of vigorous or moderate physical ...

  • Negative equity still weighs on Sacramento home market

    Home sale prices are soaring in Sacramento, but more than a third of homes in the region are still under water, according to a Zillow analysis released Thursday. Home sale prices are soaring in Sacramento, but more than a third of homes in the region are still under water, according to a Zillow analysis released Thursday. In the first quarter of 2013, 37.5 percent of homes were worth less than ...


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Stranger Than Paradise [DVD]

Stranger Than Paradise [DVD]

Shot in a vividly elegant black-and-white style that is composed entirely of long takes punctuated by fades to blackness, Jim Jarmusch's Stranger Than Paradise looked like nothing else on the American film scene in the mid-1980s. An ostensible speck on the map ... ...

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  • Sacto 911 Coroner identifies woman killed in Citrus Heights double homicide

    The Sacramento County Coroner's office has released the name of a woman found shot to death in a double homicide Tuesday night in Citrus Heights. She was identified as Gladys Quinteros, 41, of Citrus Heights. The man found dead with Quinteros has yet to be identified by the coroner. Officers were called to a report of shots fired in the 6000 block of Birdcage Street about 11:30 p.m. ...

  • Sacramento area weather nice and sunny through rest of week

    Erin Perez enjoys the sunshine as she exercises on a park bench during a walk with her dog Cody at in Land Park on Monday, March 4, 2013 in Sacramento, ...

  • Sacramento ranks No. 10 for working women

    Sacramento ranks No. 10 on a list of best large cities for women in the workforce. It may pay to be a woman working in the Sacramento region. A new study by NerdWallet puts the city at No. 10 for best big cities for women in the workforce. NerdWallet, a finance and credit card information service, looked at U.S. Census Bureau data from 366 metro areas and ranked them on highest pay, smallest ...

  • Graduation tickets hot commodity online

    Every year, high school graduation day creates angst for parents or students deciding which relatives will get the limited number of graduation day tickets offered to high school seniors across Northern ...

  • Amphibians dying off at alarming rate

    Federal wildlife scientists report Wednesday that frogs, salamanders and toads are dying off at alarming rates nationwide, with the declines most dire among threatened species. Mandated by Congress, the Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative team report summarizes hundreds of studies conducted over the past decade into declines in amphibians. The study published in the journal PLOS One ...

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