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  • Davis teen pleads not guilty to murder charges

    dvsmith@sacbee.com Davis teen Daniel William Marsh pleaded not guilty today in Yolo Superior Court to charges he tortured and killed a Davis couple in April. Marsh, 16, entered his plea in a hushed voice and largely obscured from a crowded Woodland courtroom. He faces two counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances including torture and lying in wait in the stabbing deaths of ...

  • Online vote to make one Sacramento business dream come true

    Someone's downtown Sacramento business dream is on the verge of becoming a reality.Five business concepts have been chosen as finalists for the nonprofit Downtown Sacramento Foundation's inaugural "Calling All Dreamers" competition.Established in 2011, the foundation is a sister organization of the Downtown Sacramento Partnership. Through April and May, applications were ...

  • TMZ Sopranos Actor James Gandolfini Dead

    The celebrity website TMZ reports that James Gandolfini, best known for his role as Tony Soprano on "The Sopranos", died earlier today in Italy.The website says Gandolfini is believed to have suffered a heart attack. He was 51 years old. Gandolfini was in Italy to attend the 59th Taormina Film Festival in Sicily and he was scheduled to participate in a festival event this weekend. ...

  • Teen charged in Davis couples slayings pleads not guilty

    Marsh was charged a day earlier as an adult in the attack on Oliver Northup, 87, and his wife, Claudia Maupin, 76, in Davis. The couple were found dead on April 14 by police conducting a welfare check. Northup was a member of a local folk group, and family grew concerned when he didn't show up for a show that day. Authorities say Marsh's motive is not known. He did not know the couple, ...

  • Pit bull that killed 6-year-old Dixon boy euthanized

    Emergency crews took Nephi to Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto. He was declared dead about 4 hours after he was bitten. The dog's owner was a San Mateo police officer and the boy's uncle. He believed the boy's injuries were not serious and went to work before learning the boy died. The Mercury News reports that no charges have been filed in the case yet. Police ...


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Casino Royale [DVD]

Casino Royale [DVD]

It seems that, each time I write about a new James Bond film, I feel compelled to quote something I wrote about the previous one. So as not to break precedent, I will offer this compelling nugget I wrote about Die Another Day (2002), the last film to star Pierce Brosnan as H ... ...

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  • Stockton mayors tax plan sidelined

    STOCKTON, CA - Stockton Mayor Anthony Silva has backed away from a stand he took during his campaign: a plan to raise the city's sales tax by a half cent to fund 100 more police officers. Silva said Wednesday afternoon he and his supporters are working on a compromise tax plan that the city manager will put before council members next week. Silva said that as long as funding for 120 extra ...

  • Fan Apologizes to J. Cole for Threat

    Rapper J. Cole speaks to CNN on the red carpet of the 2011 BET Awards in Los Angeles. (CNN) — Think of all of the ridiculous things you’ve seen on Twitter. Have a good mental image? Hold on to it, because a recent tweet from a presumed fan of rapper J. Cole might top your list. On Tuesday, the same day J. Cole officially released his latest album, ';Born Sinner,'; he ...

  • 2 More Men Arrested in Patterson Kidnapping for Ransom Case

    Earlier photos of Esquivel and Martinez provided by Stanislaus authorities. MODESTO-- Stanislaus County authorities have arrested two more men suspected of helping kidnapping a man and holding him for ransom over the weekend. Adan Esquivel, 22, and Arturo Martinez, 20, were taken into custody by Patterson authorities and the Modesto Police Street Gang Unit. A third man, 21-year-old Patterson ...

  • Roseville Police Looking for Coin Machine Thief

    Surveillance footage of the suspected coin machine thief. ROSEVILLE-- Police say that a man broke into the coin machines of at least three businesses near I-80 last Friday morning. The thefts look to have happened between 2 and 7 a.m. Three businesses - car washes along Eureka Road and Taylor Road, and a laundromat along Folsom Road - had their coin machines broken open. Hundreds of dollars ...

  • Police Davis Man Intentionally Drives Into Woodland Home

    Woodland Police officers say Anze Yu, 18, intentionally drove his BMW X5 into a house on the 1800 block of East Gum Avenue and then drove off. Officers later found Yu stopped in his car on Highway 113 after it likely broken down about three miles south of Woodland. Due to the sensitive nature of the case, police aren’t revealing the connection between Yu and the resident. Yu was booked ...

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