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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 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, ...

  • 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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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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  • Streets Closed after Car Slams into Pole

    SACRAMENTO - Streets in Sacramento were blocked off after a car slammed into a pole early Thursday morning. Fair Oaks Boulevard is shut down between Winding Way and Main Street. A BMW veered off the road on Winding Way around midnight Wednesday. Both air-bags went off and the car was totaled. Two men were seen running away from it. The road is expected to be back open around 6 a.m. ...

  • Storms slam recovering Oklahoma City area

    The torrential showers drenched fields of debris where homes and schools stood before Monday's massive tornado. The National Weather Service warned of wind gusts up to 60 mph, which could send remnants of precious possessions flying through the air -- again. The weather service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Oklahoma City area, including Moore, and a flash flood warning as ...

  • Lake County landslide stabilizes

    Lake County's Deputy Administrator Chris Shaver says the landslide has shown no significant movement since May 14. Prior to that, Shaver said, it had been moving a foot or two a day. The Santa Rosa Press Democrat says seven homes in Lakeside Heights have been deemed uninhabitable and 10 others have been issued voluntary evacuation notices since the slide began in late March. The Board of ...

  • Calling All Dreamers Time is running out for business plan contest

    Time is running out to compete in Downtown Sacramento Foundations inaugural retail business competition, and the prize has gotten larger. Time is running out to compete in Downtown Sacramento Foundations inaugural retail business competition, and the prize has gotten larger. The foundation, a sister organization to the Downtown Sacramento Partnership, has been accepting applications for six ...

  • Sacramento joins World Trade Week celebrations

    World Trade Week is a national initiative to spark more interest in exports and foreign investment. International trade has been a lively theme in California over the past month. There was Gov. Jerry Browns trip to China in April, where the governor announced $1.8 billion in new trade deals. Now Sacramento is celebrating World Trade Week, a national initiative to spark more interest in exports ...

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