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  • Moore mayor 5 of 6 missing found alive

    "We'll try to get it passed as soon as I can," Glenn Lewis said. The ordinance would apply to single-family and multifamily homes. At least 24 people, including 10 children, were killed in Monday's mammoth tornado, the state medical examiner's office said. Another 324 people were injured, said Gov. Mary Fallin. Lewis said Wednesday that six people previously unaccounted ...

  • Sacto 911 Sacramento police surround home where armed subject is barricaded

    Sacramento police have surrounded a south Sacramento home where an armed person is believed to be barricaded. The home is on the 100 block of Tristan Circle, near Mack and Meadowview roads. Police radio traffic indicates shots were fired at some point, but it was not immediately clear whether anyone has been hit. Sacramento police said on Twitter that shots were heard from inside the home. ...

  • River Bend Park closes as firefighters deal with debris falling trees

    River Bend Park closed Wednesday as Sacramento Metro Fire crews continued to deal with the fallout of a wind-whipped fire along the American River ...

  • Complete guide to Thursdays Long Live the Kings Rally

    SACRAMENTO - On Thursday, Sacramento Kings fans are expected to flock to Cesar Chavez Park for the "Long Live the Kings Rally." The event is expected to be a joyous occasion for Kings fans basking in the reassurance that their beloved basketball team is here to stay. However, parking and navigating downtown Sacramento for an occasion of this magnitude can be a daunting ...

  • Couple Found Dead in Car

    CITRUS HEIGHTS- The piercing sound of gunfire ripped through a Citrus Heights neighborhood early Wednesday morning, and sent people scrambling to their phones calling police for help. Police say when they arrived, they found a man and woman dead in their car, they had been shot to death. Throughout the morning, investigators combed the scene on Birdcage Street, just south of Greenback Lane, ...


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Movie Review

Ratcatcher [DVD]

Ratcatcher [DVD]

Lynne Ramsey's feature debut Ratcatcher won't win any awards for originality of subject matterafter all, the pains of adolescence in the lower economic strata depicted in a social-realist manner is hardly new in British filmmakingbut it is done so deftly, with such a exquisitely poetic touch and keen understanding of the paradoxical coexistence of filth and beauty in the world, that you ca ... ...

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  • Search Resumes for Reported Car into River

    Search and rescue teams gear up and head into the Sacramento River to search for a car that was reported to have gone into the water. SACRAMENTO- Search and rescue teams at the Sacramento River are back to square one after they say a car they found was not the car they were looking for. Witnesses say they saw a driver go into the river at Sutterville Road and Riverside Boulevard, in the Land ...

  • Rocklin Man Impaled By Metal Rod While Driving On I-580

    LIVERMORE, Calif. (AP) -- The California Highway Patrol is looking for witnesses, as it investigates the death of a man who was impaled by a metal rod while driving on Interstate 580 around ...

  • Sacto 911 South Lake Tahoe officer pleads guilty to obstruction witness tampering

    A South Lake Tahoe police officer pleaded guilty today to witness tampering and obstruction, according to the U.S. Attorney in Sacramento. John Gerald Poland, 44, was arrested Jan. 23 following an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, South Lake Tahoe Police Department and the California Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement. According to court documents, on June 29, 2011, Poland, ...

  • What makes Sacramento such a hot real estate market

    Sacramento's residential real estate market is one of the hottest in the country thanks to low inventory, high demand and potential for appreciation. More than half of all homes that went on the market in Sacramento had a pending sale within two weeks in April. All the listed reasons low inventory, high demand, potential for appreciation make Sacramento not just one of the hottest, but ...

  • Cal State trustees appoint 5 campus presidents

    The university's Board of Trustees announced Wednesday that it had approved a round of presidential appointments. Three of the positions were filled by administrators who have held the posts on an interim basis since last year, while two went to officials working at different campuses from the ones where they will hold the top ...

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