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  • Sacramento area weather Pleasant weekend with shaking below ground and possible rain on Memorial Day

    Not much doing in the weather this morning, but forecasters at the National Weather Service office note that plenty is still shaking below ground.A 5.7 magnitude earthquake centered near Greenville, Plumas County, struck at 8:47 p.m. Thursday. This morning, the temblor's aftereffects are still being felt.The Greenville area has had 40 after shocks as of 4:15 a.m. The largest was 4.9 ...

  • 2 held after Pakistan-UK flight diverted

    Police arrested two men Friday on suspicion of endangering an aircraft after a flight from Pakistan to the United Kingdom was diverted to Stansted Airport, outside of ...

  • Memorial Day drivers question gas price experts

    "It is likely that the average will once again rise above year-ago levels in the coming days and may be more expensive than last year for the approaching Memorial Day holiday weekend," said the ...

  • Les Miserables returns to Broadway Sacramento retooled

    May 24--Andrew Varela admits there have been times during "Les Miserables" when he wondered, "Who Am I?" The veteran Broadway actor knows how easy it is to stumble into the wrong lyrics -- and the wrong ...

  • Four days of beats loops and synths at Sacramento Electronic Music Festival

    May 24--Clay Nutting and Adam Saake put in long hours at their bustling midtown restaurants LowBrau and the Golden Bear. Again they found the time and money to put on what Nutting calls their "passion project," the Sacramento Electronic Music Festival, a four-day celebration of beats, loops and synth ...


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Movie Review

My Own Private Idaho [DVD]

My Own Private Idaho [DVD]

For his third feature film, writer/director Gus Van Sant was finally able to bring to the screen a story he had been trying to tell for years about Portland street hustlers. His critical and commercial success with Drugstore Cowboy (1989) had made him a name in the bur ... ...

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  • News10 Water Safety Special The signs of hypothermia

    SACRAMENTO - The hot weather generally With the hot weather we've been seeing this Spring, it's pretty tempting to jump in the river, especially if you don't have easy access to a pool. But even those native to Sacramento often forget just how cold the rivers are, and how quickly hypothermia can set in. Hypothermia is something that can creep up on you very easily on those really ...

  • Employee Drives Off Hides Robbery Suspect’s Car

    File Photo STOCKTON-- An employee at one Stockton business wasn't about to let some robbery suspects get away easy. Police say that around 9:42 p.m. Thursday, two armed men barged into the business near 99 Frontage and Arch roads and jumped the counter. One man demanded that an employee empty the register, while the other man demanded that the manger open the safe. However, as the men ...

  • 90-Year-Old Seriously Hurt in Robbery at Her Home

    File Photo STOCKTON-- A 90-year-old woman was seriously hurt in a robbery at her home Thursday afternoon, Stockton Police say. The woman walked into the garage of her E Lancaster Drive home around 1:21 p.m. when police say she found a man inside. That man then grabbed her and put his hands over her face and mouth, making the woman pass out. Police say the woman then came to, only to see that ...

  • Truck Hit Caused Washington State Bridge Collapse Police Say

    Older bridge collapses into Washington state’s Skagit River. Three people were rescued from two cars that plunged into the waters. (CNN) — Dan Sligh could see it coming. An 18-wheeler carrying an oversize load had just struck part of the Interstate 5 bridge over Washington’s frigid Skagit River. And the pavement was giving way. He slammed on the brakes, but the momentum of ...

  • Furlough Friday Four federal agencies closed for business

    Sequestration has led to today's one-day closure of four federal agencies: the IRS, Environmental Protection Agency, Housing and Urban Development and the Office of Management and Budget. The federal government, thanks to sequestration, is giving 115,000 people, roughly 5 percent of the federal workforce, the day off today. Politico reports that the IRS, EPA, HUD and OMB have turned a normal ...

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