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• Natomas development master plan starting process gets OK from board February 8, 2012
  Sacramento County supervisors on Tuesday approved the start of a master plan process for unincorporated Natomas, which could help guide development on about 24,000 acres. […]
• John McCain criticizes Thunder Valley's Sacramento attorney's contract February 8, 2012
  Sacramento attorney Howard Dickstein is catching heat from U.S. Sen. John McCain over the millions of dollars Dickstein has earned representing Thunder Valley Casino and the Indian tribe that owns it. […]
• Wine arsonist sentenced to 27 years by Sacramento federal judge February 8, 2012
  Mark C. Anderson burned up hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of fine wine and then burned his bridges with the Sacramento federal judge who would sentence him for arson and other crimes. […]
• Sizzler restaurant plan includes Sacramento area remodels February 8, 2012
  Following a three-year hiatus from new franchise expansion, Culver City-based steakhouse operator Sizzler has announced a deal to develop five new Bay Area restaurants and remodel existing sites in Sacramento, Auburn, Pinole, Hayward and Santa Clara. […]
• Sacramento loses clean-tech jobs in 2010, for first time since 1999 February 8, 2012
  Sacramento's green economy employed 200 fewer people in 2010, the first industrywide job decline since 1995, according to a new report. Kevin Smith installs one of almost 18,000 solar panels on property leased on the Nilsen Farm in Wilton, California back in 2008. State Office Building 9 in Sacramento may have a mundane name, but a four-year renovation […]
• After fatal Highway 50 crash, relatives greive, try to regroup February 8, 2012
  Maggi Moreno lost two aunts and an uncle in an early Monday crash on Highway 50 caused by a wrong-way motorist suspected of drunken driving. […]
• Cop killer Marco Topete sentenced to death in Yolo February 8, 2012
  A Yolo County judge sent convicted cop killer Marco Antonio Topete to death row Tuesday, after rejecting a defense motion for a new trial and hearing how the murder of Deputy Jose Antonio Diaz traumatized relatives and a co-worker. Marco Topete is led away by officers Tuesday after being sentenced to death for slaying a Yolo County sheriff's deputy in 2 […]
• Supervisors ask SCERS to reconsider double-digit executive pay raises February 8, 2012
  Sacramento County supervisors on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution asking the county's retirement association to reconsider double-digit raises for its executives. […]
• Sacramento County's claim costs decline 26 percent February 8, 2012
  Sacramento County's claim costs declined 26 percent to $3.3 million in the fiscal year that ended June 1, according to a report presented to supervisors Monday. […]
• McClatchy Co.'s profit, net income climb; revenue, ad sales fall February 8, 2012
  The McClatchy Co. reported sharply higher fourth-quarter profits Tuesday, thanks to cost cutting and an easing of the newspaper chain's revenue downturn. […]
• Sacramento sued for withholding emails about redistricting February 8, 2012
  An open records advocacy group is suing the city of Sacramento after being denied emails and other communications regarding last summer's volatile City Council redistricting process. […]
• Marcos Breton: Indianapolis has been super, Sacramento in a stupor February 8, 2012
  The Super Bowl was a bitter experience for me in ways having nothing to do with the absence of the 49ers. Marcos Breton […]
• Soon-to-depart Waste Connections reports record 2011 revenue February 8, 2012
  Waste Connections Inc. is leaving town on a high note, as it reported record revenue of $1.51 billion in 2011 in its final annual report that will include earnings amassed from its Folsom headquarters. […]
• Greater Sacramento Bancorp parent sees profit soar February 8, 2012
  Greater Sacramento Bancorp, parent of Bank of Sacramento, more than tripled year-over-year profitability in 2011. […]
• UC Davis student, 19, struck by car dies of his injuries February 8, 2012
  A 19-year-old UC Davis student died Tuesday of injuries suffered when he was struck by a vehicle Friday night. […]
• Sacramento County finals for Poetry Out Loud contest today at Rosemont High February 8, 2012
  The public is invited to watch 15 high school students perform poetry today in the Sacramento County finals of the Poetry Out Loud competition. […]
• Council narrowly rejects placing parking lease plan on ballot February 8, 2012
  In a vote that was closer than many expected, the Sacramento City Council narrowly rejected a request by Councilwoman Sandy Sheedy for a June ballot measure to ask voters if they want to lease public parking assets to help finance a new downtown sports arena. […]
• Strong mayor bid fails again; citizens review gets ballot nod February 8, 2012
  The Sacramento City Council prefers a 15-person commission to suggest overhauling the city constitution over anything Mayor Kevin Johnson has proposed. Mayor Kevin Johnson gives his State of the City address at the Sacramento Convention on Monday, January 30, 2012. […]
• Driver in fatal Highway 50 head-on crash had earlier DUI suspension, officials say February 7, 2012
  The man suspected of driving while drunk head-on into a van of five people early Monday – killing three and critically injuring two others – had previously had his license suspended for DUI, state officials said Monday. […]
• Rancho Cordova mom turns around big diabetes risk factor for Mexican Americans: Her diet February 7, 2012
  The Mexican American community has some of the highest rates in a surge of diabetes nationwide. The disease can provoke heart attacks, high blood pressure, kidney failure and blindness, and is the seventh-leading cause of death nationwide. Maria Medina serves up a healthy meal in her Rancho Cordova home with 17-year-old daughter, Janet, behind her. Medina an […]