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• Ousted Herald fire district director sits at head table during meeting June 20, 2013
  A meeting of the Herald Fire Protection District board was halted in disarray Wednesday night after a crowd approached the directors' table demanding the reinstatement of an elected officer who was ousted last month. Lance Newhall, center, talks to Herald fire board Chairman Stephen Stigelmayer at Wednesday's meeting. Newhall took his chair, saying […]
• Weed treatment on forestland to restrict access next week June 20, 2013
  The U.S. Forest Service will use a chemical treatment to eradicate infestations of invasive weeds on forestland at many locations around Lake Tahoe from Monday through June 28. […]
• California appeals court overturns governor, orders parole for baby killer June 20, 2013
  A state appellate court, brushing aside Gov. Jerry Brown's decision to keep Yolo County baby killer Chris Michael Fowler in prison, has ordered him released on parole. […]
• Davis teen pleads not guilty to brutal double slaying June 20, 2013
  Once a 12-year-old hero, now a 16-year-old accused of a ruthless double killing, Daniel William Marsh spoke in a hushed voice Wednesday and declared his innocence. Daniel William Marsh, right, speaks at his arraignment hearing Wednesday in the Yolo County courthouse in Woodland. The 16-year-old declared his innocence in the April slayings of Oliver Northup a […]
• Funeral services set for highly decorated Korea, Vietnam veteran June 20, 2013
  You don't find many 17-year-olds marching in Veterans Day parades these days. Sabrina Tavares, 18, and her mother, Shirley Tavares, recall Eliseo Garcia, their grandfather and father, respectively, on Wednesday in the Amador County town of Volcano. Garcia, 79, had promised to attend Sabrina's graduation from Amador High in Sutter Creek. Despite ill […]
• UC Davis professor earns prestigious prize for environmental work June 20, 2013
  UC Davis professor Daniel Sperling, one of the nation's most influential transportation thinkers and policymakers, is the recipient of the 2013 Blue Planet Prize, sometime called the Nobel Prize for environmental science. Professor Daniel Sperling was honored by a Japanese foundation for his environmental work in helping develop new vehicle and fuel pol […]
• Sacramento County survey finds sales of tobacco to youths June 20, 2013
  A survey of businesses in four Sacramento County cities and the unincorporated area found that 11 percent of those surveyed sold tobacco to minors. […]
• Activities planned for capital as high court nears Prop. 8 ruling June 20, 2013
  Same-sex marriage advocates plan a slate of activities in Sacramento to coincide with the U.S. Supreme Court's upcoming ruling on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. […]
• Cathie Anderson: Despite small budget, Sacramento library wins nod for service June 20, 2013
  Staff members at the Sacramento Public Library can't boast about the size of their budget, but after recently receiving special recognition from the Library Journal, you just might hear them crow a bit about the bang they give patrons for the buck. […]
• Disabled vets group shifts to larger space June 20, 2013
  The California Disabled Veteran Business Alliance, a nonprofit that for nearly 20 years has helped disabled military personnel become entrepreneurs and business owners, has moved into larger offices in the Natomas area. […]
• Eppie's Great Race founder puts total donations over $1 million June 20, 2013
  The founder of Eppie's Great Race on Tuesday handed the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors a check for $31,815, bringing his total contributions to the county to more than $1 million. […]
• Coroner releases name of man killed Sunday in I-5 rollover June 20, 2013
  The Sacramento County Coroner's Office has released the name of a man killed in a rollover accident on Interstate 5 south of Elk Grove. […]
• Large Valley law firm trims its office staff June 20, 2013
  Sacramento-based Downey Brand LLP, which bills itself as the largest law firm in the Central Valley, last week laid off nearly a dozen administrative and support staff. […]
• Bank's index finds strong state growth June 20, 2013
  California's economic expansion is sizable and likely to continue, according to Dallas-based Comerica Bank's California Economic Activity Index. […]
• Horizon charters are renewed unanimously despite complaints June 20, 2013
  Western Placer Unified's school board on Tuesday night voted unanimously to renew the charters of Horizon Charter School and Partnerships for Student-Centered Learning, according to district officials. […]
• River Delta Unified chooses superintendent from Woodland June 20, 2013
  River Delta Unified named Don Beno superintendent at its regular board meeting Tuesday night. […]
• Online vote to make one Sacramento business dream come true June 20, 2013
  Someone's downtown Sacramento business dream is on the verge of becoming a reality. […]
• Flood plan would pile tons of rocks at Brannan Island park June 19, 2013
  California water officials are moving to store large piles of rock and sand in key locations throughout the Delta, including Brannan Island state park, as part of a broader effort to improve flood response. A fisherman tries his luck Tuesday across from Brannan Island, one strategic point in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta where state officials plan to stor […]
• Proposal on 'big-box' stores heads to Sacramento City Council for debate June 19, 2013
  A proposal to ease restrictions on "big-box" superstores in the city of Sacramento moved forward Tuesday and is now headed for what will likely be a politically charged debate before the City Council. President and CEO, Walmart International Doug McMillan addresses the crowd on Wal-Mart's worldwide sales during the Walmart shareholders meeting […]
• Girl tells jury she was tortured by her father's fiancée while he was in prison June 19, 2013
  A 14-year-old girl returned time and again in her testimony to the stress position she said she was forced to endure regularly over 2 1/2 months in the torture chamber she said was the bedroom of her father's fiancée. Duewa Lee, seen at an Oct. 7 court hearing, is accused of torturing a 12-year-old girl. […]