Sacramento Grass Fire fanned by Winds

A two-alarm grass fire in East Sacramento along the American River parkway had crews scrambling to contain the wind-driven fire. Today, around 4pm Sat. Oct 11 I was driving in the general area of the fire when I...

10 Dead in Northern California bus crash

" A casino-bound charter bus flipped over about 10 miles from its destination, ejecting passengers and crushing others as it rolled into a ditch. Ten people died and dozens of others were injured. California...

Ten dead in California bus crash

" At least 10 people were killed and many more injured when a bus taking people to a casino overturned in the US state of California. Police say the vehicle veered off the road and rolled over near the rural town of Williams in the north. The bus was travelling from...

California revives program to buy water from farmers

California is reviving the dormant 17-year-old program to buy water from the Sacramento Valley farmers to then sell to the Southern California agencies. This is all due to the water reserves being all but gone, and...

Panhandler shoots man, tries escape by bus

I don't know about you, but when is the last time you saw a panhandler, let alone a female one who could afford a gun????Maybe she was trying to save up for an AK47."SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A bus stop panhandler shot a...

Shasta’s Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence :: Oblate Spheroid

"Dotting a rocky plain north of Mount Lassen, 42 radio antennas are cocked like ears toward the sky, being readied for an expanded hunt for life beyond Earth. The Allen Telescope Array is slowly coming together as...

Help, I'm turning into my mother

"(LifeWire) -- Stacy Pearson keeps buying food she knows she'll never eat -- from tomato soup to green beans to ramen noodles -- merely because it's on sale. Why? Blame her mother. ...

These homes for sale stink

"Why Fannie and Freddie matterMore Videos This boarded-up, bank-owned home is on the market in Milwaukee. On the inside, that Milwaukee home has been picked clean. Never before have there been so many squalid, dilapidated homes...

Real Estate Eviction Disputes Resolved vs Litigation

August 21 2008 by Jim W Hildreth Real Estate MediationToday I was asked by a Sacramento, CA landlord to resolve 2 individual landlord/tenant disputes involving eviction.Each party met and within one hour each a...

Republican lawmakers kill California budget proposal

The California state assembley had a rare Sunday night session last night, with the state's republicans rejecting a Democratic plan to fix the state's budget shortfall by raising taxes on wealthy citizens and corporations."Assembly Republicans on Sunday blocked a proposed...

Gay-marriage foes lose in court

Although recently legalized in our beloved state of  California, a gay-marriage ban will be considered in November. Humorously enough, the very next paragraph of this article discusses how the writer of this...

FAA: 9 missing, feared dead in fire copter crash

"Nine people are missing and feared dead in the crash of a helicopter that was carrying firefighters over a Northern California forest, officials said Wednesday The helicopter was carrying 11 firefighters and two crew members when it went down Tuesday...

State facing famine after rat plague

"India - A million people in northeastern India face famine after rats destroyed most of the rice crop in their state, the International Rice Research Institute has said.The 2007 infestation spread over to the border areas of Bangladesh and Myanmar in early 2008, "increasing...

$142 Collection Bill Sent To Couple's Dog

I know how they feel, I have had problems with AFNI too"SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- More than 70,000 consumers complained about third-party debt collectors in 2007, but one Sacramento couple said they have good reason to bark about the bill they received.Steve Fanelli received a...

California fires force the town of Paradise to evacuate

Update July 9th, 2008: The blazing California wildfires forced even more evacuations last night.  The town of Paradise was evacuated, and the order remained in effect this morning as only 40% of the fire had...

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