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Mayor Wants 'Charter Reform Initiative'
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson said in a blog post Monday that he'll ask city council members to "place a collaborative executive mayor reform package on the June ballot."
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Mayor Flip-Flops On Discretionary Fund
Financial documents reviewed by KCRA 3 suggest Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson flip-flopped on discretionary fund accounts.
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Guide Dog Puppy-In-Training Missing
A puppy that's been training to become a guide dog has gone missing in the Loomis area.
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Woman Chasing Dog Falls Off Cliff
Authorities said a woman fell about 60 feet to her death after she chased her dog off a cliff in the Mendocino headlands.
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Palin To Speak In Redding Tonight
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is scheduled to speak in Redding Monday night.
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Valley Postmaster Admits Embezzlement
A former Central Valley postmaster has pleaded guilty to embezzlement for stealing petty cash from the post office.
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RNC Sends Out 'Census' Questionnaire
Political watchdogs are warning California voters to be wary of a new questionnaire arriving in mailboxes.
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'Twerk' Video Shot At Frat Irks UOP
Evidence of "twerking" has landed a University of the Pacific fraternity in hot water.
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Counterfeiting Case Nets Guilty Plea
A Lodi man who was involved in a counterfeiting case has pleaded guilty in federal court, according to spokeswoman Lauren Horwood.
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Ghost Fleet Pollution Known In '97
Documents show that the U.S. Maritime Administration knew about the dangers of peeling paint from a fleet of old warships in Suisun Bay as far back as 1997.
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Schwarzenegger To Run Torch Relay
Arnold Schwarzenegger will hand the Olympic torch off to Sebastian Coe on Friday morning, the day of the opening ceremony at the Vancouver Games.
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Assembly Members Criticize Maldonado
Democratic members of the Assembly are calling on their colleagues to reject the nomination of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's nominee for lieutenant governor.
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Bank Records Seized In Beeman Case
UC Davis police have seized more than 1,000 pages of bank records in an ongoing investigation of Jennifer Beeman, according to court records obtained by KCRA 3 Monday.
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Small Quake Shakes Hollister
A small earthquake has struck in Central California, but there are no reports of damages or injuries.
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SSNs Printed On Nearly 50K Envelopes
Envelopes sent to thousands of Californians who get benefits from the Department of Health Care Services contained Social Security numbers on the mailing labels.
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'Twilight Tour' Coming To Burlingame
The Hyatt Regency in Burlingame will host the Twilight Convention Tour, based on the popular teenage vampire love story.
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Antioch Man Shot In Head During Party
Police are investigating whether a 28-year-old Antioch man who appears to have shot himself in the head Sunday night during a Super Bowl party committed suicide or shot himself accidentally, Antioch police Lt. Leonard Orman said.
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Chinese Spy Sentenced To 15+ Years
A Chinese-born engineer convicted of espionage and other federal charges has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison.
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Court: Women Wrestlers Can Sue UCD
An appeals court said it appears that the University of California, Davis violated federal law meant to promote gender equity in college athletics when it eliminated its women's wrestling program.
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Lawyer: Pitt And Jolie Sue Over Split Claim
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have begun legal action against a British tabloid that reported the celebrity couple was going to split, a lawyer acting on their behalf confirmed Monday.
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KXTV Channel 10 News

Granite Bay man freed after 3 murder mistrials
After three mistrials, the Placer County District Attorney's Office dismissed charges Monday against a Granite Bay man charged with killing his friend in 2005.
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Loomis guide-in-training dog missing
Ingeborg, a 1-year-old, yellow female labrador retriever is in the Guide Dogs for the Blind program. She was last seen in the Rocklin Road - Barton Road area on Sunday.
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Prosthetic devices collected for Haiti earthquake victims
Collecting donations of used prosthetic limbs, a Roseville company is hoping to make a difference in the lives of Haiti's earthquake victims who've suffered amputations.
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Sarah Palin brings message to Redding
Palin blasted big government and the Obama administration for failing on the economy, healthcare and national security.
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Schwarzenegger to carry Olympic torch Friday
Gov. Schwarzenegger will carry the Olympic torch into Vancouver's Stanley Park on Friday, the opening day of the Olympic Winter Games.
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Social Security numbers of Medi-Cal beneficiaries end up on envelopes

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'Professional' photographer suspected of taking nude shots of young teens
A man claiming to be a professional photographer was arrested Saturday, suspected of enticing young teens into posing for nude photographs.
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Michael Jackson's doctor charged with manslaughter
Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's doctor, pleaded not guilty Monday to involuntary manslaughter in the pop singer's death.
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Bail increased for suspected DUI driver stopped by citizen

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Former Sacramento County sheriff's deputy arrested for DUI again
A former Sacramento County sheriff's deputy who was arrested on charges of driving under the influence after plowing into a Starbucks in Natomas is facing a new DUI charge.
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Health insurer plans huge rate hike for California customers
The Obama administration is asking Anthem Blue Cross to justify its plans to raise health insurance premiums by as much as 39 percent for customers in California.
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Residents dig out from Southern California mudslides
Volunteers armed with shovels helped residents of one Southern California neighborhood dig out from the weekend's destructive mudslides.
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New autism study links maternal age and disease

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Home invasion victim: 'We jumped to get the gun'
A Sacramento man targetted in a home invasion early Monday morning described a frightening ordeal that left his older brother dead.
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Fire damages West Sacramento house
West Sacramento firefighters are looking for the cause of an early morning fire on Michigan Boulevard.
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More rain expected this week
It's clouding up Monday, a sign of rain overnight into Tuesday.
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Super Bowl saturation patrols target Yolo County

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Volunteer group gathers to help early release inmates
While the future of the early release law for county inmates is up in the air, the inmates who were let out early on Sunday benefited from a random act of kindness from a local volunteer group.
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Local players take center stage in Super Bowl

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Super Bowl ads: Betty White, Bud Light, big laughs
The laughs are back. Betty White plays football and a house made of Bud Light cans falls slowly apart. It must be the Super Bowl. SLIDESHOW: Super Bowl ads
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KOVR Channel 13 News

Palin: Global Warming Studies 'Snake Oil'
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, in a rare California appearance, called studies supporting global climate change a "bunch of snake oil science."
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ACLU Accuses Instructor Of Teaching Religion
An instructor at a public community college in Fresno has been presenting his religious views on homosexuality, abortion and global warming as fact to students in an introductory health science class, the American Civil Liberties Union alleged Monday.
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Assembly Members Blast Lt. Gov. Nominee
Democratic members of the Assembly on Monday called on their colleagues to reject the confirmation of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's nominee for lieutenant governor, saying the Santa Maria lawmaker is out of step with the needs of average Californians.
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On The Money: UC Properties Worth Millions

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Cops: Man Posing As Photographer Shoots Nude Teens
Sacramento Police have arrested a man they say was exploiting young teens by claiming to be a photographer then enticing them to pose nude for photos.
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State Accidentally Prints SSNs On Envelopes
The state has accidentally sent out thousands of mailings with personal social security numbers printed on the outside of the envelopes.
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Appeals Court: Female Wrestlers Can Sue UC Davis
An appeals court said Monday it appears that the University of California, Davis violated federal law meant to promote gender equity in college athletics when it eliminated its women's wrestling program.
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Sac Deputies Investigate Fatal Overnight Shooting
Sacramento County Sheriff's deputies are investigating a shooting overnight in Fair Oaks that killed one brother and injured another.
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Vacant Home Explodes In Oak Park
A vacant home in Oak Park exploded overnight, according to shockedneighbors, and fire investigators say it is the fifth vacant home to goup in flames recently.
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Snowboarder 'Danger Zone' Getting Global Attention
A group of snowboarders are grabbing a huge online following by posting videos of their gutsy tricks performed at a custom built snow park.
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Former Deputy Arrested For DUI Again
A former deputy who was charged months ago after crashing into aStarbucks store while allegedly driving under the influence has beenbusted for DUI again, according to authorities.
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California Egg Exodus? Idaho, Others Prepare
Idaho is among several states watching to see if a California animal cruelty law drives flocks of big egg farms there to fly the coop.
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UCD Researcher: Autism Risk Higher In Older Moms
A woman's chance of having a child with autism increase substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older dads than previously suggested, a new study analyzing more than 5 million births found.
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Deputies Search For Chase Suspect Along Highway 99
Sacramento Sheriff's deputies spent more than an hour searching for a suspect who led them on a short chase before crashing on a Highway 99 offramp in south Sacramento.
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Rollover Crash Briefly Shuts Downtown Intersection
A rollover accident scattered debris across a downtown Sacramento street Sunday night, forcing authorities to close the road.
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On The Money: Fantasy Island

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Residents Return Home After SoCal Mudslides
Residents evacuated from foothill communities deluged by weekend mudslides north of Los Angeles were allowed to return home Sunday as crews moved debris and cleared catch basins in anticipation of more rain later in the week.
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One Killed, Four Hurt In S.F. Shooting
Police say one person is dead and four critically injured after a shooting outside a nightclub near San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf. A police spokesman says the shooting around 1:40 a.m. Sunday took place outside the Suede Nightclub and Lounge on Bay Street.
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Southbound I-5 Shut Down After CHP Accident
The southbound lanes of Interstate 5 near the Sacramento Airport have been shut down after dangerous driving conditions led to the crash of a CHP vehicle, injuring a law enforcement officer, according to authorities.
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Calif. Missionary Arrives Home From N. Korea
An American missionary who strode illegally into North Korea on Christmas Day and was detained by the communist regime for 43 days was welcomed back to the United States Saturday evening in an emotional reunion with family members at Los Angeles International Airport.
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Sacramento Bee News

Mayor wants council to place new strong-mayor proposal on the ballot
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson is moving away from his strong-mayor initiative and will instead ask
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Sacto 9-1-1: Three plead guilty in strong-arm scheme
Three people have pleaded guilty to a bizarre strong-arm scheme to recover money for victims of an alleged $40 million Ponzi ring in Folsom.
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21Q blog: Museum Day attendance climbs despite rainy weather
Despite gray skies and intermittent, spitting rain on Saturday, thousands of people waited in long lines to take advantage of one day's free admission to area museums.
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UC Davis study suggests autism risk grows with mother's advancing age
UC Davis researchers say that a 40-year-old woman's risk of having a child with autism is 50 percent greater than a woman between of 25 and 29 years old.
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Ceremony marks opening of new giraffe digs at Sacramento Zoo
A ceremony marking the opening of a new giraffe habitat at the Sacramento Zoo will be held beginning at 11:30 a.m. Thursday.
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Sacto 9-1-1: Victim of fatal attack in Fair Oaks home identified
The Sacramento County Coroner's Office has identified the man shot and killed at his Fair Oaks home this morning as 31-year-old Cristian Anton.
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Investment firms agree to settle placement-agent corruption probe
Two investment firms that have won pension business in California agreed to pay millions of dollars today to settle a placement-agent corruption probe at New York state's public pension fund.
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Capital-area activists seek full census count of Franklin Boulevard's Latinos

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Mayor wants Sacramento voters to decide on new budget post
In proposing a June ballot measure for an independent budget analyst, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson took a rare approach in city politics.
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Collision of garbage truck and van kills one driver on Folsom Boulevard
A garbage truck and a satellite television installation van collided this morning on Folsom Boulevard, killing the van driver.
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New storm set to move into Northern California
A weather system from the Pacific Ocean will bring rain and snow to Northern California tonight.
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Sacto 9-1-1: Police detain roommate after Sacramento man is stabbed to death
A man suspected of stabbing his roommate to death early this morning in a Sacramento neighborhood is being detained by police.
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Natomas group wants new arena at Arco site
Why move the arena at all? That's the question swelling in Natomas amid all the talk about erecting an arena for the Kings in Sacramento's downtown railyard as the catalyst for a new urban center.
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Students, family can attend preview day at Jessup U.

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Estate sale includes candy store, baseball memorabilia
Old Sacramento baseball, candy and paint store memorabilia goes on sale today on R Street.The comm
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Squeeze Inn to spread out in new site after Saturday
This is the last week to squeeze in at the Squeeze Inn's cramped location on Fruitridge Road.
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Volunteer Spotlight: Project Linus
In need of help: Project Linus, which makes and distributes blankets for children in need. The Sacramento chapter usually keeps donations in the region, but is currently organizing a blanket campaign for people affected by last month's disastrous earthquake in Haiti.
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El Dorado County autistic registry seeks to help law enforcement handle their cases
A new registry is aiding law enforcement and providing some peace of mind to families of autistic children and adults in El Dorado County.
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The Public Eye: UCD books savings, but fine print doesn't add up
Since January 2009, the University of California, Davis, has paid two of its associate librarians an extra 10 percent of their salaries to fill in for University Librarian Marilyn Sharrow while she is on leave.
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Inmate arrested for alleged rape attempt hours after early release
It was probably just a matter of time. But less than one day?
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