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  • Several detained in connection with Rocklin gun store burglary

    07/13/2016 1:39:17 PM PDT · by Selene · 13 replies
    KCRA ^ | 7/13/2016
    Police investigate similar circumstances at Folsom, Rocklin shops Multiple people have been taken into custody Wednesday in Oakland after a vehicle connected with a burglary at a Rocklin gun store was found in an Oakland neighborhood, according to KCRA's Bay Area affiliate KTVU
  • VIDEO: Violent armed robbery with Uzi-style gun in San Jose caught on camera

    06/03/2016 1:33:54 PM PDT · by Selene · 27 replies
    ABC7.com ^ | June 01, 2016 | By ABC7.com staff
    SAN JOSE, Calif. (KABC) -- A brazen armed robbery was caught on camera in Northern California and police hope someone will be able to recognize the criminals. The video shows two men armed with an Uzi-type gun, violently robbing a wholesale food supply store in San Jose. One of the suspects can be seen using his fists to knock out a female employee. The man then grabs a fistful of cash off her desk and empties her pockets.
  • Patient at Sacramento Kaiser Permanente tested for Ebola

    08/19/2014 6:26:28 PM PDT · by Selene · 17 replies
    kcra ^ | 8/19/2014
    The patient may have been exposed to the Ebola virus, so the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will conduct blood samples. "In order to protect our patients, staff and physicians, even though infection with the virus is unconfirmed, we are taking the actions recommended by the CDC as a precaution, just as we do for other patients with a suspected infectious disease," said Dr. Stephen Paroli, an infectious disease specialist, in the Kaiser news release. "This includes isolation of the patient in a specially equipped negative pressure room and the use of personal protective equipment by trained staff, coordinated...
  • EDD workers get threats as frustration grows over unpaid claims

    09/20/2013 3:09:07 PM PDT · by Selene · 22 replies
    KCRA -Sacramento ^ | 9/19/2013 | Sharokina Shams
    As the number of Californians who are without their regular unemployment payments ballooned this week, people’s frustrations grew. Some have been taking their anger to online forums, while others apparently took it out on employees of the Employment Development Department. Meanwhile, Levy said that on Thursday, the agency had more than 60,000 backlogged claims that it was processing late as it tries to catch up to tens of thousands of complaints from out-of-work Californians waiting on a payment. The backlog began over Labor Day weekend, when an internal computer upgrade mistakenly and automatically marked some accounts with a stop-pay flag,...
  • Hole-in-one as Obama golfs with 3 senators

    05/06/2013 6:21:03 PM PDT · by Selene · 31 replies
    Houston Chronicle ^ | May 6, 2013 | By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (AP) — So much for overshadowing your rivals, Mr. President. Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss didn't seem fazed by a rare congressional invitation to golf with President Barack Obama Monday, sinking a hole-in-one on the par-three 11th hole.
  • Attempted Kidnapper in Placerville Looked at by Calaveras County Investigators

    04/30/2013 11:17:44 PM PDT · by Selene · 2 replies
    Fox40 ^ | 4/30/2013 | Sonseeahray Tonsall
    PLACERVILLE- The sighs of relief breathed in Placerville after a foiled kidnapping leads to an arrest, may hold some clues to comfort for a grieving family 50 miles away. DNA from the Placerville case will be tested as part of the search to find Leila Fowler’s killer. Jason Wayrynen is now under arrest for a kidnapping plan he supposedly told investigators was fueled by orders from the devil to kill a baby.
  • San Joaquin deputies still on the hunt for killer dogs (More than 160 goats, some chickens killed)

    04/26/2013 5:57:15 PM PDT · by Selene · 47 replies
    KCRA - Sac ^ | 4/26/2013
    FRENCH CAMP, Calif. (KCRA) —San Joaquin County sheriff's deputies are still on the hunt for a pack of wild dogs believed to be responsible for nearly 200 livestock deaths
  • Russian Psychiatric Institution Fire Kills At Least 38

    04/26/2013 4:58:59 PM PDT · by Selene · 16 replies
    VOA ^ | 4/26/2013 | Jessica Golloher
    MOSCOW — At least 38 people are dead after a fire quickly spread through a one-story, wooden psychiatric facility north of Moscow. Russian investigators believe that the blaze may have been caused by a short circuit. Officials say many of the patients, ages 20-76, were heavily sedated due to severe mental issues. Those who were able to wake up tried to escape the flames through the windows, but many of them had bars on them.
  • Investment, environment top Jerry Brown's China agenda (6 day trip to China)

    04/05/2013 11:54:13 AM PDT · by Selene · 14 replies
    LAT ^ | 4/4/2013 | Anthony York
    Gov. Jerry Brown had a clear message for Chinese companies as he prepares for his week-long trip to the Middle Kingdom next week: California wants your money. “They’ve got billions of dollars,” Brown said. “I'd like to get as much for California as we could.” That includes pursuit of Chinese government and business investment in everything from clean-tech companies to the state’s $68-billion bullet train. Brown will help open a new state trade office in Shanghai, the first of its kind since the state shuttered 12 outposts around the globe a decade ago, to help promote such investment. Along the...
  • US offers up to $5m for leads on Uganda warlord Kony

    04/03/2013 1:07:40 PM PDT · by Selene · 10 replies
    BBC ^ | 4/13/2013
    The US has offered a reward of up to $5m (£3.3m) for information leading to the arrest or capture of Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony. The LRA has "tormented and terrorized children" in Uganda and across the region, US Secretary of State John Kerry wrote in the Huffington Post on Wednesday.
  • KMS 3-2 Real Time Satellite Tracking

    03/28/2013 9:49:44 PM PDT · by Selene · 20 replies
    Is anyone else looking at this? I see it has slowly been losing altitude over the last few hours. Was 365mi, now 312.
  • Giffords' husband pulls dog off sea lion in Calif.

    03/25/2013 10:08:22 PM PDT · by Selene · 76 replies
    SacBee ^ | 3/25/2013 | AP
    LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. -- Amateur video shows former astronaut Mark Kelly, the husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, yanking away a dog that clamped down on a baby sea lion at a California beach.
  • Peng Liyuan (China's First Lady)- Sings When that day comes

    03/22/2013 6:03:05 PM PDT · by Selene · 21 replies
    Youtube ^ | 3/16/2013
    WTH?
  • Was Colorado corrections chief executed by a hit man?

    03/20/2013 3:37:09 PM PDT · by Selene · 34 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 3/20/2013 | SNEJANA FARBEROV
    Police probe link to Middle Eastern prisoner whose transfer to Saudi Arabia was denied a week before the slaying Officials in Colorado are looking at a possible connection between the shooting death of the head of the state Department of Corrections and a Saudi national who was recently denied transfer from a local prison back to his home country. Sheriff's Lt. Jeff Kramer says Tom Clements, 58, was shot at around 8.30pm Tuesday when he answered his front door in Monument, north of Colorado Springs. A family member called 911 to report the shooting. Officers who arrived on the scene...
  • Boy killed in North Sacramento hatchet attack ID'd

    02/27/2013 9:25:35 PM PST · by Selene · 14 replies
    KCRA-Sacramento ^ | 2/27/2013
    Police: Child asleep on the couch when attacked 9-year-old boy who police said was killed by his father with a hatchet was identified Wednesday afternoon as Matthew Hernandez.
  • California fires contractor on tech project

    02/12/2013 12:05:23 AM PST · by Selene · 21 replies
    lat ^ | 2/8/2013
    SAP Public Services' overhaul of a system for payroll and medical benefits for state employees is a failure, officials say. The state plans to try to recoup the $50 million it paid the firm. SACRAMENTO – The state has fired the contractor on one of its biggest and most troubled technology projects after deep problems with the system were revealed. The decision to terminate the contract Friday stalls the costly effort to overhaul an outdated and unstable computer network that issues paychecks and handles medical benefits for 240,000 state employees. The $371-million upgrade, known as the 21st Century Project, has...
  • Reality Show Cast Member Who Died in Crash Was Special Forces Veteran

    02/11/2013 7:26:27 PM PST · by Selene · 17 replies
    NYT-MEDIA DECODER ^ | February 11, 2013 | BRIAN STELTER
    The reality television show cast member who died in a helicopter crash in Southern California on Sunday was an Army Special Forces veteran who had served four tours of duty in Iraq, family members said Monday. The cast member, Michael Donatelli, 45, “was going to show off a lot of his military skills” on the show, which was in production for the Discovery Channel, said one of his nieces, Venessa Vega.
  • Brown names military leader to oversee state parks

    11/13/2012 2:11:29 PM PST · by Selene · 12 replies
    Sacbee ^ | 11/13/2012 | ap
    SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Jerry Brown has appointed a retired Marine Corps officer to oversee California's scandal-plagued Department of Parks and Recreation. Brown announced Tuesday that Maj. General Anthony L. Jackson would take the job left vacant when the former director resigned last summer amid a scandal over hidden cash. A senior parks official also was terminated when it was revealed that employees kept $54 million hidden from the Legislature for more than a decade, even as budget cuts threatened to close dozens of parks.
  • Judge [Andrew] Napolitano 'What Were FBI Agents Doing Monitoring Petraeus' Private Emails'

    11/12/2012 8:57:05 PM PST · by Selene · 51 replies
    youtube ^ | 11/12/2012 | foxnews
    Discussion of why there is an investigation on this level.
  • Raley's strike - CA Senate protem Steinberg, Assembly Roger Dikensen, John Perez join picketers

    11/08/2012 6:35:38 PM PST · by Selene · 2 replies
    You Tube ^ | 11/7/2012 | KCRA
    CA Senate protem Steinberg, Assembly Roger Dikensen, John Perez join picketers See at 2:02 - news report calls them VIP protestors.