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Sacramento City Council plans to boost parks budget for first time since '07
Sacramento's core public services have been devastated the past five years, the result of persistent, historic budget deficits at City Hall.
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Sacramento Connect: Best of Blogs
The Sacramento Bee hosts a network of high- quality news providers and bloggers in the Sacramento region.
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Dan Wallters: California State Bar bill hits competition
Thousands of law school graduates cannot find jobs as law firms cut back, as government agencies are squeezed, as corporations trim legal expenses and as technology handles rote legal work.
Sacto 911: Police arrest man for allegedly calling 911 at least 100 times
Sacramento police have arrested a man who they say has made more than 100 calls to 911 in the past several weeks.
Recipe: Grilled figs with pancetta, lemon and rosemary
Any kind of figs will work in this recipe. If the figs are small, you may want to cut the pancetta into smaller pieces.
A Sacramento, California girl was killed and her parents were injured when gunmen opened fire on their home Saturday night.
Things To Do: Cake won't perform at Thursday's Kings rally
Mayor Kevin Johnson had announced Friday that Sacramento rock band Cake would be headlining a rally for the Kings - previously scheduled for Wednesday - at downtown's Cesar Chavez Park.
The State Worker: Audit: California must look inward to assess failed payroll system
A new report from the Legislative Analyst's Office says the state needs to assess its role in the MyCalPays debacle.
Viewpoints: Are the naysayers wanting Sacramento to fail?
Why are so many so angry over the Kings staying in Sacramento? Judging by online reaction of Bee readers, you would think someone had stolen their firstborn.
Slaying of 10-year-old girl in North Highlands not an accident, sheriff's office says
The slaying of 10-year-old Elvira Campos as she sat and watched TV on Saturday night in her North Highlands house was not an accident, according to Sacramento County sheriff's homicide investigators.
Pacific Rim fest a treat -- and maybe a lesson in long life
Noel Coward once sang that only "mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun," but he never attended the Pacific Rim Street Fest, where more than 10,000 visitors poured into Old Sacramento on Sunday.
Sacramento group finds a worthwhile journey in Spanish pilgrimage
Immigration Rights: Inland activists rally in Sacramento
Immigrant-rights activists from the Inland area and across the state are in Sacramento today for a rally on the state Capitol steps and to meet with legislators.
Capitol Alert: CA Senate approves bill to regulate medical marijuana shops
The California Senate passed a bill today that would shield pot shops following state guidelines for dispensing medical marijuana from prosecution for marijuana possession or sale.
L.A. poised to go after Las Vegas hospital in patient-dumping cases
Years before a Las Vegas psychiatric hospital bused a homeless, schizophrenic man to Sacramento without arranging contacts or a plan for care, a different hospital ditched Gabino Olvera on Skid Row in Los Angeles.
Temecula couple dead in apparent murder-suicide
Authorities say a Temecula man who apparently shot and killed his wife and then turned the gun on himself has died.
CA man pleads guilty to 2 Tahoe pedestrian deaths
A Northern California man faces up to six years in prison after pleading guilty to reckless driving causing the death of an Incline Village couple who was hit in a pedestrian crosswalk at Lake Tahoe in December 2011.
Police: Suspected drunken driver causes road closure
The Sacramento Police Department said a drunken driver caused a lot of damage on 65th Street and 8th Avenue early Monday morning.
Traveling Vietnam Wall coming to Sacramento
The Dignity Memorial network and Sacramento Blue Star Moms have partnered to pay tribute to Vietnam veterans and to honor the traveling Vietnam Wall.
Girl killed, parents hurt by shots fired into home
A 10-year-old girl was shot to death and her parents were hospitalized after gunmen walked up to the front door of a home in the North Highlands area of Sacramento County and started shooting, sheriff's officials said.