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The disgraced Dr. Scott Takasugi was sentenced to three years and eight months in state prison today on his conviction for sexually exploiting two of his patients three years ago.

John Marcotte discusses his proposed initiative to ban divorce Nov. 21 as Ryan Platt, left, signs the petition to get the measure on the ballot, in Sacramento, Calif.

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Thanks to a timely traffic wreck, a Sacramento real estate developer won 57 acres of prime Ranch Murieta property five years ago for just $2,000. And if that came as a shock to the big union pension fund and the bank that lost out in the deal, the bad news just recently got worse for them.

If you really want to know what it's like to be a rural doctor, clear your mind of all that "Northern Exposure" stuff.

A portable classroom at Sacramento's Charles Mack Elementary School sustained major damage Sunday after a fire broke out on the campus.

Police in the Sacramento County community of Galt are looking for a gunman after two people were shot and killed at a family gathering late Saturday.

By The Celebrities Psychic NANCY BRADLEY Sometimes a building is not haunted itself; the artifacts it holds are.

Sunday, November 29, 2009 at 8 a.m. SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California has received $60 million from the federal stimulus package to upgrade its 23-year-old unemployment benefits system even though previous federal funding to improve the same system has not been fully spent.

Imagine George Lucas and Danielle Steel in the same room, or Chuck Yeager and Carol Burnett, and you have an idea of what the 2009 California Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be like.

A Pocket area couple and their pets are safe and sound after a fire engulfed their house just after 5 p.m. Saturday night.

One Killed in Shooting Near Rancho Cordova Light Rail Station.An unidentified man in his early to mid 20s was found lying on the ground, suffering from at least one gunshot wound to his upper body.And he died at the scene.

A total of 2,500 boxes of Thanksgiving groceries were handed out today at the Sacramento Food Bank in Oak Park -- the first distribution in a two-day giveaway.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. a " Snowfall is causing slick conditions on Interstate 80 over the Sierra Nevada.The California Highway Patrol says there have been about two dozen traffic accidents on the highway since snow began falling early Friday.So far only minor injuries have been reported, but the crashes have backed up traffic.The National Weather ...

Gov. Schwarzenegger's choice of moderate Republican Abel Maldonado for lieutenant governor is unwelcome news for two valley politicians seeking the same job in the 2010 election.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. a " A celebrity Web site has posted an IRS document showing Gov.

Second grade teacher Yung-Pei Choy, left works Emmanuel Loya right, as well as Dulce Monje, left background and Adrianna Velasquez-Ruiz at Luther Burbank Elementary School in San Jose February 6, 2009.

After one of the most thrilling seasons in AMA Motocross history, MX Sports Pro Racing is pleased to announce the highly-anticipated 2010 Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship schedule.

Officers responded to the Arden Mall.A The female victim was approached by a female suspect in the parking lot.A The suspect demanded the victim's purse and pulled it off of her person.A The victim lost multiple personal items such as Keys, I.D., Credit Cards and cash.A Suspect fled in a Dark Blue Sedan w/b on Arden Way.A Suspect was female, Black, ...

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A motorcyclist traveling at speeds over 100 miles an hour led area law enforcement on a high-speed pursuit from the Sierra to the Bay area during the nearly two-hour chase Thursday, according to the California Highway Patrol.

"Hi. I'm Tom and I'm a compulsive spender." So begins a recent gathering of Debtors Anonymous, a support group for those addicted to overspending.

More than 30,000 attended the annual run/walk to raise money for the Sacramento homeless.

A new study says Californians could save billions each year and cut greenhouse gas emissions by developing neighborhoods within easy access of public transportation.

Old Sacramento is kicking off the holiday season Wednesday night with a tree-lighting ceremony.

A Sacramento man was being sought after authorities said he abducted his two children from county care during a court-allowed visit Wednesday, according a Sacramento County Sheriff's Department spokesman.

At a warehouse in Rancho Cordova, people who've run afoul of the law have a chance to make it right by making toys for kids in need.

On October 24, 1 am, the Sacramento Police Department responded to the area of Stoner Way and Sabo Drive, regarding a report of shots fired.

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San Diegans have a lot to be thankful for at this time of year. Today, I am pleased to give credit to our governor and state legislators for accomplishing a long-awaited and vital task -- passing a comprehensive water package to reform and rebuild California's water system.

A stabbing at the scene of a fire in Sacramento Tuesday night turned out to be unrelated, according to both police and firefighters.

When the make-love-not-war generation finally got around to having kids, they were so proud of their accomplishment that they fawned over the little darlings and protectively adorned their minivans with yellow caution signs that warned of precious cargo: "Baby on Board." Now, after many years of being told they were special and entitled to endless ...

Arnold Schwarzenegger turned to talk show host Jay Leno to make a major announcement, this time nominating Sen.

The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude-3.4 earthquake has struck a rural area in northern California, about 75 miles west of Sacramento.

A 17 year old South Sacramento Girl says she was raped by three men who forced her into their car at gunpoint.

The iconic rock band has not only released a new album, "Sonic Boom," but also a collection of merchandise for Walmart stores that includes T-shirts, make-up kits, masks, wigs, candies and other collectibles, including a KISS inspired Mr.

They'll actually try to save every one of them .... 5 posted on 11/23/2009 3:06:42 PM PST by Secret Agent Man To: All This doesn't sound as bad as it could have been and the initial reports 6 posted on 11/23/2009 3:08:16 PM PST by janetjanet998 Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily ...

Just weeks after California first lady Maria Shriver apologized for parking in a red zone, her husband appears to have violated the same law.

A human leg was found Monday in Sutter County, according to Sacramento police. At about noon on Sunday, Sutter County deputies said they responded to the river bottom area of Garden Highway and Lee Road near Nicolaus on a call of possible human remains found.

A former Kaiser Permanente doctor who pleaded no contest to charges of sexually assaulting patients is now in a Ventura County mental institution, the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office said.

Share + Nov 22, 2009 7:25 pm US/Pacific A teen was gunned down while visiting a friend in South Sacramento on Saturday night, according to authorities.

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When police arrested Albert Povadora two months ago, investigators said he impersonated a cop and raped at least two women.

Massage Therapy by Zach is an upscale massage parlor located in scenic downtown Sacramento, owned and operated by licensed CMT - Zach Stahlecker.

Anul Malik Ram claimed her estranged husband Dinesh Ram "called and told my close friend that he had purchased a gun and was going to kill me and all of my friends," according to the temporary restraining order request filed in February 2008.

A woman fills out an application for food stamps at the Yolo County Department of Employment & Social Services March 6, 2009 in West Sacramento, California.

SPD bait vehicle was taken from the area of Winkley Wy and Matson Dr.A The suspect got into the vehicle and drove it to the area of 24th St and Florin Rd where he was taken into custody without incident.A The suspect was a parolee at large, Omar Whiten, 35.

Horizon Air said it will start twice-a-day flights from Spokane to Sacramento and San Jose in March.

Ever since Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger departed on his latest foreign trip, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg of Sacramento has served as acting governor of California.

A sea lion with a visible wound to its eye was spotted last week along the Sacramento River near the Tower Bridge.

Three men are in jail suspected in the shooting death of a 21-year-old man, officials said.

Despite raucous student protests at UCLA that poured onto the streets of Westwood, the University of California Board of Regents approved a 32 percent fee increase Thursday that will push UC tuition above $10,000 for the first time.

A three year old girl was found dead. Her mother, 31 year old Anul Ram, was arrested on suspicion of drowning the toddler.

Prosecutors have decided not to seek the death penalty for a former Sacramento County sheriff's deputy accuse of murdering a state correctional officer.

A Sacramento police officer has been arrested on suspicion of domestic violence.

Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson offered to pay $1,000 a month to one of three girls who had accused him of inappropriately touching her while she was involved in his St.

A 79-year-old man who's been diagnosed with Alzheimer's has disappeared from his Sacramento home for the second time in two weeks.

Residents of a South Sacramento apartment complex are waking up to a flooded parking lot.

The UC Davis Health System took its beef with Sacramento County over unpaid care for the indigent to court Thursday.

In this file photo taken Saturday April 25, 2009, Attorney General Jerry Brown is seen speaking at the California Democratic Party convention in Sacramento, Calif.

The clinics had been set to take place Friday at the Sam Pannell Community Center, 2450 Meadowview Road; and Saturday at Town and Country Lutheran Church, 4049 Marconi Avenue.

The rule goes into effect in 2011 for all new televisions. Edward Levy places a large flat-screen television in the back seat of his car after purchasing it Wednesday at a Best Buy Store in Sacramento, Calif.

A locomotive outfitted with a cleaner-burning diesel engine is being hailed as the first step in a new era of greener passenger train travel.

Arnold Schwarzenegger has given his film fans a boost by announcing his days as a politician are numbered - and he'll quit chasing public office next year.

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Reporting from Sacramento - California government is again beset with red ink, facing a nearly $21-billion deficit over the next year and half, according to a report released today by the state's chief budget analyst.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. _ California will face a nearly $21 billion budget gap over the next year and a half, extending a fiscal crisis that already has led to steep cuts to public schools, social services and health programs.

Power-hungry TVs will be banned from store shelves in California after state regulators adopted a first-in-the nation mandate to lower electricity demand.

The Capitol Corridor train service is now running "clean" trains between Oakland and the Capitol City.

A fugitive profiled 10 days ago on the "America's Most Wanted" TV show after allegedly killing three men in Berkeley earlier this year was arrested in a Natomas apartment complex Tuesday.

Authorities took a man into custody for questioning Tuesday in connection with the shooting death of a man found on a lawn in front of a Sacramento home late Saturday, a Sacramento police spokesman said.

Kevin Wayne Dunigan told the jury, "You're being deceived." Not only were police and prosecutors totally wrong for accusing him of the 1995 stabbing death of Gary Patrick Veirs, Dunigan said in his closing argument Tuesday, but he also had the cure for global warming and how to win the war in Afghanistan.

From Andy Furillo A judge today sentenced Tyrone Adam Palmer to 22 years and four months to life in prison for running a car with three teenaged girls off the road two years ago, killing one, leaving a second in a persistent vegetative state and severely injuring the third.

A cleaner era in train travel begins in the Bay Area today with the debut of an engine overhauled for $826,000 to burn cleaner than any other diesel passenger train in California.

Although it's illegal, the problem of breeding and training pit bulls for dog fighting remains a big problem throughout the country.

A tug boat heading up the Sacramento River interrupts early morning commuters and travelers on their way into Walnut Grove, Calif., on the Sacramento Delta on Tuesday Nov.

A three year old girl was found dead Sunday morning in an apartment in the 7300 block of Greenhaven Drive.

A unlicensed Sacramento securities trader who allegedly looted the life savings of dozens of investors to prop up a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme was arrested Monday and faces 100 criminal charges, the California Attorney General's Office announced.

The Bay Area man accused of setting a warehouse fire that destroyed six million bottles of wine will plead guilty Monday in Sacramento federal court, News10 has learned.

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The majority owner of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory filed suit Friday in the U.S. district court in Sacramento to scuttle a state law requiring the highest cleanup standards at one of the nation's most polluted sites.

Sacramento Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 47-year-old man near Sacramento High School.

Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 10:45 p.m. SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A Sausalito wine keeper about to stand trial for a fire that destroyed a Vallejo warehouse filled with six million bottles of wine has scheduled a change-of-plea hearing.

Some of the nation's most esteemed scientists will review recent environmental decisions curtailing California irrigation water deliveries, officials affirmed Tuesday.

A woman who was apparently stabbed was treated Wednesday at the Kaiser Permanente hospital in south Sacramento, sheriff's Sgt.

A mother has been arrested for allegedly drowning her 3-year-old daughter to death early Sunday morning, according to officials.

The decades-long battle over abortion has emerged as a mini-drama in the larger debate on a health care overhaul, and Central Valley lawmakers are divided.

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Q: What happened to the "Greenhaven Rapist", Rick Sasaki, who committed multiple rapes in Sacramento's Greenhaven area in 1982? Anonymous, Sacramento A: Sasaki, now 51, completed his 16-year prison sentence in 2000 and was living in Sacramento County as a registered sex offender, according to prison records and the California Attorney General's ...

A registered sex offender has been convicted of multiple counts of kidnapping and rape in violent attacks on women in Sacramento and Sonoma counties in 2007, officials said.

A 19-year-old woman has been arrested in connection to a carjacking early Saturday morning in a Safeway grocery store parking lot, according to authorities.

With high unemployment continuing to eat at California's tax revenues, and risky budget gimmicks failing to materialize, the state's deficit next year could hit a staggering $25 billion.

Yogurt is one of lives delicacies, packed with nutrients and flavor one can never get tired of good Yogurt.

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, who is heading into re-election with no serious challengers, is enjoying a 67 percent approval rating, according to a poll by the Survey and Policy Research Institute at San Jose State University.

Sacramento police have booked a 48-year-old transient woman on suspicion of murder after the man she allegedly shot at a bus stop last year died last month, according to authorities.

California saw modest improvement in its export trade in September, but exports each month are still lower than a year ago, according to trade data released Friday.

A man and woman were arrested on child endangerment charges after authorities found their 21-month-old boy living in a filthy apartment Thursday.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The man accused of kidnapping and raping Jaycee Dugard has issued an apology in a jailhouse letter and referenced "a sexual problem believed to be impossible." In a letter to Sacramento's KCRA-TV received Thursday, Phillip Garrido said he wanted to "apologize to every human being for what has taken place." Garrido and his wife, ...

A Sacramento family says a sheriff's deputy killed their dog. The sheriff's department denies any wrongdoing, saying the deputy feared for his safety.

Sacramento Police put Samuel Jackson Middle School and Prairie Elementary schools on lockdown after two people were reported being shot at, but not hit, at about 12:30 on Amblebrook Way.

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Apparently lumpy gravy does not have to be a component of the Thanksgiving meal.

Share + Comments Nov 12, 2009 7:25 am US/Pacific SAN FRANCISCO A new poll shows Californians are worried about higher education funding cuts they fear qualified people won't get to college.

Two Lieutenants responded to the area of a burglary with four suspects and a vehicle outstanding.

The capital of California, Sacramento has a rich history and is a great place to discover.

Sacramento, California is littered with Mexican restaurants, in fact they are a dime a dozen around this town.

The sea lion was spotted with the injury early Wednesday morning along the Sacramento River near the Tower Bridge underneath the Joe's Crab Shack restaurant on Front Street.

In this Friday, July 19, 2009 file photo, security guard Suresh Sonpaki walks in front of the doors of a closed Department of Motor Vehicles office in San Francisco.

Share + Nov 10, 2009 10:36 pm US/Pacific Reporting Ron Jones A couple is facing charges of neglect and abuse after their four children were found living in filth inside their Sacramento home, according to authorities.

Benjamin Wagner, a top federal prosecutor for more than 15 years, was sworn in Monday as the 10th U.S. attorney in the Sacramento-based Eastern District of California.

There are more signs of progress at the downtown Sacramento Railyards. Work is underway on six of the historic central shops buildings and Tuesday the developers offered an inside look at the progress.

Authorities are investigating vandalism at a suburban Sacramento synagogue that includes racist symbols and messages spray-painted on the sanctuary.

In this file photo taken Saturday April 25, 2009, Attorney General Jerry Brown is seen speaking at the California Democratic Party convention in Sacramento, Calif.

The pilot of a Fresno-to-Seattle airliner has made an emergency landing at Sacramento International Airport because of trouble with the Bombardier CRJ-700's left engine.

As authorities at the Greensville Correctional Center in Virginia prepare for the execution of DC sniper John Allen Muhammad, the husband of one of the victims plans to be there because he said he "wants to see him die." Nelson Rivera has started a new life in Sacramento.

Assemblywoman Alyson Huber, D-Lodi, gives a tray containing more than 2,000 postcards from constituents opposed to the construction of a peripheral canal, to Aaron McLear, press secretary for Gov.

Reporting from Sacramento - For the second time in a year, the California insurance commissioner has rejected an industry rating group's proposal that he recommend that insurers significantly raise rates paid by employers for workers' compensation insurance.

Angie Upton, with casino hostess Karen Kuehn, has earned top tier rewards at Jackson Rancheria.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said independent scientists will explore alternative ways to protect a native fish species in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta that could allow more water to California's farm belt.

After years of gridlock and failure, California lawmakers reached a historic agreement in Wednesday's pre-dawn hours to address one of California's most vexing problems: its vulnerable water supply and a dying Delta ecosystem.

The Placer County Sheriff's Department arrested eight suspects Tuesday night at a Loomis home along Auburn Folsom Road.

A nonprofit tolerance center in midtown Sacramento, championed by state Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, could get a vital economic boost from an unlikely source: a mammoth $10 billion water bond proposal.

Seven suspected gang members are facing charges in connection with an attempted kidnapping and assault last month at a Northern California casino.

A 19-year-old student has died after crashing his car into a tree early Sunday morning, according to officials.

Officers responded to the area of Amtrak and the Dennys at 3rd and J St. Officer had observed two male Blacks running fast N/B across the Amtrak property.

A Sacramento County trucker will be executed for killing his sister and brother-in-law despite pleas from the victims' son against the death penalty.

A trainee driver, who crashed a "gambler's special" bus into a ditch in a horrific accident that killed eleven people and injured dozens more, was sentenced Wednesday to 26 years and four months in state prison.

Ida grew into a hurricane for a second time as it roared over the Caribbean on a path that could take it between Mexico's resort-studded Yucatan Peninsula and Cuba before heading for the southern United States.

Originally published November 6, 2009 at 4:30 p.m., updated November 6, 2009 at 5:11 p.m. SACRAMENTO, Calif.

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A 36-year-old woman was killed Saturday morning after being hit several times while trying to retrieve some boxes that had fallen from her car on Interstate 80 near Watt Avenue, according to officials.

A California Corrections Officer is now facing charges for allegedly smuggling weapons and drugs into the new Folsom prison.

In this Oct. 20, 2008 file photo, Rosana Mendoza, 14, left, gets a hug from her sister Bianca, 4, before a rally in support of Proposition 8 to ban same sex marriage in Sacramento, Calif.

Disturbing new evidence has been filed in the case of last month's beating death of a student at California State University, Sacramento, with a detailed description of the vicious attack and bizarre statements by the suspect.

To say that Michelle Rhee and Kevin Johnson rolled out their relationship carefully is an understatement.

Formal fundraising efforts begin later this month for a Pony Express Monument in Sidney.

The Sacramento State Student that beat to death roommate Scott Hawkins has been charged with murder.

'Come on down!' Contestants guess retail values for prizes on TV's longest-running game show.

Two local educators are among five " California Teachers of the Year'' named Thursday by state Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell, who chose one of the San Diego honorees for a national competition.

Listen to the report Cash, firearms, computers and video games were some of the items reported stolen in the rash of home burglaries.

DESPITE California's fiscal crisis, Sacramento has no deficit of quirky cultural offerings.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. _ A new report finds that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation failed to properly supervise parolee Phillip Garrido and missed opportunities to discover his alleged kidnapping victim.

Reporting from Sacramento - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will have a plum political post to dole out after Lt.

SACRAMENTO - A monumental effort to remake California's water system - decades in the dreaming and months in the works - finally emerged from an exhausted Legislature early Wednesday morning, defying historically long odds and regional squabbles to become the signature accomplishment in a year mostly lamented for budget cuts.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. It took long months of delicate negotiations and the last-minute deletion of a project dear to the heart of the state's most powerful legislator for California lawmakers to craft what could turn out to be one of the most pivotal water deals in state history.

Sacramento police said an officer shot a woman with a Taser gun after she attacked a man.

Thursday is your last chance to get a seasonal flu shot free from Sacramento County.

After serving 11 years in jail for a rape conviction, Phillip Garrido was supposed to be under the watchful eye of parole officers from 1988-2009. But during that time, Garrido allegedly kidnapped Jaycee Dugard in 1991 and kept her hidden in the back yard of his Antioch home.

The Sacramento County Public Health Division Tuesday released its schedule of free H1N1 flu vaccination clinics.

Sacramento County Supervisors on Tuesday agreed to the declaration of a state of emergency to deal with the H1N1 flu virus.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget director is departing after nearly four years in one of the most influential posts in Sacramento.

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Two children are in protective custody after being found wandering around a Sacramento apartment complex shirtless and without shoes.

A brief course of hormone-blocking therapy can provide small benefits to a specific group of men who get radiation therapy for prostate cancer, a long-running study shows.

The long-awaited return of WEC lightweight champ Jamie Varner is now official, and the Arizona Combat Sports product meets interim champ Benson Henderson at WEC 46.

Like many people, you may find yourself in early November sitting on piles of candy you don't think you should eat no matter how much you desire it.

The nation's largest nurses' union and professional organization reached tentative agreement on a new contract with one of the biggest hospital systems in the country late Friday.

Short-term hormone therapy given prior to and during radiation treatment to medium-risk prostate cancer patients increases their chance of living longer, compared to those who receive radiation alone, however there is no significant benefit for low-risk patients, according to the largest randomized study of its kind presented at the plenary session ...

Sacramento County's chief public health official said she will recommend that a state of emergency be declared in the county because of the dramatic rise in the number of cases of H1N1 flu.

Legislation designed to provide long-term solutions to California's water challenges is scheduled to go before both houses of the Legislature on Monday, although the prospects for passage remain uncertain.

A Sacramento family was awakened overnight when several Molotov cocktails wereA thrown at their house.

Jane Bergman sent an e-mail to employees late Thursday revealing her decision to quit effective today, citing personal reasons.

Eddie, had to defend against neighbor thug! Union Thugsters! they could be anywhere! In 2006, I believe? Eddie, was taken to court by his neighbor who has so many connections with the system, it isn't funny.

U.S. Coast Guard Commander Todd Lightle, a C130 pilot, stands in front of a pair of the planes as he discusses the crash of one of the bases C130 aircraft,at the Coast Guard Air Station, Sacramento, in Sacramento.

An arsonist is being blamed for a late night fire that destroyed a Sacramento neighborhood playground Saturday, according to Sacramento fire investigators.

Starting November 1 through February 28, wood burning will be restricted or prohibited in Sacramento County and its cities of Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, Folsom, Galt, Isleton, Rancho Cordova and Sacramento.

Though legally blind, Linda Vazquez has helped many Butte County inmates gain the inner-vision to escape often chronic addictions to drugs and alcohol.

The idea that California government needs reform has become almost holy writ this year.

As the search continued for seven Sacramento-based crewmen lost in the suspected crash of a Coast Guard C-130 and a Marine Corps helicopter , Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento officials thanked the national and international organizations that rallied support for their outpost since Thursday's crash.