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Calif lawmakers OK statewide rules on circumcision
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 11:33amSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A California Senate committee unanimously approved a bill Tuesday to block local jurisdictions from banning male circumcision, a debate that evolved from a divisive ballot...
Embattled Placerville mayor stripped of his title
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 10:13amBy Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee. Placerville Mayor David Machado, facing a political scandal and criminal charges over an alleged cover-up of his property dealings, was stripped of his title Tuesday ni...
California looking to curtail protests at
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/23/2011 - 12:12pmBy Michael Doyle, Sacramento Bee. WASHINGTON – California and other states seeking to curtail funeral protests are following a politically popular but legally disputable path. Supreme Court, here th...
Student safety at heart of anti-seizure med debate
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 08/22/2011 - 10:00amSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Parents with children who suffer from epilepsy can be haunted by the possibility that their child, while at school, could suffer permanent brain damage because of a lack o...
Placerville mayor arrested on perjury, conspiracy
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/19/2011 - 3:31pmSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A small-town Northern California mayor has been arrested on charges of perjury and conspiracy for trying to profit on a redevelopment property he approved.The El Dorado Co...
Annual Pony Express Re-Ride
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 08/19/2011 - 3:24pm
The Re-Ride of the Pony Express Trail from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, will pass through Stateline and South Lake Tahoe in front of Harrah’s at Friday’s Station to exchange the Mochila on Friday, August 26th at 11:30am. The annual re-ride is a 10-day, 24-hour a day, non-stop event by over 500 riders and horses.
Yosemite deaths: Americans may have lost respect
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 3:02pmBy Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee. YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK – Just three weeks after death laid a heavy hand on the Merced River, sweeping three tourists to their deaths over Vernal Fall, life went on fo...
Meetings set to decide projects for Tahoe National Forest
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 3:02pmBy Barbara Barte Osborn, Sacramento Bee. A bi-county advisory committee for the Tahoe National Forest has scheduled three meetings in September to discuss funding for projects that will benefit the fo...
Custody issues at center of father-daughter
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 3:02pmBy Stephen Magagnini and Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee. Mourad “Moni” Samaan killed himself and his 2-year-old daughter, Madeleine Layla Samaan-Fay following a bitter custody battle that began even ...
GOP challenges redistricting plans as maps pass
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 08/15/2011 - 4:51pmSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California's independent redistricting commission certified the state's new legislative and congressional maps Monday, but the political boundaries drew an immediate chall...
Calif. bill would require helmets on ski slopes
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 08/15/2011 - 4:49pmSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Jerry Brown will consider a bill requiring skiers and snowboarders younger than 18 to wear helmets at California ski resorts after the Senate sent him the legislation...
Calif. bill would require helmets on ski slopes
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 08/15/2011 - 4:49pmSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Jerry Brown will consider a bill requiring skiers and snowboarders younger than 18 to wear helmets at California ski resorts after the Senate sent him the legislation...
Calif. whooping cough cases high, but declining
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 08/15/2011 - 9:00amSACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The California Department of Public Health says cases of whooping cough remain high in 2011 compared with many past years but are declining from mid-2010, when the largest epi...
Calif. whooping cough cases high, but declining
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 08/15/2011 - 9:00amSACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The California Department of Public Health says cases of whooping cough remain high in 2011 compared with many past years but are declining from mid-2010, when the largest epi...
State handling arrest of El Dorado County deputy DA
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 08/14/2011 - 8:32pmBy Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee. State attorneys have taken on the possible prosecution of Gloria Mas, an El Dorado County deputy district attorney who was arrested in July on suspicion of drunken d...
Gaines' TRPA transparency bill signed into law
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/10/2011 - 4:52pmSACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sen. Ted Gaines, R-Roseville, today announced that Governor Brown has signed his legislation to create additional transparency, accountability and oversight within the Tahoe Re...
El Dorado County woman ready to compete after
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/30/2011 - 8:27amBy Sam McManis, Sacramento Bee. Such plans Nicole Young made for her 40th year. She could hardly wait. In fact, she chose not to. She ramped up her running and bike training early last October so that...
Dugard's book breathing life into publishing world
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 7:10pmBy Ben Schenkel, Sacramento Bee. Jaycee Lee Dugard's memoir, “A Stolen Life,” has been zipping off bookstore shelves since its release two Tuesdays ago. book Orders for new copies from Amazon....
Placer County campaign treasurer pleads guilty
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 1:51amBy Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee. Brian Jagger, who served as treasurer for Placer County District Attorney Scott Owens' election campaign last year, pleaded guilty Monday to one count of wire fraud...
Calif. economist says technology drives June gains
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/25/2011 - 9:24amSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California added tens of thousands of jobs in June, the state Employment Development Department reported Friday, but the economy continues to show a split personality, wit...
