Word Up Wednesday

Californians Are Paying a Record 60 Cents More for Gas than the Rest of the Nation

California motorists are paying 60 cents more for a gallon of gas than motorists nationwide - apparently the biggest gap ever.

The Oakland Tribune


Body Found in Florin Road Parking Lot

A man was found dead Wednesday morning in a parking lot along Florin Road in South Sacramento.

KCRA.COM


The Public Eye: UC cuts staff, hikes tuition -- and hires a new lobbyist

Tough times and weak state finances have knee capped the University of California: thousands of layoffs, class offerings and library hours cut; faculty furloughs, and a possible 31 percent hike in tuition fees.

The Sacramento Bee


Arden Fair Bands Wearing Hoods Inside the Mall

In an effort to cut down crime, Arden Fair mall will ban patrons from wearing hoods over their heads to block their faces.

The Sacramento Bee


Johnson Suspected to Fully Recover

UC star will be able to play again after weightlifting accident, doctor says, adding his fitness saved his life.

LA Times


Aid flows to tsunami-hit Samoas; death toll at 120

Police searched a ghastly landscape of mud-swept streets, pulverized homes and bodies scattered in a swamp Wednesday as dazed surviors emerged from the muck of an earthquake and tsunami that killed at least 120 in the South Pacific.

SF Gate


iPhone apps help track sex offenders, spot crime

Tracy Rodriguez of Houston, Texas, is not a trained private investigator or police officer. But with a gentle tap on her iPhone screen, the mother of three can access information revealing the sex offenders who live within a 10-mile radius of where her children practice sports or watch movies.

CNN


Colleges pushed to treat problem gamblers

Colleges and universities should take more steps to curb problem gambling by piggybacking outreach efforts onto campaigns against alcohol and drug abuse, a national task force said Tuesday.

SF Gate


Q&A: How Schwarzenegger-backed tax plan would effect Californians

Despite opposition from business and labor groups, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger embraced a blue-ribbon panel's recommendation Tuesday to flatten the state income tax, eliminate part of the sales tax and install a new form of consumption tax on most firms.

The Sacramento Bee


Obama Facebook Poll: "Should Obama be Killed?" Pulled From Site, Secret Service Investigate

A poll was posted on Facebook asking users to vote "should Obama be killed?"

Huffington Post

Quake triggers tsunami in Samoas, killing dozens

By FILI SAGAPOLUTELE

PAGO PAGO, American Samoa – A powerful Pacific Ocean earthquake spawned towering tsunami waves that swept ashore on Samoa and American Samoa, flooding and flattening villages, killing at least 39 people and leaving dozens missing.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090930/ap_on_re_au_an/as_pacific_earthquake

Toyota issues huge recall over accelerator risk

By KEN THOMAS, Associated Press Writer – 19 mins ago

WASHINGTON – The 911 call was from a frantic passenger, trapped with family members in a runaway vehicle barreling down a California highway with a stuck accelerator and no brakes.

news.yahoo.com

California University Cuts Protested

By MALIA WOLLAN

Published: September 24, 2009

BERKELEY, Calif.— Thousands of students, faculty members and employees at the 10 University of California campuses protested budget cuts, unpaid faculty furloughs and tuition increases on Thursday.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/25/education/25calif.html?scp=2&sq=sacramento,%20ca&st=cse

Study Finds Women Wear Shoes That Cause Pain

By RONI CARYN RABIN

Published: September 29, 2009

Some women love their shoes so much it hurts. That is the conclusion of a new study that looks at the link between shoe choices and chronic foot pain. It was based on foot exams of 3,378 men and women from Framingham, Mass., who were questioned about the type of shoes they wore in the past as well as in the present. Their average age was 66.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/06/health/research/06patt.html?_r=1&ref=health

Stanford law grad turned call girl sentenced

A Stanford Law School graduate formerly married to the co-founder of Ask.com was sentenced Monday to home detention for tax evasion after being accused of running an escort service to help pay her bills and student loans.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/28/BAGF19U70I.DTL&tsp=1#ixzz0SToL41Mg

Starbucks rolls out Via instant coffee nationwide

By ASHLEY M. HEHER, AP Retail Writer Ashley M. Heher, Ap Retail Writer

CHICAGO – The company that added "venti" and "frappuccino" to American vocabularies is making a push throughout North America to convince connoisseurs to sample what many see as a down-market drink — instant coffee.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090929/ap_on_bi_ge/us_starbucks_instant_coffee

Mother attempts to sell her son for gas money

A 37-year-old mother is in jail for offering her son to a tow truck driver in exchange for gas money, police in Melbourne, Fl., report.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfmoms/detail?entry_id=48472&tsp=1#ixzz0STojEGLL

Iran: We put nuclear site there in case of attack

The Associated Press updated 11:03 a.m PT, Tues. Sept. 29, 2009

Iran's revelation that it covertly built a second uranium enrichment plant has raised international concerns that other secret nuclear sites might exist as well.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33074159/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

The Moondays

Facebook pulls poll about killing Obama
By Scott Duke Harris
sdharris@mercurynews.com
Posted: 09/28/2009 06:01:26 PM PDT
Updated: 09/28/2009 08:12:45 PM PDT

Facebook said Monday it is cooperating with the U.S. Secret Service in investigating a poll that recently appeared on the social networking site asking whether President Barack Obama should be killed.

MercuryNews

Rocklin teen dies after cliff jump into lake

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Authorities say a 16-year-old Rocklin boy died after jumping off a cliff into Lake Natoma.

San Jose Mercury News

Couple rescued after car slides off embankment
By Chelsea Phua cphua@sacbee.com
Published: Monday, Sep. 28, 2009 - 9:15 pm Last Modified: Monday, Sep. 28, 2009 - 10:18 pm

Sacramento fire officials said that a couple became trapped after their car slid off an embankment Monday evening at Miller Park.

The Sacramento Bee

Philippine flood death toll rises

The Philippines government says 240 people are now know to have died in flooding caused by Tropical Storm Ketsana, the AFP news agency reports.

BBC News

FBI Releases New Video Of Aftermath Of Oklahoma City Bombing

The FBI has released long-secret security tapes that show the chaos in the aftermath of the deadly bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.

KWTX

Yellowstone fire grows; park still open

(CNN) -- A wildfire in Yellowstone National Park has grown to 9,300 acres and closed a section of the main road through the park, but Yellowstone is still open and National Park Service officials said Monday there was no danger to travelers.

CNN

Placer plans to spray for mosquitoes
By Bill Lindelof blindelof@sacbee.com
Published: Monday, Sep. 28, 2009 - 1:54 pm

Recent hot weather is prompting the Placer Mosquito and Vector Control District to target three areas for spraying.

The Sacramento Bee

From Science, Plenty of Cows but Little Profit
By WILLIAM NEUMAN
Published: September 28, 2009

HANFORD, Calif. — Three years ago, a technological breakthrough gave dairy farmers the chance to bend a basic rule of nature: no longer would their cows have to give birth to equal numbers of female and male offspring. Instead, using a high-technology method to sort the sperm of dairy bulls, they could produce mostly female calves to be raised into profitable milk producers.

The New York Times

Weight Loss Helps Sleep Apnea
Shedding Extra Pounds May Relieve or Even Cure Sleep Apnea Symptoms
By Jennifer WarnerWebMD Health News
Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD

Sept. 28, 2009 -- Losing weight may help obese people as well as their partners sleep better by easing sleep apnea symptoms.

WebMD

Radio contest winner said water had her 'gagging'
By Andy Furillo afurillo@sacbee.com
Published: Monday, Sep. 28, 2009 - 12:56 pm

The winning contestant in a radio station's fatal water drinking contest testified today that she found herself "gagging" over a toilet and "really hurting" in the aftermath of the event that took another woman's life.

The Sacramento Bee


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Thursday is The New Friday

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Protest planned for University of California system
By Larry Gordon
September 24, 2009

Rallies, walkouts and teach-ins are scheduled today across the University of California system, with professors, students and staff expected to protest state cutbacks in higher education funding and UC's handling of the crisis.

LA Times

The UN resolution aims at nuclear-free world
By Edith M Lederer
September 24, 2009

UNITED NATIONS – With U.S. President Barack Obama presiding over an historic session, the U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a U.S.-drafted resolution Thursday aimed at ridding the world of nuclear weapons.

Yahoo! News

For first time, AIDS vaccine effective in trial
The Associated Press
September 24, 2009

BANGKOK - For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. Recent failures led many scientists to think such a vaccine might never be possible.

Los Angeles Times

Why Californians are paying even more for gas
By David R Baker
September 24, 2009

Californians usually pay more for gasoline than do other Americans. But not this much more.

A gallon of regular now costs, on average, $3.14 in the Golden State. The national average is $2.54, according to the AAA auto club. That 60-cent difference is twice the norm.

SFGate

Rent-A-Text is not for most students
By Daniel Vasilchuk
September 23, 2009

Follett Higher Education Group has made a poor investment in selecting the Hornet Bookstore to be a part of its pilot rental program, Rent-A-Text. This program will either succeed or fail depending on student participation in the next few years.

The State Hornet

Water gushes down streets in drought-stricken LA
By John Rodgers
September 24, 2009

LOS ANGELES – Torrents of water swept cars off streets and barbecues out of backyards in Los Angeles in recent weeks, but the floods are coming from the ground rather than the sky.

Yahoo! News

America armed, but guns not necessarily loaded
By Mary Foster
September 23, 2009

NEW ORLEANS – Bullet-makers are working around the clock, seven days a week, and still can't keep up with the nation's demand for ammunition.

Yahoo! News

No Worries? Many College Students Turn Blind Eye to H1N1 Safety Advice
September 23, 2009
Associated Press

It's lurking in that awesome party just off the quad, hiding in the shot glasses passed from person to person and in the make-out sessions in the hallway.

Fox News

Medical students reckless on Internet, sometimes at patients' expense
By Denise Mann
September 22, 2009

In 2007, a resident surgeon snapped a picture of a patient's tattoo -- the words Hot Rod on his penis -- and shared it with colleagues, making international news when the story was leaked to the press. At least the resident didn't post the picture on the Internet.

CNN

Doctors' suit: KFC grilled chicken a danger
By Bob Egelko
September 23, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO -- After losing its first battle against fast-food restaurants, a doctors group went back to court Wednesday and accused the KFC chain of selling grilled chicken with dangerous levels of a cancer-causing chemical.

SFGate

Richest Russian’s Newest Toy: An N.B.A. Team
By Charles V. Bagli
September 23, 2009

A Russian tycoon with a longstanding passion for basketball agreed to a $200 million deal on Wednesday that would make him the principal owner of the New Jersey Nets and a key investor in the team’s proposed new home in Brooklyn.

The New York Times

Nintendo to cut Wii price by 20 percent to $200
September 23, 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters)

Nintendo Co Ltd, the top maker of the current generation of video game consoles, said on Wednesday it will cut the price of its Wii video game console by $50 to $199.99, starting Sunday.

Yahoo! Tech

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World News Wednesday

Angry UC Students Hold 'Naked Rally'
Some UC Davis Attendees Hot Over Proposed Fee Increase

POSTED: 3:18 pm PDT September 22, 2009
DAVIS, Calif. --
Some students at UC Davis who are hot over the rising costs of higher education took off their clothes for a "naked rally" Tuesday.
KCRA


Obama calls world to a ‘new era of engagement’
At U.N., president says solving problems not ‘solely America's endeavor’

updated 11:17 a.m. ET Sept. 23, 2009
NEW YORK - President Barack Obama summoned the world to a "a new era of engagement" in his maiden address to the U.N. General Assembly, offering a litany of policy shifts intended to show that the United States had no interest in a go-it-alone stance on international issues.
MSNBC


Swine flu virus hasn't mutated, official says
H1N1 remains mild, but there are early signs of some vaccine resistance

updated 9:30 a.m. ET Sept. 21, 2009
HONG KONG - The swine flu virus hasn't mutated into a more deadly strain but there are early signs it is developing resistance to vaccine, the World Heath Organization's chief said Monday.
MSNBC


Ventura County fire burns 6,000 acres; caused by spontaneous combustion of manure
September 22, 2009 |  4:02 pm
A Ventura County wildfire fueled by powerful winds and extreme heat has burned more than 6,000 acres and was bearing down on populated areas in Moorpark and surrounding communities.

LA Times


'Historic' storm continues to pound Southeast

Reporting from Atlanta - Months after the end of a historic drought that wreaked three years of slow-motion damage on the Southeast, a potent but sluggardly storm system has parked itself over much of the region, dumping days' worth of rain that has washed out hundreds of roads and bridges and caused six deaths.

LA Times


State OKs petition drive for pot legalization
Two prominent East Bay marijuana advocates got clearance from the state today to try to put a...

SF Chronicle


Don't tweet and drive: study reveals Twitter users' habits

Posted By: Alejandro Martinez-Cabrera (Email) | September 22 2009 at 05:25 PM
Eesh. Online market research firm Crowd Science put together a report on the habits of people who use Twitter versus those who mostly use other social media and, well, the most unsettling fact is the amount of users who tweet from their cars.

SF Chronicle


New Law Bans Flavored Cigarettes
Fruity-Flavored Smokes Forbidden Under New Crackdown on Tobacco
By BRIAN HARTMAN
Sept. 22, 2009
Anyone selling cigarettes flavored with cloves, fruit – anything but menthol – is a criminal under a ban that marks the first assault in a new war on tobacco.

ABC News


Fertility clinic to couple: You got the wrong embryos

updated 5:02 p.m. EDT, Tue September 22, 2009
By Stephanie Smith
CNN Medical Producer
(CNN) -- On a cold morning in February, 10 days after undergoing in vitro fertilization, Carolyn Savage lay in bed at her Ohio home waiting for the results of her pregnancy test.

CNN


Slain girl on Bay Area rapper's MySpace

Carolyn Said, Chronicle Staff Writer
Monday, September 21, 2009
(09-20) 20:28 PDT -- Richard McCroskey of Castro Valley called himself "Syko Sam" and rapped about the thrill of killing people.

SF Chronicle


Lily Allen Tangles With Radiohead Over Illegal File-Sharing
Tuesday, September 22

About a year ago, we reported on the formation of the Featured Artists Coalition (FAC), a British musicians' advocacy group that includes members of Radiohead, Blur, and Pink Floyd. In a mission statement, the group described its position thus: "We want all artists to have more control of their music and a much fairer share of the profits it generates in the digital age."

Pitchfork News


Beatles sell 2.25 million albums in 5 days

Tue Sep 22, 9:28 pm ET
LOS ANGELES – Nearly 40 years after breaking up, The Beatles are still breaking records for album sales.

Yahoo! News

The Tuesday Wakeup

Annie Le's Family Prepares for Killed Student's Funeral

Police Rule Out Any Additional Arrests in Yale Murder
By RUSSELL GOLDMAN and DON ENNISSept. 21, 2009

Annie Le's family is making preparations for her funeral, but it says the intense media attention has made grieving for the slain Yale graduate student all the more difficult.
Annie Le's body was transported to a Northern California funeral home over the weekend, a few miles from the 24-year-old's home town of Placerville. A private funeral will be held there Saturday, Sept. 26.

ABC News

Midtown blocked off as gas rupture is repaired today

By Li Lou and Julie Johnso
Published: Monday, Sep. 21, 2009 - 2:08 pm Last Modified: Monday, Sep. 21, 2009 - 3:38 pm

Pacific Gas & Electric officials said this afternoon they have "stopped the gas leak" in midtown Sacramento near a tattoo parlor that had prompted public safety officials to block off the area.
Brian Swanson, utility spokesman, said "we have stopped the gas leak and the scene is now safe."

Sac Bee

Sac Co. To Lay Off 342 Positions

Most Positions In Heath And Human Services
POSTED: 4:58 pm PDT September 21, 2009UPDATED: 5:12 pm PDT September 21, 2009

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Sacramento County is set to lay off 342 filled positions, with the bulk of those in the health and human services sector.
Sacramento County Filled Positions Set For Layoff
Other positions in the list include some in human assistance and parks and recreation.

KCRA

Budget Cuts Threatens Families

Residents Fear Mather Community Campus May Be Closed
POSTED: 12:12 am PDT September 22, 2009UPDATED: 12:45 am PDT September 22, 2009

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The Mather Community Campus is a place where families can rebuild their lives.
“There given hope here,” said Carolyn Brodt, the Director of Emergency Housing Center.
The campus gives them hope in the form of and education, job skills, a stable place to live.
“Now we are taking away their hope. Their hope for a future,” Brodt said.

KCRA

Three shot in south Sacramento drive-by shooting

September 20, 2009 Sac Bee
From Li Lou:

Three people were shot in a drive-by shooting in south Sacramento early Saturday, said the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office. The injuries were not considered life-threatening. At least two gunmen were at large.
At 1:15 a.m., the Sheriff's Department deputies responded to a call from a residence on Sunrise Woods Drive where a house party was going on and found a person had been shot in the face, one in the leg and the third in the ankle.

Sac Bee

Attack on bicyclist spurs warning on American River bike trail

By Bill Lindelof blindelof@sacbee.com
Published: Sunday, Sep. 20, 2009 - 12:00 am Page 3B

Bicyclist Tom Ward is as elated as a man with a fractured pelvis can be.
Three weeks ago, the 64-year-old Land Park resident was attacked while bicycling on the bike trail near Northgate Boulevard, in the American River Parkway just north of downtown.
A youth threw a bike in Ward's path, sending him flying. As Ward sprawled on the ground, his hip broken, the assailant hit him with a pole and threatened to kill him.

Sac Bee

New funding ideas needed

Friday, September 18, 2009

The loud and angry protests at the UC Board of Regents meeting Wednesday reflected the depth of the frustration with unprecedented cuts to the University of California's budget. But the shouting didn't change anything. We need new thinking, not outbursts. State revenues, which in 1999 were $2.72 billion or 20 percent of the university's budget, in 2009 are $2.64 percent or 13 percent of the university's budget. That's not accounting for inflation or the fact that enrollment has grown by 36 percent over the past decade.

San Francisco Chronicle

California's high-speed rail project sparks residents fears

By Jeff Mitchell Special to The Bee
Published: Sunday, Sep. 20, 2009 - 12:00 am Page 3A

PALO ALTO – Voters warmly embraced Proposition 1A and the idea of bringing a bullet train system to the traffic-choked Golden State last November.
But since the election, life for the California High-Speed Rail Authority has been anything but easy.

Sac Bee

Shopping at local farmers markets

Vanessa Garibaldi
Issue date: 9/16/09 Section:

Shopping at farmers markets in the Sacramento area can be an inexpensive alternative to buying food from grocery stores. Farmers markets are known for selling locally grown products, such as freshly picked shady lady, Roma, or cherry tomatoes for $1 per pound, yellow or white corn for 25 cents an ear, and 30 free-range eggs for $4. Farmers markets sell a wide range of fruits and vegetables, including melons, nectarines, plums, pears, beets and chard.In order to save money while shopping at the farmers market, Garrett McCord, a graduate student in English, said that students should know what is in season, to plan ahead and to set a budget.

The Hornet

Heat Wave Targeting NorCal For Most Of Week

Sep 21, 2009 6:35 am US/Pacific

Even though the season ends on Tuesday, the Sacramento Valley and most of Northern California is expected to suffer through "unseasonably hot weather" throughout the week, according to meteorologists.The National Weather Service has issued a special weather statement about the dry heat that is forecasted to have residents in the valley near or well into triple digit temperatures Monday through Wednesday, with highs in the mid-90s for the rest of the week.

CBS

The MonDaze

Another Monday, Another MonDaze
Monday September 21, 2009

US General Warns 'Failure' in Afghanistan Without New Troops

By VOA News
21 September 2009

The top U.S. and NATO military commander in Afghanistan is warning that the mission "will likely result in failure" if more troops are not sent within the next year.

VOA News

Terror Plot Suspects Head to Court

By CNN
21 September 2009

Three men charged with lying to feds during terrorism probe head to court. Men, originally from Afghanistan, investigated in plot to detonate bombs in U.S.

CNN.com


Teen Charged with setting 2100-acre LA wildfire

By San Francisco Chronicle
20 September 2009

Los Angeles County authorities have filed arson charges against a 13-year-old boy they believe started a 2,100-acre wildfire last month. Prosecutors on Friday charged the boy from El Monte with two felony counts: arson of a forest and recklessly causing a fire. His name wasn't released.

San Francisco Chronicle


Man Drowns in American River

By KCRA3
20 September 2009

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A 33-year-old man drowned Saturday afternoon in the American River near Discovery Park, the Sacramento Fire Department reported.

KCRA3

Deal Reached, Camp Closes

by Sacramento Bee
21 September 2009

After a prayer circle and peace pipe ceremony, more than a dozen homeless campers said goodbye Sunday night to their self-governed community on a vacant lot in downtown Sacramento The private lot on 12th and C streets had become the latest stage in their bid for a legal campsite, which they termed "safe ground."

Sac Bee


Budget Cuts Push Some Classrooms Way over Capacity

by LA Times
20 September 2009

Some L.A. Unified classes are crammed with about 50 students, leaving some pupils to sit on desks or the floor and their teachers to grade hundreds of papers while still focusing on improvement.

LA Times


"Mad Men," "30 Rock" take top series Emmys

By Sacramento Bee
21 September 2009

"Mad Men" and "30 Rock" led a pack of Emmy winners who successfully defended their titles Sunday, but the snappy ceremony and a star turn by host Neil Patrick Harris made the evening far from a rerun.

SacBee


Student Loan Overhaul Approved by U.S. House

By NewsMax
18 September 2009

The biggest change in U.S. higher education finance in 35 years was approved on Thursday by the House of Representatives, handing a defeat to major banks and student loan giant Sallie Mae.

News Max


Retraining Roulette: New Skills, No new Job

By NBC
21 September 2009

In a massive makeover of the U.S. work force, hundreds of thousands of laid-off Americans are undergoing federally subsidized retraining designed to provide them with the skills and education to land new jobs. For some, it already feels like an exercise in futility.

NBC

Police Look for man whose wife, 5 children found killed

By CNN

21 September 2009

Florida authorities were searching Sunday for a 33-year-old man after his wife and five children were found dead in their Naples home.The bodies of Guerline Damas, 32; Michzach, 9; Marven, 6; Maven, 5; Megan, 3; and Morgan, 11 months, were discovered Saturday, Rambosk said.

CNN

Sacramento's Crest Theater to Reopen

By Sacramento Bee

20 September 2009

On Monday, an iconic piece of Sacramento history returns to its former royal-blue, jungle-red, aquamarine and mustard-yellow glory.

Sac Bee

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Moondays

Leaked memo: California could face major lawsuits if Schwarzenegger closes state parks

California taxpayers could be on the hook for millions of dollars in damages if the Schwarzenegger administration moves ahead with plans to close as many as 100 state parks, according to an internal memo drafted by the state parks department's attorneys.

Mercury News

Sacramentan convicted for sending anthrax hoax messages

Marc McMain Keyser, who styles himself as the Paul Revere of an anthrax attack, was found guilty Thursday by a jury in Sacramento federal court on three counts of sending hoax anthrax letters and two counts of mailing threatening communications.

The Sacramento Bee

California's unemployment rate rises to 12.2%

Despite signs an economic recovery has begun in the state, California's unemployment rate inched up in August, once again setting a new postwar high at 12.2%.

The Los Angeles Times

U.S. House votes to end bank-based student lending

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to abolish bank-based student lending with a bill that would end subsidies to student loan companies.

Tampa Bay Business Journal

Lab tech charged with Yale grad student's murder

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A Yale lab technician appeared in court and was charged with murder Thursday hours after his arrest in the killing of a graduate student in research building where they both worked — perhaps sometimes in conflict.

Google News

School Bus Crash Results In Minor Injuries

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Minor injuries were reported after a small school bus crashed Friday morning in Sacramento County.

KCRA

Swine flu shots expected in Oct.

Illinois will get about 2 million of the 45 million doses of swine flu vaccine expected to be available nationwide by mid-October, state health officials said Thursday.

Chicago Sun Times

Feds fight for key evidence against Bonds

SAN FRANCISCO -- Federal prosecutors urged a federal appellate court to reverse a trial judge and let them present critical evidence they say shows Barry Bonds knowingly used steroids.

The Sacramento Bee

West Nile claims first California victims of the year

Two California men have died after getting the West Nile virus - the first deaths this year attributed to the mosquito-borne disease, state health officials said Thursday.

The Sacramento Bee

Obama scraps Bush missile-defense plan

WASHINGTON — President Obama's foreign policy has employed a starkly different tone than George W. Bush's, emphasizing engagement and cooperation rather than go-it-alone confrontation.

USA Today

Volkswagen L1 Concept VW’s one-liter car is finally on its way.

A one-liter car? This moniker describes a car that uses one liter of fuel—about a quarter of a gallon—to propel a car for 100 kilometers, or 62 miles. The one-liter car’s fuel economy translates to almost 240 mpg, and VW has had such a car in its sights for some time now.

Yahoo

Left and right plot on Baucus bill

A day after Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucusreleased a health care bill that he predicted would win bipartisan support, Democrats and Republicans retreated to their separate corners Thursday as both parties plotted their strategy to shape the legislation.

Yahoo

Man arrested near Guy West bridge

A man was arrested after a brief chase for allegedly pulling a fire alarm during a speaking event featuring spoken word artist Henry Rollins.

The State Hornet

The Thursday Thriller

Roseville police look for reasons behind triple killing

Roseville police said today they are investigating why a reported home invasion ended in a bloody scene where three people lay dead.

The Sacramento Bee

Medical official: Le was asphyxiated

The Connecticut medical examiner says a Yale graduate student found dead in her lab building was killed by asphyxiation caused by neck trauma.

The Sacramento Bee

Bone fragment found at home of CA kidnap suspects

Investigators say they found a small bone fragment on the property of a Northern California couple charged with kidnapping a little girl and hiding her in their backyard for 18 years.

The SF Chronicle

Police arrest 14 at UC regents meeting

University of California police arrested 14 raucous protesters who briefly shut down a regents meeting today in San Francisco where a proposed tuition hike was being discussed.

The SF Chronicle

Schwarzenegger Wants ACORN

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Raising the stakes involved in the scandal surrounding the anti-poverty group ACORN, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is urging a "full investigation" by California Attorney General Jerry Brown into ACORN's California activities.

KCRA

Governor Signs Order Boosting Cleaner Power

California will have the nation's most ambitious renewable energy goal under an executive order signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger

Fox 40

North Highlands residents complain about street prostitutes

Early one recent morning, Ken McClellan was watering the tidy front yard of his North Highlands home when he spotted a young woman in a tight tank top and cut-off shorts walking toward Watt Avenue.

The Sacramento Bee

Police: Mom stabs 2 young daughters at Calif. home

WESTMINSTER, Calif.. – A woman who allegedly stabbed herself and her two young daughters with a knife called 911 to get help and report the crime Wednesday morning, according to an audio recording of the call.

Yahoo! News

College students protest coal use on campuses

COLUMBIA, Mo. – College students from Missouri to Oregon are urging their schools to stop using coal-based electricity in favor of cleaner energy sources ranging from wood chips to geothermal power.

Yahoo! News

Hofstra University student recants rape story

East Meadow, N.Y. (AP) --Four New York men were released from jail Wednesday and authorities dismissed charges that they gang-raped a Hofstra University student after the 18-year-old woman recanted her story.

The SF Chronicle

Lab tech arraigned on murder charge in Annie Le's death

Bail was set at $3 million for Yale University lab technician Raymond Clark III during his arraignment today on charges he murdered graduate student Annie Le.

The Sacramento Bee