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