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Sacramento County can’t pass a sales tax for transportation. Can the city? | Opinion
2+ hour, 14+ min ago (688+ words) It has been a decades-long tradition for Sacramento to pursue sales tax increases for transportation needs as a united county. But that may be about to change. Some transportation activists in the capital city are looking to go it alone....
Worlds collide as wine-country Dems vie for conservative Yuba-Sutter voters
2+ hour, 14+ min ago (1563+ words) The elected officials in the crowded Yuba City hall were introduced to the peach growers and concerned farmers before them. Then a voice rose from the pack of attendees. Mike Thompson, a Democratic congressman among the officials leading the town…...
Carlos Dominguez returns to court ahead of new trial in deadly Davis stabbings
16+ hour, 19+ min ago (293+ words) Carlos Reales Dominguez returned to a Woodland courtroom Thursday where a judge granted subpoenas to be sent to his former Davis workplaces ahead of a new trial in the 2023 stabbing spree that left two Davis men dead. The former UC…...
4 people shot including 4-year-old child in Oak Park, Sacramento police say
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (111+ words) Four people were shot Wednesday evening in Sacramento's Central Oak Park neighborhood and have been taken to hospitals, police said. Officers responded shortly after 6 p.m. to the 3300 block of Ninth Avenue, Sacramento Police Department spokesperson Officer Anthony Gamble said. Arriving authorities…...
150,000 toured NorCal ‘House of Tomorrow’ in ‘56. Now, the Eichler can be yours
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (708+ words) In the hills of the San Francisco Peninsula, a rare steel-framed Eichler home " one that was built in the 1950s to stop people in their tracks " is back in the spotlight. The one-of-a-kind Eichler X-100, an experimental "steel house of the future…...
California sues feds over offshore oil drilling, latest in over 60 challenges
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (314+ words) California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Monday challenged a Trump administration order allowing offshore oil drilling at a complex near Santa Barbara that had been shut down after a major oil spill. The complaint marks the 64th time in the state…...
Sacramento woman detained by ICE at San Francisco Airport, Rep. Doris Matsui says
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (525+ words) The viral video of immigration agents arresting a woman in front of a crying child at San Francisco International Airport may have ties to Sacramento, though details about the woman's residency remain unclear. Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Sacramento, said in a…...
New SAFE Credit Union bank expands to Sacramento area. Find out when and where
6+ day, 19+ hour ago (257+ words) SAFE Credit Union is expanding to Granite Bay as the financial corporation opens its newest branch Friday afternoon. The new branch is located at 4100 Douglas Blvd. in Sierra Oaks Plaza Center. The new bank will have transaction pods instead of…...
Heat advisory for Central Coast until Friday evening
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (168+ words) A heat advisory was released by the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA on Friday at 12:05 a.m. in effect until 8 p.m. The advisory is for Cuyama Valley, Southern Salinas Valley and San Luis Obispo County Interior Valleys. "Hot conditions with high temperatures in…...
California Sen. Alex Padilla to rework national park bill honoring Cesar Chavez
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (316+ words) California Sen. Alex Padilla has promised to rework legislation that proposed the creation of a multi-state national park honoring Cesar Chavez, the civil rights icon whose legacy has been tarnished after numerous allegations of sexual abuse surfaced earlier this week....