Sacramento Bee
- Peter CaJacob, 74, was former McClatchy executive
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 09:36 PMPeter CaJacob, former McClatchy vice president of human resources, died Sunday morning of pneumonia after battling ongoing health issues. He was 74. CaJacob spent more than a decade at the … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Home Depot is holding hiring events this week at all of its California stores
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 08:05 PMHome Depot will hold statewide hiring events this week in several West Coast states — including California, where the retail chain intends to add about 280 workers. All California stores … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gas tax repeal will go before California voters in November
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 05:25 PMCalifornia voters will decide this fall whether to overturn a recent increase to state gasoline and diesel taxes that has raised billions of dollars for road repairs and other transportation … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Want wild pig for dinner? Follow a Californian on the hunt
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 09:38 AMSteve Fournier, a hunter from Aptos, stalks wild pigs with Sam McGuire of SMC Guide Service in San Benito County on June 16, 2018. Fournier says he finds satisfaction hunting in wild pork he harvested himself.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Here's what midtown J Street looks like right now as major construction starts
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 03:33 PMA construction rehabilitation project on J Street will run from June 25 until about August 10. The project will run from 19th to 30th streets. … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - South Sacramento homicide investigation update
Sunday - 06/24/2018 - 02:25 PMSacramento Sheriff Department Spokesman Shaun Hampton discusses the ongoing investigation into a homicide in South Sacramento that occurred early Sunday morning. The homicide was reported by a friend of the victim.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Black smoke rises from Stoll Fire in California's Tehama County
Sunday - 06/24/2018 - 05:15 PMLarge clouds of black smoke rose from the Stoll Fire in Tehama County, California, on June 23, while evacuations orders were in place for surrounding areas. Cal Fire reported that some residential and commercial buildings were destroyed or damaged.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- What you need to know about California's gas tax repeal initiative
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 03:01 AMGet ready for a big fight this fall over the condition of California's roads. An initiative to repeal the recent increase to state gasoline and diesel taxes, which is raising … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - This type of care can sharply reduce medical costs, so why aren't doctors ordering it?
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 06:55 AMDoctors can improve the quality of life for their seriously ill patients while also reducing the patients' medical expenses if they make use of one particular care model, so why … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Concerns aired at Folsom meeting about Aerojet Area 40 cleanup efforts
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 06:00 AMAt a public forum at the Folsom Community Center on Wednesday, June 20, 2018, California Department of Toxic Substances Control officials share details about the cleanup plan for Area 40, a site contaminated by toxic fuel from Aerojet.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Two Sacramento-area animal shelters waive adoption fees as they fill up with pets
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 09:06 PMTwo of the Sacramento area's biggest animal shelters have recently filled up and are temporarily waiving adoption fees to free up space. Front Street Animal Shelter and the Bradshaw Animal … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - West Nile Virus season has begun: 8 birds have tested positive in Sac County
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 07:51 PMIn what is being called a slow start to the annual West Nile Virus season, officials said 27 birds have tested positive for the sometimes deadly virus in California so … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Wild chase from Granite Bay to Auburn ends with arrest of man wanted in two counties
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 04:53 PMAn Auburn man wanted in both Sacramento and Placer counties was due in court Monday after leading deputies on a high-speed pursuit of up to 100 mph from Granite Bay … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gov. Brown declares state of emergency in fire-ravaged Lake County
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 03:55 PMGov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in Lake County on Monday as the Pawnee Fire continued to rage uncontrolled. State resources, including employees, provisions and facilities, will be … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The battle against Pawnee Fire captured in dramatic images
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 02:06 PMSacramento Bee photographer Paul Kitagaki Jr. captures the early battle against the Pawnee Fire in Lake County that broke out Sunday, June 24, 2018. … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Flat fire burns over 150 acres in Tuolumne County
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 12:35 PMA grass fire in Tuolumne County near Highway 49 (Moccasin Point) burned at least 150 acres on Sunday, June 24, 2018. … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Homes destroyed as Pawnee Fire rages in Lake County
Sunday - 06/24/2018 - 09:51 PMHomes are destroyed and over 600 structures are threatened as crews battle the Pawnee fire in Spring Valley in Lake County, Sunday, June 24, 2018. … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 17-year-old boy pulled out of American River, taken to hospital
Sunday - 06/24/2018 - 10:57 PMFire crews responded Sunday evening to a possible drowning near Tiscornia Beach on the American River, where a male was pulled from the water and transported to a hospital according … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Folsom site contaminated by jet fuel to be cleaned up, paving way for park and nearby housing
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 06:30 AMDecades ago, as the U.S. raced to be the first nation to reach the moon, manufacturer Aerojet developed and tested rockets at a site south of Highway 50 near Folsom … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Nature can do most of the work for you': Once-flooded Elwha land becomes forest
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 04:00 AMJosh Chenoweth pushes through trees grown 30 feet overhead and walks into a plush purple pool of blooming lupine, the flowers fragrant and abuzz with insects. It is hard to … Click to Continue »
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- Black Lives Matter protest forces Sacramento jail lockdown
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 09:09 PMA Black Lives Matter protest outside the Sacramento County Main Jail forced sheriff's deputies to lock down the downtown facility Monday afternoon for more than two hours. About 50 demonstrators, … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Where Northern California fire victims can find resources – and how you can help
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 06:47 PMCalifornia fire season is in full swing and sweeping across Northern California. If you have been affected by these recent fires or want to help those that have, here are … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Berkeley-based boba shop with Davis store to open in Downtown Commons
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 05:33 PMTeaOne Tea and Coffee will open in Downtown Commons as well as in UC Davis' Memorial Union in the near future, according to the boba shop's website and DoCo signage.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- LeBron to the Kings? Likely impossible, but someone bought billboards to give it a try
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 04:21 PMCould the Kings lure LeBron James, and convince basketball's biggest superstar to bring his talents to the City of Trees should he declare free agency? No, they cannot, according to … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Delta breeze, cooler temperatures might help firefighting efforts in Northern California
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 01:42 PMA cooling Delta breeze and an increase in humidity are expected to help firefighters get control of wildfires burning across Northern California, Cal Fire said Monday. A National Weather Service … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - North state fires surpass 12,000 acres as Lake County blaze continues to grow
Saturday - 06/23/2018 - 11:00 PMWildfires were burning more than 12,000 acres in Tehama, Shasta, Lake, Tuolumne and Calaveras counties as of Sunday evening, destroying at least a dozen buildings and forcing residents across Northern … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Northern California wildfires: Where they are, how much has burned, map
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 11:58 AMA rash of fires that broke out amid high winds and hot weather continued to burn across Northern California on Monday, with fire crews working through the night to try … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - More evacuations ordered for Shasta County as at least five fires burn
Sunday - 06/24/2018 - 08:40 PMMore evacuations have been ordered in Shasta County as fire crews work to contain at least five active fires in the area that had burned a total of more than … Click to Continue »
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Wild pigs cause millions in damages in California. But hunting them could become easier
Monday - 06/25/2018 - 10:01 AMThe hunter peered through the scope of his .300 Winchester Magnum rifle. His guide knelt beside him on a steep hillside on the eastern slope of California's Central Coast range.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- 17-year-old boy pulled out of American River, taken to hospital
Sunday - 06/24/2018 - 10:57 PMFire crews responded Sunday evening to a possible drowning near Tiscornia Beach on the American River, where a male was pulled from the water and transported to a hospital according … Click to Continue »
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