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Davis teen pleads not guilty to brutal double slaying

By Darrell Smith and Benjamin Mullin - Published: 12:00 am

Once a 12-year-old hero, now a 16-year-old accused of a ruthless double killing, Daniel William Marsh spoke in a hushed voice Wednesday and declared his innocence.

California lawmakers, state officials to receive 5 percent pay hikes

By Jim Sanders - Published: 12:00 am

Gov. Jerry Brown received an $8,699 pay increase Wednesday.

Funeral services set for highly decorated Korea, Vietnam veteran

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Cousins mum on Kings' new regime

By Jason Jones - Updated: 12:14 am

The new Kings majority owner, Vivek Ranadive, has said he wants to make DeMarcus Cousins an international superstar.

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Legislature plots new course following Public Records Act controversy

By Melody Gutierrez and David Siders - Updated: 12:10 am

Assembly Speaker John A. Perez, D-Los Angeles at his office at the State Capitol.

Gov. Jerry Brown and Senate leaders appeared Wednesday to reject an Assembly proposal to uphold key provisions of the California Public Records Act, instead saying the issue should go before voters as a constitutional amendment next year.

Ousted Herald fire district director sits at head table during meeting

By Jeffrey Dastin - Updated: 12:15 am

A meeting of the Herald Fire Protection District board was halted in disarray Wednesday night after a crowd approached the directors' table demanding the reinstatement of an elected officer who was ousted last month.

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Sacramento Kings new general manager Pete D'Alessandro talks to players during today's pre-draft workout at the Kings practice facility in Sacramento, Calif. on Wednesday.
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Daniel William Marsh, 16, speaks at his arraignment hearing at the Yolo County Courthouse in Woodland, Calif., where he is charged with murder with special circumstances in the killing of Oliver "Chip" Northup, 87, and his wife Claudia Maupin, 76, in Davis, Calif.
Randy Allen

Lance Newhall takes a seat at the board table before the start of Wednesday night's meeting. The Herald Fire Protection District board called a special meeting Wednesday, to address issues tabled at a board meeting last week, when a crowd protested the board's removal of director Lance Newhall. However, Newhall showed up to the meeting and demanded that he sit with the board, following the advice of Peter Detwiler, who helped write the Fire Protection District Law of 1987.
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The American River flows next to Camp Pollock, Saturday June 15, 2013. In January, the State Lands Commission acquired Camp Pollock, formerly run by Boy Scouts of America. The Sacramento Valley Conservancy now manages the property. View a photo gallery.
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North Korean men and women dance in front of the Monument to Party Founding in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday. The dancing performance is held to celebrate the day the late North Korean leader Kim Jung Il began his work at the central committee of the communist nation's ruling Workers' Party in 1964.