Anonymous donor offers ransom to bring back Redding ‘supermom’

An anonymous donor has offered an undisclosed ransom in the case of the Redding-area “supermom” who disappeared after jogging near her home earlier this month. The benefactor said that if Sherri Papini, 34, isn’t returned immediately, the deal expires at 5 a.m. Wednesday.

California’s troubled pollution credit program rebounds

California’s beleaguered program for limiting carbon emissions and battling climate change showed signs of life Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016. Industrial firms and other companies spent nearly $1 billion buying pollution credits in the state’s latest cap-and-trade carbon auction, the California Air Resources Board announced.

In the war of real news vs. fake news, it’s a draw

The spread of fake news through Facebook, Twitter, Reddit and other social media networks is a bigger threat to democracy than many would like to admit. Mark Zuckerberg and others in Silicon Valley must continue to find ways to push back, if only for the sake of democracy.

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Rudy Gay, local police host outreach dinner for single mothers

Sacramento Kings forward Rudy Gay and members of the Sacramento police department host an outreach dinner on Monday, Nov. 21, 2016 for single mothers and their families. For Gay the event is "very dear to me because I was raised by a single mother, and have sisters that are single mothers."
Hector Amezcua The Sacramento Bee
Rudy Gay, local police host outreach dinner for single mothers 1:13

Rudy Gay, local police host outreach dinner for single mothers

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Thanksgiving 2016 by the numbers

Cosumnes River women's soccer team celebrates win, faces Folsom Lake in playoff game 0:13

Cosumnes River women's soccer team celebrates win, faces Folsom Lake in playoff game

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Kanye cancels tour after abandoning shows

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