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Report: 49ers WR Crabtree suffers torn Achilles tendon

Jerry Brown downplays analyst's budget forecast, pledges to 'stay the course'

By David Siders - Updated: 1:10 pm

Gov. Jerry Brown this morning downplayed an estimate by the nonpartisan legislative analyst that California will collect about $3.2 billion more in revenue than Brown projected in his budget revision last week, saying the difference is minor and he will hold the line on spending.

As prices rise, Sacramento homeowners regain equity

By Hudson Sangree - Updated: 12:18 pm

The number of Sacramento-area homeowners who owe more than their homes are worth continued tumbling in the first three months of this year, real estate tracking firm Zillow reported today.

Seven new Kings owners, former players Webber, Richmond to attend rally

By Ryan Lillis - Updated: 12:00 pm

The lineup is set for Thursday's fan rally to celebrate the Kings' future in Sacramento.

GOP win shaves Democratic supermajority in California Senate

By Dan Walters - Published: 10:48 am

The Democratic supermajority in the state Senate thinned a bit Tuesday when Republican farmer Andy Vidak captured more than 50 percent of a special election vote to win in a heavily Democratic San Joaquin Valley district.

Senate Democrats get back supermajority with Hueso win

Davis man faces trial in alleged hate crime

By Darrell Smith - Updated: 8:15 am

Clayton Garzon will face trial on assault and hate crime allegations connected to the March 10 beating of a gay Davis man, a Yolo Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday.

Double homicide on Citrus Heights street last night

By Bill Lindelof - Updated: 10:36 am

Two people were found shot to death in a car in Citrus Heights last night.

Sacramento City Council plans to boost parks budget for first time since '07

By Ryan Lillis - Updated: 8:51 am

Of all the services to take a hit, the upkeep of the Sacramento's vast parks system has been affected perhaps the most. That cycle of cuts now seems likely to end.

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Solar Impulse, piloted by AndrŽ Borschberg, takes flight during the second leg of the 2013 Across America mission, at dawn, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, from Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. The solar powered aircraft is scheduled to land at Dallas/ Fort Worth International Airport on Thursday May 23. The plane's creators, Bertrand Piccard and Borschberg, said the trip is the first attempt by a solar airplane capable of flying day and night without fuel to fly across America.
Jose Luis Villegas / jvillegas@sacbee.com

Arthur Flores Aleman salutes as the Honor Guard makes its way into the Sacramento County Office of Education chambers on Tuesday evening, May 21, 2013 before he and seven other veterans were bestowed long-awaited diplomas in a ceremony at the Sacramento County Board of Education. The county office of education began its Operation Recognition Program in 2001 and has bestowed 163 diplomas since then. To see a gallery of images from the ceremony, click here.
Dr. Scott M. Lieberman / AP

A pair of lightning bolts are seen striking the ground as a line of thunderstorms passes over Tyler, Texas on Tuesday, May 22, 2013. This same front continues to move easterly across the country.
David Goldman / AP

Fans watch as Minnesota Twins' Ryan Doumit, top, warms up with pitcher Vance Worley, not pictured, in the bullpen before the start of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Atlanta.
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A young boy walks back carrying containers filled with drinking water from a community tap at a slum cluster in New Delhi, India , Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Water scarcity in the scorching summer is a common sight in India and sometimes people have to walk long distances to fetch water.