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Sacramento celebrates keeping Kings with downtown rally

By Ryan Lillis, Dale Kasler and Tony Bizjak - Updated: 6:28 am

Thousands of Kings fans packed downtown's Cesar Chavez Plaza on Thursday night to celebrate the franchise's suddenly solid future in Sacramento.

Magnitude 5.7 earthquake felt throughout Sacramento area

By Cathy Locke and Associated Press - Updated: 7:01 am

An earthquake has struck Northern California's Plumas County with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7. It was felt throughout the Sacramento area.

California health exchange reveals premium costs, insurers

By Jim Sanders - Published: 12:07 am

California's newly created health exchange announced the bottom line on its insurance policies and rates Thursday, bringing sharper focus to family impacts of next year's health care overhaul.

Slain 10-year-old girl spoke of devoting her life to ending violence hours before she was shot

By Stephen Magagnini - Published: 12:00 am

Just hours before she was shot to death, 10-year-old Elvira Campos said she wanted to devote her life to teaching people the Bible "and its promise that one day all the violence would end," said her best friend and teacher, Olga Cruz.

Sacramento arena project should give capital a boost, UOP economist says

By Dale Kasler - Updated: 6:28 am

A new downtown arena for the Sacramento Kings carries some risk to the city but is likely to give the region a substantial economic boost, according to the latest quarterly forecast from the University of the Pacific.

Sacramento celebrates keeping Kings with downtown rally

Detective: Confrontation between gangs led to athlete's 2010 fatal shooting

By Andy Furillo - Updated: 12:16 am

"On sight," is the way the detective described how quickly rivals from two street gangs pulled out their guns when they came across each other during a two-year war that had neighborhoods in south Sacramento ducking for cover.

Sheriff's helicopter gets kids' attention

By Tillie Fong - Updated: 12:27 am

Excited shouts of "it's coming, it's coming" went up from a crowd of students at Whitney Avenue Elementary School as a Sacramento County sheriff's helicopter came in for a landing onto the baseball field.

Star Vlll Helicopter Visits Whitney Avenue Elementary

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Sacramento Kings owner Vivek Ranadive after signing a banner that will hang in the Sleep Train Arena at the Sacramento Kings rally on Thursday night, May 23, 2013 at Cesar Chavez Park in downtown Sacramento, Calif. View a photo gallery.
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Carol Kawaykla pauses while looking for items in her tornado-ravaged home Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Moore, Okla. Cleanup continues three days after a huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb, flattening a wide swath of homes and businesses. View a photo gallery.
Jose Luis Villegas / jvillegas@sacbee.com

100 year-old Isaac Ortiz and his wife Isabel Ortiz, of Sacramento, were first in line at the southwest entrance to Cesar Chavez Park for the Sacramento Kings rally on Thursday night, May 23, 2013 in downtown Sacramento, Calif. View a photo gallery.
Hector Amezcua / hamezcua@sacbee.com

Vivek Ranadive celebrates with Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson before a rally for the city on keeping the Kings on Thursday, May 23, 2013 at Cesar Chavez Plaza in Sacramento, Calif. View a photo gallery.
Renee C. Byer / rbyer@sacbee.com

A'Dre Taylor, 8, looks through a pair of binoculars for the first time. "Awesome!" he said. The Sacramento Sheriff's Department aimed at improving the Arden Arcade neighborhood flew the Star Vlll helicopter there for a high tech show and tell with Whitney Avenue Elementary school students. Photo taken May 23, 2013 in Sacramento, California. View a photo gallery.