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Budget bill would make it optional for California local governments to comply with public records laws

By Annalise Mantz and Jeffrey Dastin - Published: 12:00 am

A budget bill awaiting Gov. Jerry Brown's signature would make it optional for local governments to comply with several key provisions of the California Public Records Act.

Teen once lauded as hero is charged in Davis double-homicide case

By Darrell Smith and Benjamin Mullin - Updated: 12:16 am

A Davis teenager once lauded as a hero for saving his dad's life faces double homicide charges in the April stabbings of an elderly couple in their south Davis home.

Flood plan would pile tons of rocks at Brannon Island park

By Matt Weiser - Updated: 12:22 am

California water officials are moving to store large piles of rock and sand in key locations throughout the Delta, including Brannan Island state park, as part of a broader effort to improve flood response.

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Proposal on 'big-box' stores heads to Sacramento City Council for debate

By Ryan Lillis - Updated: 12:02 am

A proposal to ease restrictions on "big-box" superstores in the city of Sacramento moved forward Tuesday and is now headed for what will likely be a politically charged debate before the City Council.

Girl tells jury she was tortured by her father's fiancee while he was in prison

By Andy Furillo - Published: 12:00 am

The torture happened upstairs, downstairs, on the stairs themselves, all over the house, the girl said. Hot spatulas slapped on the palms of her hands, a hot iron pierced into her back.

Sacramento Metro fire department now has oxygen masks to save pets' lives

By Brittany Torrez - Updated: 11:43 pm

The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District says it has recently received dozens of specially designed oxygen masks to save the lives of pets, including snakes and gerbils.

Panel to consider restoring pay cuts for state's top elected officials

By Jim Sanders - Published: 12:00 am

After passage of a budget with a $12 million windfall for the Legislature and a likely pay increase for state workers, a commission today will consider whether to restore salary cuts for California's top elected officials.

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Robert Vaughn, center, looks over his truck after firefighters extinguished a fire in the engine compartment at Northgate and North Market blvds. in Sacramento, Calif. on Tuesday. Vaughn was on his way to Marysville with more than 1,000 empty five-gallon propane cylinders which still contain traces of the fuel and could explode. Vaughn, of Dolphin Trucking, Inc. owns and drives his only truck.
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Protestors burn a Sao Paulo state flag in front of City Hall, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tuesday. Some of the biggest demonstrations since the end of Brazil's 1964-85 dictatorship have broke out across this continent-sized country, uniting multitudes frustrated by poor transportation, health services, education and security despite a heavy tax burden.
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A halo circles the sun in the skies over Sacramento on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. National Weather Service Meteorologist Craig Shoemaker said the ring resulted from a thin layer of cirrus clouds, thin wispy clouds, at about 30,000 feet. Ice crystals in the clouds created a mirror effect, refracting light and creating the halo.
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Visitors to the Upper Geyser Basin walk along boardwalks near Old Faithful geyser Thursday, June 14, 2013, in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo.
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A Pakistani mourns the death of his relative, a victim of a suicide bombing, at a hospital in Mardan, Pakistan, Tuesday. A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of hundreds of mourners attending a funeral in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing tens of people. Among the dead was a newly elected lawmaker who may have been the target, authorities said.