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Caltrans records reveal concerns about Bay Bridge concrete

By Charles Piller - Updated: 12:03 am

A builder of the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge failed to disclose that a 19-foot section of concrete in the foundation of the span's signature tower had not hardened before it was tested.

California correctional officer battling cancer nears victory in fight to keep her job

By Cynthia Hubert - Published: 12:00 am

Hours after a needle fed another round of toxic chemotherapy into her veins, Sandra Knott wondered aloud whether she would survive to don the crisp uniform of a state correctional officer again.

Sacramento Music Festival opens with new format

By Edward Ortiz - Published: 12:00 am

Saturday morning saw the official kickoff of the first Sacramento Music Festival, the new name adopted by the former Sacramento Jazz Jubilee.

2012 Sacramento Music Festival

Expanded medical clinic to rise in Woodland

By Cynthia H. Craft - Published: 12:00 am

Even with affordable health care a bit of an oxymoron these days, no one in Yolo County seems to mind that the proverbial wrecking ball is poised over the Peterson Clinic, a valued community health clinic in Woodland.

Sacramento-area office brokers expect turnaround

By Mark Glover - Published: 12:00 am

By any measure, office vacancy rates in the Sacramento area are high. And in some locales, they're obscenely high.

Public Eye: Appeals court tosses El Dorado rule on misdemeanor defendants

By Denny Walsh - Published: 12:00 am

The El Dorado County judiciary's penchant for doing things its own way has run afoul of a state appeals court.

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Lezlie Sterling / lsterling@sacbee.com

Brandon Cerquedo, 18, center, plays the banjo as Nik Snyder, 17, right, chimes in and Darwin Avalos, 17, plays the upright base, left, in their traditional jazz band called "Swamp Kitchen" from San Diego in Old Sacramento during the Sacramento Music Festival, Saturday. View a photo gallery.
Lezlie Sterling / lsterling@sacbee.com

Sandra Knott gets out her uniform for the State Dept. of Corrections at her home in Folsom as she fights Stage 4 cancer. Knott has worked at Folsom Prison for the past 25 years. Earlier this month, after two years of twists and turns, Knott reached a settlement with the state Department of Corrections that awards her back pay and mandates that the agency provide "reasonable accommodations" to people with cancer, just as it has for pregnant women for years.
Paul Kitagaki Jr. / pkitagaki@sacbee.com

Dentist Barry Chang shows patient how to hold mouth during her x-ray as dental assistant Crystal Hines place the equipment in her mouth at the Peterson Clinic in Woodland. The clinic currently has three dental station and will expand to six stations in the new building. Starting in May 2013, thanks to a $5 million federal grant, the Peterson Clinic will expand by half serving even more of Yolo's low income and immigrant farm workers.
Randall Benton / RBenton@sacbee.com

A Blackbird seeks shelter from the rain under the fender of a car in Folsom on Saturday.
Mindy Schauer, / AP

Mackenzie Griffith, 3, decorates a grave with a flag in honor of Memorial Day at Riverside National Cemetery, in Riverside County, Calif., on Saturday. Griffith was with a group of Orange County volunteers and her grandfather, a World War II veteran, R.V. Scott, is also buried there. View a photo gallery.