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The Sacramento County Coroner's Office has identified a man struck and killed by a train while he rode his bicycle in the Florin area Wednesday night.

Sacramento Mayor-elect Kevin Johnson won his new post with a business-friendly campaign and thousands of dollars in business contributions gathered not only from Sacramento but from San Francisco to New York City.

For Julie Chafin, it was the opportunity both to help others and to be with her family all day.

When he steps down Jan. 4 as U.S. attorney in Sacramento, McGregor "Greg" Scott will not just be saying goodbye to a job.

A succession of bad news over the past two weeks has turned the college plans of California high school seniors upside down.

What started with a few hundred runners 15 years ago has exploded into a massive Sacramento tradition.

Want to join today's shopping frenzy without going out? Come to Sacbee Live and follow shoppers in real time as they stand in line and hunt for bargains.

Area college students will get their feet wet in a project to improve flood control, water quality and the aesthetics of Placerville's Hangtown Creek.

The Boys & Girls Club of Galt is operating on borrowed time.

Prompted by an offer from a Sacramento Kings player, three Sacramento police officers Wednesday got an early start at spreading holiday cheer.

The Sacramento SPCA will host an estate planning seminar from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at its adoption center at 6201 Florin Perkins Road.

Uniformed firefighters outnumbered civilians when Placer County supervisors this week honored three men injured June 11 while fighting a wildfire that started on the outskirts of Lincoln.

The El Dorado County Public Health Department and city of Placerville will offer a community flu shot clinic from 1 to 4 p.m. Thursday.

The following agencies are closed for the holiday.

Last January, 70-mph winds and rain ripped through the region for two days – the highest velocities clocked in a half-century – causing massive power outages, downing trees and closing Interstate 80 for hours amid blinding snow.

As weather would have it, this Thanksgiving is a "no-burn day" in Sacramento County.

Having a few people over today? How about 150? That's how many are expected at the 38th annual Cannon-Jackson Family Thanksgiving.

The terrorist attacks that raked Mumbai – a city of 18 million – Wednesday night seemed directed at Westerners, not Indian people, said Mumbai native Raghuraman S. Tricher, who Wednesday evening watched news accounts from India via satellite.

A former Yolo County volunteer firefighter convicted of sparking a dozen wildfires in the rural Capay Valley, many of which he later helped battle, was sentenced Wednesday to 40 years in prison.

All the votes have been tallied in Sacramento County for the Nov. 4 general election, with one vote deciding a winner in one race and 15 votes the difference in another.

The rush is on for you to find those great deals, and for retailers to see the tinsel lining in the gray economic clouds. Black Friday, the day circled in red for stores to gauge their financial fortunes, pretty much begins after the Thanksgiving turkey wishbone is snapped. Here's a guide to help make the shopping a little more joyful.

Sacramento city leaders and child advocates are worried that the staggering economy, combined with the stresses of the holidays, will translate into a spike in abuse and injuries this season.

Armed with their umbrella, Dennis and Angela Sallomi do some early holiday shopping at the Folsom Premium Outlets on Wednesday under a light rain. Local weather forecasters predict a high of 61 degrees today on Thanksgiving, partly cloudy skies and a light wind.

The Sacramento SPCA will host an estate planning seminar from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at its adoption center on Florin Perkins Road.

The 14-year-old Davis boy whose mother left him at a Nebraska hospital last week was back in Yolo County on Wednesday, authorities say.

Today

Charitable motorcyclists will rumble to and from Raley Field on Sunday.

The Culinary Arts Cafe, a project of the Sacramento County Office of Education, has reopened for the 2008-09 school year with a newly renovated kitchen and dining area.

More than a year of construction and fundraising remain, but the crowd cheered Wednesday as a giant crane placed a beam on the exoskeleton of the Crocker Art Museum's 125,000-square-foot expansion. Signed by city officials, construction workers and donors, the long white steel beam completes the framing for the new building. The project is on track for completion in 2010.

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