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State water tunnel plans call for rerouting of 3 Delta highways for years

By Matt Weiser - Published: 12:00 am

The state of California's proposal to build two massive water diversion tunnels beneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is a major undertaking by itself. But the current plans also call for rerouting and reconfiguring three state highways to handle a decade of heavy construction traffic.

Jerry Brown heads to China to get 'billions' in investment

By David Siders - Updated: 12:03 am

In 1977, during a visit to Japan when he was governor before, Gov. Jerry Brown suggested a side trip to China and hastily made arrangements before abandoning the idea.

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Cast out of Nevada, mentally ill man tells story of finding kindness in Sacramento

By Cynthia Hubert - Published: 12:00 am

Meet James Flavy Coy Brown. Mentally ill for much of his life, he was discharged from a Las Vegas psychiatric hospital and put on a bus to Sacramento. He disappeared into the cold streets in February but has resurfaced to tell his story.

Sacramento County's financial support for proposed arena not nailed down

By Tony Bizjak, Ryan Lillis and Dale Kasler - Published: 12:00 am

Assembled hastily in a few weeks, Sacramento's arena financing plan remains a work in progress, with at least one key element yet to be nailed down.

Public Eye: FPPC reviews teachers union's donation to Twin Rivers trustee Quinn

By Diana Lambert - Published: 12:00 am

Twin Rivers Unified School District board President Cortez Quinn was fined once by the state's political watchdog agency. Now he faces additional scrutiny for paying at least part of his initial fine with a donation from the teachers union.

New leader of Sacramento philharmonic/opera alliance to bring European viewpoint

By Edward Ortiz - Published: 12:00 am

A native New Yorker with extensive experience staging opera, symphonic music and other art forms has been picked to lead the soon-to-be merged organizations of the Sacramento Philharmonic and Sacramento Opera.

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New York's Lower Manhattan skyline, including the One World Trade Center, left, is reflected in water on Saturday, April 6, 2013, as seen from Liberty State Park in Jersey City, N.J.
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Anna Scherling, 10, hugs her father, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Bill Scherling during a surprise visit on Saturday, April 6, 2013 in St. Cloud, Minn. Scherling returned from Kuwait in his last of three deployments with the 171st Engineer Detachment and came out on the ice ahead of his daughter's Minnesota Selects '03 hockey tournament game at the Municipal Athletic Complex.
Renee C. Byer / rbyer@sacbee.com

James Flavy Coy Brown, 48, chats with his daughter Shotzy Faith Harrison, 25, who lives in North Carolina. She said she purchased plane tickets to take him home to live with her family. He now lives at a boarding home in Sacramento after a harrowing journey from a mental hospital in Las Vegas to the unfamiliar streets of Sacramento. In the boarding home are strict rules for the former homeless psychiatric patient. Photo taken April 04, 2013 in Sacramento, California. View a photo gallery
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A Great Blue heron stands on the rail over a ditch in the delta on Tuesday, April 2, 2013. The state's proposal to build two giant water diversion tunnels under the Delta also involves major highway modifications. Documents obtained by The Bee reveal that the project would reroute Highway 160, over at least three miles, around the three huge water intakes for a period of years. Locals say this would destroy one of the most scenic routes in Sacramento County and potentially harm commerce in the region. "We run a trucking company during our harvest season," said Daniel Wilson, a Walnut Grove area farmer. "I can't see anything but total disruption of that for 10 to 15 years."
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Firefighters battle a blaze in Philadelphia on Saturday, April 6, 2013, that burned a fabric shop, upstairs apartments and a neighboring boutique. The fire caused a partial roof collapse that killed a firefighter and injured a colleague who was trying to rescue him, officials said.