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Sacramento-area office brokers expect turnaround

By Mark Glover - Updated: 9:54 am

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

Raley's union in Valley to call for strike authorization vote

By Dale Kasler - Published: 12:00 am

Angered by the company's bargaining position, labor leaders at Raley's say they'll ask members to authorize a strike against the West Sacramento supermarket chain.

Personal Finance: Financial mentors help foster teens with budgeting

By Claudia Buck - Published: 12:00 am

For most teens, money is a gotta-have-it, wanna-spend-it commodity. But for foster teens, who often bounce from home to home in their young years, it's far more complicated.

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US hail storm pounds new Ford Escape models

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER - Updated: 2:19 pm

A vicious hail storm last month pounded thousands of Ford's popular new Escape SUVs as they awaited shipment to U.S. car dealerships. But the damage won't slow the roll-out of the new, highly anticipated model, the company said Sunday.