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You might use Google Translate to read a hard-to-find Manga comic book or to decipher an obscure recipe for authentic Polish blintzes. Or, like Phillip and Niki Smith in rural Mississippi, you could use it to rescue a Chinese orphan and fall in love at the same time.

Sacramento County airport officials said Friday they are looking into ways they can pay to keep the Sacramento Executive Airport traffic control tower open if the federal government follows through on a plan to cut tower financing.

A Rancho Cordova facility that serves as a transfer station for hazardous waste has been ordered to cease its waste consolidation operations following two fires and an explosion in two years.

Looking at California exports in February, what was down was actually up, according to trade experts.

Fortune Garden, the El Dorado Hills restaurant that sustained massive damage in a fire more than a year ago, will have its grand reopening today.

Sacramento area residents continue to pay off their credit card debt … albeit somewhat slowly.

Rancho Cordova-based medical equipment firm ThermoGenesis Corp. says it has a new customer in Portugal. The local company said Crioestaminal, a cord blood stem cell bank located in Cantanhede, Portugal, has ordered the ThermoGenesis AXP AutoXpress system. The system is a family of automated devices for processing stem cells from umbilical cord blood.

Rancho Cordova-based GenCorp Inc., parent company of rocket maker Aerojet, reported a net loss of $14 million, or 24 cents a share, for its first quarter ended Feb. 28.

Set aside the talk of billionaire executives and flashy plans to redefine downtowns. The final stretch of the Kings saga will likely come down to which city – Sacramento or Seattle – has the more solid arena plan.

California could collect another $1.5 billion in refunds from the energy crisis under a pair of court rulings this week, state officials said Thursday.

Mike Sophia, who has a long record of sports management and event organizing in the South, has been appointed the new director of the Sacramento Sports Commission by the Sacramento Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Roseville-based SPI Solar reported sizable losses for its fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31.

The Westin Sacramento hotel officially opened Thursday in the riverfront spot formerly held by Le Rivage Hotel.

Rob Roscoe was hoping for a miracle March when he and his fellow Carmichael Water Buffalos met for a beverage and began prognosticating on the final snow survey.

Describing the Sacramento Kings saga as too complicated to settle in a day, NBA Commissioner David Stern said Wednesday that the league needs "a lot more data and information" before it can decide whether the team moves to Seattle or stays put.

A federal grand jury has returned indictments against seven people in connection with a regional mortgage fraud scheme.

Sacramento and California again saw substantial year-over-year gains in job vacancies advertised online in March, according to the latest statistics released by the Conference Board.

Kiehl's, the New York-based skin- and hair-care products retailer, will open its first area store next week at Arden Fair mall in Sacramento.

Hacker Lab, the Sacramento nonprofit that aims to nurture and develop technology startups, will host Sacramento Startup Weekend, running Friday through Sunday.

A bill to regulate the sale of ammunition in California cleared the Assembly Public Safety Committee on Tuesday.

A technology long deployed on the battlefield could be coming to a farm, newspaper or police station near you.

His social circle includes the biggest names in sports. His celebrity cachet is unmatched. He has informally advised athletes on everything from housing choices to contract extensions.

With the April 15 tax filing deadline just days away, IRS tax expert Gregory Burke answers some last-minute tax questions.

California's insurance commissioner Tuesday criticized another rate increase by Anthem Blue Cross, even while acknowledging he's powerless to stop it.

Camblin Steel Service Inc., a Sacramento company specializing in rebar and dating back to 1954, has closed on a $4 million building in Rocklin and will eventually move there.

Dueling teams of billionaires and mayors are heading to New York for a pivotal Wednesday showdown over the future of the Sacramento Kings.

Rocklin-based Purple Communications Inc., a provider of text/video relay and on-site interpreting services, has introduced a video phone combining high-definition and smart technologies.

Davis-based Blue Oak Energy, which designs, builds and maintains photovoltaic systems in the United States, has completed installing a 4.2-megawatt solar facility in the Butte County community of Gridley.

With Sacramento about to plead its case for keeping the Kings in town, two lawyers served notice Tuesday that they will sue the city to block its deal for a new downtown arena.

Sherman Clay will end its 100-year history of selling pianos in the Sacramento region at the end of May, closing its Roseville store at 771 Pleasant Grove Blvd.