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California's heavy industries spent $280 million on greenhouse gas permits in the state's latest carbon auction – a sign to environmentalists that the controversial program is hitting its stride.

It appears that more Californians will be sticking closer to home over the upcoming Memorial Day holiday weekend, compared with last year.

A Las Vegas casino that stands to make millions if the California Legislature approves a gambling compact for a Fresno-area Indian tribe is hosting a fundraiser this weekend for a state senator who is about to vote on the deal.

The Sacramento area and other Northern California communities are among the nation's best for women in the workforce, according to research by consumer finance site NerdWallet.com in San Francisco.

The light continues to fade at Solar Power Inc.

In a rare reversal of a long-standing trend, gas prices in the Sacramento area and throughout California remained stable last week while the rest of the nation saw a significant increase.

California Sun, the Roseville-based tanning salon chain operating more than 20 outlets in Northern California and Nevada, has opened a new salon in Sacramento.

Walk the aisles of any neighborhood grocery store today and you’re as likely to find tomatoes picked in Sinaloa, Mexico, as Central California or oranges from Sao Paulo, Brazil, as Bradenton, Fla.

A lesson in humility for his younger workers underscores Vivek Ranadive's competitive drive – a characteristic on display in his bid to buy the Sacramento Kings and partner with the city to build a $448 million downtown sports arena.

Class is in session at the A Street center north of downtown Sacramento, where Women's Empowerment staff and volunteers help prepare homeless women for the job market.

A year ago, with the real estate market still in a deep slump, a San Francisco firm caught the attention of officials in California and elsewhere with its novel idea of using eminent domain to seize underwater mortgages in order to reduce the amount that borrowers owe.

Brenda Granucci Forman has been promoted to vice president, client services with Sacramento's Merlot Marketing.

Sacramento County presents a free workshop, "Doing Business With Sacramento County"

The Sacramento Kings, adrift for years and nearly lured away from the city, effectively reopened for business Friday.

Sacramento's UC Davis Medical Center and four other large University of California hospitals have begun canceling elective surgeries because of a two-day strike planned by some workers next week.

The state Senate has approved a new gambling compact that would provide financial breathing room for the Indian tribe that owns the troubled Red Hawk Casino in Shingle Springs.

Folsom-based Sierra Vista Bank says it has received more than $1.5 million in new capital funding from the Taylor International Fund Ltd.

California's employment picture improved significantly in April, but the Sacramento area did even better.

The soon-to-debut food truck operated by Rudy's Hideaway, a popular steak and seafood destination in Rancho Cordova since 1972, now has a name: Rudy's Cruzin' Crustacean.

When Elizabeth McCleary decided to open an Italian-style gelateria in midtown Sacramento, she knew it wouldn't be as simple as scooping up creamy confections all day long. It required a huge leap of faith.

Sequestration strikes again.

State Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones said Thursday that five Sacramento area residents were arrested by department fraud investigators and charged with felony counts.

USA Properties Fund Inc., a Roseville-based developer of affordable housing, has completed a $10.9 million acquisition of a 184-unit senior housing community in central Los Angeles County.

Dr. William Bargar, inventor of Robodoc, a precision surgical system for joint replacement, is the winner of the SARTA MedStart 2013 Claire Pomeroy Award for Innovation in Medical Technology.

Sacramento, nearly beaten five months ago, is keeping its Kings after all.

In Sacramento County, the median price of detached resale homes rose by nearly a third in April compared with the same month a year before, DataQuick reported Wednesday.

Rancho Cordova-based medical equipment firm ThermoGenesis Corp. reported a loss of $1.1 million, or 7 cents a share, in its fiscal third quarter ended March 31.

Sacramento-area officials with the Edmonton, Alberta, Canada-based professional services and design consultant company Stantec Inc. will be part of a massive flood-control project in New Orleans.

Bennett Model helped pioneer the exporting of garments from China in 1975, the year before Mao Zedong died, and ever since, his New York fashion company has searched for other countries, from Guatemala to Vietnam to Indonesia, capable of supplying top retailers like Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus.

Sacramento-based Pacific Ethanol Inc., a producer and marketer of low-carbon renewable fuels, initiated a reverse stock split plan designed to prevent PEI from losing its listing on the Nasdaq stock market.