Employees are taking long walks during lunch breaks, enjoying healthier food from the cafeteria, and keeping body and mind fit with yoga and Pilates. Read who their employers are, and why they're committed to keeping employees fit.

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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday began signing bills in the just-passed five-bill water package. Early next week, he's expected to sign the centerpiece, an $11.14 billion general obligation bond assailed by critics as a "Christmas tree" of spending. Here are the details.
Forget strong mayor, how about a strong council? The Sacramento Charter Review Committee is tentatively recommending that serving on the City Council should be a full-time job.
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Murder and assault charges have been filed against the California State University, Sacramento, student wounded last month by police after he allegedly beat another student to death, and disturbing new evidence from the day of the attack has surfaced.
Authorities in three Northern California counties, including Sacramento and El Dorado, have arrested several people they say hit a man and kidnapped a woman at Red Hawk Casino.
California State University officials may have followed federal guidelines in reporting that stimulus money saved an inordinate number of campus jobs, but someone in the university system should have objected to reporting the numbers because "they don't make sense," California's stimulus watchdog official said Friday.

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This week's defeat of a solar-powered development means Davis probably won't grow beyond its borders so long as residents have the final word.

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Millun Atluri's dream is to be a surgeon, not a landscaper. But the enterprising Eagle Scout has brought new life to a hospital garden in need of some TLC.

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The Internal Revenue Service is looking for you - in a good way. More than 15,000 California taxpayers are owed a combined $16.65 million in refund checks returned by the Postal Service.

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Given the state of the economy, needs are great this holiday season. Local charities and organizations are gearing up and need your help. Connect here.

Steinberg -- water bill passes

What do you recall from this week's news? Feuding neighbors, problems for the Kings, legislators trying to earn their pay -- there's a lot to remember. Try our new quiz and see what you know.

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A year ago, Jackson Cummings limped and labored through a trying junior season. This fall? Healthy, fit and motivated -- and leading the charge for one of the Sac-Joaquin Section's emerging programs of 2009.

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