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Sacramento firefighters agree to wage freeze

By Ryan Lillis - Published: 4:36 pm

Sacramento city firefighters approved an agreement Friday to freeze their salaries for 30 months, ensuring none of them will be laid off for at least a year.

2 moms turn grief over teens' deaths into plea for safety

By Anita Creamer - Updated: 9:16 am

Had they lived, Kendall Lui and Brian Haight would have graduated from college this spring. They were the kind of young people whom parents dream of raising. When they were killed in a drunken driving accident, their families lost their children's futures.

West Sacramento teens make their voices heard at City Hall

By Hudson Sangree - Published: 12:00 am

Teenagers complain that no one listens to them. In West Sacramento, their voices are being heard.

Interactive media collection map: Youth Voices for Change

Fire scorches Sacramento auto body shop

By Sarah Frier - Published: 8:11 am

The Sacramento Fire Department is investigating a two-alarm fire at Bertolucci's Body & Fender auto body shop building early this morning.

SMUD pullout dims hopes for big power project

By Ed Fletcher - Published: 12:00 am

One of the largest public works projects in the West – 600 miles of high-voltage power lines through Northern California – is on life support after its biggest player abruptly pulled the plug.

Project pullout leaves SMUD scrambling to fill power needs

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Sacramento

Update: Missing Sacramento man found

A Sacramento man with dementia who has been missing since Sunday has turned up at a medical facility, police said.

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Public Eye

The Public Eye: Unanswered questions abound in Cal Expo deal

At Cal Expo, they talk about "transparency."

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• Bee Investigations Center

Back-Seat Driver

Back-seat Driver: CHP gets tougher on cell phone violators

This week is the one-year anniversary of the state's famous ban on hand-held cell phone use while driving.

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• Back-Seat Driver Q&A

Home Front

Home Front: Here's how you can rescue pets left by others

Last Friday's Home Front item about Sacramento Realtor Donald Stitt finding so many abandoned pets these days in repossessed homes drew a barrage of reader criticism for not explaining what people should do when they find animals left behind.