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Sacramento, Calif.,-area student Jack Maglalang entered the 2012 National Spelling Bee with the savoir-faire of a seasoned veteran.

Mixed martial arts fighter Devin Johnson suffered major spinal cord injuries that left him paralyzed following a practice two weeks ago at a popular gym owned by his coach Urijah Faber, said Johnson's manager Dave Hirschbein.

The confrontation grew heated, and it was time for Paul Harper to take his stand. He'd been disrespected, humiliated – his very manhood questioned. It was time to show his opponent who really was The Man.

A 17-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of cruelty to animals in connection with an incident earlier this month in which a cat was set on fire in West Sacramento.

A 21-year-old student at California State University, Sacramento, was arrested this morning after he allegedly punched a female staff member as he rode by her on his bicycle.

One of California's more vociferous battles over marijuana was already simmering in the upper Central Valley when an audiotape of a howling, hysterical mother went viral.

Climbing higher than 11 feet, 10 symbols of Disney magic will soon emblazon Cal Expo.

A liquor store owner is in Lodi jail today after shooting a shoplifter in the shoulder.

A Sacramento Superior Court jury today convicted one man of murder and acquitted another in the Feb. 20, 2011, shooting death of Chester Jackson outside the International House of Pancakes in North Natomas.

A former Sacramento police officer accused of filing false police reports and then lying about it has been ordered to stand trial.

The Sacramento County Coroner's office has released the name of the teen killed on a Rosemont street on Monday.

Sacramento metro-area home values declined 5.1 percent year over year in April, but monthly rents rose 1.3 percent in that time, according to Zillow.

Rose Ellis is one of more than 60 kids across the country participating in the Mustang Heritage Foundation's mustang challenge. They have 120 days to prepare a year-old horse that had scant human contact to perform a series of guidance maneuvers.

Verizon Wireless is moving 313 call center jobs from Folsom and Rancho Cordova to Utah as part of a nationwide reorganization of its customer service operations.

With little help from dozens of witnesses, law enforcement officials said Tuesday they are making little progress in unraveling a Memorial Day altercation that left an 18-year-old man dead from a gunshot wound to the head.

Save Mart's labor contract has expired, bringing the Modesto grocery chain closer to a strike.

Rocklin-based Sleep Train, which bills itself as the West Coast’s largest mattress retailer, has opened three new outlets in Fresno, continuing a yearlong push in that area.

Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel Co. will launch nonstop, weekly air service from Monterey to Honolulu International Airport on Nov. 16.

Sacramento and all of California saw a decline in job vacancies advertised online in May, compared with April totals.

A gang awareness symposium is scheduled for Thursday in the Rosemont neighborhood.

The June 5 primary election is fast-approaching.

Three days of above normal temperatures begin today in the Sacramento region.

California prison officials are trying to keep possession of a scarce lethal injection drug, contesting a federal court order making it illegal to use "foreign manufactured" sodium thiopental.

After years of failed attempts to regulate flame-retardant chemicals linked to mounting evidence of harm, state legislators and consumer advocates are gearing up to take another look at the risks and benefits.

Elections officials throughout California missed a deadline to send 8,250 ballots to overseas and military voters for next week's presidential primary, prompting a lawsuit and swift settlement over the weekend between the state officials and the U.S. Department of Justice.

A population of frogs in the Feather River Canyon has a leg up on life thanks to a project coordinated by Pacific Gas and Electric Co.

Nine-year-old Jordan Freer succeeded in her swim from Alcatraz to San Francisco on Memorial Day.

The city of Sacramento will be testing a new concept in bicycle parking beginning today and continuing for three weeks as part of the annual "May Is Bike Month" campaign.

Sacramento-area law enforcement agencies report that arrests for driving under the influence during the Memorial Day weekend increased this year, but no deaths were attributed to drugged or drunken drivers.

Sprouts Farmers Market and Sunflower Farmers Market on Tuesday announced the closing of the merger of the two companies.