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The car allowances aren't new. The San Juan Unified School District has been giving them for years to administrators who are expected to travel between school facilities, but you may not have known it.

A builder of the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge failed to disclose that a 19-foot section of concrete in the foundation of the span's signature tower had not hardened before it was tested.

Hours after a needle fed another round of toxic chemotherapy into her veins, Sandra Knott wondered aloud whether she would survive to don the crisp uniform of a state correctional officer again.

The El Dorado County judiciary's penchant for doing things its own way has run afoul of a state appeals court.

Inmates with serious mental illnesses deemed incompetent to stand trial are languishing in California jail cells for months as they wait for state hospital beds to open up, according to advocates, jail officials and family members.

A proposed law in California would require colleges and state health licensing boards to accept relevant military training and experience toward course credits and licensing qualifications.

Before recurring arena hassles ruined the mood, poor personnel decisions diminished the product and a devastating injury to Chris Webber crippled a franchise, the Kings were one of the most entertaining acts … in the world.

If you haven't seen The Bee's map of homeownership in Sacramento, you should. It lays bare the depth of the home mortgage implosion and how most people in greater Sacramento owe more on their homes than those home are worth. (Go to www.sacbee. com/links.)

For most teens, money is a gotta-have-it, wanna-spend-it commodity. But for foster teens, who often bounce from home to home in their young years, it's far more complicated.

A promise of big money has a way of quieting nagging questions.

By any measure, office vacancy rates in the Sacramento area are high. And in some locales, they're obscenely high.

It took more than a half-century, but this megalopolis that long ago turned its back on cheap street trolleys like the Red Car in favor of car-choked concrete superhighways is finally getting its rail mojo back.

Even with affordable health care a bit of an oxymoron these days, no one in Yolo County seems to mind that the proverbial wrecking ball is poised over the Peterson Clinic, a valued community health clinic in Woodland.

Pack a wet suit and hail an eco-friendly Prius taxi. Shop for a book on dog astrology before a surfing lesson – or just take a whirl on the solar-powered Ferris wheel at the Santa Monica Pier. Whatever you do, don't even think about lighting a cigarette.

Angered by the company's bargaining position, labor leaders at Raley's say they'll ask members to authorize a strike against the West Sacramento supermarket chain.

Nearly 30 Nisei veterans were honored with Congressional Gold Medals Saturday.

The clock atop the scoreboard read 6:23 on Friday evening when Manny Ramirez emerged from the left-field wall that fronts the Raley Field clubhouses and walked toward the River Cats' dugout.

The Legionaries of Christ are withdrawing from Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, ending the prominent Catholic religious order's presence in the Sacramento region.

One week after gunshots left his survival in doubt, Bodie the Sacramento police dog limped out of a veterinary hospital Friday evening, jumped into his handler's patrol car and headed home.

The California Department of Transportation's effort to reduce the visual effects of a road-widening project on a mountain community is well-intended, but some area homeowners are questioning the wisdom of installing wood veneer on a roadside sound wall.

In a major case involving gay rights at CalPERS, the nation's largest public pension fund has been ordered to offer its long-term care insurance program to same-sex partners of California workers.

As soon as Elspeth "Beanie" Mar, Aniyah Rigmaiden and Anthony Roy Jr. stepped out of their chauffeured, black SUV to cheers from the cast of "A.N.T. Farm" and a slew of onlookers, the three youngsters from Sacramento's Caroline Wenzel Elementary School knew they were special.

It doesn't take a botanist or even a nature nut to identify yellow star thistle along a favorite hiking trail. Every outdoor enthusiast has felt the familiar stab of introduction.

A campaign mailer attacking Sacramento Councilwoman Bonnie Pannell exaggerates crime and unemployment figures in Pannell's south Sacramento district, a Bee analysis has found.