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A Sacramento police officer was arrested in Galt this morning on suspicion of felony domestic violence, according to authorities.

University of California Berkeley students protesting a 32 percent increase in student fees have barricaded themselves in part of a campus building.

The Sacramento Monarchs unexpectedly folded today. "We love the Monarchs, but it's time to re-focus" on the Kings, said team owner Joe Maloof.

The District Attorney's Office will not seek the death penalty against former Sacramento County sheriff's deputy Chu Vue in his murder trial, a prosecutor said in court today.

California unemployment increased to 12.5 percent last month, but the state actually added jobs for the first time in more than a year.

Sacramento-area home prices are still falling compared to a year ago, but for the first time in almost 2 1/2 years, their decline can be measured in single digits.

Dalton Dyer insists he's just a normal kid. That's not what others think. His story is so extraordinary, he's been nominated for the first annual Rudy Award, an honor to be bestowed upon the nation's "most inspirational" prep star March 6.

Coming soon to a high school near you: the local bank. A number of high schools are opening their doors to financial institutions to teach finance to kids.

CalPERS' chief financial officer delivered a pep talk of sorts Thursday on the pension fund's portfolio, disputing consultants who've cast doubt on its ability to recoup its losses.

The football teams of Lincoln and Rocklin high schools are undefeated this season. With so much victory so close at hand, seemingly all of western Placer County is suffering from pigskin fever as playoffs begin tonight.

Pay for California's top elected officials will be slashed by 18 percent next month, one year earlier than expected, to abide by an opinion issued Thursday from Attorney General Jerry Brown.

California Attorney General Jerry Brown set the stage Thursday for the state's lawmakers and top elected officials to receive an 18 percent pay cut beginning next month -- a year earlier than expected.

Giants ace Tim Lincecum has won the NL Cy Young Award, becoming the first repeat winner in the major leagues since Randy Johnson was voted the prize four straight times from 1999-2002.

A year ago, "Twilight" was a successful film adapted from a best-selling young-adult novel. Today, it's a lifestyle.

More grim news for state workers: California's general fund faces a $21 billion deficit through the middle of 2011. The red ink could flow for years, according to a forecast by the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office.

The hottest spot in town Wednesday morning just may have been Loaves & Fishes, and not only among the homeless "guests" the agency typically serves.

Amid rowdy protests, a committee of the University of California regents voted to raise student fees by 32 percent in two steps over the next year, bringing the annual cost of a UC education above $10,000 not including room, board or books.

San Juan Unified School District board members voted 3 to 2 on Tuesday to preserve a policy requiring parental consent to excuse students for "confidential medical services" even though it could cause the district to lose state funding.

Wells Fargo & Co. has agreed to refund up to $1.4 billion to investors who purchased risky securities that were advertised as safe as cash.

A panel of University of California regents has approved a plan to raise student fees 32 percent over the next year, bringing annual cost of a UC education to more than $10,000 - not including room, board and books.

Winning strong backing from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sacramento real estate developer and philanthropist Eleni Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis promised today to focus on economic and energy issues if she's confirmed as President Barack Obama's ambassador to the Republic of Hungary.

Sylvia Zedlar's left leg was nearly severed when a car struck her in south Sacramento County in 2002. Now, because of state budget cuts, she is among about 9,000 frail and mostly elderly Californians who must pay, on average, $200 to $250 more each month for care.

Thirty-three banks across the country that received federal bailout money didn't pay the government a dividend this summer – and one-third of them are based in California, federal data show.

It was a day for lurid details Tuesday as authorities in El Dorado County began a multi-day hearing to determine if a 14-year-old El Dorado Hills girl should stand trial as an adult in the slaying of her mother, Joanne M. Witt, 47.

With the holiday shopping season approaching, state and federal authorities are cracking down on children's merchandise containing illegal levels of lead.

Despite revenue projections that are holding relatively firm, California faces a $21 billion state budget shortfall over the next year and half, according to sources who have been briefed on a projection from the Legislature's budget analyst.

Sacramento County's third public H1N1 vaccine clinic is underway at Loaves & Fishes.

The stock market may be more stable. The housing crisis could be easing. But agencies that feed the hungry in the Sacramento region have yet to see the effects of an allegedly improving economy.

The thought of kids with runny noses sitting in Santa's lap sharing their deepest desires and germs this holiday season isn't eliciting the usual "Ho, ho, ho." It's more of an "Oh, no, no."