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August 8, 2015

• Pet Connection: Preparing for disaster saves lives
• Coffee house’s shrub drink is worth cultivating
• California lawmakers raise more than $24 million in first half of 2015
• Woman drowns trying to wade across American River near Auburn
• Update: One eastbound lane of Interstate 80 in Nevada County reopens after truck carrying figs crashes
• Two dead in apparent murder-suicide
• California prison population drops under Proposition 47, but public safety impact still unclear
• Take Your Best Shot: Prosciutto-wrapped halibut
• 49ers’ Aldon Smith has long history of legal woes
• Republic FC gets help in tight Western Conference race
• Charter school board may get rare perk – pay
• Motorcyclist struck, killed near Arden Creek is identified as Sacramento man
• Area baseball beat: 10-foot alligator was unexpected guest in dugout
• Postcards From Readers: Piedras Blancas elephant seals
• Feast Q&A: Winging it for charity
• 49ers fallout: Aldon Smith’s exit has wide repercussions
• 49ers coach Tomsula says no tension between Aldon Smith, Kaepernick
• Area baseball statistics
• Hard cider makes a comeback, in Sacramento and beyond
• Update: Rocky fire 70 percent contained; all evacuations lifted
• Sutter Health move requires all hands on deck
• Cecil the lion’s killer paid California $45,000 at auction to bag trophy elk
• City Hall, taxes, CalPERS
• SPCA Pet of the Week: Nikata
• Fresno beats Cats on White homer
• Watt Avenue business owners create district for more police enforcement
• Consume: Our favorite food products this week
• Calorie-burning firefighters eat, drink plenty to battle state’s wildfires
• At-movie dining is catching on
• Prompted by Sodomite Suppression Act, bill would raise initiative filing fees tenfold