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State halts railyard funding
Just as work hits high gear, the downtown Sacramento railyard redevelopment is threatened with stoppage. Construction workers are lowered on a cherry picker after finishing their work Friday on a bridge that will extend Fifth Street from downtown into the now-landlocked Sacramento railyard site. The development of the railyard is threatened by a cutoff of state funds to developer Thomas Enterprises. Thomas Enterprises, which hopes to turn the moribund 240-acre railyard site into a thriving extension of downtown boasting housing, offices and restaurants, is at risk of losing the property for failing to make good on its loans.
Sacramento County missing $17 million in payroll taxes
About $17 million that Sacramento County entrusted to a payroll services company is missing, and the county has called on the FBI and the U.S. attorney's office to investigate.
Early start appears to pay off for fair
State Fair officials say attendance is up going into the last weekend of the annual event, thanks to an earlier start. State Fair visitors emerge from the darkness of the Jurassic period as they exit the Days of the Dinosaur exhibit Thursday. Dave Brown and his 5-year-old daughter, Haley, sail down the fair's Giant Slide. Tai Doduc beats the heat in front of a mist fan on Thursday. He celebrated his ninth birthday at the fair.
Ex-CHP officer pleads not guilty in murder-for-hire case
A former California Highway Patrol officer pleaded not guilty Friday to a charge that he offered $10,000 to have someone murder a witness against him in a drug and weapons case. Ruben Salgado
SPCA protests killing of pregnant cow by giving back $1,200 donation to State Fair
The Sacramento SPCA no longer wants the financial support of the State Fair in the aftermath of the killing of a runaway pregnant cow at Cal Expo this week, the agency's director told the fair's board of directors Friday. Three young Holstein calves rest in a pen at the State Fair. Animal rights activists protested outside the main gates of the Califorinia State Fair this morning after the shooting of a hard-to-control dairy cow on Tuesday.
Sacto 9-1-1: Man killed by Union Pacific train near Cal Expo identified
Coroner's officials have released the identity of a man killed Thursday by a Union Pacific train near Cal Expo.
Sacto 9-1-1: Motorcyclist crashes into median, dies in Pocket area
A 38-year-old man died early today when his motorcycle crashed into a median at high speed on Pocket Road.
Sacto 9-1-1: Man accidentally kills friend with RV, then attempts to flee
A man under the influence of alcohol accidentally backed over and killed a friend with his recreational vehicle Friday night, Sacramento police reported.
Mild weather, summer breezes keep ozone low
No sweat. Breathe easy. Mild temperatures in the Sacramento region this summer have meant something more than freedom from perspiration. UC Davis student Elizabeth Aleman trades her psychology studies for pleasure reading under a shade tree Friday in Davis. It's a good time to be outdoors. Mild temperatures have put the Sacramento region on track to record its best summertime air quality in a decade. Officials have declared just two "Spare the Air" days this year. For this weekend, expect daytime temperatures to be in the upper 80s to low 90s. Sacramento's Pannell Meadowview recreational pool draws a big crowd on a warm day last month at the Sam Pannell Meadowview Community Center. Temperatures reached 100 degrees or higher six times this month, but they've been spread out.
Video shows wild ride by Kings' Evans on Interstate 80
Clearly, the basketball court isn't the only place Tyreke Evans weaves through traffic at breakneck speed. Tyreke Evans is arrested and a passenger stands with hands on head after their Interstate 80 jaunt in May. Tyreke Evans, photographed in April, said after being arrested for driving about 120 mph on I-80 on May 31 that "I felt like I wasn't going that fast, but I was. I've just got to be careful."
Today at the State Fair
The 15th annual Multicultural Gospel celebration will feature singing groups from churches across Northern California all day on the PG&E Center Stage.
Salmon stream north of Chico will be focus of all-day tour Aug. 7
One of the West's last free-running salmon streams is the focus of an all-day tour Aug. 7 led by fisheries biologists and a Collins Pine forester.
Public's help sought in protecting spruced-up schools from vandals
Six Sacramento City Unified School District campuses, dubbed Superintendent's Priority Schools, are undergoing face-lifts this summer, and district officials seek the community's help in protecting them from vandalism.
Check it out
Instructors Julia Thomas and Kellan MacKay will lead "Bees: What's All the Buzz About" at Soil Born Farm's American River Ranch.
McDonald fire exceeds 10,000 acres; crews protect rare grouse's habitat
Grass and brush continued to burn Friday in the open country north of Susanville as the McDonald fire grew to more than 10,000 acres.