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April 25, 2018
California Voters Will Consider Two Water Bonds This Election Cycle
Primarily backed by farmers, water districts and conservation groups, a ballot initiative would split funding between each of their priorities.
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April 25, 2018
Golden State Killer Transfixes Cold Case Junkies
While investigators were looking into the case, people outside law enforcement were also trying to solve it.
April 25, 2018
Bill Would Boost Mental Health Counselors At CSUs
The state Senate's Education Committee has approved a bill requiring California State University campuses to have at least one full-time mental health counselor for every 1,000 students.
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April 25, 2018
Mayor Steinberg Calls For Mental Health Services In South Sacramento
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg asked for mental health volunteers for Meadowview in the wake of the Stephon Clark shooting.
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April 25, 2018
PolitiFact California Checks In On Ads In Governor's Race
TV ads for the two top Democrats in the race for California governor hit the airwaves this week. PolitiFact California examined the accuracy of the claims in each one.
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April 25, 2018
Sierra Poetry Festival Features Voices In An 'Ordinary Light'
Executive Director of the Nevada County Arts Council and poet Marcelo Hernandez Castillo preview the Sierra Poetry Festival.
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April 25, 2018
Michael Wallis Shares Donner Party Book 'The Best Land Under Heaven'
Author Michael Wallis shares his book “The Best Land Under Heaven: The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny.”
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April 24, 2018
City To Pay $2.6M To Family Of Veteran Killed By Police
(AP) — The city of Lodi has agreed to pay $2.65 million to the family of a mentally ill Gulf War veteran fatally shot by police in 2014 after his family called 911.
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Despite E. Coli Decline On American River, Unhealthy Levels Still Prompt Caution While Swimming
Last year the American River in Sacramento was put on California's list of impaired waterways because of elevated E. coli levels. Even though the most recent tests reported were all safe, county officials encourage caution on the river.
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April 24, 2018
Study: California Gun Deaths Declined Between 2000 And 2015
(AP) — Gun deaths have fallen in California over a 16-year period ending in 2015, driven largely by a decline in gang violence and falling homicide rates among black and Hispanic male victims, a recent study of firearm violence has found.
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Pentagon Cites Multiple Missteps That Led To Ambush Of U.S. Troops In Niger
April 25, 2018
The report says U.S. troops wound up on a more dangerous mission than planned and were exposed and vulnerable when attacked by Islamist extremists in a remote corner of the African nation.
News
HUD Unveils Plan To Increase Rent On Millions Receiving Federal Housing Assistance
April 25, 2018
Under HUD Secretary Ben Carson's proposal, some of the poorest families will see their rents triple. About 712,000 households would see rents jump to $150 per month under the proposal.
The Two-Way
Macron Doesn't Believe He Changed Trump's Mind On The Iran Deal
April 25, 2018
Trump has said since he was a presidential candidate that he wanted to scrap the nuclear agreement with Tehran.
Business
The Consumer Complaints Database That Could Disappear From View
April 25, 2018
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau chief Mick Mulvaney says he may shut down public access to more than a million complaints Americans have made about financial institutions.
The Salt
DNA Analysis Of Ancient Excrement Reveals The Diets Of Centuries Past
April 25, 2018
Researchers are exhuming ancient dung from toilets of yore to reconstruct snapshots of food and lifestyle in bygone centuries. The parasites that show up in privies reveal a lot about what people ate.
The Two-Way
'Golden State Killer,' Suspected Of Terrorizing California For Years, Arrested
April 25, 2018
Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, was taken into custody at his home outside Sacramento, not far from where officials say a decade-long crime spree of dozens of rapes and murders began in the 1970s.
The Two-Way
VIDEO: New Jersey Ethics Official Resigns Over Ethics Violations, Berating Officer
April 25, 2018
A state official flashed her credentials and powerful connections after a traffic stop involving her daughter. She profanely told a policeman to shut up. She no longer holds the post.
The Two-Way
'She Was Lying In Wait': Police Say Woman Killed Her Husband's Lover, Then Herself
April 25, 2018
Pennsylvania authorities said Jennair Gerardot found out her husband was cheating on her and then gunned down Meredith Chapman before turning the seven-shot revolver on herself.
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Giving Antibiotics To Healthy Kids In Poor Countries: Good Idea Or Bad Idea?
April 25, 2018
Researchers administered doses of azithromycin to 190,238 children in sub-Saharan Africa. The death rate dropped, but fear of antibiotic resistance looms.
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'Insane': America's 3 Largest Psychiatric Facilities Are Jails
April 25, 2018
Alisa Roth's new book suggests U.S. jails and prisons have become warehouses for the mentally ill. They often get sicker in these facilities, Roth says, because they don't get appropriate treatment.
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Mayor Darrell Steinberg discusses health initiatives in South Sacramento. PolitiFact checks ads in the California governor's race. The Sierra Poetry Festival returns. Author Michael Wallis shares his book “The Best Land Under Heaven."
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