Thursday 29th July, 2010

• Ripon Police Spot 5 Dead Calves By Air

  KCRA

  The bodies of five dead calves were found dumped along a wooded area in Ripon, police said.The calves were found by Ripon police from the air after several nearby residents called in the discovery.The...

• Evans Cut From USA Basketball Team

  KCRA

  USA Basketball trimmed its roster of candidates for the world championships to 15 on Wednesday, cutting Rookie of the Year Tyreke Evans, O.J. Mayo and Gerald Wallace. Kevin Durant leads three Oklahoma...

• Neighbors: EG Group Home Dangerous

  KCRA

  Families in Elk Grove are fighting to shut down a group home in their neighborhood that they say has dangerous people inside.But California law doesn't require juveniles to register as sex offenders -...

• Protesters Call For Farm Worker Justice

  KCRA

  Farm worker advocates concerned about the case of a woman who died from heat exhaustion in a Central Valley vineyard protested Wednesday outside the San Joaquin County Courthouse.The three people are ...

• San Joaquin County rapist's release ties cops' hands

  KXTV 10

  STOCKTON, CA - A sexually violent predator who was convicted of three rapes in the 1970s and 80s has been released back into San Joaquin County. However, since Leonard Ray Elam has registered with St...

• Stockton high school worker busted for sex with student, cops say

  KXTV 10

  STOCKTON, CA - A Stockton high school clerk faces charges after the woman allegedly had sex with a 17-year-old student, according to a Stockton Unified School District police spokesman.

• Naked in Stockton: PETA protest exposes concerns

  KXTV 10

  STOCKTON, CA - Animal rights protesters, including a topless woman, took their message to downtown Stockton Wednesday. They group members from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) were ...

• Lodi Grape Bowl hit by wire thieves again

  KXTV 10

  LODI, CA - For the second time in recent weeks, the Lodi Grape Bowl facility was robbed of wiring. The most recent incident took place this past weekend, when about 500 feet of cooper wire connecting...

• Brown proposes more spending in higher education

  KXTV 10

  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown says the state should undertake a major overhaul of higher education and shift money from prisons to public colleges and unive...

• Shasta County man guilty in 1988 strangulation murder

  KXTV 10

  REDDING, Calif. (AP) -- A Shasta County man has been convicted of beating and strangling a woman 22 years ago. Forty-year-old Brian Harper faces 25 years to life when he's sentenced Sept. 10. Jurors...

• New Bay Bridge tower piece to go up

  KXTV 10

  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A piece of the tower that will define the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge's new eastern span is set to go up. Crews are scheduled to install the 165-foot, 1,200-ton piece, know...

• Schwarzenegger vetoes farmworker overtime bill

  KXTV 10

  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed a bill to give California farmworkers overtime pay after working 40 hours in a week.

• School Clerk Accused Of Sex With Student

  CBS 13

  A high school clerk has been arrested on charges of having unlawful sexual intercourse with a student, according to authorities. The Stockton Unified School District says 28-year-old Teresa Salcedo...

• Fired Worker Accused Of Deadly Bondage Club Fire

  CBS 13

  A fired employee of a bondage parlor was arrested after a man's charred body was found in the badly damaged building near Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said Wednesday. David Edward...

• Racism at the Race Track?

  Fox 40

  SACRAMENTO - The California Horse Racing Board is investigating a Sacramento horse owner and a "silks custodian", after a jockey was allowed to wear the Confederate flag colors during a July 15th rac...

• Stalking Suspect Arrested In Sac

  KCRA

  A man with a concealed combat knife was arrested on suspicion of stalking a woman, who used her cell phone to call police for help while walking in Sacramento, authorities said.Officers were dispatche...

• Tip Leads To Sac Burglary Suspects

  KCRA

  Two burglary suspects were captured in Sacramento with help from an observant neighbor and a fast-acting police dog, authorities said.Juan Eduardo Covarrubias and Adrian Ramos, both 18, were both book...

• Pedestrian Struck Along I-80 ID'd

  KCRA

  A pedestrian who was stuck and killed by several vehicles along Interstate 80 near the Douglas Boulevard onramp has been identified.The Placer County Sheriff's Department said Sacramento resident Jodi...

• Sex offender violators nabbed in Yolo County sweep

  KXTV 10

  WOODLAND, CA - Some Yolo County convicted sex offenders were taken off the street Tuesday in a sweep for offenders found to be in violation of their parole or probation sentences.

• Delinquent mortgage rate dips lower in Sacramento

  Business Journal

  The number of homeowners who are more than three months late on their house payments continues to drop in Sacramento, mortgage information firm CoreLogic reported Wednesday. A total of 10.94 percent ...

• DA: Ex-CHP Officer's Murder Target Was Informant

  CBS 13

  Weird California Laws A former CHP officer accused in a murder-for-hire plot was targeting an undercover informant who allegedly sold him drugs which lead to the officer's first arrest, according ...

• Governor Schwarzenegger Orders More State Worker Furloughs

  Fox 40

  SACRAMENTO - Citing California's growing cash crisis, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today ordered a new round of state worker furloughs. The order comes just weeks after furloughs ended for nearl...

• They'll Be Back: Governor Orders More Furloughs

  KCRA

  Furloughs are coming back. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proclaimed a state of emergency over California's financial situation and issued an executive order today forcing thousands of state workers to ta...

• Cow Death At Fair Prompts Call For Emergency Protocol

  KCRA

  The fatal shooting of an ornery, pregnant cow at the California State Fair has led to a call for a complete review of handling procedures for all animals intended for public exhibition at the annual e...

• Blast Cap Causes Highway 50 Delays

  KCRA

  Drivers should expect delays this afternoon along Highway 50 in El Dorado County, according to the California Department of Transportation, as an unexploded blasting cap has been found on a nearby con...

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