Orangevale News

Editor's note: Wednesday we asked readers to comment on the stalemate that will force the state to begin paying its bills with IOUs.

Kayakers glide across Lake Natoma near the Sacramento State Aquatic Center, which rents about 200 of the boats a day.

Following the closure of three Sacramento Metro Fire stations, area residents near one of the vacated stations say they're worried about response times and public safety in their neighborhood.

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Retired psychologist Dorothy Marshall, left, talks to employees of the San Juan Unified School District on Wednesday as maintenance worker Jim Culver delivers a file cabinet.

If you could work anywhere doing anything -- money's no object -- where would you work and why? Here's some responses we didn't have time to read on the air! E-mail us your dream job - morning@fox40.com Phil, Orangevale "I think congressman would be my dream job.

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I am looking for a squash blossom recipe. It was served to President Carter when he visited Mexico one time.

The American River will play host this weekend to inland surfing enthusiasts who will use stretched-out bungee cords to fling themselves upriver as fast as 30 miles an hour.

A lot of folks have been asking how they can help the children burned in a daycare center in Hermosillo, Mexico.

After a truck slammed Tom Sanches against a wall during a Roseville street fair, doctors weren't optimistic he would make it through the night.

Fans across the country were waiting for In Fear and Faith, an experimental post-hard core band from Oceanside, Calif., to come to their city during their recent tour with A Skylit Drive.

Freekbass: Bootsy, is that you? Whoa, sorry, we were just having a serious flashback to the days of Bootsy Collins and Parliament Funkadelic.

Clifford and Beverly Lund of Grass Valley celebrated their 65th anniversary on May 25.

Mid-Fest: Sacramento is rapidly making its case for the title Festival City, and this outdoor smorgasbord of local talent hitting the stage for a little Sunday Funday will certainly help.

Three fire stations in the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District will close in an effort to cut into an $11 million budget shortfall.

Two wind-fueled grass fires came dangerously close to some Orangevale homes forcing people out of bed overnight.

Placer County deputies said they arrested two teenagers in connection to a robbery of a smoke shop in the Auburn area.

Eighteen disc golf "tone poles" have been installed at the Lava Creek Golf Course on Clark Road in south Paradise to accommodate the growing number of disc golfers.

Authorities want to make parents and children aware of an attempted child abduction at an Orangevale elementary school Wednesday afternoon.