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Immigrants who are not U.S. citizens could serve as poll workers in California under one of several election-related bills that passed the state Assembly on Thursday.

May 24--Clay Nutting and Adam Saake put in long hours at their bustling midtown restaurants LowBrau and the Golden Bear.

A Sacramento man and his brother are waging a war on strokes by inventing the world's smallest device to remove dangerous blood clots.

"On sight," is the way the detective described how quickly rivals from two street gangs pulled out their guns when they came across each other during a two-year war that had neighborhoods in south Sacramento ducking for cover.

The life-size figure of a woman holding an oil-slicked shorebird in her arms greets you at the entrance to "Edge of Extinction," a powerful show of mostly ceramic sculptures by Lisa Reinertson at the Pence Gallery in Davis.

Andrew Varela admits there have been times during "Les Misérables" when he wondered, "Who Am I?" The veteran Broadway actor knows how easy it is to stumble into the wrong lyrics – and the wrong role.

An earthquake has struck Northern California's Plumas County with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7. It was felt throughout the Sacramento area.

A 5.7 earthquake struck near this small town northeast of Chico at 8:47 p.m. Thursday, according to the United States Geological Service.

May 23--He's not trying to break your heart or revive the soul-and-R&B past. He just wants you to dance.

A Sacramento Superior Court jury today convicted Dr. Scott Dodd Anderson on six counts of sexually abusing two of his patients four years ago at a workers' comp clinic on Folsom Boulevard.

Gov. Jerry Brown, who once had a frosty relationship with the business folks who ran the traditional Sacramento Host breakfast, had them rolling in laughter Wednesday with one quip after another in a 30-minute address.

The slots at Red Hawk Casino are awarding more jackpots, to more winners, more often.

In April, the Sacramento Convention and Visitors Bureau demonstrated their commitment to keeping the Kings in Sacramento by producing and running a :30 commercial spot titled, " In celebration of the NBA's decision to keep the Kings in Sacramento, and on the heels of the announcement that the team was sold to the local ownership group and Vivek ... (more)

In the first round of Cabrillo College's presidential candidate forums, hopefuls Farley Herzek and Marie-Elaine Burns discussed how their backgrounds working for California community colleges would help them embrace budget changes in light of Proposition 30.

A Republican has won a hotly contested state Senate contest in the southern San Joaquin Valley, with his top Democratic rival conceding Wednesday that the race will not go to a runoff.

A federal judge sentenced a Montana man to three years in prison on Wednesday for attempting to board a flight in Sacramento, California, with four loaded guns.

William Raymond De La Ossa, who served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam, is among those presented with a diploma on Tuesday.

Sacramento's core public services have been devastated the past five years, the result of persistent, historic budget deficits at City Hall.

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Thousands of law school graduates cannot find jobs as law firms cut back, as government agencies are squeezed, as corporations trim legal expenses and as technology handles rote legal work.