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If money rules -- and it sometimes doesn't -- in the free-for-alls for two open Sacramento City Council seats, then it's pretty clear which two candidates from each district will advance from the June 5 primary to the Nov. 6 runoff.
A gunman looking for someone he believed owed him money shot himself inside an Indiana real estate office several hours after releasing hostages Friday, and he died after being rushed to a hospital, police said.
Police surround a real estate office Friday, May 25, 2012, in Valpariso, Ind., where they say a gunman is holding an unknown number of hostages. Valparaiso Police Sgt. Michael Grennes says officers have made contact with the gunman but don't know if anyone has been injured. Grennes won't say if the gunman has made any demands. (AP Photo/The Times of Northwest Indiana, Jon L. Hendricks) CHICAGO OUT, GARY OUT, NO TV
A Porter County sheriff's officer runs as Valparaiso police officers take cover behind a squad car during a standoff at a real estate office Friday, May 25, 2012, in Valparaiso, Ind. Police say all hostages have been released from the office where a gunman had held them for several hours. Police say the gunman had gone to the business because he believed someone there owed him money. (AP Photo/The Post-Tribune, Andy Lavalley) NW INDIANA OUT, MUNSTER OUT, MICHIGAN CITY OUT, VALPARAISO OUT, CHICAGO OUT
Police enter the Prudential Executive Group Real Estate office Friday, May 25, 2012, in Valpariso, Ind., where a gunman was holding an unknown number of hostages before shooting himself twice in the head. Police say the gunman held employees hostage inside the building for several hours before releasing the last two unharmed. (AP Photo/The Times of Northwest Indiana, Jon L. Hendricks) CHICAGO OUT, GARY OUT, NO TV
Police escort two women away from the Prudential Executive Group Real Estate office in Valparaiso, Ind. after a standoff Friday, May 25, 2012, where a gunman was holding an unknown number of hostages before shooting himself twice in the head. Police say the gunman held employees hostage inside the building for several hours before releasing the last two unharmed. (AP Photo/The Times of Northwest Indiana, Jon L. Hendricks) CHICAGO OUT, GARY OUT, NO TV
An Amador County tribe cleared a major hurdle Friday in a long quest to get land to build a casino near the town of Plymouth.
Raley's today declared an impasse in its union contract negotiations, bringing the West Sacramento grocer a step closer to a possible strike.
West Sacramento-based Raley's, which has a pickup lane for online orders in Elk Grove, has never had a strike.
Sacto 911: 'Public Employees' Bill of Rights' stalls in Assembly committeeFri, 25 May 2012 17:23:38 PDT
A legislative committee today held back a sweeping measure that would have extended some job protections to rank-and-file state workers and given civil servants explicit preference for work the state needs to have done.
After a week of surgery and recuperation, Sacramento police K-9 Bodie, who was shot by a car theft suspect last week in Land Park, received a big sendoff at his release today from the Sacramento Veterinary Referral Center in Rancho Cordova.
Sacramento police K-9 Bodie, shot by a car theft suspect last week in Land Park, is expected to be released later today from the Sacramento Veterinary Referral Center in Rancho Cordova. Friday, May 25, 2012.
Twin Rivers union president placed on leave over fight allegationFri 00004000 , 25 May 2012 17:13:30 PDT
Twin Rivers Unified School District has placed its teachers union president John Ennis on paid administrative leave while police investigate an allegation he was involved in an altercation Wednesday with one of his special education students.
Capitol Alert: Police report released on California lawmaker's DUI arrestFri, 25 May 2012 17:12:20 PDT
When Assemblyman Roger Hernandez was stopped on suspicion of drunken driving after pulling into the parking lot of a Concord hotel two months ago, he had a question for the police officer who stopped him.
Roger Hernandez.
Davis police are searching for a prowler who exposed himself to a resident earlier this week.
Capitol Alert: Bid to tie minimum wage to inflation dies in California AssemblyFri, 25 May 2012 17:06:58 PDT
A bill that would have required the state's minimum wage to automatically adjust every year based on inflation was killed in the Assembly today.
The judge in the John Edwards trial abruptly closed the courtroom Friday to talk to attorneys about an issue with a juror and sent the panel home after six days of deliberations with a stern warning not to talk about the case.
Former U.S. presidential candidate and Sen. John Edwards leaves a federal court during a lunch break during the fifth day of jury deliberations in his trial in Greensboro, N.C., Thursday, May 24, 2012. Edwards is accused of using nearly $1 million from donors to help hide his pregnant mistress as he sought the White House in 2008.
Former U.S. presidential candidate and Sen. John Edwards leaves a federal court during the fifth day of jury deliberations in Greensboro, N.C., Thursday, May 24, 2012. Edwards has pleaded not guilty to six counts related to campaign finance violations over nearly $1 million from two wealthy donors used to help hide the Democrat's pregnant mistress as he sought the White House in 2008. The jury has ended the fifth day of deliberations.
Former U.S. presidential candidate and Sen. John Edwards leaves federal court with his daughter Cate Edwards during the fifth day of jury deliberations in Greensboro, N.C., Thursday, May 24, 2012. Edwards has pleaded not guilty to six counts related to campaign finance violations over nearly $1 million from two wealthy donors used to help hide the Democrat's pregnant mistress as he sought the White House in 2008. The jury has ended the fifth day of deliberations.
Sacto 911: Update: Driver killed in Highway 50 roll-over wreck identifiedFri, 25 May 2012 16:29:25 PDT
The driver of a speeding car who died when he flipped his vehicle on Highway 50 early this morning has been identified by the Sacramento County Coroner's Office as Mayur B. Sarhad, 24, of Rancho Cordova.
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Jackson public schools will no longer handcuff students to poles or other objects and will train staff at its alternative school on better methods of discipline.
The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department's Work Project Division has announced a summer amnesty program for individuals who want to return to the Work Project to complete their court-ordered commitment rather than risk arrest.
If you plan to let your patriotic colors fly this Memorial Day, do right by Old Glory and display it with dignity.
Less than a month after scaling back its dining program and parting ways with chefs Pajo Bruich and Mike Ward, midtown's Lounge ON20 will close for good after Saturday night.
Chefs Pajo Bruich, right, and Mike Ward are leaving Lounge ON20 as the midtown restaurant revamps its menu from modernist cuisine to comfort foods and bar snacks. Owner Ali Mackani said the trendy concept didn't suit the nightlife scene.
Thirty-three years to the day after 6-year-old Etan Patz vanished without a trace while walking to catch a school bus, a man accused of strangling him and dumping his body with the trash was arraigned on a murder charge on Friday in a locked hospital ward where he was being held as a suicide risk.
The revamped Lounge ON20, in midtown's MARRS Project, now includes several new dinner tables toward the back of the room. The look is equal parts industrial chic and upscale urban.
New York City police commissioner Raymond Kelly leaves a news conference Thursday, May 24, 2012, in New York. Pedro Hernandez has implicated himself in the death of 6-year-old Etan Patz, whose disappearance 33 years ago on his way to school helped launch a missing children's movement that put kids' faces on milk cartons, Kelly said.
New York City police commissioner Raymond Kelly speaks during a news conference Thursday, May 24, 2012, in New York. Pedro Hernandez has implicated himself in the death of 6-year-old Etan Patz, whose disappearance 33 years ago on his way to school helped launch a missing children's movement that put kids' faces on milk cartons.
Dan Wollick talks to reporters about his upstairs neighbor, Pedro Hernandez, on the front porch of his home in Maple Shade, N.J., Thursday, May 24, 2012. Hernandez, who Wollick says lives upstairs with his wife and teenage daughter, was picked up late Wednesday in Camden, N.J., in connection with the disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979. Police said Thursday that Hernandez has implicated himself in the boy's death.
An investigator with the Camden County prosecutors office leave a residence in Maple Shade, N.J., Thursday, May 24, 2012. A woman who answered the door said that it is the home of Pedro Hernandez, who is in custody in the disappearance of Etan Patz in 1979. Hernandez has implicated himself in the death of Patz, police said Thursday.
The state Assembly on Friday unanimously approved a bill that would authorize a Ronald Reagan statue inside the Capitol.
Assembly Republicans are sponsoring a bill to authorize a statue of Ronald Reagan on the Capitol grounds. The tribute to the late president and governor would be privately funded.
The State Worker: California supervisors group mobilizing to fight Jerry Brown's 4/9.5 furlough planFri, 25 May 2012 14:34:19 PDT
The Association of California State Supervisors, a member-run organization that represents excluded state workers, is girding itself to battle Gov. Jerry Brown's four-day workweek proposal.
A list of agencies that are closed Monday in honor of Memorial Day.
