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The Sacramento Fire Department says starting Saturday, its response times will go up. It’s cutting costs by shutting down one fire engine at a time on a rotating basis.
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Thousands of health facilities that care for low-income Californians are hitting bottom in the absence of a state budget. That’s because Medi-Cal funds have run out.
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Plumbing Experts from Roto-Rooter are inspecting the new drainage system in the "Fix I-5" road project near downtown Sacramento.
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With whistles and megaphones blaring, hundreds of angry state workers rallied at the Capitol Thursday. They’re furious over the Schwarzenegger Administration’s plan to cut their pay to help ease a looming cash crunch.
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The Sacramento city council has taken a very tentative step towards placing an anti-gang sales tax on the November ballot.
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More than one thousand farm-workers from the Central valley converged on the state Capitol for a rally Wednesday. They joined Governor Schwarzenegger in a push for a multi-billion dollar water bond on November’s ballot.
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Governor Schwarzenegger is considering a plan to temporarily cut some state workers’ pay to the federal minimum wage. It’s part of the ongoing debate over how to balance the out-of-whack state budget. And it’s not getting rave reviews.
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The annual cycling race through California that pulls in some of the top riders in the world will launch from Sacramento next year.
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Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo and fellow candidate Kevin Johnson traded barbs about the city’s crime problem Tuesday. The comments came hours before the city council will debate whether to place an anti-gang tax measure on the November ballot.
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It’ll cost more to get your dog out of the pound. Sacramento County Supervisors Tuesday approved raising various animal shelter fees to help reduce the county’s budget deficit. But local shelters are facing more immediate problems...
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There’s a new study out about why certain homes survived last year’s wildfires in San Diego…and others did not. And the authors say there are lessons for the rest of the state, too
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A $1.3 billion expansion of Sacramento International Airport begins this week. But a battered airline industry says its bad timing.
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Governor Schwarzenegger says a new state-run home loan program can help neighborhoods devastated by foreclosures.
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Sacramento State officials have come up with a new way to generate revenue in a time of state budget cuts. They’re leasing a patch of university property to a billboard company.
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More than six decades have passed since Alice Hayashi, her husband Akio and their young family were forced to move to a World War II internment camp. But the memories remain. She shares some of them with granddaughter Leslie Miyamoto Huffman.
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Water levels are so low on Folsom Lake that boaters will not be allowed to exceed five miles-per-hour.
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An early survey of California voters shows a slim majority would reject a November ballot measure to ban gay marriage.
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We’re just a few weeks into the new fiscal year, and the firefighting costs are adding up quickly.
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You can now ride your bike on parts of the K Street Mall in Downtown Sacramento...at least until the Fix I-5 project is completed.
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The Monday morning commute wasn’t too bad in the face of the I-5 closure in downtown Sacramento. But drivers are being encouraged to keep up their strategies.
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Monday, June 2nd is the first real test of how local commuters will deal with the cut off of Interstate 5. So why is Caltrans blocking one of the main arteries through Downtown Sacramento anyway?
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Getting to Sacramento International Airport may take you longer. That’s because a major route into the airport will be closed starting Friday night for the much-anticipated “Fix I-5” construction project.
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The $27 million Fix I-5 construction project begins Friday. Starting at 8 PM, work crews will shut down all northbound lanes of Interstate Five through Downtown Sacramento.
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Sacramento County parks officials say they want to help commuters deal with the Fix I-5 construction project. So they’re offering free parking at any county park along the American River Parkway. But you have to sign up first.
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Sacramento Regional Transit is ramping up for the Interstate-Five closure by adding more light rail and bus trips.
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The big I-5 construction project in downtown Sacramento faces its first major traffic test two weeks from Monday.
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