Warriors visit Kings in Sacramento
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- Warriors visit Kings in Sacramento
- State hires LA controller to oversee stimulus
- Sacramento Dad Stabs Kills Son
- Response in missing person cases a judgment call Sacramento …
- Fire Uncovers Suspected Sacramento Pot House
- Sacramento residents dismayed as SMUD plans to hike rate
Warriors visit Kings in Sacramento
Seattle Post Intelligencer
The Kings are coming off a blowout loss in Phoenix on Friday when Steve Nash scored 29 points and doled out nine assists to lead the Suns in a 139-111 rout of the Sacramento Kings. Jason Thompson scored a career-high 23 points and Spencer Hawes set a career best with 22 points and added 10 boards for the Kings who have dropped 10 of their last 12 games. Francisco Garcia poured in a season-high 29 points and Rashad McCants 17 in defeat as Andres Nocioni donated 11 points. The banged-up Warriors meanwhile are coming off a solid win over playoff- bound New rleans on Friday.
State hires LA controller to oversee stimulus
San Francisco Chronicle
tmpl –> Los Angeles City Controller Laura Chick’s newly created position of state inspector general will net her a $175000-a-year salary from the state as it counts on funds from Washington to help it through a fiscal crisis. At a news conference Friday Chick said she does not intend to hire “a cadre of new employees” to complete her job which involves tracking $50 billion in federal funds expected to be sprinkled across the state. “I’m going to Sacramento to deter detect and prevent any fraud and abuse of these federal dollars” she said. Schwarzenegger said he expects “wherever the federal dollars go Laura Chick will be there. Still some might see Schwarzenegger’s creation of a brand-new job as curious when the state already has a controller albeit one who has butted heads with the governor and an auditor. The move comes as the governor has demanded cuts across state government including mandating furloughs for state workers and slashing the budget of Lt.
Sacramento Dad Stabs Kills Son
News10.net
Deputies responded to the corner of Pasadena Avenue and Hillswood Drive around 10:49 p. Saturday to find a man suffering from a stab wound to the abdomen Sacramento County sheriff’s Sgt.
Response in missing person cases a judgment call Sacramento …
Sacramento Bee
6 2009 – 12:00 am| Page 2B As the search for 8-year-old Sandra Cantu continues in Tracy Sacramento law enforcement officers say that determining whether a missing child could be in danger – and whether the media should be notified – is not always immediately clear. In the Cantu case some prominent child advocates criticized the Tracy Police Department’s early handling of the case saying it waited too long to notify media and the public about the girl’s disappearance March 27. When officials did issue a news release police have acknowledged it failed to reach all local media outlets because the department’s distribution list was out of date. Authorities from the Sacramento region’s two largest agencies – Sacramento city police and the county Sheriff’s Department – say they have some guidelines that dictate when to elevate a missing person report by adding resources and involving media. But the sheer number of reports within their jurisdictions often requires that judgment not just protocol factor into the decision-making process.
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Fire Uncovers Suspected Sacramento Pot House
News10.net
When firefighters arrived at the burning house at 181 Majorca Way around 7:20 a. Saturday crews found what appeared to be a indoor marijuana growing operation inside. Sacramento Fire Captain Jim Doucette said the fire may have started on the second floor of the home.
Sacramento residents dismayed as SMUD plans to hike rate
Sacramento Bee
6 2009 – 12:00 am| Page 2B Rancho Cordova resident Ed Rylander is trying to do his part to cut his energy consumption but he is dismayed by a power-consumption paradox:As energy use goes down logic might dictate that consumers pay less as utilities like the Sacramento Municipal Utility District buy less power. But the opposite is true said Sacramento’s main power provider. Last week SMUD officials announced a plan to raise customer rates 13 percent over the next 18 months. The two-stage hike – a 9. 5 percent hike comes Sept.
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