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Legal or not, homeowner protests tent city next door

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Published Aug. 24, 2009 at 10:04 a.m.

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Members of Safe Ground, an advocacy group for the homeless, and supporters pray on a vacant lot owned by attorney Mark Merin where 35 people are camping ... Pedro Hernandez said he's lived in the well-maintained pink Victorian at 13th and C streets for more than half of his 71 years ... This weekend, Sacramento's latest version of tent city bloomed just beyond his backyard fence. About 35 homeless people are now living in a vacant lot owned by Mark Merin, a prominent attorney who has championed

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State ranks near top in attacks on homeless in nation

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Published Aug. 21, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.

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Robert Johnston, the new director of the Clean and Sober recovery program at Sacramento's Loaves & Fishes, was attacked 16 years ago while living on the streets downtown ... They were beaten, shot, stabbed, raped, pelted with paintballs and set on fire ... Last year, 22 homeless men and women were attacked – 10 of them killed – in 10 California cities, according to a study released this month ... In a dubious new distinction for the Golden State, the National Coalition for the Homeless ranks

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Construction interrupts Alkali Flat light rail service

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Published July 31, 2009 at 10:30 a.m.

Light rail trains will be out of service on part of the Regional Transit line between downtown's Alkali Flat neighborhood and Watt Avenue on Saturday to accommodate construction ... Trains will not run between the Alkali Flat/La Valentina stop and the Watt/Interstate-80 station as a contractor performs work on overhead wires. Instead, buses will ferry passengers to stations on that stretch of the Blue Line, picking up and dropping off riders ... As part of the Northeast Corridor project, work is

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