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I-580 cleared, but traffic backup remains

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Published Feb. 23, 2010 at 11:21 a.m.

All freeway lanes are open again in Livermore for commuters heading from the Central Valley to the Bay Area, but traffic backups remain ... Westbound Interstate 580 was closed for about 90 minutes this morning, frustrating commuters from Stockton, Tracy and Manteca and other Central Valley cities heading to the south Bay area ... The lanes closed when Pacific Gas & Electric company subcontractors working overnight in the Livermore area hit a transformer. The transformer malfunctioned and power

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Spring-like day shaping up -- good day to be outside

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Published Feb. 14, 2010 at 2:34 p.m.

It's only February, but the week ahead already feels a lot like spring in the Sacramento area, the National Weather Service said today ... Once the early morning fog burns off, expect dry conditions and highs in the mid-60s. That's what's shaping up for most of the work week ... And it's not bad, after all, considering that's only a few degrees above normal for this time of year. Lows will dip only to the mid- to upper 40s ... That's how meteorologist Cynthia Palmer of the National Weather

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Food magnate held without bail, to be transported to Sacramento

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Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 11:36 p.m.

A judge in Brooklyn, N. Y., on Friday ordered California food magnate Frederick Scott Salyer held without bail and transported by deputy U.S. marshals to Sacramento ... Salyer, 54, of Pebble Beach, was arrested Thursday by FBI agents as he got off a flight from London at John F. Kennedy International Airport ... He was brought before U.S. Magistrate Judge Steven Gold on Friday. His counsel sought bail, while a prosecutor moved to detain Salyer as a flight risk. Gold granted the government's

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UC Davis football on target with recruiting class

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Published Feb. 4, 2010 at 1:27 p.m.

Bob Biggs got this started last spring ... That's when UC Davis' football coach first sat down in front of the oversized whiteboard in his office with his staff. Their plan? Rank the top 10 to 15 high school juniors in California at every position they realistically felt would consider UC Davis, with the ultimate goal of signing the best to national letters of intent in February ... Biggs and his coaches would cover one or two positions a day, meticulously writing the names of potential recruits

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Back-Seat Driver: Can cars save Sacramento's downtown malls?

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Published Dec. 21, 2009 at 5:57 p.m.
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Westfield has agreed to step aside from its struggling Downtown Plaza and let someone else take over, according to Mayor Kevin Johnson ... The owner of the struggling Downtown Plaza shopping mall last week announced it disagreed with the mayor's "master plan" that includes running streets through its mall ... Say what? Cars in the mall? ... Westfield Corp. is guilty of some overstatement here. The city has no formal plan for weaving cars past the plaza's kiosks and escalators ... But city

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Rocklin picked as north state team in CIF divisional bowl game

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Published Dec. 14, 2009 at 11:49 a.m.
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Rocklin High quarterback Jimmy Laughrea will not play in the school's CIF Division II bowl game on Saturday because of a broken left (non-throwing) arm he suffered in Friday night's D-II section championship clash with Del Oro ... One more week, one more game, a golden opportunity to enhance the Sacramento prep football product even more ... That's the agenda on hand in Placer County these days. Rocklin High School was picked Sunday afternoon to represent the North in the California

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Nevada Union wins D-I football championship

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Published Dec. 13, 2009 at 12:27 p.m.
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Monterey Trail running back Sedale Hunter stretches for extra yardage against a Nevada Union defense that allowed only 107 yards ... STOCKTON – They practiced in ankle-deep snow most of the week in Grass Valley – think crunching ice under the weight of cleats as blocking sleds were pushed up and down the Hooper Stadium field – so what was a little rain and muck? ... For this bunch, the muddier the merrier ... Nevada Union High School found just enough footing on the soft terrain at Pacific

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Schedule of Friday's High School football games

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Published Nov. 18, 2009 at 3:00 a.m.

Sac-Joaquin Section football playoff schedule ... All games at 7 p.m. Friday ... Division I ... No. 16 Enochs (4-6) at No. 1 Tracy (10-0) ... No. 9 Modesto (7-3) at No. 8 Los Baños (7-3) ... No. 12 Burbank (6-4) at No. 5 Lincoln-Stockton (8-2) ... No. 13 Pitman (6-4) at No. 4 Monterey Trail (8-2) ... No. 14 Napa (5-5) at No. 3 Nevada Union (9-1) ... No. 11 Sheldon (7-3) at No. 6 Oak Ridge (7-3) ... No. 10 Franklin-EG (6-4) vs. No. 7 Pleasant Grove (7-3) at Sheldon ... No. 15 Grace Davis (6-4)

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El Dorado water district willing to talk with critics

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Published Nov. 12, 2009 at 3:00 a.m.

The El Dorado Irrigation District general manager says he is prepared to sit down with representatives of an environmental group to try to head off a potentially costly lawsuit ... Jim Abercrombie said the EID board has directed him to meet with representatives of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, which advocates for conservation of California fisheries, to review their claims, district practices and system improvements ... EID officials this week responded to the alliance's

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Rain returns this morning to Sacramento region

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Published Oct. 19, 2009 at 12:43 p.m.
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Today's morning rain provided the chance for dramatic visuals, such as this rainbow in the western sky viewed from Rancho Crodova. Birds fly south with the colorful spectrum as backdrop ... Another storm hit Northern California this morning, bringing rain to the area but not providing anything like the drenching from last week's storm ... The National Weather Service predicted the storm today would deliver a quarter of an inch of rain or less to Sacramento. Rain started fall downtown about 7:30

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