Sacramento Metro News

SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 11 -- Members of the California Legislature and the Governor's Office met today with representatives of several international automakers to discuss new environmentally friendly vehicle ...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Wednesday he would back off plans to borrow from the state's gas tax-funded transportation account for the third year in a row.

This week's rain caused more then spotty flooding problems. It may contribute to a serious health threat in our area this Summer.

State law requires children to get their parents' permission to obtain an aspirin at school, but not to get a two-inch, 12-gauge needle inserted into their tongue at a piercing shop.

Governor Schwarzenegger wants to restore more than $1 billion to the state budget next year for transportation projects.

A coalition of 26 public pension funds from Sacramento to London has pledged to invest $1 billion into fledgling clean technology companies in the next 12 months.

As part of its Foster Care Awareness Month activities, the California Department of Social Services , in partnership with the California Community College Foundation, today unveiled the Chafee Educational ...

SACRAMENTO - Declaring the state's $1 billion-a-year prison health system "horrifying," a federal judge Tuesday threatened to strip the Schwarzenegger administration of control of inmate care and put it in the ...

Conservative groups in California say they will try to gather enough signatures to put an initiative banning gay marriage on the ballot in 2006.

California labor unions could lose hundreds of millions of dollars a year from their political war chests if state voters approve an initiative headed for the ballot, according to officials who cite other ...

California officials conceded Monday that a legal challenge has severely hampered the ability of the state's stem-cell agency to borrow even a penny of the $3 billion in research money it had hoped to raise ...

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A local Veteran's group, the Order of the Purple Heart, will present nine memorial bricks, each named for a California Army National Guard Soldier killed in Iraq.

The California Lottery has corrected a draw machine programming problem an observant individual found in its Daily Derby horse-racing game, and will hold a special bonus promotion, "Daily Derby Bonus", for ...

Golden Gate Bridge directors are considering a proposal to levy a $1 toll on pedestrians and bicyclists to cross the famous San Francisco bridge.

Californina lawmakers feel mini motorcycles are causing big problems. The state Assembly has passed a bill banning pocket bikes by a 70-0 vote.

SACRAMENTO, CA A national trail-based recreation group and state off-highway vehicle organizations claim huge access victory in todays legal ruling.

Win a getaway package for 2 to the Lake Tahoe Jazz Festival, May 20-22, complete with festival passes and 2 nights lodging at the Cal Neva Resort.

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The FBI offered $50,000 in rewards for help finding who planted pipe bombs outside public buildings this winter.

It's rough out there on the asphalt battlefield. Just ask Diane Stout, whose hand gesture toward a man who "stole" her parking space at a medical office building caused him to jump out of his car, spew ...

Zix Corporation ), , a global provider of secure e-messaging, e-prescribing, and e-transaction applications and services, today announced that it will exhibit in booth 926 at the Government Technology ...

Anxious Wait For Base Closure List Pentagon Likely To Announce Closures This Week May 8, 2005 SACRAMENTO -- California's military communities are holding their collective breath, awaiting word from Washington ...

The California Restaurant Association has hired Jason Kimbrough as vice president of regional affairs and Kerry Lee as senior legislative director.

A San Francisco real estate agent who was one of former California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley's top political fundraisers pleaded not guilty Friday to federal charges stemming from allegations that she ...

If you're on Main Street and running late and don't have a watch, don't worry. Heritage Plaza in downtown Woodland will soon have a new clock - an antique-looking one.

Armbro Scribe pulled off a huge upset in the Cal-Expo Raceway feature trot on Friday evening.

Carol Repetti and her husband, John Repetti, live in Roseville with Rhiannon and Hayley, born on Jan.

With the Silver Dollar Speedway's curfew shortening the race, Sacramento's Sean Becker had just enough time to take the lead and win the sprint car feature on Friday night.

Federal investigators have initiated a broad Capitol inquiry into state Senate leader Don Perata, requesting copies of all e-mails sent by the Oakland Democrat and eight legislative staff members during his ...

A newly adopted state contracting method that aims to save taxpayers money has triggered a dispute between a Sacramento Ford dealership and the Department of General Services.

Pro-Tech Holdings Ltd. today announces that, further to the news Release disseminated on April 20, 2005, has formally changed its corporate name to CASCADE ENERGY, INC.

For the first time since the 1970s, sales of red wine from California last year overtook the state's white wines in U.S. grocery stores, the California Association of Wine Grape Growers reported.

Get weekly updates on what's new in sacbee.com's Women's section. Sign up here. When she got the news that she had breast cancer, Cindy Sherwood-Green thought her life was over.

Hundreds of California law officers and their families and friends paid homage at the state Capitol Friday to those who have died in the line of duty as part of Peace Officer Memorial Week.