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Ask Sacto911: 3 convicted in slaying of ice cream vendor

Q: Back in the early ’90s an ice cream vendor was killed in the Elk Grove area. Was this case ever solved and what was the outcome

Wife killers from Placer, El Dorado due parole hearings

Wife killers, one from Placer County and one from El Dorado County, are scheduled for parole hearings within the next two weeks. Here is the list of Sacramento area convicts serving life sentences who are due hearings by the end of the month: -March 23, Ronald LeRoy Koehler, 66, California Men’s Colony. A Placer County Superior Court judge sentenced Koehler to life in prison in June 1982 for murdering his wife, whose body was found in September 1978, a few weeks after the couple separated, according to records and Bee reports

CalSTRS promotes Wirth to private equity director

The California State Teachers’ Retirement System on Tuesday named Margot Wirth the director of its $16.8 billion private equity portfolio.

Sacramentans have deep Irish roots

James Mc Elroy teaches Irish literature at UC Davis.

Former ‘Hooters Girl’ joins lawsuit against famous franchise

Former waitresses at Hooters have filed a lawsuit agaisnt the restaurant chain, claming franchise owners broke California labor laws.  

CHP: NFL Player Doing Stunts Before DUI Crash

The California Highway Patrol believes the NFL player who wrecked his motorcycle while allegedly drunk was performing stunts just before the crash.

Legal Wrangling Could Delay End Of Prop. 8 Trial

An attempt by civil rights groups to keep sponsors of California’s same-sex marriage ban from obtaining internal campaign documents could delay a verdict in the federal trial on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, lawyers on both sides said Tuesday.

Calif. Lawmakers To Get ‘Courage’ Award

Four California lawmakers who led a bipartisan effort to solve the state’s budget crisis have been named to receive the annual John F.

West Sac PD joins effort to stop DUIs on St. Patrick’s Day

The West Sacramento Police Department will conduct a St. Patrick’s Day DUI/driver’s license checkpoint tomorrow, according to a news release. Other law enforcement agencies – including the Sacramento Police Department and the California Highway Patrol – also have announced that they will be out in force on the holiday, checking for drunk drivers

2009 legislative leaders win JFK Profile in Courage award

Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, D-Los Angeles, and Senate Leader Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento talk about Gov.