Flecks of gold came almost effortlessly to 9-year-old Shannon Mullins as she dipped a pan over and over again Friday in wooden troughs set up in Old Sacramento.
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High-Speed Train Route Still Planned For Peninsula
The agency steering California’s planned high-speed train service says it’s moving ahead with a proposed route opposed by some San Francisco peninsula cities.
LA sheriff says almost all pot clinics criminal
Los Angeles County’s sheriff has embarked on a war of words against California’s medical marijuana dispensaries, saying almost all of them operate as criminal enterprises.
Federal agencies sign agreement on wild horses
The Bureau of Land Management and U.S.
UC Merced chancellor plans to step down next year
The chancellor of the University of California, Merced, the UC system’s newest and smallest campus, plans to step down next year to return to teaching and research, university officials said Thursday.
Courts could get claim in Jaycee Dugard kidnapping
The board that considers compensation for California crime victims is being advised to reject a claim by the mother of Jaycee Dugard, who authorities say was held captive for nearly two decades by a paroled rapist.
UC Davis’ West Village gets $2.5M grant
The California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday approved nine grants totaling $14.6 million for the California Solar Initiative’s research, development, deployment and demonstration program’s second grant solicitation, including a project at the University of California Davis.
American River levee work gets $2.2M
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $2.2 million contract to JAG Construction Inc
Report finds PG&E smart meters accurate
An independent report commissioned by the California Public Utilities Commission finds that PG&E smart meters are “accurately recording electric usage” and are being “accurately utilized in customer billing.”
State quarantine for light-brown apple moth hits Sacramento
A quarantine for the voracious and non-discriminating larvae of the light-brown apple moth spread to Sacramento County today.
