Conservative commentator Glenn Beck and tea party champion Sarah Palin appealed Saturday to a vast, predominantly white crowd on the National Mall to help restore traditional American values and honor Martin Luther King’s message. Civil rights leaders who accused the group of hijacking King’s legacy held their own rally and march.
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Trial set for minister who performed gay weddings
A retired Presbyterian minister is facing a church trial for performing weddings of gay couples during the brief period when same-sex marriage was legal in California. FILE – In this April 28, 2008 file photo, Reverend Jane Spahr gestures during a news conference at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Tiburon, Calif
Weekend Ticket: Up in smoke, and loving it
The traditional smells that envelop part of Sacramento each year again are anticipated as we look ahead to this weekend’s Japanese Food and Cultural Bazaar, one of the big events set for the region. April Yoshihara, 3, Garden Grove, struggled with the Japanese noodles but ate them with gusto at the Sacramento Buddhist Church Bazaar Saturday August 11, 2001. The bazaar features Japanese food, games and cultural programs and will run through August 12
Mormon church "regrets" Calif. gay marriage ruling
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says it regrets a federal judge’s ruling overturning a ban on gay marriage in California.
El Dorado football player died of heart defect, pastor says
An undiagnosed heart defect caused the death of an 11-year-old boy who collapsed during football practice, a pastor of the youngster’s family said today.
Audit: Foundation should not have paid for CSUS president’s kitchen
The 2005 kitchen remodel in the home of Sacramento State President Alexander Gonzalez should not have been paid for by University Enterprises, Inc.
Presbyterians to vote on gay marriage
Delegates at a national conference of Presbyterians will vote Thursday on whether ministers should be allowed to perform same sex marriages in the church. If passed, it will be the largest denomination in the country to marry gay couples
Neighbors Wary Of Church Plan To Welcome Homeless
A Davis church has received approval from city officials for its plan to more than double the number of homeless people it helps and shelters, but some neighbors are saying the church’s efforts are noble but worrisome.
Church closes doors over debts
The Rev. Cindy Beck knows firsthand how unforgiving the foreclosure wave has been, as it has even hit her house of God. The Rev.
Sacto 9-1-1: Rancho Cordova church’s fireworks stand burglarized
Bryce Cooley, a youth pastor in Rancho Cordova, found an empty fireworks box outside his church’s fireworks stand this morning and knew something was wrong.
