A prominent genealogist who is an expert in the study of African American slave ancestry will speak at the fifth annual Family History Seminar in Sacramento. Darius Gray will be a keynote speaker at seminar, scheduled for 8:30 a.m.
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Simmering for decades, engineer’s grudge against IRS explodes
A photo by a band mate’s wife shows Joe Stack playing guitar. Fellow musicians in Austin, Texas, said he didn’t talk about his tax grievances. In the California where Joe Stack started out as a fresh-from-college software engineer, fighting the tax man was, quite literally, a religion.
Police: Victims aid police in Calif. church attack
Two teenage brothers wounded during a brazen shooting inside a Northern California church were cooperating with police in the search for a hooded gunman and two other suspects. Richmond police Sgt. Bisa French said Tuesday they now have leads on two of the men involved in the shooting Sunday at the New Gethsemane Church of God in Christ.
Police: Victims now helping in church attack case
Police say the two victims in a brazen Northern California church shooting are now cooperating in the investigation. Authorities are still looking for the hooded gunman and two others who walked into a Richmond church during a Sunday morning service and opened fire.
Planning moves ahead for El Dorado Hills parks project
The El Dorado Hills Community Services District will provide materials and volunteers will supply labor to complete three “Renewing California Parks” projects this spring.
Billboards with atheist message appear in Sacramento area
Ever look skyward for spiritual inspiration? You won’t find it on 10 new billboards that just went up in the Sacramento region.
Ex-handyman admits theft at Woodland church
A Woodland man admitted Monday to breaking into a safe at a church and into an ATM kiosk, and his wife admitted to possessing stolen property from a different burglary, Yolo County authorities said.
H1N1 flu vaccines still available in El Dorado County
El Dorado County public health officials say it’s not too late to get the H1N1 flu vaccine. The county’s Health Services Department will offer the vaccine free to county residents of all ages at two community clinics this month. The first is scheduled from 3 to 6 p.m.
Sacramento pastor to the poor jailed over sex-offender status
The pastor preached to the poor, fed the hungry, ministered to the homeless, and still had time to sing the Gospel. Only problem was he didn’t register as a sex offender at his church’s address, and that’s why police arrested him last week. Now, Pastor Calvin Lee Little of the nondenominational In a Sweet Way Ministries in Oak Park is being held in lieu of $100,000 bail, looking at a possible six years in prison.
Prop. 8 defender once said courts should shield minority rights
SAN FRANCISCO — A professor defending the gay marriage ban in Proposition 8 once wrote that courts should protect “minority rights” from ballot measures that benefit from “anti-minority sentiment,” according to federal court testimony Tuesday. Attorney David Boies, who represents gay couples challenging the ballot measure, repeatedly read passages from writings by witness Kenneth Miller, a Claremont McKenna College political science professor who has since reversed some of his views. Plaintiffs in the case contend voters’ action in approving Proposition 8 created an unconstitutional law based on prejudice and unfounded fear about homosexuality
