Omar Carrasco is accused in a hit-and-run accident that killed three. It’s a tale of two Omar Carrascos. One is an auto technician who graduated last summer from California State University, Sacramento, with a business degree
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Vista del Lago advances to D-III boys final with triple overtime win against Center
In a game that featured two buzzer-beating, game-tying three-pointers, players cramping up from exhaustion and three overtimes, second-seeded Vista del Lago defeated sixth-seeded Center 69-66 in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III semifinals at Cosumnes River College Wednesday night.
Mustang Airport expansion OK’d; appeal is expected
Mustang Airport in south Sacramento County received approval for expansion Monday night from the county Planning Commission, a move that technically allows the project to go forward. But environmental opponents, those who own and manage the 46,000-acre Cosumnes River Preserve to the north and west of the airport, have vowed to appeal any expansion to the county Board of Supervisors
Sacramento’s cash-strapped Regional Transit looks to layoffs
Ginger Rutland asks bus driver information for her transfer to light rail as she boards bus near Bella Vista High School on Fair Oaks Blvd and Madison Avenue. With RT cutting back in bus service, we’re going to stage a commuter race between a bus rider, a car commuter and bicycle rider from the suburbs to see who makes it downtown faster.Fair Oaks, California September 9, 2009. Mired in the worst budget crisis in its history, Sacramento Regional Transit may lay off as many as 300 of its 1,000-person workforce — including bus drivers, maintenance workers, mechanics and management.
Gunman gets 40-to-life for fatal capital shooting
The words “coward” and “cowardly” flew around a Sacramento courtroom Friday and wound up stuck on the back of convicted murderer Anthony James Winters. Marylou Perez, the mother of the 20-year-old man Winters shot and killed on Sept. 13, 2007, in a botched pot deal, hit him with it hard and often.
Yolo taps Elk Grove official to fill county administrator post
Patrick Blacklock, Elk Grove’s assistant city manager, has been selected as Yolo County’s new administrator.
Sheldon-area residents to get say on freeway connector
Sheldon-area residents are expected to voice their concerns today with the latest proposal to link Interstate 5 with Highway 50 with a highway that limits access to Sheldon homes and businesses. The recommendation calls for a community-based analysis of a four-lane limited access roadway through Sheldon. Tom Zlotkowski, executive director of the Capital SouthEast Connector Joint Powers Authority, calls on JPA board members to authorize the study
