The mystery surrounding a Toyota Prius whose driver reported a stuck accelerator deepened Sunday as the motorist’s attorney dismissed a congressional memo that questions his client’s version of events.
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Thousands mourn death of Southern Calif. teen
FILE – This undated family file photo released by the King family shows Chelsea King, the missing 17-year-old teen from Poway a suburb of San Diego Calif. The 17-year-old girl whose murder has shaken her community and spurred calls for legal changes in how child sex offenders are treated will have a memorial service Saturday March 13, 2010, 11 days after her body was discovered in a shallow, lakeside grave near Lake Hodges, Calif
Sacto 9-1-1: Shots allegedly fired in midtown lead to man’s assault arrest
Sacramento Police arrested a 25-year-old man early this morning after receiving a report of shots fired in the area of 21st and P streets.
Prosecutor, defense attorneys agree suspect killed two people in Elk Grove
Aaron Norman Dunn The prosecutor said the evidence is compelling and leaves “no question about what was done in this case and who did it” – and the defense attorneys agreed. Now, the only questions left are whether Elk Grove shooting-spree gunman Aaron Norman Dunn murdered in the first or second degree and whether his penalty will result in life in prison or death.
Capitol Alert: Sen. Roy Ashburn: ‘I’m gay’
State Sen. Roy Ashburn, a divorced father, has refused to discuss rumors he was gay. Republican Sen.
Killings underscore challenges in Sacramento’s Arden Manor neighborhood
A member of the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department gang unit escorts a man arrested on an outstanding warrant outside the Villa Capri apartment complex. Law enforcement performed an anti-crime sweep at the complex one week after two men were shot to death there Jan. 14.
Judge acknowledges self-defense role in Oak Park slaying
James Castillo was in jail for four months and got probation in a dispute that turned deadly. In his front yard on a tough street in a tough part of town, James Sanchez Castillo last year shot and killed a man who jumped out of a car and into his face. On Friday, Castillo walked out of the courtroom with a probation term and four months already served in county jail, the result of a plea bargain in a case that, according to the judge, contained a major slice of self-defense.
Ask Sacto911: 1963 grisly slaying of UC Berkeley coed unsolved
Q: A UC Berkeley student disappeared in 1963 and half her body was later found in Santa Cruz. Was anyone ever arrested for killing her?
AM Capitol Alert: Standing up for slogans
Looking to show off your skills at writing slogans? As our sister blog The Swarm says, Jerry “Gubernatorial Candidate” Brown could use a more imaginative pitch than “standing up for Californians.” Check out other people’s suggestions for Jerry here , and write your own. Farming and ranching collide with budget cuts today as the Senate Local Government Committee looks at the “past, present (and) future” of the Williamson Act .
