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Suspect in 2005 Homicide Extradited from the Country of Georgia

On March 11, 2010, at 11:00 p.m., Sacramento County Sheriff’s Homicide detectives booked 54-year-old Nazir Ahmad Fazel into the Sacramento County Main Jail on the charge of murder.

First look inside Sacramento arena task force proposal

The Sacramento City Council meets on Thursday to hear the report from the arena task force. At the right is Councilwoman Bonnie Panell. After two months of work, the mayor’s Sacramento First Task Force’s 83-page report on new arena proposals is out.

Cities not on track with Calif high-speed rail

Mayor Art Brown spent years pushing for a commuter train station combined with nearby housing in his community.

Wet winter leaves Sierra snowpack above average

California’s wet winter has left an above-average snowpack in the Sierra Nevada, boosting prospects for additional water deliveries to cities and farms, water officials said on Wednesday.

New wing of Sacramento’s Crocker Art Museum gets fine tuning

“Perfection is a goal, not an absolute,” says architect Gerry Gendreau, who has been working on the Crocker Art Museum expansion project for 10 years. To the untrained eye, the new wing of the Crocker Art Museum appears almost finished. Dust a bit here and there, mop the floors, polish the glass, touch up the paint – and start moving in the artwork.

South Sacramento County airport’s expansion plan stirs opposition

The owner of Mustang Airport in south Sacramento County takes his long-running bid for expansion to the county Planning Commission on Monday.

Marriages can learn from Tiger Woods, says expert

Sacramento’s Healthy Marriage Project says the public apology of Tiger Woods provides a chance to focus on what it takes to sustain a healthy relationship.

Work on downtown Sacramento railyard poised to begin

Empty buildings on the 240-acre railyard site would be replaced by housing, stores and offices. By 2030, plans say, the project could produce an estimated 150,000 car trips in and out of the area on weekdays.

Computer exec apologizes to CalPERS for delays

Frustrated by delays in a huge computer project, CalPERS officials were promised by the vendor Thursday that the troubled contract will get back on track. But Bob Frerichs, a top executive with New York consultant Accenture, told CalPERS board members that he won’t know for another month when the $361 million contract will be completed. Frerichs said he has just taken over supervision of the project.

Mayor’s task force will examine arena proposals

Mayor Kevin Johnson’s arena task force will conduct interview sessions today and Thursday with the seven groups that have submitted proposals for a new sports and entertainment facility in Sacramento. The task force will meet from 6 to 8 p.m.