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Tomato tycoon out of jail pending trial

On a scorching late-summer afternoon, tomato king Frederick Scott Salyer walked free Friday for the first time in eight months, bound for his Pebble Beach home where he will help plot the strategy that he hopes will defuse the serious charges he faces in Sacramento federal court. Frederick Scott Salyer will face electronic monitoring and strict limits on his movements once he’s back in his Pebble Beach home.

Children get a rush out of gold in Old Sac

Flecks of gold came almost effortlessly to 9-year-old Shannon Mullins as she dipped a pan over and over again Friday in wooden troughs set up in Old Sacramento.

Several streets will be closed this weekend

Sacramento will be a busy place through Labor Day – and that will pose traffic challenges.

Neighbor of slain Antelope man arrested in Kern County

As far as Sacramento County sheriff’s detectives can tell, Juan Carlos Orozco and Galen Joseph May were neighbors who shared nothing but a wall.

Rally to hail marriage between men and women

Tens of thousands of people are expected to convene in Sacramento over the weekend for a two-day religious rally in celebration of marriage – but only between a man and a woman.

Sacramentans may pay more to clean up treated sewage

Sacramento could be required to spend $2 billion or more to clean up the treated sewage it discharges into the Sacramento River, according to a tentative permit released Friday by state water quality officials.

Copper thieves target Sacramento city schools — again

SACRAMENTO – For the second time in four days, a Sacramento city school was targeted by copper thieves earlier this week, the third time this summer a school

Sacto 9-1-1: Sacramento County DA says former church deacon sentenced for molestation

A former Cool church deacon was sentenced Friday to 30 years to life for five counts of lewd or lascivious acts with two young sisters under the guise of providing Bible study, according to Sacramento County District Attorney Jan Scully.

Sacto 9-1-1: Placer County sheriff: Orangevale man arrested in burglary, car theft

An Orangevale man is suspected of burglarizing a home in Granite Bay and stealing a car in Sacramento County.

Former Sacramento mortgage lender indicted for fraud

SACRAMENTO – The former president of a Sacramento mortgage and lending company was arrested Friday after a federal grand jury handed down a nine-count indictment alleging fraud and money laundering.