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Census Bureau shows 113,000 Sacramento children living in poverty

By Phillip Reese - Updated: 8:56 am

Gather all the children in Sacramento who fell into poverty during the last decade and they could fill the seats of a coliseum twice the size of Sleep Train Arena.

California Republicans look to Jim Brulte to lead comeback

By David Siders and Torey Van Oot - Updated: 8:23 am

Following a catastrophic election for the California Republican Party, influential members of the party have recruited a prominent former legislator, Jim Brulte, to lead a comeback.

Feds expand polygraph screening, often seeking intimate facts

By Marisa Taylor - Updated: 7:33 am

Last year, more than 73,000 Americans submitted to polygraph tests to get or keep jobs with the federal government, although such screening is mostly banned in the private sector and denounced by scientists. Many who undergo polygraph tests describe them as one of the most emotional, terrifying and shameful experiences in their lives.

Cousins, Evans lead Kings over Raptors

By Jason Jones - Updated: 8:11 am

For one night, the grand plan was on display. That plan has Tyreke Evans and DeMarcus Cousins performing like big-time players in the same game to lead the Kings to victories.

Conservancy deal would add Camp Pollock site to American River Parkway

By Tony Bizjak - Updated: 8:19 am

In what could mark a turnaround for a troubled section of the American River Parkway, a nonprofit group is poised to take over a former Boy Scout camp across the river from downtown – with plans to transform it into a major recreation spot.

$23,000 in goods stolen from Camp Pollock

Death or mercy: It's up to jury in UC Davis 'sweetheart' murders

By Andy Furillo - Updated: 8:36 am

The prosecutor demanded justice and the defense pleaded for mercy as the decades-long story of the UC Davis "sweetheart" murders neared its final chapter.

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Shellie Miramontes, 44, has been homeless with her cat Mowmow, 2, and dog Chino, 12, for the past two years. "I just can't live without my pets," said Miramontes who smiled with a new Santa hat that another homeless friend had given her today, Wednesday, December 5, 2012 in Sacramento, Calif. Someone had stolen her blankets and identification, but she was happy because another person donated food for her pets.
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Governor Jerry Brown announces the 81st Annual Capitol Christmas Tree lighting ceremony on Wednesday, December 5, 2012, on the West Steps of the California Capitol in Sacramento, Calif.
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Eric Paul, CEO of Hobrecht Lighting Design and Decor, jokes about a Saturday Nigh Live skit as as he describes his lighting fixtures including the tiffany lamp at right. Photo taken December 05, 2012 in Sacramento, California.
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Dec. 2, 2012 - Jiuquan, China - Tourists visit the scenic Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Moon Lake in Dunhuang City, northwest China's Gansu Province. The area is also known as the Humming Sandy Mountain due to the sound the mountains of sand make in the blowing wind.
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David Milarch, co-founder of the Archangel Ancient Tree Archive and the Champion Tree Project, stands inside a Coast Redwood in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park near Crescent City, Calif., on Dec. 3, 2012, photo, Two ancient redwoods cloned from some of the largest and oldest redwoods and giant sequoias in California were planted Tuesday, Dec. 4, on a near vertical hillside in remote southern Oregon. Archangel Ancient Tree Archive will plant 248 additional clones on the four-acre site south of Port Orford as soon as weather permits. The planting is Archangel's first attempt to re-create an old-growth forest from its storehouse of rooted cuttings from "champion" trees, the tallest, oldest and largest samples of each species it can find.