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Brandon Roy scored a season-high 28 points and the Portland Trail Blazers rallied during the final six minutes to beat the Sacramento Kings 91-90 on Monday night. Joel Przybilla added 10 points and 12 rebounds, while Steve Blake had 12 points for the Blazers. Greg Oden made his first start for Portland since returning from a foot injury on Nov. 12. Oden, the first pick of the 2007 NBA draft, had three points, six rebounds, and four turnovers in 19 ineffective minutes.
John Salmons led Sacramento with 20 points …
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News 10 (ABC) reporter claims to have seen an UFO over Sacramento. While shooting Friday Night Football highlights over Sacramento, Air10 pilot Ed Georges and FNF correspondent Angel Cardenas spotted a strange set of lights flying over their helicopter.
“I know what aircraft lighting looks like and this was definitely something different,” Georges said. “It looked almost like a scrolling message on a blimp to the naked eye. I was at 1,200 feet and it was considerably higher.”
In reality it was a company called American Air Lights. What …
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Although it may be in the a bit chilly tonight, don’t fire up the fireplace. It’s a no-burn day in Sacramento County — and Sunday. Because of a change in the weather pattern, the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District prohibits all burning. The ban in Sacramento County includes pressed fire logs, wood and pellets. First time violations result in a $50 fine or having to attend a compliance school. Higher fines are levied for repeat offenders.
This is just plain silly. If I want to have a fire in my …
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I know, I know, too much prop 8 stuff, but here goes. The opponents of Prop 8 are planning to gather 10,000 supporters for a rally Saturday at the state Capitol. If attendance estimates prove correct, it would be one of the largest rallies at the Capitol since the Vietnam War. Comedian Margaret Cho, attorney Gloria Allred, and state Sen. Darryl Steinberg, D-Sacramento, are slated as featured speakers at the 2 p.m. rally.
Come on guys Gloria Allred, this is the best you could do? You are …
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Legislative leaders and Gov. Schwarznegger met Friday to try to reach some accord on how to bridge the state’s ever-growing budget gap but concluded the morning meeting without a deal. One of the ideas under discussion was reportedly a tripling of the vehicle license fee (VLF) in return for more spending cuts. Gov. Schwarzenegger’s first act of governor in 2003 was to repeal a big hike in the unpopular VLF. At the time, rescinding the car tax meant a loss of about $4 billion to the state budget.
So the …


