Calif. says green cars need more noise pollution

20 August 2008, 1:34 am

SACRAMENTO, Calif. : Electric and hybrid vehicles may be better for the environment, but the California Legislature says they're bad for the blind.... read more

Reservoir levels plummet, rationing seen on horizon

19 August 2008, 9:12 pm

An important California reservoir is nearing its lowest level in 30 years, and other state reservoirs also are very low - more evidence of a gathering water crisis that could lead to mandatory rationing in ...... read more

Environmentalists try again to force global warming action

19 August 2008, 4:41 pm

Compared to the polar bear, the American pika is downright tiny. Weighing only 4 ounces to 6 ounces, this small, rabbit-like mammal with thick brown hair that lives on boulder-covered slopes near alpine meadows ...... read more

East County train lines back on track

19 August 2008, 12:21 pm

A steady stream of traffic runs across the railroad crossing of the dormant Mococo line of the Union Pacific railroad at Lone Tree Way and Fairview Avenue in Brentwood, Calif., on Wednesday August 6, 2008.... read more

Dan Walters: Boosting sales tax might hurt state

19 August 2008, 7:56 am

California's unemployment rate soared to 7.3 percent in July, with nearly 400,000 more workers in the jobless ranks than a year earlier, indicating that we still haven't hit bottom in this recession.... read more

Market Owner Shot in Alleged Attempted Robbery

19 August 2008, 1:13 am

West Sacramento police searched for two would-be robbers of a local market Monday night.... read more