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Jerry Brown sidesteps national debate over gun laws

By David Siders - Published: 12:00 am

In the month following the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., Democratic politicians throughout the country – from President Barack Obama to governors, state lawmakers and mayors – have heightened calls for stricter gun laws.

Gun control takes center stage

Cold snap sends shivers through the state

By Matt Weiser and Debbie Arrington - Published: 12:00 am

It's cold in California. Not just in the usual isolated Siberian pretenders like Truckee and Mount Shasta. It's cold everywhere.

Winter tips: For home, garden, pets and roads

Source: Armstrong confesses to Oprah

Associated Press - Published: 12:00 am

Lance Armstrong confessed that he used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France during an interview with Oprah Winfrey on Monday, a person familiar with the situation told the Associated Press.

Legislative analyst embraces Jerry Brown's budget plan

By Kevin Yamamura - Published: 12:00 am

The state's top fiscal analyst generally embraced Gov. Jerry Brown's budget Monday, agreeing that the state's spending and revenues are "roughly in balance" and that the governor is right to focus on fiscal discipline for the foreseeable future.

Under-enrolled Sacramento distict may close multiple city schools

By Melody Gutierrez - Published: 12:00 am

Trustees in the Sacramento City Unified School District will begin discussions this week on closing what one official said is a "significant" number of under-enrolled schools, nearly a year after the school board wrangled over closing three elementary campuses and ultimately voted to close just one.

Fan group launches website aimed at keeping Kings in Sacramento

By Ryan Lillis, Dale Kasler and Tony Bizjak - Published: 12:00 am

As two cities struggle over the future of the franchise, Sacramento Kings fans on Monday kicked off an intense effort to have a say in the outcome.

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Erasmo Gonzalez, left, and Pfilipa Kientz lift frost cloth to cover and protect vines, tropical plants and ferns from the cold at Green Acres Nursery on January 14, 2013 in Sacramento, Calif.
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Cups are assembled like bowling pins before a beer pong match on Tuesday night, January 8, 2013 at The Union is Roseville, California.
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Horses in a field gallop away from the sound of motorcycles competing in the 9th stage of the 2013 Dakar Rally from Tucuman to Cordoba, Argentina, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. The race finishes in Santiago, Chile, on Jan. 20.
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President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks during the last news conference of his first term in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013.
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Coca leaf producers toss coca leaves being given away for free during an event commemorating the tradition of coca leaf chewing in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. Coca growers held street demonstrations in La Paz and Cochabamba to celebrate that their centuries-old Andean practice of chewing or otherwise ingesting coca leaves, a mild stimulant in its natural form, will now be universally recognized as legal within Bolivia, after Bolivia recently rejoined the 1961 U.N. convention on narcotic drugs.