The Sacramento Bee - California News, Local News - Sacramento CA - The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, California

A KICK IN THE RING: Capital Stage opens wrestling satire 'Chad Deity'
INSIDE: Steve Carell casting a key to making 'Way, Way, Back'
Tasty Thai food in Tahoe Park | Diverse reading list from Justice Kennedy

Man slain at party is first Rocklin homicide in 6 years

By Tillie Fong - Published: 12:50 pm

A 51-year-old man was stabbed to death at a Rocklin party Saturday night, marking the first homicide in the city in six years.

Zimmerman cleared; attorney says safety a concern

By MIKE SCHNEIDER and KYLE HIGHTOWER - Updated: 12:33 pm

After a year and a half of living as a hermit, George Zimmerman emerged from a Florida courthouse a free man, cleared of all charges in the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

Kings rookies have mixed results to open summer league

By Jason Jones - Updated: 10:08 am

Summer league games aren't about wins for most teams. But there still are moments when a coach's heart might beat a little faster. Just ask Kings summer league coach Chris Jent what he thought when guard Ben McLemore fell clutching his left knee Saturday afternoon.

Why California won't build prisons to ease inmate overcrowding

By David Siders - Published: 12:00 am

In his final effort to forestall a federal court order requiring the state to reduce its prison population by nearly 10,000 inmates, Gov. Jerry Brown last week counted the ways prison conditions have improved since the court first winced at overcrowding years ago.

More and more, grandparents raising their grandkids

By Anita Creamer - Published: 12:00 am

Mike Hughes Jr. was a baby when he came to live with his grandparents, Robert and Joannie Hughes, who are the 11-year-old's legal guardians. Their son, Michael Sr., was killed in a car crash on his way to work two months before Mike's birth.

Lincecum throws 1st no-hitter, beating SD 9-0

BERNIE WILSON - Updated: 11:42 pm

Tim Lincecum, Pablo Sandoval, Buster Posey

Tim Lincecum pitched his first career no-hitter and the second in the majors in 11 days, a gem saved by a spectacular diving catch by right fielder Hunter Pence in the San Francisco Giants' 9-0 win over the last-place San Diego Padres on Saturday night.

'Rafting Gone Wild' on American River less extreme this year

By Richard Chang and Jeffrey Dastin - Published: 12:00 am

They came in hordes, ready for a wild time. Several thousand rafters jammed the American River on Saturday for "Rafting Gone Wild," tugging ice chests full of drinks and, in some cases, alcohol.

Latest
Most Viewed
Most Commented

A's, Red Sox lineups: Colon goes for No. 13 - 1:00 pm
4 LA County execs get severance pay - 12:54 pm
Robots to revolutionize farming, ease labor woes - 12:53 pm
Halle Berry ties knot at French chateau - 12:40 pm
Warm today, but look for cooler temperatures for work week - 12:18 pm
Man fatally shot in South Sacramento driveway - 10:43 am
Asiana says TV station damaged its reputation - 12:53 pm
Sacramento protest today over Zimmerman acquittal - 12:58 pm
Prince William plays polo as baby watch heats up - 12:40 pm
Property taxes increase by 6.1%, says Placer County assessor - 7:41 am

John Raoux / AP

Darrsie Jackson, center, reacts after hearing the verdict of not guilty in the trial of George Zimmerman with her children Linzey Stafford, left, 10, and Shauntina Stafford, 11, at the Seminole County Courthouse, Saturday, in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman had been charged with the 2012 shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, was cleared of all charges in the shooting of Martin, the unarmed black teenager whose killing unleashed furious debate across the U.S. over racial profiling, self-defense and equal justice. View a photo gallery.
Joe Burbank / AP

George Zimmerman leaves court with his family after Zimmerman's not guilty verdict was read in Seminole Circuit Court in Sanford, Fla. on Saturday. Jurors found Zimmerman not guilty of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla. View a photo gallery.
Randall Benton / RBenton@sacbee.com

Jack Orlove of Lincoln prepares to ride his recumbent tricycle with a group along the American River Bike and Recreation trail in Sacramento on Saturday, June 29, 2013. Mickey O'Brien, owner of Laid Back Cycles in Carmichael, sells a variety of recumbent bikes, easy on the back, easy on the knees, to a growing number of Baby boomers who want to keep up the healthy lifestyle, but suffer from physical limitations that don't allow them to use regular upright bikes.
Alvaro Barrientos / AP

Runners run ahead of "Fuente Ymbror" fighting bulls during the running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, Spain, Saturday. Revelers from around the world arrive to Pamplona every year to take part in some of the eight days of the running of the bulls glorified by Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises."
Altaf Qadri / AP

Indian policewomen try to stop a supporter of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party from scaling a police barricade during a protest against rising inflation in New Delhi, India, Saturday.