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Physician Assistant Wins Harassment Award ... of $168M

Ani Chopourian likely set record for any single worker: LA Times

(Newser) - A former physician assistant in the cardiac unit of a Sacramento hospital apparently made a very convincing case that the surgeons there were a bunch of jerks and leches: A jury awarded her $168 million in damages for workplace harassment, believed to a record amount in the US for any...

Passenger Tasered at Calif. Airport
 Flier Tasered at Calif. Airport 
Jan 11, 2012 3:21 AM CST

Flier Tasered at Calif. Airport

Edwin Barton loses it after having to go through screening twice

(Newser) - Here's a new one in the ongoing battles between airline passengers and security. Now a flier has been been zapped with a Taser—three times—for becoming "unruly" during a security screening in California. New Hampshire flier Edwin Barton, 26, walked into the Sacramento Airport off his Southwest...

Prison Shrink Accused of Faking Rape

Calif. woman sought move to better nabe, police say

(Newser) - A Sacramento prison psychologist faked her own rape in the hope her husband would move them to a safer neighborhood, authorities say. Laurie Ann Martinez even allegedly cut her lip with a pin, had a friend punch her with boxing gloves, and peed her pants to make the attack seem...

UC Davis Chancellor: I Can't Quit, the School Needs Me

And more on the pepper spray incident

(Newser) - Despite the fact that students and faculty alike are calling for her resignation, University of California-Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi still says she won’t step down after Friday’s pepper spray incident . "I really feel confident at this point the university needs me," Katehi said today on Good ...

UC Davis Students Get Pepper Sprayed

Officer douses sitting students

(Newser) - The latest Occupy-related images to generate buzz come from UC Davis. As police moved in to dismantle the students' camp yesterday, one officer methodically doused a group of sitting protesters with pepper spray, reports CBS Sacramento . Police then arrested 10 protesters, notes the Sacramento Bee . Critics are calling it an...

Burning Propane Tanker Threatens 5K Homes

Firefighters will drain it to prevent explosion

(Newser) - Firefighters took a bold step today to drain a burning propane tanker and prevent the rail car from blowing up as thousands of people were forced from their homes for a second day in the Sacramento suburb of Lincoln, California. Officials are trying to head off a potentially catastrophic failure...

Man Busted Trying to Break In to Prison

Marvin Ussery was paroled in 2009, but came back for more

(Newser) - Most inmates are trying to get out of prison, but authorities say they caught a California parolee trying to sneak back in. Marvin Ussery was spotted late Wednesday night scaling the 7-foot tall, barbed wire-topped fence that encircles a large wooded area behind the California State Prison in Sacramento, a...

Politician: Make 'South California' 51st State

Move to Arizona, says governor's spokesman

(Newser) - A Riverside County politician is so sick of the "left wing" state government "ripping off" his wealthy constituents that he wants "South California" to become the nation's 51st state. Local Republican Supervisor Jeff Stone envisions a new state of 13 counties to escape the "ungovernable"...

Montel Williams to Open Medical Pot Dispensary

Former talk show host turned to pot to battle his own multiple sclerosis

(Newser) - Montel Williams may once again be more popular than Maury Povich: The TV and radio personality is set to open a medical marijuana dispensary in Sacramento. Williams has been a public proponent of medical marijuana since turning to it in his battle against multiple sclerosis. "I want this to...

'Choking Game' Blamed in Teen's Bowflex Death

Parents think 16-year-old was playing game to get high

(Newser) - A Sacramento-area high school football player who died while using a Bowflex machine was apparently playing a variation of what's known as the "choking game." The parents of 16-year-old Justin Butler told FOX40 News he likely died while attempting to play the game, which deprives an individual of...

Teen Killed in Accident on Exercise Machine

Death ruled 'very tragic accident'

(Newser) - A high school football player from Sacramento was killed in an exercise machine accident. Justin Butler, 16, was found entangled in a Bowflex machine. Investigators say they don't suspect the machine is to blame, nor do they believe it was a suicide. Butler's death was simply a "very tragic...

20 Worst Places to Sell Your House

Hint: California and Florida show up a lot

(Newser) - It's a rough time in general to sell your home, but some places are (far) worse than others. Richard Florida rounds up the 20 worst for the Daily Beast , with nine of the regions in California and six in Florida. Here are the top 5:
  1. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif: One of
...

15 Hurt as JetBlue Flight Catches Fire

Tires pop, flames erupt in rough Sacramento landing

(Newser) - Fifteen passengers were injured yesterday when a JetBlue flight caught on fire during a hard landing in Sacramento. "Get out, get out, get out!" flight attendants yelled as they deployed escape chutes, recounted a passenger. "I looked back under the plane, and it was on fire, and...

Two Zebras Run Through Streets Of Sacramento
Two Zebras Run Amok
Near Sacramento
Aug 15, 2010 11:40 AM CDT

Two Zebras Run Amok Near Sacramento

(Newser) - It's not uncommon for a dog or even a horse to break loose and run through a neighborhood, but residents of one Sacramento suburb were caught completely off-guard when they saw not one, but two zebras running through the streets of their neighborhood yesterday. The zebras, who are owned by...

Across US, Students Decry Budget Woes
Across US, Students Decry Budget Woes
UPDATED
Mar 4, 2010 6:34 PM CST

Across US, Students Decry Budget Woes

Calif. rallies draw thousands; violence mars Wis. protest

(Newser) - Thousands of students, from university down to elementary-school level, are rallying today across the US to protest the ever-more-dismal state of education funding. California demonstrators, who also included faculty and parents, have been most visible, and mainly peaceful, though a car windshield was smashed during the gathering at the University...

Radio Station Fined $16M For Fatal Contest

Mom died of water intoxication in effort to win Wii for her kids

(Newser) - A Sacramento radio station has been ordered to pay $16 million to the family of a woman who died during its "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" contest. The woman, who was trying to win the game console for her three children, died of water intoxication after taking part...

Calif. Pol Quits After Boast of Spanking Sex With Lobbyist

One utility company lobbyist was a 'bad girl,' assemblyman leered over hot mike

(Newser) - Some lobbyists will apparently do anything for work. A California assemblyman and family-values crusader has quit after boasting about spanking sex with a utility company lobbyist and "hot" sex with another. He went into graphic detail over a broadcast mike he didn't realize was live, reports the Los Angeles ...

California Begins Printing IOUs
California Begins
Printing IOUs
Jul 2, 2009 7:49 PM CDT

California Begins Printing IOUs

(Newser) - Thousands of Californians still waiting for their state tax returns will open their mail to find an IOU instead of a check. Unable to close a gargantuan budget deficit, the state began printing a $53 million batch of IOUs this afternoon, the Los Angeles Times reports. Some banks have agreed...

Calif. May Need to Issue IOUs Next Week

(Newser) - California’s finances are so dire that the state controller says he’s going to have to start doling out IOUs to creditors soon, reports the Los Angeles Times. Likening the situation to the Great Depression, John Chiang says he’ll have to issue IOUs to social-service agencies, private contractors,...

As Calif. Righty Bastion, Orange County Cedes to Rural Placer

But it's a place to hide from, not breed, change

(Newser) - Placer County, Calif.—stretching from Sacramento east to Lake Tahoe—is this generation’s Orange County, and that bodes ill for conservatives, Tom Schaller writes on FiveThirtyEight.com. Placer’s demographics and voting record are similar to the Orange County of the 1960s, which birthed the modern conservative movement....

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