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Teen arrested on robbery charges; another teen shot by officer after chase, fight

A 14-year-old was booked into Juvenile Hall Saturday on charges of robbery and assault with a deadly weapon after he was detained Friday night at the scene of an officer-involved shooting in the Foothill Farms area. After questioning the teenager, ...

From DENNY WALSH, Sacramento Bee,  21 Nov 2009

Crews rescue fallen horse rider

An injured rider whose horse fell was rescued this week by a California Highway Patrol helicopter and other emergency crews from a remote area along the south fork of the American River in El Dorado County. Others riding the same trail discovered the ...

From DENNY WALSH, Sacramento Bee,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: California Highway Patrol

U.S. agency ordered to provide same-sex benefits

Alex Kozinski, chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Thursday ordered the U.S. Office of Personnel Management to quit interfering with health care benefits for federal judicial employees just because they are married to a person of the ...

From DENNY WALSH, Sacramento Bee,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Alex Kozinski

Judge rules same-sex couple must be repaid after denial of benefits

A judge ruled Wednesday an assistant federal public defender's spouse must be compensated for health care benefits withheld since July 2008 because the couple are gay. Stephen Reinhardt, a member of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, also reminded ...

From DENNY WALSH, Sacramento Bee,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Supreme Court of the United States

Convicted embezzler says obsession with horses fueled her crimes

Gripped by depression and job-related stress, Regina Schenck became obsessed with horses, she wrote to the federal judge who would sentence her for stealing more than $1.3 million from a prominent Sacramento law firm. In 2001, the Schenck family moved ...

From DENNY WALSH, Sacramento Bee,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Internal Revenue Service,  Capital One

Sausalito man admits setting fire that destroyed 6 million bottles of fine wine

In a case that sent shock waves through the world's wine markets, a Sausalito businessman admitted in Sacramento federal court Monday that he set a fire that burned 6 million bottles of California's finest wines. The 2005 blaze destroyed wine valued ...

From DENNY WALSH, Sacramento Bee,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Peter Martin

State offers new prison plan

California Corrections Secretary Matthew Cate announced late Thursday that the state has a plan to reduce the prison population that will satisfy a judicial panel of judges, but the three federal judges have to be willing to issue orders the state ...

From DENNY WALSH, Sacramento Bee,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Department of Corrections,  Arnold Schwarzenegger,  Supreme Court of the United States

Benjamin Wagner sworn in as Sacramento's U.S. Attorney

Benjamin Wagner, a top federal prosecutor for more than 15 years, was sworn in Monday as the 10th U. S. attorney in the Sacramento-based Eastern District of California. Wagner, 49, joined the U. S. attorney's office in 1992 and, since 2000, has been ...

From DENNY WALSH, Sacramento Bee,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Department of Justice,  US State Department,  Barack Obama,  Larry Brown

Sacramento flood agency settles civil rights lawsuit

Maggie Franklin was the only African American employee at the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency during her six years as its first and last public information officer. Franklin started Oct. 30, 2000, and then endured a hostile, racially charged, ...

From DENNY WALSH, Sacramento Bee,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Chico teen's text-threat conviction thrown out

A state appeals court has tossed out the conviction of a Chico teen who was charged with threatening to take a gun to school, kill a lot of people and then himself. The 16-year-old boy had texted that message to the girlfriend who had broken up with ...

From DENNY WALSH, Sacramento Bee,  30 Oct 2009

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