YEAR IN REVIEW: October 2014's Top 10 Stories
The Top 10 stories on CBS Sacramento for the month of October 2014.
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The Top 10 stories on CBS Sacramento for the month of October 2014.
Lorrain Taylor smiled a toothy grin and was warmly welcomed by customers and employees as she entered a popular barbecue restaurant just off Oakland's waterfront for a lunch meeting last week.
According to Sacramento County health inspection reports obtained by CBS13, a health inspector found small rodent droppings on ledges near the soda machine and popcorn maker.
Researchers have the science to back up a theory of why humans are so generous. The Wall Street Journal reports there's an actual physical change in our bodies when we give.
Make a few plans ahead of time and pack accordingly to ensure you survive your upcoming long flight.
Brown retracted the pardon issued to Glen William Carnes, which the governor's spokesman Evan Westrup said was based on a court-issued certificate of rehabilitation. The pardon for a drug-related conviction committed by Carnes as a teenager in 1998 had not yet been signed by the Secretary of State and was withdrawn after an inquiry by the Los Angeles Times.
Many of the children at the hospital weren't able to go home for Christmas, but the 14-year-old wanted to give them something to smile about. And for the first time since her brother died, she's smiling again, too.
Carole says it's amazing she, her sister, the bird and their two dogs made it out alive. She says it wasn't the smoke alarm that woke her in time, but a persistent back injury.
The pardons issued Wednesday included a Stanislaus County man sentenced to three years' probation in 1986 for taking expensive wine out of a wine cellar and drinking it. Michael Joseph Moradian Jr. has since "lived an honest and upright life, exhibited good moral character, and conducted himself as a law-abiding citizen," Brown wrote in his pardon.
Hawaiian Airlines spokesman Huy Vo says Flight 19 left Sacramento at 9:09 a.m. Wednesday. There was an indication of a mechanical issue in the system that supplies conditioned air to the cabin pressurization system.
His fellow skiers and six others who happened to be in the area quickly began searching for him after the avalanche occurred. The man had a rescue beacon on him that sent signals that allowed the others to pinpoint where he was buried.
Two people have died in a plane crash in Amador County.
The snack bar at the Crest Theatre has been closed after it failed a health re-inspection Wednesday.
A Grinch who stole outdoor Christmas lights from a Davis family over the weekend may have had a change of heart.
The Top 10 stories on CBS Sacramento for the month of September 2014.
