• North Sacramento musician starts studio that offers more than a space for new artists

  

• 9 women honored after overcoming homelessness in Sacramento program

  

• Large water main break shuts down Mockingbird Lane in Dallas, snarls traffic

  

• Cosmically-curious crowd packs bar in San Francisco's Mission District for astronomy event

  

• San Jose holds gun buyback event as community reels from Valley Faire Mall shooting

  

• San Bernardino County man and woman arrested for Moreno Valley homicide

  

• Book excerpt: "The Colonel and the King" by Peter Guralnick

  

• SEPTA riders brace for possible service shutdown as strike threat grows