Top 50 CBS Sacramento Stories Of 2014: 30-21

30. Study: Stock Market Declines May Be Deadly

Two U.C. San Diego finance professors conducted the study with 30 years worth of California hospital admission records and correlated them with the ups and downs of the stock market.

Professors Joseph Engelberg and Christopher Parsons found from 1983 to 2011 that hospital admissions increased following stock market drops, KMBZ reported. People admitted complained especially of anxiety, depression or other conditions of mental or emotional stress.

29. Cop Refuses To Work At Gay Pride Parade In Utah

A Salt Lake City police officer has been placed on leave after refusing an assignment to work at a gay pride parade.

The officer was among about 30 officers assigned to provide traffic control and security for the annual Utah Pride Parade in Salt Lake City, said department spokeswoman Lara Jones.

"We don't tolerate bias and bigotry in the department, and assignments are assignments … To allow personal opinion to enter into whether an officer will take a post is not something that can be tolerated in a police department," Jones told KSL.

28. Gov. Jerry Brown Calls Congress Drought Bill 'Unwelcome And Divisive'
He called a Republican effort in Congress to address California's unprecedented drought an "unwelcome and divisive intrusion" in the state's efforts to address the crisis.

The legislation, which is sponsored by California's Republican congressional delegation, would allow farmers to increase pumping from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and create a House-Senate committee to tackle water problems.

"It would override state laws and protections, and mandate that certain water interests come out ahead of others," Brown wrote in his letter. "It falsely suggests the promise of water relief when that is simply not possible given the scarcity of water supplies."

27. Sacramento Cabbies Upset Over Proposed Hygiene, Dress Code Requirements

Facing growing competition from web-based rides Uber and the ride-sharing service Lyft, some Sacramento taxi drivers say the proposed cabbie crackdown could put the brakes on their business.

26. Next Earthquake Could Unleash Tsunami-Like Wave On Davis If Dam Fails

That's because while the Napa earthquake alleviated pressure on one fault line, it may have added pressure to others nearby, including the Berryessa Fault which runs directory under the Berryessa Dam.

25. Call Kurtis Investigates: Homewrecker Website Lets Victims of Affairs Shame The Mistress

More than 175 women from California are now labeled as homewreckers on one website. An Amador County woman found herself on shesahomewrecker.com. She admits to having the affair, but thinks what's been posted about her is not fair.

24. Riverside Woman Sues Over Her Arrest For Clapping

Letitia Pepper says her rights were violated when she was arrested after repeatedly clapping at a Riverside City Council meeting.

23. Sacramento Kaiser Permanente Patient Being Tested For Ebola After Possible Exposure

The medical center emphasizes all measures are being taken to protect the staff, and that the samples have been sent to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, who will test them. The patient's results came back days later as negative.

22. School Bans Orangevale Sixth Grader's Sept. 11 Tribute T-Shirt, Calls It Dress Code Violation

A young girl was told by her school that she couldn't wear a T-shirt to pay tribute to the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001.

School leaders say they have a good reason for banning the sixth-grader's Sept. 11 memorial T-shirt on Thursday. When her stepfather tried to get permission, school administrators say it violated their dress code.

"Wear it to honor what had happened on 9/11 and all the people that have perished and the lives that were changed on that day," said Tim Foster.

21. California Woman Climbs Into Zoo's Giraffe Pen, Gets Kicked In The Face

Police say a California woman was cited after climbing into the giraffe exhibit at a Madison zoo and getting kicked in the face.