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Sacramento City Council weighed the merits of a large industrial development in North Natomas on Tuesday as environmentalists, developers and laborers argued for or against the controversial project.

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Sebastian Sahlman PEOPLE OR PLACE: Samuel Putnam delivers his inaugural lecture as an endowed chair of social sciences in Mills Hall. Putnam discussed his research on cross-cultural differences in ...

In his first book, John J. Lennon, who is serving a 28-year sentence, brings nuance and complexity to his own and other prisoners’ stories. By Pamela Colloff Pamela Colloff is a staff writer at The ...