Sac Dept. Of Utilities Missing $1.3M In Equipment- A water scandal is boiling over at the Sacramento Department of Utilities, where millions of taxpayer dollars may have gone down the drain. To make up for the losses, taxpayers may be forced to pay more for utilities.

Angry over missing water meters, Sacramento council delays vote on rate hike- Outraged over an audit's revelations that Sacramento's Department of Utilities is plagued with oversight issues so severe that it can't account for thousands of water meters, City Council members yanked a potential water rate increase off the agenda Tuesday.

Local charities set to battle bill banning e-bingo- Local charities are mobilizing to fight state legislation banning electronic bingo machines.

Police officer testifies that driver in fatal collision admitted drinking- A Sacramento police officer testified Tuesday that hours after a head-on collision killed four people, political activist Roberto P. Vellanoweth said he shouldn't have been drinking and driving.

Marcos Breton: Justice won't be easy in DUI trial- If you're accused of killing four people in a horrific drunk driving car crash, you had better have a good lawyer. And plenty of moral support. Roberto Vellanoweth does. The man some in Sacramento view as a monster is clearly loved, even revered, by his family and friends. But sitting in on Vellanoweth's gross vehicular manslaughter trial at Sacramento Superior Court on Tuesday, giving him the benefit of the doubt is hard.

Nonprofit group wants farms near urban housing- Just yards from the cyclists whizzing by on the American River Parkway, Shawn Harrison is planting the seeds of a food revolution. Harrison and his partners in the nonprofit Soil Born Farms are growing tomatoes, kale, chard and other vegetables on 25 acres they've leased from Sacramento County.

School officials' pay hikes hit opposition- Three Elk Grove Unified School District board members said Tuesday night they could not support raises for five upper managers when 42 teachers and classified workers remain uncertain about their jobs this fall.