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Sgt. Jason Ramos talks to reporters Monday about a shooting at a Metro PCS store in Sacramento where the store owner killed an armed suspect on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. (credti: CBS13)

Surveillance Video Reportedly Supports Store Owner’s Shooting Of Robbery Suspect

A Sacramento cell phone store owner said he was forced to fire when an armed intruder entered the business, and surveillance video supports that, a sheriff’s official said.

2013/02/18

Town & Country Village is being forced to re-invent itself as it continues to lose customers and tenants. (credit: CBS13)

Three Major Chain Stores Coming To Sacramento’s Town & Country Village

Sacramento’s Town & Country Village is getting a major facelift in the form of three superstores taking up shop at the struggling shopping center.

2013/02/14

Texas Governor Rick Perry (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Texas Governor Leaves California Recruiting Trip Empty-Handed So Far

Texas Gov. Rick Perry wrapped up his high-profile recruiting trip to California on Wednesday without having persuaded any businesses to relocate to his state — at least not yet.

2013/02/13

Walmart Market Going Into Old Mervyn’s Space In Woodland Mall

Developers are looking to breathe new life into an old mall that has sat mostly idle for years, but not everyone is happy about the mall makeover.

2013/02/11

Gov. Rick Perry In Calif. Trying To Lure Businesses To Lone Star State

Texas Gov. Rick Perry began his latest visit to California on a quest to lure businesses to move jobs to his state by promoting low taxes and lax regulations.

2013/02/11

Home Depot Hiring 1,500 Seasonal Workers In Sacramento Region

The Home Depot is looking to hire 80,000 seasonal workers, and 1,500 of those jobs are in the Sacramento region.

2013/02/06

Gov. Brown Calls Texas’ Efforts To Lure California Businesses ‘Barely A Fart’

Gov. Jerry Brown shot back on Tuesday at a Texas radio advertisement campaign trying to lure California businesses, calling it “barely a fart.”

2013/02/05

Texas Radio Ad, Website Target California Businesses

Texas has gone hunting and officials in the Lone Star State are setting their sights on California businesses.

2013/02/04

Campbell Soup's Sacramento plant is closing and 700 jobs will be eliminated, the company announced on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. (credit: CBS13)

Hundreds Report To Work For Last Time At Sacramento Campbell’s Soup Plant

It’s the end of an era for the Campbell’s Soup factory in Sacramento, where hundreds of employees reported to work for the last time Friday.

2013/02/01

(source: Law offices of Todd M. Friedman, P.C.)

Yolo County Man Sues Subway, Claiming ‘Footlong’ Subs Come Up Short

A Yolo County man is suing the owner of Subway restaurants because he says their heavily marketed “footlong” sandwiches are not, in fact, 12 inches long.

2013/01/25

State Foreclosures Hit 6-Year Low

DataQuick said Wednesday that default notices totaled a little over 38,000 during the fourth quarter, down 38 percent from the same period of 2011.

2013/01/23

An artist's rendering of the Township 9 district north of downtown Sacramento.

First Project In River District Redevelopment Breaks Ground

A major construction project is finally under way in an area north of downtown Sacramento that has been idle during the recession but is seen as an integral piece of the city’s future growth.

2013/01/16

E3 Gaming Conference Begins In Los Angeles

E3 Conference Kicks Off In L.A.

Electronic Entertainment Expo kicked off today at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

Space X Launch To Space Station

Early Saturday morning, a private company is set to make history by launching a supply ship to the International Space Station. Here’s a look at the mission preps and what Space X and NASA expect the mission to look like.

The makers of Airborne agreed to a $30 million settlement over false advertising claims that Airborne tablets can prevent or reduce the risk of colds, reduce the severity or duration of a cold, and protect against colds in crowded places such as airplanes, offices, or schools. (source: Federal Trade Commission)

Too Good To Be True…

Advertising is supposed to make you WANT a product. But some time, the claims go too far. Here are a few products over the years that have made false, misleading, or unsubstantiated claims…and got caught! It does not include the dozens of diet pills that have been fined for making false claims.

Take the top tennis players in the world and focus just on their cleavage. That was the premises of the "Adult Tennis Boobs" app. Apple said no thanks. (credit: Overdamped)

Banned: Most Controversial iPhone Apps

Apple now has strict policies on which applications for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch are approved for their App Store. But some risque or offensive apps have made it through the approval process, while others were rejected before getting to market. Here’s a look at a few of the most controversial apps.

An internet user looks at a Facebook page dedicated to Anna Chapman in Paris on July 23, 2010. Two weeks after 10 Russian spies flew back from the United States to Moscow, the buzz of interest around the ring's most photogenic member, the feisty redhead Anna Chapman, shows no signs of receding. While Chapman remains in an unknown location since her arrival in Moscow, reportedly being debriefed, she has apparently found time to write enigmatic Facebook updates and negotiate with journalists on her first interview. (Photo by Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images)

The Rise Of Facebook

Facebook, populated by at least 500 million users, has been both a source of innovation, controversy and fascination.

Apple Through The Years

Has it really been 30 years since Steve Wosniak & Steve Jobs sold off Jobs’ VW van to raise money and launch a company? Yes, it has, and if you don’t believe it, just check out some of the higlights.