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The Legion of Christ order is in discussions with city and county officials on a site to build a private university. The Catholic order wants to first open a downtown graduate school, and then expand with a core campus in another location, possibly at the Mather Air Force Base. The school, which will be named the University of Sacramento, would be the area's first private four-year college. The Legion of Christ is a conservative Roman Catholic order of priests founded in 1941 in Mexico.

The owner of four horses is facing cruelty charges after authorities found the animals malnourished and substantially underweight. Sacramento County officials said the incident was one of the worst cases of animal abuse they had seen recently. One of the horses, an Arabian mare, was at least 400 pounds underweight. The horses were placed with a rescue ranch.

About 420 officers from 17 federal, state and local law enforcement agencies fanned out across Sacramento County on Wednesday, searching for more than 330 suspected gang members in what officials said was the largest such sweep ever in the region. By nightfall, they had made more than 50 arrests on suspicion of parole, weapons or drug violations.

It's an understood fact by now that the Kings are cool. They do cool things, and they do things cool. They can turn a routine basketball possession into a stunning three-alarm fire drill, and they can evaporate a 10-point lead in as many seconds. Through it all, the beautiful and the profane, they have adopted the collective posture of a group that isn't going to be rattled one way or another.

Orange County Auxiliary Bishop Jaime Soto -- a leading voice for immigration rights and a longtime community activist -- will become bishop of Sacramento, Roman Catholic Church officials announced Thursday. Soto, 51, will soon start serving as coadjutor, the second-highest position in the Sacramento Diocese, which covers 20 counties and serves 500,000 parishioners. When Sacramento Bishop William K.

An initiative that would ask voters to extend the stay of sitting lawmakers but truncate the overall terms of future state legislators qualified Tuesday for the Feb. 5 ballot. The measure, backed financially by the California Teachers Assn. and other major unions and corporations, would shorten the time legislators can serve from 14 to 12 years but allow them to serve all that time in one house. Lawmakers already in office could remain until they had served 12 years in their current house.

With hundreds of cars parking in a rutted field and a horde of camera-toting spectators slathering themselves with suntan lotion, a mile-long levee outside Sacramento could as easily have been the entrance to a county fair Thursday. Instead, it was a gathering spot for folks intent on eyeballing the elaborate rescue effort launched to turn around two injured, wrong-way whales that have cruised 70 miles inland from the Pacific.

A broken release gate at a Sierra Nevada reservoir sent a wall of water down the Middle Fork of the American River on Thursday, though authorities said it dissipated before it caused any apparent damage or injuries. The sudden release of water from Ralston Reservoir, southeast of Auburn, Calif., sent a "wall of water 3 to 4 feet high" down the river, said California Highway Patrol spokesman Tom Marshall. Authorities in helicopters warned people nearby to move to higher ground.

The City Council has repealed a parade ordinance that restricted free speech after opponents said the law was unconstitutional. The ordinance was put in place last year before an international agriculture conference at which 20,000 protesters were expected. The ordinance, which outlawed bandannas, signs with thick wooden handles and glass containers, was criticized for restricting freedom. After several meetings, the council decided Tuesday night that the statute was too broad.