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The mounting debt California faces in covering public employees' pensions can be traced back to the dot-com bubble in the late 1990s — when the state chose to make these benefits a lot more generous. That decision proved to have lasting implications.

Singer and Golden Globe-nominated actress Molly Ringwald is coming to Northern California for "An Evening with Molly Ringwald," a show at the new Rocklin Quarry Amphitheater on Sept. 17. Join us for a double segment as we Facebook Live the interview.

Motorists driving through Stockton will see a change on Interstate 5 on Wednesday as one of the four northbound lanes from Country Club Boulevard to Hammer Lane will be the first carpool lane along that stretch of the highway.

The unemployment rate in the four-county Sacramento area is back down after a slight increase in July. Meanwhile, California added more than 60-thousand jobs in August – a strong showing particularly when compared to the rest of the nation.

Researchers over the world are working to develop a Zika vaccine. In California, one virologist is using his past success developing interventions for HIV, to help create a drug that would protect babies against Zika infection.

About 2,000 people are expected to help remove trash along Sacramento's American River Parkway this Saturday. The Great American River Cleanup is part of Coastal Cleanup Day, the state's largest annual volunteer event held in mid-September.

Weeks after Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson announced that the small digital media firm Parrable was coming to Sacramento, another company says it's also moving to the capitol city - SupportPay. The Sacramento Business Journal's Sonya Sorich has more.

Gov. Jerry Brown spent part of his week in Fresno, allocating hundreds of millions from the state’s cap and trade program to entities across the state. CapRadio's Ben Bradford has the full scoop on this and other bills in this week’s Capitol Chat.

California regulators have released a draft plan that would increase water for threatened fish and reduce water for farmers.

Gunshot and stabbing victims and those patients critically hurt in accidents could be forced to travel outside of San Joaquin County for emergency care.