SACRAMENTO, CA - The Sacramento City Council said they support pension changes for firefighters and police at Tuesday night's council meeting.

The council said city employees should contribute more to their pensions.

The city's budget is facing an expected $18 million deficit for the 2012-2013 fiscal year. City Manager John Shirey said the deficit is due to declining property tax revenue and contracted employee raises. Two weeks ago, Shirey proposed to cut nearly 300 full-time equivalent positions, which includes letting go more than 100 firefighter and police positions.

Council members also heard budget proposals from firefighter, police officers and parks & recreation employees at the meeting.

SACRAMENTO, CA - Emails posted online by blog ranSACkedmedia show Kings owners the Maloof Family, were asking for things in the arena deal that the NBA told them not to.

The emails detailed negotiations between the NBA and George Maloof.

One email, dated Feb. 29, starts with George Maloof listing items in the arena deal that concerned the owners: the Kings not wanting to put down collateral, something that would guarantee their loan if they default; not wanting to pay game day expenses nor municipal expenses and wanting to reduce the lease from 30 years to 15 years.

The items that the Maloof Family outlined baffled Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson one month ago in New York City.

"They would execute me in Sacramento if I came back with a deal with no collateral," Johnson said during a press conference.

In the emails, Harvey Benjamin, a league executive negotiating on behalf of the Kings, responded to Maloof's concerns.

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In an effort to help remove barriers to medication adherence and improve health outcomes for multicultural senior citizens, Script Your Future Sacramento and the American Heart Association is conducting Spanish-language educational presentations and free health screenings for Manitos, a Latino senior citizens’ club... Read More