Former Home of Sacramento Serial Killer Sold at AuctionDorothea Puente The former home of notorious Sacramento serial killer (and onetime brothel owner) Dorothea Puente , behind which Puente buried seven of her victims, sold for $215,000 this past weekend at auction. Bay Area natives and longtime residents may recall the story of Puente, who ran a boarding house at the 1426 F Street property for elderly tenants. Puente was convicted in 1988 of ...
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Auction fundraiser has a cowThe North Platte Telegraph North Platte's Callahan Cancer Center has received help from an unlikely source - a 1,115-pound steer named \"Mom.\" On Tuesday, the North Platte Livestock Auction hosted a \"Market Your Cattle In The Pink\" online video auction and raised $3,000 for the center.
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Lake Tahoe gets a good health reportUC Davis researchers noted several bright spots in their annual Lake Tahoe health report, issued Tuesday: The 2007 Angora Fire had no significant effect on lake clarity; a small test of a method to kill invasive clams worked; the pollutant phosphorus was at its lowest level in 29 years; and
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