Sacramento Topics

José Luis Villegas jvillegas@sacbee.com Sacramento firefighter Masoud Baruk holds his 2-year-old son, Cayd, at Tuesday's City Council budget hearing. Before the meeting, more than 100 firefighters marched to City Hall to protest cuts. As part of a plan to close a $15.7 million budget gap, the city wants police and firefighters to pay their share now contributed by the city to the California Public Employees' Retirement System.