SACRAMENTO - Unless you've been living underground in Sacramento or the surrounding areas since Sunday night, you've likely noticed some severely strong winds in the area.  If you've ever wondered where wind comes from or what makes it windier on some days than others, meteorologist Ashton Altieri's following explanation should help to clear things up a bit:

"Wind is caused by air flowing from high pressure to low pressure because the laws of physics (specifically the Second Law of Thermodynamics) say states of higher energy always move toward states of lower energy.

Since last weekend, Northern California has been between a large area of low pressure to our east and a large area of high pressure to the west. The closer the high and low pressure areas are together, the stronger the "pressure gradient" will be and the stronger the winds.

SACRAMENTO, CA - Due to a potential conflict of interest, investor Ron Burkle's financial participation in the Sacramento Kings "Here We Buy" campaign will strictly be with the development around a downtown sports and entertainment venue and not team ownership or the arena itself.

Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson said Burkle, an owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins who made his fortune in the grocery store business, owns Relativity Media which has contracts with current NBA players and ownership of a team would violate NBA rules.

Micahel Bass, NBA spokesman, stated: "Ron Burkle is no longer part of the Sacramento group because his ownership interest in Relativity Media - which has a division that represents NBA players - would violate NBA rules."

The issue arose during last week's presentation before the league's relocation and finance committees.

SACRAMENTO, CA - The new face walking among top UFC figthers like Urijah Faber, Chad Mendes, Josesph Benadvidez, Danny Castillo and T.J. Dillashaw seems to fit right in.

Duane "Bang" Ludwig arrived in January, but he didn't come to Sacramento to fight. Ludwig was hired by Urijah Faber to become the new head coach of Team Alpha Male.

"He is a hard worker and that was the most important thing we needed on our team, someone who has his eye on the big picture to build this program for the long term for young guys coming up and for guys who here right now. We need a guy who is just focused on training us," Faber told News10.

Ludwig comes with serious credentials. A veteran of the UFC with 35 mixed martial arts bouts, more than 50 Muay Thai fights including several championships. But what he is most known for is his 2006 knockout of Johnathan Goulet considered the fastest KO in the history of the UFC.