Fresno man injured in Highway 70 crash in Sutter County
A Fresno man suffered major injuries after he lost control of his pickup truck this afternoon on Highway 70 near the Highway 99 connector in Sutter County. According to the California Highway Patrol,...
View ArticleRT exercise to focus on terrorism response capabilities
The Sacramento Regional Transit District will conduct a field exercise Wednesday morning to evaluate the emergency response capabilities of RT and regional emergency service providers. The scenario...
View ArticleAmerican fire reported 92 percent contained, mop-up under way
Firefighters today moved toward closing lines around the American fire in Placer County. The fire, burning since Aug. 10 northeast of Foresthill, was reported 92 percent contained Tuesday evening with...
View ArticleAsk Sacto 911 crime Q&A: What happened to teen who killed Rio Linda couple in...
Bee reporters answer questions about area crime news, trends and other issues. QUESTION: What happened to Mike Love, who murdered an older couple in Rio Linda back in the mid to late 1970s? Submitted...
View ArticleRim fire on list of state's largest blazes as fire crews make progress
Fire officials say that progress is being made on the 10 major wildfires burning in California. Meanwhile, the Rim fire near Yosemite National Park has grown to 187,466 acres and is 23 percent...
View ArticleParolee accused of possessing lewd photos of teen
Auburn police have arrested a 52-year-old parolee accused of possessing lewd photos of a teenage girl. Officers contacted Robby Dean Odom (pictured), who is homeless, in the area of East Placer Street,...
View ArticleMan arrested in connection with body buried in Rio Linda field
Sacramento County Sheriff's detectives have arrested a man in connection with the discovery of a body this week in a makeshift grave. William Patrick Olsen, 47, was already in jail on Tuesday when...
View ArticleMan sentenced to life in prison for murdering former boss
Dupree Pierre Barber, the laid-off Cordova Recreation and Parks District maintenance employee convicted of murdering his former boss, was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday afternoon. Barber, 49,...
View ArticleTeenager dies following shooting at Meadowview park
A teenager shot in a Meadowview park Tuesday afternoon has died. Sacramento police officers responded to Pollock Ranch Park on Robinridge Way at 3:37 p.m. and found a 17-year-old male who had been hit...
View ArticleDavis man arrested driving vehicle taken in recent carjacking
A 25-year-old Davis man was arrested early today in connection with a carjacking that occurred earlier this month. Miguel Hernandez was taken into custody about 1 a.m. after he was stopped by officers...
View ArticleTwo arrested in raid on marijuana garden in Plumas National Forest
The Butte County Sheriff's Office reported that two people were arrested and more than 3,000 marijuana plants seized during a raid Tuesday of an illegal marijuana growing operation near Jordan Creek in...
View ArticleAsk Sacto 911 crime Q&A: What did investigators conclude in 2007 deaths of...
Bee reporters answer questions about area crime news, trends and other issues. QUESTION: What was the outcome of the investigation of the deaths of three people in early 2007? I believe they were found...
View ArticleMeadowview park homicide victim was Sacramento teen
A teenager shot in a Meadowview park earlier this week has been identified by the Sacramento County Coroner. Timothy Heu, 17, of Sacramento died Wednesday after being struck by gunfire the day before....
View ArticleRim fire near Yosemite is 30 percent contained
The Rim fire burning near Yosemite National Park is 30 percent contained, fire officials announced today. The fire, the sixth largest wildland blaze in recorded state history, has burned 192,737...
View ArticleAuthorities announce DUI crackdown in Sacramento area for Labor Day weekend
Sacramento law enforcement officers will be out in full force during the long Labor Day weekend. On Friday night, authorities will man a DUI checkpoint in Sacramento. For Saturday and Sunday evenings,...
View ArticleMosquito Ridge Road, closed for fire crews, reopens Friday
By Barbara Barte Osborn Bee Correspondent FORESTHILL -- Mosquito Ridge Road near Foresthill will reopen to all traffic at 8 a.m. Friday. A portion of the road has been closed for public and firefighter...
View Article13 wild abalone poaching suspects in Sacramento, Bay Area arrested
By Tillie Fong tfong@sacbee.com California game wardens arrested 13 suspects in Sacramento and the Bay Area early Thursday for reportedly catching wild abalone off the Northern California coast for the...
View ArticleAuburn man arrested on suspicion of setting fires at Rocklin hotel
By Tillie Fong tfong@sacbee.com Rocklin police arrested an Auburn man at his home Wednesday for reportedly setting at least two fires at a Rocklin hotel. Hoyt Starkey (pictured below), 51, was held at...
View ArticleFormer El Dorado Hills man sentenced in investment fraud case
A former El Dorado Hills resident was sentenced today in federal court in Sacramento to four years and nine months in prison for his role a multimillion investment fraud scheme. Daniel Chartraw, 40,...
View ArticleDavis police identify suspect in alleged charity scam
Davis police announced that they have obtained an arrest warrant for a suspect in a fraud scheme involving door-to-door solicitation for a charitable organization. Police identified the suspect as...
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