Fire prompts evacuation of 9-story Sacramento apartment building
The nine-story Capitol Terraces Apartments were evacuated this evening after a fire broke out in a unit on the first floor shortly after 6 p.m. Assistant Chief Niko King said residents of the...
View ArticleRancho Cordova police seek bike donations for April rodeo
The Rancho Cordova Police Department and Police Activities League are seeking bicycle donations for a bike rodeo. The event is scheduled April 28 as part of Kids Day in the Park. Bike rodeo...
View ArticlePublic invited to tour Sacramento juvenile hall next month
The public is invited to tour two unoccupied housing units and the visitor center at Sacramento County's Juvenile Hall. The invitation is extended for one day only: March 10 from noon to 2 p.m. at the...
View ArticleCollision with suspected drunk driver in Sutter County injures 4
A suspected drunk driver slammed into a family in a small car last night in the community of Sutter west of Yuba City, according to a California Highway Patrol press release. Juan M. Duran was driving...
View ArticleTwo men rob 85-year-old woman at gunpoint in her home
Two men forced open the door of a house in Clarksburg late Monday and robbed an 85-year-old woman at gunpoint, the Yolo County Sheriff's Office reported today. The men - both wearing ski masks and...
View ArticleEcho the police dog on the job thanks to East Sacramento Rotary
The Sacramento Rotary Club has donated $10,000 for a new police dog. The Rotary Club of East Sacramento will formally present a check to Sacramento Police Chief Rick Braziel on Wednesday for the new...
View ArticleWoman found dead in her Cameron Park home Monday identified
Authorities have identified the woman found dead in her Cameron Park home Monday as 37-year-old Rachel Winkler. El Dorado County sheriff's deputies found Winkler after responding to a request for a...
View ArticleTop federal prosecutor vows new crackdown on pot farms
By Sam Stanton sstanton@sacbee.com Warning that there is a new "green rush" of people flocking to California to exploit the market for marijuana, the top federal prosecutor in the Sacramento region...
View ArticleSacramento sheriff's detectives arrest suspect accused of exposing self to girls
Sacramento County sheriff's detectives have arrested a 56-year-old Placer County man after he allegedly exposed himself to two young girls in separate incidents, according to authorities. Jerry...
View ArticleThree gang members convicted in West Sacramento attacks
A Yolo County jury Monday convicted three gang members of attacks in a Lowe's parking lot in West Sacramento two years ago. The three defendants, Jose Antonio Duran, 20, Salvador Benjamin Vasquez Jr.,...
View ArticleWoodland teen reports strangers tried to entice him into vehicle
Woodland police are investigating a teenager's report of an attempt to entice him into a vehicle as he walked home from school Monday. The 15-year-old boy told officers that he was walking home from...
View ArticleTwo admit to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine
Two men pleaded guilty today in federal court in Sacramento to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. The pleas by Sergio Murillo-Valencia, 37, and Fabian Figueroa-Ayala, 29, both of Gilroy, follow...
View ArticleDillard Road offramp closed to upright big rig trailer
The Dillard Road offramp of northbound Highway 99 south of Elk Grove is closed so that tow truck crews can upright a big rig trailer. The back trailer of the rig flipped over on its side in the rain...
View ArticleTrial begins over abuse allegations at Sacramento elementary school
A civil trial began today in Sacramento Superior Court in which two young girls have charged the Sacramento City Unified School District with negligence over its handling of a physical education...
View ArticleSacramento jury finds prior offender guilty of molesting child
A Sacramento County jury today convicted Timothy Lowder, 44, of child molestation. On Christmas evening 2008, Lowder was alone with the victim watching television. While they were alone, he molested...
View ArticleSacramento police: Woman failed to yield because she had to use bathroom
A 32-year-old woman ignored a Sacramento police officer's attempts to pull her over for a half-mile until she pulled up to her home early this morning. Turns out, she didn't pull over, she told police,...
View ArticleCorrectional officer accused of threatening Arden-area business employees
A California Department of Corrections employee was arrested this morning at an Arden-area business after he allegedly argued with employees and threatened them with a gun. Taurus Collins (pictured),...
View ArticleMan found dead after shooting reported in south Sacramento
Sacramento County sheriff's deputies are canvassing a south Sacramento neighborhood following a fatal shooting. Deputy Jason Ramos said numerous calls were received shortly before 7 p.m. reporting 10...
View ArticleCoroner identifies man found shot in south Sacramento driveway
The Sacramento County coroner's office today has released the name of a man who was fatally shot last night in the south Sacramento area. He was identified as Antonio Jordan, 41, of Sacramento. Deputy...
View ArticleMan found next to burning car admits smoking marijuana and taking mushrooms,...
Redding police said they arrested a man who told officers he had used mushrooms and marijuana before he was found standing next to his burning car. Jacoby C. Oates, 19, of Redding, was found on the...
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