CHP offers driver safety classes for teenagers, parents
The California Highway Patrol has scheduled two Start Smart driving classes for teenagers in the Sacramento area. The driver safety education class targets new and soon-to-be licensed drivers 15 to 19...
View ArticleOne-year anniversary of Giffords shooting remembered Sunday in Sacramento
A tolling of a bell in memory of gun violence victims on the one-year-anniversary of the shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords will be held Sunday in downtown Sacramento. The gathering...
View ArticleInformation needed on impounded Woodland dogs
Yolo County animal services officers are seeking additional information about two pit bulls mix dogs that killed a cat in Woodland. The Yolo County Sheriff's office, Animal Services Section, on...
View ArticleMan sentenced to life in prison for killing parents
By Denny Walsh dwalsh@sacbee.com A Sacramento Superior Court judge sentenced Matthew David Riley, 34, to life in prison without the possibility of parole today for stabbing his parents to death in...
View ArticleSee every New Year's DUI arrest
By Phillip Reese preese@sacbee.com Sacramento County law enforcement officials arrested nearly 70 motorists for allegedly driving while intoxicated on New Year's Eve and early New Year's Day. That's a...
View ArticleVehicle theft suspect arrested in Davis after high-speed chase
An Oakland man was arrested on suspicion of vehicle theft after leading a Davis police officer on a chase and ramming the officer's patrol car, according to police. Over the past month, Davis has seen...
View ArticleSuspect arrested in stabbing, assault at Rio Linda bar
A suspect has been arrested in connection with a Monday night stabbing at a Rio Linda bar. David Kirkland (pictured), 32, was taken into custody Thursday afternoon and is being held in Sacramento...
View ArticleMan dies in mobile home fire in Pollock Pines
Fire officials are investigating the cause of an early morning fire at a mobile home park in Pollock Pines in which a 68-year-old man died and his wife was injured. The El Dorado County Coroner's...
View ArticleUnion Mine High coach arrested, accused of sex with minor
The varsity baseball coach at Union Mine High School in El Dorado County was arrested Thursday, accused of engaging in sexual activity with a minor. Lt. Bryan Golmitz, spokesman for the El Dorado...
View ArticleMan sought by FBI in October shooting death in Lincoln
The FBI seeks the public's help in finding a man wanted in connection with an October homicide in Lincoln. Gerarado Constantino Ramirez (pictured), 37, is wanted for unlawful flight to avoid...
View ArticleElk Grove man adds 30-year federal sentence to state sentence for child porn...
An Elk Grove man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for trafficking in child pornography. Bradley Alan Dayley, 40, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Edward J. Garcia for...
View ArticleBody found in Live Oak identified as missing Yuba City man
The body of a man discovered in a ditch late Monday off Highway 99 in Live Oak has been identified by Sutter County sheriff's detectives as that of a missing Yuba City man. The identification of...
View ArticleRocklin police warn of increase in residential burglaries
Rocklin police have issued a residential burglary alert, citing 60 residential burglaries in the city during the 120-day period from Sept. 1 through Dec. 31. Neighboring communities of Granite Bay and...
View ArticleArrests begin with shoplifting, end with classic car theft, Rocklin police say
Between them, two men are suspected of committing a wide variety of crimes on Sunday, Rocklin police said. Included in the crimes the pair are suspected of committing: possible shoplifting, possession...
View ArticleName of Mt. Aukum crash victim released
The name of a man who died in a head-on crash Wednesday night in rural El Dorado County has been released by sheriff's officials. He was identified as 35-year-old Brian Joseph Hale. The California...
View ArticleSalmon Falls Road accident claims Auburn motorcyclist
A lone motorcyclist died when she traveled off Salmon Falls Road and hit a utility pole on Sunday afternoon. The 52-year-old woman from Auburn was driving her 2007 BMW motorcycle northbound on Salmon...
View ArticleTheft victim traces his phone to suspected thief in Natomas
A man was able to retrieve his stolen cellphone thanks to a GPS tracking feature. Sacramento police said that the cellphone was taken when the man's car was broken into Sunday in the unincorporated...
View ArticlePassenger killed in Woodland roll-over crash identified
The Yolo County Coroner's office has released the name of a man killed Friday when a car overturned on a Woodland off-ramp. The man was identified as Robert Dale Sunderland III, 25, of Woodland. The...
View ArticleAuthorities: Explosives scare at south Sacramento County Goodwill store...
Customers and employees of a south Sacramento County Goodwill store are being allowed back in after a brief concern that explosives had been dropped off, according to authorities. The items called into...
View ArticlePriest accused of molestation set for release on bail
By Andy Furillo afurillo@sacbee.com About 50 people have gathered outside the downtown jail in Sacramento awaiting the bail release of the Rev. Uriel Ojeda, the Catholic priest who has been accused of...
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