Kings County News

The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday selected the executive director of the California State Sheriff's Association, Steven Szalay, as interim county executive to replace Terry Schutten, who will retire December 31.

An old house in Corcoran was ravished by flames Friday night and now investigators are having a difficult time identifying a body found inside.

A man accused of murdering his father and setting the remains on fire will return to a South Valley courtroom on Monday.

Kings County sheriff's deputies took part in two separate vehicle pursuits early Sunday that ended with three people in custody.

As KMJ News was first to report on Wednesday, the attorneys for Dave Hawk will file an appeal of his murder conviction on Thursday.

Kings County Sheriff's Deputies are in the midst of a bizarre homicide investigation.

Firefighters were called to a barn fire on 24 ½ Avenue near Riverdale on Wednesday.

A 28-year-old Kings County man was arrested on suspicion of homicide after charred human remains were found Wednesday in a barn housing an indoor marijuana operation that was destroyed by fire, law-enforcement officials said.

On Thursday morning, investigators in Kings County are trying to figure out if some bones that they had found in a BBQ pit are human.On Wednesday, Kings County Fire Department got a call about a fire at a home on Avenue 24-1/2 and Excelsior, which is located in Riverdale.Upon arrival, the fire department found a marijuana crop had caught fire.

A fire in a barn near the town of Riverdale has lead to a major criminal investigation.

Can anyone explain why gas is nearing $3 a gallon for unleaded regular? No refinery fires, no pipeline fires, no oil tanker fires.

A preschool in southwest Fresno was evacuated after a nearby gas line was ruptured Friday, the Fresno Fire Department said.

Steve Nelsen has increased his lead over incumbent Greg Collins in the Visalia City Council election, according to figures released Friday by the Tulare County Elections Division.

The Centers for Disease Control released new numbers this week regarding those infected and killed by the H1N1 virus.

County health departments will hold flu-shot clinics next week for people at high risk for the swine flu.

A man accused of stealing an SUV after killing its owner pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree murder during a carjacking, but he gave the judge one condition -- that he gets to hug his two sisters before going to prison.

Not so much, really: room for a dust bath, a place to perch, a nest. Absent those three basics -- the nest especially chickens get stressed, animal behavior experts say.

Police in northern New Jersey nabbed three alleged burglars who fled an apartment with just $2 in change and left behind the keys to their getaway car.

Nasal spray vaccine to ward off swine flu began arriving Tuesday in the central San Joaquin Valley.

Fireplace and wood-stove burning is prohibited today, the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District announced.