Sacramento County News

State officials are calling for an investigation into the family court systems in Marin and Sacramento counties after a relatively high number of complaints from their litigants.

Apparently, British manners aren't quite unflappable. An Englishman who was on a flight from Philadelphia to Sacramento was arrested on allegations that he attacked a US Airways flight attendant when she wouldn't let him use the restroom, Sgt.

Elk Grove Unified officials have rescinded a request for parents to return DVDs that included "inappropriate images" they say were inadvertently sent home with students at Isabelle Jackson Elementary.

A Sacramento man is dead and his 27-year-old son is in jail accused of his murder, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department.

Dining at some restaurants will be a new experience starting today, when California becomes the first state to require that chain restaurants supply calorie counts for virtually everything they serve.

While Sacramento County's budget cuts will not immediately affect the finances of the Rancho Cordova Police Department, the reduction in the police force in unincorporated areas of the county may lead to the city's officers helping out in those areas.

The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department has started issuing concealed weapons permits after a temporary hold.

You can look up similar statistics for any county, district or school in the state using the Education Data Partnership's online database .

A judge granted early furloughs Friday to 48 of the 63 wards of the Warren E. Thornton Youth Center as the juvenile lockup closes after four decades, the victim of county budget cuts.

The man suspected of fatally shooting UC Berkeley senior Rodrigo Rodriguez Jr in 2007 was found guilty of first-degree murder with special circumstances in Sacramento County Superior Court Thursday.

The president of the association representing Sacramento County Sheriff's deputies blasted Sheriff John McGinness Friday after McGinness announced a $15 million miscalculation of the department's budget will result in the layoff of nearly 80 more deputies than originally expected.

Sacramento County Coroner's deputies today have identified the woman killed in a mobile home fire as Linda K. Clifton, 61, of Sacramento.

A group of community clinics in Ventura County lost its court fight Wednesday to stop the state from eliminating funding for adult dental care and several other services.

As the numbers of swine flu cases increase nationally, scientists say underlying medical conditions such as heart or lung problems, asthma and obesity have been linked to serious infections.

In a sign that the recession is increasing child poverty, the rate of Sacramento County K-12 students taking subsidized lunch grew faster this school year than any of the prior 15 years, new state figures show.

Joseph Weems and Randall Won celebrated their first anniversary with a low-key weekend barbecue for friends at their Land Park, Calif.

A 24-year-old woman has become the first person in Sacramento County to die from swine flu, health authorities said Tuesday.

Sacramento County has paid $160,000 to settle a lawsuit by a jail inmate who claimed she was raped by a lesbian sheriff's deputy while in custody.

A 24-year-old woman has become Sacramento County's first swine flu death. The woman died today at UCD Medical Center after being hospitalized with the H1N1A virus, according to Sacramento County Public Health Officer Glennah Trochet, M.D. "We would like to convey our deepest sympathy to the family of this patient," Dr.

West Nile Vurus has made its appearance again in the Sacramento Valley. A mosquito tested in the Elder Creek area of south Sacramento County tested positive for the virus, according to mosquito abatement officials.