2 hrs ago | Sacramento Bee Newspaper
L.A. poised to go after Las Vegas hospital in patient-dumping cases
Years before a Las Vegas psychiatric hospital bused a homeless, schizophrenic man to Sacramento without arranging contacts or a plan for care, a different hospital ditched Gabino Olvera on Skid Row in Los Angeles.
6 hrs ago | Sacramento Bee Newspaper
Temecula couple dead in apparent murder-suicide
Authorities say a Temecula man who apparently shot and killed his wife and then turned the gun on himself has died.
6 hrs ago | Sacramento Bee Newspaper
CA man pleads guilty to 2 Tahoe pedestrian deaths
A Northern California man faces up to six years in prison after pleading guilty to reckless driving causing the death of an Incline Village couple who was hit in a pedestrian crosswalk at Lake Tahoe in December 2011.
7 hrs ago | KCRA-TV Sacramento
Police: Suspected drunken driver causes road closure
The Sacramento Police Department said a drunken driver caused a lot of damage on 65th Street and 8th Avenue early Monday morning.
12 hrs ago | The Daily Democrat
Traveling Vietnam Wall coming to Sacramento
The Dignity Memorial network and Sacramento Blue Star Moms have partnered to pay tribute to Vietnam veterans and to honor the traveling Vietnam Wall.
16 hrs ago | KTVU Oakland
Girl killed, parents hurt by shots fired into home
A 10-year-old girl was shot to death and her parents were hospitalized after gunmen walked up to the front door of a home in the North Highlands area of Sacramento County and started shooting, sheriff's officials said.
16 hrs ago | Sacramento Bee Newspaper
10 things to know about Juanes, due soon in Sacramento
In the world of Latin pop, he's known for sold-out shows, million-selling albums and the single name of Juanes.
17 hrs ago | Sacramento Bee Newspaper
NorCal AIDS Cycle raises $330,000 for 11 Northern California organizations
A group of 225 bicycle riders and crew raised a record $330,000 for AIDS research and related organizations during a four-day trip through Northern California.
Gov. Brown's school funding plan runs into lawmakers' concerns
Gov. Jerry Brown had hardly finished presenting his annual budget revision last week before state Sen.
Father Of Man Beaten To Death In Midtown Determined To Catch Son's Killers
Josiah Humphreys died two months ago and no one's been caught. He took his last breath at 18th and P Streets, and tonight his father hopes that by the Guardian Angels passing out flyers, someone will come forward with new information.
Sacto 911: Shots fired into North Highlands house kill girl, 10, wound two others
A 10-year-old girl was shot to death and a man and a woman also were wounded inside the North Highlands house Saturday night, the Sacramento Sheriff's Department reports today.
Program at Mather aids former Sacramento County foster kids
By the time he left foster care, Willis Mucelroy estimates, he had lived in 30 foster homes across the Central Valley.
Dan Walters: Legislative analyst gives Democrats more money
Jerry Brown – who made "lower your expectations" a catchphrase of his first governorship – is back in that mode during his second stint, especially on spending.
Marcos Breton: Kings win shows anything's possible in Sacramento
A few weeks ago, I was covering baseball in San Francisco when a writer from another state accosted me with an emphatic declaration: "You've lost the Sacramento Kings," he boomed.
The Public Eye: Expert notes CPS missteps before Sacramento child hatchet murder
Three weeks before he allegedly murdered his 9-year-old son with a hatchet, Phillip Raymond Hernandez was the subject of a complaint to Sacramento County Child Protective Services alleging that he neglected his two boys.
Can you tell me the name of this plant? The Italian lady who gave it to me told me that "in the old country," they would tie it to the rafters in the house to keep mice from running there.
The Buzz: Anti-gay rights group blasts Harvey Milk Day in ads
An anti-gay rights group has purchased hourly radio spots to urge parents to keep their children home from school on Harvey Milk Day, which honors the gay rights pioneer.
Seeds: Rancho Cordova cactus lover suffers for his plants
Dr. Norm Klein knows all too well. His Rancho Cordova garden holds one of the Sacramento area's largest private collections of cactuses and succulents.
Rancho Cordova third-grader leaps into playwriting with B Street Theatre
The third-grader, along with 300 other students from Williamson Elementary School in Rancho Cordova, huddled inside the cafeteria for one reason - to watch a play that Angela had written.
Sheriff's officials testify Aquitania went to buy gun before double-fatal shooting
A dead man's reputation took a major tumble in court Friday in one of Sacramento's more high-profile homicides in recent years.