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State legislators this week approved a bill to release millions in one-time federal stimulus funds to Glendale and Burbank school districts, but local officials said nothing would change until the money was in the bank.

A dozen small fires set overnight by an arsonist in Carmichael didn't do much damage, but firefighters say it could have been much worse.

With Labor Day approaching -- and Election Day two months away -- Jerry Brown is finally poised to up his game and raise his profile for the gubernatorial campaign.

The eight minors arrested Tuesday in connection with the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old girl in January will be prosecuted as adults, the District Attorney's Office confirmed Wednesday.

A South Sacramento neighborhood has been blocked off after Sheriff's deputies reported being targeted by gunfire from a home.

Deputies say a tripped burglary alarm ended in a call of shots fired, and a whole lot of confusion Thursday morning.

A dozen teens, many of them minors, will be charged as adults for the murder of a 15-year-old River City High school student , but family members of several of the suspects claim that police are overreacting, accusing all the teens of murder, including a developmentally-disabled minor.

The family of the Bishop killed at a south valley church this past weekend spoke publicly on Wednesday for the first time since the tragedy. Jared Sannar, the brother of 40-year-old Clay Sannar, told reporters his family has been overwhelmed by the community's love and support since the shooting.  'It helps us heal.

Tyrone Netters, vice president of NAACP Sacramento, speaks at the press conference hosted by CAIR and local legislators at the state Capitol addressing the dangerous rise of Islamophobia on Wednesday.

Police arrested a Sacramento man Wednesday as part of an investigation into a 2008 gang-related homicide that took place in south Modesto.

A man shot outside a home in South Sacramento Tuesday evening has been identified.

After going nearly two months into fiscal year 2010-11 without a budget, California lawmakers look to come up with a winning plan about how to close a $19 billion budget deficit, casting their differences as a struggle over the future of the nation's most populous state.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California lawmakers have rejected a bill seeking to ban plastic shopping bags after a contentious debate over whether the state was going too far in trying to regulate personal choice.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman is blaming Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders for failing to solve California's budget deficit and end a prolonged stalemate.

A man shot Tuesday night in Sacramento had died, police said Wednesday. Authorities identified the victim as 19-year-old Christopher Xiong.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California lawmakers rejected a bill that would have made it illegal to carry unloaded guns in public.

The Chu Vue murder trial today pivoted to the defense with co-defendant Lang Vue testifying in his own behalf that he knew nothing about the shooting death of state correctional officer Steve Lo.

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A man is in critical condition Tuesday night after being shot in the Glen Elder neighborhood, Sacramento police officials report.

Christian Klahn asks for clarification of an algebra concept in his eighth-grade class at Georgetown Elementary School.