Drug Sales Investigation Leads to Multiple Arrests
“The Roseville Police Department Crime Suppression Unit (CSU) recently wrapped up a major narcotics investigation targeting a drug dealer operating in Placer County. During the investigation, detectives identified additional individuals assisting in the illegal sales operation and secured search warrants for multiple...
Mailing meth to Chicago by the pound lands Sacramento man in federal prison for...
A Sacramento man who coordinated more than 200 shipments of high-purity methamphetamine to Chicago, including multiple parcels sent to home addresses in Lakeview and other neighborhoods, has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison. Keith R. McCormick, 54, mailed the packages from a shipping store in California,...
Midtown High-Rise Horror As Scaffold Snaps Over Q Street
Morning traffic in Midtown Sacramento got an unwelcome show today when exterior scaffolding on a multistory building gave way, leaving two workers suddenly stuck high above Q Street. One person was left dangling in a harness, another was stranded on a damaged platform, as fire crews scrambled to get ropes, ladders,...
Feds Sound Alarm For Sacramento Banks As ATM ‘Jackpotting’ Scams Explode
The FBI is warning Sacramento banks and retailers that the cash machines sitting in their lobbies and storefronts are increasingly becoming high-tech piñatas for organized crews who know exactly where to swing. In a FLASH bulletin published Thursday, the bureau and its partners flagged a national surge in “ATM...
Sacramento Man Nabbed In $500K Bail Bust Over Alleged Assault Of 13-Year-Old
A 23-year-old Sacramento man, Rafael Flores Jr., is being held on $500,000 bail in the Sacramento County Main Jail after detectives say he sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl he allegedly groomed over social media. According to arrest warrants, Flores is charged with multiple offenses, including five counts of lewd...
The Strange, True Story of the I80 Minions On the Road to Tahoe
If you have ever driven Interstate 80 between Sacramento and the Bay Area, you may have spotted them off to the side near Dixon: outsized Minions staring back at traffic like a roadside hallucination.
Coroner identifies Sacramento man killed in solo-vehicle crash on Halloween along I-5
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified a man who died after a solo-vehicle crash on Halloween along Interstate 5 as 32-year-old Amir Reza Khazaieli of Sacramento. The California Highway Patrol said on Friday, October 31, 2025, at around 5:38 a.m., officers were called...
Chilly Calm Before the Slam as Rain and Roaring Winds Target Sacramento Through Thursday
The blue sky over Sacramento this afternoon is a bit of a fake-out. It is a brisk 36°F at Sacramento International, and a wet, gusty system is lining up to roll in later today and stick around through Thursday. Showers are expected to ramp up Wednesday afternoon, turn steadier at night, and keep highs stuck in the...
Sacramento, CA Weather Alert: Sierra Snow 66.8 Inches Near I-80
Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Sacramento, California – Up to 66.8 inches of snow fell in the Sierra over 72 hours, impacting major mountain corridors near Interstate 80 and Highway 50. According to the US National Weather Service...
Two Citrus Heights residents died in fiery crash, Wyoming officials say
By Sara Beth Williams– — The identities of two California residents that died in a fiery collision on Interstate 80 outside of Green River, Wyoming, have been released by the Wyoming Highway Patrol, according to a report in Sweetwater NOW out of Southwest Wyoming. Aleksey Fedun, 36, and...
