Sacramento CA

May 4, 2026 - SACRAMENTO – Honoring California peace officers who died in the line of duty in 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom today joined state and local law enforcement officers and community members at the annual California Peace Officers’ Memorial Ceremony. The officers we honor today represent the...

(FOX40.COM) — A Sacramento County man has been convicted for the 2022 murder of a woman at a Natomas truck stop. On May 1, a jury convicted Quentin Respers of the second-degree murder of Abrina Abraham. Respers was arrested nearly four years ago after he met Abraham at 49er Travel Plaza, a local truck stop. […]

Late Sunday night turned tense in downtown Sacramento when a reported fire at the Washington Plaza apartments on E Street between 13th and 14th sent multiple fire crews rushing to the building. Sacramento City Fire upgraded the call to a two-alarm response, and residents were ordered out of the complex. On-scene reporters and tenants said the blaze appeared to have started in...

A frightening hot air balloon accident ended remarkably well April 27, after strong winds triggered an unplanned launch at Sky River Casino, sending the aircraft into the side of the building before a safe landing.

A Safewise analysis of per capita crime rates in California ranks a city near Sacramento as one of the safest cities in the Golden State. Lincoln, which is about 30 miles northeast of Sacramento in Placer County, is the third-safest city in California in 2026, the Safewise study said. The study analyzed crime rates as determined by the FBI per 1,000 residents for...

Federal and local agents say they quietly headed off a multimillion-dollar crime spree last Monday, yanking five hidden card-skimming devices during a Northern California outreach sweep targeting EBT and payment-card fraud. The operation stretched across communities in Sacramento County and Napa County, where teams checked thousands of point-of-sale terminals and...

A 64-year-old California man has been convicted by a Kentucky jury in a sordid murder-for-hire plot that involved a California Highway Patrol captain. CHP Captain Julie Harding filed for divorce from her husband, Michael Harding, 53, in 2022, not long after the couple purchased property in Tennessee, the Los Angeles Times reported. In May of […]

FRESNO, California - Rodger Githens, a 48-year-old from West Sacramento, was found guilty of attempted enticement of a minor and receipt and distribution of child sexual abuse material, according to U.S. Attorney Eric Grant. "This verdict stems from overwhelming evidence of a sickening attempt by a privileged defendant to sexually abuse a 7-year-old child," said U.S. Attorney Grant. "Protecting children from...

Parents in Sacramento, California, are taking a stand against a complete artificial turf takeover at their children's elementary school. According to CBS Sacramento, parent Lisa Mar started an online petition to protest the decision to replace grass at Crocker/Riverside Elementary School with turf. As of April 30, it had 717 signatures.

The Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge has shared a difficult update about the bald eagle nest that had become a favorite stop along the refuge’s auto tour route this spring. Both eaglets have died. Despite what staff described as a promising start, both chicks fell from the nest. One was...