Sacramento CA

Bad Bakers, a locally based doughnut shop with multiple outlets, opened in West Sacramento on April 26 at 2050 Town Center Plaza #B170. The business announced the opening on its social media last week. Another social media post on the day of the opening showed a large crowd waiting out front, and customers showing off their purchases. With this opening, Bad Bakers has six...

A 34-year-old Sacramento man is behind bars after police say he robbed a store at the Folsom Premium Outlets and threatened to shoot an employee who confronted him. Officers said they spotted the suspect’s SUV within about 10 minutes of the call and detained him after he tried to casually walk away from the vehicle.

The Sacramento City Council could cut 46 filled positions and slash nearly 100 vacant jobs to balance a $1.7 billion budget, according to a proposal released Wednesday. A round of layoffs could hit City Hall for the first time in more than a decade. Each of the city’s departments scrutinized its spending to find cost-savings as the city faced a budget gap for...

"We found the needle in the haystack, and it was right here in Sacramento," said former District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert as she announced the cold-case arrest of the Golden State Killer in 2018. Schubert was just 12 years old when Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. began his decades-long string of rapes and murders.

The driver who fatally struck a grandfather in Midtown in 2024 was sentenced with 180 days of work release and 30 days of community service last week — a typically light sentence in California, where many vehicular manslaughter cases are charged as misdemeanors. Michelle Silva, the widow of José Luis Silva, 55, said that she was not surprised to hear the judge’s words in court...

DAVIS, Calif. — The council on Tuesday appeared to seek to ease immediate tensions by crafting a unanimous compromise, though the deeper divisions in the community remain unresolved. In a unanimous series of votes Tuesday night, the Davis City Council adopted three sets of actions responding to recommendations that...

Residents could soon see Sacramento County’s elected officials discuss the homeless crisis in one place after the Sacramento City Council voted Tuesday to create a new, unified government structure to oversee the issue. The Sacramento City Council approved a framework for a joint powers authority, or a JPA. The authority could include elected officials from the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors — the county’s most...

Sacramento woke up to a classic Delta morning on Wednesday, with clear skies and a bit of chill in the air, as temperatures settled in the upper 40s to low 50s. That cool start will not last long. Sunshine is expected to drive readings into the upper 70s and around 80 degrees this afternoon, so the ride home from work should feel a lot...

Sacramento is making a notable change at City Hall, allowing members of the Sikh community to carry a ceremonial blade inside council chambers for the first time.

The California Energy Commission has approved the 300 MW Soda Mountain Solar Project, marking the first time a major solar development has successfully used a state-level “opt-in” procedure to bypass local opposition to an energy project. The decision provides a roadmap for utility-scale developers to overcome local land-use...