Sacramento CA

A Sacramento man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after investigators identified burned human remains found in El Dorado County as those of his missing wife, officials said Friday.

Nearly 86,000 Pacific Gas and Electric Co. customers remained without electricity across California on Friday morning as wildfire-prevention power shutoffs entered a third day, with many Sacramento-area foothill communities facing another night without electricity. PG&E reported public safety power shutoffs were affecting 85,698 homes and businesses as of Friday morning. The utility began turning off electricity Wednesday evening to prevent its equipment from sparking wildfires during strong win

The Tesla, driven by a 22-year-old Sacramento man, was traveling at freeway speeds when it entered the closed lanes.

(FOX40.COM) — Two people were arrested following a deputy pursuit involving a stolen car and a stolen dog on Wednesday in Sacramento County, officials said. Around 1:55 p.m., deputies with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office attempted to pull over a green Toyota Corolla traveling on Elkhorn Boulevard after a FLOCK license plate recognition camera identified the […]

One of the most memorable sights at last weekend’s California Capital Airshow may never be repeated: Canada’s Snowbirds and the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds flying together in a single formation, the Canadians’ red-and-white jets flanking the Air Force’s F-16 fighters. The moment highlighted the airshow’s 20th anniversary, held Oct. 10 - 11 at Mather Airport. Both days sold out, and the Folsom Times reported attendance topping 100,000.

A jury awarded a man over $30 million dollars six years after a tree limb fell on him at McKinley Park in Sacramento, leaving him with a devastating brain injury.

Four downtown Sacramento institutions are throwing open doors that stay locked the rest of the year this Saturday, letting the public wander into archive storage vaults and flip through records dating back to the mid-1800s. The free, 16th annual Sacramento Archives Crawl runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 17, with no ticket required and free shuttles connecting every stop.

A 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle left a single-car garage in unincorporated South Sacramento, California, on the afternoon of Aug. 29, according to a Stolen 911 case listing, and its owner was still without the stolen 1970 Chevelle when CBS Sacramento reported the story Oct. 12. Surveillance cameras recorded the whole thing, CBS said: someone breaking into the garage, finding the keys and driving away, in about two and a half minutes.

(FOX40.COM) — Three people recently won a total of nearly $800,000 at Sky River Casino in Elk Grove, according to a press release. On Oct. 9, one person from Sacramento struck the 5 Aces 10% Progressive Jackpot while playing Light & Wonder’s Face Up Pai Gow, taking home $129,059 in winnings and an additional $3,000 […]

(FOX40.COM) — Country music superstar Zach Bryan is set to headline GoldenSky’s return to Sacramento next year, festival organizers announced Thursday. The award-winning singer-songwriter behind “Something in the Orange” and “I Remember Everything” will come to Discovery Park when the two-day country music festival returns from a multi-year hiatus on Oct. 9-10, 2027. Festival producer […]