Sacramento CA

Sacramento is rolling into the weekend under mostly cloudy skies and about 55°F at Sacramento Executive Airport as of Friday morning, April 10, and Mother Nature is not easing into things. Rounds of showers and thunderstorms are marching through the Sacramento Valley into the weekend, with the heaviest rain expected Friday into Saturday and snow levels dropping in the Sierra. Gusty southerly winds...

A Kentucky judge has blown up a plea deal in a murder-for-hire case linked to the killing of a Sacramento HVAC business owner, saying the case belongs in front of a jury. The accused, a Napa man, had been ready to plead guilty to conspiracy charges in a plot prosecutors say involved a former California Highway Patrol captain. Instead of a quiet...

Shortly after I started at The Sacramento Bee in December, I cornered Sean Timberlake, our food and drink reporter. I needed a list of brunch recommendations. While it’s not uncommon for me to go out to new restaurants by myself, there’s something deeply romantic to me about trying out a new place for brunch, book in hand and The Sacramento Bee mobile app open...

Pizza Factory is moving into Folsom Village, taking over a storefront that previously housed a martial-arts studio and bringing its West Coast pies to the Oak Avenue Parkway retail strip. The new spot will give locals another quick-serve pizza option in a corridor that is not exactly short on slices.

In an industrial corner of Sacramento, neighbors say they were blindsided when they learned of plans to install a human crematory inside a funeral home less than 1,000 feet from houses and D.W. Babcock Elementary School. Residents say they are worried that routine cremation can release toxic metals and particulate matter, and that the proposed unit would sit uncomfortably close to homes and schoolchildren...

What started as a brazen hit on a neighborhood mailbox in Elk Grove ended with two people in handcuffs just a couple of hours later, after a neighbor’s video and a license-plate reader helped police track down a suspect car. Officers say a probation search then turned up more evidence and pointed to additional victims, and the pair now face a stack of...

The popular eatery will soon open a new Carmichael outpost, complete with an updated menu and family-friendly dining experience.

A high-stakes bid to wipe out California’s 11 percent excise tax on firearms and ammunition has landed in Sacramento Superior Court, where local gun ranges and a national gun-rights group are asking a judge to pull the plug without ever holding a full trial. Plaintiffs including Poway Weapons &...

The University of Beer location in Folsom is barreling toward its final days as the business announces it closure. Serving burgers, tacos, burritos, Thai-inspired dishes, craft beer and other alcoholic drinks, the restaurant at 1009 East Bidwell St. closes Saturday, April 11, according to the Sacramento Business Journal. Nate Yungvanitsait, the co-owner of University of Beer, told the Business Journal the closure...

The man who shot and killed former public radio executive Charles Starzynski during a daylight robbery outside an East Sacramento tennis club in 2022 will spend the rest of his life in prison for the murder, a Sacramento Superior Court judge ruled Friday. DeSean Leon Brasser Jr., shot Staryzynski at close range Oct. 20, 2022 , as he reached into the trunk of his car...