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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Giving low-income families $500 per month for a year — no strings attached — significantly stabilized their lives. That’s the finding of a new Sacramento State report, looking at a ‘guaranteed income’ pilot program from United Way California Capital Region. United...

A 16-year-old Roseville boy accused in a string of car fires is being held in Placer County juvenile custody on arson charges, the Roseville Police Department said. Five vehicles were set alight in the area of Bill Hughes Park, 1600 Parkside Way, in the space of 10 days, Roseville police said. The fires were within...

Sacramento’s Colonial Heights library, which serves 20,000 residents annually, has been closed for over a year because of a kitchen fire and is on track to open January, yet many have questions as to what has caused the delay. According to the Sacramento Public Library's website, the July 2024...

The City of Sacramento released its weekly report on homelessness efforts for October 13 to 19, 2025. During this time, the City’s Incident Management Team (IMT) received 626 calls to the 311 service about unsheltered individuals. These calls led to 2,260 cases being opened. One call can result in more than one case.

The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office has issued a warning about a scam in which callers are impersonating law enforcement officials. According to Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, scammers are using the real names of deputies and staff members to make their calls appear legitimate. While the names...

Authorities have identified the skeletal remains of a Yolo County man who was missing for more than a year and was found earlier this month in a rural area in southwest Sacramento County. Alejandro Reyes Cisneros, 40, was found along the 12000 block of River Road in the town of Courtland, the Sacramento County...

(FOX40.COM) —The Sacramento Police Department is asking for the community’s help in finding a missing, at-risk 78-year-old woman. SPD said that Betty Robison was last seen around 1:45 p.m. on Wednesday in the 4700 block of Elvas Avenue. Video Above: What should you do if someone you love goes missing? She is...

A Sacramento chain’s Roseville franchise quietly shut down after eight years in operation. Pete’s Restaurant & Brewhouse , at 3003 Douglas Blvd. and East Roseville Parkway, closed recently, The Sacramento Business Journal first reported. On Google Maps, the Douglas Boulevard restaurant was listed as “permanently...

Mark Velasquez has visited his daughter at Sacramento’s Odd Fellows cemetery regularly since her death a little over a year ago. Sammy’s plot is up near the cemetery’s fence line, under a tree that offers some welcome shade during the Sacramento summer. He’ll trek up to the plot, sometimes with his dog trotting at...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento families who rely on federal housing vouchers won’t see disruptions to their rental subsidies for now, despite the ongoing federal government shutdown. Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency officials say they will continue to provide rental subsidies to over 13,500 families who...