Looking for plant-based restaurants? Check out 5 Sacramento vegetarian spots
For vegan and vegetarian folks, craving juicy, tender tacos or a melt-in-your-mouth salmon sushi dish can feel agonizing. But these diners living in the capital region are among the fortunate ones, treated to an abundance of options right in their backyard. The Sacramento area’s well-founded farm-to-fork reputation has rendered it a good home for numerous vegan and vegetarian...
Thunder, Hail and Headaches, Sacramento Gets Soaked Before Weekend Warmup
Sacramento woke up soggy on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, with light rain and a chilly 48°F greeting much of the city and suburbs. Spotty showers and a chance of thunderstorms are on tap through the morning, with pockets of heavy downpours and lightning possible before midday. If you can dodge the worst of it, you will be rewarded with partly sunny skies and...
How to report street flooding, downed trees as storm hits Sacramento area
As periods of intense rains pound Sacramento, what can you do about street flooding, downed trees and other storm damage? “(Tuesday) will feature the brunt of the storm with periods of moderate to heavy rain and mountain snow, and a threat for scattered thunderstorms,” the service said on X. The agency also warned of ponding water and roadway flooding . The rain is expected to...
Autistic woman rescued after jumping from car off Folsom’s Rainbow Bridge
An urgent water rescue unfolded Tuesday afternoon on Lake Natoma after reports that an 18-year-old woman jumped from a moving vehicle on the Rainbow Bridge into the water below, prompting a rapid, multi-agency emergency response along one of the region’s busiest recreational waterways. The woman reportedly suffers from autism...
Sacramento County sheriff’s detectives arrest suspect in organized retail theft ring tied to pawn...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office Organized Retail Crime detectives have arrested a man accused of committing dozens of retail thefts at home improvement stores across the region and reselling stolen goods through local pawn shops. Investigators say that between December 2025 and April 2026, a suspect...
One K Street witness was hit by gunfire; another prayed for her life as...
Tricilla Griffin sensed a growing tension in the crowd leaving the District 30 nightclub at 10th and K streets in downtown Sacramento, but she shrugged it off — until the shooting started, sending her running up 10th Street to J Street. She had been hit. Good Samaritans drove her to UC Davis Medical Center. Four years later, she still carrieds a bullet fragment in her...
Vacancies at Sacramento-area shopping center worry residents, tenants. What’s next?
A Gold River shopping center has become a cause for concern for some residents as businesses have closed and vacancies have gone unfilled for years. Gold River Town Centre, located on the southeast corner of Sunrise Boulevard and Gold Country Boulevard, is a 139,470-square-foot neighborhood center with tenants like Bel Air Markets, Mimosa House, Wells Fargo and Jack’s Urban Eats. But closures...
Free prescription drug disposal at Citrus Heights Police Dept. April 25
Sentinel staff report– — Those with expired or unused prescription drugs are invited to drop them off anonymously at another free “Take Back” event offered by the Citrus Heights Police Department this Saturday. The local drop-off event will take place on April 25 from 10 a.m....
Former Sacramento City Councilmember Sean Loloee expected to change plea to guilty
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Former Sacramento City Councilmember Sean Loloee is expected to enter a plea agreement in federal court Thursday. Loloee was charged back in Dec. 2023 on 25 counts of federal crimes including wire fraud, using false immigration documents and conspiracy, among others. These stem from allegations that Loloee illegally employed undocumented workers at his four Viva Supermarket locations in the area, mistreated them...
Davis police arrest suspect in downtown stabbing, attempted murder charge filed
(FOX40.COM) — The Davis Police Department announced officers have arrested a 20-year-old man in connection with a stabbing that occurred in downtown Davis over the weekend. According to Davis police, George Quintero-Chavez, a Davis resident, was taken into custody following a short vehicle and foot pursuit. No injuries were reported during the pursuit or arrest. […]

















