Sacramento CA

(FOX40.COM) — A tractor-trailer carrying more than 30,000 pounds of liquid detergent overturned on Interstate 5 near Florin Road early Monday morning, impacting traffic for several hours. South Sacramento California Highway Patrol officers say the crash was first reported just after 2:30 a.m. The driver was headed...

Authorities, including Sacramento County sheriff’s divers, searched Monday for a car reported in the water in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta near Walnut Grove but did not find the vehicle, California Highway Patrol officials said. Callers first reported the car in the water near Twin Cities and River roads...

A California man convicted of kidnapping and molesting young children has been granted parole under the state’s Elderly Parole Program.

Handcuffed, home searched by armed agents, and hauled to jail over training dogs to avoid rattlesnakes?. In a bureaucratic tangle, Jake Molieri, 27, has been taken to the brink of business ruin. Owner of SnakeOut, Molieri trains dogs to steer clear of native rattlesnakes. However, Molieri is in breach of California...

Sacramento DA’s new book offers first insider account. Includes details from one of Contra Costa County’s darkest chapters. By Angelle Barbazon, Lead Publicist, Books Forward. SACRAMENTO – In “The People vs. the Golden State Killer” (Third State Books), Thien Ho, the current District Attorney of Sacramento County,...

Roseville’s business boom grows as a state-of-the-art gaming facility opens, just a month after the city welcomed its second Costco.

A Sunday night walk in East Sacramento ended in tragedy when a man was struck by two vehicles and killed, according to the California Highway Patrol. Fire personnel pronounced the man dead at the scene, and CHP investigators responded to examine the roadway and begin their inquiry. Both drivers stayed at the scene...

Elise Huggins of Carmichael sat on a Puerto Vallarta balcony Sunday to enjoy a final morning coffee after what had been an idyllic week in Mexico with family. “I noticed fires,” Huggins said in a phone interview Monday from Puerto Vallarta. “And I thought, ‘What is going on? And why are there no sirens? Nobody’s...

You spot new orange-and-white lane stripes and wonder if they actually change how people drive. […]

Explore amazing animal stories – visit Animal of Things Now and follow us! Sacramento sits at the heart of one of North America’s most productive bird corridors, where the Sacramento Valley’s sprawling wetlands, rice fields, and urban parks create ideal conditions for a remarkable variety of blackbirds. On any...