Sacramento CA

(FOX40.COM) — Some of the community’s youngest philanthropists are making a big difference. On Friday, Kids Helping Kids Sacramento hosted its 11th annual gala to raise money for families of kids battling pediatric cancer. FOX40 attended the event, which started a little after 7 p.m. and lasted through around 11 p.m....

From the moment a dog arrives at a shelter, a quiet hope often takes hold. More than anything else, they long for a family to call their own. Steven Tyler, a Pit Bull Terrier, shared that same hope. His journey began after a Good Samaritan spotted him wandering near a local high school and contacted animal services...

From Woodland to Rocklin and even Natomas, teachers in the Sacramento region are prepared to strike as soon as the spring.

Roy Waller, the convicted serial rapist known as the “NorCal Rapist,” had his prison term reduced during a Sacramento County Court hearing on Wednesday. Waller’s sentence dropped from 897 years to 858 years to life after one of his convictions was amended on appeal, and legal changes now make him eligible for elder...

A California jury has found Paul Allen Perez, 63, guilty of murdering five of his children. Perez was convicted on Tuesday, Jan. 6, of multiple counts of murder, along with one count of assault of a child under 8 with force likely to produce great bodily injury resulting in death, according to a news release […]

CALIFORNIA STATE -California health officials are warning that influenza is picking up fast across the state, with cases and hospital admissions rising as a new strain of influenza A(H3N2) spreads. (OC Health Care Agency) The warning comes as multiple counties have tragically confirmed flu-related deaths in recent...

When Sacramento Police Department pulled their school resource officers from Natomas Unified School District, the district did not wait around. It is shifting on-campus security to its own roster of school safety officers after the city reassigned the three officers who had been stationed on Natomas campuses....

Sacramento Councilmember Phil Pluckebaum wants to put a firm lid on how many homeless shelter beds can be packed into the River District. His newly introduced draft ordinance would lock the neighborhood’s current baseline at 526 beds, allow only a tightly defined increase tied to a planned safe-camping site, and...

(FOX40.COM) — After months of failed contract negotiations between several Sacramento area school districts and teachers unions, teachers across the community are prepared to go on strike. On Saturday, they teamed up with parents and students this afternoon for a strike-ready art build. “We need to work together,”...

To legally justify chopping down thousands of oak trees to build a controversial solar farm, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors last year relied heavily on what is now false information — that the project was needed to meet the zero-carbon emissions goal of the Sacramento Municipal Utility District. How wrong...