Car bursts into flames beside pumps at Sacramento gas station
It was a tense few moments at a Sacramento area gas station Friday morning after a car was engulfed in flames right next to the pumps.
Dead cockroaches near the soda machine? What closed Sacramento-area restaurants
Sacramento County health inspectors closed a local Asian restaurant, indoor soccer business and a market after discovering live German cockroaches, operating without a valid health permit and other food safety violations. Meanwhile, a total of 12 eateries received yellow placards for health code violations ranging...
California rapist’s 900-year-to-life sentence reduced under new state laws, now eligible for elder parole
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The man known as the "NorCal rapist" who terrorized women for 15 years had his nearly 900-year prison sentence reduced due to new California laws, making him eligible for elder parole and raising concerns among his victims. New state laws were passed after Roy Waller's trial...
Rancho Cordova advances indoor arena project with $940,000 fee waiver
RANCHO CORDOVA, California — Rancho Cordova is moving forward with plans for a new entertainment district anchored by a proposed 7,500-seat indoor arena after the City Council approved a $940,000 waiver of processing fees for the project. City Manager Micah Runner said the arena responds to long-standing requests...
‘I’ll never give up’: Fairfield mayor seeks justice for her childhood friend
The mayor of Fairfield says one of her closest childhood friends was brutally murdered nearly four decades ago in Solano County. The killer has never been caught, but the mayor is determined to change that. Fairfield Mayor Catherine Moy describes one of the closest childhood friends as “kind” and “funny.”...
Boom On 37th Street Jolts Oak Park As House Erupts In Flames
A powerful boom tore through Oak Park late Wednesday morning, rattling homes and nerves as a single-story house on 37th Street exploded into flames and sent a thick column of black smoke towering over the neighborhood. Sacramento Fire Department crews rushed in and quickly ramped up their response, working to box in...
Davis police to honor Natalie Corona 7 years after fatal shooting this Saturday
The Davis Police Department will hold a public ceremony and moment of silence Saturday to honor Officer Natalie Corona, nearly seven years after the 22-year-old rookie was fatally shot while responding to a routine call in downtown Davis. The remembrance is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Jan. 10 in front of the Davis...
Sacramento councilmember proposes cap on River District homeless shelter beds
Sacramento Councilmember Phil Pluckebaum is proposing a limit on the number of homeless shelter beds in the city’s River District. Under the proposal, the north downtown neighborhood will cap its shelter capacity after adding roughly 100 later this year at the city’s proposed safe camping site . The shelter — located...
Sacramento police ask public to help find missing man considered at risk
The Sacramento Police Department on Wednesday asked the public to help find a man considered at risk and missing since Tuesday night. Police said Kwasi Watson, 35, was last seen about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 4700 block of East Commerce Way, just north of Del Paso Road in the Creekside neighborhood in the North...
32 people died in Sacramento car crashes in 2025. At a vigil, mourners remember
Mourners gathered downtown Wednesday to remember at least 32 people killed in vehicle crashes in Sacramento last year. The sunset vigil came a day after a pedestrian was killed on Fruitridge Road in what appears to be the California capital’s first fatal collision of the year. The vigil, hosted at John C. Fremont...
