Sacramento CA

A Lake Tahoe vacation took a sharp turn on Wednesday when a Sacramento man says a black bear charged him outside his Tahoma vacation home, and he stopped the animal with a blast of bear spray. The close call, which he says was caught on camera, left him temporarily blinded by overspray but otherwise unhurt, and has bec

Three suspects from the Bay Area have been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting during a burglary at a Sacramento cannabis warehouse​ in May, police said on Thursday.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A preliminary hearing has begun in the case of an Elk Grove man accused of abducting a 10-year-old girl in Taft last year after communicating with her through Roblox. 17 News is live blogging the hearing. Matthew Naval, who remains in custody on more than $1 million bail, allegedly abducted

The Rio City Cafe has sat empty next to the Sacramento River for nearly two years, the previous long-time operators victims of a city that refused to maintain the riverfront deck that made the historic district restaurant so popular, as it became off-limits for safety reasons. This replica of a steamship warehouse is 3

Is Lake Natoma safe to swim in this summer? State officials are not yet certain. Ahead of the July 4 holiday weekend, California State Parks officials warned visitors to Lake Natoma that its water monitoring partner detected elevated levels of E. coli bacteria , indicating water pollution from fecal matter, The Sacrame

(FOX40.COM) — A Sacramento County Animal Control officer who played a key role in catching the man accused of brutally beating a neighborhood-stray cat to death in April shared her story with FOX40. Zoe McCurnin said she has worked her whole life to be able to help give animals a voice. While she says this […]

(FOX40.COM) — One man was stabbed and another man was arrested Wednesday night, according to the West Sacramento Police Department. WSPD said officers responded to reports of a stabbing around 8:35 p.m. in the 3400 block of Savannah Lane. Police arrived to find a man with a stab wound to the chest. He was taken to […]

The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has notified about 11,000 drivers they must retake the written knowledge test within 30 days or risk losing their licenses. The big picture: The DMV found “anomalies” in certain test results but did not specify if the issue involved suspected cheating, technical problem

Dennis Atiles stood outside Sacramento's newest safe camping site hoping it would become the first place in more than a year where he could sleep without worrying someone would steal everything he owned. The 72-year-old, who has been unhoused for about a year and a half, said safety has been...

A new California law will give judges more authority to deny mental health diversion to some defendants. Diversion lets people with mental illness get treatment instead of jail. If they complete it, their charges are dropped. Previously a judge generally had to grant diversion unless prosecutors could prove the defenda