Sacramento sheriff slams mental health diversion law after bank robber strikes again
WASHINGTON (TNND) — A California mental health diversion law allows for people facing criminal indictments to forgo criminal proceedings and even have the charges wiped from their record if they successfully complete a court-approved treatment program. Passed in 2018, SB 215 was created to extend relief to people...
Forgotten money alert: SMUD customers may have uncashed checks worth thousands
(FOX40.COM) — Sacramento Municipal Utility District is asking its customers if they have an uncashed check from the company to start claiming it before time runs out. • Video above: Skyscraper-sized wind turbines unveiled in Solano County The company shared in a statement that the names of customers and vendors who...
Sacramento Shelter Launches Free Pet Food Program for Families in Need
This article contains content summarized with GPT-4. Learn more. A local animal shelter in Sacramento has started a program to support pets and their owners. The shelter offers free pet food and operates an on-site pantry for families in need. This service helps families keep their pets during challenging times. The...
Citrus Heights Police Nab Hit-and-Run Suspect with Aid of Crime-Fighting Cameras, Auto Theft Halved
The Citrus Heights Police Department captured a hit-and-run suspect after an accident that caused injuries, crediting the arrest to coordinated efforts from their patrol officer, dispatch team, and the Real Time Information Center. Crime-fighting cameras installed through a 3-year State of California grant have...
Shakey’s returns to its pizza parlor roots
Shakey’s is coming back. Though it never really went away. The Sacramento, California-born quick-service chain this month will debut a new prototype location designed to revive the more than 70-year-old brand for a new generation. This new iteration was developed by John Tilley, whose family owns Jacmar Companies, a...
CHP officer hurt in south Sacramento crash on Mack Road
A California Highway Patrol officer was taken to the hospital after a crash in south Sacramento on Tuesday night.
Man stabbed outside Sacramento motel taken to hospital; one in custody
A man was stabbed outside a Del Paso Park motel Wednesday and taken to a hospital with injuries that authorities said were not life-threatening. The suspect was later taken into custody. Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies and Sacramento police officers responded around noon to a report of a stabbing outside the...
Barking Orders, Fighting Crime: CHP’s newest four-legged crime fighters officially promoted to K-9 Officers
SACRAMENTO — The CHP has added four new K-9 teams to its ranks, furthering the Department’s mission to provide safety, service and security to the people of California. The graduating class includes three Belgian Malinois and one Dutch Shepherd, each trained to apprehend offenders, detect illegal drugs and enhance...
Food is medicine: A Sacramento pediatrician’s plea to protect SNAP | Opinion
Every day in our pediatric clinic, I see the quiet signs of hunger in Sacramento’s children: a 5-year-old whose stomachaches keep her out of kindergarten, and a middle-schooler who can’t focus because dinner was a bag of chips. For more than a quarter-million people in Sacramento County , the state’s CalFresh program...
Veterans with PTSD have nearly double the risk of dementia, Sacramento family urges early...
Hoping to bring awareness that treating PTSD early on can help reduce the risk of dementia is one Sacramento family, who wishes they had known that sooner.

















