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Sacramento resident Tomas Butterfield was attacked and killed by a shark on Christmas eve while surfing near Morro Bay. The surfer was in the area visiting family for the holidays.
Omicron is on the rise and California now has the highest positivity rate of any point in the pandemic and more than 23,000 cases a day.
If U-Haul trucks are any indication, the Sacramento area remains a hot location for people moving in.
Wildlife experts say less than 3% of the winter-run Chinook salmon actually survived the hot dry summer. Now, there are concerns restrictions aimed at saving such fish populations could deprive cities and farmers of water deliveries this year.
Two homicides occurred in the first two days of 2022 marking a violent start to the year in Sacramento.
As another storm makes its way across Northern California, there's growing concern in Sacramento about leaves still left in city streets and gutters from past storms.
"We are completely against any kind of COVID-19 vaccine mandate for children," one activist said. "We don't think it's necessary. We think parents can make their own decisions for their children's health."
Interstate 80 is back open at West El Camino Avenue after a closure caused delays for morning commuters.
Three people have been injured after their residences caught fire in North Sacramento on Sunday morning.
California lawmakers are flush with money and unfinished business from last year as they return to the state Capitol on Monday, but they head into an election year rife with uncertainty due to the redrawing of legislative districts after the 2020 census.
A Shasta County man was arrested in connection to a fatal shooting that happened along Roosevelt Avenue in south Sacramento this week, authorities said Saturday.
Chief Kathy Lester was sworn in Friday as the 46th Chief of Police for the Sacramento Police Department.
Gov. Gavin Newsom On Thursday issued an emergency proclamation for nearly two dozen California counties to provide additional response and support amid ongoing statewide winter storms.
The guest nobody asked for, invited, or welcomed to holiday gatherings: the COVID-19 omicron variant, has forced businesses and events to cancel or change previously planned New Year's Eve events across the Sacramento area.
According to Sacramento Police Chief Daniel Hahn, there have been 57 homicides so far in the city and 53 fatal crashes.
With freezing overnight temperatures expected across Northern California throughout the end of the year, warming shelters have opened up across the region for those in need.
The day after Christmas, travelers at SMF told CBS13 their holiday didn't look the same as it did in 2020 because many of them didn't have to spend it alone.
A new law goes into effect in 2022 that requires the state to reduce organic waste in landfills by 75 percent in the next five years.
An uptick in travelers, especially compared to last year, is expected to last through next week. We're in the middle of a busy holiday travel season at the Sacramento International Airport.
The Department of Justice announced today that the STOP School Violence Act will provide roughly $126 million in funding to improve school safety.
The weather and the pandemic, two topics of Christmas conversations for many families on the holiday.
Vandals around Sacramento are targeting Christmas light displays.
Some of the offices in the building belong to lawyers and lobbyists who are now concerned the thieves could have stolen their corporate checkbooks and confidential client files.
If you think stores were crowded two days before Christmas, you should have seen the line of cars at Cal Expo. These weren't last-minute shoppers, but people wanting a COVID-19 test before Christmas.
Join CBS Sacramento, Pest Pros Pest Solutions and the SSPCA for the 2026 Doggy Dash at William Land Park.
Join CBS Sacramento and Good Day in celebrating literacy in local communities with the first-ever Reading With Your Reporter program.
Big Brother casting call 2026.
Videos showing extreme violence are easily accessible on Instagram — and people are making thousands posting graphic content on the platform, a CBS News investigation found.
Send in your pictures of summer fun to enter!
Big Al – whose name was Alvin Sams – was part of Northern California television and radio for more than 25 years.
Alvin "Big Al" Sams will be remembered at a funeral service on Thursday.
Videos showing extreme violence are easily accessible on Instagram — and people are making thousands posting graphic content on the platform, a CBS News investigation found.
To take photos of the Mount Lyell shrew, three students laid out over 100 traps last November in the Eastern Sierra Nevada region and checked them every two hours.
A farewell celebration for the Hotel Marysville took place Monday, seven months after a fire devastated the historic vacant building.
Get ready to roam the wineries of Alpine Road: Klinker Brick, Stonum Vineyards & PRIE, as we transform wine country into a western frontier filled with live music, incredible local wine, delicious local food vendors, & travel between wineries on the Lodi Wine Trolley.
We've got wafflemakers, but what can a waffle be made of? John is in the Kitchen Mart kitchen doing some experimenting, but will it waffle?
Get ready to get healthy with the grand opening of a brand new wellness studio! Sade Browne is in West Sacramento getting a first look at Living Well with kiki!
It's time to celebrate the seniors graduating in 2026!
Jack Ryan is back for an action-packed movie, and this time he's reuniting with some familiar CIA operatives from his past. It's all part of the new movie "Jack Ryan: Ghost War" coming to Prime Video on May 20th. Joining us is one of the stars, Michael Kelly, and director Andrew Bernstein.
The best part of every fruit basket can be grown right in your yard! Marlene the Plant Lady teaches Tina how to raise strawberries.
Marlene Simon is in studio answering all your plant and garden related questions!
Marlene is Here ton answer more of your plant related questions.
Marlene Simon is in studio answering all your plant and garden related questions!
Never fear Marlene the Plant Lady is Here to answer your plant related questions!
Videos showing extreme violence are easily accessible on Instagram — and people are making thousands posting graphic content on the platform, a CBS News investigation found.
To take photos of the Mount Lyell shrew, three students laid out over 100 traps last November in the Eastern Sierra Nevada region and checked them every two hours.
The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, spinning around Earth in a horseshoe shape for about two months.
The former first lady, senator, secretary of state and presidential nominee opens up about personal matters in her new book, "Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty."
Thanks to vaccinations, measles was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000. But measles cases are now back; one reason is that more families have exempted their children from routine immunizations than ever before.