Accused Golden State Killer Charged For First Murder In 1975
The alleged Golden State Killer was charged Monday with what investigators believe was his very first murder during a crime spree as the "Visalia Ransacker."
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The alleged Golden State Killer was charged Monday with what investigators believe was his very first murder during a crime spree as the "Visalia Ransacker."
A well-known member of the Stanislaus County community was brutally beaten while placing campaign signs, and police are investigating it as a hate crime.
The two fires are threatening 9,000 homes and have charred an area five times the size of San Francisco.
State lawmakers approved a $139 billion budget Thursday that uses California's massive surplus to boost funding for homeless programs, welfare, child care and universities while also socking some money into savings.
A road rage incident shut down a busy Sacramento road as a man rammed a vehicle several times. He also jumped on the car and tore off parts.
Joseph James DeAngelo was a former police officer who was fired in 1979 after stealing a hammer and a can of dog repellent from a drug store.
Backers of an initiative to allow more rent control in California say they have gathered enough signatures to make the November ballot and held a Monday rally to generate support for the measure.
Stevante Clark, whose brother was fatally shot by police in Sacramento last month, has reportedly been arrested.
Sacramento police have issued their first written policy on when officers can turn off body cameras after two officers muted their microphones following the fatal shooting of Stephon Clark.
California lawmakers advanced 10 opioid-related bills Tuesday in an effort to address the drug abuse crisis in the state, including a proposal that would let California share prescription records with other states.
Hundreds of federal and local law enforcement agents have seized roughly 100 Northern California houses purchased with money wired to the United States by a Chinese-based crime organization and used to grow massive amounts of marijuana illegally.
Buddy Hield scored 19 points to help the Sacramento Kings snap their four-game losing streak with a 84-83 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night.
The event on Saturday night was the latest disruptive but mostly peaceful demonstration since the unarmed, 22-year-old Clark was shot and killed on March 18 by Sacramento police.
Dr. Bennet Omalu said he found a total of eight gunshot wounds on Stephon Clark's body, six of which indicate bullets entered in the back of his body.
Service was held Thursday at Bayside of South Sacramento church for the 22-year-old who was fatally shot by police March 18.
California Sen. Kamala Harris weighed in on the fatal police shooting of Clark, calling for a "thorough and transparent investigation" and hashtagging her Friday tweet #blacklivesmatter.
A flash flood warning has been issued for south central Tuolumne County after the operators of Mocassin Creek Dam reported the imminent failure of the dam.
Police are working to release a video of the deadly shooting to the public.
The battle for tighter restrictions on gun sales in California includes a couple of new pushes to make it more difficult to purchase firearms.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions will be in Sacramento Wednesday morning to announce the Justice Department will sue the state of California, Governor Jerry Brown and state Attorney General Xavier Becerra for interfering with federal immigration activities.
The Sacramento Bee identified 92 sexual harassment settlements involving 24 state agencies and 10 university campuses.
Raul Bocanegra is the first legislator publicly named since a letter circulated saying there was a "pervasive culture" of sexual harassment at the Capitol.
Hundreds of bills await action by California lawmakers as the Legislature begins its last week of business this year.
"We need to take up this housing package as soon as we can," said Assemblyman David Chiu, a San Francisco Democrat who chairs the Assembly's housing committee.
California lawmakers leading an effort to extend the state's signature climate change initiative made a last-minute appeal Saturday to critics on the left who say their plan doesn't do enough to reign in polluters.
