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A relative of the couple who witnessed the slayings called police and identified Devin Williams Jr., a deputy with the Alameda County Sheriff's Office, as the gunman.
Smoke from the Mosquito Fire burning in rural Placer and El Dorado counties is making the air unhealthy to breathe in the Sacramento region.
The extended Flex Alert issued by the state's power grid operator went into effect Thursday afternoon as officials encouraged residents to continue reducing their energy use to avoid possible rotating power outages amid more hot temperatures.
The fire continues to burn out of control, scorching at least 22 square miles (57 square kilometers) and threatening 3,600 homes in Placer and El Dorado counties, while blanketing the region in smoke.
The husband and wife allegedly killed by a sheriff's deputy in Northern California were a retired civil engineer and a nurse, their relatives and former co-workers said Thursday.
Experts say drought-like conditions and high temperatures are causing the Mosquito fire to move quickly.
A witness took jurors back to 1996, after Cal Poly freshman and Stockton native Kristin Smart disappeared, to a social gathering where she met Paul Flores, who, she said, admitted to Smart's killing.
PG&E says an electrical fault was recorded close to the start of the Mosquito Fire on Tuesday.
A deadly hit-and-run has a major Rancho Cordova road closed early Thursday morning.
An Alameda County sheriff's deputy wanted in a double homicide inside a Dublin home has surrendered following a manhunt, authorities said.
Sacramento Republic fans gave their team a standing ovation even after the unwanted ending, a 3-0 loss to Orlando City FC.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution at its meeting Tuesday to decriminalize psychedelics like psilocybin mushrooms and ayahuasca.
A wood products company said Wednesday that it is investigating whether a fire that killed two people as it swept through a Northern California town was caused by the possible failure of a water-spraying machine used to cool ash at its veneer mill.
The player was rushed to the hospital, where the doctors informed him that he suffered a heat stroke.
The extreme heat is affecting people and the power grid while also taking a toll on wild animals.
