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California's Department of Education said Friday that only 25% of students took statewide assessment tests in 2020-21 as schools scrambled to administer the exams in the midst of the pandemic.
Sly Park, a well-known science camp in El Dorado County, was closed down Thursday -- two days after reopening -- after some students and adult chaperones tested positive for COVID-19.
A two-alarm duplex fire in Rocklin on Friday morning has displaced six people.
Prosecutors should not charge women with murder when a fetus dies, even if their behavior may have contributed to the death, California's top law enforcement official said Thursday.
Groundbreaking actor Sidney Poitier has died, according to the Bahamian minister of foreign affairs. Poitier was 94 years old. Poitier was the first Black man and Bahamian actor to win an Oscar for Best Actor in 1964.
A vacant home in Arden Arcade caught fire early Friday morning.
Crews have quickly contained an early morning chimney fire at a Rancho Cordova apartment complex.
A DUI suspect is under arrest after a crash involving at least four vehicles - including a California Highway Patrol officer - along Interstate 80 in Sacramento early Friday morning.
Hunkered down in his truck with his two dogs, Tim has been roughing if for nearly two weeks. The Christmas storm that took out power to thousands is something he says he's never seen before.
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Thousands of SMUD customers were without power Thursday night in the Vineyard area of Sacramento County, according to the utility's outage map.
For dozens of families, it was time to push the pandemic pause button by going back in time. It was opening night at Cal Expo for the Jurassic Quest attraction featuring mechanical dinosaurs and other artifacts.
"Being a judge, you should hold yourself to a higher standard."
Deputies are investigating after two students were shot near Florin High School, the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office said Thursday afternoon.
Two utility workers fell about 50 feet from a telephone pole in Colfax, Cal Fire said.
