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A third consecutive California governor is blocking parole for a former follower of late cult leader Charles Manson, 50 years after the hippy "family" terrorized Southern California.
The Sacramento County District Attorney's Office said charges will not be filed in the pellet gun shooting death of a Sacramento State University student in April.
The Elk Grove Police Department released a photo of a vehicle that they believe is similar to the one responsible for hitting and killing a man in a hit-and-run in early November.
A 42-year-old man was shot on the 200 block of East March Lane in Stockton Thursday night.
Officers are urging drivers to slow down and use common sense when driving along levee roads.
California's unemployment rate fell to a new record low of 3.9% in October.
Deputies arrested a man in connection with a Stockton shooting on November 4 that left one person with life-threatening injuries.
Nearly 20 people were arrested in a series of stings targeting human trafficking in Sacramento County over the past few months, authorities say.
While the number of dismissals for sexual misconduct are extremely rare among the roughly 26,000 correctional officers who work at California prisons, inmate advocates say sexual abuse by staff is more rampant than the records show because few officers get reported or investigated.
A former Kentucky school principal who made headlines 10 years ago for trying to ban classroom books with "homosexual" content has been indicted on child pornography charges.
Police in South Carolina were able to track down a teenager out on bail for attempted murder after he brandished a stolen gun in a Snapchat video, according to court and police records.
The Santa Cruz City Council is moving forward with plans to decriminalize the use of psychedelic mushrooms and voted unanimously to advance the proposal to the Public Safety Committee for further review.
Tens of thousands of dollars in gear was stolen from the Mountain View volunteer fire department.
Through a state permit, officials provided a bear trap that the man now has outside his home, but some neighbors and bear advocates are furious.
The family is now searching for justice while suffering the painful loss of a child.
