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Police detained three people in the black sedan but the fourth fled the scene after the crash. Meanwhile, as police searched the neighborhood, the closed intersection led to traffic backups for local drivers.
The incident happened at the height of an evening commute down a busy Watt Avenue. A witness captured the wild ride on her cellphone.
The California Highway Patrol says a car was traveling northbound and rear-ended the first big rig. That car then crossed the median and collided head-on with a logging truck. That car burst into flames and ended up in the median.
Bush's remarks come at a time when Europeans have been skittish that President Donald Trump may promote isolationist policies.
Menorahs are still standing tall, Jewish prayers are going on in full public view, but at synagogues and Jewish centers in Sacramento, congregations are on alert and urgently banding together, to protect each other, as anti-Jewish hate crimes intensify nationwide.
John R.K. Howard and two teammates were charged with sodomizing the victim with a clothes hanger in 2015 in the locker room at the high school in the tiny farming village of Dietrich. The sex assault charge against Howard, who was 18 at the time of the incident, was later dropped.
Daniela Vargas, 22, was detained by ICE agents who pulled over a friend's car on a nearby freeway after she left a coalition of clergy members, civil rights lawyers and other advocates for immigrants at Jackson City Hall, according to one of her lawyers, Nathan Elmore.
Assemblyman Kevin McCarty on Wednesday announced AB1512, a bill to create a 1 cent-per-milligram tax on prescription opioids.
Such a "race to the bottom" could leave some older consumers with health problems unable to afford coverage.
For Snap Inc., a social media company that started its official bid to go public last Halloween, the looming question now is whether investors are in for a trick or a treat.
Five people have been taken to the hospital after a crash following a police chase in North Sacramento early Wednesday afternoon.
California surveyors say the Sierra Nevada snowpack is close to setting records after five years of punishing drought.
A little boy in Kentucky is teaching the world a lesson about acceptance and love.
Federal scientists forecast that Oklahoma will continue to have the nation's biggest man-made earthquake problem this year but it probably won't be as shaky as recent years.
California faces an estimated $50 billion price tag for roads, dams and other infrastructure threatened by floods such as the one that severely damaged Oroville Dam last month, the state's natural resources secretary said Wednesday.
