Top 10 CBS Sacramento Stories In April 2016
A heroic act helped a California Highway Patrol officer in need, while April also marked the deaths of WWE superstar Chyna and legendary musician Prince.
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A heroic act helped a California Highway Patrol officer in need, while April also marked the deaths of WWE superstar Chyna and legendary musician Prince.
Drugs and death seemed to dominate the headlines in March, but a possible change to a popular area code and a matter-of-fact response to a stupid question helped liven things up a little.
The California Attorney General's office announced the new charges that include 26 counts of money laundering and 13 counts of pimping and conspiracy to commit pimping.
Walter Johnson, 38, had three prior convictions when he was convicted for snatching the money from an SUV that turned out to be a "bait-vehicle" police were using to catch burglars.
Bradley Engman, 23, and Amanda Hildreth, 24, were booked into Sacramento County Jail on child endangerment charges.
Chewbacca is no Bing Crosby, but the Wookie's rendition of "Silent Night" is adding some "Star Wars" flair to the Christmas classic.
The Raiders moving to Sacramento? That's about as likely as a California Highway Patrol helicopter being called in to chase down an escaped unicorn, except that actually happened.
Since 2006, 11 states have signed onto the compact, which require their Electoral College voters to cast ballots for the national popular vote winner.
It all started Tuesday, when Fred's said it would pay $950 million to buy 865 stores that Rite Aid needed to sell in order to appease anti-trust regulators and close its $9.4 billion buyout deal with Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.
The UC Davis program offers courses in the science and engineering of brewing beer and running a brewery operation.
After the toddler was scooped up, authorities found his home around the corner. The door was open and the boy's mother was sleeping inside.
A key issue in the case, decided by a 4-3 vote, was what the Legislature intended by defining cocaine as a drug by itself without adding "mixture" when it rewrote the law first in 1995 and again in 2011.
You don't have to remove your shoes for the four-legged friends at the airport or even tip them, but they will take a hearty holiday greeting. Or just a head rub.
Police say the boys involved in the foul exchanged blows before a Humboldt supporter ran onto the court and punched the Hidden Valley player, opening a gash above his eye.
The American River levee protects the north side of the development. It has never broken, but if it does, that would put the new homes in McKinley Village underwater.
