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Fireworks are always a hit for the Fourth of July. The sky gets dark, the crowds hold their breath, and then the booms and bursts begin. There are other events on this day that emphasize other things; family, picnics, parades, and just plain, old-fashioned good times are available all over the greater Sacramento area. Here are just a few, with and without the pyrotechnics.
Cameras were rolling at South Bay Auto Auction in South Stockton on Friday. It looks like a normal day as the video shows a company vehicle in the parking lot.
He thought of the patients on the other side of the wall and jumped into action, getting his three-man crew to help him evacuate the facility.
Rallies were held across the country in celebration of the Supreme Court's gay marriage decision on Friday, including one in Sacramento on the steps of the state Capitol.
The pit bull-Dutch shepherd mix and his owner took the $1,500 prize Friday night, besting 25 other dogs competing in the contest that applauds imperfection, organizers said.
Authorities tentatively identified the victims as Hal Cheney, 71, and Mary Doucette, 59, of Lodi, California; Glenda Cambiaso, 31, and Hugo Cambiaso, 65, of North Potomac, Maryland; June Kranenburg, 73, and Leonard Kranenburg, 63, of Medford, Oregon; Margie Apodaca, 63, and Raymond Apodaca, 70, of Sparks, Nevada; and the pilot, Bryan Krill, 64 of Hope, Idaho.
Across from a halfway house and in front of a day care, neighbors woke up to a horrific scene: two men shot and being burned alive. Neighbors say they don't understand why the attacker chose their neighborhood.
While Stephanie Douglas, her mother Trudy and cousin Barbara try to remember Sarah Douglas in happier times, it's not hard to think about how the 26-year-old's life came to a violent end.
There was much celebrating and praise for the Supreme Court's gay marriage decision on Friday, but one local attorney argues the ruling has no legal foundation.
The State Water Resources Control Board ordered the cutback under its latest round of notices that waterways are too dry to meet demand in the drought.
Some snapshots of Americans reacting to Friday's Supreme Court ruling declaring that same-sex couples have a right to marry in all 50 states.
A former Oklahoma police officer is facing felony kidnapping and sex charges following his arrest at a Las Vegas Strip hotel with a 15-year-old girl who disappeared from a family member's home in Northern California.
Authorities say a police officer in Central California crashed his patrol car into a block wall and died.
El Monte police officers who jumped out of their patrol car to chase a fleeing burglary suspect returned to find that someone had stolen their vehicle.
Gov. Jerry Brown was deciding Friday whether to block parole for the killer of a developmentally disabled California man who was buried alive.
