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Police say bike officers in the area were hailed down by someone in the park claiming their son was acting erratically and needed help. They say as the officers approached, the man pulled out a knife, and that's when the officer opened fire.
Sacramento Sheriff's investigators say a woman in her early 20s was shot while walking with a man. She reportedly has life-threatening injuries.
Starting July 1, up to 5,000 volunteers in Oregon can sign up to drive with devices that collect data on how much they have driven and where. The volunteers will agree to pay 1.5 cents for each mile traveled on public roads within Oregon, instead of the tax now added when filling up at the pump.
A high school that angered a Utah mom by leaving special education students out of a yearbook will now print an insert to include their photos.
Scrabble is updating its list of acceptable words for the first time since 2011, including many internet slang terms.
A California panel recommended parole for a transgender inmate on Thursday, a decision that could keep her from receiving the prison-funded sex reassignment surgery she says is necessary for her emotional health.
Summer means it's time to fire up the grill and invite friends over for a barbecue, but it seems like unexpected guests always crash the party. No, not your in-laws — we're talking about pesky bugs
A central California farmer is holding off on harvesting his fields until thousands of imperiled tricolored baby blackbirds can fly from their nests.
More than 6,000 gallons of oil has been raked, skimmed and vacuumed from a spill that stretched across 9 miles of California coast, just a fraction of the sticky, stinking goo that escaped from a broken pipeline, officials said.
Environmental advocates are risking arrest by blocking the entrance to Monsanto's Woodland facility Thursday morning.
Police have pulled a K9 off the street after the dog got loose and accidentally bit a woman.
Pack that backpack and go on an amazing adventure through South America. Several backpacking treks are availble that will take you up and into the mountains, through the foothills and into historical sites, including a lost city.
For Jack Manzer, winding his way to the present means recalling a big part of his past he keeps neatly chronicled in a book that tells the story of a little girl lost. Candi Talarico, 4, was kidnapped from an alley near her Q Street apartment in Sacramento on June 4, 1988.
It's been 27 years since the horrific ordeal. Candi Talarico admits seeing the images from that June day in 1988 stirs the emotions. "I try not to think about that part of my life," she said. "It was so long ago, but I've moved on and I think I've coped with it pretty well."
