Dorothea Puente, 82, Dies In Prison
Dorothea Puente, the Sacramento woman convicted of killing her tenants and burying them in her backyard, has died at a prison in Central California. She was 82.
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Dorothea Puente, the Sacramento woman convicted of killing her tenants and burying them in her backyard, has died at a prison in Central California. She was 82.
A San Jose snowboarder was found dead Sunday after losing contact with friends at a ski resort.
A Livermore mother of three accused of having sex with two underage boys has been sentenced to five years in state prison.
A 46-year-old single mother of two is one of the named plaintiffs in a suit that will be argued at the Supreme Court on Tuesday. At stake is whether the suit can go forward as a class action that could involve 500,000 to 1.6 million women, according to varying estimates, and potentially could cost the world's largest retailer billions of dollars.
Only a handful of home games remain for the Kings, and with the future of the franchise in Sacramento in doubt, die-hard fans may hope to land what may be the team's last tickets. After the theft of a charity founder's car, some tickets may land fans a meeting with security instead.
Authorities are still investigating the cause of a major fire that ravaged a Sacramento business.
The city of Anaheim has effectively acknowledged its pursuit of the Sacramento Kings, revealing a financial plan to entice the NBA team to relocate to Honda Center with $75 million in bonds.
A 14-year-old Vacaville boy has been ordered to stand trial as an adult on charges of raping and stabbing a 13-year-old girl and attacking her toddler brother.
San Joaquin County Sheriff's officials say a 34-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting two people and wounding a third at homes around Lodi before leading deputies on a chase.
A San Francisco man whose murder conviction was overturned has been ordered released from prison.
Parts of America's radiation alert network have been out of order during Japan's nuclear crisis, raising concerns among some lawmakers about whether the system could safeguard the country in a future disaster.
Scientists say it's inevitable that an offshore seismic menace called the Cascadia Subduction Zone will one day unleash a megaquake. The last time it happened was 300 years ago when a magnitude-9 shaker spawned enormous ocean waves that slammed into the West Coast and damaged Japanese fishing villages.
Crews cleaning up after recent storms faced a daunting task and even a flash flood when two feet of water burst from a culvert Saturday, sending workers scrambling for dry ground.
It's been a long time since Rachele Aldridge bought this certificate of deposit.
It's a hot new trend among criminals, and it's leaving businesses high and dry.
