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A judge has ruled that a civil lawsuit against California Treasurer Fiona Ma by a high-ranking former employee who alleges that Ma made sexual advances toward her before firing her can go to trial.
It's being called the largest investment ever to crack down on smash-and-grabs here and across California.
The California Senate has voted to give Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration permission to buy massive amounts of electricity, a move aimed at avoiding blackouts by shoring up the state's power supply while jumpstarting the West Coast's fledgling offshore wind industry.
The discovery brings the total number of known wolf packs to seven.
Power bills for about 16 million people in Northern California will likely increase soon.
At this point in the year, we're all quite familiar with the sounds of summer: the breeze through the trees, the birdsong, the chatter of children playing outside – and the persistent buzz of a mosquito.
The California State University system on Wednesday unanimously voted to approve an annual tuition increase.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the state will intervene in an ongoing court case blocking San Francisco from cleaning homelessness encampments.
California lawmakers are working through hundreds of bills before the legislative session ends on Thursday.
A former California police officer turned serial killer who was on death row after being convicted of murdering six people in the 1980s has died of natural causes.
Google will confront a threat to its dominant search engine beginning when federal regulators launch an attempt to dismantle its internet empire in the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century.
Most fast food workers in California would get a raise next year under a new bill in the state Legislature.
California lawmakers have approved legislation requiring major companies to disclose a sweeping range of greenhouse gas emissions.
California lawmakers have voted to end a ban on state-funded travel to states with anti-LGBTQ+ laws.
The comet will make its closest approach to Earth on Tuesday, coming within 78 million miles (125 million kilometers), which means it's potentially visible over the next five days.
The coldest system of the season is expected to bring heavy rain to Northern California.
According to the CHP, the 23-year-old driver lost control while traveling at a high rate of speed. His vehicle then left the roadway, went through a chain link fence, slid sideways across a parking lot and crashed into a water wheel.
It's a race against time to get a better understanding of what crews are up against with storms in the forecast, causing rivers to rise with the potential to carry debris.
New shops, restaurants, and community spaces are bringing energy and life to Sacramento's Midtown, which is good news for the local economy.
It's just one cost-cutting move the county is putting in place to deal with money trouble in its Regional Parks Department.
Hundreds of Sacramento City Unified School District workers were set to be laid off amid a multi-million-dollar budget deficit, following a vote by district trustees on Thursday.
A marriage of academics and industry — that's the promise of Aggie Square in Sacramento's Oak Park neighborhood. The innovation district had cost more than $1 billion to build. It's now up and running, with new lab space and student housing.
A deadly Sacramento street is about to get a traffic safety makeover.
Bad Bunny featured a real wedding during his Super Bowl halftime show at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara – a ceremony that was officiated by a pastor from Sacramento.
The City of Sacramento is considering joining a growing list of California cities and counties creating rules to ban U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations on city property.
The Sacramento region has the third-highest DUI rate in the nation. Now, state lawmakers are considering a new booze ban to prevent any more tragedies.
With so many candidates and no clear frontrunner in California's governor's race, two Republicans now lead in the polls in this heavily Democratic state, raising the question: Could the primary election lead to a Republican-versus-Republican runoff?
New state regulations approved this month are set to significantly reshape California's cardroom industry, with operators warning the changes would effectively outlaw blackjack-style games from within those facilities.
As the deadline approaches for Gov. Gavin Newsom's executive order mandating California state workers return to in-person work four days a week, there is a new bipartisan effort to change state law and allow the current telework structure to continue.
The Super Bowl LX countdown has the NFL trying to tackle concerns over U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity around Levi's Stadium.
Sacramento State's football program is making the jump to the FBS, with MAC officials voting to add the Hornets to the league, multiple sources confirmed to CBS Sacramento.
It was Hispanic Heritage Night as the Stockton Kings hosted the NBA G-League's first team outside of the US and Canada, the Mexico City Capitanes. Wednesday night, Mexico City won but Thursday on a back-to-back, Stockton would hope to bounce back in a battle for first in the West.
In the easy win, Brock Nelson scored twice for the U.S., four players had two assists apiece and there was production up and down the lineup.
Marysville's independent professional baseball team, the High Wheelers, is rebranding.
Jaren Jackson Jr scored 23 points in his home debut to lead the Utah Jazz to a 121-93 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night.
The Sacramento region has the third-highest DUI rate in the nation. Now, state lawmakers are considering a new booze ban to prevent any more tragedies.
It's the second time in as many weeks that government funding has lapsed as Democrats and the White House remain at an impasse over immigration enforcement policies.
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, CEO and chairman of Dubai's DP World, appears in the Epstein files more than 4,700 times, according to the Justice Dept.
President Trump pardoned five former NFL players - one posthumously - for crimes ranging from perjury to drug trafficking.
The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier and its escort ships are expected to head to the Middle East, three U.S. officials told CBS News, as U.S.-Iran tensions simmer.
Here's what to know about TrumpRx, including how it works, who can use it, and how much money it can save.
Health officials in the East Bay said a man has died from consuming toxic wild mushrooms, amid an ongoing spike in mushroom-related poisonings throughout California.
Health officials in Napa County confirmed Wednesday that a child has been diagnosed with measles in the county's first case in nearly 15 years.
The Harmony Health Street Medicine team spends their days visiting encampments and connecting with vulnerable people, meeting them where they are and offering care outside of a clinic and without barriers.
Kaiser Permanente has reached a lawsuit settlement over alleged patient data breaches involving Kaiser websites and mobile applications, with members eligible to receive a payment from a $46 million settlement fund, the health care giant announced.
Finding the perfect dress isn't easy, but now, selling them could become a lot more challenging.
This weekend, Placer County is hosting its annual Sip Into Spring event, offering free or discounted tastings at more than 20 wineries along what's known as the Placer Wine Trail.
From fruits and veggies to car parts, economists project that businesses will pass along the cost of the tariffs to customers.
An economic blackout was underway Friday as activists nationwide encouraged people not to spend their money at large corporations, retailers and fast-food chains for 24 hours.
San Joaquin County's retail theft reporting app has only been around for six months and is already bringing a sense of calmness to local business owners.
President Trump and Gov. Gavin Newsom have made several different claims about California gas prices. Here's what we found.
This year-long investigation provides an unprecedented look at California's one-party supermajority legislature through the eyes of grieving parents who discover how California lawmakers kill popular bills by not voting.
This year-long investigation by CBS News California investigative correspondent Julie Watts examines the many components of California's new tougher-on-crime law.
A Natomas mother demanded that her daughter be exhumed and cremated after a Sacramento cemetery moved her grave without telling the family.
The California Highway Patrol captain accused of workers' compensation fraud was the commander in charge of the fatal Mahaney Park shootout in Roseville, three officers who worked under him at the time of the shootout said.
CBS13 and the Call Kurtis consumer investigative team devised an idea on how to lower what consumers owe on their credit cards -- and it begins with a simple phone call.
No one wants to think about death. However, it's important to plan on what happens to your digital assets after you die.
After spending $18,000 on waterproof laminate floors, a Natomas couple spotted damage after the first cleaning.
More than a year after Hai Pham canceled the trial membership, he kept getting charged every month for it.
A Natomas mother demanded that her daughter be exhumed and cremated after a Sacramento cemetery moved her grave without telling the family.
A major home developer is rethinking how communities are built in wildfire-prone areas and the future is taking shape in El Dorado County.
San Joaquin County secured a grant aimed at helping to build a wildfire protection plan for the entire county.
More than two dozen structures were destroyed in a wildfire in the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains on Wednesday afternoon, officials said.
Clean-up has started in Chinese Camp after the TCU September Lightning Complex Fire ripped through the Gold Rush town earlier this month.
The fires burning in Calaveras and Tuolumne County caused air quality officials to issue a smoke advisory, warning people that the air quality may be unhealthy for sensitive groups.
A Sacramento County dog picked up thousands of miles from home after he went missing five years ago was reunited with his family on Wednesday.
What started as a suspicious circumstances call for Rancho Cordova police ended with a newborn surprise.
A once-empty lot behind Church of the Cross in north Modesto now hosts a thriving community garden with more than 140 plots and growers from across the globe.
A Sacramento-area middle school history and English teacher is in the running to win big as America's Favorite Teacher, a title her students think she is more than worthy of being awarded.
Junior Romello Bruhn of Woodland Christian High School is closer than ever to scoring 3,000 career points, something only 13 high school athletes have accomplished in California state history.
New shops, restaurants, and community spaces are bringing energy and life to Sacramento's Midtown, which is good news for the local economy.
Sacramento State's football program is making the jump to the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), with Mid-American Conference (MAC) officials voting to add the Hornets to the league, multiple sources confirmed to CBS Sacramento.
Carmela Karcher reports.
Here's a look at the weather forecast Saturday evening.
After a major pipe failure in Yuba County on Friday, employees at the New Colgate Powerhouse were evacuated. Five of them had to be rescued, with one person hospitalized.