Cal Fire captain arrested after woman, boy die in Cameron Park shooting
A Cal Fire captain has been arrested after a shooting in Cameron Park that left a woman and a boy dead.
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A Cal Fire captain has been arrested after a shooting in Cameron Park that left a woman and a boy dead.
The Coyote Fire was burning in the Coyoteville area, about 21 miles southeast of Placerville.
Public health officials said the person may have been bitten by an infected flea while camping in the South Lake Tahoe area.
Against all odds, his home was still standing, while both of his next-door neighbors lost everything. That luck became the driving force behind a mission he's been on for the past four years: helping his community get back on its feet.
Nearly four years after the Caldor Fire wiped out most of Grizzly Flats, the first home under El Dorado County's new rebuilding program is finally taking shape, offering a powerful symbol of hope for a community still struggling to recover.
A janitorial supervisor at an El Dorado County elementary school is suspected of multiple child sex crimes, the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office said on Friday.
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A Shingle Springs family is speaking out after they say their 10-year-old son was kidnapped from their backyard last week.
Dozens of people packed into a hall in Georgetown on Tuesday night for a special wildfire evacuation town hall. The goal: help neighbors better protect themselves and their families when fire danger threatens.
A West Sacramento elementary school employee is accused of trying to meet with an underage girl in El Dorado Hills, authorities said Monday.
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A British couple took their travel journey across the United States to social media and it just so happened they made a stop in Northern California.
A case was dismissed against a Sacramento firefighter who faced several sexual assault charges, prosecutors said Monday.
Mandatory evacuations have been lifted in the fire that erupted in El Dorado County near Shingle Springs on Tuesday.
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A 13-year-old girl riding an e-bike died after she was hit by a vehicle near South Lake Tahoe Saturday morning, officials said.
The annual Highway 50 Association Wagon Train started its trek up and down the mountains Sunday.
A man serving a 12-year sentence was apprehended after walking away from a conservation camp in El Dorado County late Friday night, authorities said on Saturday.
A fire ripped through an El Dorado Hills home overnight, crews say.
A vegetation fire forced officials to issue a brief evacuation order and warning on Wednesday afternoon in El Dorado County.
In El Dorado Hills, an evacuation drill was conducted to get everyone up to speed as red flag conditions were at the top of everyone's minds.
In wooded areas along Highway 50 in El Dorado County, deputies are navigating a difficult task. They're addressing homelessness while also protecting communities from the growing threat of wildfire.
One year after a mountain lion attack on two brothers claimed one of their lives in El Dorado County, the family is fighting to change the rules to keep the cougars in check.
Authorities are searching for an inmate who walked away from a Northern California conservation camp on Thursday.
A man has pleaded guilty in El Dorado County court to selling blue M30 oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl that caused a 20-year-old woman to die in 2022, prosecutors said on Friday.
Sacramento police are investigating a deadly shooting Wednesday night and said they have detained a suspect who was barricaded inside a home.
This would be the first strike in the district's two-decade history.
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Six American service members have been killed in the U.S.-Iran conflict, U.S. Central Command said.
This would be the first strike in the district's two-decade history.
Sacramento police are investigating a deadly shooting Wednesday night and said they have detained a suspect who was barricaded inside a home.
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Newsom discussed the upcoming elections, Los Angeles wildfires and the Department of Homeland Security.
Sacramento police are investigating a deadly shooting Wednesday night and said they have detained a suspect who was barricaded inside a home.
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Jalen Green scored 20 points, Grayson Allen had 18 and the Phoenix Suns beat the NBA-worst Sacramento Kings 114-103 on Tuesday night to sweep the four-game season series.
The Rams won the school's 23rd Sac-Joaquin section girls' basketball title against defending champion McClatchy on Saturday at Golden 1 Center.
The Faith Christian School girls' varsity basketball team just won it all for the second year in a row.
Federal prosecutors are dropping their probe into whether Biden and his aides unlawfully used an autopen for pardons, a source said.
The measure, which would have blocked President Trump from continuing military force against Iran, fell short of the simple majority needed to advance.
California Democrats are showing signs of division as the race to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom grows increasingly crowded ahead of the June primary.
Last week, Bill Gates apologized to the staff of his philanthropic Gates Foundation for his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, which he said began in 2011 and continued through 2014.
Six American service members have been killed in the U.S.-Iran conflict, U.S. Central Command said.
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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.
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A man has been arrested and charged in connection with the Tiger Fire that burned 118 acres in California's Amador County last summer and forced evacuations near Pioneer.
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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.
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Sacramento police are investigating a shooting Wednesday night and said a suspect remained barricaded inside a home as crisis negotiators worked to get them to surrender.
Steve Large reports.
Sacramento's biggest festival dropped its 2026 lineup on Wednesday.
Here's a look at the weather forecast Wednesday evening.