'They Stole The Church:' Thieves Hit Elk Grove Church, Women's Crisis Center
An Elk Grove church and women's crisis center was hit by thieves who took off with tens of thousands of dollars worth of their property.
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An Elk Grove church and women's crisis center was hit by thieves who took off with tens of thousands of dollars worth of their property.
Joining Elk Grove Police were officers from departments in Citrus Heights, Sacramento, Folsom, West Sacramento and Rancho Cordova. The once a month crackdown rotates to cities throughout Sacramento County. Tuesday just happened to be Elk Grove's turn.
The shop placed the flag outside the store after nine people were shot to death in a historically black church, drawing protests.
Police say once they got to the Elk Grove neighborhood, they had to completely shut it down, and once they made contact with the suspect, the chase was on.
A dog was found dead inside of a BBQ in a suspected case of animal cruelty.
Nearly 400 teens hang out at the teen center before and after school, but because a new survey shows a majority of them are no longer living in poverty, the building may soon close.
"Why all of a sudden now it takes nine people to get shot now to throw a fit over a flag? It's been around for how many years?" he said. "Everybody started caving in. Saying that's a racist flag. But we don't believe it's a racist flag."
Police say a woman was robbed by a man from a car who rear-ended her car Wednesday morning.
Firefighters are mopping up a fire that burned two outbuildings late Wednesday morning.
Thieves stole thousands of dollars worth of landscaping equipment and more from Peace Presbyterian Church. Criminals targeted the shed of the small congregation with a very small budget.
Residents CBS13 spoke to at a jam-packed grand opening of a new Smart & Final in Elk Grove said they were excited about the idea of the center, saying the city needs the buzz and economic boost for businesses and residents.
Investigators say the strong winds that fueled the flames are also to blame for starting the fire. The winds caused a high-voltage power line to arc, sending sparks down to the dry grass below.
Firefighters are at a one-acre fire in the area of Bond and Waterman roads in Elk Grove.
A woman is under arrest, accused of embezzling over $129,000 from her 85-year-old mother's trust fund.
The Sacramento County Coroner's Office has ruled that Aubrey Andrews, the pregnant woman who was found dead in late 2014 inside her car had killed herself.
Two men are recovering from serious injuries they received during a fight involving a machete-like weapon on Wednesday.
The fire at the Elk Grove United Methodist Church didn't burn the sanctuary, but it did torch classrooms and there was concern about a strip mall connected to the building.
Authorities say three classrooms at an Elk Grove church were burned in a fire Friday morning.
Brittany West said she found out by word of mouth Wisteria Gardens in Elk Grove was shutting down for not having the right permits. She says five months out from her big day marrying her fiancé Javier, she saw a Facebook post saying Wisteria Gardens was having problems.
Currently, the city spends about $45,000 a year on part-time assistants. The city is weighing everything between $53,000 for one full-time assistant, or five of them at more than $250,000 a year.
Assemblyman Jim Cooper is pushing a proposed state law that would allow Elk Grove to stop paying hundreds of thousands of dollars each year to Regional Transit.
Police say Ricardo Minjares, 42, heard noises coming from his backyard that sounded like burglars. They say that's when Minjares checked to see what it was. The suspects took off, but not before firing at him through the fence.
Neighbors saw no sign of a marijuana operation here, but police say they bust a few of these types of grows in Elk Grove a month.
Authorities say a fire helped lead them to an illegal marijuana grow inside of an Elk Grove home Sunday.
A suspected pot grower is dead after a state game warden says he was forced to fire in the Stones Lake Wildlife Refuge.
