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A California woman who recruited three teenage girls for prostitution, plying them with alcohol and drugs while advertising them online for sex acts, was sentenced Monday to 17 years and seven months in federal prison.
Law enforcement officials in Sacramento took part in a nationwide sweep dubbed "Operation Cross Country" and made two felony arrests for human trafficking offenses and five new human trafficking investigations with arrests pending.
More than 200 state, local and federal partners and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children conducted 391 operations over a two-week period in August.
Sacramento is making headlines for having one of the highest numbers of sex trafficking victims in the country over the last decade, according to a recent study.
A first-of-its-kind study in California is focusing on the scope of sex trafficking, specifically in Sacramento.
A federal jury on Tuesday found a Sacramento man guilty of sex trafficking, prosecutors announced.
A Tahoe Vista man wanted for sex trafficking was taken into custody last week, the Placer County Sheriff's Department announced on Wednesday.
A week-long mission against sex crimes in San Joaquin County has resulted in the arrest of 50 people, authorities say.
Sacramento will now be the focal point of a three-year research project on sex trafficking.
A Sacramento woman and a Galt man have been charged on suspicion of sex trafficking of a child.
Two people are under arrest and one of the suspects caught in the sex sting is a Southern California cop.
A man was sentenced to 12 years and seven months in prison for sex trafficking a child Friday, according to the Department of Justice.
A 16-year-old girl is home safe with her family after an unlikely hero — postal carrier Ivan Crisostomo — saved her from sex trafficking.
Investigators say he brainwashed a 16-year-old Winters girl into using drugs and leaving school after they met at a party.
Witnesses say a young girl was almost kidnapped from a local market. A 29-year-old woman is behind bars.
New policies around sexual education are being implemented at Rocklin Unified School District, which includes discussion about sex trafficking.
The FBI says a nationwide crackdown on child trafficking has recovered 84 children and captured 120 alleged traffickers, including several arrested in California.
In 2008, it received 3,514 calls, including just a few hundred from trafficking victims. In 2016, there were 26,727 calls, including more than 4,600 from victims.
Of 190 identified sex-trafficking victims in 2014, Arizona State University researchers found two-thirds were under 18 years old, one in five was brought to southern Nevada from somewhere else and more than half were never reported as missing.
For the first time in its efforts to crack down on sex trafficking during the Super Bowl, the FBI will try to reach out to women and girls selling sex in the run-up to the game to give them a way out and get them to turn against their traffickers.
A Billings man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for attempting to purchase two women to use as sex slaves in what he called a stone dungeon in the basement of his residence.
She spent weeks locked in a room, taken from the city ranked by the FBI as the second-worst city for sex trafficking, and shuttled between two Redding apartments.
Investigators tell CBS13 that the family called from a Denny's off of Interstate 80 in Sacramento saying that the teen was being held at a local motel.
Sacramento is Northern California's gateway for human trafficking in part because of its location. The Interstate 80 corridor makes moving people easy.
CBS13's Ron Jones recently spoke with a woman caught in the vicious cycle of sex trafficking.
Oakland starter James Kaprielian no-hit the Mariners for 5 2/3 innings before giving up a two-out single to Ty France.
The win also kept alive the Giants' hopes of a winning season, raising their record to 80-79 with three games remaining in San Diego.
A Lake Erie fishing tournament ended with the event's winners caught up in a cheating controversy.
"In our opinion, they did nothing to put this fire out," Grizzly Flats, California, resident Candance Tyler told Bill Whitaker about the U.S. Forest Service response.
"We have thousands of dead. Hundreds of children are dead," Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska told Scott Pelley.
Oakland starter James Kaprielian no-hit the Mariners for 5 2/3 innings before giving up a two-out single to Ty France.
The win also kept alive the Giants' hopes of a winning season, raising their record to 80-79 with three games remaining in San Diego.
A Lake Erie fishing tournament ended with the event's winners caught up in a cheating controversy.
"In our opinion, they did nothing to put this fire out," Grizzly Flats, California, resident Candance Tyler told Bill Whitaker about the U.S. Forest Service response.
"We have thousands of dead. Hundreds of children are dead," Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska told Scott Pelley.
Firefighters rushed to put out flames that burst out near a North Sacramento health school campus early Friday morning.
The Oscar winner and former Sacramento State student's debut novel will be up for sale in bookstores next May.
An investigation is underway after a man was shot and killed in the Oak Park neighborhood Tuesday morning.
A violent night in Sacramento has police investigating two separate homicide scenes.
A libertarian group in California filed a legal challenge to President Joe Biden's plan for student debt cancellation on Tuesday, calling it an illegal overreach that would increase state tax burdens for some Americans who get their debt forgiven.
With gas prices over $6 a gallon in California again, Gov. Gavin Newsom is directing state officials to make the switch to the winter blend of fuel early.
California is attempting to stymie abortion prosecutions in other states by making it illegal for Silicon Valley giants and other businesses based in the Golden State to hand over the personal information of abortion-seekers to out-of-state authorities.
Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed legislation expanding union rights for farmworkers.
Two new laws in California would let developers build housing on that land and largely prevent revenue-hungry local governments from stopping them.
California will add wine and liquor bottles to its recycling rebate program under a law taking effect in July 2024.
The win also kept alive the Giants' hopes of a winning season, raising their record to 80-79 with three games remaining in San Diego.
A Lake Erie fishing tournament ended with the event's winners caught up in a cheating controversy.
Police said the death toll had been revised to 125 from 174, after authorities found some of the victims were counted twice.
Oakland's J.P Sears kept the Mariners from extending the lead after entering the game to start the second.
Sergio Alcántara had a pair of two-run doubles for Arizona in the Diamondbacks' 8-4 win over San Francisco.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law a measure from a Bay Area lawmaker that would decriminalize jaywalking in most cases.
The swap of the Americans, including five oil executives held for nearly five years, is the largest trade of detained citizens ever carried out by the Biden administration.
The updated guidance came the same day six GOP-led states sued the Biden administration over the debt relief.
She talked with CBS News' Catherine Herridge about the ex-president, who has indicated he plans to run for president in 2024.
The Munn family acknowledged spending nearly an hour in the Capitol on Jan. 6. The mother still questions the legitimacy of the 2020 election results.
The Dolphins said he was conscious and had movement in all of his extremities. He was discharged from the hospital Thursday night and flew back to Miami with the team.
Within the last two years, breast cancer screening rates have dropped dramatically. Experts worry they are not reaching those who may need it most in under-served communities.
There's still some uncertainty about the drug's efficacy.
California will investigate the police and public health response to the deadly opioid crisis with a newly-formed bipartisan assembly committee, lawmakers announced Thursday.
Early data, based on people who were eligible for the shots, found the unvaccinated are 14 times more likely to catch monkeypox.
A local sheriff's department is warning residents about scammers who are impersonating sergeants in calls.
For the first time in a decade, seniors will pay less next year on monthly premiums for Medicare's Part B plan.
California will add wine and liquor bottles to its recycling rebate program under a law taking effect in July 2024.
When an Elk Grove teen got stuck without his money after using his debit card at the gas pump, it was time to call Kurtis.
When packages addressed to Expedia kept showing up at a Vacaville viewer's home and he couldn't get them to stop, they called me to investigate.
A new California law prohibits officers from using threats or lies to get a minor to confess to a crime. It faced opposition from law enforcement, but now a conservative district attorney is urging law enforcement to stop lying to all suspects due to an increased risk of false confessions.
Even after workers win wage theft judgments against their boss, many still don't get paid. Could a local wage theft pilot program offer a state-wide solution?
Sierra College in Rocklin is asking all students to change their passwords after the school was hit again by hackers.
As California State University students head back to school, data indicates overall graduation rates are up. But if you look past the public data, stubborn racial inequities remain on CSU campuses.
The Placer County district attorney is demanding answers from CDCR about why the man arrested for killing and dismembering a 77-year-old woman had been released from prison after serving less than half his sentence.
When an Elk Grove teen got stuck without his money after using his debit card at the gas pump, it was time to call Kurtis.
When packages addressed to Expedia kept showing up at a Vacaville viewer's home and he couldn't get them to stop, they called me to investigate.
When a Manteca veteran struggled to get the California State Parks Veterans Pass before his old one was expiring, he called me to investigate.
A Sacramento woman just got a surprise bill in the thousands to fix the sidewalk in front of her house.
With Sacramento summers, screens are meant to keep the bugs out. But when a custom screen installer took money from viewers and then seemed to vanish, it was time to Call Kurtis to investigate.
The Placer County wildfire started September 6 and spread into neighboring El Dorado County, forcing evacuations
U.S. Forest Service officials indicated to PG&E that an initial assessment showed the Mosquito Fire started near one of its power lines on National Forest lands.
Wildfire activity in California has been notably low this year, experts tell CNN, particularly compared to 2020 and 2021 when devastating wildfires erupted across the state and burned millions of acres by the time summer ended.
PG&E is now being sued by a group of residents for allegedly starting the Mosquito Fire.
Mosquito fire evacuees are slowly returning home as rain helps put an end to the wildfire, but what's next for neighbors?
For the first time in a decade, seniors will pay less next year on monthly premiums for Medicare's Part B plan.
It's the lowest the price of wings has been since May 2020, according to a report from the Department of Agriculture.
Gretja Otten and her mother Susan are on the trail right now. It's a trail that goes all the way from Georgia to Maine, and takes about six months to finish.
A customer at a restaurant in Pennsylvania left a hefty $3,000 tip on a $13.25 bill, much to the surprise of his server.
After being canceled for the last two years due to the pandemic, the fun is back at the California State Fair but with a focus on safety.
Here's how the next seven days of weather will look.
Wildland fuel reduction crews were out in Truckee clearing brush to reduce the threat of a wildfire.
Marlee Ginter spoke with Dr. Angela Drake and a Capital Books employee about the Sacramento mass shooting from nearly six months ago.
CBS13's Tony Lopez hosted the 2022 Walk to End Alzheimer's.
According to Sacramento Metro Fire, the crash happened on 4501 Marconi Avenue, leaving one person dead. Two other people were been taken to the hospital.