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A former police officer suspected of being California's elusive Golden State Killer was arraigned Thursday on 13-new rape-related charges along with 13 slayings spanning five counties, a 15-minute-long recitation of offenses that one family member called "very, very intense."
Authorities in Northern California say an Uber driver was arrested on kidnapping charges after he refuse to let three women out of his car.
A former police officer accused of being Golden State Killer will be tried in Sacramento County on more than a dozen murders committed up and down the state that terrorized residents during the 1970s and '80s.
A Trump supporter claims he was attacked by the lead singer of a punk rock band when he jeered the frontman's political statements at a recent Sacramento concert.
Authorities are investigating a Northern California car crash that led to a fight between two men and resulted in their deaths, one by apparent homicide and the other after he was run over by a third car.
PG&E executives went to Sacramento Thursday to push for a new law that would let utilities off the financial hook for wildfires caused by their equipment, as long as that equipment met safety standards.
Wildfire victims from the Bay Area rallied at the California State Capitol Wednesday to push back against a plan to shield utility companies from financial liability in large fires.
The Postal Service has suspended mail delivery indefinitely on one Sacramento street due to a flea infestation.
A Sacramento postal worker is being credited with saving a teenage girl from being sold into sex trafficking.
One of the reasons firefighters battling the Marsh Fire were able to save several seriously threatened homes was the massive Cal Fire tanker swooping down from the sky to drop retardant.
Eclectic alt-country songwriter Jim White brings his current tour promoting his latest oddly titled effort 'Waffles, Triangles & Jesus' to the Goldfield Trading Post in Sacramento Saturday night.
Police chased a stolen fire truck across four Northern California counties during a high-speed pursuit that lasted nearly two hours and ended with two suspects under arrest.
California safety inspectors have fined a state agency for failing to keep its groundskeepers safe while cleaning needles, feces and other trash from the park at the State Capitol in Sacramento.
A U.S. judge said Wednesday that he was not convinced California enacted protections for immigrants in the country illegally in an effort to interfere with federal immigration enforcement.
California would lead the U.S. in significantly changing the standard for when police can fire their weapons under legislation that cleared its first hurdle Tuesday.
A pilot and his passenger escaped unharmed Thursday when their private jet made an emergency landing at Sacramento's Mather Airport and caught fire.
A man on parole died in a Sacramento police wagon that was taking him to jail, the Sacramento Police Department said.
Police have identified the man allegedly behind a road rage incident on a busy Sacramento street Monday, according to CBS13.
California is underreporting hate crimes to the FBI, state lawmakers and the public because local law enforcement agencies lack adequate policies and training, state auditors said Thursday.
California lawmakers took steps Monday to let school employees ask judges to temporarily strip gun rights from potentially dangerous people in the wake of a mass school shooting in Texas.
Sacramento authorities say a police dog is recovering after being stabbed in the head multiple times while trying to apprehend a suspect in Carmichael.
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation aimed at protecting people living in the country illegally from having their immigration status disclosed in open court.
A warning for consumers: if you're not careful, what you toss in the recycling bin could end up in a landfill instead.
Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, and Sen. Connie Leyva, D-Chino, Tuesday emphasized the importance of two pieces of legislation that aim to tackle a backlog of untested rape kits in California.
Two-term California governor George Deukmejian, whose anti-spending credo earned him the nickname "The Iron Duke," died Tuesday of natural causes, a former chief of staff said. He was 89.
