Woman Faked Suicide To Avoid Prison Sentence, Sacramento Prosecutors Say
Prosecutors say a Sacramento County woman feigned suicide to avoid a prison sentence.
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Prosecutors say a Sacramento County woman feigned suicide to avoid a prison sentence.
A veteran long-distance swimmer began her attempt to be the first person to swim non-stop from Sacramento to the San Francisco Bay early Friday.
Gov. Jerry Brown will decide whether to eliminate California's 10-year time limit to bring rape and child molestation charges after several women were precluded from bringing cases against actor Bill Cosby.
Drivers are being urged to avoid Interstate 80 in Sacramento this weekend to avoid long delays.
A bill to strengthen rape kit reporting requirements for police departments has failed to advance in the California Senate.
eople were "thrown around like little rag dolls" when turbulence rocked a JetBlue flight from Massachusetts to California, a passenger said Friday.
A former San Mateo police officer pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 22 felonies for five alleged sexual assaults while on duty in 2013 and 2015, San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said.
The boy who has cystic fibrosis rode in a real garbage truck through downtown Sacramento, collecting trash and recyclables, just like he's always wanted.
A former Peninsula police officer accused of threatening his rape victims into having sex while he was on duty made his first court appearance Monday.
A former police officer who had served with both the San Mateo and Sacramento police departments was arrested Thursday near his Stockton home on nearly two dozen charges of felony sexual assault, according to authorities.
Sacramento police say two officers shot and killed a knife-waving suspect after a confrontation on a street.
Roadkill is a familiar sight for Northern California drivers. Scientists at UC Davis say I-280 is a death trap when it comes to car versus critter collision.
Authorities in Sacramento on Monday agreed with white supremacists who insisted they were not to blame for the violence that broke out during a weekend rally at the State Capitol.
Ten people were wounded -- two of them with life-threatening injuries -- on Sunday when counter-protesters clashed with members of right-wing extremists groups that had planned to rally outside the California state Capitol building in Sacramento.
California lawmakers are advancing a proposal aimed at making construction businesses more transparent after a Berkeley apartment balcony collapsed last year, killing six people.
Rape victims testified in Sacramento Tuesday as an effort to eliminate the 10-year statute of limitations on the crime advances through the California legislature.
The Dalai Lama is praising California's diversity and says the state "can make a significant contribution" to the world.
The State Senate Committee on Public Safety reviewed five bills on guns Tuesday, with one proposed law focusing on limiting the purchase of long guns to one firearm per month per person.
Twenty lucky fans will have the chance to be lowered 400 feet for the performance, which will be held inside the volcano's dormant magma chamber...
A Sacramento Baptist preacher's sermon praising attack on an Orlando nightclub that killed 50 people has the local LGBT community outraged.
A federal judge in Sacramento has sentenced a man to 12 years in prison for his conviction in a case alleging he tried to join Islamic extremists in Syria.
Mayors from Contra Costa County are meeting with state officials Monday in Sacramento to discuss installing cameras on highways in the area after more than 20 shootings have occurred on East Bay highways in recent months.
Less than a week after staging rallies in Fresno and San Diego, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is returning to California for additional rallies starting on Wednesday.
Authorities say they've recovered the body of a 23-year-old Sacramento man who disappeared last Sunday along with his 1-year-old daughter.
While many people use cell phones exclusively, there are still plenty of traditional landlines in California homes and businesses. However, state lawmakers are considering pulling the plug on what's known as "plain old telephone service."
