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A man suspected of attempted murder was arrested Wednesday morning in connection with a shooting and assault in Nevada County on Mother's Day, the Nevada County Sheriff's Office said.
A vegetation fire forced officials to issue a brief evacuation order and warning on Wednesday afternoon in El Dorado County.
After serving seven years as the Folsom Police Chief, Rick Hillman announced that he will be retiring at the end of June.
Authorities are calling a man's death in Fair Oaks over the weekend "completely preventable" after they say the suspect skipped prison through mental health diversion six months ago.
A Bay Area teenager drowned in Lake Havasu near Copper Canyon on Saturday, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said.
A homicide investigation is underway after a man was stabbed and killed near a pub in Fair Oaks Sunday night, the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office said.
A body was recovered from the American River in Placer County on Sunday afternoon, authorities said.
Multiple vehicles burned in a grass fire that threatened multiple structures in south Sacramento on Sunday afternoon, the Sacramento Fire Department said.
A grass fire burning near Roseville closed Sunset Boulevard West on Sunday afternoon, the Placer County Sheriff's Office said.
Two people were injured after a plane made an emergency landing in an agricultural area near the Yuba County Airport on Saturday morning, authorities said.
More than 40 years after De Anna Lynn Johnson was killed in Vacaville, her convicted killer has been sentenced to 26 years to life in prison, consecutive to his life sentence that he is currently serving.
A Georgia woman who went missing for weeks in California's Sierra Nevada said that she was trapped by an avalanche and survived off wild leeks and snowmelt before she was found this week in a snowy cabin.
A Sacramento man riding a motorcycle died in a crash on Highway 26 near Mokelumne Hill on Thursday afternoon, the California Highway Patrol said.
The Elk Grove Police Department has released body camera footage of an officer shooting an armed suspect in an In-N-Out parking lot in April.
A man was found dead after driving into Little Potato Slough in San Joaquin County late Wednesday night, the California Highway Patrol said.