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One person is dead and three others, including two juveniles, are injured after a head-on crash on Highway 120 near Escalon late Wednesday afternoon, the California Highway Patrol said.
After implementing an inspection and quarantine program at Folsom Lake to try to stop the spread of golden mussels, state park officials said the highly invasive aquatic species was found attached to a boat.
A search is underway for a kayaker who is missing after flipping in the American River on Friday evening, the Placer County Sheriff's Office said.
James Milliken, the chancellor of the University of Texas, has been named the next University of California president by the UC Board of Regents.
A suspect search near a Sacramento park ended with an officer-involved shooting that sent the suspect to the hospital Friday.
Four people were injured after a crash on Highway 99 near Interstate 5 in Sacramento on Friday afternoon, firefighters said.
A Vacaville Unified school was evacuated on Friday so that first responders could check for a possible leak, the school district said.
Marysville Police Chief Christian Sachs announced that he is retiring from the role, saying the loss of Officer Osmar Rodarte "shook me to my core."
A jury was selected for the suspect in the 2023 Davis stabbings that left two people dead and one other injured.
Two drivers died after they crashed head-on on Highway 132 west of Modesto early Thursday morning, the California Highway Patrol said.
Three men found dead inside a Suisun City home in early May died from fentanyl-related drug overdoses, officials said.
Two Sacramento Regional Transit lines were disrupted after a person was hit and killed by the train on Wednesday evening.
Manteca police on Friday released footage of a fatal encounter with a suspect outside the In-N-Out on Yosemite Avenue on April 30.
People are urged to avoid a West Sacramento park Wednesday afternoon as police said they are investigating a shooting.
Fire crews called a two-alarm fire after responding to a house fire in Modesto on Wednesday morning.