SMUD receives $11.6 million federal grant to install new EV charging stations
A total of 90 EV charging units will be installed across nine locations in Sacramento and Elk Grove.
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A total of 90 EV charging units will be installed across nine locations in Sacramento and Elk Grove.
A year-long radio upgrade project aimed at improving communication during emergencies and natural disasters was completed in Nevada County.
The North Valley Animal Disaster Group holds an annual training to educate people on how to handle animals and pets during an emergency.
The main exhibit hall at the Yuba-Sutter Fairgrounds is undergoing a project to make it more sound-friendly for visitors.
Thousands of structures have burned to the ground in the urban setting of Southern California and may be posing a higher risk of toxic smoke inhalation.
The SPCA took them in to free up space and resources for the influx of animals displaced by the fires in Southern California.
Santa's sleigh may have come and gone, but one Nevada County man is gifting people every day, making kindness a year-round mission.
The biggest federal grant Yuba County has ever received will cover most of a project to extend Highway 70, alleviating heavy neighborhood traffic through Plumas Lake Boulevard.
Nearly 200,000 people are expected to travel by air through Jan. 1 in Northern California alone.
The week between Christmas and New Year's Day is historically considered one of the busiest weeks from a pedestrian standpoint.
A 100% donation-based organization was out in the community giving back on Christmas Day.
Police in Woodland are searching for a suspect who took off after a 19-year-old was shot and killed Sunday afternoon.
On the weekend before Christmas, last-minute shoppers are scrambling to buy gifts. For some, with the holiday just a few days away, it might be too late to wait for an online gift to arrive. So people are shopping at their local Sacramento stores.
A homicide investigation is underway after the death of a young child near Antelope on Friday morning.
Sutter County has put a temporary ban on the cultivation of hemp. This comes after the county says it lost more than $400,000 to the program and received resident complaints about the odor.