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An inmate housed in the medical unit at the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center died Tuesday morning after deputies found him unresponsive in his cell, the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office said.
A big rig driver escaped injury after crashing into a utility pole in western Placer County on Tuesday, bringing down live power and fiber optic lines, sparking a small grass fire and knocking out electricity to nearly 1,000 customers.
All evacuation orders were lifted for a grass fire in rural Nevada County, west of Penn Valley, on Tuesday.
More than 1,000 people were evacuated from buildings in downtown Sacramento on Tuesday after a private contractor struck a high-pressure underground natural gas main, prompting a state investigation into how the excavation incident occurred.
A California death row inmate convicted in the killings of his pregnant wife and her unborn child has died while incarcerated, according to state prison officials.
A fire burning in Sonoma County prompted an evacuation warning before forward progress was halted, authorities said.
A vegetation fire was burning in northern Napa County Monday afternoon northeast of Angwin.
All evacuation orders and warnings have been lifted for the Elephant Fire, which has burned more than 15,500 acres in Northern California's Tahoe National Forest.
One person was killed and two others were injured in a crash in Roseville on Friday, officials said.
One person was hospitalized and at least eight people were displaced after a small apartment building in Carmichael caught fire on Friday, officials said.
A grass fire in Tracy on Friday damaged several structures and vehicles while prompting precautionary evacuations, officials said.
A Rocklin man was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the 2025 road rage killing of another driver, while his father pleaded no contest to a felony assault charge, prosecutors said on Thursday.
Former Sacramento State offensive lineman Ivan Garza has died after being struck by a vehicle in Delano, his hometown.
The family says the man was walking along the beach picking up discarded fireworks and other trash when he picked up what they described as a "bomb-like device" that unexpectedly exploded.
The Van Fire was reported Wednesday northeast of White Rock Road in Cathey's Valley, and north of Eastman Lake. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.