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California voters will decide in November whether to allow state and local governments to use public money to help finance political campaigns, a proposal supporters say could give candidates without wealthy donors a better chance to compete.
The FBI said on Friday that it is investigating suspicious mail sent to congressional offices in California and other locations across the country, including envelopes containing unidentified substances.
A Sacramento man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after investigators identified burned human remains found in El Dorado County as those of his missing wife, officials said Friday.
Nearly 70,000 Pacific Gas & Electric customers across California are without power as the company carried out public safety power shutoffs intended to reduce wildfire risks.
A man convicted of stabbing a Solano County Sheriff's Office K-9 during a chase was sentenced to four years and eight months in state prison, prosecutors announced on Thursday.
Sacramento's GoldenSky country music festival held a drone show over the Tower Bridge on Wednesday night to announce the headliners for its return in 2027 after a two-year hiatus.
Daejon Love, the Sacramento County man accused of posing as a San Francisco 49ers player and wealthy real estate investor to defraud victims, has been formally indicted on a federal wire fraud conspiracy charge, officials said.
A 15-year-old boy has been arrested after a woman was stabbed to death in Roseville this week, officials said Friday.
Before the vice mayor vote, a substitute motion that would have allowed Lee to resign from the position instead was considered. Lee supported the motion, but it failed in a 4-3 vote.
A Yuba City man pleaded not guilty to murder and assault charges stemming from a stabbing at a Marysville Save Mart that left a 64-year-old assistant manager dead and a good Samaritan injured, prosecutors said.
The Fairfield Police Department said officers arrested a suspect in a reported home invasion robbery involving a shotgun that happened over the weekend.
Two girls fatally wounded after a vehicle struck them Friday night as they were walking to a football game at Downey High School have been identified, Modesto police said.
Three men have been arrested one month after a man was found dead inside a North Highlands home, the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office said.
A Richmond man convicted of forcibly raping two women in separate 2022 attacks was recently sentenced to 169 years to life in state prison, prosecutors announced on Friday.
Eastbound Highway 50 has been shut down near Folsom due to a crash and an overturned vehicle late Thursday afternoon, officials said.