Sacramento County News

Senate Democratic leader Darrell Steinberg will be at Assemblyman Roger Dickinson 's side when he announces his candidacy for Steinberg's Sacramento-area Senate seat on Wednesday.

A project of 379 single-family homes and a park in an unincorporated area is a step closer to final approval from the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors.

Since then, news of jail overcrowding, early release and funding issues became headlines.

Police activity around a Carmichael apartment complex wrapped up after a man wanted by Rocklin police for burglary was taken into custody.

A mother accused of driving under the influence when she crashed her SUV Sunday morning, killing her 12-year-old son, was charged with five counts Tuesday.

Federal sequester cuts will take an 8 percent bite out of regional seniors' programs funded through the Older Americans Act, instead of the 4 percent reduction that the Area 4 Agency on Aging was expecting, according to the agency's new executive director, Pam Miller.

A man was arrested on suspicion of homicide and various other charges for allegedly tossing a firebomb into a Rio Linda home last night.

A man is looking at some expected stiff charges including attempted murder for a firebombing at a Rio Linda home Monday night, according to a sheriff's spokesperson.

The founder of "Eppie's Great Race" today handed Sacramento County Supervisors a check for $31,815, bringing his total contributions to the county to more than $1 million.

Sacramento County health authorities are investigating an outbreak of hepatitis A that may be associated with a frozen berry blend sold at Costco.

Rancho Cordova will continue to contract with the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department for law enforcement services for at least three more years while continuing to evaluate other options for police services.

The fate of Horizon Charter School and its 2,700 students is in the hands of Western Placer Unified's school board after allegations of fiscal mismanagement and complaints from parents.

One of the architects of California's fire district law has advice for a Herald fire board member ousted by colleagues last month: Continue serving as if nothing happened.

The Sacramento County Coroner's office has released the name of the man killed when shots rang out Saturday at a South Sacramento gas station.

The Sacramento County Coroner's office has released the name of the man killed when shots rang out Saturday at a South Sacramento gas station.

Three local school districts, including the region's largest in Elk Grove, have stabilized their budgets enough to receive a clean bill of fiscal health from California education officials.

Tavarus Blackmon plays with his daughter Hannah Cord-Blackmon in the backyard of a home in Oak Park that is subsidized through a program run by the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency.

A 12-year-old boy is dead and his mother is now in jail facing DUI and felony manslaughter charges.

After determining that Paul Weston was neither a danger to himself nor gravely mentally disabled, Sacramento County jailers released him at 11:13 p.m. Weston started walking.

A 32-year-old woman suspected of driving under the influence is expected to face felony DUI and vehicular manslaughter counts when she is booked into the Sacramento County jail later today, a California Highway Patrol spokeswoman said.