Sacramento County News

A 3-year-old boy drowned Thursday after falling into a backyard swimming pool. Responders from Sacramento Metro Fire went to a home in the 9800 block of Fall Valley Way, which is in the Vineyard community, just after 5 p.m. Thursday.

A recent Sacramento County grand jury report takes fire officials to task for lax oversight that allowed some area firefighters to boost their pay by claiming college degrees from so-called "diploma mills." The report, titled "Where There's Smoke, There's Fire," stems from a 2007 investigation by The Bee's Andrew McIntosh.

Folsom police were justified when they shot a man who allegedly lunged at officers with a knife Easter Sunday, the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office said Tuesday.

Two Folsom police officers who shot and killed a knife-wielding man in his bedroom acted lawfully, a Sacramento County District Attorney's investigation concluded.

Jul. 7--What do low-wage families do when they are hit with unexpected expenses, such as car trouble? Many already are struggling to pay for housing, food, utilities and other essentials.

A man is in critical condition after being beaten over the head with a flashlight during a brawl at River Bend Park, Sacramento County officials said.

Sacramento police arrested a suspect Friday afternoon in connection with a 1989 North Sacramento homicide.

Sacramento County on Wednesday filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Aerojet-General and the Boeing Corporations over water contamination.

Terri Petersen has gone through a series of difficult life circumstances, but now she'll have to endure another blow - losing her job as a cook in the Senior Nutrition Services program for Sacramento County.

State officials are calling for an investigation into the family court systems in Marin and Sacramento counties after a relatively high number of complaints from their litigants.

Apparently, British manners aren't quite unflappable. An Englishman who was on a flight from Philadelphia to Sacramento was arrested on allegations that he attacked a US Airways flight attendant when she wouldn't let him use the restroom, Sgt.

Elk Grove Unified officials have rescinded a request for parents to return DVDs that included "inappropriate images" they say were inadvertently sent home with students at Isabelle Jackson Elementary.

A Sacramento man is dead and his 27-year-old son is in jail accused of his murder, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department.

Dining at some restaurants will be a new experience starting today, when California becomes the first state to require that chain restaurants supply calorie counts for virtually everything they serve.

While Sacramento County's budget cuts will not immediately affect the finances of the Rancho Cordova Police Department, the reduction in the police force in unincorporated areas of the county may lead to the city's officers helping out in those areas.

The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department has started issuing concealed weapons permits after a temporary hold.

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A judge granted early furloughs Friday to 48 of the 63 wards of the Warren E. Thornton Youth Center as the juvenile lockup closes after four decades, the victim of county budget cuts.

The man suspected of fatally shooting UC Berkeley senior Rodrigo Rodriguez Jr in 2007 was found guilty of first-degree murder with special circumstances in Sacramento County Superior Court Thursday.

The president of the association representing Sacramento County Sheriff's deputies blasted Sheriff John McGinness Friday after McGinness announced a $15 million miscalculation of the department's budget will result in the layoff of nearly 80 more deputies than originally expected.