Sacramento News

A few weeks ago, I was covering baseball in San Francisco when a writer from another state accosted me with an emphatic declaration: "You've lost the Sacramento Kings," he boomed.

Three weeks before he allegedly murdered his 9-year-old son with a hatchet, Phillip Raymond Hernandez was the subject of a complaint to Sacramento County Child Protective Services alleging that he neglected his two boys.

Can you tell me the name of this plant? The Italian lady who gave it to me told me that "in the old country," they would tie it to the rafters in the house to keep mice from running there.

An anti-gay rights group has purchased hourly radio spots to urge parents to keep their children home from school on Harvey Milk Day, which honors the gay rights pioneer.

Dr. Norm Klein knows all too well. His Rancho Cordova garden holds one of the Sacramento area's largest private collections of cactuses and succulents.

The third-grader, along with 300 other students from Williamson Elementary School in Rancho Cordova, huddled inside the cafeteria for one reason - to watch a play that Angela had written.

A dead man's reputation took a major tumble in court Friday in one of Sacramento's more high-profile homicides in recent years.

The area's unemployment rate plunged to 8.3 percent in April from a revised 9.2 percent in March, a decline that surpassed encouraging statewide numbers, according to state figures released Friday.

A man previously convicted of sex offenses has been arrested in connection with the mid-day abduction of a 7-year-old girl on a south Sacramento street nearly a week ago.

Four men, including two from Sacramento, were sentenced today in federal court in Sacramento for trafficking in the drug Ecstasy.

Mayor Kevin Johnson, confirming that the Maloofs have agreed to sell the Kings to Sacramento investors, said today the deal "has been signed on both ends" and "the money has been wired." Speaking at midtown restaurant Bacon & Butter following a morning segment on News10, Johnson said the deal still hasn't closed but he doesn't see any roadblocks ... (more)

The judge called the murderer a "coward" Thursday just before he sent him away to state prison for 44 years to the rest of his life.

Five Sacramento-area residents have been arrested on suspicion of cheating insurers after allegedly filing more than 1,900 fraudulent claims for damaged or stolen high-end cellphones to receive replacement phones.

In the world of Latin pop, he's known for sold-out shows, million-selling albums and the single name of Juanes.

Tuesday will be Departure Day for Dr. Ernie Johnson and Ed Haag, and they're as ready as they'll ever be.

Richard Welker, 33, was arrested on suspicion of voluntary manslaughter, felon in possession of a firearm and felon in possession of ammunition, according to a police press release.

Wednesday's deadline for school districts to hand out layoff notices to educators ended this year with 182 teachers losing their jobs in Sacramento County.

The fire is burning in a pile of construction debris at a facility called Sierra Waste recycling and transfer station.

Gov. Jerry Brown's latest budget proposes a $17 billion infusion for California's K-12 schools over the next four years, a dramatic turn-around after years of teacher layoffs and program cuts that were common during the recession.

Alias James McLaughlin, 20, came under suspicion after the Sacramento County Coroner's Office found that the newborn died of blunt force trauma to her head, the Sacramento Police Department said.