Sacramento News

A Sacramento, California girl was killed and her parents were injured when gunmen opened fire on their home Saturday night.

Mayor Kevin Johnson had announced Friday that Sacramento rock band Cake would be headlining a rally for the Kings - previously scheduled for Wednesday - at downtown's Cesar Chavez Park.

A new report from the Legislative Analyst's Office says the state needs to assess its role in the MyCalPays debacle.

Why are so many so angry over the Kings staying in Sacramento? Judging by online reaction of Bee readers, you would think someone had stolen their firstborn.

The slaying of 10-year-old Elvira Campos as she sat and watched TV on Saturday night in her North Highlands house was not an accident, according to Sacramento County sheriff's homicide investigators.

Noel Coward once sang that only "mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun," but he never attended the Pacific Rim Street Fest, where more than 10,000 visitors poured into Old Sacramento on Sunday.

Modern technology may have triggered the desire by a group of Sacramentans to trek across northern Spain, but inspiration has always come in many forms to pilgrims who have walked the Way of St.

Immigrant-rights activists from the Inland area and across the state are in Sacramento today for a rally on the state Capitol steps and to meet with legislators.

The California Senate passed a bill today that would shield pot shops following state guidelines for dispensing medical marijuana from prosecution for marijuana possession or sale.

Years before a Las Vegas psychiatric hospital bused a homeless, schizophrenic man to Sacramento without arranging contacts or a plan for care, a different hospital ditched Gabino Olvera on Skid Row in Los Angeles.

Authorities say a Temecula man who apparently shot and killed his wife and then turned the gun on himself has died.

A Northern California man faces up to six years in prison after pleading guilty to reckless driving causing the death of an Incline Village couple who was hit in a pedestrian crosswalk at Lake Tahoe in December 2011.

The Sacramento Police Department said a drunken driver caused a lot of damage on 65th Street and 8th Avenue early Monday morning.

The Dignity Memorial network and Sacramento Blue Star Moms have partnered to pay tribute to Vietnam veterans and to honor the traveling Vietnam Wall.

A 10-year-old girl was shot to death and her parents were hospitalized after gunmen walked up to the front door of a home in the North Highlands area of Sacramento County and started shooting, sheriff's officials said.

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

A group of 225 bicycle riders and crew raised a record $330,000 for AIDS research and related organizations during a four-day trip through Northern California.

Gov. Jerry Brown had hardly finished presenting his annual budget revision last week before state Sen.

Josiah Humphreys died two months ago and no one's been caught. He took his last breath at 18th and P Streets, and tonight his father hopes that by the Guardian Angels passing out flyers, someone will come forward with new information.

A 10-year-old girl was shot to death and a man and a woman also were wounded inside the North Highlands house Saturday night, the Sacramento Sheriff's Department reports today.