Sacramento News

A 16-year-old Northern California boy once praised as a hero for saving his dad's life is facing charges that he stabbed an elderly couple to death at their home.

A baby was left in a parked vehicle at a Sacramento fast food restaurant not far from where officers said they found the child's passed out, apparently intoxicated mother.

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.

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So-called big box stores such as Wal-Mart - this one in West Sacramento - could get into the Sacramento market if city leaders repeal restrictions on those businesses.

The Sacramento County Division of Public Health and Environmental Management Department and the California Department of Public Health issued a health alert Tuesday in connection with an outbreak of Hepatitis A believed to be associated with Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend frozen berries purchased from Costco and possibly at other retail ... (more)

Sacramento is getting 200 new jobs in the mortgage industry, sopping up some of the talent left over from the housing crash.

Amid special ceremonies, the 103-year-old cooperative opened the first phase of its new manufacturing and processing plant in Turlock.

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A Sacramento mom accused of driving under the influence in a crash that killed her son made an appearance in court on Tuesday.

A California couple is facing prison time after juries convicted them of luring an acquaintance to their home and strangling her to kidnap her 2-month-old boy.

Bee file, 2013. Mayor Kevin Johnson and other local officials today announced a new campaign that will lobby the state and federal governments to provide more funding to local infrastructure projects that defend cities from extreme weather.

An avant-garde classical concert at a nightclub, an opera production at the Crocker Art Museum – these are a couple of ways that the soon-to-be-merged Sacramento Opera and Sacramento Philharmonic are trying to draw in more families and a larger audience for the 2013-2014 season.

Kerry Kassis opened Slocum House in Fair Oaks Village in May 1986 and ran it for 23 years, taking it from an aspiring but underperforming restaurant to one of the great dining destinations in the region.

The tenants at the Westlake Apartments say the fire started on the deck and quickly moved to inside their home along Shoal Court.

Police in Northern California say they have arrested a 16-year-old boy on suspicion of killing an 87-year-old attorney and his wife.

A member of the "Broderick Boy" and "Northern Ryder" street gangs was found guilty in the killing of another gang member in West Sacramento, the District Attorney's Office announced Monday.

A man who stabbed and bludgeoned his mother to death nine years ago has been recommended for placement in a community group home by a state-contracted agency.

One century after its incorporation, the Capital City Motorcycle Club continues to celebrate the freedom of the open road and the joy of riding.

Several opposing groups have filed lawsuits against a broad, long-range plan to manage the ailing Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta that was adopted in May. The four suits, filed over the course of the past month by environmental groups and water users, argue the Delta Plan does not fulfill its two co-equal goals of providing a more reliable water ... (more)