Sacramento County Statewide Articles

Gov. Gavin Newsom this week praised the "unprecedented" work done by the California Highway Patrol after he dispatched officers across the state to help combat organized retail theft rings and fentanyl trafficking.

The Los Angeles mayor has criticized the university for lacking a better security plan, which led to the attack by a violent mob of counterprotesters on an encampment of pro-Palestinian demonstrators.

The massive project would provide water to 24 million Californians.

Remembered for his exuberant personality, former Lakers and Clippers guard Darius Morris has died at 33. His father and brother were convicted of fraud in February.

Ippei Mizuhara, a former Japanese interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtanti, has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges, admitting he stole millions of dollars and filed a false tax return as he tried to cover massive gambling debts.

Jurors side with former students at Saint Francis High school who were expelled in 2020 for photos in which they wore acne masks.

Oceanwide Plaza, the bankrupt, unfinished development in downtown Los Angeles that became a canvas for trespassing graffiti artists, is officially on the market.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in a 2012 deposition, reportedly cited health issues that he attributed to a worm in his brain.

The California Supreme Court will decide in the coming weeks whether to kick a measure off the November ballot that would make it more difficult to raise taxes. The case pits Democratic leaders and unions against business and taxpayer groups.

Lack of coordination and listlessness are among the symptoms in infected wildlife.

Supt. Enikia Ford Morthel rejected accusations that Berkeley schools have tolerated antisemitism, saying the district responds quickly to alleged incidents.

Kendra McIntyre was shot and killed in a part of Los Angeles known for sex trafficking.

The children, ages 2 and 4, died near a California picnic area.

The girls, who were missing for six days, were snatched on the street by the son and two other men who approached them in a car around 2:00 a.m., police allege.

The event is part of a brief fundraising swing across the West Coast.

Siblings, ages 4 and 2, are killed when the fast-moving San Bernardino National Forest creek sweeps them downstream.

Student journalists at a Sacramento high school published a pro-Hitler quote, sparking dismay and debate.

Pump prices at a gas station in west Fresno on May 7, 2024. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local

L.A. Unified union leaders call Superintendent Alberto Carvalho a liar and a coward. Carvalho says harm to students, workers has been minimized in difficult budget times.

The Wonderful Co., known for its pomegranate juice and pistachios, is pursuing a massive warehousing complex in Kern County that would fundamentally transform the economy in a region long reliant on agriculture and oil.