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Tyre Nichols was killed by police in Memphis after they pulled him over Jan. 7.

While emergency response crews in San Diego prepare for another storm set to sweep through their home communities, a group of highly-trained, San Diego-based rescuers is 500 miles away, geared up and ready to help their California neighbors trying to avoid a storm of their own.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has kicked off his second term by comparing his leadership style to that of Republican governors and former President Donald Trump. The Democratic governor’s inaugural address crafted California as a beacon for freedom amid a rising tide of oppression taking hold in other statehouses. He chose Jan. 6 for his inaugural events to draw a contrast...

California detectives on Monday arrested a Sacramento County man suspected of robbing two banks in two separate cities while claiming to be armed with a bomb strapped to his chest.

Four teenagers were rescued from a roller coaster Monday evening after it became stuck at a California amusement park.

A possible meteorite caught on video that “looks like a flaming basketball” falling from the sky may have destroyed a Northern California man’s home last week.

A Northern California teacher has been arrested in connection with harboring a missing teen for nearly two years.

New Year’s Day will bring Californians a cornucopia of new rules after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office signed 997 new bills into law this week, all set to kick in on Jan. 1.

A data privacy watchdog’s lawsuit says a Northern California utility routinely fed customers’ power use information to police so they could target illicit marijuana grows, without requiring a warrant or suspicion of wrongdoing. It says customers of Asian descent were targeted by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District and Sacramento police. A SMUD spokeswoman said Thursday that the utility shares information...

Queen Elizabeth II visited several California cities in 1983, meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, and Hollywood royalty Frank Sinatra along the way. Here are some photos of her royal tour.

“Dude, autumn happens here, too” is the invaluable blog’s colorful call to action each year.

A suspect on the run since a mass shooting left six people dead during an alleged gang dispute in California’s capital city last month has been arrested in Las Vegas, authorities said.

Sacramento Public Health officials are investigating a potential case of monkeypox in the area, they confirmed Tuesday.

Prosecutors have filed murder charges in a mass shooting that rocked California’s capital city a month ago.

A Northern California man was arrested for allegedly posing as a young girl on social media and convincing more than 80 children to make pornographic videos, authorities said Tuesday.

Newly filed court documents provide for the first time a detailed account of how a gunfight over an unspecified gang dispute unfolded in downtown Sacramento earlier this month, leaving 6 dead and a dozen wounded.

Sacramento police have named a third suspect in what they say was a gang-related mass shooting downtown that killed six people earlier this month.

Gun rights and gun control advocates need to come together for solutions to the mass shooting problem in the U.S., says Jonathan Metzl, an author, psychiatrist and Vanderbilt University professor. When a mass shooting happens, “we have this horrific loss of life, and immediately it falls back into this kind of finger pointing on both sides. And that’s unfortunately going...

A law enforcement official says a second suspect arrested in connection with the mass shooting that killed six people in Sacramento posted a live Facebook video of himself brandishing a handgun hours before the shooting

“All of our thoughts are with the families of those who lost their lives and those recovering today,” Aly and AJ Michalka, who had a show in Sacramento, California, on April 2, shared on Twitter.