Sacramento County deputy wounded, suspect dead in shootout

A Sacramento County sheriff's deputy was wounded and a suspect killed in a shootout in Northern California.

Law enforcement on high alert at California State Capitol ahead of possible protests

California officials released a statement on Wednesday regarding safety at the state capitol. They assured the grounds will be secure and contingencies are in place, but they would not go into detail. 

California lifts stay-home order for Sacramento region

California lifted a stay-at-home order in the 13-county Sacramento region on Tuesday as hospital conditions improved, a rare turn of good news as the state pushes through what Gov. Gavin Newsom called "its most intense surge" of the coronavirus.

'NorCal rapist' sentenced to 897 years in prison for rape of nine women

Roy Charles Waller, the NorCal Rapist, was sentenced Friday to 897 years in prison following a conviction for assaulting nine women from 1991 to 2006. 

Stay-at-home order triggered for Sacramento region, includes Tahoe

California authorities are placing the greater Sacramento region, which includes Lake Tahoe, under the state's most restrictive coronavirus rules because capacity in hospital intensive care units has fallen below 15%. 

Walmart's holiday drone light show coming to Northern California

Retail giant Walmart has teamed up with Santa Clara based-Intel hoping to bring some holiday cheer and light to this unusual holiday season.

18-year-old arrested in deadly California mall shooting

An 18-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a Black Friday shooting at a Sacramento mall that killed two brothers.

Scott Peterson to stay at San Quentin as judge mulls retrial

No one outside of San Quentin State Prison will be seeing Scott Peterson in person anytime soon as officials consider if he should be retried in the slayings of his pregnant wife and unborn child

Judge retires after panel cites effort to interfere in cases

Nevada County Superior Court Judge Robert Tamietti will retire Oct. 31 and has been on leave since Sept. 11 under an agreement with the Commission on Judicial Performance.

New California law prompted by crash that killed Kobe Bryant

Gov. Gavin Newsom has approved legislation prompted by the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight others.

Harris' mostly virtual campaign to get Wisconsin road test

Earlier in the week, she'd campaigned before supporters in Minnesota, California and Connecticut, and she was greeting Missouri donors next.