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“She was extremely bright and just the most amazing person,” Mary Austin said.

A gunman who murdered a local government worker in Northern California before cops shot him dead committed several crimes in ...

Derek Spencer was arrested three times and released in Sacramento County in the weeks before he allegedly gunned down Cheryl Macy in Placer County.

Two people died when a helicopter crashed while conducting water-bucket drops to fight a wildfire in Yosemite National Park in California.

A woman was killed, deputies and a helicopter came under fire, and firefighters were kept from a wildfire as a manhunt unfolded in the foothills northeast of Sacramento.

Marin County Republicans' chairman took to a county meeting to retract his earlier accusations of election fraud ...

L.A. County is preparing for storms and possible floods during El Niño. Crews are digging massive amounts of accumulated ...

The Brick-or-Treat Monster Party takes place at Legoland California on Sept. 19 and 26; Oct. 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25 and ...

A humpback whale, identified as Rio, ventured far into California's Delta region, puzzling experts. Public urged to observe ...

Update: A woman was found shot to death during the manhunt for a ‘dangerous' suspect who had been released from jail three days earlier.

The 44-year-old Sacramento County man had led a crime spree that left a woman dead, included gunfire at deputies and a helicopter and ended in a shootout in the Sierra foothills.