Sacramento’s sunny stretch turns hottest Wednesday with a high near 97 degrees. A gradual cooldown arrives by the weekend and continues Monday.

A former accountant traded spreadsheets for meringue batter to open Elk Grove's first souffle pancake cafe.

April Farage, a 25-year Stockton resident, opens her second location with a cow-costume freebie deal on opening day.

Spencer Stone, Alek Skarlatos and Anthony Sadler, whose friendship began in Fair Oaks schools, reflect on the 2015 Thalys attack they helped stop.

Michael Wayne Richardson Jr. allegedly reached for his waistband before officers caught him near a Greenwood Drive dispute.

A multi-agency sting near Navy Drive and Stockton Street led to four arrests, 19 citations, and two cleared warrants.

A third suspect, a man in dreadlocks, is still on the run after the orange getaway car was ditched near Violet Lane.

Two suspects allegedly ripped privately owned Flock cameras off a Fresno street before dawn last month, and one has a felony record.

A woman moved from juvenile custody into a UC Davis dorm was arrested with ammunition and cash after being held up as a comeback story.

A lawsuit says the county did nothing after the child reported the abuse to a social worker and police, and the assaults continued.

The 2.5-acre blaze near Mt. Shasta Vista prompted an evacuation order before crews stopped its forward spread Thursday.

A masonry wall nobody budgeted for helped push a Spring Lake subdivision $600,000 over its infrastructure plan.

Mayor Kevin McCarty called the Sacramento River a coveted part of the community as the reimagined vessel replaced the smaller Capitol Hornblower.