Lennar closed escrow on nearly $12M in future home lots across Vineyard, Elk Grove and Rancho Cordova, adding parcels to its local building pipeline.

Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 will make a short, mid‑afternoon whistle‑stop in Marysville this Thursday; timing and safety tips for viewers are below.

Colliers' Sacramento team closed a $16M, 100‑unit sale at 2850 Cottage Way at a 6.53% cap after rebuilding the property's financials and negotiating lender concessions.

Desi Market & Grill's owner is opening a sit-down restaurant next door in Natomas; the concept's name and opening date have not yet been announced.

Survivors and dispatchers revisit the Good Guys siege 35 years after the deadly 1991 shootout in south Sacramento.

An Elk Grove man was sentenced to 26 years to life for the 2022 bus-stop stabbing death of Eric Roberts, prosecutors say. Surveillance video and a jury finding of a weapon enhancement were central to the case.

Surveillance shows a black SUV scoop Kilo from outside his North Sacramento home; the family is offering a $500 reward.

A parent sued the Cordova Recreation & Park District after a 16‑year‑old flipped a golf cart at Cordova Golf Course, alleging staff allowed an underage driver and seeking damages.

Auburn prosecutors say Judge Jones gave 46‑year‑old Ezil Otis 100 years‑to‑life after juries convicted him of sexually abusing two children, the DA’s office posted.

Gov. Newsom signed an executive order on March 30 that directs agencies to draft new AI procurement certifications, watermark state‑made media and review supply‑chain risks.

Sacramento's popular Iraqi restaurant Sumer Nights was closed after a March 26 reinspection found live cockroaches still present in the kitchen, including on the walls above the warewashing sink and steam table, one day after the facility had already failed a routine inspection for the same problem.

A man was seriously wounded in a shooting near Florin Road and 24th Street Sunday night; police detained a person and recovered a firearm, authorities say.

A multihour SWAT standoff at Creekview Manor ended when police arrested a man reportedly armed with a knife and a sword; one person was hospitalized.