Sacramento police say they now tap more than 2,600 cameras — including nearly 200 license-plate readers — as officials hail falling crime while privacy concerns rise.

A Magalia mother has pleaded no contest to five counts of child endangerment after prosecutors say she let her 11-year-old daughter drive a Jeep into a home. Sentencing is set for March 25.

Two Sacramento skiers dug a man out of at least four feet of powder at Palisades Tahoe, freeing his airway in near-whiteout conditions. A helmet-camera clip shows the moment he gasps for air.

Police say officers stopped a vehicle‑repair con that targeted an elderly couple; about $23,000 in cash was seized and two people were arrested.

Connor Lopez’s family says a misdemeanor diversion could erase the driver’s charge in the Elk Grove crash that killed him, and they’re pressing lawmakers for change.

A Chico man entered a no-contest plea to attempted murder in the June stabbing at Results Radio; police say quick action by employees and officers stopped a larger attack.

An alert Roseville officer recognized a probationer's car and investigators say a subsequent hotel search turned up more than half a pound of meth and two arrests.

A jury found Song Sushumna Landis guilty of first-degree murder in the 2022 Arden-Arcade shooting that killed Joseph Cano. Landis faces up to 75 years to life and is due to be sentenced in May.

A man was arrested after fleeing an Elk Grove DUI checkpoint; officers later found a loaded firearm hidden under the driver’s seat and booked him on weapons charges.

Authorities say Jenkins was arrested in Sacramento and extradited to Travis County after the October shooting at a Rutland Drive 7‑Eleven. Police say the case remains under active investigation.

State agents are searching for Juan David Veramancini after he walked away from Growlersburg Conservation Camp near Georgetown; officials released a description and contact information.

Multi‑agency crews searched the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta after callers reported a car in the water near Walnut Grove; divers had not located a vehicle by Monday afternoon.

A Sacramento man was sentenced to 54 years to life for grooming a 10‑year‑old on Xbox Live and sexually abusing the child.