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Overnight vandals ripped sinks from restrooms and knocked down street signs at the Carmichael park, closing all 396 acres but the golf course and nature center.
Rene B. Lopez, 31, died after an alleged beatdown at the Crescent City prison. Two suspects already serving life for murder are among five prisoners under investigation.
A Plumas County judge denied probation, citing a 0.22% blood alcohol level nearly triple the legal limit.
A solo-vehicle crash near Norwood Avenue and Lindley Drive killed the driver early Saturday. Police are still investigating what led up to it.
A new wildfire has been burning on private land in rural Yolo County since before dawn, with no containment figures yet released.
Witnesses near Utah and Second streets saw a man force a woman into a car — Fairfield's drone network helped officers locate the vehicle, suspect and woman.
The Encina Fire hit Berry Creek residents already struggling to rebuild years after the Bear Fire leveled the mountain community.
Jeffrey Bargstadt tried to save a stranger on Highway 99. Nine months later, the man's family watched from the audience as he received his medal.
Shermantine's 2012 confessions unearthed two Stockton teens' remains, but families of dozens of other suspected victims may never get closure.
A two-hour standoff near police headquarters ended with officers wounding the man, who died at the scene.
Golden, 5, used a song his mom taught him to call for help — then met the dispatcher who talked him through it.
Liquid meth seized in the Fresno raid alone could have yielded 2,000 more pounds of crystal meth, investigators say.
A person remains unaccounted for after a trench collapsed in Stanislaus County.
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