Jacob Ballinger allegedly choked the victim for three minutes before her boyfriend, holding their infant, fell trying to intervene.

A 38-year-old man allegedly stabbed at a restaurant worker with a screwdriver, then fought off Tasers before officers caught him near a crowded River Park farmers market.

Michael Blatt escaped conviction twice in a 1989 crossbow-and-strangulation killing near Stockton — even as he angled for Seahawks control.

A 12-year-old's daily ride down Watt Avenue shows why advocates say painted bike lanes aren't cutting it in Sacramento County.

The 125-acre Douglas County fire has zero containment, and crews are shutting Topaz Lake so scooper planes can refill.

Firefighters donned breathing gear as toxic smoke drifted over the Parkway industrial area near 47th Avenue Tuesday night.

A rear-end crash at Carriage Drive shut down Auburn Boulevard for hours as police found the driver unresponsive.

A 42-year-old man is recovering at Barton Memorial Hospital after bystanders rushed to help him outside the Lake Tahoe Boulevard store.

Scotty Goss was riding to a 7-Eleven on Alamo Drive when he was struck and dragged before dawn. His family says he now faces surgery and a long recovery.

A judge called Walter Merritt a severe danger to society before ordering him held on $300,000 bail in Stockton.

A field fire off Yuba River Drive exploded overnight, pushing evacuees toward a shelter at Grass Valley's First Baptist Church.

Akili Lewis, 46, died after a knife attack near a Marysville homeless camp; a suspect allegedly shouted racial slurs.

One victim was flown out with critical injuries after a pre-dawn crash on SR 341 near King Lane. Impairment is suspected as a factor.