Sheriff’s Gang Suppression Unit detectives say they found a Glock 20 fitted with a conversion switch and an unserialized AR-style pistol after a vehicle stop; a 32-year-old man was booked.

A 2021 change lets inmates 50 and older with 20 years be considered for parole, and Sacramento victims say they've been blindsided. Courts and lawmakers are now reexamining long sentences.

Judge Michael Bowman kept murder charges intact in the K Street case and left a venue fight unresolved as lawyers dispute whether local publicity tainted jurors.

A Stockton man received 12 years after prosecutors say he shot a Macy's loss-prevention officer during an April robbery. Prosecutors say the conviction counts as a strike.

A civil suit alleges a Sacramento City Unified teacher sexually harassed a classroom aide and raises questions about the district's response.

A San Joaquin County man was sentenced to three consecutive life terms without parole after a jury convicted him of sexually assaulting an 11‑year‑old girl on Christmas night. Prosecutors said the child escaped and a bystander alerted police.

A Yolo County jury found an Uber driver guilty of sexual battery after an alleged assault in a UC Davis student's home. The defendant faces up to one year in county jail.

Federal prosecutors say Paul Richards, 51, was arrested in Folsom and charged with receiving child sexual abuse material. The indictment alleges files dated from December 2023 through April 2025.

NET‑5 agents executed a Clark Avenue search warrant in Yuba City, arresting a 25‑year‑old and seizing loaded handguns, gang paraphernalia and ammunition.

Sheriff's task force arrested 21 people at a Florin Road Dollar Tree; deputies said six suspects may face felony charges under Proposition 36.

A driver died Thursday after a car crashed into a shed at Michigan and North Ryde avenues in Stockton; CHP says the occupant was extricated and later died at a hospital.

ACLU and United Farm Workers told a Fresno judge the July Home Depot sweep in south Sacramento violated a court injunction and asked for retraining and tighter limits on roving operations.

Roseville police arrested a motorcyclist near Coyote Ridge Elementary after reports of reckless riding; the school was briefly placed on secure status.