Clarksburg landowners say a planned 6.4‑mile trail to West Sacramento would cut through family farms and threaten wildlife, and they’ve signaled legal action if agencies don’t do a fuller review.

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.

A Foods Co. on Gerber Road is listed on a county agenda as permanently closing, a move that will cut 58 local jobs. The notice appears in county paperwork and local reporting.

More than four years after the Caldor Fire, Grizzly Flats still lacks its neighborhood elementary. The district says construction must start soon or critical funds will be lost.

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.

Sacramento County is weighing a 15‑year lease that would put the DA into 120,000+ sq ft at Park Tower; supervisors will vote at the board meeting this Tuesday.

Patchy fog Friday morning clears to sunny, mid‑60s afternoons; a pattern shift may bring light showers early next week.

Sen. Scott Wiener introduced SB 982 to let the California attorney general seek damages from fossil‑fuel companies for wildfire and other climate‑related losses.

Deputies responded to a report of a possibly armed man near Colfax Elementary Thursday; both Colfax campuses were secured and later cleared. Authorities say students and staff are safe.

An Oregon mother admitted to a felony child‑abduction charge after prosecutors say she and an accomplice took her two sons from their Chico father; sentencing is March 4.

A speakeasy-style bookstore and cocktail lounge called The 1920s Bookstore is coming to Old Sacramento’s Pioneer Square, targeting a June 2026 opening.

San Joaquin County prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty in the 2024 Lodi triple homicide. The move raises the stakes ahead of a January 2027 trial.