A jury convicted Michael Ryan Wheat of murdering Marine veteran Michael Dean Plog, 65, then burning his hoarded home to cover the crime.

A Saturday meeting at the Lincoln Community Center invites residents to shape zoning changes decades in the making.

Sacramento’s Friday afternoon will turn sunny and warm, with temperatures reaching 88 degrees before a dry weekend near 90.

A big rig hauling watermelons flipped south of March Lane, choking northbound I-5 through the Stockton evening commute.

Patterson has had no local ER since 1998. A new state bill could bring 24-hour stabilization care years before any hospital opens.

The free Sacramento show moves to Universal Technical Institute with double the parking and expanded vendor space.

Firefighters later contained the Stanislaus County blaze on Thursday evening.

A Madison Avenue Arby's failed inspection with six violations, including a toilet that wouldn't flush. It bounced back with a green placard the next day.

A suspect was hospitalized after deputies opened fire near Edison and Watt Avenues. Sheriff's officials have not said what led to the gunfire.

The victim was walking home from church early Friday when she was struck near West Lathrop Road and Fifth Street.

The Fair Oaks Round Table Pizza is back after months dark, remodeled under new owner Raj Pooni.

Trustee Area 2 pits two Rocklin Unified incumbents against each other, with their opposite votes on a stalled gender-notification policy defining the race.

Nine of California's 21 school police forces hold rifles and grenades, but five had not publicly disclosed their inventories in 2026.